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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
Negro, Impersonates Cover
nor and Phones Pen Warden
IS THEN GIVEN JOB
Warden Then Learns Har-
mon did not Telephone Him
Negro Who Had Hoodwinked Pen
Official is Chased Governor En-
joys the Joke.

Tuesday night q new guard trod
back and ior,h from watchhouse TO
watchhouse on top of the east wall OF
the penitentiary inclosure. He was a
negro named Cans and had just been
assigned to the night shift. With
gun on shoulder, he performed faith
fully his stunt as a member of the
state constabularly appointed and
paid to guard 20O0 convicts and pre-
vent their escape. Last night Cans
was no; on duty as a wall guard. He
never will be again. But for a long,
long time he Will be known as the
brazenest chap who ever buncoed an
unsuspicious Democratic administra-
tion. and the nerviest office-seeker
yet developed in Ohio politics.
Yesterday Governor Harmon paid a
visit to the panitentiary. While he
was being shown over the prison,
Warden Gould remarked: by the
way, governor, put that colored
man to work you telephoned me
about yesterday"
II telephone you about?" repeated
The governor. why, warden, ] new
or te'ephoned you in my life. This Is
the first time nave met you"
Didn't you telephone me to ap-
point as a guard a colored man who
had been a porter on the c., H. & d.
railroad?" persisted Gould. IL said
send him down, and he came here
and | appointed him. There are a
number CT vacancies now becaus
many of he guards who are Republi-
cans, expecting to be let out in May
are hunting for other places and TAX
ing them as fast as they can find
something else to do.
D'dn't ho have noe or something
to show a request had been made "a
place him asked Judge Harmon.
"No,H said the warden. but he
said you had telephoned about him
and were too busy to give him a
note. Iput him on the lis; and as.
signed him to work. He was a guard
last night. But ne wont be tonight
Governor Harmoa leaned back IN
hs chair and roared.
Had he not chanced to go to The
ronitentlary yesterday-and Il was
just chance visit-Gans, the Negro
guard by virtue OF wit and rhin.
oscercus conscience, might have held
On undiscovered until the reorganiza.
ton OF the institution in May.
He had coolly impersonated the
governor and appointed himself by
telephone. Quite a number of the
men Cans guarded Tuesday are dolns
time for obtaining properly by false
rretenses but this is the first in
stance of the procuring OF a place a'
convict guardsman by that means
Warden Could chased Cans. the IN.
imi,ah'e, out of the prison at doubl,
quick trot and he is running yet
State Journal
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
Try the Mirror want column.
A FLAW IN THE LENS.
The Loss of Time and Money Involved
In This Scientific Tragedy.

The Loss Of Time and Money involved
In This Scientific Tragedy.
Probably few persons took much In
tcrcst in The announcement that II flaw
had been discovered In the great 100
inch lens for the Mount Wilson reflect
Ing telescope. To scientific men this
was 10 less than tragedy, since IL
means an expense of $4,000 and a de-
lay Of Il year, with the possibility that
the second effort will he no more sue
ccssful
It ~ doubtful II many persons ever
saw rejecting telescope. When the
term telescope Is used we naturally
think of an instrument with long
barrel" and lenses at each end. These
are the most common, but are not In
many cases the most useful They
have defects which cannot be rcmcdied
In our present state of knowledge, and
they have limitations put upon them
by nature which perhaps may never he
overcome. But the rejecting telescope,
consisting of a single lens placed hori,
2ontnlly and without any barrel" ia
In many respects the more useful In
strument for astronomers, although 1t
also has it's drawbacks.
In this instrument the light falls di-
rnctly on the lens and Is reflected back
TO n focal point. which is distant from
the lens according to lts dlnmeter II
Is open to the objection that the light
reflected back intcrferes with the fall
ing rays, but ingenuity has overcome
much OF the disadvantage. The largest
effective instrument of this sort Is ut
the Yerles observatory, but the one
planned for Mount Wilson Is To be
more than twice as large ana much
larger than that Of Lord RossP, which
was so famous fifty years ago.
The difficulty in constructing a lens
more than eight feet in diameter arises
from the fact that the glass must bc
absolutely fawleSs, or as near so as
human skill can make IT, TO make
such lens Is long, expensive ana
difficult process, ana many failures in
evltably result before success Is
achieved even for small lenses. If the
100 inch lens Is finally turned out nor
mally perfect we shall have an In,
strument which viii greatly add Ia
our knowledge of the universe about
us. 1t Is an interesting fact IN This
connection that for several generations
the best glass has been made i'm
France. but the best Workmanship in
grinding the lenses is done in this
country. The latter work is 80 dell.
cate and difficult that II requires al,
most sixth sense TO accomplish any
thing like desirable reSults.-philadel,
phia Inquirer
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
Anain rhoas lmmlnrnnts.

