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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
when these pictures were made.

when these pictures were made.
"Ah, there was the fine old couple"
went on Grandma. "They don't make
them that way nowadays; true to
the nature, true to the soil.
"Uncle Will was my fathers old
est brother. Aunt Margaret was my
mothers oldest sister. Both of them
came through from Virginia, and met
on the trail. Perhaps they courted
as they came; at all events, they
picked out likely spot got married
and settled down. The rest pushed
on; and while In after years the
rest may have seemed more prosper
GUS and blessed OF this worlds goods,
| greatly doubt It, Aunt Margaret
and Uncle VIII lived simple, nat
ural life. They had no children.
"As a child II was my delight to
go out to Aunt's and Uncle's. Each
fall they would come In and get me.
| usually stayed from Saturday to
Saturday Both rode horses, and
sometimes Uncle Will would take me
on in front, and sometimes Aunt
Margaret would take me on behind
Anyhow, we got there.
"One Saturday evening, remem-
Der, the sun was Just going down,
and the horses shadows seemed on
long black stills. AS we neared the
clearing we heard the baying of
the hounds. They've got some
thing treed," said Uncle VIII, as he
hit his mount a lick and galloped on
ahead. Aunt Margaret touched old
Bet in the flanks, and like to fell
off.
"What do you think II was, Liz
abeth, those fool hounds had treed :?
You couldn't guess I'm coon's age!
1t was the circuit rideT!" And here
Grandma laughed her old Kentucky
laugh of almost sixty years ago.
He'd lighted and tied and gone
to the DOOR" she continued, "and
knocked, not knowing the folks were
absent, when the hounds nosed him.
And he didn't have time to get back
to his mount. Naturally, he took to
the closest tree and that's where
Uncle VIII found him. Uncle VIII
called off the dogs, and we all went
in.
"After supper we had prayers, and
| then Uncle VIII saddled and rode for
couple of hours; and | suppose
| those he notified saddled and rode,
| too, some, Because, the following
| morning there was a goodly gather
Ing of homespun and linsey to sery-
! Ice at Uncle Wills.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
Nj. S. G. EMBROIDERY
Was Nicely EEterta' ned by Miss
Ella Smith.

The NJ. S. G. Embroidery club
met Friday evening at the home Of
Miss Ella Smith, Of Lincoln Avenue,
nine members being present at roll
cali The evening was spent in en-
broidery.
The hohored guests were: Mr. Jess
Dean and Mr.. Walter Fetter: club
guests were Misses Mary I.ehner,
Clara Racrtsche, Lizzie Stewart, Mrs.
Lillian Berry, Mrs Earnest Phillians,
Clarence Bent, Ralph Smith, A. w.
Lowe and Forest Anderson, OF Rad
nor, O,
Light refreshments were served.
Mrs. Grover Zimmerman will en-
tertain the club March n, at the
home for Mrs Earnest Phillians on
Thompson street
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

MONG Grandma's most cher
N lshed possessions was pair
N of hair bracelets. or course,
she never wore them. Old
fashioned and set as she was in many
different ways, still cllnging to her
side-curls, she drew the line on what
would now be called her "barbaric"
jewelry. Every once In while,
though, especially on misty fall days,
when the sun failed to shine, in the
seclusion of her own private room,
she would bring forth her carved
mahogany case and pour It's con-
tents into her lap for examination,
pondering DER and DER the past !;
contemplating the closer, closer un-
known future, in which her jewel
box and contents might play no part.
In this manner was she engaged
when Elizabeth, spying the : door
ajar, stepped In.
20. let me see those bracelets,
Grandma" she implored. 81 haven't
seen them since was a little girl,
And you always promised me you
would show them to me again when
/ got bigger. and tell me all about
them" nj
''Slt down, EllZdDetn, sulu ITunu-
ma, Elizabeth sat down.
Grandma's little boudoir clock
licked. . Grandma remained silent,
contemplating the bracelets. Two or
three times she opened the little
doors of the lockets, on their catches,
and studied the ambrotype portraits
contained therein. Then she looked
out the window, back to the bracelets,
and, quickly turning to the girl,
said: "Elizabeth, this would be a
dandy day to go hunting" Eliza
beth stared.
81 mean it," said Grandma, "ev-
cry word of It! Even to the dandy
and | got that from the children.
It's Just the right time of the year.
The leaves are damp-packed, the
twigs are soft, and at IL o'clock the
sun is coming out, and the fish Will
fight for the last drop of flies"
"What is 1t, Grandma? Is 1t a
riddle?" asked Elizabeth, in all seri-
BUSINESS.
"Riddlet Fiddlesricks! z thought
you wanted rlc 70 tell you about
these bracelets. NOV, lo7k here!'
and Grapotma opJ-4et. C.le 1T tne little
loclsoG doocs. "'Fh's Is ychr great
aunt, Merg re Psce" acc, o1ening
the other locke., "this isyvour great
uncle Wuliam. And sts the only
time they ever got him to dress up
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
Busy Days Arranged for the
Court and Jury.
CASES OF INTEREST
Are Set Down on the Court
Calander.
Mollie McWilIiams Fails to Secure
Costs and Her Trial Cannot Pro
ceed Court News.

