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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31
TIDE NOW TURNING
AND FARMING LIFE
IS MORE POPULAR
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built 500 machines in the last year
and We could have sold 2,000," is the
way in which he described the de-
mand.
Rural Mail Delivery.
Another feature of country life
which has made the farm a desirable
place to live is the rural free delivery
Postmaster Spekenhier says that
no county in the state has q more
complete rural service than Wayne.
1t is possible for every farmer in the
county to have his mail delivered.
most Of them at their doors. The
routes are worked out with great
care. Most of the farmers now take a
daily paper. In fact the percentage
of farmers who take . daily paper is
as great as the percentage OF city
residents who do so. The behind-the-
times farmer is thing Of the past.
He knows Is much about the worlds
happenings each day g any city resi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31
liams' add. Centerville, SIS.

James Mcneil to Chas. H. Hess, PIT.
Block B. Elizabeth Starts Add. city
Isaac H. PIERCE ct al to Matilda G.
Burris. PIT. S. E. 14-15-13, Arlington
Twp, $4,000.
Mary E. Fetta ct al to Lewis and E.
Cockerell, lot 26. H. H. Fetta's Add.
city, $675.
Saml Dickinson, com'r to Mary F..
Patterson. Pit lot II, jeremiah Cox
Add. City. 500.
Dickinson Trust Co., trust, to Geo.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31
In Company.

little Billie, who Is quite fond Of his
grandfather. has learned some OF his
bad habits. One day he said a bad
word. His mother. quite surprised,
said seriously: why, Billie. Edna,
Edith. little Jay. papa and mamma
viii all 20 to heaven. and we will feel
30 bad because little Billie won't be
there"
.'Oh. wen. I'll be wiss drampa." said
oillie, quite independentiy.-De
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31
Back Home, on the Farm

o, the sweet, days. with their still. lazy haze
all the obstacles time placed between;
mind scampers back the rough. stony track,
Till I'm there the farm with the others again. -
L then think there has been link
That connected the with the present; and
I jim joy again-hke boy
Swallowed up a bliss may know.
STRICKLAND GILLIAN.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
HORRORS or THE ARCTIC.
Terrible Experience of the Crew of the
I'll Fated Jeanette. s.

Terrible Experience of the Crew of the
I'll Fated Jeannette.
When Ross in 1918 touched at Etah
the Esks thought they were being Wis
tied by ghosts With her white sails
appearing on the horizon. where the
sky melts into an abyss Of ocean,
what else could the ship be but some
great white winged ghost. and what
those strange creatures on her decks
but lost souls? They thought she. a
great bird, had flown from the moon.
where wood was abundant, and when
they saw her close, her wooden belly
and her masts. they whispered, How
much wood there is in the moOn-how
very much!" Wood is like gold to the
Esks
One of the unhappy crew of the
Jeanette writes: II put some mercury
to freeze and beat it out on the anvil
Our frozen brandy looked like black
topaz We divided meat, oil and bread
with a Ratchet. Joshua forgot to put
on his right glove; in moment his
hand was frozen The poor devil wish
ed to thaw his lifeless hand in warm
water. 1t was Immediately covered
with pieces Of ice. The doctor was
forced to cut the unlucky mates hand
off, and he died next day. Toward the
! middle of January caravan of Esks
came to ask us for some dried fish and
brandy. We added little tobacco to
these presents. which they received
with tears Of joy. The chief, feeble
old man, told us that the week before
he had eaten his wife and two sons"
Cold more terrible than the white
wolf and bear seizes its victims UNI
awares, instantaneously, fatally. The
cold purifies the blood. sharpens appe-
tite, favors digestion and stomach. 1t
soothes to sleep by bringing death in
the midst of beautiful dreams. This
intense cold, SO dry, so pure, stops pu-
trefaction. sweetens the air by greatly
increasing its density and purifies wa
ter Cold takes the place Of cooking,
for it makes raw meat, raw fish and
tallow eatable
A Roman nosed people could not
hold their own in the arctic. A Roman
nose would be too often frozen off.
The Esk fiat nose is less exposed The
name Eskimo. or raw food eaters. is a
nickname given by the Labrador In
dams Their true name in their own
tongue is Inoit and means man" Ii
patriotism be virtue the Esks have 1t
surprisingly. Never was land OF
verdant groves golden harvests and
willows mirrored in the streamlets and
silvery waves better beloved than their
snow fields and ice hills and gloomy.
sinking tents and igloos.--New York
Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
Summed Up.

