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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
EARLY BALL00NING.
Some Odd Ideas That Prevailed In the
Eighteenth Century.

Some Odd Ideas That Prevailed In the
Eighteenth Century.
As far back as 1914 the American
public were led to believe that the
Atlantic had been crossed in n bal
loon. On May % In that year the
New York Sun published detailed
account of an aerial voyage from Liv-
erpool to Charleston. which purported
to have been accomplished by "the
steering balloon Victoria in a period Of
seventy-five hours from land to land"
Five columns were devoted to the de-
scriptlon of the journey and to sci
entific account of the balloon, Of
which a woodcut was given, and an
air of verisimilitude was added by n
list Of eight passengers, one Of the
names mentioned being that of Harri-
son Ainsworth, who was then ut the
height Of his fame.
At the end of the eighteenth century
balloons were all the rage. Then. as
now, enthusiasts predicted time near
at hand when war would either be an
awful matter of the annihllation OF
armies and forts by bombs from above
or would cease altogether through the
abolition of frontiers and the fusion
Of nations. Prophecy went even fur
ther.
Canals and roads were to vanish and
the space occupied by them to be re.
stored to agriculture. And ships Qf
any still existed) when caught. in
storm would be grappled by the mast
from balloons above and safely con-
veyed into port or even carried over
mountain anges.-Chicago News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
Whsn You Can't sleap.

There is an odd theory, which many
people believe and which is certainly
harmless, that sleeplessness may often
be cured in the following odd way:
Move your bed out into the room SO
that no part Of bed or covers will touch
the wall. Then place under each caster
of the bed piece of rubber or rub
ber overshoe or set the caster In a
thick glass dish. Then go to bed, max
ing sure the covers do not touch the
wall. Thus the bed and yourself will
be cut Off from all electric contact with
floor or wall. Such absence of electric
contact. II is claimed, will make you
sleep better. 1t is said to have cured
stubborn cases of insomnia.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
THE MICROSCOPE.
II Has Its Prototype In Every spher.
ioaI Drop Of Water.

~ FNab ETptOtrPG w 6NNty 9FfNf-
ical Drop Of Water.
Nature offers a free microscope
whenever one is wanted. She has
been dealing in free optical instru-
ments and optical phenomena ever
since the first dewdrop formed or the
first raindrop fell earthward. Every
dewdrop and raindrop and spherical
water drop has all the powers and
principles Of microscope. To get
one Of natures microscopes In opera
ton take up drop Of water between
the two points Of two sharpened sticks.
say matches, and hold the drop over
the minute object to be examined. The
result will be that the object will be
magnified about three diameters. The
supposed invention Of the microscope
was nothing more than shaping q
piece of glass into an imitation of a
water drop so as to be easily handled.
Spiders have made suspension bridges
for ages. The rough edge of sword
grass gave the inventor the idea of
the reaper blade for the harvester.
The buzzard has been using the aero
plane for flying a good many centuries.
BY tapping on an end of long beam
the man at the farther end can hear
you telegraphing, the sound travelling
through the timber. Fishes have been
using bladders of wind for balloons,
lifting them in water for countless
years. Water has been a camera ever
since the world had sunshine.
Help yourself to natures store Of all
things man needs, but never say any
thing about the invention. Nature in
vented; you can only arrange and COM
blne facts.-St Louis Republic.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
PRICE CRUSADE

The price crusade has gone by leaps
and bounds and some think is liable
TO work an injury. In Cleveland 1OO,-
600 people have quit eating meat
and the scheme to bring down prices
has been boosted by nearly every
city in the State. The people of Kan
sas City, Memphis, Baltimore, Mil
waukee, Pittsburg, and many other
places have taken up the proposition
and the result is that some butchers
have closed their places, meats
have declined and a proposition has
been put forth to try n little less
drastic measures.-sIt is now proposed
that the people cut down their use
of meat one-half and 1t is thought
that will relieve the pressure, bring
down prices to legitimate basis and
yet prevent the discharge of the en-
ployees at the packing houses and
the depression of the live stock bus
iness. We notice q Cincinnati butcher
advertises q line of meats very cheap,
sirloin being at IL cents porterhouse
at IA cents, chuck steaks at s 1-2 cents
and other similar prices. Such is the
attitude of the public mind that con-
sideration was asked for a man who
stole meat for his children. When
locked UP there was q strong senti-
ment demanding his release. This
shows to what lengths public sentl-
ment some times carries the incon-
slderate.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
"NAyAL WAsTEv

