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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-06-22
DIRECTORIES.

STATE.
u. s. Senators Weldon b. Hepburn
" William e. Borah
Congress Thomas Il. Hamer
Governor James II. Brady
Secretary of State - Robert Lansdon
Auditor ----S Stephen d. Taylor
Attorney General Daniel McDougal
Lieutenant Governor L.. III. Sweetser
Treasurer Charles A. Hastings
Inspector of Mines F. Gushing. Moore
School Supt IS. Belle Chamberlain
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
PreIudlee.

On the St Louis, en- route for his
Paris fiat, H. Sellers Mckee talked of
the preiudices of the foreigner.
The average foreigner" he said,
comes 10 America so blinded with pre-.
judice that he is quite unable 10 see
beauty or merit in any part Of our gIo-
rious country. Even Niagara"
Mr.. Mckee laughed.
Il once visited Niagara with
Frenchman' he said. THE French.
man, standing before the laundering
and colossal waterfall sneered. Mia.
CARA was not nearly so beautiful, he
remarked, as some waterfall or other
in the Pyrenees.
But that Pyrenean fail, / said In.
dignantly, is little bit of a thing. Nj.
agara would make a hundred of IT,.
The Frenchman merely sneered
again.
"Oh. we'll he said, II It's only size
YOU want, couldn't you visit my fall
with a magnifying glass2"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
What PrOfitefh
IT a Man to
Be So Wise
(original.)
BY Hiram Rice.

The professor of ethnology in a Ger
tain institution of learning who was
contemplating a trip to darkest Africa
In search of curious specimens of hui
manity, abandoned his design when
ne spotted among the students a cou
pie named Thomas and Heiney There
was no need, he told his wife, of muss
ing around in the tangled swamps of
Central Africa, fighting mosquitoes
and other wild beasts, and running
the risk of having to marry the dusky
queen of some savage tribe in order
to preserve his head in its accustom
ed place, while searching for people
with whom nature had been having
fun, when two such choice specimens
were, so to speak, left on his door
step.
Thomas was one Of those individuals
who preferred to stuff his head instead
OF his stomach, and as a result was
about the hungriest.lookng mortal that
ever tried to make a scientific theory
take the place Of a large helping of
corned beef and cabbage He had a
head as big as a pumpkin, and there
was so much learning inside II that It
bulged out in ridges until Il resem
bled one of the aforementioned in.
gradients of a pie. Poring over books
and holding up that enormous head
had bowed out his back and bent in
his wishbone until he looked like an
exaggerated interrogation point. Ma.
ture had been kind enough to Thomas
in the beginning, so the neighbors
said, inasmuch as she had endowed
him with sufficient good looks to put
MIN in the beauty class had he cared
to follow that line; but the Ambition
Bug had bitten him when he was
small boy, and now about all he cared
for was to wear enough clothes to
keep the police from bothcring him,
and store up facts in his think closet
Heiney was a big, husky chunk OF
bone and muscle, with face that
would frighten a she-bear, and a head
about the shape of a green onion. He
wore fancy vests and loud socks, could
roll cigarettes with one hand, and was
about as intellectual as a crawfish but
having gumption enough to go indoors
when II rained he was satisfied with
his mental attainments and paid more
attention to the dinner horn than the
class bell
Thomas and Heiney came from the
same town, and in way were close
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24

