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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
Tho Pearl Hunters Super1titior.

The pearl hunters of Borneo and the
adjacent islands have a peculiar su-
perstition. When they open shells in
search Of pearls they take every ninth
find, whether It be large or small. and
put it into bottle. which is kept
corked with a dead mans finger. The
pearls in the vial are known as "seed
pearls" or breeding pearls" and the
native Borneose firmly believes that
they will reproduce their kind. For
every pearl put into the vial two
grains Of rice are thrown in for the
pearls to feed upon" Some whites
in Borneo believe as firmly in the ST.
perstition as the natives do. and al
most every hut along the coast has its
dead finger bottle, with from nine
to fifty seed pearls and twice that
number of rice grains carefully and
evenly slowed away among them.
That no results follow does not dim
the superstition.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
A BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE
PAST WEEK BY HENRY CLEWS

containing spots of disappointment
Considerable injury has unquestion-
ably been done to wheat in Kansas.
but this should be offset by a larger
corn crop. The same remark will APP
ply to the country as whole A larg
err acreage of cotton is in prospect, and
it is still too early to indulge in pes
simistic views regarding any of our
crops A cool and backward spring
can hardly be considered detrimental
when accompanied by adequate moist
ure, and it should be remembered that
a few warm days will quickly place the
crops upon satisfactory footing.
The monetary situation shows furth-
er Improvement Interest rates are now
declining in the interior, and call mon
ey is likely to be abundant and cheap
until harvest requirements SGT in. The
Western loan situation excites some
apprehension owing to the land specu-
lation, but interior bankers are now
showing a much more conservative
spirit, and there is less uneasiness in
this quarter. Abroad the monetary
situation is also better. Interest rates
are declining in both London and Paris
and the outlook in this respect is even
more favorable than anticipated. Just
what reasons have led to the delay in
our bond negotiations abroad are not
yet divulged. Two prominent issues
have been taken, and it is presumed
others will follow. 1t is quite possible
that the terms are not satisfactory for
the reason that investors are insistent
upon better returns. The 4 per cent
bond has become a drug on the market
and more attractive returns have to
be offered in order to secure purchas-
ers., This accounted for failure of the
Philadelphia loans. There were plenty
of buyers, but better inducements were
necessary The fact that new applica-
lions for capital are numerous and that
larger returns must be offered than
formerly is one Of the important fea-
lures of the market at this time, and
promises to divert attention. from
bonds to stocks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
When Kissing Was Costly.

The case Of the people against Muir
line. heard by the governor OF New
Haven colony in council on May day,
1860, indicates the attitude toward I'M
licensed kissing in those times. 1t ap-
peared that Jacob Murline and Sarah
Tuttle had been caught kissing each
other. Jacob tried to throw the blame
on Sarah, saying he thought she had
with intent let fall her gloves" Sa-
rah denied the intent Jacob then ad-
mitted that he 'tooke her by the hand
and they both sat down upon chest.
but whether he KISSED her or she
kissed him he knows not. for he new
er thought Of it since until Mr.. Ray
mond told him that he had not layde it
to heart as he ought" The stern gov
ernor, after duly lecturing the guilty
parties on the enornity Of their Of
tense, decreed that 'the sentence there
fore concerning them is that they shall
pay either Of them a ine Of 20 shil-
hngs to the colony"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
The Wonderful Toad Bone.

All early writer's attribute wonderful
qualities to toads and frogs and the
various parts Of their bodies. Pliny
believed. for instance, that if toad
was brought into The midst OF a mob
or other large and unruly concourse OF
people ''silence would instantly pre-
vail" A small bone found in the right
side Of toads ''of the proper age was
also believed to have powers over the
various elements. by throwing this
bone into a vessel Of boiling water"
says Pliny. cit will Immediately cool
it, the water refusing to boil again I'M
til the bone has been removed. To
find this bone. expose the dead toad
on an ant hill. When the ants have
eaten her all away except the bones,
take each bone separately and drop 1t
into boiling water. Thus may the
wondrous toad bone be discovered"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
SPEED OF WAVES.
Over Seventy eight Miles IN Hour Has
Been Recorded.

