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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

While in his rivate car at GAL
ion Wednesday morning General
Superintendent II. o. Dunkle of the
Erie was struck over the right
eye by stone thrown through {.
window OF his coach by some med
dlesome lads. Mr. Dunkle will BE-
kept from his work for some time
by the injury.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

Manager c, Il. Perry of the
Grand has been able to change the
date for the Lion and the Mouse Co.
from the 9th to the 18th, The ticket
sale for the Girl Question will go on
tomorrow morning. and the Mrs,
Fiske sale will open Monday morn
ing,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
81 COLUMBUS AND RETURN 81

The G. ID. & M. makes a special
rate of one dollar to Columbus and
return on sundays. First car leaves
Marion, a, m. last car leaves CO.
umbus, 1880 p. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

The funeral of Washington Holmes,
colored, who died Tuesday evening
was conducted from the Park street
Methodist church Thursday afternoon
at 2 o'clock Interment was made
in the Marion cemetery.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

Ashland VS. Marion at Royal Rink
tonight. 1t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

Sunshine and Awkwardness" by
Gilligan, at Epworth tonight. 1t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02


Just learned that Gold Medal Flour Is
sifted ten times through finest silk EUGENIA.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

"Neet me at Kaler's Candy Shop"
11-l2-tf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02


| don't like your cook book--it doesn I
recommend Gold Medal Flour IMoGENE.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

The Devlins in a great brotherly
act at Royal Rink tonight. 1t
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
SICK MAN WANTED CHANGE.
More Than Willing to Make Transfer
with Physician.

A Syracuse business man who. b.
cides being extremely active and am
bilious, has much sense Of humOr.
was taken sick with slight attack Of
pneumonia. His physician, aware that
It would be q task to keep his high
strung patient in bed. sought to Inn
press on him the seriousness Of tho
ailment and the necessity Of absolute
rest; all Of which the sick man lis
tened to in q bored manner. Never
theless he consented to obey the doc
tor.
But this enforced inactivity ranked
In him; and each succeeding day
found the patient importuning the
medical man attendant to allow him
to get out to business. Then. dis
gusted. he would lie back to cast inn
precautions at the memorable physi!
clan.
One morning the physician. after,
having been up all night on An inn
portant case. appeared at his patients
house at the usual hour He had hard1
~ stuck his haggard face inside the
door. however, before the man in the
bed gave him a quick glance and sat
up.
Eth? calculated the patient. Then
showing out his hand to grasp the doc
tors satchel, he added: DOC, l guess
you'd better get into bed here and
let me go out with the medicine
bag"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21

been in this very village. staying at
this ERE very Cauliflower, whose beer
we're drinking now. In the night.
when everybody was asleep. he got up
and went quiet like and buried bag
of SIT sovereigns and one half-sov-
creign in one of the cottage gardens
till e could come for 1t again.
".And wot I'm to do about 1t. Bill,
he ses, Z don't know. All the direc-
lions he gives is, that e thinks it was
the tenth cottage on the right-and
side of the road, coming down from
the Cauliflower. He thinks it's the
tenth, but 'e's not quite sure. Do you
think I'd better make it known and
offer a reward of ten shillings, say,
to any one who finds it,"
No ses Bill. shaking is 'ead.
"Bill swore he wouldn't tell a soul.
and e went OF 'ome and 'ad his sup
per. and then e walked up the road
to the Caulifiower and back, and then
up and back again, thinking over what
George 'ad been telling i'm. and
noticing. what e d never taken the
trouble to notice before. that is very
house was the tenth one from the
Cauliflower.
Mrs. Chambers woke up at two
o'clock next morning and told Bill to
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
WHEN THE TABLES TURNED.
Willie Found His Tormentors Then
Wanted to BE Friends.

Willie Walker was a little 12-year-
old chap with red hair and crossed
eye. And Willie Walkers father was
just a poor carpenter. whose family
lived in a simple cottage with UMPIRE
tentious surroundings. Therefore,
Willie, being a poor boy and not OF
very pronounced good looks. fell un'
der the ridicule of most of his fellows
at school and about the streets. Wher
ever Willie went he was sure to hear
some boys voice call out to hfIs:
Hello. Bricktop!" or Hello, Sandy
patel" or Hello. there. Crooked
Lamp" And, again. some tormentor
would yell out to him as he went
along: Say, does the world look on
the bias to you. Sandy Kid?'
And Willie, being but child. had
not learned to turn q deaf ear to his
tormentors. In fact, he was very much
hurt by the epithets hurled at him
and was quite unhappy by being the
object of ridicule.
But in the town where Willie lived
were two brOthers-Syd and Tom
Jacksonville felt the kindest sym
pathy for the carpenters little cross
eyed son and who braved the jeers OF
the other boys to play with him. TIC
be sure, Willie was not entirely Ostra
cised by his fellows. but was SO often
made the butt of their ridicule and
coarse, painful personalities that ne
felt he had no genuine friends save
Sgd and Tom Jackson. And often he
refused to go on a picnic-where he
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
LYDIA E. PINKHAM

No other medicine has been so
successful in relieving the suffering
of women or received SO many gen.
uine testimonials as has Lydia Il.
Pinl1ham'SNegctable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia Z. Pinkhamis Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
flied by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any wOmananyd day may
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
L. PinkhamS Vegetable Compound.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia Z. Pinkham'S Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is so
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
81 restore their health.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
The Brides Look.

