Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 54, 1 January 1909 — Page 2

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I 1. fAGE TWO. THE RICHMOND PALIAD1UM AKD SUN-XLtiBiM, FRIDAY. JANUARY 1, 1909. SEEK FOR OWNER OF GOT PACKAGE Addressee Does Not Live Here and Whereabouts Unknown at Postoff ice. MAKE A NOVEL ATTEMPT. MOTHER SUICIDES AFTER DESERTION YEAH WAS DRYEST SHOWN BY RECORD PROMOTERS ARE PROUD OF RESULT ft We talie this method of thanking you for patronge for past year e and wish you a Happy and Prosperous Hevy Year In Lack of Precipitation 1908 Holds Honors, According To Local Observer. Feel Franklin Township Corn Show Was a Success in Many Different Ways. . PLAN FOR NEXT. YEAR. LOW TEMPERATURE RANGE ZERO WAS THE COLDEST POINT REACHED BY GOVERNMENT INSTRUMENT AND 95 DEGREES IT RECORDED. PERSONS ASK TO HAVE MAIL BACKSTAMPED TO DISGUISE DATE OF SENDING LATE ' CHRISTMAS GIFT8. EXPECT TO MAKE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION TO PROMOTE ANNUAL SHOWS TO BE HELD IN TOWNSHIP.

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; To whom does it belong? A package, which evidently contains a Christmas gift of some value is at the local postoff ice, because the carrier cannot find the addressee. The package was addressed to a Miss , Main street, Indiana and the postmark showed that some friend from England had sent the gift In plenty ot time before Christmas for it to have been delivered had it been properly addressed. In the effort of the postal department to locate the addressee, the package will be sent to every city and town in Indiana with a Main street in its directory. The package was neatly done up in heavy English wrapping paper and j. Red Cross stamps of the English design pasted on.it. Postmaster Spekenhier could easily become a popular man with the women If he so desired. It is not implied that he is not popular but that his popularity would be enhanced many times if he would have accommodated sev- . eral during the last few days. This is ' ' also true in respect to the men for persons of both sexes came to him and tried to have him back stamp letters in order to deoeive the addressee into bettering that the package had been lost In the mails. The attempt of many to have this done is the outgrowth of present received from some one very unexpectedly and the local friend wanting to 'return the compliment by - aendlnti another but rather late Christinas present. If the postal service permitted the backstamping of mail no - doubt many presents would be made after New roars, disguised in clothes V of postal marks and dates leading the addressee to believe it had been lost.

SIMPLE FAITH. A Burly Burglar's Ceitfidsnee In n Belter's Business Aoumen. A, man who admitted that he came Cirect from state prison 'tried to sell te the city editor of a New York new a weird and startling, story of a will which he declared, had bees revealed -to him by a fellow convict. He was a burly fc!low with a prognathous jaw, and be bad lost an eye In battle. The mere look of him would frighten a timid citizen into tremors. ; Mr. .White, the expert in criminology, cross examined the man aa fellows: s "Why were you in Auburn?" "Highway (meaning, of course, highway robbery). "I Mppoae yon were wrongfully con- ; "Nuh; dey had me right" : Bach - engaging candor made Mr. White feel that the man was truthful, and be was greatly disappointed when ' etrfcJt Investigation disclosed the fact that the story of the missing will was all fictitious. The man was disappointed, too, at the failure of his romance, but he went . away from the newspaper office in cheerful mood, with some remark about better luck next time. A week later Mr. White was summoned to the reception room of the newspaper, and there be found his friend, the burly highwayman, his shoulders broader, his single eye fiercer than ever. But his visit was quite friendly, although . somewhat ' tinged wltb business. He evidently believed he could rely on Mr. White's good faith and business acumen. ' Fixing Mr. White with his glittering eye, the strong armed one plucked him by the sleeve over to a corner of the room and there in a loud, hoarse whisper Inquired: "Say, couldjer do anyt'lng wit a couple o' watches?" Harper's Weekly. Bimini and the Fountain of Youth. Biminl was a fabulous island firmly believed in by the Indians of the An- , titles, though they could give no further clew to its location than that it lay some hnndreds of . leagues9 north of nispanlola. On this island was the famous fountain of youth, giving perpetual health and vigor. It was the search for this fountain that 'led Ponce de Leon and Hernando de Soto to Florida, on the outskirts of which the island was generally supposed to be situated. Coneerning His Kissing of Hr. Only one person with a mean disposition would baTe figured out this little prose poem. It runs as follows: Which do you think is the greatest slur? DID he kiss her? Did HE kiss her? Did he KISS her? Or. Did be kiss HER? Cleveland News. The Groat Need.. "Miss Dolly, you know the old ad- ' Age".;,- --. -1 don't want to hear anything about add-ages," she interrupted. "What we girls want is some subtract-ages." Woman' Home Companion. In reply to charges made by the Social Democratic members ot the Diet of the German Emire that accidents re caused by too long hours of ser- ' rice. Dr. Schultz, president of the Railway Bureau, said that the accident itatistlca showed that much the larger number of accidents occured not in the tatter hours of the workmen's day's service, as would be the case If due to war-fatigue, but in the earlier hours, vtea tbe men were fresh.

