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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
TAKE A PEEP At COMET
Halley's Heavenly Visitor Now Visible
With Aid Of Field Glass.

Cincinnati, o.. March 10. Resi-.
dents of the western hills of Cincin.
natl can, if they desire and own an
ordinary field glass, see HalleyS
comet any evening from Gao to 1880
o'clock. as it now appears above
where the sun sets. Owing to the pail
of smoke it can not be seen from tho
city proper.
According TO Professor Pickering OF
Harvard university the comet will
pass on the other side of the sun
about March 20, when it will be Wis
ible in the east in the early morning.
The best time to observe the heaven
ly visitor will be May Is, on which
date 1t will make its nearest approach
to the earth, about 100000 miles Of
space intervening.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
CASTS DOUBT ON
BALLINGER'S WORD
Witness Davis Says Letter to
Taft a MiSStatement.

Washington, March 12.-The verac-
ity of Secretary Ballinger in his COM
munications to President Taft was
questioned on half dozen occasions
in the Ballinger-Pnchot investigation,
and In each instance A. Z. Davis, chief
engineer of the reclamation service,
declared that the secretary's repre-
sentations to the president were not
in accordance with the facts. When
the committee adjourned Clifford Pin
chot and his friends seemed pleased
with the days work.
The most important testimony
given by Davis had to do with Secre-
tary Ballinger's letter to President
Taft in answer to the charges made
against him. In, that portion of the
letter dealing with the restoration of
lands which had been withdrawn from
entry by Secretary Garfield. Mr.. Bal.
linger told the president that his ac-
tion had been based on the recon-
mendation of the reclamation service.
Asked as to the facts in connection
with the statement, Mr.. Davis said
that he had been summoned to Secre-
tary Ballinger's apartment on March
II. 1909, and had been informed by
Mr.. Ballinger, among other things.
that the Garfield Withdrawals were H.
legal. The secretary told him, Davis
testified. to prepare the list showing
\ the Withdrawals made by Garfield,
with Recommendation that the same
be restored to the public domain.
Davis then described what he term
ed the narrow Withdrawals OF Secre-
tary Ballinger as compared with the
wider Withdrawals Of Garfield, and
asserted that the Withdrawals based
on reports of the geological survey
were too narrow to protect the power
sites properly.
III the Garfield Withdrawals were
Illegal" asked Representative James,
"how were the Ballinger re-withdraw-
ais legal without legislation having
been enacted in the meantime?" 81
don't know" answered Davis.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
Root After WoodrufPs Scalp.

Washington, March 12.-Senator
Root will meet Timothy l.. Woodruff
In New York tomorrow and. will ask
him to retire from the craftsmanship
of the Republican state committee
If Mr.. Woodruff declines to yield, a
fight will be begun on the Woodruff
Barnes combination which will be car
ried into the primaries next Septem-
ber and which is certain to involve
the future of members of the legisla.
ture who have lined up in opposition
to Governor Hughes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
DENIES tlOPtMtNT STORY
Mrs. Helms Declares She Comes
Home to Visit Mother.

Columbus, o., March l2.-Mrs IrmG
Blanch Wright Helms. wife of a for.
mer dentist to the king of Italy, who
was reported to have eloped from
Florence with Count Arturo Targilni
a young Italian nobleman, arrived
here today en- route to her old home
in Logan, and is guest at the home
Of her cousin, Mrs. Cornelius Mead
She is the daughter of the late Homer
Wright of Logan and granddaughter
of the late Judge Robert Wright Of
Logan She emphatically denies the
elopement story and declares here OBJ
ject in coming to America to be with
her mother.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
Booms on Exhibition.

Hot Springs, Ark, March 12.-Dem-
ocratic presidential booms are being
trotted out here for exhibition pur.
poses before few leaders of the
party. The booms of Governor Har.
mon Of Ohio, Joseph Folk of Missouri
and Senator Culberson of Texas have
been put through their PAGES, and
Mayor Gaynor's boom will be exhibit.
ed today unless Charles Murphy, Tam.
many leader, who is the latest arrival,
scares 1t off the track.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
At Work In Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, o., March 12.-Senators
Williams and Gotshall and Represen,
tatiye Norris of the Legislative food
price investigating committee are
here today and are examining volun-
teer witnesses who responded to the
committees advertisement In the To-
cal papers, Monday they will try to
draw confessions from unwilling wit
nesses who are being subpoenaed to.
day by Sergeant-at-Arms Hoyey.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
rralnmen VIII Not strike.

