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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
FORMER omeIaIs plead eulIty.

Youngstown. o., Oct. 22. - w. III.
Kale and John j. Hanni, former coun'
ty commissioners, pleaded guilty to
three indictments charging them
with accepting bribes. Both are
prominent men. Sentence was de-
ferred. Kale had been on trial for
the past two days. He was charged
with accepting altogether $500. Han.
nj received similar sum. These two
men are among IA officials and con-
tractors OF Mahoning county WHO
were indicted on Sept. II last on t.ie
charges of giving and receiving
bribes. Other cases are to follow,
and include both present and past
officials of the county.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Job Pressmen on Strike.

Columbus, o., Oct, 22. - Columbus
book and job offices, both union and
open shop, are tied up by strike OF
100 members of the job pressmen's
and job press feeders unions. The
pressmen want an s-hour instead OF
a 9'hour day, and the feeders demand
an S-hour day with minimum wage
scale OF $l2 a week. No settlement
Is In sight.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
cleveland eets Aero club.

Cleveland. o., Oct, 22.-At meet
ing OF capitalists, among them many
interested In scientific pursuits, 1t
was decided to organize the Cleve'
land Aero club. The organization
was promoted by Glenn II. Curtiss
the aeroplanist. II is proposed to
purchase 10 acres Of land for expert
mental purposes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
What Sickness Costs.

Ithaca. n. Y, Oct. 22.--The cost Of
sickness to the people of the United
States is billion dollars a year, and
of minor ailments which do not re-
quire a physician a quarter of a bill
lion dollars, according to Professor
jeremiah w jerks in an address be-
fore Cornell university students.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Vatican is pisappolnted

Rome. Oct. 22.--Although the vati-
can officials smilingly protest that
they are not affected by the chan6e
in the Spanish ministry, which Is not
their business, there is no doubt that
Senor Maura's fall comes as a sur
prise and disappointment. They,
however, are confident that senor
Moret will not stand long because
all Catholics are against him, while
Republican support certainly, viii be
ephemefal
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22

Marina, the Spanish commander. III
Morocco, Is soon recalled and re-
placed By General Weyler, as already
rumored Senor Moret has made no
formal declaration OF his policy. but
he tells all callers 1t will be concil-
iatory. a etff mal
News comes from the provinces OF
enthusiastic rejoicings with decora-
tions and bands over the fall Of the
Maura government.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications. as they canno,
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
iLflamed condition OF the mucous lin
ing OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube Is infiamed you have a
rumblng sound or imperfect hearing
and when II is entirely closed. Deaf
ness is the result, and unless the In
fammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forever nine
cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tsrrh, which Is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case OF Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu'
lars, free.
T.. ]. CHENEY & co, Toledo. o
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
BODY Of Woman Found In Creek.

Canton, o., Oct. 22.-The body OF
an unidentified woman was found in
Sugar creek, 10 miles southwest of
here. The coroner is investigating
whether she was murdered. Appear
ances indicate the woman had been
dead about two weeks. About her
neck she wore an amulet containing
scriptural quotations In Italian.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22

y Presidential Candidate.
Gregory. Tex, Oct. 22.--President
Taft shook hands with the entire
town OF Taft and delivered a speech
in the Taft schoolhouse 1t was not
much of an ordeal, this handshaking
swith the entire town, for Taft has a
population of only about 800.
> The town is on the c. p. Taft
ranch, and the eight-mle drive which
hthe president took to It was on his
brothers estate for the entire dis
tance. Taft Is one of the few towns
that went Republican unanimously in
&the last national campaign, and for
.Sthis reason and because 1t is named
IN honor Of his brother, the president
favored II with speech.
~ Before he got to the speechmaking,
.arhoweyeT Taft had shown him how a
steam -piow worked, had shown him
%the town dairy and treated him to a
Hbig dish OF ice cream and glass of
1buttermilk. and had escorted him to
the towns abattoir and the packing
Shouse. The town was undecided
whether the president would like to
Hsee the slaughter house in full oper.
alton or not but after some discus.
sion they came TO the conclusion that
1.-THE abattoir ought to be kept tidy
Z while the president was there. The
foreman argued that IL they slaugh.
sl.t H.
@there Il would muss the place all up.
..ea II have heard OF this ranch for a
-, good many years" said the president.
81 heard of 1t first from David Sin.
ston, Mrs. Taft's father, who offered
sme the lob once, II ] could not make
\ any better living, Of coming down on
this ranch and naming the calves. 1t
= seemed to be a work that probably
Swould take all my time but the
q, amount to be earned per calf was not
enough TO be attractive"
The president congratulated Taft
4@on the size OF its schoolhouse. 1t
showed that there was no race sui
eide in the town also that they were
~ looking forward to educating their
gchildren into good citizens
,ys or Taft's political part, the presi.
dent said MY friends tell me that
unlike good many other towns In
4 Texas, you gave me all the votes
,.there were. | want TO return my
thanks to my fellow citizens who
'Awere willing to break the Texas rec,
cord and bring In this one little
Z lamb"
The president played golf with r,
n. Connolly, the amateur champion
Lsof Texas. Connoly beat him out. but
"a allowed that il was no picnic"
President Taft and party today re-
sumed their journey leaving in the
mol ning for Corpus Christi. Tonight
they will start for Dallas and Hous
ton
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Women kIdnap Boy.

