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Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
JUNIORS APPRECIATE
THE HERALD PRIZES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 haven't written you for a long
time, but will try to write more now,
as school is out and examinations are
over.
1 won't be here much longer, for we
are going to Cedarville Cal.
1 haven't won prize so far, but my
motto is '"Try, try again."
DORIS X. ROBINSON.
Rivera postoffice. r. F. d. route No.
1. Age 10, grade 5. Ranchito school.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 have won one prize in the limerick
contest and when the time comes for
the Junior picnic / would like very
much to go. Your loving niece,
RUTH HICKMAN.
Age IA, grade BS. Mckinley avenue
school. 769 East Fifty-fourth street.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
l would like to be one of your happy
nieces. l read the Junior every Sum
day and l think the letters to you are
very interesting. l told mamma that
1 was going to sit down and write a
letter to you and see If l could not
win a prize Your loving niece,
LENNAH COOK.
$50 East Forty-third street. McKin-
ley avenue school, grade IA, age 10.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
Milton Bashan, Ingelwood, grade 7.

Woods" I hope they will please you.
L think if l keep on suggesting topics
one might" be used, so l will suggest
one now: 1.-The Surprise"
May a person draw more than one
picture on the same topic?
Yours truly,
MILTON BASHAM
You may draw more than one pic
ture, but of course, you know, there
will be only one prize awarded.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
MAN AND DOG ENLIST

For the first time in the history of
the American navy a man and his
brindle bull pup have been allowed to
enlist. The man refused to join with
out his dog, and the presidents per-
mission, which was readily given had
first to be obtained before the author
tiles at the recruiting station could
send the man and his dog aboard a
man of war.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
Spirit Of Youna Amerioa.

A teacher in a Philadelphia public
school narrated the following account
of how an aspiring young Italian citi-
zen was beginning to show the effects
of an American environment. The
story, which was told at teachers as
sociation meeting, runs something like
this:
Tony had been away from school
about q week, and when he showed up
one morning the teacher asked him
where he had been.
II ran away" said Tony.
Ran away! What did you do that
for?' asked the teacher.
my father was going to lick me, so
thought I'd run away" was the re-
ply.
The teacher by further questioning
brought out the fact that Tony for
some trihing dereliction had been
threatened with beating and had
stayed away from home the best part
of week.
But your father has the right to
whip you." said the teacher.
Yes, he may" added Tony. but l
was born in this country, and | don't
want no foreigners to lick me."-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
A Witty Retort.

A good story Is told of two great
Irishmen. the late Archbishop Plunket
and Father Healy, the well known
parish priest of Bray. Making their
way together to Bray railroad station
one morning, the priest urged that
they should hurry. but the prelate's
appeal to his watch convinced him
that they had ample time. They ar
rived to see the train for Dublin dis
appearing. The archbishop's apollo
giles were lavish. He pleaded that he
had always had unbounded faith in
his watch. "My dear Lord Plunket,"
was Father Healy's rejoinder. faith
won't do without the good works.
Blackwood's Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
Costa Rioan Volcanoes.

Costa Rica has been subject to earth
quakes for many years. Part of the
republic is exceedingly mountainous,
and in this part of the country there
are more than a score of volcanoes.
some oe them dead, but few that
break out periodically. There are
three or four that have been active
for more than century. Some OF
these are near San Jose, the capital.
Costa Ricans have always believed that
earthquakes, which the country has ex-
perienced ever since 1t was first set
tied by Spanish Adventures, were
caused by the volcanoes. There is
good ground for this belief, because 1t
has been noticed that earthquakes of
more or less intensity followed the ac.
tivity of these volcanoes. If the vol
canic eruptions were violent the earth
quakes were correspondingly severe
Washington Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
An Eve to Business.

One day a man with n case full Of
handbills entered a restaurant In Gin.
cinnati run by an astute old German.
"Vot haf you dere?" the latter asked
as he observed the man about to dis
play several of the bills on his walls.
Railway clrculars-excursion."
ooh, no." exclaimed the proprietor,
zone of dose cheap ten day exgur-
sions! Go away cheaper vot you stay
at home. eh?'
Exactly" said the bill man.
"Und you want to hang dem up
hereT
Certainly. You've no objection"
81 haf most clear objections" said
the German decidedly "Dake dem
away! DO you dake me for fool,
man. dot would want my customers
to read dose bills und den go away
und eat at some cheap place for ten
daysY-Detroit Free Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
A Generous Offer.

