Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 240, 9 October 1922 — Page 6
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, OCT. 9, 1922.
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM
AND GUN-TELEGRAM
Published Every Evening Except Sunday by Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Streets. .Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, aa
MRMI1ER OF TIIR ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pres3 13 exclusively entitled to th use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Rural Free Delivery
One of the developments of the postal service
in the last quarter of century, which has contributed to happiness and improvement on the farm, is the rural free delivery system which on
Oct. 1 was 26 years old.
With the establishment of a trial route, the
system grew to 82 routes in nine months, which radiated from 43 post offices in 29 different ' states. By June 30, 1922, the number of routes I had increased to 44,186, with a mileage of
! 1,180,448 miles, and the initial appropriation for ! this purpose had jumped from $10,000 to
; 886,800,000. The first rural delivery system was established Oct. 1, 1896,. in West Virginia, one route emanating from Charleston, one from Uvilla and one from Halltown. The first complete county rural route system was established Dec. 20, 1899, in Carroll county, Maryland. Today there are complete systems in 1,000 counties. When the system was first established car- ! riers were paid 200 a year. They may now get
as much as $2,160 a year, depending on the
length of the routes, while the motor routes of
50 or more miles pay a salary of from $2,1250 to $2,260. Indiana ranks-ninth among-th& states in number of rural routes and mileage. Illinois is
first. No farmer or resident of a village or hamlet would want the -service discontinued. It links the farming community close to the city, and
shares with the telephone in the honor -of being
one of the great factors in promoting rapid com
munication, which in turn serves the cause of
civilization.
The development of the rural route service has been one of the achievements of the postal service, and congress always has been generous
in its appropriations for this purpose. With his free delivery, telephone and automobile, the
farmer is no longer an isolated unit of the coun
ty, but is in a position to keep in intimate touch
with daily developments.
The worth of the rural delivery will be enhanced considerably when all the roads of. the
country are improved to such an extent that bad
weather will not prevent travel. Many farmers
residing on side roads are today hampered for
good transportation facilities in .winter and thawing weather. The quicker many of these road3
lare made passable the year around, the better
off will be his lot. Roads that cannot be used throughout the year militate against the constant use of marketing facilities by a large portion of our rural population.
When a Feller Needs a Friend
i Answers to Questions CAnv reader can pet the answer to i 'nnv question bv writing The Palladium .Information Bureau. Frederick J. Hask- i iin. director, Washington. D. C. This of-j i f er applies strictly to information. lne (bureau does not pive advice on legal, j I medical and financial matters. It does : !not attempt to settle domestic troubles, , 'nor to undertake exhaustive research ( 'on any subject.' Write your question: fplainlv and briefly. Give full name and' 1 address and emdose two cents in stamps ! ifor return postage. Ail replies are sent i (direct to the inquirer. Q. Is there a fee charged for enter-! ing the Yellowstone Park? P. F. H. ! A. There is no fee except a roadj charge fo $7 for automobiles. j -Q. Why is cotton so often a contra-( hand of war? G. R. j A. This is because cotton is the principal ingredient of smokeless powder, and can best be combined -with nitric acid to produce a high explosive. Q. How many employees are there in the White House? A. M. P. A. There are 47 employees in the White House. Q. What would be the cost of ma-
... lUlilCi V 11 O, IXlLLm DOWiC l,uuv j .feet? B. J. F. A. The bureau of mines says that !
the cost wouia oe peiween $d,uuu aim
510,000. Q. Does a woman, calling upon a -married woman, leave a visiting card for the hostess' husband? G. W. A. She never leaves cards for the masculine members of a household upon which she calls. Q. What is a split infinitive? M. M. D. .A. One in which the preposition
to is sepaiateu irom tne verD useu by the introduction of an adverb, as '"to heartily laugh." The form is to be " avoided.
Q. Are Eucn chiiurens diseases as sore throat, scarlet fever, et cetera,
:; ever contracted from drinking milk? O T T -
t'. x-u iv.
A l ir hm rflnnr -aws coron om-
, demies of septic sore throat have been
- traced to milk. In some of these epidemics it was found possible by pas- , teurization to destroy streptococci which were isolated frora throats of infected people and which were believed to be the ineffective agents. Pasteurization, properly performed, seems to protect against epidemics of this kind, ' but until the organism which causes the disease is definitely known it is " impossible to Bay that it affords abpolute protection. Epidemics of scar- '.. let fever have been traced to milk sup- : plies, and in such cases pasteurization has been resorted to, with apparently : satisfactory results, as a means of safeguarding the public health. This bureau has for distribution a free book- " let containing valuable information on the subject of milk. Any reader may , secure a copy by addressing our Washington Information bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. 1 Enclose two cents in stamps for return ; postage.