Judge B. G.. Young, Of the common
pleas court, assigned the following
eases, Friday afternoon:
March 9.-Sargent against the Lin
coin Pharmacy company, Acme Food
Company against Lundergan; Ad-
ans against the Home Building, saw
ings and Loan Company; jerks
Against Jenks5 Bennett against
Furniss, Lilley against the Marion
Railway. Light and Power company
Clark against McCollen; Lewellen
aNnst the Chicago and Erie Rail-
road company; Myers against Doke
and Tate against city Of Marion.
March 1O-Tmner against Tobias.
March 13.-Gallant against Gallant,
Holland against the Erie Railroad
company and Russell against Rus
sell.
Jury cases set down were as fol-
lows:
March 16-Boyd against Slanser
March 17-Insh against the Tmplc-
ment MANUFACTURING company.
March 1S--Sordcn against the Chi
cago and Erie Railroad company.
March 19-AIayhew against Etoltz.
March -Sulpho-Nlaiestic Springs
Sanatorium company against the
North German Fire Insurance COM
pany.
March 2i-Miler against Tame
hill.
March 25.-Modrack against Fit2-
gerald.
March 2G-NIyrtIc Holt against the
village of I.aRuc.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

.4n, ass. u,4olm, ife5tUh j. berry.
49, moion 90, 1000, tAe peu"on
s,utss tue pIdnur commenced
.NuInluR as a DJnefmdker helpsr
at me company shops. a Iew nOdrs
iater foreman tUid MN 70 heip
in operating Il crane. II Is claimed
tnat tlc crane Was out Ol Order
tnruugh the negligence OF the de-
tenuaut ana he WAS caught III the
cogwheels. hls right hand and arm
we're arerated ana bruised and the
index finger had TO be amputated.
it IS claimed that the plainun, VINO
Is seventeen years OF age, IS per-
mancntly disabled.
Mouser ana Quglcy are attorneys
tor the plaintilr.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
PLEASANT SURPRISE
IL Perpetrated Upon MIS-. NJ. A
Rudasill.

Mrs. NJ. A. Rudasill was very
pleasantly surprised by number
OF her friends, relatives and mem
bers of the Home Guards at her
home on North Grand avenue
Friday evening, the occasion being
the anniversary Of Mrs. Rudasills
birth. Games ana various social di-
versions were features OF the even
Ing and music was furnished by
Misses Nellie Gill and Blanche
paratt Mrs. Rudasill was the recip-
lent Of many beautiful presents.
After the evenings pleasure a dainty
luncheon was served by the hostess.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

happen once in number of years.
hence the liberal response. Are you
in ON IL? Remember the same lib
cral terms that characterize all our
dealing will apply to sales during
this big event.
Music is the most refining influence
In the home. Don't be longer with
ont it, denying the family of the
most important factor of a beautiful
home. IL
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
CLEARING THE FLOOR AND
GIVING PEOPLE Big BARGAINS
Bakers Piano Sale Putting Sheckes in the Pockets of
Shrewd Buyers Every Day--Get Your Share of
the Scheckels.

