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The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
A Memory.

"Carusos bones are musical" says
an English doctor; "if you tap one Of
his knuckles it gives out a higher
pitched and more resonant tone than
those of the average person." Far be
it from layman's thought to dispute
the word of an eminent medical au-
thority, but from our school days we
have lively recollections of tap on
the knuckles resulting in tones that
for high pitch and resonance would
beat any that Caruso ever uttered
New York Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
Still One Ahead.

Donald was only 4, and the height
of his ambition was to own red
wagon. One day he came in from play
and burst into a storm of tears.
Mamma, mamma, Johnnie Bakers
dot red Wagon-a dreat bid one"
Mamma comforted him as best she
could, and Donald soon went off to
play again. The next day Johnnie
passed the house with his red wagon,
and Donald, looking up, said vindic-
lively:
81 dess Johnnie Baker hasn't dot a
gran ma up in heaven, anyway"
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
Feed Clean Grain.

Put the grain through the tanning
mill before feeding it to the horses.
1t will not only mean a cleaner,
healthier ration for the teams, but
the grain that passes through them
will not be full of noxious weed seeds
to be carried to the field with the ma
nure, where they propagate countless
numbers of weed pests next season.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
SOLVING a Problem in Arithmetic

Little Marion was busy with her
home work" After a great many
perplexed frowns and much nibbling
at her pencil she looked up and said:
THE only answer that 1 can get to
this example is five and three-fourths
horses. Do you 'spose that is right,
mamma?"
well, I don't know" answered her
mother, cautiously. ''It sounds rather
queer"
A long pause; then the small arith-
metician's face lit up with a smile.
ooh, l know she cried. 'I'll reduce
the three-fourths horses to colts"
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
His Handicap.

Roger" murmured the lovely maid
en-, why so silent?"
Mildred, dear" faltered the young
man, red and fiustered, the only thing
can think of to say-to say to you
this evening ISIS little speech I've
already written in magazine story
that's in the hands of the publishers
and will be out this MONTH"
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

In this design we have an excel
lent model for a lady's four-gored
skirt, design that represents one OF
the cleverest styles of the sea-
son. This garment closes at the cen.
ter front and may be made with EN-
pire or regulation waist line and with
inverted plait or habit back. Any OF
the wanted fabrics so popular at pres
ent may be employed in the construc-
ton Of the skirt.
The pattern (6O89) is cut in sizes
% to 80 inches, waist measure. Size
"a measures 31s yards at lower edge,
and requires Az yards of 36-inch ma
terial
70 procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper
Write, name and address plainly, and be
sure to give si~~ and number of pattern.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
COMPEL HORSE TO EAT SLOW
Feed Manager Arranged So That Ami
NAL Must Chew Its Food Prop
erIy-HoW 1t Is Made.

/ have horse which when fed in
an open manger, eats his feed so rap
idly that it is not properly chewed
and therefore does him little good.
The accompanying cut shows a device
which l employ to make him eat
slowly. writes Monroe Conklin, Jr., of
Allegheny county, N. Y, in the Farm
and Home. The box B is made of four
boards 16 inches long and eight inches
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
To Mend Lace Curtains.

Take strips of net the right size, or
good parts of old curtains, and dip
them into hot starch. Apply these
pieces to the worn places while the
starch is hot, and they will adhere and
will not show as much as darns would
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
important TO Mothers
The Amateur Gardener.

"a successful garden depends very
much on the selection of seeds,' said
the man who was reading catalogue.
YES; and still more on the selec-
ton of an intelligent and industrious
hired man.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
I'D Honinem.

Man with the Bulbous Nose-One
or two baths week, tell you, are
about all a busy man has time to
take.
Man with the Bulging Brow-How
do you know?
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
Warming the Calf.

