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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
JARRED THE BANK.
Sensational Plays That Have Been
Pulled OF at Monte Carlo.

The big players have never succeed
ed in carrying away very much money
from Monte Carlo. In 1905 London
newspaper published story to the ef-
feet that an American from Chicago
had won 10000 francs there in one
day and had taken the money home
with him, but his name was not given.
In the early nineties the sensation at
Monte Carlo one season was the play
Of a Chicago youth OF twenty-one.
named Harry Rosenfeld. who made
something like 100000 francs in a
week. playing during the day, but lost
the casino had closed.
The late David Christie Murray used
to tell a story Of a sensational play
at Monte Carlo that he witnessed him
self. ut was my fortune" he said,
Ito be In the casino on Sunday night
In 1880 when French nobleman bear
ing n historic name entered the room
with fancy TO play on No. 8. He
was followed by valet who was
marked 'pugillst' from head to heel
and carried a cash box which proved
to be full Of 1000 franc notes. MI
nero huit.' said NJ. lie Due, 'et maxi
mum par tout He was known. and
his challenge was accepted before the
cash box was opened. No. turned
up three times running. NJ. lie Due
netted three times seventeen times
5000 francs In about three minutes,
aud the bank was closed. What
brought his historic dukeship there in
the nick Of time for that trifold piece
Of luck nobody can tell. He did not
want the money, for he had just mar
ried a few odd millions, and he did not
seem to care whether he lost or won,
but stood impassive as a red Indian
through the few minutes Of that stu
pendous game. II was within a quar-
ter Of an hour of closing time, and
there were not many people present.
but the sale went mad"
The two biggest winners at Monte
Carlo Of recent years TO figure prom
inently In the newspapers are Charles
Wells. a Londoner, who won 100000
francs In n few weeks and lost 1t back
and considerable more. and York
shire mechanic named Jaggers, who
won 100000 francs on a system and
was rapidly losing it back by the same
system when he had sense enough to
quit the game. He got away with
considerably more than 100000
francs. - Frank Marshall White in
Harper's Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
SACKING A THEATER.
1ribuiations Of the Drama In Ne,
York In 176S

TribuIations Of the Drama In New
York In 1765.
Here is an account Of the sacking of
a theater in New York from the Ga
zette Of May 3, 1865:
1.-THE play advertised to be acted last
Monday evening having given offense
to sundry and divers Inhabitants OF
this city. who thought it highly i'm
proper that such entertainments should
be exhibited at this time of public dis
tress. when great numbers Of poor peo-
pie can scarce find means Of subsist-
ence. whereby many persons might be
tempted to neglect their business and
squander that money which is neces-
sary to the payment Of their debts and
the support of their families. a rumor
was spread about the town that II the
play went on the audience would meet
with some disturbance from the multi
tude.
This prevented the greatest part Of
those who intended to have been there
from going. However. many people
came, and the play was begun, but
soon interrupted by the multitude, who
burst open the doors and entered with
noise and tumult. The audience es-
capped In the best manner they could
Many lost their hats and other articles
Of raiment. A boy had his skull frac-
tured and was yesterday trepanned.
Death Is his. Several others were
sorely set upon and injured. But we
heard of no lives lost. The multitude
immediately demolished the house. car
ried the pieces to the common. where
they consumed them in bonfire"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
I'M SCHOOL REcOkB.

