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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
RULE OF THE SEA.
Old Whaling Law Applied to a Twice
Caught Cod.

Caught Cod.
That etiquette Is observed among
the fishermen that journey to the fish
ing banks was discovered by an anna
teur angler on his first trip.
The amateur hooked a Goldfish, but
his line parted just as the fish was
above the water. Back fell the cod
fish. carrying with him two slnlsers
and the hook.
Twenty minutes later another angler
cried out that he had captured a cod
with two sinkers and hook. The
amateur went up to the angler, who
appeared to be an old salt, and asked
for his hook and sinkers, which had
his name stamped ON them. He was
surprised when the old salt told him
to take the fish also.
According TO the rules generally fol-
lowed on the fishing boats, the second
angler was entitled to the fish, but the
hooks and sinkers should be returned
TO their owner. The old angler ex-
planned why he wanted to give up the
fish.
1t seems that he had followed the
sea great part of his life. When a
young man he was whaler, and, ac-
cording to whaling law, n dead whale
belongs to the ship whose name ap-
pears on the harpoon that killed II.
Therefore the old salt figured that the
amateur owned the Goldfish he had
taken.-New York Sun.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
The Codnoppe.

Herrings are still eaten as much as
In the days when Yarmouth had to
send hundred yearly to the king,
baked in four and twenty pasties. But
where is the codmoppe gone. and what
was it like when kings dined off it in
Lent? "Codmoppe sauce Hollandaise"
would sound most intriguing on Il Sa-
voy menu. More original still would
be the 'rostid perpes" of Henry "
banquet. which was the "sea swine"
of the unrefned Saxon, the 'porco ma
rlno" of the mediaeval ecclesiast A
master coke gives an early receipt
for "puddyng Of purpassc," another
teaches how To 'salte porpyesse and
seelc," another how to ''undertraunche
that purpos." From which it may be
seen that enterprise extended also to
the spelling of the porpoise. London
Chronicle,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
d0EENsBoRo BRIDGE.
The Greatest Structure Of It's Kind In
the World,

tne world.
Measured by the combined length
and capacity of its five main spans, the
greensboro bridge, across the East
river from Fifty-ninth street, New
York, to Ravenswood, Queens, is the
greatest bridge In the world. Includ-
ing approaches, its total length is 5000
feet, width S6 feet and greatest height
over 300 feet above the water. 1t
crosses from shore TO shore, 1876 feet
above the river, with three enormous
spans of 1,1S2 feet, $50 feet and gS4
feet, the middle one reaching across
the full width OF Blackwells island.
Besides these there are two more great
anchor" spans, one at each end, Who'll
.ly over dry land with a length of
3,724 feet for the five, which together
contain over 105,000.000 pounds of
steel. No other spans in this country,
except suspension bridges, approach
the longest of these, and the only
trussed span In the world which ex-
ceeds 1t is the Forth bridge, which,
although LILO feet long, has q capaci-
ty for only two railroad tracks, less
than one.third of this. There are two
decks, the lower carrying wide drive
way and four electric car tracks and
the upper one two sidewalks and two
elevated railroad tracks and having In
all an estimated capacity Of 100000
900 ear passengers and millions of We
hicles and pedestrians annually. It
cost over $4,000, 1000. Exchange.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
TOWN OF GOLD BRICKS.
Wealth Found In tho Walls Of Mexi'
can Adobe Houses.

can Adobe Houses.
There are many remarkable towns
In Mexico, but none more interest
ing than Guanajuato, "the hill Of the
frog" 1t might more properly be
called the gold brick town" for the
houses have been found to contain
much gold.
This is a curious situation, but 1t
came about naturally. Guanajuato--
pronounced Wah-nah-wahto-is one Of
the oldest mining towns In Mexico, but
the value of the place ms town was
discovered when a railroad company
decided 10 build a station there. II
was found necessary to tear down
about 800 adobe buildings, which were
made of the refuse of various mines
after the ore was extracted,
When II became known that the old
adobe buildings would be torn down
pieces taken at random were assayed.
IL was found that because of the old
process, which left much gold and sill
YER, they assaycd from So 60 $24 ton.
The mean value was estimated to run
about So gold ton.
The old buildings have brought about
$4,000 Mexican, in gold, and persons
who have built since the new machin-
cry has been installed in the mines
are bemoaning the fact that the new
houses do not contain as much gold as
the old. Scientific American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
The SEPARATION.
Why One Victim Lost Faith In Side
Whiskered Brethren.

