Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 331, 6 October 1910 — Page 8
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THE RICHMOND PA1L.VDIOI ASD Sr TliLEGIlAM, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, lOlO.
DAY STATE FIGIIT VMS DEGUll TODAY Both Parties in Massachusetts ' Held Their Conventions in Boston Today. AN IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN
AN ENTIRE STATE TICKET WILL 'BE ELECTED AND THE LEGISLATURE WILL ELECT UNITED
, STATES SENATOR.
The Black Allotment By H. MORTIMER BATTEN
Boston. Mats., Oct. . With': the meetings of the state conventions of both parties la Boston today the political campaign in Massachusetts begins in earnest. An entire state ticket, both branches of the legislature, representatives in congress and numerous count officers are to be elected this fall. The legislature thus chosen will elect a United States senator to succeed Henry Cabot Lodge,
whose term expires next March. 1 The democrats are entering upon the campaign- with higher hopes of success- than they have entertained in many years. . These hopes were reflected in the scramble for the democratic gubernatorial .nomination this year, whereas only a year ago difficulty was experienced In . finding a suitable candidate who was willing to head the ticket . Plans for a vigorous campaign have already been perfected by the democrats. " They intend to make the fight on both national and state issue. They 'Will charge the dominant party,
Justly or not, with responsibility through the tariff of the high cost of living. On state issues they will allege extra vegance, for which there is claimed to be at least surface foundation. - ' , Ledge Net Confident.. : The republicans, on the other hand must overcome some serious handicaps If 'they win at the polls next month. That thav ralia th rravltT
of the situation is evidenced by the statements- made by -Senator Lodge mttA AvantAP nniup whi In nnt
jmblie addresses declared that the republican ticket can win only with hard work. . The first act that confronts the rem.J. ....
puroican management at tne outset of the campaign Is that last year they elected their governor by a scant majority of 8,000 votes. Governor Draper received 190,000 votes and the democratic candidate, James H. Vahey, received 182,252. A glance at these figures shows that a very small loss in the republican vote, arising from the discontent of the voters with the tariff legislation or the resentment of the people over the high cist o living, would inevitably result in democratic victory. The personal unpopularity of Governor Draper, whom the republicans today nominated for a third term, is another handicap that must be overcome. Governor Draper, despite the. admirable business like administration he has given. Is not popular with the masses. He Is anything
but a "mixer" and Is devoid of personal . magnetism. Furthermore he has the bitter opposition of the labor unions. , The republican managers, however, 'can see some traces of a ailver lining to the dark and ominous clouds Iaam tn v i iifwin Ih IkjirlvMn In ilia
first place the party Is able to present a united front. There is little or no evidence of organised insurgency In Massachusetts. 80 far as congress goes the delegation from this state bids fair to be unchanged In political complexion. Nor is Senator Lodge
believed to be in any great danger of
losing his seat The contest for the governorship Is thought to be the only
one In which the result is in doubt and over which the republicans are undeniably much concerned. But by hard work, perfect organisation and unremitting effort along practical
lines they expect to overcome the un
toward situation as regards the governorship, and the best Judgment of
careful observers in the republican ranks Is that victory may yet be
snatched from a situation that is far
from promising. . i His Pet. Barker Think I'll try to sell old Stuffem some pet dogs. Barker Useless job. All he thinks about Is eating. Harker Hasn't any four legged friends, eh? BarkerOnly one, and that's the dining room table. Chicago News.
