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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
CHARMS FOR LUCK.
The Sort Of superstitions Some Wall
Street Men Harbor.

street men 7arpor'
Let all the dear readers, feminine
gender, take cognizance of what fol-
lows, for surely the fairer sex Is, after
oil, the stronger sex. Women know no
such abject obedience TO superstitious
fears and signs as do the men. With
view to elicltIng something of inter-
est the writer had a chance to put n
certain question to a captain OF indus
try. "Tut, tut" he replied suspicious
ly. "you'd be getting me into trouble,
would your" With promise that no
names would be mentioned, he finally
agreed to tell n thing or two.
The question was, aren't men In
Wall street carving all sorts of queer
things to try tc shange their luck"
In answer to this the writer heard
some curious stories. One man Of
worldwide fame, for example, carries
a cane in the center of which there Is
n slender steel rod. Circling the rod
there are rings made of leather and of
hard rubber, like the washers that
plumbers use. Each seventh ring Is
made of leather from the soles of the
shoes worn by the billionaire during
what he considered his luckiest year.
Elephants and pigs as lucky charms
there are of course in plenty, but the
proper caper Is to wear the animal
pinned inside on the watch fob pocket.
Then there is another great financier
who carries with him gold ink well
and would never sign document with
fluid from another receptacle. Once
upon q time, when he had, say. only a
picayune million or two. he signed a
paper in deal that doubled, then tre-
bled, his wealth. The Ink used that
day was emptled into long gold tube
or well that he now carries. The ink
was used up, but to the well. so he
thinks, the good luck power has been
translated. Lucky coins pass from fa-
ther TO son in several of the multimil-
lionaire families, and the man who in
herlts them would never be without
them. We have few secret drawers In
desks or doors in houses. as they had
In oden times, but there are many se-
cret pockets In the suits made by
smart Enthusiastically Life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
Mo Death Penalty.

European countries which inflict no
death penalty, however brutal or pre-.
meditated the crime, are Italy. Hol-
land, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal
and Russia, save where the lives of
the emperor, the empress or the heir
to the throne are concerned. The can
ton of Zus. In Switzerland. imposes
the lowest minimum penalty in the
world--threc years Imprisonment for
willful homicide. the maximum punish.
nient being Imprisonment for llfe.--
London Chronicle.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
A Natural Fortress.

In the northern part OF Madagascar
Is the most remarkable natural fortress
in the world. II is occupied by a wild
tribe who call themselves the People OF
the Rocks. The fortress IL a lofty and
PERCEPTIONS rock of enormous size, l.00a
feet high and eight square miles IN
area. Its sides are so steep that II
cannot be climbed without artificial
means. Within 1t Is hollow, and the
only entrance Is by subterranean
passage.--St, James Gazette.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
Man end His Sweet Tooth.

"If you want to have that tradition
upset about women only having a
sweet TOOTH" remarked the stenogra-
pher who works downtown. Just go
into a quick lunch room occasionally
and watch the men who drink coffee
or chocolate with their midday meals,
give you my word have seen not
one, but many men. put six luinps OF
sugar into their one cup OF co.iee o.
chocolate ana then eat apple pie that
Is fairly covered with powdered sugar"
New York Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
A WITTY JUDGE.
His Conclusions on the Evidence OF
Ditto and True.


