Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 182, 15 August 1908 — Page 2

1'AGE TWO;

THE 111CU3IOXD PALLAD1U3I AND SUN-TLiiCK3i, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908.

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TO NAME JOHNSON Bryan Democrats of Minnesota Favor Present Popular Governor. EXECUTIVE IS OPPOSED. HAS SAID UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD HE ACCEPT PLACE AND IS HURRYING HOME TO WARD OFF NOMINATION. Minneapolis, Miim; Aug. 15. Minnesota Bryan men ate apparently . In a conspiracy to r nominate John A. Johnson for a third term in an effort to carry the northwest states, with their strong Scandinavian - following for the democratlp nominee for president. County convention were held yesterday in all counties of Minnesota, and many of them instructed, for Mr. Johnson for governor in the face of the executive's protestation that he would not be a candidate under any circumstances. Many of the counties which declared for Johnson were controlled by Bryan men, who combined with sincere Johnson men in an effort to force the nomination upon the governor. This' was the situation in the large county of Hennepin, in which Minneapolis is located, and in which Bryan, men surprised every one by being in absolute control of the convention organization. Over half the delegates to the state convention will be for Mr. Johnson for governor, and it will take expert work on the part of the governor s friends to prevent hi3 nomination. The governor, who is out on a lecturing trip, is hurrying home to fend off the threatened action of the convention which convenes in this city August 19. riSH SbrthSTlTIONS. Queer Old Time Notions, borne f Which Still Survive. The one fish inudirlue of which modern science thoroughly approves Is cou liver oil, and this, though in far less nauseous form than formerly, is swallowed in tons every your. In old days a much wider use was made of fish as cures for various evils, and some of these practices have survived to the present day. Some little time aso a boy died of epilepsy in a north Wales parish. The doctor, called in too lute, inquired If the deceased had been riven' any medicine. "Oh. yes," was the answer. "We caught a trout, drowned It In uew milk aud gave it tc the boy." Eels are supposed to possess all kinds of virtues. In the dark ages of medicine a powder made of eels' liver was considered an absolute specific for deafness and was ntso employed In cases of ague or fever. A decoction of eels' fat Is still used by Dutch peasants as a remedy for falling hair. But the most valuable part of the eel, according to popular superstition, is its skin. Many an old farmer wears a belt of eelskln as a preventive against rheumatism, and some believe that a garter made of the skin of this snakelike fish worn next to the human skin as a preventive not only against rheumatism, but also against sprain's or almllar Injuries. Another cure for rheumatism, which finds favor with salt water fishermen, la a red herring. The herring being the most plentiful of all the sea fish, a number of superstitions have attached themselves to it For lack through the ensuing year one must be sure to eat a herring on New Year's day. Fishermen believe that each shoal Is headed by a king herring, which is mar than double as large as any of Its followers. They believe that when one of the "kings" comes up In the net It should be thrown overboard; otherwise the next day's fishing will be a failure. Pittsburg Gasette-Times. THE HEADSMAN. He Used the Sword and Not the Ax Prior to 1483. X am Inclined, to think that prior to 1483 the sword and not the ax was usually employed as the weapon for judicial decapitation and that a block was dispensed with, the victims receiving their doom "meekly kneeling upon their knees," and in this opinion I am fortified by the concurrence of an eminent . clerical historian. This learned ' writer agreed with me that the ax did not become the "regulation' lethal implement until after the rough and ready "heading" of 'Lord Hastings on the Tower green, when he was summarily dispatched by order of the protector, Gloucester. In this Instance, according to the chroniclers, the victim's neck was stretched upon a piece of timber then la use for the repair of the adjacent church of St Peter ad Vlncnla. probably, a "putlog." part of the seaflbldlng which, we read, "conveniently lay In the way." Contemporary accounts seem t indicate that the executioner straddled' over the prone hody. and from this position I infer rhit the decapitation was effected by the tool known as an ads. the cutting edge of which Is at, a right angle to and not In a plane with-the haft I may sdd that the only contemporary reference I have coma across of the use or proposed use of an ax and block for Inflicting capital punishment prior to this tragedy Is in one of the Paston series of letters describing the peril of an unfortunate captive of Jack Cade's rebels (A. D. 1450). a generation before Lord Hastings was so clumsily hacked to death. London Notes and Queries, Russell Dennis of Cambridge City was the guest of frienas here yester-!ay.