rivals, Thomas father was the village
plutocrat, having gotten rich shaving
notes and forclosng mortgages. When
he discovered that his son yearned to
be one of the intellectual lights of the
country he told him to go as far as
he liked along that line. for he realized
that soaking up learning was less ex.
pensive than soaking up highballs
Heiney's father was a shoe cobbler
by trade and an enemy Of the rich by
profession; when he heard that
Thomas was to have his brain stuffed
with all the facts and theories il would
hold he declared that learning was
one thing the rich couldn't completely
corner, and determined that Heiney
should have all that he could cram
into his queer-shaped head no matter
how many half soles it took to accom-.
plish It.
Thomas took to books like a girl
to pickles and ice cream. but Heineys
brain was as tough and unyielding as
some OF his fathers sole leather. The
only reason he went to school was be.
cause no one would play hockey with
him, and his father had a habit Of
bending him across a barrel and beat.
ing the protruded portion Of his anat-
omy with an oak lath every time he
spent a lonesome afternoon down by
the creek bank.
Heiney could fling a stone with the
precision Of mules kick, and being
as strong and frisky as a yearlng colt
In pasture he developed into the best
baseball and football player in the
town, and then he endured the en-.
forced hours in the school room so he
could indulge In his favorte sports
during the intermlssions OF course
ne could not rub up against so much
learning without being inoculated with
some Of It, 30 the teachers gladly
passed him on til the time came for
his class to graduate; the principal
heayed a sigh of relief and crossed
his fingers when he signed his name
to Heineys diploma.
AS soon as Thomas had acquired all
the knowledge dispensed in the home
schools he began to tease his father
to be sent to a university The old
man thought It over awhile. then fore
closed ON another farm and set pOr
tion Of the proceeds aside Tor this
=.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24

supposed fiancee belonged to that sec.
lion of society which is capitalized
and occupies at least a column in the
daily journals.
Mrs. Billy Heath was said to have
engineered the match, and the
colonel was believed to have been
merely a silent partner in the transac-
ton, He was undoubtedly attracted
by tall, pale Alice Heath, and had
been quite devoted to her all winter,
but there were many, nevertheless,
who said maliciously that Marian
Heath, with all her shrewdness, would
never bring the colonel to the point
of proposing,
Even the practical Miss Grady, in
writing the paragraph, had sighed
cheerfully:
This is what comes of having a
smooth sister-in-law! No girl should
he without one!"
However, Miss Grady was not in.
clined, now, to admiration for the
perfdious Marian. Far from it!
Rumor might or might not be correct
concerning the colonel, but willy Mrs.
Billy had led one victim into her trap.
And what a willing yictim The gold
brick had been accepted without a
culver of a suspecting eyelash! Miss
Grady blushed to recall her eagerness,
and bit her lip in vexation.
In this instance Miss Grady. with
the Star Office to back her judgment,
considered that Marian Heath rea-
soned well-if the engagement were
once announced Col Dillingham; was
too gallant to deny It.
But the colonel had denied t.! At
least he had protested vehemently
against the publication, which came to
the same thing. The usually taciturn
man was reused to a pitch of unac.
customed excitement. He had tele.
phoned the managing editor OF the
Star and later called on Miss Heath.
Mrs. Billy Heath received him, TO
condole with him, to assure him that
Alice was too overcome TO see him
and to wonder audibly how such a re.
port could have reached the papers!
iloo blduy bullIbu WHeu bne nedfu
that. Meanwhile Billy Heath was
threatening vengeance against the
confounded newspaper that would pre-
sume 10 take such liberty.
The colonel, then, had not seen Miss
Heath, so it was understood, when he
called upon Miss Grady, having been
told by the apologize managing editor
that she alone was responsible.
The colonel went in,
He lowered above the slim, bright
eyed little woman. and dominated the
small den she called an office.
The alleged bridegroom was com
pletely at a loss to express himself
His habltual shyness and silence had
returned after his FIRST explosive out
burst and Miss Grady found him
difficult. She proposed every possible
amende honorable for the mistake
from an apology and clear statement
from the Star that the Announcement
was unwarranted TO formal denia
from Mr.. and Mrs. Heath.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
Canal zon. buildings.

