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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-19

open business September 18th 1913
Since period ubaon the Of the citizens Of
what's the with drafting bill to Congress
request this aside for the nation celebrate and
the fmen of the greatest engineering feat the world
Balboa first discovered the Pacific and
day the gulf and Atlantic first discover
Old Pond ought be sufficiently memorable days
the nation whole Therefore, let unite in
prayer President the U that Panama day be
honored by having this aside national holiday day of
rejoicing In such will have passed to future
something significance of this history and day.
In Shoe Shop Notes.
look for
think should be there.
Whoever cartoonst shop may
show talent
have pleasure seeing composition essay
beauty reproduced the Mnneota Mascot 1t is
know that ones literary efforts receive outside notice Just wanted
express appreciation is all.
Well it soon will be the Year of our Lord 1913.
The difference between pillow and blow? Well if you
Rocked the Cradle the Deep" the song
pillow for and the between the would be
in which were being rocked oh, don't mention it.
Shop Langs They cenmetre
cuttings from finely tempered bar of Steel
Mr.. New Prison Correspondent, have you
chance lately? ought Good Wishes
WE'LL the conceted OF conce and is Ego
Ogaa who rhino Amt
enough?
you wish dispose
price which wish below remarkable
The mpertnenc of people An advertiser asks Why do
coug? We Because can't bark. though
grow and whine considerably when barking
the best fetch is cough.
Knight of the Nineteenth Century,, long be Driven
back to Eden" which is not here.
Excuse we do not always the scratch the
timesis family outlined the sands of our life
who will with the fight by the
We've something subject
how the fight that before buttn
aduncts the robber the
already know that, SO why anything further
you the usefulness words
life.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-19
Unity of Germany
Continued From Fret Page.

the abscissae. It is evident that for q
true reading Of the curve Of events
we must have the abscissae first and
then the ordinate.
We find today in Europe forty
highly organized countries; each of
which is held closely together by it's
language, law, religion, anG customs.
But this has only been of very recent
date, for we are told that in the l 7th
century. in that part Of Europe
alone, that lay between the Rhine
and the Elbe river, there were of
small and greater sovereigns over
one thousand. But even then as
now the fiction of United Germany
was upheld under the name of the
Holy Roman Empire.
There are three points that /
should like briefly to touch n,
which believe were the three great
est factors in preparing the soil for
German union. The. first of these
was tb influence of Napoleon.
Germany was the site and it's people
the suffers of most of Napoleon's
campaigns, and they could not help
but take considerable notice of the
methods of the man under whom
they all bowed. 1t was from him
that they learned their lesson of con-
centration; it was this lesson carried
out by Moltke in the Franco-Prussian
war that was SO successful and it was
Napoleon's system of not allowing
political or other considerations to
warp his military judgement, that
is placing Germany in the position
she is in to-day.
For our second factor we must 60
to Queen Louise OF Prussia, whom /
believe it was invented the present
military system of Germany. Up
until that time soldier was gener--
ally a soldier for life. I was his
trade, his life's business. But when
Napoleon placed his restrictions on
the size of the Prussian army. some
change was necessary, therefore the
present system of taking all the
youth of the country. giving them
all rigorous course Of military in
struction for short time and then
returning them as qualified soldiers,
to resume there tasks as citizens.
So that in case of war all would be
qualified to take up arms. and there
would be ready made army, not a
rabble.
Our third factor is the Silessian
wars that ragged from 1740 to 1763
and more particularly the battle of
Mollwitz by which Frederick the
Great wrested from Maria Theresa
the large and fertile province of
Silesia. By this conquest Prussia
acquired German speaking prov
ince to round out her territory, on
the other hand Austria, which up to
that time had been the dominant
partner, lost the BEST part of her
German speaking people, and when,
to recoup herself for her losses, an
nexed Galicia, Bukovini, and part of
Italy, she acquired territories indeed
but she was unable to assimilate the
people. Whereas Prussia, W b n
she acquired her Polish provinces
in 1772, 1893, and 1795, was so rich
in her German blood that she was
easily Bile to consolidated them
with her. These events give us the
stage as we have it in 1850. Prussia
by her military training, the unity
of her language and religion, was in9
the best position to dominate and
lead in the unifcation of Germany.
The stage was set, the hour was at
hand, all they waited for was the
man, and from the ranks Of Prussian
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-25

