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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
Master of Details.

One may find stories among former
Armour employees, told not with a
view to contrast with this testimony
but with due recognition of the mans
capacity and mastery of the routine
OF a great business, which are In con
nict.
One of these men for years had
been travelling auditor of the bust
nesses of the Armour branch houses.
scattered over one of the great sec
tlons of the west. In this organiza-
tion OF the Armour business each
branch house has it's own manager.
Each 81 ten or q hcpses comes un
der the supervision of 4 supsrintend
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
Home and "The Game"

Home and "The Came"
Homeland the game" of business
measured by tens of thousands of
miles and tens of millions of money
would you ask more of flesh and
blood? "The game" is at once the
mans diversion and his toll; home is
the atmosphere and the physical en-
bodiment of his recuperative necessi.
ties. For him there can be no social
world, writes Hollis w. Field, In the
Chicago Tribune.
Home? Why, j. Ogden Armour is
spending million dollars on a sum
mer home to the west OF Lake Forest,
its basement walls measuring 1S0 by
500 feet There are 500 acres in the
estate, costing 5000 to 5000 an acre,
and for months construction gang
that would affect the pay rolls OF a
great railroad has been at work dig.
ging, dltching and leveling for the
landscape gardener.
Lakes will be formed where only
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
Direct In Questioning.

No one in the employ of Armour &
Co. ever has accused the head Of the
present business of being unapproach-
able. Approaching him, no employe
knowing him has expected warm,
smiling greeting. None ever expects
to escape the battery of keen ques-
tionings, one question hot after the
other, straight To the point, and
stripped of superfluous wording.
Not that all such talk of the head
OF the Armours Is lnquistorial. IT
would be hard to count the number Of
managers, superintendents and travel
ing auditors who in years past have
come to the general office In Chicago,
to meet the chief In smiling mood,
who have been complimented in words
regarding their work, and who at the
end of the interview have been pre-
sented with an order for gold watch
and Il suit of clothes. These are con
yenient, convertible orders, too, II the
man doesn't need a watch, the order
viii be cashed at the cashiers win
dow at $50 or II he has clothes sutll-
cient the cashier redeems the clothes
order at the same figure.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
Enemies are Many.

j. Ogden Armour Ia A years old
He has made enemies-bitter ones
in his time; men who have fought
him at "the game and nursed defeat
in vengeance They have fought him
fairly and unfairly.
They have called him the head and
shoulders of the beef trust" he
is credited-or discredited-a the
leather trust" he owns $4,000 shares
In one great railroad in the central
west, huge blocks of stock in Other
lines reaching to the Atlantic and to
the Pacific; owner OF lines of huge
elevators that have snangled compe
tition; owner of street railway stocks;
arbiter in the destinies of almost
countless aggregations of capital; de
fendant of the privately owned refrig-
orator lines, and pleading innocence
in the matter of huge rebates that
have been in violation of federal laws,
Only a few years ago he was a sick
man, prostrated by the publicity which
came of his aggressiyeness In the
game"
bul ne is u millionaire many times
lie has power, which Is compensation
in the game Who would not have
1t If he could? He gets up at six
o'clock in the morning and goes to
work at seven, lie has few friends
that are intimates in the sense that
men have friends, tried and true lie
has one child, who sees less of him.
perhaps, than most children see Of
their fathers who are day laborers
fet tnis is success. Who disputes
it2
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
Penn SXlWan1d
sPEClaL Low FAREs
k..gT% g.. s.

Los ANGELES June 10 to National Eclectic Medi
cal Association.
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION Norfolk va daily until NOvem-
her so. Choice of desirable routGsalla
steamer and Chesapeake Bay steamboats,. Stop
New York Boston Washington, Baltimore Philadelphia
SUMMER TOURIST FARES along Jersey
coast Long Island and New England, witb New York
Philadelphia stopoves Also Lake and Mountain resorts and
Colorado and Pacific coast.
LoUIsVILLE June "a o. Master Plumbers COnven-
SARATOGA SPRINGS N. y. July 3 to T. X T. oOnclave.
SPOKANE June '27 to July l. BY,P.U.
SEATTLE, WASH, June 20 to July g. +.
PHILADELPHIA, July l2 TO 1G B. o. E.-dect or
Washington, with op-overs at Baltimore Washington.
sEASHORE EXCURSION City Cape May and eight
other popular seaside resorts, August
WINONA LAKE IND.-Daily until September 80.
For full particulars consult G., M, KNAUER Ticket Agent.
opens folows;'
tickets sale Saturdays Sundays
and Mondays for Cedar Point On
Side Kellys Isle and Putin Bay On July
johnson
The new Chicago Fort Wayne Lima and Upper
Sandusky Marion o. NJ arry, at Chicago 845
p, M, connecting with all points West,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22

