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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-16

Crescent Chapter No 343, Amer
lean Insurance Union, met i'm regu-
lar session in their hall last night
Only routine business was transact
ed at which time 1t was decided TO
hold a social al the next meeting
which will be held in two weeks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-16

Beatty & Long'sNscbpoi shoes fit,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-16

Miss Smith and Miss Dora Smitl
issued invitations this morning for al
lat home" at their Blaine avenue
home, Saturday. September II.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-16

The Christian Endeavor of the Re-
formed church held a meeting last
evening at the Children's home. Fol-
lowing a business meeting of some
Importance social hour was en-
joyed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14

YRODUCE.

R1OOUC8.
Best fresh home eggs, 40@45c dog;
eastern eggs, selected, 3O035c doz;
best local creamery butter, 45c per
pound; second grade local butter, Acc
per Found; eastern butter, 30@35c per
pound; local flour, $3.50 sack of -
pounds; Cheney flour. $1.25 sack;
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Potatoes, 81 500 LIS per sack. or ~
pounds for 25c; cabbage, 4c pound !;
turnips, carrots and beets, to SC Id !;
oranges, 35 @50c dozen; new apples,
Soc to 81 box; figs and dates, 100 SC
package; peaches, soc to 85c crate !;
bananas, 25@36c dozen; watermelons,
io&i5c apiece; cantasioupes. 6@1bc
pIums, Soc to SOC per apple box; toma-
35c basket; California Tokay GRAPES.
soc basket; pears, 81 a 1.25 box;
Pot roast. 1914 @11c; prime ribs,
Is @20c;- chuck steak, 12hc; round
steak, 15c; sirloin steak. -18c; porter
! on 22qS5s; 5so3 lIg beet, &C., Sc
$50 zoe; roast. 1s@2oc; Whole ham, ham,
22c; ham, sliced, csc; bacon, by strip
23c; sliced. Csc; picnic hams, 15c.
Mutton-Shoulder. l2hc; leg Of NUT
ton. Ice: mutton chops. i5@1Sc. Veal
Chops, 1S@25c; shoulder, 15c; loin.
FEED.
Retail-Alfalfa. s1S@1s ton; timo-
thy, ,$25; straw, $40; wheat hay, $40;
oat hay, $40: bran and shorts, s2s;
s2s; corn, Whole. ,i.so cwt; corn,
cwt; oats, $3.50 cwt; barley. s1.EG:
steam rolled oats, $1.85 cwt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
TRICK HORSES
At THE PANTAGES

The bill at Pantages offers a
number OF surprises and an extra
this week, and encores were many
at the Sunday performances. The
offering by Heaney and company
was an odd act, a girl posing while
gowns are placed on her one by
one, showing the latest creations Of
London, Paris and America.
The extra was a singing act by
Rose Stevens, who possesses a
sweet voice and has q good choice
Of subjects. Stevenson & Nugent
proved to be q pair of nonsense
handlers who could sing well and
dance very we'll. Charles Howe 4
Company had a sketch, "A Broken
Heart" played by Howe, Dolores
Thomas and Addison Smith.
The r. A. G. trio proved one Of
the best numbers. Three men with
good voices and who were really
funny and made the audience laugh
at will. All are fine piano players
and one is a good banjo soloist.
Riccobono's horses pleased every
one with their tricks, from going
to bed to dancing and undressing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
G O N TIN u E D
r o -
p A Q E O N F.
T()LST()t

prominent Russian diplomat today.
"She loves publicity and was so
flattered that, like many a woman
whom Tolstoi and Ibsen merciless-
ly dissected, she became tired Of
her reflected glory of bieng a great
mans wife and grew autocratic
and assertive. Then the grand old
man Of the forest found himself
hampered at the closing of his life
with cramped and confined ideals,
and SO he has gone back to nature
with principles as firm as they
have been throughout his wonder
full life"
All doubt that the counts flight
from home was contemplated was
set at rest today by one of Toll
stoi's daughters. who declared that
her father made every provision
as though he intended being re-
garded henceforth as among the
dead.
He has refused to return or COM
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
5 z7g PLAYERS


