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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
TRADING FOR A WIFE.
An Army Officers Experience witt
an Indian at Western Fort.

An Army Officers Experience with
an Indian at Western Fort.
HE says he would like to trade with
you for your wife 1T came out at
last. II was a startling proposition
indeed. For moment we were both
too breathless to comment. Finally
my husband yielded to his impulse for
amusement and smiling at me he
replied:
ASK him what he will give for her"
He says SIX ponies, Lieutenant"
"Oh, tsp him sheSissworth lots more
than that'iiG ,,ssLM, -s
. He win 'give.yp Twelve ponies,tor
bef." - pl.F silyN,. ttt 81
My husband again replied thar nd
would not trade for anything. like
that; SO the Indian kept raising his
bid. He, offered twenty ponies; then
twenty ponies and squaw; and I'm
ally twenty ponies, squaw and a
papoose. At length, wearying OF the
nonsense, my husband nodded his
dismissal of the subject. But the In
dian seemed to think that the appar-
ent holding out for higher price
constituted a trade when the final
offer was not rejected. He appeared
satisfied, but soon signiied he wished
to finish the bargain. OF course my
husband Immediately objected. My
savage admirer continued unaccount-
ably insistent; and amicably to rid
himself OF the Indians importantly
my husband told him | was not fit
Tor more travel; that | needed to 90
TO rest at once. Accordingly | enter
ed our tent.
The Indian was not content. and
continued, with some of his com
panions, to hang arouna the camp un-
I'll one OF the men told them they
must now return to their camp, as we
We're all going to retire. When they
had reluctantly departed my husband
laughingly told the LieutenanG who
had not been present during he par
leying, of the incident The latter
looked grave, and expressed "a fear
that the Indian, in the belief that he
had made a trade. might cause trou-
BILE when the bargain was not kept
Ay husband assured him there was
no agreement, and that the buck had
no basis for such claim. The Lieu
tenant explained that the failure to
reject the last bid and the presence
Of witnesses to the price haggling
was all that the Indian considered
necessary to make binding affair Of
heart and honor
or course, terms had to be reached,
and my husband, for the only time In
his experience with the red men, or
as far as | know with any man,
agreed to compromise. He bought
them Off, and appeased their disap-
pointment by a gift Of good. hard
money and lot of tobacco. Army
aud Navy Life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27

very congenial and wonderfully inter-
esting. can hardly walt for their
letters to come. and Hazel is just as
eager.
I'VE feel now that wen never be
oontented until we meet and have
made friends OF them, though Of
course they are not doing right by
corresponding with supposed be
strange men. That's the only thing
we don't like about them.
we get a letter from them every
day, now. They are staying at The
Highland hotel. and we want to get
Mr.. Brown to drive up there with US
some day this week. to see If we can't
pick out our unknown correspond
ents ... s.f,I.., .
IN let you know what happens II
we go. Myrtle Meadows.
Oceans OF love" slu US
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
Slaughter Of Squirrels In sootlsns.

The slaughter of 1888 squirrsls by
the Ross'shire Squirrel Club during
the past year is part OF the war thar
has long been wagad in various psrts
OF Scotland. AT one time the squirrel
bade fair to became extinct In that
country, but the afforestation OF the
latter part Of the eighteenth csntury
saved IL, and helped Il to develop to
the proportions of plague. Pha
squirrel has a passion for the young
shoots of trees. and It's nibbling lie
apt To stunt the trees growth. fr buds
and bark suffering particularly. And
so hearts are hardened against the
squirrel, in spite of its pretty ways
and name which, literally, means
little shady tail, being q diminutiya
OF the Latin "sciurus," which is aim,
ply Greek Latinized The Greeks
called the squirrel shady taiI' just. A
they called the cat "wavy tail'i---ail,
ouros-New York Globe. -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
Devils Were Plentiful.

