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Thursday, from weeks visit with
relatives in Lancaster and Crooks
VILE. UNCLE MACK.
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paramn,

Parafin was at first a useless by
product Of the oil refineries, but has
now a thousand uses Besides the use
Of parafHn for candles, 100000 blocks
Of refined paraf1n are sold every year
for an inf1nity of purposes. A liberal
arrangement with a chewing gum
maker gave him the foundation for a
million dollar fortune. Parafin was
applied to Cleopatra's needle in Central
park, New York, when the surface Of
the obelisk began to scale of, and 1t
stopped it. Stone fronts of houses are
protected the same way, IN applica-
ton every three or four years being
sufficient to prevent disintegration.
Parafin is made into colored crayons,
which will stick on glass as well as
paper. Paraf1n Is used in laundries
to whiten the clothes and in polishing
the surface Of starched pieces. 1t is
used for sealing canned fruits or any
thing put up in bottles by home folks,
manufacturers, druggists or chemists.
It is used generally as a substitute for
beeswax, tallow and sealing wax and
for insulating wires.
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Marvels Of Memory.

1.-THE phonograph is wonderful
enough, but the human brain is vastly
it's superior, as it has been shown to
have stored up for forty-fve years the
thoughts actually passing through it
and the speech resulting therefrom,"
states a medical man.
"a boy in a village in the Tyrol
when fifteen years old went to his ia
theirs field to catch a frisky colt.
When about to place a halter about
tie animals neck it kicked him on the
head. The wound healed, but the use
pf the boys reason did not return.
For forty-fve years he lived in the vii
iage, until he reached the age Of sixty.
Then a prominent German specialist
who passed through the village OF a
holiday offered to experiment. Finding
that a portion Of the skull had been
forced into contact with the brain, he
by ski'lful operation removed the pres
sure. The man at once regained his
reason, and his first utterance as the
effects of the anaesthetic wore off was,
Did the colt get away?'"- Detroit
News Tribune.
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Curley's
ReSCueS.
Bv HENRY ROSSMORE.
Copyrighted. 1903, by P. c. Eastment.

Benny, racing down the street,
brought himself up with a jerk as a
gong sounded out its braZen alarm.
Then he hurried toward the building
with the great wide doors In the mid
die of the block.
The gong was still sounding, and
now could be heard the trample OF feet
and hoofs, the jingle of metal WORK
on the harness, the cries of the men.
Then came the lesser note of the re
peat" bell and a hoarse cry OF "A
right" from the captain, followed by
the trample of hoofs, sounding hollow
upon the wooden floor as the fire horses
returned to their stalls.
Benjy's face fell. Somewhere In the
city horses were dashing madly over
the pavements in their rae to answer
an alarm, but here the great green
doors would remain closed. 1t was
on,v q practice hitch for Thirteen COM
pany.
In the summer time practice bitches
were the best fun, for the doors STOOD
wide open, and he could watch the
men as they put the harness trip in
order again and lifted the great straps
off the three big grays. Then, too, the
iremen lounged in front of the house,
and he could hear them talking about
the fires they had gone to, brave tales
of valorous fights that lost nothing in
the telling.
Benny trotted down the street again
to his own doorstep and carefully
backed himself into the vestibule. His
shrill treble rose in imitation of the
clangor of the big gong, and with
many a screech and shout he dashed
off in the direction of the hydrant ON
the corner, pretending that he was
Thirteen company answering an alarm.
AS he neared the fire house a second
time the gong sounded again, n this
time the number was followed by three
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An Authority.

