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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

look upon at first meeting. | nave
seen some cleaner tramps, but he
didn't object to water, and he scraped
OF his hirsute appendages OF two
weeks standing when we loaned him
razor After he had filled his ach-
ing yolds With goodly supply of ra-
tions and given him new blue fan
mel shirt, he didn't look half bad.
Il hear you gazabos are in grave
danger of being separated from scalps
II gentleman of intimate acquaint-
ance with Miss Morse didn't come to
your rescue" was his sautatory, when
he swung clear of the caboose, on
which he had been a deadhead pas
senger
"1 used to hold down the A. T.,
leased wire at Chr, he said, and |
guess can shoot all the lightnln you
fellows can send We didn't know
whether A. P. stood for apple pie or
ask papa, and we didn't care when
we saw that 'bo' caress the telegraph
key affectlonately.
He could have had the only billed
shirt in camp If he'd been SO impo-
lite as to ask for It. so much attached
did the boys become to him. He kept
the wires to Washington SO hot that
within As hours a special arrived with
the troops and the Indians promised
to be good
1--WE tried to keep Shorty with us,
but when the government sent him
$40 per day for the two weeks he
spent at T., he climbed onto the
first passenger train going north. He
didn't object to the company, he said.
but wanted to get back to the white
tights OF Broadway ! hope he got
there, because he certainly saved our
bacon"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
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might choose,
when is your time up2' asked
the old fellow.
Monday answered ia
So'l mine,' said the ISd.timsr.
Lets S-O up. What do y-u say,
KidT
What for? asked Jack, al houxi
he KIN y the elder fellow me -at fot
| carelr of crime.
All, gwan,' said the other. rpins
It ovec.
And Jack thought It over.
AS he lay in his cell that night
he figured 1t out from all directions
Easy money. Easy work. M more
quarry! No more,--yesl He would
tako the risK His mind vvas made
up. He would do f..
mo more quarry! Esey wo.kl
Easy money! No more glsry! No
more,--a pause! au1 th2 ~ mt
mother came into his 301.
No more mother!' wy ~ aid
Jack care?
, "But--if hts mother wee alive
she might care. She Would
| care.
"Tll not do it, he seid to him.
self. And he didat.
1T was hard for him to do 1t, but
when he was discharged from the
workhouse, Jack made straight for
free quarry and ask ed for Job.
Where did you work last?' ask.
! ed the foreman.
At the workhousc.' answered
Jay..
Don't want you, said the fore.
man.
'All right answered Jack. IN
see the boss, If he is a Just man,
I'll be blasting here before the day
is over. If he isn't, I'll try some
other place
That's strange talk from a tail-
bird said the quarry foreman.
II mean it., answered Jack.
"'Pull off your coat and 90 TO
work, replied the foreman. I'll
give you a chance"
Jack stayed at the quarry, and
made a good hand The foreman
took him to his own home to board.
AT night Jacks spare time was
spent in study; and after he was Oh
full pay, he took up a night course
of instruction at a business college,
where he learned to keep books. To-
day he Is president of large con-
struction company and is one Of my
best friends. Indeed, 1t is but today
he himself told me the story after :
had asked him to what he attrihat-
ed his success in life, and he had
answered the one word, Mother. ("
And, aside, to Nephew Joe he add
ed; And, even at that. the mBn I
have told you of, enjoys the pro1s
distinction Of being the father Of
the young lady whori yod escorted
to the mattEsO today"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
German Industry Threatened.

The passing of the German meer-
schaum trade seems inevitable. Prac-
tically all the known deposits of meer-
schaum have been exhausted. In the
last flve months the price OF the raw
material has gone up 80 per cent.
In single town, Ruhla, in the Thur
ingian forest, over 5000 workmen have
been employed in this industry. The
only place where meerschaum is now
found is in the mines of Eski-Sohehir.
The output there Is small and moat
Of it goes TO Englaad and America,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

