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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
BY OBSERVER.

When one rides over road that
by it's unequal qualities even though
it sustains a uniform traffic and pass
es through the same type of country.
When he notes the methods of con-
struction of roads he finds them to
vary radically in the same county at
the same time When he studies the
county's system of maintenance, he
discovers the same anarchy of method.
When he looks up the tax record, he
finds the people paying much more
for their highways than they should.
What are the causes of this unbuSl-
ness-like condition? They are few and
simple but serious.
First Roads are in politics. Why the
SUPPLEMENTARY of roads should be
left at the mercy of political fortune
Tor mlsfOrtune) not even the pOlltl-
clans are anywhere able to explain.
Second. Road officials, with very
few exceptions, are not chosen be-
cause of fitness and are not compelled.
to undergo civil service examination.
Why it is not necessary to learn of Il
mans real fitness to build highway
as to carry the mail, the politicians
again cannot explain.
Third. Too much control by laymen.
When a private corporation erects a
building, it does not think of permit
ting a barber to do the work. But
when that public corporation called
the county sets out to build road
(requiring, in it's own way, as much
technical knowledge and professional
skill as putting up a building), it often
leaves the undertaking in charge of
unframed men who know as little
about the business as our friend, the
barber, knows about architecture.
Fourth Lack of uniformity. How
can county expect to have a good
roads system when some of the roads
are in charge of the township trus-
tees and others are under the county
commissioners. 1t Wayne County at
present AGO of the 700 miles of road
are distributed under the control of
the various townships.
County Road Superintendent Jones
is making an effort to have all roads
controlled by the county. This will
give uniform control with conse-
quent simplification of system and
lowering cost. 1t would mean uniform
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
Additional
Social News

Miss Mary Ann kaufman left last ev-
ening for her home in Chicago after
a pleasant vacation spent with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. kaufman,
at their home in West Richmond. Miss
Kaufman will continue her vocal
studies. She has a number of splendid
engagements for the coming year. She
will continue to sing at a church in
Chicago during the summer.
Mr.. J. f. Cornell, who has been the
guest of relatives in Richmond, went
to indianapolis this morning to spend
the day before returning to his home
in Lafayette. Mrs. Council and daugh-
ters, Misses Marie and Irma, will come
to Richmond in few weeks to spend
some time with relatives and friends.
The announcement of the engage
ment of Mr.. George Hawk of Muncie,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Hawk, to
Miss Mildred Marsh, eldest daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Marsh also Of
Muncie, has been made. Miss Marsh
is an attractive young woman, and
will no doubt be one Of the most popu-
lar brides-elect of the season. The
wedding will be solemnized Wednes-
day, August 5. at the beautiful home
of the brides parents. The announce
ment was made at a handsomely ap-
pointed tea given Thursday afternoon
by Mrs. Thomas Ryan and Miss Miriam
Ryan at the Ryan home.
The announcement is received with
interest here, as Mr.. Hawk has a host
of friends in this city. He attended
Earlham college, and during his So
journ here was actively identified with
the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity Mr..
Hawk is politically prominent in Mum
Gle. He is managing editor of the
Muncie Star Miss Marsh is a member
of the Psi Iota XII sorority, and is a
harpist and artist of ability She at
tended Indiana University, and while
there became member of the the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She fin
ished her education in Simmons col
lege in Boston, and is accomplished
in every line of art Their many
friends extend congratulations and
wish them happiness.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.

ROHE-The infant daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Robe, a half mile
south of Centerville, died Friday af
ternoon at the home of it's parents
The child was seven days old at the
time of it's death. The funeral services
were held at the st. Andrews church
this afternoon at o'clock.
BATTER-Anna Katherine Batter
SO, died at her home three and hall
miles west of the city, Friday evening
at 1880 o'clock. Mrs. Batter was the
wife of the late Phillip Batter and
since his death has made her home
with her brother, Casper Robe, where
she died.
The deceased was born in Wayne
county in 1864 She had lived in this
county all her life. She is survived
by one brother, Casper Robe, two sis
tiers, Mrs. Sarah Banner and Mrs. Will
liam Puthoff. The funeral services will
take place at the St. Andrews church
Tue~day morning at 9 o'clock. Rev. F.
Roell will officiate. Friends may cal
at any time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
Principle Of Jellying;
Filings For Sandwiches

