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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-27
ur-TELEGRA11 FRIDAY,

She is descendant of the ancient house Of
Cantacuzenes, that family which once ruled the
Byzantine empire.
Prince William of WED studied at Jena under
Haeckel and specialized in literature, philosophy
and science but, true to his ancestry, was fam
Gus gymnast and was considered the strongest
man in school. Six feet in height, broad shout
dered, well formed and good horseman, he was
accepted as a typical German military noble and
was slated for some high position in the German
army. But Prince William is a nephew of
Queen Carmen Sylvia of Roumania, who is very
much of poet and dreamer He has spent
much of his life at her court and has imbibed
somewhat of her modern humanitarian senti-
ments. His wife, too, is somewhat of mystic
and between these two influences and also the lit
erary and scientific influence of his college life
the Prince relinquished his majorship and decid-
ed to accept the crown of Albania, not as an ad-
venturer, not a rapacious and ambitious noble,
but rather IAN agent of civilization" whose
mission would be to take the culture and man.
ners of Germany to the violent and simple mind
ed mountaneers of Albania.
Albania it happens, is broken asunder into
three religious faiths, the Greek Catholic the
Roman Catholic and the Mahometan churches
dividing the territory. 1t was very good for
tune, therefore that Prince William is Pro-
testant because he may thereby be able to be-
stride these bitter religious differences and to
avoid stirring up the sectarians hornets nest.
But with all his rugged courage, his persever-
ance and his humanitarian progress, his friends
are fearful of the outcome of his royal expert
ment at Durazzo, which he has selected as his
capital. With Essad Pasha Turkish emssary,
intriguing for Turkish advantage, with three de-
termined and militant faiths struggling for SUI
premacy and with wild, turbulent and vindict-
i've people to CONTROL he has been warned against
"a host of troubles in the near future. Even the
Emperor William himself has tried to persuade
the brilliant young German not to accept the
offer.
But in spite of dangers ahead and of entreat-
les behind, the Prince and the Princess of WED
undertaking the responsibility of the new king
dom.
The fate Of Albania itself is as problematical
as that of its king. It is nothing but small
bumper kingdom brought into existence solely to
serve as a tool of the contendng powers of Eur
ope. 1t will remain in existence only as long as
1t serves this purpose and it will to exist
when Turkey, Russia, Austria, Italy and Germany
have made up their little quarrel in the Balkans
because it will then have been mopped up and
absorbed by one of these nations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-27
1t Quickly Relieves Hoarseness Or
Stuffed-up Head, Strengthens the
Voice, Soothes and Heals the
infIamed Membrane of the
Nose and Throat.

Hyomei is the discovery of r. T
Booth, once an international lecturer
in the cause of temperance. After
years of speaking in England and
America he developed a serious lung
and catarrhal trouble. On the advice
OF physicians he went to Inland Aus
tralia where night and day he could
breathe the antiseptic balsams given
oft by the forests. especially the eu-
calyptus trees. Mr.. Booth completely
reeained his health. and always at
tributed his recovery to natures heal
ing balsams and antiseptics which he
had breathed. He then conceived the
idea of making a combination of GER
tain antiseptic oils that could be
breathed through an inhaler and as
near as possible create the same
health-giving air that had restored
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-27
BOARD ROUTINE

At the board meeting today the
clerk was instructed to advertise for
bids for the construction of sidewalks
on North Eighteenth street.
Because of a remonstrance the reso-
luton for walks on both sides OF
North West Fourth street from kinsey
to Chestnut was rescinded.
A resolution for walks on South
West B street from South West Sec
ond to the college campus was also re,
Scinded.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-27
One Victim of the Storm

