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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

A bevy of agents who will sell you
anything you ever wanted or needed
or anything you or your children may
ever need. may call on you any day.
For there are few dozen agents OF
various kinds. manners, degrees and
classes in the city. probably not by
previous arrangement but by poor
luck
Here is a woman canvasser. She
will sell you a magazine for a year
and give you a pattern for about one
fourth of the price marked on the
front of the sample copy. Beyond a
doubt. 1t is the best little magazine
proposition ever handed out in Rich
mond because she said so.
Another team is disposing of face
lotions and other preparations while
still another would sell you a mas
sage machine. Unless you purchase
these things, your face will cease to
be beautiful as your skin is in need
of treatment. If you do buy the Of
fered goods, when you walk down
Main street men will stop to look
twice at you if you are woman and
women will be unable to resist your
Cledn lleSu look Ia you are man. he
agent said so.
Meals Mover Burn.
Meals will neve- burn. You can hang
over the back fence and talk to your
neighbor all afternoon if you buy a
certain brand of aluminium ware be-
ing disposed of by four or five agents.
Using any kind of cooking utensils
except aluminium is equivalent to burn
ing home made candles for light The
agent did not say so but left that i'm
preston.
You can get brushes which will
make you less work. an atlas contain
ing full and complete information of
the world. books which will keep the
mind oiled. and device TO replace
matches. This letter device Is an alb
sClute necessity and precludes future
possibility of fire with the old style
parlor match.
The agents are a good class of peo
pie. They are not as bothersome as
many agents have been in the past
anu in fact the police have not had a
complaint against them, which is an
unusual thing with SO many in the
city.
Boarding houses are filled with
them. The down town district will
seem deserted when they and their
suit cases, sample cases or travelling
bags depart. Many of the agents are
youn, evidently .--gh school graduates
who are filling in the summer time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18
COMMERCIAL CLUB
GIVES REASON FOR
PERSONS TO JOIN
Leaders in Two Hour Men,
bership Campaign Supply
Workers With Rapid Fire
Ammunition for Canvass.

Committees to secure new members
for the Commercial club, have receiv-
ed notice of their appointment and in
structions for the two hour campaign
from 10 o'clock to noon tomorrow.
The leader of the Blue party, Mr.
Thomason, was called to Louisville be-
cause of death and Ct. o. Ballinger
will act in his stead. Lee b. Nusbaum,
general in chief, has charge OF the
campaign while Charles Sitter is chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments which furnishes the lunch to-
morrow noon.
The following letters sent out to all
committees. the name Of the party be-
ing the only difference. explains the
Campaign:
Issue Instructions.
I'VE constitute the Red party in the
membership campaign for new mem
bers in the Commercial club next
friday. There are seventyfve mighty
good men in our party and let us see
what We can do by winning in this
friendly contest. Our seventy-five mem
bers are divided into twenty-five com
mittees of three members each and
each committee will have six names
upon whom to call. We can do this be-
tween 10 o'clock and noon tomorrow.
EndeaVOr to bring in the six mem
berS if you can. AS chairman of your
sub committee kindly arrange for the
other two members of your coWmit
tee to meet with you in the CONNER
cial club rooms at 9:45 a. m. Friday
from which place all sub committees
will start
"Remember you must have your re-
port back at the Commercial club
rooms at II o'clock noon Friday
where a lunch will be given us by
the committee on arrangements of the
club
Reasons For Joining.
Some Of the Reasons Why l Should
Be Member of the Commercial club"
as sent out by the leaders follow:
TO advertise Richmond
TO keep Richmond on the map
TO encourage conventions here.
To be associated with Boosters
TO help get better street car service.
TO help secure lower insurance
To encourage better sanitary condi-
70 promote more efficient charity
WORK.
To secure the protection of credit
system.
To assist the city officials in their
duties
To work for better lighting system
for our city.
TO make my influence felt in State
legislation.
To secure new industries and en-
courage the ones We have.
TO be in a position to suggest ideas
for the benefit Of the community.
To belong to tne club that is a lead
er among the clubs of the country.
TO be able to hear the live questions
of the day discussed by invited guests
to the city.
To belong to one of the largest
Commercial Clubs in the country in
proportion to the size of the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

