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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

bow across the T. string. Simultane-
ously, with discordant squeak. the In.
strument squirmed in his hand. and be
dropped 1t in terror. The audience saw
him reach for 1t and retreat to the
vestry room.
Il tipped up the old bandbox." Gene
reported. "and what do you suppose
discovered? 1t was packed with young
rattlesnakes. They hatched out of the
rattles; that's what they did"
Genes brother Walter. who claims to
know thing or two. supplemented the
account Of the rattlesnake violin peril
with the announcement of another
menace to confding public.
Gasoline fumes escaping from thou
sands of automobiles are charging the
air with a gas which is inhammnble
and highly explosive" he explained.
This gas Is collecting in the upper air
strata. Some day redhot meteor is
going to touch off the gas, and then
bing-0! There'n be an explosion thatll
wreck some of the sky and knock down
the stars"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
PROFESSIONAL FOOLS.
They Occupied Important Places and
Were Beloved and Trusted Often.


According to Garzoni, the lord was
never without the fool, the fool new
or without a lord; while he adds
that so necessary was the one to the
other that IL the master were COM
PEELED to forego temporarily his toy
he straightway fell i'll from melan-
choly.
The statement is corroborated by
the evidence supplied by history OF
the extraordinary affection borne by
kings to their jesters--an affection
perhaps the result in part of licensed
familiarity permitted to the fool
alone. Traces of 1t are everywhere
apparent. Here and there a magnif-
cent tomb, such as that erected in
the church of st. Maurice de Senlis
to the memory OF Thevenin de Saint
Ligier, fool of the King our Lord"
testified to the gratitude of the master
toward the man who had made him
laugh. Or again the proof of IL is to
be found In gifts such as the rich
chapelle of ermine covered with
rose bush. with stem of gold OF
cypress and leaves of wrought gold
presented by John the Good, the pris-
oner of Poictlers, to his fool Jehan
Arcemalle. SO dear was Calllette,
his official Jester, to Francis l.
that when death had removed him
from his post the King paid to his
memory the naweloome compliment OF
insisting that his son, made after
quite another pattern and regarding
the calling with adherence, should
carry on the family tradition by as
suming the cap and bells. OF
Charles v. OF France 1t is recorded
that he maintained at his court a
number OF the craft with whom, his
morning devotions concluded. he
was accustomed to exchange paroles
joyeuses ct honnestes" before pro
ceeding to the more serious occupa-
tions of the day. Poor mad Charles
vi. surrounded himself with testers,
hoping thus to find means of dis
traction from his melancholy; and
to come to a prince of the Church,
so close and intimate was the tie un4
iting Pope Leo X. and his favorjte
buffoon that the latter assisted at
his death-bed, and has been asserted
-one would hope erroneously- to
nave been the sole watcher there.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

ly got back into the dory, but the next
think I knew was lying In the bot
tom of the boat on top of that Jumping,
thrashlng fish and in all kinds of dan
ger of getting crushed under 1t or get.
ting killed by blow from its tail. Ev-
cry time I tried to climb up the fish
would knock me down again. The boat
was nearly full of water, and the fish
was good and strong.
81 think he would have done for me
IL hadn't happened by good luck to
hit him welt on the head. That quiet
ed him until could get upon my feet
and finish him. 1t was lucky thing
for me that the water was smooth or
the fish would have gone out of the
bont and taken me with him"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
Snakes Hatch In Fiddle.
instrument Proves Incubator For Raes-Foowers Of Super
stious Theory Almost Create Panic at Church Concert.

Residents of Sparrow Bush, four
miles from Port Jervis. N. j., got the
inside facts from Gene Tisdell why he
dropped his fiddle at the church con
cert In Lifting Rocks just as he was
about to play Pop Goes the Weasel"
with variations.
Gene is noted for his veracity. He is
also famous as fiddler, and his con-
duct at the concert caused a local SEN
satlon. He tells 1t thus: In the days
when he first scraped bog his teach
er was superstitious Frenchman,
who confided to him that IL the rattles
of a rattlesnake were placed in a vio-
lin the instrument would surrender its
sweetest harmonles. Gene says he re-
called the advice three weeks ago when
he killed snake with sixteen rattles
after hard fight.
He tucked the rattles in his violin
and did not take up the Instrument
again until he started for Lifting
Rocks.
He saluted the audience and drew his
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

his breathing being regular at all
times.
1t was supposed that the pent-up ex-
citement of years had resulted in an
extreme reaction, but despite all theo-
ries the family became very anxious.
Various methods were tried. but 1t re-
mained for DIR. Il. III. Shorb of Can
ton to bring an electric battery and
mental suggestion into play. Electric
ity was applied to his spinal column
and to the soles of his feet. The COM
mand for Bacher to arouse himself
was then made by mental suggestion.
At last Bacher stirred aud then
opened his eyes. He looked up at the
doctors. who were conducting the
clinic, but did not speak for some
time.
Before the physicians left the house
he was able to talk. ~ ..sG,ah6,saas !
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
Failure Made Him Sleep.
Inability to Sell Patent Lued Inventor Bacher Into Twenty
Days Nap-Aroused by Electricity and Mental Suggestion.