In ancient and medieval timea ID
was supposed that devils were count.
less in number. According to writer
the Talmudists used TO assert that
there were 74O5,926 devils. One old
authority on the subject affirmed that
every human being has 1000 devils
ON his right hand and 1O.aD0 ON his
left,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27

Gerry houses of Chicago. The man
ager said he didn't think they intend
ed adding newspaper department
just yeHAnd IqsyRs forced intp making
unanpotndsd. calls on the city edi
tors. 81. -'--
,sDespite the fact than he had re
peatedly told me there was nothing
doi9g, Ticontibned TO persecute Sher
man then city editor of the Tribune
One day, In a fatherly spirit, he took
me gently by the hand. Opening the
door Of a great room wherein sat 80 or
40, OF the most abject, discouraged
hungry-looking men | had ever seen,
he said:
My young man, do you see those
fellows in there?'
"'Yes, sir
"fDo YOU know what they are?'
No sir. They look like buns TO
met
They are newspaper men,, on
space, We have 32 reporters on the
regular staff-just twice, as many as
we, need. When all the regular men
are at work and something comes up
that has to be, covered at once, we
open the door of this room and sum
mon one Of these space men. II the
assignment does not pan out. he gets
DO gents for car fare, II It does, he
gets s6 column for what we print of
bis story. Mind. you. not So column
for what he writes. but So a column
for what we print of what he, writes!
Sherman paused to let this soak
in. "a ,,....
y" IL suits me, ! said. abruptly, was
at the end Of my rope. anyhow. and
the IS a column had Its lure!
Help yourself replied Sherman,
as though washing his hands of me-
There are always plenty of chairsn
And he withdrew. M
We'll. boys" continued Miller, toy.
Ing with the crust OF his cherry pie,
II sat In that room exactly 30 days, 18
hours day. before Jim Kelley called
my nameTand when he called It,
hadn't heard Il In so long / hardly
knew II myself! Keeley was some
sort OF an assistant In those days and
he told me In The usual courtly man.
ner. still In vogue about newspapers.
TO get to h--7l out Of there on Re-
publican primary story up In the
steenth ward. ! didn't have car fare,
but It was only four, miles or so up
on the North side, and | walked,
: lit was a bully story, too! There
was fight and knife-sticking and
lot Of colon u rushed smadly, back to
the, Office and wrote crackerjack
story Of at least two columns on that
fight. sNssu morping | got up early
and bcrrowddl a newspaper. ~ fF#h
= Blow my heart ebbed when failed
to andi the story on the front page!
Feyershb v tore through the col
umns!s Then ! began all over again
and wsnt through them line by line
and away back under political sub.
head / found a four line item, the re-
port Of the primary. 1t said that such
and such primary had been held and
that sach aud such men were among
those present,
'sfhen and there chalked up that
Assignment as one of the 50-eent
scTt!'
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
Myrtle Meadows.
oThe Lilacs.o Jnly 5th.

Jean Mcintosh. you'll never. never
guess what perfectly awful thing
has happened! I'm so shocked and
ashamed and surprised that'1 can
hardly write at all.
I'VE wrote and asked those girls to
meet us last Thursday afternoon un-
derneath a certain peculiar old tree
halfway between the farm and The
Highlands j..
1--WE didn't really believe they'd do
it. Somehow, judging from their let
tefs, we thought they were girls who
wouldn't do such a rash and i'm
proper thing; still, we hoped they
would come, and realizing how fool
ish such an act would be-
I'VE asked them to each wear a red,
red rose, and said that we would wear
red roses, also, and that very after
noon we got a reply saying they
would be on hand Thursday after
noon,
I'VE we're both glad and sorry; glad
that we were to really see them at
last and sorry that their womanly
instincts had not prevented them
from consenting to meet two strange
farmers
I'VE decided to give them a lecture
for their lack of prudence when we
met, and then be friends forever af-
ter. ..l.
$50 we put on our prettiest gowns
because we wanted to make a good
impression, you know, and went gay
ly to our trysting place.
! "Oh, Jean, it's dreadful to think of
even yet, and hot, cold, Mortified, de-
lightful little ehills and thrills run
up and down my spinal column as |
write of It.
when we reached the old gnarled
tree with its rustic seat, bird-concert,
and glossy green leaves, we found
not two pretty, half shy. blushing
girls as we had expected, but Mr.
Ried and Dix Donahue, Hazels long
time friend and admirer. and each
wearing triumphant smile and
red, red rose.
I'VE saw how 1T all was in n min
ute. They had bought those berries,
had read that note. and Mr., Reds
familiarity with my handwriting had
betrayed our plot, at the very begin
ming.
We'll, you can imagine how we felt
maybe. | just stood there with the
blood coming and going In my face,
frightened till | was afraid to raise
my eyes, while Mr.. Ried came for
ward and took my limp hands in his
strong ones in way that made my
heart almost choke me. n
Hazel and Dix began by laughing
merrily, but they disappeared so soon
tafterward that could scarcely be-
lieye they had ever been there. =
$50 this is my friend, John Hast
ings Dalrymple, who writes enchant-
ing letters to strange young ladies',
Is it?' said Mr.. Ried
And to save my life couldn't
think OF thing TO, say. and-and-
could you be my maid of honor the
tenth of next October. dear Jean2
Your happy happy friend.
Myrtle Meadows.
Laura L. Rittenhouse.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
"The Lilacs.o June sOth.