A girl about to be married worries
20 much she begins to look like an
I'D married woman. In addition to
worrying about her clothes and coax
ng her folks to give her a new outfit.
she sits up too late with her young
man, and the result is an anxious.
:arewOrn look a week before the
wedding that cannot be told from the
look on the face of a woman who has
been married year or two. Look at
the next girl you meet who is soon to
be married, and you will remark that
she has aged apidly.'-Atchison
Globe
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
NOT A MIRACLE.
Just Plain Cause and Effect.

There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day. which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe that
a man could suffer from coffee drink
ing so severely as to cause spells of
Inconsistencies. And to find complete
relief in changing from coffee to Pos
tum is we'll worth recording.
Il used to be a great coffee drinker.
so much SO that it was killing me by
inches. My heart became SO weak I
would fall and lie unconscious for an
hour at a time. The spells caught
me sometimes two or three times q
day.
my friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. / would not be-
Heve it, and still drank coffee until I
could not leave my room.
Then my doctor. who drinks Pos
fee and try Postum. After much hesi-
tation concluded to try it. That was
eight months ago. Since then have
had but few of those spells, none for
more than four months.
Il feel better, sleep better and am
Better every way. l now drink moth
ing but Postum and touch no coffee.
and as l am seventy years of age all
my friends think the improvement
quite remarkable"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A nevs
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
/ + Iight !
| Freiights |
By
W. W. JACOBS
| ACarden Plot |
Copyright. Dodd. Xe.d Company


The able-bodied men of the village
were at work, the children were at
school singing the multiplication table
lullaby, while the wives and mothers
at home nursed the baby with one
hand and did the Homework with the
other. At the end of the village an
old man past work sat at rough deal
table under the creaking signbOard OF
the Caulifiower. gratefully drinking
from a mug OF ale supplied by a
chance traveller who sat opposite him.
1T amt what it was when l was a
boy" quavered the old man, filling his
Iipe with trembling fingers. Il mind
when the grindstone was stuck just
outside the winder O. the forge instead
o being one side as it now is; and as
for the shop winder-it's twice the
size it was when 1 was young 'un."
He lit his pipe with the scientific
standing. and shook his head solemn
ly as he regarded his altered birth
place. Then his color heightened and
his dim eye flashed.
ITS the people about ere as
changed more than the place as" he
said, with sudden fierceness; there's
a set O. men about here nowadays as
are no good to anybody; regular ras-
kels.
But the artfullest and worst man
IN this place-and that's saying good
deal, mind you-is Bob Pretty. Deep
is no word for i'm. There's no way of
being up to i'm. It's through i'm that
We lost our flower show; and, if you'd
like to ear the rights O that. l don't
suppose there's anybody in this place
as knows as much about it as l do
barring Bob hisself that is, but e
wouldn't tell it to you as plain as
l can.
1T was started just after We got our
new parson, and Mrs. Pawlett, the par
sons wife, is name being Pawlett,
thought as she'd encourage men to
love their 'omes and be better us
Sands by giving prize every year for
best cottage garden. Three pounds
was the prize, and a metal teapot
with writing on it.
'Of course some of 'em used to
make fun of it, and Bob Pretty was the
worst of EN- all. He was always a
lazy. good-for-nothing man, and his
garden was a disgrace. He'd chuck
down any rubbish in it: old bones,
old tins, bits of an old bucket, any
thing to make it untidy.
1T was the day after this one I'm
speaking about. the 16the O June, that
the trouble all began, and it came
about in a very eggstrordinary way.
George English, a quiet man getting
into years, who used when e was
younger to foller the sea, and whose
only misfortin was that e was a
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21

