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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-25

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The Ladies of the Maccabees held
lreular meeting at their hall on North
Main street, Wednesday evening, and
Initiated class of five candidates.
Following the initiation, a social ses-
sion was enjoyed and banquet was
served.
The Home Guards of America
transacted only routine business at
regular meeting held in their nall on
East Center street, Wednesday even
ing.
Clay Council No. JOG National
Uhicn will initiate two candidates
this evening at their hall on N.
Main street. A full attendance is
desired.
Marion Lodge, No. 20, f. and A.
NJ VIII hold regular meeting on
Friday evening ar" tr...n.caet import-
ant busines.
Garden Seed OF all descriptions, and
of the finest quality at f. e.
Blake's, 1875 West Center st.
4-25-?7
IT yon have rheumatism ask
your druggist about Electropodes.
Ihey cure. t-th-s
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-25

season.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-06-14
Furnishing Departnae1at.

This department shows Manhattan Shirts Ades" Glove.
"E& W. and Arrow" Collars and and
wick" and "Wrghts Health" Underwear
apr 9june II IF
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10
Graveyard Cocktail

Some curious drinks that men call
for in saloons, says the Philadelphia
Record, were observed the other day
by man who stood at the end Of the
bar and took in everything that hap
pened. The usual whistles and beers
were frequent, but he also noticed
that a number OF men asked for egg
in milk and egg in sherry. "You sell
lot of eggs here" he observed to
the bartender. You bet we do" an
swered the man behind Hun dreds
Of men drink egg drinks only. There
are several men who come in here
that order egg in beer. How they
get away with that awful mess |
can't understand, but they drink it
down as though they liked it. One
man that comes in here has them all
skinned He always takes the most
outlandish mixtures Of stout and milk.
He's the limit for crazy drinker,
and heads my list of curious booze
artists. We call his drink the grave
yard cocktail
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10

Oriental childrel lave their mar
lies. their skipping Fope and the little
toy plows into which cats aad kittens
are harnassed for play They enjoy
life fully as much as do American
children. When the boys are 10 years
old they are sent to school In the
nearest mosque. Parents will some
times take a boy to school and de-
liver him over to the gentle care Of
the teacher with these words: "tlis
bones are mine, but his flesh is yours.
Teach him and punish him as YOU see
fit"
When boys go to school they usu-
ally sit in two rows. One row sits
along one wall, books in hand, and
the other row along the opposite wall.
The teacher sits in the middle OF
the room. They do not use chairs,
but sit on the floor, which Is COW
cred with a reed mating. When
they are studying their lessons they
sway their bodies backward and for
ward as ii they were in a rocking
chair and read With loud voice IN
a singsong style as il they were chant
ing.
They have neither blackboards nor
States, but use paper and reed pens
in learning to write. They put their
left knee on the floor and set their
right one up for desk to rest the
paper on They use the Arabic all
phabet and read and write from right
to left instead of from left to right
They also begin their books at the
back, reading forward. The ability
to read a single Persian book is con-
sidered in Central Asia to be the sign
of liberal education. The attend
ance at school is voluntary, no one
being compelled to send his boys II
he prefers to keep them at home.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10
about ne situation that justified his

about Inc situation that justified his
conduct
AZ noon on Monday the head-of-
steek was sitting alone on the EN-
ll~yca stairway Presently is, return
iRg from lulcheon, came slowly
down The steps
49," iere was note Of gen
lie path3s in Miss Taylor's voice, 4
want ID know If you think your con
duct is quite honorable, You found
my coNllter almost perfect-look at IL
to-day
The little wrapper raised her trou'
bled eyes to Miss Taylor
Is II my lsult? Gee, bnt they gave
me a razzle and-aayhow, It don't hurt
them TO get transferred
mo, it only hurts me.
She laid her hand now Oh tho little
wrapper and spoke gently:
There is a saying in this house that
when Wrapper Is stays at counter
The head-of-stqcil resigns Surely you
do not intend that saying to hold good
foreyer-is there any reason why the
wrapper and the head Of the notions
should not pull together? rs, I'LL
leave II to you With slight pressure
9of her hand Miss Taylor passed down
the stairs.
Wrapper Is stood where Miss Tay-
Tor left her, and she was not aware Of
the passing Of time until Mr. Wells
called her from the aisle.
"15, Is, what are you doing
there? You've been away from your
desk more than an hour"
is made no reply as she came down
to Mr. Wells.
whats the matter? Are you ill.,"
~ have headache" Is gazed at
the floor.
ION, that's too bad. I'll give you a
day off; but, before you go | want you
to sign this paper and take it to the
oGsae."
What's it all about?" Is put forth
her best effort to appear natural.
"All the girls at the Notions have
signed it," he handed her the paper
ITS a petition for the removal Of the
head-of-stock, who is utterly incompe-
tent. Is looked at the paper; she did
not trust herself to speak. And by
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10
THE FIRST CURTAIN CALL.
voitaire One to Whom Original Honor
Was Paid.

