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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
I1IS OWE ait.
The ciarS Ali. -.sr apPino Turtl,

The ciar> Ali -,r appin1 TurtI,
There H. .- ..Ie 6 Arrnan
which make o..,e..tn usc of the bait
which Il lie, IA H. own mouth.
This Is ,.'...... ..Jt sagpyinS turtle, Il
giant amJ:. i2p,.-s, known to attain
maXimu--I ,,. - of Il pounds, with
length OF ,Iy.. o. about twenty eight
inches. 1t Al;....s rivers lowing iato
the gulf of MeIico. including the Mis-
sissppi. where it is common. In ap-
pearance and actions it is an enlarged
duplicate of the common swapping tur
tie. Its pale brown hues well match
the soft, muddy bottoms on which it
lies motionlcSs, angling for fish with
the decoy. The bait is attached inside
the lower jaw. close TO the tongue, and
is we'll developed iiament of flesh,
white and distinct from the yellowish
mouth part and closely resembling n
large grub While waiting the turtle
keeps this grub in motion. giving it
the aspect of crawling about in Il small
circular course. Its mud colored shell,
often studded with a growth of fine.
waving moss. looks like Il great round
stone, and close to it is second small
er stone, the head. Close to this small
er stone crawls the plump white grub.
A fish sees it and makes a natural
mistake, only to be seized by sudden
snap of the powerful jaws. The jaws
are remarkably powerful. The COM
mon snapper, which attains only
third of the size of his larger relative.
will bite finger clean off, and the al
ligator snapper could bite through
wrist or foot-Chicago Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
Taft's Religion.

To dispose of questions which should
not be asked as speedily as possible LEI
us say that Mr.. Taft is not a Roman
Catholic. He IS a member of the Uni
tartan church. That was the church OF
his parents, and he has never separat
ed himself from it. His wife, however
Is an Episcopalian, and he worships
more often beside her in her church.
These are the facts, which are utter
ly and absolutely unimportant. The
matter of mans religion has no right
full place in consideration of his fitness
for the presidency. The constitution
of the nation. ordained and established
'to secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity," expressly
places the very suggestion of such
thought outside the pale of patriotism.
No words can be clearer than these
from our country's fundamental law,
"No religious test ever shall be re-
quired as a qualification to any office
or public trust under the United
States"
The numerous queries about Mr..
Taft's religious belief show simply the
extent TO which his enemies have gone
to rouse some prejudice against him.
Since there was no spot upon his whole
clean record of private conduct and
public service to which they could
point to Taft's detriment they display
ed their willingness to descend to any
depth of petty, cowardly, contemplate
attack that might do him harm.-Phila-
delphia North American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
TAFT'S KINDNESS TO BLIND
OverruIes Washington Monument Reg.
ulation For Benefit of the Siehtless.

Overrules Washington Monument Reg
uation For Benefit of the SiehtIess.
The kind hcartedness of Mr. Taft
and his sincere. common sense sym
pathy with The Cnfortunates in this
world has just been brought to the IL
tention of the blind in Il peculiar way.
Away up in the top of the Washing
ton monument, where thousands go to
behold the beauties of the nations
capital. the Columbia Polytechnic in
stitute, which seeks to make it posi-
BILE for the adult blind of the United
States to rise above conditions of de
pendence by becoming self sustaining
placed on sale souvenir post card!
manufactured by its blind. Some sell
timental persons took the view thai
this was undignitied and succeeded IL
having the superintendent of public
buildings and grounds order the cards
removed. II. Il. Cleaveland, principa
of the institute, appealed to Mr.. Taft
then secretary of war and within
whose jurisdiction came the office OF
public buildings and grounds. 1t tooB
only few words to convince the sec
retary that the blind should have the
benefit of this privilege. and the cards
were again placed on sale in the mon
ument.
"For this action" said Principal
Cleaveland in discussing the incident
"Mr. Taft deserves the gratitude OF
every blind person. particularly the
progressive blind. who are striving t.
help their less fortunate fellows"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
TRICKS OF WRITER'S.
A Ruse by Which kipIins Piqued His
Readers Curiosity.