Affairs of the

Hans Wagner showed he Is still the goods "in "yesterday's game against Boston.- Pittsburg had been unable to .. win. although the gamo had gone twelve innings. In the thirteenth. Leach . singled, Clarke sacrificed and Wagner drove' home the third sacker. Now Pittsburg fans will want to take back some of the ..mean' things they have said about Wagner. Doesnt ft 'seem strange' that the St. Paul team should, lead the Association in batting- strength and at the same time be the tall end r team with no prospect , of crawling .out? ' ; Doc White was not quite so strong as Johnson, so the White Sox lost.the first of the double header, by the 1 to 0 route. Hughes outpitched Smith in the second and again Washington won. The Nationals have about the strongest pitching corps in the league but does not, win the games. White allowed four hits and Johnson but two. Kansas City and Toledo did not finish, their game yesterday. It had gone ten innings and the Hens bad to run to catch their train. It does cot look as If much chance remains to keep Detroit from winning the pennant again. Wonder who the Tigers will struggle- again6t for the championship. Last year It was a puzzle who the Cubs would contend against. The oarsmen from St Paul crossed half of the country and were victors in the national regatta at Springfield, Mass., yesterday. Wheeling has not played great ball in the Central this season, but has managed to sell Hobliizel to the St. Loui3 Nationals for $1,500. The Stogies beat Grand Rapids yesterday. It seems pretty hard on those former world champion teams at Chicago, one in third and the other in fourth place. The Windy City bugs do not claim to be able to understand it, although confidence was lost in the Sox long ago. The Williamsburg and Glen Miller teams will play tomorrow at 2:30 o'cloc'x at the Glen Miller diamond. North Twenty-second street and tho railroad. In the ciy league this afternoon the Starrs are holding forth at Easthaven and the Kibbeys and Hoosiers are indulging in a double header at Athletic park. The manager of the X Y Zs claims nothing can be gained by another WHO WILL WIN? NATIONAL LEAGUE. W on Lost Pet Pittsburg 63 39 .618 New York 60 40 .600 Chicago 58 43 .574 Philadelphia 54 44 .551 Cincinnati 52 53 .495 Boston 46 58 , .442 Brooklyn 38 61 .3S4 St. Louis 34 67 .337 I AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won Lost Pet. Detroit 63 39 .618 St. Louis 61 43 .487 Cleveland 59 45 .567 Chicago 58 47 .552 Philadelphia 48 53 .475 Boston 49 55 .471 Washington 41 61 .402 New York 33 69 .324 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won Lost Pet. Louisville 71 48 ' .597 Indianapolis .. . 70 51 .579 Toledo . . ...67 49 .578 Columbus 67 53 .558 Minneapolis 58 60 .492 Kansas City 55 64 .462 Milwaukee 53 67 .442 St Paul 34 83 .291 CENTRAL LEAGUE. Won Lost Pet Evansvllle 66 45 .595 Dayton 66 46 .5S9 South Bend 60 51 .541 Grand iRapids 57 51 .528 Ft Wayne 56 52 .519 Terre Haute 53 56 .486 Zanesvllle 54 57 .486 Wheeling 28 82 .255 RESULTS YESTERDAY. National League. Cincinnati 5: St. Louis 4. Pittsburg 2; Boston 1. 13 innings. American League. Cleveland 4: New York 2. Detroit 5; Boston 2. Philadelphia 3; St. Louis 2. Washington 1; Chicago 0. 1st game. Washington 3; Chicago 2. 2d game. American Association. Kansas City 2; Toledo 2. 10 Innings. Columbus 3; Milwaukee 0. Rain elsewhere. Central League. Evansvllle 3; Ft Wavne 1. Wheeling 6; Grand Rarids 5. South Bend 4; Zanesville 2. Dayton 5; Terre Haute 4. 1st game. Dayton S; Terre Haute 7. 2d game. GAMES TODAY. National League, Brooklyn at Cincinnati. Boston at Pittsburg. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago. American League. Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Boston. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Chicago at Washington. American Association. Indianapolis at MinneapolisColumbus at Kansas City. Louisville at St Paul. Toledo at Milwaukee. Central League. Ft Wayne at Evansvllle. Grand Rapids at Wheeling Dayton at Terre Haute. " South Bend at Zanesvilfe.

