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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
A Quaint Custom.

The annual historic "red hose"
games have just been held on the vii
lage green at Carnwath. According
to the conditions in the charters
granting the lands of Lee and Carn-
wGth to the Lockhart family, this
race must be run annually at stateo
period. The winner becomes the heir
in succession to the estates should the
Lockhart family die out without Issue
within tie ensuing year. his name be-
ing proclaimed at the Cross of Edin-
burgh.-I ondon Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
NOTICE

The public is hereby notified not
TO tack or paste signs. posters, bills
or articles OF any description upon
the poles or buildings OF the under.
signed companies under penalty OF
the law prohibiting the same.
The Marion County Telephone Co
The Central Union Tel. Co.
The Marion Ry. Light & Power Co
The G. ID. & NJ.
The Ohio Postal TEL G. Cable Co.
The Western Union Tel. Co.
5-22-frimo3wks
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

He-we shall be late, my dear;
surely there is no need for such an
elaborate toilet simply to go up and
give evidence against your cook In
fusty county court! You know JUS
tice is blind.
She-Yes; but thank goodness the
Judge is not.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Rrltlshers Eat More suanr.

The annual per capita consumption
of sugar In the United Kingdom mas
gradually increased from 29la pounds
in 1857 TO nearly 100 pounds az the
present time. But the British refining
industry has steadily declined rel9-
lively. Fifty years ago practically all
OF the sugar used in the kingdom
was refined there. while now the prop,
ortion Is only 40 per cent.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
E2E
X served Seat Sale Open
Monday.

The advance sale Of tickets for tne
Tally Wag vaudeville promises to be
-the largest ever, and we advise all
30 SECURE their tickets early. To
give everyone a fair chance not
more than six seats will be reserved
for any one person, thus giving all
equal opportunity. Sale opens Mon
day at 8 a. m. at opera house box
office:
6-3-6 Tally Wag Com.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Many gleotro.reehnleal Patents.

About 5000 electro'tecnnical pot-
ents were taken out In yaTiols copn-
tries in 1906. The United States Is
credited with 2,O5O. United King lom
and colonies with $50, Germany 700,
France 4O0 Austria 200 Italy 1870,
Hungary 1870, and Switzerland With
l20 4
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Reasonably Certain

Though one-half OF the world doesn't
know
How the other half lives" no doubt
The feminine half of that half
IL doing its best to find out,
philadelphia Ledger.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
One Econonv.

"old Jones must be very rich. Three
Of his daughter have had the operation
for appendicitis"
"oh, | don't knowl 1t doesn't re.
quire any clothes. .'-Lifo.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Tally Wag Show

The seat sale for the Tally wag
Vaudeville show viii opens at the
Grand opera house Monday morning
at s o'clock. 6-3-6
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Delicate Jolt.

Delicate Jolt.
Sapleigh-Weally, I-aw--nevah
smoke a cigawette without thinking
what beastly fool am, donoher
know.
Miss Caustique-And yet some
people claim there isn't any virtue In
cigarettes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

the office of president is q very responsi-
BILE position to fill. He did not attempt to
minimize the duties of the office, but, on
the other hand, he gave the people to I'M
derstand that he fully realized that the
man who is president Of the United States
holds the most responsible position in the
world.
Governor Sheldon, who was with Taft
during the trip through Nebraska, had
this to say Of the republican candidate:
Judge Taft is in every way eminently
fitted to be chief executive Of this coun-
try. He is a real statesman; a broad
minded man; a man all through. His ex-
,perience has been such that he can as
sumo the duties of the presidency without
fear on the part of the people. The nation
will reap the benefits Of his experience in
the different departments Of government
when he becomes president.
Insofar as Nebraska is concerned, in
my opinion there is no doubt Its electoral
vote will be cast for Judge Taft. I can
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

find no reason why anyone should in this
state vote for the democratic nominee in
stead of for the republican candidate.
Nebraska is strictly an agricultural state,
and II the farmers have any fault to find
with present conditions. Il fail to know what
1t is, The farmers Of Nebraska have been
through a siege of hard times during the
last democratic national administration
and I believe they do not care to run the
risk of going back to those times. They
are prosperous, their products are selling
for high prices and their lands are in
creasing in value. Judge Taft is so evil
IDENTIFY qualified to continue the work Of
President Roosevelt l feel sure in my own
mind how the people of Nebraska will
vote"
Nebraska was the first state In the union
to endorse Judge Taft for the republican
nomination. For that reason, and many
others, it is important to the republican
party, and to the state, that 1t make good
In November. IL. HIP.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
Low Grade Proposition.

