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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Old Days on the STAGE.

] have known dress coat handed
from one to another In the wings sew
eral times during performance. 1t
was a current idea that white cotton
stockings assumed the appearance OF
silk from the front by making heavy
line OF white chalk on the shin bone.
A white tie was easily made from a
strip of note paper. and even a shirt
front could be managed from highly
glazed note paper. White cotton gloves
We're de rigueur In place OF the more
expensive kid ones. A comedian, hay-
ing no black stockings, once blaclled
his legs. After the show he asked the
stage manager, do we play this
piece againT "Yes; next week"
"Oh, then ! need not wash my legs!'
From "Isamblings Of an Old Mum
mer" by Russell Craufurd.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
BUILD HOUSES IN TREES.
Some Mexicans Thus Sleep Secure
From Quakes and Tioers

In order to protect their homes from
earthquakes many of the natives in
the territory around Chilpancingo and
other towns in the state OF Guerrei.,,
in Mexico, live in trees. Some OF
these tree homes are Of large size and
are ingeniously constructed. Reeds
and grasses are interviewer with the
twigs and branches OF the tree much
in the manner that bird builds Its
nest. The severest wind seldom loos-
ems 1t from the tree. Where the trees
are large and stand closely together
houses of two or three rooms are fire.
quently built I'm their branches. These
houses also afford protection from the
tigers and other wild animals which
are found in that region in large mum.
bers. 1t is said that tiger will not
attack its prey unless 1t is upon the
ground.
The prime object Of elevating these
houses into the trees. however, is, as
mentioned, to keep them from being
shaken down by the severe earth
quakes which visit the Guerrero terri
tory at frequent intervals. The rock
ing of the earth gives the trees a
swaying motion, but does no damage
TO the houses. In some localities whole
villages Of these tree homes are to be
seen. None Of them suffered damage
from the recent earthquakes which
wrought such ruin to the buildings
upon the ground.-New York Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Stone Cake,

In very unusual seasons the people
OF Rajputan, In India. are deprived OF
seeds and succulent roots of grasses.
Under these very adverse conditions
the barks of trees and even ground mp
rocks are resorted to principally to
give bulk to the scanty meafand there
by to stay the pangs OF hunger for a
longer time. A soft stone found on the
Blkanir-Marwar border of Jaipua is
largely used In that part of the coun-
try to- give bulk to the meager meal.
This stone is friable and easily ground
Into fine powder. 1t contains an oleagi-
nous substance which has some nutri-
ent qualities, and the people have
found that when finely ground and
nsed In proportions Of about one-fourth
to three-fourths Of -four Il does not i'm.
pair digestion for considerable time.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

Holiday Resorts That Owe ThsIr
Popularity 20 Authors.

popularity 10 Authors.
The most remarkable example of a
book made town is Biskra, the oasis In
the Sahara that Robert Hichens ideal
ized under the name of Beni Mora In
his novel of "The Garden of Allah"
Biskra, quite unknown in the past, Is
now, thanks TO Mr.. Hichcns. n fash
ionable winter resort. II is rather odd
that all the world should know that
Biskra was meant by Benz Mora In
"The Garden OF Allah" There is a
Beni Mora near Blskra, kind Of
swamp, with few clay huts and a
palm or two sticking up out OF the
mud, but Bislra itself is never mem
toned In the book.
Ilfracombe, the north Devon water
ing place, owes its renown TO Charles
Kingsley, who in his novel Of "West-
ward Hov' praises it.
Two other Devon watering places,
Lynton and Lynmouth, are book made.
Blackmore's novel of Lorna Doone"
first drew the public to them.
Pierri Lott in "Pecheur d'Islande"
described very beautifully the Breton
seaport of Paimpol. Many persons In
consequence have visited Paimpol In
the hope Of passing the summer there.
Vain hope! Paimpol, with it's muddy,
smelly tidal river, is not quite an ideal
holiday rcsort.-Exchange.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
EXPENSIVE STEAK.
Ten Pounds Of Beef That Sold For
S48 q Pound.

