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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-20

fair and square Contact with the world
had not changed this. ana Cathcart. see
ing that Cavanagh loved Hermione. had
barred his heart to his friend.
The suggestion had been cayanagh's.
They would play Tor the right to tell
their love: the winner should have
Hermione. the loser should so away and
try 10 forget.
The winner was to be he who made
tne best three throws out OF I'VE.
Cavanagh had thrown first---and the dice
rolled over the eaizs and then steadied
themselves.
Six. I'VE. three. Cavanagh's eyes
giistened. The dice were picked up and
thrust back into the box. rattle and
. throw.
Five. Ave. three. Cathcart had lost
the hrst throw.
Again they threw: and again disas-
trousiy as Tar as Arthur was concerned.
Cavanagh now looked excited.
ferhaps the next throw would mean
the heart OF Hermione. He clasped the
oox feverishly and threw.
one, two. three. The pieces Knocked
At him as they lay there in numerical
sequence.
Cathcart threw. Two. Ave. six. And
then. placing the dice in the box. handed
II TO Cavanagh.
Heriot shook II UP and down. finally
throwing with scarcely better luck than
SeAoTc. wcs tuFe0b ana uNc.
Struggling his shoulders, he rose and
waited for Cathcart TO cast.
Five. four. three. Two ALI
BY now practically all the members Of
the Ctopian Club were surrounding the
players.
Cavanagh. with an anxious. strained
expression lowering round his eyes
took UP the dice box and paused be-
fore casting. Above and around him
the craning heads watched N hs
raised his arm and then threw. Six. six.
I'VE.
"a foregcne conclusion" said a mem
Der. Fastening out 20 tell the news 20 q
friend. Nothing could beat that throw,
he thought; but before he had tine for
another thought three skies lay blinking
at him upon the baixe. and Arthur Cath
cart lay across the table In a dead faint.
my God?' cried Cavanagh Beat
enr' And then seeing Cathcart lyins
. loose. inert mass over the table. hl
called for some brandy. and hastily
undid his friends collar.
When the brandy had been brought
and administered, gradually the colol
came back into the winners face.
He sought to rise. but Cavanagh-
his face ~ white - death. his dnger.
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se was one Of those Indian summer
siSnts. hot ana s0ltry. and through
the open doors that led into the club
conservatory the scent Of many tobacco
plants mingled. to be waited towards
the playsra There was something
weirl and unsarthly In the way the
two played. Throwing the dice silently.
eagerly. cautiously. playing = game OF
luck before - company OF men. They
were playing for . woman's heart.
Hsrmions Hunstanton's heart. The
ether monitors stood anxiously ana
silently around the table OF destiny.
These tWe mon. who had BEEN chums
n scheel together. - men were run
aing rival for the hand o3 . woman
they both loved.
One OF their maxims At school had been
thai they would always treat each other
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Ting GEORGE of England Is
taking the most active per-
III sonal interest in every detail
OF the coming coronation. and His
Majesty is at present one of the
hardest-wcr men in his empire.
Indeed, the Kings energy is
revelation to those about the court
who had not been brought into close
touch with him before he assembled
the throne. And not less than his
energy, his business ability.
The King has introduced the
methods OF the battieship into Buck
ingham Palace. No one walks there
now; every one moves at the double:
they are all ON the run.
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The Traveller

