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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26
The ThedterS
Gennett.

Gennett.
|. "The Sweetest Girl in Paris" is not
a high-brow entertainment.
Nor one designed for the amusement
of a Sunday school convention.
Also old things are sometimes bet
ter than new.
Taking these as rostulates the pre-
sentation of this popular musical
comedy last evening at the Gennett
was as successful as anything of it's
class here this season.
Judging from it's reception by the
audience.
The truth is this is girl" show
And the days of the girl show are
numbered-at least outside provincial
Broadway.
Where, according to the experts,
they are largely sustained by the
"rubes" from the contiguous territory
Maybe this last is true Maybe it
isn't. Maybe the girl show is support
ed by the permanent population of the
metropolis, whose taste in theatres it
reflects.
However this may be, its existence
is menaced unless it sees the hand
writing on the wall and evolves into
something nearer akin to dramatic or
musical conference.
"The Sweetest Girr' is typical Of its
class.
1t is frankly what it is. And there,
fore is to be commended for it's
theatric honesty.
And judged from that standpoint.
The writer never happens to have
seen previous productions here OF
otherwhere and last nights perform.
ance is her only criterion.
The audience seemed to enjoy it
And that is the main thing The
scenic effects, however, were good, the
chorus sufficiently pulchritudinous, the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26
A Wise Woman,

How do you manage to pick ont a
birthday present to suit your wife,"
Il go to store that she tells me of"
'YeS?
And ask for clerk whose name she
gives me-"
"Well:"
And the clerk always has something
suitable put aside. "-Washington Her
aid.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26
FUNERAL OF COOPER
lPalladiunl SneciaN

EATON, O., Feb. 25-The body of
Peter Cooper, So who died Sunday at
the county infirmary, was taken Tues
day TO Gratis, where funeral services
We're conducted in the Brethren
church by the Rev. Aaron Brubaker.
Interment in the Gratis cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26

E. G.. w.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26
Golden Measure.

'1n Australia" Dragged the native of
that country, you can pick up gold
by the pint"
ut comes in quartz in America" re
torted the quick witted nephew Of Tn
ere Sam.-Pittsburgh Post
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26
Time IT! ANY SOUR, Classy, UPSET
STOMACH CURED IN FIVE MINUTES

Sour upset stomach indigestion heartburn
aches and feel sick and realize
stomach-ake
snll ons of sales annually.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
FACTS ABOUT THE RAILROADS
American Lines Far in the Lead in
Comparison With Those of
Other Countries.

The United States has 1000 more
miles of railway than all Europe. This
excess would reach twice about the
world.
Our railroads carry a little less
freight than those Of Europe, but roll
up more than twice as many ton-miles.
In 1872 the ton-mile record of America
was 267 .2SS, 000, 900; of all Europe H.
34T GOO. 600.
American railroads receive 20 per
cent. more freight revenue than Euro
pean. the ton-mile rate being much
lower. Passenger revenue is 20 per
cent. less: the total slightly greater.
The railway property of the world
as a whole is not very profitable. Much
of it was built for political or military
reasons. The United States, Germany,
Canada, Japan and British India have
the most profitable railways. In Italy
the net revenue is only LII per cent.
Of the capital; IN Denmark 1.33. The
average for the world is less thar four
per cent.
The costliest railways are the Brit
ISL, dpltaliZed dl ABOUT SZ1o,o0U Il
mile. The cheapest in Europe are
those Of Russia, about $4,000, and
Hungary, about $4,000; those Of the
United States are about $79, 000-or
SG0.043 q mile, according to Professor
Adams. who deducts railway stock and
bonds owned by roads from total cap
it~alization.
American railways killed in 1912 27O
passengers, 3.553 train hands and 6,541
other European railways killed 554
passengers, following figures in some
cases much less recent, or more than
twice as nan per mile; 2,60T en-
nlo5es and 4 ,465 others. Tramps and
~trespassers bring our total per mile
rather higher. Russia, with similar
tramp conditions, has much the high
est European death list.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
Dreams Self Into Fortune.