In commenting upon the recent
rapid growth of the larger American
universities, the statement Is made
that while the population Of the coun-
try increased from 1895 to 1906 by
about 22 per cent, the growth OF these
institutions Of higher learning was at
above three times this rate. or 60 per
cent.--lron Age.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22

thing about what a set of books
should bel"
Mr.. Armour" and the cashier
shook the desk with the force of his
clinched fist, that's a -- -- --
creditable ledger, and | know what
I'm talking about"
But knowing or not knowing the
Boston branch had a new cashier
within a week or two. Which was no
surprise to the cashier, either.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22

ent, and about the same number is In
the territory Of a travelling auditor.
The poultry business of Armour &
Co. is not one OF the money making
ventures Of the company Armour,
in his touring of the country in whch
his plants are located, always has an
eye to the records of this poultry
business. Occasionally the manager
of a particular plant oversto1ks in
poultry. He may buy 10000 pounds
of fowls when the market proves to
justify only 5000 pounds There is a
consequent loss of two to Ave cents a
pound on the stock.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22

"Why do we call a handcuh
bracelet" asked the commissioner OF
an Irish recruit at q recent police ex-
animation. Faith, bekuae It SIS in.
tauded for artist replied the appll
cant And he got the position al
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
Manager "caIIed Down.

Manager "CaIled Down."
The house may be 500 or 1000
miles out of Chicago. The manager,
counting upon the distance from the
home office and the possibility of the
head of a great concern scarcely
knowing of the poultry department of
that particular branch, receives the
personal call of the corporation 3
head in sublime optimism
Brusque but pleasant interchange
Of conventional greetings lead up to
the business talk. The weather may
be touched upon. The health of the
manager may be inquired after No
words are wasted, however. Sudden
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22

so, Armour considered this detail
a mere something which had been
delegated to Mr. Armstrong of the
concern.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22

swamps existed before. Five lines Of
railway, one of which Mr.. Armour Is
heavily Interested In. will be shut on
by great embankment 90 feet in
height and half a mile In length. A
driveway ten miles in length Will en-
compass the estate. The chief ma
terial in construction of the house
will be marble.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
AFFECTION or -9s NERVES.


"stammerng is often more the re-
suit of habit than from any defect Of
the vocal organs" SAYS Prot. B. L.
Payer. 'It is generally. If not al
ways, caused by a spasm of the
larnyX, resulting from nervous con
traction of the organs, thus refusing
10 prmit proper how of the air cur
rent producing tone. People rarely
or never stammCr when singing for
then the attention is divided between
the words and music. the nervousness
Is momentarily forgotten and the pas
sage of the air current through the
larnyX IS continuous aud uHobstructed.
StammeHng very often is the result
of imitation, sometimes intentional.
sometimes unconscious, and The af,
Fiction is much more general than
might bo supposed In one compare
lively small section of the city there
are 30 stammcrers. and every one Of
them is able to demonstrate 90 his
own satisfaction not only that he does
not Etammor very badly but that
some other person he l0uwg ".al.
mers a great deal worse cod Do De-. o.
Every stammerer is .ll.. ..y aal.i-
tive about his irrrmity Iuelv Ior-
gives and never donn FORGET any alu-
sion to it wF'oh .u UH mind HNoB
of Hdicule.-St Louis G!ohabgAo-
CIat.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22

Bong very cloaolatci Mu.n .ml
never allowed himself the costly r.Uit
Of smoking He always relt himself a
loser when anyone treated to cigars.
Hut on one occasion, when the party
he was with entered a stationery aud
cigar store he made up his mind 70
nave his share Of the treat Won't
you smoke this time?" asked the lead
er No, thank you" replied Mason;
but il you don't mind, believe III
take a pencil. l."-Harper' Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
His Best Beloved.

