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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-05

watch II must work on COW or goat.
Demagnetize the cow and how is a
thunderstorm 30 sour her milk"
"There may be something in It,"
mused Mrs Bowser. '1f there is how
ever, why has not some. great chemist
or savant thought of it and applied IT."
eyes, and why didn't some one think
of the locomotive before Stephenson
and the steamboat before Fulton?
They haven't,done it. and that's what
we have got TO figure on. Seventy
million cows, ,and | demagneti2e them
at So head;aat least 30000,000 goats,
and cut the price i'm two-a hundred
per cent clear profit in either easel
Why. it will be the annual incomes Of
dozen kings! Mrs. Bowser"-
"WellT
ut grows. 10 expands. why not
demagnetize horses, mules and oxen
and make them immune from light.
ming"
eyes, why not? We would then have
an annual income of a billion dollars.
But you said you had another idea"
80 1 have. Have each milk pan
provided with three rubber legs. Then
the thunder can't jar the milk and
separate the particles The man who
doesn't want his COW demagnetlzed can
have the rubber legged pans, bowls
and pitchers. Hold on, now-hold on
| for minutew
Mr.. Bowser took out pencil and pa
| per and figured for five minutes. 1t
was a grave crisis, but he met 1t like
n man. When he had added and null
tipiied and divided he whispered:
Mrs. Bowser, it's $2,000,00O,000 n
year clear profit for us!'
isn't that splendidp
| splendid! Why, woman, it's fairly
appalling! I'm all in a tremble.. Think
of the Bowser family having $4,000
| 100000 year to spend"
| "I don't believe we can do it. Can't
| you give me SO now and take it out
of my share next year? | need a new
skirt awfully bad.
| Mr.. Bowser hauled out his wad and
selected u ten dollar bill from it, but
after moment returned the money
and said:
Better wait until l have demagnet-
ized dozen cows first"
"Then you feel doubt, do you"
Two Billion Dollars Profit.
"Not the least little bit. but it is al
ways we'll TO be safe. When the thing
Is fairly started / can hand you ten
| thousand most any day. Doubt? Why,
Mrs. Bowser it's as sure as death and
taxes. There isn't possible chance of
failure. It's one of those sudden inspi-
rations that come but once in a life-
time and always lead TO success. Two
billion dollars year for the next thir.
ty or forty years."
"If l were you" said Mrs. Bowser,
I'D go over and see Brown, the electrl.
clan. Perhaps he can give you some
pointers. You'll have to have some sort
of device to demagnetize with, you
know"
Mr. Bowser started at once. Brown.
shop was only a block away, anC
Brown was in. The case was stated
and Browns opinion was asked. Al
hour passed, then two, three. II was
midnight and Mrs. Bowser was still
sitting on the front steps when a man
came along and asked if she was Mrs
Bowser. When she had answered in
the affirmative he continued:
Then your husband is leaning up
against the fence around the corner
and won't come home"
But why won't he come"
Because Mr.. Brown called him sew
en- kinds Of demagnetized fools, and he
drank fourteen kinds of beer TO drown
his sorrows. guess you'll have 10 g
after him." NJ. QUAD.
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A Cruel lnuuiI.Y.

"Tm suah," said Chollie Sod,eigh,
with drawing lisp, "that don't
know what l shall do when I get ont
Of college. Mothah wants me TO be a
minlthtah, but have a leaning toward
litratchah."
did you ever think Of becoming an
actressf" she asked cruelly.-Judge.
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soINT RESOLUTION
'' 5 Z JSI, 1.GH, s.f.S, !: 70 e: e: ,s:::s. s:. ss -
NJ " resoIysd by. ths General L"smeh 4
fhs Etdta on Oh{os