That boy of yours
Does he bring home reports Of school
examinations marked medium" or
poor" and conduct report cards in
dorsed "bad?
Or
Does he just manage to scrape
through on his exams. get his regular
promotions by the skin Of his teeth
and escape being suspended for insub-
ordination?
And 1t worries you.
Which is natural. But
Doubtless the boy will pull through
all right He may be a fit subject for
occasional discipline and he may not
be shark" for learning, but don't
you worry about him.
Hunt up your old teacher.
Ask him about the boys who went
to school with you in the long ago
days. He knows their history. And
you will be surprised.
There's Theodore johnson, who al.
ways stood head in spelling school
working at days labor. And William
Harris, who never failed on a history
date-clerking in a grocery store.
And what Of Bill Jones. who flunked
so many times? The wealthiest man
in the neighborhood. And John Mil
Ter, who was adept at town ball." but
a failure in geography? He is the
judge up at the county seat.
What? you say.
But the schoolmaster, who has
watched the careers of schoolboys fol
many years. understands that you
cannot tell how far frog may be able
to jump by looking at it, So you can
not phophesy how far a boy may &c
by his school record
Many brilliant men failed at school
There may be reasons why your boy
lags. Maybe it is the teachers fault
He may not know how to go at your
boy to get out of him what is in him
Or he may promote him too slowly OIL
too rapidly.
Or 1t may be your boy is Of the kline
who develops late.
Anyway
Don't lose faith in your own hest
and blood
Do not discourage the boy by find
ing fault. Do not scold him. Encour
age him! Believe in him. Help him.
And he will come out all right.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
Russia Leads United States
In the Acreage of Forests

Turkey with 20 per cent, Italy with IA
per cent, are examples of this,
In considering forest resources of
the United States it is necessary to
take into account forest resources of
other countries, in order 10 determine
the extent TO which the United States
it's own timber. upon other nations or
to determine the part which it plays
and will play In supplying demands
of other countries for forest products.
The forests of Europe occupy an
area of $50, 100000 acres, which is
about 81 per cent OF the total area of
Europe. The most wooded country
is Finland, followed by Bosnia. Her
zegovina and Sweden, The least
wooded are Portugal and Great. Brit
ain. The proportion of forests de-
creases from the north and east of
Europe towards TO the south and west
Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway
together possess 5SS.00o,00o acres
The forests of other countries, except
in few localities are little explored
In Asia, the forests of Russia, British
India and Japan lead. showing total
acreage of s.o50,2sS.o 900. Estimates
for the entire world place the total
forest acreage at 5000, ooo,ooo acres.
The forests of the United States &C
cording to ownership divided as fol-
lows Natural forests 1oo,000,0oo acres,
state forests 100000 acres, private
and unreserved public forests approx
imately 100000 acres.
While government and state owner
ship of forests has invariably proved
advantageous, yet the proportion of
forest lands. owned or controlled by
the state cannot always be taken as a
criterion of the state or development
of forestry in a country. The govern
ment may, for historic or economic
reasons, have only small area of it's
own, but still exercise great influ-
ence over the forests of other own
ers. Thus Austria has only 10.7 of the
total forest area under state owner
ship, Switzerland 4.6 per cent. and
France IL per cent.
In the United States forests form
less than 20 per cent of the entire land
area. The area per inhabitant is
about acres.
AS the forests of the United States
are cut for commerce, the stumpage
area increases rapidly. The latest and
best estimate Of the stumpage of the
United States places it at 2,500,000
100000 feet board measure. There
is cut of about 25.000,0OO.000 cubic
feet of standing timber year with an
estimated growth of IL cubic feet an
acre annually.
According to the department Of agri-
culture home consumption of timber
in the United States is larger than
that of any other country in the
world. The United States exports an
nually about 2.500,00O,0O0 feet board
measure. and imports approximately
LOO, 10000 feet.
A review of the timber trade says
Mr.. Zon shows a steady increase in
wood consumption the world over.
The increase in exports from Russia,
Finland and Sweden is needed in west
ern Europe to make up growing de-
felt there. and will not be source of
supply for the United States. Thus
the tendency is toward greater over
cutting of timber by the exporting
countries which, If continued will lead
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1908. BY Edwin A. Nye
FINISHING" TIE GIRL.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