, There amt room enough Tor DUth.
The few pikers at the table side.
stepped when Ed carelessly took the
band off his bank roll and displayed
layers of yellow backs to q dozen hun,
cry eyes. Joe looked kind o. nervous,
but he shufiied the cards with his ac-
customed skill and slapped them In
the little silver box, ready for the new
deal.
That's the way It began. II ended
many hours later, but I'm going too
fast 1t was square game. The eyes
Of the two rival gamblers met on the
first wager. Joe understood the fash
from Eds keen orbits. Deal 'em on
the level or it's pine box for YOU he
might have said, but 1t wasn't neces-
sary.
Joe won at first, then his luck
changed. 1t see-sawed this way
throughout the afternoon, and far into
the night when Ed began to stack up
blue chips in front of him. Each was
worth $50. No two generals, trained
in strategy, ever figured closer than
did those two card sharks.
Gfeek met Greek but the Celtic
in Ed began to tell. Joe was breaking
under the strain. Ed saw 1t, pushed
his advantage and the stampede soon
followed With a recklessness born of
desperation, Joe turned the cards
faster and faster. Little beads OF per.
splration began to pop from his fore
head. As Joe's temperature jumped,
Eds GOODNESS, his unrelenting play al.
most struck terror to your heart.
1T recalled tragedies. You inadyer-
tently remembered the stag you had
driven to bay and had shot as II stood
glaring at you in all its majesty. The
tension couldn't last; it had to break
or think we all would have died in
our tracks. The end was as unexpect-
ed as 1t was terrible.
''Joe's face was of an ashen hue.
His eyes seemed as If they would
burst from their sockets. We gazed
at him, fascinated, thrilled frightened.
Ed alone was self-possessed. He was
a veritable demon in those last min
utes. Faster and faster the play went,
and then
"Joe's head struck the layout with a
crash. My God, I'm broke, we heard
him say. He had died with the loss
of his idol, Gold, Ed gazed at him,
first in contempt, then in pity. He
buried him in regal style and the
wreath he placed on his grave bore
the epitaph, He was no gutter
After the funeral Ed Stained Joe's
joint and bank roll. None contested
his right. He's in New York now, and
| guess he'll get taste in Wall street
of what he gave Joe. Those days have
passed in the southwest when men
VIII sell their souls to break faro
bank. | guess the modern kind is the
best after all"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
THE RANDAeE SLIPPED or.
Thereby Exposing a Ruse to Save the
Family Pride.


A Kansas City professional man,
who is prominently identified with
Missouri politics, tells the following
story on himself: my folks moved
from Indiana to Johnson county, Mis-
souri, when | was six years of age,
We settled on farm near Holden.
The first Sunday We were there, and
while the family was preparing for
Sunday school, II was discovered that
l did not have any shoes. My
mother, realizing that folks would
talk II one OF her children made his
first public appearance barefooted,
suggested that | have a cloth tied
around one foot to create the impress
sion that | was unable to wear shoes
because OF sore foot. So the rag
was tied on me. Everything went
along smoothly and learned all about
what's-his-name's bears eating the bad
children up, when | heard snieker
from a boy ! afterwards licked. He
was pointing TO my right foot. /
glanced downward The rag had
slipped of and my mothers ruse was
exposed"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

liam Thomson, had, as professor OF
natural philosophy, an assistant
named Day, who took his lectures for
him in his absence. When the pro-
fessor returned the students would
listen eagerly to him, and for the first
ten minutes or so he spoke clearlH
and intelligently to all. BY and bW
however, some new idea would sug.
gest itself, and he would follow 1t out
in his lecture, getting more and more
beyond the depth of his hearers, until
at last not one of them could under.
stand him. On one occasion student
remarked Work while 1t is vet
Day, for the (k)night cometh when no
man can work"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10


| her pajamas and crossed the room
barefoot, and dug up the sparks from
under lot OF skirts and frippery and
handed them over Now, good
cracksman, having the stuff, would
have beat it; but Georgie-Porgie had
sized him for an amateur, and so May
l light cigarette, Mr.. Burglar?' says
she, with an adorable lisp. Thank
you. Have one yourself? And the
dub took one, and she began to talk
to him. You know George could be
brother to prince or fellow to a
beggar, and they had quite a conver.
sation. She asked him why he was
in that business, if he wasn't afraid,
and all about It, and he got quite in
terested in her and began to tell her
the story of his life and try to justify
his mode Of life to her, and Georgie.
Porgie sat on one foot and listened
and they got quite chummy.
Let me mix You a cocktail says
she, and she led the way into her din.
ing-room and mixed one for him and
one for herself He had enough sense
to keep an eye on her and not let her
from in front of him, and she, with
her baby face and lisp, kept her eyes
open to catch him offside. At last
some lingering remains OF sense whs.
pered to him it was time to go.
"'You must go?' said she. Il really
can't say l am pleased to have met
you, but 1t has been most interest.
ing experience
Good evening" says the gentleman
burglar a la Rallies, i am sorry that
! should appear in such light, and
can say | am charmed to have met
YOU
"He was at the door then, and for
one minute he turned his back to her.
$50 nice of you to say So, lisped
Georgie-Porgle and quick as a fash
she snatched a Moorish dagger from
panoply on the wall, and drove it
hard between his shoulders. Slmul.
taneously she gave him a violent Jolt
in the back with her knee which drove
him through the door and slammed
the door and locked It, He gave. a
horrid hiecough and she heard him
thrashlng round like a, hen with It's
head on, then bump-bump-bump, he
fell down the stairs and George threw
open the window and Yelled Fire!
Murderl' and so on
in few minutes she heard the
olumpity-chmp of cops boots as he
came running. The unfortunate Raj
ties was lying at the foot of the stairs.
Georgie's servants were afraid TO go
down, so George went herself and lei
the policeman in. Poor Rallies Law
groaning with the knife sticking In his
back, and In a broken voice begged
them to pull it out. I'm dying he
groaned
so Not bit of It,, said George cheer
fully, as she extracted the knife and
did some first aid work with wet tow
els. Youil live to do ten years.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Saw the aalle..

