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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-09-13
Mr.. PERcY's GOVT.
It Kept Getting Worse Until He Got
to the Doctor.

It Kept Getting Worse Until He Got
to the Doctor.
Mr.. Percy was naturally inclined
to be aristocratic. He kept on the
walls of his library portraits of his
ancestors as far back. as he could
be sure of them and, furthermore,
took unusual pleasure in recounting
to guests their distinguishing viz
tues, says writer in the New York
Evening Sun. The trouble began
when Mr.. Percy put on his shoes
and found some little difficulty in
lacing his right one. It was tight,
close fit, and when he walked round
the room he limped a little.
@What's the matter !" asked Mrs.
Percy as he limped into the dining
room.
ooh, one of my shoes pinches;
that's all"
Whereupon he attacked the liver
and bacon and slipped away at his
coffee. When he had finished his
breakfast he put on his hat, picked
up a walking stick which he had not
used for months and months and
sailed forth into the world. In the
elevator of his apartment house he
met Mr.. Stowe, one Of his neigh
bors.
"Hellow said Stowe.
"Good morning" said Mr.. Percy.
whats the matter with your
foot? Gone lame ?"
@Ye-eh; shoe fits pretty tight this
morning"
'Mebbe you've got the govt,
huh ?"
Mr.. Percy grinned. They parted
at the door, Mr.. Stowe going to-
ward the subway and Mr.. Percy
making for the elevated.
'sGood morning, Mr.. Percy" said
the janitor, who was standing on
the basement steps.
informing! How are you this
morning ?"
f'Oh, I'm all right, but you seem
to be lame"
Eyes, seems So"
'P'r'aps you've got a touch of
the gout," said the janitor. 81 wish
| could catch it too. But 1 can't
even afford to get the stomach ache,
let alone the govt"
Halfway down the block Mr.. Per
cy met another of his acquaintance.
Hello, Percyw said this one.
whats the matter? Got the
gout?"
Mr.. Percy looked rather serious.
81 don't know what it is he said.
Its swollen more or less, and it's
painful too. Every time I bring my
foot down-oh. how it hnrts!"
"a -am- -.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-09-13

Deen assigned. TIE is a native of the
District OF Columbia and is forty-two
years old. He entered the government
service in 1891 as chief clerk in the
paymaster's Office of the United States
marine corps. which position he re-
tanned until transferred to the depart
ment of commerce and labor as cash.
Ter to the disbursing officer. In Octo-
Der, 1905, Mr.. Thompson entered the
postofice department as disbursing
clerk and year later was promoted to
the office he now holds.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-09-13

--Tnars rne govt, an right. You
ought to lay off from rich food and
stuff like that and go it easy"
II guess / will too. This is no
joke, now, I'm telling you"
And when Mr.. Percy left his
friend and moved on one more
block his limp became more and
more pronounced, and he even
seemed to take a certain sort of
pride in it.
Rheumatism, Mr.. Percy?" asked
friend later on.
mo, sir! Gout, STRIP
tHurts ?"
'Excruciating pain, sirl Still, the
Percys have always had it, and ]
suppose I must put up with it. Old
family infrmity, you know. I think
I'll get off here and see my physi-
clan. Well, SO longp
He limped off and in due course
of time limped into his doctors of
fee and described his symptoms.
81 see," said the doctor, writing
a prescription. well soon get you
all right again. Don't worry"
'sBut-aw-doctor, isn't govt
chronic"
Scout? Yes, gouts chronic. But
you haven't got the govt. You've
got the chilblains."
sN-n-n-n-n-o-o-o-o-op said Mr..
Percy. els that all"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-09-13
New Senator From Virginia.

Claude A. Swanson. who succeeds
the late John w. Daniel as United
States senator from Virginia, Is no
stranger in congress, having served six
terms in the lower house He was first
elected to the Fifty-third congress and
was regularly returned by his constit-
uents until he resigned after his sew
enth election to become chief executive
Of the state.
The new senator is a native of the
Old Dominion and is forty-eight years
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-09-13
sha. Exnlainad.

