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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-01

FOR SALE-A moving picture show.
In this city, doing a fine business
and that will stand the fullest In
vestigation. Reason for selling.
owner has other interests to look
after. This is a fine money making
opportunity for live man. as the
business Is now bringing big re-
turns on the investment. Price
$4,000. For complete information
address T. a, care Mirror office.
6-2s-tf
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

drew so near that he could hear her
quick breath and the rapid beating of
her heart. With all his remaining
strength the lover sprang forward and
clasped the maiden's form to his
breast. What was not his grief and
establishment when he found that his
arms elapsed not the maiden he loved,
but strange plant the like of which
he had never seen before. The maiden
had awakened just as her lover over
took her, and, frightened at her sur
roundings, she was transformed. She
had raised her arms just as her lover
caught her and her uplifted hands
were changed to ears of corn and
where her fingers caught her hair the
maize bears beautiful silken threads"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

all the difference between beauty and
ugliness. In considering the psychic
role of fat we should specially bear In
mind, G. M. Miles says, its reserve
function in relation to active vital pro-
cesses. A liberal deposition of fat is
one of natures wise precautions to-
enable US to bear some of the trials
of life. 1t has been known from earl
lest antiquity that fat people are more
contented and optimistic than lean
ones and the supply of fat may be
compared to the ample bank account
of busy and provident man.
Niles says that he believes he is
correct i'll asserting that a physiology
cal reserve Of fat by it's very presence
exerts a quieting and reassuring in
fuence on the vital forces most con-
cerned in constructive metabolism,
while it's lack leads to a physical dis
content and unrest, which sooner or
later reacts on the disposition, develop
ing into the pessimism and tempera--
mental discomfort SO often seen in lean
people.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
"GRAND OLD WOMAN" rs DEAD

MIS- Spence OF Australia Was a
Friend of Children of Her Country.
When Miss Catherine Helen Spence,
the grand old woman of Australia, !"
died not long ago the children of her
country lost one of their best friends.
It was Miss Spence who, in conjunc-
ton with Miss Emily Clark, initiated
the Australian system for the care Of
dependent and delinquent children, a
system which is the envy of social
workers In more than one other coun-
try. Old as she was, according to the
New York Tribune, she filed up to
the time of her death seat on the
state children's council and also on
the destitute board Of South Austria
liza. But Miss Spence was never really
old, though she had lived So years
when she died. She took the warmest
interest In all that her friends were
doing. She mothered and brought up
one after another three families Of
children Her public work was many
sided. The English colony in South
Australia. to which, as young girl,
Miss Spence went from Scotland, was
not at all like the colonies founded
later by gold seekers. 1t was colony
established by idealists, with dreams
of just laws and pure electoral con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
HERE rs A FREAK PATENT.
This Refrigerator Cow, When
MIXED Gives Ice-CO1d Fluid.

This Refrigerator Cow, When
MIXED Gives Ice-CO1d Fluid.
A curious idea for milk carts is
contained in this patent, applied for
in 1898. Just what it Is intended for
is told by the inventor himself: MY
invention is a new and useful improve
ment in milk refrigerators and deliv-
cry apparatus, and has for its object
the provision of device that resem-
bles a life-sized COW, in which milk
may be stored and kept at proper
temperature, and from which it may
be drawn as occasion requires after
the manner of milking a COW. With
in the body are receptacles or compart
ments, each of which is provided with
a cover and adapted to contain the de-
sired quantity of milk. By the use of
two receptacles two qualities Of milk
may be stored at the same time, such
as sweet milk and buttermilk. In the
bottom Of each of the receptacles is
located a valve having a spring for
normally holding it in place, so as to
prevent the downflowing of the milk.
Each of the teats has a toggle-lever
connected to a lift-rod, and when the
latter is raised the valve is lifted and
the milk flows out of the teats. By
proper manipulation Of this device
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
Pretty Legend About Corn.

