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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03

Q--Is "The Red Arrow" a true
story? A.-The story is based on
facts, but the characters are not
he real names of Indiana.
Q.-Why can some people memo
rize better than others? A.-Some
ire naturally gifted, but most per
sons apply themselves to the task
II mastering a lesson and succeed
because of this application.
Q.-Will you decide whether @.
D. stands for French army trade
mark or slang expression? A
Neither is correct. 1t is Latin
expression meaning that PROPOSE
ion has been proved.
(Which team is leading in
he National league? A.-Look up
he official standing printed every
ovening.
Q.-Are elephants dangerous?
1.-THE ones travelling with cir
us have been trained to behave,
out it is best to take no chances
Q.-What's the happy hunting
rounds? A.-The Indiana believ-
ID that after they died they would
20 to these grounds where there
would be plenty of game and little
york
Q.-Are the French smarter than
he Germans? Ave are neutral
IN that question.
Q.-How long must an article be
0 be printed in the Junior? A
TWO lines will be sufficient al
hOugh we prefer longer articles.
Q.-Does complexion decide
yhether you are good or bad? A
No.
Q.-What's three-bagger? A
It is a three-base hit.
Q.-What is a bike? At Is a
term used for bicycle.
Q.-Are red-headed boys always
mean? A.--No. That depends on
he boy or 3irl.
Q.-What is a yegg? A per-
Jon who blows up safes to rob them
If their money and valuables.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03

still use the water from the same
we'll which the pupils used when
going to school, some Of these pu
pills being Nathan Grave, Sallie
Blose, Jacob Gibbs. Jennie Star
buck and Jessie Jnoes.
The remainder of the building
was torn down by Nathan Grave
and G.. w Jordan.
After the academy was gone the
ground of the present school build
ing was bought of B. w, Dugdale,
and the building erected with three
rooms, with c. w. Jordan, prin-
cipal Brandon Hunt, intermediate
teacher, and Martha Jackson,
primary teacher, the latter being
one of the pupils of the old acad'
envy
The place where the old academy
stood should be marked with a
landmark because it was one of
the first schools Of the county and
was the best school, its whole his
tory is worthy of monument. Tor
it still lives in the heart of its
students. 1t also has been the be-
ginning of the present day school
at Whitewater which is now equip
ned with commissioned high
school, domestic science, and music
This school has sent out more
teachers than any other of its size
in the state, it having the start
from the old academy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
Bright Sayings

Little Francis W., years old,
once had a sore toe. His mother
examined it and said it looked like
a corn. Next day little Francis
said Mother, that grain on my
toe hurts awful bad"
The door bell rang and Francis
and his mother both responded to
the call.
want to buy any horseradish?"
said the little girl. mot today"
said mother and she closed the
door. Francis, not knowing any
thing about horseradish, stood
for a minute as in deep study and
then said: Mother, she didn't
know we didn't have horse, did
she?" M. W.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03

Q.--Is 'The Red Arrow" a true
story? A.-The story is based on
facts, but the characters are not
he real names of Indiana.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03

The desire for higher education
was aroused through the influence
of Miss Clara Rogers, she being the
teacher of the good district school
in the southern part of HillsbOro
Her influence was such that in
1856 the Methodist church was
rented with Mr.. William Holdings
worth instructor, but Miss Rogers
still continued teaching in the
school house. Many of the students
coming to the school in the church
would work on Mr.. Hollingsworth s
farm, parts of which are now own
ed by M, B, Wallingford, John
Richards and Dot Saxton. Mr.. Hol-
lingswOrth continued to teach for
two years when Professor Gray Of
Oberlin college began teaching in
the church. In few years this
educational spirit grew until the
citizens of this township organized
what was known as the Franklin
Township Academical Association, 4"
each one taking one share or more,
The shares being valued at one
hundred dollars. The building was
erected in 1859 a quarter of mile
west of Hillsboro in beautiful
grove with a nice gravel walk lead
ing from town to the building Many
shade trees were planted by the
students, but were recently cut
down by Mr.. Wallingford. The
entrance to the upstairs was from
the south, the lower room was
used for cloak and dinner room
while the upstairs was used for a
recitation room.
Students came from all the sur
rounding towns, some being from
tndiana-Economy, Arba, Williams
burg, New Port and Spartanburg,
some also came from places in
Ohio few being New Madison, Pal
astine and williamsburg.
This school continued to prosper
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
MOCKING BIRD
minus polyglottos)

Length, ten inches. Most easily
codinguished from the similarly
colored loggerhead shrike by the
absence of a conspicuous black
stripe through the eye.
Range Resident from southern
Mexico north to California. Wyom-
ing, Iowa, Ohio, Maryland; casual
farther north.
Habits and economic status: Be
cause of its Incompatible medleys
and initiative powers. the mocking
bird is the most renowned singer
of the western hemisphere. Even
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
A Story of
Pioneer Life
BY lauren jerks.