w HEN March was master Of fur.
NJ row and fold.
And the skies kept cloudy festival
And the daffodil pods were tipped with
And a passion was in tho plover's call
A spare old man went hobbling by
With a broken pipe and . tapping
stick.
And he mumbIed-'.Blossom before I
die
Be quick. you little brown buds. b
quick.
i've weathered the world for couas
Good cid years OF shining hre-
And death and the devil bring no fearas
And I've fed the flame OF my last de-
sire.
I'm ready to go. but I'd pass the gate
On the edge of tho world with an OLD
heart sick
II / missed the blOssoms. ] may mot
wait
The gate is open-be quick. be quick"
----~-------
mixed.
II say. Mickey. have you been af.
filiated?.
Yes. sir. but It didn't take"
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In the midst Of a conversation his
Majesty will break off to give an
order to some one who has just come
in. or to make an inquiry down the
speaking-tubes. or on the telephone
to some crown department. Then he
turns to you again.
Then His Majesty deals with the
matter that has brought you there
promptly and decisiyely. and without
any waste Of word; lust quiet
VERY WE'LL" please dot" or NO.
I'm afraid that wont dol"
The last few days the King has
been very busy over the lists OF
foreign and Colonial guests: be sees
every name. assigns the actual Guar
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these uncounted, uncountable
ladies appear, crowds OF SYM
rathizers are there also to give
them moral support They ara
so pleased with the success OF
their strategm that they arouse
the police, and thus are abls
to heap ridicule on the boobies"
as well as on the whole Govern.
ment.
It has long been known that the
British Suffragette will stop at no
amount OF personal Inconvenience
to maintain the ruling principle OF
her life-her right to vote. They
are eager to suffer martyrdom IN
prison. and often, as prisoners. they
have put their wardcrs to th"'r wits
ends to prevent the further martyr
dom of starvation. selfinfiicted.
To sleep on the floors. and on
and under tables in the houses OF
friends Is. by comparison. joke.
They profess to enjoy the expert
ence. And the lady her pictured
enjoying sweet slumbers in a bath
tub. wrapped In a quilt. with . rug
for a pillow. rejoices In going down
to Suffragette posterity as q genu-
ine Christopher Columbus. Surely
she is the first to transform bare
porcelain lined bathtub into q
bed.
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nerveless and shaking-held him
down.
Rest a while. Arthur he said: YOU
Will be better soon"
Zone by one the other had melted
away from the table; some to carry
the story OF the great game to the
anxious cars OF wives and sweethearts.
others to discuss 1t over a final whis.
key and soda In the smokeroom-
At last Cathcart staggered TO his
feet and restudded his collar.
1.-The excitement was too much. old
mar: I couldn't stand IT," he said. as
he looked at his friend.
Heriot turned away. You're q lucky
beggar. Arthur" he replied. brokeniy.
you have probably won the best
woman on earth. q woman loved with
all the passionate alteration OF the
frst affection. the woman have
dreamed OF. the woman whom ! am
Cathcart laid his hand on cavanagh's
shoulder. 'come. come. Heriot its
not as bad as all that How could l
ever do without my best friend? And.
II Hermione accepts me. why. In the
after years, should all the chances of
q reunion be forgotten"
There was many a tremor IN Heriots
voice as he rephed-weakness that he
sought to conceal, but could not.
mo. no. Arthur; never that I could
never live II / knew / had been false to
my truest friend"
"why false?' exclaimed Cashcart
Eeriot Eripped Arthur's wrist.
why. man." he cried bitterly. do you
think could ever be near Hermione and
not love her. not yearn for her? Oh!
It's impossible. what you say"
What are you going to do. then?" Tho
words came short and tncisive from
Arthur's lips
What am Z going to do? Why. go
abroad and live a new life IN a new
land. and. with Gods help. forgetr
Goodbye" Heriot caught Cathcarts
hand In vise-like grip.
BE good to her." was all he said, and
then the curtain rustled behind him and
he was gone.
Hunstanton House was ablaze with
light. and busy admitting fashionahly
dressed women and men through its large
portal which was an open door a. Tar ~
hospitality went
Rose-colored lights glowed in the spa
cious hall and on the grand staircase.
while festooned everywhere were criss-
crossed lines OF creepers. Never had the
famous country residence Of Bernard
Hunstanton. capitalist. seemed such .
fairy palace OF dancing Lights AZ II did
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OF course. to return to their
homes for breakfast, or at all
while the enumerators are busy
might be to get counted after all.
So the bathtub and table sleeperS
go gaily forth to the nearest res
taurant for breakfast. and for other
meals.
It seems hardly heiievanle. but !.
is a fact. that hundreds OF these Dc.
termined women walk the streets OF
London all night to avoid being
enumerated, getting what sleep
they can during the daytime on
friendly floors and in friendly bath.
tubs vacated at breakfast time by
their comrades.
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HOSE enthusiastic. unquench-
able ladies. the Suffragettes
= Of Great Britain. have seized
smother opportunity to embarrass
government that refuses to let them
vote. :.
mo vote. no census!" they cry
and they are sleeping in bath tubs.
On tables and under tables in
friends houses. and In other queer
places. and taking their meals wher.
ever they happen to be. to keen
King George and his ministers in
the dark about the exac. state OF
the population.
Under the English census rules.
individuals are enumerated only It
their habitual, domicile. whore the
declaration II filled out and signed.
Bath tubs. and tables and chairs In
the houses OF sympathizers certain.
" are not habitual domiciles; there.
fore. those lodged in that unioua
manner escape enumeration.
The fact that tho census authors.
taes have no power to catch these
ladies In the open and count than
Willy niily-as the New York emu.
merators did in the case Of tramps in
The parks-is shown by the fearle.,
Gee with which they advertise their
triumph In street parades. carrying
no vote. no census banners. ana
being photographed 40 you see them
on this pagA
Iney are even cruel enough to
aaunt their triumph IN the faces OF
the kings ministers and iaw-makers
Appearing In force. with their de.
aans banners. at midnight, for 70.
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By DraYcof1 NJ. Deli