"When | first began to read Kip
ling" said an admirer, my curiosity
was immensely piqued by the scraps
of verse with which he usually headed
his early stories They were all cred
tied to poems l had never heard of in
my life and were just such salient,
striking fragments as would naturally
whet ones appetite for the remainder.
For over Il year / tried hard to locate
those mysterious poems and enlisted
half n dozen book dealers In the
search. At last one of them wrote me
that I was wasting time and that the
alleged quotations were merely Mr..
Kipling's little joke.
I'm other words, he manufactured
'em to order and stuck them at the top
of his tales for the sake of the odor of
erudition they lent to the production.
| was mad for n while, but when
cooled off had a good big laugh. OF
course you know Scott used to do the
same thing, and so, for that matter,
did Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was really
the worst quotation fakir Of the lot.
HE would write wise sounding de-
tached sentences and credit them to
imaginary German philosophers with
long, outlandish and impressive names.
However, 1 don't know why the thing
should be punishable. The business of
writer of fiction Is to create an illu-
sion, and as long as he does it l for
one am not particular what means he
amDIoyS to coutributp to the end
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
Our National Attitude.

That's the Goddess of Liberty" ex-
planned the New Yorker. Fine atti-
tude, ehT
"Yes, and typically American" re-
sponded the western visitor Hang
ing to Washington Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
Reciprocal Boosting.

Judge Parker is laboring for the
Bryan cause in California, which re-
Gals the fact that Bryan's campaign in
Nebraska for Parker kept the Repub-
lican majority in the state down to
S6,000.-St Louis Globe-D emocrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
a LEGAL Thrust.

"The learned counsel for the de-
fense'' said the plaintiffs attorney,
appears to be afraid of losing his
case. otherwise why isn't he ready to
70 on?"
'I've got Il good excuse" replied
counsel for the defense.
Nonsense. Ignorance of the law eX-
cuses no one. ne."-Philadelphia Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
Sour
Stomach

No appetite. loss OF strength. nevou
ness. headache, constipation. bad breat
general debility. sour risings. and catar
Of the stomach arc all due to 'nd!gestio
Kodol relieves Indigestion. This new disco
cry represents the natural juices OF dige
tion as they exist In a healthy stomaci
combined with ttI greatest known ton
and reoonstructive properties. Kodol Il
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestio
and dyspepsia. but this famous remed
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing
purifying. sweetening and Strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach
i Mr.. S. S. Ball Of Ravenswood. W. Va, says-
" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years
kodol cured me and We srs now using u In min
for baby
kodol Disests What You Eat.
Bottles only. Relieves Indigestion. sour stomach
belchine Of gas, etc.
Prepared by z. o. Dewitt & CO.. CHICAGO
Sold by r. @. Dodson.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
ANTl-NEGRO PLANkS IN WEST
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Jim Grow Plank,

We favor the enactment of law re
quiring common carriers engaged In
passenger traffic to furnish separate
coaches or compartments for white and
colored passengers.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17
The TANGIBLE Part.

The Village Idiot discovered tres
passing)-Ye'd better not hit me. Dye
know fowks say I'm not a here. The
Farmer - Well. COON ava oot here,
then. I'm a-goin' to gle Il good hidin'
to what ther' Is o ye!-London Opinion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17

Mr.. Bryan criticises Mr.. Taft for
adding to the Republican platform. In
the meantime the number of para
mount issues" which Mr.. Bryan sub
tracted from the Democratic platform
would fill several large Volumes
Omaha Bee.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-17

A close friend is one who turns Jon
down when you want small loan
st Joseph News-PresS.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
SKATE ON CAPITAL STREETS.
Clerks Use Roller Skates to Go to
Their Occupations.

Roller skating, which in other cities
Is practically an amusement, is used
In practical way by government EN-.
ployes in Washington. About 25 clerks
employed In the post Office depart.
ment who live in the vicinity of Mount
Pleasant skate to the Office. The
clerks formed a party for their first
appearance, for the reason that up to
this time roller skating has been con.
sidered the prerogative of children
and not generally INDUCED in by
grown people outside of rinks.
M. o. Chance, chief clerk, led the
party, which made its way down Six
teenth street as the most desirable
thoroughfare.
1t is expected that the organization
OF this concerted movement In the di.
roction of practical roller skating will
place the sport upon basis similar
to that once enjoyed by the bicycle.
The miles of smooth asphalt streets
in Washington unobstructed by much
heavy traffic make 1t an ideal city for
skating. Thousands of young men
and women go to work in the
departments daily and need not
only the exercise which roller skat.
ing to the office will give, but the
price Of car tickets as we'll.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
.DAID GzNE AZI.

