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nw4olh G. l4a. . . .Manasta Editor. Chart e M. Marsaa ........... M aaase. W. R. PMUidtMf Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS la Richmond $5.00 per year (in ad- ; vance) or 10c per week. MAIL. SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year. In advance ........... .$5. 00 Eiv months, In advance" ....2.60 c?.e month, in advance .45 ' RURAL ROUTES. One year, in advance $2.60 Six months. In advance 1.50 One month. In advance 26 Address changed as often as desired; both new and old addresses must be given. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be Riven for a specified term; name will not bo entered until payment Is received. Entered at Richmond. Indiana, post office as second class mail matter. (Now Yark City) hami aadasrttttadtotlMalraalatlea 1 nauiasa la iu ttftrt n fey Ike AatMUtloa. Items Gathered in From Far and Near TEN NEW DEMANDMENTS. A Manchester draper, who has a large number of employes under Mm, has posted up in the various departments of his establishment cards that bear the above heading and the following rules. These make it very plain what he expects and what he does not expect of those who draw salaries from him: Rule 1. Don't He; It wastes my time an yours. I'm sure to catch you in the end and that's the wrong end. Rule 2. Watch your work and not the olocki A long: day's work makes my face long. Rule 3. Give me more than I expect and I'll pay you more than you expect. I cam afford) to Increase your pay if you Increase my profits. Rule 4. You owe so much io yourself that you can't afford to owe anybody else. Keep out of debt or keep out of my shops. ; Rule 5; Dishonesty is never an accident Good men, like good women, always scorn temptation when they meet it. Rule 6. Mind - your own business and in time you'll have a business of your own to mind. Rule 7. Don't do anything here which hurts your self-respect. The employe who is willing to steal for. me Is oapafble of stealing from me. Rule 8.Its none of my business what you do at night; but if dissipation affects what you do next day, and . you do half as much as I demand, ' you'd last half as long as you hoped. Rule 9. Dont tell me what I'd like to hear, but what I ought to hear. I don't want a valet to my vanity, but I need one for my bank balance. . Rule 10. Don't kick if I kick. If you're worth while correcting, you're worth while keeping. I don't waste time cutting specks out of rotten ap pies. - Going to Need a Few New Planks. . It ia going to cost 10 cents instead f 8 cents to register letters after this. No doubt Mr. Bryan has this filed away as the first campaign issue for 1912. Denver Republican. As 8caree as My Policies. 'At the rate in which Roosevelt's friends are dropping out of this Administration there will be few of them left in the next three years. Philadelphia Record. Subject To a Flareback. A marriage has been arranged!, but may never take plaee between William Jennings Bryan and old Mrs. Tariff for Revenue. Richmond TimesDispatch. Gee, But He's Easy! Chief Forester Pinchot says he knows President Taft will carry out Colonel Roosevelt's policies because he told him so. New York Telegram. It Doesn't Want a Fair Trial. Only result of the fair trial asked by President Taft for the new tariff law will be the death sentence. Chicago Journal. ' " - Are a Few From Missouri. Incredulous persons, however, will insist that Dr. Cook exhibit a splinter or some other souvenir. Chicago Tribune. Harry Thaw's Advice Is Don't. Abdul Hamid is said to be going crazy. Philadelphia Inquirer. TWINKLES Method. "What makes you keep on asking me if the razor hurts?" asked the man who was being shaved. 'Tve said 'yes, three times and it hasn't made any difference." "No," answered the barber, "I wad merely trying my razors out to see which of 'em wants honing. . Improved. - "You say the man you married seems more kind and generous sine your divorce than he did before?" . "Yes," answered Mrs. FUmmson. He never says a word, about economic-

