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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Two New BattIeships Will Be
More Powerful Than
Oreadnought.
CRAMPS LAND CONTRACT
PHILADELPHIA FIRM WILL CON.
STRUCT THE ARKANSAS AND
WYOMING WHICH WILL Be OF
$4,000 TONS.

Washington, D. c.. Aug. 19.-The
largest vessels ever undertaken by the
navy department-the Wyoming and
the Arkansas-today were awarded to
William Cramp & Sons of Philadel-
phia. These vessels were authorized
by the last congress of the United
States in order to keep pace with the
construction OF Dreadnoughts by
Great Britain. Since England has
been building big battleships, Uncle
Sam with an eye to the future has
been more than duplicating the eff.
forts of the British government.
The Cramps submitted two bids,
one at $4,450,000 and another at s..
475,000. Only one ship can go. how.
ever. to any one firm of builders.
Two Companies to Build Them.
The New York Shipbuilding com.
pany Of Camden, n. j.. made the next
lowest bid at $4,675.OO0. and gets one
Of the ships from the Cramps.
Bids for the vessels were made un-
der two heads, class one being accord
ing to the navy departments plans
and class two. the Department. plans
as to hull and equipment, but with
machinery suggested by the bidder
AS result there were propositions for
the installation of turbines coupled
with reciprocating engines. and tur-
bines combined with electric motors.
The speed promised generally was
2Ok knots under both classes, but the
New York Shipbuilding company also
offered to build vessel at 2OA knots
at s4,750.0O0 under class one and at
$4.S75,OO0 under class two. Another
bid by the same company was for a
2OR knot vessel at $4,7sO.OOO.
Bids submitted by the Newport
News Dry-dock and Shipbuilding COM
pany were, class one, $4,790.00O. and
two bids under class two at 1850, 900,
and $5,010.000 respectively
Eight bids came from the Fore Riv-
err Shipbuilding company, all under
class two, and ranging from $4,747.O00
to $5,097,000.
Greatest American Warships.
The Bethlehem Steel company, the
Carnegie company and the Midvale
Steel company submitted today to the
navy department Identical bids for fur
nishing the main portion of the armor
for the battleships Wyoming and Ar
kansas. Their figures were for class
A, 1920 ton for 11.4s6 tons. For
the other classes, amounting in all
to about 1900 tons. the bids varied.
The vessels are to be of $4,000 tons
esch, the largest ever undertaken by
the American naval establishment, the
increase in tonnage in this class of
vessels being from 10000, the size of
the original Dreadnought heaters, the
Delaware and the North Dakota
The Utah. now under construction
by the New York Shipbuilding COM
pany and the Florida. now being built
at the New York navy yard, are the
other two warshiDs built as an offset
to Great Britain's Dreadnoughts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
HSTUnsC ssIaruNS.
Trophies Wrested From ths Crusaders
Found In the Sudan.

Trophies Wrssted From tbs Crusaders
Found In the Sudan.
Among the trophies Of arms display
cd on the walls VI Windsor castle
one Of the most interesting Of the long
series is a group Of weapons and nrmor
sent to Queen Victoria by Lord Kitch
ener after the Dongola campaign OH
the upper Nile in 1896.
The trophy consists Of q coat ot
chain mail. number Of spears and o
long cross hilted sword On the
straight steel blade OF the sword there
Is an inscription in odd fashioned let,
oers: mo me saques sin razon. No me
entraines sin honor"
The words are Spanish. but the same
motto was inscribed on sword blades
in the days Of chivalry In most Of the
languages Of Europe. Its meaniu. II
the knighuy rule for all who bear the
sword: Do not draw me without req
son. Do not sheathe me without honor
The weapon Was taken from the
abandoned camp OF Wad Bishara. the
dervfsh general. after the battle Of
HAIR Sept %. 1Sa6,. How came q
oiaoe Witn sNch motto to be found
IN q Mosiem bivouac in the heart Of
the Sudan?
The presence OF these crusader
swords In the Sudan is not SO di11cuif
to explain In the thirteenth century
the Mohammedan cailphs Of Egypt moi;
only carried on successful wars
against the crusaders In Syria. de
sfroying the last vestiges of the Latin
kingdom Of Jerusalem. but also de
feated two attempts Of the Europeans
to invade Egypt itself. one OF them
led by st. Louis OF France.
enormous Quantities OF western
arms and war!ike equipments must
have thus passed into the possession
Of the Mohammedan conquerors.-
Chamber Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE. g..
Copy. ght. 1908. by Edwin A. N)e
By EDWIN A. NYE.