get up further, and then found e
wasn't there. She was rather sur
prised at first, but she didn't think
much of it, and thought, what hap
pened to be true, that e was busy in
the garden, it being light night. She
turned over and went to sleep again,
and at five when she woke up she
could distinctly ear Bill working is
'ardest. Then she went to the winder.
Bill stood up straight and wiped
is face with his shirt sleeve and
started digging again, and then his
wife just put something on and rushed
downstairs as fast as she could go.
"'Have you gone mad?' she ses,
half crying.
Bill just stopped to throw a lump
of mould at her, and then went on
digging till Henery Walker. who also
thought e 'ad gone mad, and didn't
want to stop i'm too soon, put is cad
over the edge and asked i'm the
same thing.
ASK no questions and you'll 'ear
no lies ses Bill.
by tea time Bill was dead beat. and
that stiff he could 'ardly raise is bread
and butter to his mouth.
"Afore people 'ad done talking about
Bill, I'm blest if Peter Smith didn't
go and cultivate is garden in exactly
the same way. The parson and is
wife was away on their 'oliday, and
nobody could say a word.
When Joe Gubbins started digging
up is garden people began to think
they were all bewitched. and l Went
round to see Henery Walker to tell
i'm wot a fine chance ed got, and to
remind i'm that I'd put another nine
pence on i'm the night before. All e
said was: More fool you.' and went
on digging a ole in his garden big
enough to put 'ouse in.
In a fortnight's time there wasn't
a garden worth looking at in the
place, and it was quite clear there'd
be no flower show that year, and OF
all the silly, bad-tempered men in the
place them as 'ad dug up their pretty
gardens was the wust.
1T was just few days before the
day fixed for the flower show, and
was walking up the road when 1 see
Joe and Henery Walker and one or
two more leaning over Bob Pretty
fence and talking to i'm.
Going in for the flower show
Bob?' ses Henery, with wink at us.
90 course l am, ses Bob, 'oldine
is cad up; my marigolds ought to
pull me through he ses.
Its the best-kep' garden in the
place. ses Bob. amt afraid O your
new way O. cultivating flowers, Bill
Chambers Old-fashioned ways suit
me best; l learnt 'ow to grow flowers
from my father
"'You amt 'ad the cheek to give
your name in. Bob?' ses Sam Jones
staring.
.Admiring my geraniums, Henery :?
ses Bob. at last.
"'Where'd you get 'em?' ses Henery
'ardly able to speak.
my florists ses Bob, in q OF
hand manner.
".About two days arter I threw
mine over my back fence ses Henery
Walker. speaking very slowly.
".Ho,' ses Bob, surprised. I didn't
know you 'ad any geraniums, Henery
l thought you was digging foT gravel
this year
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
A Discontinue Witness.

The following colloquy took place
between Councillor Sealingwax and q
witness who would talk back" you
say, sir, the prisoner is a thief?'
Yes, sir. Cause why, she has con-
fessed she was" And you also swear
she worked for you after this con-
fession?" "Yes, sir" Then We are
to understand that you employ dis
honest people to work for you, even
after their rascalities are known" "Of
course How else would l get as
sistance from a lawyer?'-Argonaut.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
SUBSCRIBER SACRED TO HIM

staff contributed, and, TO the surprise
Of every one, the stranger pulled out
IS and paid for a years subscription
to the paper. Then, having donned
the contributed clothing, he hastily
departed. He had been gone but
little while when the sheriff came in
looking for a horse thief His de-
scription fitted the stranger to
nicely. He was in here" said the
foreman, "and went up the street
when he left. II you hurry you will
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
"1he Law"

Parents of Wayne, a suburb Of Phil
adelphia. are required to report
promptly any case of contagious dis
ease, in compliance with the regula-
lions of the local board of health.
In accordance with this order,
Health Officer Leary received this
post card recently:
Dear Sir: This is to notify you
that my boy Ephraim is down bad
with the measles as required by the
new law."-Harper's Weekly.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
AN INDIAN HERO.
Prize Story by Fifteen-Year-oid De
troit Boy.

Hi. hi: hi" yelled the red-skinned
hunters as they came speeding over
the sparkling cataract in their ten
canoes. Far away in the south were
the squaws and old men awaiting the
return Of these braves with meat to
last them in times of famine. The
Indians landed a little below the cata
ract, as night was almost upon them.
A blazing fire was made. and
chunk of venison sizzled over u. AIT
er they had eaten they sat around the
campfire smoking. They were as
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21

Irother-in-law O Bob Pretty's, his
sister marrying Bob while e was at
sea and knowing nothing about it, 'ad
a letter come from a mate of his who
'ad gone to Australia to live. He'd
'ad letters from Australia before, as
We all knew from Miss Wicks at the
postofice, but this one upset him al
together. He didn't seem like to know
what to do about it.
While he was wondering Bill
Chambers passed. He always did pass
Georges 'ouse about that time in the
evening. it being on is way 'ome. and
he saw George standing at is gate
with a letter in is and looking very
puzzled.
MOT bad news, l 'ope?' ses Bill.
noticing is manner, and thinking it
was strange.
1t was more like a story-book than
a letter. Georges mate, John Biggs
by name, wrote to say that an uncle
of his who had just died, On is death
bed told him that 80 years ago he 'ad
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21