After such a damaging winter season as that
which we are lust emerging from (at any rate
we hone we are emerging), can all understand
how manv persons have suffered how perhaps
animals have suffered and how property has
been damaged. That these have been hurt is
obvious to all, but how about the shade trees
which do 50 much to make Richmond livable
place?
A tree is as much of living creature an
animal and has it's own peculiar problems just as
has any other living organism. 1t it's own dumb
wav it must endure the buffets of misfortune
which are as real to it as mans misfortunes
to him.
The heavy snow which has fallen, the large
amount of ice which has formed and the stiff
winds which have been blowing have broken
down many branches This has exposed the wood
fibres (normally protected from the atmosphere
by the bark, one of the most fatal accidents to
a tree.
The air is full of microscopic fungus seeds
SO long as the bark remains intact, these cannot
take root because the bark contains a substance
which is poisonous to them but when the bark
has been torn away and the cells of the wood fl
bres laid bare, these seeds take root and grow,
reaching down from layer to layer until finally in
the course of time will have followed out the
trunk and even the roots to their very tips.
The one essential thing is to keep this wood
fibre protected from the air. After a branch
has split away, it may sometimes be bound back
in place. If it has broken off entirely, the aper
ture may be filled with cement. If it must be
cut off, the exposed stub may be painted In
manner save his tree even after the
storm has done its worst with it.
To know how to deal with trees, must
know something, as it were, of its physiology,
Something of the soils in which thew grow and
how these soils affect them, of their environment
and what trees are fitted for what environments,
of the surgery and other medical care needed to
keep the trees in good condition, of tree habits,
tree likes and diskes and of tree values. To
come to know all these things requires some spec
ial training and no layman can hope to pick them
up in little while.
The chances are ten to one that the wood
chopper who presented himself to you last fall,
looking for job of trimming your trees, didn't
know the difference between living tree and a
stick of wood He had the notion that tree could
be shaped up just as gate-post can and when he
set about butchering your fine big naples, killed
them through his ignorance
1t has been ascertained that your tree is
worth to you, a matter of property value alone
at least $780, That is an item of Importance But
think of what it's shade means to you, how it
adds to the beauty and livableness of your home
place and how it helps make your neighborhood
attractive. Therefore why let some butcherng
ignoramus hack at it and ruin it?
There is only way in which the tree may
be protected against the devastating storm or the
equally devastating tree butcher and that is by
applying to the tree that special knowledge which
alone is competent to deal with any living Great
ure.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-27
A WINTER COUGH

A stubborn. annoying, depressing
cough hangs on, racks the body, weak
ems the lungs, and often leads to ser
ious results. The first dose of Dr.
Kings New Discovery gives relief.
Henry ID. Sanders, of Cavendish, VT,
was threatened with consumption aft
er having pneumonia. He writes: DR..
Kings New Discovery ought to be in
every family; it is certainly the best
of all medicines for coughs, colds or
lung trouble" Good for children S
coughs Money back il not satisfied.
Price soc and s1.0O. Recommended by
A. G. Luken & Co.
(Adyertfs.rerfl
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-27
FACTS AND FANCIES