the car sped into the night.
She bent down and kissed the pale
face
"A woman only loves once" she
murmured softly.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
A NersafiIA Partisan.

A quaint Partisan character was
Mile MOntansier, an actress, who,
while on the stage one night, heard
Marie Antoinette say, How good that
cabbage soup they are eating smellsT
The actress took a bowl round to the
royal box and that night supped with
Marie Antoinette, an honor to which
the highest mobiles in France dared not
aspire, thence in due course becoming
manager OF the fetes at Versailles.
Later she was a sort Of queen of the
Pslais Royal and sent TO the war a
band Of actors who performed farces
between two battles. She obtained
100000 francs from the revolutionary
government, almost married Napoleon
or so Barras said-and had her last
love affair when she was eighty-fve.
When she died she bequeathed all her
creditors to the king Of France.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
Ysrmouth,s Marrow Street.

Kitty Witches row, Great Var
mouth, can justly claim to be the mar
rowest street in the world, the en-
trance at one end being only twenty
nine inches and at the other fifty-six
inches. 1t gives some idea Of the
width when one mentions that neigh
bors can shake hands and put out each
others candles across the street! Why
these rows have been 30 constructed
has given rise to a good deal OF dis
cussion. Some writer's give the reason
that when there was a very high tide
the water might flow through them;
others, in the event Of an invasion
they would prove an excellent means
OF defense or that the ground plans Of
the rows were suggested by the fisher
mems nets, which, spread on the dunes
to dry. had a narrow pathway left be-
tween them, which represented the
rows. Yarmouth mas 145 rows. and
their total length exceeds seven miles,
Kitty Witches being the most inter
esting and the narrOwest OF all
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
ADEN0IDS.
The Way These GroWFths Endangse
the Health Of Children.

The Way These 0rewths Endanssq
the Health Of Children.
Adenoids are curious little cauiif1Ow-
er-Iike growths which appear at the
junction of the nasal cavity and the
pharynx. They are often observed at
birth, but they seldom cause aiscom-
fort until some months later. Then
they interfere with respiration and
cause the baby to be restless. 1t tossss
In its sleep and wakers suddenly, cry
ing out as II in distress.
If adsnoids are permitted to rema1R
they deform the mouth, teeth, throat,
chest and face. At their worst they
produce pop eyes and what is called
frog face. They cause mouth breath
ing, with all its attendant evils. They
open the way for a hundred and one
Ills, from rupture Of the eardrum. run
ming from the ears, coughs and tonsIt
tbs to pulmonary tuberculosis.
4 slight operation gufhces to remove
th>m. The baby suffers little pain and
loses little blood. Out they come, and
with them the overgrown tonsils that
commonly accompany them. II they
are suffered to remain they may never
be discovered. But it is certain that Ia
one way or another, directly or indi-
rectly, they Will cause damage-DF.
Leonard Keene Hirshbergin in Define
atoF
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
No Drums In tho Middle AGES.

As we come to the middle ages,
when the nations OF modern Europe
were struggling into existence, we find
that at first the drum was not used
at all. So, although melody had been
known and practiced for many CEN
turtles, rhythm had been quite forgot
ten, for what there is left to US Of
the music Of the middle ages contains
no bars, and we know that it was
slowly and monotonously chanted,
without the least accent.
In the eleventh century, however,
things began to improve, more partic-
uIarIy as the crusaders brought into
Europe all sorts OF percussion instru-
ments from the east. Various kinds OF
drums, tambouTiDes and Cymbals were
then seen in Europe for the first time
since the days Of savages, and they
have been used, with very little
change, ever since.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
CORRECT SPELLING.

