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The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-25

We are heavily oyerstoeked in
this line and will make prices that
will please the most e1aeting
shopper. Come In. pick out what
you want and we will please you.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-25
Ladies' Neckwear

It's impossible 10 make a price
on the different styles and pieces
in this Department. Come In, buy
what you want and the saleslady
will take One-Fotirth off the reg
ular price. For instance:
All pc articles cost you Isc.
All soc articles cost you 37e.
ChiIdren's i5c Heavy Ribbed Zoe.
Ladies' t0c plain Black Hose, SC.
Broken line Ladies $50 ana soc
Hose 25c.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-25
soc Waists Csc

Your choice of about fifty or
seventy-flve regular SOC and 75c
White and Colored Waists, slight
ly soiled and mussed, each 25c.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-25
Cotton Bats

72x84 full 3-pound Cotton pstts.
regular 75c quality. now60e.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-25
Table Linens
Napkins

Si.25 White Napkins. .$i.08
500 White Napkins. sf.51
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-25
Mems and Boys
Underwear

g5c Boys Winter Shirts and Pants
f2}se.
SOC Mems Shirts and Drawers S8e
SOC Mems Elastic Seam Drawers
25e.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-25
Silkolines

Big Line OF Regular i5e quality,
SO and 36 inch Silkoline, novice
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19
SYRUP Of FIGS" FOR INDIGESTION.
B|LI0USNESS AND. CONSTIPATION.
Better than OIL caomel cathartcs cleanse
your stomach, liver and 80 feet of bowels. Harm
less Laxative for men, women and children

live like primitive folks, else we must
take artificial means to move the ex-
cess bile and waste matter on and out
of the system.
The safest, most harmless and effec-
tive stomach. liver and bowel clean
ser and regulator for men, women and
children-is delicious Syrup of Figs,
which doesn't irritate, grippe or weak
en-. Its effect Is the effect of fruits.
1t is composed entirely of luscious figs,
SIENNA and aromatics. Don't think you
are drugging yourself. Syrup of Figs
can be constantly used without harm.
Ask your druggist for Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna," and see on
the label that it is prepared by The
California Fig Syrup Company. This is
the only genuine-the old reliable. Re-
fuse. with contempt, the so-called Fig
Syrup limitations sometimes offered to
deceive you.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19
This Is My 5lst Birthday
JOHN GRIER HIBBEN.

DR.. John Grier Hibben, the new
president of Princeton university, was
born in Peoria, ILL.,, April 10, 1861 He
was graduated from Princeton in 1882.
AS an undergraduate he won many
scholastic honors, and at graduation
he was the valedictorian of his class.
From 1883 to 1887 he studied at the
Princeton Theological Seminary and
at the University of Berlin, and was
ordained to the Presbyterian ministry
in 1887, serving as pastor of a church
at Chambersburg, Pa, from that year
until 1891, when he returned to Prince
ton as instructor in logic and psyche
1ogy. The versatility of DR.. Hibben's
scholarship has been amply demon
strated during the twenty years that
he has been a member of the Prince
ton faculty, for, in addition to his
work in logic and psychology, he has
conducted classes in mathematics, Bib
lical literature and ethics.
Congratulations to:
DR.. Samuel Avery, chancellor of the
University of Nebraska, Al years old
today.
Gardiner G. Hubbard, aviator and
aeroplane manufacturer, "a years old
today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19

Primitive folks did not need laxa-
tives. They lived outdoors, ate plenty
of fruit, and all of their food was
coarse. We modern people are differ
ent. We exercise too little, eat little
fruit, and our food is too fne-too
rich.
We simply can't have our ten yards
of bowels clogged up, liver choked
with sour bile and stomach full of foul
effete matter and feel well. 1t means
that the food and waste retained in
the stomach and thirty feet of bowels
ferments-decays. The decay creates
poisons, gases and acids, and those
poisons are sucked into the blood
through the very ducts intended to
suck in the nutriment. Then we have
sick headache, become dull, bilious,
tongue coated, nervous, meals don't
digest, and we feel miserable all over.
So we must make our choice. We must
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19
How Roots Penetrate Hard Ground.