AT the first performance in Berlin
OF Gerhart Hauptmann's "Jungfrau
Won Bischofsberg" the author was re-
peatedly called before the curtain,
and the incident caused inquiry as to
when and where the practice of honor
ing an author in that way originated.
The Berliner Tagehlatt gives this an
swer: The first call took place on
the evening of February 26, 174S. On
that memorable evening Voltaire's
'Merope' was performed for the first
time in Paris. The author was known
10 the Paris public but nothing that
they had seen d, lin had pleased
them so much as 3roRe, and the en-
thusiasm found expression in noisy
demands to see the author In a
letter Voltaire says this of the incl
dent They dragged me out and led
me by force to the box occupied by
the Duchesse de Villars and her
daughter-in-law. The whole theatel
seemed to have gone mad all shout
ed to the duchesge 10 kiss me. The
noise became SO great that the lady
finally obeyed So | was like Alain
Charter, publicly kissed, but he was
asleep, while WIS wide awake Now
authors answer similar calls by APP
pearing before the curtain. They gain
insofar that they can be seen better
by their audience, but they must dis
pense with the duchess ldss-at least
in public
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10

the way, Is, I've a fine position for
you--hig money in it, too: but you
won't get it till the head-of-stocl1 re-
signs, and
Mr. Wells was interrupted by an
emergency call for his services.
The next morning the head floor
walker tapped Mr. Wells on the Shout
der. Miss Fleming had just had a
painful interview with the head floor
walker
DO YOU know, began the head
fioor7walkeE petition was sent to
the Office yesterday
{ Il do, indeed interrupted Mr..
Wells. punctiliously. 4 sent it myself
by Wrapper Is. It demanded the re
moval Of Miss Taylor-we can stand
her no longer!Y
The head fioor-wal1er smiled oddly.
II think you had better come with
me"
When Mr. Wells and his superior
reached the Notions the days work
had not yet begun, but all the sales
women were behind the counter, and
Wrapper IS was seated at her desk.
The head fioor-walker addressed her.;
.'15, the petition you brought to the
Office called for the removal Of Mr.,
Wells, the floor-walker; but it appears
that when Tits petition was put in
your hands IL called for the removal
Of Miss Taylor, the head-of-stock How
do you account for the changer
Dead easy!' is stood up. you
see, it was this way: am very handy
with my pencil, and, If there's a for
gerry, guess did 1t. You can dis
charge me, OF send me to jail. but If
II was all to be done over-Id do It
again.
Then Wrapper is spoke q piece
She picturesQuely described her week
at the Notions, her quick raise" and
the promise Of "a fine Job with big
money attachment. In conclusion
L she said:
You know / have the name Of bel
ing the boss mischief maker Of this
shack, but STRENGTHENING up and CIV
ing MI. Wells a military salute7@I
take of my hat to his nibs!"
And so It came to pass that this
oral ''spellbinder' was the means Of
bringing about many changes. It re-
gained for Miss Taylor her lost pres
tige. It reduced Miss Fleming to a
state Of chronic disappointment, It
advanced Wrapper is at the Notions.
Some one got the @G. B. was
This nihs"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10
FrIday Not Alayays unlucky.

Is Friday unlucky2 Gladstone,
Beaconsfield, Washington, Bismarck,
Fahrenheit and Surgeon were born
On Friday. Henry VIII gave Cabot
his commission which led to the dis
covery Of North America Columbus
actually discovered this continent and
the pilgrim fathers landed at Ply
mouth Rock on Friday. Once more:
The first newspaper TAD and the
first newspaper printed by steam
power (the London Times appeared
both on Friday; while tile stamp act
was repealed in England On the same
day Of the week With Charles Dick
ems Friday wasan especial favorites
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10
III tiurorist Didn't.

