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r. p. a. Notes BY W. H. Q. Traveling men's schedules have been all "shot to pieces" along with train schedules this week. Trains late, interurbans tied up and driving almost impossible, made trouble galore for salesmen. However orders were fairly plentiful and every salesman seemed to have a "smile" that did not rub off when they came la last evening. When a man gets middle aged, such as a number of T. P. A.'s are doing, and bis hair gets thin and has a motheaten appearance, he has to shave dally, keep his clothes pressed and apend more or less time on himself to keep from going into the discard as far as looks is concerned. Says Alex Gordon to Roy Browne the other night In a "social session, "I heard a woman aay today you were the best looking man in town." Roy, whose age is middle and can Join with some of us in the above description, replied "Gordon, I know you are a big liar, but aay it again, it sounds good." A Winchester hotel proprietor says that traveling men who Btop with him are carrying off his lop Jars. He is at a loss to know how they smuggle them out unless they break them and pack them piecemeal in their grips. Along with the Jars is also miseing quite a quantity of soap. This looks bad on the face of it. However, we believe Richmond T. P. A.'s are innocent as far as the jars are concerned. As to soap the tale might be different, Is it Js well known that Shreeve, Lebo, 1)1 Stall and some others making Winchester never buy scap, and as toweling is high it is not altogether improbable that said hotel man will miss some of his roller towels if he don't discard them. It la too bad that so many of the hotels in "Shorty" Shreeve's territory have closed their dining rooms. They all claim it is all on account of "Shorty" eating so much. It is a well known fact that he eats enough through tho week to last him over Sunday. The last hotel to close was the Scanlon at Rusbvllle, Indiana. Will McClelland has been quite sick this week with the grip. While riding in one of Richmond's "prairie schooners" known locally as atreet cars, a few days since, I noticed a lady who had on one of the modern creations of head gear arise from her seat to alight at her destination. From the seat to the ned of the car her progress was interrupted but on reaching the opening In the end of the car called by the street car company a door. Iter troubles began. She twisted her head back and forth, sideways and in fact every way, much to her embarrassment before she found the angle at which she could get her hat through the door and escape. The su.perlntendent of the city lines Is a ataunch T. P. A., and I think he should note this fact and consider along other lines of Improvement which our street car system is soon to make, the enlargement of car doors, for it seems the large, bat baa apparently come to atay. Mrs. M. Patterson, who has been quite 111 with pneumonia is very much better. M. E. Shreeve made bis trl-monthly visit to Indianapolis today to see whether his job had frozen up or not. The "Midnight Crew" has started a "Current Event Research club." All the great and troublesome questions of the world are promptly and satisfactorily settled every evening in the front parlor by the "highbrows." Post C.'s financial condition is the best In years. The fact la we have money loan. Thla speaks well for President Harrington's administration. Wonder when that rally that has been talked of for so long is going to be "pulled off." Directors meeting Saturday night, January 20th. John Minntch's many Richmond friends will be glad to know that be will' once more become a Richmond cltlsen after a seven months' stay in Chicago. John will be the Indiana and Illinois representative of the California Felt Co., with headquarters here. The Denkey's Head. Among the most extraordinary pieces of symbolism known to bare been used by the early Asiatics was a figure of a donkey's head used as a representative of the deity. There Is no doubt whatever that the same emblem was once used among the Hlttltes. the Egyptians aad one or two other nations as a symbol of their red god, Sut. The superstition of the yellow donkey of India, the story of the swift ass of eastern Asia and the as of Dlonyslus and many other marvelous as utorles are all survivals of that curiou form of religious worship the adoration of the ass' bend. They Both Knew. The fool said one duy lu the king's presence, 1-am the king!" And the kins laughed, for be knew that bin fool was wrong. A week later the king was angry because of au error he had committed and exclaimed. "I am a fool!" And the fool laughed, for he knew that his king was right. Net Much. noweHlteadiDg makcth a full man. Powell Bet If yon g?t arrested for drunkenness tie jndse Isn't Inclined to accept as an excuse your statement ttat you have been reading. New Tork rre. , .. . .'.

