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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
WONDERFUL SNAKE PLANT.
With No Soil or Water, u Only Bios
SONS ouintennially.

Reading, PA number OF Reading
women obtained seed, Ave years ago
to grow wonderful plant. which was
said to need neither soil nor water tc
live. Three families exhibit the result
of their faith in this prediction. The
specimen Is commonly known as the
snake plant and its owners claim
that It originated in South America.
while others claim It IL, a native Of
central Asia, and that It's American
name is Monarch Of the East'
Both names are suitable for 1t, AZ
the color Of its stem resembles
snake, and It is spotted to the point
where the bud spreads out the flower
Monarch" is also fitting. as the plant
grows to a great height, often to eight
feet.
II Is, however, very slow grower.
The plants are said not to bloom even
until the fifth year, and then to bear
only one flower,
The flower resembles lily In shape,
except for the fact that. Its pistil 10
much higher, often 15 inches long.
Its life, Is usually Of a aten-dsy durS
tion. It's color Is a deep, beautiful
red. AT the bottom Of the plant ~
forms itself into warty bulb. sur.
rounded by no soil, and Is able TO grow
without a drop Of water.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
The Hope, Memory
and Reality of Easter
by Rev. Albert Parker Fitch.


@HE Resurrection, which we cele.
S brate on Easter day, means one
OF two things to most people. It
Is either memory or hope. To the
young into whose souls the wise years
have not ground their experience of
pain. their proof OF the utter unrea-
sonableness and malignant cruelty OF
life. II this life here were all, to them
Easter is far.off fading memory
which has no especial significance for
to-day. Jesus resurrection is an in.
finitely remote event, magical won
der. II occurred under other skies,
In distant land. amid wornout
and forgotten civilization. To be sure
there is historical evidence for it, but
they accept It, If they accept II at all,
with about as much vividness OF per.
ception as they accept the death of
Alexander or the assassination of
Julius Caesar.
Then. to older mcn and women, the
resurrection is not so much a memory
as a hope. 1t is hope born of a
desperate necessity. We remember
little children who sleep in tiny
graves to-day and our hearts demand
that they be Easter graves. We re.
member great souls, passed on now.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

to whom VIC gave our worship in our
youth. We have lived beside them
and seen their deathlcss effort, their
far-reaching aspiration, their virtue.
strength. wisdom, power, light-sll
the persistent .hcroism of the soul.
And then, when the highest station
had been reached, when the noblest
song was quivering at last upon their
triumphant lips, we've seen 1t all end.
Virtue. strength, wisdom power,
light, all vanished! Nothing left but
dust to dust, ashes to ashes. rotten.
ness to mother earth. And, seeing all
this, the resurrection Is not fading
memory 10 such souls, o.. no 1t
stands for a desperate hope. There
must be something beyond. Some.
where, sometime these shall live
again. .t.r
But to the Christian, to that happy
man whom Jesus has found, the resur.
rcction is not memory and not a
hope; he forgets both Of these in his
Joy in its present reality. The Easter
assurance Of Immortality is not q far.
off promise, II is present gift; not
"a future hope, but an immediate pos.
session. For God has come into him
and taken possession of him, and he
is living for the things of God in the
eternal light and power of God, and
he Is already one of the immortals.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
Z J
Che e1lltollilloI of6dsttr

miracle; that is, something beyont
the power Of any created heinz t.
effect. Christ by His divine power
recalled His soul to His body, and
arose from the tomb glorious and i'm
mortal. He appeared frequently tt
Ills apostles and disciples after HE
resurrection; and to cure the doubt
ing mind of st. Thomas, allowed him
to touch the wounds.
The true significance Of this festt
val is well expressed in the gradual
and sequence of the Easter liturgy,
This is the day the Lord hath made;
let us rejoice and be glad. Christ
our Pasch. is inundated"
Let Christians offer praise to the
Paschal victim. The Lamb has re.
deemed the flock. The sinless Christ
has rcconciled sinners to his Father.
Death and Life waged wondrous
conflict. The Lord OF Life by dying
lives and reigns" -.
The resurrection of Christ Is the
model Of our spiritual regeneration and
;s,,,, ss; ;ss Y'iaas '%%s'' E Mz~- @~~S
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

First get q piece of drawing paper,
any color, ~ by | inches. Then lay
II iengthwise, fold II about ~ inches
from your left and ~ inches from
the right, leaving i% inches In be.
tween When that's done draw or
cut out picture and paste II on the
left side OF the left piece. II yon
want It for an Easter present you
may write ON this small side: Easter
Greetings"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
Girl /. Ward o. Church.

