Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 126, 13 March 1910 — Page 6

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1910.

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Does Sec'y Haas as Result of ' Commercial Club's Resolution on Parcels Post. MISSIVES FROM SCHOOLS From all parts of the country letters are almost daily received by E. M. Haas, secretary of the Commercial Club, asking for copies of the resolutions adopted by the local organization in regard to the parcels post question. About a year ago a resolution in opposition to the parcels post was passed by the Commercial club and a copy of the resolution was printed In the Congressional Record. Since that time the office of Secretary Haas has been wamped with letters, principally from schools over the country, requesting literature on the subject. Recently a letter was received from T. E. Beyer, principal of the Beresford City schools at Beresford, South Dakota, . requesting that information on the matter be forwarded. The parcels post question is a favorite one for debate in the public schools and colleges. VERY YOUNG PASTOR Waterbury, Conn., March 12. Francis Rollins, fifteen years old, who ' trudges ten miles every day back and forth from his studies at Torrington tigh school, has been licensed to preach by the Quarterly conference of the New Haven district of the Methodist Episcopal church, f Probably the youngest parson in the United States, he is a son of the Rev. Edward Rollins, pastor of the Methodist church at Bakersvllle, and has frequently filled his father's pulpit. "I don't know much about theology' aid the boy preacher, "but I believe I know what God wants us to do and what He'll do to us If we don't do it." The Bakersvllle church has had difficulty in getting a pastor at the small alary it is able to pay $300 a year. "They needn't pay me anything until I am out of school," says young Rollins. A THRILLING RIDE Texas Babe Rides 150 Miles on the Trucks of Fast Express. ENDS TRIP WITHOUT INJURY Galveston, Tex., March 12. When Walter Wilberts, the fifteen months' old son of Mr. Franklin Wilberts, a prominent stock man of Bix Springs, disappeared from the home the first suspicion was that he had been kidnapped. Following this theory several strangers about the town were arrested. But no trace of the infant was found until word came from Barstow, a hundred and fifty miles west, on the Texas and Pacific railroad, that a child had been taken unhurt from trucks of the California limited. Just how the child got to the trucks fs a mystery. But greater still is the mystery how the little fellow maintained bis position on the train, which through this section of the country Slakes fifty miles an hour. The cries of the baby as he scrambled from his perch beneath the train attracted attention. Inquiry among the passangers failed to Identify the child, and the discovery was wired along the line. IS STILL VERY L Condition of Mrs. Nora Likens Is Reported to Be Extremely Critical. HER RECOVERY DOUBTFUL The condition of Mrs. Nora Likens who is at the Reld Memorial hospital was reported, early this morning to be critical. No change, either for the better or the worse was noted during the night. Some hopes are still entertained for her recovery. The seriousness of her condition is due to a collapse, suffered after practical recovery from a broken hip, which she sustained about six weeks ago in falling down the stairs of the Masonic building. After the plaster cast was removed from her limb, she suffered from rheumatism and other complications of diseases ensued. A Mechanical Answer. ' The well to do patron of the place bad been attentive to the cashier for ome time, and now. business being tlack for a few moments, be deemed the time propitious to speak. "If you will be mine," he nrged as he leaned over the desi, "every comfort that you may desire will be yours. True. I am no longer young, but I have money, and I can provide for you as few young men could, and surely the material side of the marriage question b worthy of some consideration." She said nothing, but gently touched the cash register, and the words "No Sale" sprang Into view. . With a slgb be left. Chicago Post. FOR SALE Clover seed. Phone 2196. U-15 N. 9th St. 13-7t

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"The Surgeon's Ring A Short Story By Enule Dcrgeral

Besides the enormous amount agreed upon for performing the operation, the famous surgeon, Calebasse, j had received from his American millionaire patient, Mrs. Vanderfellcr, a ring with a polished but uncut stone , worth a king's ransom. ; This ring he had come to consider a talisman of good luck and never performed an operation without wearing it. When he had that on his finger, he succeeded in everything; when he took it off, even for a moment, his hand was sure to tremble, the scalpel would slip and the patient die. One day when Germain Calebasse had to perform a very difficult operation upon a rich banker at Marseilles, who was thought to be suffering with cancer of the stomach, he arrived at his hospital ahead of time, and there, wearing the ring as usual, lie operated upon three poor patients whose condition was too dangerous to await his return. lie worked with his usual swiftness; his scalpel cut, severed and perforated with lightning rapidity the most vital organs, and when he stop-, ped there was nothing more to do ; than to put hack the intestines and stitch Tip the wound a thing any beginner can do. The pupils of the famous surgeons did this, and, as usual. the operations were so successful that a week later the tnree patients, in perfect health, went back to their us ual occupations and were lost in the ; crowd. Professor Germain Calebasse re- ' turned from Marseilles. The operation had failed, the patient died. The famous surgeon had lost his ring. j The autopsy on the body of the banker proved that the ring had not been lost in his stomach, and it must therefore, in all probability, have been dropped In the intestines of one of the three poor fellows operated on at the , hospital the same day. But in whose stomach should one look, and who ; were these three unknown patients? j

