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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
Daniel Comet RedIsoovered.

San Franeisco.-Pr II. C. Craw.
ford, of the University OF California,
has rediscovered the comet recently
located by Prof, Daniel, of Princeton
university. in the constellation Taurus.
A report from the observatory at Berk-
eley says the comet may be seen
after midnight near the bright star Al
bedan and is visible to the naked eye.
1t will be nearest the earth on July
25, when it win be 70,000,000 miles dis
tant Its nearest approach to the sun
will be September 3, when 1t will be
47,000.000 miles away.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
o,ponaaan,s Tact.

A story Earl Stirling, of the Players
company, repeats frequently is of an
Irlshman who prlded himself upon
his delicacy and tact. One day when
a boy was killed in the quarry where
the Irlshman worked he told the men
to leave everything in his hands; he
would break the news to the boys
mother as 1t should be done.
He went home, put on black suit
and tie, and started for the mothers
shanty.
Good mornin', maam," he said
"'Tis the sad accident yer boys gold
watch has met wild"
why" said the mother, TON
never had gold watch"
Sure, an that's lucky" said the
diplomat, "fur twinty tons NV rock
Just tell on him."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
Great Land Owner.

The Duke Of Northumberland is the
largest land owner in England. His
estates stretch almost from sea to sea,
and he can ride 100 miles and not
once leave his own domain. In ap.
pearance he is tall and thin, with red.
dish hair and flowing whiskers. He
is old.fashioned in manner, and shows
many of the attributes of grand
seigneur. And he has all the pride
of the Percys and keeps up to the full
their olympian traditions. He was
once heard to say: You viii have to
go long way back in our record to
find a Percy who was either idle or a
spendthrift," In religion he is an Irv-
ingite, like his father, and he has
converted the duchess to his own be.
lief.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
Lord PartInston."

The duke Of Deyonshire. now I'm
his seventy-fifth year, and very i'll.
is simply a name in the dispatches
to the average American OF the day,
To the Americans OF 45 years ago,
when he was the marquis of Hartins.
ton, he was the most offensive travel
er in the United States He made an
open display Of his secession symps-
thles in particularly offensive man
ner He narrowly escaped assault on
one occasion, but when he visited the
White House President Lincoln's
only robuke was to address him as
Lord Partington." Boston Tran,
script, .a.,.,.s.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
They Moved Down to Boston.

Mrs, H. G. Wells and other grown.
ups have had their merry gibes at Bos-
ton, but here is a little miss whose
unconscious irony puts their best eff.
forts to shame. why" asked Doro-
thy the other night on going to bed;
"why can't we see fairies?" BE
cause they do not live in the fields
and woods here any more" replied
her nurse. "Where are they, then.
in heaven?" Perhaps So" "Oh, /
know" said Dorothy after a moment
of silent thought. The angels got
tired of their old mansions In the
skies, so they let the fairies have them
aud moved to Boston, Judge.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
GENUINE HARD LUCK.
Opera House Burned Down and lmpro.
Vlsed Theater Blown Away.

talk about hard luck" said c, NIL
ford Gifiln, of the Players Stock com.
pany of Chicago, the other day to
friend, about four years ago | was.
down in Texas with repertoire com.
pany, playing all the smaller towns,
on our route was the town of Paris,
which we were to play on Wednesday
We left Beaumont late Tuesday night
and when we reached Paris the next
morning, discovered the town hall in
which we were to appear had burned
down the day before. The village
squire, who was also manager of the
Opera House, devised scheme by
which we could give our performance
by utilizing great pile of baled hay
for a stage. We all set to work and
by afternoon had fairly good stage
erected, plenty of chairs in front and
q good enclosure made from old car
pets, etc, borrowed from the villagers.
Everything was in fine shape, and 1t
was nearing the hour for the show to
begin, when one of those gentle
zephyrs, known only to Texas. came
up and blew away the stage. chairs,
fence and almost the people. Now,
can you beat that for hard luck?"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
Fritz on the Dachshund.

Little Fritz was told to write an es.
say on his favorite dog and he wrote
the following on the dachshund: Der
dachshrnd vas a German dog dot
looks like bologna sausage NIT legs.
Vonce fader had dachshund dot vos
so long ven ut ran arount der block
ut had to hold up its head to keep
from running over uts hind legs. Der
dachshund vas an obedient dog, but
ven you call him to come quick he is
always long. He can't help ut-he
vas born dot way. Above all, der
dachshund yes der only member uf
der dogs family whose breath comes
in long bants. All der rest calAea IN
short bants. Hurrah for der dach.
shund!"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
THE MAN IN THE MOON.
One Of the Greatest and Most Ancient
Of Superstltions.

