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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
ORIGIN OF CHINESE LILIES.
Story az Told and How tho Bulbs
Brought Good Luck

Very few people who see and admire
the beautiful Chinese lilies know the
reason why this particular flower is
held In such favor in the orient. This
is the story of the origin as told by a
Chinaman.
Years and years ago a member of
the celestial empire had two wives
whom he loved dearly because each
had borne him a son. While they were
still lads the father died and in set
tling up the estate some difficulty was
encountered, for the man left his heirs
two pieces of land, one strip lying In
a fertile and beautiful valley, the
other small ribbon of land bordering
the bed of a narrow stream. The for
mer land was known TO grow anything
the country produced, while the latter
was counted utterly worthless.
II was at first proposed that each Of
the two strips be divided in half and a
section of each be given to the two
heirs. But the mothers could not agree
upon the division and It was finally
arranged that one son should take the
rich land, while the other should take
the sterile piece.
The valley strip yielded bountiful
harvests season after season and the
rocky one gave nothing until one day
the boy owner happened to notice a
tiny white, sweet-scented flower
blooming among the rocks and after
a careful study and examination 1t was
found to be the only one of its kind in
China The flower grew from a bulb
and the boy discovered that these
bulbs could be transplanted to similar
rocky soil without destroying their
growth.
Soon the bulbs were in great de-
mand and when 1t was learned that
the flowers brought good luck to the
owner of the plant the boy had all he
could do to supply the market. From
the sale of the bulbs he grew enor-
mously wealthy, while his brother
never made more than a good living
out of his valley property.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
A BOLD POLITICIAN.

The delaware Legislature has pass
ed an amendment to the charter o.
Wilmington. This provides that 10
per cent of the voters of the city may
file with the mayor, sixty days before
D regular election any question which
They witch submitted TO popular vote
4 If a measure so submitted receives
a majirity of the votes cast thereupoi
the city council must pass an ordiD-
hnce carrying this measure into effect
Failure to do this is made a misde
fmeanor, punishable by fine, removal
from office and disqualification for
holding any city position for a per-
,iod for five years.
2 The Delaware House passed this bill
by unanimous vote. In the senate
3here was but one vote against it.
This Senator belongs 10 that class of
politicians who assure us that the in.
itiative and referendum would never
do, that It would destroy representa-
tive government. How they love rep.
resentative government is better evil
enced by their deed than by their
words.
This senator voted against tine initi-
ative and referendum Amendments in
the Wilmington charter yet at the
previous November election the peo
pie of the state of Delaware declared
for the initiative and referendum by
a vote of 17,405 to 2,134. At this el.
ection the people OF Wilmington de
clared for ii Oy a vote of 10.501 to ISL.
Moreover the senator's own precinct
declared by a vote Of 452 TO 237. Tha
sentiment for II was TO / in the
senator's precinct, s to 1 in the state
and 13 to 1 in the city, but the sen
ator was unmoved.
Such men dread the initiative and
referendum not because as they say,
III would destroy the representative
character of our government put be-
cause it would make II impossible 70.
them longer to misrepresent the peo-
pie.
A pamphlet on the initiative and ref
erendum may be secured by address
ing the Ohio Direct Legislation Leag
ne. Commercial Tribune Builing, Gin
cinnau. Herbert s. Bigelcw.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
TONS OF DIAMONDS.
An Estimate on the Output Of the
Mines OF the World.

Like all precious metals and stones,
the unit OF weight usually employed
in regard to diamonds is the carat, of
which 151 " go to make up a single
ounce. To think OF sacks OF diamonds
by the ton staggers the imagination;
indeed, the average annual output Of
the Kimberley mines is not more than
half a ton all told.
Statistics have been published re-
Gently at Cape Town giving the out
put for several years past of the Kim.
berley mines and the river diggings.
These yielded in the three years 1903.
05 nearly 7,250,000 carats, say ton
and half The monetary value of
these diamonds was E10,450,000.
Since the first diamond was dIscov.
cred by the banks of the Vaal in 1867
down to the end of 1906 1t is estimated
that the total weight of diamonds ex-
tracted from the Griqualand mines Is
over 1914 tons, of a market value OF
fully G95,000000.
II statistics of this sort can be trust
ed--and in the case Of the South Afri.
can yield they closely approximate to
the facts--only II tons Of diamonds
had been mined all over the world to
the end OF 1901. With the same rela-
tive output since that year from Bra
I'll and India the worlds output of dla-
monds is now more than 20 tons.
The figure seems small. considering
the ages diamonds have been worked
in India and elsewhere in the east,
and must be largely guesswork with
respect to the output in antiquity. It
is, however certain that more dia.
monds have been placed on the mar
ket in the last 40 than in the previous
thousand years.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
WHOLESALE
IMPEACHMENTS
Mayor, Sheriff and Police
Captain Marked.
Prominent Minister is Authority
for the Statement That Such
is Contemplated.