Little Eeanor's mother was an
American, while her father was a Ger
man
One day after Eleanor had been sub
jected to rather severe disciplinary
measures at the hands of her paternal
ancestor she called her mother into an,
other room, closed the door Significant
~ and said, "Nlother, ! don't want to
NEEDLE IN your business, bat | wish
you'd send thar husband Of yours back
10 Germany, New York Life
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
Selections
DUMB MEETINGS.
Curious Method by Which Poles In
Germany Evads the Law.


Germany Gvsds the Law.
The curious method adopted by the
oppressed Poles In Germany to cvade
the provisions Of the new law relating
tospublir meetings was revealed in the
ell Of three Polish residents Of Rub
rort, In WcStphalia, who had convened
Il political meeting.
Paragraph 10 of the new law rClat-
ing to public meetings compels every
speaker to use the German language.
The Poles clrcumvcnt this enactment
by holding dumb meetings, at which
no word Whatever is spoken.
At the beginning Of this particular
meeting the chairman wrote on large
blackboard on the platform an an.
nouncemcnt that no speeches could be
delivered owing to the prohibition Of
the use Of the Polish language, The
contents Of the lecture which would
otherwise have been delivered would
he distributed among the audience in
the form OF pamphlet,
This pamphlet was read by the
whole audience In perfect silence. The
resolutions TO be submitted to the
meeting were then written on the
blackboard and adopted unanimously
by a show OF hands, still without a
single word being spoken.
The public prosecutor took action
against the convcncrs Of the meeting
for violating paragraph 10 Of the new
law, but the district court acquitted
them. The public prosecutor lodged an
appeal, but the higher court at Cologne
upheld the Judgment Of the district
court and confirmed the acquittal
In consequence Of this preccdenI
Polish dumb" meetings, which are al
ready extremely popular In all those
parts of Germany where the Poles fee
the need Of congrecnting to demon
strate their grievances, can now bJ
held without hindrauce. London Tx
press
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
WIRELESS MESSAGES.
Washington to Have the Greatest
Tower Ever Erected.

Tower Ever Erected.
The navy department at Washington
has devised a system 10y means of
which IT will be possible to transmit
messages by wireless telegraphy half
way across the globe without reluylng
It Is its intention to build at Wash
ington the greatest tower ever erected
for the transmission of messages 10y
wireless. This is to be 400 feet high
and capable Of sending messages by
day or night. In summer weather and
In the worst of storms, for a distance
of 5000 miles.
Those who bid on the tower are free
| to make II out Of paper or steel. as
they choose, but of whatever material
| Is used 1t must be guaranteed 60 fash
messages those 5000 miles at all times
without interruption over u test period
of full year There have been many
experiments along this line. and its
success demonstrated. The Germans
have built long distance wireless
tower Mt Nuuen. Just outside OF Ber.
I'm. Another IS being built at Milan.
The celebrated Eifel tower in Paris is
being put TO this use
The navy department Is very partic-
ular about its equipment. and, while
| there are three towers on the Atlantic
coast which are able at times to send
messages 1000 miles To Colon, still
they are not satisfactory in all kinds
Of weather. II Is u. peculiar fact that
bright sunlight interferes with the
! transmission of messages, as may q
! storm, and these are conditions that
must be com?lctely overcome In the
new wireless tower
It is planned as soon as the first
| great wireless tower at Washington
has shown itself able to handle long
| distance messages TO abandon all the
small stations along the Atlantic coast,
duplicated at Colon. Hawaii, the Phil
lppine Islands and wherever similar
erections may be found necessary.
While wireless messages do not trav-
el well over land ut present-aud sci
entlsts are very much In the dark as
to why they don't--it is known that
the radius may be Increased by higher
towers, more powerful electrical ma
chimes and perfect, rapid spark break,
ers. Results are the object of the navy
department, and II Is willing to ask the
"whys" and 'wherefores' afterwurd.
An effort was recently made to utll'
ize the Washington monument foT
long distance wireless messages, but
President Roosevelt did not approve
OF the plan, and the high tower whlca
is to be built at the Washington navy
yard Is the outcome.
1t Will not be long, therefore, before
the department will be able to com,
munlcate with any Of the ships OF
either the Atlantic or Pacific fleet and
hold speech with them Just as though
they were only few miles apart In,
stead of thousands.-Har
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
Boueht a wife at 60 cents a Bound