If the calf comes on a cold day and
you did not give the COW liberty to
lick the baby, the calf may be chilled
through. Get busy. Rub it dry with
hay or cloths and blanket the little
fellow until it quits shivering.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
Slow Feed Manager.

wide, nailed together so as to form a
chute having no top or bottom The
chute is 16 inches high and 6x8 inches
inside
1t is set upright in the corner of
the manger farthest from the horse,
and nailed securely in place after be-
ing lifted one to three inches from
the bottom. The feed is poured into
1t and works down into the manger
as the horse eats it away from below.
What feed the horse cannot reach
should be scraped out before the next
feed is poured in, otherwise it would
become sour and moldy.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
Poison Oak or Ivy POISONING

Poison Oak or Ivy Poisoning
is quickly relieved by bathing the af-
fected parts in a solution of two tea
spoonfuls of Tyree's Antiseptic Pow
der to pint of water 25c at all
druggists or sample sent free by J. s..
Tyree, Washington, D. C.-Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

The dollar that does man the most
good represents several drops of per
spiration
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

Be happy Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
Insult Either NAV

1t is an insult to ones morals to be
sailed fast, and an insult to ones In
diligence to be called sloW.-Life.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

When misfortune overtakes a, hust-
Ter it has to go some.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

Ten smiles for nickel Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful clear white
clothes. Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
Nothinu Like Ii.

'Is your doctor an eclectic in his
practice?"
mo; he's a teetotaler."
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

Why does a woman imagine she
can reform man by singing to him
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

Some men never recognize an op-
portunity unless it is labeled
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
Oriqjn of BRIDGE,

A great many people play bridge.
and a few fortunate ones occasionally
make grand and little slam. but a very
small minority have any idea of the
origin of the name of this pleasant
but uncommon score. says a writer in
an English magazine. Close to Bos-
ton, in the United States. is the out
lying town and harbor of Salem. Ger
tain prisoners kept here in confine
ment amused their WEAKNESS by in
venting and playing card game into
which they introduced terms borrowed
from the place names in the neighbor
hood In the bay are two islands
called respectively Great and Little
Misery. These names were adopted
for their game and have found their
way into ours. We even have a game
called misery bridge. 1t is rather Gu
rious to think of these Boston prison
ers inventing these terms. which were
destined to come into use again after
all these days intervening. SLAM" is
simply Salem abbreviated to mono
syllab BILE.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
CLOTHES AND THE WOMAN.
A Glimpse of Feminine Human Nature
In Colonial Days.

That woman nature was much the
same in colonial days is witnessed by
the following from the diary of Miss
Winslow of Boston in Colonial Holt
days. 81 was dressed in my yellow
coat, my black bib 4 apron, my pOmpe
dore shoes. the cap my Aunt Storer
sometime since presented me with
Glue ribbons on it, & a very handsome
loket in the shape of a hart she gave
me-the past pin my HOn'd Papa pre-
scented me with in my cap, my new
cloak & bonnet on, my pompedOre
gloves. etc, etc. Aud l would tell you
that for the first time they all liked my
dress very much. My cloak and bon
nett are really very handsome. & SO
they had need be. For they cost an
amasing sight of money. not quite $40
tho Aunt Sukey said that she sup
posed Aunt Deming would be fright
ened out of her wits at the money it
cost.
81 had my Heddus roll on. Aunt Stor
err said it ought to be made less, Aunt
Deming said it ought not to be made at
all. 1t makes my head itch & ach &
burn like anything Mamma. This IA
nous roll is not made wholly of a red
Cow Tail. but is mixture of that &
horsehair very course, & little hui
man hair of yellow hue, but l suppose
that was taken out of the back part
of an old '-Christian Science Mon
itOr
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
MORE MONEY BEING
DEPOSITED IN P 0,
Shown by December Report
ed of Assistant Post
master Deuker.

Increase in the amount of money de-
posted in the United States Savings
Depository in this city during the
month of December was $500, as shown
IN the report OF Assistant Postmaster
Deuker. This is $500 more than was
deposited during the same period in
1911.
The number of depositors is now
JAG and the number OF deposits made
during December was 20 The num-
Der of Withdrawals was II and the
balance to the credit of depositors is
S6.05S
The bond issue for January l, 1918
was $3.50. This is a big increase ov-
er previous issues. Bond issues are
made at the local office twice a year.
January l, 1912, the amount of the is
sue was $500 and July, 1912. was 1920.
In the amount of bonds issued the To-
cal office ranks second with cities of
this size in the state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
Treatment of Finqer Nails.

