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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-31
A Natural Cause.

do you notice that most dog stories
are funny ones?"
"Why not? A dog story ought natu-
rally to be something Of waggish
tale."-New York Journal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-31
Still Crievino,

$50 she has lost her husband? Has
she recovered from her grief yet?"
Not yet. You know how slow those
insurance companies are In settling"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-31

Calamity is the opportunity OF VIZ
tue and a spur to q great mind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-31
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was a great
sufferer from female troubles which
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WHXTUCOSC5 UMESM- MI
{1--TOBURY AZ ONGRESSMM

its printing done at n minimum COSY,
gauging the expense roughly II would
amount anywhere from three 10 hve
hundred dollars.
There IL yet another expenditure 10 be
cons dered in this custom. The cost OF
printing in pamphlet form the eulogi"s
delivered upon the lfe. character and
public services Of the deceased statesman
has not been included in the above es-
innate. 1t would be difficult TO calculate
or even to approximate this cost, as II Is
dependent upon the size OF the document
II the eulogies are long. great num-
Der OF them have been delivered. the
charge for printing will be considerable.
Each member OF the delegation to
which the deceased belonged receives flf-
~ copies OF these eulogies. one OF which
is beautifully bound The remaining mem
bers OF Congress receive some eight o.
ten copies each. AS there are ninety-two
senators and 39l members Of the House.
one can easily figure out the number ct
copies required
In looking into the subject OF congres-
teresting facts. On several occasions
much exercised over what they claim
TO he the abuse Of what was originally in
tended 10 be and still is a beautiful Gus
tom. For it has been again and again
matter OF comment that congressional
funerals do cost more than other funerals
that the unt.ertakers who prepare and
incase the body, the florists. the muA-
clans and even the clergymen who Of
hciate expect more than they do when
they are to be paid out of a private
pocketbook
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Progress Of Hawaii.
From lions Herald.


The importance of Hawaii as mid
Pacific post fer military and commercial
purposes lends peculiar interest to a re-
port presented by Gov. Frear, which
shows that transpacific commerce doth
freight and passenger) by way of Hawaii
is growing. while the United States gov
eminent is improving the harbors Of the
territory. equipping the islands with
lighthouses. thoroughly fortifying the Is
land of Oahu and providing for a naval
station at Pearl harbor. During its nine
years of territorial existence Hawaii has
paid into the federal Treasury $11 ,6S3,3SJ
in customs receipts and $,35. 1913 in inter-
nal revenue. and until the last few years
very little has been expended in return
upon Hawaii. During 1899 the pros
perity of 1903 was continued, crops being
large and prices good. The exports and
imports last year amounted to SG1.946,-
4S4 The industries OF Hawaii are being
diversified and multiplied. particularly
among small proprietors, and the cotton
industry has been established, with good
prospect OF success. Four forest reserves.
embracing 1O1614 acres. were proclaimed
last year. The public health has been
good. no epidemics having occurred, and
no cases of plague or cholera being re-
ported. The school enrolment of Ha-
wall is 24.ss3. which represents an i'll
crease of IA for the past year
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necessary expenses in connection Herewith be
paid out OF the contingent fund of the House.
Resolved, That the clerk communicate these
resolutions TO the Senate and transmit copy
thereof to the family of the deceased.
After the motion has been carried the
Speaker announces the appointment of the
committee and arrangements are imme-
diately begun toward the execution of the
terms and spirit of the resolution.
1t Is customary for the House to adj
journ out OF respect for the dead. In
the case Of James B. Perkins of New
York. who died but recently, the House
did rot adjourn until it's accustomed
time, in Difference to his unusual request,
made shortly before his death, that the
business of the House of Representatives
be not SO interrupted. This, with one
other possible exception was the only
time this body failed to honor its dead
by adjournment. The desk of the de-
ceased member. IN either body chamber.
is covered with black crepe and fresh cut
flowers arc kept blooming OH it for sew
eral weeks.
In both the Senate and House the eX-
penses for the funeral proper and all at
tendant expenses are aid out of the we'll
filed pockets CT Uncle Sam. through his
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Senate that body pays the toll for the
committee from the House. Then. too.
the more man has been in the public
eye the larger is the delegation which
accompanies his remains. and proper
tionately greater are the expenses incur
red.