Over Seventy eight Miles IN Hour Has
Been Recorded.
Interesting facts about waves were
given by DR.. Vaughan Cornish in one
Of his lectures. In the north Atlantic,
he said waves had been measured. the
largest Of which was somewhat more
than forty feet high, with a length
from crest to crest Of $50 feet. 1t was
in the southern Indian ocean that
waves attained their fullest develop
ment. and they had been measured
there with length Of 80 feet.
In the Atlantic it had been found
that waves attained a speed Of thirty
eight miles an hour in a wind Of about
forty-four miles an hour. Speaking of
the swells in the waves that run free
" on the surface of the sea after the
wind has ceased. DIR. Cornish said that
during a storm in December, 1893, he
recorded breakers near Bournemouth
which moved at sixty-seven miles an
hour and had a length from crest to
crest Of 1900 feet. In February. 1899.
he observed breakers on the same
shore which had speed in deep wa
ter Of not less than seventy-eight and
a half miles an hour.-London Family
Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
Easy To Cure
Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat and Ca
tarrh

Breathe Hyomei. It will cure catarrh
or any nose or throat trouble If you
follow directions. Don't lay it aside
when the snuffling, hawking and spit
ting have ceased. Stick to it daily I'M
til you are sure that the catarrh germ
is dead, and that your air passages are
free from their poisonous influence.
Hyomei pronounced High-o-me) is the
only treatment for nose, throat and
lung troubles that has ever been sold
with the understanding that if it did
not cure, it was to cost absolutely moth
ing.
Hyomei can be obtained at druggist
everywhere and at Leo H. Fines who
guarantees 1t to cure catarrh. Group.
sore throat. coughs and colds. A COM
plete outfit S1.OO which is mighty
cheap for a remedy that has cured
more cases of catarrh than all the ca
tarrh specialists on earth.
An outfit consists of an inhaler, a
bottle of Hyomei. supply of antisep-
tic gauze. medicine dropper, and full
instructions for use. The inhaler is
made OF hard rubber, and will last
lifetime. And bear in mind that ex-
ira bottles OF Hyomei II needed cost
only so cents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
|AO0S|ER BOY wins
Gets the Fair Maiden Who
Was Engaged to Be Mar
ried to EngIishman.
LAFAYETTE VERY HAPPY

Lafayette, Ind. May 23.-Marshall
Haywood and Miss Enid L. Carrothers
left last night in the formers auto at
ter having been married by a minister
here.
The bride was engaged to Lord
Walker, an English nobleman, who
landed in this country short time ago
and who it is declared, was enroute to
Lafayette to marry her. 1t is said that
he arrived in Chicago Sunday and that
he expected to reach here today. His
marriage to Miss Carrothers was to
have taken place in June.
Haywood is said to have learned a
few days ago that the Englishman
was on his way to marry the girl and
it is declared. he urged her to marry
him. Mrs. Ginerva Carrothers. the
girls mother is said to have objected
to Haywood as a prospective son-in-
law and to have insisted that her
daughter should marry the English
man.
Haywood obtained license last
night. One of the brides friends help
ed her get away from home with her
clothes. They met Haywood and the
marriage was soon performed. Hay
wood had his automobile in readiness.
He strapped their trunks to the ma
chine and hiked out of Lafayette with
out any of their relatives knowing any
thing about the affair. Mrs. Carroth-
ers, who is said to be Frustrated over
the girls action, and Haywood's par
ents knew nothing of the marriage I'M
| til today.
Mrs. Carrothers and her daughter re-
turned two weeks ago from Europe.
1t is said that the girl became engaged
to Lord Walker on the trip. but that
Mrs Carrothers was more interested
,, in the engagement than she was. Walk
er it was represented, owned a large
estate in England.
The brides family is wealthy and
formerly resided in New York. Hay
wood is a Princeton graduate. and his
family is also prominent in northern
Indiana
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23