Mr.. CLIFFORD of Cumberland, Mr..
Chairman, ] move you that the chair
man Of this committee be instructed
to report to the Senate progress, and
ask leave to sit again. this afternoon.
The motion was adopted and the
President took the chair.
The PRESIDENTS: Has the chair
man of the committee of the whole any
report to make?
The CHAIRMAN; Mr.. President,
report the progress we have made, and
request the privilege of sitting again,
this afternoon, at o'clock.
The report of the committee was ac-
eepted and the request granted.
Adjourned until o'clock. this after
noon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
Puzzles From the Crock,

If two are a few. why not three: If
three. why not four. and by a gradual
ly advancing increment of number why
not 10000, or any other number? Or,
again, If the loss of a single hair does
not make man bald. why should the
loss of two, of three. and so on, and
inferentially the loss of all?
If. then, no addition or subtraction
of unit can transform a small num-
Der Of wheat grains into heap or a
full head of hair into bald head, how
is it possible that either transition
should ever be accomplished?
Take grain of millet out of bushel
and let it fall on the ground, and it
makes no noise. Take every grain in
succession Of 10000. let the same hap
pen. and no sound is heard. Then col
lect all the grains back into the bushel
and pour it out. and the result is a
great noise. How, asks Zeno, can TO-
600 noiseless processes make one full Of
noise?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is
not a quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years and is reg
ular prescription. 1t is composed Of
the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful re-
suits in curing catarrh. Send for tes-
timonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
Try This Homemade
Cough Remedy
Costs Little, But Does the Work
Quickly, or Money Refunded.

Mix one pint of granulated sugar with
AZ pint OF VA n water, and stir for 2
minutes. Put ~ ounces of PineX fifty
cents WORTH i'll a pint bottle; then add
the Sugar Syrup. Take a teaspoonful
every one, two or three hours.
You will find that this simple rem
edy takes hold of cough more quickly
than anything else you ever used. Usu-
ally ends a deep seated cough inside
of "a hours. Splendid, too, for whoop-
ing cough, Group. chest pains, bronchi-
It's and other throat troubles. It stim-
ulates the appetite and is slightly lax
ative, which helps end a cough.
This recipe makes more and better
cough syrup than you could buy ready
made for $3.50. 1t keeps perfectly and
tastes pleasantly.
PineX is the most valuable concen.
trated compound of Norway white pine
extract, and is rich in guaiacol and all
the natural pine elements which are so
healing to the membranes. Other prep
arations will not work in this formula.
This plan of making cough syrup with
Pinex and sugar syrup Tor strained
honey has proven so popular through
out the United States and Canada that
at is often initiated. But the old. sue
cessful formula has never been euualed.
A guaranty of absolute satisfaction,
this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex or
will get it for YOU. IF not, send to The
Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26

The Way "W" Came to Take the Place
of the Old "VV."

me way wv lame TO axe the FIaCo
of the Old wv"
The printers and language makers of
the latter part of the sixteenth cen
fury began to recognize the fact that
there was a sound in spoken English
which was without representative in
the shape of an alpha betical sign or
character, as in the first sound in the
word wet.
Prior to that time it had always been
spelled as vet" the having the long
sound OF II or of two us together. In
order to convey an idea of the new
sound they began to spell such words
as wet" ''wea ther." web etc. with
two us, and as the u of that date was
a typical V the three words above look
ed like this: wet weather"
web"
After awhile the typefounders recog-
niZed the fact that the double had
come to stay, so they Joined the two us
together and made the character now
so we'll known as W. There are books
in which three forms of the W are Civ
en-. The first is an old double WV;
the next is one in which the last stroke
Of the iirst crosses the first stroke of
the second. and the third is the COM
mon W we use today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
INTEREST TAKEN IN
STATE CORN CLUBS
Boys of Schools Organized
and Promote Growth of
Excellent Corn.