The following has been prepared for
the Palladium by Mrs. A. D. Cobb, who
has organized a number of domestic
science clubs in Wayne county. She Is
q graduate of the household economics
department of Purdue university, and
an authority on the topics she dis
cusses.
Jelly, jelly, sticky stuff,
No boy knows when he's had enough"
Taking into consideration that only
the juice of fruits is used in jelly
making, and considering the amount
of sugar and labor expended, the ac-
tual food value of the product is not
high. However, there is no house
wife who is not proud of her we'll
stocked shelves, or does not take de-
light in serving this most beautiful
of table dainties. She justly prides her
self on clear, transparent, firm jelly,
and looks with disfavor on the tough,
sticky, runny efforts of her less sue
cessful neighbor. 1t Is not an unusual
experience to any housewife to occa-
sionally meet with a batch that de-
| fies all her efforts and simply will not
"jell," or cooks down to a leathery
mass. She is utterly unable to cope
with the situation unless she under
| stands the why and wherefore of the
| principles that underlie the jellying
| process.
Cause Of JeiIying.
The jellying of fruit juices is due to
J the presence of substance called
| pectin that has the properties of gela-
tine. 1t occurs in most, but not all, OF
the fruit juices. This pectin, however
will not act alone but demands the
cooperation of acid. The sweet juices
will not jelly alone neither will those
very acid juices lacking in pectin. The
sour cherry is about the only common
example of the acid, pectin-lacking
fruit The most common fruits contain
ing good proportions of both pectin
and acid are the raspberry, blackber
ry, plum, currant, huckleberry, sour
apple, crab-apple and partly ripened
grape. Sweet apples, peaches and
pears. contain enough pectin but lack
sufficient acid.
Tests for pectin can easily be made
by the housekeeper, by mixing little
of the juice with an equal amount OF
| will separate itself into a gelatinous
mass that can be lifted out with a
spoon.
The remedy then, for juices found
lacking in pectin is to provide it from
some other source, otherwise we
should be denied some of our most
delicious jellies. To the juices OF
sweet apples, pears and peaches, may
be added an acid juice; that of the
sour apple is perhaps the best, and
most easily obtained. Experience alone
must teach the proportions to com
bine, but it is well to start with equa
amounts of each and change in the
future if this is not satisfactory Pee
tin may also be added by using tar
taric acid, citric acid or any of the
pure juice acids. The white inner Skin
of the lemon and orange contain 8
large amount of pectin, and may be
used with the juices that have not the
jellying power of themselves.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
DRUIDS ENTERTAIN
STATE OFFICERS

Richmond Grove of Druids will en-
terrain the state officers tomorrow
In addition large number of mem.
bers from Indianapolis, Lafayette, Lin.
ton, Anderson and other Indiana cit
les will be present In the afternoon
the state officers will hold a business
session, outlining the work to be done
this year, and discussing other mat
tiers of Importance. In the evening at
1880 the local team will exemplify the
second degree on a class of candi.
dates. The hall has been made com.
Portable by the installation of electric
fans, and a large crowd is expected
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
HONOR S. {. SWAYNE
Editors of Farm Journal
Mention Local Man.

A recent issue of the implement
and Vehicle Record" published in San
Francisco contains a cabinet size cut
of s. E. Swayne, president of Robin
son and company of this city. Under
Mr.. Swayne's picture is the following
"To study to learn
ITO apply your knowledge
For the cause that needs assistance
For the wrongs that need resistance
For the future in the distance
For the good that you can do"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
COUNTY CONTROL OF ROADS

construction throughout according to
comprehensive plans and not accord.
would insure better and cheaper main
tenance.
All this is in keeping with the pro-
gress being made everywhere toward
Capitalization of authority and simpli-
fication of methods-in other words,
efficiency For this reason, we hope
Mr.. Jones' excellent plan can be sue.
cessfully carried out.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
SELLS POOR MEAT;
JURY FINES PACKER

INDIANAPOLIS. July 11.-Charles
J. Gardner, meat packer, charged
with selling unwholesome meat. was
fined $500 and costs in a sealed yer
dict returned by jury last night and
opened in court this morning. Attor
neys for Gardner informed the court
that they likely would appeal from
the verdict.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
COMMISSION FIXES
BLAME ON STORSTAU

