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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-16
After the

First Reveler-I say. old man. your
wife won't do a thing to you when she
smells he whisky. Second Reveler-
When I'm near her l hold my breath.
First Reveler-YQu won't be able to.
It's too strong.-Boston Transcript.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-16
How Bird Dresses.

As bird fashions do not change. two
suits a year are quite enough for most
birds. but they need to take great care
OF them. Each separate feather must
be cleaned and looked Over and the
useless ones pulled out. These feath-
ers are not packed close together. you
know, but lie loose and have places
between filed with air. When a bird
wants to get warmer he lifts his feath-
ers so that these air spaces may be
larger. But If his feathers are tan
gled or wet and dirty he could no,
raise them. and soon be could not
keep the head in his little body and
would. OF course. die.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-16

more resourceful and hopeful u peo-
pie should be. Speaking broadly. we
are now in the rough and crude stage
of our agricultural development.
The Call for Leadership.
Here. then. is a call for leadership.
All the great questions of human So
eiety in both city and country are still
before US. The call for leadership in
city affairs has long appealed to Is,
but the stir of the rural impulse is
only beginning to be felt. This meet
ing of the country school teachers of
the great agricultural state of Illinois
is a fine example Of this new impulse
to leadership.
All progress must come through
some form Of working together. The
best example in the world of cooper
alton in rural affairs is in Denmark.
where, pressed by the loss Of Schles-
wig, the country had to pull itself to-
gether to save itself. A remarkable
social and economic iux is now taking
place in Ireland. and the work of Sir
Horace Plunkett in the founding of his
cooperative movement Is worthy the
attention of the whole world.
Our own country is not without its
rural leaders. In fact. I am convinced
that no country has SO many. The
very democracy of our thought allows
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
| Astronomers
Making the
Dirt Fly

in the unfatfomed depths of the blue.
the newspapers printing what they pleased
call maps of the canals Mars, which Perclva Lowell
Harvard processes able discover albeit other
less skilled in detecting the OF the heavens declare ta
Professor Lowell suffering from astronomical haucnatlon
very pretty controversy AS the status of the
objections Lowels theory the New York Sun explains
objections Lowels theory fall principal
O these former disputes the OF the observation The
planetary disk
o regularity, the explana
beings
The
the British
to be the the theory
argument upon the general study
his canals a
andw of neighbor This the
atmospheric envelope the change
o The polar
residual vanished Water
o be measured index of reracion
contemplation of this lofty controversy the plain
confounded by the conflict OF authority appears be Harvard
against the world The Lick observatory Wilson
Los Angeles take sides against canal theory
while Flagstaff and the Andean observatory both maintained by
Harvard aligned the other side But Professor Lowell
obstinate his belief that the system
of canals but making the dirt fly channels
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
Apology Is the Hallmark of Courage
By HERBERT KAUFMAN

lake your medcine procrasinaion cant possibly
You only the ultimate of doses by seeking post
pone them The you hold back the bitterness
will add to the prescription.
1t We hired the fiddler you settle his BILL If you keep
him waiting he'll add interest for the deav Realize and for all
time that when you play you must pay
Conscience present and when
finds that the overdue and starts dun for settlement
the meanest collection agency you've known behaves like phil
anthoplc enterprise by contrast.
Only very little persons with Aaxseed souls and shrveed brains
wluy unjust Broad minded people play their cards the
of life they play them game of whsfa squarely
ean They don't consciously renege and when corrected for
oversight they heey submit the established penalty for spelling
everybody elses hand
No expected to judge all things correctly all the time
Human brains full of flaws a filled with holes.
he best minds have their occasional weak spots the finest
eecs have their little leaks Omence demanded of deite
The that be asked of you that you do your very
best Every and then bound be that don't
shake confidence your average discretion when you volunteer the
acknowledg gment of mistake
On the other hand if you persist defending what papaby
nefensbewhen you that white be regarded black you
do establish proof thereby you merely establish reputation for
self and color blindness which your prospect of support and
Copyright 1910 b
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

cooperation on other occasions when you really and absolutely
we'll founded in your position.
The child caught outright lie gains talsher
when he seeks o evade what is unescapably evident
The clerk who what originally innocent
involves himself suspicion and blocks his advancement
The world has learned many bitter lesson from dealing with
inconsistency That egsm which induces compacecy the face
of egregious blunders is dangerous dishonesty
Assurance terrific but when it Is founded upon concelt
instead of eanays penous overpessue of steam to
frail boiler
Reliability compensates for many mental lack. We withhold
confidence from those who wfuy bandage their eyes, for fear
that they will pull the wool over
Granted that ignorance rather than the motive the effect
just and costly.
Frankness of vao Self-cnicism wholesome
else and beneficial physical calishenics. 1t certain
strengthen and develop moral power brake impulse and
reckesness
Your right when you admit wrong you
tall dignity when you up that you been small The
biggest and finest thing the face of the earth the sight of strong
knukng down and conng of his accord that he has
been guilty of weakness
Apology demeah glorfes It's the hallmark of simon
pure courage It's the trademark of real gentleman It's the liquid
alton of debt of honoa the pressing because can't be
wiped out by compulsory
Herbert
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
War Scares
for Political
Effect

