Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 118, 6 March 1909 — Page 4

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Rm.Ibj O. le....Maaaa4tf Bettor. Charles M. Morwau. ......... .! W. B. Poaaeatoae.. News Edtt.r. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond $5.00 per year (in vance) or 10c per week. adMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year. In advance .......... Fix months, in advance , One month, in advance ....... .$5.00 . Z.69 . .45 RURAL ROUTES. One year, in advanco v ......$2.00 Six months, in advance 1.25 One month, in advance ........ . . .25 Address changed as often as desired; both new and old addresses must be given. . Subscrlbej-s will please remit with order, which should . be given for a specified term: name will not be entered until payment is received. Entered at Richmond. Indiana, postoffice as second class mall matter. The Association of Americas Advertisers (Now York City) has txaiainsd and osrtifisd to ths elrenlatka m Mm imhiieatlaB. Onlv Uis nauros ol I circulation contained la Its report are v - - - fc A -aJ tri i9 THE INVESTIGATION. Some time ago the Young Men's Business Club of this city, appointed a committee to examine into the accounts and business affairs of the city to see in what condition they are. This committee will report early next week in all probability. . No matter exactly what that report will contain, but there are a few things which can be said to advantage before that report comes in. The value of a report or an investigation depends entirely on the thoroughness, competence and integrity of the men who make the report of the investigation. Even if it be found that the affairs of the city are in good shape-" that everything could not be better It does hot mean that this sort of examination should not be made and made thoroughly by the same class of men as are now engaged in it. For the frequent auditing of the city's books is courted by the capable and honest officials and feared and shunned by those of the opposite characteristics. " It all makes for good government. The good official gets a recognition of his services which enconrasrea him and the crook knows he must keep straight or get caught. The people of this town must not think that because an investigation does not unearth graft at every haul," that an investigation is therefore useless. - It Is fundamentally important that from time to time there shall be Investigations to keep graft but of the town. ' k k . S ' The merchant that does not look over his accounts now and then gets In trouble. , But the proposition of graft is not the only one which should concern the cititens in any report. Incompetence and waste are quite as expensive even if not quite so criminal as graft. . It is to be hoped that from this report it may be seen what, if anything, there is wrong with the present "state' of affairs, so that the people may take this into consideration before the nomina tions for mayor are settled. . The way to begin a business administration such as the Palladium hopes that Richmond is to have in the future, is to start In with a clean sheet and a knowledge of where the trouble has lain In the past. ' That'ls the only way that the evils of the former years can be minimized. It is to be hoped that this investigation and the report of the proceedings, will be full enough and clear enough for the people to see the exact condition of affairs. ' U M ll A 1 A 11 . ..1 . 1 it ii aoea ,., mac, me investigation will be a success. -INAUGURATION DAY. Inauguration day has gone. March and the lion did all they could to make it uncomfortable for all concerned and the blizzard has made many beside the would-be spectators wonder why the date should not be moved good weather-ward, v Most of the inauguration days since the beginning of the republic have been of the very worst and none was more so than the zero weatb er wfaich marked Grant's second inaugural. On that occasion hundreds of men, women and children died from exposure.' It is even more than possible that Thomas Jefferson rode his horse' to the capitol not purely but of democratic simplicity, but because the rains 'and snows had made the roads impassable for any other sort of loco motion Since March 4. in the neighborhood of Washington, . C, is so uncomfort able and sq absolutely disheartening. to those of the American nation who want to pay out their good money in an attempt to see a patriotic and spectacular show why not change the date? ' '-'- '"'. - A decided inconvenience is not. the .only trtfio wWan; .stands In; the way, Tha changing of a precedent is not in ".....fc.i J tn.iokii tti.tf the 2ate cannot. be changed thput chaining the president's tern tx a fjee and poadtly the election . in the

fall preceding. Some one would hare to have the difference between the dates- tacked on his term, If the present plan of taking the oath were carried on. Perhaps some such plan as operates in England might be tried. Theoretically there is always a ruler for England always ready the minute the former monarch dies but the coronation does not take place until afterwards. We are debarred from the use of this custom ' from ; lack ' of monarchiai crowns, and from the fact that the president must take bis oath before he becomes president, a formality which does not seem to worry our English cousins greatly. The simplest way to escape blizzards would be to have the president sworn in and then along about the Glorious Fourth, have the parades and the fire works and the speeches. - That would be an excellent economy, except that July weather in Washington is worse than blizzards. ..