QUEBEC. July 1.-The commits.
sion of inquiry that Investigated the
sinking of the Empress Of Ireland Id
the st. Lawrence river on May g,
with q loss of more than 1000 lives.
announced its decision today. holding
that the collier Storstad, which ram.
med the Empress, was responsible fo1
the disaster
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
FALLS WHILE ASLEEP:
BREAKS LEFT ARM

While walking in his sleep last night
w. Fl. Hoefer Al, living at SOC North
Twentieth street, fell down flight
Of stairs and broke his left arm. He
also suffered bruises but it is not be-
lieved that any will prove serious. He
Is in the habit of walking in his sleep,
according to members of his family,
and several times before has narrowly
Escaped serious injury as the result.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
TRIO TO PERFORM

Visitors at Glen Miller park tomor-
row evening will be entertained with
selections by the Dixie Saxophone
Trio, which will perform at the pavil-
ion from 1880 o'clock until $50
o'clock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
HEART TROUBLE KILLS
BIG FOUR OFFICIAL

HOT SPRINGS. Va. July 11.-Mel-
vile e. ingalls,, of Cincinnati. chair.
man Of the board of directors of the
Big Four railroad, died suddenly Of
heart trouble here early today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
SIX PERSONS DIE
IN POLITICAL RIOT

MADRID, July 11-Six persons were
killed in political riot at Dabaza to-
day and the house of the mayor was
attacked. The executive was not in
iured,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
ETREMES MEET.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, July 11-Ezra
Henline, 81, wealthy farmer, and
MISS Ina Darr, %, eloped to Joliet and
were married.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11

Duke. said to be largest horse in
the world weighing more than three
thousand pounds, is owned and exhi-
bited by Charles Miner of Brattleboro,
Vt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION.

That there Is such an organization
in Indiana as statewide Home Eco
nomics Association, speaks well for
the future of the work, and to have
the movement headed by woman
from Wayne County, should make 1t
of greater interest to the women of
this vicinity. This organization is still
in its infancy, but already under the
competent leadership of Mrs. Virginia
C. Meredith, of Cambridge City, has
made itself felt throughout the state.
At the annual convention of the as
ISOLATION, held in January at Purdue
University, the president appointed a
special committee to promote move
ment to "Modernize The Home" The
committee is as follows: Mrs. Oliver
Kline, of Huntington, Miss Robert Nc
Neill, of Lafayette, Prof. G. l. Chris
tie, of Purdue, Mrs. Flora Meeks, of
Parker, Mrs. Lewis Taylor, of New
burgh, Mrs c. N. Lindley, Of Salem,
and Prof Mary L. Mathews of Purdue.
To modernize the home in thought
as we'll as in equipment, is field for
the best effort of the membership.
The officers of this organization are
glad to receive new members, and
cordially invite correspondence and
suggestions in regard to the work. The
secretary of the committee, Miss Nc
Neill, is in the Extension Department
| of Purdue University, and is in posi-
ton to be very helpful.
PICNIC SANDWICH.
Filings that give zest to picnicker's
! appetite.
! Egg Filling.
( n1~v
ped
An equal amount of chopped or
ground boiled ham.
| Salad dressing.
| Mix we'll before spreading
| Cucumber Filling.
| Chop or grind cucumbers and on
J ions in proportion to suit taste. Mix
we'll with salad dressing.
! Raisin Filling.
One cup chopped raisins.
One half cup water.
One half cup sugar.
!! One teaspoonful flour.
| Juice and grated rind of lemon.
Cook in double boiler till thick.
chees Filling.
Cottage cheese mixed with ground
nuts.
| Tomato Filling.
Thinly sliced tomatoes.
| Pimento cheese.
Salad dressing,
! Mix we'll and spread on thin slices
of bread
| Fig Filling.
Remove stems from figs and finally
chop them.
Add small amount of water and
cook until pasty.
Add few drops of lemon juice and
| oho
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11

Fig Filling.
Remove stems from figs and finally
chop them.
cook until pasty
Add few drops of lemon juice and
chopped peanuts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11

Tomato Filling.
Thinly sliced tomatoes.
Pimento cheese.
Salad dressing,
Mix we'll and spread on thin slices
of bread.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11

Cucumber Filling.
Chop or grind cucumbers and on
ions in proportion to suit taste. Mix
we'll with salad dressing.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
ON HER ANNUAL RAMPAGE
One Day Of the Whole Year Whom
Hard Worker of the Family
Stops Work.