He was lion tanner, but the man
who ruled the king of the forest
was in turn ruled by his wife, One
night he was entertained by his
friends, who refused to allow him
to depart until the small hours of
the morning. AS a result on his
homeward way he had a PRESENT.
ment that his better half would not
receive him as cordially as he de-
served, consequently he spent the
night elsewhere.
In the morning he tried to slip
into the house unobserved; but,
alas, a voice from the top of the
stairs greeted him coldly:
"Where have you been all night,
John ?"
''Well, my dear, I was afraid of
disturbing you, so [ slept in the
lions cage"
There was a moments pause, a
gritting Of teeth, then down the
stairs foated one word:
"Cowardw
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
A Schenne That Failed.

"Did you hear about Samuels ?"
asked Mrs. Graymare's husband
"No, | didn't hear about Sam
uels,'' the lady answered. "When
you have anything to tell why don't
you tell it 2"
eyes, dear. Well, Samuels was
going home the other night when a
footpad shot at him, and the ball hit
a latchkey in Samuels' vest pocket,
and his life was saved. So you see
what good latchkey is"
Indeed, If Samuels had been
going home at a reasonable hour he
wouldn't have met any footpad ;
second, he carries $4,000 insur-
ance, payable to his wife, and if it
had it not been for that key she
would be rich widow now. So if
you are hunting around for latch
key you will have to bring home
some better story than that one ;
that's all. Pm going to bed now,
and out goes the gas in two ticks.
Latchkey, indeed w-London Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
The canny Scot.

In the differences that would some
times arise between members Of his
tenantry the Duke of Argyll was often
invited to arbitrate upon the matter in
dispute. and he used to tell a charac-
teristically Scottish story OF one of the
occasions. Two tenants having waited
upon him and asked him TO decide the
question at issue. the duke put what he
always regarded as a very necessary
preliminary question. "Will you abide
by my award:''
"Well. your grace" was the reply OF
one Of the hard headed old disputants
I'D like to ken first what 1t is."-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
GAME ANIMALS OF EiExlC0.

They Include Nearly Eve-~ Species
Found In North America.
It may be said that every species
of game animal found on the North
American continent anywhere south
of the fftieth parallel north, ex-
cept moose, caribou and elk, is
found in Mexico. The silver tip
bear ranges all through the high
Sierra Madres wherever there are
good feeding grounds, and wher-
ever there are grizzlies one may ex-
pect also the huge cinnamon bear,
the grizzly's close neighbor. The
common brown bear is not so nu-
merous, but the black bear is quite
plentiful. The white faced bear is
more rare, though it is sometimes
found in the coast mountains. l
could not learn that this species
had ever been seen In the Sierra
Madres.
The higher mountains at all ele-
vations and even the lower foot
hills abound with white tail deer.
On the Pacific side they are nu-
merous almost to the coast. [ saw
them just outside the city of Gull
acan. They are very plentiful in
Topic territory, and l can vouch
from personal experience for the
quality of their venison. At many
mountain cabins where l stopped
they were household pets, where as
fawns they had been found and
raised by children.
The mule, burro or blacktail in
habits portions of the states of Chi
huahua, Coahuila and Sonora.
The mountain lion turks in all
the high country, and along with
him is sometimes found, but sell
dom killed, the American panther.
All the American great cats, in fact,
inhabit both the Pacific and gulf
coasts and the foothills. The small
American leopard is very numerous
all along the hot country coasts,
and the Mexican jaguar, known 10
cally by foreigners as the tiger,
preys upon cattle and ranch ami
mails to such degree as to be very
much of nuisance.
There are some timber wolves,
but they are not dangerous. The
one animal that is really dangerous
is the javalin, or Mexican wild boar
It runs in large bands and will kill
both man and horse. If a javalin is
wounded the whole band will turn
upon the hunter, and woe to him if
he has not provided for escape or
safety. The javalin is very numer
Gus in some sections, but if not mo-
Tested it is not likely to attack
Dillon Wallace in Outing Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
PIayinu the Part.

