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Radotafc G. l4m... .MimiIik Editor. Charles M. Moraa ........... Manager. W. R. Paaad.toae. New. Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. i la Richmond $5.00 per year (In advance) or 10c per week. , MAIL SUBSCRIPTION'S. One year. In advance . . Six months, in advance One month, in advance .95.09 . 2.60 . .45 RURAL ROUTES. One year, in advance $2.50 Pis months, in advance 1.50 One month, in advance .25 Address changed as often as desired; both new and old addresses must be given. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be Klven for a specified term: name will not be entered until payment is received. Entered at Richmond. Indiana, post office as second class mail matter. , Hm Association of (Naw York City) ha as4trtlllsdtotasJralaaM f ate MMtoattea. sly ths flgszw at la its FORUMOFTHE PEOPLE Articles Contributed for This 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. Editor Palladium: The council a.t their meeting Monday night took a step in the right direction In annulling the validity of charging a meter rent by the City Water company, but in my opinion did not go as far as circumstances Justify. The opinion of the council should be vouchsafed to the Board of Public Works that no increase should be made in rent charges for the use of the water, in other words, the minimum of. 75 cents a month should be condemned In as emphatic a manner a possible. While I appreciate the possibility of such a proposition as an act of strategy on the part of the water company to divert the people's mimt from the possibility of municipalizing the plant, they will secure the acceptance by the Board of Public Works of this dishonest, unjust proposition if given anything like reasonable encouragement. The people of the Fifth ward in which I live, are becoming Intensely aroused and a mass meeting of the voters to offer their protests, is a strong probability, if developments warrant such a meeting. I am voicing the sentiments of everyone, without a single exception, with whom I have talked, when I say for audacity the water company's contract is beyond all comparison.. If they think they have exercised astuteness In their .actions, they will find they have created a boomerang which will return to them with such force as to demonstrate the wisdom of Solomon when he said: "Surely the churning of milk brlngeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brlngeth forth blood, so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife," When the city water works undertakes to. wring the nose of the Richmond people in the manner proposed in the new contract offered, they will find a fight on every hand. Yours truly, David R. Mikesell. Hems Gathered in From Far and Near Roof Gardens for Flats. Prom the St. Louis Republic la this season of summer heat, moved by an Instinct as irresistible as that which causes a dog to put out his tongue and a frog to jump into a pond, human beings seek the open air after the heat of the day. , As you pass through the streets of the city, its population is almost to a man on viewnot to speak of women and children. Lawns, porches, open squares, parks all are densely populated. In the "streets where inexpensive flats abound the houses are built almost flush with the sidewalk. Babies sprawl at your feet as you pass by; porchlets the thing is even worse than the word are covered with gaspers after fresh air after long hours of enforced confinement; meager sets of steps are as full of people as the bleachers Saturday afternoon. Particularly is the heat hard upon the dwellers in second-floor flats, under sunheated tin roofs. In these streets, with little or no space given over to grass or floweis, where the vagrant ; wind carries the savor of the passing automobile to Use occupants of sidewalk step and microscopic porch, there is little comfort and no beauty. And yet within the grasp of these people, controlled by them, paid for by their money, and accessible to them alone, there is ample space for hammocks and ; steamer chairs, couches and settles, . vines and flowers. Where? Just over their heads. Northern View of Maryland. t From the Boston Transcript. The return of the Gorman dynasty is the paramount v; issue in Maryland. "Young Gorman,n who inherits with his father's name all his ambition and not a little ' of his shrewdness, has succeeded in .preventing the democratic state convention from recommending the re-electkua of Senator Rayner.

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A Working Agreement It seems a little disheartening to the citizens of Richmond that both railroads should be fighting freight interchange. It waa generally thought that the Pennsylvania was the road that had opposed this for its own profit. But when H. C. Starr the general counsel for the C, C. & I arose and pleaded for there being no interchange because by that means the C, C. & L. might have a monopoly of the West Virginia coal hauling It appeared that it was cheaper to buy West Virginia coal than Indiana coal on account of the absence of freight interchange. He went on to recount that the railroad was in the hands of a receiver and would be greviously hurt by any change in the freight situation at Richmond. All this being so, does it not seem a little strange that both railroads should be fighting shoulder to shoulder to keep freight interchange from being a reality 7