According to statement made
by prominent local minister this
morning, the recently organized
County Ministerial association is
preparing to bring about impeach-
ment proceedings against Mayor
Lewis Scherff and Sheriff e. Il.
Drown for their part in the Sunday
baseball agitation. The minister al
so stated that charges will be pre-
ferred againt A. Il. Bond. captain
Of the police force, for his action
in arresting the baseball players,
Sunday, and permitting them to
continue with the game. fo.tn.f
The ministers plan to hold a
session today or this evening for
the purpose of planning the pro-
ceedings against the officials
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
chanae Of Scene tor HOLIDAY.

Too many people bear their firing
burden with them when they go away
for rest There must be a change Of
thought as well as scene. For the
farmer there's nothing better than a
glimpse of city life. But the city man
should shun the summer resort. And
that is where he is usually found. He
has no plan about his vacation Get
away from the crowd. Get back to
nature. Live in the open. Sleep in
the open II you can. Make friends
with the birds and trees and flowers.
Rub up against rural nature and see
what enlightenment win spring from
It. Get the views OF people who look
at life clearly and frankly and at new
angles. Get sunburned, get freckled,
get tired and then get rested again.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
NEW USE ron DIPLOMAS.
Dressmakers Could Use Them to Re.
assure Nervous Customers.

Many New York women who patron
i2e new dressmaker for the first
time PROFOUND an embarrassing ques-
tlon:
Have you diplomat" they ask.
IL didn't know what answer to make
to the first customer that put that
question to me- said one dressmak.
or Il certainly did not have di,
ploma. knew how to sew, but / had
no certificate to that effect Finally
| found that many women have suf-
fered so grievously at the hands of
incompetents that they were unwill-
ing to trust their work to a person
who could not show some guaranty of
experience and efficiency, so, although
knew more about sewing than half
of the fashionable dressmakers in
town, | actually worked in one estab.
lishment for four months so that |
could point to a printed diploma
which says. Formerly with Nine.
-, of Fifth avenue II pays any
dressmaker to arm herself with ere.
dentials of that kind. She ought to
have her diploma framed and hung
on the wall, like doctors diploma.
so as to give confidence to doubling
customers, New York Sun.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
Their Mutual Purpose.

Cupid went shopping, and he bought
A yard OF moonlight and a kiss,
A loving glance, a tragic sigh
And two bright tears to go with this.
maid went shopping and she bought
A cunning gown all made of lace,
A rose crowned hat, a parasol
With which TO shade her dainty face.
The maid and Cupid chanced TO meet:
He asked the maiden what she sought,
And she was curious to know
The use OF all the things he bought.
But neither would an answer give,
But straightway from each other ran.
For both were buying things to trap
The same poor unsuspecting man.
Town Topics.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
JUSTICE IN TAXATION
Representative of Labor Dis
I Cusses Taxation Question.
y -
James A. Robinson of lhe Ohio
Federation of Labor Makes
845 Timely Suggestions.

James A. Robinson of Canton, Ohio.
first vice president of rSe Ohio Fed
Grafton Of Labor, read a paper on
Taxation in the State of Ohio" be-
fore the State Tax Commission at the
meeting of April 8.
Mr.. Robinson said 1t is a common
assumption of many people that la.
Dor does not bear it's share of the
burdens Of state. but he did not care
TO discuss the question from that
point of view alone, but rather as a
question of justice between all
classes.
Under the present system Of ap.
praising real property" continued Mr..
Robinson, "the small home is valued
higher than the building site and com.
mercial property in the center OF tho
city. This is due to two causes.
First, the assessor is able TO tell pret.
ty accurately the value of house and
lot or a farm, whose value is from
one to three thousand dollars.
Second. Under the plan OF val.
uing real property every ten years
the small home owners prop
erty is kept on the tax duplicate at fits
full or more than its full value (for
Il does not change very much) while
the valuable building sites worth
more per front foot than the entire
value of the small home will double.
oft-umes treble in value before the
next assessment is made.
ITO the extent that the laboring
man is a home owner therefore he is
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
LOCAL
EV EN- TS

