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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29
HAGERSTOWN, IND.

Hagerstown, Ind, April 29-Miss
Florence Scarr and sister, Mrs. Ellen
Allen. will spend the summer with rel
atives on North Tenth street at Rich.
mond, going Monday.
The Ladies' History club meets May
End. with Mrs. J. M. Hartley. with the
following program:
Responses Household economics.
Lesson Study-Mrs. Unthank
Birds and Trees-Mrs. Hartley and
Mrs. Hunt.
Items of Interest-Miss Clark, Mrs.
Marsh and Mrs. Gebphart.
Bible Questions-Mrs. Bell and Mrs.
LOntz
Miscellaneous Questions Miss Tay-
lor, Mrs. Fritz.
Mrs. Joseph Marsh has been made q
member OF the club.
Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Jenkins have
been the guests of friends at Kennard
and New Castle this week.
Mrs. w. HI. Keagy entertained the
members of the Priscilla Embroidery
cub, Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. e. e. Root and children spent
this week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Stricken, east OF town.
Chas. Walters spent part of this
week at Mnncie.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Teetor were en-
tertained Thursday evening at six
o'clock dinner at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Leakey, at New Castle
Mrs. Teetor is spending the remainder
of the week with relatives at Moore
land and at Brownsville. with Mr.
| Teetor, who is putting in "A grain ele
vator there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Fouts have NOV
ed into the property of Prof. Woodland.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Gordon
who are now located at Tampa, F1ori
da, nine pound daughter, secont
child.
| Rev. StovenOur OF Portland, Ind.
was the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ T
Fox, Thursday.
4 w. e. Armstrong has been in very
serious condition since having his col
lar bone fractured The physician
states that he was also injured inter
lnally when the horse crowded him il
the stable.
| Mrs. Fred E. Smith has completes
the enumerating of the children of tn
Hagerstown corporation between tn
ages OF 6 and q years. The repor
shows there are 1874 children of tina
age, 90 males and 81 females. A dc
crease OF 4 is shown from that OF
year ago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29
win Ask Congregations to
Make ''Cleaning Week"
a Great Success.
CHILDREN ARE TO ASSIST
MRe. STEPHENS ASKS THAT THE
YOUNGSTERS eEAUTiFY THE
LAWNS ~ PLANTING vARiE-
rigs or FLOWERS.

The Ministerial association has in
dorsed the movement relative to
cleaning up the city the first week In
May and has pledged its support In
behalf of the matter. Every minister
in the city will talk on the subject in
church Sunday and solicit the aid OF
their respective congregations towards
making the movement an unqualified
success.
Mrs. Frank W. Stephens, president
of the Women's Federated clubs and
the prime instigator of the movement,
xpoke before the children at the Starr
school building yesterday afternoon
and asked for the support of the pu-
pills In the matter. She said that the
flower season was at hand now and
requested the children to do all they
could towards identifying the lawns
by planting blooms OF different variet-
les. The pupils were also asked to
tight the flies in every way possible
as 1t is believed that many disease
germs are carried by these little In
.sects.
Mrs. Stephens visited the high
school building some time ago. The
other schools will be visited this at.
ternoon when the movement will be
explained to the pupils. The assis
tance given by the children Is recog
nized to be of great value and their
help IL earnestly solicited.
DR.. J. E. King. county health officer
has posted notices In every school In
the county in which the fly evil Is
pointed out and the support Of the
children asked in helping to eliminate
the disease bearers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29

JOANNA:
PRunENcD
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29
CAMBRIDGE CITY. IND.

