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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
CODY FAILS I
IN ATTEMPT
American Aviator Attempts
To Fly From Liverpool
to Manchester.
BY United Press Wire. .

London, Dec. 29-Captain >. IT.
Cody, the noted American aviator
who has been experimenting with an
aeroplanc of his own construction for
the British war office, made an un-
successful attempt to fly from Liver
pool to Manchester distance OF
thirty-six miles. When he had been
aloft forty minutes and had covered
q third of the distance, his aeroplane
struck a telegraph wire, which fore
ed him to alight. Neither Cody nor
his machine was hurt but as he had
set out to make the trip In a contin-
uous flight he did not resume the
cruise alter being forced to the
ground.
A monster crowd was present when
Cody ascended aid thousands lined
the roads along the route from which
they could see the aviator.
Cody vt present holds the worlds
record for cross-country flying, made
on September 2S of this year, when
he assembled at Aldershot and covered
distan 20 of forty-seven miles, cir
cling in that vicinity. He remained In
the air for one hour and three
minutes. in this flight, he maintained
an average height of 400 feet and
flew over churches, buildings and
villages, having his machine under
splendid control.
Cody is an American, but has be.
come a naturalize1 Englishman in or
der to accept employment from tho
war Office. The machine in which hC
started todays flight Is a cumber-
some biplane of ris own invention. II
is fifty-two feet long, has 7SO square
feet surface and weighs 1000 pounds
The aero plane is driven by an eighty
horsepower motor. and carries twen
ty-fve gallons of gasoline. 1t Is steer
ed and the motor manipulated exact
Ily as in the case of an automobile.
Cody claims TO have used the
I''varping wings" FOR his aeroplan'
three years before that device wa
patented by the Wright brothers, anC
on which they are now basing thei
multiplicity of suits against aeroplan'
manufacturers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
WALSH IS
0VERJOYED
Convicted Banker is Con-
fident he Will be Civ
en- a New Trial.
BY United Press Wire.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-John X. Walsh,
the convicted Chicago banker, Is
nearer today to getting new trial
than he has been since he was found
guilty and his lawyers have filed an
amended bill in the municipal court
making sensational charges against
a cliuue of New York financiers who
they declare tried to railroad
(their client to prison. Attorney VIII
liam A. Armstrong; of the Walsh
counsel. said today that he can prove
the charge of conspiracy against the
eastern capitalist and that he pos
tive that the United States supreme
court will grant the aged banker a
rehearing.
Armstrohg are William c. Brown
president of the New York Central
lines; Charles w. Hotchkiss, a New
York banker; Robert Mather, the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and
the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern railway.
Armstrong charges that IL the
above men had not conspired with
Crank A. Vanderlip, president of tho
National City bank of New York
5ames Stillman, former president OF
the same institution, and George
Baker, of New York, to prevent
Walsh from floating railroad bonds
the Chicago National bank and the
other two Walsh institutions nigh
today be doing business on solit
basis.
Armstrong, when asked about thu
basis of the suit said today that thu
New York financiers encouraged
Walsh to dispose of $2S,O00,0O0 wortl
of bonds of the Southern indiana
railway In the eastern market, anC
promised to aid him i'm putting thu
deal through but at the eleventh
hour when it was too late for Walsl
TO do anything to stave off the crash
they backed out.
Walsh Is overjoyed at the ney
turn the case has taken. ut sound
very interesting" said the aged bank
er when told today of the filing o
the bill.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
Your Choice

IL lots on Chestnut sreet.
Cheapest, all things con-
sidere din Marion. Those
wishing to invest in this
location will do so soon as
price will advance. Also one
on Church st. at 5000.
We have a cheap home on
Leader ST.. w have a bar
gain on Monroe st. We
have a very cheap place on
Chster st. We have bar
gains on Senate ST., on cor
ner of Wood and Mound st.
A fine home also a vacant
lot a nice business corner.
We have 25 modern houses
for sale, some great bar
gains well located. We are
headquarters for fin farms.
See the Clark Go. always
for a square deal.
ia Court st.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