The big window sale Of pianos at
G.. w. Bakers piano parlor, 2li w.
Center street, is dispensing a large
amount of pleasure as well as saving
a lot of money to the large amount
of music lovers, who have an anXi-
ETY. for fine music in the home. yet
have never thought it to be within
their reach to own fine instrument.
It's one Of those events that only
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

We thought at first we had it right.
But now we find we shall
Be forced to add another bag
To dig the great canal.
Revised figures upon the cost OF
building the Panama Canal show a
big increase over the former esti-
mate. You'll find upon close i'm
vestigation that Carnation Flour is
reasonably priced. The price ask
ed at all grocers for Carnation
Flour is just right considering the
fact it is high quality brand.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

Marshall Markey commenced q
suit Tor foreclosure against Martha
d. bnauy. NJ. Ii. Balm, Ihc Fancy
banking company and Minerva j.
Drake, i'm the common pleas court
this afternoon. The plaintill asks
the court for judgment and order
Of foreclosure and sale TO satisfy u
promissory note for $79SAO. The
note was given by Martha j. DiI-
any. The petitioner asks the court
to require her defendants to set up
their interests In the property COW
erred by mortgage which secures
the note
George Gcran is attorney for the
plalntiI.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
FEEL EVERY CHANGE
OF The WEATHER
A Bad Back is Always Worse Dur
ing Wet or Changes BILE Weather

Is your back like a barometer?
Does it foretell every change of
weather?
Does every cold settle on your kid
neys?
Bring aching, throbbing pains?
Does 1t disorder the urine?
The kidneys are calling for help.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills,
Guaranteed by Marion testimony.
Mrs. John Potter, OF 233 Green
wood Ave-, Marion, o., says: ~
used Doan's Kidney Pills in the
spring of 1899 and found them TO
be worthy of all confidence. One box
of this excellent remedy relieved me
o an intense pain in the back and
"a constant ameness which made me
weak and out Of sorts all of the
time. ! was so glad to find this
.prOmpt relief that gave testimon-
ial for publication at that time. and
during the five years since then, I
have not had a single symptom of
kidney trouble. ! have been recon-
mending Doan's Kidney Pills ever
since. and on one occasion, ! pro-
cured box at the Flocken Pharmacy
for a neghbor who had kidney trou-
BILE, and the treatment proved just
as effective as in my own case. "
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. FOstcr-NIilburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name--Doan's-a
take no other.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
to Grandma.

though they We're amply able so to
do, for they We're very well fixed,
as things went those days,
"But, even to my childish intui-
tlon 1t was evident they had never
counted upon the circuit rider elect
ing to stop with them. Aunt Mar
& ret was all q flurry. Entertain
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
THE OLD MAHOGANY CASE
And the Many Strange "reminiscences 1t Suggests
tn Grandma

the minister she told me. | tried, |
failed The only thing / seemed to
be able 60 do properly was to hand
him something.
when Uncle VIII returned he
helped Aunt Margaret stretch a line
across the center Of the great room,
whereon they pinned 30 many quilts
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

A suit for damages amounting to
.s2,5OO against the Marion Steam
shovel company, was commenced
i'm the common pleas court today
hy Harvey r. Berry. an infant, by
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
And the Many

Every tims tefu"e when I'd been
visiting there, .hey ned given me the
spare bed In he co ner, hut this SAT-
urday night they spread me pallet
in the loft. You see, Uncle and
Aunt being childless, had leYer been
called upon 90 build any acfitlons
to their original LOG structure.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

In the case Of Ira T.. Mattisor
against G, Mann and others, tn,
defendants have been given leav,
to plead by March 2l.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

SUSANNA:
Good housewives prefer Gold Medal
Flour. bALoME.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

WrNiFREU:
cold Medal Flour is best for pastry.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