Ditto and True.
The late Hon. Noah Davis, well
known throughout the country as the
Judge who tried and sentenced Boss
Tweed, was justly celebrated In many
ways. He was of that type of jurist
for which western New York was
famed during the half century follow
ing 1850. Orleans county Is proud of
him as one of her noblest and most dis
tinguished sons. He was slightly
above medium height, full habited.
large head. fine, clean cut face-indeed.
n striking figure In any community. He
was a well read lawyer, an honest,
fair minded judge, with keen sense
of humor and withal something of q
writer and poet. The following lines
from his pen, written on the spur of
the moment and in the midst of trial,
illustrate the alertness and quality OF
his mind They are perhaps the best
play upon words of which we have any
record In the English language.
1t was at the Niagara circuit In the
early seventies. Judge Davis presided.
The dispute was over party wall or
a division line. 1t was purely a ques-
tlon for the civil engineer. The divi-
sion line established and the case was
won. The defendants attorney, realiz.
ing this. called as expert witnesses the
Hon. John a. Ditto. city engineer OF
Buffalo, and the Hon. A. Il. True, the
engineer who constructed the canta-
lever bridge over Niagara river at the
falls. They were two of the most emil
nent civil engineers in the state. They
made survey of the premises and es-
tabllshed the division line as contended
for by the defendant and when called
to the witness stand so testified, giving
monuments. courses and distances with
such minute exactness that they could
not be successfully controverted. The
moment True, who followed Ditto as n
witness, left the stand, Judge Davis
wrote these lines and passed them to
the clerk to hand to plaintiffs counsel:
Since True swears ditto to Ditto,
And Ditto swears ditto TO True.
II True be true and Ditto be ditto.
l think they're too many for you.
Daniel II. Mcmillan In Buffalo Truth.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
Monism.

MOnism is the doctrine of the one
ness Of mind and matter, God and the
universe. 1t ignores all that is super
natural. Monism teaches that "all are
but parts OF one stupendous whole.
whose body nature Is, and God the
SOUL" hence whatever Is only con-
forms to the cosmic laws of the uni
versal all. Mind can never exist with
out matter. nor matter without mind.
They are but the two sides Of the same
thing.--New York American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
The Cute Jan.

1t is the ambition of every up to
date Jap to learn English at the first
opportunity. At one or two of the
japanese hotels was rather puzzled
and little fattered by the eager and
almost anxious pollteness with which
Japanese youths offered to come for a
walk with me. But ! discovered that
they only wanted q free lesson In Eng
lIsh.--Strand Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
Paris Not a GAY City.

1t is a fixed idea In the mind of the
average Anglo-Saxon that Paris is the
gay city, the home of engaging frivoli
ty, the spot where the grasshopper
perennially chirps and dances In pros
perity, defying the fabulist. The truth
Is far different. The visitor may fig
ure the gay city to himself as a siren
In pink, but the resident knows her
as shrewd old lady, stufiing an old
stocking with fat coppers or fatter
silver pieces. She is. indeed, enrich
ing herself at the expense of her long
suffering inhabitants, for everything
Is becoming dearer" Is the cry OF the
housekeepers in Paris. Articles Of
consumption and other necessaries
have Increased alarmingly in price
since the year 1902. In FIVE years
bread has risen Is per cent, beef %
per cent, veal IA per cent mutton 25
per cent, pork 81 per cent, butter IA
per cent, cheese 20 per cent, fish 80
per cent, etc.-Modern Society.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
Mslsns a pi.,crenco.

A girl who used to maze all sorts OF
fun OF those who were poor spoilers
Is now receiving three fat letters q
week from q man who can't spell cor
rectiy more than forty words alto
gether But he has big. nice house
and money IN .hc bank that spells
something TO her, Howard (Kan)
Courunt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
first production in this city of her
drama, "A Paradise OF
One Good Turn. Etc.

Third Floor Tenant-See here! I'm
one Of committee Of men in this
apartment. and I've called TO ask you
to sell your tute. Second Floor Ten.
ant-Dellghted to see you. I'm one
Of another committee and was about
to go up and ask you If you'd sell
yoar baby.-Lipplncott's.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
The Blood dstained Equator.

Human life, have reason to know,
Is held cheap at Equatorville, and the
place Is stained with many crimes. In
fact, the whole equator IL throughout
Its 10000 miles line OF ignorance,
sayagery and blood. II is black line
which civilization ought to paint white.
Strand Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
Thrift.

