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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
Scarcity of Hickory.

Hickory one of If not the most
valuable of our native woods has be-
come SO scarce that many substitutes
have of necessity been found for 1t.
The wonderful increase in the de-
mand for buggies and carriages of
the finer class had much to do with
the virtual exhaustion of the great
American hickory forests England,
Germany, China, Australia, South
Africa and the South American coun-
tries made strong requisitions on the
American supply.
Years ago the supply OF this fine
wood north of the Ohio River had
been exhausted, Despite substitutes
and changed conditions, hickory re-
mains one OF the most valuable OF
American woods.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
HERop's OCCUPATION GONE.
Twentieth Century Death Rate Of
Babies Would Satisfy Him.

In one summer there were 52,S37
infants deaths in the large towns Of
England, the rate being 275 in / 900
for the same period. Frequently dur
ing summer the hospitals for chill
dren in London are taxed beyond
their capacity In Birmingham more
than 5000 babies die annually.
Germany has a record which, the
World To-day says, is astounding for
that domestic country, where all
young women are supposedly learned
in the domestic arts.
Two million children are born in
one year, and yet as many as 400,-
Doodle before one year old, making
the rate for the German Empire 200.
In pretty Munich, where It would
seem that conditions are favorable
for public hygiene, the death rate has
been as high as 4l9, an average Of
324 In 1000
Our own country makes little bet
ter record, for in the District of Co
lumbia the rate in 1900 was over
275, other States being little lower,
but still too high In Massachusetts
eight cities averaged 1876 to 304, and
New York was about 1863, almost all
the New England States being higher.
From various British reports 1t is
learned that improper feeding is the
prime cause of the great mortality
among infants under one year of
age, and in u German record of inves-
tigation the statement is made that
of the 4,075 deaths of infants which
occurred in Munich in the year 1903,
1896 were bottle fed, which would
show conclusively that artificial feed
ing has its very serious side largely
| because of the "unclean" milk given.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
RirthpInce of ChimneYs.

Chimneys are modern; that is,
chimneys with fireplaces and flues.
None of the Roman ruins show chin
neys like ours There is none in the
restored buildings in Herculaneum
and Pompeii Roman architects
complained that their decorations
were smoked up. A kitchen In
Rome was always sooty. Braziers
were used in the living rooms. The
chimney of antiquity consisted of a
hole in the roof. The wealthy Ro-
mans used carefully dried wood,
which would burn In the room with
out SCOT. The modern chimney was
first used In Europe In the fourteenth
century. The oldest certain account
of chimney places 1t in Venice. in
lS47.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
NON RESIDENT NOTICE

Wm. A. Diffenbaugh, owner OF
lot No 4433.
Dora Diffenbaugh, owner of lot No.
4i33.
Marion Foster heirs OF ]. II. Fost-
err, deceased, owner of land No. 79l
and 1872.
Nonresident owner or property n
above described, will take notice that
on the Sth day of April, 1908, the
Council OF the City of Marion, Ohio.
passed a resolution to construct a
sandstone sidewalk on the west side
of Blaine Avenue from Bellefontaine
aveneu to present stone walk, in ao-
cordance with the plans, specifications
and prohles on file in the office OF the
department OF Public Service.
The cost OF said improvement will
be assessed upon said lots II not
CONSTRUCTED within thirty days as re-
Iuired by law.
BY Order OF the Council OF the
City OF Marion, Ohio.
CHARLES NJ. TOBIN, Clerk.
Published in Marion Daily Star 1922 ..
Published In Marion Daily Mirror 1928
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