During the days when polygamy was
the universal rule among the Nor
mons woman doctor from one Of the
eastern states went into one Of the
Mormon communities to practice her
profession. She was pleasant lady
as well as skillful. and her patients
were very fond Of her.
How wish." said one of them.
''that could convert you to our re-
ligion. II you would only marry my
husband and come and live with u.s.
The doctor fed In horror to another
friend. to whom she told the story.
Her self respect began to revive, and
she felt comforted. seeing how the
eyes Of her listener blazed.
II don't wonder you feel as you do"
replied the friend Indignantly. '"The
idea! Why, that Mr.. - Is perfectly
horrid! What YOU want to do is to
marry my husband and come and live
with u.s."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
Bees and Ants,

Bees will place their honeycombs I'm
any place regularly or irregularly
shaped, and when they come to cor
ners and angles they seem to stop and
consider. Then they vary the shape of
the cell. so that the space is exactly
filed. 1t could not be done more sat
isfactorily If the whole thing had been
worked out Oh paper beforehand. Ants
make hard and smooth roads and drive
tunnels compared to which mans eff.
forts in making such things sgs tasig.
nificant
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

Something new in aviation-The vii
liam Knobloch Airship which Is to be
driven by compressed air pressure
The model is now on exhibition In
New York. The model is only two feet
long, but Il has flown on one explo-
sion thirty-fve feet in the air and
sixty feet forward. The principal that
drives the car is much the same as
that which governs the rising of q
sky rocket. No gas bag, planes or rud
der are needed though the above
model carries two rudders. The car Is
propelled and steered by rapid ana
powerful explosions against beds oil
compressed air. The principal is not
unlike the gasoline engine excepting
that i'm this case there are no piston
rods. The place of the piston rods Is
taken by cushion Of air ~ a pres
sure of 1900 pounds to the square
inch. Knobloch says the car Will make
from 20 to 80 miles an hour.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
AIkarazza,

Alkarazza is the name given to ves-
sells Of very porous earthenware which
when filed with water are always
moist outside and owing to the evapo-
ration of the water on their surface al
ways keep their contents cool. Aka
razza can be made from any good pot
ter's clay by mixing with 1t 10 per
cent of its weight, dry, of very fine
and then working it. On
burning the sawdust is destroyed and
the clay thereby left porous.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
Makino Both Ends Meet.

A certain colonel somewhere In the
south tho matter where) was In the
habit of telling yarns and greatly ex-
aggerating. He had negro servant
who corroborated everything his mas
ter told. One day the colonel had
some gentlemen to dinner, and they
were enjoying some fine venison very
much. The colonel said: "Yes. I went
bunting the other day and saw fine
bnck. took a good sight at him and
shot him through the head. and the
bullet went through his hind leg"
The gentlemen looked at each other
4 little mystifed. The negro scratched
his head and at last said. eyes indeed
gemmen; just as massa raised the gun
TO shoot de buck he raise his hind leg
and scratch his ear. and the bullet
went through the head and right
through de hind leg" The gentlemen
looked more satisfied.
: After the guests had gone the negro
said TO his master. CORY mighty.
master, next time you tell one of dem
yarns do get the ends closer togedder
j had hard work to make both ends
meet"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

for tea party on duty. The men
stared with cool contempt at the
spoonful of acid tea.
Fearing lest refusal might be an
affront I hastily said, Sergeant. let
the men take It,"
He looked at me for an instant with
a long, Mortified look Of remonstrance;
then, stepping to the front as If drill
ing, he gave the word:
"Order arms! Ground arms! Take the
cups! Drink the teal"
Like Wordsworth's "forty feeding like
one." they grasped the cups and with
single gesture emptied them down
their throats.
Next came the stately commands:
"Return the cups! Take up arms.
Shoulder armsv'
1t was done. The sergeant was
himself again; he felt he had been
equal to the occasion, and I stifed my
unreasonable laughter in cough and
handkerchief.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
A Seasoned Colt.