Baltimore, Md, March -. - There
will be no strike of conductors and
trainmen on the B. & o. At a final
conference of officials of conductors
and trainmeS's union with United
States Commissioner of Labor Neill
and representatives of the company,
concessions were made both by the
company and the men, and at mid.
night 1t was announced that a salts,
factory agreement had been reached.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
AGENT WANTS HIS MONEY
Says Leishman Still owes For Seeur
ing Titled Son-ln-Law.

Pittsburg, March ia local legal
firm, representing Maitre o. h. Bod.
ington, French solicitor has issued
foreign attachment against the per.
sonal bank account of John A.. Leish.
man, United States ambassador to
Rome and former president of the
Carnegie Steel company.
The French attorney claims that
the Pittsburg millionaire mas not yet
paid him in full for services rendered
preliminary to securing titled hus-
band for his daughter Martha, who
for the past three years has been
Countess de Contaut Biron of Paris.
Ambassador Leishmann has paid him
in part, the French attorney admits,
but there is yet $4,000 coming to him,
he says.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
UNABLE TO AGREE
Miners Demand, Operators Refuse,
So There You Are.

Cincinnati, o., March 12.-Three Of
the leading demands made by the
miners were threshed out in the first
meeting of the scale committee OF the
joint conference between the miners
and operators of the central competi.
tive field here. At the conclusion Of
the debate matters stood In the same
position that they have for the last
four days.
On the whole, the situation remains
precisely the same as heretofore. the
miners demanding and the operators
refusing. Nothing other than this IL
expected until all the demands have
been gone over and the ditferences
siven over to a scale subcommittee. !
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
Gaines, Son Weds Actr.ss

Hamilton, o., March 12.--John Yves.
ley Gaines, Jr., the 24-year-old son
and namesake of Former Congress.
man John Wesley Gaines of Nash
vilel, Tenn, was married here to Miss
Alexandria A, Oetzel, who is one of
the fairies In the chorus of Hanlon's
"Superba."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
SEND APPEAL TO RtYBURN
State Federation Urges Philadelphia
Mayor to Settle Strike.

Newcastle, Pa. March 12.-The
State Federation cs La
bor called upon Mayor Reyburn of
Philadelphia to have the carmen's
Atrike arbitrated. After a resolution
Q that effect had been passed, the
Moving telegram was sent to Mayor
eyburn:
Justice as we'll as we demand that
strike OF the carmen be submitted
arbitration at once. and that you,
the official representative of the
pie Of Philadelphia. Immediately
your official influence toward that
!"
kilograms with similar purpose
ire sent to the president. Governor
tuart and Senators Penrose and Oil
Eer. e
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
Statue for Mac6ahan,

Washington, March l2.-lf bill in.
troduced in the house by Representa-.
tive Douglas of Ohio becomes a law,
statue will be erected to Januarius
Aloyslus MacGahan, an Ohio news.
paper man, whose successful efforts in
behalf OF Bulgarians earned for him
the title OF "the liberator of the Bul.
garlans." Mr.. Douglas bill provides
for an appropriation of $4,000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
CELEBRATES BIG OIL STRIKE
West Virginia Operator Buys Wife
Most Valuable Pearl In Country.

Most Valuable Pearl IN Country.
New York, March l2.--What fortu-
nate woman will wear the largest and
costliest pearl that ever arrived In
New York is the question that has set
the social world of Manhattan agog.
But maybe the pearl, which will cost
the owner an even 100000 and upon
which duty of $4,000 has been paid,
will be worn by some one outside of
New York. A Fifth avenue jeweler
who imported the pear-shaped pearl,
while refusing to tell the lucky owner.
limited that maybe a woman in West
Virginia might be the owner. 1t was
reported that man who has lately
made large fortune in oil lands was
going to celebrate by giving his wife
what is now the most valuable pearl
in this country.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
Athens Mine Is Sealed.

Athens, o., March l2. Sunday
Greek mine No. 2O9, near here, was
sealed up to smother out fire which
was discovered. Mine officials went
IN TO night the fire, but two explosions
drove them out. Two hundred men
are out of work and the mine Will re-
main sealed month.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
fAvORs THE FOUNDATION
Senate Committee Acts After Hearing
Starr j. Murphy.