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Our Trees as Living Beings By J. F. Thompson, City Forester

While most people believe that trees are alive, yet it is possible they do not fully appreciate the fact that the line which separates them from other living things is so narrow and therefore the common laws which forbid cruelty to other living things are disregarded in the treatment of trees. There is a fairly good reason for such diregard. An animal has a nervous system which serves as a protection against injury, and therefore when it is wounded it shows it by expressions of pain and hence such expressions of suffering have taught us to not unnecessarily wound, injure or maltreat any form of animal life, but trees have no such protection against injury, they cannot resent it, nor can they escape it, if it comes they must endure it. The Ancients had a far higher regard for trees than we have. The Ancient Greeks believed that the gods dwelt in the forests, and groves of certain trees were planted and consecrated to the gods, and it was a very serious offense to cut or wound a tree in such a sacred grove. The oak in Greek Mythology was sacred to Jove, for under its shadow the god was said to have been born, and in Norse Mythology It was Thors tree, and it was the custom of the ancient Norsemen to build their homes in such a way that each would enclose the trunk of a living Oak. Of course science has driven the Nymphs away from the forest springs, the Lryads no longer inhabit the trees and the forests are no longer the abodes of the gods, but. with them has gone a certain care and respect which these resources of nature should still have. While trees are no longer regarded as being the habitations of spirits yet they certainly are the habitations of life, and the line that separates tree life from animal life is not so broad as it may seem. In all the essentials of physical life it is had to tell where one form differs from another. A tree like any other form of life has a beginning, a period of infancy when its life is dependent on the parent tree, a period of youth and rapid growth and preparation, a period of maturity in which it does three work, some times for centuries. Then comes decline and death and decay. The Germans have their system of forestry so well worked out that they know exactly when a tree reaches maturity. It will not yield as good lumber if ut before or after this time. During the entire life of trees like any other forms of life they are liable to be destroyed either by disease or accident and to a certain extent they are subject to training. If a tree is taken from the forest and planted in a lawn or street it is likely to retain the habits it learned in the forest, if raised in the nursery it may be taught other habits which will suit it better for lawn or street purposes. In its respiration a tree takes from the air and gives back to it exactly the same gases as an animal. The respiratory apparatus is not the same but respiration is. The oxygen absorbed by a tree In breathing performs the same function in the tissues of a tree is it does in ours. The fact that a tree grows proves that it consumes food, and about the only difference between the food of a tree and that of a man is this: A tree makes its food before it consumes it while a man does not. A man. however skillful he may be in chemistry and mathematics cannot make an apple. When a man consumes food it must be digested, so it must be in a tree and in each case after digestion it is thrown into a transporting current to be carried wherever it Is needed for growth or repair. This current in the one case Is called blood, in the other sap. There isn't much difference between them. They are more like than unlike. The physical basis of a tree's life or of an animal's life Is called protoplasm. If this protoplasm be taken from the cell of an animal and compared with the same taken from the cell of a plant neither the microscope nor chemical analysis can show any difference.

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Trees, like human beings have a certain individuality, certain characteristics that distinguish them from others. Nearly every person can tell some trees at sight and a good woodsman can tell them all as far as he can see them. There is a certain rugged beauty about the white oak and a graceful dignity about the American elm that render these trees objects of attention in any landscape, and as people in a crowd lose their individuality, so do trees lose their individuality in the forest. Every one knows that a walnut tree grown in the open field is not like its fellow grown in the forest. The successful forester has a different object in view from that of a tree warden, the one seeks to develop timber at the expense of the trees individuality, the other the tree's individuality at the expense of timber. The one regards the forest as the individual to the other the tree. The success of either is a scene of matchless beauty. "As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined." Nearly two thousand years ago, Solomon said nearly the same thing about the training of children, in the other familiar proverb, "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not deport from it." Whatever characteristics a tree may have, whatever its habits, whatever its style of beauty, like other forms of life, to a very large degree, it has inherited them from its ancestors, and like other forms of life may transmit them to its descendants. Many things might be said to show that a tree life is not so very much different from that of any other living thing, and being a thing endowed with life it has a definite work to do in the world and when it arrives at the age in which it begins its work, it does it faithfully as long as it lives and no more delightful neighbors can be Imagined. Since therefore the physical life of a tree, in all of its essentials is so like fnat of any living thing, it follows that, what will injure or destroy the one will have the same effect upon the other; whatever will impair the usefulness of the one will do the same with the other, if the usefulness of the one is increased by care, it will be just as true with the other. The mere fact that a tree is unable to defend itself when wounded does not prove that it is not hurt, nor is it an argument- that it may be treated less humanely, and finally trees are always beautiful, day and night, winter and summer, young or old, in the open or in the forest. To quote from Emerson, "In the woods is perpetual youth, within these plantations of God a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed and the guest sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years." J. F. T. The Humbling of Deacon Tod. "I tell you, Edgely," said Deacon Todd as they sat in the park, "the way women dress these days Is absurd. And nine times out of ten It is the fault of men. Just, for instance, take that woman coming down the path. Some fool husband bas told her she looks perfectly charming in that outrageous getup. lacking the stamina to come right out bluntly and tell her that she looks positively ridiculous." Since this remark Mr. Todd has never been seen in public without bis glasses. The woman was Mrs. Todd. Jndge. Roof Ornaments In China. The roof ridge of a Chinese bouse Is usually decorated with an elaborate plaster ornament in the form of .a de sign embodying the character "fu." signifying happiness. To prevent the ornament being damaged by crows the owner of the house sticks large numbers of ordinary sewing needles point oatward Into the soft plaster. London Standard. Cats' Cyaa. Cats and beasts of prey reflect tttj times as much light front their eyes as human beings.