Cambridge City, Ind. April o.
Roy Hill. OF Centerville, Il spending
few days IN Cambridge City.
Letters received by friends from DIR.
]. N. Study who Ii with Mrs. Study
at the Deaconess Hospital In Indian
apolis, report Mrs. Study as some
what improved.
Mrs. Willard Petro and daughter,
Lucille, spent Tuesday In Richmond.
Mrs. H. B. Ault and children. who
have spent the past two weeks with
MIR. and Mrs. Lee Ault, have gone TO
New Castle to visit relatives before re-
turning to their home in Chicago.
Harry Morris spent Monday In In
dianapolis.
John Dora will long remember his
sixteenth birthday anniversary. which
occurred last Sunday. On Monday
evening he was happily surprised by
fourteen of his school friends, coming
In to spend the evening. Games and
music made a very pleasant time.
Ice cream, cake and candy were served
during the evening. The surprise was
planned by his grandmother. Mrs.
John Manlove. He was also the re-
cipient OF numerous postcards.
Herman Barnett and DON Drischel
were among the number who went
from this place to Richmond, Monday
evening to see 1.-THE Goddess OF Lib
erty."
It will be or interest to the friends
OF Mrs. ]. B. Allen, until recently OF
Cambridge City, to learn that she
with her sister. Miss Florence Starr Of
Hagerstown, will in the near future
go to Richmond, where they will make
their home for time at least with
their aunt, Mrs. Mary Starr on North
Tenth street.
Mrs. Stella Croker Jenkins is one
of the latest victims of the mumps.
Charles Working of Hagerstown
was visitor in this place, Thursday
The G. A. r. Post has secured the
services of County Clerk H. e. Penny
of Richmond, for the memorial ad
dress.
T. E. Frazer, superintendent Of tn,
Bartel garment factory, while passing
over the bridge which spans Licl
creek near the corner OF Main ant
Mulberry streets, q day or two ago
met with a painful and what nigh
have been very serious accident. HI
stepped upon q broken plank whicl
gave way in such a manner as t,
cause him to fall, hurting and bruis
ing limb. While no bones were broh
en-. Mr.. Frazer suffers much pain an,
Inconvenience from the accident.
The Capital Hill Cemetery Associs
ton will meet at the home of Mis-
Matte McClave at half past sevel
o'clock this evening.
Mrs. Stella Bird, Great Minnehah
Of the order OF Pocahontas, has spen
the week in Lebanon in attendance a
the district meeting of the order.
| w. H. Kiser, one OF the enterprisin
citizens OF this place leads the trad.
having purchased the first auto-d,
livery in the town.
The Commencement OF the Can
bridge City High School will be hel
In the Hurst Opera House, Tuesda
afternoon, May twenty-fourth. c. v
Whitman of Indianapolis will delive
the class address. The followin
young people compose the class: JUL
Boyd, Lena Luddington. Della Swisl
er. Irene Toms, Donald johnson, E
mer Bertsch, Russell Bailey and He
bert Taylor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29

In a California town drummer
brought the hotel porter up to his
room with his angry storming. Want
your room changed. mister" politely
uueried the porter. Room changed.
MOI TUNED the drummer. ITS the
fleas 1 object to, that's ALL" Mrs.
Leary." shouted the porter to the
housekeeper down below. ''the gent in
No. II is satisfied with his room. but
he wants the fleas changed"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29
POSTAL men HAPPY
June First Telegraph Company
viii Increase Operators
Salaries.
WHAT REQUIREMENTS ARE

New York, April 29.-The Postal
Telegraph Cable company announces
that on June 1t will make substan-
tiAl increases in the wages of its tele-
graph operators In all important off,
ces Of its system. These offices are
to be classified according to the COM
parative importance.
The increases will be selective, and
will rum from five and In some cases
n high q twenty-five percent.
Careful examination and full in
Quiry will be made rs to the merits
OF each individual operator: ability
to BE- the first requisite; years, ex.
pericace and other special fitness will
count in each mans favor. and all will
Be graded accordingly. Efficient and
deserving operators will receive pay
commensurate with the value OF the
work that they are able to perform
and less experienced and new oper
ators will have greater opportunity tc
demonstrate their fitness for advance
ment In pay or promotion Ia othel
waya. II 10 the company's intention
BY continued fair dealing with EN-
ployes to retain and attract to Its ser
vise the most skillful and reliable op
orators.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29

however and In many sections the bud
ding shade trees we're stripped of their
fresh leaves. It is pointed out that
cereal crops win hardly suffer since to
take severe damage they must be
caught when considerably more ad-
yanced.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29

London's newest music hall seats
four thousand persons St. Peters
cathedral in Rome can hold at pinch
81 900 persons. Milan cathedral holds
forty thousand. st. Paul's In London.
has seen $4,000 within its walls.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29
BUYS A GROCERY.

j. r. Smelser has bought the stock
OF groceries OF C. A. Haisley. No. Ala
y. w. Thigd street, and takes possess
sion Monday. May 2.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Turtle Worship,

At a place called Kotron, on the
French Ivory Coast, the natives believe
that to eat or destroy q turtle would
mean death to the guilty one or sick
ness among the family. The fetch
men, of whom there are plenty, declare
that years ago u man went to sea fish
ing. In the night his canoe was thrown
upon the beach empty. Three days
afterward a turtle came ashore at the
same place with the man on it's back
alive and well. Since that time they
have never eaten or destroyed one of
that species, although they enjoy other
species.
If one happens now to be washed
ashore there is great commotion in
the town. First the women sit down
and start singing and beating sticks;
next small piece of white cloth color
must be white) is placed on the turtles
back. Food is then prepared and
placed on the cloth, generally plan
tains, rice and palm oil. Then, amid
lot more singing, dancing and antics
Of the fetch people, it is carried back
into the sea and goes on its way re-
joicing-London Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Snuhhinu nm Emperor.