w. C. Courtad, owner of lot No.
Gl77.
Ella O'HaIa, owner of lots No.
1854 and 1854.
Fred Il .Settlage, owner of lot No.
1875. =.
Wm. and NJ. d. Drake, owners of
lot No. 1895.
Rena Snyder owner of lot No. 4274.
II. Leonard, owner of lot No. 1896.
Earnest s. Danner, owner of lot No.
lees.
Vint Berry, owner of not No. 451.
Wan. Berry, owner of lot No. 45l.
Abram and G. b. Shaw, owner OF
lots No. 2102 and 2103.
Nonresident owners of property az
above described, will take notice that
on the 9Th day of April, 1908, the
Council of the City OF Marion, Ohio,
passed resolution TO construct
paving, etc, on Silver street, from
Leader street TO west corporation
line, in accordance with the plans,
Specifications and profles on file in
the office of the department of
Public Service.
The cost OF said improvement will
be assessed upon said lots II not
constructed within thirty days as re-
luired by law.
BY Order OF the Council Oi the
City of Marion, Ohio.
CHARLES NJ. TOBIN. Clerk.
Published in Marion Daily star 1929.
Published in Marion Daily Mirror 1923
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
RIVERS RAGE AND
TRAFFIC CEASES
FLOODS IN OKLAHOMA FORCE
RAILROADS TO SUSPEND
OPERATIONS.
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY CUT OFF
Heavy Rains and cIoudbursts Are Re-
ported From Every Part Of the
state--several Large Towns
Are Under Water.

Muskogee, okla, May %. - Not n
railroad In Oklahoma Is In operation
as a result of heavy rains and cloud
bursts that have occurred In various
parts of the state during the past
three days. The last road to suspend
operations was the Missouri, Kansas
a. Texas, which was forced to quit at
noon Sunday when the bridge on the
main line to Eufaula went down. To
add to the disaster, the main supply
ing natural gas to the Indian Territory
part OF the state was carried away
with the Clarksville bridge and the
supply of gas for Muskogee and sew
eral other cities in the southeast part
OF the state was entirely cut on.
Officials of the gas company say 1t
will be a week before repairs can be
made 30 that the gas supply can
again be carried.
As natural gas Is used for light and
heat, business will be suspended In u
measure. Elevators have been forced
10 stop running and hotels and res
taurants have practically been put out
VI buoihCSos
During ten hours there was a rain
fall Of 20 inches In this section of the
state. The Canadian river rose ten
feet during II hours, and the Arkan.
sas eight feet The entire country Is
under water.
Late Sunday afternoon a message
was received at the Midland Valley
railroad Offices here from jerks
! Okla. saying that the town is under
| water and that help is needed. The
railroad is powerless to send aid, as
much track and bridge went out
Sunday. jerks Is 90 miles north OF
| Muskogee and is located In extremely
| low country. II Is feared that mum
Der of persons have perished.
Guthrie, Okla. May 25.-All West
Guthrie is inundated, with from seven
to ten feet OF water rushing through
the streets. The Cottonwood river is
25 miles wide in places, and is still
! rising. Not train arrived In Guth
| rie Sunday.
! Residents of the lowlands OF the
' Cottonwood river, fearing recur-
F, renee of the 1897 foods, when severa
persons lost their lives, began leaving
their homes Saturday night and as
far as possible transported theil
household effects to higher ground.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
FLOATING IN THE AIR.
The impression on Ascending In 4
Free Balloon.

Tho impression on Ascending In q
Free Balloon.
One of the first questions which am
usually asked by persons seeking in
formation about balloons Is, what is
the sensation of going up In balloon"
writes Captaln.C. Def. Chandler, u.
s. A. l will anticipate this same in
qulry Of the readers OF this article and
state for their information that In a
free balloon | have not noticed any pc
culiar physical sensation which can be
described. 1t would be like trying TO
describe standing still as sensation.
The Impression on ascending In free
balloon Is more an optical Illusion. The
ascent is so slow and gentle that II
cannot be felt, and one has the impress
sion that the balloon Is motlonless and
the earth gradually dropping away. All
the noises and shouts of the people be-
come fainter and die out. As the altl-
tude increases hills and valleys are not
apparent, and the earth seems Hat, like
beautiful colored map. showing cul'
tlyated fields, forests. etc.
The greater part of the time bal
loon is moving either up or down, but
the motion is not apparent, and II re-
qulres statoscope to indicate whether
the balloon is ascending or descending
II considerable change Of altitude il
made In short time, the difference In
air pressure may be felt on the eaI
drums. In descending even quite rap
Idly have never had any sensation OF
falllng.-Journal OF Military Service.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
Owls Eleetrocuted.