1t is our opinion that the pamphlets
published and circulated on Naval
Waste and other subjects for the pur-
poses OF promoting ship subsidy
are edited either by grafters or fools,
They can take their choice of catago-
~ in which they should be enrolled
The way to build u2 our merchant
marins y BY putting some wisdom in
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
SHORT, FAT MEN
ARE NOT WANTED

Columbus O.. Jan. ga man ham
mered down in height and widened
out in diameter has no business on
the police force. The supreme court so
decided Tuesday.
Mayor Huntington Brown dismiss
ed Station House Keeper, William
Lauer, at Mansfield When Brown
took office nd look at Lauer he con-
cluded he was too short for his cir
conference and too thick for his
height. He fired him. Common Pleas
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
Made Il Very Clear.

"How do you suppose she manages
to keep up appearances ON her hus-
bands income"
"What is her husbands incomeT
II don't know; but, of course, 1t can't
be as big as 1t would have to be II they
could afford to live as they do."--Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
How to Open a New Book.

The best way to open a new book
without risk of injuring it is to place 1t
on its back upon smooth or covered
table. let down the fore and then the
hind board, hold the leaves in one hand
and open few of the fore and after
ward the end leaves until you reach
the center of the volume. Do this sew
eral times and you will not break the
back of the book.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
What BIO Wl.bsd to Know.

''IIere's an article In this magazine
entitled How to Meet Trouble" said
Mrs. wedderly. "shall ! read 1t to
your
mo, thank you" replied bis wife's
husband. "How to dodge trouble "
the brand Of Information I'm looking
for."--Chicago News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26

1. Loans on real estate only. All
money deposited with this company
Is loaned only on first mortgage on
real estate. So carefully has this
money been loaned that the company
owns no real estate whatever--a
most excellent proof Of conservatism
and good judgement on the part OF
the appraisers. Our assets $780,
900. Five per cent paid on time de.
posits. Rankin Building, 22 Wes'
Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio.
(see second next week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
The New ENGLAND spirit.

One thing we New Englanders Ike
about US is our all around superiority
to the people OF the rest of this great
and glorious country. Springfield I'm.
Ion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26

court reinstated Lauer holding that a
fat man may hold the job Of station
keeper.
Tuesday the supreme court held
Browns idea of Dimensions to be
correct.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
Rates Of Subscription.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 90, 1910
Jan. 26 In American History.

1s99-Augustus III. Garland, ex-attor-
ney general Of the United States.
died; born 1888.
1907-Rev. Henry Martyr Field, clergy
man and author, former editor of
the New York Evangelist, died;
born 1922.
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ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Sun sets SOC, rises I'll; moon rises
8:24 d. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
ESTIMATED VALUE
OF LIVESTOCK

BY United Press Wire.
Washington, Jan. 26.--In a special
livestock statement issued yesterday
the department of agriculture esti.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26

People easily constipated dread the
winter. Nothing but hard, course
meals. No fruits, no vegetable to
keep the stomach active. Your best
relief. the greatest friend now is Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea, the
worlds tonic physlc. DO 1t tonight.
Charles Schmidt & Co
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26

Our $1.9S bargain counters are
money savers.
Smart & waddell,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26

Going like hot cakes, Shredded Fod-
der. Cheapest and best food for COW
or horse.
Consumers Feed Store, Phone 1174.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
Galilcc.