Because she could not put up
security for the costs OF her suit,
Molle McWIluams. cannot recover
500 Tor cutting zoo shocks Of corn
for Gcplge Roberts, one OF the
wcllthicst farmers in the county.
The woman brought suit in the com
mon pleas court. claiming that the
defendant in verbal contract
agreed TO pay her five cents per
ghack for cutting corn and that
she cut 400 shocks.
AS the costs have not been Sc
cured and the case has been pend
ing several years the case was dis
missed today.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

Leave to Tile an amended petition
by March II was given the plaintiff
in the case OF llmma Reynolds
against Rcssler Brothers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

The case OF John ". Hammer
against James A. Cusic. q suit for
the appointment. OF a receiver was
dismissed In the common pleas
court Friday afternoon. The costs
were assessed against the plantin.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-27
LESSONS OF THE RECOUNT.

While the nation stands with arms akimbo, laughing with glee at New Yorks politician and editor William Randolph Hearst, because of the re. markably poor showing he has made in the recount of the mayoralty votes, which he claimed had been unfairly ac- counted for, the real lesson of the sit uation seems to have been largely lost sight of. It Is said that the net change of votes effected by the recount is aaont one-seventh of one per cent, with but few of the ballot boxes still to be open cd. That is very small satisfaction for MT Hearst in view of the act that the recount has cost him somewhere in the neighhorhood of s1oO,Ooo Indeed some have wondered why Mayor Me Clc1lan so long and so energetically op- posed the recount, since now that it has been had, 1t has redounded rather to hla credit
 But there seems to be one great ben eft that will come from the recount It cannot but tend to bring about more careful counts at future elections in
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-27

the metropolis. Once a recount of this kind has been held, whether justified or not, other similar recounts may more reasonably be expected and the fear of tho publicity that will inevitably come to those clerks who wilfully or care lessy deal in wrong accounting, will make for greater care Such tendency may not be worth sl0OOOO to MT Hearst personally but 1t Is worth consider able to those New Workers who wish for clean politics there and, above all fair and accurate vote-countng
 The recount has brought another matter forcibly to light. It Is the lnef- flciency of the present voting system used in New York, With 1t the validity of ballot cast ls a matter to be arbi- trarlly decided upon The unintentional mis-shapen cross of a laboring man, whose hand Is stiff and unused to the use of pencil is too easily confounded with the purposely ms -shapen cross of the man whose vote has been bought and who wishes 10 show his political bosses that he has voted as directed, thus destroying the secrecy of the bal lot upon which the principles of dem ocracy are founded New York needs a new balloting system; whether 1t should be the voting machine plan or not Is a matter to be determined.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-27

derful administrative abilities of the ex-war secretary,
 Another paper goes so far as to say editorlally that MT, Morgan's remark that Tt feels bully 10 be an IL. D., savers strongly of administration slang, since bully" Is one of the Pres idents pet expressions, The step from administration slang to administration thought is said to be an easy one, and, as Yale circles and Washington circles are today closely allied, the giving of the degree Is taken to be full of politi- cal meaning. Besides this political im- port in the degree. there Is said of course, to be high hope at Yale that Mir Morgan will in turn remember the university with a substantial gift and that "other universities, with an eye to Hartman and Hill, will watch the effect of the college toga on Morgan,
 It Is difficult to decide whether 1t would be better for Mir. Morgan to make such a gift to the university or not In the first case, it would bo followed by the certain "I-told-you SO" Iof the muck-rakers, but still all con- cerned would be pleased the latter by getting the chance to say wha, they very much want to say, the university by getting money 1t can make good use of and MT. Morgan in the sure knowl- edge of having selected n worthy bene- hclary. In the other case 1t will be said that MT. Morgan is afraid to do what he had intended to do because of fear of unfavorable comment. Either alternative has It's drawbacks But certain 1t seems that the college au- thorties have made no mistake in se- Ilecting Mir. mow Dr) Morgan as a recipient for the highest honorary hon or that Yale university may give. Ger tain is 1t, too, with those who know
 Yale men in general and the honora- bles on the corporation in particular. that there was no string intentionally attached by them 10 the degree With the Boston Transcript this paper Is still willing to believe that when the
 final summing-up shall be made, 1t
 will be found that of distinguished Americans Of today he has been among the most loyal to the higher interests Of his country and worthy to wear the laurels conferred by the institution in
 whose behalf his ancestor was so vital factor"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-27
STREET FLUSHING.