The temporary suspension OF work
at the mine and mill of the GRANTEE
Bhnetallic Mining Co.. at Pittsburg,
caused by an owl becoming entangled
in the wires recalls the fact that since
the transmission line was put in COM
mission, nearly four years ago, rs ovid
have been electrocuted by coming In
contact with the wires, and since No
vember of last year II fine specimens
of the owl family have gone to owl
lahd over this route. The transmission
line " IL miles in length and fur
nlshes a current OF 10000 volts to the
mine and mill. No. copper wire being
used. The line traverses a wild and
unsettled country, the abiding place OF
all kinds OF wild beasts and birds
Anaconda standard. !.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
COST OF THE BRIDGE TABLE.
Social Diversions in EngIand--Hard
Lot OF the Younger Sons.


Nothing ever happens nowadays
says the London Tribune, except In
the police or the divorce courts. The
aristocracy have lost all interest In
politics; they are not very keen even
on sport. They live nowhere, for
they are always In their motors, and
chronicle of their movements
would be as complicated and as un-
interesting as Bradshaw. Worst Of
all, they have been reduced to insig-
nificance they cannot strike out In
any original line for themselves be-
cause they are 80 terribly poor.
OF course, the first and largest
cause OF this poverty is notorious
agricultural depression. Many a
nobleman who can travel perhaps for
a hundred miles without leaving his
own estates Is scarcely so rich as a
successful manufactures, and moth
ing like SO rich as the South African
magnates In Park Lanes. On the top
of this depression comes the stress Of
competition with the new aristocracy
of wealth, who assert their right to
dominate society by dint Of gigantic
extravaganza.
To complete the ruin, some mali
cious person must invent bridge. Has
1t ever occurred to any one to try to
calculate how much money is drop
ped at bridge by society ladies In a
Year, 1t is not by any means an ex-
aggerated estimate to put the num-
Der of persons who are In society to-
day at 10000, and out OF this mum
Der II is still more modest computa-
ton to reckon that there are $4,000
ladies' playing bridge every night In
the year. Allowing for deductions
on the score of occasional good luck,
may safely put down f2 night as
average loss of each of these ladies'
That gives us almost So, 600 900 lost
at bridge by women In, the course Of
a year.
II can be very plausibly objected
| that, If most lose, still some must
| win, and win enormously; but money
won In this way seems to do nc
one any good. 1t does not pay the
| VI Alt ofA NAhNo
wages. or help the husband to make
Il remission OF rent to the tenants In
a bad year. Just as the bookmaker
| feels obliged to spend large part OF
his earnings on the most expensive
cigars and champagne, and the man
lives by "coups" on the Stock EX.
| change Is far more eXtrayagant than
he would be II he earned Il steady In.
come, so the winnings of the bridge
| table lead to further embarrassment
rather than to extrication from fnan.
cial difficulties.
There is one expense which weighs
less heavily the higher ones rank In
society may be. The young man
about tOwn--the younger son who
has a constant struggle to keep III
| appearances In the circles where he
Is regarded superclliously, IL not sus
| piciously- finds the necessity of Tip
ping" terrible drain on his purse
He cannot stop to weigh the differ
ence between sovereign or half I
sovereign. The man or woman Will
position absolutely assured wastes
very little ON servants, walters, ol
cabmen.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
Women Gamblers,

Marie Antoinette was slave TO
cards. On one occasion she played
for thirty-siX hours at sitting, with
but an intermisslon of couple of
hours. "The play at the queens table
at Fontainebleu, wrote the Emperor
Joseph H.. was like that in com
mon gambling house; people of all
kinds were there, and mingled with
out decorum; great scandal was
caused by the fact that several of the
ladies cheated" Anne Boleyn,
Henry Wills ill-fated queen, was
never quite so happy as when playing
for high stakes. The records of privy
purse expenses are full OF her win
nings from her royal spouse, for she
was a lucky player.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
AlrshIp colIapsed; 10 People Injured

Oakland. Cal. May 20 A nam
moth alrship on its trial trip in Berke
ley Saturday rose 800 feet from the
earth, In view of 10000 spectators
tilted, burst and dropped to the
ground with its crew of l6 men. every
one of whom was injured With the
possible exception of one, all will re
cover Seven were severely hur.
while nine were bruised and cut.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
Railways In Mexico.