Not only was the ring of very great fessor. There is no mistake about it. value, hut, what was more, the great The ring is there. It has been playsurgeon believed it to be his talisman, ing circus in my inside all night, but and it must, therefore, be recovered at there is a way for you to get it back all costs. ! without vivisecting me." At first luck seemed to smile upon j "And that is?" the professor. One of the three pa- i "Well, I am all alone in the world, tients had a relapse and came back to without any family and as poor as a the hospital, but no ring was found in church rat. I will sell you my dead him. An accident also gave the sur- body. Is that a go?" geon a chance to examine the second "I don't quite understand." patient, but his bistoury met no stone j "You say I can't live long with a

or golden mounting. There remained ; then only one man. His name was Pantruche and he was a ragpicker, an honest and philosophical occupation. Gavarni knew

what he did when he gave to his im- "And how much do you ask?" mortal Thomas Vireloque a ragpick- "A small monthly sum to make me er's bag and hook. Pantruche was the comfortable. Shall we make it a hunsame kind of a man. He had a quick dred francs a month?" eye and plenty of good humor. j "Agreed!" It was not very difficult to locate ! For six weeks Pantruche lived in him in his shanty outside the city, his shanty, which he had lined with

where he slept among piles of rags and bottles. One day the surgeon's

auto stopped outside his door as if by live on his income. He died suddenaccident. 3y. and when Calebasse came for his

"Why. here is one of my old patients, as sure as I am alive." the doctor cried. "How are you, old boy?; SIGHT IS RESTORED Blind Since Last Thanksgiving Child Recovers Use of Optics. IS NOW VERY HAPPY AGAIN Detroit, Mich., March 12. Red tulips in a down-town florist's window were the first objects to greet the eyes of fourteen-year-old Norma Pentley this city yesterday after the child had

been totally blind since the day before last Thanksgiving day. "I can see, mamma! I can see!" the child cried suddenly, as she was led along the street by her mother. And she moved the big goggles that had been shielding her eyes. "What do you see, my child?" the

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-Z A Why have you not come baf-k to see me?" "Because I am as fit as a fiddle again, but I often think of you, Professor, and in. my heart I thank you every day." "And you never feel any pain in you abdomen or buck? You ought to feel some pain, for to tell you the truth I did not consider your operation finished and you really ought to go under the knife again to be entirely cured, lie very careful with yourself, and if you feel the least pain, come straight back to me without losing a moment's time. Or send me word and I shall send my auto for you." "I thank you very much. Professor, but as T told you 1 never felt better in my life." Eight days later the doctors car again stopped outside the door of the j shanty and rushed the ragpicker oil j to the hospital once more. "So it has come to this after all. old fellow. You did right in writing me. Where do you feel the pain?" "Just, where you told me. In the small of the back, as if something round and hard was in there, and wai turning around when I stoop." i The professor no longer had any doubt. His ring, the magnificent gift of the American millionairess, was in : Pantruehe's kidneys. He must have dropped it there, and this dirty ragpicker was unknowingly carrying j around a small fortune. I Caleb' -so. however, did not like to ripCfivft th man go he told him just what hr- tbniisrht. harl hannened to make a second operation necessary. p,ut Pantruche refused point blank to allow himself to be vivisected. The story of Jonah and the whale proved to him that one is able to live with objects far more voluminous than a ring inside one's person, and the professor dared not insist too much lest the story should leak out. "Good-bye," he said. "I hope you won't suffer too much." The next day Pantruche came back. t v,, n.or. t. piece of jewelry inside me, but I want to enjoy what time I have left, so I offer to sell you my body. 'When I am dead, you cut me up and get back your sparkler." rabbit skins and smoked his pipe as a man who has nothing to do than to body, according to the agreement, he had no trouble in recovering his ring it was on the dead man's finger. mother asked doubtfully. "Red tulips," laughed the little girl in delight. Then she became quiet and thoughtful as the second object that met her view was a blind man feeling his way along Broadway with a cane. Physicians attribute the child's blindness to anemia and say the return of sight followed the building up of her constitution. A CALLED MEETING The ministerial association has callof ! ed a special meeting of the pastors and : the official boards of the various j churches of the city, for Sunday after- j noon, to be held at the Y. M. C. A. building. , The matter of considering j the holding of evangelistic services i for next summer in Richmond, will be the principal subject for discussion.