who declined 1t, as he preferred to re.
main in his present position at the
state department. 1t goes to Hill as
promotion, well earned by his pre-
vious diplomatic work.
Minister Arthur NJ Beaupre will be
transferred from the Argentine Re.
public to the Netherlands to succeed
Mr.. Hill, and Spencer S. Eddy, now
secretary of embassy at Berlin, will
go as United States minister to the
Argentine Republic.
Hill is not so wealthy as his prede.
cessor in Berlin, but he and his
wife have enough to enable them
to entertain in way to do credit
to their country in a capital where
economy is the rule and an ambassa.
dor is able to live on his pay--if he
wants to. There Is no such lavish
entertaining as in London and court
life is not so brilliant as in Vienna
or st. Petersburg.
DIR. Hill was college professor at
the age of 90 He served ten years
as president Of Bucknell university
and nine years as president of the
University of Rochester resigning to
travel In Europe and study interna-
tional law. His work in organizing a
school of diplomacy in connection
with George Washington university
attracted favorable notice, and in
1898 Mr.. Mckinley made him assist.
ant secretary of state.
One of the fruits of DIR. Hills resi-.
dence in Europe is an elaborate His.
tory of Diplomacy in the Interna
tional Development of Europe" two
volumes of which have already ap.
peared. This work has given its au
thor an international prestige.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11

the railroad station and the baggage.
man promptly declined to receive 1t
on the ground that 1t was not marked
"U. S. Inspected and Passed"
Mrs. McCabe telephoned to her hus.
band; he tried to turn the wheels
Of government, but failed-it was Sat.
urday and work ceased at one o'clock
and In order to get the stuff out
to his home McCabe had to take It
into the passenger car. Upon ar.
rival at Garrett Park there was no We.
hicle waiting. The solicitor was com.
PEELED to load the basket on his shoul.
der and march along a dusty road
and then through what is called "the
dreary woods to reach his house.
He toiled for half an hour before he
arrived at home, and when he did
his friends say he was in an unspeak-
able frame of mind. One thing Is
certain, ~. s. Inspected and Passed"
is not half as popular in the agri.
cultural department as it was before
that blue Saturday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
THE VICTIM OF HIS OWN LAW.
Predicament of George p. Mccabe
Should Please Beef Packers.

George p. McCabe, solicitor of the
department of agriculture, had an ex.
perience few weeks ago which prob.
ably will crafty the beef packers.
McCabe was the author of that pro.
vision of the meat inspection law
which forbids any railroad to trans,
port meats unless labeled "U. s. ~.
spectedNnd Passed" The agriculture
solicitor is hospitable man. He likes
nothing better than to gather a few
congenial souls around his board, es-
pecially on Sunday afternoon. He
has been passing the summer at Gar.
rett Park, Md, suburb of Washing.
ton, and buys all his supplies in the
capital city.
During hot spell some time ago
he asked number Of men to dine
with him on the Sabbath and told his
wife that as the Ice boz was low
II would be wise to replenish the meat
supply. Mrs. McCabe dutifully came
to Washington and purchased about
70 pounds of roast beef. bacon, lamb.
etc. The butcher sent the basket to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
INDIA STILL IMPORTS SALT.
lts Deposits lnexhaustible, But Have
Never Been Developed.

Washington. = Statistics furnished
by Consul General W. II. Michael OF
Calcutta, show that there were 1882
7Sf tons of salt imported into India
In 190G-'07. ami during the two months
Of April and May Of the present flnan
ciaI year, 1907.'OS, 393,0s5 tons were
Imported. Mr.. Michael adds:
THE bulk OF the salt came from the
United Kingdom, although Germany
France and Alden contributed con.
siderable share. The decrease In
quantity imported over the previous
year, 1905-'06. was 35 per cent, but
there was an increase in value of 1.6
per cent, The decline is due to the
boycott OF foreign goods. 1t is to be
wondered at that so much salt is i'm
ported into India, when one considers
the exhaustless deposits of rock salt
In the salt mines of the pPunjab, and
the iimitless resources OF fine salt in
the Sambhar lake In Rajputana. Were
these natural resources developed as
they might be by local capital In the
introduction OF the most modern ma.
chinery there would be little need OF
going outside Of India for salt. '
There were 146,000.00O ponds of
salt, owned by private individuals, IN
the bonded warehouses; and afioat on
the River Hooghlyi August Is, all of
which was from the United Kingdom.
Hamburg. Bremen and Alden, and at
the end of August there was hardly
pound OF salt Of Indian manufacture
= - f0apd IN Cslcntta ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
PITTSBURo