There Was Time When 1t Was kea
Considered Important.
The art Of spelling words correctly
is Of comparatively recent repute.
Time was when men and women did
not care. but wrote ahead without re-
gard to strict OrthOgraphy. Nine. de
Seyigne, for instance, never learned
the proper way to write her name,
while it was remarked by Nine. de
Maintenon that at the College Of St
Cyr much precious time was wasted
IN learning how TO spell.
1t remained, however, for the EN-
press Eugene in 1868 at Compiegne to
put to a practical test the spelling
standard which obtained even among
the highest literary authorities. Thus
under the pretext Of theme proposed
to them for an examination a number
OF French academicians took down
from dictation a composition by Pros
per Merimee. Not one ''immortaT
wrote without mistake.
AS to the empress, she could not CD
derstand so many faults being made
until it was conveyed to her that she
herself from the same dictation was
responsible for no less than Dinety.
The emperor. again. made sixty. 1t is
but fair TO add, however, that the die
tation was compiled expressly with a
view to focusing the difficulties not
only of spelling, but grammar-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
A HEROIC Slave,

There was a humble slave in the pal
ace of the CaIiph HarOun al Raschid.
The caliph had In his audience cham
Der twenty rare vases, and it was
written in the laws Of Bagdad that he
who should have the misfortune to
break one Of these would pay the pen
atty with his life. This slave one day
broke a vase. He was instantly seiz-
ed, tried and condemned to death. But
the caliph had no sooner pronounced
sentence on him than the slave turned,
and, walking calmly to the other nine
teen vases, with one sweep Of the arm
destroyed them all.
Wretch" the caliph thundered,
why have you done that barbarous
deedT
'aTo save the lives Of nineteen Of
my fellow countrymen," the doomed
slave replied.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
JUDGING A CIGAR.
The Only Real Way to Find Its Quality
Is to Smoke It-SmeiIing
1t Is Useless.

On no point is the average smoker 50
III Informed as that Of judging cigar.
Nine times out OF ten, upon being
handed a cigar, he will hold it to his
nose, unlighted, sniff at the wrapper
with a critical air and deliver his yer.
dict In q self satisfied manner. This
characteristic maneuver is always a
source Of amusement to any tobacco
man who happens TO observe II. There
is only one way to ascertain the quail
ity OF a cigar, and that Is to smoke it.
No expert will pass judgment on a
cigar until he has lighted It and
smoked 1t well down toward the mid
die. The first and most important
point upon which he bases his opinion
is the burn" Tobacco may have ev-
cry other virtue, but If it does not hold
the fire and burn evenly it is poor to-
bacco. Next IN order Of Importance
comes the aromatic smoke must
have a pleasing smell" next comes
the favor-the smoke must be smooth
and not "scratchy" or bitter. Then
there is the color-rich brown, indicat-
ing a ripe leaf, well cured-and last Is
workmanship-good il the wrapper is
put on smoothly and the bunch" is
made so that the cigar draws" freely
and Is neither too hard nor too spongy,
bad If the reverse.-Bohemian Maya
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
An EpistoIary Hint.

In the letter from Boston was q
special delivery stamp.
What did she send that for7" the
woman wondered. THE Information
she wants can be sent In an ordinary.
letter. 1t won't need to be sent spe-
ciaI."
'That stamp" said the man, sis
delicate hint to be quick about answer
ing. 1t is hurry up device used by
many men. It is very effective. A
two cent stamp does not always spur
one on to any special effort, but a spe-
cial delivery stamp means that the
writer wants what he wants when he
wants 1t, and The most dilatory cor
respondent alive is not going to let any
grass grow between the scratches Of
his pen when answering."-New York
Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
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The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
Inndon Snowstorms.

The purifying effect of a snowstorm
on city air was shown in London by
experiments which demonstrated five
times the amount Of impurities on
week days, when all the factories are
active, as on Sundays. 1t was figured
ont that nevertheless a single Sunday
gnowstOrm carried to the surface OF
the county Of London IS tons Of dis
solved solids, 142 tons Of suspended
matters, 100 tons Of coal, % tons Of
salt and a ton of ammOnia.-London
Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
Manila RaXa.