Time was when Wayne Township along with other townships along the old C, R. & M. voted that railroad a subsidy. Times have changed. Once the C, C. & L. needed the $250,000 of the people's money raised by special tax. It was the friend of the people and needed their help. , ' ; New they are fighting on the other side. ' t Or so it would seem. The money was voted to the C, C. & L. under the impression.' if not the stipulated agreement tha the city of Richmond and the surrounding country was to profit from having an independent railroad with no connection with the Pennsylvania or any working agreement. Whatever may develope from the situation it is certain that the two railroads are at present fighting to keep Richmond from having freight interchange for the benefit of the shippers and consumers. Shipper and consumer are not words that hit home very hard until you realize that it means you. . The situation at present is that it is cheaper to get things by freight from any other place than Indiana. It appeared in the testimony that it was far cheaper to get logs and coal from outside the state than from Indiana sources. Whatever may be the legal status of such a proceeding, it at least looks to the ordinary observer as discrimination. That this discrimination should be for the benefit of the two railroad companies does not make it any easier for consumers and shippers. Is there a working agreement.

The Palladium takes pleasure in correcting a statement appearing in its news columns on . Tuesday evening to the effect that Mr. George H. Knollenberg had signed the petition for asphalting Eighth street because of his connections with the Union National Ban; Mr. Knollenberg states that he signed the petition for asphalt because of the resident freeholders who were for asphalt, at the request of Dr. A L. Bramkamp and that he has no business affiliations with the bank in question. The Palladium is all the more glad to make this correction, inasmuch as Mr. Knollenberg has no connection with the financial interests back of the Saxton Asphalt Co., and is very sorry that he was placed in the wrong light to our subscribers.

Though not an ideal senator, Rayner is a man of much more ability than Gorman and is capable of a higher level of action. At present he stands for the better element of the democracy, and should he pick up the gage which Gorman has thrown down may be instrumental in defeating the pending disfranchisement amendment which is designed to protect "white supremacy" in a state whose colored population is less than 20 per cent of its total. . "Chickens a Nuisance." From- the New York Herald. "Chickens a -nuisance," declares the Charleston News and Courier. What, fried? Baltimore Sun. Chickens a nuisance? Yes, when all they leave of your garden is a reminiscence; yes, when the young cock, full of the joys of life, rouses you in the early dawn; yes, when some low-browed, vulgar fowl whips the very life out of your blooded pet; yes, when the pip or other ailment worries the amateur breeder. But when fried? Never! Lecture Profits. From the Kansas City Star. A man who said he was walking from Boston to San Francisco, and paying his expenses by lecturing, collected 10 cents In Ludlow. He was offended at this, and said he had received $4 for many a lecture not half so good. TWINKLES (BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.) A Sign of Talent. "Bliggins says his youngest boy is going to be a lawyer." "How can he tell?" 'He has the gift of cross-examin ation. He asks questions that are simply calculated to embarrass people without caring two cents about the answers." . An Indication of Leisure. "Do you think a four-leaf clover is a sign of luck?" "Yep," answered Farmer Corntossei. "There ain't no doubt in my mind but what anybody with time to fool away lookin fur four-leaf clovers is purty lucky." Oriental Wisdom. Let not a stubborn will in things of state Prescribe your record in the book of Fate. The most successful man" ofttimes is he Who knows exactly when to abdicate. Worldly Analysis. "Do you think I ought to consider wealth in selecting a husband?" said the confiding girl. , "It depends," answered Miss Cay enne, 5 "on whether you are looking State of Ohio, City of Toledo, , ucas uouniy. ss. ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is sonior partner of the firm of F J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of -Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. - FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this Sth day of Decern Der, a. u. is&b. (Seal.) A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure' Is taken into,. natty, and acts directly on the blocs and .mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. ' F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by all Drug-gists, T5c. Take Hall's F&milv Pills tar ramtl. patloo. , - r; - ,-