To keep the finger nails clean the
nailbrush and soap and warm water
should be used daily. and every time
the hands are washed and while they
are still soft and warm the free edge
of the scarf skin. which. If not attend
cd to. is apt to grow upward over the
nails, should be gently loosened aud
pressed back in neatly rounded form.
by which the occurrence OF cracks.
hangnaiis. etc. about the roots of the
nails will be prevented. and a grace
fut oval form and the display of a
crescent-like SPACE of white will be in
sured. This scarf skin. as a rule.
should never be cut and should on no
account be torn or picked off. as is
commonly done. The less it is med
died with. other than in the way rec
commended. the better.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
Church 1hcaters.

Few people know that plays in Eng
land. Germany, Italy and France were
fostered for religious purposes by the
church centuries before they were TAX
Ell up as a separate secular business.
Moreover. few visitors to st. Paufs
cathedral. in London. realize that that
church during Elizabeth's reign and
the first years of the reign of James
|. set aside one of its adjacent build
incs for use as secular theater. Its
little stage was famous. and the COM
pauy of choir boys as actors presented
many of the great plays of Shake
speare's time. They acted from about
1898 to 1905 under the management
of Edward Pierce. their great master
in music. who as church almoner had
business control of these adjacent
buildings owned by the church.-Lon-
don Standard.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
ANIMALS TOILETS.
Fur Seals Are as Particular as Women
In Fixing Up.

The cat carries her clothesbruSh in
her mouth, for with her rough tongue
she cleanseS her glossy coat as a boy
brushes off his clothes. She licks one
of her front paws and rubS it over her
face and she is ready for her break
fast
Foxes, dogs and wolves do not use
their mouths when they need to wash
and brush. but scratch themselves Wig
orously with their hind paws and are
as fresh as ever
The COW with her long, rough tongue
combs her coat Of hair until it is clean
and curly. The horse more than any
other animal depends on his owner 10
keep his coat in proper condition. but
often III will roll on the green grass
or rub himself down against Il tree or
fence.
Field mice comb their hair with their
hind legs, and the fur seal iii a similar
manner spends as much time as a wo-
man in making herself look smart
Although the elephant appears to be
thick skinned and eallous. he takes
great care of his skin He often gives
himself a shower bath by drawing
water into his long trunk and blowing
It on the different parts of his body.
After the bath he sometimes rolls him
self in n toilet preparation of dust to
keep off the fiies.-Our Dumb Animals.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
NATURAL MEASURES.
The Hand, the Pace and the Cubit OF
the Scriptures.


the Scriptures.
The first natural measurement" to
which the memory naturally recurs Is
the hand. four inches. employed in
determining the height of horses. This
measure is. of course, derived from
the breadth of the palm. and it has
become so well fixed in popular esteem
that it is unlikely it will ever be super
seeded
Another popular natural measure is
the pace. and probably every country
man who has had to do with land has
used it. The usual method is to stride
off, taking as long steps as possible.
calling each pace yard.
A natural measure much employed
by dressmaker is the yard as de-
termined by stretching the material to
be measured between her chin and
her outstretched hand. or If it be
matter of inches she will fold the
Bonded upper joint Of her thumb along
the cloth. These natural measures are
generally close enough to serve all
practical purposes.
For many hundreds of years there
was employed the measure of the fore
arm from point Of elbow to tip of mid
die finger. This was the cubit of the
Bible.-St. Louis Republic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
Coiored Rain.

Showers Of red rain have fallen
mere than once in the worlds history.
In the middle ages they were looked
upon as awful omens of war and
bloodshed. but nowadays we know the
hue of the rain of blood to be due
to the presence of a tiny red insect. a
variety of water flea. Red rains are
very rare. but in volcanic regions gray
rain is comparatively common. Sicily
has had many showers of this shade.
They are caused by the upper atmos-
phere being full of ash colored vol
canic dust from Etna. This dust is
enthusiastically fine and colors the rain
as il falls.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
Your False Hair or Switch,