Peter Bacher OF Canton, o.. who
dropped of In twenty-six days nap
because he had failed to sell patent
for making steel, was Awakened the
other day by electric batteries and
mental suggestion. Bacher came to
full consciousness like any normal
slnmberer. He rubbed his eyes. yawn-
ed and stretched out his arms,
Bacher had been working on steel
patent for years, all his hopes and am
billions being centered In 1t. There are
many ways to work Off an excess Of
disappointment. but Bacher found re-
lief In an unusual, inexpensive manner.
On the day he failed to sell his patent
he came home and fell into profound
slulnber He resisted all attempts to
wake him the next day and the next
week His appearance seemed normal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
Fight With a SwordfiSh.
Fisherman Anthony Dexter Knocked Out Of Boat by Monster
Lucky Blow on the Head Kills It When Man
Is Almost Exhausted by Battle

Anthony Dexter, member Of the
crew of the fishing schooner Eva and
Mildred, and a 300 pound swordfsh
engaged In battle for life in twelve
foot dory, and Dexter was the victor,
although the swordfsh gave good ac-
count of itself.
The Eva and Mildred arrived at Bos-
ton recently with sixty-eight swordfish
to show for three weeks cruise. The
big fish were easy victims, with the
exception OF the monster that fell to
the lot of Dexter.
The Eva and Mildred fell In with the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
REMARKABLE RECOVERY,
THANKS TO PE-Ru-NA.

Mrs. Frank Stroebe, II. II. ID. l, Apple
ton, Wis, writes: q.
al began using Peruna few months
ago when my health and strength were
all gone, and / was nothing but
nervous wreck, could not sleep, eat or
rest properly, and felt no desire to live.
"Three bottles OF Peruna made me
look at life In different light, as be-
gan to regain my lost strength. While
my recovery took nearly four months,
at the end OF that time was better than
ever had been before. I had a splen-
did color and never weighed more In
my life. "a
al certainly think Peruna is without
rival as tonic and strength builder
and 1t has my endorsements" sAe
This lady entirely recovered from
nervous breakdown. She did not-g go
away TO a sanitarium, and spend hum
dreds of dollars for cure. She just
staid at home, took Peruna, and in four
months weighed more than ever In her
life, had a splendid color, life looked
bright to her. Peruna did all this for
her. What more could be expected OF
any remedy?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

"It was the most awful whack ever
got" said Dexter, "and / didn't know a
thing until l hit the cold water That
revived me, apd saw the dory, with
one gunwale under water and the fish
half out trying to squirm back into
the sea. dived under the dory and,
coming up on the other side, brought
1t back upon an even keel. The fish
was now in my dory, and 1 was in the
water. He seemed to know he had the
upper hand, and every time l made a
move to get in that awful tail would
wave, and / would drop back again.
Honestly, l don't know how / final
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The indictment against about flf-
ty fertilizer factories in Tennessee,
charging them with having formed
la trust in violation OF the Sherman
antitrust law has been nollied. The
court probably decided not to stir up
.such stink during the neat of a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

farmer has sue
ceeded In grating
corn on cat.tail
stalks in { h e
swamps along the
railroad trac k.
thereby reclaiming
a lot Of waste
land and maintain.
! n & 10 W as 8 u
premacy as a corn
state. When the
Iowa inventor has
discovered a prac-
tical plan for
grating pigs on
pig-weed and dock
tailed horses on
burdocks, the few
Hawkeye farmers
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
Man-a-lln the Ideal Laxative.

who have not already purchased au.
omobiles will be in position to get
more costly and later models. = W
600
Discords:
Straws and straw hats show which
way the wind blows
When there is no garden to make,
every man knows how. -
Somehow, we seldom hear the poor
alking about the blessings of,poverty.
u y Z N.y
There are always lot of fellows
no would like TO see the man at the
,p fall off.
Almost all OF the notables. except
at Grove, wrote sidelights on the
ihicago convention eEt
yf 4 =
Thank goodness, the lemon crop has
cen injured and fulks won't feel so
luch like handing them around SO
romiscuously.
Yes, it's safe TO take 'em of now
nd put on the ones that are cut of
op and bottom, reaching only from
yell, from here to there. You know!
u y 4 fttg3f
What Midas touched turned into
old The knowledge of this leads
ur friends. now and then, to touch
,< and watch the gold come--some-
ines. .sff&....s a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