WHlsNcTeu
"Uh-whilst yo' was gone" said
Brother Smathers, relating the news
to Brother Buckaloo. who had been on
a journey, "a gentleman 'peared on de
scene yuh wild dc noration dat he was
a clarryvoyant and de seventh son o.
suppin-I dunnah what-and was
gwlne to hold n secession in de lodge
hall and show signs and wonduhs for
de modest sum o. two bits for folks
and 10 cents for betwixt sized chill
den; polly pussonage, wild striped
vest and woolly side whiskers, and
bout the shade, he was, of de opposite
side of fish,"
"Wlsht I'd a-been dar," enviously
remarked Brother Buckaloo.
"Wisht yo' had, sab, uh-kaze I likes
sympathy. "Well-uh, dc side whlsk.
cred gentleman took dc money at de
do. and de house was plumb packed,
and den he blowed out de lights and
'nounced In a grizzly voice for every
body TO set right still. uh-kaze for de
fust spearmint he was uh gwlne to
whlrl in and separate delr souls fun
deir bodies"
MINIMUM -muh Lawd, sab! Did he
do it?"
"Not SOS yo' could notice It. We
dess sot and sot and waited and wait
ed, and bimeby a gamblin' man dat
wasn't skeered begun TO snawt, and
den he lii light, and. behold, the pub
fessah was gone! He'd done separated
us smaht growed folks FUN our two
bits apiece and de innycent childen
fun DER dimes and was gone fun us
OATS all dar was to 1t. 'ceppin' It
clinches de sneakin' spicion is had
for, 10. desc many days dat niger
wild side whiskers dess naturally kain''
be right."-St. Louis Post Dispatcb.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
Her Summary Method Of Swapping
Official Red Tape.

When Florence Nightingale came, in.
stantly a new Intelligence, instinct
with pity, ahame with energy, fertile
with womanly invention, swept through
the Scutari hospital. Clumsy male de-
vices were dismissed, almost with a
gesture, into space. Dirt became a
crime, fresh air and clean linen, sweet
food and soft hands a piety. A great
kitchen was organized which provided
well cooked food for a thousand men.
Washing was a lost art in the hospital,
but this band OF women created, as
with q breath, great laundry, and a
strange cleanliness crept along the
walls and the beds of the hospital. In
their warfare with disease and pain
these women showed resolution as
high as the men Of their race showed
against the gray coated battalions of
1nkerman or I'm the frozen trenches be-
fore Sebastopol. Muddle headed male
yontine was swept ruthlessly aside.
II the commlssarIat failed to supply
kequlsites. Florence Nightinaala- whn
NT --~-a-~~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Al the Head.

II is stated in Mr.. and Mrs. Pennelrs
Life of James MacNeill Whistler In
that part which relates TO his brief
West Point career that the great
American painter was not "soldierly in
appearance, bearing or habit" Wills
Tiers horsemanshlp IL said TO have
been hardly better than his scholar
ship. According to General Webb, II
was not wholly unusual for him at
cavalry drill TO go sliding over his
horses head. On such occasions Ma
jor Sackett, then I'm command. would
call out:
"Mr Whistler, aren't you a little
ahead OF the squad"
According to Whlstler's version, to
the Pennells, Major Sackett's remark
was:
''Mr. Whistler, l am pleased to see
you for once at the head of your
class"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
NEW GUINEA couRTsHlp.
All the Proposals. of Marriage Are
Made by Women.