One bright spring day when little
James Whittier was out playing.
he saw beautiful varigated butter
fly lowering around the flowers
near him. James started off after
it and followed it farther and far
ther into the woods.
When they had about reached
the middle of the woods, it flew
away out of sight, leaving James
all alone in the great forest.
At this moment, two Indians
sprang out Of some bushes near
James and carried him away to
their village.
James grew up with the Indians
and was chosen chief. and served
the Indians faithfully several "ears.
In fact, until his death, when he
was about fifty-six years old
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
Interesting Facts
From Everywhere
For Boys and Girls

In the British army a battalion
of 1916 men requires for it's daily
rations 635 two-pound loaves, 127
pounds of bacon, more than 81
pounds of salt, and nearly 13
pounds of pepper-to mention only
a few of the items.
Typical wheat farms in Australia
extend from 600 to 1000 acres, and
are usually worked single handed
by the farmer and his family, labor
saving machinery being used in
every possible direction.
Brussels boasts the largest soup
kitchen in the world. Nearly
$4,000 entirely destitute people
wait in the queues every day, and
over 5000 gallons of soup and Az
tons Of bread are distributed.
More than 100 people are engaged
in the preparation of the soup.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03

The aunt came to the house and
got the baby and then the mother
said, will you be sure that you
will not be cruel to her? Her name
is Mary Brown"
So the aunt took her, but when
three or four years were past she
grew very cruel to Mary, and Mary
did not like her either. But Mary
thought she would run away and
not come back any more, so after
this she was a little beggar girl.
She kept on saying: Would you
please give me something to eat?'
But one day Mary Brown saw a
little rich girl. When this little
girl saw Mary, she ran to meet her
and said: 20, I am so glad that
you have come to play with me,
| am so lonely" But when she saw
the little girls dress she said: 20,
you are little beggar girl" and
then this little girl said TO Mary,
"You can come and live with me-"
So the little girls lived happy.
(The End.)
BARBARA ELLEN THOMAS.
319 N. Eighteenth Street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
Thoughts for Today

Be polite to everyone, especially
to your elders.
Why displease your mother,
when 1t costs just as little to please
her?
A girl who refuses to help her
mother, or objects to helping her,
isn't a good daughter.
You'll have many friends in this
world, but your best friend will
always be your mother, so be kind
and courteous to her.
Keep your head up; the boy or
girl who looks to the ground in
stead of into the sky, often has
low ambitions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03

in confinement it is q mastery per
former, and formerly thousands
were trapped and sold for cage
birds, but this reprehtnsible piac-
tice has been largely stopped by
protective laws. 1t is not surpris-
ing. therefore, that the moCking
bird should receive protection prin-
cipally because of its ability as
songster and it's preference for the
vicinity of dwellings. It's place in
the affections of the south is SINH
lar to that occupied by the robin
in the north. 1t is well that this
is true, for the bird appears not
to earn protection from strictly
economic standpoint. About half
of it's diet consists Of fruit, and
many cultivated varieties are at
tackled, such as oranges, grapes,
figs, strawberries, blackberries and
raspberries Somewhat less than
a fourth Of the food is animal mat
ter, and grasshoppers are the larg-
est single element. The bird is
fond of cotton worms, and is known
to feed also on the chinch bug, rive
weevil and boil wi worm. 1t is I'M
fortunate that it does not feed on
Injurious insects to an extent suf
ficent to Offset its depredations on
fruit.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
Here Again Is
That Figure 9

