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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Our Flag at Monrovia.

From the New York Tribune.-The
appearance of the United States flag,
borne by small cruiser of the United
States navy, is said to have been hail
ed with rapturous delight this week
by the populace of the Liberian capt.
tai. The circumstance is gratifying
as an assurance of the sentiments
with which that flag is regarded and
Of the esteem in which the United
States is held by distant people who
have too often had little cause for
thinking of us at all. Doubtless it is
to be interpreted chiefly as a tribute
to the known power of this country
and to the efficiency of it's active in
terest wherever it may be manifested
in the affairs Of the world, rather than
as a very direct token of gratitude or
affection. Liberians know that the
United States flag stands for. some
thing definite and beneficent, and that
the ship which bears it is an earnest
of fleet competent to command for
the flag abundant respect in any
quarter of the globe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Heart to Heart
I QKS.
Copy. iehf. 1908, by Edwin A. Nye
aArDicAPrEp BIZ nuLloNs.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

HANDiCAPfED 81 MILLIONS.
II the little lad at your knee should
inherit $4,000 600 in money. would you
be glad or sorry?
Think the proposition over carefully
before you answer.
That large sum has been left by
his great-uncie to Hunt T. Dickinson
OF Augusta, Ga.
And young Dickinson In but nine
years old.
Judged by what he says. the father
Of this boy is really sorry his SON
should have inherited 100000. He
fears the effect Of it on the boys fu-
ture.
Mr.. Dickinson says he will keep the
news Of his inheritance from Hunt ~
long a. possible. 49,.
Says this anxious father:
THAT is enough money to ruin any
boy. l do not want my boy to grow
up feeling that he need never work-a
false idea. l want him to be a plain.
honest man. l want him to do some
Of the worlds work and learn that the
greatest comfort in life is to know
that one has done something to make
the world better"
Wise Mr.. Dickinson!
He knows that much money Is more
apt to be a curse than a blessing.
II Hunt Dickinson grows up to feel
that whatever happens to other peo-
pie he is sure of plenty without ef.
fort, he may put himself up on q
pedestal and come to feel that he Is
different from those that toll.
Even should he resist the temptation
to squander his money in riotous liv-
ing he may come to think that he il
nodded of different putty from the or.
binary men.
And that would make him cold and
hard and selfish.
He would come to believe that he Is
in the world to be ministered to rather
than to minister-that he is here to &c,
what he thinks is coming to him rath
er than to give the world what is com
ing to it.
He would lose all touch with hi
fellows.
Is there any wonder why Mr.. Dick
enson should dread the influence Of
those millions on his sons career?
A boy thus handicapped has no fail
chance with the poor boy who mus
/ fight his way up to success, keeping
elbow touch with the world, maxim,
himself strong by earning what b.
gets, developing his character and
making himself a useful citizen.
Mr.. Dickinson may well fear the in
cubus Of $4,000 600 on the shoulder,
of his son
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Spring Cleaning.

From the Springfield Republican,
The city housekeeping crusade which
was inspired by the women of Wash
ington produced results that are
worth having. 1t appears that 3,705
vacant lots have been cleaned, 500
private alleys put in order and 10000
cellars. woodsheds and back yards
made tidy since the work was inaugur-
ated last month. 1t is proposed to
make the movement something more
than squirt. and effort will be made
to preserve the improved conditions
throughout the summer. The work of
spring cleaning for municipalities has
spread widely throughout the country,
having first become established in the
west, and now many eastern cities
and towns promote community efforts
of this sort. 1t is not only we'll to
have what are public eyesores done
away in this fashion. but the cleaning
up policy has it's bearing upon public
health as well. 1t is good to see a
homely first duty of this kind being
attacked in the organized way which
makes such betterment most effec-
tive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
ANCIENT BELLS.

