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The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
SURELY GOOD CAKE
BAKER PROVED THAT FACT BY
 THE RESULTS.
"old Ribsy's" Production Possibly cad for the Consumers, but They Could Not Help From
 Eating 1t.

Old Morley half a century ago was reputed the only town in the county where a self-respecting housewife might in case of unexpected company eke out her supply of cake, pie or cookies by purchase instead of bor' rowing. Elsewhere one must resort to the neighbors To buy baker z trash" was to incur stigma never forgotten. But Josephus Robinson, the Morley baker-better known iron ically because of his round form as "Old Ribsy"-was a master of the oven whom not even the most experi- enced and able housewife might wise ly scorn.
 Only once, indeed. was his superla- tive product f1outed. Young Mrs. Tinkley, Lorenzo Tinkley's ambitious bride, had been a notable cook in the town from which he brought her. She boldly averred that Old Ribsy's ''rhymed-rule ordination cake'-the richest, choicest and most famous cake on his list-could not compare with the ordination cake she was her self accustomed to compound. by Grandmother Hartingale's recipe, brought from England.
 Her boast was repeated to Old Rib sy, who listened unperturbed. Only after many repetitions was he suffi- ciently moved from his comfortable calm to offer rejoinder.
 "We-e-ll,'' he drawled at ls6t, '1 ain't a doubt Mis- Tinkley's an extry good cook, an so most like was her Gran'ms Hartingale before her. Nor ain't saying that cake O hers ain't an extry good cake Give credit where credits due, says I, an everybody I've ast about that cake says it's good.
 But likewise they tell me they dasn't but jest take a teenty piece an a few nibbles, because they 'spicioned first taste twas too rich to be whole some. Yes, sir, and nary one helped twice.
 Now, sos my ordination cake too rich to be wholesome, more'n a mossel or so, but when folks have savored their first bite they don't remember! I warn 'em fair, but they don't remem- Der; they just eatl
 When Mis- Tinkley can pint to as many colics an dyspepsys following a party with her cake as Doctor Ped ley1l testify having tended after one with mine, why, mebbe I'll hist my cap to Gran'ma Hartingale an retire from business.
 Yes. sir, always warn 'em 'tain't good for their stummicks-I warn 'em fair when they order; but they just will have 1t.
 Doctor Pedley an me. we've often confabbed together about the foolish ness of folks in stuffing richness. All is,s if any fool feller wants to make himself sick, there ain't anything more wuth while doin' it for than my ordination cake. if do say so."-Youths Companion.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
WOMAN FIGHTS BIG SNAKE
Uses Buggy Whip in Battle to Save a Squab From the Rep
 tile.

Petersburg, Ind.-Mrs. Wes Brentonl living three miles east of here, fought with a big snake measuring over four feet long, and finally killed it. She went to the barn with Miss Edith Vance to look at some squabs and found the big snake in a pigeons nest The reptile had swallowed one squab whole and another partly.
 Mrs. Brenton grabbed buggy whip and struck at the snake, which showed fight. She continued to ply the whip and sent Miss Vance to the house for a gun, with which she shot the snake twice. On cutting open the snake the last pigeon swallowed was found to be alive and 1t is being kept as Q relic.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09

every day which can be cited as com ing from kisses, and kissing has come to be not mere popular salute, but a terrible evil that must be stamped out
 Furthermore. she says her. efforts have led hosts to forego osculatory pleasures.
 People should remember that kiss ing is merely the habit of centui ies. There was time when all the world kissed everybody they met" said Mrs. Rechtin. There was time when kissing was quite the thing, but that day has passed. l think that kissing should be done away with entirely.
 Tt is essential to the welfare of the people of this nation to have the anti kiss pledges worn by every school girl and school boy in this country before very long,"
 A special campaign for each month has been mapped out by the Anti-kiss- ing league.
 Mrs. Rechtin said many prospective June brides had joined the organiza- tion. On their wedding day. these brides wore the club badge in full view.
 The custom of kissing a bride on her wedding day is most dangerous" said Mrs. Rechtin severely.
 'Er-do you mean a bridegroom should not-er-salute his bride?" asked her visitor.
 ''I mean that the relatives and we'd ding guests should not kiss the bride and subject her to risk of getting con- sumption" returned the foe of oscu- lation.
 In August fathers and mothers will be urged not to kiss their babies.
 In September teachers will implore their pupils to abjure kissing
 October. the less kissing the less hazardous the work of street cleaners and laundresses; so the organization will seek members on the highways and in the laundries.
 In November women belonging to church clubs, card clubs and literary clubs will be asked to join and to wear their badges at club meetings.
 And in December. with its Christ mas weddings, we shall turn our at- tention to lovers" said the president. " My life for just one kiss. sounds thrilling in romance and poetry. But | disillusion is found in the hospitals. | whence lovers follow each other to | the grave in few short months"
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09