ORDNANCE NO. %. To fix the
salaries and bonds of the public safe
ty director and public service director
and to determine the number of as
sistants, clerks and employees in the
departments of the director of public
service and safety and to fix their
salaries and bonds.
Be 1t ordained by the Council of
the City of Marion, State of Ohio:
Section 1. coffee OF Public Safe
ty DIRECTORY. That the salary of the
director of public safety shall be
(S4OO.00) Four Hundred dollars per
annum, payable in monthly Install
ments, and he shall give bond in the
sum of one thousand dollars.
Section 2. (Ohice of Public Serv'
ice Directory That the salary of the
director of public service shall be
($5OOOO) Five Hundred dollars per
annum, payable in monthly INSTALL
ments. and he shall give bond in the
sum of one thousand dollars. In the
office of the director of public serv-
ice there shall be appointed one en-
gneer one clerk, one marketmaster
one superintendent of parks, one
superintendent of streets, sewers and
drains. one superintendent of sewer
age and garbage plant, who shall be
appointed (subject to limitations
prescribed by House Bill No. 914
passed by the General Assembly of
Ohio, passed April 20, 19OS) by the
director of public service, and per-
form such appropriate duties relating
to the Office of the director of public
service as shall from time to time be
assigned him. They shall receive the
following salaries, payable in semi
monthly installments.
llgineer ($1,0s0.00) Ten Hundred
and Eighty dollars per annum, and
he shall give bond in the sum of one
thousand dollars.
Clerk Board of Control, $4,000 per
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

Marion, Ohio, are hereby irrevocably
pledged for the payment of said
bonds and the interest thereon at
maturity
Section 5. Said bonds shall express
upon their face the purposes for Which
they are issued i'm pursuance to this
ordinance, and shall be prepared, is
sued ana delivered under the direc-
tion of the finance committee of the
city council and the city auditor and
after having the same duly recorded
in the office of the city auditor and
| the trustees of the SINKING fund,
shall negotiate and sell the same for
md on behalf of the City of Marion,
Ohio, in the manner provided by law.
Section g. Said bonds shall be
irst offered at par and sccrued inter-
est to the trustees of the sinking
'und in their official capacity, and if
he sinking fund trustees refuse to
take the same at par and interest.
ben said bonds shall be offered at
public sale and solo I'm the manner
provided by law, but not for less
than their par value ana accrued in
| terest.
Section 7. The proceeds of the
/ Stilt " etblA JULIUS Silill bb Dsilu llllb
the city treasury by sa'a committee
OF finance and set aside in a fund
designated as the Herr street appro-
prlation fund. Ali premiums and
accrued interest received from the
sale of said bonds shall be trans
| ferred on warrant of the City Audi
tor to the trustees of the sinking
| fund of the City of Marion, Ohio, to
pc by them applied i'm the manner
prescribed by law.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be
! in force from and after IT'S passage
1 and the earliest period allowed by
| law
Passed December 20, 1909.
S. r., RAUHAUSER,
President of the Council.
Approved by the Mayor, Louis
Schorff,
Attest Charles M. Tobin, City Clerk.
Mirror 12-22-29-O9.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
ATTACK THE
EXCISE TAX
Chicago Firms Claim it
Gives Their Rivals the
Upper Hand.
BY United Press Wire.

Chicago, Dec.29-The heads of
thousands of Chicago manufactures
and incorporated establishments are
today planning to band together in
an organization to fight the corpor-
alton excise tax, the publicity clause
of which they declare will cost them
much trade and gives their business
rivals information on their custom
ers and their mthods OF doing busin-
ess. Lawlers were retaine dtoday by
some of the larger enterprises to
draw up amendments and to prepare
to attack the constitutionality of the
law.
The publicity section of the law,
which has agitated the corporations
throughout the Middle West, is as
follows:
when the assessment shall be
as provided in this section, the re-
turns, together with any corrections
thereof which have been made by the
commissioner shall be filed in the of.
flee of the commissioner of internal
revenue and shall constitute public
records and be open to inspection as
SUCH"
Aside from the claim that the Law
give their competitors an in sigh
into their business, the business men
making the protest declare the act
is class legislation and discrlminates
between corporations and corpartlon-
ships; that the law is not an eXcis
law because 1t imposes indirect tax.
alton and that the federal govern
ment in infringing upon states right
by taxing corporations that receiv
their life from state and do no in
terstate business.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
YOUNG TURKS NOW
FACE A CRISIS

By Onlteu .ress Whe,
Constantinople Dec. 29-Only the
speedy and firm establishment of a
new Turkish ministry can, In the
opinion 90 leading diplomats today,
prevent a crisis in the ranks of the
Young Turks. following the resigna-
tion of Grand Vi2ier Pasha and his
cabinet. Owing to the semi-anarchis-
tic conditions prevailing throughout
Turkey, a division among the con-
trolling party is likely TO lead to
gravest disorders. The so-called LII
berals are also sadly divided, and the
reactlonary element may try to take
of the situation to reha-
biiitate itself in power.
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Kindly Rubber Here"
LION INJURIES
HIS tanner
Ry United Press Wire.