FINISHING" TIE GIRL.
A wealthy widow Of the Meadow
brook colony has applied to the courts
for an allowance Of ST.. 900 annually to
complete the education" Of her daugh-
ter
The girl Is to be finished" abroad.
Two, three or four years may be nee
essary for the finishing process.
Why $4,000?
Well, there must be an establishment
in Paris and probably one in London.
1t includes maid and governess, be-
sides other servants. 1t means expen.
sive teachers for music, painting, rid
ing, dancing, gymnasium, etc.
Then there Is the grand tour" Of the
continent, so the bud" may speak in
diligently OF well known places.
And there must be the outfit for the
debut, and Paris dressmakers are ex.
pensive.
Seventeen thousand dollars.
Why, plenty of American girls are
finished" in this country for consider
ably less than seventeen hundred.
And l know Of one mighty fine speci
men who was finished" on less than
$17O a year.
The folks sent her through high
school. where she was graduated with
houors.
True. she may lack some Of the
fancy accomplishments of the Euro.
pean finished young woman, but she
is better educated in things worth
while. better prepared to be a good
American wife and mother.
17,OOO-S1, 7OO-$170
tell you l can instance finished
girl, back in the eighties, whose educa.
ton did not cost to exceed SIT a year
And very sweet girl she was.
The cost of her three or four books
and Of her two or three simple gowns
one of linsey woolsey, with white
cuffs and collars, for school wear and
one or two Of white muslin for Sunday
did not exceed the sum I have
named.
$17OOO-$1. 7oo-S170-S17
1t does not matter so much as to the
cost, but it does matter as to the girl
1t is nice to have $4,000 or $1.7OO or
even $40 to spend on your girls edu.
cation.
But
Is the girl really educated?
Does the finishing finish?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27

TO u universal shortage. with no sur
plus to draw from. This picture,
gloomy as 1t may seem, Is Offset by the
birth of new economic force--a
movement toward the introduction Of
rational forest management.
II such management is long delayed
in the United States. 1t is said, the
country will face the problem of slow
conversion of scrubby woodland into
productive forest. thereby adding ma.
terially to the cost OF living
Zon declares for good wood sup
ply. is to begin now to prepare for
making diminished forest area sup
ply an increased population"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
RICHMOND, INDIANA
"PANIC PROOF CITY"

Has a population of $4,000 and
seat OF Wayne County. and the
trading center OF rich agri-
cultural community. II 10 To-
Gated due east from Indianapolis
50 miles and Z miles from the
Richmond Ia a city of homes
and OF industry. Primarily q
manu-, msnnfscturing city. 4 Is also Inc ~"
6,an ,s and enjoys the retail ALT trs zee
Richmond il proud of its spicn-
did streets, well kept yards. its
cement sidewalks and beautiful!
ssnnas trees; II has I : na snH
building associations with com.
hlned resources o. over 100000
Number of factories 1875: capital
invested e7.ooo.ooo, with an an.
p pss' roll eHG ~ s. %so ' so.a
pay roll for the city amounts TO
approximately es.soo.ooo snnuai-
There are five railroad com
snt directions from the city. In
coming freight hcndled daily. l.
banded daily. 5000 lbs. Yard
sseilitics. per day. loo cars.
So. Number OF freight trains
daily. ~. The annual post office
receipts amount TO $4,000. Total
sssesssd valuation OF tho city.
Richmond has two in.erurpan
railways. Three newspapers with
Q combined circulation of $4,000.
Richmond Is tho greatest hard
ware Jcbbinx center In tho state
al A.. a.,
bling interests. u has a piano
facsry producing a high grade
piano every rs minutes. Z Is the
leader In tho manufacture OF
more shr:sS H'ms' ms snS n.'d inw.
mcwsra roller skates. grain drills
and burial Baskets than any otn-
er city IN tho world.
The city's area II e.sao acres;
600; 10 public schools ana has Sv N.
finest and most complete high
school IN the middle west under
construction: parochial schools:
E..insm c cn,,s.. and sv tho IGd!ans
houses: dien Miller pnrk n she
iaegest md most beautiful park
IN Indiana. tho home Of Rich
m"p nr;.,: .nnua, ,. s,n:Ypt n,a: :sy:
plant. under su. ccssfuI operation,
and = private electric light ricnt
in.uvirg competition: the Oldest
public lihrsry In the state. a..
cent one ana the second largest.
10000 volumes: pure refreshing
water. unsurpassed: IS miles az
improved streets; 90 miles az
sewers: ~ miles 80 cement curb
nNd Ruttev combined: ~ miles az
cement walks, and many miles az
h~tck walks. Thirty churches. In
eiuding the Reid Memorial. hujit
~ = cost ~ $3.50, 900: Reid lem
oriai Hospital. one OF tho most
modern IN the state. Y. NJ. G. A.
Nuiidirv. erected ne cost OF
sfAA 900 one of the finest IN ths
state Tho amusement centcr OF
Eastern Indiana and Western
No CITY, ~ the size Of pschmond
kolds as fine an annual art cx-
Nlhit. The Richmond Fall Ecs-
sival held each October Is UNIQUE,
M Other eitv holds a similar az
ssir ~ - givcn IN the interest
cs the cisv md financed by the
business mon.
Success. awaiting snvons with
~-t~rprise In the Panic Proof
City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
BY JONATHAN WINFIELD.