There Is an old fashioned word that
ought to come into use. again-thrlft
There are Il distressing number OF
shlftless people in the world, and,
willie we shall call no names, we hope
every reader viii pause at this para
graph ana think seriously of thrift and
shiftlessness.- -Atchlson Globe,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
p,rhano s,o pid

"Did your daughter inherit her tai
ent for drawlngT' x
'Well, never thought Of 1t before.
but 1t may be that she did. One Of my
brothers Ii a dentist."--Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
A Fioht For Moonlight.

Under the headline "A Fight For
Moonlight" the Morgenpost of Berlin
says: Artists and all lovers of the
beautiful are arrayed against the mu-
nlcipal authorities of Venice. by whom
1t has been proposed to illuminate the
Grand canal with gas. The canal has
never been brilliantly lighted except
on festival occasions. but who cares?
The moonlight has been sufficient.
Modernism in all its forms has been at
work along the waterways, and now
the moon is to be eclipsed. probably
because It frowns upon the motor boat
The charm of the Venetian night, the
indescribable light and shadow effects,
the mystery, romance and imagination
lurking in the dark corners of the pal
ace walls, all these will vanish before
the loud. shrill, poetry destroying
light" The protest movement has
taken the form of n. monster petition
TO the city authorities, and the artists.
authors and lovers of the beautiful
who have signed 1t say that this Is
"fght for Venetian moonlight"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
Touchinu.

"Not cent" replied the rich man
coldly. "Money is not good for the
poor"
"Well," responded the applicant.
"just pretend that you have grudge
against me."-Phlladelphia Ledger.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
ohliainn Jailer.

Mayor-Where ARE you going? VII
lage Constable-The three tramps
just locked up want to play whist, and
I'm looking for fourth.-Transatlan-
tic Tales.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03
AM lnoonsiderate system.

"Why don't we take an express
tralny asked the sweet young thing
OF her escort ut a subway station.
"fhis isn't an express station" ex'
plained her escort kindly.
How tircsome" exclaimed the 8.
y. {, "They ought to have express
trains at every statlonr-New York
Press
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03

The man who - always on time has
big advantage in the struggle for
success. Chicago Record Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-03

For himself doth man work evil
in working evil for another Hesiod.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23

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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23
Notice TO Banks for Bids for the Custody
of State Funds.
Baton Rouge. La, May 10. 1908.

Baton Rouge. La, May 10, 1908
Whereas, at meeting of the State Board
NJ TJouidation held February g. 1908 the Sec
retary of State was authorized and instructed
m give public notice to the Banks-State anu
National-of each parish. that bids wouio oe
received from them by said Board for the Gus
tody of the funds belonging to or received III
behalf of the State by the Sheriff or TAX Col-
lector of the respective parishes throughout
the State; and,
whereas, at a meeting of the said Board
held ON MAY s. it appeared that no bids were
received from any banks dOmiciled in the Far
ish Of West Feliciana or if received were re-
iected for the custody of funds belonging
to or received on behalf OF the otale
by the Sheriff or Tax Collector OF salo
Parish. and the Secretary OF State was 'hefe,
fore instructed to re-advertise in manner ana
| form required by law, that bids wouid no" NC
received from banks in said parish or aaloih-
IND and contiguous parishes, for the CUSTODY
Of said funds belonging to or received IN De-
half of the State by said Sheriff or TAX Col-
lectOr.
Now. therefore, /. John T. Michel, Secrela-
ry of State. by virtue of said resolution OF saiu
BOARD and in accordance with the PROVISIONS
of Act No. % of the Extra Session OF the Ten
ora, Assembly of Louisiana. approved Decem
her 3, 1907. do hereby give public n0uce 10 the
Ranks-State or National-in the Parish OF
West Feliciana or In adjoining or eontieuSous
parishes, that bids will be received from Cil0u
nv the Board of Liquidation of the state Dept,
for the custody of the funds belonging 10 or
received in behalf of the State by the Sherlh
or Tax Collector of said parish, after thirty
days' advertisement of this notice as required
ny law. All bids shall be sealed and endorsed
, on the envelope FISCAL AGENCY o'O'
and addressed to the State Auditor at BATON
Rouge, Louisiana. and be in his possession Oh
or before the 18th day of June, 1903.
The letting or awarding of said funds VIII DE
made by the said Board OF Llqmdatoh lib !"
meeting to be called by the Governor 1of Iil'''
purpose after said date.
The successful bidder or bidders shall Us Sc
curitv deposit with the State Treasurer an
amount of bonds of the United States OF VI
: the State Except Baby bonds) or OF any par
;sh, CITY. town or levee district Thereon 'suoh
bonds tn have q market value at least equal 10
the mar value thereof equal to the cStiihateu
G average deposits of such authority as aeter
mined by the record of the year previous Oh
shall give bond with q duly authorized surely
company as surety for sum not greater tl''i
10 per centum of the capital and surplus o
J such surety company or may deposit Dona
q aforesaid for part of the security and give
surety bond for the balance in such pfopor'io'
as said bank or banks may see ILL. inc san
, Board of Liquidation reserves the right 10 re
- ject any and oil bids.
JOHN II. MICHEL.
z Secretary of State
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23
A Mother VS. Mother Goose"