MRS. WM. A. STONE. Mrs. Stone's desertion of her wealthy husband and three children

caused her mother to commit suicide. Her home was in Uniontown, Pa. HEW YEAR'S DAY WAS1EBY QUIET Business by Uptown Establishments Was Suspended Practically All bay. LITTLE DISTURBANCE. OLD MORPHEUS RULED IN THE CITY LAST NIGHT AND LITTLE HEED WAS PAID ARRIVAL OF YEAR'8 FIR8T DAY. New year's day was observed generally by the business houses of the city. Appropriate exercises were held Lin a number of the churches last even ing. Many stores that were not closed throughout the day gave their employes a half holiday. Union barber shops were closed all day. The saloons had to close by the law. The amusement places were open and attended by large crowds. Judge Converse was on hand for city court this afternoon btft no cases were presented for hearing. No arrests were made last night nor this morning. The year was ushered in by. the ringing of church . bells and chimes. Not for many years has there been so little attention paid to this event. Very few factory whi3tles blew and the bells were rung only for a short time. This is due no doubt to the attempt made last year by some citizens to have the year's entrance observed in as quiet a manner as deep slumber would permit. ' , TURNED OFF GAS; PREVENTED FIRE Girl's Presence of Mind Stood In Good Stead. Just a moment before Robert Lacey ran into the room screaming "fire," the natural gas burned at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lacey went out for some unknown reason yesterday afternoon. Jeannette Clapp, the young house girl, turned the gas off and hastened into the room from which Robert had fled. She saw the child's Christmas tree in flames. She summoned help and the tree was carried into the yard, but not until after it had damaged the furnishings to a considerable extent. The loss is covered by Insurance. SELECTING HOMES ATTHE CAPITAL Local Members of Legislature Chose Their Residences. Richmond's representatives at the state legislature will acquire their places of temporary residence in the capital city next week. Senator Kirkman and family have gone, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gardner intend to leave Wednesday and Walter Ratliff will tfe found at one of the hotels. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkman will take a flat. They have two young children and do not believe hotel life the most advised for this reason. The little daughter will be placed in school at Indianapolis during the session. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner will make their residence at the English hotel.

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That the .year 1008 was one of the dryest in respect to precipitation, is attested by the fact that in this vicinity the deficiency of the mean precipitation is 10.28 inches. This record is equalled in but few previous years and will stand in all probability as a record breaker for several years to come. The total amount of precipitation for the year was 33.6 Inches. During the year the range in temperature varied from sero to 95 degrees. Although it was reported that the thermometer fell below zero many times last winter, the official instruments at the water works pumping station,-as watched by Observer Vossler, did not report a lower estimate. The coldest day was February 2. The warmest days were, July 12, August 16 and 31, September 20 and 21. The year was warmer than was 1907, taking the mean temperature as a comparison. The mean temperature for 1007 was 50 degrees and in 1908 51.5 degrees. December was not unusual in a weather way from what correspondng Decembers havo been, as determined by Weather Observer Walter Vossler. The month was opened with its strangest weather or a range in temperature of 32 degrees. The maximum temperature was 62 on the ISth and the minimum 7 degrees on the 3d. The mean maximum was 41.5 degrees and the mean minimum 24.5 degrees. The mean temperature was 33 degrees. In respect to the precipitation for the month, the total amounted to 1.31 and the greatest rainfall was .34 of an inch on the sixth. The snow fall was 1.6 inches. The only fall was on the fourth. The number of deaf days and the number of partly cloudy days totaled nine each. The cloudy days numbered 134.