 in any way with the enforcement oi the penalty to be inflicted upon Pitt man unless the Nicaraguans should decide to put him to death as they did Froce and Cannon recently
 In the pen pictures of these adven turers drawn by novelists like Rich ard Harding Davis is presented a life that nearly every American boy who has the real red blood would like to lead. To be soldier of fortune would be about the height of the ambition of seven out of ten youths from 12 to 20 years of age.
 Think of joining filibuster expedi- uon aid starting out to overthrow a government. Sounds nice doesn't it? But the experiences of three Ameri- can youths in Central America recent ly have been anything but pleasant.
 Pittman has been found guilty of conspiracy against the government of Nicaragua by a court martial. He was captured by the Madriz army re. gently and was charged with laying mines for the revolutionists. Pittman has led life of adventures since boy hood. When 15 years old he left his home in Massachusetts and has re turned home but for brief periods Of time. He served six months in the Boer war in Africa, herded sheep in Australia, spent some time in Mexico and was a member of the crew of the United States transport McPherson when that ship was wrecked off Ma tanzas. Cuba.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
Became Household Word.

An old doctor was operated on in g hospital in Berlin. On leaving he was sympathized with and pitied by all his old friends who met him. for his hair had suddenly turned white as snow The truth of the matter was that Foxy Grandpa had no chance to dye his hair in the hos pital So when he got out he made the most of the matter with the first person he met, and became so fa- nous that he was appointed one of the kings physicians and died rich, and his name, like the prisoner of Chiffon. became a household word New York Press
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
NURSE OF KING GEORGE
 NOW LIVES IN VERMONT I

TO HAVE nursed ! a king is the claim to distinc-
 tion of Mrs. Ann Roberts, who is living in the little village of Poult- ney, Vermont. Few persons in that
 part of the coun- try knew of the fact that a foster mother of a king lived among them
 until Edward VII
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
KEEPING COWS OUT OF PONDS
Dairymen Make Big Mistake In Allow. Ing Animals to Drink Dirty,
 Stagnant Water.

Many men who think they are good farmers allow their cows to drink all summer from any old pond that hap pens to contain enough water.
 No matter how filthy 1t Is, or how warm or contaminated by vegetable growth or droppings from the animals themselves, so long as 1t is water.
 A greater error never was made. You cannot get good milk or butter from dirty pond water.
 The COW is a wonderful milking ma chine and she often transforms some pretty poor stun into milk, but if she Is given nothing but dirty. stagnant pond water all her powers of alchemy cannot turn 1t into a fluid fit for chii dren to drink
 There is one way. however, in which pond water may be used to advantage. but 1t Is not to allow animals to go into 1t or drink from it direct.
 A pond on the Oklahoma station farm holds a million gallons and sup plies 100 head each of cattle and hogs.
 It drains large area which is on a hill to the barns and feed lots. That Is different
 As it runs from the faucet 1t is as clear as the average well water and it tastes good.
 The cost of building the pond and of piping the water about one-third of a mile was about S400 Barring usual accidents it should cost nothing for repairs and it does not cost cent to operate it.
 There are many localities where the ground Is more or less hilly where this system of supplying water could very easily be adopted without great cost.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
 MUST GO TO PRISON

MI L LI A M w w PITTMAN: an American soldier of fortune, faces a term of at least ten years in the government peni- tentiary at Mana qua. Nicaragua
 Uncle Sam has been looking care fully into Pitt mans case, but it is unlikely that eNn
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
NAB ENGLISH THIEF
HOW THE POLICE RECOGNIZED
 OLD CROOK.
WiIts When Ills Picture To Taken From the Rogue's GaIIery-Haa
 Committed Many Thefts.

