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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-02
PETAIN, THE TERROR

The latest discovery" among French generals is Philippe Petain, commanding the armies around Yer dun. It should not be said too hastily that he is great general, for the war has been full of discoveries" who have not turned cut well. But for as long as the Verdun defense holds out as the chief event of the western thea ter of war Petain is the most consid- erable general in the French army.
 General Petain is sixty years old. He was born near Calais, entered Saint-Cyr in 1876 and served in the infantry, particularly in the famous chasseurs a pied. His career has been regular and not in any way ex- traordinary as regards rapid advance ment.
 General Petain enjoys a remark able reputation for picturesqueness because he is athletic and very youth full for his age. He is said to have driven several chauffeurs almost to
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-02
 W PEOPLE "
GARDNER IS NO COWARD

No one ever accused Representa- tive Augustus P. Gardner of Massa- chusetts of not being a brave man, Gardner has moral courage, else he would not have undertaken to start a fight for better national defense at a time when public opinion was not with him-there being no war in sight then to help him out. Here is an ex- cellent example of his courage in an- other direction:
 A few years ago Gardner began to take on weight. To be frank he grew fat Having in mind the days when he was athletic and supple, he set about reducing by means of systematic exercise. He played golf-the game that as somebody was saying, has needlessly prolonged the life of great host of our most useless citi- zens. While diligently playing at golf in the hot sun one day, Gardner had something akin to sunstroke. The doc tor told him he would not dare to go
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-02

 and with thing cuhed his the golf links
 advised him.  a a because of anything anybody might about me- And opening up his paraso he strode bavey forth
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-02

A recent photograph of Mir. John the office of the elder Hammond John Hays. Jr has invented many wireless contrivances. Several of them are be- fore the war department waiting to be passed upon. He has invented a wire less torpedo that can be controlled by wireless from the coast Notifications He has applied for more than one hun dred patents covering the system in the United States and foreign coun. tries. Hammond is only twenty-eight years old and has achieved a reputa. ton in the inventive world Mir. Ham mond, Sr., has had long and varied career.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21

Oysters cannot live in the Baltic
Sea, the reason being that it is not
salt enough. They can only live in wa
ter that contains at least thirty-seven
parts of salt to every one thousand
parts of water.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21
5000 Automobile Owners i'm This Section
Of Indiana and Ohio 10000 Plugs Will
Be Bought This Spring. How TO Win.

The first thing to do is to enter your name
as candidate, then either call. write or
phone the contest department. Then let all
your friends know you are a candidate and
request them to help you.
Candidates may nominate themselves or
may be nominated by their friends.
No employee or member Of employees fam
lily of The Bethard Auto Agency can enter
the contest.
Any person residing in Richmond or in
surrounding country is eligible to enter the
campaign. The contest manager reserves
the right to reject any nominations
Votes will be issued on the sale of each
spark plug.
Votes are not transferable.
Any candidate or candidates conspiring
against or between each other to defeat the
purposes of the contest shall forfeit all right
to any prize to which they might have 9TH
erwise been entitled.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21

selves much walking on Sundays by
delivering letters at church.
The earliest work on shorthand
writing was compiled by Doctor Tim
othy Bright, of Cambridge, in 1858. He
dedicated it to queen Elizabeth. under
the title of can Act of Short, Swift
and Secret Writing by Character"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21

The votes will be counted and can
vassed by committee of prominent citizens.
In case of a tie for any prize, the value
of the prize or prizes tied for will be equally
divided among the candidates teing. Thus.
IL the two candidates having the highest
number of votes should have the same num-
Der one-half the value of the First Prize Will
be awarded to each.
Any questions which may arise will be
settled by the manager of the contest, and
decisions will be absolute and final
Nominations must have the address Of
the candidates.
Ask your friends to help you. II you be-
long to church society, or any organiza-
ton, let your fellow members know that you
expect their help. 1t will be freely given IL
you ask before 1t is given to some other
candidate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21
Unusual Things
Worth Knowing

II in the form Of flannel cakes,
chewing the rag II not so unpleasant.
Simple diet will swell mans peck
etbook even II 1t does not prolong his
life.
The unkissed girl generally has Z
face that no one wants to kiss any
how.
Anyhow that craze for old furniture
is not quite as bad as the kind that
prompts one to pick violets from
street car rails.
"Shell fire makes soldiers deaf
and dumb.
Any ordinary cuss can make q
speech, but it takes big man to fire
oratory.
When q fellow cannot make Z good
speech 1t will always help some to
"set 'em up again"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21

The postman in Portugal save them
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21
Aliens Foot East Does It.