TREASURER MADE HISJETTLEMENT Myrick Turned $246,721 Over To Successor. B. B. Myrick, Jr., retiring county treasurer turned over to his successor in office today account sheets showing there is a balance to the credit of the county amounting to $246,721.91. The county auditor and treasurer worked to a late hour last night In compiling and comparing figures. It wos found from the sheets Treasurer Myrlch was able to account for every penny due. All of this money was placed at the disposal of Albert Albertson, the new treasurer. EFFICIENCY SYSTEM. The commencement of the efficiency record system at the postoff ice was made today. The clerks and carriers hereafter will depend on their own work for promotion. Promotion means in a salary way. The establishment of such a system will not doubt further enhance the efficiency of the service. SMALLPOX AGAIN. Smallpox has again broken out in the city. It is a very mild case however and the authorities have vaccinated many of the neighbors to suppress the spread of the contagion. A young man by the name of Jordan, living near Chestnut and West Second streets, has the disease. MUCH PNEUMONIA. Much pneumonia among children is reported by the physicians of the city. The cases are said to be of a mild nature. The most prevalent form of attack is in the bronchial tubes. SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Suit has been entered in the Wayne circuit court by Ira Manning to secure divorce from Isa Manning. The complaint has been withdrawn and the cause of action could not be learned. Tolstoy is one of the most prolific writers of the age. He has published some 120 books, and the Innumerable pamphlets, most of which have been translated Into every European language. The extent , of his output is the more remarkable when his laborious .methods are considered. Some of his chapters have been writen a dozen times, and the pages of his manuscript are disfigured by numerous erasures and interpolations. One of his novels had to be copied out seven times before a fairly legible manuscript could be sent to the printers. We publish a simple cure for smallpox kindly sent by a correspondent. ''One ounce of cream of tartar, dissolv ed in water, drank at intervals when cold." Is the recipe, and in recommending it the correspondent says, it "has cured thousands, never leaves a mark, never oaaeee blindness, and brings

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Promiters of the Franklin township corn show feel they were very successful when their Inexperience is considered in connection with Tuesday's event. There were five entries of white corn and ten of yellow. . The scoring was by Joseph Helms. The prize for white corn was awarded Delbert Funk, second mony being taken by Henry Knoll. Hjnry Knoll won first prize on the yel ow variety and Harvey Brown second. On mixed corn Harvey Brown took first premium and Jesse Brown second. Mr. Helms gave a very beneficial explanation of the method of scoring corn. He told about breeding corn, detossling, shape and length of ears and amount of feeding value. It is the intention to make a permanent organization to conduct future shows. The committee feels indebted for this year's success to Oliver Spencer. Chas. Anderson, Erastus Steller and Nathan Grave for soliciting for the exhibit. Attention of all farmers is directed to the corn school to be held the first week in February at Centerville.

THE FESTIVITIES ARE NOW OVER The Last of Y. M. C. A. Dedi catory Services Came to A Close Today. REGULAR GYM WORK NOW CLASSES BEGAN THEIR WORK THIS MORNING, THEN THE HAPPY LADS TOOK A PLUNGE INTO THE POOL. The end of a week of festivities in connection with the dedicatory service of the Young Men's Christian Association was culminated today and hereafter the association will be limited to members only. The regular routine of gymnasium work was held for the first time and afterwards members oft these classes took a plunge in the natatorium. Many used the billiard and pol tables and these games will prove as popular as any installed by the association. Now Have 450 Members. The association now has enrolled about 450 members in both the men's and. boy's departments. This was the last day for becoming a charter mem ber. While it was not necessary for the prospective member to pay for his membership at once he must have filed his application blank today. The reduction in fee from $10 to $9 to senior members holds good until February 1. "EDITE COLLEGIATES" eammassBBBssni Oscar Tauer Has Recollec tions of School Days. In the window of the Starr Piano Company's store on Main street, is a picture of college "boys" after thirtyseven years' separation, at a reunion in Stettin, Germany. This picture was sent to their absent member, Mr. Oscar Tauer, who .for many years has been foreman of the Starr Piano Co. Mr. Tauer remembers all the boys well and they wanted him to be with them at their reunion. The old song in their college days. Edite bibite, collegiales. Post multa saecula pocula nulla," has had no effect on them yet, as the picture shows. BUSINESS WAS LARGE. The- business of the post office for the calendar year 1908, will surpass that of the year 190T, according to Postmaster J. A. Spekenhier. Finance Clerk Otto Sprong has not made out his report, being delayed by other work. It will probably be made Monday. pou.T: ' Oold Medal Flour makes bakinr easy. THESBSA. Knn rl For tsgssstica. A Relieves sonr stomach, palpitation of the heart. Digests what you eat