By United Press wire.
London, Dec. 2o-Ralph Gardiner, a
lion tanner at the Crystal palace,
may die as the result of having his
arm almost bitt,a off by an enraged
lion. Gardiner was feeding the lion
in the presence of a large crowd
The big beast was standing almost
against the bars of his cage tearing
at huge piece of meat when Gar
diner thrust his arm between the bars
nearby. The animal seized the ex-
tended arm and pulled Gardiner
against ahe bars. Screams for help
brought attendants and they drove
the animal to one corner by the use
of hot ron bars.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
WHISKEY, THAT'S
RIGHT.
inst n Word About the Famous
Brands of Old Coon and oid
Landmark Whlskies. "Ai-
ways the Same When IL
Bears this Name"

Theobald Whiskey-that's right has
become a household phrase where
ever the purest and best whlskey
is discussed. II stands for purity, and
there is n half century reputation
back of 1t. Old Coon and Old Land
mark whiskles are, as some wise one
has said: "For the man who thinks
before he drinks" Especially adapt
ed for home use and medical pur-
poses whenever a pure whiskey Is
desired Sells for $500 per gallon
four full quarts express prepaid, SIN
gle quart bottle sells for 81, You will
be delighted with these goods,
The Theobald ~ Son Co.,
Producers, High and Rich Streets
Columbus, Ohio.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

RESOLUTION NO. 23-Be 1t re-
solved by the council of the City of
Marion, State of Ohio:
That the board of public service
be and is hereby authorized and di-
rected to enter into II contract with
the lowest and best bidder for the
lighting of public streets and alleys
in the city of Marion. Ohio, by the
use of gas or electricity, saId contract
to be limited to 1855 lights, to be for
the period of five years, and to In
clude such provisions as the board
of public service may deem for the
best interests of the city.
Passed December 20, 1903.
s. r. RAUHAUSER,
President of the Council.
Approved by the Mayor Louis
Scherff
Attest: Charles NJ. Tobin, City Clerk,
Mirror 12-22-29-09,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

ORDINANCE NO. 26. TO provide
for issuing of bonds in the sum of
Five Hundred dollars ($5O0.0O),
which amount is not in excess of one
per cent of the total valuation of the
property of the City of Marion, Ohio,
as listed and assessed for raXation, to
pay the cost and expense Tor pur-
chasing or condemnIng certain
tract of land on Herr street described
in Ordinance No. 80, passed by the
city Council Of the City of Marion,
Ohio, April 20, 1908, to appropriate
property for street purposes!
BE it ordained by the Council Of
the City of Marion, State of Ohio:
| Section /. That to raise money to
pay the cost and expense for pur-
chasing or condemning a certain
tract of land on Herr street in the
City of Marion, Ohio, as described in
said Ordinance No. 80 passed by the
| City Council of the City of Marion,
Ohio, April 90, 1908, bonds of the
City of Marion Ohio, not in excess
of one per cent. of the total valuation
of the property of the Cay or Marion,
Ohio, as listed and assessed for taxa
ton, shall be issued and sold in the
amount of Five Hundred dollars
($5O0.OO). 1t is therefore declared
necessary by the Council of the City
of Marion, Ohio, to issue said bonds
in said amount for the purpose here
in mentioned
Section 2. Said bonds shall be is-
sued under authority of an act of the
General Assembly of Ohio. entitled
"An act to amend sections 1885, 1856
and 1887 and to repeal section 2S3I'
A of the Revised Statutes authorizing
the issuing of bonds by cities, vii
lagos, hamlets and townships
passed April 20, 1902, Cos Ohio
Laws, page 31S to 322, including al
amendments thereto, including the
amendment passed by the Genera
Assembly of Ohio, April 22, 23 ant
20, 1904, COZ Ohio Laws page 29l
100 and $50 respectively and
March 22, 1906, COS Ohio Laws, page
SO and 81. inclusive) ana March 8
1909, GOO Ohio Laws page 53) They
shall bear date not later than tn,
1st day of September 1909, and b'
due and payable as follows On'
March /, 1911, one September !
1911. They shall he of the denomi
ration of Two Hundred and Fift!
dollars each and shall be numbered
from one to two both inclusive.
Section 3. Said bonds shall bea
interest at the rate of four per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually
and all the interest accruing on salt
bonds shall mature and be payable
on the first days of March and Sep
tember of each year and for whlcl
the proper coupons shall be attached
and made part Of said bonds, Bot
, principal and interest shall be pay
, able at the office of the treasurer o
> the City of Marion, Ohio.
Section 4, Said bonus shall b.
: signed by the mayor and auditor o
, the City of Marion, Ohio, officially IL
their own handwriting and have af
: fixed thereto the corporate seal o
! said city Each coupon shall hay
5 printed thereon a facsimile of tn
| signature of the city auditor of tn
( City of Marion, Ohio. And the faith
2 credit and property of the City o
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
COUNT TOLsTOY is ILL

