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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

is the kitchen sink Is one of the
greatest labor savers woman can
have and a bath is no longer consid.
cred a luxury but it is an absolute
necessity, II good health Is taken into
consideration. Good health Is neces.
sary for most persons but good
many seem TO get along through the
greater part of their lives In a sick
ly, half discouraged manner and these
are the very ones who consider bath
ing unnecessary. A round wooden
tank placed over the kitchen costs
but a trifle of what il is really worth.
Rain water from the upper roof will
keep II supplied and charcoal filter
Will III the water for drinking pur-
poses II so desired. The water should
pass through the filter before enter
ing the tank and the tank should be
cleanscd at least once year
Another saving In expense In this
house is starting the. chimneys from
brackets six feet above the floor. This
makes a short chimney and a light
pnc that 'may be supported without
heavy timbcrs. There 10 but little
brick and mortar and the job Of build
ing tho chinneys is a short one II
will be noticed that this plan Offers
plenty of light and ventilation for
every room In the house and 1t pro-
yidcs for a. good big convenient
Kitchen. "A 49,, .lsi,
M, The size of this house is 22 feet
wide by AZ feet exclusive OF the porch.
The main part Of the house Is only
% by so feet, Tho ~ by "a cxtcnsiol:
being small and OEly- ono story high
adds but little to tho cost and the
conycuience of having the kitchen ar,
raugcd in this way Is worth great
deal. 1t will be noticed that while
there arc only two bedrooms tho two
alcoyes viii furnish slcci,,ngs o,,ar.
tcrs for the children and tho arrange.
ment Is q good ono for a young con.
pie wliilc the children are small This
plnll Offers an induccmcnt to own n
hoBlD when starting out In mar,ied
lifc instead OF waiting until sufficient
funds are saved to build more OK.
.lenuive habitatiol.
IL is difiscnlt to estimate the coo,
Of building because materials varv
80 much In price In diKercnt narts
OF tho country, but under ordinary Al.
cunstanccs this houxo should bo h,ii,
AZ SHOWN In tho pianu. Tor al,ous
81 600 u certainty ii Il good llr,l, !,
inp l'pA fof that aMeunt of alons2,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02
Col. John Sobieski, Once Sol
dier of Fortune, Direct De-
scendant of Thaddeus
of WarsauU.
SAYS INFANT GRANDSON IS ROYAL HEIR
Interesting Predcap1enf of California Youngster and
the Romantic Life Story of His Grandfather Driven
from, Austria by Maximihan He LiOed to Com.
n,ond Firing Party That Ended the Career
of His Cns- Time Prosecutor.

Los Angeles, Cal. Sucking his bare
pink toes and calling aloud for the
royal nursing bottle. the rightful fu.
turo king of Poland lies in his cradle
in cottage in the Yves. Adams street
district seroncly unconscious OF tho
fact that battle Of documents and
family trees is raging over his crown
and estates.
Little does he care that n rude Chi.
cago editor has denied the claim that
he is the direct descendant OF Thad-
deus of Warsaw and heir to vast
confiscatod estate--not to mention the
shattered Polish throne.
His fond father is l.. s. Gilhausen, n
clerk in tas First National bank. His
grandfather is Colonel John Sobieski.
the well-known temperance lecturer
the last OF the illustrious line of John
Ill., who rescued Europe from the
Turks.
From life of quiet retirement, this
grandfather and grandchild have burst
suddenly into national fame.
Recently Polish editor named
Siemirad5ki came into print in the
Chicago Retord- Herald denouncing
Colonel Sobieski as an impostor, or
practically that He denies Colonel
Sobieski's claim to direct descent by
the eldest-son-of-the-eld route
from King Johu Ill, the adored ma.
tional hero of Poiand-again not to
mention the throne and the great es.
tates.
This editor with name like a
sneeze claims that the last genuine
Sobieski died over a century and a
half ago, He calls upon Sobieski OF
Los Angeles TO bring forward his
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02
LADY cur,xornL,aL Voice.