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It was Just after sunset one summer evening when first I saw the pit. We were returning home over the moors, Holllck and I. and the winding sheep
track on which we walked led us ! through the Black Allotment a wild, uncultivated stretch of land, covered with coarse bent, and strewed here and there with rugged boulders of i rock. I noticed a strong Wooden fence,! built In a circle, and enclosing what at first I thought to be the mouth of an old shaft till Holllck told me othwlse. "We call it the Black Pit," he said. "It's simply a huge hole in the earth, no one knows how deep. It may have been made by water centuries ago; or who can tell? it may hove been made by some prehistoric mammoth forcing its way to the earth's surface, after having remained buried for thousands of years." Holllck was always a romantic fellow. ? We crossed the low wooden fence, and, leaning forward. I peered into the inky blackness of the pit. From somewhere far below, muffled by the distance, came the gurgling swish of water. . The mouth of the pit was almost round, and perhaps twenty feet in width. On one side there was a steep, sloping bark of loose stones; on the other the' walls dropped perpendicularly from the level ground. And this was the place Hollick led me - to . Just after sunrise one morning, a year later. "Well, what do you make of this?" he asked. I saw that the wooden fence that surrounded the hole was broken, and that the turf all around had been trampled down by the hoofs of cattle; "It's the second night within a week that this has happened," he told me. "Four days ago, at sunrise, when I came this way, I found the fence broken and the . grass trodden . down i all
round. Just as you see it now. I counted the cattle there was one beast missing. She had evidently fallen into
the pit. ' So I repaired the fence, and
now" he waved h,is hand and paused, that his words Should gain their full significance "and now there Is another beast missing!"
We smoked a pipe each in silence.
and after that we repaired the fence, and 1 fortified 'its weak places with heaps of stones.,
That night found us both stretched
in the long, sun-dried grass, close to
the mouth of the pit, but we saw and heard nothing.
We watched during the night fol
lowing, and during the night follow
ing that, but nothing happened. On
tun fourth night, we went home to
bed. - " i,
I slept with my window open and
the sweet summer air fanning in my face. At midnight I awoke, wide
awake, and found myself listening.
The house was silent as a cave. I lay still, looking out of the window at the stail., and the distant hilla bathed in
the moonlight. And so, I suppose. , I
dropped off to sleep again, when the
sound which bad evidently caused me to waken ' a few minutes previous
brought me back to consciousness
with a Jerk. It was the low of distant
cattle, coming from the direction of
the Black Allotment.
Slipping on my clothes I went out
of the house, and made a bee-line for
the pit.
On reaching the place I pulled up
short, and stood staring. There, In the moonlight, closely, grouped round the v fence, with their necks extended towards: the mouth of the hole, stood
Hoi lick's heard of cattle.
The animals were lowing dismally.
as though the pit had some attraction
for them, and they wished to get-to
it. As I approached, . most of them
never even looked in my direction.
1 mougnt oi mouick; alter an, it
was his affair, so I set off at a run to
wards his house, and hair an hour later we stood together at the mouth
of the pit.
' "They can smell something down
there that they want," he remarked.
e talked back and forth tor a
long time, then finally drove the
beasts to the other end of the allotment and went home.
All went well till the end of August
and It was then that by chance I hap
pened to stumble across the key to the
whole mystery.
I was strolling along the bank of
the wide stream that flowed by Hoi-
lick's house. 1 On one side of the stream was a high hill, to which the Black Allotment formed a tableland.
The rocks . rose up perpendicularly from the water on the allotment side.
overshadowed by trees, and in many
places inaccessible.
It was a wild little gully, only passa
ble In summer time when the waters were low. and I doubt it more . than three people a year passed that way. Presently I discovered a large cave, which ran off at a right angle towards the center of the Black Allotment An
underground river tumbled and swill
ed out of It, emptying itself Into a
still, pool.
This set me thinking. Was the cave
Connected .with the' pit Into which Hollick'a cattle had fallen? Selecting a large log of wood from a spinney near by. I carved a cross on it, and making my way to the pit, threw the
log down. Also I threw several arm
fuls of grass, tied up Into bundles.
Twenty minutes later found - me aeated by. the mouth of the cave and waiting patiently. But I had not long to wait; first of nil the log of wood appeared, then, one after the other,
the 'bundles of grass.
That night I hid myself by the mouth of the underground river down by the stream. Nothing happened.
however, and every night for a week
found me watching In the same place,
On the eighth night something did happen. The moon was brilliant and there was not a sound In the ravine, save of the steady ripple of the water. I had even ventured to light a. pipe, and waa trying to smoke it without making a smoke, when suddenly there
sounded the sharp cracking of a twig,
which, beyond doubt, was caused by a
footfall. .