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. II Cattle
Supply light; market steady; choice
$50 % SIS: prime $50 "a $50:
good, 80 a $50; tidy butchers, 4 go
% 5; fair, A so "a 40; common, 8 3.35
"a 3.75; fat cows, 2 % 3.75; bulls
$50 a 4; fresh cows and springers
SO so s55.
Sheep and lambs--Supply light,
market shade lower. Prime weth-
ers, $50 a $50; good mixed, 5 80
"a 5.75; fair mixed 40 G 4.90:
culls and common, 2 % 4; lambs, 3 90
no; veal calves, 8 90 8; heavy and
thin calves, 4 80 a 6.
Hogs-Receipts go doubledecks:
market slow on heavy grades and
active on other grades. Prime heavy
49, mediums and yorkers, i.6O:
pigs, 4.60 20 4.65: roughs, $50 90
4: stays. 2.75 "a S.75.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Work for Senator's Secretary.

Every new congress brings to
Washington the meanest man in
Christendom. A western senator ar.
ranged last summer for the construc.
tion of barn.
81 want the work done as econom.
ically as possible" he told the car.
penter. 1T will save money, won't It,
to drive one nail instead of two into
each board?"
Yes was the reply. "But the barn
won't be as strong"
That's all right" responded the
thrifty senator, you go ahead with
the work, using one nail in each
board"
When the carpenter finished the
senator used Western Union frank
to call his secretary to his home "to
do some work which had accumu.
lated" Upon the latter's arrival he dis.
posed Of number of letters and then
said:
Here are four pounds of nails. I
want you to drive an extra nail in
every plank in that barn"
AS the government pays the salaries
OF senator's secretaries 1t is readily
apparent that the western economist
saved something In having him In
stead OF the carpenter drive the
requisite number of nails into the
barn.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
AN AMAZING EVOLUTION.
Only Sixteen SeedIess Oranges In
1879, Now Ten Million Boxes.

Mr.. La Sale A, Maynard tells "The
Story of the Seedless Orange" in The
World To-Day. Mrs. Luther c. Tib.
bits of California obtained in 1872 four
orange shoots from the agricultural
department at Washington, sent there
by William F. Judson, American con-
sui at Bahia, Brazil. They were pre-:
sented to him by a native, who had
several shoots of a seedless orange
tree growing in swamp on the Anna.
ZOn.
Mrs. Tibbts brought the infant
trees carefully home and her husband
planted them in the garden. One died,
another was chewed up by predatory
COW. but two lived, and FIVE years
later produced l6 oranges. These 16
golden globes and their immediate
successors produced results compar.
able only In value TO the famous dis
covery of another kind of gold in
Suffers millrace, and brought fame
and no small fortune to their lucky
owner"
The new orange could be produced
only by budding, and the first buds
sold at 81 each, and later at S. a
dozen. One box Of naval oranges was
crown in 1880; since then the annual
product has risen to 100000 boxes,
md the two trees which the COW did
iot chew have multiplied to over 4, :.
100000" The original parent tree
living in 1903 was transferred to the
ard Of the Glen wood hotel at River.
side, Cal, President Roosevelt aiding
the ceremony of transplantation
LAST year the tree bore two bushels
choice fruit, which, of course, were
expressed to the White House. In
iouthcrn California alone 100000, 900
5 invested in citrus fruit culture
hiehy of oranges, and in related IN.
.ustrics.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
ESKIMO is NATURE FAkER.
thinks That Bears Should Sc Treated
Like Gentlemen.

The Eskimo can say that he had a
riendly feeling toward all living
h!ngs, Notwithstanding that he fed
a flesh and that wild beasts some.
ines fed on him, says the Contem.
orary Review. Not that he ever
alked of wild beasts, for he had no
ame ones. He had not vocabulary
I rude terms about animals. He was
Inclined to credit every species with
many potential merits. The Eskimo
8 afraid--very much afraid of bears.
Yet he Is the first to admit that the
bear is capable of acting like the fin.
est gentlemen. A woman was in o
fright at seeing a bear, and so gave
him partridge; that bear never for
cot the triling service but brought,
Aer newly killed seals ever after. An.
)ther bear saved the life OF three men
"ho wished to reward him. He polite.
5 declined their offer, but If in winter
time they should see a baldheaded
Dear will they induce their compan.
ms to spare him? After go saying
10 plunged into the sea. Next winter
bear was sighted and they were go
ng to hunt him, when these men, re-
nembering what had happened
)esged the hunters to walt till they
lad look at him. Sure enough It
Fas their own bear!" They told the
'thers to prepare feast for him. and
when he had refreshed himself he lay
'own to sleep and the children played
round him. Presently he awolte and
'te little more, after which he went
iown to the sea, leaped In, and was
never seen again.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
UNION STOCK YARDS