'"There is one thing that should be said in
respect to the diamonds Of this part of the
world" continued Mr.. Williams. THE
mining of them is a low-grade proposition
and it pays well only because 1t is sclen-
tiflcally and economically handled, and that
on a large scale. Indeed, II is wonderful
how much work It takes to get out the
diamonds. In the Dutoitspan we have to
handle four tons Of earth to every carat,
and 1t is about as bad in the Kimberley.
Now, when you remember that a diamond
Weighing a carat is not as big as a pea,
and that 1t has to be found and taken out
of this great mass of earth and rock, you
will see how difficult the problem Is. In
the first place, we nave to blast down the
blue ground. We then carry 1t to the sur
face and allow It to lie out in the open for
one year to soften 1t. After that 1t must
be washed and crushed and handled again
and again to find the stones. All this
means IN enormous amount of labor as
well as expensive machinery, which must
be carefully operated"
Yes, but 1t pays said 1.
ut does pay. The value of the De Beers
mine per load is about "a shillings, or SO.
1t costs us 50 to get out the diamonds, so
that we have a profit there of something
like 81 per load. In the other mines the
profit varies and all told about half or
more of the values are eaten up by the
cost of operating the mines and getting
out the diamonds. A load weighs in the
neighborhood of three-quarters of a ton.
The values of the blue ground and the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
Judge Tafts Tour of Nebrask a Succession of Triun1phs

tached to the front of buildings in which
there were Bryan sympathizers.
The magnificent welcome given Mr.. Taft
in Bryan's home almost overwhelmed him.
Following the meeting he expressed his
deep gratitude for the interest shown.
Lincoln republicans who had been carried
almost out of the fold by the cry, home
industry and "home pride came back
to camp and shut the door from the in
side, and they will stray no more. For in
the prophetic words of VIII Hayward, then
chairman of the republican, state commit
tee and now secretary of the national COM
mittee:
where Bryan brings his pennies to Lin
coin, we will bring dollars; where Bryan
brings his dozens, the republicans will
bring their hundreds"
A nice feature of the parade in Lincoln
was the fact that Mr.. Taft rode behind a
team of beautiful grays in whose veins
runs the best blood in the horse world.
The grand sire of the two horses was Lin
den Tree, a horse presented to General
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

City, Ia, through his entire trip over the
state by Senator Elmer J. Burkett, SEN
ator Norris Brown, Governor George l..
Sheldon and National Committeeman Vic
tor Rosewater, From Sioux City to Lin
coin he was accompanied by C. o. Whedon,
state committeeman; w. b. Rose, deputy
attorney general, and C. b. Edgar, editor
of the Lincoln Star. These formed the
Lincoln reception committee. In addition
to these there were local newspaper men
and at every station a local reception com
mittee got aboard to extend the hospitaii-
ties Of their towns. Congressman Boyd,
Pollard and Hinshaw were on the train,
each through his own district.
In appearance Judge Taft was an agree
able surprise to many who saw him. He
had been pictured as an enormous fat
man, ponderous and unwieldy. Nebrsskans
saw him as an athlete; large, but not un-
proportional; big, but graceful. They en-
joyed his quiet humor and were impressed
with his dignity.
MI. Taft made the Nebraskans feel that
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

Grant by the khedlve of Egypt and later
presented to General Colby of Beatrice by
General Grant, The horses are now owned
by a Lincoln livery man and they are used
only on state occasions.
And Mr.. Taft pleased the Lincoln audi
ence and the hundreds from out in the
state who helped to swell it into the thou
sands. He was so different from Mr..
Bryan that the fact was remarked upon.
He had no funny stories to tell the audi
ence, as does Mr.. Bryan. He appealed not
to the passions of men, as does Mr.. Bryan;
he made no attempt to array the masses
against the classes. as the democratic can
didate has done for twelve years. He just
talked good, hard, everyday common
sense in a business-like way, scholarly as
students can who thoroughly understand
their subjects. c. o. Whedon remarked at
the close of the address:
ut was the best address 1 ever heard"
And there were many who endorsed the
sentiments.
Mr.. Taft was accompanied from Sioux
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

