The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-16

ulttulOifu O1tt was ntiNDntu ny tnt
spiked footprints of Anson's colts"
there will be an eating house. On
these grounds baseball grew to man
hood. Now, on the very spot
Iiwhere the chest protector was in
vented while an unprotected catch
err recovered from foul tip to the
pit of the stomach. paltry barter Is
to go on. The squawlting or ignoble
poultry will be heard where once
went up estate yells OF victory and
grand stand cushions. A fountain
lis TO splutter where in the sos the
'southpaws from Boston and else
where spit on their hands and ''sent
'em hot" IF the western fans can
walls will bear tablets variously in
scribed, as:
July 12, 1895.
Bill Sunday slide
and in honor of other historic crises
for umpires and pennants. The home
run fence long since came down, the
grass Is uncut in the outfleld where
lRyan captured flies; there are to-
mato cans in the PScher's box,
whence $4,000 Clarkson unllmbered
his mystifylng shoots. but the fans
of the West win never admit that
wasn't the greatest baseball patch
ever"
! The discovery by an investigating
oommission that Chicagos firemen
are not up to the standard set by the
fire horses has resulted in a unique
tribute to the animals that respond
ito the alarms and may lead to sweep
ing charges in the city's fire depart
Iment. The commission pronounced
the work of the horses as flawless
and said that the work of the hum
an fire fighters. on whom the safety
of the big city depends, wac not
nearly as efficient. II then came to
light that the civil service examina-
,tion for the animals Is tremendously
more rigid than the physical test Of
the would be fremen. The animals
are put through scientific trial OF
strength, endurance, wind, behavior
and speed that would stagger a
human being. After this they are
Kept under strict trair - for
three or four tnon.hg before they
are permitted to tur nout TO their
first fire. As a result Of this test
all inferior horses put In the depart
,ment by political pull have been re-
tired and replaced by capable ones
,"If we spent as much time and
money getting good firemen n we
do in getting good horses, there
would not be an incompetent man
In the department. said Chief Hor-
an. 1--WE have too many one story
firemen-they'rc all right at a
ground floor b'aze. But what we
need is ten story firemen, and we
need them badly" The merit board
found that in the examination {
firemen the physical requirements
were mdulv subordinated to the
mental. This will now be changed
aud bigger and heavier nremen will
be sought. A similar reform IL
pl1nned in the police department,
except that here the mental test will
HdNe STedleT WSBHl'
"A mud turtle farm. which will also
be devoted 70 the raising of mush-
rooms, gold fish and guinea pigs. is
the latest venture of The head OF
one OF the big Western railroads
President H. I. Miller. OF the Chi
,cago and Eastern Illinois, Is the
man who has hit upon this novel
form Of diversified farming as re-
lief from business cares. ana he in
tends incidentally to show the farm
lers of the grain belt that 200 acres
OF terrapins and guinea pigs will pay
bigger dividends than even eighty
cent corn. The farm 4 located al
harrington, n suburb OF Chicago. and
lis a tract of rolling timbered land
Numerous lagoons and roads are be-
ing dug at various points on the
property and an elaborate system OF
,irrigating bitches will be es'abllshed
The guinea pig yards will cover sew
Ieral acres and VIII be the largest. II
lis expected, in the country. The
mushrooms will be allowed TO grow
wild, wherever they will In marshy
spots and damp hooks In the woods
with the starting of the farm comes
about a little known industry, 1t !;
estimated that over 10000 turtles are
consumed annually In Chicago restau'
rants. Some OF them are terrapin
but the greater part are mud turtles
soft shell and Fsnappers. The de-
mand for mushrooms Is enormous and
several hundred men and women
make a business during the summer
and fall of securing the woods along
the "north shore" and gathering the
wild varieties that grow there. 9th
ers make living hunting frogs tc
supply the big hotels and the grow
ling OF Belgian hares for market is
lnow an established industry.