Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 32, 17 December 1912 — Page 6

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THE RICH3IOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 17, 1912.

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ATTACKS THE COAL DEALERS Complains to the City Council that Coal Dealers Are Giving Short Weight to Their Patrons. (Continued from Page Oae.) Eleventh street. A man hole belonging to the gas company is sinking at the corner of South Tenth and E street. The matter was referred to the board. Leaky Pipes. A mystery which a member of the council wished cleared up was why the water works company demanded a lead pipe for carrying water from any point where an extension had been made from the water meter. If the water runs through the meter why should the company care how much the pipes leak as long as the water is recorded and paid for asked Councilman Von Pein, who added that he had not complied with the regulations of the company in this particular. Mayor Zimmerman told council it was because the supply of water was growing less each year and the time was coming when water would be very scarce. "For this reason as well as for tire protection" continued the mayor, "the company does not want a lot of leaky pipes." City attorney Gardner was ordered to secure an explanation from the company. The report of Superintendent Johnson of the Municipal Light plant was accepted by the council. The report was as follows: Amount due for lighting city for month of November $1,412.90; total receipts $9,253.36; operating expenses, $4,911.59; building and equipment $958.68; amount paid into sinking fund $660; total disbursements $6,530.27; balance on hand $40,303.60; amount on hand in sinking fund $17,035.56; excess of actual cash receipts over operating expenses $2,928.87. Opposed Plan. Councilman Bartel objected to the suggestion that market stalls be auctioned by the city. "This plan of selling the stalls should be beneath the dignity of the city officials, and if the stalls are auctioned buyers should not be forced to start the bid with a certain price as proposed by the mayor." Councilman King declared that all the stalls should be of the same price regardless of location. City Comptroller McMahan submitted an ordinance which was passed by the council, transferring certain accounts in city funds. The controller told the council he did not want to make another appropriation, hence had drawn on all accounts available. The total amount of the appropriation was about $1800. PACKEY M'FARLAND GIVEN THE SHADK (National News Association) KENOSHA, Wis., Dec. 17. Fight fans today are unanimous in their praise of the fight Packey McFarland put up against Eddie Murphy in their ten round no decision contest here last night. Although no decision was rendered Ed W. Smith, referee, today agreed with the other spectators in giving Packey the shade over the Boston fighter. With the possible exception of the sixth round it was the Chicago lad's battle all the way. "I was glad to show my friends that my last victory over Murphy was no fluke," said Packey, discussing the light today. "I beat him all the way." Murphy was there with an excuse. He said: "In the tenth round Packey butted me In the eye which staggered me and I let him cross the right to my jaw and that sent me to the canvas. He also landed two foul blows." Not of Big Caliber. Howell Kowell is pretty small. Powell 1 should say so; he could drown iu a flnper lxwl. Exchange. Drive Headache Away With Musterole A headache remedy without the dangers of "headache medicine." You run no risk when you use MUSTEROLE to relieve that headache and miserable feeling from cold or congestion. And it acts at once! MUSTEROLE is a clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard. You rub it on the forehead and temples. Better than a mustard plaster and does not blister. Used only externally, and in no way can affect stomach and heart, as some internal medicines do. Best for Sore Throat, Bronchitis. Croup. Stiff Neck. Asthma. Neuralgia. Congestion. Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Lumbago, all Pains and Aches of the Back or Joints, Sprains. Sore Muscles. Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Colds of the Chest (it. prevents Pneumonia.) At your druggists's in 25c and 50c jars, and a special large hospital size for $2.50. Accept no substitute. If your durgglst cannot supply you, send 25c or 60c to the Musterole Company, Cleveland, Ohio, and we, will mail you a jar, postage prepaid. "Have been helped many times by Musterole when I have had severe headaches. " Mrs. F. R. Snyder, Brooklyn, New York. (34)

