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Southern Pacific shops in Tucson. The happy pair came to Nogales . on their wedding trip, and were here several days.
 Mir. Patt R. Sullivan, superin- tendent for the Four Metals Min ing Co, was d visitor at the line city several days early the present week. Wednesday he returned to the camp, in the Patagonia noun tains, near Mowry.
 Mir. and Mrs. Con O'Keefe and family returned Monday evening from visit at Culiacan where they went d couple of weeks ago En route home they stopped at Guaymas three days and witnessed the first days festivities of the carnival season.
 FoR SALE-$1000 cash, one 4 room brick anu one 10 room adobe hous Elm St., corner Terrace avenue, adjoining school house, renting for $42 U0 per month Balance $2200 co in monthly in- staIment, like rent. See Escalada Bros. Nogales Ariz. At. Yesterday morning Mr. and Mrs. 4. k. Oster and Miss Oster started for San Bernardino, California, where they go for the health of Mir. OSter. They will be absent about ninety days, during which period Mir. Oster will pass most of the time roughing 1t on a ranche.
 Sunday Nogales and vicinity were visited by heavy rain storm, which turned to snow, with which the ground was covered Monday morning, to depth of about an inch, and the temperasure became very cold. The mountains all around were covered with snow.
 Collector of Customs Con O'Keefe is in receipt of a circular from the treasury department calling atten- ton to recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United Sta.es construing the law as put ting zinc on the free list, and in- strucung The collrctors to admit free ol duty zluc lu alt ores coming
 Into the country.
 Mir R. M Axiord, superinten- dent for the Cananea CaLue Com pany, was at Aug,lcs Wednesday. The gentleman pdrled that the storm of Sunday ln Ihe San Rafael valley was good snow, which melted and settled into the ground, salurating 1t thoroughly to depth of several Inches, to the anticipated great good of the feed on the ranges.
 Instead of going to New York last Saturday, as THE OASIS announced was hls intention, Mr. J. C Besley went in other direction, toward Topic, on telegram from New York inotructing him to do su received Friday evening, Saturday the gentleman went to Guaymas, thence to Mazatlan early in the present week. From that place he takes d steamer to San Bias, thence in the saddle to his destination In the interior. From there he will go to Guadalajara probably, anc : oy rail thence to New York.
 Monday evening there came uE . from the South Mir. 4. c. Emery
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

We went on to Gibraltar for repairs,
with clear skies over us and calm wa
ters under us. Not bit of bad luck
did we have after we got rid Of Miss
Jonah. 'asn
"When got back to Philadelphia |
met the doctor one day on Chestnut
greet. was nightly surprised
when he told me he had married Miss
Jonah She'd started abroad with a
woman she didn't know very well.
who turned out to be luny and poison
ed herself on the voyage. The doctor
got the girls confidence, told her Of
the feeling against her, persuaded her
to go ashore without scene and mar.
ried her.
"I'd n thought the suicide was the
Jonah only the luck didn't leave us
when we hoisted her over"
HELEN SOPHIE GASHE.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

not welcomed. 1t is the Theodore
Roosevelt Athletic club, maintained
and engineered by that "most useful
citizen" Jacob Rils, at 4S Henry street.
This is an organization which is en-.
gagged in turning out what are known
as lighting men" Its active member
ship is made up OF 300 little cast side
boys who are being taught the manly
art Of self defense by those who are
qualified to do so properly. This in
teresting school has already graduated
three professional boxers, who have
i'made good" on various occasions.
OF course II was not the original I'm
tentlon of the founder Of this club TO
supply the flstlc arena with skilled
fighters Of all weights. The ultimate
object Of the effort is to convert the
physically hampered children OF the
slums into self reliant and capable
citizens. Muscular development first
tnd mental training later-such is the
Practice at this remarkable Institution
maintained by Mr.. Roosevelts able
apologlst.
sTUYVEsANT BROWN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