Starr j. Murphy.
Washington, March 12.--The bill to
incorporate the Rockefeller founda.
tion was passed upon favorably by the
senate District of Columbia commit
tee. This action was taken after 1t
had listened to statement by Starr
j. Murphy, one of the incorporators
of the board, In reference to Mr.
Rockefeller's plans and purposes. Mr.
Murphy was unable to enlighten the
committee as to the amount on which
Mr.. Rockefeller ultimately will decide
to place at the disposal of the trus-
tees of the foundation, but he ex.
pressed the opinion that the sum
would be ample to enable the founda-
tion to carry on its work in most
satisfactory manner.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
Dynamite Lake TODAY.

Lakewood, N. j., March l2.--It is
proposed to dynamite Lake Garasalio
today in the hope of recovering the
body OF Helen Bloodgood. a nervous
patient, who has been missing from
her home for four days.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
STREET CAR STRIKE SETTLED
Company surrenders and Men Return
pt to Work.

Trenton, N. j. March 12.-The d.
rectors Of the Trenton Street Railway
company capitulated with its striking
employees and an agreement was sign.
ed under which the men are pledged
to return to work today. The com
pany acoeded to substantially all the
demands of the men, except the rec
ognitIon Of the union, which was vir.
tually included In provision that the
company should treat with commit
tee OF the men as to future differ
ences which might arise.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
SENATOR DANIEL IMPROVES
News From Daytona Is Reassurlns to
virsinian's Friends.

Daytona, Fla, March Ex-senator
John Warwick Daniel one of the old
guard In the halls of congress, who
was stricken with paralysis while So
journing here for the benefit Of his
health, is reported to be improving
rapidly. Senator Daniel Is serving his
fourth term in the upper branch Of
congress, his present term expiring
March 3. 1911.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
oldfleId Gins Reeor I'd.

Daytona, Fla, March -, Barney
Oldheld, IN his 2O0-horsepower ma.
chine, drove a mile with flying start
in 2S seconds. This is one-fifth of a
second better than the record.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
champion Checker player Dies.

Columbus, o.. March l2 Charles
c. Clark, So, for 23 years superinten-
dent of mails at the Columbus post.
office, died from paralysis, He was
the champion checker player of Ohio.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
Clouds.

We wait until the clouds roll by,
As we are told to In the song,
But one set scarce has left the sky
Before another comes along.
-Washington Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
Sue Former Governor For Taxes.

st. Louis, March 12.--Former Gov
ernor ID. r. Francis, Former Judge
Henry S. Priest, John Scullin, j. Ii.
Allen and Alfred E. Clifford. st. Louis
milllonaires, were made defendants in
warrants issued charging them with.
failure to make returns on all taxable
property.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
IBUCKtYf BRlLfs
Items Of Interest to People In All
Parts of Ohio.

Columbus, o., March 12. Harold
Young, 3, was run down and killed by
delivery wagon as he ran to meet
his father returning from work.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Air in Sleepino Room.

Janet TIT is not to be wondered
at that you are small and have a con-
tracted chest If you sleep in a room
devoid of a window. Can you not
change your room? You can never
expect to be well and strong as long
as you sleep in a room without ven
tiation. To expand the chest you
should stand before an open window
early in the morning, clad in a loose
gown, with feet close together and
arms relaxed at your side; rise slowly
on the toes and take long, deep in
halations through the nostrils. with
the mouth closed; hold the breath for
a moment and then come down quick
ly on the heels and exhale quickly
through the mouth. Drink plenty of
water and try to walk at least eight
squares every day,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04

crash of suns, either two dead ones,
like our earth or moon, two burning
ones OF one live and one dead one
The result of the crash, either di-
rect or so close as to result in break
ing up by tidal action and gravity.
is the production of a spinal nebula,
not the fire mist of Laplace, but
containing more or less solid mat
ter and immense quantities of
gases. The solar system is evolved
in the plane of the collision---a CEN
trail sun, planets and their stellites
but comets are supposed to be
largely gaseous bodies hurled off at
any angle at such force as to get
to extraordinary distances before
returning in the elliptical circuit
around the parent body.
Comets are so tenuous that faint
stars can be seen through them.
Some are almost like a vacuum. II
is estimated that a very large one
contains such a small quantity of
matter that it could easily be COM
pressed into a pill box, although il
extends many millions of miles
across the sky. A comet grows
brighter as it approaches the sun,
partly because of reflection, partly
because the heat of its own matter
increases and because the compon-
ent matter is driven off from the
head by the radial pressure of the
sun. The earth has passed. as is
believed, through the tail of a COM
ct without injury.
Comets cause no damage and
have little effect of any sort on our
system. Large comets are wonder
full spectacles, and, although not
wholly understood, are being stud
led with great care in these days by
astronomers. Halley's will be the
most brilliant seen since 1882. 1t
will be visible in the spring and will
probably be extraordinary in it's
phenomena.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Alligator's Tail.