There is a beautiful Seneca story
of the origin of corn in Canfield's
Legends of the Iroquois,' as follows:
Long and earnestly young brave
wooed a beautiful maiden and at last
gained her consent to live in his wig
wan. Fearing that she might be sto-
len by one of her many admirers he
slept by night in the forest that he
might be near to protect her. One
night he was awakened by light
footstep and, starting up, saw his
loved one stealing out of her lodge
as a sleep walker. He pursued her,
but as if fleeing in her dreams from a
danger that threatened her life, she
ran from him like a feet-footed hare.
On and en- he pursued and finally
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
PESTS@

considered necessarily fatal to any or.
chard in which it made its appear
ance, and many thousands of trees
were destroyed in the hope Of exter-
minating 1t. In the truck garden ev-
cry vegetable has its own particular
enemies. There are rootworms as
we'll as fruitworms, and leafworms to
boot. There are more varieties of
plant lice than are dreamed of in the
average mortaps philosophy. There
are several special weevils for beans
and peas. And there are beetles and
borers, homegrown and imported.
1t is estimated that every rat in the
United States costs the citizens at
least 2 cents day for his keep. I'm
fortunately 1t has been impossible to
get anything like an official census
of the number Of the pestiferous TO-
dents supported. but considering that
they breed three or four times a year;
that the female begins breeding at
three months, and produces from seven
or eight to dozen or more at each
brood, it is easy to see that even IN
Gle Sam cannot afford to pay $3.50 a
year apiece for the pleasure of main
tanning them. 1t is the farmer who
pays the greater part Of this board
bill. Mice also lay very heavy tax
upon both town and country.
Ground squirrels cause a loss of
many millions Of dollars a year In the
States west of the Mississippi, where
grain is grown in large quantities.
It is estimated that in California alone
they eat up 100000 worth of wheat
each year, and in Washington they do
equal damage Entire townships
have been made barren by their raw
ages, and Kansas, Colorado and other
Western States besides Texas have
been working for years to get rid of
them. Kansas Is succeeding, but she
has been for some years appropriate
ing 100000 a year to the work.
The birds, the natural enemies of
the insects, have been hunted merci-
lessly. 1t is only lately that any effort
has been made to stop their absolute
ly useless slaughter. In many States
their real value to the farmer was not
understood.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

which is specifically wheat pest,
though it also does considerable dam
age to rye and barley
The aforementioned Hessian fly in
f1icts more damage on wheat than any
other one insect does on any one 9TH
er crop It is credited with a mini
mum destruction Of 10 per cent Of the
wheat crop = say of $6O,OO0,OOO, as
crops are running now-and with
easily $10,OOO,0OO damage each year to
rye and barley And there's another
$7O,00O,000 and few more Dread
noughts accounted for!
Next comes the chinch bug, which
attacks both corn and wheat, and to a
certain extent the other cereals. 1t
is estimated as accountable for per
cent of the corn crop and 5 per cent
of the wheat crop-about $3O,0OO,OOO
on each, and some slight damage-a
few millions year perhaps-to other
crops. Chalk up $60,000,000, anyhow,
to the chinches, and let it go at that.
While the great farm staples pay
toll to destructive insects to the tune
of about 10 per cent of their value,
the fruit and truck farmers lose dou-
BILE that. The coddling moth, for In
stance, costs the apple growers some
where between $25, 100000 and $50, 00O,-
900 a year There are the various
scale insects, including the San Jose
scale, whose depredations were at one
time regarded so seriously that it was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

