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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-04-23

SOME one has sprung on us the
throbbing information that women
who talk intelligently and listen care
fully are the best guests" Ever 20
to an euchre party?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-04-23

OLD-FASHIONED women are said
to have been the best housekeepers,
but we guess that none Of them were
chained to the kitchen range at that.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-04-23

GOOD plan, when q stranger tries
to sell you something and get the
money in advance, is to say. Just
wait till / call up the police
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
OLD LONDON BRIDGE
Men Whose Names viii Live In H,,.
tory Dwell and Worked on
the Structure.

For centuries Old London bridge,
with its double row of houses, was
the home of generations who lived
and traded over the Thames waters.
Holbein lived and painted there; o.
borne, the prentice lad leaped through
window in the house Of his master, Sir
William Hewett, to the rescue of Sir
Williams daughter, who had fallen in
to the swollen flood of the river be-
low, and by winning her for his wife
laid the foundation of the ducal house
OF Leeds. Crispin Tucker had his
shop on the bridge, to which Pope and
Swift and many another outhor of fame
made pilgrimages to purchase books
and gossip with the waggish shop.
keeper. Crocker's dictionary was
printed "at the Looking Glass on Lon
don Bridge" and gigantic corn mills
dominated the south end of the struc-
ture, not many yards from the won
derful Nonsuch House, hugh wooden
pile with turrets and cupolas brought
from Holland. Such In brief outline
was the London bridge which linked
the twelfth with the eighteenth cen.
fury, and which. when 1t was on its
last tottering legs, was removed to
give place to it's fine successor of
our day, the stone in which is said
to be nearly double that employed In
building st. Paul's Cathedral.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
First Postage Stamps.

The postage stamp made its first ap-
pearance in 1889. Credit for it's inven-
ton was due to James Chalmers, q
printer of Dundee who died in 1853.
England adopted the adhesive stamp
under royal decree on December FL,
1899, and issued the first one for pub
lie use on May 6, 1910. About q
year later the stamp was introduced
into the United States and soon after
ward came into use in Bavaria, Bel
GUM and France.
The machine for perforating sheets
of stamps was invented and patented
by Henry Archer in 1S47. The Eng
lish postal authorities would take no
stock in it for some time, but G.. F.,
Muntz, member of parliament for
Birmingham, made such firm stand
for it's adoption that on August 5, 1853,
the house of commons appropriated
$4,000 for the purchase of the patent
and soon afterward perforated stamps
came into general use.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
|. USEFUL LITERARY WORK
Good Literature and Adjustment for
ironing Board Made Most En-
tietng Combination.

It was hard work selling books. The
volumes, one of which the agent had
to carry with him as sample, were
very bulky and heavy, and nobody
seemed to want them But the agent
was persistent fellow, and even the
stubborn Mrs. Butts could not send
him away unheard.
I'VE have all the books we can use"
she was saying, land we really can't
afford any more reading matter Why
haven't even opened the second vol.
ume of that Roman History you sold
lis last spring. Now, If you we're sell.
Ing 'one of those adjustable ironing
boards"
I've got Just the thing" said the
agent, cheerfully. There are IL
books in this set and you can use
either one or two or three, and so on
UP to six to tilt your board any way
you want to. And between whiles
when your iron is heating you have
good literature right at hand
Youths Companion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
Mooreton News

The Il. n. A. held their meet
ing in the NJ. w. A. Hall, Wed.
nesday afternoon.
Miss Hattie Durkee Of Fair
mount, held the pupils final
examinations in IN e school
house Thursday and Friday.
She was assisted by Miss E.
Chernich.
Sheriff Heley was in town
Thursday evening renewing
old acquaintance.
Mrs. Paul Pleschke was i'll
for few days but is recover
ing.
Herb Becker of Wahpeton
was in town Thursday and Fri
day shaking hands with old &C.
quaintances.
G. NJ. Buscher, representing
International Harvester Co.,
was in town Monday.
Mrs. Kenneth McKinnon
spent Monday at Wahpeton
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Haffner
of Wahpeton were in town the
fore part of the week.
Messrs. Mckay and Chaplin
spent Sunday at Wahpeton.
Mr.. Wagner was passenger
to Wahpeton, Monday.
Chas. Jacobson and Florence
Haffner Sundayed at Hankin-
son.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
The Sin Of shavina.