0une varied and good entertain
ment = provided the play-goer at
tho Orpheum this week. The head.
Hnef HymAck ID Z quick change
artist with I vengeance and his
work 3 truly amazing at times.
Where he slows the succession or
cuffs and ties that appear is be-
y0nd % and his act was deservedly
applauded.
A c1ever and quaint little part is
that played by Miss Ida O'Day in
~Cinders," . playlct in which Miss
ODAy divides the honors with w.
8. Northfup.
a ruhe makeup that Is decidedly
funny add . song. Follow in the
Stops Of Father" are the features
Of the act Of Hilda Thomas and
Lou Hall, who call their act the
"6ubstitute." Griffith is certainly
well named "the lightning calcu-
lator," and Rio, an acrobat and
gymnast with Stanley and Norton,
doing . song and dance act, COM
plete an offering that was well re-
ceived.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
such = triumph the coming Ameri-
can tour was arranged.
GAG man AND
BLOW UP SAFE

10y United Press Leased WIre)
Los ANGELES, Nov. 14.-After
overpowering and gagging j. F.
Nolan. the night Waterman, three
masked men early today dynamited
the safe Of the D. P. Flory Whole
sale Grain Co. and escaped with
more than 500 in cash and nego-
table paper worth several hundred
dollars. Nolan was unable to give
the police an adequate description
of the robbers. Nolan was found
tightly trussed and tied to q post
in rear room. He declared that
the robbers worked over the safe
for more than an hour before they
blew it up. Two charges of dyna-
mite were exploded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
Russian Dancers
Here Tonight

Critics are perplexed over the ques-
ton what classification to give the
performances of Anna PavfOwa,
Michael Mordkin and the Imperial
Russian ballet, which will appear
at the Auditorium tonight.
The only appearance made by
Pavlowa and Mordkin in this coun-
try was with the Metropolitan
opera house last March, when the
Russian government allowed them
80 days leave of absence for that
purpose, and when they achieved
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
~ "PRoF.v sooTHsAYER.

bY "PhOF." SOOTHSAYEH.
You'd be surprised to know how
foolish people are when they get in
the clutches of fortune teller.
Sometimes Belle and. l have q
little fun between ourselves by tell
ing one of our customers to do
something ridiculous. We've told a
fat woman who wanted a certain
man to love her to go home and
stand on her on her bed as long as
she could. The next day she would
come back and tell us that she had
followed orders. Or sometimes I'd
write out lot of foolish nonsense
and tell woman to learn 1t by
heart. The next day she would be
around with her lesson all learned
and we would make her stand in the
middle of the floor and repeat it to
us, while we made mysterious signs
with our hands.
1t takes a lot of control to keep
from laughing at the time, but we
always get a good laugh out of
these things afterwards.
hC 6iiio III JuS uAuCl WITH pay
lots of money to fortune tellers.
Folks think these women can't love.
I've heard thousands of love stories,
first hand, in the years I've been a
fortune teller, and l want to say
that these women are the ones who
love the hardest and the most sim
cerely of all who come to us. Al
most every one of them has some
man that she loves and wants, and
it's nothing for one of them to pay
out $25 a week of her earnings to a
fortune teller just so the fortune
teller will make some man she
really loves come around to see her
once a week or speak pleasantly to
her on the street. Some fortune
tellers will take the $25 a week
that's standard price in cases of
the kind-and then tell the fellow
the girl loves to 60 around and see
her now and then. He'll probably
pay the fellow SO a week to make
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14