At Kolkcd, Hungary. the custom IL
that bridegroom must pay the brides
parents a certain sum for the privilege
of marrying their daughter. Jan Koet-
woes was engaged in dispute with his
tiancee's parents as to the amount he
should pay them, and the mayor was
called upon to arbiratc. Being an ex-
pert In cattle, but not In women, the
mayor decided the value Of the girl
should be estimated by weight and
thought that GO cents pound would
be fair price. After the girls weight
had been asccrtaincd EoetvOes handed
over the money and was soon married.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
Mnemonics.

"a suppose there * Il great deal Of
mental strain involved in the conduct
Of immense interests like yours"
Il should say So" answered Mr.
Dustin StaX. ITS mighty hard 10 20
On the witness stand and remember
the list Of things your lawyer told YOU
to forget. ~ Washington star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

state and the day was one given
to social intermin2lng. A sumptu-
Gus dinner wa served at the noon
hour. Those present from this city
were: Mir. and Mrs. Zed Gunder and
family, Mr.. AMI Ms J. y. Gunder,
OF West Center street, Mrs. Luel-
len, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith
ami family, Mrs. Elva Gunder and
daughters Anna and Cuba, Matthew
Gunde" ard Mrs. A. VI. Salisbury
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
The Servant Problem AaaIn.

"Did you hear that Mrs. Sklddso
caught her husband flirting with that
pretty cook she engaged month ago.
rs II possIblc|
"It is, indeed. She was terribly up,
set by IT,"
81 should imagine she would be
Did she send the cook away|
"Why. no. she has sent her husband
away."-Judgc,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
The Year 1909.

This year. 1909 corresponds with
the year 7I17-1S Of the Byzantine era
to 5GG0-TO Of the Jewish era; to 2GG2
since the foundation of Rome. accord
ing to Varro; to 25G0 of the Japanese
era; to 2GS5 Of the Olympiads Ghc first
year Of the six hundred ana seventy
second Olympiad beginning july 1,
1900; to l32G-27 OF the Mohammedan
era
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
Che Social DbirI,

The J. c. r. club was entertained
at cards last evening al tle home Of
Mr. and Mrs. Elwarl Galeher Of
Playground street
Table were arranged for prCITes-
give euohre, high houors and prizes
going 10 Airs. Elmer Brobst and Mr..
Ralph burgess Ars. Ralph Burgess
was avoided consolation. At the CON
clu.ion of the interesting series o1
games. the hostess served a DEB ci-
Gus course luncheon and an hour ol
informal social in.erminglng was
enjoyed
Cub guests were Mrs. Mary Char
ter and Mr.. r. l.. ro'inger. Mrs.
Morrison will be the next club hos
tess.
Mir. and Mrs. Joe D. CUTLERY
entertained delightfully."- at cards
last evening at their East yCenter
street home for the members of the
Acme club.
six tables were filled for five
hund ed" some excellent scores be.
I.ng made in anticipation of St
Valentines day dainty souvenirs OF
a seasonable nature were the place
cards. After cards a nicely an
pointed supper was spread
club guests were Miss Dora Seitz,
of Wapakonetta and Dr. and Mrs.
A. B. lawson. Al" and Mrs. l.. e.
Starr will entertain at the next
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