On the many million dollars worth
of buildings owned by the United
States government in the Panama ca.
nal zone no insurance is carried. The
government has spent S10,250000 In
buildings in the zone, which amount
takes no account OF the value Of the
buildings purchased from the French
both In the canal zone and the repub-
lie OF Panama nor value of the prop
erty IN all the buildings, including the
large amount OF stores. However, the
canal fre department has been devel.
oped to high state Of efficiency.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24

up TO the deck)
Mr. Chenowth--How in the world
did you get aboard without my seeing
you?
Miss Chenowith--I didn't mean
don't know. I'm ready TO faint
Mrs Allen (approaching)-It's tins
gentleman who made all the trouble
nonting TO Peterway). He broughC
my husband from the dock on FOOLS
errand just as the vessel was casting
off
Pcterway-I-I-I'm very sorry. Ita
all my fault. I'll never interfere 10
help any one again.
Miss Chenowith-Yo were very kind
and put yourself TO a good deal OF
trouble, for which you have got notn-
ing but blame However, we will try
to make mp for the wrong done you.
Father, this Is Mr.
Peterway-Peterway is my name-D.
+. Peterway.
ADELAIDE RUTH HILL.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
The Dillingham;
Denial
Copyright. by Bobbs-Merrlll Coz
BY ZeHa Armstrong.

ACOpyrlBnt, Dy bODDs-Merrll Col
Miss Grady sat up very straight in
her revolving chair and stared at a
curt note from her managing editor.
It inclosed a clipping from her own
page of her own paper, the Morning
Star, concerning the engagement Of
Col Dillingham; and Miss Alice Heath,
and she had written that paragraph
with especial care.
In the three years that she had
presided with unquestioned authority
over her department it had been Miss
Grady's boast that no glaring blunders
had marred the society page of the
Star.
And now this Dillingham; engage.
ment!
Col. Dillingham; was furious. The
managing editor, in the privacy of his
office, was swearing until he was blue
in the face Miss Grady was on the
point of tears, and her faith in human
nature was temporarily shattered.
Stately Marian Heath, generally
called Mrs Billy" had confessed her
sIsterin.law's betrothal to the beau
of the town, and had even hinted deli.
cately that the announcement might
be made without giving offense to the
family. II was actually talked over at
little dinner. That Miss Grady, act.
ing upon this veiled hint, had written
glowing account or the engagement,
enlarging upon the beauty of the bride
and distinction of the groom was not
matter of wonder. To be sure,
Alice Heath was quite past the bloom
of youth, and the smooth.faced old
colonel was trying vainly to be boyish
and flying around in a dinner coat;
but the occasion required something
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
Boston's Narrowest Buildinq.

What is thought to be the narrowest
building in Boston is the little white
structure numbered 112 State street
1t is rarely noticed by the passerby, as
one might easily suppose It to be the
entrance to one of the adjoining build.
ings, which tower far above 1t on Ell
ther side. II Is a wooden building,
two stories high, with a long sloplng
shingled roof. II is built I'm an alley
not more than FIVE feet wide. The
little building runs the full length OF
the alley through to Commerce street
This alley is said to have been pas
sageway to the original Long wharf,
which extended up to near point
where the custom house now stands.
Commerce street and the site Of the
present State street block were at that
time docks Boston Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
Selections
LOWER DECK CABINS BEST.
Suits Above Roll Teo Much For Those
Subject to Seasie.,neos.