Youngstown. O.. Oct. 22.-After n
struggle in the little country school.
house at Smiths Corners two women,
so heavily yelled that they could not
be recognized, kidnapped Ward. tho
nineyear-old son OF Walter Hoffert.
The fact that Hofert and his wife for
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Mccarren Much Worse.

New York, Oct. Ex-senator p. II.
McCarren's condition Is much worse
and his physicians are evidently
greatly depressed by the turn events
have taken. A consultation of ply
sicians was held and lasted for three
quarters OF an hour. AT its conclu.
sion Dr. Hughes said: I'VE are very
much digcOuraeed 4"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
FIre peetroys Dayton FactorIes.

Dayton. o.. Oct. 22.-Fire, famed
by high winds, destroyed property Of
the value of S5OO,O0O. The magnifi.
cent building on East First street oc.
cupied by the plant of the Dayton
Computing Scale company and other
firms, and which cost 100000, Is I'm
ruins. Other plants and buildings
that soon. became a mass OF cLarred
remains are: National OIL Tank and
Pump company; j. A. Stuart, restaur-
ant Pasteur Chamberlain Filter COM
Cooper Medicine company, Dayton
steam boiler works, Dayton Motor
Car company william Whitmore Coal
company and the Big Four Railroad
company.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
turks and sulqarlans FIqht.

- London. Oct. 22,-The CONSTANT.
= nople correspondent Of the Telegraph
reports lively fight between Tur-
kish and Bulgarian soldiers on the
frontier. In the Series district. The
squabble arose over the arrest os
four Bulgarian shepherds ny Turks
and the latter's refusal to release
them
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Princeton Accepts Gift.

Princeton. N. j., Oct. 22.-The trus.
tees OF Princeton university an.
nouuced that william Cooper Proc.
ters gift OF 100000 for the new
graduate school had been accepted.
MIR. Proctor, who is q Cincinnati
man. made the offer last spring with
the proviso that an equal sum be
raised for tse school by May 1, 1910.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Charge wife with Murder.

Athens, O.. Oct. 22.-Mrs. Dora
Harper was arrested, charged with
numbering her husband, Frank, q
well-known railroad telegraph line
man. Harper was killed while In
bed with his wife. She says he COM
mitted suicide. The coroner's inyes'
tigation resulted In charging herwith
murder In the first degree.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Want Department OF Labor.

Washington, Oct. 22.-Tke execu'
tive council OF the American Fedora.
tion OF Labor passed q resolution au.
thorizing the preparation of bill TO
be introduced In congress next win
ter for the establishment OF depart
ment OF labor, the head OF which
shall be member OF the cabinet.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22

some time have been separated and
that once before Mrs I1offert fcrcibly
took possession OF the boy, makes
certain, according to the authorities.
that It was she and a friend who did
the kidnapping. Ai.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Jeffrles Reaches New York.

New York. Oct 22-The steamer
Lusitania from Liverpool and Queens.
morning. Among the passengers was
Champion James j. Jenries.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
TINE CARDS.
HOOKING VALLEY.

NOrth-'7a. M; 1915 n. m. l:20
p. M; 1920 a. M; 6:10 p. m. Logan
to Marion only.
South-5:45 n. M; 1920 n. m.
1915 a. m: '1:35 p. m 7.I5 p m.
Daily except Sunday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
UNION STATION SC0RCHfD
Cincinnati Fire Said to Have Beer
Due TO Cigsret stumps.