only to find that ragweed, wild mus
tard and "pussley' require much less
faith. Whatever became Of those seeds
is beyond me, unless they got mixed
on direction and have started out for
China instead of my side of the globe.
Another thing have noticed about
seeds is that the printing on the en-.
velope has an annoying habit Of tell.
ing you to plant 10 seeds to the hill
and transplant the overflow from
the hill later on. Now, this en-.
tails an endless lot of on
gineering and calculation, to say
nothing Of hours of back. breaking la.
Dor in the sun. ] am absolutely sure
that we never did this when | was
young. but suppose that horticulture
and agriculture have progressed since
then, the same as everything else, and
have no dotfbt but that the new ways
are better than the old-and more
costly.
Anyhow, you ought to see my pea
vines hump this warm weather!
600
pubk. d .. .
There lr peace by the river that sings
with delight
As the shadows droop low Ger the land
OF the night
And the bat is abroad like blot on the
sky,
tangent Of blackness, a streak In the
sky,
The birds cudde softly where bushes
hang low
To sleep by the air OF the brooks under
tow.
Now up from the bank comes scream,
fierce and wild
scream that is worse than the "Oh-
save-me-child!" Ea
And then all is still and the bat swings
once more,
And quetude regns. save tho rivers
soft roar.
a peekaboo waist and a laundering bug.
600
Thoughtful Bull.
A Connecticut bull got drunk:
charged an apple tree and broke his
neck. He was fool bull, but come
to think OF it, men do worse some
times when they are full of sour mash
rhe bull was considerate; he brok,
only his own neck. The crazed man
very frequently slays others, dsre.
CARDS his trust, mutilates, neglect
and snorts about much more disgrace
fully than the bull that merely wen
off alone, ran amuck tree trunk ant
ended his own mad existence. Mar
may be only little lower than the
angels, but he is mighty little above
he brute when full of whisky.
600
Grating.
\ wonderful story OF graft is -four
lshlng in Iowa to the effect that
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The funniest thing yet in national
politics is the talk OF demand upon
the part of the anti-Bryan men that
Bryan withdraw from the race. There
was nothing in the Chicago conven-
tlon TO equal that.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

better. @ ar d 9 n
seeds, like hash,
are an uncertain
quantity. My wife
bought some wild
cucumber an d
morning glory
seeds this spring
that have almost
shattered my faith.
After weeks and
weeks in the
ground they have
failed to material
ize. Almost daily |
have wandered out
to the. garden
fence to welcome
them 10 our midst
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The subcommittee of the Repub-
lican national committee Is now ready
to accept anybody for chairman
whom Taft may select and Taft is
ready to select anyone whom Teddy
may name, so there you are.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

Now Senator Dick has offered his
services TO Taft during the campaign.
OF course Taft cannot refuse, but
what in the world Is he going TO do
with them.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

Statisticians will be busy for the
next day or two figuring up the num-
Der of dead and wounded In today's
celebration and the grand total of
victims of Indepenence day.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 7:30, rises 4:31; p. m,
planet Mercury in conjunction with the
sun, passing that body from east to
west on the nearer side; suns diane
ter today 81 minutes 311a seconds of
arc; the same Jan. 2, ~ minutes 35%
seconds Of arc; earth 3,25O0o0 miles
farther from the sun now than In Jan
uary.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

Hitchcock who Is an aspirant for
the craftsmanship OF the Republican
national committee says he has not
seen Tiff. It is really shame 10
ignore the candidate for president in
that manner.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The question of the day Is not, "1s
1t hot enough for you" but "IIow
many have been killed and injured
'up to this time"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

There Is TO be fight over the
lanti-injunctlon plank in the Denver
convention. AT Chicago the platform
|ratifiers just spit the plank and put
In half of It.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

Charley Dick says that Ohio Is sure
TO go Republican by handsome ma
6ority. That statement will be enough
TO make some men who had fully In
tended TO vote for Taft change their
minds and vote the Democratic tick
ct
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The Ohio delegation has started for
Denver. There should be some real
news from the convention city as
|soon as II arrives
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The state department appears to be
giving President Castro little more
rope evidently hoping he will do as
the proverbial calf did.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The revolutionists at Tabriz have
doubtlessly concluded they might as
well have been killed fighting as TO
be massacred after they had surren-
dared
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

With all OF those prominent men
declining the nomination for Vice
President the ordinary man becomes
more reconciled TO his lot.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

1t almost seems irony for the peni-
|tentiary officials to make special
day of Independence day In Tie big
|prison.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

There was really nothing interesting
about the Republican convention.
but this Craftsmanship proposition ls
becoming so.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

Someway the fans always feel bet
ter after the team has beaten Bailey
of Mansfield or Justus of Lancaster.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

AS yet former Congressman Char
ley Grosvenor has not given out any
|figgers on the election next fall.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The man who takes his boy and
goes to the country for the day is
THE safest.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
SUNDAY SCHEDULE

First car on c.. d. & M. leaves
Marion at 6 a. m. and every hour
thereafter. Last car for Columbus
at 0 p. M; for Delaware at II p. m
Last car leaves Columbus. $3.50 .. m.
thf,s-tf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1908.
Julv a In History.