If it has lost its luSter and looks dry
and dull wash it just as you would
your own hair. rinsing well and after
ward hanging it up so that it dries
thoroughly.
After it is quite dry put a little vase
line on the palms of your hands and
rub this into the switch. rubbing with
a downward motion. 50 that the vase
line gets into the hair We'll Do not.
however, have the hands too greasy.
When you have rubbed the vaseline in
lake a good brush and use it vigorously
With even. steady strokes.
You will find this will make the hair
loSsy and bright again.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
What IL TAUGHT Her,

To top off an expensive education a
young married woman Of no particular
ability in any one line took a course at
dramatic school She never attempt
ed to secure an engagement. so one
day a close and candid friend Of her
husband asked what good all that
training had done. anyhow.
$50 far as l can see" the FREUD
said. that $500 you spent on Etbels
education has been practically thrown
away"
"Oh. no, it hasn't" returned the hus-
band mildly. "Oh. no. it hasn't Her
stage experience has taught her to
dress in a hurry. Nowadays when l
ask her TO go to any place with me she
can change her clothes in ten minutes.
1t used To take over an hour New
York Sun.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
HarianS.
MURRAY REARRESTED
Broke Promise to Remain a
Total Abstainer.

Harry Murray, who was arrested on
charge OF public intOxication on De
cember s and whose hearing was post
pOned indefinitely, was rearrested last
night on similar charge. He was
fined 81 and costs in police court this
morning. When Murray appeared in
police court the first time, tears
coursed down his cheeks. On his prom
Use to abstain from the use of intoxi-
eating liquor he was released. The
cold weather was too much for Muir
ray to stand without artificial stimu-
lation and he again INDUCED with the
result that he was rearrested. AS he
paid his fine he said to Sergeant Nc
Nally. If you ever get me again you
will have to do marathon"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
SUBTLE VENGEANCE.
The Gift Dumas Bestowed on a Friend
Who lnsuIted Him.


Who Insulted Him.
Alexandra Dumas the elder. the
great novelist. had. as is well known,
some black blood in his veins and was
of an unforGiving if not almost cruel
nature. In his earlier days he re-
ceived a dire insult from one whom
he called his friend. To the surprise
of all who knew him Alexandra took
no apparent notice of the wrong, but
instead applied himself to looking
carefully after the welfare of his sup
posed friend. He took him with him
into society, introduced him here, pre-
sented him there and so continued for
three years. at the end of which time
he stood as best man" at his friends
marriage.
The wedding feast being concluded,
Alexandra Dumas was leaving the
house when an acquaintance joined
him and as they walked along said:
II have often wished to say how l
have wondered at your great kindness
to NJ. X, whom we have just seen
married. You have the most forgiv
ing nature that 1 have ever met with.
nc you SloSSiy oohlC SSdiS
ago, and yet ever since you have de-
voted yourself to his happiness and
at last assisted him to get married"
That's it precisely" remarked Du
mas slowly, with sinister chuckle.
Il flatter myself that 1 have given
him the most furious and lynx eyed
mother-in-law in France" - London
Telegraph.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
MALADIES OF METALS.
Curious Contagious Disease That At
tacks Tin. Brass and Lead.

The alleged contagious diseases Of
metals is a topic that has been men
toned from time to time. but shall be
mentioned again because IL tends TO
promote uniformity in, our views of
mineral life and other kinds OF life
and to discredit the fashion Of regard
ing anything in nature as dead and
inert.
In a lecture before the Societe de
Chimie Physique at Paris a professor
spoke Of the fact that tin when ex-
posed to a temperature below the
freezing point OF mercury shows a
kind of eruption OF pustules In which
Gre metal loses its ordinary shining
surface, becomes gray and on being
cut with a saw either falls TO powder
or breaks up into a bundle of fibers.
This affection is capable OF being COM
municated by contact, for the applica-
ton OF n few grains OF the powder to
the surface OF a block of perfectly
sound tin brings about its transforma-
ton in a few days
In another transmittable disease OF
tin the structure OF the metal Is chang
ed and becomes crystalline This dis
ease has special tendency TO attack
joints which have been soldered, but
il attacks brass and lead as well
Metals do seem more alive and or
gained than the earthly minerals
Century Path
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
A Darinq Critic.