Fortunes generally are inherited or
acquired by hard work and sound bust
ness a%culnen, but Georgetown. Del.
boasts OF a man who has dreamed him
self into affiuence.
This man is &. l.. Shockley. and he
is a railroad telegraph operator. Ere
q~uently he has acted as relief track
walker and on these strolls he has no
ticed that nuts and bolts holding the
rails together frequently became loose
He began concentrating his mind on
the subject of a safer bolt. The idea
proved a puzzle to him. he declares,
until Morpheus, by n queer turn. I'M
folded the explanation as clearly as
though he had reasoned it out in his
waking hours. He lost no time in OBJ
tanning a model and has received a
patent on it.
Shockley declares he has been Of
fered $4,000 for his invention. but he
is holding out for $4,000. A patent
Washington, who handled
his claim, has offered to take over his
idea.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
THINK LITTLE ABOUT FARE
Passengers on Russian State Railroads
Appear to Have Something of
an Easy Time.

1t costs nothing for some people to
travel on the Russian state railroads.
The statistical report Just published
shows an amusing array of figures
that travel was rather cheap in many
cases during the past year. Among
the dIsnissals and punishments in
fiicted III the course of the year. 315
guards and 1873 subordinates dis
missed, and 6.575 guards and 1919
fined, are all c~atalogued as having
helped Wayfarers along their way
without sufficient regard for the law,
which DEGREES that journeys by rail
way in Russia, as in England and
Siam. shall be paid for. But these odd
0,000 ~punishnents can scarcely be
said to meet the needs Of the case. as
IN the course Of a year nearly a mil
lion passengers defrauded the state
railways management. The exact
number is 9e4.l1S. Altogether as
much as s550.oo0 was found to be due
for fares unpaid. Nearly half the
MONEY was paid at once, a quarter
was paid later Of free will, and for the
Pay Alcfl " liit TEST the |duiHoTllleS
were compelled to go TO law. Natur-
ally most of the guards and subordin-
ate employees received slight com
missions from the passengers they
helped. Calculating that only a third,
or at the highest estimate a half, of
the cheap travellers are caught, the
effect on the railway balance sheet
must be very considerable. 1t is anus
ing to note, however, hat for the time
being the department expresses itself
almost satisfied. In earlier years, It is
explained, the number of passengers
without tickets who got off free was
much greater.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04

nese Alps. The construction of the
railway In this avalancheswept place
has been accompanied by almost in
surmountable difficulties, and here
also the Alps have exacted their toll
Of human life, a fact of which one
is grimly reminded by the trim grave
yard near the tunnel mouth, filed
with victims who met death during
the construction of the railway. Ava
high up on the mountain sides above
~Goppenstein, and the line where 1t
energies from the tunnel is guarded
by a wall like one of those which
girdle medieval cities at the point.
The line is now carried along the
left side of the narrow Lotschen val
ley, where every foot of ground has
been veritably wrested from Nature,
and after passing through a number
of smaller tunnels leaves this unin-
habltable region and enters the smil-
ing Rhone valley. With the Rhone
stretched like a broad ribbon a thou
sand feet below, we continued our
journey along the edge of dizzy preci
pices and over frail wooden tempo
rary bridges thrown across apparent
ly bottomless ravines-a journey
fraught with many dangers and ac-
companied by many exciting incidents
when made with the service train on
a temporary set of metals, but which
will be one of the most interesting in
the Alps when accomplished with the
fine electric trains of the Bernese
Alps railway. Many of the great
steel bridges and granite viaducts
were not yet quite completed, and the
service train made many a detour
which will be later unnecessary.
Travellers will be interested to learn
that one of the tunnels of the south
ern portion Of the line is named the
Victoria tunnel, and a Union Jack will
fly here at the opening The name
has It's origin in the fact that the
mountain spur which the tunnel pene-
trates forms a wonderfully faith
silhouette of Queen Victoria's head,
with crown complete.
Gradually descending, the line
line, which commands magniticent
views of mountain peak and valley, at
last reaches Brig; here We exchanged
our primitive conveyance for a com
Portable carriage in a Silnplon ex-
press, and in the space Of a brief hour
OF two were basking in the sunshine
which bathes the shores OF Lake Mag
g1ore. We had reached our goal after
a journey through two mighty noun
tain ranges and had travelled from
Switzerland to Italy by a route which
will for decades to come facilitate the
~Journeylng Of all those whose way
lies from north to south.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
OLD RAILS ARE MADE OVER
Railroad Utilizes Them In Various
Ways-Some Are Used For
Mile Posts.