When your shoes pinch or your corns
and bunions> ache so that you are
tired all over, get Aliens Foot-Ease.
the standard remedy for the last Is
years, and shake it into your shoes.
It will take the sting out of corns
and bunions and give instant relief to
Tired, Aching, Swollen, Tender feet.
Sold everywhere, 25c. Don't accept
any substitute.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21
BRIEF DISPATCHES
FROM over STATE
TRIES TO STEAL GUN

BLOOMINGTON. Ind, March 21-
Fred Haigens of Lafayette wanted to
take one OF the court house yard can
non balls home as a souvenir OF the
basketball tourney. He was arrested.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21
RESTORES OLD HOMESTEAD

DANVILLE, Ind, March Ill. M.
Osborne of Marshalltown, Ia, is back
home and has started work on restor-
ing the old Osborne homestead near
'lainfield.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21
By Temple

cattle, and by the huge muscles which
lie alongside and fill up the angle be-
tween these neural spines and the
ribs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21
OPERATOR SHOCKED

ELLETTSVILLE, Ind, March 81
When telephone wires crossed with a
power circuit, Miss Mary Schwab, op-
orator, was shocked and seriously
hurt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21

Fully 95 per cent of the children of
school age are attending educational
institutions OF some kind in Japan
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21
Do You Know That

Professor Otto hummer, Of Breslau,
has melted carbon. He enclosed a
large arc light, formed of two carbon
rods, in heavy glass container and
exhausted the air. BY using power
full electric current he produced such
a heat that drops formed at the tips
of the carbons.
A rope railway seventy-five miles in
length is to be put in operation in In
dia. 1t will connect the rich country
in the Vale of Kashmir with the plains
of the Punjab over the Himalayas.
This line, it is claimed, will be the
longest in the world.
Dogs do not perspire; in hot weather
they regulate the temperature Of their
blood by breathing more quickly.
which produces rapid evaporation of
water from the surface of the lungs.
The postman in Portugal save them
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-21

The highest waterfall in the world
is Cholock Cascade, at Yosemite, Cal
ifornia. which is two thousand six hun
dred and thirty-four feet high, or six
feet short of half mile.
The hump of the buffalo is not a
mass Of fat, as some people suppose,
but Is formed by neural spines in
length fully double those of domestic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
The Morning Walk.

As fashionable pastime walking is
coming into its own again There are
many who never gave it up. no matter
what the temptation to other uses of
time may have been. but the new con-
verts, who are going at IL as a means
OF keeping slim or trim figures or per
haps OF restoring these much envied
conditions, are making the crowds to be
met with either around the Speedway
or pegging along over the paths at
Rock Creek Park. City streets amply
satisfy others who prefer the residen-
tisl section as stimulus to thought
or conversation during their mornings
brisk promenades. The fair pedestrian
who has gone in for the daily hike
likes best the hour or hour and half
before the midday meal, and does not
let any unpleasant sample of wind or
weather deter her from it, II she re-
peats the exercise in the afternoon and
can take her dog, or, better still, have
the undisputed company of an eligi-
BILE man, or perhaps both. other girls
who have not the man or the dog or the
leisure have reason for a bit of envy.
This may. account for the fact that
after the December whiriwind of teas
and afternoon parties the number OF
young people in attendance at these
events steadily decreases throughout
the rest of the winter. the family OBJ
legations in the matter being Shout
dered by the elder members.
There were several pretty days late
~ with suggestions of the spring and
its easy-going social demands. and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Engagements.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Wise Wood OF
New York announce the engagement,
of their daughter Elizabeth and John
Cyrus Distler of Baltimore
Miss Wood has spent much time
abroad. and when in Rome was pre-
scented at the court of the Queen
Dowager of Italy. She is a proficient
linguist and musician
Mr.. Distler is president of firm OF
engineers and contractors, and gradu-
ate of Lehigh University.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Cooper an
nounce the engagement of their daugh
ter. Mrs. Frederick Cooper Rust and
Mr.. Robert Carruthers Jefferds Of
Charleston. w. Va. The wedding will
take place February Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

walkers had fine opportunities to cover
territory.
The short dresses. with comfortable
width in the skirts, small hats easy
to manage in the wind, with
swagger sticks or canes the top of
the mode, are mandates of fashion
which hsfve just naturally led up to
the walking furore. All feminine fash
ions are so youthful that it is no won
der that the reJuvenating process
strikes in with the clothes and causes
the -middle-aged and old to return as
well as they can to the pastimes of
their youth.
Next Months Calendar.
February will witness the return as
official host and hostess of the Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall, who will
give two large evening receptions at
the New Willard. the 2lst and 2Sth
The Congressional Club will also do more
formal entertaining next month, with a
reception on the evening of the 18th
for the President and Mrs. Wilson. The
Monday night dances have already
been successfully started and will con-
tinue throughout the season. The Fri
day afternoons have the usual sociable
air and bring members and guests to-
gether in the happiest way. Mrs. At
lee Pomerene. the president. receives
AT all these inequalities and the ef-
ficiency of the chairmen of the various
committees is always in abundant evil
dence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