~ rssoiysd by the General Assembly n
the state Of Ohio
sLcTIoS !. propOsltien shalt ,. sub.
next election for members OF the general
assembly, to amend the constitution OF the
state OF Ohio SO that sections 1S to 80, both
numbered as sections 10 to SO and sections
10 and IS Of such article be 30 amended a.
to read as followsi
Sec. 10. Every bill shall be fully ent
distinctly read on three different days an.
,S less S IN case o. urgency thGestonrtnis s s,Ss
II shall be pending shall dispense With thi.
rule but the reading Of bIl on it, nnh
passage shall IN no case be dispensed with
No bill shall contain more than one subject.
which shall be clearly expressed in It's title;
and no law shall ba revived or amended
unless the new act contain the sntirs act
revived, or the section or sections amended
and the section or sections 80 amended shall
Sec. is. Every bill passed By the Ess-
erai assembly SHALL before II can become =
law, be presented to the governor for his
approval ~ he approve It, he can Lshslt
sign IT, N he do not approve IT, he shall
send Il with his objections in writing. TO
tho house in which II originated which may
then reconsider the vote on its passage. n
two-thirds Of the members elected to that
house then agree 20 repass the BILL II shall
be sent, with the objections OF the governor.
to the other house which may also recon
slider the vote on It's passage. II two-thirds
Of the members elected to that house then
agree to repass It, II shall become law, not
withstanding the objections OF the governor.
II bill shall not be returned by the gov
ernor within ten days, sundays excepted,
after being presented TO him, 1t shall beooms
= law, unless the general assembly by sd-
journment prevent It's return in which case,
| II shall become law unless, within ten days
after such adjournment, II shall be nlsd By
him, with his objections, In the once OF the
secretary Of state. The governor may dis
| approve any Item OF items in any bill max
| ing an appropriation OF money, and the item
| or Items, SO dsapproved, shall be stricken
| therefrom, unless repassed in the mpnner
| herein prescribed for the ropRssaEs Of =
| bill.
SEC a. This amendment shall take
eject on the hrHt day Sf January, A. ID. 1903
G. A. THOMPSON,
9psdksr Of the House Of Representatives.
ANDREW l.. HARRIS,
President Of the 99aAta
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Make Good use Of Library.

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900 volumes. The number of books
taken home during the last year was
1862 OOO, While l,4lO,444 were used
for reference in the library, In other
words, each book was on the average
nsed ten times.
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Head and Foot.

"NIlss Gidday is a splendid dancer
so light on her feet" remarked Mr.,
Walk.
"Thlnk so?' replied Miss Chelus.
ooh, yes, light in the extreme"
"You mean light in the extremes,
don't you ?-Philadelphia Press.
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Circular Ambition.

Slocum-Curious fad that Boxley, the
baseball pitcher, has taken up, isn't it?
He's building an airship,
Gofast-No; it's perfectly patural, Hc
thinks he can make one that will de-
scribe a shorter curve than anybody
else's machine.--Chlcago Tribune.
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What He Meant.

Muggins-I hear you have been COM
pairing me to a parrot. What am to
infer from that?
Huggins-Oh, | merely meant to Inn
ply that you were not as green as you
looked. That's all. - St Louis Post.
Dispatch.
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ClIEAh fhOflI tO1 10
humanity a good turn ana put millions
of dollars in my pocket at the same
time. BY John, but it's rich! It's
greatw
Anything TO do with raising carp,
frogs and turtles?" she asked.
"Woman, don't try 10 be funny. II
you can't have a little dignity while
I'm talking to you, then you'd better
go and sit down cellar, There are
wives in this world who encourage
their husbands TO have ideas"
But what ideas can you have about
thunderstormsY
-Four hundred millions, IL I want
'em. Can you tell me why thunder
sours milk"
II don't think l can"
"Then get a few ideas for yourself.
Milk, as you know, is composed of
millions Of particles in state Of CO.
hesion. The particles are so small that
you can hardly see them with the
microscope, but they are all there and
all alive. You have pitcher of sweet
milk in the iceboX. Along comes a
thunderstorm and the milk sours. Why
woman, why?"
II suppose the thunder works some
change in the milk" replied Mrs. Bow
ser.
"Oh, you do? Well you happen to
suppose correctly, There is change.
The rumble of the thunder kills the
particles and separates them, and the
milk changes from sweet to sour. Try
TO remember this for the next fifteen
minutes, IL you can"
"But what about your brilliant ideas?
Are you going to stop the thunderF'
"Of course not. 1t may thunder
away and be hanged to 1t. How many
cows do you think there are in Amer
ica?"
"There must be millions"
''Yes, 100000 1t is computed that
there are over 100000 cows in the
civilized world-7O,O0 and each one
giving an average of six quarts of milk
per day, 420, 100000 quarts in al. Each
quart is worth at least cents. Can
you realize what an enormous srm Of
money that means"
at Is certainly a large sum, but how
are we to get any of it?"
"Ah, you are talking sense at last
We are going TO get 1t through my two
brilliant ideas. Just hearing that man
call out few minutes ago may make
US the richest family in the world. l
propose to stop the thunder from sour-
ing the milk of the universe. What do
you think of that, eh"
"But I'm afraid you'll be dlsappoint-
ed and then blame me-" said Mrs.
Bowser.
No Possible Failure.
Nonsense. I've never blamed you in
my life. Besides there can be no pos
slble failure. My dear, we've struck it..
The Standard Oil company Is Is cents
compared TO us. BY George! BY
GEORGE
"But what is 1t? Why don't you tell
me?"
"In moment. Do you remember
how the electric cars used to serve our
watches ten years ago?"
"Yes."
"It finally got so that the jewelers.
had to demagnetlze all the watches
sold. propose to carry the principle
a little further aud demagnetlZe all the
cows In the world-in other words,
TO make their milk what may be called
electric proof. II II will work on a
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Adopted March 20, 1909. ~
UNITED srG4p. OF AMFRIcA. ouro