S46 POUND.
Tho highest price ever paid for beef
steak so far as Is known was at Circle
City. Alaska. The first beefsteak that
ever reached that town sold for $iS a
pound. according to the newspapers OF
the time.
There were ten pounds OF the steak,
which was shipped 250 miles to Circle
When the owner OF the precious bit
or meat reached the camp the miners
turned out in body to see 1t. 1t was
placed on exhibition and attracted as
much attention as an elephant. Every
body wanted piece of II. and the
prices offered were such as would have
resulted in mining camp quarrel il 1t
had not been decided TO rattle the
steak off for the benefit of hospital
which Bishop Rowe was trying to es-
tablish for the miners at Circle City.
Bids were started at $5 pound and
rose briskly to $35. Finally In order to
avoid complications 1t was decided to
sell tickets at prices from 80 cents to
$3.50 for the privilege of drawing for
a slice. After $3.50 worth Of tickets
had been sold the drawing began. and
to the relief of those in charge Of the
sale no trouble resulted.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Janet's Way Of GROWING Youna.

As a matter Of fact, Janet was born
exactly two years before her brother
Fred; therefore in the natural course
OF things when he was ten she was
twelve and gloried In It, When Fred
was known TO be fourteen she still con-
fessed TO sixteen. When Fred boasted
eighteen years she timldly acknowl-
edged herself just over nineteen. When
Fred came home from college and had
a party in honor of his twenty-frst
birthday Janet said to her friends.
"What boyish fellow Fred is! Who
would think he Is only year younger
than II" When Fred declared himself
twenty-five and old enough to get mar
ried Janet said to a gentleman friend:
"Do you know, feel very jealous OF
Fred getting married. But, then,
suppose twins always are more at
tached to one another" And two years
later at Fred's wedding she said. with
girllsh slmper to the guests: Dear
old Fred! To see him married today,
and to think when he was only flve
years old they brought him to see me,
his baby sister; wonder II he thinks
OF II nowi-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
a REAL FTZZLE

The insurrection In the Democratic
party which Harvey CARRIER attempt
ed to start seems to have met the
same fate as that revolt in Greece.
Indeen It could very well be com
pared to the recent troubles of King
George. A number OF disgruntled
persons sought TO start q revolution
which would result in the Greecian
king being deposed, but they were
not strong enough to carry their
plans into execution. A few shots
were fired and the revolution was
ended. The national committeeman
decided that he had a grievance and
he endeavored to cause an insurrec-
ton in the Democratic party which
would result in the overthrow of
Governor Harmon, but he has dis
covered that the members of the
party will not rally to his standard
and he is practically fighting the
battle alone. The incident is practi-
cally closed. OF course he may en-
deaver TO stir up little dust just be-
fore the time for the next state con-
ventlon, but it is hardly likely he
will be able to rally enough men TO
his standard to make decent show
ing
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
4 BARNuM TRICK. ~
Getting His Posters Into Canada With.
out psyinu DUTY.

out Paying Duty.
One OF z. n. Barnum's most success.
ful feats Of bamboozlement was played
upon the Canadian customs authori-
ties. The veteran slowmans tours
were always planned far in advance,
and one winter he made up his mind
to take his great circus aud menag-
erie through Canada during the sum-
mer after the next. This gave him
about twp years in which 10 mature
his plans.
One important item Of showman's
expenses consists Of his advertising
placards, and Mr.. Barnum was always
lavish with these gaudy prints. lie
was aware that the Canadian govern
ment imposed high duty on this
class of imports, and yet he wanted to
paint Canada red, yellow. blue and
green with lavishness that no show
man had ever displayed in that coun-
try before.
Now, there was no printing house
anywhere In Canada that could begin
to turn out the kind of work that Mr..
Barnum required either in size. color
or finish. Nevertheless his immense
posters came under the same classi-
fication as much smaller autographs
and printed colored matter did. and he
knew that the Dominion custom au-
thorities would not abate one jot Of
the full toll, but would rather rejoice
at the opportunity to mulct the foreign
er who would convey so much money
out of country.
SO Barnum studied the question
awhile and finally sent on at once a
great lot Of circus posters Of the most
gorgeous designs whereon yellow lions
and clawed striped tigers and brown
bears fought with blue hlppopotamuses
till gore flowed into beautiful crimson
backgrounds. No agent appeared when
the posters we're detained by the Ca
madam cus'o MS officers TO pay the
duty. They were accordingly held for
twelve months. then duly advertised
for sale for three months more and
finally put up at auction with lot of
other unclaimed parcels and were des-
ignated in the catalogue merely as
"colored prints"
Nobody took any interest In them
when the auctioneer called for bid.
and finally the whole batch was knock
ed down for a song to secret agent
Of the circus who had been sent up by
Mr.. Barnum for that express purpose.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
!. N. C. A. TO HAVE
/IIA LECTURE COURSE
Only Limited Number of
Tickets to be Sold
Ralph Bingham, Comedian VIII Open
the Series on Nov. 1G---Otber Good
Entertainers TO Follow. d