Washington, Dec. o7.-Although the
United States leads the world with
bumper crops, mill!onaires, trusts, re-
cords for athletic events. miles of rail
roads and many other things. besides
having the balance of trade" in her
favor, it must nevertheless take of its
hat to Russia which claims first place
among the nations of the earth in its
forest production. The estimated area
OF the forests of the United States Is
545, 900, 900 acres. That of Russia is
s12, $40, 900, Canada which ranks third
has forest area of about LAS, 900
square miles, of which 100000 square
miles is covered with merchantable
timber.
Raphael Zon. chief of sylvics OF the
department Of agriculture. has COM
piled comparative statement of the
forest resources of the world Mr..
Zon says
Under present conditions there is
scarcely a civilized country which
of all other countries. The life of all
nations is now closely interviewer, and
even countries like the United States
or Russia which contain within their
borders practically all natural re-
sources necessary to make them in
dependent in every respect. are con-
stantly interchanging their products
with the rest of the world"
1t is impossible, he says, to form a
clear idea of the possibilities of a
country and it's future development
without taking into account the natu-
raj resources, and the general econom-
ic conditions Of other countries with
which it does business. Highly devel-
oped means of transportation make
1t often more profitable to obtain GER
tain products from a country which
for some reason is best able to pro-
duce them, than to manufacture them
at home. even though it is possible to
do so.
A country deprived of many natural
resources may still be prosperous and
progressive Mr.. Zon says because it
is able to obtain all it needs from 9TH
er countries having a surplus of pro-
ducts which it lacks. The British
Isles are striking example of this
With comparatively limited natural re-
sources and high consumption of tim
Der. grain and other raw material Eng
land had highly developed industries
which enable her to exchange her An-
Usher products for raw materials she
needs. In a general way this holds
good for forest products, but with this
difference. Forests not only produce
timber. but play an important part
in the life of every nation by exercis-
ing an influence on the water supply,
on agricultural and the general health
Of the population. For this reason
only a few countries with an insular
climate like England and Holland may
with impunity reduce their forest
areas beyond certain saftey limit
Ordinarily a country with a forest
area of 20 per cent or less shows a
marked degree of bad climatic condi.
| tons. with prolonged droughts, frosts
and alternating floods and low water
Portugal with forest area of per
cent of her total land area, Spain with
13 per cent, Greece with Is per cent,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
This DATE IN HISTORY"
OECEM Der 81.

1717-Pope Plus VI
17l9ohn Phillips academy.
April 1895
l724Thomas
lis4-Whm C. Preston president
South Carolina Philadelphia in Columbia c.
Ohio Died Madison.
1sSo-South Carolina authorities
1sS7-Firs meeting of the legislature.
1se4The philoog
in Philadelphia.
sissippi
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
College Football Paeans.