Once Of the Secretary OF State.
I, CARMt a. THOMPSON, Secretary of
State Of tho state Of Ohio do hereby certify
that the foregoing Is an exempllhed copy
carefully compared by me with the original
rolls now on nle In this Office and in my
official custody as Secretary Of State, as re-
qured by the laws OF the State OF Ohio. OF
Joint Resolution adopted by the General As
sembly Of the State Of Ohio, on the goth day
Of March, A. ID. 1906.
IN TESTIMONY WiIEREoY, I havs hereunts
subscribed my name, and afixed my Official
seal, at Columbus this 23rd day Of April
A. d. 1908.
cARdI A. THOMPSON,
TsELL.l SecTetdTV OF State
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-05

m ole Missis 10 know" His fear
'ad almost passed away. "Marse
,'p'cl. | swcars to- God--I swears to
on aYd Ole Missis. Is Innocent"
The crowd was fast becoming impa.
2 ioEt AZ even this slight delay.
Hang him" shouted some one on
tho outskirts.
Cross your hands, Sam" the sher.
III said. taking up the rope which was
to bind them, But instead, for one
moment as If by some strange mys.
tcriuus impulse Of the soul, the Testa-
ment still in his hands, the negro
raised his arms rcverently toward
Heaven, his lips moving silently. As
he did so, the sleeves of the death
gown and of his poor ragged shirt be.
meath fell TO his elbows. The sheriff
of Hanover county started with pain
as he saw the great scars. pitiable yet
in the silent story Of the agony the
man had suffered years ago. His frail
military figure Strengthened and his
faded eyes shone as he quickly turned
and faced the crowd.
Gentlemen" he said lifting his
hand, "gentlemen--friond he i'm
plored, most Of you have known me
since your boyhood Is there one of
you who can say that have ever left
undone duty to my state, to my
country. or to my fellow-man? But,
gentlemen" and his voice rang with
determination, "as sheriff of this coun.
ty. as one who loves his duty as he
sees 1t, who loves the law of his land
and as a humble Christian who hopes
to meet his God. refuse to execute
this innocent mani"
The momentary stiffness which
comes when mems hearts are stirred
was broken by voice some distance
down the street shouting:
wait! Wait"
1t was the telegraph operator from
the little railway station. who had left
his key almost before he had finished
writing the telegram which he was
frantically waving The sheriff saw
him from the scaffolds height, and
ntuitively his face softened. The
excited operator hustled his way
through The crowd and running
breathlessly up The steps handed the
yellow slip to the sheriff, who glanced
ut It, look Of triumph lighting his
pale face, lie made no comment, but
read aloud:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-05
Adopted March 27, 1908.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, oRro,