Dear Jean-We went. but we don't
know whether we saw or not. and
we're sure we didn't conquer.
I'VE we're all eagerness and eyes
when we went into the big hotel din
ing room. and not a girl escaped our
scrutiny.
Finally we selected two sweet, re-
tined-looking girls as our strange
friends. and as we passed their tables
on our way out Hazel purposely
caught her foot In the tallor-made
skirt of one of them and stumbled
and apologized most gracefully in q
way which would have made any or
dinary girl say something in reply.
But that girl merely acknowledged
the apology with a, cold nod. and be-
gan talking to her friend again as un-
concernedly as II we had never ex-
listed.
Hazel blushed furiously and felt
awkward and uncomfortable, and Just
then l happened to look across the
room, and there sat Mr.. Ried. my
handsome employers you know
He gave me such a queer. piercing
look, that felt as II he eoold see
right through our little sham, and
was glad to hurry out of his sight,
barely returning his bow.
"And that's all there was to reward
us--no romance. no anything but
disappointment.
"We'ne determined to meet those
girls, yet, though, and III tell you la
ter how we are going to manage 1t.
you're in, luck to have had your
brother give you such lovely dimity
gown. and lavender is your color.
I'VE are going after ferns now
Goodbye, dear heart
a.. Myrtle Meadows.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
"The Lilacs" June 2St,

lne liidcb. June zotn
Dear Jean-Thank you 80 much for
the books and papers and the little
turn-down collar that Is SO neat and
dainty 1t will always remind me OF
the thoughtful friend who made 1t,
Hazel and | are becoming quite ex-
cited over our correspondence with
those strange girls. They are devel-
oping wonderfully. and we fnd them
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27

-
| at the Press club
Il had q brilliant
Ideal ! made uT
my mind that
would throw az
nv Job as city ed
itor OF The Pc
dunk Blaetter and
get a Job In Chi.
cago. / had O
double purpose
WANTED to become
Breat, ana see tne
worlds fair at the
same time.
ITO prove that
my idea was real.
Iy a brilliant one,
as stated he add.
ed, taking a lib.
eral mouthful of
cherry pie, a la
mode, Il discov-
cred that several
hundred OF h @ r
country newspa.
per cubs had de,
cided on the same
procedure. | didn't
know a soul in
Chicago, but l got
a letter from our
local groceryman,
who knew what a
smart fellow |
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
VISITS WITH
| |~sLfGLEHY
How Miller Broke In.

zone day out in the tali grass said
Miller taking lunch at the Press club.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
Productive Soil.

People who remember the story az the
chieago' belle who objected to stepping IN
the soil spilled from one OF the over
turned urns at the Kansas building az The
worlds fair because the lady, Impressed
by the dssmonstrated pPoductiveness of
the soiL feared contact with IL might
cause her feet to resume growing, Will
not ba snrpTsed 'qt hnything coming froai
Missouri farmer 10 trying 10 efve
soma idea Of Tia productiy4ness. OF the
land about him. farmer Of this state
rays that they have to nowithe grass Off
tbs floor every day 20 ma the baby. and
one family near him having twin babies
andaoniy one erndlef the child that had 10
sleep on the aQor grew twice as fact as
the oihsr. because II was near the earth
And where the SOL lies the deepest man
dares not stand on, one foot any length
81 tinne last that lag becomes longer and
bothersl him In walking. .-ExchanKe. lf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27
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Nobody Hurt.

a girl and second baseman picked up
each others suit CAGES on a train The
exchange was not so disastrous for she
got . ball suit and he bail gown. Me,
nominee Co. Afich.} Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-27

was to one of the big wholesale gro.
Gerry houses of Chicago The man.
ager said he didn't think they intend
ed adding newspaper department
just yeHAnd Ilsyas forced intp making
unanpoiinded cabs sopl the city edit
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-02-14
.Chancery Sale.