One of the severest sects of Old Be-
levers in Russia has issued mani
festo directed against the "noxious
evil" of shaving and cutting the beard.
This heretical custom has. it is stated,
been spreading among Old Believers
during the last 80 years.
Shorn men and women with clipped
boards come to church, kiss the holy
cross and the holy icons. and are ap-
parently unconscious that they are liv.
ing in state of habitual deadly sin.
TO make them realize the abominable
nature of their criminal vanity it is
now ordered that If shorn man
wishes to be married he is to be told
that the church will not provide q
grand wedding with singing and cere.
monies unless he repents.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
In the Nursery.

Better than chairs are low, broad
seats built in all around the wall of
the room. The seat should be eight or
nine inches high. and from one to two
feet broad, and may be put up by a
carpenter at slight expense. The chill.
dren may slide all along these and
draw their toys beside them, and there
will be less danger of bumped noses
and bruised elbows from tipping over
Of the chairs. Little pillows with
durable covers may be strewn about.
for small, sleepy heads, or to make
the seat less hard. Such seat is best
made of hardwood. II the floor is hard.
wood. II not 1t should be made very
smooth and vanished, so that there
may be no danger Of splinters.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
METHODIST NOTES

The services on Sunday were
we'll attended. The singing
was delightful.
The departure of Cecil Lundy
cast a gloom over all who knew
him. The body was laid to rest
in the Fairview Cemetery on
Tuesday. The funeral services
were conducted by Revs. w. A.
Baker and w. ]. Hutcheson. A
large number gathered to ex-
press their sympathy with the
parents in their sad and sud.
den loss.
The Epworth League held
their annual meeting in the
church on Tuesday last. Of.
ficers were elected for the COM
ing year aud delegates chosen
to represent the League at
Sheldon on the 18th, 18th and
10th of June when the District
Convention will be held.
The Memorial Day" service
will be conducted in the Metho.
dist church on Sunday morn
ing. This will be & union SER
vice. All Interested in the
"Old Soldier" are cordially in
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
TWO WINDOW CLEANERS
HAVE THRILLING ESCAPE
Fall From Eighth Story Windows
But are Saved by Rope.

Minneapolis, May 2O.-Henry
Steinhauser and G. E. Hess,
window cleaners, of Minnea
polis, had a narrow escape to-
day from death by falling from
a staging at the 9Th story CT the
Chamber of Commerce build.
ing.
The two men were sitting on
a ladder and plank staging
suspended from the roof, when
the rope at Steinhauser's end
broke, hurting him headlong
toward the ground. He turned
in the air two or three times,
and it seemed that he was
doomed to be crushed by the
fall.
Just after, passing the second
etory windows, however, he
managed to grab the rope hang
ing from the staging. thereby
breaking the force of the fall
and landing on his feet.
With the exception of having
his bands badly burned by fric-
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
Gender Of Garlic.

why is garlic masculine gender?'
said the man who markets. 1T must
be masculine because the green gro.
GERS buy from call it he They are
mostly Italians. and ought to know
the sex OF garlic If anybody does. OF
all the vegetables and aromatic herbs
! buy garlic Is the only one to which
masculine virtues are ascribed. Every.
thing else is neuter. To call garlic IT.
would be an insult. The garlic. he II
fresh. he 10 ane. he is cheap, he 10
dear. Funny. amt iti"-New York
Press.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26

ton with the rope, Steinhaser
was uninjured.
His companion, Hess, had al
most as narrow an escape. He
chung to the rope at his end of
the scaffold and finally swung
himself into a window.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26
vited to attend.