In order to economically utilize
worn out rails, the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad is operating a
rail mill at Newton, Kas., says the
Iron Trade Review. All the worn or
defective rails which have been re-
placed on any of the Santa Fe lines
are assembled at Newton and an aver
age OF five hundred rails a day is re-
ceived. They are slid on skids from
the cars to the platform. where they
are transferred by a system of creased
rollers to any desired point in the
shop.
Rails placed on the main line, which
are to be subsequently used for side
tracks, are worked over, Strengthened,
sawed to the required lengths and
drilled for new bolts. Such rails as
cannot be used for sidetracks are
sometimes still good enough To be
worked ope for bridge guard rails.
When they can be put to no better use
the rails are cut up and painted for
mile posts. for which service they are
well adapted. The damaged portions
which have been sawed off are sold as
scrap. Friction saws are used for all
cutting operations.
AT the present time about II hun
dred frogs a month are also being
turned out and all the frog clamps
used on the Santa Fe system now
come from the Newton shop. The
work Of making and repairing frogs
and clamps effects a big saving in the
course of a year. and so creditable has
been the showing in this direction that
the work of the plant is to be extend
ed so that all the switch points and
switch guard rails used on the entire
system will shortly be the product Of
the Newton rail mill. To this end con
siderable new machinery has been
purchased. which will be housed in a
commodious new building now being
erected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
CRISIS OF The WAR
Story of the Famous Battle of
Gettysburg, Fought Fifty
Years Ago.
LOSS OF LIFE WAS FEARFUL
Both Armies Struggled Bravely, and
the Confederates Were Conquered
Only After Three Days of
Bloody Conflict.

Fifty years ago nearly 165,0 Amer
teams met on the field Of Gettysburg,
ana for three days fought one OF the
greatest battles OF history. Gen. Rob
ert f. Lees army OF some $4,000
sOutherners which had invaded the
north was met there and overcome by
about $4,000 Federal troops under the
command of Gen. George G. Meade,
and the tide OF fortune in the Civil
war. which up to then had often IA
yored the south, was turned. There
after the C~onfederacy was on the de-
fensive.
Though the south lost the battle,
there was nothing TO choose between
their bravery III the conflict Il that
Of the northerners. Both armies
fought with valor and s~tnbbornness,
and the losses in dead and wouaded
were tremendous.
Commanding the corps OF the Union
army were Generals John +. Reynolds,
w. S.. Hancock, Daniel L. Siekles,
George Sykes, John SedgWick, q. q.
Howard and II. w. Sloeum. Lees
corps commanders were Generals
James Longstreet, Richard s. ENell
and A. p. Hill.
Reynolds, sent ahead to feel out the
enemy. arrived at Gettysburg the eve
ming Of June 81, and in the lighting
which began early the next day, was
killed. Gen. Abner Doubleday, who
succeeded him, was forced back to
Seminary Ridge, after hard lighting,
and then had to abandon that posi-
ton, SO that the first day OF the bat
tie was in reality a Confederate VIC
tory. That night Meade ordered the
entire Union army to Gettysburg, and
by next morning the two armies were
confronting each other along a. ten
mile line Of battle.
Lee ordered Longstreet to turn the
left flank of the. Federal army by tax
ing Little Round Top, but 'Sickles de-
Tended hat position so stubbornly
that Longstreet's movement was
checked. Peach Orchard, Cemetery
Hill, Culp's Hill and The Devils Den
were the scenes of desperate fighting,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
Last Of Old Type.

Recently there died in Belgium the
last of that band of railroad conduc-
tors who announced the departure OF
the train with a blast from a brass
bugle. The custom was suppressed
in 1860, but up to that time an rail-
road conductors we're furnished with
the wind instrument, which they were
required to become proficient on be.
fore entering the service. 1t was 4
picturesque sight to see the departure
Of a train from a small station. where
half the village turned out to see the
train and It's occupants. Three notes
were sounded on the hugle. and they
had many signifcances. from IN
starting OF a train to the call
for help In case Of Al accident.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04

never before been seen, and though
they fell like grain before the reap
ers9 some Of them reaching the Union
lines. only to be speedily overcome.
That ended the mighty battle, and
there was nothing left for Lee to
do but get back into Virginia.
Gettysburg cost the Union army the
lives or a number of generals, and the
loss of nearly $4,000 men. On the
Confederate side five generals were
killed and nearly 3 10000 men killed or
wounded.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04

and Little Round Top was saved to
the Federals by the arrival of a brig
ade under General Weed.
The third day opened with a 0
derful artillery duel. the greatest Of
the entire war, and then came Pick
ett's charge. which has gone into his
tory as one OF the most heroic as
saults of all time. The men of
Pickett's division formed in brigade
columns, move dsteadily across open
fields which yer swept by such a
storm of shrapnel and rifle fire as had
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
Stays In Water ? Hours.