Mrs. U. s. Grant was spending one
SUMMER In the New England hills, and
she happened to be at hand when a
native woman walked into the yard to
deliver some eggs. "It's long walk
to town." the woman volunteered,
"Don't you own .horse?" asked Mrs.
Grant,
The woman sniveled. 1--WE had a
colt, but 1t died last week." She sud
denly began to weep.
Mrs. Grant sympathetically remark
ed that the family must have been
very fond Of the colt, " nereupon the
woman. dried her eye
"Fond of him? " Ia. II should say.
1t was like scein' one of the family
took to see that colt go as he did. We
all loved every inch of him."
Mrs. Grant inquired how they came
to love the colt so dearly.
why" Indignantly sobbed the wo-
man, we've had that colt for goin' on
20 TWENTY-FIVE years. Circle Ma :
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
zYne.~
A con,idsrats Wlfs.

A man who had been indulging o
heavily was induced to sign the
pledge.
"You must let me have It," said q
wife. II will keep 1t for you" So tie
pledge was handed over to the wife's
custody.
The next day the man was drinking
again as freely as before.
How is thisT asked q friend you
signed the pledge yesterday, and now
you are drinking again."
ut is all right" replied the pledge
signer in unsteady tones. II don't
have to keep that pledge. My wife
says she will keep 1t for me. That's
the kind Of wife to have, old fellow"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
Started In Business.

"Father thinks ought to go In for
business Bit" remarked the gilded
youth.
made start YETI"
"Oh. yaas. I've ordered three busi'
ness suits and had me name put up at
a commercial charlottesville Cou-
rier-J journal
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

'nothin'. But Pm much 'bnged any.
way. Done me great favor. Goo
night" .s.
The citizen then was interested to
know why this singular request had
been made and received the following
explanation:
You shee ! started home with $40
an ought to taken 1t home to wife.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

e a r n g s ly re.
quested him to
60 through his
pockets and see
II he had any
money. The gen
tlemaD searched
all Of the pock.
cts Of the inebri.
ate and found
nothing but a
pipe. some to-
bacco and some
G Il o v es. The
drunken m a n
then said.
II knowed you
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

out met some O.
tn boys. an it's
all gone. See
what I'm afterr
mo, not at
"W ell, I'm
conscientious. II
] tell her I spent
Il she'll gimme
FLASHES. s b e. 8
awful II provok-
I'd about Lit.
tie things. II I
tell her I losht
it she won't be-
neve me. Sho
III 60 home an
ALL 49,, -c.-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
TEA FOR THE GUARD.
The Festivities Were Conducted on
Strict Military Lines.

While looking for pirates along the
Chinese coast. Admiral John Moresby
encountered some strange adventures
and some that were ludicrous. One
Of his experiences he describes In
1.-Two Admirals."
When visiting the mandarin Of Tien
Pach, he with his blue button, robes
and attendants, with our paymaster,
gunner and a guard of ten marines
and a sergeant, tea was offered to us
and accepted as matter of course.
Then. in an access Of politeness, the at
tendant proceeded with the tea to the
guard, stifiy drawn up In the court
yard, the men with rifles shouldered.
The sergeant looked round distract
edly for guidance; he had no precedent
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
ADVERTISING TALKS

good story is told of certain eastern banker who had
spent large amount of in advertising and whose
bank had sustained remarkable growth Suddenly he de-
cided abandon his publicity eforsto drop all his ad
vertsements fast the contracts expired 1t hap
pened that he explained his position to advertising
cetor day in the presence of third parya friend Of
the banerby saying that he had spent money enough in
Advertising and had made his bank well known that IL
would not need any further publicity of that kind After
the solicitor had left empty handed, the friend opened
conversation with the banker by saying:
"Say, W, have been trying to think of the name !
of that fellow who for Vice President the ticket with
Bryan in 1896. Help me out; what his name?"
LET see-wha--what his namel" responded
the banker. Lemme think Wha-what the devil that
fellows name? Hanged if / remember Twasnt-"
Don't you think you're fine man." broke in the friend,
"o be talking about having established your firmly
that it could be forgottenl Here a whose
in the mouth of nearly every man. woman and
child in the United States for monthswho advertised
you could hope to be advertisedand yet he has
passed completely out of memory in few short years
Oh you're good one, you are"
The friend left the banker looking for the telephone
number of certain newspaper.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
What Puzzled Him,