1T must be pretty diflcuIt tOiorig-
mate ave Or six Jokes per day. sug,
gested the casual visitor.
ut must SO, assented the cheerful
press huKaorist DO you know Of any
body who does t?'Louisville Cour-
ier-J Journal
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10
CLASSIFYING Him.

"Of course; he's an iIliterate fellow,
out he's excessively proud. He boasts
that he was born and bred ID ola
Kentucky.
Good thing he wasn't born IN
Georgia: he couldn't have been bread
thsra. He'd have been cracker
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-10

Bagdad's trouble IL the 'Bagdad
button, sore that attacks practi.
caIIy every resident and visitor and
ieaves button.shaped, permanent
scar
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Thomas r. Ryan's Detectives.

Thomas F. Ryan probably employed
detectives more extensively in his finan-
cial operations than any other man in the
Wall street district" says David Fergu-
son, in 1.-The Shadow in High Finance"
in the March Everybody's. HE is cred
tied with having developed the use OF
them to a positive science. All of his
iawyers-and he has an enormous staff
of them-are experts In handling detec
tives and in finding ways of getting val
liable information for their client.
Mr.. Ryan is wonderfully cautious. 1t
is said that whenever the plans to deal
with a man whom he does not already
know intimately, he invariably puts
detectives on the heels of that man and
finds out everything possible about him.
The 'shadowing' is begun long before
actual negotiations are opened. and be-
fore the man has any knowledge of Mr..
Ryan's plan to deal with him; and it is
continued throughout the transaction.
THE value of information of this kind
can easily be imagined. To Mr. Ryan
the man with whom he Is dealing Is as
an open book. His weak spots, If he has
any Mr.. Ryan can calmly point to at
the moment when the situation demands
such disclosure. If necessary, he can
probably tell the man his exact cash
balance in every bank and trust company
in which he has an account: the amount
Of money he has borrawed on this block
of stock and on that bundle of bonds;
the amount Of the mortgage on his house;
his precise income, and can make close
estimate of his expenditures Facts of
the kind cost money but they are i'm
mensely valuable at times in Wall street
deals"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Deterioration of the Mastiff.

In an article entitled, "Dogdom's -Four
Hundred" by R. +. Mayhem, in the
March Everybody's, the writer deplores
the mastiff's loss of prestige:
Some breeds there are" he writes.
that have been driven into obscurity by
the unbridled craving of breeders for par
ticular properties Most lamentable Of
these is the case of the mastiff who
fifteen or twenty years ago. was the
king of the heavy brigade. Size and mas
sive heads became the alpha and omega
of the breeders. Increase in size resulted
I'm numbering, overfed apathetics. that
could not get out of their own way and
only by an effort could support their cat
fish carcasses on spra wiling legs and splay
feet. And in the intensity of desire to
produce massive heads the hither end
of the wretched animal was forgotten and
paralyzed or semi-paralyZed headquarters
were the result. Hence the downfall of
the mastiff and. in a measure, of the st.
Bernard. Their former position in the dog
world is now occupied by the great Dane,
the deerhound and the Russian wolf
hound"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Mark Twain's Watch Came Back.

From the New York Herald.
Presented to Mark Twain, Christmas
Day, 1903. by II. II Rogers" is the title
of little story about which Samuel L.
Clemens knows a great deal but which
has never been written. Its legend has
been ringing through the under world of
Ney York for week.
In those dark byways where "Huckle-
berry Finn" is probably unknown, though
his frit nds, 1.-THE late Dauphin" and "the
Duke of Bitewater." have many coun-
terpart. the detective bureaus word went
forth to burglar sneak thief. fence and
pic,Ipocket This watch must be found
anu returned. The boss wants it."
Tlis meant that a watch presented to
Mr. Clemens on Christmas, 1903, by Mr.
Rogers had been stolen, and that Com
missioner Bingham had placed the police
force on it's mettle to recover 1t. Re-
Spouse to that menacing summons was
instantaneous. The watch Ia again In
Mr. Clemens possession, safe and un-
SCARED Il was returned through pawn
broker
Even in the East Side, watch case
with those names engraved in 1t bore a
danger flag for those who are not too
nqusitlve about the antecedents of what
theJ buy to sell again. Presented to
Mark Twain by II. II. Rogers" needed
no lexicon except the newspapers to
make it spell unsafe and the heavy
gold watch case was undoubtedly headed
for the melting pot when that demand
which admitted no deial came from the
police. How swiftly and surely it sped
Is shown by the result.
While the house which Mr.. Clemens has
taken al p Fifth avenue was undergoing
repairs, few days ago, there were many
strangers in Ii, workmen and their help
e: s., and it Is believed that some watch
full thief took advantage of the occa-
sion to slip in unnoticed and make off
with whatever valuables he could quick
" find Thus the watch disappeared and
its loss was keenly felt by its owner.
Determined to use every effort at his
command to recover it, Mr.. Clemens, who
studiously avoids public places as u rule,
went to police headquarters. He wore his
ia nous suit of white and the reporters,
who were first to recognize him, found
the author standing in the hall outside the
detective bureau.
Commissioner Bingham, who has known
Mr.. Clemens for several years. greeted
him very cordially, and directed that
special effort be made to find the miss
ing watch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
COTTON AFFECTED
BY STOCK BREAK
Sharp Drop After a Good Early
Advance
is NERVOUS AND EXCITED
Higher Estimates at Principal Points
Bring Bull upport-Decline Is
Points Down to
2 Up.
is NERVOUS AND EXCITED