the sanguinary feud could be wiped
tut and thgt he was the agent especial
IL designed by Providence to do the
wiping. At the time it seemed to be
a heroic ambition, and the raison d'etre
was not especially lucid.
Just n quare whim o. Fosters" ex
planned one of his Tammany friends
Hes monkeyln' wild thin Choynase
the same as another man wud take to
dhrink orplayin' the races"
That was n snap judgment and about
as wide of the mark as It possibly
could be. The real reason was because
Judge Foster is lover of peace and
concord even In Chinatown, and in
spite of the pessimism Of those who
believe that the oriental tendency TO
settle all race quarrels without the in
tervention Of law should not be curbed
he has succeeded in his scheme. Three
years ago the leaders of the warning
tongs shook hands and signed n peace
treaty. Recently the third anniversary
Of this occasion was celebrated I'm
Chinatown with a big dinner served
in true Celestial fashion. The Hip
Sings and On Leongs ate sharks fms
and drank rice wine together without
the falntest revival Of the old enmlty.
Judge Foster, known In Chinatown as
the Dove Of Peace" was an honored
guest.
The supreme courts of the United
States and the city Of New York are
nnN nd utt.
been made evident by recent decision
Of the highest tribunal in the land
against the city. During a violent
thunderstorm two years ago an old
tree In the Washington Heights district
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

born In Petroleum Center, venango
county, Pa, I'm 1867, and was educated
In the public schools and at the law de-
partment of the University of Michi-
gan, from which he received the de-
gree OF LL,. b. In 1892. He was at
one time secretary of the Republican
national committee and enjoyed the
distinction then of being the youngest
man who had ever held the office. In
1895 he married Josephine Birch Scott
OF Detroit. Mr.. Burke has now served
two terms I'm the house and will be a
member of the next congress. He is
one of the most popular of the younger
set Of legislators. 3
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

THE PFsKY vARMINr CROWDED ME OUT.
AND 1 ROLLED ON THE FLooH."
that she didn't like 1t tall. 1t was so
on the second Sunday, and so on the
third. An the fo'th reckoned on get
tin a tremendous big bar that was
loafin' around the hayborhood, but
while / was cleanin' up my rifle and
maxim ready the old woman says to
me:
"'Zeb. 1t hain't right by the Lawd.'
"'What hain't rlghtT
"'You all gwlne huntin' on the
Lawd's day. It's your duty to come
along with me over TO the Corners and
hear the preachin'' ne
"'But I'm arter that big bar. II l
don't get him today he may be twen-
ty miles away by tomorrer.'
But Sunday is the Lawd's day.
Can't nobody steal the day away from
him and have good luck. Let the old
bar go and stick to the Lawd'
That's what orter have dun,
stranger, but was powerfully gone
on bar meat, and when l got all ready
started for the woods. was asham-
ed of 1t, though, for l saw tears in the
old woman's eyes, and the last words
she said to me was:
"'Zeb, It amt right, and you can't
make IT right. The Lawd Is a heap
bigger'n any bar in these yere noun
tings, and he don't often wallop folks,
but he must do II now and then to
keep them in the stralght and narrer
path
"rhat's what she said, but It didn't
turn me back. Mebbe I smiled to my
self and went along with my head up
but | was soon to see what pride and
| wickedness kin bring critter to.
had been spookn' for that bar for the
best part OF an hour when stone
down with a spralned ankle. Lawd
how It did hurt knowed in n mint
that would he laid up for week or
! two, and l likewise had a sneakln
suspicion that the I.awd had dealt ont
the first Of his punlshments on me. !
was two hours gettin' home, ,limpin
and crawlin' and stoppin' TO rest. The
|
| was all alone and no one to do any
thing for me. / was so nigh crazy
with pain that ! busted into the cabin
and tumbled on to the bed and left the
doah open behind me.
Things Turned Around.
"Mebbe / had been lynn thar on the
bed for a matter OK fifteen minits,
groanln' with pain and cussin' myself
for an idiot, when bears a 'wooshp
at the open door. don't need to hear
It twice to know what II was. I'd
been huntin' for thar big bar, and
now things had turned around and he
was huntin' for me. AS nigh as
could remember | had left my rife
leanln' up agin the logs outside the
cabin, and If that bar wanted me all
he had TO do was to walk in and help
hisself.
"Thaes what he did do, He'd likely
heard from other varmints how many
bars / had killed In the past Ave
years, and mebbe he also kn0wed
about the old woman bein' away.
was lyin' on the bed in sich a WY
that when ] had turned over Bit 4
could see the yarmint standin' in the
doah and surYeyIn' things He didn't
waste more'n two miDlts at this. AA
soon as he had made up his mind that
he had struck good thing he entered
the cabin and walked straight up TO
me on the bed. The only thing l
could do was to play dead shet my
eyes and held my breath while the
varmint smelt OF me and rooted me
with his nose. You talk about goose
hesh, but II seemed as II was clean
kiyered with plmples az big as hazel
nuts Lawd, stranger, but was
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