They. VI. G.. A. will conduct this
winter what will be called a Pop"
course OF lectures and entertainments
designed to be popular because of
real merit and low cost. The course
will be short and snappy, and will
be held IN the Y. NJ. @. A. audi
torium. only n limited number OF
tickets VIII be sold $50 in all. the
course consisting OF six numbers.
Though short, the course has some
of the best talent which is on the
American platform today. The first
number VIII appear in two weeks al
though the talent was not contracted
for until last night and the tickets
are not yet out, the strength and
cheapness OF the Pop" is expected
TO sell the course in a few days.
Ralph Bingham, whom many will
remember as having been here five
years ago, and who is undoubtedly
one of the funniest men who ever
came to che city, will appear to open
the course Nov. 10th. Then follow
'Montaville Flowers, George l.. Nc
Mutt the "Dinner-Pail" man. Judge
George ID. Alden, Thomas Il. Green.
who has just returned from Japan
where he made n study of the social
conditions of the country, and who
will give 1.-THE Truth about Japan,
and the Lucy Lee Concert Co."
The entire cost of the course will
be $1.OO.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
THE PRINCES PRESENT.
II Was Given In Exchange For a Mag
nifioent Carpet. t

II Was Given In Exchange For a Mag.
nifioent Carpet.
"While l was In Damascus" said a
globe trotter the other day, "some
royal highness or other potentate
passed through that ancient city, and
the governor OF the town delivered an
address OF welcome. II was in verse,
and everybody who knew OF the oc-
currence felt sure that the governor
had been richly rewarded by the prince
for his effort. That afternoon, so the
story goes, the governor called on a
dealer In rugs with whom he had been
chafferlng for long time over a mag
nificent carpet which he coveted for
his palace. After several cups Of coffee
the rug merchant offered the governor
the carpet in exchange for the present
the prince had given him for his po-
etic welcome to Damascus. The gov
ernor after a little hesitation agreed
and the carpet was rolled up and de-
livered to an attendant, who started
for the governors palace.
THANK you said the governor as
he arose gracefully to his feet.
but the princes PRESENT. demand
ed the rug merchant.
"'You have it, said the governor.
All he gave me was "Thank you," and
this l have given you for your car
pet New York Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
And Not for Boycotting the
81 Bucks Company aStA,
They Openly Violated Or
der of the Court
Such Is Statement Issued by Prcd.
dent of the Company Put on Black
List on Account of Labor Troubles
---He will Not Sign Petition 10 Re-
lease Gompers and Others.
.sIM sseJxs ps,ruc Su

st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 3.-James w.
VanCleave, president of the Bucks
Stove and Range company. and for.
mer president of the National Associ-
alton of Manufacturers today issued
the following statement regarding the
decision of the Gompers case at
Washington. The statement follows:
The assault upon me by the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor In 1906 was
plotted In cold blood. I was assailed
not as an individual but as president
OF the National Association of Manu-
facturers, the most influential organ.
Zation of business men on the globe.
The federation did this in order to
show its power. 1t aimed to strike
terror into everybody outside its own
ranks--workers, employers and the
general public allke-and to coerce
the president of the United States,
the congress and the courts, federal
and state, to do its bidding.
"As law-abiding citizen, I ap-
pealed to the courts to protect me in
my constitutional rights. SupposIng
that the leaders of the federation
would desist in their attacks upon our
business when ehjoined by the court,
epecially when Y the Injunction was
made permanent, l was surprised
when they refused to obey and / was
amazed when to disobedience they
added open and ostentatious defiance.
And. let 1t be remembered, these
violators of law and these assa!lants
of the courts We're not Individual OF.
tenders but acted In the name of the
two millions of persons. whom they
claimed TO be members of their
league. What would the country think
IL the head. of any great Industrial,
commercial or transportation interest
should violate the law, and then, as,
these men have done. should chal.
icnge the courts to carry ont theslaw-
and to enforce their DEGREES, IL the
courts dared? ~aif ~ s4iG 81 rfioiI
1T must be remembered that these
men are not convicted because OF
their attempt to destrpys the ybusipess
of the Bucks Stove & Range COM
pany, but because they openly defied
the order of n federal court.
I'm answer to query as to whether
would sign petition for their re-
lease. / will say that so far as am
advised by my counsel Iahere IL no
power under the government which
can save them from the consequences
of their acts 'rf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
THE CROCODILE.
Terror Of the Stealth Of the Cunning
Brute's Approach.