The Old Orchard is a Source of Profit If We Cultivate It Properly

BY ISAAC TOTTEN. Our horticultural experts say, that there should be no such thing as an off year in the apple crop. The orchard men of Purdue have proven quite conclusively this year and this was supposed to be an off year what can be accomplished in fruit production when the orchards are handled as they should be. I An old orchard that was over-run with briers, that had been sadly neg- i lected for a long time, was taken in ( charge by the Purdue people. j They cleaned out the orchard, they j pruned the trees, they fertilized and j they sprayed. I The result: A net profit of $130 per acre. Think of it! This was supposed to be an off year, too. The spraying, pruning and fertilizing caused an investment of $35.00 per acre; but what of that, when the net profit ia considered. By the way, the idea which tiie Purdue people are carrying out of getting right out and showing the farmers what can be done on their own farms, right at home, has a telling effect. It shows to the farmers that the bulletins and other literature which the Department of Agriculture sends out to those who will only ask for it is something more than verbiage. There is no fruit that outclasses the apple, no matter from what viewpoint it is considered. And there is no state in the United States that can produce better apples j than Indiana. I do not say this to appeal to state pride, or to fill up space, it is a fact which has been proven. The recent apple show at Indianapolis showed some of the finest specimens of apples that can be found anywhere, and they came from different sections of the state. One man at the show reported that he had a Grimes tree that yielded seventy bushels. Doesn't hardly seem possible does it? I do not know the man and cannot vouch for his adherence to the truth, but those who know him say that his word is good. They call him Uncle Joe Burton, the Apple King. If a tree will bear seventy bushels of apples in an off year, what will that tree do in an "on" year? That is a problem for you. John D. Smith of Tipton county set out an orchard of 240 trees seventeen years ago, and he allowed them to grow without attention until three years ago. Somehow he got converted to the business of apple raising for profit, not for the mere purpose of saying that he kept an orchard; he wanted to change the subject and have the orchard aid in keeping him. He began to prune, to spray and to fertilize. It seems to be a natural law that we cannot get something for nothing in the farm line. Last year Mr. Smith's orchard pro duced 2,500 bushels which he sold for $1.25 a bushel. Oh yes, that was last year that was one of the "on" years. What did he do this year? He took six out of the ten prizes in the classes he showed at the Indianapolis apple show. j One plate of his apples scored 99 V2 ' points. j I have mentioned only two incidents; but there are many more that ! show the results that can be obtained j even in off years. I Right here in Wayne county we have j several progressive horticulturists; they have learned in the school of experience that it pays to give propel ! tention to the orchards if good results I are expected. These men and women do not rely ! solely on the experiments of others, I they do a little experimenting for ! themselves; yet they have a whole lot j of confidence in the work others are doing. Compare in appearance, and in every other way the orchard of one of these horticulturists who takes pride in his orchard with some of the other orchards that bear only in the off years. A well kept orchard is a beautiful sight. The rows of well shaped trees, the ground cleared of trash, the bark of the trees shining and free of foreign growth. It is not all in the growing of the apples, say the apple growers. There is a whole lot of profit in the proper preparing for market. Of course, one must have the fruit to sell, but the selling end must be considered too. Professor Van Deman, the veteran apple judge, doesn't think very much iofthe xislng of barrels for packing the ! fruit, he advocates the use of boxes for the fancy fruit. He says that the average fruit buyer will pay $2.00 for a bushel ,box of fancy apples, when they will give only j about $3.00 for an entire barrel. This means that one receives about j twice as much for the box packed fruit 1 as for the barrel packed. ! Somehow we have to have things ; handed to us now-a-days on silver plat ters, but as long as the customer wants the trimmings and is willing to pay for them why should we care. We shouldn't worry, anyway, there is a whole lot of satisfaction in having things look nice, don't you think? There is a little point that comes to mind here about the marketing of our apples. The following from the Farmer's Guide brings out this point quite clearly. "Strange as it may seem, most of the markets in the cities and even in the small towns of thisr state are floodwith apples from Michigan, New York and from the state of Washington. On the other hand, Indiana apple growers are raising just as large, just as highly colored, and just as good quality of apples on Indiana soil and are sending them east, west, north and south anywhere just so they get them outside of the state. Surely there is someJ thing loose somewhere in the market

ing system that would keep several thousand miles between producer and consumer in this manner.