THE NEW PARCELS POST. The new parcels post law which is now before congress means much to ' the merchants and farmers in communities such as this. It bas ' great possibilities for good and not one-sided good at that. Ordinarily the mere mention of the word parcels post drives the small ; merchant into a fit and means little no more to the average farmer than some new scheme of the mail order houses. The bill now before congress promises to obviate the dangers of the mail order variety to small merchants and at the same time to give the local merchant a new market and the farmer a quick means of transportation especially in the seasons when the weather is too bad or the work too important to go to town. In . short every post office from which rural routes eminate is to be a point of entry for parcels mail on those routes only. The mail must be less than eleven pounds per parcel. The restriction placed on the mail is that the parcels must not be shipped from an agency. This is to prevent the mall order houses from entering the field by shipping things to a distributing agent who in turn would forward the parcels on the rural routes. ' Obviously this is a local parcels post.; But its advantages are appar ent. In the first place besides being a great convenience it will also make the rural route help support itself instead of being an added expense to the postal' deficit every year. For the increase of income will go far toward supporting the system and may even make it independent and self sustain ing. - Local merchants have expressed a fear that the farmer will not come to town when he has the parcels post. He may indeed not come to town so much (though even that is doubtful) but the system will encourage local trade. The easier it is to buy things the more things will be bought that is self evident. What is more to the point those people on the rural routes will be all the more likely to confine their trade in Richmond. The parcels post with its intimate connection to the rural route means that Wayne county must keep on im proving its roads. Rural routes especially with the heavy loads which the new system will sometimes cause can only be effective where the roads are good. t FORUMOFTHE PEOPLE Articles Contributed for his Column Must Not Be in Excess of 400 Words. The Identity of All Contributors Must Be Known to the Editor. Articles Will Be Printed in the Order Received. By suggestion of the National Worn en's Christian Temperance Union, the local Unions united last Sunday, af the Christian church in Memorial exercises, with a program furnished by the national organ. ' ; The exercises were in the. nature of a memorial to the fearless leader, Francis E. Willard, who was promoted from her earthly labors eleven years ago, but whose Influence continues to be felt throughout the world. - The exercises were opened with prayer by Rev.; Huber, then the reading of the old Crusade Psalm, by Rev. R. J, Wade, which was followed with prayer by Rev. Harry Keats. "Frances E. Willard as a Christian" was the theme of the principal, speaker. Rev. George Hill. This very interesting discourse Dy ur, nm was rendered of more particular Interest for the reasoh that he was a cousin of Miss wiilard, and was intimately acquainted - The Earlham Quartet rendered two! very beautiful songs which were much appreciated by the audience. "Frances E. Willard, the leader oft a Righteous cause" was the theme of i dtervmttMi hv. Pair .. 1 vnna U Zi a discourse by Rev. Lyona. that vrKllo nnt rwrcrtnnllv .Mn.tntfiJ

with Miss willard, that he was wen both nourishment and acquainted with her work, that she medicine a most powerful was a natural leader who "was always S. a;j A J.Wf :nn -considerate and tactful In her leader-? Q 10 aiSesuonship, and that she met an. both high ! A small dose three times a aJZSlS?Lov L3"' day will work wonders, Di'.HLyoaa said he almost en Vied Dr.--. m c H1B fcia earthly relaUonshln to that sure to get Scott X.