Sporting World

game against the Glen Millers. He refuses to play for a purse, asserting the park, boys" would , not play with, their regular. line up.. Manager Brooks of the. phallengers says the same line up as used In previous games would be depended upon. It took two innings for Pitcher Spade to get started yesterday, but when going well St. Louis could not stop him and the Reds won y a single tally. Two thousand members of the Gaelic Athletic association met Martin Sheridan upon his arrival in Dublin, Ireland, and escorted him about the city with a torch light procession. The mayor, of the city headed the procession. The feature race at Buffalo yesterday was won by the Eel, which horse paced the race fast enough to win in straight heats. Minor Heir paced a mile in 2:004 at Galesburg, 111. The owner has accepted an t offer of $2,000 to pace the horse against this record in an exhibition to be run during the Great Western meet at Galesburg.- The young horse appears a rival for Dan Patch. When will it stop? John Flanagan smashed all records in the cixteenpound hammer throw yesterday when he hurled the weight a distance of 1S9 feet 8 inches in an exhibition at Queenstown, Ireland. His previous record was 175 feet, 1 inches. Charles Wagner, the young shortstop of the Boston Red Sox, is trying to live up to the family name. He has been hitting like Hans on the road. Clark Griffith would look rather strange as a National league manager. Griffith did more than any other ball player to help American league expansion. Jim McGuire says that he doesn't expect the Red Sox to do much until next season, although Elberfleld thinks the Yankees will be up there when they get going. Some of the leading members of the Athletic team are said to have severely criticised Mack's judgment in letting "Sid" Smith go. They had beter be careful. Spike Shannon, the newest member of the Pittsburgs, fits in very nicely In the outfield. Manager Fred Clarke still regrets that he let Kitty Bransfield go. He has never been able to satisfactorily fill Bransfield's place, although he has tried a score of men. X Y Z'S REFUSE TO PLAY GLEN MILLERS. Sporting Editor Palladium and SunTelegram: Dear Sir: The X Y Z management realizes that it was a bitter pill for the Glen Millers to go down to defeat the second time at the hands of the X Y Z's thereby losing all claim to the city championship. Therefore it is not any more than we expected for them to raise a dispute, but on what grounds we are unable to understand. We do not deny that the game went only eight innings, but we fail to understand how It came that neither their score keeper nor their umpire noticed the mistake until two days aft er, as our score keeper noticed it and called our attention to it immediately after the game. But it was then too late to correct the mistake for not more than two minutes after the game was over every member of the Glen Miller team and also their score keep er was off of the grounds which we can prove by the large crowd that was present. In regard to the "Forty Dollar" proposition we would not be afraid to play for twice that amount with the present Glen Miller team, for had it not been for the wildness of our pitcher Sunday who allowed ten men to walk, they would not have had a look in. But we know too well that a third game would not be between the present Glen Miller team, but a team consisting chiefly of semi-professionals. We theiefore positively refuse to play the Glen Millers another game this season for we think our two victories of 9 to 6 and 12 to 9 respectively, have shown our superiority. Besides we have other teams . to play without devoting all our time to the Glen Millers. Signed, Manager of X Y Z's. The Swics Referendum. Id some of the cantous of Switzerland a method resembling tha referendum has bet'n in practice since the sixteenth century. The present form was adopted in the canton of St Gallen in 1S30. lu 1S4S. in spite of conservative opposition, the referendum was incorporated lu the Swiss federal constitution, and in 1S74 its application was extended. In all the cantons, except Frleburg, the referendum Is now established. The Allowance. "But." protested the wayward son, "you should make allowance for the follies of youth." "Huh!" growled the old man, "If It wasn't for the allowance you get there would be less felly." Chicago News. Your Mother? Here's to the woman who has a smile for every joy, a tear for every sorrow, a consolation for every grief, an excuse for every fault a prayer for every misfortune, an encouragement for every hope. Salute Foix. t Sympathy. Archie Baw Jove, the wind blew a spark from me pipe against me neck Just now. Reggie. I noticed there seemed to be a smell of burning rubber in the air. Pick-Me-Up. ATTENTION COEUR DE LION NO. 8. There will be a stag picnic at Hlser's Station "Hotel De Bum" next Sunday, Aug. 16th. All members lnliVited. Committee.