~ - AOOS ANs
Do not be 'kuocker.'
In the siege Of Ladysmith during
the Beer war a civilian was tried by
court martial and imprisoned because
he discouraged the soldiers who were
defending the city.
The man would go along the picket
line and say disheartening things to
the men on duty. He told them the
city was doomed. He secuted the sug-
gestion Of relief.
The court martial did right to put
him in prison.
At such time no one should be al
lowed TO weaken the hearts OF men.
1t Is a pity every community cannot
put In prison the man and woman who
go about With gloomy faces and fore
holdings Of failure ever upon their lips.
The knocker Is a prophet Of evil.
He sees only the dark side Of every
cloud. Temperamentally he cannot for
bear to throw cold water on gener-
Gus enthusiasm and to dampen ardor.
He throws over all things. like a wet
blanket. his doubts and questionings.
The knocker Is pessimist.
Instead Of trying to lift some Of the
burdens from the shoulders Of toll the
knocker puts on new burdens. In.
stead of clearing the way for weary
feet he puts other obstacles In the
path. Instead Of easing the pains of
the sufferer he helps to widen the
wounds.
The knocker is q discourager.
In every community men and women
are defending their beleaguered cities
Of Ladysmith. Many OF them are hard
pressed, and some are on the point Of
abject surrender.
He who goes along the picket line
uttering the disheartening prophecies
Of failure that make heavy the hearts
and palsy the hands Of the brave de-
tenders is nothing less than a traitor
to his race.
Men ard women are brave and only
need the boosting word Of encourage.
ment and good cheer.
There is a subtle force in suggestion
Use 1t to boost. Suggest happiness.
Talk happiness. let happiness beam
from your face. Make men see the
blue Of the sky. the beauty Of the
flower.
And so shall you leave behind you
everywhere a trail Of brightness-a
trail that shall grow brighter and
brighter into the perfect day ard light
you TO The Celestial ri'v
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Confessions.

CONCESSIONS.
The woman begged the bachelor giri
not to so yet awhile. She was Sc
urgent that the girl dnally sat down
again. Then the two sat perfectly still
and silent. looking At each other.
Il know what you are thinking
said the bachelor girl by and by.
"What!" asked the woman.
That. now you've got me to stay.
you wonder why II was you insisted
SO. You don't know what to do with
me or to say to me. now I'm here to
stay"
How did you guess It ~ the woman
laughed.
Eve felt just chat way myself" said
the bachelor girl. many and many a
time."-New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Editor Palladium:

E0lCOr PallaQ1um:
The council at their meeting Mon
day night took step in the right di
rection in annulling the validity OF
charging a meter rent by the City
Water company, but in my opinion
did not go as far as circumstances
Justify. The opinion Of the council
should be vouchsafed to the Board of
Public Works that no increase should
be made in rent charges for the use
Of the water, in other words, the min
imum OF Is cents a month should be
condemned In as emphatic a manner
az possible. While I appreciate the
possibility OF such proposition as
an act Of strategy on the part of the
water company to divert the peoples
mind from the possibility Of munich
palizing the plant, they will secure the
acceptance by the Board of Public
Works OF this dishonest, unjust prop
osition If given anything like reason
able encouragement.
The people of the Fifth ward in
which l live, are becoming intensely
aroused and mass meeting of the
voters to offer their protests, is q
strong probability. if developments
warrant such meeting.
! am voicing the sentiments of ev-
eryone. without single exception,
with whom | have talked, when l say
for audacity the water company's
contract is beyond all comparison. II
they think they have exercised as
tuteness in their actions, they will
find they have created boomerang
which will return to them with such
force as to demonstrate the wisdom
OF Solomon when he said: Surely
the churning Of milk bringeth forth
butter. and the wringing Of the nose
bringeth forth blood. SO the forcing of
wrath bringeth forth strife.''
When the city water works under
takes to wiring the nose OF the Rich
mond people in the manner proposed
In the new contract offered, they will
find fight on every hand.
Yours truly.
David R. Mikesell.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