Away OF in the strange island OF
New Guinea it is leap year all the
time In one important sense, for out
there all the proposals OF marriage
are made by the women. 1t is consid-
cred beneath the dignity Of the male
inhabitants of New Guinea to even
notice woman, and consequently the
women perforce must notice the men
and must start any idea of weddings.
etc,
So when the island belle of New
Guinea becomes in love she promptly
sends n piece of string to the sister
OF the lucky man. If he has no sister
she sends It TO his mother or to some
female relative--thls because the man
and his male relatives are assumed
to be above taking any steps toward
acquiring a wife.
Then the sister says TO the man In
volved: Brother ! have news. So
and-so is In love with you" If In
cllned to matrimony the man makes
an engagement to meet the enamored
they either decide to wed or drop the
entire proposition at once. There Is
no courting, for the man Is not al.
lowed, theoretically at least, to waste
any time on a woman--not even
enough time to make love to the lady
or to allow her to make love to him.
The betrothal Is announced, and the
engaged man IN New Guinea is brand
ed on the back with charcoal. but the
woman's mark Of engagement to wed
is actually cut into her skin and Is
never allowed to completely vanish.
If either one decides to break the en-
gagement nothing can be done by the
offended party.
IL the girl decides that, after all, she
sent the little piece of string by mis-
take the man is apt, however to catch
her some time alone and beat her. If
the man jilts the woman her relatives
often hunt him up and administer u
sound .drubbing. Blood, however, Is
seldom shed, as the breaking of these
women made engagements Is not deem
ed very serious matter.
Though the women propose the we'd
dings I'm New Guinea, the condition of
the wife Is miserable and unjust In
the extreme. The girl is merely the
property and slave of the husband. He
can beat her unrebuked and even kill
her with impunity If she incurs his
enmity.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
USE OF PILLOWS.
A Habit That is Unnecessary and at
Times May Be Harmful.

Times May Be Harmful.
"Pillows are little more than fad
and rather harmful one at that"
said Germantown doctor. "They
should, indeed only be used by those
who sleep on their sides, rs they are
really injurious to others. When you
sleep on your side your shoulder pre-
vents your head from lying level on
the bed, and pillows are useful to
raise the head to this level.
"The natural and most healthful po-
sition for the ordinary person In sleep
ing Is for ones head to be kept per-
fectly even, just as il would he stand
Ing up Now, for the one who lies on
his back while sleeping no pillow is
needed TO keep the head in this posi-
tlon. and yet 90 per cent of the per
sons who sleep on their backs use pill
lows, while those who sleep on their
sides use far more pillow than Is nee
essary.
people get used to having their
heads and shoulders propped high up
and imagine thcy could not sleep any
other way; but, as a matter of fact, IL
they would try sleeping with little or
no pillow they would not only find that
they would feel better IN the morning,
but also would actually be more com
Portable In bed and sleep much sound
er thoughout the Philadelphia
Record
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
She Almost Remembered.

Little Josephine. aged four, was In
tently studying the pictures in a book
and seemed very much Interested IN
picture Of Charles Dickens.
Taking the book to her mother, she
inquired who It was.
THAT is Dickens. dear" said her
mother.
The picture was wonderfully fasci-
mating to the little girl. and when her
big sister came from college in the
evening she ran and got the book,
turned to the picture and said:
"Sister. see This is picture of Mr..
Darn"
Her sister replied, "No. dear, that
Is Mr.. Dickens"
"Well," said Josephine. 81 knew 1t
was some kind Of swear word."-De-
lineator
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
LlNcOLN'S STORY.
II Contained Lesson For the Man
With Grievance.


An old farmer once called at the
White House and complained that the
Union soldiers in passing his farm had
helped themselves not only to hay, but
to his horse, and he hoped the presi-
dent would urge the proper officer to
consider his claim Immediately.
why. my dear sir" replied Mr.. Lin.
coin blandly. 81 couldn't think of such
n thing. If I consider individual cases
| should find work enough for twenty
presidents"
The caller urged his needs persistent
ly, and Mr.. Lincoln declined good ma
turedly.
But" said the persevering sufferer,
couldn't you just give me a line to
Colonel --- about it just one line?"
"Ila, ha, haw responded the presi-
dent, crossing his legs. "That reminds
me Of old Jack Chase out in Illinois.
"You see, Jnck--I knew him like
brother-used to be a lumberman on
the Illinois river, and he was steady
and sober and the best raftsman on
the stream. 1t was quite trick to take
thc logs over tne Taplus, out ne WIS
skillful with raft and always kept
her straight in the channel. Finally a
steamer was put on, and Jack--he's
dead now, poor fellow!-was made
captain OF it. He always used to take
the wheel going through the rapids.
One day when the boat was plunging
and wallowing along the boiling cur
i'll.
being exercised TO keep 1t In the mar
row channel boy pulled his coattail
and hailed him with:
"'Say, Mr.. Captain, ] wish you
would just stop your boat a minute,
I've lost my apple overboardv
Think that story over, my friend,
and see IL you can find any lesson In
n -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
VISITING CARDS.
Names and Messages Used to Be
Scribbled on Playing Cards.