noble '-wea.. but then remenSiered mai we are aix.orotners ana sussr in Christ " ,V ' - ; - Rev. S. A. Trauai spoke briefly of the present needs of the . city -? and

gave ai his theme "The Conscience of the People" and said that the Women's Christian Temperance Union should be held in higher esteem by all christians. A duet was rendered by Mrs. Clarence Hadley and Mrs. Walter Career, which was beautifully executed. Mrs. Nettie Tranm took , charge of the. offering, which is to be sent to the National "Organization Fund. The exercises were very much r enjoyed by a large and appreciative congregation. Both the Francis E. Wlllard Union and the Mary F. Thomas Union, unite in extending their most sincere thanks to the speakers and the singers - In making this memorial interesting and instructive. W. C. T. U.

Editor Palladium: The quarrels of preachers, doctors, and lawyers, being mostly over definitions of things rather than over the things themselves, add to the gaiety of nations.- It has long been a favorite expression that you can prove anything by the, Bible. Henry Ward Beecher once said that the Scriptures were like a vast forest; you could get clubs for your enemies or flowers for your friends. There are singing birds there as well as wild beasts. Anyhow this remarkable collection of Jewish writings contains infinite variety. As to Bible proofs. Now take Noah. This patriarch, when only 600 years old, planted a vineyard and got drunk, although he was "perfect in his generations," and "walked with God." His son Ham saw him lying in his tent drunken and naked, and boy-like, ran to tell bis brothers Shew and Jophet to come and see for themselves. When "Noah awakened from his wine," he cursed the poor boy Ham and condemned him to slavery. And Noah lived 350 years more, making 950 years in all. This story has for ages been used to bolster and sanction slavery; it' was the foot-stool, shield and buckler of human bondage; slavery was "a divine institution" and all black slaves were caller"""Sons of Ham." Does this story justify drunkenness and the drunk-factory? Does it justify slavery? No, for the letter killeth. Further on we read that the Lord asked Moses why he had not avenged the children of Israel by smiting the Midianites. Moses raised an army of 12,000 soldiers and let loose the dogs of war. After killing all of the men prisoners and burning all of the homes, the soldiers drove the cattle and sheep and the women and children to Moses and the priest Eleazer for one grand triumphant review. Moses became very angry : and cried : "Have you saved all the women and children alive? -Now therefore kill every male child among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man, but all the women and children who have not known man keep alive for yourselves." , Now does this war-story justify useless war? Does it justify veng eance? Does it justify , the slaughter of prisoners of war? Does it justify the killing of women and the debauch ery of girls by the victorious soldiers? No, for the letter killeth. The spirit which broods over this remarkable collection of Jewish annals is the Spirit of Christ; this spirit has saved the churches amid horrid corruption, and that spirit is still higher and nobler than our fondest . dreams of humanity. STUDENT. Editor Palladium: In your Sunday paper a Fountain City correspondent is grieved because some folks are boycotting Richmond He says we may have another chance at the saloons in two years. "And in the meantime would it not be much better for us drys to go to the wet brother, greet him with a hearty shake of the hand and try to show our erring Drotner where he was wrong." . We all have freedom of thought and action, and if this Fountain City brother, and others think they can convince Richmond that it voted wrong by patting it on the back ana making love to it, tney nave a right to pp. and make love all they please, but many people think it would be better to let Richmond men feel financial loss on account of their timldity and failure to vote as they knew they ought for fear they might lose nickle. A long time before Captain Boycott was born, people have reserved to themselves the right to withhold their patronage from towns or men if they thought it best. Today a great many people that have spent their dollars in Richmond in the past will trade elsewhere and we hope enough people will do so to make men take notice that the nickles they have saved by voting wet have lost them dollars for their folly. s If we can not get what we want in a dry town and must go to Richmond, we know of a few good people there who voted dry and we will trade with them. DUBLIONIAN. MASONIC CALENDAR. Saturday, March 6 Loyal Chapter No. 49, O. E. S. Stated meeting. Most children eat too much,' overtax the digestion, get -i i i . i . M" wca languid. Slop growing that s malnutrition . or non-digestion OI food. Scott's Emulsion has helped countless , thous- , . .. .