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ing Sheriff Werner called tha fire department to a near corner to attract the crowd's attention, and, the ruse being successful, Loper, in his automobile, dashed up to the jail. Officers hustled their black prisoners out of the jail and drove with great speed to Sherman, the nearest station on the Alton railroad, north of this city. There the north bound train from this city to Bloomington was intercepted and the prisoners placed aboard for Bloomington. "On to Loper's!" This act t)f Loper's aroused the wrath of the rough element. In an attack on the ry?gro quarters in the East Side ear?y in the evening one of the leaders shouted "On to Loper's!" and the crowd started. Loper's machine was standing in front and they wrecked it. Then they hurled bricks through the big plate glass of his restaurant, knocking out every pane. The interior was raided and furniture and china smashed. The entire front of the three-story fcuildiag has been broken in. The fire department has made repeated runs to draw the people away, but has not succeeded. Governor Deneen has been in close touch with the situation. Negroes in various parts of the town have been run down by smaller mobs and stoned. A prohibition meeting on the east side of the courthouse was being addressed by their candidate for the presidency, Eugene W. Chafin, of Chicago, but it was broken up when a scared negro, bloody from his bruises hatless and coatless and almost bare, ran onto the platform. The mob seized chairs and began to throw them and the meeting was dispersed in haste. ' Negroes to Peoria. Bloomington, 111., Aug. 15.. Richard son and James, tho negroes brought from Springfield to avoid the mob, have been taken to Peoria to prevent rioters from coming from Springfield and capturing them. A LACING. The Result of Little Edwin's Questions and Comments. "Say, maw!" "Well, what?" "How do they get holes in lace?" "Why, they make the lace round the holes, my son." "But it ain't lace without it's got holes, is it maw?" "No, Edwin." "Well, how do they get the holes in the lace they put round the holes to make the lace, then?" "Child, you will yet drive me to distraction." "Where do they get the holes, maw?" "Why, the holes are Just air." "Oh, they're air holes?" "I suppose so." "Well, there's air holes in paw's hat Does that make it a lace hat?" "No, no, no!" "A. Swiss cheese has boles in it Does that make it a Swiss lace?" "Hold your fool tongue! Do you hear?" "Didn't you say all lace had holes, maw?" "Yes." "Well, I've got shoe laces, but they ain't got no holes in 'em." "Leave the room and permit me to finish 'Lady Lingerie's Lost Lover; or, now Lord Lumbago Was Lured Away by a Lissom Little Lallapalaza of a Lacemaker.' " "Maw, kin you make lace?" "No, Edwin; that Is not one of my accomplishments." "I didn't think you could, maw. Mrs. Knockenberger said you was so fat lacing wouldn't do you any good." But "maw" wasn't too fat to give Edwin a lacing that did him some good. Chicago Journal. The Mouse Trap. "The child is father to the man," said an inventor. "For instance, there was a miller's son who invented, at the age of seventeen, an automatic mouse trap, a trap that used the recoil from one mouse's capture to set Itself for another mouse. This trap worked well, caught eleven mice at the first go off and soon rid the miller's mill of Its mice myriads. Well, sir. the boy Inventor of that mouse trap used the trap's recoil principle for his greatest invention, the Maxim gun. for it is Sir Hiram Maxim I'm talking about and if you go to the Maine village of Sangerville they'll show you there one of the automatic rapid firing mouse traps that presaged the famous Maxim gun." Fort Sumter of the Revolution.. At the mouth of tbe Plscataqua river, three miles below the historic town of Portsmouth. N. II., nestles the only seacoast fort in the United States which includes within its confines a combination of all the styles of fortification from the colonial stone redoubt to the present barbette battery of concrete faced with earth. Moreover, Fort Constitution, as It la named, was the Fort Sumter of the Revolution. Army and Navy Life. There Are Others. "Some women are foolish- That convicted thug gets lots of flowers from women, I s'pose?" "Yes." answered the warden. "But the lady murderer on the next tier has had forty-seven offers of marriage to date." St Louis Republic

ARCADE

A WRECKONTHE ROAD What a Collision Means to the Man at the Throttle.