FTT8 bcbt beTOVeu'
Some one may find food for thought
on compensations in the fact that Mr.
Armours family consists of only wife
and daughter.
All the world has heard of this little
daughter, now IL years old-the little
Lolita Armour, weighing three pounds
al her birth-nurseling of the incu-
bator. with the little life hanging by
A thread-flnally the active child with
the handicap OF a dislocated hip, to
The Washington times., 1907-07-21
ASKS FOR PAY,
SENT TO PRISON
Photographers Reminder to
Royalty Proves I'm
fortunate.

VIENNA. July 2o.-The strange I'D
ventures Of Emerich Dorsay, a Hun
garian photographer. are the subject Of
diplomatic notes which are being ex-
changed between Budapest and Cairo.
DorSay set up in-business some years
ago In the Egyptian capital and gained
high reputation among the members
Of the European colony, He was event
uaIly appointed court photographer to
the khedive. and in this capacity was
largely patrcnized by Prince Mahmud.
Dorsay alleges that the prince ran up
large account. and that " zen he re-
spectfully limited at payment. he was
promptly arrested and thrown into
prison. He, however. managed to make
his escape and reached Budapest in a
state of restitution. He laid his case
before the police. an unhappy step to
take, for the police surgeon declared
him mad, and the luckless photographer
speedily found himself within the four
walls of a lunatic asylum.
Fortunately for him. 1t occurred to the
Budapest police to investigate his story,
which, IL Is now stated. they have dis
covered to be true. and the Austro-
Hungarian consulate In Cairo is taking
steps 10 obtain satisfaction for the long
suffering creditor.
The Washington times., 1907-07-21
IN TRADE,
APPEALS TO LAW
Backs Picture Dsalers, But
Wants His Money
Returned.

PARIS. July 20-A dispute between
the young Prince Berthier de Wagram
and a firm OF Paris picture dealers has
Just reached the Paris courts II shows
the trend OF the times We are living IN
Prince Berthier. who is a lieutenant in
the Chausseurs. some months ago en-
tered into deed OF partnership with
Messrs. Bernhelm, the picture dealers,
according 10 which they were 10 do
business together. at the latter's prem
ises in Avenue de rOpera-
The prince was 10 put into the bust
ness a sum OF 1000 900 francs IN install
ments and NJ. Bernheim was 10 put an
equivalent value IN the form OF pictures
already IN their possession
Prince Berthier made che payment.
but when the time came fo- the second
payment 70 be made. he refused 10 carry
out the contract. and claimed the re-
turn Of his first installment. His con-
tentIon is that his associates exagger-
ated the value OF the pictures which
they put into the business and that the
works OF the impressionist school which
they placed against his 100000 francs
are OF nothing near this value
The court has appointed a committee
Of experts 10 examine the question. one
Of the members OF which IS Edouard
Detaille. the famous military painter.
The Washington times., 1907-07-21
DEVONSHIRE ILL.
NEWS SUPPRESSED
Aged Duke Stricken With
Heart Attack at
Ascot.

LONDON. July 2o.-The real facts
about the Duke Of Devonshire's illness
are carefully suppressed by the London
press. and il is recognized in the family
that he can only recover by a miracle.
The duke. who was struck down With a
heart attack, while with tho King at
Ascot. is seventy-four years old, and has
lived busy life. Although he had retired
from politics for some years, he attended
society functions UP TO the last.
The dukes political career began when
he was very young. and he had a gov
eminent post at thirty: at thirty-three
he was secretary of state for war. For
many years before his retirement he was
leader OF the Liberal Uniouist party,
from its formation
The duke did not marry until he was
ntty-eight- His wife. formerly Duchess
of Manchester, was the daughter OF
Count Won Alien of Hanover, and she
has today the reputation Of being one Of
the wittiest women and best bridge play
ers in Society.
The heir to the dukes millions. his
$4,000 acres, his three palatial residences
- Devonshire House. London; Chats
worth, Derbyshire. and Lsmore Castle.
lreland-is his nephew, Victor Caven-
dish, NJ. p.
The Washington times., 1907-07-21
WANTED, A POET,
PRIZE IS OFFERED
French Literary Society
Seeks to Discover In
known Genius.