For some seconds I heard no more,
THE WHITE WASH.
then out of the shadows and into a ray of moonlight in front of me pass
ed -the dark figure o( a man.' He was a curious-looking individual. Over his
head he wore a cloth; his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows; his baggy trousers were supported by a colored wai3tband. I
Noislessly as a cat he moved, stoop-'
lng forward In an attitude of stealth and watchfulness.' Wading the stream he reached the mouth 'of the underground river, then sat himself down and waited. One hour, two hours,
passed, during which he neither mov
ed nor made a sound. At last he rose
to hisfeet, and peered into the darkness of the cave. Whether his quick ears had caught some sound from within I cannot say, but he placed his fingers to his lips and whistled softly. In two or three minutes another gipsy appeared as though from nowhere, and the two began to converse In low, guttural tones.
Then I saw something large and
black roll sluggishly out from the mouth of the cave. The two men laid hold of it, and drew it to the side.
It was the body of a dead cow. I had a revolver with me. and I fir
ed a shot into the air. just to let them
know how tilings stood. At first they
both showed fight, and it was no pleas
ant Job marching them away, for I ex
pected that other gypsies would be
hiding somewhere near.
I believe they spent the remainder
of the night in Hollick's cellar, but
am- not . quite sure.. On the following day they were taken charge of by the
police. . 0 -
The whole thing had been brought
about so simply. When the gypsies
were short of meat they had nothing
to do but pollute the trough water in the Black Allotment with salt, and a
fresh supply of meat w&g: at their hands . ' . .
When the unfortunate cattle had
drunk enough salt water to temporar
ily appease their thirst, and to satisfy their liking for salt, they had enough sense not to drink more. But after a few minutes sickness would come on.
together with a maddening thirst that
burnt their mouths, their throats, and their stomachs. They wanted fresh
water, but there was no fresh water to ,be had, and the grass was burnt
dry with the sun.
Down in the pit there was water,
and plenty of It They could hear It
running, they could smell It, but be
tween the pit and them was the cum
bersome obstacle men called a fence
Some of them in their madness, broke
the fence down, and to them came
comfort
Amended It When King George was Prince of
Wales one of bis body servants was
once trying to explain to Sir Arthur Blgge some Incident that bad taken place. ' v
"Me and the prince" he began,
when Sir Arthur pulled him up.
"You should say the prince and I,' "
he observed. The man looked at him for a moment and then said:
"I beg pardon, sir, but I did not know
you were there at alL However, you
and me and the prince." ,
Sir Arthur was compelled to laugh
aC this and, after another attempt to
explain to the man how the story
should be told, was content to let him
tell It In his own fashion. Pearson's
Weekly. . -
A MASTER OF METAPHOR.
It Must Havo Relieved Him to Got This
- Out of His System. :;'-V -'-' A water consumer in a certain city,
whose supply had been turned off tie-
cause he wouldn't pay. wrote to the department as follows: ,
"In the matter of shutting off the
water on unpaid bills your company is fast becoming a regular crystallized Russian bureaucracy, running in . a
groove and deaf to the appeals of re
form. There is no use of your trying to- impugn , the verity of this indictment by shaking your official heads In
'the teeth of your own deeds.
"If you will persist in this kind of
thing a widespread conflagration of the populace win be so imminent that
it will require only a spark to let loose the dogs of war in our midst. Will you persist In burling tne cornerstone
of our personal liberty to your wolfish
hounds of collectors thirsting for Its blood? If you persist, the first thing you. know you will have. the chariot
of a Justly Indignant revolution roll
ing along In our midst and gnashing Its teeth as it rolls. , a - '
Hf your rascally collectors are permitted to continue coming to our doors
with unblushing footsteps, with cloaks of hypocritical compunction in their
months, and, compel payment from
your patrons this policy wilt result In cutting the wool off the sheep that
lays the golden egg until you have pumped it dry. and then farewell. a long farewell, to our ' vaunted prosperity." Everybody's. ;
. The Test She Z doubt If you really love me. He Why not sweetheart? She Ton
never call me "little girl." Where-
npon he got very busy, and she of six feet three Inches cuddled down In his
arms with a contented sigh. Lippln-
coirs.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach . the seat of the dlieaaa. Catarrh Is a blood or conatltutionai
disease, and in order to euro it you must take internal remedies. Hall's
Catarrh euro is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and murmii
urraces. nan a vaiarrn (jure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one ot the best physicians In this country for years and Is a regular presnrip. tton. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting- directly oa the mucous . surfaces. The perfect combina
tion of the two ingredients is what oroduces such" wonderful results In
curing Catarrh.. Send tor testimonials
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Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
Big Reductions In Wall Pnper$ i Fcr tee Next 30 Days v The Wall Paper Store
Phone 2201.