Amid the sounds OF mourning at
prehension concerning the new king
and his probable attitude towards the
questions which have vexed the ma
ton for so many months. The late
kings diplomacy and open mindedness
were greatly relied on to steer the
ship of state out of the dangerous
whirlpool which involved the constitu-
tional question of the lords. His son
is said to be of more obstinate char
acter than the father, resembling In
this his old predecessors whose name
he bears; but so little Is known of
George VS. attributes that this asser-
ton may be based upon nothing bet
ter than the name he has chosen.
Should it be true that one OF the old
Hanoverian obstinacy and wronghead-
edness has come to England's throne it
would, indeed, be serious thing for
the country. The Georges, and Will
lam ". as well, tried England sorely
for more than century, and it was
not till the crown descended to Victo-
ria that the menace of the dynasty
passed from the realm Ignorance,
gluttony, inf1delity, Indifference, and
obstinacy marked the successive
reigns of the four previous Georges,
and Williams was little better in most
respects That the English nation, in
spite of it's rulers, in spite of internal
turmoil and foreign wars, became on
land and sea, in commerce, in culture,
and in morals the superior to many of
it's rivals is the highest compliment
to the sterling qualities which ami
mate it's people. It is grave situa-
ton which faces the new ruler and
his subjects, but the good wishes of
the world go out to both with the hope
that he has learned from the teaching
, and example of his father that modera-
ton, that consideration for all parties
which formed so striking an attribute
of his kingship.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

Department report, the value or farm
products for 10000 was estimated at
$3.50, 100000, as against 1881 100000
for the previous year. And II the In
sects laid upon the farmer the mini
mum of their yearly tax they would
cost him 1915, 100000. This does not
include two very legitimate items,
namely, the loss occasioned by insect
pests to farm products, chiefly cereals
and forage crops, in storage, and to
natural forests and forest products"
To each Of these at least $10O,OOO,OOO
more must be assigned" making the
total tax chargeable to insects last
year 81, 100000.
The "critter" known to the cotton
planter as the boil worm and to the
farmer as the head or ear worm is
the costliest of the pests, taking one
year with another. He Is credited
with destroying 2 per cent Of the corn
crop, in point of value and quantity
the most important of Uncle Sans
crops. and per cent Of the cotton
crop, which comes next In value. The
corn crop has been steadily climb
ing up toward the billion and half
mark for the last few years. At that
rate this particular worm has cost
the country $70,0OO,OO0. And there's
the price Of several Dreadnoughts
gone into the NAV of one measly little
worml
Equally costly is the Hessian fly,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

Pests of various kinds cost the
American citizen the staggering sum
of $4,000, 100000 annually, according
to the Washington Post. "If," said
Henry Wethersbee Henshaw, 1--WE could
get Congress to appropriate 100000
for the determination of the English
sparrow-which we couldn't; and hav-
Ing the million could thereby ex-
terminate the aforesaid English spar
row-which again we wouldn't-it
would be a million mighty well In
vested!" That sounds rather startling,
but Dr. Henshaw is assistant chief of
the biological survey, and speaks as
one having authority.
And that is not half so startling
as some of the other figures they can
give you at the Agricultural Depart
ment on the cost Of little things
things some of them almost microscop-
tcally small. According to experts in
the biological survey, the smaller NAM
mails, for the most part rodents, cost the
farmers Of the country something like
$130,000,000 year And that's a pref
ty big board bill! But it pales into in
significance beside the tribute exacted
from the same farmer by the insect
pests. According to c. L. Marlatt, as
sistant chief of the Bureau of Ento-
mology, injurious insects cost the
farmer about 10 per cent Of his prod
uce.
According to the last Agricultural
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
WOMEN AND LOVE.
Only the Isolated Girl Able to Keep
Illusions as Time Passes.