PARIS. July IA committee Of tho
Societe des Gems de Lettres in Paris IS
looking for poet, and poet OF just the
kind they want they ind IL very difficult
% lay the!r hands On When Sully Prud-
homme. the veteran R.anch singer. re-
ceived the Nobel prize two years ago. he
Instituted prize himself, 20 BE- awarded
yearly 70 the best young poet in France.
whose works had not been published
Last year the prize was awarded. hut
II looks as II II viii this year have 20 be
withheld on account OF the paucity OF
poets fulfilling the required conditions.
The committee could have found quite a
number OF Young poets worthy Of being
thus hOnOred, but they were debarred
from the competition on account Of their
works having already been published,
and French poets and poetasters rush
into print all the more easily since the
minister OF fine arts gives a travelling
scholarship for this art. which Is really
worth much more than the Sully Prud-
homne prize
II IS an interesting fact that the com
m4ttee have this year elected as their
president Madame Daniel Lesueur. the
first woman elected 10 the Societe dos
Gems de Lettres since Georges sand.
The Washington times., 1907-07-21
.pODG RenOunCcS Claims
To His Temporal Rights,
Hague Action indicates
Did Not Accept Russias Offer to Get Him An
Invitation to Send Representatives to
international Conference
By The MARQUIS DE cASTELLANE.

Greek prince is more wealth than an
FL Dorado. we have seen many strange
things In our time, but all the anne we
should have been astonished even ten
yearS ago If we had been told that a
prince Of the blood royal OF the purest
strain. snOuld. without any scrupIes,
contract a marriage with n family
whose wealth had been got at the most
celebrated and most evil-reputed gam
bling tables in the world-Monte Carlo.
The summer has arrived and the So
cial clock striking the hour OF departure.
There now remains IN Paris only one
center OF elegance-the lie de Puteaux.
which is the property OF Baron de jane.
which has been placed by him at the dis
posai of the pretty women of all coun-
tries so that they may dine well there,
dance well. air themselves well and fiirt
from morning until evening and from
evening until the middle of the night.
This little island. which is situated but
few turns OF the wheel from the city,
floating. as IL were in the blue waters OF
the Seine. coquettishly done up by the
Partisan damsel and reminding one OF
the fairy amid a group OF peasant yFo-
men, has special attraction 70 foreign
ers IN Paris. When the social season
ends IT is here that they take refuge
every afternoon IN search Of freshness
and gayety.
The American ladies. above all, almost
live here, and II you could come and take
walk around the place with me you
would see IL fun OF the most distin-
guished and most beautiful among your
fellow countrywomen.
Among the most ardent devotees OF the
place are Mrs. Hart Mckee. Mrs. Perry
Belmont, Mrs. Vanderbilt. and. above
all. two OF the most enchanting young
ladies VIC have among us-Afiss Marshall
and Miss Deacon II one did not go to
Puteaux for the sake Of seeing Puteaux
one would willingly cover ten times the
road which leads there. in order 10 be
able but once TO see at close range these
two types of American beauty.
The Washington times., 1907-07-21
MISSING LINK
SOUGHT IN JAVA
German Savant Thinks ISL
and Will Reveal Prim-
tive Man.

BERLIN, July 2o-A distinguished
German scientist, Or. Max Moskowski.
has arrived at Java In charge of an ex-
petition sent out TO find the missing
hnk" between man and ape
Tho expedition Is being financed Joint
ly by the Royal Prussian Academy of
Science and tho Dutch government. and
Or. Moskowski, who is himself a ZOO
log4st, Is accompanied by biologists, en-
gineers, and an escort OF troops provided
by the Dutch authorities. Java was
chosen as the destination of this expe-
diton because a Dutch scientist. Prof.
Dubois, claimed to have found the miss
ing link" there same twenty years ago.
In the course OF his excavations In
Java Dubois unearthed the remains of
strange being. which could have been
neither man nor ape. but something be-
tween the two These remains showed
striking resemblance TO the remains
Of primitive man belonging to. the
Neanderthal race found in wurttemberg.
Dubois claimed to have discovered the
missing link" and although his theory
was attacked by Virchow and others.
present-day scientists attach so much
importance TO the matter that DR.. Mos
kowsh has been dispatched TO pursue
similar Investigations.
DR.. Moskowski viii begin his excava-
tions In the valley Of the Solo river, in
the vicinity of the volcano Lavu, and
will carry on the work for at least a
year in the hope Of finding the lost link
On his way out to Java DR.. MoskowskI
visited Ceylon, and found there fifty
speciments of the Veddah race. the
primitive inhabitants of the island. The
people OF this race live In caves and
have a monosyllabic language
The Washington times., 1907-07-21