A meek little woman lives near At
Gibson. She does her duty by her
family 364 days out of the year, but
on the other day she goes on the ram
page. Instead of getting up at 5 80
in the morning, hurrying into her
clothes, getting breakfast, doing the
dishes, cleaning up the house, feed
ing the chickens, skimming the
cream. putting away the milk, get
ting supper, doing the dishes, put
ting away the milk, sewing and 60
ing to bed she goes on a strike and
begins by staying in bed until some
one in the family gets breakfast on
the table, says the Atchison Globe.
Then, dressed and ready to go down.
town, she appears and says, evidently
10 her man folks: 81 would like a
horse and buggy today
The man folks do not saw a word !;
they know mamma" is going on the
rampage. They hitch up the family
driving horse to the shiniest buggy
on the place, and mamma walks
out of the house, in a dignifed way
climbs into the buggy, and, sitting as
straight as an arrow, says, ''Get up,
Princew to tie horse and drives off.
That's the last the family sees of
her until after dark, when she comes
driving back, steps down from the
buggy and goes into the house and
visits with the family until bedtime.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

Of reasonable longevity, free from
hereditary disease. He should not
marry a woman advanced in life, del
icate, feeble or afflicted with any in
herited deformity. The age most
proper for women in this climate is
nineteen or twenty years and for
men twenty-four or twenty-five years.
Women of nervous temperament,
those who are extremely irritable,
hysterical, subject to conyulsions, or
to epilepsy from organic disease,
ought to avoid matrimony.
'In this country marriages before
the ages of twenty-five and nineteen
respectively are contraindicated, be-
cause, as a rule, previous to these pc
riods of life, the body is not fully
developed, the different functions are
not perfect, and any offspring devel-
oped by them in their immature con-
dition must be deficient in vital
power"
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
WHAT SHALL BE DONE TO
INSURE A HAPPY NEW
YEAR?

ne best resolve to make at this
season iS 10 resolve to make 9th arS
happH Fills not only brings iiappin 81
to others. but to ourselves 1t does
not spring from the selfish desire 70
please ourselves by pleasing Others
hut from that proper self love whit
prompts us tn 90 for others what We
would have them do for us In giving
pleasure W. receive pleasure. and thus
the New Year is made brighter AMI
happier for all.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
As We Approach a Year.

We approach new and untried
year. AS we cross its threshold TO
meet new aud enlarged opportunities
let it be with steadfast purpose to
increase our fund of knowledge. our
strength of character. our usefulness
and helpfuDess as never before. realiz-
ing that, at best, 1.-The time is short" +"
sidering so take possession of us. the
purposes born of them so govern that
our lives will be sweeter. happier,
more practically and truly successful
during such time as remains to us
here and better fitted for the dawn
Of that new time which shall be reck-
oned not by years and have no end.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

his cups. Only
the Vigils We're requested to come with
their lanterns to light the gentlefolk
home at night.
All the Days came. Covers were pro-
vided for 365 guests at the principal
table, with an occasional knife and
fork at the sideboard for the Twenty.
ninth of February.
Cards of invitation had been issued
The carriers were the Hours, twelve
little merry. whirligig foot pages that
went all round and found out the per-
sons invited, with the exception of
Easter Day. Shrove Tuesday and a
few such movables. who had lately
shifted their quarters
Well they are all met at last, foul
Days. fine Days. all sorts of Days. and
rare din they made of it. There was
nothing but Hail. fellow Day, well
met" Only Lady Day seemed a little
scornful. Yet some said Twelfth Day
cut her out. tor she came all royal and
glittering and Epiphenous. The rest
came in green. some in white. but old
Lent and his family were not yet out
OF mourning Rainy DAYS came in drip.
ping and Sunshiny Days laughing We'd
ding Day was there in marriage finery
Pay Day came late. and Doomsday sent
word he might be expected
April Fool took upon himself to mar
shal the guests and May Day. with
that sweetness peculiar to her, propos-
ed the health OF the host This being
done. the lordly New Year, from the
upper end of the table. returned
thanks. Ash Wednesday. being now
called upon for song. struck up
carol which Christmas Day had taught
him. Shrovetide. Lord Mayors Day
and April Fool next joined in a glee.
in which all the Days chimed In.
All this while Valentines Day kept
counting pretty May, who sat next to
him. slipping amorous billets doux I'M
der the table till the Dog Days began
to be jealous and to bark and rage ex
eeedingy,
At last the Days called for their
cloaks and greatcoats and took their
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