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County after county transferred Into . . . . Indiana's dry list, as an indication of,ter- Sabbath school begins at z:18 a .'fixed purpose in the . minds of a j and closes at 3: 30" with a short ser

in a jority of the voting population of this state, would seem to be rather impressive. But when a, survey is taken of recent temperance legislation In other states the conviction is forced that the phenomenon evident in Indiana is by no means isolated in this commonwealth. Men's Fashions., From the Milwaukee Sentinel. Collarless coats are threatened, and we trust the summer will see the restoration of cuffless trousers. An-i the Tailors. From the Detroit Free Press. What a boom our inaugural ceremonies must be to the silk hat manufactur ers. . White House. From the Hartford Post. President Taft will continue to call It the white house, regardless of the protests of the protests of the dilettante. Public Spirit-and Ambition. From the Topeka Journal. From the good-paying jobs that many gen tlemen are giving up to accept posi tions in the Taft csbinet for meager recompense, it goes without saying that tbe United States is blessed with a lot of public-spirited men. ' - . Rest. From the Toledo Blade. After all the tiresome traveling he has done there should be a home-sweet-home-ness about the white house for Mr. Taft. The Company Has Come. From the Chicago News. Washing ton Is expecting company this week. TWINKLES Anything Rather Than Rain. "Would yon say that March comes in like a lion or a lamb?" "I don't care which." answered the man who was fiercely clutching his umbrella, "so long as It doesn't come In like an amphibious animal or a polar bear!". Another Theory. "I have seen illuminations on Mars which I am sure were efforts to communicate with us," said the imaginative scientist. "Nonsense." answered the practical person; "what you saw was prooaoiy a national celebration with street il lumination and fireworks." - A Refined Exhibition. Hall to the great quadrennial show, With gay and rythmic prancing. And wit and beauty all aglow, And no Salome dancing! Doubtful Compliment. "You can't blame a man for being hilarious when a great man is being feted by the nation," said the convivial man.'.' r'v "No," . answered the matter-of-fact person; "It s merely misapplied energy. I don't see why any one should feel particularly complimented because you insist on creating a disturbance and laying the foundation for a headache.".--;. No Danger of Misleading Anybody. ' "Would you advise a young man to go into politics?" "Without hesitation. If he is really fitted for politics he won't take advice; he'll insist on giving it." - PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles In 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50a Wise to Their Habits. "Excnse me. ma'am." said the book canvasser to tbe lady who had opened the door In answer to his ring, "but If yon have a few moments to spare I'd like to show you the great work on the 'Habits of Savage Animals.' " "No nse wasting yonr time, yonng man," replied the female. "I've been married three times and know all about their habits." Chicago News. Not Wail Named. "Now, where did 1 lay my rat, X wonder?" fretted Mrs. Trousseau. "Your er rat 7.. said" her husband. "Do you mean that fluffy thing yon put on your head?" "Of courser "I'm sure I don't know, my dear. But why call It a rat? Rabbit would be better. It would sound more like real bare." Lipplncott's. Not Implicated. "But my lord. said It was 1m What stole the 'orse. "What were bis exact words? Did he say, 1 stole the horse? "Oh, no, . my lord: Tonr lordship's name rras never mentioned !" London Scraps. ' .. : -. A Ready Example. ' ' Saplelgh Queer fellahs, these poets. There's the one, for instance, who speaks ' on . "an aching void.!T Now, how can there be an aching void? Miss Slant Have yon never bad a headache, " Mr. 8apleigh? Boston Transcript. ....... 1 Valueless. Fluffy Yonng Thing I'd like to prelay tbe express on this package. Express Company's Agent What's the varae? Fluffy Toung Thing Nothing, air. It's a bundle of letters. I'm sending them back to him. Chicago Tribune. - . .. , Whoever pays yon more court than be is accustomed to pay either to deceive yon or finds yon to him. Coartenay. - joasnta.: OoM Medal Is real economy.