New York, March 14-The cotton mar
ket showed an undercurrent of nervous
ness and excitement during today's trad
ing which led to an active professional
business and caused sharp break after
an early hour The close was very steady
at decline of points, to an advance
of points Sales for the day were esti-
mated at 100000 bales.
The opening was steady at decline of
l to points, under a few overnight sell
ing orders and lower cables but the pres
sure of long cotton was not great and
shortly after the opening prices rallied
on covering of shorts and buying for a
turn encouraged by lighter estimates for
tomorrow's receipts at the leading points
and by the idea that demoralized condi-
tions In Wall street had exerted their
full effect on speculative holdings of cot
ton
Prices rallied to aSnet advance of about
70 to 10 points on the active months on
this demand, with May selling around 9.75
against 9.5S at the opening, but there
seemed to be no very aggressive bull
support trading quieted down on the
advance and the market broke sharply
In the early afternoon, owing to the
renewal of sensational weakness in the
stock market and an evident fear of
trouble In financial circles. There was a
big demand for May on this second set
bac.;, part of which 1t was thought came
from spot house with important New
Neutrality-suspicious. and the market raj
lied u few points toward the close, on
covering by room shorts with the old
crop months relatively steady.
Weather news was without special fea-
ture.
Southern spot markets were unchanged
to 1sc lower.
Local spot people said that southern
holders were paying little attention TO
the weakness of futures.
Receipts at the ports today, 607 bales,
against 22,53S last week and 1868 last
year.
For the week (estimated), 100000 bales.
against 175,453 last week, and 117,2S6 last
year. Today's receipts at New Orleans,
S2lS bales, against 1880 last year, and at
Houston 97SS bales, against 1882 last year.
New York Cotton Futures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15

market had substantially recovered at
one time during the morning, when the
wild liquidation in Union Pacific started
the decentralization in the whole list.
There was some violent gyrations, due
to the rush of shorts to secure their enor-
nous profits at various times, but the
tone of Generalization continued practi-
cally UP to the close. The intended plan
of relief by the treasury department was
not made known until after the market
had closed, but very specific report was
current of the intended situation -<Sout o
o'clock without appreciably affecting the
market. Some of the most conspicuous
OF the days extreme declines We're Union
Pacific, 25A; Reading, 22%; American
Smelling, 21s; Amalgamated Copper Bss'
Delaware and Hudson, 1Sh; st. PAU,
Northern Pacific. Southern Pacific, Great
Northern preferred, Anaconda, Pullman,
Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Brooklyn Rapid
Transit. 10 to 131a.
severe losses of less amounts were
universal. 49,,
Bonds were slightly affected by the
acute weakness of stocks, but were gen
generally lower.
United States bonds were unchanged or
call
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15

In spot cotton; prices s points lower.
American middllng fair. s.s4; good mid
ding, 6Ss; middling. 6. low middling, as;
good ordinary, 30; ordinary, AZ. The
sales of the day We're 1900 bales, of
which 1000 were for speculation and ex-
port and included 11.700 American. Re-
eeipts, 5000 bales, including 1900 American.
Futures opened easier and closed very
steady American middling, g. o. c;
March, 5.G9ls; March-April, $50; April
May, SO; May-June, 5.6s; June-July ~;
July-August, silly; August-Septemner,
5 SOY: September October. 5.63la; October
November $50: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
; 591a: December-January, 5.o91a January
EehruarY. ). COZ.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15


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My Offices are the most private ana
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Rooms 10o6 and 1907. Take one of tho One
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Office hours: $3.50 a. m. to Sac ,. ~
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Local Staple Groceries.