Some said the ap-
pearance of such
lean. S t a rv e d
guests. with their
mortified faces.
would pervert the
ends of the meet
ing. But the OBJ
lection was over.
ruled by Christ.
mas Day. who
had a design up
On Ash Wednes-
day (as yon shall
b e ar, a n d a
mighty desire to
see now the Old
Dominic would
behave himself in
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

tfot tdfIt,' ~,
vAtENr,xr Eve of st Chris
WENT J.oGETaFR tOpber seeing
Ash Wednesday
in condifi.n little better than be
should t,e. cen WHIPPED him over his
shoulders pickabacE fashion, and he
went floating home singing
On the nats hack do | fly,
and number of old snatches besides
Longest Day set off westward In beau
tIful crimson and gold: the rest, some
IN one fashion some in another. Rui
Valentine aud pretty May took their
departure together In one of the pret
tiest silvery rwilights Lovers Day
rouid wish to set in.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

lea We. Shortest
Day went off in
a deep black fog
that wrapped the
little gentleman
all round. Two
VigilS-so watch
men are called In
ii e a v e n - saw
Christmas d a y
s a t e. y me;
they had been
used to the busi-
ness before. An
other Vigil-a
stout, sturdy pa
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
THE EUGENIC CHILD.

Modern Child-No, Ethel. there
isn't any Santa Claus he's just your
own father and mother.
Ethel-An' amt they no Satan,
neither?
Modern Child Cup in her eugen-
ics)-No; he's just your father and
mother.-Puck.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
DIDN'T STOP AT THAT.

"Have you ever tried any smoke
abating devices in your town ?" asked
the New Yorker.
ooh, yes" replied the Pittsburgh
man. 'The cigar stores did once
stop giving out coupons"
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
BEST AGE FOR MATRIM0NY
Gives Advice on Subject of Ex-
treme Importance.

DR.. Samuel Dixon, health commits
sioner of Pennsylvania, in an official
bulletin, gives the following advice
to those about to marry:
"First, a man should not marry
unless into a family with a history
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
HOPEFUL.

"Dobbs is an optimistic fellow. E"
eyes. Every time he lights che
root the expression on his face indi-
Gates that he thinks he's going to
enjoy it,"
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
OF COURSE NOT.

"I've seen him stand for hours be-
fore d Whistler"
''Pshaw! A whole brass band
couldn't detain me that long"
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
A FOOD TRAGEDY.

Il see where there will be some
trouble in getting sauerkraut from
Germany"
"Ah, me! That is the wurst
yetr'
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
QUITE so.

Wouldn't it be coincidence
SsWhat would be coincidence?"
'SIf big battle in Brussels were
on the carpet"
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
COLOR SCHEME.

"How do you think these blue laws
color our lives? ?"
"I think they're blacker than
they're painted"
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
DEFiN ED.

"Pa, what's an inebriate ?"
"An inebriate, my boy, is a man
who is willing to miss a meal to feel
a drink more"
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
DIFFERENT LINES.

'1s it legitimate to sell green
goods?"
''That depends" said the slangy
individual, con whether you refer to
cabbages or c..==h "
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
s''.ss & s,; - s
Rejoicings Upon
the New Years
Coming of Age
"HE Old Year being dead and the
By CHARLES LAMB

|" HE Old Year being dead and the
New Year coming of age, which
FL he does by calendar law as
soon as the breath is out OF
the old gentleman's body, nothing
would serve the young spark but lie
must give dinner upon the occasion,
to which all the Days in the year were
invited. The Festivals. whom he de-
puted as his stewards, were nightly
taken with the notion. They had been
engaged time out of mind. they said.
in providing mirth and good cheer for
mortals below. and it was time they
should have taste OF their own
bounty.
1t was stiffly debated among them
whether the Facts should be admitted
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
THE REASON.

care you much affected by the
high price of meat, Mrs. Smith" ?"
ooh, no; all in our family, luckily,
are valetudinarians."