TODAY'S TALK By George Matthew Adams, Author of "You Can," "Take It." "Up"
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'THE GROUCH MOUSE9
I have a friend in Cleveland, an artist whose lovely home rests just at the top of a beautiful hillside. Being an artist and having a wife who in her own right is also artistic you would expect a home and estate full of delightful innovations and surprises. And that is exactly what you will find if you are as fortunate as I in having been a guest of this pair. There are thick woods, open spaces, flower beds, seats hidden from beaten paths, statues and winding steps that lead to a small out-of-the-way house at the bottom of the hill which its builder and owner has termed "The Grouch House." This house has a living room with an artistic fireplace made of tiling cf the artist's own design, a kitchen, a sleeping room for the occasional guest, and an outside, stone-terraced place from which to watch the birds and squirrels. Many a famous personage has been entertained in this little hidden house. And inscriptions are written across the walls on all sides. The furniture is almost exclusively genuine old early American. Rockers such as "Auntie" used as she sat by the kitchen fire and, hush! probably smoked her pipe. No matter in what direction you look, there is something of interest, for both your eyes and your soul. But now I come to the important point why is this "The Grouch House"? Well, in the first place, no matter what comes in this life fame, wealth, distinction there always keeps burning within us the desire for fundamentals, for crude "homey" things, for a romp where honest, natural instincts breed. My friend wanted a place to go when he wished to hammer something together, or whistle extra loud when he felt like mussing up things generally. So he gathered stones and planks and shingles and built "The Grouch House." And in it he does as he pleases. He hangs up an old crock and thinks it beautiful. A bunch of golden corn hangs from the corner of the lounging room. And ornaments adorn this haunt that look perfectly at home there, but which Friend Wife would quickly consign to the ash receiver should she see them some rainy morning hanging from her perfectly adorned walls. And so "The Grouch House" becomes a refuge for tired nerves, a retreat from the cares and conventionalities of a world that is only part real, a place where the soul can expand, where one is able to correct perspectives and then go back to his friends, his home and his work, renewed and fit for any call. This "Grouch House" idea is a good one for us all. I'm going to build one on my mental hillside. I need it. Maybe you do, too. .
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YOUNG BOY INJURED
IN FALLFROM SlUh GREENVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 9. Glen
Longnecker, young son of Mr. and Mrs.' Charles Longnecker, who lives ani
rural route four, six miles northeasts
of here on the Union City pike, nar-4 rowly escaped death -when he fen fronw
the silo on his father's farm and shot;
down a chute head first to a concrete!
floor 26 feet below, Saturday. He wai
reported improving Monday.
The young son of Mr. and Mrs-
Frank Woodman, of near Dawn, prob-
ably was saved, from death by suffoca
tion or burning when neighbors saw
the upper part of the Woodman home burning and hastily gave the alarm.
The boy was asleep In an upper apartment of the house.
New Cases Common Pleas Carl F. Chapman vs. The Barnes Oil
and Syndicate et al. Money. Amount
claimed $1,000 and interest.
Probate Court Sale of real estate confirmed and
deed ordered made to purchase In es
tate of Dennis Denise. D. C. Speel-
man, administrator of estate of Den
nis Denise, deceased, filed first and
final account. Same filed petition to
fix and determine inheritance tax.
Martha Jane Finkbone elected to
accept the terms of the will of her
deceased husband, J. W. Finkbone.
Sarah E. Richter filed petition to fix
amount of inheritance tax in Mary E.
Stocker estate.
Nat Pickering filed petition to fix
and determine amount of inheritance tax in estate of Viola Pickering, deceased.
Will of W. B. Linder was admitted to probate and record. Eliza Jane Linder was appointed administratrix with the will annexed of W. B. Linder, deceased. Same filed petition to fix amount of inheritance tax. Annlicati
of Emma Shively to probate and record.
The Dead Letter Sale Carelessness in Addressing Responsible for Loss of Much Mail, Especially During Christmas Rush.
After Dinner Tricks
Musings For The Evening . No use taking a motion picture of
It don't move fast enough.
congress.
i We note with considerable interest that, after a year or so of rumor, the ' Episcopal church in America has a
dually removed the word "obey" from ! the marriage service. At any rate, Ave can consider this only in the light of '. a matter-of form. Candor leads us to '. admit that it does rot really mean .ivery much. From observation coverTing a number of years, we feel justi;;f:ed in saying that any church could have taken that action a decade ago j without causing a ripple of excitement ; or dismay on the part of the male sex. ; The brides themselves have gone to considerable pains to remove this objpctionable word, and they have been rather successful.