Sugar-Granulated, 5Ac; Y. c., 4sc.
Flour-Fancy patent, 5.2o; standard
patent, $3.50; straight, s3.75.
Coffee-Green, l1413c; Arbuckle's, Sl6.O5;
Porto Rico, $500.
Meat-Dr+ sailed ribs, sac; dry saltec
rib bellies. lie; extra clear. 10c: hams,
fancy. 1856; medium, 1850; bacon bellies.
l2l6c; California hams, 10c.
Lard-Leaf, lie; compound lard, 9Ac.
Molasses~Centrifugal sOaao; sugar
house, 40c; Georgia cane, &c.
White peas-Per bushel, $2.S5.
Beans-Navy, 500 per bushel; hand
picked Lima, &c.
Grlts-92 pounds. 81 80.
Meal-"Jim Dandy" sl.2O.
Macaron, che.
Feed stuff.
Corn-No mixed, csc; white, &c.
Oats-No 3 mixed. 43c: No. l white, 55c,
white clip, 5Sc.
Pure wheat bran, so or 100. 81. 30
Cotton seed feed meal. SIC; prime. ST.
Corn chops, sl.15.
Corn hearts, 81 20.
Shorts--1O0 pound sack, 81 30.
Hulls s0-lb C. s.. 80 ton; 20-lb. C. s.. 4oc
sack; 1OO-lb c, s.. sl1 ton; 1O0-lb c.. s.. 45c
sack; 100-lb sack hulls. Coo.
Hay-Choice timothy. s27; No. timo-
thy, SIS; johnson grass. SIS; clover mixed.
s2o.50.
Fruits and Produce.
Florida green beans, So crate.
Florida Standardization quart, 15025c.
Lemons-Per box, extra fancy, $4I4. TO-
Cabbage--New Florida, per crate, So;
new Louisiana, 500.
new Louisiana, So; Danish, per pound,
2iac.
Western Apples-Ben Davis. 50. 5093. Is;
Baldwins. 81; Russets, 81; California
navel oranges, 50.
Florida Oranges-$3.00 to $3.50.
Florida s5.UD-o.50.
Onlons-New crop. pound, 2&c.
Northern Potatoes-Per bushel. S0d85c.
Sweet potatoes--Per barrel. Cullman.
$3.50 per barrel; Southern queens, 81. p
per bushel.
Seed Triumph and Rose potatoes, Der
bushel s5ll95c.
Onion sets-s2. 5Oa3.25 per bushel.
Eggs-Fresh GAMBLER, 16M1Sc
Heis-4om45c; broilers, 25940c.
Butter-Fresh. l2lacQ15c: renovated, 80.
creamery, sc.
Cheese-Full cream. per pound, 161a117lac.
Cuban Tomatoes-Per crate. s.. 5Oa3.5O.
COllards-Per crate, s2.25.
New Turnips-Per crate, 81.
Nuts-English walnuts, 15c per pound:
pound; filberts, 121ac per pound: pecans,
zoe per pound; mixed nuts. 1211c per
pound
Raisins-Two crown layers. 81; three
crown layers, s2.25.
Dates-Per case. 20 pound case. s2.N.
Figs-Layers, crown, N10; crown.
N.26 per box.
Citron in 10 pound boxes. 25c per pound.
Seeded Raisins-Ponnd uackaxe "a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York, March 14-Money on call
stronger at 6@61s per cent. ruling rate Il
per cent, closing bid and offered at per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, 6d1eA per
cent. Sterling exchange weak with actual
business In bankers bills at s4.S3S5d 80
for demand and at 79.60d4. 1865 for sixty
day bills; posted rates, $4.s01HQ4S5. Com
mercial bills, s479ls. Bar silver, 6I1sc
Mexican dollars, 52Ac. Government bonds
steady Railroad bonds weak.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
New York Cotton Futures.
New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans. March H-Spot cotton
closed quiet and steady with low ordinary,
ordinary, good ordinary and low middling
1sc lower than yesterdays prices: mid
ding, good middling, middling fair and
fair, unchanged; mddling, 1913. Sales
were 1850 bales on the spot and 495 to
arrive
Futures opened steady from / to 4
points below yesterday. There was some
what of slump in the morning, but the
market became frmer later in the day
and closed from 1 points above to / point
below yesterdays close.