the visits. That's only one of the
dirty tricks of fortune telling.
Fortune tellers also make money
by selling love powders" blessed
violets" and charms that are Dup
posed to bring back lost sweet
hearts or to make husbands hate
their wives. Sometimes the wives
themselves buy the latter and some
times another woman does.
This business of taking money to
put husbands out of the way for
part of the insurance money il
largely fake, but some real MUIR
ders do grow out of 1t. There was
Herman Billek of Chicago, who was
hung for killing several members of
the Vrzal family.
At first Billek only intended to
graft, but when he knew that he'd
get part of the insurance money as
soon as a certain member of the
family died, the temptation was too
much for him and he used poison.
Belle and l would like to quit the
game. But I'm CRATER, and she
likes to lead an easy life, and I've
got a plant of city directories and
newspaper clippings that is worth
$4,000. guess we're in the business
for keeps.
There's one thing we haven't got
into yet, and / don't think we shall
that's investing other peoples
money for them. Lots of fortune
tellers do that, but now and then
one of them gets into trouble. And
Belle and l want to stay out of jail.
It's easy enough, after a fortune
teller has got the confidence of a
person, to induce that person to
turn all his money over to the for
tune teller for investment.
The only thing l don't like about
the city I'm in is that the news
papers there don't take the adver-
tisements of fortune tellers. It's
principle of fortune telling that, up
to certain limit, he gets in SO for
every dollar he spends in news
paper advertising. The newspapers
seem to be getting wise in recent
years to the fact that fortune telling
Is graft.
Most of the cities allow fortune
tellers to work, and grant them a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
WHAT THE WEATHER
MAN SAYS TODAY

. Due to the influence of high
pressure with crest now over the
Dakotas, fair weather reports have
been received from most places.
Precipitation has been widely scat
tered In the southern Rockies, from
Wyoming to the upper Mississippi
valley, in New England and the
st. Lawrence valley, respectively,
due to the low pressure central
over Arizona and the eastern storm
center still stationary near the gulf
Of st. Lawrence. Temperatures
generally have been moderate for
season and locality and in the Pa
cific states are about normal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
FAvoRs WOOD BLOCKS.

The Spokane Humane society Is
favoring wood blocks for paving
purposes on account of the advan-
tage it has for the horses who haul
over the streets Of this city. Wood,
according to the officers Of the So
ciety, is much easier on the horses
and for that reason 1t is being advo-
Gated by humane societies through
out the u. S.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14

municate with u.s." she said dole
fully. "My mother is hurrying to
the Szamorodinski monastery to-
day. She is stricken with grief,
and has little hope of inducing him
to return.
"He has taken this step because
he believes 1t to be one more tad-
vancemnt in his conception of This
duty and higher life. He Is as
suredly in his right mind. We who
love him, know he had no need of
living a kindlier, holier life than
he has done for these many yefrs.
His life has been simplicity; Ibis
nature wholly above the ordinary
plane Of humanity. To know him
was to adore hime.
Nov that he is gone we are ut
terly broken hearted and our home
is made desolate."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14

The quality of mercy strained
With inconsistency is veined
For when a rObber writes q poem
His prison terms abated;
But, If q poet robs they throw him
In the cell vacated.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
STARTLING CONFESSIONS OLA FORTUNE Teller
"How Dupe Credspus Men and Women
Love Charms Concocted
for Heartsick Women

Editors Note-Here is the fourth
and final article in the confessions
of fortune teller, the true story of
a professional CRATER.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14

Just short time left in which to close out this large
stock of choice samples Remember move to the sec
ond floor Of the Hyde building, next to Bauder &
Schriber's $3.50 Sample Shoe Shop Nearly every
thing goes at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14

Brown and tan suede feathers are
being largely used in dress acces-
series with tailor made dresses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14

teller and demands SO. Pretty soon
another detective comes around and
gets another $40. II the business
pays, q third detective will come
around for his bit. The first detec-
tive to find the place gets q bonus
from the other detectives who graft
on the fortune teller. It's called his
plant. They never ask too much,
because they don't want to kill the
business. In this way, instead OF
stopping the fortune telling busi.
ness, the police keep 1t alive.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14
CLASSIFIED
PRESS ADS
CLASSIFIED RATES

One time rate. -. &c per line
Three time rate 4e per line
Special rates by the month.
Minimum charge for single ad
10 cents.
Call up Main 375.
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Mrs..
\|eeb

always gives you bargains.
She buys factory shelf sam
Piles for a cash discount Of
from 33 1-3 to so per cent,
and sells them for just about
what you would pay in the
down town stores.
New stylish coats, dresses,
skirts, suits, underwear, no
tons; in fact, nearly every
thing in ladies' wear for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-14