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London Is Preparing for Great Pageant;

(BY HERBERT TEMPLE.) (Special Cable from the International News Service.) London, March 12. There is abundant evidence to show that the forthcoming Japan-British exhibition at the White City will provide London with a series of the most elaborate and beautiful scenes of Oriental life it has ever witnessed. The enterprise has been taken up by Japan with extraordinary enthusiasm, and although the area Is nearly Uouble that occupied by ,their section at the St. Louis exhibition, every' square foot has been already allotted. Count Mutsu has himself admitted that the forthcoming display will be considerably the most extensive ever attempted by Japan outside her own Empire. One of the most wonderful exhibits promises to bt an immense model of the city'of Osaka, which will contain reproductions in miniature of some S0O.OO0 houses, which can be classified Into nearly 40 different styles, as well as hundred of bridges, for which the city is famous. In the Palace of Fine Arts, however, will be seen the most priceless objects of the whole exhibition. These will include " number of precious examples certified as "treasures of the nation," which have never before thi3 left Jaan, but which are now being sent over as a token of special friend ship for the P.ritish nation. Japanese arts and industries will be represented in each one of their raj-' riad phases, and the aesthetic treat ment and decoration of the stands, ar ranged so as to show off the contents to the best advantage will probably afford a useful lesson to the British exhibitor. A feast of color will be presented in the great Japanese fair, which will charm the visitor by its artistic group ing and novel effects. The tea houses with their quaint ceremonies, the mys terious temples, theaters, and houses, will all be reproduced on exact lines. so that a perfect impression may be formed of life in sunny Japan. There will also be a village inhabited by Ainos, the original natives of Japan, who still retain the habits and cus toms of their prehistoric ancestors; and a Formosan village, few islanders having been the subject of greater in terest and speculation than the inhab itants of beautiful Formosa, the once famous head-hunters. The gardeners are now busily en gaged in laying out the two wonderfui Japanese gardens which will form one of the most striking features of the exhibition. Each of the two will cover some 100,000 square feet, but differ materially in style. "Pictures que houses, stone Iaterns, fanciful bridges, and even the very rocks and tall trees, which will grace the landscapes, are being brought over from Japan in order to reproduce a true ON ANXIOUS SEAT Applicants for Censis Enumer ators Have Not Heard from Examination. MANY TO BE DISAPPOINTED Applicants for positions as census enumerators who took the required examination at the court house, Feb- : ruary o, nave not been informed as to the grades made in this test. It is probable that no information of this nature will be given out by W. H. Tieman of Connersville, supervisor of census of the Sixth district, for a week or so. There were about fifty applicants to take the examination and it is understood that a good percentage of this number passed, some with excellent grades while others were dismal failures. Only those who proved themselves qualified to fill this position will be employed. The work of gathering the different particulars will be commenced April 15, and continue for thirty days. Ex cellent wages are offered by the government. Collectors will make from $3 to $5 a day. PARALYTIC STROKE John F. Shelley, a painter living at 207 South Tenth street suffered a stroke of paralysis yesterday afternoon, while in the back yard of his residence. His condition is regarded as serious. He is about 65 years old. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY. WHEN YOU THINK OF GOOD PLUMBING Think of MEERH0FF And Phone 1236. He has just what you want SL Patrick's Day Novelties Easter Day Novelties d BARTEL'S 921 Main

