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Published and wn4 by the PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. Issued Every Evening Except Sunday. Office Corner North ttb ud A streets. Palladium and Bun-Telerram Phoney -Bueiness Office, MM; Mows Departneat, 1121. RICHMOND, INDIANA O. .MHM SUBSCRIPTION TERMS In Richmond 96.00 por year (to advance) or lOe por week. RURAL ROUTES One year, !u advance Six months. In advaroo Ono month. In adranoo Aadrees chanced mm often as desired: both new ud old addressee aut bo Si van. Subscribe will ploaoo remit emh order, which should bo riven tor specified torm; namo will not bo ontorod until payment ! received. MA It SUBSCRIPTIONS Ono year. In advene "Ill Six months. In advaneo Ono month. In advaneo - Ratorod at Richmond. Indlaaa. post offlco as second olaso mall matter. Now York Representatives Payne Tounr. 10-14 West lid street, and till West 12nd street. New York. N. Y. Chicago RepresentativesPayne 4k You nr. 747-71 Marquette Building. Chicago. 111. Toe Aaeedation of aod cortifteo to the) eireoUtioooflMe poaeeoeed if bcrksi AJverfeers wMtatolsMf.alT.CWy lhis Js My 50th Birthday REED 8MOOT. Keed Smoot, United States senator from Utah, was born In Salt Lake City, January 10, 1862. lie received his preparatory education in private school! and later attended the Desert university and the Brlgham Young academy. In early manhood he located In the city of Provo, where he mad a large fortune In the banking business and in numerous industrial enterprises. At the same time he rose to high prominence in the Mormon church and In 1900 became an apostle of the faith. Following his election to the United States senate in 1903 a vigorous effort was made to unseat him because of his connection with Mormonlsm. The effort failed and In 1909 Senator Smoot was elected for another term, which will expire In 1915. Congratulations to: Ramon Corral, former vice president ot Mexico, 68 years old today. Carroll 8. Page, United States senator from Vermont, 69 years old today. Daniel Boyle, an Irish member of parliament and a prominent Home Rule advocate. 63 years old today. C. Q. D. Roberta, - Canadian-born writer famous for his animal stories, 63 years old today. E. Benjamin Andrews, former president of Brown university and later chancellor of the University of Nebraska 68 years old today. The Oaar Nurseries of Cambridge City, Ind., established 1888, have 60,000 fine healthy trees of general nursery stock growing on their grounds. Send them an order for spring. Prices very reasonable. wed-tf MASONIC CALENDAR Wednesday, Jan. 10-12 Webb lodge, No. 24, F. ft A. M. Called meeting. Work In Master Mason degree commencing at seven o'clock p. m. Friday, Jan. 12 King Solomon's Chapter, No. 4. R. A. M. Stated meeting and Installation ot officers. Willing to Stand. A fanner owned a young steer which he wanted to break In to the plow, and, having no other animal to harness with it. he decided to get Into the yoke himself, giving the reins to his son. No sooner had they suited than the steer bolted Into a wild runaway, the farmer holding on to the yoke with both hands and keeping the pace for dear life. Over plowed fields they flew, and as he was about to drop for lack of wind they brought up against the fence with a mighty thump. As the son hurried to the scene the panting father managed to gasp. "Onhitch the steer, bub; I'll stand!" National Monthly. A SSISSIPPI JNTIIUSIAST ,Crs. Lea Greshxci. of CEnton, Ca., Has a Few frets to Tc9 Cur Bttdtrs About CEnton, Mi. "Thanks to Cardul," writes Mrs. Lena Qresham, of this place, "1 hart been greatly relieved." "I suffered for three years from female rnflarmnstioo. and bad taken medicine from tour different physicians without bukSi benefit. "I tavt received mora benefit from seven bottles otCarduJ, than from all the tsidans.M . Just try Cardui. That's aft we ask. It speaks for itself. It has helped so many thousands, tt must be able to btlpyou. Trying; Cardui wont hurt you. It is safe, harmless, gentle in action, and -'. purely vegetable. If you art weak, tired, down and out, ' try Cental. If you era tick, miserable, and suffer uy . pans, iikv ' neaoacne, lrtr-in tmt&rzR paint in - Vtrsss, tec etc try Ulssotidatfori GSOt-atetoryoo.