During the past year, Superintend-
ent Fl. l.. Rogers of the Pulaski Coun-
ty public schools has conducted his
fourth county corn contest. Mr.. Rog-
ers has been doing splendid work with
the corn club boys, and this year his
efforts have been awarded greater
success than attained in any previous
year.
A few weeks ago Z. NJ. Smith, as
sistant in Boys and Girls club work,
Purdue university, cooperating with
the United States Department of Agri-
culture, spent three days with Mr..
Rogers and assisted him in measuring
the plots and weighing the corn of the
club members. Mr.. Smith has recev
ed letters from township trustees,
school superintendent, corn club
boys and their parents, and all are
united in their praise of the work that
the clubs are doing in Pulaski county.
Mr.. j. NJ. Kress, president of the
County Board of Education, says, THE
work of the Boys Corn club in Pulas-
XII county is meeting with the approval
of the citizens. 1t has created great
er interest in the farm, and has in
spired many boys and men to be bet
ter farmers. The recent exhibit at
tracted more attention than anything
of it's kind ever held in the county. |
am sure the corn club is good
thing, and l sincerely hope it will be
continued"
Mr.. John Capouch, trustee, Cass
In IN
Pulaski county has been a success.
We now have our boys and girls think
ing, and their parents as well. AS a
result we have an increase in corn
production all ocer the county"
Superintendent F. A. Ogle, who has
been interested in the work from the
first and who is doing much for agri-
culture and country life in the Star
City schools, says: "a common eX-
preston among the farmers since the
recent Industrial Exhibit at Winamac,
is, This is the best thing that ever
production all over the county"
my experience" says Mr.. Ogle.
'leads me to believe that the boys do
better school work than they did be-
fore they took up the club work. 1t
is never burden for real teacher to
do anything for the boys and girls that
will benefit them and add to the use
fulness of the school. Some of my
very best supplementary work has
been done by boys who became inter
ested in the reference bulletins, cir
culars, and other material provided for
the club work.
work established a common interest,
which puts the teacher on a working
basis with the patrons of the school.
Many patrons come to school and talk
over school work after they find that
the teacher is interested in the prob
lens on the farm"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
Dickens Den.

Dickens care for his material sur
roundings did not end with his bed
room. His favorite writing place at
Gadshill was Swiss chalet in the
shrubhery. and this he fitted up in a
most ingenious fashion. Il have put
mirrors in the chalet where l write,
he says in one of his letters. land they
reflect and refract in all kinds of ways
the leaves that are quivering at the
windows and the great fields of wav-
ing corn and the sail dotted river. My
room is up among the branches of the
trees. and the birds and the butterflies
fly in and out. and the green branches
shoot in at the open windows, and the
lights and the shadows of the clouds
come and go with the rest of the COM
pany The scent of the flowers and
indeed of everything that is growing
for miles and miles is most delicious
London Chronicle
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
PLA Us AND PLA YERS

Philadelphia has four successful
stock companies.
Willard Holcomb has a new sketch
called Vice Versa
Hal Reid is TO write three-act
drama for Bob Fitzsimmons.
Adelaide Helm has been appearing
in revival of 'Fanchon" recently.
David Warfield is to go TO the Pa
cific Coast for an extended tour.
Emma Trentini has scored a sue
cess with The FREELY" in New York.
Carter De Haven is writing a play
in which he intends to act himself.
Joseph Cawthorn has been engaged
for the cast of The Sunshine Girl
Wallace Eddinger has left the cast
of OFFICER &C." now playing in Lon
don.
The marriage is announced of ALA
Nazimova to her leading man, Charles
Bryant
Ffoliott Paget is 10 act Mrs. Mala-
The Rivals"
A new musical play shortly TO be
produced in Chicago is called "FrivO-
lous Geraldine"
A new production to be made in
Los Angeles is called The House OF
Glass and is by Max MARGIN.
John Mason is going on long west
ern tour in The Attack" with Martha
Hedman as leading lady.
Maude Adams will soon celebrate
her eight hundred and twenty-fifth per
Torrance of Peter Pan"
James Montgomery, author of
Ready Money" has just finished an
other comedy which he calls My
Hero"
"Our Wives" is soon to begin an en-
gagement in Chicago. Edna Won Luke
has been engaged for one of the roles
Eleanor Kent has joined the Eddie
Foy company in Over the River" In
the spring, she is to appear in new
opera.
Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian
and singer, will begin his American
tour in New York about the last of this
month
Bought and Paid For" is to be pre-,
| scented in January in London. Frank
Craven will go abroad to play his orig
| inal part.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
SUCCESSFUL WORK
The Rev. HobSon Leading a
Noteworthy Revival.