News Forecast For Coming Week

WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 13. Political conferences and the movements of the presidential aspirants will continue to contribute much of the important and interesting news of the week. In various states the party leaders will meet to ulscuss the preliminary work of the approaching campaign. In Alabama there will be a state conference of the Republican progressives and at Fargo, N. D., the Democrats of the Northwest have been called to meet for a general pow-wow. Considerable interest attaches to the Fargo gathering. The promoters disclaim any intention of booming any candidate for the presidential nomination, but as North Dakota will be the first state to declare its preference in the primaries it is likely that the campaign managers will overlook the Fargo gathering. Incidentally the meeting will serve to call attention to the fact that North Dakota has a good man for second place on the Democratic ticket in the person of Governor John Burke. President Taft is to go to New Haven on Friday to attend a banquet of the Chamber of Commerce of that city. The next day he will attend the meeting of the Yale Corporation, and that night he will address the New York City Bar Association. Governor Judson Harmon has speaking engagements for the week in several Western cities, while Governor Woodrow Wilson, his rival for the presidential nomination, has accepted an engagement to address a convention of Michigan editors in Detroit Hearings on the resolution introduc CURING BAD HABITS. Try a Little Self Hypnotism en Your Pet Weaknesses. In a large eastern city is a professional hypnotist who has a wida reputation for curing the habit of intemperance. His method 1st dirt simple. "There is no real hypnotism about it unless it is a matter of self hypnotism," this professor once said. "I simply observe the mind process of the man that drinks and advise him how to reverse it. The subconscious soliloquy in the mind of the man that drinks ruus something like this: 'When did I have my last ball? Whew! Long as that! I don't see how I stood it so long. Wouldn't hare thought it possible.' And so on the victim repeats to himself on the principle that he needs this periodical stimulant just as it is necessary to heap coal on to Are to keep it from burning out. In a word, that man self hypnotizes himself Into the belief that be needs a drink. "My advice, to cure this craving is not to flght the appetite, but to fight down the cause that leads to the appetite. Let a man repeat to himself over and over again: I really don't need this drink. If I take it, it's simply a matter of poufing so much down my throat superfluously, for I could get along without.' Before long ho will be surprised how instead of hypnotizing himself into drink he will hypnotize himself out of it." Simple, isn't it? But if this self hypnotism or whatever yon choose to call it Is a cure for intemperance why is it not equally a recipe for curing other bad habits? Chicago Tribune. KNEW HIS BUSINESS. This Parisian Beggar Realized the Value of New Shoss. Begging has Ions been n great art in Europe. By using subtle touches of misery and calculated effects of disease and dismemberment the beggar became a master of pathetic appeal A delightful story of Dupre, the sculp tor. is quoted by Hamilton W. Matie In the Outlook. Looking out of his window in a hotel one bleak wintry morning In the good old times, Dupre saw an old bejr rar sitting barefooted on the stone steps below. His heart was moved with compassion, and he began to search for a pair of sboes. He found two pairs, one of them new. Do not give the new pair away: you will need them yourself, urged bis prudent wife. "Xo,' said the sculptor. "I shall find the old pair more comfortable. Moreover, if 1 am to give anything away I am going to giTe the best I have. So he hurried downstairs and pot the new shoes in the bands of the barefooted old man. The next morning the bej&ar sat on the steps as usual, and. as usual, his feet were bare. Dupre hurried, down to him. "Where are the shoes I gave you? You are not wearlac them. be aakL "No," replied the old man. "I couM not wear then, excellency. If I did nobody wot' Id give me anything- 1