PLIGHT OF THE ENGINEER. The Chances He Has to Take and His Fate Should He Become Crippled In a Smashup -There Are Some Thingi Worse Than Physical Pain. "I Just dropped in to tell you that the coroner's Jury has exonerated you from all blame for the wreck. They are going to hold the block tower man." The old engineer turned his pain drawn face toward me. A white capped nurse gently brushed back the wild hairs from his forehead. "Thank you, miss," he said, "and you, too, sir, for the good Dews. I knew they couldn't blame it on me, because it was white at Mentor. Toor Denny, he'd tell you so, too. if he was alive. 'All white!' he shouted when we came round the curve, and I gave him the answer, 'All white!' and pulled her wide open. Then we struck the empties on the siding, and well, you know the rest." He w iped a trembling hand across his eyes as if trying to blot out some horrible vision. Ills eyes began to sparkle, and a bit of color flashed into his pale cheeks. "I suppose you fellows think I opened her up and went into those boxes Just for fun." A smile flitted over his lips, and then he grew serious. "Say, did it ever come to your mind that an engineer might be as anxious about his own life as he is about the lives of those who are riding behind him? My wife and little one don't you suppose my life counts for something with them? "Did you ever stop to think what a collision like that at Mentor means to the engineer? Just try to figure yourself in his place. He rides in four square feet of cab room, surrounded by a mass of levers, rods and the like. Ahead of him is about three miles of boiler pipe, carrying 200 pounds of steam pressure and enough hot water to cook the meat off his bones in a Jiffy. Clattering at his back is 6,000 gallons of water and 20,000 pounds of coal. Under him is 200,000 pounds of engine, and behind there is 600,000 pounds of train. Altogether he Is running along ahead of 800,000 pounds of steel, hardwood and brass held to an eighty pound rail by threequarters of an inch of wheel flange. "Why, when one of those big Russian battleships fired a broadside at the Japanese tbe whole thing amounted only to 24,000 pounds, so the papers say. And that 24,000 pounds traveling eight miles a minute would strike a Japanese ship eight miles away with an impact only one-tenth of the force we hit the empties at Mefetor. "Of course I was the engineer and they depended on me. There is always a lot of fine talk about engineers having the lives of several hundred passengers in their bands. That's all very true, but you don't want to overlook the fact that the engineer's life Is right there along with tbe others. We all take chances, the train crew as well as tbe passengers, only our chances are slimmer. I had one chance in 500 of being killed, or one In twenty-five of getting right where I am now, but a passenger on the train had one chance in about 3,000,000 of being killed and one in 130,000 of being hurt. "I see that a lot of people were killed and a whole lot more hurt I don't want to be a grumbler, but It appears to me that you fellows have kinder overlooked the fact that both of my legs are gone. Of course that might not mean much to you, but If you realized, as I do, that for the rest of my life it is going to be my Job to hobble out into the middle of some country road and wave a white flag as every train goes by if you could realize what that means to an engineerto hear the mocking toot of the whistle as she comes up to the crossing and to see the sympathetic salute of the engineer and fireman as they go flying by I tell you, my boy, there are some things worse than physical pain." His eyes filled with tears. The nurse gently wiped them away and softly Btroked back the hair. "I wouldn't talk any more now," she said. "All right miss," he replied, putting out his hand to me. "I always obey orders." B. It. Wlnslow in New York Tribune. A Free Translation. "And you say the idiot of a teacher told you that you had an extravagant fool of a father?" "That's what he meant" "But what did he say?" "He said it was criminal folly to waste money on the education of such a chump as I am." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Nothing Left "Have you," asked the Judge of a recently convicted man, "anything to offer the court before sentence Is passed?" "No, your honor," replied the prisoner; "my lawyer took my last farthing." London Tit-Bits. The Last Word. Conductor This here transfer expired an hour ago, lady. Tbe Lady (digging in her purse snappishly) No wonder with not a single ventilator open In the whole car! Puck. If you would relish your food, labor for It Danish Proverb. Paul Mount is the guest of friends at Pittsbul-g. Kndnl Fop Indigestion. Relieves sour stomach, palpitation of the heart Digests what you eat.

5c THEATRE 713 MAIN ST. Tbe Arcade claims without oilspnte tbe coolest theatre In town.