Among rash literary critics. says the
Argonaut. we may now number Fred
eric Harrison. In his Among My
Books" we find a confession that Il
care for Plato and metaphysics as lit
tie as l care for the rhapsodical gam
mon of Professor Bergson or Miss
Marie Corelli." Goldsmith. we are told,
was "a poor creature. and so were
Sterne and Lamb and De Quincy"
Farther on we are told that mature
has denied Meredith an ear for music
or verse" and that ''aIl he had to saw
in poetry could have beet. uors trU.i
said in verse" Swinburac's Verse he
describes - q ''tarauJ,lia Of a!,itera
tor, aSsonanre, cCnSonanCe and art
full con@s s~a"tina Of sounds"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
GOOD THING TO VISIT
Pictures from the Philadelphia Water Color Club Now
on Exhibition in the Public Art Galleries Are
Attractive and Interesting.

der Autumn Skies" to the writer's no
tion the finest thing in the exhibition.
Here is an artist who appreciates
the necessity OF a consideration OF
pictorial quality
For the composition is admirable
the hill in the foreground with its
three stunn;ngly painted trees and the
sheep-played down-in their shade.
with splendid distance To the left. q
wonderful sky. admirable balance OF
color values and exquisite luminosity.
In the language CT the street this is
some picture"
\ colloQualism will sometimes eN.
press far more illuminatingly than
pages of elegant diction.
The writer never heard of ]. Wesley
Little before but she makes n pro-
found Salaam TO his Under Autumn
Skies"
There are other good things-three
delightful landscapes by Alice Cush-
man. full of luminosity, life and vivac-
ity. beautifully handled. with a clear.
cool use OF color.
Two landscapes in pastel by John
f. Dull, highly decorative with a tapes
tried effect.
Three pictures OF Grecian ruins,
warm and delicious in color. by Paula
B. Himmelsbach: and two nice things
by Clara y. Madeira. we'll painted.
the Sun Spots" with an appreciation
of dappled sunshine-and a number
of others that will be commented upon
later.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
A Good AGE to Stop At.

years given a dinner to his employees
on the occasion OF the birthday OF his
daughter. How long this custom bad
held may be gathered from the follow
ing. The head clerk of the Office rose
as was also the custom. and proposed
this toast:
Gentlemen. we enjoy this evening
the felicity Of celebrating. as we do
every year, thanks to his generosity,
the twenty-ninth birthday of the re-
spected and always amiable daughter
of our worthy employer. I give you.
gentlemen. her health and happiness"
London Mail.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04
Platinum,

Platinum was so named by the Span
iards ON account of its silvery color.
plata" signifying silver. 1t was dis
covered in the sand of the River Pinto.
in South America. and was unknown
in Europe until 1741, when it was an
nounced in Ulloa's narrative of his
voyage to Peru. In 1927 DR.. William
HYDE Wollaston rendered ii maIleable
and ductile.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-04

Several business firms have formed
the habit of sending copies of their
advertisements, announcements, cata-
logues, etc, to the club rooms We are
glad they do this and wish that other
firms would do the same, as We are
getting frequent inquiries from part
les outside relative to business con-
Germs in Richmond, inQuiring as to
where certain kinds OF goods may be
secured or certain articles are manu-
featured, and we are always glad TO
have the information ready to furnish.
We appreciate any information that
any of the members will send in to
the club concerning their business and
will keep il on file for use to the in
terest of the individual and the city.
Commercial club dues are SO a
year. Has the question ever occurred
to you as to what a member gets for
his $40. We believe a fair invoice
of the goods delivered for the SO
would be as follows:
$50 protection against soliciting
schemes.
SO privilege of the information Of
fered by the club.
SO for the right to use exchange
of eourtesies of the favors of other
cities.
$40 Satisfaction he enjoys In help
ing promote his home city.
SO Inspiration and encouragement
in the association of Booster.
81 Advertising in Club Directories
and various publications.
SO Lectures and addresses.
81 Cigars and refreshments.
81 Annual banquet.
Total 500 on a $40 investment.
OF course in some cases We will ad-
nit it may bring the member larger
profits even than are estimated here
in.