In the later years OF her life only
very intimate friends knew that Lady
Curzon possessed remarkably fine
singing voice or that she had been q
pupil OF Nine. Marchesi. People hard.
ly gave her the credit for hating self
advertisement or for being shy and
yet she did one and was tho other
TIL the she and her husband kopt
up the habit OF their courtship days
when apart and teIegraphed or cabled
TO each other daily. In view oil Lady
Curzon's untimely. death, superstitious
folk are pointing to the fact that at
the Delhi Durbar she wore dress
With design of the suplucky pea
cock's feather. Her young friends
chaffed hor on this at the time anu
told her that no wearer Of peacock
feathers ever. had good luck there.
after. 1s. " WI M A.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

II Is sometimes desirable to build a
cheap house with view of improving
1t In few years time. 1t Is not nee
essary that house should be insight
ly because II is cheap. II may have a
good appearance. tho rooms may be OF
& fair size and conveniently arranged
and the whole work, as far as II goes,
may be just as we'll done as though
planned for more expensive strilc-
ture. The size OF the windows and
doors, the placing Of partitions. as
we'll as the roof design. the placing
OF chimneys, bathrooms, and other
modern requirements may be arrangen
In the plans much better than to have
the house torn to pieces years after
ward to rectify original mistakes. u
Is in just such work as this that plans
and specifications are especially YAM
able. A study of the elevation and
floor plan before commencing to build
Will suggest many details that will in
all probability be necessary at some
time. -
All houses should be arranged for
some kind Of heating plant in the cell
lar. 1t Is generally advisable to put
gas pipes and electric wires In the
walls. Inventions for heating and
lighting are coming so thick and fast
that new propositions come up every
year. Farmers often make the re-
mark that II they had a building to
do over again, they would put in pipes
with view of putting in an acctylenc
gas generator. Electric door bells
cost little more than any other kind
and 1t costs but few cents to buy
.enongh wire to concct the bell with
the battery at the time Of building.
II pipes and wires are put in the par
utions when the house Is being built
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

Tho only real perfect diamonds
which are 70 be found on this globe
are those which fall from the sky IN
metcorltes; all diamonds which are
mined in the diamond fields Of the
world are only fragments Of gems.
That Is startling statcmcnt, but
still more startling ono IL that all
the diamonds to be found on this
planet have fallen on tho earth from
the skies and have not, as most vcr-
cons suppose. been produced hero hkc
coal and other mineral products.
Yet this is the latest scientific as.
sertion with regard to the worlds
stock Of the precious stones. Tho
whole stock of the Kimberly mlnes,
with their unknown resources. and all
tho gems Of this character TO be found
In any part of the planet--all have
fallen from space at some timc or
other.
Somewhere in tho illimitablc dis
tance there is a vast diamond factory,
the only place where perfect gems arc
produced. The first piece of evidence
is that the whole OF the rock in which
Kimberly gems are found is clmiiar
TO nothing else on earth; 1t has been
given distinguishing name 4 kimbcr-
ly) and 1t corresponds exactly with
the matter of which meteorites are
composed.
In plain language, the whole Of that
vast mass of rock fell on earth from
the skies at some late period OF the
worlds formation. This Is rather
staggering. but It must be remeDl-
bered that there Is a mountain 10 Ari.
zona which is acknowledged by all
scientists to be a meteoric mountain.
And diamonds are being found at that
spot.
Diamonds are found practically In
superficial layers of the carth's crust;
that is another proof Of their celestial
origin Further. the diamond crystals
arc formed like no others that are OF
earthly origin; this Is regarded as a
strong proof that they fell from
above. II is curious that earthly dia-
mOnds arc not perfect and that some
of them when first brought from Kim
bcrly mines and exposed to the pr
explode and crack into several pie, es.
Now the stones which come down In
moteorites also explode when they ar,
taken from the protecting mass which
covers them completely. This Is due
to the peculiar conditions which pro.
vail where the stones are produced
and these conditions can not prevail
OH the earth as the oxygen prevents
them.
In order to make diamond It
is necessary that the constituents
should be very hot and then cooled
quite suddenly; nothing else Will ac-
count for the peculiar shape Of tho
crystals and tho general formation Of
the gem. r
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

standing ON the right Of the firing
party. The firing party consisted of
36 men, formed into two companies,
six to each of the doomed men, 1.-TWO
ira torous generals were executed at
the same time.) aN
'One in each firing party OF six had
a blank cartridge. There had been
sharp rivalry for the honor OF belong.
Ing to the firing party. ! was selected
to command the reserve firing party.
When everything was ready each OF
the men was asked II he had any.
thing To say. i-
Fate Giws Deferred Revenge.
"Maximilian. speaking In Spanish
said In substance that he loved Mex.
leo and desired its wOlfare; and II
shedding his blood would be the means
of bringing peace and happiness to the
distracted country be wau willing to
die, He asked that the commander of
the firing party advance to him. and
he delivered 10 that oAacer six pieces
of gold which II equivalent to about
kn dollars of our iisoney. He ordered
a piece OF gold TO be delivered to each
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