No service in the church at
night owing to the meeting in
the High School. Prof. f. E.
Smith will give the address to
the graduates. The Methodist
choir will furnish the music.
Rev. G. A. Mcnamara will be
present on Wednesday, June
lst, to conduct the business
meeting of the church. 1t is to
be expected that there will be
full attendance of all the
church officials.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26

Mr.. and Mrs. John PeIzl spent
Friday at the county seat.
Anton Hafner spent Monday
at Breckenridge.
Vance Snyder was a passen.
ger to Wyndmere Monday.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-05-26

1t is reported that Gust Wen
er has gone to Wisconsin to get
married. Well, it is a case of
another old batch gone wrong.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21
why does a man enjoy .scolding the
baseball umpire about something that
doesn't personally concern him?"
a Dream Of Treasure.

A Dream Of Treasure.
II dreamed last night I possessed
great treasure" said the imaginative
man.
WELL" replied his wife, that is
one OF the dreams that are not all idle
fancy. Don't you remember the por-
terhouse steak you ate for dinner?"
"I'd laugh at heap mo- funny stor-
les dan does" said Uncle Eben. .if
I wasn't so jealous of de man dat ain
got muffin to do 'cep' to stan" around
tellin' EN-"
But He Won't Tell.
The books that stand in solemn state
On shelves so high and vast
Contain store of knowledge great
That dates from ages past.
Yet none OF them will e'er disclose
The things the census taker knows.
The libraries whose marble walls
Hold erudition rare
With all their print and patient scrawls,
When candidly laid bare,
Must disappoint None of them shows,
The things the census taker knows.
The tragic tales by genius told,
The comic authors wit,
Scant human interest unfold
Beside what he has writ.
or volumes they would fill vast rows;
The things the census taker knows.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21
How the Other Cities Clean In
MRS. F. w. STEPHENS.

Youths Companion: For too many
years Americans thought of their cit
les simply as places in which to make
a living and if possible fortune.
But change has come. The Com
mercial club of Chicago made up of
practical business men has spent $75,-
900 on great plan for more beauti-
full, more convenient, more livable
and lovable city. No one who saw
Chicago achieve its worlds fair doubts
its ability to carry the new plan
through. Similar plans have been
made for Washington. Cleveland, st.
Louis, San Francisco and other cities.
Portland, Oregon has gone into city
beautiful campaign with great deal
of enthusiasm. A fund Of $4,000 has
been raised and permanent organ
ization formed, with the object of
identifying the city and aiding its
growth along right lines. They will
labor for the strict enforcement of
laws, which will make the city more
healthful, comfortable and attractive.
At Rochester. New York, the League
OF Civic clubs has found Its inspira-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21
THE NATIONS WEALTH.

Sunday Of the land
preaching modern
hundreds
Of this Disease
of the modern factory.
National Association for the Study
OF fifteen states by
Or omen letters have given to this campaign
which converts to the
administration health laws Federal and
estimated
this sacrifice computed
connection with this whole dread
business disease prevented of durable diseases not
cured the fact that preaching for reform going on @
where common sense and
applied widely to lenghen out
span
iosis has in greater merit and promise Of sucn TAR
suits Owen for the creation OF
parment Of Public Health.
It not that National
Marine Hospital Service
hundred and has in that
yellow
and fifteen million dollars annually 70 eight off
But this
the because the work scattered
these bureaus
national
dsgracefuly high.
As nation we have busy building up
the
wasteful
notice
what price we are paying TO see whether not
lives needless and suf
feringb n
sentimentaly heoriEng but hard
application
official
the Commissioners Of
able to uledged
Washington
able advise
sufficient prestige have its listened
Agriculture has been of incacuabe
would National Department help municipal
household factory the land the
housing legislation
ndardDn comfort
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21