Uncle George-Sc you went to the
.heater this afternoon, and saw the
grand spectacular drama? How did
you like it?
Small Nephew (who spent last sum
mer at fashionable seaside resort
Oh, It was awful nice! Right IN the
cliddle Of II a whole lot Of stylish
young ladies came out and danced IN
Jathing dresses IN, Y. Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
plaraeIl 40 a Real HumorIst.

Disraell's absorption in politics,
which never quite destroyed his love
Of literature, is of course familiar TO
the most superficial student of his sin
gular career His profound contempt
tor friyolity,p referred to by Lady Do
rothy Neyiil in her "Reminiscences,
lust published, strikes those who
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

-nu no uid. Ine doctors pulled
him round and he got ten for that job.
he didn't mind the stretch SO much,
as the way she fooled him.
That little deyll says he to me. 4
thought there was no more harm in
her than in a Kitten
Lots OF people thought that about
deorgie-Porgie," said the Burlesque
Queen.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
A Harsh Reminder.

"of course" said the serene states.
man, II am the logical candidate" {"
Perhaps" answered Senator Sor.
.ghum. But you want TO remember
that when 1t comes to tallyiug up
votes, it's mathematics and nos logic
that counts"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

new nim as GOs0mieiy rue.
Disraell, It must be remembered,
was real humorist, and in nine cases
out OF every ten real humorist de-
sp!ses tlippancy. He was also like
many humorists, a melancholy man,
Isolated from his fellows, leading an
inner life, of which glimpses may be
seen IN his biography of Lord George
Bentinck.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

Joke on Lord Kelvin.
Lord KelVi9- VShen ha was SIR VIII.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

he had almost begun to look at
things the way they seemed to, and
to believe that the world was cold
and cruel and that a man had a
right to get a living in any way he
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
SAYS
"TnE MOTHER IDEA'
is
NOT WORKED OUT

Il pegged it on the hall tree, prior
to passing into the library, where
\ Uncle Joe the Story Teller sat read
4 ing Plutarch.
IF there is anything gives me a
pain It is home and mother song"
began Young Joe.
Uncle Joe laid down his cherished
|I volume with, "Well?"
i WELL" went on Young Joe; "ev-
cry time you take your best girl to
4 vaudeville you have to listen to
lot of rot about home and mother
\ and the workingman's rights. That
mother idea is about worked out.
/ wish they would give 1t rest"
$50 the mother idea is worked
put, eh!" calculated Uncle Joe.
"Well, let me tell you, young man,
the mother idea is not worked out
\ And 1t never will be. If you think
so, you're fooled.
The Scalawag's Son.
N ''When one little boy awoke one
morning to find his mother dead, he
4 at the same time found his father
dead drunk.
"In course of the morning neigh
bors called to inquire concerning
the mothers condition. They
found the same as Johnny found.
Y Johnny went to live with his
aunt then. She didn't want him.
She only took him in for the looks
of things, SO people couldn't say
she was heartless. And she would
MT let him go to school any more.
She made him work. And she made
him work so hard that one day John
ny ran away. Away off to the big
city.
when the boy reached the city
he had only few dimes, and they
were soon gone for food.
Johnny was hungry. He saw an
apple on the sidewalk, and picked
1t up. The grocer caught him and
held him till the policeman came.
The policeman took him along, and
Johnny was locked up.
"The Judge said Johnny was a
bad boy, and that he would have to
60 to the Reform School. And John
ny went.
"He stayed there several years.
4 long enough to become a young man
, called Jack. And then he was turn
ed loose.
''The only good thing Jack took
away from the Reform School ,yas a
desire for further knowledge. He
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

got bad cold. That's ALL But he
wcs crying, just the same. Only he
didn't went to sdmit 1t. Because,
nc had been compelled to associate
with hardened boys and meo until
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-30
L / COi'AL