Schoolteacher And now that we
have finished discussing the lion and
the tiger, who can tell me about the
lynx?
A painful pause. Finally a small
hand is hesitatingly elevated.
Teacher-Well, Tommy, a you de-
scribe the lynx?
Tommy-No'm.
Teacher-Then, why did you raise
your hand?
Tommy-I thought Willie wugglea
could tell.
Teacher-And what made you think
While could describe the lynx?
Tommy-'Cause his brothers q cad
die.-London Globe.
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YOU'RE AT A FIRE"
strokes, thrice repeated. Thirteen COM
pany made a quick hitch. A third
alarm following SO closely upon the
first meant a fire we'll worth hurrying
to. They went out on the third alarm
from that station, and Lieutenant Cur
ley sprang to the big doors and threw
them open just rs Benny, running up,
slipped on the pavement and fell full
length in the path of the excited
horses.
There was no holding back the grays,
but Quinn, the driver, forced them
over to the left, while Curley sprang
forward and caught the child by the
arm, throwing him to one side just as
the tender came up to the door and the
wheels of the steamer almost grazed
Curley's arm. Then he sprang to the
tender steps, and they were turning
the corner before Benny found his
voice.
Bessie Borden, who had see the in
cident from the steps where she had
come in search of Benny, hurried to
him, and presently she was bearing the
sobbing child in her arms and min
Cling with his tears Of terror her own
tears of gratitude. Beyond a barked
knee Benny was none the worse for his
experience.
That night Benjy's father went down
to the fire house to discover the name
of the man who had saved the boy,
and after that Lieutenant Curley was
a frequent visitor at the Borden home.
Mrs. Borden could not do enough for
him, and it was ut her suggestion that
be boarded with them, taking his meals
there in his three Swings and spend
Ing the remainder of his liberty with
Bessie Borden, while Benny gazed SOL
EMMY and admiringly at his hero.
Curley's days off. too, were devoted
to Bessie. He had neither kith nor kin
in the city, and he was glad indeed to
find so pleasant a way of spending his
time. AS regularly as his day of lib
erty came around it was a vaudeville
performance in the afternoon with q
melodrama in the evening except in
summer, when the delights of the sub.
urban resorts proved more tempting.
But Bessie was not minded to be so
easily won. In the fall, when the dane
Ing classes opened and Dick Curley
had begun to put IN airs Of owner
ship, Pete Bracy came to trouble the
hitherto smoothly running course Of
true love.
Dancing classes. as Pete and Bessie
understood >uch things. were balls
without 10 -~efreshments and without
the necessity for such elaborate dress.
Before the weather grew so cool that
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His Ideal
By DESTA
E. BROWN WOODS.
Copyrighted, 1908. by Jessie Morgan.

Now, Harry, honestly you don't be.
lieve that"
Eyes. I do. A true woman is al.
ways a coward. Brave is a masculine
adjective, incapable of being used with
q feminine noun"
"Oh, bosh! You are old fashioned,
my boy"
II grant you-mediaeval, in fact
but neither Joan Of Arc nor Boadicea
stirs my heart like a certain little girl
who faints when she pricks her finger
with a pin"
THAT'S what it is to be in love.
Your ideal is based on what you think
to be Miss Osborne's character. Now.
for my part. l believe that young lady
capable of heroism.'
"And l tell you. George Evans, that
the very thought Of physical pain turns
her check pale, but in the matter of
moral courage-well, l could stake my
life on her there. She has such a high
ideal of truth and honor. She is so"-
ooh, yes, yes! Spare me! Remem.
Der I am not in love-"
An hour later he was sitting with his
f~1ancee, q puzzled, panied expression on
his face.
II don't think l understand you," he
said slowly. "You don't mean that
you told your father the money was
for charity when you We're spending II
on this silly speculation?"
Jessie Osborne's pretty cheeks were
very pink.
"Nell, I thought it a good invest.
ment, and father never lets me try
stocks"
"But, Jessie, you have been deceiv-
ing him for months"
A pair of little white hands flew tc
hide the pink cheeks.
ooh, I'm sorry! Pm miserable, and
you don't care" came in broken sobs.
"There, there" he said s%oothingly as
he took the slight form in his arms. 81
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Mr.. Labouch.re,. Whist Play.

While Henry Labouchere was an at
tache at Frankfort he vas once play
ing whist against a very high German
functionary sitting on his left. MI.
Labouchere led q small card. The lead
turned out so well that he won the
rest of the tricks. The minister said:
"Well, MI. Labouchere, you won the
game by leading that card. But there
was no earthly reason, according to
the rules Of the game, why you should
have done so. You have therefore won
the rubber by accident"
Mr.. Labouchere said. II had a very
good reaso for leading that card"
The minister asked what it was. "We
will have a bet" said Mr.. Labouchere,
shat my reason was q good one"
The bet was therefore made.
"Now, MI Labouchere, what was
your reason?"
He replied, II had seen your hand"
Henry Drummond VOLTS "Ram-
bling Recollections."
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A Barrel Trick.