he wishes 1t done or not. in cese the
state convention decides to make q
nomination. ]. Oscar Henderson. OF
this city, close personal friend OF
Kern's and former state auditor is the
man who will present Kern's name
and he will not ask Kern for permis-
sion. SO 1t is given out
There Is still no reason to believe
that the state convention will nomin-
ate candidate for senator. even in
spite OF the hard work that is being
done by the anti-Taggart fellows to
have 1t done. Taggart himself believes
he has the scheme killed and that 1t
win not even be brought before the
convention, but he Is not taking any
chances on this. He is candidate for
senator, and he has decided that in
case the convention does take a no
ton to nominate q man for that place
he will present his name then. and ii
it does not SO decide he will wait and
present his name to the legislature,
There is story out now to the effect
that Taggart would not much care il
the state convention should decide to
make nomination. because he be-
lieves he has things so well lined UP
that he could win out. Another rea.
son why he might be willing to allow
the scheme to go through is that Tag
CART hates John E. Lamb so bitterly
that he would be glad to have a
chance to give him hard bump.
Taggart is saying now that the
scheme to have the state convention
make a nomination for senator is not
the plan of Governor Marshall, but
that 1t is Lambs scheme Taggart
followers insist that its defeat at the
convention could not be construed as
slap at the governor unless the gov
ernor should get out on the floor OF
the convention and make fight and
lose. 1t is not at all likely that the
governor will do this. Therefore, Tag
CART figures that if the convention
adopts resolutions indorsing Governor
Marshall and. his administration in
glowing terms and then ignoring OF
turning down the proposition of nom
mating candidate for senator.
This being done, Taggart believes
he can then deliver the blow that will
put Lamb down and out and clear the
way for his own nomination. This
would please Taggart immensely. fol
Lamb has developed into the most
rampant advocate of the governors
plan.
But now that Kern's name has beer
injected into the senatorship fight il
is hard to tell what the result may be
Kern has large and loyal followin,
among the rank and file in the state
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21

and he may be able to give Taggart q
run for his money. But viewing the
situation as 1t stands at present il
does not look like anyone can beat
Taggart. He looks like the winner.
that will beat him is the question. He
has not shown up among the present
candidates.
Therefore, it looks like the big issue
of the campaign viii be: Do you want
Taggart or Beveridge for United
States senator? 1t viii be up TO the
people of Indiana to answer that ques-
ton for themselves.
A story is being told here about
some incipient activity on the part of
J. Frank Hanly, former governor, in
politics. According to this story Han
" recently wrote letters to several
republicans. candidates for state Off
ces on the republican ticket In these
letters, it is said. he asked couple
of pointed questions The first was:
DO YOU favor the repeal of the coun-
ty option law" The second was:
. If elected. win you use your efforts
to prevent the repeal of the county op-
ton law
The letter also said, according to
this story, that unless he received a
favorable answer over the genuine
signature of the recipient of the letter
Hanly would regard such silence as
an admission that such person would
be in favor of the repeal of the county
option law. Whether he has received
any answers to the letter is not known
as Hanly declines to discuss the mat
ter. Just what Hanly's move means
is question and the politicians who
have heard of ii do not understand
, what he has IN his sleeve. 1t is said
that he is not working in connection
with the Anti-Sal0on league in the
campaign. He and E. s. Shumaker
the state superintendent of the league
are close together and are working
together, it is said. but the state or
ganization is controlled by a head
quarters committee. and It is under
stood that this committee Is not work
ing with Hanly and Shulnaker. Hanly
and Shumaker are in favor of making
! a fight for state wide prohibition. but
it is understood that the headquarters
| committee Is not in favor of entering
| upon such fight at this time.
1t was said last night that John E
Lamb would issue statement today
| which would fairly burn the hide Of
Tom Taggart since the latter ha,
come out in the open as a candidate
for senator. Lambs statement II
awaited here with good deal Of in
terest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21
Senator A,drleh.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The renewal of the authoritative an
nouncement that Senator Aldrich will
retire from public life next March will
inspire varying feelings In Washing.
ton and throughout the country. He
Is by all odds the most efficient leg.
islative leader that the senate has
known since the civil war period, and
circumstances have made his leader
ship Of great consequence to the ceun.
try. He has been in politics OF one
sort or another for forty years. and
nom the local government Of Provi-
dence TO the senate Of the United
States he has generally got what he
went for" Secure In the backing OF
his own little state. he has held his
seat in the senate for thirty years. and
from it has for many years substan.
TALLY directed the course OF legisla.
ton In the matters that chiefly in.
torested him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21
Relief o. Old Horses.
the Boston Traveller.