They Were. Often QuadranouIar ana
Made Of Thin Iron Plates.
There are several old bells in Scot
land, Ireland and Wales. The oldest are
often quadrangular, being made Of
thin iron plates which have been ham,
mered and riveted together. At the
monastery Of st. Gall in Switzerland
the four sided bell Of the Irish mission
airy st. Gall. who lived in the seventh
century, is still preserved. but more
ancient still is the bell Of st. Patrick
In Belfast. which is ornamented with
gold and gems and silver fligree work.
The curfew bell is that about which
most has been written and said. 1t
has been thought that it was only used
in England, but it was quite common
on the continent in the middle ages.
The ringing Of bells by rope Is still
very popular in England. especially in
the country. where almost every ham
let, however small, has its church with
its peal Of bells, which are often re-
markably we'll ruug. The first real
peal Of bells in England was sent by
Pope Calixtus III. to Kings college,
Cambridge, and was for 800 years the
largest peal in England. About the
beginning Of the year 1900 sets Of eight
bells were hung in a few Of the large
churches.
In the middle Of the seventeenth CEN
fury a man named White wrote IA
nous work on bells in which he intro
duced the system Of numbering them
1, 2, 8, 4. ETC.. on slips OF paper in diff
ferent orders, according to the changes
intended to be rung. 1t Is calculated
that to ring all the changes upon TWEEN
ty-four bells at two strokes a second
would take III billion years.
One Of the most famous bells in the
world is the drst great bell Of Moscow.
which now stands in the middle OF .
square in that city and Is used as q
chapel. This bell was cast in 1888, but
was in the earth for over q hundred
years, being raised in 1886 by the EN-
peror Nicholas. 1t is nearly twenty
feet high. has circumference Of sixty
feet, Is two feet thick and weighs al.
most 200 tons. The second Moscow
bell, which is the largest bell in the
world that il actually in use, weighs
12S tons. There are several bells ex
tant which weigh ten tons and over, OF
which Big Ben. the largest bell In Eng
land, weighing between thirteen and
fourteen tons. is one. Big Ben is I'M
fortunately cracked--London Globe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Items Gathered In
From Far and Near
The presidential Foursome.

From the New York Times.-After
all, the presidential foursOme on the
Washington links ended with the win
ming side only one hole up. although
Mr. Taft's partner was Mr.. Travis. the
best golfer in this country, and one OF
the best in the world. Travis's medal
score was "a. while the presidents
was something under 100, the various
reports differing as to the exact fig
ures, and no card" being placed on
record. If Travis had played with a
golfer of equal skill the other side
might have been 10 down, or even Is.
Which only proves that golf, played
in the midst of civilization, is a more
difficult game for statesman than
lion shooting played in the wilderness
with no authorized and visible report
ers present AS a matter of fact. the
president plays good golf for presi-
dent. To be sure. after an inspiring
drive, straight as an arrows flight. to
the supposedly safe haven of the putt
ing green, he required three puts. But
80 men out of every 100 who play golf
as a relaxation from the tolls of pro-
fessional life would have done the
same thing To miss put is not only
human, but common. To be impec-
cable on the putting green is to be a
Travis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
INTEREST TAKEN
II ACADEMY MEET
SpiceIand Institution to In
duIge in Athletics.

nual big" event at Spiceland. This
is the academy field day and every
year number of friends of the school
go from here 20 attend The pro-
gram committee has made special ar
engagements for contests in which girls
may participate. The academy base
ball team will play nine from Indian
apolis. Spiceland Academy is a
Friends institution and the local Qua
ker community always is interested in
its field day celebration.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18