tried to 1nd out what this is
The artist doesn't know
Its just a picture" so he SAYS.
"Out where the breozes blow"
II doesn't look much like a mill
There's not n rat nor mouse
II 7 could see a keg outside,
II would be a roadway house!
But Il is neither one OF these,
Nor In Il Just a jail
wonder where that dungeon goes
Perhaps the places for sale!
J. guess that's tits Just house
That someone built last May,
And now they want to sell the dump
or give the thing away!
All right-"For sale, a pretty cot
Beside a babblng stream
Where sunlight glints upon the wave
And sportlve minnows CLEAN.
WHO wants 10 lead me simple life
Away back from the town?
Who'll pay me eighteen plunks a year
And eighteen dollars down?
'For sale, for half the total cost,
A cottage trim and new
Phone lS Black, or better yet
Write Tribune 42!"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

Nc of tue most
picturesque and
stirring features
of that corner of
lower New York
known as China
town has been
entirely obliterat-
ed by the per-
sistent effort of n
local jurist named
Warren w. Fos-
ter. Some years
ago when the CON
stant warfare be-
tween the vari-
Gus tongs kept
the Chinese popu
lation Of the city
from becoming
too numerous this
enterprising re-
former conceived
the notion that
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

HENRI RocHEFoRT. and presided the
other day at meeting of the militant
wing of the Royalist party held in
Paris. 1t was meeting at which
there was loud cheering for "King
Philippe vIII."-that is to say, the
Duke of Orleans-and at which Gre
gori, the man who shot at Dreyfus In
the Pantheon, received an ovation.
Henri Rochefort was the least violent
of the speakers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

before the legislative committee which
Is investigating courts contains sew
eral gems. He believes that 1t is abb
surd TO arrest a man who is intoxicat-
ed as long as he 10 not a menace to
life or property. when a policeman
meets drunken man." he declared,
"he should take him home instead OF
TO the lookup"
Even more radical Is the commits.
sloner's opinion that there is no espe.
cial reason why the attending police
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

It is such a novel sight to see a ne
gro beggar I'm the streets of New York
that an aged negress who sat recently
on the sidewalk i'm the vicinity of Gree.
ley square attracted an unusual amount
of attention. There is a something i'm
planted deeply in the colored mans
nature which makes public exhibit
tion Of his poverty exceedingly dis
tasteful He will accept anything that
Is offered him In private, but he
shrinks from anything like exploita-
ton Of his penury.
Impressed by this fact, l asked the
shrlveled old nanny how it happened
that she was brought TO solicit charity.
IL isn't askin' nothin'," she quavered.
"Is jes' givin' folks a chaince, is"
One OF the most useful members OF
Oscar Hammerstelns great company
of operate singers Is little Mile. Yep.
pill. Her name does not appear In
capital letters In the advertisements,
but she is the possessor of lyric So
prano voice OF unusual quality and is
a thorough musician. Her singing and
acting in "The Tales of Hoffman, have
revealed her as an artist of rare intel
llgence. In the profession Mile Yep
pill is known as "the female Dippel."
She has acquired this title on account
Of her ability and readiness to assume
any role at short notice. She seems
TO be entirely free from the proverbial
professional jealousy and is the very
personifcation of good nature.
"She is the one woman In my com
pany on whom / can depend every
time" said Mr.. Hammerstein recently.
"If l should send her word to report
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

part of his life as
the reddest of revo-
lutionlsts and the
most advanced Of
Republicans, who,
moreover, contrlbut-
ed more than any
other one man to
the overthrow Of
the monarchy in
France in 1870, he
has developed into
an ardent Royallst
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

was Overthrown,
falling on u boy
and breaking his
leg. Being Of a
practical turn, the
father Of the lad
sued the city for
S4, 900 damages.
Counsel for the
city did not deny
the fact Of the
broken limb-the
nOSpltal r g g ora
was too explicit
for that but It
was contended
that the fall Of
the tree was an
act of Providence
and that the city
Of New York had
absolutely moth
ing to do with It..
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