James Moral, was arrested for
train jumping by W. IL. Bingam,
special officer of the Big -Four, this
afternoon. Jutice Thompson SEN
fenced him to seven days in jail.
The Marion Reds defeated the
'Cleary team Sunday afternoon by
the score OF 16 to 5. Batteries Reds
-Schoedvr, hammond. Cleary, Hug
gins, Creasap.
The city council, at a regular meet
ing to be held tonight will arrange
the annual tax levy. BY an agree
ment already entered into, the total
levy will be 80 mtlls, the same as
last year.
The West End Fire Department was
called out about one o'clock this
morning to extinguish blaze in an
Erie car on what is known as the
old siding. The car was loaded with
cinders. II was but slightly damaged.
Congressman Grant Il, Mouser gave
the principal address at the Joint X
OF p. and Modern Woodmen memorial
services, held at Green Springs, San.
dusky county, Sunday afternoon.
About 1000 people attended the SER
Vices.
The condition of Charles Thomas
the man who was injured at the
Norris & Christian quarries last
week and WHIT is now az The DR.. G.
u. Sawyer sanatorlum, Ia still critical
and there is but s.,ghc hope for his
recovery. as
The members OF the Frances Wis
lard w. G.. ~. u. will obsarve
Flower Mission Day tomorrow The
will be held at the home of
Mrs. Frank Cowgirl on East Center
street at 2;3O p. m The Union
will go to THE County Lnfibmary.
Bach member is requested to bring
flowers and literature.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
Personals
@.


Mrs. T. j Graeney is at Column
bus, having been called there by the
sickness of a daughter.
Mr.. E. W. Harvey VI Columbus,
was In the city today looking after
business and calling upon friends.
Miss Ruth Lewis cf Cleveland
was the guest of friends in the
city Sunday.
Miss Florence Monroe. of Gallon,
visited at the home OF DR.. j. b.
Taylor, Sui lay.
Mrs. Catharine Williams and Miss
Anna Anderson spent Sunday with
Columbus friends.
Mrs. Chas. Diesch of South High
street who has been III for the past
week is still in a critical condition.
The condition of Mr. T. j. Ryan
who has been seriously Ill at his home
Ion Columbia street is considerably i'm
proved
NMrs. John Lavele and children OF
Cleveland, are guests at the Il. j.
Graeney home on North Prospect
street.
Miss b. g. Sau.ter of New
Windsor Colorado is visiting at
the home of Mrs. Phillip Smith of
Banhart street.
MIR. Startling Lower who has been
employed at the Marion Auto company
)left this morning for Columbus where
he will enter the employe Of the Titus
auto garage of that city.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
Wild Scramble.

"How many courses do they haveT
whispered the city man who was about
to take his first meal in the country
boarding house.
"Only one" replied the old boarder,
"and we call that the race course"
Race course? That's a queer name"
"Not at all. You have 10 race or you
don't get anything at ail."--Houston
Post
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
An Apology.

You theenk, my frand. / am too slow,
Too dumba Dago man.
You theenk | nevva gona grow
To gooda 'Merican?
been here Tonga 'nough. you say,
For learna som'thing too?
My frand, you max me deesa way;
] gotta learn from you.
/ no be 'Mericana queeck
An be da man / should,
Onteell you show me how 10 speak
Da langwadge pretta good.
O pleass, my frand, justa do
Da best | cam You see,
no can say som'theenB TO you
But dat you say TO me.
You don'ta tai me many word
For help me vera wal
You know da first / eva heard?
Eet eesa "GotohaI."
OATS how, my frand, am no queeck
To be da man ! should.
You don'ta tai me how to speak
Da langwidge pretty good
T, A. DAILY IN Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
odlous comparlsons.

"The money that built this library"
said the person who is inclined TO be
fanatical. lis tented"
May be So" answered the literary
Individual but II It keeps all the
modern fiction on its shelves the
money couldn't be nearly as bad as
some of the books. Washington
Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
Kings Restricted Diet.

When King Edward VII. visits
Marienbad for the cure his diet is
much restricted. For breakfast he
may partake OF eggs, cold ham, rusks
and coffee. Luncheon is served about
1880, and the following diet is recon-
mended Fresh trout, chicken, veal
and compete of plums, while white
wine with Geisshubler water is drunk.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
Lono In Public Life

Judge John V. Wright, of Tennes.
see, now an attorney in the general
land office, at Washington. who was 80
years old in June, has been connected
with public life for n greater period
than any other living American. He
is still as vigorous as man of 60 and
keeps up with the things of to-day
without forgetting what has passed
and gone.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
Yes, II Would.