Amos PinchOt recently attacked
George w Perkins. the wealthiest
leader of the Progressive party, In
a letter addressed to Progressive Ma
tional Chairman Joseph NJ. Dixon, and
members of the Progressive national
committee, PinchOt accused Perkins
of doctoring the Progressive National
platform of 1912 to make it conform
to his own views on the question of
trusts Pinch0i demands that Perkins
be deposed as chairman Of tie execu-
tive committee and practically read
out of the party.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18
Bery of Agents Flock to City
To Sell indispensable Articles
Articles

until college opens or until the "orio
finds them a nicne TO NIL
Obey The Rules.
However, many of them carry out
rules 4, 6 and of Article i In the
little book the manager himself wrote
on how to be a successful agent and
how to meet people. 1t is Impossible
to open the door to a crack. peep out
and then shut il again. The agent
stands on the same side as your door
knob and stands silently until the
door is open wide. Then politely llfing
his hat and murmuring few WORDS
of greeting TO cover up the fact that
he is placing his foot on the edge or
the door to prevent its suddenly COM
ing to. he launches into his spiel he
has carried out rules 4 and 6.
Rule is much longer. This rule Is
of vital Importance because il is with
it, that they key TO entering the
homes lies. Unless the personality OF
the agent is such that he can enter
the home without the use of the rule.
he follows out the methods prescribed
in the book of rules. He arouses your
interest and curiosity. He has some
thing you cannot conveniently exist
without, not if you are a progressive
person of brains and culture. You may
have seen those things before but
from the shape of his sample case.
there must be something else without
which YOU cannot live but only exist.
BY use OF such a psychological de-
velopment of ideas. he finally comes
in. takes your order (no money is
asked this timeD and asks the next
door neighbor's name before leaving.
He is still polite because he will re-
turn later when the vital part of the
procedure comes. that of collecting
the money.
Then when the agent is gone. there
only remains to wait until the hus-
band comes home. With scorn he
views you but almost always you can
say weakly. Well. he is trying TO get
money TO go through college and he
was such a nice young man"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

There are 81, 1898 organized labor
workers in the state of Missouri, of
whom 1926 are women.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18
COMPROMISE CASE

Compromise was effected in the
case of Elsie S. Bowman against her
husband. Curtis Bowman, and the p.
c., c. and ST l.. railroad, his employ
ers( for $50 month as her legal share
of his income. Hrs. Bowman entered
her suit for support several months
ago and withdrew it at her expense in
court TODAY
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18
LINER PUNCTURES
FREIGHTER'S SIDE

COWES, England, June IS
The freighter Corpsewood own
ed by the Meteor company, put
into port in badly damaged condi-
ton today and reported that she had
been in a collision in the English chan
mel with a liner believed to be one of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18
YOUTH OF
CHARGE OF MURDER

LAFAYETTE, Ind, June 1S.-Paul
Barger, 10 years old, who has been on
trial here two weeks on a charge Of
killing his father, John Barger, a year
ago, was acquitted in circuit court to-
day. The prosecuting attorney said
the state had not made complete
case against the defendant and asked
the jury to acQuit him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

Never to have been late for SER
vice for thirty-five years is the proud
record of Professor j. f. Vernham. the
organist. and choirmaster of St. PauIs
knightsbridge. London. During that
time he has played at about seven
thousand services. including more
than two Thousand fashionable we'd
dings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18
FIND GEORGE MAJOR

After search of three years, George
Major, who is wanted for embezzling
$3,0 900 Of the Starr Piano company's
funds. for which he was the Brook
vile manager, has been located at
Denver, Colo Sheriff Cook of Frank
lin county left today for the west to
get the man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18
AGED MEN MEET.

