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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

She has OFTEN visited in this cit
and has many friends here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

New Idea Sewing Circle meets
at 1880 o'clock with Miss Ardath
Thompson. -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

Mr.. and Mrs. james Moore Of Con
netsviE~, who have bean Waiting IN
this ely have returned home.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

Miss Fannie Evelyn Horrell is In
Lafayette and today attended the we'd.
ding Of Miss Ruby Becker and Mr..
Morris Parks which was solepuized
this morning at II O'Clock. The bride
aud Miss Horrsll were ci@ssmates
when students at Indiana University.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

The attraction at St. Andrews audi.
forum Thursday evening of this week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

Division -Four Ladies and Pas
tors Union Grace NJ. E. church
eStneetses4,iths1frs mora Comfy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

The Golden Rule Bible class Of the
s.v .f ~. nns & :: 40 e.cIccI At tie
home OF Mrp.rJ. W.. Hall; 'f0S North
Twentieth street, when an election OF
officers and work OF the closing year
will feature the occasion. :
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

Pocahontas card club meets
with Mr.. and Mrs. LIN. Hays.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

Mr.. and; Mra clyde Smith have re
turned from Hamilton where they Wis.
tied Miss Mary Dance. ~ - :
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

Members Of Euchre club en-
tert4iued by Mrs. Charles Krei-
, meier, South Sixth street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-19

Misses Mary and Lucille Carney
went to Terre Haute today to attend q
jubilee anniversary.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-12-12
VOTO De GRACLAS.

Secyando Benavidez Y familia, 10
Sc Zertuche familia, Antonino Con
zGlez ' familia, David Q~uintana,
Prisciliano Caballero = familia, Igna-
Go Benavidez y familia, Herculano
Santos Y famiIia. Francisco Fizcaya,
Shelby Theriot. Trinidad Vela. licen-
ciado Salvador R. Salinas, CenobiO
Garcia. Vidal Ayala. Francisco Mar
tlnez famii!a. Francisco Lugo : IA
mills. Emilio MARTINEZ ) Hermanas.
I2aac;o Z. Benavidcz ' familia, Juan
C&vazos, rami.ia Zapata, Guadalupe
MARITIME = fari.ia, Limo Garcia y IA
=..li4. Pedro Garcia y faniiiar Apollo
rio Qu~inr1na G hijo y fami-ia, ErneS-
70 u~.ye ! famil;a. Julio Euenlcs ;
fa0i..a, Ruben GoazalaZ ' famiha,
E~arlo.0mt Garcia y famii~, Mrs. {.
Y. Ncrriweather ' famjlia. Alberto
Guerra Y f&mi.ia. lIarga.jto Martinez
y tumi'ia. Luis Ma-uianda : famiiia.
Juan Juarez Y fam!lia, Pedro Treyi-
20. Domingo L@so, Tomas Torres,
L5Za-o Sanchez Z hiju. Lorenzo Pc
Z Conrado PeHa. Juan Eeia Zamo-
~. Juan Saldana. RoserGo Gonzalez.
Anastasio Gonzalez ) famiiia, Jose
SANCHEZ. Nuv.o Puentcs. Narcial "a
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-12-12

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Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
A LESSON FOR THE STEWARD

King Frederick William III of whatever he had to say was always brief and to the point, as the fol- lowing anecdote from a foreign jour- nal shows:
 The king, who was accustomed to interest himself in all the details of court management, ordered his stew ard to take special pains to see that all the carriages and wagons were amply supplied with food and drink whenever they left for jour ney of a day or so; but it some times happened that the steward failed in his duty and dispatched the drivers without any food, giving them a coin, perhaps, to buy what they wanted. That usually meant that the driver went hungry, as he did not have much opportunity to leave his horses and dine at a shop or restaurant.
 At length the king became aware of his stewards failure to carry out his orders, and awaited the next opportunity to bring the fact to his attention. He had not long to wait.
 That night the king stopped his coachman as he entered the court yard, and upon inquiry, found that the man had had nothing to eat since breakfast. He held out a dollar in his hand that the steward had given him to buy food with. Without a word the king took the dollar.
 He went into the castle and sum- moned the steward. That worthy ap- peared immediately and made pro- found bow; but as he raised himself up, he was surprised to feel coin plced against his mouth.
 Eat iti" ordered tte king.
 But, Your Majesty, T."
 Eat it" the king again roared.
 "Why, Your Majesty, I can't eat iti''
 "Oh, you can't? But you expected the coachman to! Well, in the fut- ure just remember that-that people eat food, not money. Do you under stand?"
 The steward understood; in the future the kings coachmen were am DIV supplied with provisions whenever they went upon journey.-The Youths Companion.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
FIGHTING ALONG THE AISNE