names ana messages used TO BE
Scribbled on Playing Cards.
It is somewhat curious that so use
full an invention as the visiting card
should have been unknown to society
until comparatively recent times. Yet
100 years ago the carte de visite did
not exist. The bellies of the seven
teenth century used nothing In the
shape of name card, or ticket"
as 1t was afterward called. Invita-.
tions to routs and drums as well as
names and addresses were written
across the backs of playing cards,
which In those days were made with
white reverse and innocent Of the
intricate pattern familiar to us In
modern times.
Mary Wortley Montagu, a lady Of
ton, says the Connoisseur. would be
apt to use a red playing card-a queen
Of hearts-for ordinary social purposes,
while an amorous beau inscribed his
name ard the most tender of inquiries
on the back of jack of spades. The
great world of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries was small
world. 1t was rigidly exclusive Liv-
ing in the same quarter OF the town,
the quality sent each other scribbled
messages by the hand OF a favorite
page. Society, In word, was I'm.
formal in the midst Of stately formal.
ties, and we have no difficulty in believ.
ing the Comtesse dc Boigne when she
tells us that I'm 1900 Lady Harrington
used to trot up and down Bond street
picking MP guests for party for the
same uighr.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Dolly Madison

Mrs. Dolly Madison, the wife OF the
third president, IS described by Girls.
wold in this way
Dolly Payne, born In North Caro-.
lima, has been educated according to
the strictest rules of the Quakers in
Philadelphia, where at an early age
she married a young lawyer Of this
sect named Todd: but, becoming n wild
ow, she threw off drab silks and plain
laces and for several years was one Of
the gaycst and most fascinating wo.
men Of the city. She had many lovers
but she gave the preference to Mr.
Madison and became his wife In 1794'
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

He was an EngIishman OF the ultra
sort and recently arrived. but he was
striving strenuously to catch mp with
American idioms and New York slang.
He had made some progress. He
loomed up in the breakfast room OF
his hotel the other morning after too
convivial evening and encountered one
of his companions.
GLOW do you feel. old chap" asked
the latter.
"Feel?" repeated the Englishman.
"Feel? oh. yes. see what you mean,
old fellow. Well. really. don't you
know. l feel like one and six"
Like whatT'
like one and six. as you chaps say
here. No! Hold on, there! | mean
30 cents. you know; feel like 80 cents.
Yes."-New York Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
candymakers' Tricks.

An Atchison man went into candy
factory. He was surprised TO see one
OF the candymakers reach with his
bare hand into pot of boiling candy
He brought out a handful of the boil
ing fluid He was testing it's consist
ency. He first put his hand in pail
of water. After he had jerked out his
hand he put it back in the water. The
Atchison man tried the same thing
and did II without getting burned
Atchison Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
What Would He Do With II?