Only the Isolated Girl Able to Keep
Illusions as Time Passes.
In Harper's Bazaar Gertrude Ath-
erton, the novelist, has an interesting
article on love. She knows her sub
ject we'll. Among other things she
says this:
1--WE all know that the older girls
grow, the more difficult are they to
please in the matter of man; that is
to say, when they have the opportu-
nifty to meet a reasonable number of
men. It is only the sidetracked girl
Generally in small towns deserted by
the young mem or the too sheltered
girl, who keeps her Illusions Women
that see too much of men soon lose
these. In mixed colleges the process
of disenchantment begins just that
much earlier-and in the most plastic
years of the human mind. The girls
who, almost shamefacedly, announce
their engagements Immediately upon
the close of their collegiate career, are
the undeviatingly maternal, those in
whom love of children is so deeply
implanted that no amount of contact
(save matrimoniaD can rub off the
masculine halo. Others may have
quite as much good looks and even
charm, may even have a certain youth
full element after romance, but the ma
ternal element in them does not pre-
dominate, and that leaves them free
to pause and think, consider; to see
the male animal with which they
have rubbed elbows for several years,
exactly as he is. Therefore, they con-
clude to wait few years and seek the
opportunities TO meet men that can
companion them, give them something
more than a brief romance a family,
or an establishment. Sometimes these
girls, particularly if they discover
ability enough to make an interesting
career, do not marry at all. No man
fulfills their ideals of what a life com
panion should be; they conclude tina:
happiness is to be found alone, not in
the surrender of liberty to some one
man who may develop all sorts of de-
testable traits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
Indian Cremation Must stop.

Some time ago the agent and other
officers in charge of the Yuma reserVa-
ton asked the braves to refrain from
burning the houses of the dead. They
showed how easy T. would be for fire
to sweep over a part of the reserva-
ton and put government property In
jeopardy.
For a time the Indians observed the
request, the Los Angeles Times says,
but a few days ago celebrated the de-
parture of one of their number in the
most approved redskin style. The per-
sonal effects of the deceased were
burned and his house was set on fire.
He was supposed to have arrived in
the happy hunting ground, ready for
an enthusiastic reception.
But. inasmuch as the personal prop
erty of a deceased person belongs to
the heirs by the California law, there
is no doubt that Jealous friends over
stepped the law when they cremated
everything the dead Indian had ever
owned.
The practice of the Yuma Indians
in burning their dead, together with
the possessions left by the departed
braves, has aroused the federal author
tiles to action. While there wouldn't
be interference with cremation-a re-
Iigious rite-the officers declare that
government property must not be en-
dangered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
BE FAT AND so BE HAPPY.

Stout People May Read This and Get
announcement from 1t.
Fat is often unappreciated or mis-
understood and unduly blamed for
sins of delihquencies of other body
foods, the Medical Record says. From
Is to 20 per cent of each healthy body
is composed of fat and it's chief
sources are the starches and sugars,
though certain fats are directly util-
lied
The weight of present opinion Is in
favor of the view that fats are COM
pletely decomposed in the intestine
and that the fatty acids formed are
absorbed, either as soaps or in so
luton brought about by the bile.
AS a source Of energy for the de-
velopment of heat, fat may be de-
scribed as quickly available but not so
lasting as some other substances. BY
its concentrated fuel power it saves
other tissues, especially the albumin
GUS ones from over-oxidation and is
valuable as reserve force.
Moreover, by its presence the pro-
tefn is better enabled to do it's work
in tissue building and as storage of
energy for emergencies it Is of great
Importance. The last material use of
fat is to serve as a protection of the
body from injury and cold. 1t forms
an outer cushion for the frame.
From an aesthetic standpoint the
physiological and orderly distribution
of fat in the connective tissue makes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

English non-conformists are push
ing their plan for federal union of
The independent churches: to be
known as the United Free Church of
England. 1t is proposed that in every
village where there are two or three
non-conformist churches struggling to
live, they shall all be united into one
strong church. In one village it may
be a Baptist church which will be the
center of union, and all the members
of the other churches will become Bap-
lists. This is easier in England than
in America, as neither close commun,
ion nor immersion is insisted on by
the English Baptists. In another com
munity the new church might oe
Methodist, and in a third Presbyter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
Manifested the Markings.