New York, May 23.-Inertia is the
chief obstacle to improvement in the
stock market at this time. Activity
has been checked by various considera-
tions, not the least of which was the
temporary cessation of business in
London out of respect to the memory
of King Edward. The delay in plac-
ing our bonds in Europe also had a
lettering effect. Continued cold wealth
consequent backward conditions of the
crops was another element which put
damper upon inOrdinate optimism.
There is also a general slackening up
in business which seems to be extend
ing. Commodity prices had reached
the prohibitive point. and now that
downward reaction has set in buyers
naturally hesitate until satisfied that
the decline has reached its limits.
There is no question but that a read
justment to lower basis is going on
in industrial and mercantile affairs, a
REIMBURSEMENT that will prove highly
beneficial and pave the way for re-
HeWeu ACTIVITY dl d ldlcI udle. CHlol
tunately the country has become so
accustomed to high pressure activity
and advancing prices that it cannot
experience any movement in opposite
directions without becoming unduly
discouraged. 1t is a question if the ma;
tional business nerve has not been
weakened by too long prosperity, since
it now takes unnecessary fright at the
slightest sign of reaction. 1t has long
been insisted on in these advices that
the country would be benefited by
some sort Of readjustment: our indus
trial machinery being out of gear be
cause portions had advanced more rap
idly than others. We are now going
through period of this character in
which equilibrium is being restored
There is no occasion for undue anx,
iety, and after period of moderate
retrenchment we may look forward to
renewed activity, provided the harvest
realizes expectations. At present the
crop outlook is promising, although
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
Mrs. Cyril Hiatt Probably Fa-
tally Injured by Accidental
Discharge of Gun in His
Vest Pocket.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
TO PROBE FOR BALL
Hiatt and His Wife Lived With
Her Parents. North of Hag-
erstoWn and Carried Gun
for Protection.
tPaila dunn Specially

Hagerstown Ind, MAY 23.-AS Mrs.
Cloe Ella Hiatt was bidding her hus-
band. Cyril Hiatt, goodbye this morn
ing. the trigger of the revolver. which
he carried in his vest pocker, was
sprung in some manner and the bullet
struck Mrs. Hiatt in the right should
er. also penetrating the right lung.
She is in a very serious condition and
the three attending physicians expect
ed to take her to Reid Memorial hos
pital at Richmond. to operate and en-
deavor to remove the bullet.
The accident happened at the home
of Mrs. Hiatt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dempsey Lumpkins, about three miles
north of this place, about five o'clock
this morning. She and her husband
had Just finished breakfast. She had
accompanied him to the door. Just
as they had embraced each other, the
revolver was discharged.
Her husband carried her into the
house and called three Hagerstown
physicians. They found that the
shoulder bone was shattered and that
the wound in the lung was specially
dangerous. The bullet had taken a
downward course but the physicians
were unable to locate it.
Mrs. Hiatt is about 20 years old and
her husband is two years her senior
He is employed at the Light Inspec
ton Car Works. They were married
about year and half ago. Hiatt
has been accustomed to carrying his
revolver for protection while they
were living with her parents, as he
walks to and from the shop and much
of the walk is along a dark road.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
And Report on American Fac
tories Will Create a Big
Sensation.
WILL BE SUBMITTED SOON
NUMBER OF WoRkMEN KILLED
SHOWS MURDER RULES INDUS.
TRIAL SYSTEM, PRESBYTERIAN
DELEGATES ToLU

Atlantic City. N. j.. May 23.-More
than 10000 persons filled the big audi
forum of the million-dollar pier Sun
day afternoon to attend the mass
meeting for labor, the greatest popu-
lar meeting of the Presbyterian Gener-
al assembly.
Charles F. Nagel, secretary OF Com
merce and Labor, did not appear to
deliver his scheduled address on the
conservation of national life.
A slight illness was given as the
reason for his nonappearance by Con-
gresham Bennett, of New York. who
declared he was speaking for the cabi'
net officer when he said the national
turmoil over conservation of forests
and national reservation is not nearly
Al important as the conserving Of hui
man life throughout the country.
Sensation in Report.
Congressman Bennett limited that
"the coming report Of the Commission
vi ldS Dccu oJuuy
ing conditions in American factories,
is likely to create a sensation in the
number of preventable deaths caused
in factories"
Rev. Charles Stelzle. superintendent
OF Department of Commerce and La
Dor of the Presbyterian church, made
the principal address Of the meeting,
attacking present industrial and social
conditions among the working classes.
He said that when 10000 industrial
workers are killed every year it means
there is something wrong in our in
dustrial system. In some cases it is
nothing short of murder. The rail
ways of America alone kill nearly 49,
900 persons every year and injure
100000"
Working Hours Too Long.
"The present working day, from a
physiological standpoint is too long"
continued Mr.. Stelzle. 1T keeps the
majority of men and women in a con.
slant state of over-fatigue: it leads to
the craving of means for deadening
fatigue and induces drunkenness and
other excuses. The real justification
for a shorter working day is found
in the interest of the race. 1t is the
business of the church to help remedy
this situation. We should talk less
about building up the church, and
more about building up the people"
Officials of the Atlantic City Cen
trail Labor Union led a delegation OF
1000 workmen who attended the
meeting.
Moderator Charles Little preached
his annual sermon at the mems relig
ious meeting held on the steer pier
and appealed for the return to the
simple life as a panacea for modern
ills in both industrial and social life
He lauded former President Roose
welt for his stand for simple living
as opposed to the modern race fol
wealth and position.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
The Explanation Of the Automobile
Driver and q Climax.