If the death takes place during a
vacation of Congress word is immedi-
ately sent to the sergeant-at-arms, who
personally superintends the funeral ar
engagements. BY means of the long
distance telephone and the telegraph
blank he gets into communication with
such of the colleagues Of the deceased
as he thinks would be available, and
Institutions are given to meet the funeral
party wherever the body might be.
and telephoning are also
expensive necessities which add ma
terially to the totaling up of the cost
of official mourning.
The funeral o. IL senator or repre-
sentative, 1t might be mentioned here,
involves considerable outlay on the part
of his constituents who wish to do
honor to his memory. Frequently in the
home town business for the day is sus-
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Here is a case in point. A member Of
the House of Representatives from Louis
lana dies and the remains are to be in
tered in his native state. A delegation
of some twelve or fifteen OF his former
associates is appointed 10 accompany the
body on its journey south. This deiega-
ton is increased in number by some six
or seven senators. The trip from wash
ington to Louisiana and back consumes
the best part of 4 week. during which
time all the travelling and living
penses of the party must be pad by the
sergeant-at-arns or by one of his
sistants detailed to hold the purse strings
CT the committee.
Perhaps a private is chartered: if
not, the cost of accommodations in
Pullman for so large a number amounts
to practically the same thing. The cost
of food alone fer such a party of states
men, at dning-car rates. would supply
the average family of four or five with
three meals day for n month. The hotel
bill would go long way toward giving
this same family Il months vacation at
the seaShore. while the cost of carriages.
tips and the hundred and one extras"
would keep the entire family in shoes for
n wear 1t would take about $500 in
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Some years ago. when a certain senator
from California died, s2I Ooo was the
amount paid out by the sergeant-at-arrns
1t cost 5000 for the actual burial ex-
penses of 2 West Virginia statesman
whose home was only 900 miles from
WASHINGTON. Of which amount sl32 vert
for "oommiasary supplies meals and
lunches furnished in the cars"
During the first session of the Fifty
fourth Congress Senator PETER OF Kan
sas in making a speech on the contin-
gent expenses Of the Senate. laid much
stress on the fat mat the shoay ohse
quies rendered its dead were an unnec-
essary expenditure, aud further that
some delegates who accompanied tire
bodies OF deceased feloN-S.atesmen had
come to look upon their appointments on
such committees as sure promise % a
funeral jurkei that would coz: the
nothing, rather than TO view such a com
mission seriously and decorously, A
should he the case on sCch an occasion.
His idea was not in any way to abolish
the custom. hut simply to modify and
control it SO that il would not be open
to the criticism CT the public.
The tendency of the present Congress
is to keep the expenses OF congressional
funerals down 10 the lowest possible
mininaufn and yet observe all the details
of patriotic and time-honored custom.
Even the most practical American csti-
zen has his sentimental side, aid when
tive crosses over to the bourne from
which no traveller returns he rejoices
that Uncle Sam has willingly paid
last and fitting tribute.
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A Horse Lover.

IAMES Il. kEENE, who is noted no less
} as a horseman than as a financier.
said at a luncheon at his Cedarhurst
residence:
My love of horses has been a great
comfort to me all my life. l have always
kept my horses in their place, though.
haven't allowed them to interfere with
my business.
Some men carry their love of horses
altogether too far. Such an one was a
young father who stood, with his fair
wife. before the crib of their frstborn.
Isn't he wonderful? the young
mother cried. Did you ever See anything
like him at twenty-six months
Maternal love is all very WE'LL the
father retorted impatiently. but please
old thoroughbred
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pose. but this. is not the general rule.
owing to the fact that the cost of get
ting election machinery into motion
runs up into the thousands Thus. 1t
is usually found eXpedient to keep the
seat untitled until the regular con-
greSsional election. except, of course.
when the member dies at the begin
ming of his term. AS the governors
Of the states are vested with authority
to appoint a temporary successor in
the place of a deceased senator it rare
ly happens that a vacancy in the Senate
is open for more than few days.
At some day following the burial OF the
dead congressman the member in charge
offers a resolution to still further pay
tribute to his memory. The resolution is
worded:
On motion of Mr.. ---. by unanimous con-
sent ordered. That there I've session of the
House at ---. for the delivery of eulOges on
the life character and public services of Hon.
late a member OF the House of Repre-
When the day thus set apart has
arrived the following resolution is sub
mitted.