From the Boston Traveller.
Every lover of and sympathizer
with dumb animals will rejoice at the
progress that is being made In the
for the relief Of old horses.
II IL pitiful sight to see an aged and
decrepit horse dragging his SCARED
and weary body about as an annex
to the ramshackle wagon Of some ped
dler or rag collector who by no chance
will properly care for him and bought
him for . song only to work him to
death. One day the old animal falls
in the street and IL unable to rise. The
bullet that becomes his portion soon
after II the most merciful thing he
has known for months. The division
Of old horse relief OF the Boston Work
Horse. Parade Association has been
active In securing from business con.
Germs their assurance that horses will
not be sold after their value becomes
$50. which IL the amount agreed as
that at which horse had really pass
ed his Usefulness. The response to
the request that when q. horse has
reached this period he be pensioned
or mercifully killed has been very en-
couraging.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21

ton and a growing sense OF neighbor-
liness and civic unity IS the result.
Fort Wayne. Indiana has had q civic
revival, conducted somewhat on re-
ligious lines. Improvement was taken
up with might and MAN," their slo-
gan being All for one and one for
ALL"
Cleveland is preparing to celebrate
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21

Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post
office as setond class mail matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-21

its county centenary on May l. 1910.
by the dedication Of the new $4,000 900
court house. ON the lake front II Is
planned to have President TAFT deliv>
er the chief address.
The Woman's Civic Improvement
league Of Kalamazoo photographs I'M
clean spots In the city and sends cop
les of them to the owners II the
places are not promptly cleaned up
the photographs are exhibited with
the owners names.
The ST. Louis Improvement league
for the past two years has been of
fering prizes amounting to $10o In
cash for the back yards showing the
greatest Improvement along the right
of way OF the suburban railway. The
league hopes that the property owners
will become interested In making this
section. which is now an eyesore. one
of the most beautiful Landscapes in
this country.
II beauty is its own excuse for be-
ing, then beauty combined with util-
ity has double right to exist. The
beautiful IS elso the useful. We can
go even further and show that 1t pays.
The American business man has in
recent years discovesed that attractive
packages and packing of his goods
and artistic labels sell more than
enough goods to pay the extra cost.
He has also discovered many things
about the displaying of merchandise
in his shop windows. the furnishing
and finishing of his shop or offices.
He has found out that It is not lavish
expenditure of money that counts hut
that good taste has its place In bush
ness. So it Is in the broader field of
municipality. Thousands of Ameri-
cans go rummagtng all over Europe
every summer In search for interest
ing towns and cities and It Is invar-
iably the case that the most interest
ing are the most beautiful. We expect
and look for beauty in the foreign
countries. vet We have gone on ut
home building our cities without any
serious thought of doing the same
thing here or that 1t might be money
| In our pockets. Or add to the growth
and prosperity of our city and the con-
| tentment and well-being of our neigh
bors. The time is ripe for the new
| idea. where the people are consecrat-
ed to common ideal under the COM
mon consciousness OF civic pride and
civic beauty city that brings JOY
to the life OF every man. woman and
child that lives there.
| Cleaning Time.
Mary this is cleanup day,
It's the seventeenth Of May.
Set the children all to work
Don't let any rascal shirk
Little Jim can pick up sticks.
And guess the other six
Can be kept most mighty busy.
Come along here. Jane and Lizzie.
| You two girls can clean the cellar,
Here. you Bill. you lazy fellar
Get to work with that old scraper.
Nellie, pick mn all the paper.
Jackie, you can rake the yard.
tSee 'em all aworkin' hard.)
Henry cart this to the street
Well. we'll. Mary. here's q treat!
Nothing left for MS to do
We can boss 'em me and you.
/ I'm with Teddy every time
No race suicide for mine. Exchange.
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