Armand Dayot, French inspector general of fine arts has article in the August Century apout the artists of country who are fighting In the trenches and about the sketches they make as op- Dortunitv serves, often using 8 brush a brch switch. speaks of two artist friends, father ana son both at front and reproduces the following letter of the to his father apout the AshliAs along the Aisne: furious attacks which took place at the Alsne- was there. It was frightful. ] still quite stunned and must beg you forgive me for not having answered your letters sooner What anguish my silence must have caused you! what have seen is impossible to describe. It was car mage in all horror. You must guess the place. it is near S--. There have been frightful engage lnents n that region. The battle Of the Marhe' murderous it did not have so many ara nlatic episodes It is impossible for me to under stand civilized beings can destroy one another so furiously. It is mad, mad, mad
 "The Germans wished to break through no matter at what cost, and to crush us by sheer numbers. But made a counter -attack' WHICH pushed them back brutaly enough.
 Imagine d hailstorm of bullets. Our 75s were moving men at four hundred metres our artillery firing into the mass Ihen the Zouaves flung themselves forward fiercey and mer- cessy. We drunk with carnage. The calm est had become insane. You know I am very calm We'll in that moment could nave torn the tnlod1 0 enemy with my teeth
 For a whole kilometer I galoped over corpses The night black and rain aas falling in tor rents. The cannonade had stopped, and Tn the midst of the darkness like immense concert or cries agony. What horror! "
 After the storm returned to my cantonnent unwounded. It unbelievable
 Except for all this, l am very we'll have an excellent appetite. I quartered with a good butchers wife who cooks me excellent food, which carry off my knapsack.
 And you my dear father, what are you doing? Where are you: How 1 would like to feel myself near you! , again. send you all my heart in a kiss vive la Francei'"
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08

that the orator is being crowded into the wings. As a general proposition, he is q passing species. If Daniel Web- ster lived today, no doubt he would be q leading citizen, but his powers of elo- ouence would be considerably less of an asset than they proved to be dur ing his illustrious career in the earlier days of the republic.
 Oratory counts for less in the law than it did in the once-upon- a time. The lawyer with the mellifluous voice who gets his name in the headlines be- cause of his connection with the de- fense of some well known criminal can boast of only a modest bank account in comparison with that of the shreWd counselor who puts in most of his time behind closed doors in his own office, peddling out advice.
 There is little use for oratory in mod ern politics. Even in political conven- tions there is nothing like the elo- quence of the old days. Where, for in stance, are the wonderful flights of oratory such as were indulged in by Ingersoll in nominating Blaine, and Conkling in nominating Grant, and Garfield in nominating Sherman?
 Nowhere, perhaps, is the decline of oratory as an art more noticeable than in congress. Where the Clays, the Websters and the Calhouns that used to make the walls of the capitol ring with their eloquence? Where even are the Douglases, the Summers and the Blaines? Both the senate and the house of the present day are notably lacking in great orators. Nor is it, as a rule, the men who can make the best speech es that are looked upon as the influen- tial men of the administration the Sioux City Journal.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
VISITING A BATTLESHlP

There is alaays d thrill of eX-
 pectancy in visiting a ship at any
 time. It is like stepping into another
 world. full of mysterious possibili-
 ties and great hidden powers; and
 won feel in getting into the steam
 pinnace which has come to fetch
 vou that you throw off all the ties
 of ordinary life and become a locker
 on at one of the big things that
 make history.
 Make history-yes-and save na-
 ton. The thrill becomes a stab when
 you think what those quiet, steady
 figures of the bluejackets stand for,
 their brave, watchful eyes always looking ahead-and the quick spin
 through the water to the ships side
 is over too soon.
 It is most impressive, the calm way in which the ship is lying there and all on board. quietly waiting, prepared in every detail to dash into action at the smallest notice You even catch sigh: of Q printed signal to the effect that-8o many-"boilers are to be kept alight; the - will proceed to sea at an hours notice" Everything seems in perfect order. The decks and fittings all so clean. You might think it was a review day. were it not for the sinister loads of ammunition neatly arranged and ready for immediate use. House keeping in the navy is reduced to sn exact science, each sailor being allowed one pound of meat and one | of bread per day, even down to the ounces of salt and sugar. They bake l on hoard nowadays | I-a welcome substitute for the old ships biscuit of tradition-though when long at sea, of course, many llof the provisions, including the milk, are necessarily timed. What they appreciate so enormously on board are fresh loads of fruit and vege- i tables. which thoughtful friends sup ply them with. There were cases | full of oranges, half unjacked, as we passed the galley on our way for ara | to get a view of the ship from the | bridge.
 When you stand on the bridge you | feel that you are right in the heart | of the ships life-the center or ac- tivity. From there radiates the force of brain which controls the whole | great organization. The engines, the guns. the signals are all connected by automatic arrangements, and all | worked from the bridge, obedlent to the word of one man. the power or l one brain. We use the word res | possibility" lightly enough at tlmes' | but I wonder if anyone can so 1uliy | realize what weight of responsibility
 can mean as the captain of shlp'- London Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
PREJUDICE AGAINST JEW
One of Race Says 1t Is Strong in
 United States