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ed by Representative Humphrey of Washington directing the appointment of a special committee to investigate the "Shipping Trust" will begin Monday before the House Committee on Rules. The first extra session of the legislature in the history of Idaho will convene Monday in response to the call of Governor Hawley. The sole purpose of the session is the revision of the revenue laws of the state. One of the most important conventions of the week will be the annual meeting of the United Mine Workers of America, which will assemble Tuesday in Indianapolis. The convention will discuss a new wage scale to be presented at the joint conference with the operators. The present scale will expire April 1 and it is believed the miners will demand a general advance in wages. Other events of the week will include the inauguration of Earl M. Brower as governor of Mississippi, the welcome of Cardinal Farley upon his arrival in New York from Rome, the opening and dedication of the new Museum of Art in Toledo, O., the annual convention of the National Board of Trade in Washington, the annual session of the Tuskogee Negro Conference, the annual observance throughout the South of the birthday anniversary of General tvobert E. Lee, the annual meeting of the Western Golf Association in Chicago, and the meeting of the American Association for Highway Improvement in Washington, D. C. A Hit. ' "I made a great bit at the banquet last night. Came off with a good deal of distinction, in fact." "I didn't know you ever spoke at banquets." "I don't I was the only one there who absolutely declined." Chicago Record-Herald. Modern Eccentricity. "What an eccentric person young Duckworth is." "I've never noticed It. He seema to me to be rather a sensible sort of chap." "But he wants to name bis baby daughter Sarah." Chicago Record-Herald. Pathetic Proof. "My Jim Is dead, my Jim is dead!" walled an old colored mammy, holding up a letter. "Here is a letter from blm right from the dead letter officer Woman's Home Companion. Life, like a dome of many colored glass, stains the white radiance of eternity. Shelley. City Statistics Deaths arid Funerals. KNOLLENBERG Mary Ellen Knollenberg, aged 67 years, died at her home, 43 South Fourth street, last evening. Mrs. Knollenberg is survived by her husband, Charles Knoli lenberg, three daughters, one son, and four step-children. Mrs. Knollenberg. a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church, was' born and raised in Richmond, being one of the original German residents of the city. The funeral will be 2:00 p. m. Monday afternoon from the home under the charge of Rev. Huber. Interment will be in the Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call at the home Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5, or in the evening from 7 until 9. SCHOLL Jacob Scholl, aged SO years, died at bis residence, west of the city early this morning. He is survived by four sons and two daughters. The funeral will be in the parlors of Wilson, Pohlmeyer and Downing, 2:00 p. m. Monday. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call at the home any time after Sunday noon. Births. To Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harris, 142 Fort Wayne Ave., first child, a daughter, Reba Katherine Harris. To Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Burton HoeL 2005 North F street, first child, a son, Orville Burdette HoeL Folger P. Wilson Henry J. Pohlmeyer Harry C Downing Harvey T. Wilson FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phone 1335. 15 N. 10th St, Automobiles, Coaches, and Ambulance Service.

LATE MARKET- HEWS

Furnished by A. W. Thomson Co Hittle Block. Phone 2709. Correspondents, Logan and Bryan. NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK. Jan. 13. Open High Low Copper 65 65 65 Am Smelting 71 Pennsylvania 123 St Paul 108 108 107 M B & O 103 103 103 N Y Central. 107 Reading 154 154 152 Canadian Pac 228 229 228 Gt Northern 126 Union Pacific 168 168 167 Mo Pac 39 Northern Pac 116 Atchison 105 L & N 154 155 154 Lehigh Val...l84 184 184 Southern Pac 109 110 109 Am Can Com 11 Am Can Pfd 92 92 92 Canadian Pac Ex Divident Close 65 70 i 123 f 107 103 106 152 228 126 167 ! 39 115 105 155 184 110 11 92 2. CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO. Jan. 13.-

WheatMay 99T 99 99. 99 July 9i 9474 94 94 Sept 93 93 93 93 Vi CornMay 64 64 64H 64 July U 64 . 64 64 Sept 65 65 V 65 65 Oats May 49 49H 48 49 July 44 44 44 44 Sept 40 40 40 40