These are everyday prices
with Mrs. Kleeb, and it will
pay you well to call and see
goods.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14

to the rear of the cave; on either side
of it there is a platform or bed Of
the original rock some eight inches to
foot higher than the floor; these
platforms are usually bordered by
narrow rim or margin 11a to 2 inches
wide rising above their general level.
While this form may perhaps be con-
sidered typical many of the caves
have but one platform or bed instead
of two; very few have three, the
third transverse with reference to the
others and at the rear of the apart
ment. Of course, where there is but
single platform-bed the flooring of the
central aisle is extended over the re-
naming section of the room. The
chambers range perhaps from six to
eight feet square to twelve; the usual
height at the highest part is from six
to seven feet. At the Office we had
seen some ancient pots-presumably
found in connection with the caves.
We had time to examine perhaps
twenty of these curious affairs. Per
sonally we are inclined to believe with
Tsuboi, and against almost general
contrary opinion, in the idea that
they were dwelling-places originally.
1t was no uncommon thing among
cave-dwelling peoples for the old cave
to be afterwards used for burial pur-
poses, and it is possible that such has
been the case in this locality But,
that the chambers were originally
made for living and not dead per-
sons, seems to us quite clear. The
fact that practically all of the nearly
400 caves face southwark is a strong
argument for this point of view; the
living call for the suns warmth and
light; the dead need no heat. The
raised platforms usually bordered by
a narrow elevated margin seem to
us intended for beds or sleeping
places. They are curiously like the
Japanese tokonoma. If, as has been
claimed, the Japanese name toxic
noma" means sleeping place it
would not be inappropriate to apply
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14
Summer Vegetables.

So many of our summer vegetables
such as peas, string beans, squash,
corn and roots are simply boiled and
served with butter or milk. With the
exception of cabbage and it's kin, all
vegetables should be cooked in as lit
tie water as possible and used in the
sauce when serving as the favor and
mineral constituents ere drawn out in
the water during the cooking.
Boiling water should be used to
cook all tender vegetables. Change
the manner of their serving so that a
variety is always on your table. When
there is more of the liquid left in cook
ing vegetables than can be used in
serving them, save it for soups, stews,
and such dishes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14
Wanted More.

The president of the Keepsake Trust
company, who long had been trying to
persuade the Millionaire to become a
depositor, was explaining to the latter
the facilities of protection which his
company afforded Nov, here" he
said convincingly, pausing in front Of
two immense doors, lis our famous
vault. It's made of armor plate steel
six feet two inches thick, is fireproof
waterproof and burglar proof"
The Millionaire shifted with disdain.
THE dickens!" he snorted. Il can find
hundreds of vaults like this. Haven't
you anything better? l want a vault
that is cashier proof"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14
By~ PROF. FREDERICK STARR
The CaUes of Konosu.

thirty years ago and public attention
called to them by Professor Tsuboi
of the Imperial university. There
has been a good deal of discussion in
regard to their use. Tsuboi himself
believes that they were dwelling
places, and attributes them to a pre-
Ainu population. Most writer's, how
ever, among them Aston and Basil
Hall Chamberlain, consider them the
burial places of an olden time. They
have been taken possession of by the
public authorities and are maintained
at government expense. Stopping at
the office where we paid the trifing
fee demanded from visitors, amounting
to one cent of our own money, we be-
gan to climb about the face of the
white cliff. 1t is perhaps 100 to $50
feet in height Chamberlain says that
it is "a gray, tufaceous sandstone"
which we are in no position to deny.
1t is soft, especially when moist and
not exposed to the open air; it is
means of cutting instrument
knife, or even spade. The cliff pre-
sents itself in two slightly separated
faces exposed to the midday sun; that
is, facing southwark Where dry and
long exposed the material is almost
chalky white and nearly hard. At
the base and on the summit of the
ridge and on the slopes beyond the
exposed cliff faces there is a growth
of pines sprinkled with naples,
the latter of which were in fine color
ing. There is comparatively little
diversity in the caves. They have
rectangular openings ranging from
IL to 3 feet or so in height and
of somewhat lesser breadth. Very
commonly there is ledge or platform
preceding the doorway and eXcavated
from the mass itself; passing through
the little door, one finds himself in a
small rectangular vaulted chamber;
the floor, level with the bottom of the
entrance doorway, forms usually a
narrow aisle running from the front
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14

MOTHERS ADVICE.