Shortly before Napoleon III. APP
propriated the vacant throne Of
France he one day asked q great
lady to explain the difference be-
tween "an accident and ca misfor-
tune"
'1f," she said, "you were to fall
into the Seine, that would be an ac-
cident; if they pulled you out again.
that would be misfortune"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-09-13

In days long ago pins were SO ex-
pensive that husbands gave their
wives certain allowances just for the
purpose of the costly luxury; hence
we call the money given to a woman
for her own special use 'Epin mon
ey." Five centuries after pins were
invented the peddlers sung the fol-
lowing rhyme as they went through
the streets in London:
Ten rows a penny, OF
Isn't that many. o?
Silver heads. golden points,
Ten rows a penny, o!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-09-13

old. When he was sixteen financial
reverses suffered by his father threw
him on his own resources, and he fin
ished his education only by dint of
hard work. For time he taught school
and clerked in store In Danyille
for couple of years. finally getting
enough money TO study law at the Uni
Versity of Virginia. He got his degree
in 1886 and began the practice of law
at Chatham. becoming one of the fore
most members OF the profession in his
section He was chosen governor Of
Virginia in 1905. his term of service ex-
Diring Feb. Of this year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-09-13


Harry 81. Thompson, chairman Of
the special committee designated to
put Uncle Sans new postal savings
bank scheme into operation. has had
a long experience in the government
service. The committee he heads Is
composed OF officials OF the postof1ice
department and was appointed by Sec
rotary Hitchcock to work out the de
tails for putting the plan In motion.
1t is the purpose Of the law passed
by congress to extend the system OF
postal savings banks to every postof-
ice in the land. BY the provisions of
the law an account may be opened
with 81. Those not having that
amount may purchase postal savings
card for 10 cents and by the subse-
Quent purchase Of postal savings
stamps &c 10 cents each gradually ac-
Quire the necessary sum. Thus child
may open a bank account with Uncle
Sam.
Mr.. Thompson is superintendent Of
the finance division OF the postoftice
department and Is considered well
qualified for the work 70 which he has
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
Merely 28 Real AHStOcrutS
in Capital Of United States

Washington. D. c., July 2S.-There
are only twenty.eight persons In
Washington society who properly may
be regarded as aristocratic. according
to q newly arisen arbiter of elegance
and fashion, c. w. Delyon Nichols oil
Baltimore.
As a result a good many of those
not included In the select number are
wrought up over the social blue rib
bon awards contained in Mr.. Nichols
ultra fashionable peerage OF Ameri
Ca" which he Is preparing to publish
and advance sheets of which have
been given publicity.
Mr.. Nichols is a strict and unspar
ing censor OF the fashionable world
Ancestors alone count with him. II
you have not ancestors who can meas
ure up to the standard Of aristocracy
you don't get into his catalog Of the
ultra fashionable-that's all.
Mrs. Levi z. Letter is named as one
OF the twenty-eight elect in Washing
ton society and SO is Miss Katherine
Elkins. daughter of the senator from
West Virginia. Miss Elkins has an
cestors. but her father and mother
have no ancestors. for Mr.. Nichols
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
Capture of Vending Is Near
At Hand, IT Is Now Believed

police state, there will be opened up a
remarkable side story. which will in
volve a sensational career OF Wend-
ling before he came to this country a
number OF years ago. Romance and
crime are said to have wrapped them.
selves about the mans life while he
was q member Of the French army and
later when he fled to Alsace where he
was forced to work as laborer on a
farm
Here he courted and won the hand
of a beautiful peasant girl, Madeline
Arnold. Against the wishes Of her
parents he married her and fled
Whether Lena Vending, who was ar,
rested following the murder OF the
Kellner girl and who was living with
Vending as his wife, is the same
Madeline Arnold, is a matter which
the police have been unable to learn
Vending is said to have held q
commission in the French army and tc
have come from wealthy parentage
He speaks several languages nuently
He is suave and polished in appear
ance. He is 81 years old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28

San Francisco, July oS.-Trailed
through a half dozen states OF the url.
ion, through Mexico and portion OF
Central America, Joseph Vending,
accused of the murder OF eight-year-
old Alma Kellner, daughter of a mil
lionaire brewer in Louisville, KY, in
the cellar of St. Johns Parochial
School, in that city, has finally been
trailed to San Francisco, where local
detectives are slowly but surely draw
ing the net about him.
Captain J. P. Carney, chief Of the
Louisville detective department is in
the city directing corps Of detectives
in the search for the suspected MUIR
derer. Captain Carney declares that it
is only a matter of hours until Wend-
ling is caught.
Detectives are guarding certain
house in the hope that Vending will
put in an appearance.
Two weeks ago Vending was locat-
ed in Vallejo, where he was living un-
der an assumed name. Vending
somehow got wind that he was being
watched, and fed to this city.
Following the murder OF the Kell-
ner GIRL her parents and red Fehr, a
millionaire uncle offere@a reward OF
$1,000 for the capture Of the murderer
According to the local police, the net
has been drawn so closely about the
suspected murderer that there is small
hope that he may escape. Less than
two days ago, it is said, he was seen
walking on Market street in company
with a oman At that time he man
aged to elude his pursuers. but later
the place where the pair have been
stopping was located.
With the capture OF Vending the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
MAY MEET W0LGAS1