BARSUM'S OLD PLACE

THE HISTORIC MUSEUM THAT STOOD IN LOWER NEW YORK. Facta .4 boat tbe Fan on Carlo Hall That Brought a Fortaae to tbe Emrente Showman Forty Tkiui4 Persoaa Saw It (mrl ojr Fir. "We will ascend to the top of St 1 Paul's skyscraper and take New York J city in at a glance," said my friend as ' we passed the corner of Broadway and ; Ann street. Entering the doorway and ; taking the elevator it took but a few : moments to find ourselves at the top where from the windows we not only "took in" the entire city, with its brick ; walls and smoking chimneys, but as far as the eye could reach we saw water AaJ green fields. As we descended we could not help thinking that on this spot for many yean stood Barnum's museum, once the dream of all children and a place of universal Interest to every one. Among the many sights and curiosities seen in the museum some are familiar to this day, as Niagara Falls, with real water, trees, rocks, etc.; Joioe Heth, the aged colored woman, 101 years old. who had ouce been nurse to General Washington; the woolly bsrse, said to have been captured by the Fremout exploring party la tbe Rocky mountains; the Indian wedding dance; the club that killed Captain Cook; Tom Thumb, tbe dwarf who drove around the city in a stylish little coach and who married Miss Lavinla Warren, the wedding taking place before a vast assemblage at Grace church wbile multitudes lined tbe sidewalks outside; the living whale that was kept in a tank of salt water pumped in from the 1 bay; the hippopotamus, the tropical fish. Commodore Nutt, known as tbe $30,000 Nutt; the two dromios; the i lightning calculator who could add a square of figures at a glance, and who became a Methodist minister; the fat boy; Anna Swnn, the Nova Scotia giantess; the tallest man lu the world; the fat woman; I'ashashareud. "the what is It," no one knowing whether it was a man or a monkey; the boa constrictor, seen inside a large glass case; tbe cherry colored cat; tbe happy family, a collection of cats, rats, adders, rabbits, parrots, birds, etc., all In one ' cage; also two vast alligators, the living skeleton, the baby mite that : weighed only three pounds, the fish with legs, the Fiji mermaid, the ' giraffe, the rhinoceros, with the tropl- ' cal birds, parrots, cockatoos, mocking birds, humming birds, vultures and i eagle, and the well remembered dog and baby shows. Then there were the wax figures of pirates and murderers, Franklin rierce, Patrick Henry, General Washington. James Buchanan, General Marlon, General Lafayette. James Madison, Governor Morris, Trinee Imperial of France, Mme. Roland, Moll Pitcher, Nathan Hale, Poor Richard, Daniel Lambert, the Veiled Murderess, etc. In many of the plays thrilling scenes were produced, as in "The Storm at Sea," where a vessel was struck by lightning and the crew rescued by being drawn by arope up a rocky summit and the army ascending through tbe narrow defiles of the Swiss Alps. The museum was burned on the afternoon of July 13. 1863. The fire, it was thought originated in the engine room, it being necessary to keep up steam to pump fresh air into the water of the aquaria and to propel the fans that kept the heated halls cool. Tbe flames began In tbe manager's office and extended to all parts of the building. The manager showed great presence of mind by depositing several thousands of dollars In a safe before he escaped from the building. Fully 40,000 persons witnessed the fire, who saw the tall woman lowered by means of ropes to tbe sidewalk and beard the shrieks of animals in the menagerie and the growls of the Bengal tiger. Tbe lion andhls mate, who had escaped from their cage, were seen walking along tbe floor and an encounter beneath the roof between the eagle and a serpent when tbe victorious eagle bore off his enemy in his talons amid loud cheers. The polar bear, escaping from the building, walked through the streets to tbe custom house, where, ascending to the balcony, be fell and broke his neck. Other animals. Jumping from the windows, caused the crowd to stampede, when some lost their hats, others had their coats torn, snd many became awfully disfigured by falling in the mud. Tbe remains of the two whales, tbe kangaroo and crocodile were found In the ruins. The loss of no other building In tbe city could have caused so much excitement and regret as Barnum's museum. Brooklyn Citizen. Wham M Wort Bastlea. "Bustles were ridiculous." said an antiquary. "Do you remember the bustle of 1SS5? It shot straight out from the waist a broad seat on which, honestly, an adult could have sat Yes, bustles were ridiculous, but no more ridiculous than the tournures of Francis II. The tournures were worn by men. They were bustles front instead of rear ones. Tes, in the time of Francis II. portliness was considered 6tately, and men tied on tournures, or false stomachs. In order to achieve an air of dignity " Character. The need of the world today is character. It has brilliancy. It has capacity. It hes ambition. It has energy. It lacks men who stand on the solid rock of honesty, who scorn to take auytb!t??r that they have not rightfully earned, whose word can be trusted seven days in the week, who are self contained, resolute and strong. Slander, that worst of poisons, ever finds an easy entrance to Ignoble minds. JuvenaL There is no medicine .-: mad at tbe ssiee time so pleasant to take as Dr. Caldwell ' Sttop Pepsin, tbe positive cure tor all diseases aristag from stomach trrmbla. Tbe price is very reaa "cable 50c ad ?1. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY.