Alderman Smiths baby was being.
christened, and everybody present was
complimenting the happy parents.
"I believe" said the proud mother,
that he is going to be a great poll
tician some day"
"Why?" asked the ruddy faced ia
Their.
We'll, because he crawls out OF
everything so easily" said the wife
smiling up into her husbands face
Ltppincott's.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

Somebody is always trying to fool
somebody else. A dime museum pro-
prietor in Bosom lately organized a
very complicated hoax, in which a
"meteorite," previously heated and
skillfully planted was discovered
with much circumstance, and placed
on public exhibition. Unluckily for
him, the museum man did not really
know much about meteorites, and pick
ed out a sort of rock that does not
fall from the sky. Suspicion was fol-
lowed by investigation and exposure;
and the Norwood meteor" has gone
to join the once more famous "Cardiff
giant"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

realistic representation may be had of
the milking Of a cow.
THE portion of the body of the i'm
itation COW not occupied by the milk
receptacles is utilized for the storing
of ice to maintain the milk at proper
temperature. The imitation COW stands
riveted to a wagon platte rm, and is
drawn through the streets in the same
manner as an ordinary milk cart. -
Scientific American.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
Con aiderate.

What shall we do, john" said the
farmers wife, who had retained much
of her sentiment through twenty-five
years of married life--"what shall We
do to celebrate our silver wedding?
Reckon up, where all the silver s.
gone to in bringing up our family,
grumbled he
"Oh, no, John; it must be something
real good and out of the ordinary. |
tell you what. Let us kill the latest,
pig and give banquet"
Maria" said the husband solemnly,
II don't see how the unfortunate ami
NAL is to blame for what happened
twenty-five years ago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

The new Queen of England is taller
than the king, but friends of the cou-
pie do not believe this has had an
thing to do with the fact that the king
has made the queens brothers royal
highnesses instead of serene high
neSses.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

ditions. Miss Spence took all this In
at the impressionable age and all her
life she preached and worked for the
voice of the people in government. In
1893 Miss Spence travelled in America,
speaking at the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago and in many other cities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

Actors and actresses who are fortu-
nate enough to be identified with plays
that are decent and at the same time
entertaining should not neglect to get
down on their knees every night and
give thanks
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

White is henceforth to be the dis
tinguishing color of ruraI-delivery
mail-boxes in all parts of the United
States. The Post Office Department
has sent out q request to this effect to
the millions who are served by the
rural routes. Not only will the color
identify the boxes and posts and pro-
mote a desirable uniformity, but the
paint will protect them from damage
by the weather.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

The cost of living might be less if
you would throw out your telephones,
Qiut using gas and electric lights, go
zines and newspapers, wear cheaper
clothes, never go to any place of
amusement, entertain no company, and
live on bread and molasses-if you
care to live that way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

ian, and so on. The result would not
decrease the numerical strength of
any denomination, in the view of it's
advocates, but would produce an econ
omy of effort and of money. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the denomi-
national barriers can be so easily re-
moved as to make the proposed feder-
alton successful.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

1t appears that Andrew Carnegie
woke up one morning recently and
found that he was 100000 richer
must worry men who are as rich as
Carnegie TO think how easily they
might be robbed of a million or two
here or there in such a sly way that
they would never miss it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

1t seems from the stories about
King George that an heir apparent
has about as much chance to show his
PAGES as a Vice President. Somebody
ought to open a correspondence school
of instruction for both of these classes
of functionaries, so that they may not
come to their duties totally unprc-
pared.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

Compelling Congressman to eat
his speeches is cruel and inhuman and
besides it spoils a lot of paper stock
which eventually might have useful
and honorable career
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

The rush to the vicinity of Mount
Etna no doubt will suggest to the av.
erage summer-resort proprietor the ad-
vantage of having a practical volcano
rear his hotel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

Owing to the fact that there had not
been a war in Central America for
several weeks the earthquake got busy
and shook the people up a bit down
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
Liked His Father.

Don't you know that little boys
who swear don't go to heaven?"
That's all right, mister, I'd rather
be with pa, anyhow. Birmingham
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