Mrs. Wilson looked particularly at
tractive in pretty shade of blue chif-
fon and lace. very smart and 'up-to-
date, in its lines. Her black hat turn
ing up sharply at the left side is always
becoming shape TO her. and one
which she frequently wears.
AT the diplomatic state dinner Tues
day night Mrs. Wilson wore a heavy
white silk. brocaded in gold and hav-
ing bright touches by the drapery
being caught with red roses
Miss Wilson. happily recovered from
her recent Illness, was also at the
state dinner table. MiSs Mona McAdoo.
whose views of life were certainly
broadened by her months of nursing
service in France last year, was an
other of the younger notables at the
dinner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

THE National still aha
will this
brings Sunday, April 3D.
festivities o beautiful
Every the hall weeks however will be full of incident
For immediate Mrs Wilson
the White House travelling the
the White House will
being Friday night
the which the
the would
that the thing OF the receptions
which she will preside the month.
Last Monday she fellow
handsome there
honorary the cubwives
also
eesons OF omaty about the which
desired in
pany OF personal friends in the organization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
ACTIVE IN ARRANGING FOR
SOUTHERN RELIEF BALL
AAeels Ew~S Horo

Left to right: Mrs Theodore A. Tiller. committee
chairman: Mrs. Claude A. Swanson. vice president
president and Miss Calie Hoke Smith, chairman of
the young ladies committee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-24
TROY.

E. B. Parks shipped two cars Of cat
tie to- Chicago Tuesday.
Pete Harris hos sold his property to
Mrs. Bacus and will move to Goson,
Mo.
Mrs Dively Of Oklahoma visited Sat-
urday with the Noel sisters.
Matt Bollman and family have moved
to Charlton.
Mrs. Fred Alternately is on the sick
list.
John Crandall is on the sick list this
week.
Will Young and family will locate in
Pulaski. Iowa.
Mrs. Roby has been on the sick list
for a few days.
Mrs Francy will spend the winter in
Moulton the guest Of her sister Mra
Burchett.
Mr.. Robbins and family have moved
to town.
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Of her father.

Of her father.
The old man gave her tremulous
hand and twinkling smile.
We'll, Sabra! had talk with your
mother yesterday" he greeted her.
II rather thought one of you might be
in today" 1t was beginning to dis
concert a feebler spirit; but Sabra
rose to it with splendid assurance.
Then you know why I am here"
she said.
He was, after all, less valiant than
she. 'Oh, well, not quite that" he
hedged. Very glad to see you. Sit
down. How's Billy"
Sabra could not be put 9ff with
questions. She took the proffered
chair, leaning earnestly toward him.
Ito be continued)
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CHAPTER II.

No two years were ever alike in
! Chloe's family. Simply to be in Mrs.
Cages orbit meant endless change and
opportunity. Sometimes q fortunate
conjunction lent them temporary
brilliancy; sometimes they lowered on
the verge of black eclipse. In these
darker times Ralston always offered
to give up his writing and go into an
Office
I'D last about two years in Office
life, but l am perfectly ready to do it."
he would say, a sad beauty in his mar
row. boy-poet face that moved his
mother to inspired marvels of contriv-
ing. Water out of barren rock was no
more miraculous than the resources
called up by her stanch old courage.
This year promised to be brilliant
one. The talk about Sabra's career,
briskly followed up. led straight to
good fortune. Sabra. had had some
difficulty in fixing on her Cause. She
had known. ever sincesthe pennies had
poured in to build monument to Ser
emo Gage. that she was destined to
nail herself, body and soul. to some
high purpose: the trouble had been to
had felt the suffrage platform too
crowded to give her room; New
Thought drew too limited an audi
ence; Child Labor had passed it's
need OF brilliant pioneers. Not till
chance took her to the first feeble,
shy meeting of the Eugenics society
did she see her way clear This new
subject must be handled with deli
cacy and dintinction it carried on her
family tradition of working for the
child: here was her Cause She had
come home that night breathing deep,
carrying high the chest in which her
future was Graded. Her fathers
statue, clear black and soft gray in
the moonlight. seemed to stand UNI
covered before her
This u the night of my real BIRTH"
she told him. And poor Serene Gage,
who had known nothing of Causes,
who had only so loved and suffered
over little children that he had had to
spend his life on them, kept humble
silence as his glorious progeny passed
The society and Sabra's fame had
come MP together, RAPIDLY and stimuli
taneously. Both would go faster yet
when she had rid herself of wage
earning. left all to follow Sabra was
good girl; no one ever saw her I'M
Just or impatient or afraid of life:
what she earned she gave with open
hands to her family: and when she
saw hard duty ahead, she went at it
with single minded zeal The day
after the CONGRESS she sent in her
card to Mr.. Harper Lindsey, million
aire, philanthropist and life long friend
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-24
Copyright BY George AattAsv Adams lam!