'Mephisto's Affinity" and "Mr. Trouble's Troubles" Funny and Spectacular.

MYSTERY OF THOUGHT.

Try to Concentrate Your Mind on One. Theme For Five Minutes. A St Louis physician who has given much attention to the study of mental disease In its various phases, though, as he says himself, not enough to qualify as an alienist has a curious theory with regard t concentration of thought on any particular subject Ills idea Is that no human can so fix his miud on any special topic as to avoid eren for a moment the errant thoughts that come and go, not only without our volition, but la spite of our most earnest efforts at mcutal ap plication. He goes so far as to maintain that nobody but a monomaniac can think of one subject continuously for Cve minutes and even belieres that the ability to do so is oue evidence of something wrong in the upper story. "I once heard the subject discussed by a party of intelligent men. and oneof tbe number was so confident of his ability to think of one subject an indefinite length of time that he roused his oppoueuts to the point of making a test. " 'If you can repeat the Lord's Prayer and then declare upon your word ot houor that you have not thought of anything else wbile doing It, I'll make you a present of a horse and saddla and bridle. "The confident one took up tbe challenge and iu order to fix his mind requested tbe company to keep still until he got through. Then, with frowning brows and tightly drawn face, he began aloud and went it lowly and apparently with the most determined attention straight through the prayer. "After he said 'amen' and opened hie eyes he was asked bow he bad got along with bis task, "'It's a failure, gentlemen. I didn't get to tbe end of 'hallowed be thy name' before I wondered what kind of : a horse it was going to be, and before I reached 'thy will be done' I thought' about black saddles and white saddles and about the borse again; then of the bridle and the rein, whether they would be of light or dark leather; then of old rete, a horse my father had and how be threw me over bis head when I switched him with a locust thorn branch; then of a mare that kicked old Pete In the ribs while they were In the pasture together and left the imprint of both shoes on bis side, and before I reached 'amen' I thought of a drove of wild horses that used to be out on the plalps and what a pile of money a man would make by rounding them all up and selling them for "I did think I could fix my mind on one thing for awhile, but when I tried my brains seemed to scatter like an old fashioned shotgun.' "St Louis Globe-Democrat An Eccentric Will. In the year 1730 a gentleman living In England named Samuel Baldwyn died after a somewhat unhappy married life. By bis will Mr. Baldwyn left his property to his young wife on tbe condition that she shonld from time to time dance upon bis grave. The motive for this strange request; was evident when tbe Instructions for his Interment were read. Mr. Baldwyn1 desired that his remains should be tak en by boat to the Needles and theu ....... t . 1 . rf. 1. 1 . I I. u iu tut ren. j uia aiuguiar . wish enabled him to revenge himself on his wife for past disagreements, and tbe widow lost the property, as she could not fulfill tbe conditions of her husband's bequest The Word "Ogre." Old fashioned etymologists used to say that tbe word "ogre" commemorated tbe sufferings of Europe during the ninth and tenth centuries at tbe hands of the ravaging "Olgours," or Huns. This derivation, however, is now abandoned. "Ogre," which reached the French language by way of Italian and Spanish, is really Orcus. tbe Latin hell, afterward the god of tbe underworld. In Romanesque folklore this god became a sbsggy, black, man devouring monster, with a particular taste for lost babes In the wood. , NOTICE EAGLES. All Eagles are invited to attend the picnic given by the Eagles' Drill Team at Swallow's Grove on August 15 and 16, 1908. Stop 131 on traction line. 11-13-15 Use Gold Medal Flour for your pastry. Gr.aaui.if a. ADMISSION 10c QENNETT THEATRE Presents to the public for the first time the sensational h urn a novo TALKING PICTURES Beginning Monday Afternoon. Alternoon Doors open at 2:00; commence 2:1 Evening Doors open at 7:00 ; commence 7:30 4-SHOWS DAILY-4 2 AFTERNOON 2 2 EVENING 2 Tbe sensation of tbe theatrical world. First In Richmond 10c Admission 10c SATURDAY