Here are few more facts re-
garding the figure nine If you
tried last Saturdays problems, you
saw that the number nine could
not be downed. 1t always came
back Here Is another example.
which Is little more difficult, but
if you think a little bit you can
figure it out
Write down any number, as, for
example, 7,549.132. Subtract from
it the sum of its digits and no
matter what figures you start with,
the digits of the products will al
ways come to nine.
7,549,132; The sum of its dieits
is 81 Just add together 7. S. 4. 9,
/, 3, 2 and you will have 81. Now
subtract 81 from 7,549,132 and you
will have. 7,549.10l. Add together
the digits in 7,549,l0 and you will
have q. Add the and and you
have 9.
Here is something new about 81.
Multiply 81 by 3 and it gives three
figures that are alike. Thus, three
times 81 is Ill. Now take any
multiple of three, for instance, six,
nine, twelve and multiply by them
81 and you will always have three
figures alike Six times 81 is 222,
nine times 81 is 1873, twelve times
81 is 444.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
Had Her Numbers

Three-year-old Arthur's sister
was taking piano lessons. Arthur
was much interested in every
thing his sister had to do. and in
the method used by the teacher.
When he saw her coming the
second time, he ran into the house
announcing. "Oh, mama, here
comes the one, two, three lady.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
Fishing is Work

Boys wonder why they do not
catch fish They usually blame 1t
on the fish, saying they won't bite.
That's a poor excuse. Sometimes
real fisherman goes to a pool
where boys have 'fished and caught
nothing, 1t does not take him long
to catch a string. Boys are poor
fishermen because they believe
fishing is a pastime and not work.
Let them put little effort in their
fishing and they will catch more
fish.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
DUE F.l

[Boys and girls often ask their
parents questions about things
which they do not understand.
Sometimes 1t is about a strange
word. or about a foreign city, or
a strange custom. Children and
parents are asked to send these
questions to the Query Corner.
We will try to answer them.
Here are few that parents told
us about:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03
The Little Beggar Girl

Once there was a woman who
was very sick. The doctor said
that she would die and she had a
little girl about three days old.
Then the mother said she would
let her aunt have her baby girl
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-03

Spinach was introduced into
England early in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, as also was the
cucumber; while celery was intro
duced to English tables by a
French prisoner in 1904.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
n MEXICAN MONEY
"A AIDED REBELLION

LONDON, May lS.--That the cause
Of tt" irish rebels was materially aided
by funds raised in the United States
was the declaration made today in the
course Of testimony given by Sir Mat
thew Nathan ut the inquiry a royal
commission is holding into the recent
revolt
SIR Matthew testified that the Bri-
tish government had been advised that
an attempt would be made to land arms
on the Irish Coast from German sub.
m0rrurs, and that rifles had also been
pure huArd hy the plotters from Irish
soldiers home on leave from the Bri.
tish r"I"I,.
lie Nnrd that the government, know
ing THESE facts, was considering the ar
rest Of the leaders of the rebellion
~hru the UPRISING started. He also as
serted that fear that the compulsory
military service act would be applied
in ireland had induced number of the
National Volunteers to Join the
Sim Fem organizations.
He estimated that $4,000 pounds had
heen received from America to be used
in the purchase Of arms for the rebels
aud IN printing seditiOus literature.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
O'CORMAN
!: AIDS S|NN FE|NER
Irish-American To Die At Mid
night Respited On Request
Of Mr.. Wilson
tAsDooiatsd Pres. BY Federal wlrels...)

WASHINGTON, May I0.--Dragged
from the theater where he had gone
with his wife, President Wilson
and senator O'GOrman of New
York dashed to Secretary Ian.
sings h"m" last night and got him to
despatch II cablcgram to Ambassador
Page in London, instructing the diplo-
mat to delay the execution of Jeremiah
G. Lynch. former president of the
Philo Celtic Society of New York, and
a naturnil"d American citizen. Lynch
had been ri i, convicted and sentenced
to die at midnight, New York time, on
a charge Of c"mPl,ity in the recent
abortlNr Irish rebelliOn. IA.
1t WAS nine u o'clOck and after when
the President was found by Senator
O'G"rmmn, who had not learned of the
doom Of Lynch until late, although he
had been watching the case carefully.
The court.martial sentence against the
Irish American was announced late last
night in London and the news reached
the senator just in time to start hunt
ing for the President.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
General Chung N-mi, Friend and
Intimate Of Liberator Of China
Falls Victim of Assassin's
" Bullet In French Concession
CHINESE REPUBLICANS ~, y.
. OF HONOLULU SHOCKED
CoIoneI-GeneraI Woodan Pays
High Tribute To Dead ReyoIu-
tionist and Says He Was One
of NobIest Figures In China