In our infancy tEJre was pointed out
TO us the mysterious man in the moon,
who locks solemnly down from his
perch in the sky. No doubt we have
made many childish speculation con.
cerning this grave parsonage, who has
been watching the successive genera.
tions on the earth come aud go for
centuries, and wondered how he came
to be away up there In the moon 80
many miles from us.
Well, he was sent there because he
was a naughty fellow, a wicked man,
who picked up some sticks that did not
belong to him on Sunday The first
mention of this is in the Bible, where
IL is told that a certain individual was
put to death for such a proceeding.
From this Bible story originated one
Of the greatest and most ancient super.
stitions-that of the man in the moon.
The man In the moon is known to
every nation, and is pictured as lean.
Ing on a fork on which he carries o
bundle of thorns or brushwood, which
he was caught stealing on the Sabbath
day; and as a punishment he was con.
fined in the moon. tn dark lines and
spots which compose the features of
this traditional man am, In reality the
shadows Of lunar mountains on the
moon.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
Daily Market Report
ONION sTooK YARns

Union Stock Yards, H., July
% Cattle Receipts 10000; esti-
mated for tomorrow, 1000; market
steady to Zoe higher; prime beeves
.. SOd7,35; poor to medium GOO
5.7O stockers and feeders 2.S06I5;
Hogs Receipts $4,000; estimated
for tomorrow $4,000; market l0c
higher; light $50 0 6.25; rough
>. 40 "a SO; mixed $50 "a 30;
heavy 5,S0d6.05; pigs 5,6O06. 10.
Sheep Receipts $4,000; estimat-
ed for tomorrow 10000; market
steady to Zoe higher; native sheep
3, 75@6; native lambs 5 ,65(05. 20;
western lambs 5. 1907 go.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
To caIculate Lona.vItv.

Bacon took a deep interest in lon.
gevity and its earmarks," said a ply.
sician, "and Bacon's signs of long life
and of short life are as true to-day
as they ever We're
"You won't live long, Bacon pointed
out, II you have soft, fine hair, fina
skin, quick growth, large head, early
corpulence. short neck, small mouth,
brittle and separated teeth and fat
ears.
Your life. barring accidents, will be
very lengthy II you have slow growth,
soarse hair, rough skin, deep wrink-
les In the forehead firm flesh, q large
mouth, wide nostrils, strong teeth set
close together and hard, gristly ear
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
KNEW BETTER THAN THAT.
City Youth Could Believe Much bui
There Was Limit.

The younger son Of a well.known
politician of Chicago has spent pretty
much all of his life in the big city by
the lake, and, consequently, knows lit.
tie OF country ways and things. Not
long ago he visited a man he had met
in Chicago, and who maintains big
farm near Cairo, whittier he had in.
sisted the youngster come for a
lengthy stay. One day the Chicago
youth was wandering about the farm,
closely examining the top, ends and
sides of certain trim, well.made OBJ.
ject fenced round in the paddock.
What are you searching for, Jimmy ?"
asked the owner OF the place with a
qui2zical smile Where are the doors
and windows?" asked Jimmy Doors
and windows! Why, Jimmy, that's a
haystack. Look here, old man." ex.
claimed Jimmy; Il may be only a
green person from the city, but you
can't BLUM me that way. Hay doesn't
grow in Jumps like that!"-Harpers
Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
willie Was Disappointed.

One day Willie's mother found her
young hopeful holding his pet rabbit
by the ears, says Elizabeth Goodall of
the Bush Temple, From time to time
he would give Bunny a violent shake
and demand sharply. Two plus
two? Two plus two?" or Three plus
three? Three plus three?"
why, While" asked his mother
with deep concern, what makes you
treat poor little Benny that way?"
We'll" replied Willie. greatly dis
appointed teacher told US that rab.
bits multiplied very fast, but this
dummy can't even add@ .-s,ls,. 4s,.,. :
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
Foraker SPEAKS at MIamlsbura

Miamlsburg, o., July 20.-In an ad-
dress before the Miami Valley Chau-
tauqua Friday Senator Foraker called
on tariff revisionists for bill of par
ticulars" and explained some points
in the recent rate legislation which
did not seem to him to have been
clearly understood by the public.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22

among the players that are most i'm
itated.
Idalene Cotton wLo acts in vaude-
Vile with Nick Long does an imitation
of Mrs. Fiske that is startling in its
versimilitude.
Fay Templeton said once when
asked why she did not attempt an i'm
itation of a rush light star that hap
pened at the time to be attracting
considerable attention.
MY dear" said she. II don't initiate
dead ones"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
CLEVELAND.