T. i~ibt'AL
The Rev II Nilsson Tragitt
a ing retu ."H from his vaca-
500 at the A .r',cy, here will be
Lue usual SCI wee, a the Episco
pal church S 1oday, Sept. LIST, as
follows:
lO:4o a. NJ morning prayer
lttany and sermon.
1900 noon, Sunday school.
300 p. m evening prayer,
Inc sermon in The morning
will be commemorative of the
three hundred,h anniversary of
The Episcopal church in America
the first church established on
these shores. There will be no
service in the evening Seats
free. All welcome.
The tri-ennial convocation of
the Episcopal church ia South
Dakota will be held in Yankton,
Sept. 2, 3 and 4. The delegates
from Christ church, MiIbank,
are Mr.. G. G.. Mlddlebrook, Dr..
J. W. Ross and Mr.. p. 0. Saun
ders. The Rev H. Nelson Ira
gift is secretary of the conyoca-
ton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-30
Office TO CONSTRUCT SIDEW .LKS.
70 ALMEDA HOBO son

~ Aia"Ltn i'Co
You are hereby notified that a resolution was
duly passed on the 18th day of August. 1907. by
the City Council Of the CITY If Miibank, SOu,h
Dakota. repairing You within ten Gays from the
date OF this not Ce. to construct a new sidewalk
along Lot IN Block Nine (), IN said city, on the
west side of MAlE Street, said walk he of the fol-
lowing materials and specification viz: OF con-
crete, one part OF cement to SIX parts of sand. to
be at least three inches thick. placed upon a
gravel fill, we'll tamped. with top coat made Of
one Dart o. cement to be Mt least one inch thick,
to be twelve feet wide and b-giuning at the lot
line. upon Il grade to be fixed ny the Street Com
missioner. You are further notified that a re-
solution will be entertained at the regular meet
ing Of said council. on the Bird day of September,
1907. ordering said walk to be constructed ana
the work to be done by the Street Commissioner
AT the e expense of the lots and parcels of land
adjoining same and said eXpanse Will be assessed
upon said lots and parcels of land by the
Street Commission" r in the event of yorr failure
TO construct the same at your own expense.
Dated Aug. cath, 1907.
CHAs. SuTCIIFF,
Street Commissioner
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-30
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining uncalled for in
Mllbank postofice Aug. 20, 1907.
Burn, Mrs. II, D.. Hedstorm. Mrs. A.
Ioppacher, Jacob Moldenhawer Gust e.
Cl.,ypooi, G. X. kensal, g. A.
In calling for any OF the above
please say "advertised' and give
date of ad vertisement. If not called
for in fifteen days will be sent to
the dead letter office.
A. M, NIXON, p. M,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-30
Excelsior Club

+. The club held an informal
meeting with pincic supper on
Mrs A G. Smith lawn Friday
afternoon, August 23rd.
The roll call was responded to
with stories aud anecdotes fol.
lowed by the reading of Eliza Cal
vert Halls CLUB story "Aunt
James VISIT Announcement
was made for the first regular
meeting to be held Sept. 4th
with Miss Hall.
MISS HALL, Club Reporter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-30
CONGREGATIONAL

The pastor hes returned from
his vacation and will preach
morning and evening.
Morning service at 1890.
Evening service at 8.
All are cordially invited.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-27

Yet done. a little later in the sea
son ii is announced Mr.. Worthing will
be starred in 4 new play from the pen
OF an English dramatist
Douglas Gerard, an actor of prom
.rence in London has been engaged to
enact the role OF thhe foolish young
lover "Adhemar.' AIR. Garrard has
been associated with such actors OF
prominence as HEIRLOOM Tree, Arthur
Rourchicr Lewis Waller and Fred Ter
~.
A master Of character acting Max
Freeman is cast for The role of
Josenh' the amusing head waiter at
the Cafe Grand Vatal. Mr. Freeman
IS also known rs n clever stage direc-
tor ana Tor many years staged all the
productions made at the New York
Casino. Charles Stanley. who was
long identified with comic opera but.
who OF recent year. has joined the
legitimate ranks. is seen in the role of
the French police officer and is said
to play It well
Edward Fielding. at one time Olga
Ncthersole's leading man. who PLAYED
with her in Sapho upwards OF 100
nights. is also numbered in Miss Grace
Georges support. Ruth Benson, an
English actress who for the pas; few
years has been appearing in this coun-
try, has the role OF the Young widow.
'Mne. de Bronne, while Justine Cut
ting is the Mile. de Lusigan. Laura
Lcmmers, young actress of great
promise, is the Josepha ana The other
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-27
AT ACADEMY THIS WEEK