604 Main St.
GET OUCY AND TAKE NOTICE! TRAVELING SETS Many styles of various equipments from$3 to $10. . '. MANICURE SETS in leather cases at $1.25 to $5. - Quality In Leather Goods And the Right Price.
MILLEITG h Ann ECO' OTOHE t27 Main St.
Hs Presence en the Hudson Bay Company's Boat - Explained. . It U or was a rule of the Hudson Bay company that no woman be allowed passage on It -boats. One day some years ago ax a steamer of the
company neared one of the northern
most ports a string" of white garments
was seen stretched across the deck.
The watchers were amazed, for to
them the wash line suggested only the presence of a woman aboard the boat
Comment was freely made of the
scandal that would ensue, and. the shakeup that would follow. When the boat docked the line of washing bad disappeared still another, proof of the scandal.
Later one of the landsmen said to
the captain:
-Why, how did it happen that you
carried a woman passenger this trip ?"
There , was never a woman along
the whole voyage." was the indignant answer. "What do you mean?"
"If there was no woman aboard
where did all that white wash come from?" was the triumphant reply, y
The. captain looked puzzled for a
moment, and then be laughed. ,'
"Oh. he sold, "and didn't we have
Lord Strathcona. the governor himself.
along with us on this trip? And every day doesn't he Insist on having bis clean white shirt, no matter bow far
north we are? That's the white wash
you saw strung along deck. And.
what's more, doesn't bis lordship Insist npon having bis London paper laid beside bis plate every morning, no matter If it is a year old?" Pearson's.
mi rce rsa or rse enrer seal, t&mrnae are an exception and may be eaien with any meal. They are very acceptable cut In thin slices and eaten with bread and butter. Stewed fruits often have f their virtue wanted through being eaten at the wrong ticae. Six or eight stewed prunes half an hour before breakfast are beneficial; so are Metred fig or stewed apples eaten before breakfast. Peeled oranges cut into thin slice so that tbe juice Is set . free, with itugar strewn over the sheen, are not unlike pineapple and form a highly efficacious aid to digestion. Uni pes should never be eaten, except after the chief meal of the day. Taken when the stomach U comparatively empty, they are a specially harmful fruit. Family Doctor.
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Ruler of Russia's .Title. Tbe general .a Muslou to the ruler of Russia as the czar is. strictly sneaking, incorrect His official title is "emperor and autocrat." Czar is the old Russian word for lord or prince and was abandoned by Peter the Great on his triumphal return from Poltava, his crowning victory over Charles XII. of Sweden.' Since then tbe Russian monarch has been officially entitled emperor, and at tbe congress of Vienna In 1815 his right to the Imperial term was admitted by the powers, with the proviso thnt though he was emperor, he bad uo precedence over the kings of western Europe. St. James' Garette. f Tho Modern Idoe. . Roman Guide (impressively) Tbe ruins of tbe Coliseum: Seattle Man (astonished) Well, what do yon think of that! Why.-, 1 saw photographs of that heap twenty years Vago. Roman Guide (Ibftily)-Quite likely, sir. Seattle Man But why In thunder aren't those rains cleared away and a modern Cotiseuru erected? New Orleans Picayune. : "-. Unless. Townsend Can a man live' on $1 a day? Beers-rCertainly. unless he's so prodigal as to lay something aside for a rainy day. keep up bis Insurance, eat when he's hungry, buy clothes and pay hit bills. CMeago News.