Cincinnati, o., Oct. PA fire In
the Central Union depot here result.
ed in a loss estimated at $4,000.
The loss to the building itself is com
paratively small, but many valuable
records OF the Big Four and B. & o.
railroads were destroyed.
A watchman claims the fire was
started by cigaret stumps, which he
charged the clerks have been in the
habit of throwing in waste paper bas.
kets. Clerks who were working in
the building claim crossed electric
wires caused the fire.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
BUCKEYE BRIEFS
Items Of Interest to People In All
Parts OF Ohio.

Cincinnati, o., Oct. 22.-Colored
citizens of Fairbanks, Alaska, have
presented Former Senator Foraker
with gold medal in recognition of
his fight in behalf of the discharged
colored troops at Brownsville, Tex.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
A Boarding House Dialogue.

Howell--l always think too late.
Powell What's the matter now?
Howell--i didn't miss the dog .iext
Dor until after | had eaten the san
age this morning Puck
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
BIG FOUR.

Eastbonnd-9:25 n. M; 1926 noon;
1922 p. M; 1857 p. M; 11:1o p. IN:
5:27 p. m. b
WestbOund-2:3s a. M; $3.50 n, M:
9.55 a. m; 1858 p. M; 1925 p. M;
4:27 p. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Divine Healer schIatter Dies.

Hastings, Neb., Oct. 22. - Charles
NJ. Schlatter, who claimed to cure
ills by divine power, was found dead
in a room at local hotel. Doctors
say he died OF old age. Schlatter was
practically penniless.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
lNDICT COUNTY OFFICIALS
WlIkesbarre, Pa, Has Big Courthouse
Scandal on Its Hands.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, Oct. 22. - War.
rants were issued for the arrest OF
the county commissioners. county
controller, two contractors, two in
spectors and the architects engaged
in the erection Of the recently com
pleted $2,000,000 courthouse here.
Five OF the warrants charge conspir'
acy to defraud the county and two OF
them charge the commissioners and
county controller with misdemeanor
In Office on 25 counts.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
P0SSUM ftASTS ON MAIL
Animal Addressed to President and
Deposited In Box.

Deposited In Box.
Leesvflls, La, Oct. 22. - Some
nights ago party OF young people
OF this city went on an opossum
hunt, capturing several Of the AMI.
mails. Some time during the same
night some one placed an opossum
in the package apartment OF the
postoffice, addressed TO President
Taft. 1t was found next morning by
the postmaster after the animal had
chewed up and destroyed all the
mail In the box. a Hns.
The matter has been reported to
the postal authorities. and what was
started as a practical joke may result
in serious trouble TO the perpetrators.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
CHICAGO & ERIE.

West--1O25 a. M; 1864 p. M;
1882 a. M; !'4:4o p. M; "a7:i0 a.
M
East-5:1S n. m; 6:50 n. m; 12:40
p. M; $500 p. M; G;12 p. m; 1i:4S
p. m.
'Daily except Sunday. runs TO
Lima only. a. runs to Huntington
only. 90 runs Huntington to Marion
only.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22

Button or lace with turn solcs, rnb-
Der heels and no Innings are Beatty IL
Longs genuine "Fitzczy" Kid shoes
for women's tender feet. gU
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22

down the riots in, Barcelona, which
was the starting point of the troubles
which resulted in the resignation OF
the old cabinet.
Two other members OF Senor Mo
ret's former cabinet Will enter the
new ministry namely General De
Luque as minister OF war, and SenoI
Gaset, as minister OF commerce
Senor Alvarado will be minister OF
finance and Admiral Concas minister
OF marine. The offices Of minister o;
justice and minister of public IN
struction have not yet been filed.
II will not be surprising . Ganar@
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Croker salIs Eor AmerIoa.

London, Oct. 22.--Richard Croker
sailed on the Mauretanis for a pro.
tracted visit IN New York city.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
c d & M. ELECTRTC.

South-Cars leave every hour for
Columbus from 8 q. m. to 0 p. m. and
till III p. m. for Delaware, excepting
the car which leaves at 1876 a. m.
North--Cars leave Columbus on
the half hour from $3.50 a. m. TIL
1880 p. m. The last car leaves at
$40 d. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Hooking Valley Bulletin

OF Low RATE EXCURSIONS
Sunday Excursions TO Columbus
and Toledo.
Homeseekers Excursonis 20 Vest
ern and Southern points, list and
Sd Tuesday or eassi month.
Twin Tickets tOGolnmbus every day
$1.35. ,As afe
Homeseehers Excursion TO Michi-
gan points, 1st and Srd Tues
day OF each month. '
,ow Rate Colonial TiclSest % Pa
cihc Coast daily until October
18th.
Daily Excursions 70 New York IN
September. ~ lsfl- 4
National Apple Show, Spokane. Mo-,
yember 1920.
American Street ana Intcrurban
Railway Assn, Denver. octo-
Disciples of Christ, Pittsburg, Pa,
Oct. fi-fD.
Centennial Celebration, st. Louis,
Mo-, Oct. $40.
Daily Excursion 70 Pacific Coast
and Far West. s
Full information will bo furnish.
ed ON application 10
L. E. NEBERGAIL
Agent II. v. Ry. Marion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
@. NJ. & B. ELECTRIC.