The Rev. Tilman Hobson. of Pasa-
dena, Cal, the widely known evenge-
list. preached 10 a large crowd nj
Sugar Grove United Brethren church
on Sunday and Monday nights The
subject of the talk on Sunday evening
was The Cplook and the Outlook.
The Uplock" said Rev. Hobson,
may be bright for inc cloud need re-
main between man and God. The out.
look is not always so. and yet. men is
largely responsible for his own condi
ton of life"
Rev. Hobson is a clear. forceful
speaker. and has held revivals in most
of the large cities of the United
States. The Rev. Mr.. White. the pastor
reports a splendid spirit manifest in
the service. and the community con
siders itself fortunate in having Rev
Hobson in its midst.
The pastor and his people expect q
great time of refreshing for the
church and community and cordially
invite everybody 10 be present each
night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
THE GNU Is A PUZZLE.
1t Seems to Be a Cross Between the
Horse, Cow and Deer.

Did you ever hear of a horned horse?
1t is called the gnu and is native of
South Africa. The gnu is puzzle.
more like COW. 1t really seems to be
a cross between the horse, the COW and
the deer. 1t has the head and horns
of cow, the tail, the name and with
ers of the horse and the legs of deer.
Altogether the gnu is one of the most
singular creatures on earth.
The gnu inhabits the billy districts
of South Africa, roaming all over the
country in vast herds. AS far as trav-
elerS have yet penetrated it is found.
and it is fortunate that it is so, for the
flesh of the gnu forms excellent food.
GnuS are. however, extremely wild
and, being very quick in their move
ments, are difficult to shoot. Upon the
first alarm the whole herd scampers
away in single file, following a leader.
When seen from distance they look
like 4 troop of horses.
Their speed is very great, and when
first disturbed they do not exert it, but
kick out their heels and begin butting
at anything that comes in their way,
exhibiting the greatest fury. Unless
hard pressed they seldom show fight,
but when brought to bay they will de-
fend themselves desperately. They
dart forward upon their enemy with
great fury, and unless he remains cool
and collected he probably will not es-
cane
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
A PROBLEM IN PICTURES.
And the Peculiar Coincidence b,
Which IL Was Solved.

Which IL Was Solved.
Some years ago a publishing house
was preparing to issue n new edition
OF the writings OF Thoreau. writes
Charles S. Olcott in Art and Progress.
The head of the house and a member
of his staff were in consultation about
the method Of Illustration. II was
agreed that the pictures must be true
TO nature. but how to get them was
the problem. Artists who do book H.
Illustrating could not be expected to 60
into the woods and make pictures
which would in any way assist the
text to reveal nature as Thoreau saw
1t. Photographs would be admirable.
but where WAS the professional photog-
rapher to be found who would under.
take to go into Thoreau's country in
sunshine and rain, In summer and win.
ter. to catch all the phases of nature
which Thoreau recorded in his Jour.
nalT'
While the two men pondered a caller
sat in the outer office with a large port
folio under his arm. Five years before
| he had read Thoreau's journal" and
had taken up his residence in Concord
that be might visit the scenes there
described. In all seasons and all kinds
OF weather he had wandered through
the woods and over the fields with
his camera. Passionately fond of ma
ture. he was no less devoted to art
To him photography was a pastime.
1t was not his profession. For the
pure love of nature and of art and
with no thought of pecuniary gain he
had accomplished the very feat which
the two business men had thought so
difficult. and by a curious coincidence
he appeared at the Office to exhibit
the result of his work at the precise
moment when its desira bility was be-
ing discussed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
STEALING A RAILROAD.
Not In a Financial Way, but by Carry
ing 1t OF Bodily.