The Sunday Church Services

Earl ham Heights Public School mon. People are still making hundred dollar pledges for the new church. Good. Leave it with either hank. Second Presbyterian North Nirteenth street, Robert H.-Dusaway, pastor. Bible School at 9:15. Preaching at 10:30 by the pastor. Christian Endeavor at 6:30. Preaches it 7:15 by the Rev. W. L. Clarke of Lowisville. Special Gospel services Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings of next week. Come, lesrn j the way, get the truth and receive the life. Grace M. E. W. M. Nelson, pastor. Sunday school at 9:00 a. m. Preaching by the pastor at 10:30 and 7:30. Class meeting at at 11:45 a. m. Epworth League at 6:15 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended. Wesley an Methodist South Tenth, near C. F. Lee Mumford, pastor. Worship 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school 2 p. m. Missionary meeting 3 p. m. Splendid program to be rendered. Prof. O. J. Buckner will sing. All cordially invited. . First Church of Christ ScientistMasonic Temple. Sunday . services, 10:45 a. m. .Subject "Man." Wednes day evening experience meeting, 7:45. The public invited. Reading Room, No. 10 North Tenth street. Open 2 to 5 p. m. . First Baptist Church H. Robert Smith, pastor. Preaching by the pastor at 10:30 a. m. and by Mr. O L. Goodwin at 7:30. Sunday school at 9:15 a. m. Juniors at 2:30. B. Y. P. U. at 6:30. The ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be observed after the morning service. All are cordially Invited to attend these services Fifth 8treet M. E. Church J. C. Graham, pastor. Sunday school 9:15 a. m. Morning sermon, 10:30 a. m. Subject "The Victory Life."' Epworth League at 6:30. Evening service at 7:30 p. m. A cordial -welcome to all. Whitewater Friends' Church Corner of N. 10th and G streets. Theodore Candler, pastor. First Day school 9 a.m. A. L. Ellis, Supt. Meeting for worship, 10:30 a. m. Evening service 7:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor Meeting 6:30 p. m.' ; First Presbyterian Church Thomas J. Graham, pastor. Notice change of hour of Sunday school. Out Sunday school will meet tomorrow at 12 noon instead of 9:15 a. m. R. H. Nicholson, Supt. Wlllard Rupe, director. The pastor will preach at morning and evening services. 10 : 30 and 7 : 30. Chorus choir under Prof. Earhart. An nual congregational meeting for business next Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Yon are welcome. The Universalis ' Church Rhoda Temple, Sunday, March 7. Rev. Martha Jones will preach ' at 10: 30 a. m. on "The Power of Prayer." At 7:30 p. m., "Paul, a Universallst" Sunday

THE SCRAP BOOK

'The Pessimist, A hard looking dtlsen who showed every indication of having made a night of it and then some walked along Beacon street, In Boston, and sat down wearily noon one of the marble steps of a bandsoaM residence. The owner of the house at a lower window watched him for some time as be sat with his bewhlskered chin aenk upon hie breast in an attitude of dejection, an expression of utter dlsgnet upon his face. At last he opened hi month and said in a hnsky and cantankerous voice:: "To hell mit tbe chnrch! To hell mit the pope! To hell mit everybody 'cent Rosier There was another long alienee. Then suddenly be arose and said defiantly as he walked away: "To hell mit Rosier Lipplncott's. Throe Days. -So much to do! . 80 Uttle dona! . Ah. yeaternlcht I saw the san Sink beasntam down the vaulted aray, Tna ghastly ghost of yesterday! 80 llttlsi dona? So much to dot Bach morulas; breaks on eonfltets now. But. eager , brava. 111 Join the tray -And fight the battle of today. So much io do! So little done! But whan tt's o'er-the victory won Oh. then, my sou), this strife aad sor - row Wm end la that great, glad tasnorrew! lames R. Oil mars. Overdid It. An obliging yonng Pole named Knno was a waiter in a speak easy. One Sunday the place was crowded all day. Even at midnight there was still a full house. Some of the members of this full house were pretty full themselves, and the boss hesitated about letting them leave. It would look suspicions for them to stagger and lurch out of bis speak easy. And so he said confidentially to Knno. tbe waiter: " "Knno, jnst walk down as far as the corner and see If there are any policemen about." At tbe end of live minutes Knno returned, and tbe bartenders busy behind tbe bar end tbe noisy drinkers with their glasses and even the drunken men propped on chairs In tbe corner looked st him inquiringly. Knno, with a courtly wave of the band, ushered in a brace of grim looking officers.-: -'' . f . " "Sir." he said to tbe boss, "dare no pottcemana en de corner, so I to de station boose an bring yen two Why They Dont ' A youns mdy whose beauty Is equal to her brantness la conversation was visiting a house where other guests were assosnblsd, among them tbe attest son of a rJcb tnaaafactarer. The talk turned en nsatriasealal squabbles Said the eligible "perM -I hold that the correct thing for the husband ts to begin as he Intends to go on. Cay that the qnesfJoa was one of smoSfts. Almost ImmedUtely X weald