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COUNCIL AND METER RENTAL. The action of council will bring the meter rental situation to a focus. What ever may be the views of citizens on this matter , we think that they will agree that it is most important that this matter be settled. The most encouraging thing about the action of council in passing an ordinance abolishing meter rental in Richmond Is that the council is neither awed nor terror stricken by the fact that it is dealing with a public service corporation. Some days ago in addressing council a representative of - the Richmond City Water Works was moved to say that in case the council should see fit to do away with meter rental, the Richmond City Water Works would construe it as "an unfriendly act" He later said with much vehemence that the company would "use force." By this he meant simply that the company would test the legality of the ordinance in the courts. We see no reason for alarm at any such apparently fearsome threats. It will mean that at last it will be found out for a certainty the true legal status of the situation. And this, we take it, the city and its representatives should and ought to find out as speedily as possible 'before a new contract is entered into and are to be congratulated for taking steps to do so. Our views on the meter situation are well enough known. In brief, it is our belief, at this time, that no matter whether meter rental is legal or illegal, the company derives too much money from that item. The . company has as yet only met this with a general and perfunctory denial. The accounting wMch is being made from the books of the Richmond City Water Works should if properly made, show the meter rental situation. Until then we have no reason for changing our attitude. The vote last night was unanimous with the exception of the dissenting vote of Councilman Ogborn who stated that he wished to wait for the report of the accountant who is at work on the books of the company. In our opinion this does not bear directly on the case. The question which the council and the city attorney are engaged in is as to the legality of meter rental. No amount of examination of the company's books will decide the question of the legality or the illegality of rentals. Mr. Ogborn is entirely right in his stand that the books of the company will shed a little light on the meter rental subject, but that is a matter to be taken Into account when the legality of charging or not charging for the measurement of water Is settled. As we said in the beginning, we view the situation as of value (if for no other reason) in that council seems at this time to be very much in earnest in getting to the bottom of the situation. It is very unwise for the Richmond City Water Works to take the attitude that the action of council is "unfriendly" and to threaten to "use force." If council is convinced that there is a doubt as to the legality of meter rental, it is their plain duty to protect the interests of the citizens and to bring the matter to a point which may then, if necessary, be decided by the courts. The citizens, we imagine, will care more about whether council continues to look after their interests than whether the Water Works company is entirely pleased. We have no doubt that the Water Works company will continue to look after their own affairs with the same carefulness that they have in the past. We entertain no fear that they will be done any injustice.

THE AUTOMOBILE PARADE. At the time of the Wright celebration in Dayton, at which hundreds of Richmond people were present, it was a matter of favorable comment that the well to do citizens showed a most enthusiastic interest in their home. town. That this was true, was particularly noticeable in the automobile parade. No expense was snared by the individuals who went into the parade to make the event as pleasing to the eye by the decorations and the electrical effects as ingenuity and money could make it. As a matter of fact, It was not the money, but the Ingenuity itself, which showed that the owners of motor cars were interested in the event and In the town. It is commonly said in consideration of the amount of push and go in a town, that the well to do citizens are the ones who are the last to show ' symptoms of public spirit A certain inertia and phlegmatic disdain of working for the common good is more apt to crop out here than not unless it is an exceptional town. Dayton is an exceptional town. Richmond has proved its claim to that honor very many times in the last few years. It will be interesting to watch as an indication of the public spirit and resourcefulness of the more well to do citizens whether they are up to the rest of the town in the support of the Fall Festival. We say irteresting, because it will be a sure indication of the temper of a certain class of people in Richmond. It may be well compared to the "keying" of advertising by which a medium is tested or the tracing processes .used by the postof flee department.

THE GRAND JURY REPORTS. It is a source of much gratification to the Palladium that the Grand Jury in its report has more than vindicated its editorial policy in regard to the care of the excess insane and the conditions at the county jail. It will be remembered that eome time ago the Palladium sent two representatives to the jail for the purpose of finding the true situation. We expressed our views in an editorial article entitled "What's the Matter with the Jail?" The Grand Jury found the identical conditions which we mentioned. The report of the Grand Jury is so complete that it needs little comment. We urge that all citizens read it and, do their best to bring to a satisfactory issue, fitting the need so forcibly brought forward not only in regard to the jail but to the conditions which are a sore source of shame to this county In her charitable and corrective institutions.

ing, but sends around his alimony without a murmur." Growth of Arbitration. Who says the world is growing worse? Who says that peace is not in sight, When e'en the pugilists convers Instead of getting up a fight? Artistic Vociferation. "You will miss your son John when he goes back to school." "Yes," answered Farmer Corntassell. "I don't know how I'm going to get along. Josh has got all the critters on the place so used to his college yell that I don't s'pose any one else kin drive 'em." Flat Contradiction. "I am afraid you are a hard drinker!" said the student of human nature. "You're wrong," answered Plodding Pee; "drinkin is one o' de easiest t'ings I does." The Returned Metropolitan. Back to de flat compartment, six by eight! Back to de oil stove an de foldln bed! Back to de nights where 9 o'clock ain't late! Dat rural game's a bunco, on de dead! I fell fur it, jes' like de other guys, It looked to me like such an easv hunch To roam de arden pickin' apple pies An' milk de cow fur cream puffs for me lunch! Tack up dat "Home, Sweet Home" card on de wall An' greet de landloard wit a lovln' smile, Where gnats don't bite ner caterpillars crawl. An where you needn't beat it fur a mile To git a drink o water at da pump...