In Mexico railways are being extend
ed and facilities for transportation are
being improved. The port OF Vera Cruz
has. at cost OF some SIS. 900, 900. been
made into one of tho finest harbors In
the world. and Its miles OF magnificent
stone quays shame the fifmsy wooder
water fronts that characterize New
York and San Francisco.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25

Consumption or horse flesh is largely
increasing in Berlin and its suburbs,
where 250 horse slaughter houses exist
Many dealers have become so opulent
that they have exchanged the humble
cellars whero they formerly carried IN
business for handsome shops, In other
large towns the same state of affairs
obtains, especially in Hamburg, where
the annual consumption is computed
to be 5000 horses, much of which, how
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
WHY

Are we so busy making Pictures
when all the others are sitting
around? Its because we make
work that satisfies; reason enough
can you remember Brunskill, an,
kind, any time, any where. That's
Brunskill. Best Photos.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
Business and Professional

TITLE ADS. LIKE THESE BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO WANT no
DO BUSINESS.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25

A grocer who sands his sugar has
mvre grit than principle,
The Globe-republican., 1908-06-18
Miles and |. o. U. Money.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles used to de-
light in meeting cranks because he al
ways knew how to get rid of them.
While stationed in Chicago the gen.
eral one day received visit from the
author of book on finance. 1t was
during the free silver excitement,
when every work on the subject OF
money was largely sought This par
ticular work condemned both silver
and gold coinage, and contended that
the only real money was paper Il. o.
T." issued by the individual.
"When a man makes purchase all
he needs do under this system Is
give his paper I. o. U. for 1t, and that
settles the transaction" said the au'
thor with much fervor In explaining
the merits of his book to the soldier
Gen. Miles said the plan looked like
a quick method Of exchange, and that
remark sent the author away well
pleased.
Some days later the general re
ceived a package containing a dozen
Of the books. Then In week came
the Inevitable bill for $12. On receipt
thereof the general wrote like this:
Enclosed please find my I. o. U. fol
the books. Hoping the same will b.
satisfactory, I am your, very TT y"
The Globe-republican., 1908-06-18
Duty of a Gentleman.

On one occasion, having returned
from playing poker at the club, my
grandfather said:
when a man Is hard up he should
borrow; but he must devote his en-
ergies to paying back and remaining
the equal Of the man from whom he
mas borrowed. If he cannot pay back,
let him be frank about 1t; for it Is
better to steal than to cheat"
And again:
ITO ride straight and to shoot
straight, to win money cheerfully, and
to lose It cheerfully, never to be boor-
ishly in debt or swinishly drunk, to
enjoy flowers and music, and II pos
! sible to be in love with at least one
good woman, is half the duty of a gem
tleman."
whats the other half, grandpaT'
had asked him.
why, to be a gentleman, OF
! course"
--Gouverueur Morris.
The Globe-republican., 1908-06-18
FORD ITEMS.

Joseph Worker is building nice new
residence on his farm west Of Ford.
Miss Kathleen Morrison returned on
Friday from Lakin, where che has been
visiting the past three weeks.
Mrs. J. A. Cove came home from
Wichita Saturday after an absence of
nearly three months where che has been
caring for her parents who have both
been quite ILL.,
Raleigh Hagerman is adding al ad-
dillon 10 bis residence west Of Ford.
Mrs. r, E. Bisbee is seriously i'll. DR..
Pine, Of Dodge City, came down Mon
day to attend her.
Miss Maud Gray returned home last
week from Topeka where she has at
tended Washbuln college the past gear.
L.K. VanHorne. o. n. Nevins and j.
J. Morrison we're in Dodge City Tuesday
Of last week.
j. II. Henry and II. j. Smith went to
Dodge to attend court on Thursday.
Mrs. Henry visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
james Pendleton for few days.
The Congregational parsonage pre-
sents a neat appearance since Its new
coat OF paint. This is one of the
prettiest homes in Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Dawkins spent Sun
day with W. W. Dawkins and family.
Mrs. Davkins is here on visit from
Missouri while Mr.. Dswkins has po-
stion as blacksmith in Buckln.
Mi.s Elsie Dempsey has returned from
Buckln where she has been several
weeks.
Donald Morrison and d. Carney went
to Dodge Clty Saturday.
The Chldrens Day exercises were
very cnmmendable under the manage
ment OF Mrs. VIM. Steele, and Mrs. w.
A. Balfour as assistant. The program of
Rotations, class exercises and songs,
was gwen mostly by The children. The
solos by Vivian Small, Bessie Balfour
and Gertrude Steele were sweetlv sung.
The solo by Mrs. Steele was we'll rem.
dered. The church was prettily and
lastly decorated with festoons of red,
white and blue. end tiny flags. Some
beautiful plants and flowers adorned the
pulpit. The church was filled with peo-
pie. Rev. Steele mad some appropri-
ate remarks in closing, asking that the
children give themselves to Christ in
their youth and that the influence of the
day might lead them to the Master who
said, "Suffer little children to come unto
me and forbid them not, for such is the
kingdom of Cod" The Offering amount
ed to Sc o.
The Globe-republican., 1908-06-18
BUCKLIN BREEzES.