"Isn't it just a little bit mysterious why home people are not permitted or do not prefer to eat home products? Just why a farmer will take fruit that has been grown five hundred or a thousand miles away and pay the ex pense of shipment, in preference to 1 that which can be obtained in the neighboring township by driving over and getting it, is more than we are able to explain esp"cially when the latter is as good and many times better than the other, et we are doing that vprv thincr t r t l immne nrivnn- i tage of the transportation companies." RIBBON UPSET A STATE. The Undecoratsd Minister Resigned and the Government Fell. Many Interesting side lights on a court and the unexpected trials and troubles incident to it from which republics are free are given in William Miller Collier's book of reminiscences of his days as minister to the Spanish court, "At the Court of His Catholic Majesty." That a government should fall as the result of a ribbon bestowed for a purely ceremonial purpose seems rather absurd, but. says Mr. Collier: "It is a historical fact that not many years ago a certain minister of the marine in one of the European countries resigned because the ruler of a foreign country, on the occasion of his visit to its capital, gave him a certain rank in a certain order and gave a higher rank to his colleague, the minister of war. The minister of marine contended that it was an insult to his country's navy and the fact that he received the rank which the rule required in such cases and that the minister of war had received a higher rank only because the lower rank had been given him previously made no difference to the aggrieved minister. "In his opinion his own government in not demanding that the foreign government give him also the higher rank in this foreign order had permitted its navy to be insulted, and so he resigned, and the government fell. Thus does the fate of nations hang not on threads, but on ribbons." FISH FEATHERS. An Epicure's Dish and the Way to Trap the Makings. The young man did not know what he wanted to eat. His appetite was poor. His palate must be tempted and tickled. He scanned the menu card agaiu and again. Finally, with a sigh of resignation, he said to the waiter: "Bring me some fish feathers." "Fish feathers?" exclaimed the astonished waiter. "Yes; fish feathers! And I want 'em tonight, not next week!" The waiter retired for a conference with the chef, the captain and the floor manager. "No such dish here," was his report. "There ain't any such thing. There never was such a dish In New York." The young man arose and sighed again. "That's what I've been told by every waiter in New York." he remarked sadly. "But if you will drop a line to the commissioner of fisheries in Washington he will correct your mistake, enlighten your ignorance, project a shaft of thought into that granite which grows above your shoulders." He sighed a third time, stretched himself slowly and added: "The commissioner will tell you that fish feathers are a delicacy. They are taken from flying fish. You catch flying fish with salt water on their tails." Then he went gloomily Into the night Popular Magazine. Swordsmanship Against a Tiger. Sir James Outram, known as the Bayard of India, was a "mighty hunter" and an accomplished swordsman. He once performed the hazardous feat of killing a tiger with -his sword and from the back of his horse. General Nicholson performed a similar feat. He rode round and round the tiger at a gallop, gradually narrowing the circle until at last he was near enough to deliver his blow. He had only the one blow and if he had failed would have been slain. The explanation of the feat is that the tiger does not spring upon the horseman during the circling process because he is watching his opportunity. As the circle draws closer and closer upon him be becomes bewildered by the strange maneuver, so unlike that of any bunier he has ever encoun tered. If yoa are troobitt. -!ir iicj. neaaaone, cci lp.ition. indigestion, offensnre breath or a.v ease arising from stotscch trouble, get a SO r$l bottle of Dr. Caldwell's Syru Pepsin. I positively iru iran:d to cere too. CITY ADVERTISEMENT. Department of Public Works. Office of the Board. Richmond, Ind.. December 16th. 1912. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that on the 16th day of December, 1912 they unanimously adopted Improvement Resolution No. 352, 1912 For the improvement of South West "D" Street, By constructing cement curb, gutter and sidewalk on both sides of said street and grading and graveling the roadway from South West 2nd Street to Earlham College Campus. The Board of Public Works of said city has fixed Monday, January 27th, 1913 as a date upon which remonstrances may be filed or presented by 1 persons interested in or affected by, 1 said proposed improvement as above ! described, and on said day, at 9 o'clock 1 a. m., said Board will meet at its ofj fice for the purpose of hearing and i considering any remonstrances which may have been filed or presented, and for the purpose of taking final action thereon. Such action shall be final and conclusive upon all persons. B. A. Kennepohl, Fred R. Charles. W. W. Zimmerman, dec 17-24 Board of Public Works.