Der OF stranded
opera company In Mexico, and at the
final collapse she made her way to
New York, intending to return to Eu-
rope. Nine. Russ, then at the newly
opened Manhattan Opera House, was
an old friend, and Mile. Zeppilli made
her a dressing room call between acts.
II so happened that at that very time
Hammerstein and Miss Plnkert, one
Of his leading singers, were in a dis
pute over salary, and the lady had
threatened to break her engagement.
1t occurred to Nine. Russ that her
friend might profit by the affair, and
she summoned the impresarlo. He
was introduced to Zeppllll and asked
her TO sing for him. With Nine. Russ
ms accompanist the young woman sang
an aria. At It's last note Mr.. Hammer
stein was ready with his business
proposition, five-year contract. 1t
was accepted. and neither party to It
has had cause to regret
Mile. Zeppllli is Of Italian parentage,
although she was born in Monte Carlo.
Her father is an orchestra leader and
composer.
There is at least one club In New
York to which mollycoddles and men
with "hard faces and soft bodies" are
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

this afternoon for
duty she wouldn' {
even stop to ask
what l expected
her TO sing. She
wouldn't care
whether she was
to be Violetta or
a lady in walt.
ing without a
II tie to sing.
She's a peach"
IL was only by
a stroke of the
rarest good for
tune ha I Mr..
Hammersteln dis
covered this ami
able songstress.
Two years ago
she was n mem
bpr NJ n gtrondnd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25
HENRI RocHEFoRT.

He Has Developed From Radical Re-
publican TO an Extreme Royalist.
One of the most pictureque charac-
ters of public life in France is the
veteran journalist, Henri Rochefort,
now in his seventy-ninth year. After
having figured throughout the greater
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

of as successor to
Senator Knox in
case the latter be-
comes premier of
the Taft cabinet. He
was in charge of the
presidential can
vass made by SEN
ator Knox prior to
the Chicago conven-
ton. Mr.. Burke
represents the Thir-
ty-first district In
congress. He was
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25
Moods.

A Young man OF New York State
sends me a package of his writings
that I may tell him whether he Is
funny or not A rival editor has shot
the javelin OF ridicule at him and the
young man is in doubt. Youth is too
easily discouraged at the criticism of
age. No writer is funny all the time.
For instance, when have been up
late the night before, smoked too
much and gone to bed in the small
hours, ! don't feel funny at all the next
day, especially II have sidetracked
my breakfast of toast and eggs and
gone back TO the good old buckwheat
pancake and sausage As said, am
not at all funny that day. ! want TO
remodel the world relocate the stars
bust the trusts and fire the president
of my company. ! growl and grumble
and find fault and feel downtrodden
and miserable. How can a man be
funny under such circumstances
Don't be discouraged, my young friend
When you can't be real funny, be as
funny as you can! What your com.
petitor says isn't admissible testimony
It is biased Keep right on being
funny. II pays a good dividend and
brightens up a dark spot now and
then for some fellow who is having
just such an off day as | have de
scribed
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25
y Y "
Still Shaving.

One of our citizens who occasionally
wipes the dishes for his wife, became
tired of the job and refused, saying
that "it was not a mans work" Not
feeling disposed to lose his help she
brought the bible out to convince him
of his error and read as follows from
2 Kings 21:l3: And will wipe Je.
rusalem as a man wipeth a dish,
wiping It and turning II upside down" 4"
II is needless to say that he is still
doing his occasional stunt.-Dodson
(La) Times.
BY the Way.
Most songs must be guilty; they are
so severely punished,
A bowling success Is not a good
thing to call a home.talent concert
& 4 q
Sometimes man who is as brave
az lion in his office Is as meek an
Moses in his own home.
a Il 4
After all, there are only two things
In life worth striving for--your own
happiness and the happiness OF others
u Il u
What has become OF the old-fash.
ioned mother that used to tie sock
around Willie's neck TO cure a cold?
y q q
A boy can tell by the kind OF licking
ne gets In the evening just how bad
business has been with father during
the day
f o q @
Don't Kick.
Don't kick because you have TO button
your wlfe's waist Be glad your wife
has waist and douby glad you have a
wife 10 button a waist FOR. Some mems
wlveA have no waist 10 button Some
mems wives have no buttons on 10 but
ton. Some mems wives who have waists
with buttons on to button don't care
continehtai whether they are buttoned or
not. SOME men don't have any wives
With waists with buttons on to button
any more than rltJ.. !.-t.a IN
BYRON wILLIAMs.
=.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