LIVERPOOL. Jan. 13. Wheat d lower; corn d higher to d lower. EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK EAST BUFFALO, Jan. 13. Cattle Receipts 75; steers $7.25 8.00 butchers $3.256.75. Sheep Receipts 6,000; prime $5.00. Calves Receipts 150 head; choice $5.7510.50. Hogs Receipts 850; heavies $6.40; pigs, $6.15; yorkers $6.30 6.40. Lambs $7.35 7.55. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Jan. 13. Cattle Receipts 1000; steers $8.50. Sheep Receipts 3,000; prime $4.60. Hogs Receipts 3000; heavies $5.80 $6.37; pigs $4.505.75; light $5 6.27. Calves $6.50 9.50. PITTSBURG LIVESTOCK PITTSBURG, Jan. 13 Cattle Receipts light; steers $7j 8.00; butchers $6.006.60, Sheep Receipts 15,000; prime $5.00. Hogs Receipts 3,000;- yorkers $6.25 6.45; pigs, $6.25. Calves Receipts 150 head; choice $10. 50. Lambs $7.25. INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 13. Cattle Receipts 700; steers $7.25. Sheep Receipts 150; prime $3.85. Lambs $7.00. Hogs Receipts 6,000; top $6.45. Calves $9.50. CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK CINCINNATI, Jan. 13. Cattle Receipts 700; shippers $5.75 Sheep Receipts 200; extras $3.35. 6.75. Hogs Receipts 2,600; good to choice 6.35 6.40. mm

We are selling many Storm Buggies and have another carload coming that will be fnMonday or Tuesday. ' ' f Ihese are the neatest looking, best equipped' vehicle of the kind on the market. It has metal front and side panels instead of flimsy rubber, as is usually used, and also has the best arranged closing door that has been invented. Call and see them. We also carry a large stock oi Robes and Blankets 11-13 South 4th Street ; 413-415 Main Street ,

Lambs $5.59. Calves $4.00.

INDIANAPOLIS GRAIN INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 15. Wheat T Corn C4 Oats 511 Rye . 97 j Clover seed .. $10.ca' TOLEDO GfcAIN TOLEDO. Jan. 13 Corn Wheat Clover seed Oats Alsike ... 3 .......... v i tv t ..... 12.97 1 5ic i .. $10.10 HUMUS IN THE SOIL Called Meet Stable Form ef Organle Matter Known. Regarding the value of humus as 1 such Professor Milton Whitney, chief of the United States bureau of soils, makes the following statements in United States farmers' bulletin 257: "We have studied the office of m mus in the growth of plants. We have found that humus extracted from our . cultivated soils is Innocuous to the ' plant. It is apparently neither bene- : I flcial nor deleterious. Humus is a ; very stable form of organic matter. It remains in the soil for years. It may be exposed to extremes of heat and cold, but still the black color of a black soil will persist. It Is much more stable than wood. It is Into humus that wood or wood liber Is converted If It is incorporated In a finely divided condition In the soil and goes to an end product that is, if it goes Into its most stable form. X really be lieve that humus, next to coal. Is the most stable form of organic matter that we know of, and if you think this over you will agree with me that when organic matter is converted into humus it is as thoroughly preserved as . any organic matter we have In nature." Of course, says Practical Farmer, this refers to the value of humus as a source of plant food and not to its physical value. By excessive tillage and the use of caustic lime the further decay of this old humus can be effected or hastened, and thus some plant food can be secured from true humus; but, as a rule, the use of farm manure or legume crops as green manure will be more profitable, especially in systems of permanent soli improvement. ' LIME FOR JFRUIT TREES. California Authority Finds It Produosa a Stocky Growth. To get the best crop of any fruit or grain there must be the best growth of tree or plant, and this Is what lime provides. Dr. E. E. Hllgard. director of the California station, a high authority, says that limestone soils produce a stocky growth of trees so notice able that one can tell a limestone section by that character of tree growth. - Observation has shown that live ' gives a very favorable root growth a well balanced plant, top with reota and that produces perfection of flowering and fruition. A larger quantity and a better quality are both distinctly v noticeable la lime fertilisation. Hllgard saya also that lime Improves the quality of fruit; grapes grown with it are notably sweeter. The sugar beet Industry, which Is regulated by sclen-' tiflc tests of quality, is most successful on limestone soils. As lime is not very expensive, the right thing for every fruit grower to do is to make some comparative teats with it, bearing in mind that a true carbonate form can be applied at any season and will not Injure either plants or organic matter by direct contact In fact, the carbonate mixed with manure or commercial fertilizers enhances the value without any waste of fertilizer elements. American Agriculturist. French and German and English ana taught in the schools of Holland, and pupils are required to pass an examination in these languages before being graduated.

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