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Publisher Was a Highly Interesting Witness Before Campaign Expense Com-1 mittee OI Senate. (Continued from Page One) said that he had been in London at the time the charge was made. He pointed out to the committee that many of the photos that he had presented were so obscure that it would be necessary to copy them in order to get photographic reproductions. Asked how Eddy came to give him the copies Mr. Hearst said, "I was making speeches advocating the establishment of a new party because the old parties appeared to be under' the influence of privilege seeking in-1 terests. Mr. Eddy thought that these letters bore out my assertion and 1 brought them to me. After promising to produce the other letters for the committee's inspection Mr. Hearst was excused. An Unruffled Statesman. In the early days, when the people Bent their wisest men to make the public laws, a man of peculiar traits, but of sterling worth, was sent to the Massachusetts legislature from the town of Donglas. He wore an old fashioned farmer's frock, which was sadly out of place In the legislative hall, where some of the fastidious statesmen from Boston and other cities vied with each other in the correctness of their attire. Soon after the arrival of the Douglas man one of the Boston representatives, seeking an opportunity to have fun at his expense, called out to him, "Have they no smarter men than you to send to the legislature from yonr district?" The man from Douglas smiled Innocently as he replied, "There's a henp of smarter men up my way. but the mischief of It is they hain't got no clothes good enough to wear down here I" BostoD Herald. Geometry. Geometry, no called from its original aplicatlon to measuring the earth. Is generally believed to have had Its origin among the Egyptians. It probably sprang from the surveyor's art. The annual inundation of the Nile carried away all landmarks and bound aries, and some scientific means of settling the disputes Incidental thereto bad to be devised: hence surveying, the undoubted fonntalnhead of geometry. Geometry is said to have been introduced Into Greece by the philosopher Thales about the year e00 B. C The science was cultivated by Pythagoras, through whom It was made popular in Greece, from which country It spread over the then known world. New York American. Irving Would Have to Hustle. When Henry Irving was making one of his last tours of the country be found himself with an open date In Michigan. His manager wired the manager of a small opera bouse in a nearby place, asking if be could nse Irving on the night in question. The followjng message came back: "What does Irving do?" The manager used up much expensive space on the wire explaining the leading points about Irving and for his pains received the following reply: "Cannot use Irving In this town unless Irving can parade." Judge. Amended. When a Scotch schoolmaster entered the temple of learning one morning he read on the blackboard, "Our teacher is a donkey." The pupils expected there would be a cyclone, but the philosophic pedagogue contented himself with adding the word "driver" and opened the school as nsuaL

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TO REPAIR BRIDGE Bad Condition of N. Tenth Street Bridge Noted.