Twill recover doctor?" inquired the pedestrian who
had been
"Surest thing you know replied the ambulance surg
con. "The fellow who the auto is millionaire" -
Judge.
There is man in New York who makes good living
ty buying from dentists particles
platinum and gold they contain.
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outer air we scattered hurriedly into diff
ferent directions, for We knew that the
four pupils who had not been let in on
the joke would quickly sound a warning
and we would be apprehended. But alas,
there was an aftermath.
''All the parents of the erring ones re-
ceived notes from the principal informing
them of our unruly conduct. However,
as almost every member of the class had
committed the same offense our parents
did not punish US severely
The members Of an exclusive little lit
erary circle to which Senator John F.
Shafroth belonged will never forget the
joke he played on them in 1875, when he
attended the University of Michigan.
The members of this society were keen
about high brow" stuff in the line of
literature. They scorned everything that
was not heavy Fiction was tabooed.
They were inteIlectuals-every one Of
them-and they censured with avidity
velop and improve the mind. Shakespeare
was their particular shining light, and
they delivered long essays at a number
Of meetings. declaring that the fine
English" beautiful phrasing' and
Original expression" found in Shakes
peare's works could never be excelled.
At every weekly meeting one of tho
members of this literary society was to
read gem of his own composition. He
was given two weeks IN which to pre-
pare it, and the chosen one always labor
ed long and earnestly to produce a fine
article for the critical audience before
which he was obliged to read it.
''Of course, we always succeeded In
producing something pretty fine" said
Senator Shafroth 1.-THE moment the
struggling young would-be author open
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mittee rooms when the congressman,
who had been fortifying himself,
wandered in for his overcoat.
Here" Numbered the congressman
to the attache, take this coat and
brush it and hold it for me-"
Paralyzed into a state Of coma. the
attache dumbly and automatically
obeyed, and then departed from that
place with frigid dignity.
What's the matter with him?' asked
the congressman.
That man. said the other, as he
prepared to hurry after the attache.
lis a baron in his own country"
-uh That's all right" said the
member of Congress. with the dignity
of three kings and pair of queens,
five bartenders have told me today
that I'm a prince"'
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what is now the state OF ohioh
Senator OWENS Indian name Is ocohos-
tota. At one period In her life Mrs. owen
lived in Lynchburg, and while there hlred
a coIored man as her gardener. lie mac
once been a man of little principle, but
had become converted. and now mace
great profession OF piety.
When he came to the Owen home TO
see about getting the position Mrs owen
thought she would test his sincerity, SO
she questioned him regarding his honesty
James," she said, Il am told you are
a protesting Christian now. "Yas, vas.
IN am, is" replied James with a sweep
.Wen, I want you to give me your
opinion Of apple stealing" continued Mrs
Owen.
well. man." grinned James. its Jest
this way I lows it amt right ter steal
no apples. But whin i is down at de
depo' handling dem barrels of apples l
orders my right hand to keep out, and
finds my left will keep slipping around
iii il gifts one-so l don't let my right
hand know what my left hand dor
And he broke into a delighted chuckle
Mt having solved the problem to his entire
satisfaction.
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of seed and other bird food. SO that the
feathered tribe might enjoy the festival
with the human kind.
On the place is a small cabin, surround
ed by the usual patch for garden sass,
and in this humble abode are an old man
and his wife. Simple and poor though 1t
be, it has been their home for years, the
same family having lived there since the
time when Kern's father owned the
farm.
This year the senator took a long walk
around the farm and stopped to speak to
the old man, who stood leaning on his
rickety gate and looking at the dull, au-
tumn sky. When the man saw the sena-
tor he opened fire with the exclamation
Il suppose you alrs coming down here
to take my little place, but you can't do
it. Your own father, old man Kern, gave
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Jones of the above-named state. played
on him.
Several days before the eventful April
1 the first wax model ever used in North
Yakima, then a new and fourishing town,
was set up in prominent place in front
Of the towns department store, there to
be gazed at in wonder and pride by the
natives said Senator Jones.
THE model was CARRIED in the latest
fashion and was about the most fetch
ing-looking artificial female imaginable.
At that time 1 was a law student and
had a friend student also, who was
painfully courteous to the opposite sex.
He considered breach Of etiquette, no
matter how trifing it might be, almost
a criminal offense.
aided and abetted by another class
mate, I decided to teach him a lesson
which might dull slightly his highly polish
ed manners. We knew he had just arrived
in town the morning of April l, after a
short visit to a neighboring village. and
was therefore unaware of the presence
of the wax figure which graced the walk
in front of the dry goods store. -.
Just about dusk We invited him to
accompany US on walk down the main
street and engaged him in earnest con-
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TO THIS DAY.