say-some men happened to be at
work on q rather pretentious archi-
tectural project. It WIS sort Of pre-
historic sky scraper and the sky men
who were on the top had a discussion
during the noon hour so that they all
talked at once. The talk spread and
every man on the job quit work. Each
man was SO intent on his own little
brick laying and his superior process
in the trowel and mortar business
that they all laid off to fight it out.
OF course the unexpected happened.
The San Francisco earthquake of that
day came along that afternoon and be-
cause the building was not securely
finished-they paid the piper. They
didn't talk much after that. Dead
men tell no tales. OF course there
are other details and versions to the
Babel Tower Tale. And if there is
moral, we only know that the men
who were engaged on the Singer
building waited till they got through
before they told how the thing ought
to be built. The confusion of tongues
didn't make any particular difference
then. The Pollock and the Gentleman
from Dublin-the hod carrier and the
pneumatic man-The Pessimist and
the Optimist-they all waited and had
1t out in the rear of the liquor shack
| Of Mike Hinnesy-afterward.
In the meantime they worked to-
gether and the Singer building was
built. And it made no difference az
terward whether they lived happily
or not. They simply were obedient
| to the Spirit of the Hour and worked
{, together during working hours and
fought it out when the days work
was over.
The American people, or those
whom we know are the only ones who
can work comfortably together and do
their work we'll without compromising
their religious, political, governmental
and other beliefs. They can even have
difference of opinion on the mode of
delivery of spit-ball and whether the
Cubs will land the pennant. That is
saying much. ....
| But boiling it all MISUNDERSTANDING
and cooperation need to go together
until the job is done. The time
ought to be past when people have
the idea that they can do anything
but spoil things by playing a lone
hand. They can delay things-but it
is SO much energy wasted which
might have been used to advantage.
Cooperation is nothing but working
along without great deal of friction,
without trying to boss the job and
without asking Whats the. use?"
1t seems terribly simple-but PEG.
pie occasionally forget that, that is
the way things are accomplished
nowadays. The only way.
Some people call it one thing and
some another but it means a differ
ence of profit and loss.
L
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
WABASH MINISTER
IS OUT FOB MAYOR
He Has Large Following and
Is a Strong Entry.

Wabash, Ind. May 1S.-Wabash
county was the first in the state to
vote dry and now the town of Wabash
springs another surprise by offering
a minister for mayor. The Rev. W. J.
Vigus, formerly presiding elder of this
Methodist district. is the first to de-
clare his candidacy for the office He
pledges himself to be mayor of all the
people and the tool of no faction. He
has large following, is popular
among all classes and will be a strong
candidate from the start.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Embarrassed.

Your wife always says she is afraid
something has happened to you when
you are away from home longer than
usual
Yes answered Mr.. Meekton.
I'm getting positively ashamed to go
home with the same old truthful ex-
PLANTATION about being detained by
work instead of having something in
teresting to talk about
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
The June BUG.


Oh, dat June bug is critter
OATS jes' came 'roun dis way;
He ain no reg lar insect,
Like de readin' books done say.
He's due along in May time.
An buzzes dis refrain:
Look up. son. De cold is done
An summers hyur again."
He buzz about de sunshine.
An de roses bloomin' strong:
He hypnotixe q trouble
VIII his sweet an murmurin' song.
hyuhs i'm when Is dozin'
As de hours glide swift an free
Is got to shirk. How kin l work
wifi dat June bug chasin' me?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18

People past middle life usually have
some kidney or bladder disorder that
saps the vitality, which is naturally
lower in old age. Foley's Kidney
Remedy corrects urinary troubles.
stimulates the kidneys, and restores
strength and yigor. 1t cures uric acid
troubles by Strengthening the kidneys
so they will strain out the uric acid
that settles in the muscles and joints
causing rheumatism. A. G. Luken q
Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18

Mr.. F. G. Fritts, Oneonta. N. T.,
writes: MY little girl was greatly
benefited by taking Foley's Orino
Laxative, and l think it is the best
remedy for constipation and liver
trouble" Foley's Orino Laxative is
best for women and children. as it ID
mild, pleasant and effective, and is a
splendid spring medicine, as it clean
ses the system and clears the complex
ion. A. G. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
The Busy eioarapher.

Don't you want to live in the minds
of posterity?"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum;
although it is little discouraging to
see how much more interest posterity
seems to take in great mans weak
nesses and peculiarities than in his
national achievements"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
COOPERATION.