New York.-"Demme, sir, I'm the right man." said William H. Jarvis when confronted in police headquar- ters with picture of himself taken by the Scotland Yard authorities.
 Jarvis is the distinguished looking Englishman arrested at the Gilsey house, charged with unlawfully enter ing a room.
 You will pardon me, MT. Jarvis, for submitting you to this ordeal, but 1t Is rule of the department" said In- spector McCanerty apologetically, as he paraded the prisoner before the masked detectives.
 Say, boss, don't apologize to that old guy," interrupted Lieut. William Brown. His picture is in the gallery and he has served several bits"
 Jarvis's indignations gave forth Vesuvius blast. He was an English gentleman, he declared. He would have the embassy down on the police. His protest was so severe even In spector McCafferty was inclined to go slow.
 Here's his very mug" said Brown, producing Jarv1S'S picture.
 At police headquarters, when they know they are right, they make pris- oners stand out and deliver. Inspec- tor McCafferty says the picture made Jarvis wilt
 Well, demme, sir, I'm the right man." he finally said, twirling his fine mustacle.
 Ispector McCafferty became jubilant, for in Jarvis they had captured the most versatile and picturesque thief of two continents.
 Jarvis's real name is Walter, and not William. In 1899 he won interna- tinoal fame through his arrest in the Hotel Cecil, London. He was caught in the room of Brooklyn man. When taken to the police station Jarivs said, T went to the hotel to visit lady, Mrs. Sadler Jackson"
 The police found Mrs. Sadler Jack son at the hotel. She admitted that Jarvis had visited her there frequent ly, although she was married wom- an.
 The scandal aroused all England. The country divided itself-some de- lending Mrs. Jackson for sacrificing herself to save Jarvis, and the many condemning Jarvis for duplicating 8 woman. There was sensation when 1t was disclosed that Mrs. Jackson was Jarvis's sister.
 Twelve years before that Jarvis had been arrested and sentenced to four rnopfbo, ir,priso1ropt i1 Horlr Tra land His father disowned and disin- herited him, and upon his death left 480,000 to Mrs. Sadler on condition that she reassume the family name of Jackson.
 Jarvis was given three months' sentence for the Hotel Cecil act. Then he disappeared. It Is said he served in the Boer war.
 A year ago Jarvis appeared in New York. He went to live at PIT West One Hundred and Twelty-second street, in the home of Ivers Bachelor. He was introduced to the latter as 8 rich Englishman.
 Miss Laura Fegley, who lives at the Hotel Gilsey heard some one enter the room of o. L. Sherer next to hers. and, knowing MT. Sherer was not home, opened the door and confronted Jarvis and another man.
 Jarvis and the young man hurried down the corridor and disappeared. Miss Fegley gave the alarm, and Jar wis was caught downstairs but his companion escaped.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09

1 Commerce commission in 1891 by President Harrison; reappointed by President Cleveland in 1897, and again selected for the position by President Roosevelt in 1902. He was a lawyer of note before entering the govern ment service and is regarded as one of the most genial of public officials in Washington.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09

| dlk15 Ol COuSISSS.
 | It Is the new railroad law that gives MT. Knapp and his associates on the commission much concern these days. As chairman MT. Knapp naturally will be in the thickest of the fray. While the railroads are not expected to give battle they are always fighting for their rights and have brainy men looking out for their interests. On the other hand, are the shippers. Here's where the complaints come from and the most trouble develops.
 MT. Knapp went to the summer White House at Beverly, Mass. few days ago and had a conference with President Taft concerning the new law.
 President Taft went exhaustively into the provisions of the new law with the chairman and later earnestly pointed out that there need be no ap- prehension that the commission will run amuck or that the new law will be used to club indiscriminately all railroads that propose an advance in rates.
 The law, the president pointed out. was not passed for the purpose of lowering rates, or even of holding all rates where they are at the time of the passage of the law, but rather for the purpose of equalizfng rates and keeping them so far as possible in tune with business conditions at all times
 MT Knapp, whose duty it will be to guide the commission in its work of carrying out the Taft plan, Is native of New York. He was born at Spaf- ford, November 6, 1S43. He was first appointed a member of the Interstate
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
CINCINNATI WOMAN IN
 FIGHT AGAINST KISSING