The average woman's respect for
her husband would be greatly In.
creased II she could hear the life In
surance agents telling him how much
money It would take to make good
the loss TO his family in case OF his
death.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
THREE PERSONS INJURED
In AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

Salt Lake, Utah, June H.-In an
accident, this morning
Mrs. Weber M. Wells, wife of
former Governor Wells. was perhaps
fatally injured, and former District
attorney Joseph Richards, and wife
were seriously hurt.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
Provided Already.

Beggar-Kind sir, give me two sous
FOR my three children.
Kind Sir--That isn't dear, certainly,
but don't think I'll take them. l
have four already at home--Nos Lois
irs
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
Rule Working Both ways.

An English judge expresses the
opinion that husbands should have
the legal right to inspect and revise
their wives visiting lists. The women
probably would be glad to acquiesce.
provided they We're granted the same
rlIyiiege An respect TO their hus-
baads' visiting lists.-W Washington
Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17

Have you heard the rumors OF
Hortense's engagement to Clarence?'
"oh, dear, that's not an engage.
ment. That's only skirmish."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
knowIsdae and ReIlnIon.

A little philosophy inclneth mans
mind TO atheism. but depth in philo-
sophy bringeth mems minds about TO
religion. Bacon.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17
The MISSOURI
AMENDMENT

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u gouri constitution contains these :
n souri, paragraphs:
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n establishment OF local option and
3 home rule in taxation, shall be ef- &
y fected by the discontinuance of the
= levy Of general property tax upon
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n the state by the general assembly
q from and after the first day OF jan d
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17

Weather for Ohio Fair tonight
and Tuesday warmer tonight in ex-
treme southwest portion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17

Mrs. T. j. Graeney Is at Colurn-
bus, having been called there by the
sickness of a daughter. Z?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-17

Mr.. E. W. Harvey VI Columbus,
was in the city today looking after
business and calling upon friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
HUGH JENNINGS
COMPLIMENTS HANL0N

BALTIMORE, Md, January 5.-"Several
wears ago / told Ned Hanlon that l was
going to leave base ball and study law
said Hugh Jennings, while discussing his
base ball career. He told me my ultimate
career was as a major league manager.
owe to Hanlon all that l ever was in base
ball, and his quiet talks with me made me
determined. Some time back, when l told
him | was going to leave the Baltimore
club he expressed great regret, but pointed
out his old prediction. No ball player can
ever sit and listen to Ned Hanlon without
learning something. Good players have ad-
ntted to me that they thought themselves
noyices after listening to his ideas of play.
Hanlon originated a style of plays that
won pennants for Baltimore. AS fast as
other clubs copied the Baltimore idea he
dug up something else.
II attended law school at Ithaca and
worked along with students many years
my senior. l learned that classroom nerve
and base ball nerve were distinctly different.
At that a law diploma will not assist me
in managing the Detroit team. But 1t will
be of service later on when l am too old to
exploit base ball knowledge drilled into me
by the greatest of base ball students, Ned
Hanlon.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
VERY PRETTY TALE EVEN
IF IT ISN'T TRUE

HAMILTON, Ont, January 5.-Conqueror
of all the Greeks at the Olympic games at
Athens Toasted and toasted and the re-
cipient of cheers from the admiring multi
tude within the Atheneum, Martin Sheri-
dan retained his composure until a beau
tiful Grecian princess sent for him and
favored him with her smiles. Then de-
veloped romance in which the great ath-
lete and the princess figured and only now,
because of the innate modesty of Sheridan,
has the fact been disclosed. In brief Mar
tin could have had the hand of the princess
in marriage, for a confidential courtier en-
couraged him to begin his suit, with the
assurance that the heart of the pretty prin-
cess had gone out to him and that her hand
was ready for the asking. She had told the
courtier that Sheridan, having defeated the
Greeks at their own game, was more than
a prince in her eyes. But Martins heart
was in Manhattan and when he left Greece
a sad-hearted princess was left behind. The
receipt by Martin of a beautiful Christmas
token of his prowess-a statuette in gold,
showing him VIGOROUSLY fiinging the dis
cus-revea1ed the story of the near ro-
nance. 1t was a present from his royal ad-
mirer.