1s26-John Adams, second president OF
the United States, died; born 1735.
Thomas Jefferson, third president
of the United States, died; born
1743.
1881 = James Monroe, fifth president,
died; born 1853.
1S9S-Truce at Santiago
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

You nave tried the rest. Now try
Ne hest ADMIRAL COFFEE.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
|yyl2iINsslExglaYr yl2iINs xlar
PLANTING Seeds.

Garden seeds, like religion, must be
taken on faith--the more faith the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
Thoughtful Bull.

a wonderful story of graft is -four.
lshing in Iowa to the effect that q
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
JOHN b. NEAL.
shIll OF
REAL ESTATE

Under and by virtue of a deed of
trust bearing date the 18th day of
september, 1906. executed by Robt
w. Williams and F.. w. Williams.
ms wife, to the undersigned +. A.
Hooper, trustee, to secure George A
surrey and w. p. Hawley. trustees
or the Client Land Association, of
BIueheld. West Va, the sum Of
$466.66) Four Hundred and Sixty
SIX Dollars and Sixty-Six cents. ev!-
denced by two bonds Of the said
robert w. Williams, payable in
equal installments of one and two
years; with interest from said SEN
tember 1896, at the rate OF six
per cent; which said deed of trust
is duly recorded in the office of the
clerk of the county court of Mer-
Ger county, West Virginia, i'm trust
deed book number IA. page 242
and default having oeen made in
the payment Of the said notes. and
having been requested SO to do by
the said w. p. Hawley and G.. A.
Shirey, trustees as aforesaid, /. the
said trustee, in accordance with the
terms of the said trust deed, will
offer for sale to the highest bidder.
by public auction. in front OF the
Flrst National Bank of the city Of
Bluefield, West Virginia. at noon.
on Saturday, the 25th day of Octo-
ner' l9O8, TIE following real es-
tate
First--LOt number 90 in section
S34 shown on the map OF the said
Client Land Association beginning
It a point in the northern line of
Adams street, 400 feet from the
intersection OF said line with
he eastern line Of East Riv-
er avenue; thence northeast along
the northern line OF Adams street.
ii.ty feet to a point IN said line. and
I with this width Of fifty feet. said lot
runs back northwest between lines
parallel with each other. and ~
right angles to the said northern
line Of Adams street, one hundred
and thirty-fve (135) foot to the
southern line OF a fifteen feet wide
alley.
Sccond-Lot number 21 IN said
sction 834. beginning az point I'm
the northern line OF Adams street
Tour hundred and fifty C45O) feet
rom tho intersection Of said line
/ with the eastern line OF East River
avenue, thence northeast along the
northern line OF Adams street. fifty
600 feet 10 a point In said line.
ana with this width Of fifty 500
ieet, said lot runs back northwest
/ between lines parallel with each
other and az right angles TO the
/ northern line Of Adams street. one
hundred and tbirty-fye G35) feet
\ TO the southern line OF a fifteen
/ feet wide alley.
Terms OF sale Cash In hand on
day or sale
This tho 22nd day OF September.
/ 1908.
J.. A. HOOPER.
J 9-22-29-1O-G-I3 Trustee
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08

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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08

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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
WILLIAMS KIDNEY PILLS

Have you neglected your kidneys?
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
ROGERS LIVERWORT
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For the complete cure Of coughs,
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ry, have for ages maintained an
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
FOOTBALL SATURDAY.

Beaver High School and the City
GRADED School foot ball teams will
contest the first game of the season
saturday afternoon a. 4 O'Clock at
tho South Bluefieid groulds. Both
teams are on their metal" and
promise to make it an interesting
game.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
ANNOUNCEMENT.

MY friends having been denied
The privilege of voting for me in
the Republican county convention.
AFTER my name had been properly
and regularly placed before said
convention, they feel that they
should have the right to vote for
me In the general election. there
Tore announce myself an independ-
ent candidate for the offc OF county
clerk and promise, II elected TO
faithfully and impartially discharge
The duties of said office.
j. p. r. SENTZ