1t is not often that the German EN-.
peror allows himself to be snubbed by
one of his own subjects, but an actual
instance occurred last summer. His
majesty was on board the Hohenzol.
lern. and, approaching a German port
on the North sea, the imperial yacht
took on a pilot. and this authority
posted himself at the wheel. The EN-.
peror, who regards himself as a per.
feet master of steering, stationed him
self in the vicinity of the pilot and
suggested giving him a hand at the
wheel. The rough sea dog, not recog.
MIXING the emperor, turned round, with
a snarl. Are you pilot or am II" bel
growled. Amazed, Wilhelm II. retired
crestfallen to his stateroom. But bel
thought better of 1t and in a few min.
utes returned to the bridge and in|
great humility laid box of cigars be-
side the pilot, with the remark. "Thou|
art the pilot"-London M. A. P.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
CHOICE MISCELLANY
The Gyroscope.

Louis Brenn1n's unique gyroscope
car Is said u have had its origin In the
brain OF French physician. NJ. Fou,
cault. born In Pnris IN 1919. Foucault
proved unfaithful to medicine, but 10y.
al to the physical sciences. In addition
to inventing. or, rather, popularizing,
the gyroscope, he calculated the veloc'
ity of light by means OF q revolving
mirror. esta blished the undulatory the.
Dry of light and made an improved
electric light apparatus. Foucault used
Ids gyroscope to make plain to the
bodily eye the fact that the earth 70.
tates on its axis. his instrument being
merely a demonstration of the fact
that when a symmetrical body is set
rotating round an axis 1t will continue
so to rotate unless acted upon by an
outside force. The earth is a gigantic|
gyroscope. which insures the changes
OF the seasons. When a bullet Is pro.
jected from a grooved rifle with the
consequent rotatory motion) 1t dis
plays another application of the same
principle-in the increased precision oil
fire. Just as Mr.. Brennan steadies his
car on it's single rail by means of his
whirling disks. so many years ago did
Professor Piazza Smyth, the astrono.
mer royal for Scotland, steady his tele-
scopes at sea. Lord Kelvin also con.
structed a gyrostat. which stood upon|
it's rim in any set position. His liquid
gyrostat is still more wonderful.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
a Simple, Bashful Maid,

81 am glad your name is Mary" said
Mr.. Slowcoach to his sweetheart, whom
he had been counting for several years.
why so?"
Because I was reading today and
came across a line which said, Mary
is the sweetest name that woman ever
bore"
THAT is POLITICALLY expressed. I've
heard my father say 1t to my mother,
whose name is Mary. 1t is from some
poet, isn't it?"
Il believe so'
But ! have also heard my father
say that there was even a sweeter
name than Mary
Il think he must have been mistak-
en-" said the lover as he tenderly
pressed his sweetheart's hand.
NO: / do not think he was mis-
taken"
what was the other name?"
A beautiful flush suffused the charm
ing maiden's cheek. the silken lashes
fell and yelled the lovely eyes, and in
Il tone as soft as the whisperings of an
aeolian harp she murmured:
wife"
The cards are out.-London Answers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Printers Errors.

A certain great authority on Jerusa
lem was in the habit of contracting the
name OF the city in his manuscripts to
''Jerus" In one of his books upon the
subject he described the sensations
which attended his approach to the
famous city. After reaching the sum
NIT of hill 1.-The glorious panorama of
Jerusalem" he wrote. was spread be.
fore u.s." Owing to the usual contrac
ton. the genial composition rendered
this the glorious panorama OF Jones
was spread before U.S." A misprint
which will always bear repetition Is
that concerned with the sailors wife
who wished 1t to be announced. "A
sailor going to sea. his wife desires the
prayers of the congregation" This got
itself rendered into "A sailor going to
see his wife desires the prayers OF the
congregation" Before we condemn
the compositor who perpetrated this,
however, we must bear In mind the
possible nature of his own domestic
relations. Another excellent one Is
that Of the editor who wrote. when
Mrs. Jones lectured on Dress she
wore nothing that was remarkable"
How the corhpositor came to the con.
clusion that this should read when
Mrs. Jones iectured on Dress she
wore nothing-thRt was remarkable
is mystery.-P. It's London Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Violated tho Rules.