II am not satisfied to be dependent
on my father for every farthing |
need. | wish to be independent" said
the ambitious girl to her mother.
Should you go to earning your own
living you would have to be the obedi.
ent servant of any employer you might
have, always at his beck and call, al
ways ready to do the bidding of your
superiors, and having not an hour you
could call your own" replied her
mother.
That would be horrid!" objected
the ambitious girl II want to be In
dependent of pa; but I'll call no man
master, and shall want my own way
in everything"
"Oh, that's easy" said her mother.
Get married"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14

their cigarettes. She also served hot
tea and little cakes. Those who
wished to avail themselves of the re-
Sreshment did so, and left upon the
tray on which the tea was served five
rim (one-quarter cent? or one sen
(one-half cent? as they chose. Our
animal was a sorry one, our progress
slow and jerky. Long before we
reached the caves we looked anxious
Iy for some sign of their existence.
The country through which we rode
seemed unfavorable for caves. 1t
was an almost level plain, and the
only hills of consequence seemed in
deed far distant Just before us,
however. was a little irregularity
which looked promising. and, as we
came nearer, we found that there was
a low ridge of considerable extent,
composed of soft calcareous or arena
ceous rocks. This we followed for
some little distance, and at last, after
making a considerable detour about
its base, we suddenly saw, off to our
right, a beautiful rock cliff, almost
white in the bright sunshine, which
was perforated by scores and scores
of small rectangular openings. There
were so many of them, and they were
SO close to each other as almost to
warrant the expression honey
combed" in reference to the cliff. We
had not been prepared for seeing so
many at one time in so small a
space. We knew, indeed, that almost
400 caves existed in this immediate
neighborhood, but had supposed that
they would extend over a considerable
space.
The driver of the basha told us that
he should return at 2:30, and that he
would expect us at that time if we
wished to make the train, as the
hasha was punctual in its service and
he would have no time to wait for us
If we were tardy. 1t was but few
minutes walk from the place where
we descended to the caves.
These caves were discovered some
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14

Less than two hours by rail brought
as to Konosu, from which point we
took basha A basha is an ugly one
horse wagon, with a wooden cover;
passengers enter from the rear by
means of a step; the driver sits on a
front seat; two seats run lengthwise
of the body of the vehicle, each suf-
aicient for three medium-sized Jap
hnese; six passengers, then, is the
supposed and intended limit of ca
pacity, and for comfort they should
be little passengers. The basha was
waiting close by the station, two pas
Bengers already in their seats. The
driver had a load of freight with him
in front, and when we stepped in he
started promptly on the six or seven
mile drive that lay before him. We
ourselves were bound for the famous
caves five miles from Konosu village,
and a little before the terminus of the
basha line. We had gone no great
distance before we picked up two
more passengers, and our little wagon
was more than comfortably filled. We
rode out through a level country occu-
pied by rice fields. 1t IL the time of
rice harvest In all the little fields
men, women and children were busy.
Horses were being brought in, loaded
down with sheaves of the yellowed
grain. In yards about houses and out
houses shocks were spread out to dry.
Handfuls of the loaded stalks were
taken and drawn through coarse metal
combs to separate the grains; these
still in the husk were further cleaned
by failing with fails quite like those
bf Europe of a hundred years gone
by. Two or three or more persons
lhresbed in unison or alternately, and
q pretty sight it was to see the move
ment of the falling instrument and to
note the rhythm.
When it had accomplished half its
course, the basha stopped for its
midway rest An old woman brought
put a tabako-bon at which the passen-
gers might warm their hands or light
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14
Wanted a Dinner.

The seedy individual cautiously ad'
vanced across the lawn to the spot
where the prominent citizen was hold
ing down a rustic chair.
Pardon me, SIR began the 8. L.
but the unemployed workingmen
have appointed me committee OF one
to request you to address us at the
town hall tomorrow night"
We'll, l guess can," replied the p.
c., who never overlooked an oppor'
tunity to pose as a public speaker. by
the way, what sort of an address
would you people like?"
II think, sir" answered the commit
tee, tine boys would appreciate an
after-dinner speech more than any
thing else.'