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OFFICERS ELECTED

Sunday School of First Methodist Church Held Meeting Last Night. WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT Officers for the ensuing year were elected at the meeting of the Sunday school of the First Methodist Episcopal church last evening. The following were chosen: Superintendent Mrs. S. C. Bevlngton. First Assistant S. H Jones. Second Assistant Ray Longnecker. Third Assistant Mrs. H. I. Comer. Secretary Frank Elliott Assistants Lois Genn and Grace Davenport. Enrolling Secretary Ancil Elliott. Treasurer Dr. U. B. G. Ewing. Chorister L. H. Bunyan. Pianist Miss Ella Luring. Organist Miss Nellie Trewitt. Secretary of Primary Department Hazel Gregg." Librarian John Hieger. Assistant Librarians Fred Stalhorst and Roy Kohlstedt. President of Temperance Society B. F. W?ehrley. , President of Missionary Society Mrs. F. A. Brown. Vice President Mrs. D. W. Stevenson. Superintendent of Primary Department Mrs. L. H. Bunyan. Superintendent of Cradle Roll Ha zel Gregg. Superintendent of Home Department Mrs. F. R. McFail. SUGGESTED BY CHILDREN. Origin of th Argand Lamp end the Telesoope. Some of pur most useful mechanical appliances owe their existence to the Ingenuity of children In fashioning their playthings. Argand, who Invented a lamp with a wick fitted Into a hollow cylinder, was one day busy in his workroom. Sitting before tbe burning lamp, his little brother was amusing himself by placing a bottomless oil flask over different articles. Suddenly he placed it upon the flame of the lamp, which instantly -shot up the long circular neck of tbe flask with Increased brilliancy. Argand did not ' allow such a suggestive occurrence to escape him. The idea of tbe lamp chimney almost Immediately eame into his head, and in a short time bis Invention was perfected. The telescepe owes Its origin to a similar occurrence. Tbe children of a Dutch spectacle maker happened to be playing one day with some of their father's glasses in front of the shop door. Placing two of the glasses together, they peeped through them and were exceedingly astonished to see the weathercock of the neighboring steeple brought within a short distance of their eyes. They were naturally puzzled and called their father to see the strange sight When the spectacle maker looked through the glasses he was no less surprise than the children had been. He went indoors and thought'the matter over, and then the idea occurred to him that be might construct a curious new toy which would give people a good deal of amusement. Xot long after the telescope was an accomplished fact Before the development of telegraph and communications an ambassador may have been a person ot great importance and responsibility, but now that he is little more than a glorified clerk, it is ridiculous to pay him like a mediaeval prince. The practical usefulness of diplomatic missions may be fairly guaged by the fact thp out of 67,879 expended upon our diplomatic service in China only 25 could be spared for the relief of distressed British-., subjects. Twelve thousand, six hundred and seven pounds seems also to be an excessive sum to spend every year upon the childish pastime of heraldry. FRIDAY AND Tied docd, the