How Roots Penetrate Hard Ground.
The extreme tips Of delicate root
are protected by a sheath set with
minute scales, which as 1t is worn
away by friction against the soil is as
constantly replaced, so that it acts
as a wedge and the root thread is car
ried down uninjured. Another aid to
penetration lies in the provision where
by the root as 1t pushes downward in
search of nourishment exercises a
slightly spiral, screwlike motion which
worms its tip into the ground. An
other important agent is the acid cell
sap, which exudes on to and dissolves
to some extent the rock or hard soil.
This may be tested by placing a small
piece of polished marble in a pot in
which plant is set and covering it
with earth. After some weeks the
marble will be found to have been cor
roded by the continuous action of this
acid
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Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post
office as second class mail matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19
WAYNE COUNTY FARMERS AND ARBOR DAY

and Ranch" publishing company says
of such a man:
"A man so callous to his duty to pos
terity does no good while living, and
does not deserve SO grand monument
as beautiful, fruitful tree to mark his
last resting place.
'If any man while living has not had
the opportunity of planting and caring
for at least a few beautiful fruit or
other trees he has been truly unfof-
tunate."
James Stephen Hogg said:
II want no monument of stone or
marble, but plant at my head a pecan
tree, and at my feet an old-fashioned
walnut. And when these trees shall
bear, let the pecans and walnuts be
given out to the plain people that they
may plant them, and make this a land
of trees"
What is more beautiful than a farm
home set among an artistic grouping
of trees?
To us a modest little house surroun-
ded by judiciously selected trees that
have been properly cared for and kept
growing in places selected for them
/ by those with an eye for beauty as
we'll as profit, is more inviting than a
modern mansion standing out bleak
and cherries in all it's massiveness.
| There is no place that affords bet
ter opportunity than on the farm for
| identifying the home surroundings,
yet many of us neglect the opportu.
nifty.
AS one passes through the country,
especially on a train where an oppor.
tunity Is afforded of noting the various
farm communities, the general impress.
sion is that farmers surely are lacking
in things artistic.
So many, many homes stand out as
an eye sore; because Of the barren ap'
pearance.
Every land owner, no matter how
large or small his tract, should plant
trees for shade and ornament, and the
trees should be selected for the value
of their products. Trees that bear nuts
or fruits valuable for food, should be
considered first; and second. those
that make abundant shade and pro-
duce beautiful flowers. If there is room
only for a limited number of trees,
only those that produce abundant
crops of food-nuts or health-giving
fruits should be planted"
| There is no greater argument for the
planting of trees, from an ornamental
standpoint than contrasting of the
appearance of farm home with beau
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19

tiful tree surroundings and the home
without the trees.
Some homes surrounded by trees
are not beautiful
There comes to mind now a farm
home near Greensboro that almost
gives one the creeps.
The house is thrown in perpetual
twilight by a mass of tall signing ce-
dars
We never pass that home, but what
we imagine that the inmates of that
house must have faces that appear as
factory.
There are extremes in all cases.
A. short time ago We We're convers.
ing with farmer who lives just east
fof town near the driving park, and
he was telling of the good round price
he asked for his farm.
He said: "A man came out here
from Richmond the other day to buy
my place. He asked me the price and
told him, and as one of the reasons
for asking the price l did, mentioned
the fact that the fruit and other trees
on my place represented many years
dilligent attention. and that it would
if figured in dollars and cents, take
considerable money to replace them.
That man knows the value of trees
and so does many of his neighbors.
Only a short distance from thi.
mans farm is another farmstead or
which the trees are valued very high
ly. There is beautiful grove of sug
ars; there is a large woods in which
are found oaks, elEls, walnut, hickory
beechs, persimmons, paw paws, sug
airs, and butter-nuts.
These trees are all in their natura
state, and it certainly is a pleasure Il
see them.
The comprehensive as well as in
structive articles which have been ap
pearing in the Palladium-those writ
ten on the subject of trees by Prof
Thompson-are surely timely and will
no doubt bear weight.
Those who have been following these
articles, and we trust that every far
mer has, must now have a better
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19
BY ISAAC /. TOTEM.