An official of the United States
bureau of fisheries said recently of
a fishing excursion:
81, once made a fishing excursion
to a stream that flowed behind a
1unatic asylum. As sat and smoked
on the bank, watching my cork, |
noticed a strange object floating
down toward me with the current.
I saw that it was a man. He had
all his clothes on, and he was swim
ming in the strangest way. | veri-
ly believe every part of him was
submerged but one nostril.
"sHi!' l shouted. what are you
doing there%
'He lifted his head from beneath
the surface, and then, before draw
ing it underneath again, he snap
ped:
"'Sh-shl Don't interfere! I'm
q submarinep
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
The Ancients and Electricity.

A writer in the Elektrotechnische
Anzeiger cites many incidents to
show that electricity was not un-
known to the ancients and that
Georg Ebers' suggestion in a novel
that the Egyptians made use OF
lightning conductors was well
founded. Instruments much like
the modern heliograph we're also
used, the writer says, by priests as a
means of communication between
temples. There can be no doubt,
he says, as to the temple having
been protected by lightning rods.
The Biblical descriptions show that
the roof was provided with metallic
points held aloft by columns and
that these points, ending in chains,
terminated in great water tanks.
He adds, Cali of which is vouched
for in the first book of Kings and
the second book of Chronicles"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
Tiny Screws.

Wonderful skill is displayed in
the manufacture of miniature time
pieces that are used to ornament
bracelets and other pieces of jewell
ry. The parts of these miniature
watches are necessarily as perfect
as those used in a much larger time
piece, but much smaller. They must
be examined under a powerful mi
croscope.
Some of the small screws are only
one twelve-hundred- -fiftieth part
of an inch in diameter and seven
one-thousandth part of an inch in
length. An idea of their size can
be formed when it is estimated that
it would require about 100000 of
these delicate parts to fill an ordi-
nary thimble.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
THE CENTURY PLANT.
Il Blooms, Says Florist, Every Twen-
tysive to Forty Years.

Il Blooms, Says Florist, Every Twen-
ty-sive to Forty Years.
1.-THE regular century plant" said an
expert in Horticulture, 'is not cactus.
1t belongs to a family by itself. 1t has
a large, broad leaf. sometimes two or
three feet long and several inches
thick where they branch from the CEN
ter. There are two varieties. one the
variegated and the other green. The
only difference is that the variegated
has a white stripe along the outer edge
of the leaf. Both bloom every twenty
five to forty years. A stock perhaps
eight or ten inches in diameter shoots
up from the center to height of tif.
teen or twenty feet, and around this
stock cluster small blossoms. They are
neither pretty nor fragrant. They were
formerly supposed to bloom once in a
hundred years.
THE nearest thing to a century
plant is a night blooming cereus. 1t is
a cactus and blooms once in about
every twenty-five years or so. The
flower Is large. very beautiful and has
a delightful odor. One plant may have
several blossoms. but each flower lasts
only one night.
There is no such plant as century
cactus The cactuses that many have
mistaken for century cactuses will
bloom in four or five years If kept un
der glass or about seven years II not
In a dollhouse. Because they are SO
long in blooming, suppose, they have
been called century cactuses,' and the
name has been handed down until it is
considered the proper term for them.
They bloom yearly after the first bios
SONS appear. They are just an ordi-
nary cactus but they nave a pretty.
fragrant flower" Seattle Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
BEEFSTEAK.
As 1t Is Served In the Financial Dis.
trics of New York.