Especial cablegram to Hawaii shinpo.)
TOKIO, May l9.-Chung XII
Il mi. the personal friend and
right hand man OF Dr. Sun Vat
Sen, was assassinateh IN the
French concession Of Shanghai
last night by a man believed to
have been an agent of the Yuan
Shih-kai government,
/, General Chung had been in the
French Concession. confering
With Doctor Sssrah the irsl
and military situation, and It IS
feared that the doctor will be
the target for similar attempt
by other assassins. t,'rs
The French authorities have
redoubled their precautions, and
are guarding Sun Yat Sen, day
and night, with picked guards.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
American Trooper Slain i J.
By Mexican Customs Men
HOUSE COMMITTEE
FOR GREATER r NAVY
Throws Gut Daniels Program and
Adopts Bill Providing For
Immediate Construction
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wireless, .,

WASHINGTON, May ia bigger
navy for the United States, as soon as
possible, appears to have been the slog
an adopted by the house committee on
naval affairs yesterday. The Daniels
fve-year period building program was
thrown out and substitute bill, with
brand new program, was approved.
This new program called for the con.
struction of five battle-cruisers of 20,
600 tons burden each, four speedy scout
cruisers of powerful design, ten des,
troyers and twenty submarines, with a
number of necessary auxiliary craft,
by the end Of 1917,
The program includes the construc-
tion of a hospital ship, an Oil supply
ship and an ammunition ship or ships
The compromise bill also provides
that eight of the submarines and four
of the raiders shall be constructed in
Pacific Coast yards, if the contractors
can quote Uncle Sam a price that shall
not be more than the difference in
freight for material as against the
prices paid to Atlantic yards.
Congressman Kitchen said that he
hoped the bill would come up in the
house next week, and expressed him.
self as pleased with its provisions.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
RA|D|NG IN BALTIC
RESUMED BY ALLIES
Three German Steamers Sunk By
British and Russians
(AssOciated Press by Federal wirelo.u.l

LONDON, May l9.-Now that Spring
has come to thaw the ice out of the
Bulti" Sea it is going to become iu.
CrrnSingly difficult for German vessels tn
navigate that sea, if yesterdays y devel.
opmruts in the submarine warfare are
to b" taken us any Indication.
According to dispatches from neu-
tral ports British submarine operating
in tn" Baltic sank the German tank
steamer Hrra, the crew having been
removed as prisoners. A Russian sub
mumu" was more successful, sinking
two Trutonic steamers, the Kolga and
tn" Rrunca. News of this attack came
from stockholm.
The Teutons retaliated by shelling
the British fishing smack Research, kill,
ing ON" member of the crew and driving
tn" others into the boats, as their YES.
sci sank under them. Two men were
wounded.
The French steamer Mira is believed
to have been the victim of floating
mine, but no details of the disaster that
has oNertuken her have been made pub.
lie
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
GERMANS BLOCKED
0NWESTERN FRONT
TeutonS Fail In France and Their
Attacks Against Belgians
Are RepuISed
(AssOciated Press by Federal wirsleSsJ

(AssOciated Press by Federal Wireless.)
LONDON, May l9-The Germans
are again striving to put into execu-
tiOn their famous squeeze" tactics
against the French at Avocourt, and
Hill 3O4, but without success, accord
ing to the French reports. Indeed
Paris declares that the French troops
in those sectors have made marked
gains of ground, having captured a
German fortified position north of Hill
304
The TeutOnic effort aimed at the
French redOubt eust Of Avocourt prov
ed costly one, the attackers losses
having been heavy. The French off
cial statement adds that the losses of
the Germans along the Verdun front
where night attacks were attempted,
were exceptionally heavy.
The Germans have also failed to win
anything by their night attack, follow
Elg II prolonged artillery preparation,
against the Belgium positions north of
StecnstraetP. Here the Teutons sent
their infantry against the positions
held by King Alfred but the Belgian
machine guns proved too much for the
attackers, who fed back to their own
trenches after several charges. None
of them reached the first line of the
Belgian trenches.
In the minor thcaters of war the
fighting has been more lively than of
late. The British war Office press
bureau announced last night that a
British column had struck heavy
blow at the tribcsmcn headed by
Tur kish officers, at Buvoud and Magei-
bra in Egypt The Turkish camp at
Bayoud was destroyed with the loss of
many Turks aud tribesmen, killed,
wounded and taken prisoners.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
.S|BLEY IS ORDERED
TOW|THDRAWF
Washington Starts Movement To
Protect Yankees and Their
interests In Mexico
ASSOCIATED Press BY Federal wirslss.1