Who's Who in the Day's News
A most unusual responsibility, according to the new3 dispatches, has been conferred upon Lieut. Gen. Sir Charles Ilarington,, who has been com
ma mier-in-emer oi the British army of the Black sea since 1920, and is now chief of the allied forces in the Near East. He has been given absolute authority over the British army in that section, the
handling situation! being left entirely! 1o his discretion. I
This is an unusual distinct ion and
en-
pardon he will plead." That night my neighbor's cow lay ill, upon her couch of hay, and by her side, with dope and pill, I sat till break of day. I bent above that ailing cow, a proud thpugh childlike form, and gently fanned her fevered brow, and cave her mashes warm. "You've saved her life," my neighbor cried, "you've played a noble game; ah humble is my wicked pride, and I am sunk in shame. If I but had a pair of gats, I'd aim them at my dome; 'twas I who slew the pale blue cats that frolllcked round your home." "Now let the stricken cats sleep on," I said. "Let dead things be; come forth and sit upon my lawn, and eat a pie with me."
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high degree of conlidence in the
eral's efficiency. General Harineton is a typically bred military man. For 30 of his 50 years he has worn the king's uniform. From Sandhurst he entered the king's Liverpool regiment, a noted command. He served in South Africa with distinction, entered the World war as a brevet lieutenant colonel and came out a major general, was an instructor at Sandhurst, and later a member of the imperial staff. lie was knighted in 1919, and is a distinguished officer of the Legion of Honor; In short, this commander whose government has given him a free hand in the present critical negotiations, is a
thoroughly trained and seasoned soldier.
The Germans are giving a little exhibition of French dry cleaning.
Lessons in Correct English ? Don't Say: I have no one to blame but ME. You have no one tj blame but YOU. He has no one to blame but HE. We have no one to blame but WE. They have no one to blame but T THEM. Say: I have no one to blame but MY;;SELF. t You have no one to blame but Tj YOURSELF. He has no one to blame but HIM1 SELF.
We have no one to blame but OURij SELVES. Thcv have no one to blame but THEMSELVES.
Rippling Rhymes By Walt Mason
COALS OF FIRE My neighbor earned my deepest hate, he slew my Maltese cats; he plugged them with Fome chunks of slate, end stove in all their slats. I traced the frightful crime to him, as Sherlock might have done, and vowed
I rend him limb from limb before my race was run. But in my heart emotions dread don't flourish much or thrive; "To punch my neighbor's dome. I said, won't make my cats
alive. Some day, no doubt, he'll rea
lize how sinful was his deed: for
brinv streaming from his eyes, for
ForB
liming Lczema
LOWDEN TO SPEAK ANDERSON, Ir.d., Oct. 9. Ex-Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois has consented to speak at a Joint luncheon of civic organisations here Oct. 24. The Rctary, Lions ard Kiwanis clubs and tho Chamber of Commerce will unite, Oic nrofclcms will to discussed.
Apply Zcmo, the Antiseptic
Liquid Easy to Use.
From any druggist for 35c, or $1.00
for large size, get a bottle of Zemo. When applied as directed it effectively removes Eczema, quickly stops itching, and heals skin troubles, also Sores, Burns, Wounds and Chafing. It penetrates, cleanses and Eoothes. Zemo is a clean, dependable and inexpensive, antiseptic liquid. Try it, as we believe nothing you have ever used i3 as effective and satisfying. Advertisement-
MemorieS of Old Days In This Pcper Ten Years Ago Today
Mrs. Lida T. Roser, of this city, was installed as an officer of the grand
temple of the Pythian Sisters of In
diana by her sister, Mrs. Mae Fryar, cf Plain City, O., at Indianapolis. Mrs.
Roser became a past grand chief, having been, advanced to that position step by step, from her position as grand outer guard.
By FREDERICK J. HASKIN WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 9 Attending dead letter sales is popular
sport in this city. A local auction house was crowded to the doors a few days ago when the government put up at auction an accumulation of several months' unclaimed and unmailable parcel post matter. Some people have an idea that a letter sale is conducted along lottery lines. A glimpse into the auction room would bear out this impression. No goods are in sight. The auctioneer, high above the crowd is rattling off as fast as he can: "Lot number twelve at five dollars, at five dollars, six dollars, at seven dollars, yours for seven dollars, Mr.