rrlcS OF new Y oFk.
In addition to the mad struggle
for money there is another problem
that besets the habitues of the
financial district. 1t is the ho1nely
and prosaic operation of feeding
the inner man.
Doubtless it takes away some OF
the splendid radiance that is sup
posed to surround the t''captains Of
industry and capital" but it is none
the less true that the wealthiest
banker in the street must have his
cham and" three times a day, even
as the humble messenger boy or the
patient elevator man.
The only difference is that the
cham and" of the money baron"
becomes pate de foie gras or dia-
mond back terrapin. However, that
great American staple beefsteak
appears in multitude of forms
| down where the golden flood" is
being taken at it's tide. Perhaps ii
one were to award a prize to the
most popular luncheon item in the
entire Wall street district he would
pin the classic blue ribbon on Mr..
B. Steak.
Beefsteak, however, is, as the
words Of the famous poem says,
Numerous as the leaves that strew
| the brooks of Vallombrosa." For
instance, there is the beefsteak OF
the messenger boy, and there is the
beefsteak of the "money king" IT'S
indeed far cry from one to t'other.
Discussing beefsteak as it ap-
pears, say in the neighborhood Of
Broad street and Exchange place,
one finds sixty-seven different
places within radius of two blocks
where the staple is served. In each
cafe one may find, conservatively
stated, one dozen varieties. The
grand total, therefore, is S04 differ
ent grades, styles, manner or pre-
vious condition of servitude in the
beefsteak family.
The price, too, may well be stated
in verse. It is
| Variable as the shade
BY the quivering aspen made.
To be explicit, there is the steak
carefully removed from the base of
a venerable oxen's hams, which (the
OK has outlived its usefulness as a
beast of burden and which is served
to the appreciative messenger boy
for 40 cents, one dime" There
is also the cut that carries with it
sFrench fried and gravy" and
which goes like hot cakes at 25
cents throw. This is affected by
stenographers and clerks. Thep
for chief clerks and others there ii
the old friend at so cents a portion
and on up to 81.
Finally there comes what might
be termed the king of its kind,
found only in the highest grade of
cafe. Here the piece de resistance
comes three inches thick and beau
tifully Drowned, decorated with
mushrooms, sprinkled with water
cress and parsley, surrounded by
picked walnuts, juicy, delicious and
luscious, served on a plank along
side bottle Of wine and a check
for SO. This, Of course, does not
include bread and butter.
Yea, there is steak to be had at
10 cents just as there is steak to be
had at Sc, but, oh, what differ
ence! Yet all are appreciated
New York Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
The Other Way With Him.

Remember. sir. that you owe some
thing to your constituents" said one
member of town council TO another.
''Humph.' said the other. IF you
owe anything to your constituents all
I've got to say is that you're lucky.
Why, there are not half dozen voters
In my ward that have not borrowed
money from me. STRAY Stories.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
Pitfalls of Sianu.

Host lin India, DO you see that ia
natic over there? He has sat on that
corner and in that posture without
moving for six months. Traveller
(from America) - Gee. that's going
some!-Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23
This Is Worth Remembering

Whenever you have a cough or
cold, just remember that Foley s.
Honey and Tar will cure it. Remem
Der the name, Foley's honey and Tar
and refuse substitutes. Q. W. Frost
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23

Prof. M. w. Mathews, late Prof.
of the National Collage of Music.
London. Gives Lessons 10 Music
on the Piano, Violin, Theory, Etc.
Drop postal and I'll call. Wash
burn Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23

40 page trap book illustrated,
picture of 46 wild animals in natur-
al colors, FUR ANIMAL CALEN-
OAR, gun and trap cataiog, also
prices of hides and furs. All sent
postpaid for 10c stamps or silver.
FREE to those who ship to, or buy
of US. Address Fur Dept, N. W.
Hide g. Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-23

Little minds are tanned and subdued
by misfortune, but great minds rise
above it.-Irving. ~
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
TAKES EXCEPTIONS TO STORY
OF THE ARREST OF LIBERALS