A great delicacy in Florida is the
tip OF an alligator's tail. 1t tastes like
frogs legs, though a bit more gamey.
Alligator tails are best just after the
rice bird season. The big alligator
floats in the water with only their
eyes showing. When they see a flock
Of these fat, juicy little birds, they
dive to the bottom. Their long wide
snouts scoup up some OF the loan
and they float to the surface again,
with just the rich soil showing. The
birds think 1t is an island. They
alight upon It. When the whole
family is there the big reptile turns
suddenly. Just as the birds scram-
bic off he opens his mouth once. They
are gone. The birds are neat little
feeders and the alligator is an epi-
cure at this time of the year The
rice bird diet makes the tip OF his
tail, of which he is most vain, tender
and sweet.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
DEACON WAS A SMART MAN.

Opposite the railroad depot, where
the colonel had to wait for an hour
or two, was a grocery kept by col
ored man, and to pass the time away
he strolled across. Business seemed
to be very brisk with the grocer,
though all his customers were of his
own color. The colonel noticed that
sugar, tea and coffee were asked for
most frequently, and during a tenn
porary lull he approached the bat
tered old scales, on which everything
of the weights. The hollow in each
had been filled with lead, and it was
quite sure that a pound weight
would balance 20 ounces of coffee.
By and by it was remarked to the
old man:
81 see you have filled your
weights with lead?"
Yes. sah-yes, sah," was the re-
ply
What was the idea?"
ITO keep de dirt outer de holes.
Can't git no dirt in dar' now"
WAS it your idea?"
"No, sab. nebber should have
dun got dat idea but for Dekun
Williams. De dekun said it was
de way dey did down in Atlanta,
and he fixed 'em up fur me widout
cost"
The deacon buys all his grocer
les here, doesn't he?" was asked.
He do sab. Yes, sir, no white
man kin git de dekun's trade away
from me-"
He was asked to take his weights
over to the depot and see how they
held out, and he picked them up
and started off with puzzled look
on his face. They were placed on
the scales one by one, and when
the last had been tested the old
man threw up his hands and ex-
claimed:
"Befo' de Lawd, but it am no
wonder rZe gone into bankruptcy
fo'teen different times and had to
sell my mewl and make de old wo-
man go barefut! Dat ar pound
weight weighs % ounces, and every
time Dekun Williams or anybody
else has bought pound of sugar he
has got three-quarters of a pound
ober! Shoe! I'ze gwine back to
close de stoah and put up a Sign OF
Busted Agin!' Exchange.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Directions for Treating Plmples.

Susan M.-To get rid of pimples re-
quires time and patience. One must
be exceedingly careful in the way of
diet, abstaining from sweets and
fried foods, not forgetting the daily
bath, using bath brush and scrub
bing the body vigorously.
Before retiring each night cleanse
the face with the cleansing cream;
remove at once with a soft towel;
bathe in hot water and apply the PIN.
pie cream. In the morning battle in
hot and cold water alternately several
times; into the last cold water put
few drops OF benzoin.
Once a week cleanse the face with
the following cleansing cream; then
steam the face over basin of boil
ing water; cover the head with
towel; partly dry the face and with
an instrument that comes for the pur-
pose press out any blackheads you
have. If the pimples have formed
yellow head contents of these may
also be expelled with the instrument.
Massage for ten minutes with the
pimple cream; remove all the cream
from the face and bathe with toilet
water.
Cleansing Cream.
Oil of sweet almonds, ounces;
White wax, l ounce; White vaseline,
ounce; extract of violet. drains.
Pimple Cream.
IanOIina Ia ou0cas. on ,,f Suaat
almonds, l IA ounces; Sulphur preci-
pitate, l IA ounces; Oxide of zinc, 8
drains; Violet extract dram.
Toilet Water.
Elderfower water, ounces; Dis
titled water, 2 ounces.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
A Nomadic Piece Of Land.