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HAD URGE CLASS fORJNITIATIOII Protected Home Circle Lodge Growing Rapidly. At the regular meeting of the Protected Home Circle last evening,- a class of ten members was given the Initiatory degree. A class of six will take the Bame degree at the next meet ing. This lodge has been established in this city but one month and in that time has gained fifty-two members. Tbe charter will be closed January 14 and at the meeting that evening an oyster supper will be served the members. Those forming last night's class were: Miss Blanche Mulholland, Elbert Colvln. Mr. and Mrs. James Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Minor, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph. Maddox and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Daily. POWER OF "WATER. .! Under Certain Conditions 4t le tioally Irrseistible. When a man goes in swimming at the seashore and slaps the water fosribly with his hand or takes a back dire from a pier and lands squarely on his back he realizes that the unstable liquid offers not .a little resistance. Yet, says a writer in the New York Tribune, It would surprise almost anybody to see what water will de under certain conditions. A stream from a fire man's hose will knock a man down. The Jet from a noxsle used in placer mining in the west eats away a large piece of land in a day, toys with great bowlders as if they were pebbles and would shoot a man over the country aa though be were a projectile from a cannon. There is a story of an eastern blacksmith who went west and made a bet that be could knock a bole through the jet of one of these nossles with a sledge hammer. He lifted his arms, swung the sledge and came down on tbe ten inch stream with a force that would have dented aa anvil. But tbe Jet never penetrated, whisked tbe massive hammer out of the . blacksmith's hands and tossed it several hundred feet away into tbe debris of gold bearing gravel beneath a crumbling cliff. After this tbe blacksmith left out Iron when be spoke of bard substances. - There is also a power plant near Dnrango, Colo., where a United States cavalryman one day thought be bad an easy Job In cutting a two inch stream with bis 'sword. He made a valiant attack. The result waa that his sword was shivered in two and his wrist broken. A little thinner jtt of water descending 1,600 feet to a manufactory at Grenoble, Spain, and traveling at tbe moderate speed of 100 yards a second fractures tbe best blades of Toledo. Of course some people will, not believe such stories without having seen the thing, and one may think it a proof of tbe scientific Imagination to say that an inch thick sheet of water, provided it bad sufficient velocity, would ward off bombshells as well as steel plate. Nevertheless many persons while traveling have seen a brakeman put a small hydraulic jack under one end of a Pullman car and lift twenty tons or so by a few leisurely strokes of tbe pump handle, and the experience of riding every day in a hydraulic elevator tends to remove doubts of the magic power possessed by wster bitched to a machine.

CITY LEAGUE Monday, Jan.

Okating Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Morning, Afternoon and Evening.

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SUFFERII1GJS ENDED Death Relieves Woes ofTlmothy Baker, Prominent as Lodge Member. WAS ILL THREE YEARS.

Timothy F. Baker, a weKfenam member of local lodges- and for tnany years foreman . at the DUle-SfcGolr lawn mower factory, died tbia mora !ng at 4 o'clock at his residence x39 North Seventeenth- street after a Wneaa of nearly three years duration. He la survived by bis wife. Mrs. Mabel Baker, one son Horace of Nashville, TeniL, six brothers, Andrew, of California, Henry, George, Joseph and Isa, ot this city, and Warren of Great -Bend, Kansas; also one sister, Mrs. Mary Modlln ot this city. The funeral will be held; from the residence Monday v afternoon at . 9 o'clock. The burial will be at Eaitham cemetery. rrlends desiring to view the body may call at any time. It la requested flowers be omitted. Mr. Baker suffered a stroke of par alysis three years ago and baa been unable to participate In business since that time,-although not bedridden. all i of the time. Since the first stroke It j has been but a slow approach to denthj Mr. Baker waa a Mason, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellow. His death bad been expected for some- time. EUCK. pert on tbe fool i should thefbenncef law of us. pie leave the beard wtrbj a anno of aly la not so snack owing to the tact that foot b mn commonly rich, for the rale of the simple life obtains now ta the fashionable eunone, but tt Is the ejmantlty taken. There is a large oonvawatry at the priunt moment which faata from breakfast thno tJU tmner at ntjat. It Is a qneatiea If It la Wise to leavo the stomach enttsery wttbont food an these hoars, baft there la m Hon that the lighter tbe lunch taken the better will be the health of the individual. By a "lbjbt loach-in this instance la meant what most people - would not call a lunch at an that Is to say, a few crackers with cheese (a much maligned article of diet), a few nuts and a bit of fruit or a cup of cocoa wltb dry toast. Such a "feast' prevents the craving for food and In no way taxes the digestive organs. Overnutrltion Is just as harmful as malnutrition and Is far more frequently the cause . of maladies. With Judicious fasting tbe system recovers Its lost tone, and mental work' ers would find tbst the brain worked with surprising lightness, for the brs In is one of the chief sufferers from overeating. New York American. l.w W A Relieves sour stomach, palpitation of the heart. Digests what you eat. Gsse Called 8 o'dsck.

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