Cleveland, July %, Hogs Re-
"eipts 20 cars; shipments 600.
Market higher. Workers Gas; me-
6 20M6. 30; heavies 6,1O; best pigs
6. 45d6 so; stays and roughs 4@
5, 20.
Calves $50; strong.
Sheep and lambs-4 cars; stTongs
GOOD to extra lambs 7.25@7 so.
Cattle Receipts 10 cars. Dull.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
Not a sotanIst.

'When we were out autoR0biling
on the boulevard yesterday l stopped
TO look at the rhododendrons." what
part Of the car Is thatg':. IA ..rh a.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22

FOR RENT-The north part OF dou-
bic house No. 2i5 s. Prospect street
containing four good rooms, gas for
heating cistern and hydrant water
for house use. Possession to be
had at once. Inquire Of Busby p.
sweeney 7-1s-St
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
FOR kENr

RooMs First or sec
ond floor. Path, gas and all mod
ern conveliences, 113 Blaine Avenue.
tt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
HELP WANTED

good plasterer also good
lather, good wages and prompt pay
Citizens 341 Bell 4O2X. See l.. II. De-
Lauder David street. 7-l8-tf.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30
Initiative ard Referendum.

Slowly, but surely, the ideas Of
Thomas Jefferson are being crystalllzed
into law. lie was the greatest philoso-
pher that ever devoted life to poll
ties. In many things-slavery and its
abolition. for instance-he was decades
ahead of his time. In others centuries
ahead. The latest case of a legislature
placing one of his century neglected
ideas upon the statute books Is the
law just passed by the Missouri legis-
lature providing for the initiative and
referendum. This scheme makes ev-
cry votor legislator, and hereafter
In the imperial commonwealth of Mis-
souri, the voters themselves will pass
upon every important statute by using
the referendum machinery and can in
augurate new legislation by using the
Initiative machinery. vt has been tried
elsewhere and worked well. The COM
bined initiative and referendum will do
more to eliminate the boss. wire puller
and lobbyist than all other causes COM
bined and will also cause the average
voter to take more interest In legisla-
tion than he has hitherto taken. all OF
which is greatly to be desired. Grad
ually the people are working out the
vast and difficult scheme of self gov
ernment and solving the new and In.
tricate problems which confront them.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30
Eoraker's Photos.

Many men of many minds. Many
ways OF conducting campaign. 1t is
said that as an aid to his presidential
boom Senator Joseph Burton Foraker
of Ohio has already invested $1,000 in
photographs of himself. A Mr.. Budd
OF California once elected himself to
congress by travelling in blackboard
and by painting in huge red letters on
every rock and mountain side this leg
end: vote For Budd." And the people
liked his novel method so well that he
was sent to Washington, where he did
so well that he was soon elected gov
ernor of his state. Perhaps the photos
Will turn the trick for Foraker.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30
The Hoosier Situation.
II Is Cominq.

That Mr. Vice President Charles
Warren Fairbanks of Indiana Is one
of the most prominent candidates for
the Republican presidential nomination
Is known of all men. 1t has been TAX
en- for granted all along that Repub
lican Hoosierdom was not only solidly
but enthusiastically for him. 1t was
also rumored that he was rounding up
the southern delegates much in the
manner in which Marcus A. Hanna
rounded them up for Mckinley In 1896
SO everything seemed lovely for the
vice president, and the goose honked
high. Now, however, comes the news
that certain Indiana statesmen are in
league to beat him out OF the Indiana
delegation or failing that, to set up q
delegation which. though instructed for
him, will desert him at the first oppor-
tunity, thereby repeating the perfidy
OF the Ohio delegates which in 1880
and again in 1888 defeated John Sher-
mans presidential aspirations. The
knitting OF Sherman to death I'm the
house of his friends Is still fresh In the
minds OF all well informed folks.
The first premonition of trouble for
the vice president came when Harry
s. New of Indianapolis succeeded Mr.,
Cortelyou as chairman Of the Repub-
lican national committee. The Fair
banks-New feud Is of long standing,
Harry $. having inherited it from his
father. Next Ex-Governor Durbin OF
Indiana, who is credited with desire
for vice presidential nomination,
came to Washington and gave out an
Interview whooplng 1t up for President
Roosevelt for a third term. which was
mn unfriendly performance toward the
V. +. 1t is said that this anti.Fair
banks movement is well financed. So
II looks squally for the V. l..
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30