Cape Cod itself is sand, and like
everything of a desert nature is no
madic. Like the Arab, 1t is always
silently stealing away, so that the
appearance OF the peninsula con-
stantly changes. The prevailing
winds in the winter being from the
north, the sand is blown south; in
summer 1t is blown t'other way, but
the winter winds being stronger the
land is gradually working south.
Monomoy at the lower end used to
oe an island. its extremity being
called Cape Malabar, a name not used
now. This island OF Monomoy is
rapidly growing toward Nantucket.
1t having advanced some Ave miles
in the last fifty years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
WHAT is A COMET q?

The appearance of a small comet
and the near approach of Halley's
are incidents which have aroused
much interest among those who
know little and usually care less
about astronomy. We are asked TO
state the nature of comets, and ans
wer as fully as possible in brief
space. Very visible comets, possi-
bly, all, are members of the solar
system, have very eccentric ellipti-
cal orbits and reappear, according
TO the measure of eccentricity, some
having a period of few years, Hal
ley's about seventy-eight years and
others possibly thousands of years
The sun and all the major planets
are substantially in the same plane,
but the comets have unrestricted
paths. Some come almost from the
zenith, go around the sun and dis
appear northward and others do the
same from the south. Sometimes
they are disturbed in their orbits
by planets, notably Jupiter, and
thereafter have shorter or different
periods. Some break up and form
meteors, which we see in the sky
at night. They are believed to have
arisen at the time of the evolution
of the solar system from the ORR
ginal nebula. 1t should be said that
the nebular hypothesis of Laplace is
no longer accepted in its entirety by
astrophysicists and by many is re-
jected absolutely.
The present theory has for its
basis that matter is eternal, that
there always have been solar sys-
Lems, just as now in our universe,
and that nebulae are caused by the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
To Reduce a Woman's Weight.

Miss Maud B.-You should take a
long brisk walk every day; eat no
pastry confectionery or sweets OF any
kind. No soups, salt fish, salmon,
veal, pork, sausage, no fats. macaroni,
potatoes, corn, beets, carrots, pars-
nips, turnips, cereal, rice, spices.
cream, milk, malt or spirituous
liquors, beer. champagne, or sweet
wine. You may eat fresh fish, eSgs
(boiled or poached on toast lean
beef. mutton, lamb, chicken and game,
always sparingly. Stale bread or i"y
toast. Lettuce, celery cress, spinach.
asparagus, onions, white cabbage.
caulifiower, radishes. olives, tomatoes
and ripe fruit OF the acid varieties.
One cup of coffee or tea without milk.
cream or sugar. or one glass of pure
water at the end of a meal if it is
sipped slowly. Place some camphor
in bottle and pour alcohol over it.
See that there is always little cam
phOr in the bottle. Battle the parts
you wish to reduce twice daily
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
aaaa AZ Fractions,

The teacher was giving her class
their first lesson in fractions. An OBJ
ject lesson seemed to be desirable.
Mary McCauley." she said. III
there was a mince pie on your dinner
table. and your mother asked you II
you would have a third or a fourth.
what would you say?"
"A fourth" said Mary.
Some OF the children Uttered. and
the teacher asked, why would you
have a fourth?"
"Cause." said Mary. 81 don't like
mince pie"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Taleum Powder.

Powdered talcum. l-2 ounces;
Zinc oxide, ounces; Powdered orris
root, 4 ounces; Precipitated chalk.
pound; Extract OF violet, ounces.
Mix all the powders together and
then the extract; let It stand for
twenty-four hours. then pass through
q fine sieve.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
FIne nId EnrIish OAK Rnrned.

One of the seven fine old oaks in
salcey forest. BuckiDghamshire. Eng
land, has been burned to the ground.
II is surmised that visitors to the
forest made a picnic FIRE in the hol-
low trunk, and the result was the
complete destruction OF the tree.
which is said to be 500 years old.
Salcey is the second great royal for
est and has belonged to the crown
since the conquest.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04

Eleanor Duse. the famous italian
actress, has positively vetied a plan to
celebrate her jubilee as was done in
England and France for Ellen Terry
and Bernhard. When the subject
was broached to the signora, she
thanked her friends, but declined the
honor.