New York, July Charles Dur
borrow Of Philadelphia made another
attempt to swim from the Battery to
SANDY Hook. but was forced to give
mp BY the strong tide within three
quarters OF q mile Of his goal He
Pa In the water seven hours an6
thirty-fve minutes and the Instances
covered was estimated 1t about I'M
miles. DurboFow was blind fron H.
ACTION Of the watsr On his eyes -
fully m hour after M Was nlto4N
into the boat H aid ~ m0nr
attempt Tho - arntA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04

In Canada named Mcintosh, when
clearing a space in which to make a
home in the wilderness, discovered
among a number OF wild apple trees
n which bore fruit SO superior to the
rest that he cultivated 1t and named
1t the Mcintosh red.
The apple became famous; seeds
and cuttings were distributed to all
parts of Canada, SO that now the Nc
lntosh red nourishes wherever apples
grow In the great Dominion. In 1896
the original tree from whcih this en-
ermous family spEssag Mas injured BY
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
BUILT new HIGHWAY
ENGINEERS HAVE PUT LINE
THROUGH BERNESE ALPS.
Difficulties Which Might Be Ciassed
as incredible S~urmounted. and the
Work Is a Monument to Skill
Of the Builders.

The new route to Italy, via the
L~otschberg. will be opened to the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
Employ Goat as Watchdon.

a goat as a watchdog is being EN-
ployed at West Green station on the
Great Eastern railway in England. A
few days ago a suspicious character
was lurking around the station prem.
Uses at night and was caught owing to
the goat giving "a alarm by crying
loudly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04

It's never too early e u ~daA=
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04

fire; but it continued to bear fruit I'M
III four years ago. Then, after IFS
years, IT died, and the grateful farm
ers have raised a marble pillar in hon
or OF the tree which has done so much
Tor the fruit growing industry OF their
land.
The story Of this apple tree illus
trates the African proverb that though
you can count the apples on one tree.
you a count the trees in n
apple.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
SHAFT MARKS SITE OF TREE
Farmers Of Dundas County, ONT, *
pect Monument in Honor OF the
Mcintosh Apple.

Perhaps one of the most novel mon
uments in existence has recently been
built in Ontario by Canadians. The
OF Dundas county, Ontario.
have Just erected a marble pillar to
mark the site on which grew Q famous
apple tree.
More than . century ago . settler
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04

pubic III a few
weeks. Thanks,
however, to the
courtesy Of the
management, the
writer was ena-
bled recently to
form one of the
first parties to
travel from SWitZ-
erland to Italy by
this new highway
through the Rer-
The Press., 1913-10-01
PRESIDENT ELLIOTT MAKES STRONG APPEAL Is Introduced to New England by the Boston Chamber of
 Commerce. ASKS FOR COOPERATION. Declares Great Transportation Problem Can Only In This
 Way Be Solved.
ASKS FOR COOPERATION.

The BostCn chamber of commerce gave a dinner at the Copley Plaza hotel, Bos- ton. on Sept. 30 in honor of Howard Ell1- ott president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company and soon to become the chief executive officer of the New England lines system. MT. Elliott made a stirring address. It was his first formal appeal to the people of New England, and he told in straight forward, incisive manner of the difficult ties that confront the transportation busi- ness in New England and asked for that cooperation and friendly sentiment which eventually would solve the problems In part MT. Elliott said:
 MT. Toastmaster and Members of the
 Chamber of Commerce of Boston:
 There is an old saying that reads. mans work is never done" This Is true about the railroad. Its work Is never done. Men may think they have provid- ed sufficient transportation facilities for years to come, but the growth of the country Is so great that things that look ed far too big a few years ago are far too small now. For New England to grow, as she will in common with the rest of the country, she must have a compre- hensive, adequate and safe system of transportation. The new capital needed in this section for each increase of $1 of gross earnings will be greater than the average in the United Etates because of more perfect and luxurious service de manded.
 To have a safe, adequate and smooth running transportation machine in New
The Press., 1913-10-01
MANSFIELD.