S10,5O0 net from three acres Of let
tuce aud that Is was runiorcd that
another man had done better even than
that
1t is not generally known ,uat Flor
ida Is the largest state east of the Mis-
sissippi, but so II IN. or course every
body knows of her health giving eli
mate, her phosphate beds and her i'm
mcnse forests of pine and cypress. Her
orange groves and grape fruit groves
and big hotels have been extensively
exploited, but the fact that 1t is the
best poor mans country I'm America
has not been exploited much, and that
fs the most important feature of Flor
ida. II the fact were generally known
that n family of five or more persons
can live comfortably on a two acre
truck patch and even lay by something
for a rainy day. Florida's population
would soon double. Just now thou
sands of our people from the northern
and central states are moving to Mani
toba to better their condition. but 1t
costs only about half as much to live
we'll in Florida as in Manitoba.
Houses, clothes, food and fuel do not
cost SO much. Cattle live the year
round outdoors and keep fat. TO sum
II all up, would call Florida "the poor
mans paradise" Not that II IL not
delightful habitat for the well 20 do
and the rich. They can take care OF
themselves everywhere. Why any man
will live In city sums and rear chill
dren there when he can find home
with pleasant surroundings and health
full environment In Florida Mt price
within the reach Of every day laborer
is surpc ssing mystery. ! am 10 land
agent or land boomer: l own not one
cents worth of property In Florida,
but | write these words In the hope
that folks of small means I'm cities and
colder climates, reading this may I'M
prove their condition by the simple
process of settling I'm Florida. where
Nature has been 80 lavish with her
gifts.
Perhaps the most unlocked for thing
saw In Florida was one of the finest
stables of roadsters I'm America. owned
by Rev. DR.. Strouse. the famous evan
gelst. To see his satin coated horses
and 10 ride behind his high steppers is
a delight to man born and bred in
Kentucky and living In Missouri. DR..
Strouse is splendid Virginia gentle
man.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30
College BOYS Wanted.

"More college trained men are want
ed In the service Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, and steps are being taken to
obtain them," Is the message now run
ming In eastern papers. Carry the
news to college men and college boys.
All these years and centuries they
have been hooted ut as a lot OF imprac-
teal fellows fit only for the SO called
learned professions. At last, so 1t ap.
pears. they are to be given n chance
to show the world that that ancient
legend Is a stupendous fable.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30
DeIiqhtfuI Florida.

From Dover, n. j., to st. Petersburg,
In southern Florida. is a long distance
Jump even in the lecture business. but
l made 1t lately ana shall never regret
it-snow, Ice and heavy overcoats In
Dover; peach blossoms, orange bios.
SONS, roses, fresh vegetables. linen
suits, straw hats and fans In southern
Florida. Florida IL not only land of
flowers, but 1t Is land Of wonders and
of wonderful possibilities Ponce de
Leon never realized his gorgeous and
fascinating dream of discovering the
tabled fountain of perpetual youth, but
Americans are finding there health
happiness, comfort ana wealth Flori.
da now has population of something
over 100000 souls. The great puzzle
to one who has seen 1t and heard the
unimpeachable story of its marvellous
fertility Is why II hasn't a population
Of 100000
When ! lectured at st. Petersburg
we were the guests of Hon. Joseph C.
Sibley, ex-congressman from Pennsyl-
vania, and his most estlmable wife.
and when / lectured at Gainesville we
We're the guests of Representative Frank
Clark and his estimable wife. The
recollection Of the generous hospitality
OF these two families will rest upon us
like benedictlon all our lives.
Sibley has purchased large tracts Of
land near st. Petersburg and is an en-
thusiast as to FlOrlda's future. He
has orange and grape fruit groves. some
In full bearing and some just planted.
He Is establishing q sort OF agricultural
experiment station on his own hook TO
test the productiveness of the soil. es-
peclaliy In forage plants. 1t Is his
theory that even those parts OF Florida
which are called pine barrens can be
made to produce immense crops. He
says that about st. Petersburg as much
as q thousand dollars per acre has
been realized on Strawberries.
At Gainesville an intelligent school
ma'sm told me that one man had made
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30
A Bluff.