There is a park policeman in the
service of a certain zoo who Is quite
a joker in his way. as is evidenced by
an occurrence in the vicinity of a large
bears den in the zoo. which lies ut q
lower level than the grounds about II
and which is surrounded by railing
One day visitor while leaning over
this rail lost his balance and fell into
the pit. He fell at the side of bear
which at once seized the intruder's
leg in its mouth and would have pro
ceeded to crunch the same at his lei
sure had not help Immediately beer
summoned. When the keepers mad 60,
the visitor out of the bearS' den ht
was not much injured. but. naturally
enough, pretty well frightened Hi
fright was increased by the action q
the policeman. who stepped up to min
saying:
you are under arrest"
Arrest" gasped the unlucky on
What for?'
"For violating the rules of the parll
said the policeman. pointing to the sJ
over the railing. "It Is Positively
hidden to Feed the Animals."-H
per's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

Thou wouldst have had clear coast
to win tho girl had | died, and thou
couldst hAVO proved tho oGfor of food
to mo-"
~ hope I am man." said 10 Hardy
proudly. And as man l wage fair
light, when fight / must. love thy
girl. l shall strive to gain her, But
viii never stoop to take a mean ad-
vantage OF one thrown at my feet by
force of nature which not even a
giant could have defeated"
He paused, then added, little visit
fully:
Hast thou nothing kindly TO say to
ne, vieuH voisin?"
The old man, now safely off the lie
Hardy land, turned and grinned bit
lngly.
II have this to say TO thee" he snap
ped. that thou art a vile scoundrel
for stealing my garden soil TO fertilize
thy barren fields"
He vanished in the distance, and LIE
Hardy, red and Disguised, went back
to his work,
1t was sunset when lie Hardy stop
ped for the day and went into the
house to get his simple supper from
his bachelor cupboard. He was set
ting out the viands, not little sadly,
when rap on his door startled him.
"Tis Lempriere," he muttered as he
fastened to open it. But it was not
Lempriere 1t was a slender, girlish
figure, with dropping head, that half
whispered:
Mon pere would speak with thee"
The sweet tones were seconded by a
peremptory command from his late
prisoner. who once again stood on the
fresh trail and called to him, Gomez!
lie Hardy came, doubling his senses
ITEMS" said the old fellow brusque-
ly, 81 have arrived to give thee notice
that there's but one escape for thee
from prison. Thou hast stolen my nice
garden. Thy internal shovel hath up
rooted my best onions in thy digging.
Thou canst not deny the theft and
shalt suffer unless
"Unless," repeated the bewildered LIE
Hardy.
"Unless thou dost instantly wed my
girl" snapped the ex-captive. And
Jeanne Marie hid her bushes In her
lovers joyous arms.
Jeanne Marie's toddling children Of
ten wonder why Grandpere Michau al
ways follows certain path i'll coming
to the second cottage on the lie Hardy
farm. The other cottage he never ap-
pears in. This certain path is carefully
marked off by lilies growing along it..
and resolute Grandpere Michau will
die happy because he has never yet set
foot on the lie Hardy property.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
A Thousand Successful Men.

l have on my desk a list of 1000
successful men of this nation. By
successful" l do not mean mere mon
ey makers. but men who have given
us new conceptions of steam. electrici-
ty, construction work, education, art,
etc. These are the men who infiu-
ence our moral as well as physical
lives. They construct for better
things.
How these men started in work is
interesting Their first foothold in
work is fine study.
Three hundred started as farmers
sons.
Two hundred started as messenger
boys.
Two hundred were newsboys.
One hundred were printers appren-
tees.
One hundred were apprenticed in
manufactures.
Fifty began at the bottom of rail-
way work.
Fifty-only fifty-had wealthy par
ents to give them a start-Juvenile
Court Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
THE ZANZIBARlS.
Dense Stupidity and Amusing 5lunders
of the Natives.