North---Cars leave Marion for Bu-
cyrus at 6. s., 10 a. m, ~ m, 2, Z,
and p. m.
South-Cars arrive from Bncyrus
at 1856, 9;55 and 11:55 n. M; 1865,
1856, 5.55, 7:55 and 1855 p. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
THE MEAT or 1T

Eight men and a woman are under
arrest at New York charged with
completely in the kidnapping of Jennie
efforts to collect ransom failed.
1t is reported that the Eastman
Kodak company of Rochester, n. Y,
paid Sl,500,000 for the plant OF the
Artura Paper company at Column.
bus. o.
At Columbus, o.. Benjamin Jones
was probably fatally injured when
his clothing was caught In the belt.
ing at the Case Manufacturing com.
pany's plant.
Twelve guests OF the Clarendon
hotel at Huntingdon, Pa, escaped In
their night robes when the building
was destroyed by fire.
The engineer and head brakeman
were scalded to death when an Erie
freight train jumped the track at
Guymard, N. Y.
Judge Robert s. Lovett has been
elected president of the Union Pa
cific Railroad company to succeed the
late +. Fl. Hartman.
Senator William ]. Stone slapped
a negro cabman at the st. Louis
Union station when the latter de
manded what the senator considered
an exorbitant fare.
D. A. r. Elects Officers.
Athens, o., Oct. 22.-Eleventh Ohio
state conference of ID. A. r. came to
a close here with the election of the
following officers Mrs. William
Rhale, Wilmington, reelected state
register; Mrs. Mary o. Brinkerhoff,
Fremont; Mrs. John T. Mack. San.
dusky; Mrs. Kellogg, Toledo; Mrs.
ID. j. Evans, Athens. and Mrs. Mar
swager. Cleveland, state regents
counsel. Mrs. o. J. Hodge, Cleveland.
recommended to national board for
honorary state regent.
Search For Pirate Craft.
Galveston, Tex, Oct. 22.-Orders
were received from Washington for
the revenue cutter Window to pro-
ceed TO the Bahama Islands and
search for the alleged piratical
schooner reported by Captain Phelan
OF the British steamship Rowanmore.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
PENNSYLVANIA.

Northbound-"I2:lo p. M; 'G:2s p.
M; 1865 y. m.
SouthbOund--a10:11 a. M; '71o
y. m. tFr r
'Daiiy except Sunday !sunday on
ly. aDally. te etfIr,2ts Yile
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
Bic CIT For ohio weoleyan.

New York. Oct. 22.-The general
education board announced that II
made 4 conditional appropriation OF
$4,000 to Ohio Wesleyan university
at Delaware. o.
Same Man.
oThers goss the most talked about
man In this community"
"you surprise me. Who talks about
hImi"
'.f4e does. Chicago Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
ERIE.

southwest---lo:27 a. M; 4;1O p. m;
l2:45 a. M
East--l2:53 p. m; 1901 a. M;
$3.50 p. m. ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-22
SHAKES HANDS
\. WITH POpULACE
President Takes In Sights
Of Town Of TAFT.
SPEAKS IN SCHOOL HOUSE

Says Father-ln.Law offered Him Job
Of Naming Calves on Ranch, but
the salary Was Not Attractive.
Thanks Fellow Citizens Who Broke
Texas Record by Casting Every
Vote In Village For Republican
y Presidential Candidate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-19

1t Is merely question of systematic
and reliable publicity. We reprint a
few paragraphs taken from Mr.. Lewis
excellent paper:
Almost all advertisers go through
the three stages of advertising:
Il. When they try little of every
thing, newspapers, calendars, novelties
folders, booklets, ETC., provided it is
cheap.
"2. When they fail to get results
from the first policy and conclude that
the whole thing is a gamble.
"3. When they have awakened to
the fact that just plain, reasonable
talk like that used in soliciting an ac-
count of one man and put in the local
paper regularly, brings the business.
Use the newspaper that goes into
the home, no matter whether morning
or evening.
place all your contracts annually.
Use some space all the time. Change
your copy every issue.
Keep out Of the second-rate papers
keep in the good ones. You'll kill
off the poor ones and help make the
best ones better. That applies to finan-
cial papers and local papers as we'll.
Don't give out advertising con-
tracts because you like a man or his
paper Advertising is not charity
| 1t Is a business.
"Cut out the silly program, the blot.
ter, the map in the station and all the
other cheap makeshifts."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-19
MARRIED AT AGENCY
Miss Kate sherer Bride Of Fred Rutz
Several Ottumwans
Present.