When to Eat Fruit " To obtain the most benefit from the
succulent fruits the should be. eaten
SELECTED BLUE POINTS .
and STANDARDS e MUTH'S FISH MARKET
Phone 1535
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Flight. "Would you take 910.000 to fly from Albany to Xew York?" "Wbynot?. Our cashier took only $1,000 to fly to Europe."
Von needn't i offer with sick headache. tneV
Sistion. constipation or any otbtir troables art frit from a disordered stomach. Dr. Caldwell's
Syrnp Pepsin will care yon aari keep yoc watt.
Try it keep it oa hand the yeac around.
POST CARD COUPON V Clip this Coupon and bring it to
one of the Quigley Drug Stores with 10 cents and receive one set of. 25 colored view Post Cards of Richmond. By niajl 3 cents extra for postage. ' - ' . t :
TIME GOES MERRILY ON. Watches, Watches, Watches,
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WILL BOOST TRADE
Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct." 6. The
annual convention of the National As
sociation of Commercial Executives
met in this city today for a two days
session. President Woodworth Clum of Rochester called the gathering to order this morning. Foreign trade will
form the leading subject of discussion tomorrow, when addresses will be delivered by visitors from several Ca
nadian cities and from Mexico, Porto
Aico and several countries of South
America. Applications for 7 next
years convention of the association
have been received from Portland.
Ore., Lincoln, Neb., Macon. Ga., Atlantic City and Poughkeepsie. NT..
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(American News Service.) . Philadelphia, Pa,, Oct. . Before as fashionable gathering that filled the Church of the Holy Trinity at noon to day Miss Mary Hathorn Perkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Pen rose Perkins, - became . the bride- of Lieut. D. Pratt Mannix, Jr., U. S. N. -.
Get Measured Now Fcr Gsl Uzn VooIIeyo, 010 LZzln
JORDAN, miANUS & HUNT
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During the Festival. Buy your Suit and Overcoat of him and you will have
more money - left and better clothes
than if you traded at some other place. This is So. , '
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South Side Millinery Store WILL HAVE SPECIAL PRICES ON HATS AND HAIR GOODS THIS WEEK. Edith Bradbury 208 SOUTH 8TH ST."
Established mo
Meals Meals Meats If in need of anything in Fresh, - r Salted or Smoked Meats, see or phone Schwegman. We can . give you the right price on one ' pound or a" ton. We carry the largest stock of all kinds ot choice meats, sausage and lard in the city. We at all times can give you quantity and quality. Three phones 2204, 1084, 1630. With 3 delivery wagons and 2 ' boys with bicycles, we . will Insure -you Prompt Delivery of
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selecting tbe . coal that will give you the best results.v 1 You should have tne coal that is suited for tho place you want to burn it, as well -' as know how to Ire to get 1 the most for your 4noney.
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We have coal tor grates We have coal for heaters We have coal for furnaces We have coal for cook stoves . Telephone Number 1170 cnC 1170
PURE CIDER VINEGAR FOR PICKUKG If you want your pickles to keep, use none) but. the beat. Also Whole Spices that are fresh; Horseradish Root. Etc. Phone 2292. H. G HADLEY, GROCER. 1033 e e e
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PrcSeci Youf Girl's Feel If you let your girl go out in this cold, wet weather with shoes that don't protect her feet, you needn't be surprised if she catches cold and gets sick. ; i And don't let her wear narrow toed, high heel shoes if you want her feet to grow properly. Let her wear our Tramp Lasts with their, medium round toes and rather low heels and , her feet will grow properly and be amply protected. Gun Metal, Patent or Kid Leathers selling at $2.50 and $3. - s t . - . f J r v v . . . .. -...-. . . t - :: .-- - 1 .. - f v ' -.- - -.- . f-, -,- Don't neglect to see the Noah's Ark ths most, wonderful mechanical toy ever seen in Richmond. - Interesting for old and young alike.
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