Both the above mentioned medicines are
wholly mads up from the glyCcric extracts Of
native, medicinal roots The processes en-,
ploycd IN their manufacture were original
sLillpd chemists and pharmacists with the
aid Of appaIa atus and appliances specially
Designed and built TOR this purpose. BOth
toedicines are entirely free from alcohol and
All other harmful, hahit-iOiming drugs. A
fuil list OF thcir ingredients IL printed on
each bottle wrapper.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
NOTICE

The members Of Cooper Post G. A,
II. No M and all old soldiers are re-
quested to meet at Post Room at
Court House, Friday night, February
i2th at o'clock. for the purpose OF
attended lfle Lincoln lecture at Ep-
worth VI, T.. chmoh,
j. II. CARPENTER,
Commander
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

Not less marvellous, in the unparalleled
cures IL is constantly making of womans
many peculiaI affections. weaknesses and
DISTRESSING Heterogeneous. Is DR.. Plerces
FavorIte\ Prescriptions as IS amply attested
by thousands of,ppIoslc itetlt estimonials con-
tributed byNg}afeful paCftrA who have been
cured by Il Of cat aIrhll- -uGlyic lTalls paInflr
periods, lrrcEllaIities, proapsns and QflleI
dIsplacemenls--c capscd 10y weakness. ulcer
aiion of uterus and klndred affections, often
after many other advertised medicines. and
physicians hau failed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
WEDDING BELLS RING
Mrs. aud Mrs. John Gunder, of
Redwood, Celebrate Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. John Gunder, Of
Righwood. celeba ated the flftieth an
niveIsary of their marriage at the
home Wednesday. Friends were
resent from various parts of the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
in R'dgcway Ohio

Mrs. DeLos DeWolfe was a hos
tess Of yesterday. her gue.ts being
members Of the NontaHs club
The guests assembled I'm the af-
ternoon, bringing their embroidery
At six o'clock Mrs. DeWolre presided
at a prettily appointed dinner table,
cover, being placed for ten.
Late. the husbands Of members
came in and a series OF games at
cards featured the evening. a
dainty spread was laid at midnight.
The next meeting of the cub will
Cccur in two weeks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
Reprint Home
Receipt-M any Thin
Women Now Plump
and Pretty

II ii a slmple, but sure method OF
developing the bust, arms aud neck OF
women, who through defect OF nutrition
and circulation, are humlliated by un-
developed arms, neck aud bust. The
treatment consists Of applying Il power
, ful hut harmless neryine'stlmulant to
the cells Of the skin, TO be absorbed
aud utilized as nourishment 10 the flesh
cells and tissues, beautiful changea
urc wrought. Ugly, dcformed women
. are developed Into charming personages,
with well rounded arms ana neck and
full normal bust OF exquisite curve and
proportion so much admired In our
. great actresses and society LEADERS, Any
. leading druggist VIII supply the ingrc-
dents 10 mix at home, and as they are
uscd foe various prescriptions no one
need be the wiser as TO what they are
: 10 be used tpr, which Is M II should be
: for modest wnmnnhood. Get separately
: "tWO ounces glyccrine," three ounces
Rose Water ana zone ounce T!ncture
Cadomenc" aud five cents worth OF
borax, Take home, mix the slyCernc
with Tlncturc Cadonene, shake and let
stand two hours then add teaspoon
ful OF horax and the rose water. Shake
well and apply 10 the neck, arms AMI
. bust, rubbing and masyaging until com
. pletely absorbed then wash thoroughly
. With hot water and soap aud dry thor
: Oughly. Apply morning and night reg
: ular.y for several weeks aud the most
: beautiful Development viii beglu to re-
ward the eGoIts, II Is believed by eN-
/, perts 20 be tile most necessary and efec-
tive prescription ever conceived.
This ~ worth keeping, II not for
!. yourself. for some dear friend who needs
/. It,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

The Harmonic society met regu-
larly with Mrs Kern, Of Pearl street,
Wednesday evening. Routine busl-
ness was followed by a social hour.
The next regular meeting of the or
ganization will occur at the church.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

The c, l., II. club will meet with
Mrs. W. Ulsh Wednesday after
noon Of next week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