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1 and typical effect." About a hundred 1 British workmen are engaged in layIng out the gardens, under the supervision of skilful Japanese experts, specially sent over for the purpose. Most curious of all will be the two ; Iniature gardens, which are being nt to the exhibition by the City of , miniature sent Tokyo, having specially designed for the purpose. Naturally" said Count Mutsu, In describing these masterpieces of the gardeners handicraft, "the transport i . . , - , 01 mese lanuscapes, maim uV many tiny and perishable objects, presents great difficulty. iney win be arranged on two large trays, seven by twelve feet each; the plants will be carefully packed in boxes covered with wire netting so that the fresh air can reach them, and the roots enveloped with damp material, so that they wil! cot wither during the two months that must elapse before they reach their destination. Londou's other great attraction this summer will be the Immense pageant of London at the Crystal Palace which is expected to call forth a shower of American dollars. i To some extent the festival will par take of the nature of an exhibition. Special courts for each dominion have been set apart under the crystal roof of the palace itself. The governors and the governments of each colony have assisted the work of the committee by direct help and suggestions that have materially added to the completeness with which the work of the Empire will be shown. A special feature will be the section allotted for the display of the work of imperial inventors; and art will receive no less attention in another part of the great building. The festival will begin on May 23, and, although a temporary date, July 10, has been suggested for its termination, it seems more than probable that it will actually extend well into September. The pugeant will tell in pictures, in which thousands of actors will take part not only the history of the city of London, but of the whole British Empire. The true history of London begins with the foundation of the Roman City, or rather citadel, in the year -96. The first waliing-about of the city is to be shown br an episode partly religious and partly military in its scope. The strategic position of London made the formation of a fort an obvious precaution for the wary Roman soldier to take, and to this day a clause is often iusettled in city buildiug contracts providing for extra payment should parts of the old Roman wall be encountered in digging the foundations, so treenindous still is the tenacity of the Roman cement and mortar. Christianity follows in A. D. 504, though St. Augustine's point blank refusal to obey the order of Rome and make London an archbishopric seems New Spring Wall Paper St. Patrick badges, flags, postals, shamrocks. Large line Easter novelties, cards, booklets, chicks, ducks, book marks, etc. Moormann's Book Store 520 MAIN ST. The dentists from Indianapolis Drs. Wineinger and Wilson have increased their business to such proportions that it was necessary for them to change their location from the hotel where they had been for several years to rooms 6 and 7 in the Comstock building, which is Just east of the Westcott hotel, where they will have more room and better facilities to take care of their large business. They kindly thank all of their friends and patrons for past favors and invite everyone to their new place of business where they will be found on Thursday of each week.

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(Gireaittestt StodDe Salle In Richmond Real Bargains That Are Appreciated Crowds are leaying the store daily with that satisfactory smile on their faces. You too, will be satisfied if you come and make your selection now. Only 3 more days left. $3.50 and $4.00 Julia Marlowe shoes in turns, Welts and McKays, now $1.98. $3.50 and $4.00 Men's Bostonian Shoes in Patent Leather or Gun Metal, now $2.49 Monte Carlo last $3.50 and $4.00 Ladies' Patent Leather turns, Welts and McKays, now $1.98 pair. Boys' Shoes at Bargain Prices. Girls' Shoes at Bargain Prices. Come and get your share of good values. JLAMIM TEEPLE CdDo Successors to Cunningham & Lahrman

at first sight a curious episode to

nonor witn especial notice m sucn a pageant. The coming of the Danes up the river provides a thrilling scene before the Xorman Conquest brings! William I into London to be crowned King in Harold s great Minster of the West. 1 Soon after, the commercial prosper- j ity of Ixndon claims attention for the city's charter of incorporation by me uegent joan m 111 aeraws me trisruntlf nrnsneritv or iaitr ceniur- . . . .... ls. a tournament conciuaes tne nrsi part of the paseant. Chaucer presides over the begin-(

ning of the second s days pageantry , oiiac aim ai c 1.1c uiyycoi uai -and the scene that he introduces is I Ciain We haVG CVer Offered.

followed by one of the most typical in- j cidents of London history the Revolt ' of 12SI and the death of Wat Tyler. The splendid triumphal entry of Henry V. into liondon after the battle of Agincourt spreads itself a moment along the pageant grass, and i-- v..x... ji mi wa;3 it u:c rvur wu mi- establishment of the Tudor dynasty. A re-creation of the Globe theater and a representation of Elizabeth and methods of stage management begins the last day's pageant. The earliest stages of Englaud's trade with India and the inauguration of her first "plantations" in America are then illustrated.

NtfDTlCES lEndlsnnapoIlns Semi SetoscFnlbeirs South of Main and west of 18th will be served with the Sun the latter part of this week. The circulation at the present time is growing so rapidly that the service cannot be of the best. Anyone not receiving their paper regularly is requested to notify the Richmond Agent Pituomie 2399 C. W. Morgan 227 N. 10th St.

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