Resolved. That the business Of the House be
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Resolved. That the clerk send a copy OF these
resolutions 10 the family OF the deceased
Eulogies are then delivered by his for
mer associates: frequently there are ten
or twelve speakers. The excellence of
his life. character and public services is
dwelt upon. with special emphasis on
any particular work or mission he had
accomplished. Then. IN accordance with
the resolution previously passed. the
House adjourns.
Nor does Uncle Sam forget the widowed
and fatherieSs. One years salary, $500.
Is voted to the widow or to the nearest
relative. Thus. for the first year follow
ing the death OF a member the govern
ment pays $4,000 for congressional rep
resentatiou from one district. for the new
member begins to draw his pay from the
date of his election.
Nor is this generosity extended alone
to the members Of the Senate chamber
or the House of Representatives. If any
one of the large staff of employees dies
one-ha'f years salary and about 500 are
voted to the heirs.
X X
In addition to the expenses above set
forth. all forms upon which the names OF
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climbed Mount Hispar. Coolies taken
with them became frozen, nine were
stricken with hemorrhages and the
party suffered untold misery before they
reached earth's level. fifty days after
starting the trip.
When Mrs. Workman heard of Miss
Peck's statement that she had Travelled
900 feet higher she started an investf-
cation and. according to her friends.
she sent to Peru End caused Mount
i1uascaran to be measured The report
she received. they say. declares the
mountain to he but 10000 feet in height
~ her calculation is correct she has
beaten Miss Peck by more than aOOp
feet. and is the champion woman
Like the part!sans Of Lieut.. Pearv who
declared Capt. Cook faxed his figures
concerning the north pole discovery. the
admirers of Miss Peck in Paris are cry
ing out fake" as regards these new fig
urIs produced b. -ars. Workman. Their
trump card is the medal presented 10
Miss Peck by the Peruvian government
which bears the Inscription ''224 900 feet. ="
Whatever the report Of the Partisan So
cety may lie. ii cannot help but de
cid or one thing-that Is that American
women are foremost III this daring
sport.
Mrs. Workman recently !ectured in
Paris. She is brilliant tallier and Won
many friends by her modest recital Of
her experience on mountain tops.
From hints that she threw out 1t is
thought that she and her husband are
thinking seriously OF making a dash for
the south pole.
Nine. Du Cast has issued invita- lions to
members of the society to meet next
month for the discussion of the Peck
Workman affair and some interesting
arguments are looked for.
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WITH Lavish Hand the
" Government Conducts
the Last Rites Over the Body
of Public Servant - An
Average Estimate of $4,000
Is a Conservative Figure
Widow or Heirs Are Given a
Whole Years Salary-Dele-
CATION Appointed From Both
Houses to Accompany Re-
mains to Home Town
Their Expenses En- Route
Range From One to Twenty
T h o u S a nd Dollars - FIRE.
quently an Election of the
Deceased's Successor Is Nee
essary and Adds to the
Expense-Changes in Con-
gressional Stationery Add
Another Three Hundred
Other Incidentials Bring the
Cost to a Surprising Total.
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The Drysalter.
ON the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The drysalter-that mysterious trades
man-was at the time of the great fire a
dealer in sailed OF dry meats. pickles.
sauces. etc, but he no longer drysalts.
but sells instead drugs. dye stuffs. Coiors
and chemicals. and even buttons His
changed business is due To the fact that
the grocer and the Italian warehouse
man" have captured his original trade.
although they have mercifuliy left him
the name. And if you want something
that no one else seems to sell, find dry
salter He will take a bit of finding.
There are many other businesses that
are equally puzzling. Probably most of
us know what a cordwainer is, but what
is an upholder and what does he uphold?
Very likely if We got to the bottom of 1t
we should find that the term is merely
convenient euphuism for some very ordi-
nary calling. One remembers the impos-
ing ''Societe Anonyme des Ramoneurs de
Paris" which SO impressed and mystified
the inhabitants Of Clare Market, until
they saw the familiar brushes and sticks
which proclaim the chimney sweeps
business.
Teacher--What il wisdom?
Willie-Wisdom is what other people
don't kno~.-Phiadelphia Record.