April 26th.
Arbor Day for you. Mr.. Farmer, as
well as for those living in the city of
Richmond.
With blue pencil, draw a circle
around that date on your calendar.
And when that day comes be prepar-
ed to set out a few trees to show that
you are just as keenly alive to the val
ue of trees as any one else.
Arrange an arbor day program for
the members of your family.
Give to each member of the family a
certain number of trees which he shall
have for his own to be planted careful
ly and cared for properly.
II they lack the information regard
ing the setting out of the trees, in
struct them.
If you do not yourself know how;
then, of course, it is up to you to fnd
out, and it would be best to get that
information at once.
OF course it is not necessary to con-
fine the planting of trees to any par
ticular date; but, in setting apart one
day of each year as Arbor Day-tree
planting day-one is more apt to bear
in mind the importance attached to
tree planting.
How often do we hear farmers re-
mark, that if they had set out trees
when they had first come to a certain
place, and continued the practice OF
occasionally setting out more trees,
what wealth of fruit and nut and
valuable timber producers they would
now have.
The tendency has been more to de-
vast the timber rather than to con
serve it.
The supply of trees at one time was
looked upon in about the same way
that many farmers looked upon the
fertility of the soil
They thought that the supply was in.
exhaustible; but found out differently
We have no such wild dreams as to
think that at some future time there
will be replenishing of the timber;
but we have hopes to the effect that
the movement now on foot to encour-
age the planting of trees and to check
the reckless waste of our timber will
be productive of good.
No man is too old to plant trees.
Some farmers say that they have
reached an age that if they planted
trees now they would get no benefit
from them.
E. F. Holland of the Texas Farm
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19

knowledge of trees than ne ever be-
fore possessed.
Many of the trees that were set out
last fall did not Withstand the severity
of the winter, and It will be necessary
to replace them.
Because the trees did not live
should not discourage any one, not
even with fall planting.
We all know this has been an excep-
ton of winter.
Not the kind of exceptions We hear
about along the Pacific coast, but a
real for sure exception.
On Arbor Day then, the days on
which you have drawn a blue pencil
set out a few trees.
The more impressive you make the
Importance of that day or the tree set
ting on that day, the more good you
will do; because you will not only do
good by setting out the trees, but you
will set the example before your fam
lily that will be productive of good at
some future time.
Above all do not neglect the trees
after lutS nave UCcu set out
| Nothing looks more pitiful than an
old crippled up tree that is doing its
best to produce fruit or nuts.
| Make arbor day a day for doctoring
the old, sick trees as we'll as for the
| planting of the young trees.
| If the trees are set out in the pas
/ ture lot be sure TO provide some kind
of protection for them from the stock
! A young tree cannot thrive when dis
turbed by the rubbing and other dam
age that the stock may do to it.
Some one has said:
The man who owns land and will
not plant trees is as short-sighted and
ambitionless as a clam located on a
hard bottom in a stream of clear wa
ter"
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"THIS DATE IN HISTORY
AP RIL@ 18TH.


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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19
CURIOUS BITS
OF HISTORY
A COSTLY BOOK.
BY A. w. MACY.


StroIilng through the Bod
leian library one day, Lord
klnasboroush, known In pri-
vate life 40 Edward King, hap
pened to notice an ancient Mex.
lean manuscript. He became 90
Interested In 1t that he resolved
to devote hls life to the study
OF Mexican antiquities. For ten
years he labored faithfully, and
in 1881 the results were pub
lished In q monumental work
Of seven Immense volumes, al
most two feet square. In these
volumes are printed, In vivid
colors, facsimifes Of the an
Client Mexican paintings that
are preserved in the great libra
ries and museums OF Europe.
In this work he had definite
object, to provo the ancient set
Element OF Mexico by branch
Of tho israeiites. But X proved
to be his undoIns. He spent
nearly $4,000 on II, and be-
came heavily involved in debt.
He was thrown Into prison on
account Of this debt, and died
there at the age Of forty-two.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19
Why tho Spider Was There.

When Mark Twain in his early days
was editor Of Missouri paper SUI
perstitious subscriber wrote to him
saying that he had found a spider In
his paper and asking him whether
that was a sign of good luck or bad
The humorist wrote him this answer
and printed 1t:
"Old MISUNDERSTANDING a spider in
your paper was neither good luck nor
bad luck for you. The spider was
merely looking over our paper to see
which merchant is not advertising, 50
that he can go to that store. spin his
web across the door and lead life Of
undisturbed peace ever afterward"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19