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The Triumph of An Ideal. A striking aspect of the present time Is the almost religious fervor with which men are responding to appeals for social Justice. Thus the progressive movements In politics, as has been pointed out by Winston Churchill and others, has come to partake of the character of a religious revivalOne of the prophets of this new movement was Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland. To be public Johnson was known chiefly for his street railway fight His autobiography, published after his death under the title, "My Story." reveals the development of a business monopolist into a great public servant. The process of the awakening of men who have been ignoring their public obligations Is going forward on such a scale that particular interest attaches to these revealing memoirs of Tom Johnson. His experience is more or less typical of that of the new generation of leaders. Of his attitude at the time of blB election as mayor of Cleveland he writes: The thing I have referred to as my civic consciousness was deepining. My congressional experiences had conirmed me in my belief that political corruption was a secondary sympton and political remedy, but an opiate which might disguise the symptom for an hour, or a day; that crime and vice and misery were for the most part consequences of Involuntary poverty, and involuntary poverty the result of law making privilege whereby some men get more than they earn while the vast mass of mankind earns more than it gets. More and more I realize that it was the existence of this legalized privilege which creates a Riverside Drive in New York, a Lake Shore Boulevard in Chicago, a Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, and at the same time an East Side slum in New York, a Canal Street In Chicago and a elum district in Cleveland. The realization of this fact that a lot of people haven't been getting a square deal has inspired the great forward movement in politics. a a e As a boy Johnson got his first lesson in the value of monopoly. He induced a train conductor to carry papers for him and for him alone, and made $88 in five weeks.

"The lesson of privilege taught me by that brief experience," he says, "was one I never forgot, for in all my subsequent business arrangements I sought enterprises in which there was little or no competition. In short, I was always on the lookout for somebody or something which would stand in the same relation to me that my friend, the conductor, had." He threw himself energetically into business and while still a young man had accumulated a fortune. The turning point came through the accidental reading of Henry George's "Social Problems," while he was on a train. He wasn't interested in the title, but the conductor guaranteed to refund his money if he didn't like the book. The reading of this volume led Mm to get hold of "Progress and Poverty," and then to meet Henry George himself. It was George who urged him to go into politics. But he felt that he was not fitted for public life and in fact had taken so little interest in politics that when he was nominated for congressman at the age of 34 he never had voted. Johnson himself felt that if he never had happened to stumble on George's books he might have kept on as a private monopolist. But the chances are altogether that such a n an would have been awakened by the stirrings of his times if not by one thing, then by another. Congress was a liberal education to him. It awakened him still further to the menace of privilege. "I was thinking a lot about these things," he remarks, "when I left Congress, and my business associates began to complain of my philosophy, saying it was at variance with their interests. This feeling gradually extended from friends' and associates to an ever enlarging group until the time came when I was looked upon us a public enemy by Big Business." He finally decided to wihdraw from business and devote himself to spreading the doctrines of Henry George. "I had some idea of what the fight would cost me," he says, "but I embarked In this new field from purely Belfish motives. I was seeking happiness and .1 chose the line of least resistance. All my public doings are to be accounted for in this way." Incidentally, it is the great problem of existence to build up a character that will find its deepest satisfaction in thus working for the common good. a a a The development of business and political morals has been rapid in recent years. Many a man today would not think of doing the things he would have done twenty years ago or even ten without question. Johnson was of this type. In his first congressional campaign he "opened his barrel." The Garfield Corrupt Practices Act checked him up. "It was not," he says, "until after my public work had developed in me a stronger sense of political morality that I myself realized the Importance of such standards in politics." The same change came over him in dealing with the spoils system. At first he felt that to the worker belonged the spoils. Later he saw that efficient administration could not be obtained in this way, and he became a thorough civil service reformer. People frequently aBked him why some of his earlier political associates had fallen away from him. His reply was that he, not they, had changed. So Tom Johnson began bis fine warfare for the square deal in Cleveland in taxation, in public service franchises, in the general conduct of the city's business. He gathered a splendid group of men about him. "The questions wc raised." he says, "not only attracted better men men who couldn't be interested in politics when it dealt chiefly with spoils but it also brought out the very best in men of less exalted ideals." He carried out a remarkable program of public improvements. He introduced an equitable plan for real estate assessments. He fought hard to get the low assessments of big corporations raised. He spent his fortune in working for a just settlement of the street railway difficulties. Finally, broken in health, he was defeated at the polls, though the main points ot his program were adopted. Defeat and the death that followed soon he met with serenity. The last words of his autobiography, written only a few days before his death, carry his strong message of cheer: It is inevitable that those engaged in the great struggle against privilege should sometimes become discouraged. Temporary losses sometimes assume an aspect entirely out of proportion to their real importance. The defeats of the movement loom large and so obscure the vision of the workers that they are not always able to see that the direction of the general movement is invariably forward. But it is a forward movement and this is the word of cheer I would send to those taking part in it. It is1 in the nature ot truth never to fail. Thus was an energetic, capable and selfish monopolist transformed into a devoted public servant, dealing powerful blows at the forms of privilege with which he had been identified in his younger days. a a e It is a remarkable story. A man does not throw over a business career that is making him millions to give himself to the public service without some strong incentive. This incentive was the ideal of social justice an ideal that, no matter how deeply obscured, has lifted the race out of the ruck of the animal world and guided it in the way of evolution from barbarism into those glimmerings of civilization of the early Twentieth Century. For human nature is somehow so made that the ideal carries a powerful appeal and offers to the individual a unique sort of happiness a happiness that is in a class by itself. That is . why it is in the nature of truth never to fail. There are few Tom Johnsons made. But all over the country men are responding to the call of the Ideal as he did to a degree that promises to Inaugurate a new epoch in history. Kansas City Star.