One Sunday morning, when every
bcdy had gone to church, a traveller
undertook to show the landlord how
to draw three different sorts of wine
from the same cask. The two went
down into the cellar and the stranger
bored a hole in the barrel, on which
he asked the landlord to place his
thumb. He then bored a second hole,
which mine host had to stop with his
other thumb. He had set to work on
the third, when it apparently struck
him that the landlord would not be
equal to the task of stopping that also,
and he ran out Of the cellar ito fetch
a tap" He never returned, and the
innkeeper had to wait by the side Of
his cask until the folks had come out
OF church. The rogue had by that
time decamped without paying his bill.
London Answers.
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sAFE IN HARRY's GRASP.
didn't mean to be cross; but, my dar-
ling, we must be honest. We must
help each other to be true and morally
brave"
"Of course" he unused on the way
home, her father must have known
from the first what she was doing and
simply meant to give her a lesson by
allowing her to proceed. Poor little
girl, she didn't mean any harm, but l
am disappointed. 1 didn't think her ca
pable of the slightest deception"
AS he turned the corner leading to
his boarding house the light streamed
out from DIR. Gordon's office, and he
dropped in for a moments chat.
II say, Neil, you don't look we'll.
What's the matter?" the doctor in
quired.
"Oh, I believe l have nerves, and l
haven't slept we'll lately"
You had better let me give you q
sleeping draft and then take a weeks
rest soon."
The sleeping draft had the desired
effect, and scarcely had Harry's head
touched the pillow when he was wrap
ped in deep slumber. After a time he
was dimly conscious Of a hum of
voices In the street below. The room
was hot, and he tossed off some Of the
his head ached. There was a strange
roaring in his ears. He struggled to
rouse himself, but it was too great an
effort, and he lay dreamily listening to
the voices below.
II tell you, Evans, Neil is in his
room" came in terrified tones from DR..
Gordon. II gave him a dope, and the
noise has never wakened him."
"We must take a rope to him." said
Evans. And Harry wondered vaguely
at the "unaccustomed ring in his
friends voice.
"But howl" Again it was DR.. Cor
CONS voice. "The front verandas are
all in flames"
"Could we reach him by means Of
the new building? That beam run
parallel with his ROOM"
1T would be Madness" exclaimed
Mr.. Osborne. "The beam wouldn't hold
your weight. See! It has burned
through at the end next the Nelson
house."
Was it all a nightmare, Harry Won
dered, or was it an awful reality? But
the next words which reached him
cleared the vapors from his brain and
made him spring from his bed with a
bound. 4
! "The beam won't hold you heavy
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Dressing.

Old Beau-williams,. are my eye.
brows on straight and is my wig prop
erly crumped? valet-Yes, sir, but
your chest has slipped down a bit
Life.
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Fine Anyway.

He-Have you any fine tooth combs7
I:-No. but we have some fine tooth.
brushes.-Cornell Widow.
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When Ddy
Is Done.
By w. r. BRYAN.
} Copyrighted. 1903, by M. NJ. Cunningham


Somewhere at the other end Of the
room a gong changed out its harsh.
brazen note. and soon the hum of in
dustry and the clatter of machinery
gave way to the chatter Of tongues as
the operatives shut off the power from
their machines.
AS they gathered about the inspec-
ton desk to turn in their days work
the great shafts overhead ceased their
whirring and the sharp tune they had
sung all day ended in a descending
scale as the momentum died out. The
days work was done.
Now the girls were hurrying toward
the wash room, a screened compart-
ment, supplied with an iron sink,
cakes Of yellow soap cut to convenient
size and a few roller towels of coarse
cotton cloth. There was room for but
a dozen at the sink, and, urged by the
waiting line, the girls cut the ablu-
tons scant and %perfunctory.
When they had changed their work
ing clothes for cheap and garish street
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