One Of the reasons given by old writ
ers for the crocodile, being worshiped
in Egypt was the somewhat cryptic
one that 1t 'laid threescore eggs and
lived for threescore years." but from
twenty to thirty Is the common num-
Der Of eggs found in clutch" In
the reptiles easy code Of ethics. how
ever, its parental responsibilities end
with the act of oviposltion, for, hav-
ing covered the eggs with layer of
sand. 1t leaves the sun to do the rest
(whence doubtless Shakespeare's your
mud and the operation OF your SUM-
and leaves it also to the ichneumon to
do its worst. In some places 1t seems
that water tortoises, too. eat croco-
dies eggs. but the ichneumon is the
real desolator OF crocodile homes,
scratching up the nests and eating or
breaking the entire sitting at a meal.
Crocodiles' eggs. however. are absurd
ly small. mother twenty feet long
being content with an egg no larger
than that of goose. and the newly
hatched young, hardly more formida-
BILE than a common newt. are .preyed
upon by birds, which little later the
rapidly growing crocodile would like
nothing better than to get within its
reach as well as doubtless by many
other things, including old crocodiles
themselves.
The real horror OF the members CT
the crocodile tribe lies In their usual
noiselessness. "rhey swim with great
silence. making scarcely even a ripple
on the water" says Nj. du Chaillu. and
the terror Of the stealth Of their APP
proach is well conveyed in Rudyard
Kipling's cripple Song:" a1
"Wait. ah. walt" the ripple saith. n
"Maiden. walt. for ! am Death"
R .s. .r London Times. \
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
HThe Fault Of the putch.r

II was to Sir Charles Bagot, minis
ter at The Hague. that Canning In the
course Of a tariff dispute with ,Ealk,
the Dutch premier, addressed his IA.
nous dispatch in verse. which, as we
have seen 1t wrongly quoted on sew
eral occasions, we venture to append:
In matters OF commerce the fault of the
Dutch
Is giving too little and asking too much.
With equal advantage the French are
content,
So we'll clap on Dutch bottoms at twenty
per cent,
Twenty per cent.
Twenty per cent.
Nous frapperons Falk with twenty per
cent.
links With the Past"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
POLICE NEWS

The police received a message from
Delaware today instrueting them to
be on the lookout for forty pearl ham
die knives which were stolen from
the Farmers Hardware store of that
place, which was burglarized late last
night.
Tuesday morning about 2 o'clock
the night police were startled by
three shots fred In rapid successiop
in the West end. Two officers hur-
ried to the place where the sound ap-
parently came from but there was
nothing in sight. 1t is believed that
the shots might have been fired sim
ply as means of Turing the police 10
the west part of the city, while the
burglars perfected their work at the
Strelitz clothing store.
A little later Captain Bond saw n
local man whom he has suspected OF
many crimes, coming east from the
extreme west part OF town. This
may throw light on the Strelitz burg
larry and the police are working hard
TO solve the case Arrests are almost
sure to follow.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Not chanaed at All,

A westerner who claimed lifelong
acquaintance with James j. Hill had
just returned from st. Paul and was
describing his meeting there with the
railroad magnate.
He hasn't changed a particle" said
the traveller, land he's got the same
spots on his vest that he had when he
was a boy."-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

A French countess, formerly an
American heiress, has been arrested
in Paris for having fraudulently Sc
cured $4,000 worth of jewels. 1t is
n question whether her husband could
be considered as one of the bunch.
The valuation placed on them would
indicate that he certainly was in the
collection.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
WORRY RESULTS IN
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY

Mahaony, City Pa, Nov. IA
triple tragedy occasioned by financial
worries occurred today at Pine Grove
near here. John Schuck, a butchers
helpmate. cut his wife's throat, !
killed his twelve-year-old daughter
in the same manner, and then COM
mitted suicide by blowing off the
top OF his head. Sfls
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
A Paradox.