Palladium
petition
A. L.
to make
vas in the to our
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
Roof Gardens for EIat..

~~sASuO wi ldvSs
From the st. Louis Republican
this season Of summer heat. moved
by an instinct as irresistible as that
which causes dog to put out his
tongue and frog to Jump into a pond,
human beings seek the open air after
the heat of the day. AS you pass
through the streets of the city, it's pop
ulation Is almost to man on view
not to speak OF women and children.
Lawns. porches, open squares, parks
all are densely populated In the
streets where inexpensive flats
abound the houses are built almost
flush with the sidewalk. Babies
sprawl at your feet as you pass by:
porchlets-the thing is even worse
than the word-are covered with gas
pers after fresh air after long hours
Of enforced confinement; meager sets
OF steps are as full of people as the
bleachers Saturday afternoon. Partic-
ularly Is the heat hard upon the dwell
ers in second-floor flats, under sun
heated tin roofs. In these streets.
with little or no space given over to
grass or flowers. where the vagrant
wind carries the SAVIOR of the passing
automobile to the occupants of side
walk. step and microscopic porch,
there is little comfort and no beauty.
And yet within the grasp of these peo-
pie. controlled by them. paid for by
their money. and accessible to them
alone. there is ample space for ham,
mocks and steamer chairs. couches
and settles, vines and flowers.
Where? Just over their heads.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Resentment,

1T pears to me-" said Mr.. Punkin.
seed, that I'm gittin' unpopular with
my neighbors."
We'll" answered ST Sim1in. 9TH be
frank with you. This bein' prohibi-
ton state. we kind O. think folks ought
to take life serious an not indulge in
practical jokes
Il amt no practical JOKER
Eyes, you be. You keep several
jugs standin' around your house, an
there amt a thing in any of 'em ex-
.cept maple sirup."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
A Working Agreement

citizens OF Richmond that DOM
generally thought
this for its
the c. c. L. arose
that the Co.
might monopoly Virginia coal hauling II ap
coal than Indiana coal on
He recount
would be gre"1ouy
hurt by change in the freight situation at Richmond
that both railroads
freight from
a
subsidy Times have changed
the peoples raised by
special
the friend of needed their help.
on he
{. L..
develope
Indiana
shippers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
A Bad Hole 70 Get loto.

A gentleman was going round a
strange golf course with q local cad
die. and after playing part Of the way
he pointed to q rather high wall and
inquired. rs there . hole over there?"
Yes. sir" replied the caddie solemn
II: there's the cemetery over there
Don't put yourself into hole there
II you can help it"-London Scraps.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
HARTMAN GETS FINE

George Hartman was arrested on
South Thirteenth street for provoke by
Patrolman Edward Menke and in the
city court yesterday afternoon was
fined 81 and costs by Judge Converse.
Hartman and Val Young engaged in a
dispute over a horse and when Pa
trolman Menke sought to interfere in
the controversy he was impolitely told
where to get off by Hartman.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
State of Ohio. City Of Toledo,
Lucas County Is

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm of F +.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said. and that said firm will pay the
sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of 'Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hairs
Catarrh Cure FRANK ]. CHENEY.
sworn to before me and subscribed
In nay presence, this 9Th day of Decem-
Der, a. d. 1856.
tSeaL) A. w. GLEASON
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally. and acts directly on the bIocs
and mucous surfaces OF the system
Send for testimonials free.
r. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills fer consti-
patton --.--:---
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
TWINKLES
(1Y PHlLANDER JoHNsoN.)
A Sign Of Talent.