DO you ever think about the differ
ence between the business Of forty
years ago and the business today
how Il Is carried on. Time was
when every man was In business for
himself or ut least one man was the
head q the whole thing. This is the
day q division Ct labor and cooper
alton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
KILLS TO STOP THE FlEND.

The worst foe for IL years of John
Deye, of Gladwin, Mich, was a running
ulcer. He paid doctors over $4,000
without benefit. Then Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve killed the ulcer and cured
him. Cures Fever-Sores, Boils, Felons,
Eczema, Salt Rheum. Infallible for
Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns. Csc
at A. G. Luken & Cos.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18

During the spring every one would
be benefited by taking Foley's Kid.
ney Remedy. 1t furnishes a needed
tonic to the kidneys after the extra
strain OF winter. and it purifies the
blood by stimulating the kidneys, and
causing them to eliminate the impur-
tiles from it. Foley's Kidney Remedy
imparts new life and vigor. Pleasant
to take. A. G. Luken e. Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
anny language after

"English is funny language after
Ill. isn't it?'
why SOP
II heard man. talking Of political
candidate the other day. say, II he
only takes this stand when he runs he
viii have Z walkover.' "-Baltimore
ADerica1A
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
THE FALL FESTIVAL.


people of Richmond had to be per-
sTaded that tie Fall Festival is good
success of last fall there is not the
need for persuasion that was neces-
eary last year. Every one has taken
It for granted that there will be anoth-
or one end that the second will be
full than the first Fall Festival.
That is what it should be. At the
same time, however, if there is one
fault that Richmond has. it is in TAX
ing things for granted. The Fall Fes-
tival il 1t is to be better. and bigger,
and more successful than ever. will
take the same amount of hard work,
careful thought, and enthusiasm that
1t did last year. True, men are more
enthusiastic over things which they
know about, than they are over un-
known quantities. Is 1t also true that
people outside of Richmond have a
better idea of what the people OF
Richmond can do when they get
started. But that Is about all. The
proposition IL one which will take all
there is OF go-aheadcd-ness in Rich
n-ond to be what 1t ought to be. For
that reason no man can afford to lie
down on the proposition with the
shady feeling in the back of the brain
that the. Fall Festival will happen any
way. It won't.
There IL one thing which is abso-
lutely certain-the Festival is good
thing for the town-not for little
set OF men-but for every one. Trav.
cling men have expressed themselves
on this subject in no half way terms
There Is change in the town. The
town is not Of the Has-been-class.
This is the case and no man car
afford to go on record as having a
passive interest in the project. Any
man who does. will practically admit
that he does not care whether Rich
mond prospers and grows or not
How many men are there in the
kown-no matter what their bushes.
or profession, who will stand up ant
go on record against the matter?
there are any, the very publication o
their names and Industries and inter
ests would disclose selfish reason
which they would not enjoy.
So It Is that the Fall Festival is
thing which embodies the life OF tn,
town. It is for the whole town an.
6or the growth along healthy lines o
= coming and greater Richmond
Those who hang back unfortunatel,
disclose themselves-they admit tina
their sympathies are not in accor,
with the idea Of live town.
The Fall Festival cannot be mad
= success in day nor in week no
sven, In two weeks. The towns which
40 things begin long time ahead
I'VE take It that the Fall Festival ha
TO besmanaged by some body Of mel
although It Is for the whole town
The Young Mems Business club mad
success of it last year-but n
member Of that organization VIII
looks 1t the proposition squarely will
give any one the idea that it is til
property and sinecure of that organ
ixation. Just as the Fall Festival j
for the whole town-it belongs to tn
whole town and will have to be mad
: success by the whole OF Richmond
That will mean cooperation.
It II not too early to begin
Let the FAN Festival be permar
ent success.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
TWINKLES
Not an Occasion for Reason.

was there any reason for your
laughing when l slipped on that or
ange peel?" asked the RULED person.
just as much reason for my laugh
Ing. answered the serene citizen. las
there is for your getting angry about
it."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18

Natural History.
The rhinoceros bold,
With belligerent habit, IT,.
Is less deadly. I'm told,
Than little Welsh rabbit!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Lessons in Deliberation.

aren't some of the men in Congress
rather hasty in their dispositions
"Yes,'' answered the leader: "but
little experience in tariff making will
help them to get over that"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Retrospective.