pcnse. Tho plans provide for wood
en- drain under ground and lead pipes
from the bath and sink with s traps
constructed in such manner as 10
prevent gases from tho drain enter
ing tho house Remember that lead
pipes are an right for waste water but
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

they may stay there for years until
wanted for use. II they are not put
in it means that the plaster must be
broken, the floors cut to pieces and
the good wife put to considerable ex.
ira work and annoyance or that tho
house never gets modern convent
ences.
In building cheap house IL is nee
essary to cut off expense somewhere.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02
His Remarkable Life.

II was there that fate chose him az
one of the firing party, where he wiped
out an old score against an emperor
avenging the cruelty of his mothers
Punishment
Follows the briefest possible glance
al his remarkable life:
He was born In 1912 in Warsaw, be.
Ing the sixth in lire of descent from
the great warrior monarch Of Poland
John iii. His father was John Sobl
eski, who lost his life In 184S in the
great Polish rebellion.
He says one of his earliest recol.
lections of childhood Is of a sleigh
ride and the gay trappings OF a Cos
sack soldier who conveyed his mother
and himself to say goodbye to his
father-about to be executed.
His father had been captured by the
Russian army and had been confined
in vile Russian prison. crawling with
yermin, for IL months.
Before they were allowed 10 see the
doomed husband and father the young
mother was taken before the Russian
viceroy, who offered TO allow her to
retain her estates and honors II she
would give up her son---the last So,
bieski--to be sent to the Russian cap.
ital and there brought up as loyal
subject Of the Gear.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

lies there than ever to allow him to
ascend any throne. Yes. my memories
of monarchy are as bitter as that"
His memories of monarchy carnot
inded. be very happy. This gentle
old nobleman who lives SO quietly in
Los Angeles saw his father led away
to be slaughtered by Russian soldiers
after long confinement in prison SO
vile dog could not have lived in It;
saw his mother driven away from
home almost pauper; saw her driven
like an outcast from country to coun.
try until she died an unhappy exile.
No wonder his eyes fash
The intricate question Of 'his right
TO that noble ancestry will be consid.
cred below. The mans own life Is so
interesting, so thrilling and romantic
that 1t rightly takes precedence over
family trees.
Even his nearest neighbors In the
pleasant neighborhood of West Adams
street little dream that this sunny old
gentleman his lived the wild life of
soldier of fortune.
He commanded the reserve firing
party that executed the ill.fated En-
peror Maximilian in Mexico. It was his
revolver that sent a shot crashing into
the ear of the emperor after he had
fallen wounded at the first unskilled
volley.
He was an eyewitness to the famous
battle of the Monitor and Merrimac:
led distinguished and sensational
career in the regular army; took part
in the famous expedition against the
Mormons; was under fire 12G times
during the civil war--our own civil
war, not Poland's. Lastly, he became
a soldier of fortune in Mexico-in ',he
Mexican war for independence.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02
Bsnisbcd by Macmillan.

She proudly refused. and chose ban.
ishment, poverty and misery. She
bade her husband good,by, and he was
shot down the next day. At the SANE
time her father and brother were
killed. .l
Everywhere went the exiles, or
dered out by the authorities; driven
out of Austria. Prussia and Italy.
They were driven from Italy by the
Austrian viceroy Maximilian-after.
ward the emperor of Mexico. They
took refuge In England at last. The
mother died and the son WAS adopted
into the family of a Polish professor,
who had been an instructor at the
United States naval academy at An.
napoiis. When tho United States
ships Of war visited Liverpool the ca.
dcts used to visit their old professor.
One Of them persuaded Sobieski to
stow away In the old frigatc Constcl.
lation and come to America.
He was then only a little fellow
~ years old, but managed to enlist
In the United States army rs . b,iglcr.
Ifo enlisted In 1856, and two years
atter~ard was 0rdered ont with the
troops that went the desperate Jour.
ney across the plaias to hght the Nor
mons. w
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