stones in the various pipes lave not in
creased as we have gone down, but they
hold their own. AT the Kimberley mine we
are now working a half mile below the
grass roots and the blue ground there is
about as rich in diamonds as It was all
the way down. In the De Beers we are
down 1900 feet and in the Kimberley and
the De Beers they have peen working all
most constantly for thirty-six years, and It
is believed that the mines ave still a long
life before them. tt Wesselton, Button
tein and Dutoitspan ave altogether an
area about four and one-half times as large
as the Kimberley and De Beers combined,
and, although an enormous amount Of dia-
monds have been taken from them, there
are still 5O.0OO,O0O loads of blue ground above
the 800, 800 and 750-foot levels. There is no
reason to think that the diamonds may not
go as far down in these pipes as in the De
Beers and the Kimberley, and the prospect
is that there will be no diamond famine
for many, many years to come"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
Diamond Pipes.

TELL me something about these diamond
pipes. Do they occur anywhere else in the
world than here?"
Yes. There are some others in South
Africa, a notable one being the Premier
diamond mine, near Pretoria. There are
similar pipes near Syracuse, N. Y, and
elsewhere, but, with the exception OF South
Africa, the ground within the pipes does
not contain diamonds. 1 understand that
the Brazilian diamonds are found in a
sort Of spring sandstone"
"Are the pipes regular in shape?"
mo; they vary as they go downward.
The Kimberley mine at the top is shaped
like a pear. At a depth of a few hundred
feet 1t becomes somewhat like a gourd, and
1t changes as 1t goes on. In some places
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
Diamond output Not FnIlinE.

-
Diamond Output Not Failing.
I asked Mr.. Williams whether we would
ever ave a diamond famine, saying that
I had heard that the mines were playing
out. He replied:
ANY statement of that kind is not true.
We have enough diamonds In sight to keep
us busy for many years, and we shall
probably be supplying most of the dia-
monds Of the world for several genera
lions to come. AS It is now, we havo
something like 10000, 900 loads of the blue,
containing the diamonds, weathering upon
our floors, and there are between $1,000, 900
and 60,00O,0O more loads in sight. In the
De Beers mine there are more than 5000
600 loads yet to be taken out above the
2,0O-foot level, and in the Kimberley more
than 100000 loads above the 2,500-foot
level, which we have now reached In
the Wesselton there are 100000 loads
above the 5cO-foot level, and in the Du-
toitspan 10000 loads above the 750-foot
level, while the amount In the Bulfontein
mine above the 6OO-foot level. to which
we have unk the shaft, is about 1900, 900
loads. All told, we have somewhere be-
tween GO. ~ 1000 and 70,OO0,OO loads Of blue
ground on our floors and in sight. The
total amount washed and crushed last
year was over $4,000 loads, and that
produced diamonds which realized about
$S,000,000. At the same rate Of washing
the blue on the floors and in sight would
last for over eleven years and would pro-
duce considerably over $500, OOO, 900 worth of
diamonds"
Have you yet reached a point in any
of the pipes where the diamonds have
played out?" I asked.
mo. The number and value of the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

mond saws by which we can cut pieces
from a diamond and make two or more
out of one. Here, for instance,
is the kind of saw which Is most commonly
used."
AT this point Mr.. williams handed me a
copper disk about as thick as my thumb
nail and as big around as the bottom of a
tea cup. The metal was comparatively soft
and l could not see how 1t could cut a
diamond, which is harder than the finest
of steel, until Mr.. Williams said that the
wheel was dipped in diamond dust and the
dust did the cutting.
1T is on this same principle that all
diamonds are ground and polished" said
Mr.. Williams. The only thing that will
cut a diamon is a diamond itself, and
all polishing must be done with diamond
dust. In the cutting establishments this
is, done on flat wheels Of soft iron as big
as a dinner plate, which are so moved by
machinery that they go around at the rate
of 1000 revolutions a minute. These
wheels are covered with a mixture of dia-
mond dust and water, and the precious
stones fastened into cement are pressed
upon the wheel and ground off into the
facets, which so increase their brilliancy.
The splitting Of diamonds is done by
other diamonds, which might be called
diamond knives. The latter are fixed in
cement and are used to split the dia-
monds at the flaws which the stones fire.
quently have. There are something like
10000 men and women employed in the
diamond cutting and polishing industry
of Amsterdam, and they handle gems
worth many millions of dollars every year.
The greater part Of the De Beers output
is cut in Europe, and the center OF the
industry is Amsterdam. 1t is said that
more than 100000 is paid out in wages
to the diamond workers of that city
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
One Result of Prohibition