ITS a downright nuisance; that's
what 1t is" growled the pessimistic
man.
What's downright nuisance" que
ried his better half-or perhaps two
thirds.
That upright piano in the adjoining
nat" answered the p. m.-Houston
Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
SMUGGLING MAY
RUIN THE TRADE

New Orleans, La. Nov. PA cable
gram received here this morning by
General +. Altschul, consul general
of Nicaragua, states that the Zelaya
and Estranda forces had engaged in
another battle and that the revolu-
tionists have been routed at Boca,
San Carlos, and Guapinel.
II will have regalned the Atlantic
coast within week." Zelaya stated
In his message.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Just the Same,

What Is your name? asked the
Judge of the prisoner.
Casey, yer honor" answered the
prisoner.
'Your full nameT asked the judge.
"Just the same, yer honor" answer.
ed the prisoner. "full or sober."-Ia-
dies Home Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

Two years ago, bets were freely
made on the outcome OF the elections
in the large cities, but this year the
cost of living is so great that no man
will take chance on losing a dollar
on so uncertain a thing as munici-
pal election
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

Fatally Injured and Dies from
Injuries" are very common headlines
in the newspapers following football
games now 1t must be very graf
flying TO found parents to raise husky
young men and send them TO college
only TO have them killed in making
name Tor that institution of learn
ing in the world of athletics.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Domestic Repartee.

Mrs. Fldgett--Are the stars shining.
John? Mr.. Fidgett-Did you ever
know the stars to do anything else
than shine? 'Uater Mr.. Fidgett--Is the
rain still coming down, Bessie? Mrs.
Fidgett-Did you ever know 1t to do
anything else than come down, JohnI
Mr.. Fidgett-Yes. have known it 10
hold uD.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
The Sacrifice.

"a Kentucky couple" said Mrs.
simpkins, "got married few days ago
after n courtsbip which had lasted
fifty years"
II suppose" replied Mr.. Simpkins.
"the poor Old man had become too fee
bic to hold out any longer."-chicago
Record-Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Nov. 2 In American History.

l79d-James Knox Polk, eleventh pres
ldent OF The United States. born;
died iS40.
So2-Lieutenant Frederick C. Schwat
ka, soldier and arctic explorer
died: born 1919. Schwatka's most
noted achievement was his sue
cessful search for the lost Sir John
Franklin party.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

Connoisseurs declare the oranne
of Brazil. the finest fruit in the
world. Now If someone will just To-
cate the Garden OF Sden in Brazil, we
may eventually cease to be so unmer-
ciful in our criticism of Father Adam.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

Some men cannot resist the tempta-
ton 10 give a man a kick every
chance tley get. The helping hand
and the word of encouragement are
almost becoming relics.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

Considering the almost prohibitive
cost of living, President Taft will not
hear very fervent "Amens" when he
issues his Thanksgiving proclama-
tion
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

johnson and Jeffres have signed
articles to fight forty-flve rounds or
more, but the fight is not to come off
for about a year Think of the talk
that will be wasted on that one
evenings sport. 1t will be n case of
talk whole year and fight for a
few minutes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

A Denver man has discovered that
Limburger cheese will cure cancer.
Most people will agree that the stuff
was intended for something beside be-
eaten.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

II is said that the United States is
building battleship which will be
larger than any other nation. This
viii excite the other powers into
eciipsing the American vessel and
then Uncle Sam will have to build a
still greater. No one can tell where
this business is going to end.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

A certain Australian brandy has
been named Boomerang. The signi-
ficance of the name will appeal to
every man who has had that feeling
on the morning after.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

Some one has discovered that a
French aviator in 1874 took his bride
for a honeymoon trip through the
air. Next, someone will discover that
some fellow in the musty past, in
vented the splash party.