Travel in other countries has con-
 vinced me that in every section I
 visited the Jew was much more res
 pected and more frequently received
 socially than in the United States. Again I ask, why? Surely you Gen tiles take into your clubs and homes
 people who are worse in every res pect than the average Jew or Jew
 ess Admit that they at times lack
 polish. Are you not sometimes badly Veneered? Might not rubbing up against each other add to the polish
 in one and subtract from the veneer
 in the other? Admitting that there
 are desirable and undesirable Jews, are there not also desirable and un- desirable Gentiles?
 Frequently this matter has been
 discussed with me by the best men
 in our community, and by presidents and ether officers of some of these clubs. They have admitted it was a
 disgraceful state of affairs, but have claimed to be powerless to change
 the conditions, but no one has ever advanced any other reason than sheer cowardice.
 While no one has ever openly sug gester to me that financial or other l injury has resulted from the admission of our people to these clubs, there
 might have been perhaps a lurking
 suspicion to this effect, and it may have been covertly assumed.
 ] know of clubs both east and
 west where they have been admit | ted, and where. also, they are re- 1 garded as highly as any other mem bers, and where the success of the
 club socially and as an instrument of good in the community has been augmented: and I know of one club l in particular in the east where mem bership is invited (no applications are received) and where at least two of our people have thus been ad- mitted. and are as highly regarded,
 and their worth as thoroughly ap- preciated, as that of any other mem Der, and the club has lost no pres
 tige on account of their admission | American Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
THE AMBITIOUS FROG

In old Aesop's fables we read of a
 frog
 Who burst, like a bubble, in air While trying to show to his friends
 in the bog The size of an OK who'd been there; And the moral was drawn from this
 homely old tale That a man should take care what
 he tries, And plod on through life on nice,
 modest scale, Since only contentment is wise. But my heart goes out to that cocky
 young frog Whose life was so reckIessly spent, Who burst into bits in the midst of
 his bog Because on ambition intent; But though he was highly conceited.
 I know, I'm strong for his courage and gall, For it's better to burst in attempting
 to grow Than have no ambition at all!
 -Berton Bra1ey in Life.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
A Blow at Democracy

My Paw sez: Between what's called tn Up- tn Neether Millstones Guverment-- tn Legisatif an tn EXecootif Branches thereof tn Cmishuns tn Ossfers an Clerx an Attayshays an Shuvers of tn Stat don't hardly know where to Git Off whether they is goin to Sit Off Tall"
 sez which his Sally is bein Held Up While tn Odditer is makin' mp his Mind whether him an his Eondsmen tn State to pay tn Expenses of Government this here Dispoot between tn Le sisl tcher an tn Guvoin 1T cont pay n' Doctors IicKeIs 12iN side might very iIasy Starve hisself beth while tn Superyor Coart tn Spre1ne Coart is Reechn 'Conclushun whether they is any Money to pay Hire pot an De- cidin' who our Paymaster is. I'd jist eaa soon be workin' of tn Messican governments or be Public Servant in Beljum Poland jist now as to be Wun in Arizony where tn Gittin of tn Salry is Frot with much Oncertinty about it.
 "I ant got feelins in this here Contes' be- tween tn Legislacher an tn Guvner fer Soopree- macy. jist dol!er from wun of them as from tn other but can't git it from both 'em l aint gttin 1t from None of 'em
 "'Theys important thing about thishere Sitwashun'n tn LegislaCher an tn Guverner has Thot yit. In their Scufflin' about with each other they is Shakin tn Pillers an Uprootin tn very Foundashuns of Democrisy' laid down by tn Immortle Andy Jaxon which he "To tn belongs tn spes." So long as they ani no Spiles Use of Bein' Nicter: If they aint goin' Emoliients to trese here offises they ant Incentif to be a Democrat no more.
 If public Servants is goin to Work fer Nothin an Board therselfs, I'd ruther tn PergressifS an Republicans do it but agin the Principles of Dernocrisv to Muzzle tn Treddeth out tn Corn. No Democrat work fer Npthin an Hold A Card Tn IegisIacher an tn Guvner can't Brake up tn Democrat party Quickern to keep on Persooin Coarse they set out of g1ttin tn Payroll All Baled Up sos at even tn Coarts has trubble in gittin' it straltened out
 "'They's anuther thing at mebbe they alnt thot about yit that they got t Fixed so at tn Semy Monthly Payday Law is bein Nllated That was vun of tn Socaled }4aber Log which it has been Busted wide Open by tn Democrat party winch can't Appeel to Orgynized Laber no More Even ] Monthly Payday is bettern no Payday all
 LITTLE JAMES.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
WHAT CHILDREN SAY
 ABOUT WAR