Detective Frank Wood was walking
up Prospect avenue last summer when
he was halted by merchant, who led
the popular policeman into hallway
and looked him over from head to
foot.
Wood wore duck trousers, lily
white vest with pearl buttons. navy
blue cutaway coat. OK blood shoes. a
purple cravat, asoft hat Of some deli.
cate texture, and 10 his left hand he
iswung and twisted cane.
1 After the merchant had completed
his survey and started away Wood
asked somewhat petuiantly:
"Well. sir. what does all this meanT
rQh., nothing" said the. merchant:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

Mrs. Waldorf Astor, Jr., (on the
left and The Duchess of Marlborough
During an afternoon tea recently in
London, Mrs, Astor and the Duchess
had an animated discussion on the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
A Long Journey.

Years ago when there were only
wooden sidewalks In the city of Win
nipeg. Canada, holes were bored In the
planks to let the water run through.
In the morning twilight policeman
found man with the tip of his wood
en- leg In one Of these holes and hur-
riedly walking around 1t.
"What'are ye doin' here" asked the
policeman.
"G'way, offsher," said the man. "Got
to get home before OIL lady wakes up"
-Everybody's.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
A Pearl strineer's Keen Eye.

The pearl stringer's eye becomes
practiced In the detection of real aud
imitation pearls. One glance is usually
sufficient. A genuine pearl has "a hard
look. 1t presents q sort of shel-like
surface with an indescribable blush.
This blush is so cleverly counterfeited
In wax limitations that even those who
are accustomed to handling pearls day
after day ire likely to be deceived
In one Of the large New York jew.
elry houses last winter customer
purchased a hand painted miniature
set In frame of imitation pearls.
On examination 1t was found that sew
eral Of the pearls had been slightly
defaced. aud the whole thing was sent
to the manufacturing rooms for re-
pairs. BY chance 1t came under the
eye of one of the pearl stringers, who
instantly detected four genuine pearls
In the circle of Imitation ones about
the picture. The frame had passed
through dozen expert hands WITH
out any ones noticing the presence
Of real pearls. No one could account
for their being there. If they had not
been detected the purchaser of the
frame would have had bargain. for
the four genuine pearls were worth
many times more than the picture
and the rest of Its setting.-New York
Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
He Got His.


"A wise lawyer is silent man. The
fewer unnecessary questions he asks
the better for him." says Senator Root
"A little girl taught me this early in
my practice. Her widowed mother
came often to my Office about the set
tlement of her estate. Sometimes she
brought her daughter. beautiful girl
Of ten, with red curls. One morning.
after long conference with the moth
er, noticed that the child seemed un-
comfortable. She evidently thought !
was paying too much attention to her
mother. patted her on the head and
said:
"'You are beautiful girl. Don't you
want to come to my house and be my
little girlT
"She answered decidedly: NO, l
don't. And 1 don't want mother TO-.
either'"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

went through my pockets. an I'll de
scribe you an how you done 1t, an
shell feel sorry for me, an she'll put
detectives after you. Great scheme.
'Ha! Ha! Goo night. You're goo
fep. Goo night"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

''onfy I wanted to find out why they
call you plain clothes man.
Cleveland Leader.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15

American "aristocracy," the Duchess
that the Vanderbilt occu-
MED a higher position o nthe social
scale than the Astors. She did this
In that nice, sweet way which society
folk adopt, Mrs. Astor with equal
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-15
s- The ---e
Scrap, Book

( "A pedestrian was accosted late one
night by a very drunken man who
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-03
YANKEE WORK VERY
CLOSE TO RESULTS
Two Interesting Spots in Mine
Being Probed by the
Company.