Chicago. July 2S.-Packy McFar-
lands chance at the lightweight cham
pionship of the world, has come soon
er than he expected.
Ad Wolgast, holder of the title, has
accepted the terms offered in New Or
leans by Tommy Walsh's club, for 4
battle there Labor Day with McFar-
land, the contest to go twenty rounds.
Tom Jones, Wolgast's manager,
last night wired that he had accepted
the New Orleans bid for the contest
but that he would insist upon having
a guarantee of at least $500 for VOL
CASTS end and would reserve the pri.
vilege of taking As percent of the
gross receipts il that exceeded the
guarantee. The weight will be 1873 at
the ringside.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
CARE Of PARROTS.
TIE Proper Way to Feed. Cage AID
Teach the Birds.

TIE Proper Way to Feed. Cage and
Teach the Birds.
As few people who own parrots real.
~ know how to care for them. q few
good rules may be Of interest
As to their food. IL should be seeds
canary. hemp (but not too much), mil
let. boiled maize. linseed. rape and the
like. Bread soaked In hot water Ia
good, given twice a day. and fruit In
moderation and In variety Is whole
some. such as grapes. apples and
pears. au occasional raisin and let
tuce.
Gray parrots are very fond Of rice.
and almost all parrots appreciate rice
pudding and have a taste. too. for
bread and butter. Meat 10 bad for
them. Clean. fresh wood should be
given them to gnaw-bits Of elm. birch.
larch and chestnut Fresh dry gravel
must be sprinkled at the bottom Of
the cage every day and fresh water
be put In the glass.
II Is important that parrots should
have the opportunity to stand Dat foot
ed. 30 II the cage has wires at the
bottom II Is well 70 remove then. Al
ways to have his claws clasping .
round perch is Injurious to any bird.
ana two perches Of different size are
advisable. so that he may change bis
posture at will.
When q parrot continues to scrsam
be wants water or food or feels I'll
and uncomfortable or maybe II mere
y dull. Music. which he loves. viii
cheer him up at all times.
"A parrot learns 70 talk only from
one Who speaks very slowly and dis
tinctly to him and preferably when Be
Il about to fall asleep. Last. but not
least . parrot should Be carefully
covered at night-Londop Mall
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.