The Italian professor. Limo Ferrani, has just published the results of an investigation of the attitude. of Ger man. Austrian, French, Swiss and Italian school children toward the war.
 Typical phrases used in the es- says of German children were:
 The kaiser is our father"
 The kaiser is the greatest man in the world"
 "The finest profession is that of the soldier"
 "Only vile people want peace
 Some of the Austrian school chil- dren said:
 "we want to go from the school to the barracks"
 'War makes us strong, and strength commands respect"
 Revenge and not aggression was the note sounded by the school chil- dren of France:
 "Our hatred of the Prussians has only grown as the years went by"
 We must retake Alsace and LOr- raine."
 "A good Frenchman may lose, but will never surrender"
 A French baby of years said;
 "Mother says the devil and the Germans are the same"
 The professor notes the high and serene tendencies displayed by the Swiss school children. Here are some of their replies
 Liberty will triumph by means Of science, not by arms.
 "Defense always, never attack.
 Life is sacred and has only one object-to contribute to progress.
 The 1O-year- old son of an Italian officer said
 T don't want war. but if the honor of Italy compels us to fight I hope father will go to the front. - London Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
The Guardsmen

Good luck to the soldier boys who leave this morning for camp. We need more of them we need more of the spirit which has prompted these men to attach themselves to the National Ouard and endure the hard work which make them full measured The National Guard is com ing into new It's members are no longer Icing called .tin soldiers" They are no longer scoffed at as playing for it is coming to De understood that only by playing ac war can men be fitted for war. We believe that the time will come when no abIe-bodied of military age will be regarded as a fully rounded out citizen unless he is prepared for war.
 Willingness and patriotism do not constitute preparation any than mere willingness and aspiration fit for the ordinary duties of lie. Merely willing soldiers in this day would be far better out of any situation where soldiers arc needed They would only in the of one another. The aggregated weakness and worthless ness of them in such situation would more than equal in volume and consequences the individual
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
ORATORY NO LONGER PLAYS A
 FADING PART IN AMERICA

oration is one of the calamities of mod ern patriotism. In deference to ancient custom the celebration authorities still arrange for an orator of the day and tbe nosters name him along with the baseball game and other attractions. His snnere has shrunk so seriously, however that proud orators now de- cline in many instances to accept in vitations to toy with the eagles feath- ers-Lineoln Journal.
 It is not only on the Fourth of July
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08

A correspondent of the New York Times opportuneIy to defense of the architecture of Noahs ark and compares 1t that oi the Eastland and some other modern fabrics arrangement of the latter. It has generally been conceded the relation the arks metacenter o of gravity left nothing to be desired in the interest of safety first" But whatever have been merits Of the ancient craft in this respect, it not calculated for competition in ocean races Nor did it lend itself to the spirit of modern commercial greed in overlooking. For it's human cargo and the animals of the menagerie were strictly limited to the Vessels capacity.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-08

tion know whereof they affirm that at least two important points the of the United States are in a reasonable condition of preparedness against attacks by a possible foreign foe At each terminal Panama canal sixteen-inch gun is in commission, mounted that il will hurl a projectile of the explosive type. weighing more than ton, eleven miles seaward the inn pact being sufficient distance cause pTojectile penetrate any plate made. at terminal also placed sixteen twelve inch mortars. the shells from which will eight miles skyward land the deck of a eleven distant the bird flies. This is surely q hint in matter of preparedness for defense generally.