In pursuance and by virtue of decree OF the
Circuit Court for the County of Shiawassee,
State OF Michigan, in Chancery made and en-
tered on the 9th day of December, A. ID. 1907, in
q certain cause therein pending, wherein The
Owosso Savings Bank is complainant and Sea-
vey D. Emery, Clara E. Emery, Eben L. Dud-
ley, Daniel e. Knowlton. Carl @. Wright and
Owosso Poultry Co. are defendants, notice is
hereby given. that shall sell at public auction
to the highest bidder, at the front door OF the
Court House in the City OF Corunna, County of
Shiawassee and State Of Michigan, chat being
the place OF holding the Circuit Court for said
county, on Monday. the twenty-fourth day or
February, A ID. 1908, at 10 o'clock In the fore
noon. the following described property, viz.
all that certain piece or parcel of land situate
In the City OF Owosso, County OF ShiawasSee
and State OF Michigan, described as follows:
Commencing at point at the southeast corner
OF the North half (Jh) of Block twenty.four (2D
from thence RAINING North along the West line
OF Water Street to point two (2) rods and two
(2) links South of point where the South line
OF Mason street would intersect the West line
of Water Street IL Mason Street we're extended
West, thence West at right angles with Water
Street TO the Shiawassee River thence South
erlv along the east bank OF SAL river to o point
where the center line running East and West
OF Block twenty-four (2D intersects the East
bank of Shiawassee River, thence East to the
pla ,e OF beginning, and being all that property
known as the dewey and Stewart Mill Prop
ertv." W
Dated Jan. end, 1908.
NEIL r. WALSH
Circuit Court Commissioner.
Shiawasssee County, Michigan.
FITZPATRICK & PIERPONT
Solicitors for Complainant
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-02-14
The Feast of YuIe.

1t was Pope Telesphorus, who died
before the year $50 A. d., who insti-
tuted Christmas as festival, though
for some time it was irregularly held
In December, April and May. But
for centuries before there had been
feast OF Yule among the northern ma
tons, whose great enjoyment was in
drinking the wassail bowl or cup.
Nothing gave them so much delight as
Indulgence in "carouslng ale," especial
ly at the season of short days, when
fighting was ended. 1t was likewise
the custom ut all their feasts "for the
master of the house to ill large bowl
or pitcher, to drink out of it first him
self and then give to him that sat
next. and SO it went around" This
may have been the origin of that popu-
lar American custom known as treat
ing"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-02-14
SHORT ANSWERS.

GRAPE JELLY.-Farmer's Wife, Os
kaloosa, Kan: Take grapes which are
properly ripened. Those which are toe
enough may cause the CLASSY forma
ton common to some Of the ripe grape
jellies. Mash in an earthen vessel and
strain through q muslin sack. Use
two pounds of sugar to each quart OF
juice, boiling fo- about twenty min
utes before placing in the glasses
Skim as often as needed to remove the
scum.
GRAZING PERMITS. - r. +. NJ.
Billings, Mont: The new law provides
that "all persons must secure permits
before grazing any stock on a national
forest except for few head in actual
use by prospectors, campers and trav'
elers or which are used in connection
with business of the national forests
and milk cows or work animals moi
exceeding ten head owned and in use
by bona fide settlers residing In OF
near a national forest, which require
no permit"
SEX OF CHICKENS.-P. Nj. G.,
Bacon. Ca: 1t is claimed by the Ca
madam station that eggs gathered In
the early part of the season will usu.
ally hatch more males than females,
while Of the late eggs the reverse Is
true. This station also claims that
the eggs from limited number of
hens with one cock will hatch more
males than females, while II the cock
is with large number of hens there
will be more females than males. If
the male parent is old and the fe-
males young the eggs will hatch more
females, while IL the male is young
and the females old the eggs will hatch
more males.
SQUASH BUGS.-T. d. f., Cody
Wyo.: Hand picking is perhaps the
most effective way to combat the pest
AS soon as the eggs appear on the
vines as many of them as possible
should be removed by tearing Off the
Infested leaves and burning them. OF
course this is not practical where there
Is large number Of vines to go over.
The young, when they are in what is
called the first, second or third stages,
may be easily destroyed with kerosene
emulsion. Another method is to place
shingles and boards on the ground
near the vines and leaves overnight.
Here the bugs gather in the evening
for shelter, and In the morning they
can be gathered up with shovel and
thrown In a kettle of hot water and
destroyed. There are number of
other beetles which will attack tho
squash vine, among which is the COM
mon striped cucum Der beetle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-02-14