Dense Stupidity and Amusing 5lunders
of the Natives.
In the Autobiography of Sir Henry
NJ. Stanley" the author says of the
colored natives of central Africa:
Good as the majority of Zanzibaris
were, some of them were indescriba-
bly, and for me most unfortunately
dense One man who from his personal
appearance might have been judged
to be among the most intelligent was
after thirty months experience with
his musket unable to understand how
it was to be loaded. He never could
remember whether he ought to drop
the powder or the bullet into the mus
ket first. Another time he was sent
with u man to transport company of
men over a river to camp. After wait
ing an hour ! strobe to the bank of
the river and found them padding in
opposite directions, each blaming the
other for his stupidity and, being in
passion of excitement, unable to hear
the advice of men across the river,
who were bawling out to them how to
manage their canoe.
Another man was so ludicrously
stupid that he generally was saved
from punishment because his mistakes
were so absurd. We were one day
floating down the Kongo, and, 1t being
near camping time. babe him, as he
happened to be bowman on the occa-
sion, to stand by and seize the grass
on the bank to arrest the boat when l
should call out. In little while we
came to a fit place, and I cried. Hold
hard, Kirangor Please God. MASTER
he replied and forthwith sprang on
the shore and seized the grass with
both hands, while we, of course. were
rapidly swept down river. leaving him
alone and solitary on the bank. The
boats crew roared at the ridiculous
sight. but nevertheless his stupidity
cost the tired men a hard pull to as
cend again. for not every place was
available for camp
HE II was also who on an occasion
when we required the branch Of spe-
cies Of arbutus which overriding the
river to be cut away to allow the ca
noes to be brought nearer to the bank
for safety actually went astride Of the
branch and chopped away until he fell
into the water with the branch and
lost our ak. He had seated himself on
the outer end Of the branch"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
GRAvAN BREADMAKING.
Atdans Use cobblestones, While Tur-
eomans Like Sand.

comans Like Sand.
De bread of the Afghan caravan
wi cooked by heating small round
rdolestones In the ire and then pos
inn them out and wrapping dough an
lp1 thick about them. The balls thus
Fmed were again thrown into the
e. to be poked out again when cook
Ia. The bread tasted well there In the
desert. although in civilized communi-
ties the grit and ashes would have
seemed uncomfortable.
After good Fellowship had been es
tablished the Afghaps actually sold us
some flour. says a writer In the Ma
donal Geographical Magazine. The
camp where we used it little later
happened to be beside the sandy bed
of q trickling salt stream. which was
drinkable In. winter. but absolutely I'M
disable In summer. when evaporation
is at its height and the salt is concen-
uated.
"See," said one of our Turcomans
as we dismounted; here is some sand.
Tonight we can have some good
bread"
When some dry twigs had been gath
eTeQ NE prOCeeueu W SiHOOlu ou a w
of the cleanest sand and built upon it
a hot fire. When the sand was thor
oughly hot he raked Off most of the
Goals and smoothed the sand very neat
ly. Meanwhile one of the other men
had made two large sheets of dough
about three-quarters of an inch thick
and eighteen inches in diameter. Be-
tween these he placed a layer of Jumps
Of sleeps tail fat, making huge
round sandwich. This was now spread
on the hot sand, Goals mixed with sand
were placed completely over 1t, and it
was left to bake. Now and then an
edge was uncovered. and Turcoman
smelled 1t approximately and raped
on 1t to see II 1t was yet cooked.
When the top was thoroughly baked
the bread was turned over and covered
up again. 1t tasted even better than
the Afghan bread after it was cooled
a little and the sand and ashes had
been whisked OFF with a girdle. The
Turcomans are so accustomed to life
in the sandy desert that they think it
impossible to make the best kind Of
bread without sand. while the At
ghans, who live In the stony noun
tains. think that cobblestones are a
requisite.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
A Lazy Mama Bed.

A furniture dealer in Paris is show
ing a novelty in the form Of a bed
which Is an improvement on a similar
one which ATTRACTED attention at the
last Paris worlds fair. 1t is to all APP
pearances an ordinary bed. but the
weight of the body upon 1t sets a
clockwork in motion, and this operates
a music box which gives forth sooth-
ing melodies. The lullabies which it
plays are supposed to induce sleep.
BY means of a dial at the head of the
bed the person who occupies it fixes
an alarm for the next morning. This
produces when the hour arrives dis
cordant sounds. to which the person
In the bed must pay heed, because fail
ure to arise within five minutes after
the noise has begun will cause the
bottom Of the bed to fall out.