Napoleon
o t the Mail ed
of
of
in
to
Lord Miner told audience tones
of the
it. and he had been
We have forgotten how Lord Northce beat the war drum
while he travelling this country like good
politics then and helps circulation avorte device of
with conscience like Hearst
and dangerous because IS quite likely bring about the very
thing preends fear The filings war bedding press are
thrown back by of the country
the flames of hatred famed.
1t be that journalistic tactics of
well understood and discounted same game paved
political effect by of such high station and
Mr. Baour in England it playing FIRE 1t was Mr. Bal
fou warning his fellow countrmen that onv by returning the
tories to power could they be safe from attack by Germany
1t seems however that his counrymen did Mr.
Balfour take him seriously hunliang position
for man who was premier Of the United Kingdom
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
A National
Standard Of
.Leprosy

strange case OF John Early reputed eper who
out by many cities in the east but still large
calls attention TO the uncertainty of diagnosis this department
OF pathology The latest examination OF Early committee
appointed by the New York Society of Medical Jurisprudence
resulted only the strange conclusion that patient is "a
probable epe but apparently like such dubious
merce near beer he does purview of pro
hlbtoy statutes The Washington Post tells happened
John Early q the
leoa cases on record He has been declared leper several
authorities and He
been accepted by the United States pension Office
dropped by
lie has legally speaking the freedom of the city Of New
denied his the district Columbia
eP but not rated anywhere else he finally declared
New York society to be epe the judgment of
authorities will be vndicated
country, bv
authorities regarded
dangerous the health Of II
national standard should be in his srespec -
By all eprosy should be standardized but the doctors
appear to stand IN the and they persuade
They will easily be shon of ancient common law obt
o differ among themselves.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
"A ToIerant
Eye on
Land Frauds

IN Portland and by of inversion Clifford
Pinohot Is held up public maedcon the fount and
origin OF these We quote from the Post-Intelgencer
reprinted with approval by the Cregonian:
Of land
now trial Portland for completely
backing
In the moral code Of Seattle and Portland apparently
vera Ofense sell the government political backing
and long actual does pass the oense greeted
with editorial wink.
Unfortunately for this comfortable theory the
tenanns trial taken Thursday show that
did take his help in the while
he commissioner OF the general land office One
that fund collected take of the fellows
ln2on and these accommodating fellows
Hermann 10 the plain it does make any
difference between permitting fraud gain political influence
and doing the thing for money but the Seattle
moral code makes distinction
Finally, Pnchot the really blame The issue Of
leu land forest locations invitation to
fraud Perhaps We shall next be told that Pnchot hired the
anda men to commit perjury, subscrip
tons TO the fund to take OF the fellows Washington
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

important electoral campaign was the
ndiscreet and dangerous of the German
argument the tory side OF it NAV that
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

IS DOOM IN astronomy dHd What tI1t CU1II-
mercial columns describe as active inquiry
about comets and planets In the aviatory
enthusiasm of the moment we have con-
founded some of these chartered libertines
of the skies with dereIict airships expatiating
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

be because learning to fly peradventure 1t
the approaching visit of wandering and uncertain
with long tall but whatever the there
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
President I aft
Knows
His Friends

Last Mr. Cannon by Senator Cumrn;ns
He responded
and Fork club OF All
the OF out da kness - e -
he public did speech
attributed
He
schemes of
struck
Others
barking all He by the
be willing sink the personal revenge
5
OF course IS too big pay Mr. quickly
realized much when he understood executive mowers
being by Hitchcock carry Cannons reyenges
fa the president understands that his real hope and
the uhment of his legislative program lies nsugent
element The Cannon and Ach gang would knife proposals
every did fear exposure by progressives OF the
republican party congress-
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

MAT suggestive episode of contemporary politics. the eo
to read the insurgents out OF the republican party atoug
foolish OF conception and ridiculous IN execution -
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

California statute book is filled with laws
for the exclusion of lepers and the seclusion
OF those already within our confines
Yet the learned diagnosticians do not
appear able to answer with any certainty or
agreement the question here pronounced. The
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