school at 9:15 a. m. Junior Y. P. C U. at 2:30 p. m. South Eighth Street Friends Church H. R- Keates. pastor. 9:00 a. mBible SchooL John H. Johnson, superintendent. Topic. "Philip and the Ethiopian.' Acts 8:I6-3S. 10:30 a. m. Meeting for Worship. :30 p. m. Yoong Peoples acd Junior Christian Endeavor Socieiks. Consecration meeting. A cordial invitation is ex

tended to all. especially to any who may be without local church affiliation. East Main Street Friend- Allen Jay, rastor. Bible school. 9:10 a. m. A. M. Charles, Supt Meeting for worship, 10:30 a. m. Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. All are cordially In vited to attend any or all of these serv ices. United Brethren Corner of Elev enth and North B streets. M. Hobson, pastor. Preaching at 10:30 a. m., by the pastor. Subject, "What the World Thinks of the Church." The presiding elder, J. T. Roberts, D. D.. will preach at 7:30 p. m. Communion and Lord's Supper after the evening sermon Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Y. P. C U. at 6:30 p. m. Miss Opal Cromer, leader. The third quarterly confer ence will be held Monday evening at 7:30, Dr. Roberts presiding. All are cordially invited. St. Andrews Catholic Fifth and South C streets. Mass at 7:30; High Mass at 9:45; Vespers, sannonette and benediction at 3 o'clock. Rev. Frank A. RoelL rector. Rev. H. J. Gadlage. assistant. St. Mary Cathetlc Masses every Sunday at 8 and 9 o'clock and High Mass and sermons at 10:30; Vespers and benediction every Sunday at I a m. Rev. J. F. Mattlngly. rector. Rev. Thomas A. Hoffman, assistant Reid Memorial Corner Eleventh and North A streets. Rev. S. R. Lyons, pastor. Preaching by the pastor 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: "The Persecution of the Nation's Prophets." Sabbath school. 9:15 a. m. Christian Union, 6:30 p. m First M. E. Corner Main and Four teenth street. R. J. Wade- pastor. Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.; morning worship at 10:30. Address by Miss Wlnfred Simlster of Delaware. O., re turned missionary from China, Thank offering of W. F. M. S. Class meeting at 11:45; Junior league at 2 p. n Epworth league at 0:30; evening service at 7:30.- Sermon by pastor on "A Saving Resolution" Installation of Brotherhood officers. Special music by the choir directed by Mrs. Grace Gormon. A cordial welcome to all. First English Lutheran Corner of Eleventh and South A streets. E. G. Howard, pastor. Morning - worship 10:30 a. m.; vesper service 4 p. m. Sermon by Rev. S. R. Lyons, D. D. of the Reid Memorial church. Sunday school 9 a. m., Lee B. Nusbaum, superintendent, Lenten service Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Sermon by the pastor. Woman's meeting Friday 3 p. m. All are Invited. tnhc the iiMsOon 'forever."' , "And I would knock the thing oat of year month r cried the ImperfcwM beeaty. "Do you knew," rejoined the yonng man. "I dont think 70a would bo therer Old Mr. Flaherty was a general favorite In the little town where be uvea, ine aoexor wm away nnn mu ; one summer sad did not bear of the i old man's death. Soon after his return ! the doctor met Mies Flaherty and la-; quired about tbe family, ending with. "And hew la your father standing the Intense neatr - j Tried to Comely. : The manufsctarer of a certain brand of cigar advertised It far and wUs as "the unparalleled-everybody smokes It." One day he received a letter from a man with whom he waa only slight ly acquaiated. running thus: - ' "Dear Smlthby I want one of those cigars everybody Is smoking, Send It to me by mail, securely done up tna small pasteboard box. Tear truly. -"BSOwTWON." Not even a stamp was Inclosed' for postage, but Smlthby took some pains to comply with the request, and after a lapse of two or three days Browneon received by maU, duly packed la a small box. a stump of a cigar threequarters of an Inch long, accompanied by the following note: , "Dear Brown son Impossible to send one that everybody is smoking, bat here Is one that fifteen separate newsboys have smoked on. Tours truly. "8MITHBT-" . Merely an ,Eche. He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself sccordmg to higher principles, who bas no Ideal, no convictions such s man Is a mere article of the world's furniture- an echo, not a voice. Anders Journal-' . New te His. Lieutenant Colonel Hackett of the Boyal Dublin foaileers teas this story: "A squad of raw recruits were br ing drilled by aa irritable drill geant. The commend 'Doubler gtven. and ail the men obeyed, with the exception of one, who remsmed standing . stOl sad gastng vacantly . Wby. man. haven't you learnt anything about deubtln yetr roared tee Irate eargeant. ; , "A gleam of latelilgeoce passed over the face of the recruit as he replied. So. sir; rm a Cork ssan.' - - : Mr. Grussbley -I te rt you can have sen y for half a crown a betue. Manager Well, just ntrfts oat sve nerve to" aad "woitlkss" sad pat the tetter m Guard Saa