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GRAND JURY FINDS TREATMENT OF INSANE QUITE DEPLORABLE (Continued From Page One.) the beginning to the end of the year, Their home has been, for the most part a cell but largo enough for a cot a lavatory and water closet Not sufficient room for a chair, so that the patient must either lie down or sit on the edge of the bed. Of course a part of the time they are permitted in the corridor, where chairs are possible. A room about eight feet square, surrounded by iron bars, cement floor, a water closet and lavatory hard by the bed, insufficient heat in winter, no personal attendant, no sunshine or out-door air, with personal wants in case of illness during the night by criminal women, is the lot of these old women from the beginning to the end of the year, with no hope of escape. A , sound mind would in time succumb anjid such surroundings. It Is well enough suited for the incarceration of criminals whose time of sentence is but a few days and at most a few months; but it is an intolerable place for the confinement of . our mothers, sisters and daughters, who are not guilty of any crime but are sick in mind and body. Protest on their part is unheeded; indeed, most of them are incapable of maklns protest; bat their friends and a self-respecting and In

telligent community, when fully conversant with conditions, has a right to enter protest and mnit be heard. CONDITION AT COUNTY JAIL. At thetcounty jail the conditions are even worse. Tho unsanitary conditions there have already been alluded to, but while, at the Home of the Friendless, the criminal number but one, two or three and often none, at the jail are always some twenty or more criminals including almost every type from the common drunken brawler to the thief and murderer. These are the companions of the unfortunate insane. They must eat the same coarse food, sleep in the same cell, work on the same stone pile and otherwise get the same attention as the common "bum" or murderer all this, not because they are guilty of crime, but because they are insane. They are submitted to the taunts and jibes of the prisoners. The prisoners will order them to do ridiculous things in order to furnish amusement This is an inconceivable place for our fathers, brothers or sons who have been so unfortunate as to become insane. Even the criminal has a humanitarian .right to protest against being incarcerated with the insane. The law does not contemplate that any one committed for safe keeping should be the companion of the insane, to be annoyed, perhaps, by shrieks and other noises which grate on the nerves and prevent rest and sleep. One may be -detained and yet be innocent of any crime, and the temporary confinement is sufficient to endure without being placed with the insane. There are at present three insane in the county jail, two of whom are mere boys who have been there some three .or four months, and a third a man of 42 who has been there for about three years. These do get out of doors with prisoners and get fresh air. The sheriff has had as many as seven in jail at one time. Some are admitted into the hospital, some have returned to sanity after a long confinement, and others have lingered in jail until death relieved them. Within the last two years two insane died in jail, one of which had been there for about two year3 and the other for a few days. Others have died in jail in previous years of which the Jury has no record. These insane men, like the women, must stay here until admitted to the hospital or are taken care of privately by friends or are relieved by death which often comes only after years of suffering. As to the physical and mental effect on the insane on account of the association with criminals in the jail, we have this statement from Dr. Samuel E. Smith: "An insane man that is, a sick man ought not to be confined in the presence of criminals. You have two kinds of care necessary that are very hard to dove-tail; different principles apply. Because a man is sick and helpless, he should not be made the associate of the criminal class; he can't have, in he very nature of things, the kind of care that he ought to have. There ia not the proper opportunity afforded for him to get out in the open air. which is very essential, and during his more lucid intervals and during his tractable periods he ought to be given some little employment, which cannot possibly be given about a jail, and there is a stigma attaching to that sort of commitment which is unpleasant to the patient when he realizes his condition. It has an injurious effect, physically and mentally. They are brought in contact with these prisoners who often annoy them and do a great many things that they rught not do. They should not be kept constantly in the same room; it leads to bad habits and indolence and, I am sure, both to mental and physical deterioration,. They should have a crcat deal of out-door exercise, and I am sure that general health and general mental comfort are helped by it." Dr. T. Henry Drvis, a member of the State Board of Health, and Dr. J. E. King, county health officer, substantiated the statements of Dr. Smith. In view of all the?e facts, the grand jury, in the name of humanity, recom-