Somo extremely interesting develop
ment work Is being done by the Yankee
Consolidated company of Tintlc other
than that of sending the main shaft TO
good depth. One of the most likely pieces
Of work now being done Is that on the
first level below the tunnel level. where
the management is searching for the ore
body extending across the Uncle sam
and Beck Tunnel properties, over which
the Uncle sam and Beck Tunnel arc now
engaged in a legal contest based on apex
rights.
IS, n, Lehman. general manager of tho
Yankee. stated on Wednesday that this
new work is bringing TO light an ex-
tensive iron naturalization. In which
small but decidedly encouraging gold and
silver values nre contained. Everything
points TO this iron deposit being the COW
ertng or Gaping for the ore body. and
some interesting results are logical on
the, mine The ore body aimed for Is
both big and rich; from 1t the Uncle
sam has wruns much OF it's dividend ma :
terial for some time past, and, If caught
solutely new proposition throughout.
Mr.. Lehman states that the contrsc- =
tors having In hand the task Of shaft
sinking reported to him on Tuesday that
the bottom OF this shaft was In clay
GouGe and ore making lime so the shaft
work is ~ a very fascinating point. The
new Yankee equipment is a model plant
OF It's capacity, giving splendid service.
MIR. Lehman says that some trouble Is
being experienced from mountain rats
These pests have the habit Of collecting
all the useless bits of trash useless both
TO the world and themselves. and secret -
Ing the same In every nook and corner
Of the hoist house They have taken 20
cschins about everything Imaginable in
the motor: and war rats has been de-
clared by the company,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-03
VERY BULLISH EAST
ON COPPER ISSUES

James A Pollock Co. bankers and
brokers. furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday AFTER
noon:
Paine, Webber e. Co. Letter--For the
first time i'm six months we had a proao
and normal market in the coppers or,
ders came from all over the country, and
at times every stock In the room was
traded In The demand was we'll sus-
closed at the top. Fundamental condl-
tions are getting better and we have
never seen an opportunity more Ls sure to
mae money on the Long siGe 1res es coppffs are the
most favorable snice IL was opened and
II the present showing continues IL should
rank high among, the producers IN the
Butte showed the greatest advance to-
day and will be leaders for the time be-
ing, We advise buying any or All the
such purchases will show large profits
Logan & Bryan Stock Letter-Stock
market displayed quite sooG strenIgtn I, :,
in the Canadian issues has suhstded
somewhat and tine same market fea-
lures have been supplanted by such
copper metal Issues. 1t is said, that the
borrowing demand for stocks is not as
urgent az heretofore, indicating con :,
traction IN the short interest, put at
still OF large proportions Foreigners
were reported as being BUYERS of stocks
today, especially Berlin. The CHIEF com
plant AT present time seems to be the
lack OF outside business. Political news
and the various reports with regard TO
the freight rate controversy did not re-
vember approaches il Is thought that
the feeling OF uncertainty will become
more acute. We would prefer TO await
something OF a definite character be-
fore taking firm stand on the market,
and meanwhile confine operations TO the
speciaties which from time to time show
disposition 10 become active.
Eornblower Letter, Boston-Market to-
day showed good strength and activity.
The buying was Of the best There were
not many stocks offered for sale, The
Butte and North Butte, There has been
n steady accumulation of stocks going on
here. for some time past, The Copper
Producers report Is expected to show a.
considerable reduction OF surplus copper,
Surely conditions in the metal are making
for the better and the improvements are
bound to be reflected in the copper
Gallagher says-Giroux, Ray Central
and Miami were the strong coppers on
the curb today Chino opened strong
Rights on 250O shares Of Ray Con.
traded in between 81 and 45c. Oil stocks
quiet. Colorado Mining steady around
40. american Tobacco sold up points
and United States Light & Heat up a
fraction Market on the whole closed
strong.
Nc" \ DIX SUn-froleSSlOnSI Wa0iDula-
tlon seemed to be wholly responsible for
the features OF today's market. Price
movements were rather irregular until
well into the afternoon but the prevail
Canadian group Of stocks were reaction
ary. American Telegraph continued to
display aggressive strength, while num-
erous industrial specialties performed
briskly. The afternoon market was
somewhat more active and was quite
strong. bui with some railroad stocks
strength confined to the copper metal
stocks.