Bluffton, nd.-Mrs. Rachel Falk, .
widow, who died here at the age OF 81
years, left a peculiar will. She decided
her property, consisting Of house and
lot, to the Methodist church In BluRton
on the condition that the church is to
take care of her daughter for tho re-
mainder of her life. The daughter Is .
deaf mute about IS years old. Mem
bers OF the church assumed the obi.
CATION some time ago and will sell the
property. devoting tho proceeds to the
support Of the daughter. VIII" viii bs
given good home
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
The True Gladness
of the Easter Day
sy Rev. William eyrne.

Catholic Vicar General Archdiocese Of
- Boston)
"a ASTER Sunday is the day on
81 which the church commentaries
the resurrection of our Lord
from the dead.
BY raising Himself from the dead.
Christ triumphed over all His enc.
mics. and gave the most convincing
proof OF His divinity. He fore.
told His resurrection. 'The Son Of
Man shall be three days and three
nights in the heart of tho earth"
Matt. xii. 40) Speaking OF the tenn.
Pile OF His body. He said Destroy
this temple, and in three days will
raise II up" John II, 19) "Op the
third day He shall rise again" Matt.
Xxx, 19) Il lay down my life that I
may take 1t again. ] haye power to
lay It down and take itsup again. .
John x, 1S) ,-s
The resurrection of Christ was a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
HAS SPENT FORTUNES,
MAN WHO sauANpGHEp MIL
LIONS n pAuPEh..
Mentally, "kins" u Green oeeds
swIndlsrs, Who seatssrsd Vast
Sumo In New York, PsnnIisss
Now, Sent TO Werkheuse.

New York.-Almost helDless from
rheumatism. pcnniless, ragged. hotne,
less and friendless. Jimmy" McNally
staggered into the Tombs police court
the other morning and be6yed TO be
sent to the almshouse. McNalIy, who
spent millions of dollars, asked enlyf
that he might be sent some place
where he might. spend his few ire.
naming days. ~
"All in" he said, huskily, TO Ser
geant Germann. Drugs, opiates, NOR.
phine and cocaine, dissipation In the
days of his prosperity and exposure
of late had combined to put him
down and out"
There never appeared a man In
the Tenderloin who spent more money
steadily than Jimmy" McNalIy, Who
literally threw II away on wine, won
en- and everything else except song
Not for week or month did he
scatter thousands, but for years.
One night Is years ago he told q
reporter he had taken in as his one
share Of the profits for ore week
$250,000 That was when his men
were receiving victims In West street
in Chambers street in christopher
street. around Blocker street and
further uptown. All this was done
under the eyes OF the police and with
out their objection.
In his hour of extremity he accepts
his fate with a gamblers philosophy
McNally was still in his teens when
| he appeared as a walter In a resort In
Sixth avenue, frequented by thieves
known as the Plunge" It was here
after time, that he met Red" Leary
Draper. Irving. and finally. Joe Little
one of the pioneers of the green goodt
| game.
| McNaly and friend got $4,000
from visitor at the Plunge" one
night, and with that bought the re
sort. 1t has been said that police
Official lent him $4,000.
He wrote the famous so Help Me
God" circular letters. scattered them
broadcast through the. country, and
began to gather In the harvest.
About that time he met Jennie Nun
roe, or Nellie Marue, az she preferred
to be called, and the man is said to
have given the woman In ten years
S25O,O0O worth Of Jewels, besides
spending as much more on her. They
fitted up an opium den. When the
downfall came Nellie Marue died pen.
niless at Bellevue. 81
McNally hourished until 1921. Hs
moved across the river, hrst to Ho
boken and then to Jersey City. An
thony Comstock and his men made .
raid upon the headquarters, which
was an entire house in = which ~
clerks worked.
1 After living in Philadelphia, Bridge
mort and South Norwalk, he went
abroad for year. He came back and
was induced to go to Chicago, where
he was arrested, and In 1895 was sen
fenced to three years Imprisonment
at Joliet. He served this, returned Il
the world, and found that the men hs
had trusted had appropriated hiI
money to their own use. Since ther
he has lived from hand TO- mouth. get
ting little from the men he once BE
friended ~.
n was impossible to send McNally
to the almshouse, but Magistrate
| Whitman sent him to the workhoust
for three months. The man who had
spent fortunes thanked the magls
trate with tears in his eyes for, thu
kindness.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