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I I mends that some provision be made I at once for a suitable place where these unfortunates can be cared for until it is possible for the state to take care of them. j Under the constitution, it is the duty of the state to take care of all insane, but the facilities so far have been entirely Inadequate. It has been the policy of the state not to make provision until it is imperatively necessary. There is a new hospital about completed that will accommodate 1,200 patients . and there are 1,300 patients waiting for t dmittance. Wayne county now has 90 cases in the hospital which is 30 more than properly belong to it, and in addition there are Borne 20 applications on file from this county for admission. With these conditions obtaining and the fact that curables that is, those that have been insane for less than one yearwill be received first it will be necessary for the state to still make further provision before this county can be entirely relieved of the care of the excess insane. Those who have been in our jail and Home of the Friendless for a period of years, would be the ilast to get admittance at the hospital. In view of this condition, the county should construct some place for the safe keeping and comfort of these unfortunates. LOCATION PROPOSED BUILDING. In considering the proper location for such a building, three propositions received attention: First an independent building for the insane. This was considered unwise as it might ultimately grow into an effort to establish a separate Institution for the insane which would grow into an enormous expenditure. Second, an addition to the jail. We cuote Dr. Smith on this point: "My judgment would be clearly against building an addition to the jail. I don't think you would be justified in doing that. I think it would be a matter of onlv two or three years until you would regret it It would be abandoned. I think It would be turning the wheels backward quite a bit" Also quoting the Court as to the law: "People who are confined in the jail have been sent there because there is no other place to put them. The sheriff has no jurisdiction over an insane man at all and for that reason there is no use tor a jail for insane persons, and for that reason also. I would not recommend at all that there be any addition to the jail because the sheriff has nothing to do with the insane." It was also regarded by the jury as an unsuitable location on account of the noises and smoke in the vicinity of the jail property and the possible

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annoyance to residents of the neighborhood. Complaint of this character is made by those living in the vicinity of the Home of the Friendless. Third, an addition or separate building to the county infirmary. It is believed by the grand jury that this is the most feasible place for the construction of such an addition or building, from the standpoint of economy, adaptability and propriety. It is the opinion of Dr. Smith that this is the best possible place. Also Dr. Davis, Mr. Timothy Nicholson, Amos Butler and others, that this is the proper place. It would be away from the noises of the city, with plenty of room for out-door exercise which is very essential, and pleuty of good air. as well as. opportunity for some simple employment Room could be provided for about six or eight cases of each sex where they might be detained until the state should provide for them. It is not required to make any extended expenditure. It could be so located, in connection with the existing structures there that it would be available for other purposes about the Infirmary in the event that It la not needed for the Insane later on. It would cost the county no more to take care of these cas-ji in this way than it does now. A ni?.n and wife could be employed who have had some little training in the matter at no more expense than the present plan and probably less, as something might be saved in both the salaries paid for present attendants as ws'l as the cost of board. There are precedents for this plan in several counties of the state and the plan works admirably. As to the best location for this proposed building at the Infirmary, the jury can make no specific recommendation, although it is their best Judgment that a point directly east of the present woman's building Is the most suitable, as it would be somewhat isolated from the other buildings, with opportunity for plenty of light and air. It will be necessary to consult an architect, and we also recommend that Dr. Smith be consulted with reference to its appointment i, so that the best results could be had. IN CONCLUSION. Wayne county has been looked up to as leading in nil matters of a humanitarian character, but in this matter of the care of its excess insane, is

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of less wealth and population. The conditions that obtain are a shame and disgrace to the county and utterly intolerable in any self-respecting com munity. In the name of decency and humanity, the grand jury recommends that a suitable structure be built as early as possible at the county infirmary for the safe keeping and care of the county's excess insane, large enough to accommodate about twelve to fifteen Insane. Iff I nieannaone It' Ckimki How to Tell Whether a Skin Affeotion ia an Inherited Blood Disease or Not. Sometimes it is hard to determine nether a skin affection is a sign of a blood disorder or simply a form of eczema. Even physicians are often ' puzzled in their diagnosis. The best way for any one afflicted is to go to W. H. Sudhoffs or any good druggist who handles pure drugs and obtain SO cents' worth of poslam. Apply 'this, and if the itching stops at once and the trouble is cured In a few days it may be set down as having been eczema, as this is the way poslam acta ia the worst cases of eczema, and in curing acne, herpes, blotches, tetter, piles, salt rheum, rash, barber's and other forms of itch, scaly scalp, and all surface skin affections. Those who will write to the Emergency Laboratories, No. 32 West wentv- fifth Street New York, can secure, by mall free of charge, a supply suffiCMat to cure a small eczema surface or clear a complexion overnight and remove pimples in twentyfour hours. TO FLEE FROM HER? (American News Servlca) Rome, Sept 21. That the duke of the Abruzzl had asked for a year's command of a vessel in order to kec; from meeting Miss Katherlne Elklns in Europe, was the report current here today. The duke will sail for a prolonged cruise off northern Europe in December, commanding a flying squadron of three cruisers. . Your nerves must be fed with pure, i w ft-f J - lll "u Diuvu, w lucre wiu am uvuvw. poory nerves; ana weaz nerves mean nervousness, neuralgia, headaches, debility. Weak nerves need good food, fresh sir, and Avers non-slconouc ssrsspawua. - 415 Hain St