Iof faithful ministratlon to the sick
had seen the effects of intcmperance
upon the people among whom he
Idwelt and the burden of the drink
|evil pressed hsavily upon his heart.
Acting upon this conviction. he
aDruptly accosted his pastor with
ihe words, ''Slr. we shall become
community of drunkards, unless
something lis speedily done TO ar
rest the progress of intemperance
As result of the conference be-
tween these good physicians of
bodies and souls, the first temper
lnce society eysr oligdnized in the
United states was formed, with
DR., Clark as It's moving spirit, the
meeting being held at Clark's Corn
ers on April -, 1908. The princI-
pal resolution adopted at this meet
ling, affirmed THAT "In the opinion
OF this meeting, it Is proper, prac-
ticable aud necessary to form a
Temperance society I'm this place and
the great and leading object in this
society Is wholly TO abstain from
ardent spirits.p
In a quaint old book entitled
"A History of temperance in Sara
toSa County, New York" we find
an appreciation of DIR. Billy ]. Clark
Suggesting that when his labors
en- earth is the cause OF virtue shall
have ceased, in addition to his self
lepccted monument OF good deeds
the temperance pubic should place
another hut less durable memorial
lof his celebrated temperance move
ment on the stir of that lowly
school honse ian which was consum-
mated hts first attempt to arrest
vice.
"Billy j. Clark" should be the
lonly Inscription on thst marble.
the base OF which will be granite |;
fbut here, however 1t may be in
France, brevity Is not the soul of
an epitaph. The onolith will there
fore be thus inscribed. East side.
"on the 4th day OF January A. b.
177S, Billy j. Clarke. as a benefac-
ltion of the human race was called
Into Bring, by the only ANA infln-
litelv wIae. and mercirnl Creator .
South side. ''On the goth day OF
1
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CONFIsCA,TION.

There are two sides to this ''coniis-
cation" argument. The whisky side
rs cried from every saloon in a loud
voice, but TO hear the peoples side
1t is only necessary TO incline the
lear to the cry that comes from the
home OF the deserted wife and the
wall of the hungry child; the bias
phemous shouts from the dens OF
vice, the jibberings Of idiocy, the
moan in the criminal cell, and the
prayer at the foot of the scaffold.
If Prohibition means confiscation II
MISC nlsans salvation. For years
whisllyism has confiscated In this
state. 1t has done more than con-
fiscate and destroy manhood and
|womanhood. honor and virtue, love,
faith, hope and charity.
IL has created its victims and
shackled It's slaves to a vicious hab-
It that rendered them power1ess
while 1t took from them their wage.
their earnings and their homes, to
say nothing OF their further abil-
Iity TO earn.
The houses of the whisky dealer
are built by confscation OF the prop
ert yof the helpless and every brick
more or less represents a despoilsd
home.
If confscation means taking by
force without compensation" the
people will insist that the saloon IS
onhscating when It takes the earn
ings of a man whom it has rendered
incapable Of resisting.
The whisky interests cry of con
lAscation resembles the whine OF some
wild beast when driven from It's
IBrey. Nashville Tennessean.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

April, A. d., 1905 in school llouse
the site OF which was this sacred
spot, Doctor Billy j. Clark and his
associates, originated the Primary
Temperance Association. I'VE shall
become community of drunkards
unless something is speedily done
to arrest the progress of intem-
pcrance.' - North side. Names OF
all original members OF the union
Temperate Societ of Moreau and
northumberland; whereby they
taught with both precept and ex-
ample. a. West side. "On
the . day of .. A. ID.
.. the God-summoned
spirit of Doctor Billy J. Clark de-
parted in peace and hope and faith.
for dts final rest, AN eternal reward
of his prolonged life, which never
wearied in well-doing. nor hesitated
IL the cause of humanity. 1T is my
last will and testament that enforce
ment of the law for prevention
of intemperance pauperism and
crime should be continued. until
the hell-born institution of rum
selling shall have been completely
buriad beneath its own ruins
The Crusader Monthly for June
1908.
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For the Benefit of Creditors

BY mutual agreement Mrs. M.
Beckett and Miss Matte McNiurray
have appointed Mrs. W. @. Torrance
as agent TO close out the stock, coll
lect all bills and settle any claims
against the firm of Beckett q McMur-
ray An persons owing them are re-
guested TO settle with Mrs. w. O..
Torrance. The stock Is to be sold OF
saciflce price at once.
MRS. w G. ToRR ANOE, Agt /.
6-5-2t
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Human Hair Crop Profitable.