AS rode slowly down to it over the
hills covered with wild flowers and
plants and grasses that lifted them
selves almost to the knees of the
horses. | felt at last: This is indeed
the holy land"-the land dreamed of
by the Russian pilgrim in the icy
north, and the little Breton boy on
the sun-scorched African upland, the
land toward which hearts turn from
tho uttermost parts of the earth, the
unique land Of promise and of fulfil
ment. The gesture of the Breton boy
came back to my mind as he said: 81
shall see the holy land" Surely in a
mystic dream he had looked on Cali
lee. On these quiet waters, far below
me, as still as glass, green, hedged
about by thickets Of wild oleander and
by myriads of unknown flowers, the
miraculous feet had walked. 1t was
as IL the touch OF those feet had given
to them peace forever-that marvel
GUS peace at which now was gazing
Robert Kitchens, In Century.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
She Stood Alone In the Sitting Smoke.

had burned many handsome dwellings
hard to save.
Mrs. Theney's act was made diff
iicult not only by the intense heat
felt for a quarter of a mile in every
direction from the blazing trees and
underbrush, but also by the thick
black smoke which hung over the en-
tire district in a heavy fog. Although
many men not so close to the fire as
the women in the Marks house were
affected by the sitting atmosphere
Mrs. Theney never wavered in the
task she had undertaken. Frequently
she was obliged to turn water on her
own face to cool it. When the Free
port fire department arrived and tack
led the blaze a short distance from
Mrs. Marks home they were amazed
to learn how effective Mrs. Theney's
work had been.
The fire was seen first in the north
western part Of this village, not far
from the West Randall and Residence
park districts, where are the fashion
wealthy New York business men. Be
fore ten minutes had passed these
houses were menaced, and the local
firemen were called from their fire.
house, more than a mile away By
the time they got within fighting dis
lance of the fire about half a dozen
acres had been swept by flames.
These acres constituted land covered
with shrubby growth and timber. Two
barns on the outskirts were destroyed
and the Marks carriage house was
slightly damaged, but otherwise the
loss from the fire was slight.
When she saw the fire speeding her
way Mrs. Marks was in great alarm.
She had no idea what to do. Mrs.
Theney, her guest, has had little ex-
perience fighting fires, but she saw
the only way to head off the flying
sparks was to turn stream of water
on the stable. She stood alone in the
sitting smoke and aimed the stream
at the menaced building. When the
firemen finally relieved her she was
on the point of collapse-not from
fear, but from exhaustion.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
The Lure of the Chicken

Chickens never the fashion till now.
Had the chicken ever been the fashion this
would be the renaissance, but the present popu-
larity is without precedent Not only has the
chicken been dramatized, per "Chantecer,
but milliners have taken up the pumage right
under the of the Audubon societies. then,
also, there is the secretary Of agriculture, who
offers the chicken the perennial lure to the
country where the problem of living, or pure food
and plenty of it is to be solved by the cityites
they organize real hegra to the tall
timbers Even the cold-storage chickens hanging
in rows In the market look more alluring and
seem to suggest to you the possibility OF boy
cotting the beef trust.
There is no question about the merits OF
chickens, the Brooklyn Eagle says. They carry
on successful egg business, a gigantic trust OF
their own, no competitors and all the world for
patrons. Their product never Is supplanted by
an improved article invented by some one who
improves on their idea, and such good standing
have they as an idea in economics that they are
the chief clement in the magnet that lures the
city man TO the country.
Every second man you meet on Broadway will
confess he has plans to go to the country some
day to make q living out of chickens. He will
grew enthusiastic and unfold the plans IL you
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04


their summer program-sending them to the To-
calitics where the chosen form of athletics may
best be enjoyed BY way of illustration, there
might be cited the hold which golf exerts upon
Miss Marion Oliver daughter of the assistant Sec
rotary OF war, and upon Miss Frances Griscom,
the sister of Lloyd Griscom, the well-known dip
lomat and politician The former of these young
ladies is an aspirant for the golf championship OF
the United States. and the latter has already been
a title holder.
Similarly it is suspected that Mrs. Alice Roose
welt Longworth would go in for aeronautcs did
not her husband rather frown on her ambitions
for sky sailing Miss Katherine Ell1ins daughter
OF the senator from West Virginia. is correspond
in9ly Jealous horsewoman, and has been
known to give up an entire to attending
one openair horse show after another, usually
an entrant in the classes for ladies' hunters Miss
Elklns is also enthusiast the subject Of
booded dogs and has personally donated cups
and other trophies prizes in competitive
classes at various dog shows.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04