MMAHAN-Yale J. McMahan. aged
ten months, infant OF Burgess L. Nc
Mahan and wife. died last evening at
the home OF Elijah b. McMahan and
wife. grandparents. Besides the par
nets q sister survives.
HENDERSON, Walter Henderson
died 1T his home in East Oakland.
California, this morning. He was for
merly connected with the Second Ma
tiona1 bank OF Richmond. A wife.
formerly Miss Bertha woodward. =
teacher In the local public schools. .
mother and . sister survive. Funeral
services will be held Saturday after
noon from his home in East Oakland.
Births.
Joseph williams and wife. Is South
Eleventh street, girl. fourth child.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
ROOSEVELT WILL
TAKE BACK SEAT
Colonel Says He Will Avoid the
Limelight in the New
York Campaign.
WILL STAND BY FRIENDS
DECLARES HE WILL TAKE A
HAND AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN
oNLY-SILENT REGARDING THE
OHIO NEWS.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 2S.-Those
who heard Theodore Roosevelt talk al
Sycamore Hill yesterday afternoon
came away with sharply etched
shadow picture of what his attitude
will be in state and national politics.
Primarily he wishes to keep in the
background in the approaching cam.
paign. for he feels that. taking too
prominent part IN It. he may be &C
cused of assuming a dictatorship.
These views Mr.. Roosevelt has ex.
planned to those who have come to see
him recently. He tells his visitors
that he is anxious to take hand as
private citizen, but he is willing to
go no further.
Broadly speaking, he will as he has
said on several occasions, do all in his
power to help the men who stood by
him and his policies formulated dur
ing his years in the White House. but
he is noncommittal as to whether he
expects to carry this to the point OF
coming out openly in favor of the re
publicans all over the country whom
he considers standing for his ideas.
May Forget Party Lines.
He does say, however, that he must
forget factional differences and even
party lines. and support the men and
the things which he believes to stand
for the best interests Of the country as
a whole. But he has not made up his
mind when he will take any decided
stand.
The republican situation in this
state is shifting SO rapidly that the
colonel says he is having trouble In
keeping pace with it. During the inter
view there were mentioned to him the
names of Representative Hamilton
Fish and William H. Hotchkiss, state
superintendent OF insurance, as having
been spoken Of recently in connection
with the guberatorial nOmiction. H.
replied by naming over the whole list
OF men who have been mentioned
adding that he had no idea whatever
as to who the best man would be
He repeated in substance his recent
declaration. that the people mus
choose their man, and that his nomin
alton must result from this fact, no
because one man or one set of mel
wanted him. To this statement HI
added that he had not even decided
whether to attend the republican stat
convention at Saratoga.
Silent at Ohio News.
When the colonel heard the news
of the Ohio state republican conven
ton he sat silent and motionless in hi
chair for full minute. He looked a:
If he wanted to say something, and tn
interviewers leaned forward for tn
expected statement on Ohio politics
Suddenly he brought his hands to
gether with a smack and said:
mot a word to say, gentlemen; no
| a word to say
Col. Roosevelt said he had not beer
reading up on Nebraska politics latel.
and had not heard how William
Bryan had Jared in the democratic
convention in that state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28

does not include the senator and Mrs.
Elkins in the blue ribbon list.
Here Are the Only Aristoerats.
This is Mr.. Nichols rool of ultra
fashionables of Washington:
Senator G. p. Wetmore, Mrs. G. p.
Wetmore, the Misses Wetmore, w. S.
X. Wetmore, Roger Wetmore, Pierre
Lorillard, Mrs. Richard Townsend,
Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, Perry Bel
mont, Mrs Perry Belmont, Chauncey
M. Depew. Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew
James w. Wadsworth, Mrs. James w.
Wadsworth. Mrs. Levi z. Letter, Miss
Margaret Cameron. Miss Catherine
Cameron. Beekman Winthrop, Mrs.
Beekman Winthrop, Hamilton Fish,
the Misses Fish, Beeklnan Lorillard
Mrs. Beekman Lorillard, Miss Rather.
Inc Elkins, Nicholas LOngworth, Mrs,
Nicholas Longworth.
Who c. w. Delyon Nichols 10.
who is this c. w. Delyon Nichols
anyway" exclaims one Washington
society editor.
Well, according to C. WDelyon, he
is descended from triple line of an
cestry from the Chevalier Serg. Fran
els Nichols. brother of Sir Robert
Nichols. the first English governor
Of New York, and on the maternal
side of the house through threefold
pedigree from John Delyon. the first
earl of Stratmore and Kinghorne, whn
married Lady Jane Stuart"
Then he is governor general of the
national society of scions of colonial
cavaliers. He has figured prominent
ly in Baltimore society for a number
Of years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
City Clerk Receives Copy Of
Cincinnati Ordinance,
Which Is Strict.
10 Be SENT TO COUNCIL
AND ORDINANCE COMMITTEES OF
THAT soov MAY DRAFT A SINH.
Ian LOCAL oRoiNANcE-REGU
.ATE0 GARAGES.