had planned on another. and so, unsus"
pectingly he accepted the proffered CT
gar. lit it and-jumped about two feet
when the thing went off with a loud re-
port, I shall never forget the expression
Of his fface when he losa.ed at me. 1t
was a mixture of reproach. anger. ad-
miration and amazement
Back on the farm in Elizabeth, ILL.,, in
the halcyon days of my youth, my broth
er Billie, a great pal of mine. and l
used to plan for weeks before April l.
mapping out various varieties Of Jokes
to play on our friends and enemies. One
of our favorite stunts was to fill pack
age with bricks. paper. gravel or stones,
tie 1t up neatly, and place it just where
the road curved into the city.
Then we would hide behind a nearby
fence and eagerly await the approach Of
a farm wagon. This joke never failed.
The poor farmer would always climb
down off his high seat and pick up the
parcel, untying it there in the roadway.
much to our delight, or he would care
fully tuck in away in one corner Of the
seat and drive away with it,
There is one prominent lawyer out in
North Yakima, Wash. who never will
forget the joke that Senator Wesley L.
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himself ever to fall victim to one. That
April Fools day he suggested we play a
joke on a mutual friend, who was an in
veterate smoker, by means Of loaded
cigar. 1 wasn't exactly eager to enter
into the affair, but he seemed SO ex-
tremely anxious to carry the thing
through that I finally consented to help
him.
I'VE bought a loaded cigar, filed my
pocket with half dozen of the good.
harmless variety and placed the COM
bustible one in their midst Then We
started out to round up our victim.
while we were making a tour of his
favorite haunts- 1 was seized with bril-
liant idea. Following up the impulse be-
fore I should get cold feet and lose my
courage, took one of the good cigars out
of my pocket. lit it and. as I puffed the
fragrant smoke in my joker-friend's di-
rection, I carelessly offered him one. too.
OF course, the thought never entered his
mind that l would turn the tables on
him.
HE was too occupied with the joke he
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. Method of international Communication

The same operation was repeated until
ceived
Thus the second portion of the book
was designed to contain the general vo-
caoulary for which they used three-letter
combinations. There are about 1900 com
bInations in this section, which means
1000 bits of intelligence that can be
transmitted. If. for instance, a ship is
disabled by broken propeller the oper-
ator sends out the combination &c l. Y"
which. translated, reads: II have lost
all propeller blades" After that an
he may desire. and upon receiving notice
that 1t is coming he can signify his
gratitude by using the combination
* Q r, which means THANK you''
They have still other details which en-
ter into the mariners needs. In the
third section the four-letter combinations
stand for locations such latitude and
longitude or geographical names. Wash
ington, D. c., for instance would be de-
noted by the four letters, A z C II, so
that if a vessel wishes to announce that
it was bound for the capital il had
merely to send ont those four letters.
The co-e derived its name because It
was designed to be international in every
sense of the word. a feature which makes
it perhaps the most unique publication
ever published. In order to make il still
more perfect each country prints its own
edition. But the signal combinations re-
main the same because they are printed
in Roman characters. The TRANSACTIONS
may be IN English, French, German
Italian, or in the language of any nation
which publishes it. By an ingenious sys-
tenn of arrangement both signal comhina-
tons and translauons are arranged in
alphabetical order. SO that to find any
sentence as
particular word in a dictionary
International is thus the proper word
by which to designate this code. In the
days of the old clipper ships when the
flags of many nations were seen many
times together in the larger ports of the
world. Yankee skipper who could speak
only his native tongue once met a Nor
wegian captain who was likewise hsndi-
capped for foreign service and they
proved the international conversational
powers of this code beyond doubt They
had become friends through meeting at
the same tavern, but they could not con-
verse. One evening the Yankee wrote the
combination "P r b. on slip of paper
and handed 1t to the Norwegian.
When the latter returned to his vessel
he consulted his code book and found
that the Yankee had told him: II wish
to communicate by means of the inter-
national CODE The rest was easy The
following evening and for many evenings
after that both shippers brought their
code books to the tavern and by select
ing the combinations in their books were
able to express themselves almost as
easily as talking to each other.
1t is this CODE therefore, which answers
the questions so often asked since radio
telegraphy came into universal use The
operator simply opens his code book and
shows the questioner the long list of
combinations that enables him to talk so
freely with an operator Of any maritime
nation of the world.
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N1UNDEKdHE5]BF6i WHIT RQMEk