ANSONIA. Conn. June 1S.-William
Norris and Frank Ginzel. brothers. all
over 70, who parted in Nashville,
Tenn. forty-three years ago, met here
for a family reunion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

the Hamburg American line ships. A
heavy fog covered the channel at the
time of the accident. The Copsewood
was struck below the water line and
her fore plates were twisted. After
an examination it was decided to put
her into drydOcks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

Eleven miles of subways are being
considered to solve LiverpooIs con-
tgested traffic problem.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

When the straw hat first appeared
in 1854 it was worn exclusively by Wo-
men.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
NEED nor feAh foh CANAL
Fortifeations IL Guard the Great wa
terway Through Panama viii 81
Made lFnpresnable.

Having invested nearly $375, ZOO, 900
in the canal, the United States Is in
tent upon safeguarding that tremen-
dous outlay against the possibility Of
damage through foreign war; FORTH
cation of the canal has been under
taken purely as an insurance matter.
It is sought to make it impossible IN
time of war for any enemy to take
possession Of the waterway or to dam
age it to such an extent that the ships
of the United States could not use 1t
at will
Guns of IA and 16-inch caliber will
be placed at forts guarding both the
Pacific and Atlantic entrances, COM
handing a radius Of Is miles. The
forts at the Pacific entrance are con-
structed on three islands in Panama
Bay, at the very beginning OF the
canal, Flamenco, Perico and Naos.
There are huge masses of volcanic
rock, behind which. safe from the
fire of any ship, no matter how pow
erful, the forts stand. The great
Mirafores locks are seven miles IN
land from the forts, and no gun at the
present time is powerful enough to
send shell the % miles intervening
between the outside of the zone OF
fire from the forts, and those locks
which control the canal Even with
the marvels of modern gunnery, 1t
would be as difficult to place shell,
even if it could be thrown that far
as for fifeman to hit lead pencil
at a distance of 1000 yards.-Popular
Mechanics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
Got Now, From Home.

There are eighteen consulates In New
York, representing that number OF
Central and South American countries
where Spanish j. SPOKEN. This does
not include Spa IL ''compatriote'
In hard luck" with little knowledge
Of the geography of those countries can
operate among all of them, in each con-
sulate representing L.-lself native
the country to whose representative he
applies for aid One of these beggars,
q negro, unfolGeu / sad tale to con
sui general The official asked the Wis
itOr from what part of his own coun-
try he came The negro was not well
posted on his geography. for he men,
toned the name IF the capital and
added that he hal sailed from there
for this ccnntgN fhe capital happens
to be 5000 feet up IN the mountains.
The consul general smiled. then gave
the mendicant Il quarter, saying: That
Is for the valuable information that
our country has advanced to the stage
where they sail ocean vessels from the
mountain tops. 1t has been a long
time since / was home. and | really
didn't know it"-New York Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
Palestine's Water Bottles.

OF all the queer sights tn be seen in
the ancient city of Hebron. Palestine,
none is more Interesting thar the wa
ter makers market" where the goat
skin water bottles are made and sold
by the thousand yearly. Lying upon
the ground in rows may be seen :
tween two hundred and three hundred
goatskins awaiting purchasers Each
skin is inflated. either with water OF
air, so that the buyer may know it is
perfectly water tight. The majority
of the skins used come from Arabia,
while a large number are received
from the Lebanons. They are brought
to Hebron by the camel caravans and
are purchased by the tanneries and
turned into BOTTLES. They pass through
many processes. and a tanner will
spend a week upon single skin before
1t is rendered water tight and service
able From Hebron these odd bot
ties are sent to all parts of the east,
thousands going down into Egypt and
the Sudan every year.-Argonaut
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
poetic Heredjty-

Of poetic families the Coleridges
Ike the Tennysons. are hard to beat.
The author of ''ChriStober had a
daughter and two sons-all poets. The
first. Sara. wrote lyrics which. ac-
cording to DR.. Garnet. entitie her ito
rank high among English poetesses."
The eldest SOIL Hartley, in the same
critics opinion. was sonneteer
among tie most perfect in the lam
guage" Derwent. tie ether s1il, wrote
some very beautiful verses in knights
Quarterly Magazine d 1872 and else
where Derweut's son, Mr.. Ernest
Hartley Coleridge. is the author of
volume of poems. The Hon. Stephen
Coleridge has several volt:u:es to bis
credit as a poet and everybody who is
a verse lover knows of the late Mary
G. Coleridge. whose beautiful gift APP
peared through volume of poems in
1907. And there is an T. p CoEaridge,
who has rescued certain t"ln,lalionS
Of the classics from ridicule.-London
Chronicle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
Two str.nuou. Lives.