No stranger theft was ever commit
ted than the lifting of an entire
railroad, twelve and one-half miles in
length. which once connected Birr and
Portumna. in Ireland.
The line had cost S45O,OOO, and for
years it did service for the Great
Southern and Western Railway com
pany until the year 1876. when the
company. which had been running it
at Il loss, washed its hands of it. The
line was derelict Nobody wanted it.
For a few years it stretched its use
less length through north Tipperary.
Then its neighbors began to turn COW
etous eyes on it.
Bolts and screws and other portable
trifes began to vanish. A few prose
cutons were instituted, but the
charges were withdrawn. Nobody
seemed to care The thieves. thus en-
couraged, grew bolder. Farmers
brought their carts and horses and
loaded them with spoiIs of rails, sleep
ers. switches and semaphores. One
goodly station vanished. to its last
brick and door. in a single night.
They were great times for Upper
ary. Boatloads of booty. hundreds OF
tons of rails. We're sent away from
Portumna by unlicensed contractors,
and the work of spoliation went on
until not as much as a turntable was
left.-Argonaut.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
Real Literary Crumbs.

The librarian opened the book wide
and shook it hard.
Looking for possible love letters
and mementos?" visitor asked
mo: breadcrumbs," said the libra
rian. "Subsequent readers do not
mind love letters. but they do object
to breadcrumbs. Half the books
brought back have crumbs tucked
away between the leaves. That shows
what a studious town we are. Our
people are so enamored of literature
that they can't stop reading long
enough to eat: also it shows what q
lonely town we are. Only people who
live alone a great deal read anything
except the newspaper at mealtime
And it shows what O slovenly town we
are. In the interests of hygiene and
aesthetics those voracious readers who
cram their heads ald their stomachs
at the same time ought to clean their
books of crumbs, but they never do
New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
OLD TALLY STICKS.
Their Use In England Was Abolished
With Disastrous Results.

WIN DISASTROUS Results.
In the museum attached to the
standards department of the board of
trade, in Old Palace yard. London
a box containing a number of the old
exchequer tally sticks. upon which, I'M
Ill an early period in the last century,
1t was the custom to keep the national
accounts
The tallies were notched sticks of
seasoned willow or hazel. the notch on
the edge representing the particular
amount-the smallest for pence, a
larger notch for shillings and the larg-
est for pounds.
The system. which was first intro.
duced by the Normans in the year 1905,
was not finally abolished until the
reign Of William ", and then only
with disastrous results. An order was
promulgated that the accumulated tai
lies. amounting to many thousands,
were to be destroyed, and they were
accordingly burned in one of the stoves
in the house of lords. BY some means
or other the stove became choked, the
paneling caught fire. and in the end
the whole of the palace of Westmin-
ster, with the exception of WeStmin-
ster hall. was destroyed.
Some years ago a number Of these
old tally sticks were discovered in
Martins bank, in Lombard street.
New York Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-26
"The White SouaW."

THE White Squaw" Della C1arke's
romantic drama, which manager o. G.
Murray will present at the Gennett
on Saturday, matinee and night,
strikes a distinctly higher note than
the average comedy-drama. The scene
Is laid in the backwoods of Michigan
and the time is supposed to be 1920,
but the play is constructed on hui
man background which, in its exhi-
bition of emotions and passions, is not
confined to time nor place. The chief
merit of the production lies in the
laying bare of the heart of Neamata,
q young girl of European parentage,
who has been brought up in an Indi-
an wigwam, and believes herself to be
of savage descent. Her love is entirely