The human hair crop is a profitable
and expensive industry. Five tons OF
it are annually imported by the mer-
chants of London. The center of the
trade is Paris, where 100000 pounds
are harvested annually, with valua-
tion of $4,000, 900.
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SURE THING

II that rrohibitlon) party adheres
TO It's well established policy OF put
ting up its own ticket and refusing
to indorse the nominees OF another,
II will poll by far the largest vote
II has ever polled in Missouri. II
IT makes a more than ordinarily, ylg-
orous campaign, It's vote Will doubt
tess be awelled surprisingly -
From the Kansas City Post.
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childr>n's fairgrounds increasing.

The number of children's play
grounds Is increasing rapidly in many
cities. Recent statistics covering .,
cities between $4,000 and 100000 pop
ulation show there has been in two
years an increase of 81 per cent IN
school Fairgrounds, and total in-
crease of all kinds of Fairgrounds OF
"a per cent in that period.
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asunnyv Plentiful in Australia.

To keep the plague of rabbits from
destroying the pastoral industries OF
Australia 1852 miles of public and
private rabbit-netted fences have been
erected at cost of S4,000,00O. Queens
land alone spends 100000 a year in
erecting and maintaining fences to
keep out bunny
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Ribbon Manufacture Increasing.

The production of ribbons at st.
Etienne amounted in 1906 to $4,000
900. being an increase OF $S,000,00O
over the previous year. Expectation
was somewhat over $6,000,0uu, or an
increase of $2.OO0,000 as compared
with 1905.
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ing into the stomachs OF beer and
whisky drinkers inquire. how much
of that money has gone into beef and
bread? We think temperance peo-
pie have been doing pretty good
work The Christian Evangelist OF
June 4, 1908.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
The New oroan.

How many stops has that organ
you bought your daughter"
"F1ve--breakfast. dinner, tea, sup.
per and bed!"--Judy.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

Great Britain, too, has been hay-
Ing its temperance wave. and the
question has come up for treat
ment by the British government. The
Bishop of London was recently asked
whether he gets less keen on tenn
Derance work as he goes on. No, my
friends, he replied, ~ get more
keen" That afternoon he had been
presiding over meeting in which
he had 10 present some painful stat
'istics as to the waste Of child life
most OF which is caused by the
drunkenness OF parents. 1--WE are
at grips with one OF the worst en-
.emies OF the human race said the
bishop, and he has come 10 believe
that useful legislation on the subject
of the liquor traffic must be en-
couraged by the church.
In this connection II Is interest
ing to note that liquor periodicals
and government statlsticians in this
country agree that during the first
NINETY days of 1908 there was a
Ishrinkage of nearly 5000, 900 worth
in the quantity of liquor manufac-
ltured In this country. OF lhis de-
crease OF 60 per cent Is in whisky pro-
ductio nand 40 per cent IN the
mahng OF beer. A decrease OF near
ly $l0.000,000 worth OF beer pro-
duction in ninety days is. "a new
record As these figures are from
lliqior journals, they may be taken
as fairly reliable. for they would
hardly ovsretate The csse. II by the
iirst OF July ilfty millions OF dol.
lars shal have been saved froml go
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Every Sunday Excursion tc
Columbus.

Pennsylvania lines, 81. Round trip
Train leaves Marion 1856 a. m.
May 25-27-29
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

II the rich were not envied there
would not be much fun being rich.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

Eyen Cripple Creek has felt the
'wave' and Is now closing its sa-
looms from midnight on Saturday
10 6 O'Clock Monday mornings. -
The National Pnohbitionist
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
w. G. T. u. COLUMN.
Devoted to the Interest Of Christian and Temperance
Work, Under the Supervision OF Francis willard
w. c: T. U. and Directed by Mrs. Or. Dsgan
to Whom all Communications for This
Column Should be Sent
Column Should be Sent.

List Of states that have outlawed
the Manufacture and sale OF Alco-
holic liquor-Alaine, Kansas, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, and North Caro-
Ina
Congratulations to Mississippi and
to North Carolina. By 10000 ma
jcrity North Carolina on May 26
voted in favor of prohibition
Crusader Monthly for June 1908.