Clovis Hughes, the French journalist
poet and duelist, filed his fifty-fivs
years of life with sufficient excitement
to make him worthy of special men
don Que of his ciuims to distinction
was tina; he had engaged in French
duel which resulted fatally-for the
other man. He was tempestuous
radical and was once suspended fro's
the chamber of deputies for insulting
remarks to the president. which die
not at all curb him. He wrote mum
Der Of novels. poems and plays IL
which he sought to spread socialists
propaganda. and he wrote a preten
dous five act drama In verse called
lie Sommeil de Danton" c.The Sleel
Of Danton''j. which waS produced Al
the Opera ComiGue. His wife contrib
uted her share of excitement by KILN.
q public official in the palace of justic,
because of an alleged insult Befors
she was tried she wrote and acted La
Vegeance de Nine. Clovis Hughes
The play depicted her sensational &c,
and represented her as triumphantls
exonerated W the court. When he
trial came the court did us predicted
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
NO REAL EFFORT EVEN VAIN
Better to Strive for success, and Meet
Defeat, Than MuteIy Accept Life
Of Littleness.

Better the sorriest citizen thinking
he can take hold of life, and his faint
spark of free-will can burn holes
through the thicket than a worldful
of orderly persons of regular habit
and contented mien. Rather wilder
ness than that men should find this
a locked world, where all the returns
are in.
Better absurd mites, strutting over
large landscapes, than such fairness
of CHEEKY slaves, taking orders from
their betters. Better e petty race
should strive vainly, than accept its
own littleness. If it is doomed to
futility, let it at least live as II all
the roads to victory were open.
So when we face the push and
thrust of life in each generation, let US
be glad that youth is claiming it's
right to live. Let the youth flourish
and prosper, advises Harper's Weekly
1t is wiser to tear down the temples
than to accept defeat. Effort is finer
than resignation, and peril is safer
than despair in routine. And by that
high courage and fresh experiment,
they defeat confusion, and lift their
heads above despair. So the world Is
full of homes. Obscure men deal man
fully with their stint of work. Count
less unknown women suffer and love
Order gains on chaos. A will Is at
work upon the Nelter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
NOT APPRECIATED AT FIRST
FitzeeraId's Translation Of "omar
khayyam" Once Sold at the Ride
uIous Price Of Two Cents.

! How Edward Fftzgerald's Omar
Khayyam' was rescued from neglect
and obscurity, London contemporary
tells. Mr.. Bernard Quaritch, the elder,
published the book, and finding that it
did not sell, he relegated 1t to the
penny box in his shop. Its subsequent
success was due to fortunate acci
dent. Two of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's
friends came across the poem, and
thought it worth reading. Rossettis
read it, and recommended 1t to Swim
burne
"Having read it." Swinburne wrote,
'Rossetti and I invested sixpence
apiece, or possibly threepence-l would
not wish to exaggerate our extrava-
gance-in copies at that not exor'
bitant price.
Next day, we thought we might get
some more for presents among friends,
but the man at the stall asked two
pence. Rosetti expostulated with him
in terms Of such humorously indignant
remonstrance as none but he could
ever command. We took few, and
left him. In a week or two. if am not
much mistaken, the remaining copies
were sold at a guinea. l have since
seer. copies offered at still more alb
surd prices. kept my pennyworth-
the tidiest of the lot-and have II
still."-Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
1saaa1'l World Wsaass.