Do You L&3 to Ttczd Good Stories? ' Do you like ftutHty or qmoitiiy in your fiction I You can pet a splendid bunch of quantity in any one of a dozen . magazines. - ( You can get quality in a few. , One magazine combines ex cellent qmalitj with a good heap- , ing measure of quantity. That is the new magazine, HAMP- , TON'S, which nearly a million readers declare b the best magazine in America. HAMPTON'S MAGAZINE MarchOa Scla Mow . Rex BtatKt CrutUst Serial The Silver Horde," vivid, color- , ful, dramatic Better than "The Spoilers." , ;.--.? "Tk Prist? by Jouthin Daskam Bacttt. Another delight- -ful Caroline story, about a baby that wasn't wanted. "TA Tattoo" by Ifary Raymond Shipman Andrews. , The heroic, yet gentle ttory of a monk end his heartomance. "SAauH and Fiona" bp Charles BattellLoomis. An Irish fairy story of a territte giaet and a little here tpM by Jicay in his best towefese. "The Apron of Genius? ' by ' Earl Dorr Bigrers. A rollicking piece of French humor.- : . "A Poor Bargain?' by Arthur Morrison Quiet fun and char-acter-drawin? by . the author of Tales of Mean Streets." ; "The Mating of Skrimjiyr by Grace SartweU JJason. How a kid t hat waa "outsiSe de gang" got inside with flymj colon: 0 Special Article Admiral Evans, VanceTJpson, Eugene . P. Lyle, Jr, Herbert N. Casaon, Capt. Fntz Duquesne, the Doer ivory hunter and' other experts who know real tAixjs and can. tell about them. 4 : , , - Bar i to sap eay Eve PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY. Frcl n. lied 023 nEI SI11E2T Ctct Ig0w7QG7C23 raw I FGGO 070HC U ssadl t3 KaaO

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