A farmer owned dog-a very good,
high bred aud thoroughly trained dog
that every morning for three years
chased a railway train that ran past
the farm. The farmer and his wife
were watching the persistent but vain
pursuit one warm morning.
IL wonder" the wife said, "what
makes that foolish dog chase the train
so persistently."
"Never thought about that" replied
the farmer, but I've often wondered
what he would do IL he caught it."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
PAGE THREE
A LOVER OF PEACE.
He Had Decided Opinions on the Way
to Abolish War,

to Abolish War.
Men talk sincerely" once said W.
T. Stead, the great apostle of peace,
'about loving one another. about the
universal brotherhood Of man, and In
the same breath they assert that 1t Is
right to burn and main and kill in
war. They are not so logical as a
young colored recruit who served In
the Philippines. This young man at
the end of his initial engagement was
hauled before his captain.
$50 you ran at the first FIRE, did
youp said the captain scornfully.
eyes, sab, an I'd "a run sooner, sab,
IL I'd knowed it wuz comm
"'Have you no regard for your repu-
tation, Calhoun
"'Mah reputation haln't muffin to
me, sab, 'longside o. nah life.'
"The captain smiled and twirled his
mustache. Here was an intelligent
young man. He'd talk him over to the
right point of view.
"'Even If you should lose your life,
Calhoun he said. you'd have the sat
isfaction OF knowing that you had
died for your country;
"'Wot satisfaction could dat be to
me, sab, when de power o. feelin' It
wuz goner
"Then patriotism means nothing to
your
"'Nffin, sab. wouldn't put nah
life in de scales agin any government
dat eber existed for no government
could replace de loss o. me-
Calhoun. II all soldiers were like
you the worlds governments would all
go TO pieces
"'On de contrary. sab, dcy'd last for
ever, for, II all soldiers wuz like me,
den dere couldn't neber be no fightln'."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Anothsr norina ous.tion.

81 say, pa is a man from Poland
called Pole"
"Yes, my son.
"Then, pa, why isn't a man from
Holland called Hole T-Comic Cuts.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
A Frank confa..lon

Watchmaker-your watch seems to
oe crratic. Have You had It near a
powerful magnet? Customer (confus-
ed) Why, ! was carriage riding last
evening With MISS Bright Jewellers
Circular.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
kiow He Iooknc.

Green-I saw your friend White this
morning. Brown-So? | heard he wsJ
sick. How did he look? Green-f,e
was looking the other way when taw
him. He owes me $10.-Chicago News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
More Effective.

Father (angrily)-If my son marries
that adventures ] shall cut him OFF
absolutely, and You can tell him so.
Legal Advlser-I know n better plan
than that--lell the girl -Exchansa e
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Insult Added.

Big Man with a grouch)-Wili you
be so kind as to get off my feet? Lit
tie Man with bundle)-I'll try, sir
Is it much Of walk?-Clevelan
Leader.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Mice and Music.

She Creadingl--Mice are fond OF mu-
sic and will get as close to It as they
can. He-Just cut that out. and I'll
send 1t to the girl in the next fat.
Yonkers Statesman.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Would He?

1t hardly seems probable that Il man
should suffer from corns on wooden
leg, but II the leg is made Of oak
would II not he natural that there
should be acorn on lt2--Iondon Punch
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

Anything which dement's mankind
IL a treasure to you and me.
What wondrous blessing to us all
IL HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
Chas. Schmidt a. Co.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

Gcntility Is nothing but ancient
riches -Burlpigh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-31
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-31
COMPLAINS AT NEIGHB0Rs;
 IS GIVEN FINE HERSELF

Mandy Young. Athea Wade and Mammie Childress, all negresses, were fined ten dollars and cost for assault and battery by Alderman Toole who acted recorder in the absence of Re- corder Baber.
 Mamie had procured the arrest Of the others and took the stand to make her case against them. After she had resumed her seat in the rear of the room reserved for witnesses 1t de- yeloped that she had been to blame some herself for the disturbance and an officer was sent to drag her forth to join Mandy and Athea.
 Bennie Dorsey, negro woman, got fen dollars and cost for theft Of twenty-five cent pair of pants from the store of Kress and Company.
 Annie Grafton, a negro was given ten dollars and cost for theft Of two dollars from one Charley Avery of the same color.
 Lee watIey and W. L. Paneil were punished for getting drunk on the streets by the infliction of fine of two dollars and cost in each case.
 John Bird. a negro. got two dollars and cost for obstructing the street.
 Charley Hawkins was given an ex- amining trial on the charge of steal ing gold fountain pen from the home of Miss Ella Gardner at sos Jefferson Street last Tuesday. He was discharged by the court it being held | q at the evidence against him was insufficient.