WASHINGTON, May l9-Sgt. Harry
Furman, machine gun company, Twen-
ty.third Infantry, was shot and killed
yesterday while searching for stray
mules on the Mexican side of the Dor,
der. The men who shot him down
were Mexican customs guards, station
ed near FL PasO.
Sergeant Fmman went on his hunt
for the battery animals, which had be-
come lost, alone. He was mounted and
crossed the Rio Grande inadvertently,
not having noticed apparently that the
bed of the river had shifted, leaving
the bordeTine dry, and due north of
his camp, instead of to the west.
Mexicans Claim Self defense
When his body was found by Ameri
can troops who were sent after him, il
was learned that he had been armed
with a service revolver only, and that
two chambers of the weapon had been
discharged. The Mexicans charge that
Furman was drunk when he crossed the
line and deliberately began firing upon
them, and that they answered in self
defense.
1t is not yet known definitely whcth-
er the first shots came from the guards
or the soldier, and the military authori.
ties are conducting rigid investiga
tioG of the whole affair.
Sibley Ordered To Retire
Dispatches TO this city from Mara
thon, Texas, last night, announced that
Col. F. w. Sibley aud his Fourteenth
cavulrymen have been ordered back to
the border after having penetrated
more than lao miles into the interior Of
Mexico in their chase after, the ban.
dts who raided Glenn Springs and
B"quillas. It is understood that he
had reported the presence of large bod
les Of hexicans, belonging to an un-
known faction, massed about fifty
miles south of the borderline. There
are but four hundred cavalrymen. and
it has been considered safer to with.
draw them.
Protection For Americans
1t was admitted at the state depart.
ment last night that pending the re,
opening of the negotiations with Gen-
ernl CarranEa the United States gov
crnment is considering measures of pro-
lection for the Americans still in Mex.
leo, and the American interests In that
country.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
President Rushes From f.
Theater To Save Lynch
LARGER
THAN ESTIMATED
Prosperity and Conservation In
crease Funds Available For
Preparedness Program

WASHINGTON, May 19.-seeretary
McAdoo yesterday issued a financial
statement showing that less new reven
ue is needed for the preparedness pro.
gram, than was expected.
This surplus over the estimates, says
the statement, is due to the increased
receipts following the strict enforce
ment Of all revenue laws, the elimina-
tion of frauds in the payment of the
taxes on tobacco, whiskey and oleomar-
gnrin", but more especially because of
the prosperity that has swept over the
whole country.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
GENERAL WOODAN y
. GRIEVED BY NEWS

General Chung was regarded by local
Chinese Republicans as one of the three
great Chinese revolutionary leaders.
Doctor Sun and General Wong Hing are
looked upon ns the other two. When
Colonel. General Woodan, who is await.
ing his steamer to return to China,
learned last night of the assassination
of General Chung, he was overcome.
When he recovered he said: = t- il
Tremendous Loss To China ~. .
''This is tremendous loss to China
and the revolution and am very sorry
to hear that General Chung has bee :
killed: He was one Of the great lead.
ers OF the revolution in China, a man
who stood head and shoulders above
the rest of us, and inferior only to Doe.
tor Sun and General Wong.
General Chung was born in the
province of Che-kiang, and was edueat.
ed in Japan, having graduated from
the Policemen's school in Toxic. -.
Held Cabinet Position ffe- =.
During the first revolution he became
governor-general of Shanghai, and
when the Peking government was form.
ed he was appointed minister Of com.
merce and industry. Soon after this
he resigned, refusing to continue in Of
fee under Yuan. ~ ,.,3sE X
Z" At the outbreak OF the second re-
vOlution be became general-in-chief of
the Shanghai army, and after the re-
volutionary plans failed he was com
PEELED to flee to Japan with Doctor
Sun, and it was less than two months
ago that he returned 70 China to Join
the war against Yuan.