Mfr. William "A. Radford will answer
s4 qgss1lons and Siye advice i,!, FREE or
subject of building for the readers of thia
papQr. on account OF his wido expc-
rience az Editor, Author and Manufac-
turcr, he Is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all thesc subjects. Address
all inquiries 20 William A. Radfcrd, No
1874 Fifth Ave-, Chicago. I'LL. nd only
enclose two.cent stump for roply. ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

In this case the cellar IL left for soinc
future time and tho house Ia set ON
cedar posts firmly planted In the
ground and the house Is neatly cased
around with boards, The bathroom
apd kitchen sink are co placed that
the water pipo from the c.stern Ia the
Attic bysr the kitrhpii N'ilt sslNl'iy ,lnn.
ning water y botr A very lI,sle ux;
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

"a movement Is on foot IA England
to prohibit women from iscting %
barmaids IL passed. the proposed bill
will affect between 10000 and 10000
women. ags rr .Aos4
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

one Of the nf!nr PARTY, directing them
to take good ain.
The ilrink party was now ordered
to advance, mako ready, aim. frc!
Strange as Il may seem, Macmillan
fell mortally wounded, only, exclaim-
ing as he fell: oh, my God! my
God!' At once the commander of tho
reserve firing party lSobicslsi himself)
ordered one OF the men from his own
party to advance. and drawing his
own revolver, ordered the soldier to
put 1t to the ear of the archduke and
fire. He did SO. and the career OF the
archduke was ended"
Col. Sobieski's long subsequent
career as lawyer and temperance lee
turer is we'll known. He had one son
who would have perpetuated the name
but he died while a young child. His
one daughter married Mr.. Gilhausen,
of Los Angeles. To them little son
has lately been born.
Sees End Of All Thrones.
So the last Of the SobieslSis is Gill
hausen.
After this long and exciting career
of adventure, Col Sobieski is a calm,
handsome, gentle old ma5-the soul
of courtesy. Aside from his bitter
ness against fnonarchies whose tyran-
MES have brought him such misery,
he has other reasons for not caring
anything about the right TO the empty
throne to Poland.
Before you are middle-aged man."
he said to the writer, every throne In
Europe Will be swept away in q vast
bloodless revolution
That is the startling theory of the
last Sobieski.
He is making vigorous retort to
Editor Siemiradslxi merely to defend
his honor.
Siemiradski claims that there Is not
a mention in history of any Sobicski
in recent times. He wants to know
why no Sobieski came forward as "a
candidate for king at the election Of
King Stanislams Augustus Ponia.
towski In 1854 II the family still ex.
listed. He denies the execution OF
sobieski's father. saying that history
has no mention Of 1t, and points out
that it would have made the nation
thrill.
lie makes a great point Of the fact
that the Almanach dc Gotha makes no
mention of any living descendants of
John Ill.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

How long does It tako a young man
To tesch . girl to swim?
III she's pretty 1t ought to take all
summer. ~-Iiouston Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02
no sobieski Dynasty.

no sobieski Dynasty.
In reply, Col. Sobieski points out
many places wherein the Polish editor
contradicts himself he then proceeds.
He (the editor) declares that the
Almanach de Gotha has not got me on
the list. could not presume under any
circumstances to think that my name
would appear In that distinguished al
manac, as 1t is a register exclusively
devoted TO dynasties. | do hot claim
10 be of any Sobiesk dynasty.
in the first place there was nc
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02

y Many Of the young officers under
whom ne served ON that expedition
afterward became famous in the civil
warden. Albert Sidney Johnston.
then colonel; Capt, Hancock. after.
ward the northern general; Col. Al.
exander. who became Lees chief of
stan; Fitz John Porter. Maj. Beaure-
gard. Capt. J. B. Magruder, afterward
a southern general. was commander
of young Sobieski's battery.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02
MaximiIian's Execution.

MaSimiiian's EXECUTION.
The old Polish nobleman tells of the
tragic incident Of history-the cxecu-
ttion of the emperor--in simple SOL
dicr fashion. In writing an account
of it for his biography he says:
THE last three or four days of Max
imilian's life were spent almost Who'll
ly with the priest. On the morning
of the execution. June 10, 1S67--a
bright, beautiful morning--he was
taken out OF the old convent where he
was captured and where he had lived
during the time he was in our Gus
tody. and placed in an ambulance and
driven outside of the walls of the city
near an old fortress. where the execu-
tion took place.
Arriving on the grounds. the troops
were formed IN line, the doomed men
were placed in position. Macmillan
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-02
Witnessed Stirring scenes.