Suits Above Roll Teo Much For Those
Subject to Seasie"neos.
The seawise passenger who crosses
the Atlantic in these winter days on
one Of the new giant liners engages
his cabin on the lowest possible deck
instead of on the promenade deck,
where the rates are usually highest
Steamship agents in New York have
tried for years to persuade clients sub
ject to senslclincss to try the lower
decks without avail. But one trip in
winter now teaches the lesson.
In the summer, from May to Septem
Der, the weather. as a rule, is fine. and
the promenade deck cabins are most
enjoyable. But in winter In all the big
liners. whose upper decks are from
fifty to n hundred feet out of water,
that Is where the oscillation caused by
the pitching and rolling on big waves
Is felt II Is the tip of the pendulum
that gets the most swing.
The old objection to the lower deck
rooms was that the ventilation was
poor. but with the modern ventilating
appliances in the new ships this oh
lection has been removed In fact, I'm
bad weather the lower rooms are usu,
ally better ventilated than those on
the upper decks. as the latter frequent.
~ depend for air on doors and port.
holes, and when these are closed there
is no other means of ventilating the
cabins
When the big liners pitch MS IL they
were going to look for King Neptune
and then rear, bows up, toward the
sky, while the stern takes dip, II Is
the officers on the lofty bridges and In
the officers staterooms behind that
feel It most. One big ship pitched so
heavily in the recent mid-Atlantic
gales that the compasses, which
weighed at least thirty pounds, were
unshippcd from their sockets four
times I'm half an hour. Many of the
officers were genuinely seasick
That is the time when the most
choice viands from the cabin do not
appeal to the officers mess, which fire.
quently dimes frugally on a sailors
biscuit. washed down with brandy
and soda, before its members go on
the storm swept bridge to hang on by
their eyclids for four hours.
The difference between the seasick-
ness of marine and landlubber Is
that I'm the latter's case he or she is
completely prostrated but the sailor
hasn't time TO allow his feelings to
master him. He may feel Ill after he
leaves the bridge or even while he Is
up there, but he has TO stick It out.
Ocean travellers are also realizing
what the oldest navigators Of the At
lantlc have often declared-that is,
no matter how big the vessel. 1t is
impossible TO prevent the passengers
from being seasick in rough weather.
The great liners are drier and more
comfortable than the smaller vessels,
and It takes a heavier sea to make
them roll, but when they do start
pitching they have peculiarly ugly
motion which is all their own.-New
York Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
orIain Of Name New MexIeo,

The country now called Mexico was
not so called til 1910, when the re.
volt against Spain began. Up to in,
dependence the country was called
New Spain, and was divided into the
same number Of provinces as Spain,
with the prefix Of New" but New
Mexico was not included I'm this di.
vision. 1t got its name in this way.
In 1861 Francisco Ibarra was in
charge OF an expedition of exploration
into what is now northern Durango
and southern Chihuahua, and discov.
cred an Indian village near where
Santa Barbara now stands, in WHICH
the houses We're whitewashed and the
people made and wore cotton cloth,
raising the cotton IN the nelghbor-
hood. He wrote an account OF his dis
covery to his brother IN the City of
Mexico, telling him he had discovered
"una nueya Mexico a new Mexico,
another Mexico, meaning that he had
found another town like the City OF
Mexico, and thereafter all this portion
of northern New Spain was known
as 'Nueva Mexico" that is, New Mex.
leo, which name It has retained,
though now much reduced In extent
Las Vegas Optic.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
He uand His Knife.

A short time ago a doctor was a
guest at a dinner in one of Philadel-
phia's most exclusive homes. When
the last course had been served and
the cigars were being passed the doc
tor reached down into his trousers
pocket and extracted penknife. Slow.
ly he opened blade. To the horror of
all the select persons present, 1t was
the finger nail blade. Every one gasp
ed. Could 1t be that DR.. - would so
far forget himself as to manicure his
nails at the table? All watched with
bated breath. Slowly the doctor reach
ed out and secured a match which
was near his place. Then he deliber-
ately struck the match on the rough
part of the nail file and lit his cigar.
The suspense was over and the doctor
had not committed the frightful breach
of etiquette which his associates had
feared. Now the custom is spreading
fast, for 1t Is less effort than 1t is to
stand on one leg 20 strike the match
on ones shoe and decidedly more ele-
CANT than the time honored method Of
striking It on ones trousers.--P Philadel-
phia Record.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
On the PARTY Line.

While the two ladies are talking
over the telephone n soft clicking is
heard.
Somebody is on the wire," says
one.
"Yes, So melody is listening to u.s."
says the o her. II think 1t is that Mrs.
Dyzit, who blondines her hair"
Indeed 1t is mott" comes in a third
voice "And, besides, would have you
know my hair is perfectly natural. SO
therew-Chicago Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
TWitching of
the Nerves
5ee9we, alnnost unbearAble until
Or. q w. chase's Nerve Pills brought
about a cure.