Agency, June Especially )-Last
evening at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. shearer,
occurred the marriage Of their daugh-
ter Kate, to Fred Rutz While Mrs. o.
l.. Shadford Of Ottumwa sang, II Love
Thee Truly" followed by the strains
of Mendelsohn's wedding march, play
ed by Miss Edith Foster, the bridal
party entered the parlor through an
aisle of ribbon and roses, to canopy
Of asparagus and roses where Rev. O
G. Orcutt pronounced the ceremony
After congratulations, an elegant two
course supper was served.
The bride was beautifully attired ir
a dress of white Persian lawn, with
trimmings of lace and insertion. Mr.
and Mrs. Rutz were the recipients OF
many beautiful and useful gifts. Bott
are we'll known in this vicinity anG
their many friends wish them a long
happy and prosperous career.
They will live on the groom's farm
two miles 1outheast of Agency, where
thLv have their home furnished and
ready for occupancy.
The out t-of-town guests were: Mrs
Ida Roper. of Burlington; Mr.. ant
Mrs. Elmer Shearer of Des Moines;
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt Dixon and Misses
Ruth and Jeanne Dixon of Mystic; Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Black of Ottumwa
Misses Hattie Menge and Lena Nc.
Clane of Ottumwa and Mr.. and Mrs
o. L. Shadford Of Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-19

lazy darky named Dick Sutton, arrest
ed at the instance of his wife, who al
legged that he contributed nothing to
her support and refused to work.
During the examination Of Sutton
the young lawyer asked:
Dick, have you any fixed income?''
Sutton was puzzled by the term,
Counsel explained that the expression
meant certainty, money paid not for
odd Jobs, but for steady employment;
in other words, a compensation at
stated intervals on which one could
absolutely rely.
Upon the conclusion of counsels re-
marks the darky's face frightened.
II think has a fixed income, sab,
said he.
And what is this fixed income?
was the next question.
We'll, sah," answered Dick with q
broad grin in the direction of Colonel
Martin, de Colonel dere alters give
me fo' dollars an sack O. flour or
lection day!"-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-19
Poetry Kills an Editor.

The editor sits in his easy chair
While needless winds blow through
his hair.
No more his trenchant pen will be
The plow in the field out of the ought
toSbe.
No more he'll praise the fire mer-
Or censure things that might have
been"
The great red sun shall rise All ni set
Ir tireless round. the world forget
The days and de IDS Of Esquire, Show,
Prophet and frieul and editor.
For many years tie old man strotle
Along the journalistic road.
1t had too l'auy "..et" for him.
And week by week did what he could
To make a wicked people good.
His life has been an eight-point
prose;
But poetry was not for Jim,
It had too many "fet" for him.
But "gentlespring" brought miles of
verse
And each day saw him growing worse
Until he died, as you may see,
Because Of too much poetry.
Clifton S. Wady in the American
Printed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-19
Retreat7 Never!

In an Irish garrison town the
atrical company was giving perform
ances. and some soldiers from the 10.
cal barracks were engaged to act as
supers. Their duties included the
waging of fierce fight in which aft
er a stirring struggle, one army
was defeated on a given signal from
the prompter. For few nights all
went we'll, but on the Friday evening
special performance of the piece
was to be given under the patron
age of the colonel and other officers
of the garrison. The two armies
met as usual at the end Of tho sec.
ond act when they fought and
fought and kept On fighting, regard,
less of the agonized glare in the eye
of their (actor) general, who hnarsely
ordered the proper army to "Retrea.
confound you!" But the fight still
went on, and soon the Mortified mana
ger saw the wrong army being driven
slowly off the stage, still fighting des'
perately. Down came the curtain ami1
roars Of laughter, and the tuning
manager hastenc1 to ask the delln
quents why they had failed to retreat
on hearing the signal.
"Retraite," roared burly fusilier
whose visage had been badly battered
land is it retraite yed have US. wid
the colonel and all the cfficers in the
boxes ?"-Tit-Bits.