Governor Burke, in the smoking compart-
ment OF a sleeper, was telling how he
used 10 water the COWS on his fathers
farm in Iowa.
'rhose cows were fearfully thirsty at
times said the governor. AT times 1
have carried ten pals apiece for every one
OF the twenty COWS we had"
One OF the party remarked that he had
watered cows time and again, but never
saw one drink more than four pals at a
time.
Perhaps you're right" admitted the gov
ernor, but you must remember that those
were dry lines in Iowa. when we had
prohibition laws."-Minneapolis Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

In talking with Mr.. Williams about the
American market ! asked him what kind
OF stones were purchased by us. He re-
piled;
'arhe very best. The finest and purest
of our diamonds 50 10 the United states
and within past years that country has
been by far our best customer. For some
time Il took two-thirds OF all the diamonds
we mined and during the past year or 90
IL has bought even more. We send also
many ordinary stones there. There is a
great demand In our country for diamond
engagement rings. In fact. We are about
the only people among whom every young
man thinks he must give q diamond rims
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

cost Of production vary in different mines,
but altogether they pay WE'LL"
Train Robbery which Failed.
After the diamonds nave been mined and
cleaned they are sold to the diamond syn
dictate. I visited the offices of this organ-
ization in the De Beers company building
and took a look at the steel vaults In which
the brilliants are kept until shipped to Lon
don. They are sent there by mail and
usually in registered packages. They go on
mail cars to Cape Town and from there to
Southampton on the big steamships OF the
Union Castle line. The trains which carry
them over the 600 or 700 miles of track
from here to the Cape of Good Hope are
equipped with safes, which have been es-
pecially built for the purpose. The steel
floors Of the safes are, as l understand It,
a part of the floor of the car.
Not long ago a would-be diamond thief
got the idea that IL he could cut out this
steel plate 81, 100000 worth or more OF dia-
monds would drop into his hand. He pre-
pared for his work by crawling under the
car before 1t started. He had a board I'M
der him and lay there on his back during
the first part OF the journey, while he
drilled forty-nine different holes up through
the safe. He had the floor plate just about
loose and was saving with a steel saw
from one hole to another when something
made him think he was discovered and he
dropped out and ran. The alarm was a
false one and he might easily nave gotten
the diamonds had not his nerve failed him.
That attempt was made many years ago,
and since then the safes have been 30 i'm
proved and fortified that 1t would be i'm
possible to cut through them 1t would
seem, however, that they might easily be
held UP by train robbers and that a little
dynamite or nitroglycer1n would suffice to
lay their contents bare to the thieves.
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
Stories Told About Political Candidate

Ever hear the one about Bryan running
so often?" interjected the new member OF
course all hands knew just what was COM
~ing-there are but seven stories in the
world-but the new member had just or
dered and was entitled to some courtesy.
As the gloom deepened he told this one:
Wei Pat, I suppose you are going to
vote for Bryan"
mo. sir"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
Pats Convincing Reason.

II was a sorrowfui looking group Of news
paper men. They had gathered at the
~assauging station because the politicians
were there instead OF at the official head
quarters, relates the New York Times.
And the gloom settled deeper when, in
stead OF talking OF affairs OF state and
the essential things OF the campaign, the
men who operate the card indexes, col
lect money. assign speakers and deny ru-
mors, began to retail a lot Of stories, the
majority OF which had done service since
the time Of Jackson.
Just why one story reminds one Of an
other OF an entirely different sort lie a prob
lem which the psychologists have not as yet
solved. But just permit one fellow In a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