The total number of eggs laid dur. ing the 46th week of the contest was 1860 for the 100 pens.
 The following is a list of the first 16 pens. The number in the par enthesis is the total for the past week.
 Thomas Baron, Catforth, England, W. Leghorns, (19)-1T27.
 Ed. Cam, Houghton,. England, s. O. W. Leghorns, (16)-1O38.
 w. l.. Sleeger, York, Pa., W. Leg horns, (12)- S7s.
 o. A. Foster, Santa Cine, Gal. ', White Leghorns, 11)-966.
 Ed. Gam, Houghton, England, W. Wyandottes, (23)-927.
 Frank Toulman, Greenbank, Eng. !, W. Leghorns, (21)-919.
 w. P. Canby, East Downington, Pa, W. Leghorns, (16)-9O4.
 F. A. Jones, Northumberland, Pa. White Leghorns, (18)-9O1.
 Burton E. Moore, Winsted, W. Leghorns, (22)-se7.
 Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H., s. 0. R. I. Reds, (26)-ss7.
 Smith Brothers, Nottingham, Pa. White Leghorns, (17)-881.
 Joseph J. Barclay, Bedford, Pa., White Leghorns, (13)-88O.
 Braeside Poultry Farm, Strouds- burg, Pa., W. Leghorns, (14)-s77.
 Mrs. H. F. Hynes, Shoup, Idaho, White Wyandottes, (24)-862.
 Ballock & Burrows, Wilmington, Del, W. Leghorns, (18)-855.
 Beulah Farm, Stony Greek, Can. !, ". WYandottes. (23l-842.
The Press., 1913-10-01
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
October {. 1883.
tems of local interest taken from the column
 of The Press, thirty years ago.

Stafford voted no license by 35 ma jority-l6 in district 1 and 19 in dis trict 2.
 Charles c. Ellis has sold his resi-. dence on Highland Terrace to J. J. Ellis of Orcuttville for $5,
 M. P. Shahan has sold his shoe store in Rockwell's block to Wm. E. Hanley, who takes possession to-day. MT. Hanley is at present overseer of weaving in the Mineral Springs mill, and we'll and favorably known in the town and village.
 A lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen has been instituted in this village. The officers are: J. s. Clark, P M. W; Geo. W. Eaton, M. W; F. L. Cogwsell, G.s F., John M. Leach, ssssO. Chas. F. Beck with, recorder; A. W. Walker, finan- cier; T. o. Tiffany, receiver; Henry Lufler, G.; Milton Wilson, J. w. f; T. P. Hodgson, O. w.; J. s. Clark, Geo. W. Eaton, Frank L. Cogswell, trustees.
 The democratic ticket was elected almost entire In the following list all not marked ''r" were on the demo cratic ticket: Assessors, J. O. Booth, Zina W. Ellis, Geo. w. Newell, r; board of relief, Henry Butterfeld, H. W. Davis, w. P. Amidon, r; select men, Alfred D. Cady, l.. G. Fairfield, H. I'D. Ellis, T; for town clerk, treas urer, treasurer of town deposit and Standish fund, and registrar of births, marriages and deaths, M. O. Kinney {; town agent and agent of town de- poist and Standish funds, Gilbert Chaffee; constable and collector, Henry Butterfield; constables, H. O. Wheeler, D F. Mullins, T, John Brennan, Rebuen Burley, Austin Holt, Albert H. Firman; grand ju- TOTS, Geo. F. Washburn, Lyman Cush- man, Willie E. Richardson, J. " Squier, Jacob Glover, Elmer J. Worth ington; school visitors, John O. Booth, F. L. Batchelder, r; registrar of electors 1st district, Alha Per- kins, T., T. o. Cross; 2d district, J. w. Chandler, r., W. P. Sweetser auditors, E. c. Pinney, 0. H. Grant, r.
 The selectmen's annual report was out early this year, and is a clear sttament of the financial condition of the town. The towns expenses have been: Higwhays, $4, GAS. 9S; schools, 49, 953. 46; paupers, ?, BOA. 59; sheep damages, 96. %; Interest, 3,S1O.O0 Bonds paid, 5000. %; military tax, 612. %; state tax, 1,344. 23; town officers, 751.5 miscellaneous, 605. O9; total, $22, 2,715.SS. The town s debt is stated to be $65, TAG. O1 which is reduced to $56, 462. 2S by assets
 Born. - Stafford Springs, Sept. 29th, a daughter to Otis Chapman.
 Stafford, 2d, daughter to Charles F. Hancock.
 Married. Stafford Springs, 3d, by Rev. J. E. Hawkins, Osmon Stetson of Ware, Mass, formerly of Stafford Springs, and Isabel o. Gould of Brock ton, Mass.
 Wilbraham, Sept. 27th, by Rev. M. s. Howard, Charles R. Shaw of Springfield and Cora M. Kibbe of Somers.
 Ashford, Sept 26th, by Rev 0. N. Nichols, Henry Green and Martha R. Butler, both of Ashford.