The Explanation Of the Automobile
Driver and 4 Climax.
After the victim of the accident was
driver turned his machine and came
back and explained how ii happened
with considerable warmth.
This woman" he volubly remarked
to the policeman, was entirely to
blame. She Kan around from ahead OF
the street car and deliberately put her
self in my way. After she had lodged
the coal cart II was too late for me to
stop. L couldn't tell which way she
was going. and when l saw that she
was dazed and foolish damned On
the brakes and tried to pass to the
left. but Of course she had to run the
same way. and the consequence was
that in endeavoring to avoid q baby
carriage with twins in 1t and an old
man who was walking with a crutch
suppose l must have hit her. But I
wasn't going more than two miles an
hour, and any woman who would
dodge around in that foolish way and
lose her head shouldn't be permitted
to 90 on the streets without q bunch
of guardians"
The policeman nodded.
"Come over to the sidewalk" he said,
''and take a look at her"
So the driver went to the curb with
the officer and looked at the unfortu-
nate creature who had SO actively con-
tributed to her own disaster
And. 10. 1t was only a dressmaker's
dummy that had fallen OF the rear Of
a delivery wagon! ~ Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
SAFE WIZARD DIES
G. P. Assman Could Pick Any
Lock, But He Was Always
an Honest Man.
A PICTURESQUE CAREER

San Antonio, Texas, May 23.-Al-
though George P. Assman, the famous
safe wizard who died a few days ago
at Austin possessed knowledge that
might have tempted a less honest
man to- enrich himself at the expense
of others, he lived and died a relatively
poor man. Throughout his life he
demonstrated that there was no safe
lock or combination that could with
stand him and there was not a safe or
vault that stood not open to him with
out the crude methods of the safe blow
er. In opening safe to which the
combination had been forgotten or in
which the mechanism of the lock had
gone wrong, Assman never depended
on rules or his sight, touch and hear
ing supplying him invariably with the
key. This remarkable fact he demon
Strated many times. His method in
opening combination lock seemed ex-
tremely simple. Sitting before the
until the lock would act. 1t was his
boast that he needed no tools to open
any safe in the country as long as no
tools had been used in closing it. His
services were in constant demand all
over the South and Southwest. On one
occasion the great vault of the New
Orleans subtreasury could not be
opened for the reason that a part of
it's lock mechanism had failed. After
making every effort to open it the
treasury officials finally sent for Ass
man, who succeeded in opening it in a
very short time. Before Assman left
the vault he inquired as to his COM
pensation which he thought should
amount to $500 This sum. however,
was flatly refused him and without
saying a word the safe wizard swung
the huge door back into place. leav-
ing the officials to cape in amaze
ment. Since there was no one to open
the door. Assman was arrested short
ly afterwards for interfering with the
property of the government. The case
was tried as soon as this could be
done and the law being to some extent
on the side of the safe expert, an
agreement was made whereby he was
to bet the sum of $500 and all ex-
penses for his services. Assman then
opened the safe and put the lock in or
der. AS rule he was able to tell ex-
actly when the door would open and
had he been criminally inclined not an
unguarded safe in the country would
have been secure.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
khARum.