Union Sicck Yards, Ills., Jan
II. Cattle Receipts 300: estimated
for Monday 10000; market unchang.
ed.
Hogs Receipts $4,000: estimated
for Monday 10000; market opened
sc lowsr: closed strong. Ligh
4.10 a 4 20: roughs 40 a 4.2O,
mixed 4.15 "a AS: heavy 4.25 q
a. 40 1-?: rigs $50 "a 4.15.
Sheep Receipts 1000: estimated
for Mcnday 25,OOO; market un.
changel.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
CHICAGO GRAIN

Chicago, Jan. 11.-Wheat-1-S "a
2-4c lower. the weakness late beius
or sellisg OF long wheat by for
eigners an the reported taking of
gold b. Argentina for the purpose
of handling the wheat crop there
Nay solG between LOS 10 ami
LOG y. opening at LOG and
closing 1T | .0j SIS: July between
ne 5-S and 90 3-S, openin gat os
&c and closing at 0S rs; No .
red ! .0l ~ and .O3 10.
The volume of trade was small
"nd the market was devoid OF rea-
'"reS of , telling character There
'""s additional talk of exporters
t'k'r" wheat. RoltImore reportinr
tw"'ve boat loads late yesterday
and more today.
Torn-3S n 1-oc lower nm
""avi"r r'""ints In all nositions
"av sold 'otween 20 7-e and Go
81 o3"nirr at 90 ii and CLOSING
Of GO: July between 5e 10 and 20
'-9' oDeninc at 20 and closing az
% 3-S: No. white SO % 56 10.
oats--1-i % 5-Sc lower. Old Nav
soid between 80 "a and 54 Ia
opening Ut 81 IA and closing at
'3 7-S; old July between AZ IA
ana " rs. opening at AZ "a and
cloSinS ~ ~ IA; No. 3 white 40
l-2 "a SO 10.
ProVis>ns were . 10 a ? Loo
.ower: MAJ products ranged: Pork
1906 to !? 81 10: lard s.O7 10
10 500 70; ribs 7.27 10 a
''zV' SAIKx
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
AUUTIONEERS
ey,

AUCTIONEERING-Of every de-
scription in Marion and adjoining
counties, associated with j. w.
Clark will be H. l.. Protsman,
OF Cincinnati. He comes highly
recommended as a stock salesman.
Has been associated with Harold
Wagner. one of the best salesman
In Ohio. So we guarantee the best
OF work in sales of any descrip-
ton. Office ia Court Street. Give
us trial. Marion o.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11

gan Specializing about what they
would do II they had his money.
"a carriage for mine on a night like
this" observed one.
"A steam yacht to navigate the
Streets remarked another.
Il would do exactly what Clark has
done." said third. "a cab would
cost so cents. My trousers could be
pressed in the morning for quarter.
A street car ticket costs 1-3 cents.
There is clear profit of 20 2-s cents,
and that to millionaire means some.
thing. Just multiply that sum by 365
and you would appreciate the yearly
saving. Little economies make little
millionaires."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
HILL oErs BERLIN POST.
Former Assistant Secretary Of state
to Be Ambassador to Germany.

Washington.--David Jayne Hill,
American minister to the Netherlands,
and former assistant secretary Of
state, will be named ambassador to
Berlin to succeed Charlemagne Tower,
who is about to retire on account of
III health. Mr.. Hill has had great
experience In the diplomatic service.
He speaks German fluently and it is
said his appointment will give great
satisfaction to Germany.
President Roosevelt first offered the
post to Assistant Secretary Bacon,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
TOLEDO GRAIN

ioieuo' o., Jan. n.-Wheat-Cash
i.oZ; May, 1.O6; July 30 9-4; Sep
tember 81.
Corn-Cash 5S 1-2; May 60 rs;
July 90 1-2; September GO.
oats-Cash SO; May, "a Ia; July
40: September Al.
Rye-No. l, so; No. 2, 81; No 8,
Cloverseed-Cash and January.
lo.55; March o.45; April 1880.
Prime alsike-10. 90.
Prime timothy. .25.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
CLEVEL,ANn

Cleveland. o., Jan. II .-Iogs-Re-
ceipts Scars, shipments $500; low
er; yorlers, mixed, heavies and best
pigs, 4. 40 M AS; stays and roughs
$50 % $50.
Calves-Receipts light: steady:
good to extra $50 q S.75.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts 5 cars.
lower; good to extra 7.15 "a 7.25.
aCttle-Receipts light, steady.