Brown." Then, without a pause for breath, the auctioneer is reeling off the next number and calling for bids. The bidders in the crowd are closely following the sale by their catalogues, but these give only the most general description of each lot of goods. Ap
parently they are buying in the dark. This is not the case, however. The day before the sale the articles to be sold were on display. Long rows of
packing boxes with aisles between them
ranged the length of the auction room. Each box contained one lot of goods. Scarcely any articles are disposed of singly at these sale.? when a large amount of goods is to be auctioned. One great wooden box labeled "cigars, cigarets, tobacco, and snuff"
was filled to tne orun witn cigar boxes, packages of cigarets, loose, silver wrapped cigars, tobacco bags, and cans. In each of three boxes there were 10 to 12 suitcases: The cases had probably been mailed packed with articles and had missed delivery by wrong or insufficient address. Now they were being sold empty. Most of them were old and travel, worn. "Ten men's suits damaged" filled another box. Others contained such collections as "two automobile robes, damaged", "Golf outfit, clubs, case, balls, etc."; "Fifty pairs eyeglasses,
damaged"; and "400 miscellaneous
Aft
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Dinner Stories
An upstate town prospered so much during the war that one after another five new banks appeared upon its streets. When bnsiness declined, competition
grew very active. In the scramble, the
only rules were those imposed by expected visits of the bank examiner. One day the town's leading manufacturer met a friend on the street. "Jim," the friend asked, "are you doing much business these days with the Merchants' Deposit?" "Well, they're after me hard," Jim replied, "and I've got an overdraft there now, but I'm thinking of taking it out." Mobile Register.
dealer would mark on his catalogue the limit that he would bid on that particular lot. Hundreds of people passed through the auction room selecting bargains to be bid for next day. When the sale opened in the morning, therefore, it proceeded with a snap. The 235 boxed lots of more or less bulky merchandise, 22 lots of tires, and 66 lots of jewelry and small articles sold in thre hours. The bidder who did not signal his raise the instant the last price was named found himself out of the competition. This is a description of a more or les3 typical dead letter sale. It is given in some detail because few persons outside of the cities where the sales are held have an opportunity to attend these interesting government func
tions. There is no little misunderstanding regarding the so-called dead letter sales. This name has become popularly attached to them because all undeliverable mail is handled by a division of Dead Letters, and this division conducts the sales. The term dead letter sale is misleading though, because it suggests that undelivered letters are put up for the public to buy, and this is far from the truth. Every year the post offices of the country handle millions of letters that cannot be delivered but the government does not sell any of them. Every effort is made to deliver each letter entrusted to the postal service.,
I ir a leuer cannot reacn me person ad
dressed, and the sender s name and address are mot in the upper left hand corner, theetter is finally opened. If money or enclosures of value are found and any address is given in the letter the post office department forwards the letter and its contents. Money that cannot be delivered goe3 to swell the government's revenues. Letters containing no valuables or money are burned without further attempt, at locating the persons concerned. So there is never a dead letter sale literally speaking. The government officially puts on the market "articles accumulated in the division
of dead letters," and most of these axe
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handkerchiefs."
Comparatively few persons would j parcel post matter, care to buy 400 handkerchiefs for per-l why Mail
sonai use, even ai a uarga.111 price ui Goes wrong
say ten dollars, sucn ioresignmeaness would be extreme. Housewives were poking around among the boxes, however, scenting out desireable collections of kitchenware, blankets, and ribbons. Merchants Inspect Goods Offered. Many visitors wandered around the show room merely through curiousity. The majority of persons inspecting the stock with businesslike thoroughness were dealers. Here and there a man could be seen diving into a box and holding up a pair of trousers or a ratty looking fur piece to inspect it with an experienced eye. The entire con
tents of the box would be subjected to!