I Street commissioner Genn reported today to the city engineer that the condition of the floor on the North Tenth street bridge was in very bad condition and that the fault was the manner of construction. The cleats were nailed to the sills of the bridge, according to the street commissioner, which necessitates the cutting of the spikes with a cold chisel before the !)oarc!s (an be of the and the cost to the city is 2 for everv board. City Engineer Charles stated that the county commissioners would be potitioned for a new concrete bridge ! within the next two yars 2nd that the j bridge would be moved to some other point. 1 Earlham Notes by H. Felerson The Sophomores clinched the bask-1 etball honors in the Earlham college! -r class league by winning every 1 game on the schedule, esterday they defeated the Freshmen bv a sccre of "21 to 9. The Juniors defeated the Seniors 21 to 15. The standing at th j j close of the series is as follows: Sophomores, Juniors, Freshmen, Sen- ; iors. j The personnel of the varsity basketiball team has not been established. ! At the outset of the series it was bellieveu the Juniors would win. and that. !their team would Probably represenf the college as the varsity team. The varsity team will be selected after the holiday recess. Pert Answer. In his book. "The Spice of life," Thormanby, the author, says that he knew a learned counsel once who always boasted that he looked twenty years younger than he was, but he had an awful blow one day when he was cross examining a very self possessed young lady. He wanted her to teiJ him the age of somebody she knew or at least to make a guess at it, but i he couldn't get a satisfactory answer from her. "Come; you can generally form an idea of age from people's looks," he said, coaxingly. Now, how old would you say I am?" To which the lady replied. "You might be sixty by your looks; but. Judging by the questions you ask, I should say about sixteen." Shoreless Bolivia. In territorial extent Bolivia stands third among the republics of South America and Is one of the two without a seaport. Her natural outlet to the Pacific ocean was taken by Chile at the end of the war of the Pacific, ai-.d today she la shut off from the sea like Switzerland. La Pnz, Oruro and Potosi are all cities standing over 12,000 feet above the level of the sea. Pathetic Case. Staggers Ttsh no uh: I can't open thish door. Itsh because I'm bald headed. .Taggers Bald headed? Whatsh thash got to do with it? Staggers Everything. m frien': everything. Whatsh good ish a key If you haven't any locks? Philadelphia Record. Bee Stings. If stung by a bee rub off the stlne j fnstead of pulling it out with the nails I of the thumb and forefinger and thus ! I forcing more venom into the wound. ' Ammonia applied to the wound made j by a bee sting will usually afford im mediate relief. The danger of a little knowledge of things is disputable, but beware the i little knowledge of oneself. George I Meredith. i .. Among Girls. . 'TIMJeen Last night Ralph proposed. Maine Ah: He did carry out his threat to me. New York Globe. a strong alterative, an aid to J. C.im Co

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DEFER ACTION Oil

E. COX Randolph County Commissioners Cannot Issue Bonds Until Mav. After coming to this city yesterday for the purpose of contemns with the Wayne county commissioners in reuard to the improvement of the Ernest Cox road, the Randolph county commissioners icarneti mat rney rou.n t not :ssue bonds until alter May 15, because of the four per cent limitation Kandolph county is unable to permit the sale and issuance of road bouds until Mav 15. Consequent ly the meeting was postponed until May IT when Kan- 1 dolph county will hae paid off one-j twentieth of its indebtedness The! Ernest Cox road runs on the boundary line of Wayne and Randolph counties.: i ne bona ordinance cam ig tor me : .... 1. 1 1 - 1 . .1. . , ?aie aim iMi;im t lu iinis iu. uie miprovemcnt of the Oiarles Minor road I in Wayne township was adopted by 1 the commissioners vesterday after-1 ; noo'i. The date s t for the sa'e of the ! 'bonds is December M. I Let Contracts. j Contracts for supplies for offices in j the court house and county institii tionn were awarded vesterdav after-1 neon. The following contracts were awarded: Groceries for county infirm - ary, J. M. Eggeuieyer and Sons. $-54 St; jail supplies, clothing. J. F. Acker - man Co., $70.2": drugs for poor farm, F. H. Dunham Co.. $4. .!'.; jail supplies. J. M. Eggemeyer and Sons. $ti3.$5; court house supplies, J. M. Eggenieer and S0113. -.V27: office supplies, class 1. Nicholson Printing anil Manufacturing Co.. S1.0S5.50; office supplies, class 2. J. M. Coe Printing Co , $137.55: office supplies, class Nicholson Frinting and Manufacturing company, $150.53; office supplies, class 4, Nicholson Printing and Manufacturing Co., $201.55. Yea, Indeed. A man may have a heart big enough to love two women at one time, hut lie ought to hare more bead. Exchange. BEES "ON THE JOB" All The Time That's the mission of H os tetter's Stomach Bitters and for 60 years it has proven effectual in cases of Poor Appetite Indigestion Dyspepsia Constipation Colds. Grippe and Malaria TRY IT TODAY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. Si Get it of us while you can get a good price. H. C. Bullerdick & Son Phone 123S 529 South 5th St.

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