From the Scranton Tribune.-Every
man can look back when it is too late
and see how money might have been
made.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Curtaii Production.

From the Dallas News.-If it is
really true that a sucker is born ev-
cry minute, it is time to stop the
clock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-18
Ever Hear of
White Coal?

1t is to supply the power, the
heat and the artificial light of
the future. When that time
comes good old Josiah Spruceby
will have quit raising hay and
huckleberries on the upper forty
acre patch, because he can make
ten times as much from
Water Farming
Sounds like a lot of foolish words
all this talk about white coal"
and "water farming
Maybe-but there's no one
thing of more importance to the
next generation than these sub
jects. Really, they are one sub
ject, for without Water Farming
we can have very little White
Coal.
John L. Mathews has written
an article for HAMPTON'S that
will thrill you with the bigness,
the strength, the importance of
WATER-thc kind that floods
a valley, and destroys lives and
property; or, when reservoired
and EARNED" changes from an
element of destruction to one of
greatest usefulness and economy.
Mathews has done a fine job
on this fact-story. He has writ
ten a thing so good that you'll
read it with swift interest, then
go back and read it again, and
! then hustle around and talk to
your friends about it. In
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-23

a traitor handing over France to mur- derers, or as thief making off with millions of the nation s money. Others depicted Julius Favre in tears and pock- eting Bismarck s gold and Trochu hand ing over the keys of Paris to a Prus- sian in exchange for bag of coin In all the idea of Parisans that France had been betrayed by those who ought to have protected her was prevalent.
 So at this season of peace and good will suffering Paris was nearly at her last gasp. Owing to the tenacity of her rulers and citizens, however, her agony was to be prolonged for some weeks longer, as it was not until Feb ruary that the negotiations for a cap itulation began.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-23
The 7eror's Christmas

When the Christmas day of 1870 dawned upon Paris the city had been in the iron grip of the German invest ment for about three months The win. ter was a bitterly cold one, the ther- mometer registering 10 degrees below freezing point on Christmas morning. The Seine was frozen over.
 The poor s daily rations were q few ounces of horsefesh and a piece of ro- pulsive looking black bread.
 By December p food prices had reached their highest point since the beginning of the siege. On November l3 pound of butter fetched $l4 and q rabbit $3.5O. By December 19 rabbits had risen to s, box of sardines brought $2.5O and eggs p cents apiece. For one s Christmas dinner one could buy goose for $l0 or turkey for $l7. Pigeons were $3 each and a small fowl could be obtained for $500. Ham was $l.5O pound. As for vegetables, carrots and turnips were cents each and bushel of potatoes cost $6.25. There was hardly any milk in Paris and the little there was had to be preserved for tine sick and wounded. However, there were oceans of wine and the wine shops did roaring trade.
 For some time before Christmas the starving people had been feeding on eats, rats and dogs until by December 9 a dish of cat s flesh was hardly ob- tainable. Dog was 60 cents pound and fine rats fetched If cents each. Many domestic pets were killed for food. |" Poor Azor!' said humorous citizen as he finished a stew made from his favorite dog. "How he would have enjoyed these bOnes!"
 With true Parisian light heartedness the citizens tried to make the best of things and the cafes and restaurants wore almost their normal aspect. At half past 10, however, an order of Tro- chu closed every shop and cafe, and by II clock Paris had gone to bed.
 The midnight mass of Christmas eve was celebrated as usual in the churches, which were crowded with praying ing women. Newspapers appeared as usual, some of them containing glowing accounts of perfectly imaginary French successes. The satirical sheets were even more venomOus than at other times and published scathing carica- lures. Some showed the fallen emperor Napoleon IT., as a shOeblack at King his pockets turned inside out, or as