Headaches, pimples, sallow cheeks,
pale lips, are due to poor digestion,
clogged bowels, impure blood. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea purifies the
blood, forces the bowels to regular,
steady action; cleans and clears the
complexion, makes you feel we'll and
happy. 35c, Tea or Tabs. A. G. Luken.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19

ter 11,519 families are listed IL
shows that the social center of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19

There has been great industrial de-
velopment in Austria in the last eight
years and the standard of living has
been raised materially
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19

A cut flower express" runs every
day in the year between the flower
market of Toulon and the city OF
Paris.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-23

urday from a two weeks visit at Jack
son, Mimi
Mr.. and Mrs. James D. Kane and
daughter Edna, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Huntley and children, Lola and Rollin
spent Sunday in the country at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs William Beau
mont.
Phil Wells and Hayes Britton of
Rock Island attended the Fox broth
ers' law suit here Tuesday.
Ben and Emanuel Bernick Of Buff
falo, Iowa, spent Sunday afternoon at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bur-
meister.
The w. NJ. B. club met at the home
of Miss Chattie Thompson last We'd
nesday evening.
Leo Wagner and sister Miss Lenora
visited Saturday and Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wenks.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Saunders, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Huntley and Mrs.
Mary Ballard were entertained at din
ner Tuesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Johnson.
Ira Roth has been quite sick the past
few days with erysipelas.
J. c. Dunn of Rock Island came out
Saturday and visited till Monday with
his family.
The following were nominated on
the republican ticket: Supervisor,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-23
MathersVille

Fred Schroeder was a Rock Island
passenger Wednesday.
The Ladies' Aid society met with
Mrs. Ernest Sherrard Wednesday.
The dance which was given in the
opera house Friday evening by Waneta
tribe of Red Men was one of the larg-
est attended events of the season. The
proceeds amounted to $101. The hall
was beautifully decorated.
Miss Phoebe Raisbeck of Rock Is
land visited over Friday night at the
George Grear home.
Mrs. James McWilliams and daugh-
ter Irene and son Raymond were Wis
itors in Coal Valley Saturday and Sun
day.
Dode Hailstone. made a business trip
to Aledo Thursday evening.
Mr.. Barnes, who has been in Mercy
hospital in Davenport for several
weeks, returned home Saturday.
Jake Brusslan of Chicago visited
over Sunday at the A. R. Stein home.
Mrs. Thomas Davinson and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Angerer, were Rock
Island passengers Saturday.
The Misses Lila and Lille Forber of
Moline spent the weekend at the Grear
home.
John Hebbeln is visiting relatives
in Pleasant Valley, Iowa.
William Peterson made business
trip to Aledo Thursday evening.
Fay Stanford was a Rock Island
passenger Friday.
Seventeen candidates were initiated
into the Haymakers Saturday evening.
The Milan degree team had charge of
the initiation.
Miss Nettie Johnson visited over
Monday hight in Monmouth.
Miss Mary Tomlinson Of Galesburg
visited at the Henry Johnson home
Monday.
John Iockerty was a Rock Island
passenger Friday
A large number from here attended
the funeral of Mrs. William Tomlinson
in Gable Sunday.
Thomas McGonigle spent Sunday in
Galesburg.
Andrew Mongerson was a Rock Is
land passenger Saturday.
Fred Erickson made a trip to Sher
rard the first of the week.
The Misses Mabel, Bessie and Rosie
Hamilton of Rock Island visited over
Friday night at tbs Alex Simpson
home.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Whan of near Pre-
emption are the parents of baby boy
born Friday. March Is.
George Barns was a Rock Island
passenger Saturday.
Henry Moffit was called to Lincoln
Neb., Thursday by the serious lines:
of his sister.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Johnson enter
tanned number of young folks Satur
day evening, in honor of their liaugh
! ter, Gertrude Games were played, af
ter which refreshments were served.
| Joe Krebs was a Rock Island passen
ger Saturday.
/ Mrs. Henry Jackson of Sherrard il
visiting at the Thomas Jackson home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-23
Joe Wild made a business trip to
Taylor Ridge Tuesday.
Z1lrTla