Answer.-The first thing to take into
consideration when manuring the APP
pie orchard is whether 1t needs manur-
ing or not. The apple does not require
a very rich SOIL In fact, If the soil is
too rich the trees will make a heavy
growth of top, but there will be little
fruit. 1t is for this reason that or
chards do better on clay hills than in
fat bottom lands. That is why the
Ozark mountain region is better for
apple raising than the rich prairie
lands of central Illinois. But very lit
tie organic matter Is needed in the soil
Of the orchard, and usually enough
can be obtained by growing crop Of
cowpeas or clover and allowing the
roots to decay in the soil. If, however,
it becomes apparent that the soils need
q little additional humus, this should
be applied In the form Of well rotted
manure. Never In any case should the
manure be fresh, and it should never
be applied close to the base Of the
trees. Make the application in the fall
very light, after the warm weather is
over. Scatter the manure between the
trees. allowing none of it to fall closer
than five feet to the trunks. Disk it
at once into the surface three inches
Of the soil. Do not make the applica-
ton too heavy at one time. 1t is bet
ter to make several applications than
to apply the same amount of manure
at one application.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-02-14
Order of Publication.

State of Michigan, County OF Shiawassee, IS.
At a session of the Probate Court for said
County. held at the Probate once, in the City
OF Corunna. on Saturday. the LIST day OF Febru-
ary In the year one thousand nine hundred
and eight
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate of Lydia Griffin,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of Francis
q. Morrice as administrator praying for license
to sell real estate OF said deceased for payment
OF debts.
1t is ordered, that the end day Of March
next at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
And it Is further ordered, that copy of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day of hearing, in THE OwossC
TINES q newspaper printed and circulating In
said County Of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-02-14
NEW zEALAND's RAILWAYS,
Keen Financial Analysis by Professor
lie Rossignol of Denver.

A recent issue of Moody's Maya
zine contains q thorough analysis Of
"New Zealand Railway Finance" by
Professor j. e. lie Rosslgnol of the
University of Denver. The writer
points out that the New Zealand gov
eminent, which owns the railways,
"borrows money at 3.75 per cent and
latterly at A per cent for the mainte
nance of railways which earn less
than 1.5O per cent upon the capital
cost, and this yearly deficit of over
2.25 per cent must ultimately fall up
on the taxpayers"
Commenting on, tabular exhibit of
the finances, Professor lie Rossignol
says:
'From these figures it is clear that
the capital cost of the roads had in
creased out Of all proportion to the in
crease in mileage, that the working ex-
penses have increased much faster
than the gross earnings and that the
net loss in ten years has amounted to
the enormous sum of f4,3S0 147, or
more than $21,000,O00, and this in a
not be expected to last forever"
After showing that fares average
about the same as In this country the
service is described as follows:
"There are no night trains, and the
service on most Of the lines is rather
infrequent. The best service in New
Zealand is that between Christchurch
and Dunedin, where there are two ex-
press trains daily, travelling at a speed
Of twenty-five miles an hour. On most
Of the other lines express trains travel
from fifteen to twenty-one miles an
hour and ordinary trains from ten to
fourteen miles an hour"
The author goes into considerable
detail in regard to freight rates, which
he considers to average about five
times those of the United States. The
most serious charge against the man
agement is that it lends itself to polit-
zeal uses:
politics has had altogether too much
to do with the construction Of roads,
the appointment and promotion Of Off
Gals, the frequency of service, the fix
ing of rates and the departmental ad-
ministration in general. Railways have
frequently been built for the sake of
securing votes rather than traffic and
business has been so often subordinat-
ed to politics that it is no wonder that
the net returns are political rather
than financial in their character"