DR.. Pierce believes that our American for
ests atnslud In most valuable medicinal roots
foa the cufeQf most obstinate and fatal dis
eases II we,wotlQ properly investigate them:
and in bs,tliffaa tfop OF this conviction. he
poiriss/with pride~1 Lhe-nlmnst- -maryelons
cures efIccted- -hx- his eGnldnn-Al Medical Dis
coyery, y which has -nroYcn-ltsel 10 -he-the
atnr. heart tonic and regulator, and blood
cleanser known 10 medical science. Dyspep-
sla, or Indigestion. torpid liver, functional
and even valvular and other affections OF
the heart yield TO its curative action. Tho
reason tUhy IL cures these and many other
affections, Is clearly shown In a little book
OF extracts from the standard medical works
which s mailed free 70 any address By Dr. r.
v. Pierce. OF Buffalo, N. y. TO all sending
request for the same.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

For twenty-five years Botanic Blood
Balm B. b. b has been curing yearly
thousands of sufferers from Primary,
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all forms OF Blood and Skin Diseases,
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Bolls Swellngs, Eating Sores, take
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blood pure and rich, completely chang
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

The FaeudschalJ Verein met
pleasantly with Mrs. Milton Will
son or Pearl street Wednesday ar-
ternoon.
Various amusemcnts of social
nature including a guessing contest
were enjoyed. The concluding fea-
ture Of the occasion was refresh
ments se.yed by the hostess.
only members OF the society were
present at the meeting.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

Miss Mary Dickinson en-. ertained
the Delta Thetas at an evening party
Thursday.
Following a short business session,
the members were joined by a num-
Der Of the young men and cards and
music whi!ed away the hours in de-
lightful fashion There were no club
guests.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

That our American Forests abound in
plants which possess the most valuable
medicinal virtues is abundantly attcstcd
by scores OF the most eminent medical
writer's and teachers. Even the untu-
tored Indians had discovered the useful.
ness Of many native plants before the
advent Of the white race. This informa-
ton, impaired freely 10 the whites, led
the latter to continue Investigations until
to-day VIC have rich assortment Of most
valuable American medicinal roots.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-03
Pistol Breaking.

Judge Buckley a: the last term of
circuit court at Meridian superinten-
ded the breaking Of something like
d. zen very fine pistols IN the court
yard, witnessed by large crowd Of
people from every section of the coun-
try. Such object lessons as this will
go a long way toward putting down
the pistol tcting habit. OF course
the other penalties should be enforced
but very often an indulgent father
pays the boys fine, where only fines
are imposed and there is in such cases
very little check put on the pistol to-
ter. But where Judge Buckley's ex-
ample is followed after the officers
and others have done their duty in
hunting down and reporting persons
guilty it will not take long to at least
destroy all the pistols in the country
especially those carried in violation of
law for it will be too expensive at
least Kosciusko Star Ledger.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-03

important Point That Seems to Con
oern AorIculturists Altogether
Too Little.

1t may be necessary to give up all
cherished hopes for our life work as
planned and partly entered upon. and
betaks ourselves to farming to get
the outdoor life and activity which ID
demanded II We expect to remain in
good health. We are like boys at
school now. and must endeavor to
learn how to do everything required
IN the best possible way. II future
conditions demand less detail in any
OF our methods we shall cast out what
is useless; On the other hand, greater
elaboration and omre care may be
found requisite to attain the ends
desired in satisfactory way.
We are determined to learn all we
can by experience Of our own and
from the experience of others. For,
whatever we do ia the years to come
In the line OF outdoor work, be 1t
truck gardening, light farming. raising
poultry, or breeding live stock. it Is
our intention to be thoroughly busi-
ness-like and aggressive to the extent
that changed conditions of health de-
mand. Whatever we do shall be well
done and according to approved
standards-and there Is no better
guide to profitable activity for the ag-
gressive, ambitious business man than
an efficient method of accounting. as
simple as circumstances permit.
Many farmers now struggling to pay
the interest on their heavily inert
gagged properties might be happy and
prosperous and owe no man II they
could be brought to the point OF will
ingness to learn the significance OF
the terms debit and credit" and OF
rousing themselves up and applying
the knowledge to the business In
hand.