Khartum owes its existence to an
oriental form Of treachery. When
khedive Mohammed Ali invaded the
Sudan in 1870 he marched triumph
antiy to Shendi. where his troops were
entertained At q banquet by the sub
missive natives. But while the khe-
dives high officials were seated at the
feast they shared the fate Of the
viands and were themselves reduced
to funera! baked meats. Full Of fury.
the army fell On Shendi and demol-
fshed It Marching south. the invaders
reached the junction Of the Blue Nile
and White Nile. With the conquer
or's instinct they recognized that the
strip Of land. with its few fshermen's
huts Of straw, formed ideal strategical
headquarters. 20 Khartun finally grew
mto the NEST sensitive part Of the
Sudan organism.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
ON LOCAL DIAMONDS

Amateur. and semi-professional base
bill games in which local teams parti-
cipated yesterday resulted as fol-
lows:
Glen Millers Z, Boston ); Sham
rocksY. NJ l. at Beallview park, 9-3:
Giants-Cincinnati Muldoons at Ath-
letic park, p.
The game between the Muncie Sham
rocks and the Starr Piano team which
was to have been played at the new
West Side Diamond was postponed ow-
ing to wet grounds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
TERM FOR TEACHERS

The summer school for teachers at
Earlham college, will open May go
The term will be twelve weeks long.
The institution will be very crowded
for the first few weeks as the spring
term does not close until in June
Prof. Walter Jessup. who has been at
tending Columbia University will
have charge of the educational depart
ment. He will arrive this week. Prof.
Jessup is now engaged in writing a
geography for the Rand. Mentally firm.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
A BATTLE IN WHEAT
Duel Between Armour and
Waterman Causes Mark
ct to Break Hard.
PRICE FALLS FOUR CENTS
tAmerican News Servicel

Chicago, May a3.-During a spectac-
ular battle in the whea. pit between
Theodore Waterman OF Albany, \. Y.
and J. Ogden Armour. of Chicago, May
delivery broke four cents on the BUSH
el today. Waterman is credited with
trying to corner May option and Ar
mour his chief opponent. Millions OF
dollars is involved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
An Ancient Astronomer,

About 500 IS. G. Anaxagoras OF 10
MIA was born. When he grew up In
wisdom" he was the first to teach the
course and cause Of both solar and
lunar ecIpses and to give his followers
rules whereby they could distinguish
planets from fixed stars. He was
punished for declaring that the sur
was not god.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
A Mean Rival.

Miss Aesthete-Oh, just adore po-
cts! What a sad, soulful expression
Mr. Loughan has.
Mr.. Smartchap-You would have Z
sad. soulful expression, too, II you
were as far behind in your board bill
as he is.-New York Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23
A STORY OF FORREST.
The Actors Encounter With an I'm.
pertinent Critic.

The Actors Encounter With an I'm.
pertinent Critic.
Many years ago Edwin Forrest, the
celebrated actor, when in New York,
was in the habit of dining at Win
dust's, a noted restaurant on Park
row that was n favorite resort of ac-
tors and literary men. 1t usually hap
pened that Forrest would be Joined by
friends and that the little group would
sit together at one table. On one occa-
sion it CHANGED that an Englishman
with a reputation for conceit and i'm
pertinence, who had scraped acquaint-
ance with the tragedian, was one Of
the group.
Early in the course Of the dinner the
Enslishman began to make criticisms
which he considered pleasantries about
Forests conception of certain roles.
Encouraged by his own appreciation.
he gave full play to his humor and
concluded each Of his impertinences
with Pardon my freedom, sir-it's my
way"
To the establishment Of all who knew
FORESTS irascible disposition he bore
the Briton's offensive remarks patient
ly and seemingly ignored them as far
as possible. When. however. the nuts
were brought in by the waiter he
took several cracked walnuts In his
hand and, walking over to the Briton's
place, jocularly snapped them sue
cessively in the face of that individual.
lightly saying after each shot. par
don my freedom, sir-it's my way"
and snapped him out of the restau-
rant
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23

'What are the degrees Of stingy
mans married ifew
II suppose they are matrimony, par
simony. testimony and 2iimOny.. -
Baltimore American,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-23

STUDENT want some information
about the bronzes. I suppose had
better write to the keeper Attend
ant-Yes. miss, or you might see him
Punch