Oscar Figman and n capable sup
porting company appeared at the Ac-
ademy of Music yesterday afternoon
and last night in THE Lightning Con.
ductor." n comedy in three acts by
Harry B. Smith, rom the novel of the
same name by c. II. and A. NJ. Wi.
slamson. The comedy has n very
cleverly worked out plot, ana there
are many bright lines and amusing
situations.
Mr.. Figman, whose best work has
been done in musical comedy, makes
droll John Winston. All the other
parts are in good hands, the support
being headed by Miss Justina Wayne,
as Molly Randolph. Langley Warden
does clever bit OF work as the inn.
keeper.
The production is well staged. Very
small audiences married both perform.
ances yesterday.
The Cohan and Harris comedians
will be at the Academy of Music next
Tuesday night, presenting Cohnn's
most successful musical play George
=. ashington, Jr." which for the past
two years has proved Of sufficient
merit to remain in New York. Chicago,
Boston, and a few of the principal cit.
les where 1t enjoyed long runs
George Washington, Jr., is said to
have well defined dramatic story.
incidents which might seriously be
called medo-dramatic. farce, and com
edy TO say nothing OF the nine musi-
cal numbers all consistently intro
duced to help in the development OF
the story
Several Of these Cohan songs have
obtained wide popularity and have
been whistled and sang by half the
universe, notably Ills \ Grand Old
Flag" Virginia. :" He Was a Won
derful Man. If Washington Should
Come to Life" IN BE There With
Bells On" The Wedding OF the Blue
and the Gray" anu others. All the
music is scmipatriouc. but all of it is
lively, bright and catchy
The company presenting the play
is large one. and is said to contain
attractive chorus ana n notable cast.
The title role will be played by Car
ter De Haven. Tho other principal
members include Willis p. Sweetnam
Jack Rafael. John a. Boone, Edward
Lester. Frank McNish, Jr., John Kauff-
man, Lee Myers, Jos Leslie, Flora
Parker, Leona Anderson and Lola
Hoffman. The sale of seats is now
progressing nicely.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-27
miss Grace Geornn

1t is rare Tor star TO surround Ier-
If with such an exceptionally able
mpany as is this season support
Grace George. who comes to the
ademy of Music next Wednesday
,ht, for a single performance.
frank Worthing, who probably has
oeared with as many stars as any
er leading man on the stage 10
7. is again this season with Miss
,rge. He is pleasantly cast and his
X as the husband of the frivolous
jrinne Is said to be the best he has
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-27
Amerieano 10 Shame Adam.

France, like the rest Of Europe. is
being rapidly Amcricanized - with
Yankee notions" syndicates, tcle.
phones, and above all advertisements
says Frederick Harrison in the Nine
tecnth Century and After.
The world IS being TUNED into one
blk advertising boarding and there is
4 round OF tradesmsn's "drummers.."
The bestpaid artists are the men who
draw picture posters. The meadows
beside the railways are fragrant with
the merits of a new chocolate, lung
tonic or Dunlop tires Half the press
consists of open or concealed trade
plffs. short story hides a cryptic
recommendation of = new cure for
cancer, and q speech by the Prime
Minister is broken of by picture OF
l'thy-colpic corset or an Office clerk
suffering from backachc
Literature itself like art. Grama.
dress tIade-cyon pleasure aud vice
-has drawn new life from the Colum-
bian science of puiforv Literature
heing in low water. has invented a
device to restore It's lost reputation
and It's gains. Tie puffcrs' arts have
reduced the reprints Of tho standard
authors 10 matter of confines.
----4p--=-S.-
The average duration of the reign
,of English monarchcs for the last GOO
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-27

Teddy Bcars-The impoi ted .
ones, fine quality, strong.
squeak, has full ana natural feat
urcs and the best made. fine
size, soc each.
10 piece Toilet Set, including
Stop Jar in green blue and pink.
these are all perfect and made in
pretty shapes; worth $500. Spc-
cial. SS.eS.