close scrutiny, after which the shrewd
Mail finds its way into the dead let
ter office largely by the carelessness of the public. Wrong or incomplete addresses are given. The addressee has moved without leaving informa-
No. 321 Corks That Float TJprieht Several corks are handed to spectators, and each is asked to make a cork float upright in a glass of water. Their efforts are unsuccessful. (Fig. 1.) To prove that it can be done, the performer makes all the corks float upright. The secret is shown by Fig. 2. All of the corks must be floated at once. The performer holds them tightly together, and pushes them beneath tha surface of the water, so that they stick together. They will then float together on the surface, all upright. Copyright. l$Zt, by Publie Ledger Comsa )f
in ink, and to write the name and address of the sender in the tipper left hand corner so that mail not deliverable can be returned. Yet packages and letters continue to go wrong because of a bad start People who attend the dead letter sales are sometimes surprised to find a relatively small portion of valuable and attractive articles. The fact is, any one who mails an important package is apt to be fairly sure that the person to whom it is sent will be at the address to receive it. And, too, consciously or unconsciously, more care is expended in fixing a valuable package for the mails. Packages of value are apt to be further protected against loss by insurance or registry. Sales are held in 13 cities, usually twice a year. Generally speaking the sale which follows the Christmas season has in it more goods of interest to the casual buyer than a fall auction. Around Christmas time packages are sent out hurriedly tied up for a trip across the continent. Many a Christmas gift is sent on a slim chance that a friend or relative may be at the last address; and many more gifta are sent so carelessly wrapped that the paper falls off, or so recklessly addressed that even post office experts never succeed in decoding the sender's directions for delivery. Thera
were 2 10, 829 valuable articles found loose in the mails due to insecure wrapping last year. This is general statement of fact regarding Christmas mail that winds. up at a government auction. It might
i also be taken as a warning: Christ
I mas is coming and the dead letter of-
! nee win gei your nasmy maiiea pacKI ages if you don't watch out.
tion as to his new location. Or again, the address on a package is rubbed off, or torn off, or otherwise obliterated in transit. Addresses written in pencil are particularly apt to smudge beyond recognition in ordinary handling. While an address written in ink at a post office desk and dropped into the box unblotted may not only be smeared into nothingness itself but mail it touches may be so defaced as to be undeliverable. Hundreds of people send mail directed to impossible addresses. Sometimes they write the correct name and street number and then absently add "Local" or the name of their town instead of giving the city in which the addressee lives. All of these accidents and any number of others may happen to a package or letter. That they do happen is proved by the 19,683,259 letters and 737,559 packages of parcel post matter that were opened in the dead letter service in the last fiscal year. Time and again the post office department has urged the public to address its mail carefully, plainly, and
MOTHER! Your Child's Bowels Need "California Fig Syrup"
SULPHUR CLEARS ROUGH, RED SKIN Face, Neck and Arms Easily Made Smooth, Special- , ist Says. Any-breaking out of the skin,, even fiery, itching eczema, can be quickly overcome by applying a little MenthoSulphur, declares a noted skin specialist. Because of its germ destroying "properties, this sulphur preparation
begins at once to soothe Irritated skin and heal eruptions such as rash, pimples and ring worm.
It seldom fails to remove the tor
ment and disfigurement, and -you do not have to wait for relief from embarrassment. Improvement quickly shows. Sufferers from kin trouble should obtain a small jar of Rowles Mentho-Sulphur from any good druggist and use it like cold cream. Ad
vertisement,
A Clear Complexion
Ruddy Cheeks, Sparkling Eyes Most WomenCan Have.
Says Dr. Edwards, a Well - Known Ohio Physician
Dr. F. M. Edwards tor 17 years treated scores of women for liver and bowel aliments. During- these years he gave to his patients a prescription made of a few well-known vegetable Ingredients mixed with olive oil, naming: them Dr. Edward's Olive Tablets. You will know them by their olive color. These tablets are wonder-workers on the liver and bowels, which cause a normal action, carrying off the waste and poisonous matter in one's system. If you have a pale face, sallow look, dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out of sorts, inactive bowels, you take one of Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets nightly for a time and nvte the pleasing results. Thousands of womn and men take Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets the successful substitute for calomel now and then just to keep them fit. lac and 30c. Advertisement.
Hurry mother! Even a sick child
loves the "fruity" taste of ""California Fig Syrup" and it never fails to open the bowels. A teaspoonful today may
prevent a sick child tomorrow. If
constipated, bilious, feverish, fretful, has cold, colic, or if stomach is sour,
tongue coated, breath bad, remember
a good cleansing of the little bowels is
often all that is necessary. Ask your druggist for genuine "Call
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions for babies and children of all ages
printed on bottle. Mother! You must say "California" or you may get an .imitation fig syrup. Advertisement.
ASPIRIN Say "Bayer" and Insist!
According to a French scientist, spots on the sun are responsible for
aggravating certain diseases, such as asthma.
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v ucu cuuBuyaicu, uiiiuus or SICK, enjoy all the splendid physic-action on the bowels of a dose of epsom salts without the awful taste and nausea. A few cents buys a package of uEpsonade Salts," the wonderful discovery of the American Epsom association.
Even children gladly take it. Drug stores. Advertisement.
Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twentytwo years and proved safe by nrnliona for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and
100. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetlcaci-
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