Ih5 Grand canyon cahrdt be deetdb.
ed In measured terms. Every benoldef
sees 1t In different form. just as the
rolling clouds suggest differen. resem-
dances to the eyes Of the beholder. Be-
gin with the thought of the canyon
thirteen miles wide, mile deep, the
Colorado river 200 feet wide imprison-
ed down in the depths between lofty
walls of weather stained granite and
rushing wildly on its way. 1t Is buried
% deep that only now and then can
fou get glimpse of what looks like
little dark ribbon Of gray. Above the
black granite walls of the river you
see what you can easily imagine to be
row after row Of red brick skyscrapers
projecting from the sides OF the canyon
at acute angles and always pinnacled
by imposing towers.
The height Of those prodigious sky
scrapers and towers cannot be meas
ured by the Imagination. They seem
to rise few hundred feet. In reality
they tower thousands of feet from the
foundation walls. The -eolors are mar
veiouS.-Leslie's.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
ranbark a.a Fuel.

Perhaps the most important Of waists
fuels in the United States has been
spent tanbark A rough estimate would
Indicate that this material generated
few years ago an amount of steam
that would have otherwise required
the yearly consumption of about 2OOO.-
600 tons Of high grade coal. Yet this
valuable fuel was at one time consid-
cred a mere detriment and an expense
to the leather industry. 1t was dis
posed Of by dumping it into rivers. fill.
ing in waste ground and by making
roads with it. often necessitatiug the
paying out of large sums for its disp0'
sition. This strikingly illustrates
case of how the improvement OF fur
nace converted hitherto supposed
combustible into valuable waste fuel
Of the autocombustible class and
shows how an enormous waste was
converted into an equally great econ
omy.-Epgineering Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
Gioves.

The origin of gloves is very ancien
Some authorities assert that they wer
known In Bible times. from reference
made to shoes which were though
10 be Identical with gloves. The frs
clear account of gloves comes. how
ever. from Xenophon. This write
speaks of the Persians wearing glove
"A their hands to protect them fro'
zoe cod. Homer describes Laerte
working IN his garden with gior'
.pon his hands to protect them FRI
be thorns. and VarrU mentions Il
apparel as being worn by the Rnnai
Gloves have been tokens of solemn al
important things from the ninth {,
Jury. They were adopted as rite
the church. and later the transfertit
Of lands or titles was always attende'
with the presentation OF gloves. II
the eleventh century the method o
challenging to single combat by throw
ing down a glove was instituted, an
this custom still remains in some coun
hi0S
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
Dancing Birds.

One of the many strange Sights on
the plains of southern Africa Is a par
" of waltzing ostriches. Their auesa
antics have been described tbss:
when there are a number Of them
they will start off in the morning and
after running a few hundred yards will
stop and with raised wings will whir
rapidly round till they are stupefied or
perhaps break leg. The males pose
also before fighting and to make Their
court. They kneel On their ankles
opening their wings and balancing
themselves alternately forward and
backward or to one side or the other.
while the neck is stretched on a level
with the back and the head strikes the
sides, now on the right. now on the
left, while the feathers are hristlina
The birds appear at this time so alb
sorbed in their occupation as to forget
all that is going on around them and
can be approached and caught The
male alone utters a cry. which sounds
much like an effort to speak with the
mouth shut tight"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-01
.Konx Qmpax.v

Thomas Jefferson HQgg, the humoo
ist, once proved beyond a doubt tina.
an old fragment of classic jargon still
preserved certain magical power Il
often the savage breast.
One day, as he walked near Coven'
Harden, an Irish laborer fancied Hogs
aad pushed him, and turned upon thu
young Oxonian, who was alone, witt
lugry abuse. A number OF bystanders
quickly gathered to see what promises.
20 be row.
Hogg turned upon the Irishman. 6.
have put my hand into the hamper.
he began, with calm severity; Il have
looked Upon the sacred barley; hev,
eaten out of the drum; l have drunk
and was we'll pleased; l have sale
Xonx ompax, and 1t is finished"
Have you, sir?" said the Irishman
thoroughly mystified and appeased.
A woman in the crowd said. Now
Fat, what have you had?" Others
called out, What is it Paddy hai
had?" Hogg turned solemnly away
and left the bewildered Irishman t.
get out Of his scrape as best he coul6
Youths ComDanion.