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Resentment. "It 'pears to me," said Mr. Punkinseed, "that I'm gittin' onpopular with my neighbors." "Well," answered Si SImlin, "111 be frank with you. This bein" a prohibition state, we kind o think folks ought to take life serious an' not indulge in practical jokes." "I ain't no practical joker," , "Yes, you be. : You keep several jugs standin around your house, an' there ain't a thing in any of 'em except maple sirup." FOR "DRY" FARMING Alpine, Texas, Aug. 19 Preparations are being made on a large scale for the dry farming convention to be held here September 1, at which time final arrangements will be made for the sending of an exhibit to represent Western Texas, at the Fourth Dry Farming ? Congress at . Billings, Montana, October 26-28. The convention to be held here will be participated in by practical farmers from all parts of Western Texas, where unusual progress has been made in the last few years in the development of agriculture by dry farming methods. It is probable that a permanent local organization of dry farmers may be the result of this convention, such proposed organization to work In cooperation with the Dry Farming Congress. This matter has been discussed! by a number of the leading dry farmers of this vicinity and is said to meet with general approval. Confessions. The woman begged the, bachelor gin not to go yet awhile. She was argent that the girl finally sat dowu again. Then the two aat perfectly still and silent, looking at each other. "I know what you are thinking.' aid the bachelor girl by and by. "What?" asked the woman. That, now you've got me to stay, you wonder -why it was you insisted so. Yon don't know what to do with me or to say to me, now I'm here to stay." "How did you guess it?" the woman laughed. "I've felt just. that way myself." said the bachelor, girl, "auiay and many a time." New York Press. A Bad Hole to Get Into. A gentleman was going round a strange golf course with a local caddie, and after playing part of the way be pointed to a. rather high wall and inquired. "Is there a hole over there?" "Yea, sir," replied the caddie solemnly; "there the cemetery over there Don't put yourself Into a bole there if you can help it." Loudon Scraps. His Transformation. Little Harold, aged six. felt Tery proud when be donned his first pair of trousers. Taking bis three-year-old brother behind the door, he was overheard to say. "Willie. Willie, do you remember me?" Delineator. All Is not false which at first lie. Soutbey. Miss Emma Sponenberger of St Louis, Mo., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dean of North 19th street MASONIC CALENDAR. Saturday, Aug. 21 Loyal Chapter, No. 49, O. E. S., Stated Meeting.

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TO BHBPEMOI Two New Battleships Will Be More Powerful Than Oreadnought. CRAMPS LAND CONTRACT PHILADELPHIA FIRM WILL CONSTRUCT THE ARKANSAS AND WYOMING WHICH WILL BE OF 26,000 TONS. Washington, D. C, Aug. 19. The contract for the construction of the largest vessels ever undertaken by the navy department the Wyoming and the Arkansas today were awarded to William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia. These vessels were authorized by the last congress of the United States in order to keep pace with the construction of Dreadnoughts by Great Britain. Since England has been building big battleships. Uncle Sam with an eye to the future has been more than duplicating the efforts of the British government. The Cramps submitted two bids, one at $4,450,000 and another at $4,475,000. Only one ship can go, how ever, to any one firm of builders. Two Companies to Build Them. The New York Shipbuilding company of Camden, N. J., made the next lowest bid at $4,675,000, and gets one of the ships from the Cramps. Bids for the vessels were made under two heads, class one being according to the navy department's plans and class two, the department's plans as to hull and equipment, but with machinery suggested by the bidder. As a result there were propositions for the installation of turbines coupled with reciprocating engines, and turbines combined with electric motors. The speed promised generally was 20 knots under both classes, but the New York Shipbuilding company also offered to build a vessel at 20 knots at $4,750,000 under class one and at $4,875,000 under class two. Another bid by the same company was for a 20 knot vessel at $4,780,000. Bids submitted by the Newport News Dry-dock and Shipbuilding company were, class one, $4,790,000. and two bids under class two at $4,680,000, and $5,010,000 respectively. Eight bids came from the Fore Riv er Shipbuilding- company, . all under class two, and ranging from $4,747,000 to $5,097,000. Greatest American Warships. The Bethlehem Steel companv, the Carnegie company and the Midvale Steel company submitted today to the navy department identical bids for fur nishing the main portion of the armor for the battleships Wyoming and Ar kansas. Their figures were for class A, $420 a ton for 11.486 tons. For the other classes, amounting in all to about 1,500 tons, the bids varied. The vessels are to be of 26.000 tons ecch, the largest ever undertaken by the American naval establishment, the increase In tonnage in this class of vessels being from 20,000, the size of the original Dreadnought beaters, the Delaware end the North Dakota. The Utah, now under construction by the New York Shipbuilding com-. pany and the Florida, now being built j at the New York navy yard, are the other two warships built as an offset to Great Britain's Dreadnoughts. 1 HARTMAN GETS HUE George Hartman was arrested on South Thirteenth street for provoke by Patrolman Edward Menke and in the city court yesterday afternoon was fined $1 and costs by Judge Converse. Hartman and Val Young engaged in a dispute over a horse and when Pa trolman Menke sought to interfere in the controversy he was impolitely told where to get off by Hartman. HlSTuiiio uNS. Trophies Wrested From tha Crusaders Found In the Sudan. Among the trophies of arms display ed on the walls of Windsor custle one of the most Interesting of the ion; series is a group of weapons and armor sent to Queen Victoria by Lord Kirch ener after the Dongola campaign on the upper 3ile In 1SUG. The trophy consists of a coat ol chain mail, a number of spears and a long cross biltvd sword. On the straight steel blade .of the sword there is an inscription in odd fashioned let lers: "No me saques sin razou. No me entraines sin honor." The words are Spanish, but the same motto was inscribed on sword blades In the days of chivalry in most of the languages of Europe. Its meanlns Is the knightly rule for all who bear the sword: Do not draw me without reo son. Do not sheathe me without honor The weapon was taken from the abandoned camp of Wad BIsbara. the dervish general, after the battle of Haflr (Sept. 23. 1S36). How came a blade with sncb a motto to be found iu a Moslem bivouac In the heart of the Sudan? The presence of these crusader swords la the Sudan is not so difficult to explain. In the thirteenth century the Mohammedan caliphs of Egypt not only carried on successful wars against the crtmders In Syria, destroying the last vestiges of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, but also defeated two attempts of the Europeans to invade Egypt itself, one of them led by St. Louis of France. Enormous quantities of western arms and warlike equipments must nave thus passed Into the possession of the Mohammedan conqueror Chambers Journal.

Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE.

Copy.ieht, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye U A BOOSTER. Do not be a -kuocker." In the siege ef Ladysmlth during the Beer war a civilian was tried by court martial and imprisoned because he discouraged the soldiers who were defending the city. The man would go along tbe picket line and say disheartening things to the men on duty. Be told them the city was doomed. He scouted the suggestion of relief. Tbe court martial did right to put him In prison. At such a time no one should be al lowed to weaken tbe hearts of men. It is a pity every community cannot put In prison tbe man and woman who go about with gloomy faces and foreIxtdings of failure ever upon their lips Tbe knocker Is a prophet of evil. He sees only the dark side of every cloud. Temperamentally he cannot forbear to throw cold water on generous enthusiasm and to dampen ardor. He throws over all things, like a wet blanker, bis doubts and questionings. The kuocker is a pessimist. Instead of trying to lift some of tbe burdens from the shoulders of toil tbe knocker puts on new burdens. Instead of clearing tbe way for weary feet he puts other obstacles in the path. Instead of easing tbe pains of tbe sufferer be helps to widen the wounds. Tbe knocker is a discourager. In every community men and women are defending their beleaguered cities of Ladysmlth. Many of tbem are bard pressed, and some are on (the point of abject surrender. Die who goes along tbe picket line uttering the disheartening prophecies of failure that make heavy the hearts and palsy tbe hands of the brave defenders is nothing less than a traitor to his race. Men and women are brave and only need the boosting word of encouragement and good cheer. There is a subtle force in suggestion Use it to boost. Suggest happiness. Talk happiness. Iet happiness beam from your face. Make men see the blue of tbe sky, tbe beauty of the flower. And so shall you leave behind you everywhere a trail of brightness a trail that shall grow brighter and brighter into the perfect day and light you to the Olcfinl Cftr. NATIONAL MEETING St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 19. The Na tional Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers will be held in this city during the week of August 30th to Sept. 4th, 1909. The date originally decided upon was the week of Sept. 6, but o.ving to the Minnesota State Fair being held midway between Minneapolis and St. Paul during that week, they found that it would be Impossible to arrange for hotel accommodations for their delegates. It has been customary to have a parade of all the uniformed letter carriers in the convention city on Labor Day but this year must be conducted in the interest of the public and the letter carriers will have to devote their whole time during the convention week to their official duties. ROUND TRIP TO cm C AGO Via C. C. ft L It R. Saturday Night August 31st Train leaves Richmond 12 o'clock midnight. For particulars call C. A. BLAIR, P. & T.A, Home Tel. 2062. . Richmond 6-00 ROUND TRIP TO ATLANTIC CITY VIA CO Cl tm and c. a o. R. R. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. Tickets good returning until Sept. 2nd. Stop over at Balto. Phila., Washington, Etc Trains leave Richmond 5:20 a. m. and 4:20 p. m. For additional Information, call C. A. BLAIR, P. & T. A. Home TeL 2062.

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Hard rubbing will wear away iron' in time. Ever notice a washboard that had been used a good while in the old-fashioned way of washing? Zinc worn thin and wooden edges all worn round? Clothes are much softer than zinc or wood. Then just think how much your clothes must have worn away while the washboard was wearing out. Clothes last twice as long when washed the Fels-Naptha way because there's no boiling to weaken them and no hard rubbing to wear them into holes. The Fels-Naptha dissolves the dirt so it seems it just rinses out. You don't need to hard rub it out. Using Fels-Naptha soap saves fuel, time and health, too, but perhaps you don't care for these things. You do want your clothes to last, as long as possible and for that reason - alone you should use Fels-Naptha soap. In Summer and Winter. Follow directions on the red and green' wrapper. ,

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