Isaac Wainwright will erect a new
house on the land purchased from his
brother Dwight
David Setter and Ambrose Scarf
were business callers in Port Byron
Monday.
William Cox, son and daughter were
shopping in Port Byron Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Wake entertain
ed friends at dinner Sunday.
Mrs. John Oharo visited her son
Fred and daughters last week, re-
turning Monday.
The many friends of Miss Maud
Freli, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Theo-
dore Freli, gave her a surprise Satur-
day evening. nice token of esteem
was given her and many beautiful
postcards.
Phene VanDevelda enjoyed a visit
from her sister and her husband last
week They expect to start for Bel
GUM in a short time to make that their
home.
Miss Pearl Donahey, who has been
so critically ill, is now improving and
hopes for her recovery are entertained.
Andrew Freli and Homer Daily went
to Chicago with load of cattle and
hogs last week.
Garnett Shafer, little son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Shafer, met with a very
painful accident Sunday afternoon
while playing in the barn. He fell
through a trap door into the basement,
throwing his arm out of the socket and
bruising his hip quite badly.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wainwright were
business callers in Moline Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Mumma at
tended the lodge meeting at Hillsdale
Friday evening.
Miss Jennie Graham, teacher of
Yuma school. visited with her parents
at Rock Island Saturday.
The republican caucus was held at
the Wake school house Saturday after
noon and the following were nomi.
mated: Town clerk, Alfred Mead; as
SCISSOR, Percy Cox; justice of the
peace, Alonzo Dunbar; highway com.
missioner, Henry Weidman; school
trustee, Frank Wake.
The democratic caucus was held al
Rose Hill school house Saturday night
and the following nominated: Town
clerk, Dave Schafer; assessor, VIII
liam Mold; collector, Fred Her
on; Justice of the peace, Charles
Head; highway commissioner. Ira
Wainwright; school trustee. Samuel
Schafer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-23

terment will be made in st. Marguer-
ties cemetery
j. J. Moves, a pioneer resident of
Davenport and former proprietor Of
Melchert's hotel, now the Germania
house, passed away Thursday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock at Mercy hospi-
tai after an operation. He was born
March 20, 1884, in Lunden, Norden
Dithmarchen, Germany, and came to
America, direct to Davenport, in the
year 1868, with his brother, Mich
olas, now deceased. He is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Augusta
Wallner, Mrs. Frank L. Zinser and
Mrs. August Wahlfeld, all of Peoria,
and four sons, August and Hugo of
Portland, Ore, Herman of Des Moines
and Gustav of Davenport The fun
eral will be held Sunday afternoon
at o'clock from the home of his
son, G. n. Moves, 915 West Four
teenth street, with services which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-23
MOLINE

Sparks Cause Fire.-Sparks from an
overheated chimney in the restaurant
adjoining started blaze in the roof
of Mrs. Ingrid E. Johnson's residence
at 1912 Fourth avenue at 1880 this
afternoon. Prompt work with Bab-
cock apparatus on the part of the
fire laddies confined the damage to
a few shingles.
Out After Money.-A definite CAM
paign in which it is proposed to raise
from $4,000 to $4,000 for improve
ment of the Browning tract as an
athletic field, and for raising OF some
1000 for league ball in Moline, was
outlined at a meeting of dozen or
more men in parlors of the Manu-
facturers' hotel Thursday afternoon.
Mayor NJ. r. Carlson and ex-Mayor
Andrew Olson were in Davenport
yesterday afternoon in conference
with J. F. Porter, president of the
Tri-City Railway and Light company.
They seek a substantial pledge from
the public utilities company, the
same amount that was donated by
the company to the Rock Island Base
ball association and to the Daven-
port Baseball association. A COM
mittee of three-C. P. Skinner, G. S.
Kerns and H. G. First-is soliciting
pledges from manufacturers and bus
mess men, who are being asked to
make possible the improvement OF the
Browning tract.
Red Men lnitiate.-A class of 80 can
didates aspiring to be Red Men came
to Moline today from Sherrard to
take obligations in King Philip wig.
wan. A special car over the Rock
Island Southern was chartered by
Crow lodge at Sherrard and large
delegation accompanied the candi'
dates. Work of initiation will be
conducted by King Philip degree
team tonight At the conclusion Of
the initiation ceremonies steps will
be taken to form a loft Of the Hay
makers as auxiliary to the SherrarC
lodge.
Obituary Record. - The remains Of
William Weber, whose sudden dealt
occurred from heart trouble at thu
city hospital Thursday morning, were
forwarded to ST. Louis by Danielsor
& Furgie They will be buried in a
cemetery at that city by the side o
his parents, both of whom preceded
him in death.