Alice, wandering in Wonder
land, heard the loud lamenting
of the Queen. What is the mat
ter?" she asked. Have you
pricked your inger?' Il haven't
pricked it yet, sobbed royalty, |
but | soon SHALL And she re-
sumed her weeping. So little
fable is rounded out for borrow
ers Of trouble; for the people who
remember best the things that
happened week after next
The Lewis Carroll moral is re-
ferred to the Worcester mother
who has burned Mother Goose"
at the stake, banished the fairy
classics and declared for nothing
but realism in the nursery.
While the lady's attack lasts
there will be a few more children
than usual for whom one should
be sorry, says the New York
World.
When child'S imagination
first begins to work it goes wild.
Strange visions are conjured up.
Queer tales roll often from small
tongues. GroWn-ups are start
led, not remembering that they
too have seen childish wonders,
and not understanding that a
mental force is getting under
way without which the world
would never get anywhere.
This gathering force needs
training. The Worcester mother
would decree for it's destruction.
:. Under her word small folk every,
where would have the extin,
guisher of cold fact shut down
I on their budding fancy. And al
for a borrowed worry lest some
day, somehow, should come tt
pass a bit of mischief that NJ
Mother Goose" extravaganza
: no fairy tale and no belief il
Santa Claus has ever thus fal
worked out in any nursery il
> the world.
= At this contemplation it WOult
. be perfectly excusable for tn
, little dog to laugh and the COW t.
y Jump over the moon. Crowle,
Signal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23
Shopping On Canal

Even so good an Aswell organ
as the La. School Review init
mates that the gay girl teachers
Though it doesn't call them that
did not spend all their time at
the sessions of the Teachers AS
ISOLATION, recently held in New
Orleans but yielded to the en-
Elements of shopping on Canal.
The Review says:
Shopping? Don't ask! AS faith
full reporter, we inquired OF some two
dozen young persons who had attend
ed the Convention, what parts OF the
program they had most enjoyed-and,
again as faithful reporter, we must
record that they said something like
this: 'Progam, program, what pro-
gram? Oh, you mean the PROGRAM!
Oh, yes, Well, | don't know be-
lieve liked Mr.. Brumbaugh the best;
he was all | heard-but | was so far
back couldn't make out anything he
said. and the crowd out side the door
were making such a noise, | finally
had to 90 out anddo some shopplng' "
This is putting it mildly but
|illuminatively. We consider that
sending the teachers to this con-
vention was money in many in
stances thrown away, 1t gave
the teachers an outing, the chill
dren holiday when they al
! ready have too many and pro
vided a big hurrah for the schoo
= trust. The average girl teacher
+ divided her slime blissfully be
}, tween the theatres and the dry
i, goods stores. We know this
}. from observation, and from wha
n we infer from a knowledge O
J. the workings of human nature
but we did not expect so trust,
$ an organ as the Review to ADM
it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23
The Old World and Its Ways"
Rv William Jennings Bryan.