As long as Director Foley shows him self interested in such sensible plans as tho present one 10 regularly flush the streets of the city during the heat cd months of the year, he may be cer- tain of making himself more and more solid with the sensible and thoughtful citizens of the city, One does not have 10 so to Paris 10 see the beneficial results to be attained from the adop- ton of the system. There it had It's origin. but In New York the plan has worked 10 perfection too It was one of tho pet schemes of the late Col Waring who did so much for the Intolerance of sanitation in that city and in Havana. In Hartford, which Is nearer still. the plan has been pro- nounced great success That re- suits would not be otherwise in New Haven. the few experiments that have been conducted here under the direc- ton of the director of public works seems to show.
 New Haven's street cleaning depart ment is not of the best Even aug mented with very thorough system of street sprinkling by means of troll ley sprinklers and water carts. which tend simply to lay the duet and dirt where it is and not to carry it off, the department is not all that could be hoped for and cannot well be without the expenditure of considerable amount of money each year. That a system Of street flushings would tend materially to bring about cleaner and moro healthy street conditions there can be no doubt. With a regular fire hose and a good stream of water, a small number of men can effectually clean long stretch of street pave ment every night. In places where the use of fire hose would be inadvisable or inconvenlent. the use of two or three water carts. following each other in quick succession as in Hartford, might be suggested
 The best advise to Director Foley it
 for him to go to Hartford and study
 the system there Most of this worl 1 is about the midnight hour. The req i sons for this are not hard to see. A
 that time the water pressure may besi
 be tempered with and then there it i less traffic on the streets to interfere
 or be interferred with The street,
 are always thoroughly ready for use ir
 the morning when of all times, they
 should look tidy, clean and healthful
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-27
tIInrtford Courant.l )

Compromises with his ideals were sometimes forced upon him; more than once or twice he bowed-as all Ameri- can presidents have 10, or think they have 10, in the house of Rlmmon. But the great tests found him standing squarely on his feet at his post, courageous, resolute, immov- able---"lron nerve 10 true occasion true The country has not forgotten
 history will never forget-his be- havlor in the perilous convulsions of 1894 the strike" yenr or the splendid oonstancy with which he faced and halted the silver madness. He was a man of simple ways and tastes--a gem uine democrat-fond of fishing and duck hunting and swapping stories aft CT the days sport with his brother sportsmen. IL was rather late In life that the great happiness of home and the educating, humanlzing companion- ship of wife and children came to him; but his last twenty years were the sun nler for them. The funeral of Grover Cleveland is for 10 o-morrow; America herself will be mourner at the grave side.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-27
THE STATE POLICE.

The agitation over the abollshment of the state police force ought not to be carried to the point where the eternal viciousness of the principle, which led to its organization, Is permitted to mis- tho position of police commissioners. They are not to blame for the irritat- ing manner In which the police princi- pie works in operation, The simple truth is that no set of men, and there Is no better set available than the pres ent commissioners In the state, can make a state police force In Connecti- cut acceptable to normal view of law and order
 The reasons for the agitation to abol- ish the state police force can be traced first to the fact, that It came Into ex- lstence, not In response to a demand for additional protection, but as the price which had to be paid to get rid of the old Law and order League, which was privately organized and manaeed affair, and second 10 the pop ular resentment of outside interference with local control The very methods which are used by imported policemen will be tolerated patiently when em- ployed by local officers; they are indis- nantly repudiated when employed by outsiders This Is not at all unnatural In view of the fact that the very ex- istence of the state police Is a reflec- ton on the local police departments of the entire state as the towns support them.
 The state police should be abolished for good and sufficient reasons but there is no justification whatever for criticising the commission, which does not have 1t in its power to make bad principle a good thing in practice The social conditions in Connecticut do not call for an independent police force un- der the control of the state and until they do the people who have no sym pathy with law breaking clements of society, and who demand the enforce ment of the law, will resent It's exist ence. The principle of self-government is involved and 1t will be sorry day when that Is denied its commanding place.