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has totaied twice that amount. What
ever the cost. Uncle Sam pays it GLADLY
and leaves no stone unturned TO sive me
Ceparted statesman a fitting burial.
So far this session three representa-
tives have passed to. the great beyond.
James B. Perkins of New York. James
H. Griggs of Georgia and William {.
Lowering Of Massachusetts. The Senate
has been more fortunate. though the an
gel Of death has lowered periously near
the homes of several Of its prominent
members. During this Congress. tie six
ty-hrst, the House has lost seven of its
number and the Senate two Besides the
three mentioned above were: Francis r.
Lassiter of Virginia. David 4. De Ar
mond of Missouri. Francis w. Cushman
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-
supporters of Miss Anna Peck
and Mrs Bullock Workman. mountain
climbers of International reputation, both
If whom emphatically assert they have
reached tire highest altitude. French and
German newspapers are hlled with the
claims of both women. and. according to
rrcent cable dispatches. the quarrel Is 10
~ settled once and for all Icy the mem
beers Of new society at Paris. composed
Of scientists and other public-spirited per-
sons. who have for their president the
witty and accomplished Nine. Camille
DI Cast.
TIE rev society is called "Parisiens de
Paris-" Every member is Partisan born.
Mrs Bullock Workman asserts that she
has beaten Miss Peck's record. Miss
PEEK tas been climbing the Andes
mountains. Mrs. Workman the Hima-
layaS
Miss Peck claims 10 have climbed 100
feet higher than Mrs. Workman. The
latter scorus 10 defend herself. but for
self protection she has sent to South
america and had the mountain peak
I.ea sJired The report she received, her
supporters say. proves that Miss Peck
did rot climb so high as she has as
serted for the very good reason that the
mountain itself does not tower TO that
altitude. For this reason the friends of
Mrs Workman are booming her as the
person holding the record of having
reached height Of nearly 2i,60 feet
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have been a number of cases OF this
character. We keep tab on every bill
which is redeemed or sent for redemD-
ton. and that is the way We keep from
being buncOed.
at is not only mutilated money that
comes here. but dirty and worn money
Of all kinds-afte it is so badly worn
that 1T Will not pass current. The last
class of money is placed in the hands
of experts to decide whether it was is
sued by the government, and whether 1t
should be redeemed at It's face value,
and whether it il the work o. counter
feiters and should be rejected. II Is not
to the discredit of the division and the
experts to say tEat some bogus money
has passed them and been detected i'll
one of the offices to which it had been
sent for further examination.
Decidedly the larger part Of money
sent here for redemption has been the
work OF fire. the parlor stove being q
great source Of loss, people sticking rolls
of bills in these places for safe Keeping
and neglecting to remove them before
nuilding fires Railway wrecks often
cause great loss OF money by the burning
OF mali and express ears. but Ill such
cases il is not difficult TO have every
dollar redeemed. if only small portious
of the notes can be found. \ few bits.
SO hopeleSsiy cbalred as 10 seem to the
ordinary eye but small accumulation
of ashes. may hc redeemable for thou
sands Of dollars. MOrsels no larger than
your finger nails are every day redeemed
fo, The face value of the notes they
represent. All that is required is stiffi-
cient evidence to show that the originals
have been destroyed.
Uncle Sam has made a great deal Of
money by his PAPER cash that has been
accidentally destroyed. Every penny that
is not handed in at the Treasury for
redemption is SO much in his pocket.
TAKE. for example. the first issue OF frac-
1ional currency which was put out in
1853. OF the five-cent notes more than
IL per cent have never been asked pay
ment for. The same is true of 30 per
cent of the ten-cent notes: 20 per cent OF
the twenty-tive-cent notes, and II per
cent of the fifty notes. 1t is shown
by the Treasury totals that OF the 500
100000 worth of these notes first issued
more than s4.O0OWO still remain in the
clothes Of the government. Four sub-
segment issues of these small notes ran
the total up to $44I.0G0, 600, leaving Uncle
Sam sl5,000.0GO ahead of the game on
fractional currency These small notes
during war times. and millions are now
in the hands of curiO collectors and in
dividuals who keep them. In 1870
Treasury commission appointed by Con-
gress MADE up its mind that $1,000. 900
had been lost or destroyed. and Con-
greSS accordingly turned that amount out
of the S10.G0O,OO0 appropriated for re-
demptiOn of the fractional notes for the
payment of pensions. Since that time ex-
perts have concluded that not more than
81 GoO,G0O has been lest and destroyed.
and that $14CG0,OO0 yet remain outstanu-
ing.