SPRING opening everywhere!
, In the shop windows, an open
/, ing Of delicate fabrics spriggcd
with flowers that might make
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
The Question Answered
By the Resurrection
BY Rev. Reuben kldner,


- HE meaning of the resurrection
III is that it confirms the belief in
the Immortality of the soul,
which all mankind everywhere have
held. Socrates, Just before the end,
says to his friends: But that which
| some time since argued at length,
that when have drunk the poison
| shall no longer remain with you, but
shall depart to some happy state Of
the blessed" On an ancient Greek
tomb we read. Mother. leave thy
grief, remembering the soul which
Zens has rendered immortal and un.
decaying to me for all time. and has
carried now into the starry skies.
This Is another Greek utterance:
Dying, thou art not dead! thou art
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
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gone to happier country. And In
the isles of tho blest. thou rejoicest.
and thou shalt not hunger or thirst
any more. Yea, and thy gods are
thy light, and glory is ever upon thee"
Thoughts like these occupied the
minds Of the blest and wiscst long
before the Christian era. lntimations
of Immortality abound In all litera.
lures. The resurrection is not bolt
out OF a clear sky. 1t is rather a
stage In n process Of evolution. It
builds upon that which has gone be-
fore. 1t adds to what is already
known. 1t confirms what was sur.
missed. 1t gives form and shape to
shadowy, but persistent and indie.
structlble hopes and longngs. The
thought Of the ages prepared the
way for belief in the resurrection.
and, when 1t happend, millions
10 S''s ss''s1s. 's''' g. lId~l.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
ELECTION NOTICE.

Public Notice is hereby given that
special election is hereby called
and will be Aeld in the City of Ros-
day of September, 1907, for the pur-
pose of voting upon the question of
issuing bonds of the City of Roswell
to the amount of One Hundred and
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars (S125.-
000) for the construction of water
works in and for said city.
On the question of the issuance of
said bonds no person shall be quail
fed to vote, except he be il all res
poets qualified elector of the City
Of Roswell and the owner of real or
personal property subject to taxation
therein.
Those persons favoring the issuance
of said bonds shall cast a ballot read
ing, For the issuance of bonds"
Those opposed to the issuance of
said bonds shall cast a ballot reading,
Against the issuance of bonds.''
The polling places at which said
election will be held are as follows:
At the East door of the Roswell
Auto. Company. at the corner of Rich
ardson ave. and Second street, ia the
City of Roswell; and the following
officers have been duly appointed to
conduct said election:
G. L. Wilson, C.. w. Johnson ald ].
NJ. Peacock, Judges; L. Phillips and
r. s. Hamilton, Clerks.
By order of the City Council of the
City of Roswell, New Mexico. this
14th day of August, 1907.
FRED ]. BECK,
(SEAL) City Clerk.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
THE FABLE OF THE
GENTLE SCHOOL TEACHER