IS politics, and in that field everything is SAID
to be fair, but this doctrine is exceedingly dan
gerous as well as immoral In the instance
under notice it is especially risky. A sum-
mary OF the campaign in this regard is given
The real leader in this scaremongering
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

outcome OF an elaborate plan in which Frank
Hitchcock played first lieutenant for Joe Can
non, uttering loud threats which he was
powerless to fulfill
The Minneapolis Journal thus expounds
the plan:
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

declare themselves in favor of the business
OF robbing the national domain, but they are
full of apologies for the men accused of profit
ing by these crimes. Thus one finds in the
Post-Intelligencer of recent date an elaborate
apology for Binger Hermann now on trial
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

WEE s e % coast The sesss:s e ees sesss'sss .s
in which this apparenv incurabe naladv prevails The
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

The Portland Oregonian and the Seattle Post-Integencer
have always looked with tolerant eyes the of
land frauds, called These newspapers do not BADLY
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

Beginning Saturday afternoon, jan
uary p. the Newton Tharpe memorial
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

Copyright, 1910. by Herbert Kaufman
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09
Businessmen's Honesty.

An article in the Century Magazine on
Business Success and Failure shows
some encouraging conditions. Brad
streets records for the past twenty-five
years shows that in no one year has the
failures of commercial firms amounted to
more than one and one half per cent and
that the average annual business death
cent. During this period the number of
persons, firms and corporations in bust
ness has nearly doubled and the percent
age of failures has decreased. In the year
1908 there were 1904 failures. In
giving the causes in which the in
dividua1 is responsible for the failure it is
shown that thirty-three out of every
hundred failed for lack of capital, twenty
two for incompetence, ten for fraud, six
for inexperience, three for unwise credits,
three for neglect, Que for extravaganza
and one for speculation.
The satisfactory feature of these
figures is that out of the people resPon-
sible for their own failures only ten per
cent brought it about by fraud and only
one per cent by speculation. These figures
indicate that an overwhelming proper
ton of business men are honest in their
purposes. The reduction in the percent
age of failures shows that business is
being placed on souuder and safer
basis and that in a business way al
least the talk of good old times" is un
warranted. In these times when we SEE
so much that is undesirable it is refresh
ing to learn the facts about. our progress:
in business integrity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09
Use American Throat Tablets.
Examination for CadetShip.

There will be a competitive examina
ton for the Cadetship and two alternates
to be named in connection with the va
cancy which will exist next spring in the
Second Congressional District. This
competitive examination will be held at
Norwich University, Mortified, in charge
of Prof. II. R. Roberts, D. c. L., Dean of
Undergraduates, beginning Monday;
February Il, 1910, at 1.30 p. m. and
holding evening sessions, six periods in
all, closing at noon Wednesday the 10th.
The examination will include both intel
lectual and physical fitness for the posi-
ton. A program will be arranged and
copies furnished candidates if they will
notify Prof. Roberts. Candidates will be
examined in the subjects ofspelling, pune
tuation and capitals. grammar. geo
graphy, United States history, Worlds
history, arithmetic, algebra and geome-
try. Candidates will get in touch with
Prof. Roberts and learn such further de-
tails as they may need to know.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09

whole question of wage is and must be
determined, therefore, by the supply and
demand of teachers unless there be found
a pleasant way, consistent with the
towns interests, of yielding to every re-
quest for more salary.
No more agreeable task could be en-
trusted any school board than that OF
being empowered with authority and
supplied with funds with which to pen
sion retired public school teachers and
continue the wages of teachers during
absences through illness, accident or
other causes. The Interested faxpay-
err suggests the propriety of such pen
sion and continuance of wages. Suffice
it to say, our Vermont Legislature has
as yet established no charitable fund tor
teachers aid and, however much may be
the desire to further assist and relieve the
faithful teachers of our children, there is
no warrant and no authority for the ex-
penditure of the towns money along the
line suggested 1t is hoped, however,
that our legislature may soon provide a
pension fund for retired public school
teachers
It is frequently the case that the per-
son who strongest advocates Increased
expenditures by the town is loudest in
cry against our high tax rate. The IN
consistent complaints and demands Of
such persons cannot be satisfied and
ought not to be taken as conclusive
proof that our school children are not
properly cared for and protected.
DAVID E. PORTER.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09
Justin S. Morrill, Centenary.

The Burlington Daily News calls atten-
ton to the fact that Justin S. Morrill, was
born April II, 1910, and that April IA,
1910, is the one-hundredth anniversary
of his birth. The question now is will
the people of Vermont make any obser-
vance of such an event. Another question
is shouldn't the state erect some fitting
memorial to the man who brought it
such great distinction. An address in
every town by good speaker on Jus
tin S. Morrill, and His Service to Vermont
and the Nation" would beinstructive and
place before the younger people of the
state torcible illustration of the value
of the simple life and strong virtues of an
honorable public servant. Another sug-
gestion is an organization ofpublic spir-
tied men of Vermont into a Justin S.
| Morrill, Association" to promote the
work of erecting suitable state mem
| oria1 to him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09