mo coal!" cried the mistress. in
surprise. why didn't you tell me be.
fore?"
II couldn't tell you there was no
coal, num-" replied the girl when
there was coal'--
An instructor in a preparatory
school in Philadelphia. who tutors
youths DESTROYS Of entering college,
tells Of one young man to whom he
put some questions with reference to
biology.
Among the questions asked was:
rs there any connecting link be-
tween the animal and the vegetable
kingdoms?'
The answer returned by the young
man was: "Yes-hash."
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palings and shout good morning, with
some further news concerning lii
Parry Ralston looked up at it with
self absorbed eyes. 1s
Some day they mayScall that Raj.
ston Cages father" he said. and
laughed little, then sent Billy home
and hurried on.
A few moments laterson her way to
the Office, Sabra passed the patient
figure Sabra could remember how
the pennies had poured in from all
over the country-warm from the
little tight fists of the givers-to set
up this monument to the childrens
friend Perhaps the chief lesson she
had derived from the memory was
that money was very easily raised.
Today her eyes still saw upturned
faces, her ears echoed applause.
81 shall not be unworthy of your
name, my father" she promised, and
went to the days work as one might
take up a temporary disguise, worn
for high political purposes.
Presently Mrs. Gage came past, her
nored body. She would not have
hllOWu WucTe Sic Was IL HuLuUic
neighbor had not stopped her with a
piece OF news.
"Why, Katy-Mrs. Sexton dead!"
Mrs. Gage had to hear more before
she could adjust to the shock. The
woman's eyes were red with weeping.
"Of course you are going up there,
Katy, to help. | am glad they have
you she said at parting, then turned
back to add: Marjorie Sexton is
just about my Chloe's build. sup.
pose she will be giving away all sorts
of pretty dresses if she goes into
mourning"
Eyes, ma am I'll be glad to drop a
word about it-you've been that good
to me- Katy promised Mrs. Gage,
collecting her scattered purposes. lift
ed unseeing eyes to her husbands
face
Il wish there had been some one
about Sabra's SIZE" she said as she
went on
An hour later Chloe came on her
way to market, Billy at her side.
They stood looking up together.
Tell about the iii chilren in the
fractory.' Billy commanded.
Chloe exchanged smiles with her
father and then the two went on to
the beloved story of little children OPP
pressed and rescued, and of laws that
had to fight their way like banners up
a battle hill. She did not dream that
she at that moment was handing on
the emblem Serene Gage had carried
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-24

MUCH OF THE EFFECTIVENESS of a
shampoo depends upon where and
now the hair is dried. II 1t is pos
sible to dry the hair in the sun and
air outdoors, 1t will do the head
three or four times az much good as
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-24
d n ? =
s tor / o~

Beatrice Harvey, the heiress, had at
last consented to marry young noble
man, who was financially embarrassed.
"Of course" said the young man,
in a lofty manner, Il can never be
very intimate with your father, my
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-24

dear Beatrice, he being in trade. You
could scarcely expect that, but he will
not be surprised TO find me with some
insular prejud:ces, will he?"
"Oh. no. replied the girl sarcastic
ally, nothing foolish or i'll bred that
you can do will surprise him in the
least"
Mrs. Jones had new maid, who ap-
peared at the door of the library one
afternoon, where her mistress was
reading
There's no coal, num-" said the
domestic, IAN tn fires are goin' out."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-24
BURSTING PIPE
DAMAGES STOCK

Sioux City. Nov. "a bursting
water pipe flooded the ready-towear
department and the general merchan-
disc department of the Pelletier store,
affecting goods valued at $4,000. The
loss was estimated by F. M. Pelletier
from $4,000 to 100000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-24

though the whole operation were
completed inside the room.
For this reason, the home sham
poo should be better than the pro-
fessional sort which costs anywhere
from a half dollar to two dollars. Pro
fessionals dry the head with a hot
air machine that blows the hair into