A copy Of the Cincinnati ordinance
relating to the control of sounds made
by automobiles has been received by
City Clerk Baltz Bescher and 1t will be
given consideration by council Mon
day night. II will probably be put In
the hands OF the committee on ordin-
ances and franchises. which will draw
an ordinance to meet the Richmond
situation.
Tho law Is prescribed. IAN ordin-
ance to regulate the kind OF signals to
be used on automobiles, motorcycles
and other self propeiling vehicles. and
also to modify the noises incident to
the operation of these machines"
BY this ordinance all automobiles
except electrics must be preceded
with mufflers to deaden the sound Of
the exhaust. The warning signals per.
mitted are reed horns. hand operated
with . rubber bulb. emitting a single
note of low tone. bells not more than
I'VE inches In diameter are permitted
on electric machines.
Regulates Garages.
II also refers to garages. stating
that no work shall be performed max
ing unusual noise between the hours
OF eight o'clock In the evening and
eight In the morning. No NOISY work
II permitted on Sunday.
Superintendent OF Police Gormon
has been demanding an ordinance Of
this kind several weeks for there has
been . great deal OF complaint coming
In to the department because of Ne
various screeching noises made er<;-
cially by motor cycles. A big kick Is
expected from automobile owners for
there ID q, wide variety Of horns In use
here. The Cincinnati ordinance 10 ap.
proved BY superintendent Gormon and
City Attorney A. NJ. Gardner. but may
be modified before presentation.
Two other ordinances will come up
Monday night for second reading, the
smoke ordinance and dog ordinance.
II ID understood that several amend
ments to both bills will be offered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
ATTEND OPEN HOUSE

Over $50 employees of the Starr Pi
ano company attended the open house
at the Y. M. G. A. last night for EN-.
ployes of the company. All privileges
of the association were free, including
pool, billiards and the swimming pool
Lemonade was served. Men were In
the swimming tank who had not been
in the water for twenty years, accord
ing to association ohacials.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
4 'REvOLTINC CRIME

New York. July ?S.--While his five
children looked on. Abraham Roth. a
tailor. early today almost severed his
wife's head and fatally stabbed him.
self In their home at "a lrvington
street. Yesterday both were served
with dispossess notice. His wife died
within an hour. As her husband
slashed her throat. the woman plung.
ed through q window. falling twenty
feet to a fire escape below their sec.
ond story home OF two crowded
roosns. feF
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
HELD FOR MURDER.

New York. July :S.-S. A. Morgan.
cashier Of the American Sugar Re-
finery company was arrested at noon
today. charged with having fired the
shot which killed one man In the vii.
iiamsburg riot.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
WILLIAMS RELEASED.

Paul Williams of Terre Haute, who
was arrested here Tuesday for forg-
ing a check on his father, was re-
leased yesterday at the request of his
parent. He went to Michigan for his
health.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
GAMES TODAY.
o National LEAGUE.

National League.
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at New York.
Boston at By0oklyn.
Chicago at st. Louis.
American League.
st. Louis Mt Cleveland.
New York at Boston.
Washington at Philadelphia.
Chicago ut Detroit.
American Association.
Toledo ct Milwaukee
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
NO MORE DISORDERS.

South Bend. Ind, July 2s.-Actlng
upon instruction from Brigadier Gen,
eral Mckee the Grand Trunk resumed
Ito regular schedule OF trains today.
The strike situation IL quiet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
YesTERpAY's RESULTS.
National LEAGUE,

National League.
Pittsburg 8: Cincinnati 4.
st. Louis s.: Chicago s.
New York s; Philadelphia 2.
American League.
Boston 10: New York As.
Washington s: Philadelphia 1
American Association.
Columbus s: Milwaukee o.
Minneapolis .: Louisville /
Toledo 4: Kansas City 1.
ST. Paul 4; Indianapolis :.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
HEMP EMANfUN[RAL

The funeral Of Mrs. A. w. Hemple-
man, who died at the homo OF her
daughter, Mrs. Edna Park. Wo0nsock.
ct. Rhode Island. several days ago will
be held from that residence tomorrow
afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Hemplsman
were visiting there when the latter BE-
came Ill. Mrs. Hempleman was Wide
ly known in charitable circles Of the
city and was ! prominent member
and worker Of the Eastern Star. Tho
Hemplemans live In East Main street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
RELATIONS ARE SEVERED.

Madrid. July 2S.-Dipiomatic rela.
lions between Spain and the Vatican
were broken off today as result Of
the announcement by the government
that display Of religious insignia other
than Catholic win henceforth be per.
mitted In street processiCns.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
STUDY Of HISTORY

4 The Wayne County Historical soci.
sty and Superintendent .Jordop OF the
county schools win begin soon to for.
9alpts new outline for the study Of
hlsebfS. Thi6 course will be put into
sffsce the beginning Of the 1911 school
tognA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
GAME WAS GOOD ONE

In a good game of baseball the COL
ored Giants lost to the Indianapolis
A. B. c. ~, yesterday afternoon at the
Athletic park. The Giants went up in
the air in the sixth inning and the A.
b. c. scored two runs. A big crowd
attended the game.