1T takes a considerable amount of practical
knowledge that farmers have to be born with, a
Kind of traditional information that never gets
into the query column any other column of
the agricultural periodicals. This knowledge may
possibly be included in theoretical farming, but
l have never found 1t there It's what keeps the
city man from succeeding in the country
He knows where he can get So dozen for
squads and 60 cents a dozen for eggs and 81 a
pound for butter and So pair for broilers all the
year round. 1t sounds pretty good. 1t isn't the
first business proposition that has figured out
finely on paper. Now the farmer rarely figures.
He saws wood, gets up at a. and does the
best he can. He is not an enthusiast and there's
pretty good reason for it.
"The farmer is a patient man. He doesn't
dress up much and, without meaning to speak
dsparagingly he eats what he can't sell. City
people who live in the country sell what they
can't eat The farmer is Obliged to live frugally
in order to make both ends meet. BY the time
the city man gets through eating and entertain.
ing his friends there Is nothing left He knows
too well what good living is"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
WHERE ROBE WOULD COUNT
Under Friendly Cover Preacher Might
Safely Proceed to Split His
lnfinitives.

IT tried to get chance to, speak to
you at church Sunday" said Mrs. Old
castle, but the crush was so great
that / couldn't push through to where
you WERE" Eyes, wasn't it awful?" re-
piled her hostess, as she flecked bit
OF dust from the Gobelin tapestry. Gall
the common folks in town seem to
want to crowd into our church lately.
It's too bad they amt satisfied to stay
where they belong. How did you like
the sermon?" well, as a sermon it
was fairly good, but do wish Doctor
Goodman would quit splitting his in,
nnitiyes. l try not to let it make ME
nervous. but l can't keep from being
shocked every time he does it," '1
never let them kind of things bother
me, but that's where the Episcopals
have the advantage Of us. If our
preacher would wear a long robe he
could split them and we would never
notice it."-Kansas City Star.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
WOMAN AS FIREFIGHTER
SAVES VALUABLE HOMES
USES A GARDEN HOSE TO FIGHT
eLhMEs, CHECKING SPREAD
~UNTIL FIREMEN ARRIVE.

Freeport, l.. 1.-The courage and in
telligence of woman saved the resi-
dences in the West Randall and Res
idence park sections of this place
from almost certain destruction by a
forest fire.
Mrs. George Theney prevented
flames from reaching the home Of
Mrs. Amund Marks, which was close
to the burning area, by keeping a
stream Of water from a garden hose
constantly on the Marks carriage
house. If the latter structure had
caught fire, the house no doubt would
have been the flames prey, and If it
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04

are Mrs. Sherman's especial weakness. Mrs
Knox wife Of the secretary Of state usually
spends her summer vacation at Valley Forge farm,
the premiers splendid country seat and stock
farm, short ride by train from Philadelphia.
Mrs Meyer, wife of the secretary of the navy, is
almost interchangeable a hostess in summer in
winter, for she entertains lavshly at her magnif-
cent country seat at Hamilton Mass. At the town
of Marion, in the same state, is the large cot
tage" which is the summer headquarters of the
family of Secretary Nagel of the department of
commerce and labor
Mrs. Hughes, wife of the man who has made so
remarkable a record governor of New York
state, finds her vehicle of supreme summer enjoy
ment in her canoe, and the brightest weeks OF the
year in her estimation are those she and her
family spend at rustic cabin on Upper Saranac
lake, little more than stones throw from the
cottage where Grover Cleveland and his bride
spent their honeymoon. The two elder daughters
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
The Doctors Data.