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The Macaroni Record. The "macaroni record" stands at present at 2JG0 yards (Just under a mile and s quarter). This is the exact mileage of macaroni swallowed by a Signor Sporeogambl. In an eating- daet wifli Signor Bevere s few years ago.

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tack on the water works contract by He states that judging from his own me, some other "crank" would take up experience and reports from druggists the cudgel and delay the present il- who are constantly in direct touch legal and indecent precipitation of the wltn the public, there is one preparaartificial gas franchise, applied for byttion that has probably been more suc-

iue mcumonu ugni, neat ana r ower Co., and now under advisement by the board of public works, notwithstanding it has "till April 20th, 1915, before its present lease expires. The legal representative of the Light, Heat and Power Co., (Mr. Beasley) says, a new bid was asked for by the city. It would be interesting to know who asked for it. It would be interesting to know, who of our. city government lacks business discretion to the extent of asking and thereby intimating easy acquisition of j a new contract, Be it far from me to suggest, in the absence of specific authority to corroborate, that the whole thing looks like some attempt to slip one over on the city to someon'e financial gain. The cost of manufacturing gas of standard quality is obtainable by the city authorities which should be secured and specifications prepared and bids advertised for, and cut out this dickering with any and all parties j prior to the necessary steps which are ; specifically laid down by the laws of the state. The board of public works would do well to see that they do not dig the grave of their own Municipal Light plant. Without beating around the bush the L., H. and P. Co., are charging excessive rates for gas and the consumers are contributing to a fund that in all probability is being used to ocver the loss sustained by the cut-throat competition to supplant the city's Municipal Light plant. I would suggest to the board the advisability of getting the best legal advice on article eleven of the Light, Heat and Power Co.'a present franchise and be quite sure that in renewing the gas franchise you are not automatically renewing the franchise to supply the city with electric current. There are many reasons why the granting of this franchise should be defered. There will be an organized effort to secure the passage of an enabling act immediately upon the assembling of the next legislature. Such an act will place a different aspect on the city's possibility regarding the municipalizing of all public utilities. If you insist however in pushing this matter through I have abundance of evidence to show that $100 per M feet for gas with 10 per cent discount if paid by the 10th of the month is dishonestly exorbitant. If there must be a fight to secure legality of action by the board of public works, if there must be a fight to secure a reasonable rate for gas, if there must be a fight to get legitimate information that will lead us to a square deal to all parties involved, then I say the sooner we "clear decks" and get at it, the better. Let a 70-cent maximum be the slogan. Yours truly, A Bavis, 411 N. 13th. A Cruel Question. Skeezick's car had turned turtle, and as he sat gloomily contemplating the situation Uncle Silas reined In his nag and stopped outside. "Turned over, hain't she?" he observed. "Yep," said Skeezick shortly. "Want to sell?" asked Uncle Silas. "Yes," said Skeezick. 'Til sell out cheap." "What's your upset price?" asked Uncle Silas, with a grin - Harper's Weekly. The Doctor Who Sees And Treats Each Case Separately No Assistants.

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JANUARY 10TH. 1645 Archbishop Laud beheaded. Born Oct 7, 1573. 1737 Ethan Allan, soldier of the American Revolution, born in Litchfield. Conn. Died in Burlington. Vt., Feb. 12, 1789. 1765 Stamp Act passed by the British parliament. 1791 Vermont adopted the Federal Constitution. 1840 British penny postage instituted. 1842 Sir Charles Bagon arrived at Kingston, as second Governor of the Province of Canada.

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DEAD SEA WATER, its Buoyancy Not Se Great mm to Make Swimming Impossible ' In Jerusalem ridiculous stories are told of the impossibility of bathing la the Dead sea. and it is even said by the superstitious that no animals or vegetation can exist near it. The truth is that if Palestine belonged to any other power but Turkey the northern shore of the Dead sea would probably become a popular bathing station and health resort, as the chloride of magnesia which enters so largely Into the composition of the water would be found to have medicinal and curative properties, says the Zion Herald.

So far as swimming is concerned, the excessive buoyancy of the water of the Dead sea simply renders it difficult for the swimmer to make much headway, but if care be taken not to allow the salt water to get into the eyes a swim Is both feasible and enjoyable. The Dead sea contains 25 per cent of solid matter and is. bulk for bulk, heavier than the human body. In a ton of water from the Caspian sea there are 11 pounds of salt, in the Baltic IS pounds, in the Black sea 2tt pounds, in the Atlantic 31 pounds, in the English channel 72 pounds, in the Mediterranean 85 pounds, in the Red sea 03 pounds and in the Dead sea 187 Tvunds. In most public libraries all books are disinfected when they are returned. They go into all sorts of places, and are read by sick people in their homes and in hospitals. Hence the precaution. IN HISTOR Y ' aB governor of Maryland.

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