. RS. I. REICH NA TIN of Gin
 cinnati, national president of the worlds health or ganization, says she will keep on struggling ntil she obtains an abatement of that awful menace kissing. In every part of the world.
 says Mrs. Rechtin, there are deaths
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
KNAPP HAS BIG TASK
 TO ENFORCE RAIL LAW

hH A R T IN A IVA KNAPP, chair man of the Inter state Commerce commission. faces a task that would stagger many men. although he Is small of stature his friends say he
 will go at the work like a giant and carry out the
 policy of the pres ident and the
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
DecaIoQinQ 1t.

When a woman marries and then divorces her husband inside of a week, what would you call it?"
 Taking his name in vain."-Prince- ton Tiger
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
Natural Phenomena.

q wonder why is the weather vane?"
 For the same reason, I su pose, tr .t the dog wood or the tin roof scouts."
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
A Beauty Secret.

What do you do to keep your hands SO beautiful?" asked the rural maid.
 Why" replied the fair summer hOarder "I do notl-;
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
GREAT SALT LAKE.
An Immense Fresh Water Sea Soms
Thousands OF Years Ago.

In glacial times Great Salt lake. was
a magnificent fresh water lake The size
Of Lake Huron-thut is. about $4,000
the Port Neuf. the Snake aud The Co.
lumbia rivers, This was at least 10000
years ago. but since that time the eli.
mate has become arid. and not enough
water has fallen over the Great basin
to supply that lost by evaporation
Consequently the lake bus ceased TO
flow from its outlet aud gradually dried
up from over thousand feet deep to
fifteen feet and from $4,000 square
miles In area to less than LOO,
II is now seventy miles long and
about thirty wide, but Is beautiful
still and is the home OF myrlads OF
sea birds aud other waterfowl. II Is
the great resort Of the people OF Utah.
for from 5000 to 5000 visit it's shores
daily IN the summer. and many bathc
In its waters. The lake contains about
1000. 10000 tons of salt
When the lake is high the salt is so
diluted that it has gone down to II
per cent. When it is low, ms II was
not many years ago, itrcachcd satura
ton which for the mixed ingredients
OF the water is SO per cent.
There is nothing mysterious about it
any more than there would be about n
teacup with Il teaspoonfu OF salt in
the bottom. II a tablespoonful of
water were put 10 the cup on the salt
ii would taste very salty, but II the
cup were filled to the brim with water
Il would not,
The salt has come from the water of
the rivers lowing into IL since il
ceased to flow from its outlet All
river water contains salt, aud the an
nua evaporation Of from two to five
cubic miles of this water leaves large
quantities OF salt behind. and so 1t has
accumulated for thousands OF years.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
Southey's Industry.

Southcy probably deserves To rank
as the most industrious of authors.
In the greater part of his life he spent
fourteen hours II day in composition
He had six tables in his library. He
wrote poetry at one. history ut anolh
or, criticism NJ third, aud SO on with
the other subjects npou which he was
engaged He once described TO Nine
dc Stacl the division Of his timc--twu
hours before breakfast for history, two
hours for reading after, two hours for
the composition of poetry, two hours
for criticism. and 50 on through all his
working day, And pray. Mir South
ey." asked madam. when do you
think %"-l.OndOn Chronicle
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
COUNTY FAIR
GREATEST EVER
Managers More Than Make
Good Claims.
ABOUT $4,000 ATTENDED FAIR
Exhibits Were Larger Than
In Past Years.
Premiums VIII be Ready for Win
ncrs in About Two Wecks-igri-
cultural Society VIII Turn over
Large Sums to County This Year.