A Howard girl who was uncertain a
to her exact age, as her father anu
mother were not agreed on the year
of her birth, decided to go to the ply.
stefan who attended the case" He
said: 'Why, certainly, my dear girl,
I'll go and examine my old books"
When he came back to report, he
said: II find your father charged
with girl baby born on the steenth
day Of April, 1879, and also observe
he still owes me for u."-Howard
(Kan) Courier.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04

give him half a chance. He knows the name of
the breed Of chickens he means to raise and
he knows the kind Of incubator he will buy and
he knows about chicken houses and chicken
feed and no end of detail about scientific chick
en- business. The chicken dream. the chicken
lure has something to answer for. something
which never gets into the newspapers The real
chicken dreamer knows just how much money
he is going to invest in a chicken colony and
then he intends to lie back and let the chickens
support him. 1t Is to taught
Don't let me prick the chicken bubble" said
the city man who has just sold his chicken farm
and come back to town. Il don't mind giving up
the facts in the case, for no with the chicken
fever would believe me. Every man has TO try
it for himself. And it's all right; let him. / had
fun with chickens for three years and I've no
wish to be a kill-joy Hardly ever a of
chicken fever lasts city man more than three
years
THE secretary of agriculture and certain stu
dents of sociology recommend city people to
move to the country and find there the solution
of all their problems and the city sentimentaists
with shattered nerve systems eagerly grasp the
idea. Now, farming is business the same as
any of the other pursuits in life by which men
make living and certain temperament is re-
CURED to be successful in it. as well as great
deal of patience. Do city people have much pa
tience? | leave IL to you.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
Are Making Study of Flood.

Engineers and scientists are ma
king exhaustive studies of the recent
floods in Paris, to devise a system
which will prevent repetition of the
disaster. 1t is planned to keep the
Seine within its channel either by
constructing higher entertainments or
by carrying the surplus waters around
the city In bypass channel.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04

Mrs. Cleveland has as her summer home quaint
farmhouse in New Hampshire, not so many miles
distant from the county seat of Mrs. John Hay
widow of the late secretary of state.
Mrs Taft wife of the president who
taken by i'll health, few months after her hus
band assumed Office so benefited at Beverly
Mass. last summer by the air and the oppor
tunties for complete rest that it is probable that
the picturesque north shore of Massachusetts will
be the summer retreat Of the Tafts for some
years to come. Here Miss Helen Taft the only
daughter of the family, finds the best OF oppor
tunities for her pet diversions, tennis and motor
ing in an electric runabout which she drives her
self.
Mrs Sherman, wife of the vce-president, spends
her summers in the big comfortable stone man
sion at Utica, NJ Y, which has been home" to
the Shermans for so many years, and in the rear
of which are the spacious flower gardens which
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLy .Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Galena, Kans. ga year ago last
March L fell, and a few days after
there was soreness in my right de.
In short time bunch came All it
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04

a tumor caused by rupture. 1 Wete
to you for advice and you told me not
to get discouraged but to take Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
/ did take it and soon the lump in my
side broke and passed Mrs.
r. R. HUEY, 713 Mineral Ave., Galena.
Kans.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female ills, including displacements,
inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration. It coys
but trife to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
If you want special advice write
fOrit tOMrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
It is free and always helpful.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04
A DELICATE SITUATION.

Hiram-Dickson's gal has took to writin'
spring poetry.
Siram-waal, amt they havin' nothin' done
for her?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-06-04

in the Hughes household inherit their mothers
fondness for this fascinating form OF boating.
Other prominent women who partial to the
life of the mountain lakes include Mrs. Timothy
Woodruff, wife of the New York politician, Mrs.
Victor Herbert wife of the musical composer.
and Mrs Whitelaw Reid who is usually ready to
forsake of the most attractive country seats
England for intervals the pines at Camp Wild
Air.
There are not a few whose fondness for