A Sign Of Talent.
"Bliggins says his youngest boy is
going to be q lawyer
How can he tell?"
He has the gift OF cross-examin-
alton. He asks questions that are
simply calculated to embarrass peo-
pie without caring two cents about the
answers"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Lecture Profits.

From the Kansas City Star.-A man
who said he was walking from Boston
to San Francisco, and paying his ex-
penses by lecturing, collected 10 cents
in Ludlow. He was offended at this,
and said he had received 81 for many
lecture not half SO good.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
An indication OF Leisure.

An indication OF Leisure.
do you think four-leaf clover is a
sign OF luck?"
Yep" answered Farmer Corntossel
There amt no doubt in my mind but
what anybody with time to fool away
lookin' fur four-leaf clovers is purity
lucky"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
His Transformation,

Little Harold. aged six. felt very
proud when be donned his tirst pair
OF trousers. Taking his three-year-old
brother behind the door. he was over.
heard to say. willie. Willie. do you
remember me
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

Though not an ideal senator, Rayner
is man of much more ability than
German and is capable of a higher
level Of action. At present he stands
for the better element of the democ-
racy, and should he pick up the gage
which German has thrown down may
be instrumental in defeating the pend
Ing Acknowledgement amendment
which is designed to protect white
supremacy" in a state whose colored
population is less than 20 per cent of
its total. So.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
FORUMOFTHE PEOPLE

Articles Contributed for This Column
Must Not Be in Excess Of 400
Words. The Identify of All Con-
tribut0rs Must Be Known to the
Editor. Articles VIII Be Printed in
the Order Received
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
"chickens a Nuisance"

From the New York Herald
Chickens nuisance" declares the
Charleston News and Courier What,
fried Sun.
Chickens a nuisance? Yes, when
all they leave of your garden is re-
miniscence; yes, when the young
cock, full of the joys OF life. rouses
you in the early dawn; yes. when
some low-browed, vulgar fowl whips
the very life out OF your blooded pet !;
yes, when the pip or other ailment
worries the amateur breeder. But
when fried? Never!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Worldly Analysis.

DO you think ought to consider
wealth in selecting a husband?" said
the confiding girl.
1T depends" answered Miss Cay
enne, ION whether YOU are looking
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Northern view o. Maryland.

From the Boston Transcript-The
return Of the German dynasty is the
paramount issue in Maryland
young German" who inhcrits with
his fathers name all his ambition and
not q little OF his shrewdness. has
succeeded IN preventing the democra-
tic state convention from recommend
Ing the re-elsction Of Senator Rayner.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
MASONIC CALENDAR.

Saturday, Aug. 21-Loyal Chapter.
No. -. O. E. S.. Stated Meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

All Is not false which at first seems
. lie.-Southey.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

Miss Emma Sponenberger of St
Louis, NO., is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Dean OF North 10th street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

forward to a happy home or to a d.
vorce that will pay dividends.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
Oriental Wisdom.

Oriental Wisdom.
Let not a stubborn will In things of
state
Prescribe your record in the book of
Fate.
The most successful man Outlines is
he
Who knows exactly when to abdicate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

When a mans married his trouble begins,
Unless his wife is the up-to-date kind.
Who saves her time. temper. fuel. body and mind.
BY doing her washing the Fels-Naptha way,
And gets it all done in q fourth of q day.
Hard rubbing will wear away iron in
time. -
Ever notice washboard that had been
used a good while in the old-fashioned
way of washing?
Zinc worn thin and wooden edges all
worn round?
Clothes are much softer than zinc or
wood.
Then just think how much your
clothes must have worn away while the
washboard was wearing out.
Clothes last twice as long when wash
ed the Fcls-Naptha way because there's no
boiling to weaken them and no hard rub
bing to wear them into holes.
The Fels-Naptha dissolves the dirt so
it seems it just rinses out.
You don't need to hard rub it out.
Using Fels-Naptha soap saves fuel, time
and health, too, but perhaps you don't
care for these things.
You do want your clothes to last as
long as possible and for that reason alone
you should use Fels-Naptha soap. In
Summer and Winter.
Follow directions on the red and green
wrapper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