me deed to i'll have it in my clock"
Now. the senator had no idea in the
world Of disturbing the aged mountain
eer, but thought for fun to try him a bit
WELL" said Kern, "if that is SO, 1
will go in and look over it."
At this the man broke down and ad-
m1tted that he had no deed at ALL
We'll" laughed the senator, that is
all right I had no idea of troubling YOU
at all-you and your wife are free to live
here as long as you live without paying
q penny of rent
And Kern struck out to continue his
walk down the mountain path.
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can say of the sound of the waters
''in dreams it is still with me-"
His colleague. Representative G. w.
Edmonds, met Moore the other day
and Immediately began joshing him
about his hobby.
DO you know, Moore" he asked,
why it is that you remind me of an
inhabitant of the planet Mars?"
Mr.. Moore avowed his inability to
see any relation between himself and
the aforesaid astronomical body.
Well" replied Edmonds, the rea-
son is. Hampy. because you are so full
Of canals!'
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One Better.


r e pr e sentative
Roberts OF Nevada
tells a story which
may or may not
be true about a
certain congress-
man and a certain
colored man, who
happened to be an
attache to a lega-
ton in Washington
representing a col
ored nation. The
colored a t I a C h g
was being shown
through the COM
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Poor Joe!

MFRS. JOHN AsTOR. who is a strong
AVA supporter of the suffrage cause, re-
Gently gave an address to a fashionable
audience in Newport on the suffrage
question.
At the end of her address. Mrs. Astor.
smiling prettily, said:
But I must stop talking, or YOU will
be reminded of the poor man who died.
Some one asked what poor Joe's last
words were, and a friend replied:
He had no last words. His wife was
with him to the end.
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"The Man From Mars"

r e pr sentative
"Hampy" Moore of
Pennsylvania has
b g C o m 9 X n own
t h r o u G bout the
country as the IA
Their Of the water
ways. Rivers and
harbors, canals and
dredging matters
are as constantly
conspicuous in his
con " e r sation as
hash on a boarding
house table. Like
Paul Dombey, he
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Better Than a Deed.
S e n a or John

S e n a t or John
W. Kern has a.
home in Indianap-
oils and another
down in the noun
tain c o u n try in
8 o u t h We st Vir-
ginia, comprising
about 800 acres.
At Christmas 1t
was the scene of a
pretty little scheme
which its owner
carried out. In
every tree were
hung tiny baskets
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Right Hand Innocent.

Senator r o b ert
L Owen Of Okla
hona Is part In
dian. His mother,
Mrs. n a &c Il 8 8 a
Owen. was a grand
daughter of an
Indian chief of the
Cherokees, W h ] CHI
tribe once inhab-
issd part of South
Carolina and Geor-
GA Many years
a 6 o I h e y w e r g
moved by govern
ment orders to
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in on IT. We omitted handing the petit
ton to about four pupils, for we knew
them to be 'squealers,' and We had no in
tention Of being found out
'1 was the one selected to be the de-
coy and the others were my confed-
crates. I was given the honor Job be-
cause I was the one who had conceived
the ingenious joke. The big day arrived
and at an appointed hour I left the
schoolroom, ostensibly to get a drink Of
water. When returned 1 walked quietly
up to teacher and politely informed her
that the principal wished to see her a
moment
"T will be gone only a few moments.
and request that all Of you act like little
ladies and gentlemen until I return she
said. Will you promise?'
Eyes, ma'am,' we chorused. heartily
and earnestly.
Teacher left the room and as soon as
the sound OF her footsteps died away
along the corridor we arose quietly, form
ed line and marched quietly out of the
classroom, got our wraps from the cloak
room and filed out of the building and
into the open without being discovered.
We met a teacher or two on our way out.
and several pupils, too, gaZed envfously
at US on our outward march. But we
were allowed to go on our way unmo-
Tested, for the teachers and pupils EVIL
IDENTIFY thought we had been excused for
the day and with the consent Of our
teacher.
"Of course. the moment we reached the
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As originally intended. the code was to
be operated by the nags of various de-
signs representing the different letters.
Thus If one ship wished to speak to
another ship the officer on the bridge
had only to open his code book. call out
the flags to be hoisted and send any
message he cared to. The flags when
raised were read from the top down
ward, and the receiving officer had mere
" to consult the similar combination in
his code book and read the translation.