G. e. Smith returned from trip to
Medford, Okla, Sunday.
In the ball game that was played here
last Friday evening between Bucklin and
Pratt the score was to 0 In favor OF
Bucklin.
Tuesday the Bncklin team went to
Greensburg and played the team Of that
berg on Its own ground, 1t seems to have
been pretty hard contest. AT the end
of the 18th inning the score was 2 to l
in favor of Bucklin.
DR.. Fannon made business trip to
Wichita last week. While in that city
he bought an automobile and shipped 1t
to Bucklin. He would, perhaps, have
preferred to have run the car out here by
its own motive power, but the excessive
moisture prevailing between here and
the Queen City induced him to ship it..
This part of Ford county is pretty well
filled up to this time by an influx OF
wCud-be harvest hands from the south
and southwest. They claim to want
work of any kind until harvest opens,
and there are many farmers that would
like to have their services at reasonable
compensation, but in most cases they
consider their lime so valuable that the
farmers do not feel inclined TO pay the
wages demanded.
Last Sunday night Mr.. Miller, the
painter of Ford, drove over from that
place to Buckin. He drove up in front
of tue Hotel Bucklin and got out, and
we suppore left the team for moment
without hitchiDg it, and right there the
team left him. They ran about block
and half and then turned the buggy
over and got loose from il. Soon after
that they were caught, but the buggy
and the paint were pretty badly wrecked.
The street It ceiyed good coat of paint
for a short distance, and that buggy, it
was painted promiscuously and with
various eolors pretty much all over, but
the colors are not just what we would
choose for a.buggy.
The Globe-republican., 1908-06-18
Real PaternaI Government.

In Servia an old institution called
the Zadruga still exists. 1t is the liv-
ing together Of whole tribe, number
Ing about one hundred persons, under
the absolute authority Of one chief.
who keeps all the money, makes all
purchases, and decides every detail OF
family life.
The Globe-republican., 1908-06-18
Reason for Scottish Wisdom.

The dean of Canterbury says he has
heard, and he believes there is great
truth in it, that the practical wisdom
of the Scottish people is due to the
fact that at the time Of the reforma
ton the Book of Proverbs was ham
mered into the heads Of the children
The Globe-republican., 1908-06-18

The man with note
That was coming due,
Explained to his Broker
And it was true
Snow am perfectly square
But I'm short, for fair
As my currency isn't
ELASTIC"
The Booker then 10
His landlord went
(YOu see he was slightly
Behind IN his remit
With pent-up feelings and pent-up purse
tiny collections, he said, they couldn't
be worse."
Would you mind, Just being
"ELASTIC."
But the Landlords wife
Could not understand,
When her husband cut out
Her weekly stipend.
ssYou see, dear, It's this way-the
currency's fixed
And all of us more or less slightly mixed"
Because 1t isn't
GEL ASTIC"
And then at the Bridge
Club the very next day,
(She TOO was owing fine, by the way
"You see my husband
Says money is tight,
But things, he believes, will work out
al right
II keep on using
ELASTIC
Her maid who was busting
The books next morn,
And making her rounds
With face forlorn
mutt re-. Oh the devil himself couldn't
shove this case,
The Globe-republican., 1908-06-18

So, whoever you see
Oh, wherever you 90,
The password now
That seems to grow
In popular favor, is one we coined,
But we don't mind, if it is purloined,
From our own trademark
"ELASTICn