When the war was getting ready to
break, young Sobieski's battery was
ordered recruited to its full strength
and the young Pole was ordered to
New York and Washington on recruit
ing duty. witnessing the Inauguration
Of Lincoln. the closing debates in the
senate and many other stirring
scenes.
He went all through the civi, war
and was terribly wounded the first
day of the battle of Gettysburg. It
was his privilege to be an eyewitness
TO the most dramatic battle In naval
history. the first fight of the ironclads.
the fight between the Merrimac and
the Monitor.
After the war he went into Mexico
and began anoshcr fight for a peoples
freedom. lie lived the hunted life of
guerrilla warrior. eating rattlesnakes
and living precarious life off the
country. He was commissioned col
onel. He seemed to have a charmed
life. He came through a hundred
thrilling escapades unhurt--once be-
ing the only man of All entire com.
mand to survive.
After the Imprisonment Of Emperor
Maximilian. Col Sobiesld became
one Of the jailers of that Austrian
potentate who had driven the two pit
iful refugees-Sohieski and his wild.
owed young mother--from Italy. He
recalled that incident to the emperor's
mind one day In prison.
We'll. time rounds up all things"
said tho unhappy prisoner.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-12

from a professional visit in Corval-
lis.
F. j. Armstrong, manager of Ho-
tel Revere, of Albany, is in the city
on business.
Miss Juanita Miller, of Lebanon,
arrived in the city this morning to
visit friends.
Mrs. Harry Olinger and Mrs. Har-
ry Albert left for a visit in Port
land this morning.
Mrs. C. L. Watt left this morning
for Collins Springs, on the Columbia,
where she will spend two weeks.
Robert Eakin, of La Grande, ar
rived yesterday to resume his studies
in Willamette University.
President John Coleman, of VIII
lamette University, is in Seattle. at
tending tho Puget Sound conference.
j. w. Potts, of Reddlng, Califor-
mia, who has been the guest of Au-
gust Huckenstein, left yesterday for
Portland.
Superintendent and Mrs. ]. H.
Ackerman and daughter went 10
Portland today for a short visit to
friends.
c. X. Spalding went to Newberg
this morning to visit his son, Walter,
who will leave soon for Ann Arbor.
Michigan, TO enter the medical col
lege of that place.
County. Assessor Fred Rice left
last evening for a ten-days' outing In
the Cascades. Mr.. Rice is we'll
armed, and expects to return with
fine elk.
G. L. Beck, OF Medical Lake, Is
the guest OF DR.. G. V. Ellis. OF this
city. Mr.. Beck will probably move
to Salem soon with his family to re-
side.
Miss Lila Spaldlng, OF sunnyside,
Washington, will arrive in a few
days TO register for a course in VIII
lamette University. Miss Spalding is
sister of Harry X. spalding, the
popular young law student, and has
many friends in this city.
Mrs. w. A. Handley, OF Medford,
arrived in Salem today, in company
with Miss Zoe Stockton, who has
been visiting in that city for a num-
ber of weeks. Mrs. Handley will
spend several weeks with Miss Stock
ton before returning to the fair
city.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-12
.CHAS. II. HIM
12S Com. St., next to Capita

Mrs. ]. r. Robertson. y
been spending the summs, y
parepts, Mr.. and Mrs. C.FI,
has returned to her home n
ley, California.
Lieutenant A. L. Hart. n
of Chicago, is the guest Of n
Mrs. L. M. Laughford. He !
companied from Chicago bv /,
of Mrs. Laugford, Miss Mar
OILS, who Is also visiting hers
Miss Emma Wolf, Of this N
Miss Josephine HALEY, OF Pa
left this morning for Eugene.
they will spend the winter.
HALEY has been the guest 4
Wolf for the past two weeks
latter recently returned from
months sojourn in Portland.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-12
A Fine Display

The fve-sh II pyramid table which
was recently placed in the board of
trade rooms, has been beautifully
grained with walnut stain. and filled
with a fine display of fruit collect
ed by Fruit Inspector Armstrong.
The table is seven feet wide ana
twelce feet long, and the elaborate
exhibit contains choice plates of ap-
Piles. peaches. pears. walnuts. grapes
and various canned fruits, which
demonstrate the great possibilities OF
fruit raising in this vicinity. After
the exhibit has been used at the state
fair II will be returned to the board
of trade rooms.