UNITED STATES OF AMEMCAi OHoS
OfiCe Of the Secretary Of state
I, CARMI A. THOMPSON, Secretary Of
State OF the State Of Ohio, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is an eGemplihed copy,
carefully compared by me with the original
rolls now on file in this office, and in my
oficial custody as Secretary OF State, as re-
quircd by the laws OF tne state Of Ohio, Of
Joint Resolution adopted by the General As
semby OF the State OF Ohio, on tho 9th day
OF March, A, d. 1908.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have hsrsunto
subscribed my name, and affixed my ofhcisl
seal at Columbus. this 23rd day Of April,
A. d. 1908. -
tsEAL.l Secretary Of Stats.
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The shcrffs voice was firm through,
out until the last word, which was
broken by a sudden gasp. The tele.
gram dropped from his fingers as he
threw both hands 10 his heart. and
thon fell Imply into Sam Washing,
ions black arms, which folded like an
Iron Cross upon his brave old breast.
The generals term of Office had
ended.
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JOlhT RESOLUTlON
10 Anmsnd section two Of srtiels twslvs 4 ~ bss.
Stiiuiion Of 0hiS.
Be . rs.oTgsd Sy ne Gen.rOI AS.smss q

30 resoIVed bv the General ASss.nbIS a
the State Of Ohio
SECTION 1. That a proposition shall be
unlimited 70 the electors @ o. me me sss.s s q OsiS;
in November, 1908, TO amend section two Of
artiola twelve OF the constitution Of the stata
Of ohls. so that II shall read as followsi
ARTICLE XII.
FINANCE AND TAXATION
See I. The General Assembly shall bav~
power 10 establish and maintain an squit-
able system for raising state and LEGAL
revenue II may classify the subjects OF
the same in order 30 secure a just return
from each. All taxes and other charges
shall be imposed for public purposes only
and shall be Just TO each subject. The
power Of taxation shall never be surrendered,
the state Of Ohio. bonds OF any city. village.
hamlet, county or township In this stats
aud bonds issued in behalf OF the public
schools Of Ohio and the means OF instruction
in connection herewith burylng grounds,
Tor public worship, institutions OF purely
public charity. public property used eIclu-
sively for any public purpose, and personal
property 70 an amount not exceeding In
value $500. for each inal>,r"E may, y
but ali such taYi shall be subject 70 alter
alton or repeal and ths value OF all prop
erty, so exc .nted, shall, from time to time,
be asceri.ned aHa published as may Be
sEcLoS ?, All taxes ana exemptions In
fore when this amendment Is adopted shall
rcvain IN force, lu thu same manner and 20
sho same ekleG,. unless aud until otherwise
j. D. CHAMBERLAIN,
Speaker Pro Tenn. Of the Bsuss u
R6pTcSc cntdftpeS.
JAMES NJ. WILLIAMs,
President ~ The SsAas~
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state oi Ohio relative 10 the time Of the Gem
msrcement oil the regular sessions
.Oi the general assembly,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-05
sEAL.l
JOINT RESOLUTION

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
sTITuTION OBJ OHIO.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-05
JOINT RESOLUTION

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON.
sTITUTION OF OHIO.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-05

To the Sheriff OF Hanover County,
DO not execute Samuel Washing
ton Sworn confession of negro
named Nose Jones just hled in my Of
h,s may prove him innocent. Await
instrucions
GEORGE r. NELSON,
Governor.
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state Of Ohio relative to the time Of the CEN
msncement Of the regular sessions
.Oi the general assembly.
Bs q rsSolucd on the General ASSEMBLY og
the State OF Ohio:
SECTION I. A proposition shall be sub
mitted to the electors OF this state at the
next election for members Of the general
assembly to amend section 20 OF article II
OF the constitution. so as to read as follows:
Sec 20. The regular session Of each
general assembly slall commence ON the
first Monday In Ja4uary next altar Il
chosen,
G. A. THOMPSON,
BpedksT Of me House OF RepTeSentdtip6A
ANDREW l.. HARRIS,
Adopted March 90 1906.
URITED STATES OF AMERICA ONO,
ONCE OF the Secretary OF state.
l. CARMI a. THOMPSON, Secretary Of
State OF the state OF Ohio do hereby certify
that the foregoing Is an sxemplined cory,
carefully compared by me with the original
rolls nov on hle In this office, and IN mp
oflcial custody as Secretary OF State, as re-
quired by the laws OF the State OF Ohio. OF q
Joint Resolution adopted by the General As
sembly Of the State OF Ohio, on the goth d.
Of March. A. d, 1905.
lN TESTIMONY WHEREoT, I have here
subscribed my name, and ahixed my OF
seal az Colum us. this 23rd day Of
oARMI A. rHoMPse
LnEAL.l PAaTstnTS u
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