few thousand words of light and airy pre-
siflage. but l haven't been able to dig up
anything worth while but a few remarks
OF Uucle joe and his contribution are
so picturesque that Dan Campbell wouldn't
let the sheet go through the mails If they
were printed. even If Bill Martin didn't
knock them out as chestnuts and howl
about such drilvel taking the place Of real,
live news
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

young man VINO had 70 INTRODUCE me
thought he would try to disarm it.
"Debs is hated by some people, he said,
because he has been in strikes This is not
right. It is the law of nature to defend
yourself. Why. even a dog will growl
If you try to deprive him of the bone he is
gnawing, a goat win butt II you get in
his way. and you know what a jackass
will do IL you monkey with him. Ladies
and gentlemen, this Is Debs. who will ad-
dress you
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

crowd to start the story telling game and
every other fellow in the party seems to
think that he is duty bound to be reminded
of another, "As a matter Of fact" growled
one reporter who had been assigned to
gather all the yarns he could, there
is nothing funny in politics. I've ben hang
is nothing funny In politics, I've been hang
for a week trying to get enough stuff to-
gether TO fill a column. The boss wants a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

"What?'
mo. sir"
What? You a democrat and all your
family and friends democrats. and you are
not going to vote for Bryan
"No.sir."
"And why not, Pat?'
Because l can only vote for Taft this
once, while | can vote for Bryan any old
time"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
One ON Debs.

.GENE V. DEBS, the socialist
leader, tells the following story
on himself:
81 was to address a public
meeting aud there was intense
prejudice against me, 50 the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

to his sweetheart to seal the promise Of
marriage. This is so much the custom
that many prospective grooms are now
buying such rings on the installment plan,
and there Is a regular business of selling
them on long time, at so much down and
at SO much per month. until paid. Dia-
monds are also used largely as wedding
presents and as birthday gifts"
American Diamond Cutters.
"In what shape do the diamonds go to
the United States, Mr.. Williams?" 1
asked.
1.-THE most OF them are first cut In Eu-
rope" was the reply. I'VE have a duty of
10 per cent on cut diamonds, which is
levied to protect the American diamond
cutting industry, but the fact that more
than two-thirds OF the importations are in
the shape of cut stones shows that the
tariff is not high enough for that pur-
pose. In 1908 the United States imported
about $34, 100000 worth of diamonds, and of
these only 100000 worth were In the
rough. while $24,OOO,OOo worth were cut
stones. Rough diamonds are free of duty
But, Mr.. Williams, are the American
diamond cutters equal to those of Europe?
Can the stones be as beautifully shaped
and polished at home as abroad?"
Eyes. Our diamond cutters are mainly
from Holland and Belgium, and the most
Of them learned their trade before they
emigrated. AS It In now, we have over 400
such workmen in n about New York
which Is the center OF the industry. This
is a small number compared with the thou
sands employed in Antwerp and Amster.
dam"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

Saving and Polishing Diamonds.
1.-THE business Of diamond cutting has
materially changed Of late years" con-
tinued Mr.. williams. I'VE have now dia-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

IMBERLEY. - (Speciat Corre-
spondence of rhe Bee.)-The
manager OF all the great dla-
mond mines iytng about Rimber-
ley Is an American. His name
Is Alpheus Williams, and he is
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Lexington,
In the Probate Court.
Mary Frye as administrators of the es-
tate Of Carroll a. Fry, deceased, plain
tiff.
against
Lucy Fry and others. defendants.
Pursuant 70 the decree of the Court
of Probate in the above stated case, I
will sell before the Court House door at
Lexington, S. c., on the first Monday
in January, 1908, within the legal hours
of sale:
ALI that piece, parcel or tract of land
situate, lying and being in the county
of Lexington and State aforesaid, con-
tanning one hundred and eleven acres,
more or less, adjoining lands of P. II.
Cook Sol. Roberts, Mrs. Ann Boozer,
Wick Harman and perhaps others. II
Terms of Sale-One-h of the pur-
chase money to be paid in cash and the
balance on credit of twelve months;
the credit portion to bear interest from
day Of sale and be secured by bond Of
purchaser and a mortgage of the prem
ises sold. Purchaser to pay for papers.
Purchaser may pay all cash if desired.
GEO. 8. DRAFTS,
Judge Of Probate lexington Co.
December IL, 1907.