Moscow, Dec. 29-Count Tolstoy's
today was reported as fa-
vorable by the physicians in attend
ance at his home in Yasnaya Poliana.
The count, in addition to his old
trouble of rheumatism, is now suffer-
ing from influenza The worst thing
against him, is his age, eighty-one
and owing to this, the doctors will
not forecast the outcome of his illness
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

Have you seen our suits we sell
this week at u OF? II not, don't
wait until the end of the week. To see
them, there may be none left to see
the way the lively selling has started
late shoppers will have none to PICK
from. Come early this week IL you
want to see the most of them.
j. p. Ludwig Co.
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Lpplv lIeht: market steady.

supply light; market steady.
Hogs Receipts 10 doubledecks;
market active; heavies 75@
9O;mediums, yorkers and pigs 8 So
Sheep and lsmbs-Receipts IL
doubledecks; market strong.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
wANTED-A manufacturing corpo.

ration establishing a distributing
office in Marion, desires to engage
a first class man as superintend-
ent to handle statesmen, advertis-
ing, collections, etc. A man with
enough capital to carry goods suf-
ficient to supply demand created,
and with good references; salary,
$500 per year Office expenses and
extra commission. Address T. E
Bird, Sales Manager. $40 Schofeld
Bldg, Cleveland, Ohio.
12-1S-6tpd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

WANT EGGS?-Conley's Laying
Tonic secures them. Get free sam
pie at Consumers Cash Grocery, $ /.
State street. 12-2S-1mo
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
THE MARKETS

NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW HORh PRODUCE
New York, Dec. 29-Dressed and
live poultry-Steady.
Butter E-Quiet; receipts 4,N46;
creamery extras 81; state dairy tubs
26 a "a; imitation creamery firsts
26 a. 2S.
Eggs Firm; receipts 1921; near
by white fancy 45 90 AS; nearby mix
ed fancy 32 % 81; fresh firsts 81 %
"a.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

A cup of coffee, a bit of sausage,
and Mrs. Austin's Buckwheat cakes
is a breakfast fit for King
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
LOOK HERE FOR WANTS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

MOVING, TRANSFER AND STOR-
AGE-we move. crate, store and
do transfer work of any kind i.
Phone 1905, s. Knoch, 322 Bel
mont.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

Big New Years' dance Friday night
In Sehwlnger's hall, Orchestra.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

The long indoor life OF winter
makes the blood weak. the system
easily catches cold and disease. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea is the
greatest winter remedy; prevents
colds and disease; keeps you we'll all
winter. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets.
Charles Schmidt &c Co.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

annum.
Clerk Service Director, $4,000 per
annum.
Clerk Safety Director, $4,000 per
annum.
Marketmaster, $4,000 per annum.
Superintendent parks, $4,000 per
annum.
superintendent streets. sewers and
drains ($9OO.OO) Nine Hundred dol
lars per annum.
superintendent of sewerage and
garbage plant C$96O.OO) Nine Hun
dred and Sixty dollars per annum.
Section 3. That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent
herewith be repealed and this ordi.
nance take effect from and after the
earliest period allowed by law.
Passed December II, 1903.
S. Il. RAUHAUSER,
President of the Council.
Approved by the Mayor, Louis
Scherff.
Attest: Charles NJ. Tobin, City Clerk
Mirror 12-22-29-O9.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

Nine days sickness per annum 10
the average Of the human being. A
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
CLEVELAND

Cleveland, Dec 29-Hogs-Receipts
$500; steady, sc lower. Mediums and
heavies IS; yorl1ers, Pigs and lights
8 70.
Cattle-Receipts cars; strong.
Lambs-Receipts 10 cars; go top
Calves--Receipts 200 head 10 top.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
EAST BUFFALO

East Buffalo, N. Y Dec. 29-Cattle
Receipts none; stronger. Prime 81
@7; butchers 3G6.
Veals-Receipts 20; active. Com
mon 10 choice coil
Sheep and lambs-Recelpts 2,400;
active Lambs 7QpS so; Canada lambs
s S5@S rs; yearllngs 6 5oQ7 SO; sheep
sos.
Hogs-i,7OO steady. Pigs, workers.,
mixed and heavies s 9O@9.
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TOLEDO