University of Syracuse - Hoo-ray.
Chancellor Day! Get the hammer for
Oyster Bay!
University of Chicago-Oil cans. oil
cans. who are we: Rally to the Stand
ard-Great Jawudee,
Carlisle-Cgh. ugh, 1 have spoken
Vassar-Ouch-ooh-we All together
kill that mouse!
Annapolis - Gain, gain. Remember
the Maine!
Tuskegee - Chickum. chickum-who
said chickums-Minneap Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27
MASONIC CALENDAR

Wednesday, Dec. Is. Webb lodge.
No. -, f. & A. NJ Called meeting.
Work in entered apprentice degree.
Refreshments.
Friday. Dec. so. King Solomon chap
ter, No. 4. r. A. NJ. Special work In
Royal Arch degree. Refreshments.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27

Tatteesd Whiskers.
The Ainu women tattoo their faces
to give them the appearance Of men
with whiskcrx-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27

Bees Lives.
The working bee lives six months.
the drone four months and the female
bee four years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27

Mrs. Austins Buckwheat Flour gives
the real genuine old lime flavor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-27

Entered at Richmond. Indiana. post
office as second class mai! matter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-26
p PENCIL p DIN T S

B. cinchd
Coast league
Greeting
ghost used yet?
Returning tourists
cerest drunk centennial which is going
they'll
unobanable others passion
trle cold this morning. Mt It. That the pipes
wife either figuring how hubby
could buy her
Lawyers going body crppens
Crippen's
with a girl in boys toys.
Judge $4,000 senatorial nomination.
Judge Pondexer O0 win And yet the Seattle must
fully $4,000 worth able Watch
his future actions
With election the
lection of Is will be commission form
able that sized will be registered
arrived
little
-hrismas
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-26
Don't End Good Work

Around the court house the prospective resignation Of
Fred X. McBroom county commissioner still continues
to be the leading topics of conversation among those who
take interest in politics. Mr.. McBroom will tender his
resignation in January that he will retire with his pres
ent colleagues the board j. S. Phillips and Henry
Rohwer Thus the board will elect his successor and
it that if the old gang elects two commissioners they
will elect three and maintain control of the board for
years to
To keep the control of the board of county commission
of the hands of the gang will be necessary for
the people in November to elect the two democrats
running, William r. Roy and Warner Cobb Had the
pubcans renomnated j. S. Phillips in the First district
and the choice of the farmers Ben Newell in the Second
district this step would not have been necessary but the
situation is serious that Allen Scott and W. B. Dshman
the ring candidates. must be beaten
If the people of Spokane county reward the efforts of
Commissioners McBroom and Phillips by placing two ring
candidates back in office it will retard the forward
ment in county affairs by years. and restore to office
the influences that sucked the blood of the taxpayers for
years without giving anything in return
The only way to down the ring and place the keys to
the peoples pockebooks in the hands Of the right
to elect William r. Roy and Warner Cobb county
missioners on the 9Th of November.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-26
Spokane, Washington
Sept. 26, 1910
{" Fear Not /"

Are you afraid of catching consumption typhoid fever
and such kei Prof Ellie Metchnkof the great scientist
does not fear that terrible of contagious dis
eases-cholera.
The people Of Paris have been wrought up over the
of cholera and they to the scientists with
their fears
"Nobody need have cholera who does not want to,
they were told s.Keep clean, boil your water before
using for drinking cooking boil your vegetables and
fruits, don't be afraid, and there is no danger"
Then the great Metchnikoff told little story from
the orient. y
ga pilgrim was his way to Mecca from his home in
Smyrna, and on his way he met the Plague How many
victims will you make in Smyrnai asked the pilgrim.
"Two thousand said the Plague neither less.'
"On his way back from Mecca the pilgrim met the
Plague again. How many died in Smyrna? was the ques-
you would only carry off two thousand said the
pilgrim And told you the truth said the Plague.
killed two thousand The others died Of fear.' :"