Records of the Marion County Agr
cultural society will show and the
public will readily agree that the coun
~ fair which just closed was the
greatest event of it's kind ever given
i'm Marion county. There is not a rec
ord that the present fair has not sur
passed. About $4,000 admissions were
paid at the gates. The biggest day was
Thursday when about 10000 saw the
fair and races. on Wednesday n
crowd of 5000 was out and on Friday
1900 paid admission.
Secretary James A. Knapp and the
members of the board of fair mana 20
gers have not yet completed their
figures and the official attendance vii
not be ready for several days Worl
has been commenced on the premium
lists and II Is announced that tn,
premiums viii be paid within tw,
weeks
The racing was good and the cx,
hibits were better than they have
ever been. The parade that passet
the grand stand yesterday previous
to the racing attests the kind Of
live stock raised in Marion county.
The fair was financially a big sue
cess and this winter the fair board
will turn over to the county more
money than in any year in the past
1t was not long ago that sub,
sidy for the fair was necessary each
year. Now the institution has grown
so healthy that it is more than pay.
ing it's own way.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
SIXTEEN
NEWSPAPER
Continued From One.

Never beofre in its history has
Los Angeles been thrown into such a
state of excitement as followed the
public statement by Police Chief GAL
loway that he had found evidence
leading him to believe positively that
the Times building. in which be-
tween twenty and thirty persons were
killed, had been wrecked by dyna-
miters and the further admission of
the management OF the Times, that
fifty Springfield rifles and a case OF
shotguns had only recently been
stored in the building to protect EN-.
ployes and the plant in case of a
threatened attack. AS a result the
most extravagant rumors We're cur
rent on the streets, which, 1t was i'm
possible to confirm.
Following Chief Galloway's an
noucement that the entire police force
of the city had been placed on the
case, In an effort TO run down the
dynamiters alleged to have started
the Times fire, Mayor Alexander
called an emergency meeting %
city council and asked Galloway TO
attend. The council appropriated
$4,000 to investigate the dynamting
Every department of the city gov
ernment will be called upon to do it's
share in the work of sitting the ex {.
plosion matter to the bottom" said
the mayor. "If any human agency
Is responsible for the explosion we in.
tend to find II out"
Two Suspects Have Been Arrested.
Chief Galloway issued the following
statement during the morning:
THAT the Times building was dyna
mited seems absolutely certain from
all the police can learn. One hun
dred patrolmen and detectives are on
duty in the vicinity of the ruins and
they have found some things which
point almost unmistakably to the au
thors of theoutrage. We cannot say
yet whether our clcws will result in
anything. but the police will keep
working"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
Sundays e n coun t er to
Draw Big Crowd.
GEORGE HOGAN WILL PITCH
Staley and baltimore in
Lineup.
Emmett Reilly Has Strong Combine
tion to Bring Against The Team
Joe Lewis Has Put TOgethcr-Big
League Teams May Como Later.

There will be one of the largest
crowds of the season out Webb park
way tomorrow afternoon when stars
of the past, present and future will
be seen in action. Emmett Reilly's
All-Star team. organized for this game
among Columbus baseballers, and Joe
Lewis aggregation will be the princi-
pals I'm the combat.
Lewis announced positively today
that George Hogan, who has pitched
for the past two seasons under the
name OF Robbins at Lexington, KY,
in the Blue Grass league, will pitch.
Brother Bill will do the receiving. on
first base Dick Staley will do some of
his famous reaching stunts and on
second Jay baltimore. a Marion boy
who is mounting the baseball ladder
will show the home folks what he
can do. baltimore has been manag-
ing the East Liverpool club in the
Ohio and Pennsylvania league this
summer This is the first time Ma
rion fans have had chance to see
baltimore play and his coming will
add interest to the contest.
At short, Lewis will play Conley,
the Newark shortstopper, who Is in
the city on visit. and at third, Billy
Fetter, will have the call.
Lewis Is scheduled to play left
field and Louie Uhl center field. In
right either George Turner. Lindsay
or Hubbard will be chosen. This will
give the Marion outfit very strong
lineup. 1t will give to the fans a
chance to see players they have been
watching from a distance for several
years.
Emmett Reilly, always a favorite,
will do catching duty as usual. He
will use Clickenger, the Newark
finger. to stop the local club. The
inReld will be composed Of Trautman,
first; Cogger. second; Purtell, third,
and A. Reilly, short. This Reilly IL
not the famed Alex, but n brother Of
Emmett Reilly and a most promising
young infielder. Maus, Cherry and
O'Day will play the gardens.
Lewis today engaged Hal McAllister
to umpire the game which will be
called at 3 o'clock. II there is good
attendance at this game the manage
ment will be convinced that fans here
want to see more post-season base
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
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