Toledo, o., Dec. 29-Wheat-Cash
and Dec. "a 1-2; May 27 Ia; July
04 1-2.
Corn--Cash and Dec. 81 IL; May GS;
July 81 3-4
oats-Cash ami Dec. AZ; May 4S
July 46 1-2.
Rye-No 2, IS; No. 3, IA.
overseed--Cashand Dec. s 90; Feb.
90; March . 05.
Prime alsike 95.
Prime timothy 1 S5.
Oil, butter, eggs and haydn
changed.
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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHlCAGO SRAlN
Chicago, Dec. 29-Wheat-Dec. open
1S close 1 II 7-5; May open 1 Is IL
close II S-S; July open OF close
Of 1-2
Corn-Dec. open 81 "a close 81 5-S;
MAY open 66 1-2 close Sc SIS; July
open sc 3-S close Sc 1-2
Oats--Dec open "A close a; May
open As 1.2 close As SIS; July open
43 Ia close 43 1-2
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29

CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Cattle-Re'
ceipts $4,000; steady. Beeves, 4.2O a.
s; Texas, 40 "a 40; western,
40 90 6.25; stockers and feeders,
$40 "a $40; cows and heifers,
80 90 80; calves, 7.25 90 $50.
Hogs-Receipts $4,000; slow. Light
$40 % S.55; mixed, $40 a. 8. 7S;
heavy, S.35 % S.75; rough. S.S5 90
8 so: yorkers, $40 90 $50; pigs,
Ills a. Sis.
Sheep-Receipts 10000; strong.
Natives, 3 so a 5.75; western, $50
m 5 rs; lambs. native, 5.75 % S.4O;
western, 5.75 D $50.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
FLOUR

Clover Leaf GA bbl.). s1.S5: B
Pride (1-4 bbl) s1.s5: Carnation,
GA bbl) S1.75; Monarch 1-4 bbll
s1.65; Kuickerbocker GA bbl),
s1.65; Golden Flake GA bbl) $40;
Gilt Edge (1-i bbl.l SLIGO: Whites
Best 1-4 bbl.) 81 so: Gold Medal
bbl.) s1.S5. Graham Flour. zoe pc,
sack: Corn meal. 20c per sack
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-29
Corrected by the Marion National
Milling Company
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat .................. $l.lS
Oats AZ
Corn ............... 90
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKETS
Corrected Daily py. Chas. Turner 4 Co
PAYING PRICE

Butter, Csc per lb.
Eggs, soc per dozen.
SELLING PRICE
Butter, S0c per lb. Eggs, 35 cents
per doz Cheese-N. Y. Cream 25c per
lb. Lard-16c per lb. Syrup-i0c
per gal. sugars--5o to &c per lb.
Teas-4Oc to 800 per lb. Vinegar
--25c per gal. Salt-S1.25 per bbl.
Hand picked Navy Beans--5c per lb.
Carolina Head Rice-I0c lb. - lbs.
for 25c. Cracked Hominy-4c lb. OF
lbs for 10c. Marowfat Beans--7c
H.. or 4 lbs. for Csc. Lima Beans
1oc h.. 8 lbs. for 25c. Prunes-s Ia
to 15c lb. Seeded Raisins--10c and
IL 1-2e per Id. Cleaned Currents,
12 1-2c per lb.
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PITTSBURG
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec, 2s-cattle-'
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LOST.
FOUND.

FOUND-A watch fob between
State street and queen theater, with
the inita' b on it, Inquire at this
office. 12-28-2t
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-12-31
CURED OF DswoRn SWALLOWING"
knhe-EatIns Incident Calls to Mind
Little Trick.

!, While seated In thesdiaing-reom Of
one of our best hotels my attention
was attracted to 2dlgnified. we'll.
groomed. prosperous.appearing man,
who was deliberately eating with his
knife. He also had sort of strangle
hold on his fork which he used back
wards and sideways" said western
pennsylvania man. according to the
New York Morning Telegraph.
i cast my eyes about and noted a
number doing the same thing. Folk
of whom you would expect better man.
ners, If from no other cause, from
pure instinct
1T recalled to me the time when
was young fellow and my uncle-a
judge In country district of Penn.
sylvania-gaye4 reception to many
OF the farmers thereabout, at which q
Gigantic old-fashioned spread was
placed before them.
Il knew well how these sons Of the
soil would gcbble up all they could
hold, showing the food into their faces
with their knives.
was fun of mischief at this time,
30 got hold of all the knives on the
quiet, took them to the grindstone
and sharpened them like razors. Then
slipped them back to the cupboard.
When the guests began their
sword-swallowing, one after the other
cut their lips with the keen-edged
Weapons. while sal in a corner bub
bling over with iauehter at the atai
and hoping the lesson they were b..
Ing taught might he Of advantage TO
them In the future"