Became. almost unboaEnble until
Or. a w. Chase's Nerve Pills brought
about cure.
Tapping Of the fingers, restlessness, sleep
lessness, inability to contro the nerves
What story of exhausted nerves is told by
these symptoms. Nervous prostration and
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The writer ofthis letter was fortunate enough
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and tells his experience for the benefit of other
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Mr.. ]. w. OAKLEY, Montrose, Pa. wrtes:--
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
A Painful Interruption.

"Cummerford went upon his roof
the other day to dislodge the snow
and slipped"
Good gracious! Did he fall to the
ground|
NO, but he wished he had"
"Whyp
"a nail in shlngle stopped him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24

Flows your new kd;'
"Fine"
ems up household wonderfully
"Yes. indeed. We have TO have the
gas going most of the night now
Cleveland Leader
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
Good investment.

I'm going to order cerd of un-
sawed wood today"
"Why, George, we haven't any use
for IT,"
"Yes. we have. I'm going to have 1t
piled in plain view in the yard so only
the right sort Of tramps viii apply
Kansas City Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
Gettina Ready For Il.

"And how Is that pretty young wild
owf" asked Mrs. Browne. els she rec
Oncilcd to her loss yet"
mo" replied Mrs. Malaprop, "she
amt exactly re-conclled yet, but they
do say she has the man picked OUT
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24
On polno Good.

II ! can put one touch OF a rosy sun,
set into the life OF any man or woman,
! snail feel that have worked with
God.-George Macdonald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-24

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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GA.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-17
ORIGINAL Notice.

To Alice M. Roberts and John Rob-
erts, her husband; Myrtis Randall
and A. w. Randall, her husband;
Mignon Coursen Lundy and Frank
Jefferson 1undy, her husband; Ca
milla Elsmere Coursen; Clarence
Hearn, minor; Emmett L. Swearin-
gen and Nellie Swearingen, his
wife; Maggie S. Mickle and j. C.
Mickle, her husband; Frank T.
Swearingen and Alice L. o. Swear
ingen, his wife; and Jessie B. Blan-
chard. 3;
You are hereby notified that there is
now filed in the office of the clerk
of the district court of the state of
Iowa, within and for the county of
Marshall, the petition Of Thomas
Swearingen claiming Of you a parti-
ton Of the following described real
estate situated in Marshall county,
state Of Iowa, towit:
The southeast quarter (A) Of sec
ton No. Thirteen (13). township No.
Eighty-h five (s5). north. range No.
Eighteen (1Sl west of the 5th p. m.
Marshall county, state of Iowa.
Now, unless you appear and make
defence thereto, at or before noon of
the second day Of the next August
term of said court, to be begun and
held at Marshalltown, Iowa, on the
thirtieth day Of August. A. D. 1909,
your default will be entered and a de-
cree rendered thereon as prayed for
in said petition.
Dated this fifteenth day of May, A.
-. 1909.
THOMAS swEARINGEN,
Plaintiff.
By F. L. MEEKER, His Attorney.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-17
FARM BRINGS s2e,52o.
William owninss Homestead, Nea
VancIeve Sold at Auction,


Vancleve Sold at Auction.
The William Owings homestead, a
farm of 240 acres one and one-half
miles south of vancleave, was sold at
public auction by G. c. st. Clair, ref
cree, in front of the court house this
morning to George Appel, the tenant
for s2s,52o. The price per acre was
s11O5O.
The farm was sold on the order OF
the district court to settle the estate
The land was appraised at $40, and
the price 1t was sold for is considered
very fair. but not quite what the farm
is generally thought to be worth.
One hundred sixty acres of the land
is under cultivation, the rest being in
pasture. The buildings are an eight
room house and large barn, with
other outbuildings, all Of which ape
in good repair.
George Appel, who has tenanted the
farm for ten years, is a son-in-law Ct
the original owner.
Eleven heirs, some Of whom live in
or near this city, were interested in the
sale. Among them are the widow. Mrs
Sarah S. Owings, daughter Clara, q
grandson, and George L. owings. An
other son. Scott T. Owings. of Moline
ILL.,, was here to attend the sale.