From Kansas City Star.
Once upon time there was a
young man who graduated from col
| lege with the simple, earnest purpose
of making the World Better.
He had Calm, Sweet Soul. and it
| was like Dreaming of Heaven to look
upon his Quiet, Noble Face.
His first work was as teacher in
the school of a Placid Village, and he
spent the summer in Severe Mental
Discipline in order that the Myste-
rious Emanations from his Chastened
Spirit might reach out and grapple
the souls of his pupils in bonds of
Love and Affection.
After ais opening address in which
he showed the scholars how he would
Love and Cherish them, and how
great a Paradise On Earth the school
would become, the Thirty Young
Blackguards in the room Got Busy
and proceeded to Show Him the Time
of His Life.
For one meath the Verdant Peda-
gogue tried to work GentIeness
Sweetness and Affection against the
Hullabaloo which reigned, but Moral
Suasion was always Second at the
Post.
One day while he was giving lee
ture upon the moral Grandeur of
Veracity," a freckled-faced girl in the
side row hit him on the ear with an
apple which Had Seen Better Days.
The next morning he Rlrchased a
raw-hide without a Snapper and wad-
ed In
He became a Fixture in the town
and afterward went into the Real Es-
tate and Insurance Business and be-
came one of the Leading Citizens.
AT one time he was Mayor and was
given Gold-Headed Cane by the
Residents.
Moral: Tne best theories are manu-
factured from Experience
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13

| the side that was not suited woult
censure me. But 1 went and investi
gated to the best of my ability.
found that there was nothing wrong
with the sewers, and the faction that
had brought the charges Immediately
assailed me, just as l had a1ticipat-
ed. Although nine-tenths of the peo-
pie of Topeka are satisfied with my
report, the otner faction is very bit
ter in the matter and their attack is
thus explained. 1t is just like the sit
uation here. If l were to investigate
and make a report on the condition
of the sewers of Roswell, finding
them all right, some of the people
would blame me. If 1 found them
wrong, the other side would blame
me. And so it was il Topeka The
only point l can take any satisfac-
ton out of in that case is that my
report rightly represented the condi-
tions and no engineer has ever dis
puted it."
The fact that Mr.. Ellis was select
ed by the city council of Topeka out
of all the engineers of Kansas City
to make the inspection is a strong
testimonial for him as to his stand
ing in that section.
The Record simply gives this arti-
Gle and report from the Topeka Jour-
nal for what they may be worth. 1t
will be observed that there may have
been some politics in the matter, since
it seems to nave been a new city ad-
ministration Investigating the acts
of an old one. The Introductory re-
marks, too, may have been colored
to some extent by the partisan bias
of the Topeka paper. All the Record
will say is that the article is genuine
and undoubtedly such report was
made to the Topeka city council by
a committee of its own members.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
CHIEF
FAvORS IT

i Fire Chief Charles Whiteman, be
ing interviewed by our reporter, out
lines very forcibly Roswell's made
quate fire protection. MIR. Whiteman
said:
/ Il nave been a fireman for fifteen
years, and chief of this department.
for two years, and have made a care
Roswell. We are well equipped in ap-
lparatus, but fall far short in water
supply. The business section is prac-
tica1ly unprotected. We have between
the Hondo river and Eighth street
only five hydrant. One of these,
known as the Bixby well, on the cor
ner of Main and Tilden, will furnish
about 40 pounds pressure, about half
the amount of pressure required to
give us one fire-fghting stream. The
next hydrant, known as the Lewis
we'll, is in the alley between Main and
Pecos avenue, near First street. This
well will furnish all the water the
engine will pump, giving us three
good streams. Our next hydrant is
known as the Hamilton well, on Main
street, between End aad 3rd. This
hydrant will furnish one small stream
which would be nearly useless in
big fire. The next hydrant. known as
the Hobson well, in the alley be-
tween Main and Richardson avenue
Oh Third street, will furnish two fair
1y good fire-fighting streams, or one
stream of 80 pounds pressure. The
next and last hydrant in the business
section, in the alley between Main
and Pecos avenue, near Fourth, known
as the Jump well, will furnish one
good stream of about so pounds pres
sure.
I'VE carry on our nose wagon 200
ty of the wagon. There is no place
we can. reach with two lines of hose,
except close to the Lewis or Hobson
wells. Our only show of successfully
fighting a fire in the business section
will be to reach it before it has made
much neadway. 1t is my opinion that
with our present water supply we
could not successfully fight a fire il
the business section anywhere be
tween First and Third streets, ex-
cept as stated, close to one of the hy-
drants named.
I'VE are all well aware that the
only pressure we have is given by the
engine, as the wells give no pressure
whatever. An engine, in going to a
fire, may meet with an accident at
any time, and in tnat case we would
be powerless, however small the fire.
Some weeks ago it became necessary
to have our engine re-fiued. 1t took
about Is days to do the work, and all
of that time Roswell was absolutely
at the mercy of any fire. Another
thing. should we be fighting fire
at one point and fire should break
out somewhere else, one or the other
would have to be abandoned. The
same conditions exist in tae residence
district. We have fairly good protec-
tion there when the irrigation ditcAes
are full during the spring and sum-
mer. but in the fall and winter it is
even worse protected than is the bus
mess section
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
Ate watermeIons Galore.