Now comes the steel trust and
threatens to shut down its armor plate
plant unless the government buys
more armor plate Of 1t! Wonder IL 1t
hopes to scare anybody by such man
ifesto as that. If any federal official is
scared he ought to be impeached. It's
blum pure and simple. The trouble
with the trust IL that II had been
charging two or three prices for plate
actually selling to Russia ct al. Mt
about three-fOurths of the price 1t
charged us. Then the Midvale COM
pany underbid the trust. The govern
ment nevertheless gave the big end Of
the contract to the trust. but notwth.
standing this Outrage the price came
down somewhat. and the trust Is sim
ply trying to force 1t up again. No
body cares II 1t does shut down it's
plant.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30

SHOuHu ucCeuCy III hnOue lSluuu W
back up her honest and courageous
governor.
>r~-S-r
II is Coming.
1t Is ccming. What is coming' Elec-
tion of United States senators by the
people. That being impossible till the
federal constitution is amended, the
people are doing the next best thing
by nominating United States senators
at primary elections, thereby instruct
ing the legislatures. Missouri is the
last state to wheel into line. Hereafter
all her officers, including United States
senators, will be nominated at primary
elections. 1t Is worthy OF note that
while the Republicans claim II monop-
oily Of intelligence, virtue, patriotism
and wisdom. II remained for southern
Democrats to devise the state primary
election as a method of bringing all
elections close TO the great body of the
people. and wherever tried It has work
ed like charm. South Carolina un
questionably possesses the most per
feet system, and all other systems will
finally approximate the South Carolina
standard.
1t will be remembered that two or
three times resolution has passed the
federal house of representatives to sub
nit a constitutional amendment for
the election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people. The sen.
ate has always killed It, but the house
will keep on passing 1t till the senaA
agrees to 1t and the states ratify it. II
will be a great far reaching reform.
worth all the trouble and labor which
II has cost or may cost. 1t will 90 far
toward eliminating the use Of Doodle
and wire pulling in the election OF sen
ators and will give the people chance
TO be represented In the senate as well
as In the house.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30

and capital. Mr..
Hughitt Is n native
OF Cayuga county,
n. Y, and is about
seventy years Of
age. He began his
railway career as a
telegrapher. He was
tralnmaster mt Cen
tralia, ILL.,. during
the civil war. A
corps of soldiers,
together with Its
full complement Of
supplies and equip
ments. was to be
m owed from st.
Louis to Cairo In a
hurry. Word was
flashed over the
wire from Chicago
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30

and was born I'm
Staten Island. New
York, In 1876. He
graduated in 1876
from Columbia col
lcgc and was Il
member of the vic
torlous Columb bla
eight which defeat
ed the crews of
Harvard. Yale and
other colleges on
Saratoga lake in
1874. Mr.. Seligman
recently sent a son
to Yale. Previous
to the sons matrlc-
ulation at that uni
verslty the father
spent some time
looking into the va
rious methods Of
selecting courses In
vogue In the differ
ent colleges. He
tells of a neat sum
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30

10 nuSullt 10 Hc-
compllsh this movement as expeditions
ly as possible. The young man went
to the office and did not leave his key
for thlrty-sly hours, or until all the
troops We're landed at Cairo, together
With their baggage and supplies. Then
he went home to enjoy a well earned
sleep. but barely had he lain down
when second order was received to
transport the same men from Card to
the north ana east, an emergency hav-
Ing arisen that demanded a rapid
change OF base. Back to his instru-
ment went The obcdent official for an
other thlrty-sly hours siege, at the end
Of which time he had succeeded in not
only transporting the men to the de-
sired destination. but had done so
without any delay to the regular traffic
of the rond, feat that instantly
brought the young trainmnster before
the favorable notice OF the officials mt
Chicago. to which point he was soon
called as assistant superintendent Of
the road.
i Thomas r.. Ryan ana August Bol-
mont would no doubt be rated the two