PARIS. July 2o.-The Vatican, in de-
cllning Russia's offer 20 use It's IN
fuence to get an i-.vitation for II from
the powers to take part In the dehoera-
tons Of The Hague congress, has per
formed a political act OF extreme gray
ity. In acting thus II has itself solved
what we call the Papal question. which
Is nothing more nor less than the ques-
ton whether the Pope has OF has not
his ancient temporal rights
1t is evident that by his reserved at
titude Plus Y has renowned mis- claims.
Leo XIII, mis- predecessor IN the Ponufi-
cal chair. at the time OF the first peace
conference in 1899. still chung % this
mirage, and moved heaven and earth
in the hope Of having his pretended tenn
poral sovereignty taken seriously and
recognized by the powers
Plus Y, who is more mystical than
the last Pope. will not accept these little
tricks TO heighten the prestige of the
Apostolic See. He counts upon the
power of the faith and the aid of
Heaven 10 save the church. which is to-
day trembling on its foundations.
This new attitude has caused great
indignation among the BLACK" Society
at Rome. and the fact is that the PaDal
abstention at The Hague marks the end
of the attempt to regain the temporal
independence OF the See Of Rome. AS
a human power. the church, L think.
has said It's last word.
After having been ON the point OF con-
tracing a marriage OF love. a princess
OF France is now obliged 10 resign her
self to a marriage de CONVEYANCE"
I am speaking of Princess Jeanne
Bonaparte. daughter of Prince Roland.
II Is said-and I have every reason to
believe the news IS correct-that she is
engaged to one OF the sons of the King
OF Greece.
She brings her husband. indeed, a
dot Of 100000 a year. which for
The Washington times., 1907-07-21
WRITER ESCAPES
PEASANT REVOLT
brilliant RoumanianFWoman
in Paris Describes
Royalties.

= PARIS, July 2o,--Helen Vacaresoo, the
4, brilliant Roumanian writer, who has fire.
lquently acted as special correspondent
20 American papers, has come TO Paris
; 20 escape from the dAngersgof the peas
ant revolt In her country. In an inter
view she said.
! These risings have been much more
teer1ous than most people at first imag-
Hned. and quite by a miracle our coun-
I try house, Vacaresis, escaped being
I burned to the ground. All night they
surrounded the castle; why they did not
Get fire to II cannot tell"
Speaking Of her friendship with the
Queen Of Roumania Carmen Syiva),
/ Nile. Yacaresco said: IL have news OF
: the Queen nearly every week-some-
I times oftener, for our beloved sovereign
unfolds to me her most secret thoughts
and Inspirations She has begged me
20 write her biography after her death.
often she has told me that alone have
understood her life and her work You
see, have known the Queen all my life.
or as long as 1 remember. She, too, Is
as interested IN my work as in hers.
and has translated many OF my poems
into German
Another Queen am intimate with is
Queen Alexandra and go TO England
every year to see her. have the great
est affection for her. 1 was also ac-
quainted with Queen Victoria. to whom
] used 10 recite every day. Indeed, I
have visited every court in Europe, and
the only monarch 1 have never seen is
the Sultan. When was first presented
to the Kaiser he told me frankly that
he abhorred intelligent women"
The Washington times., 1907-07-21
BEAUTY OF MRS. MARSH
MADE ASCOT SENSATION

LONDON. July 2O.-Mrs. Henry
Marsh, of New York. who made a SEN
sation at Ascot by her beauty and her
wonderful gowns. has made such sue
cess in this her second season in Lor-
don, that she has determined to be one
OF the annual invaders Mrs. Marsh is
talked OF as the typical American wife,
whose devoted husband goes on making
dollars on the other side of the Atlantic
for his wife to spend in London or Paris.
This misconception, however, arose over
the fact that Mrs. Marsh settled down
in Park street Park lane, enjoyed her
self thoroughly, and then planned a
surprise party in the form Of a great
evening musical Eat home" at which
the most expensive stars performed.
for her husbands arrival. Mr.. Marsh
bore up well under the circumstances
and congratulated his wife on her talent
for entertaining. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh
have again secured Medenham Abbey,
one OF the most beautiful places on the
banks of the Upper Thames. for the
summer. and they will there have a
series Of weekend parties IL August.