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CRAZE FOR PAGEANTRY.
respOpdence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, May .. 1910.
The craze for pageantry has caught the
members of the upper ten. and the Lon
don pageant will enjoy the services Of
several titled people. In addition to Lord
Howard de Walden, and probably the
Earl OF Portsmouth. the great Crystal
Palace show is to have Viscount Hill and
Princess LowenSten among its 10000
performers. Viscount Hill will play the
part OF his ancestor. Lord Hill. in the
scene THE End of the Great War" I.or.
HITS distinguished ancestry justifes his
interest in the historical side of the
pageant There were Hills in Shrop-
shire before Edward l. in fact. there is
a county saying to the effect that THE
Hills OF Shropshire are as old as the
Shro pshire hills"
Lord Hill is a soldier. like his ancestor
whom he will impersorate. This was the
famous first ViscoUnt Hill, who was com
maHder-in-chief from 1898 till 1912 The
Iron Duke" whom he CALAMITY served
at Waterloo. had high opinion Of him
and his Shropshire neighbors raised a
91c.ON column at Shrewsbury to his
memory. Princess LoWenstein. who will
play Lady Coventry. in the scene depict
ing the battle OF Quebec. Is a daughter
of the late Earl of Marlborough. and the
widow of a German serene highness She
is woman fair and dainty" She owns
many splendid jewels. and IS an ac-
complished singer end musician.
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fond of the death of Hon.
representative from the state of -.
Resolved. That commi tee OF mem
hers OF the House. with sach members of the
Senate as may be joined. be appointed to attend
the funeral.
Resolved. That the scrgeant-at-arms Of the
House be authorized and directed take such
steps as may be necessary for carrying out the
provisions OF these resolutions and that the
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An Al habet Is Cause of a War

lan.uaoe of thai,. or-,, u.;,;ch ha,o,,.a ,f
constant onr~essio1, of Stro,n,ar na,io,e
has long aeu as far as n,.i,Itod ayannlss
90 haen dectrovad ~ rap,uria. +,eI-
bava nd NO oo,..r,,,,,..n, - ,I,afr Gun
Every connIferine naonla 4ba+ has cnnle
among them has ei,tcayorp6 Ia fo-ca IFS
nv1, Iono,ap. IInor thaf7
Trn origins1 AIhanian I,no,,a has heeu
rre ear,-a,j ;I,u-.,-a,. -, M ,ni,,,ie of ,ba
rreednrn-,n,-ii,e MAMMA ,aa,S Poems az
st;rrin@ 5ee5s and t1at+ic- are oft.,, 80
ed in the old ifInet,ag. hE old mn and
taught Ia children
Ahont tbi,ty N,o,.e aeo a hook A., The
Aihanisn lanoua.S r-as rriafed a. con
etaniinnnIe - Vas romnosai Of lain
ana some C:rnel, rbarartars win a few
ynariaIl>- invented letters.
ci1ltaI AbIil Hanliti heard of the hook.
H., was not il favor, of teaching his sub
iects ANYTHING that would tend 10 enligllt-
en- thei.. minds. much less 4 new Ian
gIlage He ordered the books seized and
DESTROYED
:: i:
=, ror,l.,., ,;ba,i, ,,,we,... too en-,
~ - - ,,:-'1-l,
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round numbers to defray the expenses of
such q funeral.
If the deceased had been especially
prominent and popular or if he had come
from one OF the far western states the
cost would be proportonatey greater
The House naturally bears all the ex-
penses of the committee from the Sen
ate and, when the death occurs in the
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GNGRESS thinks
i'll thousands and
millions. 1t lives
on q big. broad
sca,e-and il burieS
its dead in the
same fashion. Ten
thousand dollars is
n conservative esti-
mate OF the aver
age cost Of a flu
neral % a member.
Net ipfreuIIontlY 1.
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members OF Congress appear must be re-
printed, the name OF the deceased mem
Der being stricken out ard that OF the
successor filed in. These changes. petty
enough IN themselves. but important as a
whole. must be made before the clerks
have their records ready and their blouse
in order for resuming routine business.
Though Congress has facilities for having