LOS ANGELES, Oct 14.-[Editor
Herald: Because The Herald is gen
orally so sane and fair, was the more
perplexed and disgusted when L read
this morning (Monday's) account of
the Mexican Socialist trouble last even
ing. AS a specimen of false sugges-
tion against the arrested propagandists
without any actual direct charge, your
item looks more like an excerpt from
your First street contemporary.
For instance, while the writer OF
your story describes the men speci-
fically as Socialists (and everyone to-
day knows that Socialists stand unique
in their complete discountenance of all
violence) he yet mixes up all sorts of
hearsay balderdash about threats to
murder detectives, and ''denunciations"
of Taft and capitalism, and an "an-
archist's" VOW to accomplish his pur-
pose" etc. What that presumably
Sinister) purpose was or is he no.
where suggests, nor how an lamar
chist" comes to be doing Socialist prop
uganda. Nor does he so much as
hint that he or anyone else has read
or seen the threatening letters sup
posed to have been received by the
detectives Just the usual reckless
buggy charges that local detective
sort of thing that does not deceive the
obserYant and thoughtful few, but
which does impress and mislead the
careless and ignorant many; and so
tends to do more or less efficiently the
dirty work Of discrediting honest and
earnest-and on that account perhaps
troublesome" political and humani-
tartan idealists.
With certain phases of the Magon
and Villereal case yet in mind, will
not venture to say that at a pinch
threatening letters may not be pro
duced" (good word that last, but I
certainly would not feel bound to ac-
cept without close inquiry the official
certificate of origin.
have looked in vain for any hint of
testimony outside of the detectives own
as to the alleged knitting attempt,
though probably a knife, too, can be
produced" And should that be done,
why then, of course-as Mark Twain
said when shown the sockets where the
three crosses were said to have stood
You could not help believe-there
were the holes!"
We have had a Choissir shooting in
this city; we don't want to work up
a counterpart to the 'Shippy-Anarchist"
affair that startled Chicago recently;
and so suggest we should temper our
acceptance and handling of detective
| stories with a discreet reserve, see
ing that the liberty and even the lives
of honest and innocent men may be
and often are involved when these
officers contract an itch for the "he g.
roe's" laurels. VAL STONE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
SAYS THE NEGLECT OF HOME
IDEA is EXTREMELY FOOLISH

rOs ANGELES, Oct. 11.-lEditor
Herald; I agree with Elizabeth Quig-
lev that women are Inundated by be-
ing placed in the disfranchised class
and it has always been a puzzle TO me
how any woman could go out of her
wav to say anything against Suffrage
for, her sex If she is so conservative
that the idea of expressing her opinion
al the ballot box Is obnoxious to her, 1t
is unreasonable for her to utter pro-
test against the enfranchisement OF
women, as voting is not compulsory:
Is 1t not overbearing and selfish TO
urge that no woman shall be allowed
tn vote because she does not wish to
voter No law in the land will compel
her to vote, if women have the privi-
lege. The argument that women will
neglect their homes if enfranchised is
foolish in the extreme. To go to the
nolls for a few minutes once in two
years will not take women away from
their homes as much as church work,
canvassing for church and society fairs
and social functions in the smart set
take them out of the home now. Many
women are obliged to get out of the
home in order that the home may be
supported Would it take her away
from home any more to spend a few
minutes at the ballot box once in two
years? Any intelligent woman has a
knowledge of politics, even without the
ballot, and the subject of good govern
ment would be a much more improv-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
sURPRIsED THAT WRITER
COMPLAINS ABOUT TREATMENT

POMONA, Oct. ,12.-[Editor Herald:
L. D. Harding complains over the con-
duct OF the police officials at the city
Jail. Why, I am astonished that any
one should complain. We, Of a nation
next to the greatest on earth, and our
president about to shake hands with
that mighty ruler, Diaz of Mexico!
think we should show such deeds as
will evalt us in his estimation, or 1 am
afraid he might think 1t beneath him
to shake hands with our president. Let
Mr. Harding read r, F's letter which
follows his in todays Letter Box and
get WISE C. F. says that men are
created forms of intelligence and wis
dom. Now, it surely takes intelligence
and wisdom to judge how many lashes
to give slave across his naked back
with a wet rope without killing him.
The Mexicans know, and why should
not we? (See "Barbarous Mexico" in
American Magazine for October). 1t
also takes intelligence to kidnap man
and put him in prison or to slavery.
But" says C. r., women are forms
of love and affection" She can there
fore only qualify to whip her own chill
dren. Solomon funrther says: "She
shall be true to her husband so that
he shall have no need of spoil. That
is, he shall not need to force weaker
brother to slave for him, nor to rob
anyone. Soloman further says: she
viii get the wool and flax and spin it
She will rise while yet night and
cook his food-She will buy farm and
till 1t, and help the needy. Her hus-