1T would be quite as logical for the
survivors Of the Messina earthquake to
demand reimbursement for their loss.
es," argued the earnest brief maker.
The scholarly gentlemen who keep
the supreme bench warm are known
TO be Of different ways of theological
thinking, but for once they agreed that
IL was an error to confuse the re-
spective liabilities of Providence and
those Of New York city. Now the city
counsel Is regretting that he did not
appeal to the sentiment Of the final
arbiters by making prominent the fact
that the leg breaking tree was once the
property OF Alexander Hamilton.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25
a Common Happening.

A Common Happening.
Case OF reckless speeding,
Going lightning fast.
Years crammsd into seconds,
Whiz2ing quickly past.
Case Of chauffeur seorching
Lake careless clown,
Heeding not the warnings
Given 10 slow down.
Case OF auto smashing
In thousand parts,
Occupants emerging
Both with broken hearts.
Cause OF the occurrence
Usual Is seem
Cupid took a Joy ride
In Frlendships buzz machine.
.--MoLandburgh wilson IN New York Her
AID,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

man should not accept a Eve dollar note
rendered as an expression of gratitude
for his service. Commissioner Bing-
hams most startling theory however,
Is that the social evil will remain an
lnsolvable problem until ministers are
either called of or educated"
In behalf of his cloth Dr. Parkhurst
has answered promptly that whenever
the police department becomes less ac-
lively devoted to the development Of
graft and a trife more interested In
the enforcement of the law It will have
less disposition to be critical OF out
siders.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

"why don't you go on the lecture
platform2"
II tried It once"
"How did 1t turn out7"
"Well | didn't make any money. but
I managed to keep the family IN yege-
tables"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25
In tho Realm Of Rspartos.

Dear me, are you trampp
81 don't know, lady. Some towns
passes through says am and puts
me In de jail, but others says I'm
champeen pedestrian and gives me
banquets an things."-New York
World
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25
ED RELATES STORY,
Old Possum Hunter Of Tennessee
Tells of an Early Experience.
ROUGH TIME WITH Mr.. BRUIN
II Il Had Not Been For the Timely
Arrival Of the Huntsmsn's Wife,
Goodness Knows What Would Have
Happened to Him.

copyright. 1909. by t. c. McClure.I
/" as young man I had sorter
"a got into the habit Of goin'
IA huntln' on Sundays" said
the old possum hunter Of
Tennessee when asked for reminis-
cent. cant say did It out o. wick
edness, but It Jest seemed to be the
luckiest day In the hull week for me.
II thar had been Sunday preachin'
clus by l might not have hunted at
all, but up In the mountings we didn't
see a preacher for three months at
time.
"The first Sunday arter / got mar
rled | started or, as usual The wife
didn't say anything, but I could see
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25
JAMES FRANCIS BURKE.

His Bill Making Ocean Going Steam
ships Adopt Wireless System.
Congressman James Francis Burke,
who introduced the bill making 1t com
pulsory for ocean steamship companies
to equip their vessels with wireless
telegraph apparatus, has been talked
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25
- --.----------. -----
UD and Down
In Gotham Town
The Dove Of Peace" IN Chinatown Tho.
OlOG and the Supreme COurt urt-SOme
Unconscious HumOr-A Chance to
Be Charltable-Mlle ZeppHR.

From Our New York Correspondent
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

Among the unconscious humorlsts
connected with the city government
Police Commissioner Bingham easily
ranks foremost. His recent testimony
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

Sold in Marion bv D. T. MalOnsy 6 Son.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-25

There is at least one club In New
York to which mollycoddles and men
with "hard faces and soft bodies" are