This remarkable book OF $40
pages, unanimously Illustrated
and elegantly bound, has been
issued by "The Thompson Pub
fishing Company" of st. LOUIS
Mo. and is sold by subscription.
We should advise our young
friends who are out of employ
ment to seek the agency and can
yass for this book. 1t is GER
tainly one of the most readable
entertaining and edifying vol
umes we have read in a long
time. 1t was almost like re-
tracing our first trip around the
world, with less than one-thou-
sandth of the money and one
hundredth of the time required
for our first trip"
The great problems OF CIVIL,
zation, religion, philosophy and
government in Japan, China, the
Philippines, India, as well as
Europe, are presented in a clear
light by a great brain.
Mr.. Bryan was accompanied
on this trip by his wife and two
younger children, William }. Jr'
and Grace, aged 16 and IA, re
Ispectively. They started Sep
TENDER 81, 1905, and. reached
home September 9Th 1906, SIX
teen days less than one year
While most of this trip was Il
the North Temperate Zone, the
: we're below the equator a icy
F., DAVIS in Java, and for a Whll
, above the arctic circle in MOI
3 way.
! This book ought to be in ever
4 home where there are boys an
( girls with brains and promise
j St. Louis Christian Advocat
Send the "T D" your job worl
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23

An expert optician sent by A.
K. Hawkes. of Atlanta, Ga. will
be at my store on May Is and To-
If you are in need of eye glasses
or if you use eye glasses and the
ones you are using are not salts
factory, come to my store and
have this expert optician test
your eyes free of charge.
L, P. Kilbourne
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23
Bids For Parish Fiscal Agency.

'SeO louisiana, Parish of West Feliciana.
"'NVe hereby given that sealed bids will
s,eVeNed at the office or place of business
I@e Farsh Treasurer at St. Francisville.
~ 'uu opened at the meeting of the Police
~ "a Wednesday, June 10, 1903 at II Il. m.
= Wy custody and deposits of the funds of
asiafSa OF Wsst Feliciana. under the pro-
~ @Yu'Ol act No. % of the Extra Session of
aeueneFal Assembly of the State of Louisi-
u iM Tor the period ending April /. 1910.
VI funds to be awarded to the
.ua Ouefng the highest rate of interest on
sAaS balances, and giving security as pro
I'm s.a section Of said Act, equal to the es,
sea average deposits of the Parish.
=. ~ S'as snail be sealed. and endorsed: 'Fis.
~ agency Bid" and addressed to L. P. Xii
treasurer, St. Francisville. La.
n,-, Yls VIII be considered, subject to the
p," OF said Act No. % of 1907. and the
o,..e S'arS Will be governed by the provisions
AGENT S 'ne selection Oh Il hSca
'' ana resolution of the Police Jury.
CT. HOWELL.
ATTEST. President
RIM, LEAKE,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23

He seized her, drew her to him,
and deliberately struck her. she
made no sound. Again, and YET
again, the brute repeated the
blow, and still she gave no sign
of suffering. But when, Win
rapidly growing anger, he struck
her for the fourth time, she
shrieked aloud-and her heao
flew off. She was only a match
The Bohemian.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23
For Sale.
R. NJ, LEAKE,
Secretary.

, "l4ed Lespedeza and Grass
Lespedeza seed, Yellow
VfsOle Flint corn seed,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-23

n mex Mcdonald III by Rex Nc
-. aSiu, lee $40 with return priv
~, Gan be seen at Storms
aan ies every Saturday after
1p y ord, 1908. Address
GEO. FoRsYTHE, Agt
'ad HE TRUE DEMOCRAT,
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