The following people filed a wag
onette and went out to the L. F. d.
farm Thursday night, taking punch
and the price of a fine lot of water
melons: Misses Kate and Nell Bean,
Elizabeth, Christine and Edna Little
field, Ruby Saunders. Ila Odem, Geor-
gle Garner and Mrs. Hydn Smith !;
Messrs. Chester Pegg, Grover Getting
ham, Gregory Moore, Fred Miller and
Arthur HooSe.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
case from Roaz concIuded.

The celebrated family trouble case
from Boaz that was first brought be-
fore Justice Welter about a month
ago was settled today, wnen Ben P.
Estes. the prosecuting witness in the
first case, pleaded guilty to fighting
and was fined So and costs. NJ. E.
Cook was tried on the charge of fight
ing with Estes and found not guilty.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
FIRE DEPARTMENT TO
TEST PICTURE MACHINE.

To Roswell City Ffremea: All mem
bers of the department are request
ed to appear in full uniform at the
fir house at nine O'Clock Sunday NOR
ming for an exhibition run that will
be given for a trial of Hess & Har-
lows new moving picture machine.
Don't fail to get in the picture.
CHAS. WHITEMAN, Chief.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
The Gilkeson Hotel Dining
Room is now open. Sunday din
ner. soc, II to 1880 p. m.
eEss MAY M,cLANE

TO APPEAR SEPT. "a
The Social Circle of the Methodist
Church, South, have secured the ser
vices of Bess May MacClane for a
recital, which viii be given in tine
Methodist church Thursday evening
September oath.
Miss MacClane will give her pro
gram. ..An Evening With People Who
Still Write" The press notices show
it to be one among the most popular
of Miss MacClane's mixed programs
The subject is considered from the
dramatic. rather than from the litera
ry point of view, and will no doubt
be of great interest.
AS a reader Miss MacClane is toe
weu known to Roswell audiences to
need any further comment. and she
should be accorded a large hearing
on Tuesday evening.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
CITIZENS
OPPOSE 1T
MAJORITY OF MEN SEEN AGAINST
WATER PROPOSITION.
WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY

Some of the Citizens Interviewed
Were in Favor of Voting the Bonds,
but Most of Them Came Out Ag-
ainst it, and the Reasons Offered
Were Various Many Decline to
Talk for Publication.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13

night. The new floor was in fine con-
dition and Fletcher,s band contrib
uted high rolling music. All the young
people VINO came out report a good
time.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13

John B. Sheridan, aged 10 years.
died last night at nine o'clock at the
Roswell Tent City. He was brought
here about month ago by his broth
er and father and will be taken out
tomorrow morning to his home in
oakyille Iowa.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13
Mr.. Ellis Explains.

Relative to the article in the Tope-
ka paper, Mr.. Ellis this afternoon
said to a Record reporter:
TT is hardly worth answering. 1t
was a political fight from start to
finish The city council of Topeka was
investigating the acts of the preced-
ing council. Charges had been made
that there was some crooked work
IN the sewers of one district of the
city. and the council sent to Kansas
City for al engineer to render expert
testimony ON the question was Sc
lected for the task. although / did
not like it for the reason that / knew
that NO matter what / said about it,
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13

e. A. MacGillivray, the man wno
promoted the Roswell gas works, ar
rived on the auto today from Los
Angeles for a stay of three or four
DAYS.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-13

Miss Willie Winkler is here from
her home east of Dexter for a visit
Of few days with friends