There are Y rays and x rays, and
there are also rays from those mantle
things that you put on gas burners to
improve the light" The speaker.
photographer, pointed to a batch Of
fogged plates. II know to my cost
that there are mantle rays" said he.
For a month I stored new plates in
q closet along with a mantle, and all
Of them got logged. The mantle, you
see, contained thorfum, a radioactive
substance that penetrates a cardboard
plate box as easily as it penetrates
glass / didn't know that till my doc
tor told me 50 last week. Ny igno-
rance cost me over a hundred plata
New York Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21

-~ -~.vr0 on hu5rerxTcz; It Is Unnaru-
raj, but it is not my fault. When the
general who had surrendered q repub-
lican town returned. saying easily, ''1
have done everything" Robespierre
did ask, with an air OF inquiry,
"Are you deaGT' When Robespierre
coughed in his cold harangue GARNER
did say, ''The blood OF Danton chokes
you" Strafford did say Of his own de-
sertion OF parliament, eff do it may
my life and death be set on hill for
all men to wonder at" Disraeli did
say, ''The time will come when you
shall hear me-"
The heroic Is a fact, even when It is
a fact OF coincidence or Of miracle,
and fact is a thing which can be ad-
mitted without being explained.-G. E.
Chesterton in London News.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
How Faraday Refused a Pension.

Lord Melbourne once announced to
Faraday that it was his pleasing duty
to offer him pension, but, he added,
II suppose all this science is humbug." }"
Faraday at once replied, "If that is
your opinion, my lord, / decline the
pension" and retired. Melbourne, on
meeting some Of his colleagues, said:
81 have had a strange thing happen.
A man has declined a pension" But
these gentlemen knew Faraday's posi-
ton and reputation better thar the
premier and urged him to rectify the
bIunder. Faraday was again inter-
viewed, but Melbourne was obliged to
retract and apologize before the pen
sion was accepted.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
ROYAL MAIDS.
II Is They Who Must Always DO the
Proposing When They
Wish TO Marry.

When a reigning queen is to be mar
ned she must be the one to broach ths
subject first to her future consort
The same rule holds good with regard
to all royal ladies who marry CON-
moners.
The late Queen Victoria has told how
Ehe manH ged to put the question 70
Priuce Albert-how she frs. showed
him Windsor and its beauties and the
distant landscape and then said, "An
this may be yours" The queen Of Hol-
land on a like occasion simply sent q
sprig OF white heather, begging Prince
Henry to look out its meaning In =
book Of flowers and their meanings
The Duchess Of Argyll took the fol-
lowing means OF proposing to the Mar
Quis OF Lorne: She was about to attend
a state ball and gave it out that she
would choose as her partner for the
first dance the man she intended ts
honor She selected the marquis, who
subsequently became her husband.
But perhaps the most interesting OG
ga way . CHOSC0 " 40 AAAN "a AnC DuL8~
ess Of Fife. She took the earl. as he
then was, to q drawer and showed him
its contents. There he saw a number
Of tribes he had given her at different
times, including sprigs OF several kinds
OF flowers. now dead, he had picked
for her at various times He was
much impressed at the sight, nor did
it require words on her part to make
her meaning plain--London Answers.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
Munich an Artistic Leader.

Munich is In great part a creation Of
the nineteenth century. Yet when one
sees how artfully and lovingly she has
woven the new about whatever re-
mains OF the old it is easy to under
stand why she has been Germany s
artistic leader for the last hundred
years and why such geniuses as Len
bach. Won Uhde. Schwanthaler, OTian-
do di Lasso and Richard Strauss have
felt at home there. - Robert Haven
Schaufler In Century.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-21
ROMANCE OF HISTORY.

These Things Read Like Legends, but
Are Matters of Fact.
4 peasant girl called half witted did
promise to defeat the victors Of Agin-
court aud did It; It ought to be Il
legend, but it happens to be a fact.
A poet and a poetess did fall in love
and eloped secretly to a sunny cline;
It is obviously q three volume novel,
but it happened. Nelson did die In the
act OF winning the one battle that
could change the world: It is q gross
y improbable coincidence, but It is too
late to alter it now: Napoleon did win