silent as the night around them, the
hOoting of an owl being the only
sound that broke the silence. When
the fire began to get low and their
pipes needed refilling. one by one the
red men filed into their tepees to get
a few hours rest.
All slept we'll but one. That was
Taw-kO. a boy on his first hunting
trip. The day before he had fright
ened away a herd of deer through his
clumsiness. Makwa, the chief and
Taw-ko's father, beat him for it, and
even At-kik, his closest friend. looked
at him only with scOrn. A half hour
had passed when, by the dim light of
the fire. Taw-kO saw large rattle
snake glide into his fathers tepee. In
a second he grabbed gun, and was
running to save Makwa's life. He
saw the RATHER crawling toward the
mans face. Its head was already
poised to strike. Taw-ko aimed his
gun at the snakes head. He knew
we'll that if he missed fire his fathers
life would not be worth much. Crack!
Taw-ko stood there, his nerves pitched
to the highest tension, waiting until
the smoke cleared away. He then
saw a wonderful sight. His father
was standing up, looking in amaze
ment at the snakes headless body
wriggling at his feet.
Taw-kO was a hero after that. His
father praised him much and bought
him a gun, a much better one than he
had. The proud boy kept the snakes
skin and it brought him much luck.
He seemed. in years later, to bear
a charmed life, which his tribe de.
clared was caused by his keeping OF
this skin.-Charles Smart, in Detroit
Free Press.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
How Trick Is Done.

ring on the hook end. With little
practice you will be able to balance
the articles on the end of the hatpin.
After you can balance them very well
you can surprise your friends by max
ing the combination go round like a
carrousel. This is accomplished by
gently blowing upon the ring.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
All His Life Without a HOLIDAY

George Hayward. aged 81, who has
just died at Needham Market, lived
nearly all his life in the same house.
He never had days holiday and
never saw the sea. Haywood was for
merly in business as a butcher, and
he was in the habit of wearing an
apron at church on Sundays beneath
his frock coat.-London Daily Mail.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21

Kidney Pills, kid
nev d / 8 e q 9 e " a.
slowly poisoning me.
Dizzy spells almost
made me fall. sharp
pains like knife
thrusts would catch
me in the back. and
finally an attach 0f
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21

grip left me with a constant agoni1-
ing backache. DOan's Kidney Pills
helped me quickly and in three weeks
time there was not symptom Of
kidney trouble remaining"
Sold by all dealers. so cents q box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
,atch him" Davis was surprised.

catch him." Davis was surprised.
why did you say he went up the
street when you saw him go the
other way?" he asked the foreman.
HI" retorted the foreman, with
freezing dignity. you wouldn't have
me go back on subscriber, would
your
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
Her Assistant.

The authoress of whom F1iegende
Batter tells had said that she was
very happy in her married life.
Il find my husband such a help"
she added, fervently.
Indeed" said her friend. Does he
cook or write?'
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
Work of Zanbesi Missions.

A pamphlet recently issued by An
drew Murray gives a brief survey OF
missions south of the Zambesi. There
are 81 different missionary organiza-
tons at work, ministering to over TO-
000. goo people. The student volunteer
movement in South Africa has put 81
young missionaries in the field since
1000
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
For Memorial to John eunvan.

Negotiations for the erection Of q
memorial to John Bunyan in West
Minister Abbey. supported by peers,
bishops, statesmen and literary per-
SONS, have issued in a proposal by the
dean and chapter that the tribute shall
take the form of a window to be
placed in the north aisle of the Alb
hey. The archbishop Of Canterbury
promises to preside over the commit
tee
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
A GOOD TRICK.
Balance Act Which Will Surprise
Your Friends.

If you are fond of tricks. here's a
good one. All you need is a long
steel penny hatpin, hairpin, finger
ring and a coin of equal weight as the
ring.
Bend the hairpin as shown in the
picture. Place the coin in the slot
made by the bent wire and hang the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21

New Works Costly Fire Department.
There is difference between the
fire departments of London and Of
Men York city. The London depart.
ment costs ten cents a year for each
inhabitant. while the department of
New York costs $1.75 for each New
Yorker
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
Might Be Horse Thief, But Foreman
Wouldn't Go Back on Him.

The Fourth Estate repeats a good
story told by Bob" Davis. on the
editorial staff of Munsey's. While
Davis was connected with paper in a
rough-and-ready western town, a shah
billy dressed stranger walked in one
day and asked for some old clothes, al
though his own were fairly good. The
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
Willing to Help Him.

Willing to Help Him.
He had gone to the dry goods store
with a bit of dress material which his
wife had hidden him to match. Il
am very sorry, sir" said the salesman,
but have nothing exactly like this.
The very last remnant was sold this
morning"
But l must have it," exclaimed the
husband. otherwise, how can l face
my wife,"
If you will permit me. Sir" said
the salesman, Il would venture to sug-
gest that you invite a friend home to
dinner with you"