Is there a working agreement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

Entered at Richmond. Indiana, post
office as second class mail matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19

Needles and pins, needles and pins;
When a mans married his trouble begins,
Unless his wife is the up-to-date kind.
Who saves her time. temper, fuel. body and mind.
BY doing her washing the Fels-Naptha way.
And gets it all done in fourth of day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-04
UPHOLDS SIMPSON.
Secretary of Treasury Writes Governor
About Protection of Bootleggers.

President Taft has transmitted to
Governor Stubs the reply of the sec
rotary of the treasury to complaint
filed by the governor that the method
c. running the federal internal Office
made 1t difficult for the state authori-
ties to enforce the prohibition law
he governors complaint, specifically,
was that the government was not re-
curing bootleggers to post their gov
eminent stamp tax in conspicuous
ace; also that when bootleggers
without a federal tax stamp are ar
rested by the state the revenue officers
come along and make them pay tax
cvering the period for which they
mad been selling liquor in the past.
Secretary McVeagh in his letter to
the president, which was transmitted
to the governor, says:
while it is manifestly the purpose
of the law to require the stamp to be
posted at the place for which special
tax is paid and business being carried
On, 1t seems equally clear that it is not
! necessary to keep the stamp posted
after the business has been discon-
| -jnued. If the conditions prevailing
| IN Kansas are approximately the same
| as those in Oklahoma, there appears to
nave been no laxity on the part of
law.
'.It should be borne in mind that the
special tax stamp is not a license, but
l,erely a receipt for the tax. It may
alSO De stared tndt While subsequent
| payment of the tax and SO per cent
penalty is no bar to prosecution for
| having engaged in the business with
out first having paid the tax expert
,nce indicates that courts and juries
ere somewhat loath to convict for this
ffense when the tax and the penalties
nave been subsequently paid. The facts
| IN such cases, are, however, always
eported to the United States attorney
Tor such attention as seems to be re-
| CURED.
collector Simpson will, however, be
| allied on to report to conditions in
that portion of his district within the
state of Kansas. and whether the re-
quirements of the law are being strict
/ lY enforced and cOmplied WITH,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-04
ITALIANS CAN SHOOT.
Jaclxies From the Land of the Caesars
Give Yankee Sailors q Surprise.

Washington. Dec. 4.-Three Jackies
from the Italian cruiser Etruria took
a cruise up Pennsylvania avenue last
night and dropped anchor abaft a pub
lie shooting gallery. Just then three
jolly craft flying the stars and stripes
hove in view and bore down from the
nor'eaSt to seek the Italian squadron
"Ahoy messmates,' spoke the Yankee
flagship. BLAST my turrets if we don't
challenge you to a round or two at
target practice. Swing into the road
stead and clear for action"
The Italian skipper signalled full
speed ahead and the two fleets steamed
into the shooting gallery.
1.-THE loser settles the salvage BILL
conditioned the Yankee lands and the
Italians accepted.
That's easy" spoke out one of the
Yankee fleet. These Italians can't
shoot"
International courtesy gave the chal-
lenged the first round. When the first
Italian gun captain stopped firing he
had knocked down all the little tin
birds. cracked II glass balls. rung the
bells until even the bell was hoarse and
had the boss of the shooting gallery
" orried about his ammunition hoists.
"Scuttled and foundered, SILVER my
timbers,' roareG the Yankee comman-
der, give me my range on that swob
Tho said these Italians couldn't shoot.
Honor being satisfied. the two squad
rons dressed ship and laid a course
straight away for the first port of call.