houses, whence meat is furnished to yes
sells IN the American and Mediterranean
service 1t is American meat. Ifitcould
be carted Just 100 Yards from the ware
house through the gates of the great
iron customs department fence INTO
Naples. this meat could be sold at from
25 to so per cent below local prices.
The warehouse owners stand ready to
do business with all Italy furnishing
better grade of meat at greatly reduced
prices, if the tariff barrier were removed.
This is but a single illustration OF
general fact. Staple American agrlcul-
tural products-wheat, fruits. cheese-in
many parts of Europe are sold at lower
than the local prices or as low. The I'M
migrant, coming to America, finds that,
If he can buy IN quantity, and I'm cases
where he need not) his flour, fuel, pota-
toes, oil, sugar. coffee. salt-the essen
tials for his plain table-all cost less
than they ordinarily do in the land he
left. The cheapness and abundance of
many varieties of fruits and of our
melons and tomatoes is surprise to
| him. Closely after the most pressing
necessities comes line of things cheaper
| than in Europe-cotton clothing, includ-
ing, overalls, jumpers, shoes (the Ameri-
can shoe has a sale all over the Cont1n-
ent) newspapers, the cent buying twice
| to four times the reading matter con-
tanned in a German, French or Italian
paper.
While these statements are instructive
they do not wholly explain the situa-
ton. They tend to disprove the argu-
ment that the tariff is responsible for
our hardships, but they do not explain
in any way why our dollar today will
| buy us so much less than it formerly did.
1t gives no light regarding the extent
conspiracies to control the supply OF
food is responsible for high prices and an
honest investigation of this phase of the
question by Congressional committee
might be of real value to the country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09
A Test Question.
Supreme Court to Decide on Power of Pub
lie Service Commission.

The three railroads, the Central Yer.
mont, the Boston & Maine and Wood
stock, which were ordered by the YER
mont public service commission to
rearrange their tracks at White River
Junction, provide a suitable union sta
ton and construct a subway from the
station to the highway at a total ex-
pense of 500, 5000, baked at the PROPOSE
ton, and have brought the matter to the
supreme court at Montpelier on the
question of the public service commits
sions right to issue an order OF this
character. The case in question is
docketed as that of John. Bacon
and others VS.. the Central Vermont
railroad, the Boston & Maine railroad
and the Woodstock railroad.
In addition to this. the Central Yer
mont railroad appealed on the commits
sion's order to build the subway from
the union station to the highway in
the village of White River Junction,
claiming that the benefits to the state
and the town of Hartford would be
such as to warrant their assistance IN
the work. The action is brought II
the Joint suits of the Central Vermont
Railroad vs. State of Vermont, and Cen
trail Vermont VS.. Town of Hartford. The
latter contends that the route is not
an accepted highway and that the towr
of Hartford is, therefore, not holden fol
its cost of the subway.
A large number of lawyers are con
cerned in the case, II. H. Powers ane
c. w. Writers appearing for tn
| Central Vermont, John Young TO
the Boston & Maine railroad, Alexan
der Dunnett and J. 6. Harvey for tn
town of Hartford and Attorney Gene
raj John G.. Sargent for the state 0
Vermont. The cases were presented il
court, Friday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09
To the Rutland Herald, the voluntary

To the Rutland Herald, the voluntary
censor of the CALEDoNIAN's comments
on DR.. Mead. we would hunbly
state that in order to insert the Mead
political advertising last week it was
necessary to write the editorial before
the advertising matter arrived and work
the mechanical force of the Office until
nearly midnight in order to get our pa
per out on time. For this reason we
were unable to submit our editorial to
the Herald for its expert revision and
careful weighing in its delicate scales
of justice. So the editorial will
doubtless stand eternally condemned but
we have the satisfaction of giving the adj
vertiser prompt and accurate service.
We might add that we hope to be able to
write another editorial some day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09
The Charter is Sold.
Capitalists Ready to Develop Power at
Fifteen Miles Fa1ls.-Ho1d up by Land
Owners.


The syndicate of Boston and Chicago
capitalists has taken up the option on
the charter held by six Littleton men for
the construction of a power plant on the
Connecticut river at Fifteen Mile Falls.
The charter was obtained from the New
Hampshire Legislature some years ago,
but nothing has ever been done by way
of development. About nine months
ago a syndicate represented by Carl A.
Ross of Chicago, took an option on the
charter, agreeing to pay $4,000 for it.,
and to develop the power within three
years. The latter clause had to be
changed. as there were conditions on the
Vermont side of the river which may
make it impossible to develop the pro-
ject within the time specified.
While the taking of this option is
evidence that the new company intends
to go ahead with the project vigorously,
yet there are a good many stumbling
blocks that may cause trouble, chiefly
among the property owners who are
holding out for high prices for their pro-
Derty,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-09
RULES OF THE CONTEST.

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