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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-19

The G. L. Pr club was invited fol
the afternoon to the home of Mrs
Howard Hoppock, Wednesday.
The hours were enjoyably social
one of the feature amusements beini
an original guessing game in whicl
Mrs. Elmer Parish won honors ant
Mrs. Nelson Hatch was given con
ISOLATION. Both received pretty priz
gifts of china plates. At the lunch
con hour delicious refreshments wer,
served in a dining-room profusel,
trimmed with snowballs and sprint
bloom.
Mrs. Fred Coleman and Mrs. VIII
lis Bowers were club guests.
The next meeting will be held will
Mrs. Frank Hoan, of north Oak street
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-19

Mrs. Harvey S. Long was the host.
ess, Wednesday afternoon, to tho
members of the Amacltia club at her
home on south Prospect street. The
home was nicely decorated with flow
ers and spring greenery. The early
part of the afternoon was devoted to
a discussion on the topic of Two
Beautiful Cities" Mrs. 7. ID. Hughey
was leader and all of the members of
the club participated. Following the
discussion, floral contest was held
and Miss Leona Draper was awarded
handsome pin tray In crystal, for
her skill.
The hostess served elegant refresh
ments in the dining-room, following
the contest and an hour was spent
most pleasantly, socially.
Miss Leona Draper was the only
club guest.
The club will meet again In two
weeks with Mrs. w. III. Clark, OF
Sugar street, as hostess.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-19

Cincinnati, May 19-Mrs. PhilSp
N. Moore, reelected president of the
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
was wheeled onto the stage of Music
hall in a chair and showered with
bouquets by enthusiastic clubwomen
at the closing session of the tenth
biennial Wednesday night.
Resolutions adopted for the suppress
sion of the white slave traffic, for
better protection OF workmen in mills,
mines, and railroads, for just compen-
sation for injured workmen and 9TH
er important matters, wherein the
general federation pledged itself to
solicit the aid OF the United States
government under the tenth biennial
by far the most important general
meeting ever held by the general fed
Grafton, in the opinion of its officers.
The address by Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker, in which she said that men
could and would be converted into
clubwomen and made to recognize
women workers for civic betterment
as feature of the closing session.
A gala reception given at Fort
Thomas, kentucky military post, by
Kentucky clubwomen is the Social
event of Thursday. A number of
delegates have arranged for trip to
Mammoth cave before returning
home.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-19

A party of fifty two composed of
Elks and their friends assembled at
the Huber hall at 8 o'clock last
night to enjoy the seventh and final
dance of the season given by the
Best People on Earth. The affair
was a success in every particular and
proved a brilliant function.
Dowler's five piece orchestra was
present and played practically all
of the music rendered at the Elk IS
minstrels. Dancing continued until
after IL o'clock and the guests took
an occasional rubber for the comet
An elegant luncheon was served
between the hours of ten and mid
night. The committee In charge of
the affair was composed of Harry
S. Elliott and Ernest l.. owen.
An affair of much social signi-
ficance was the ladies' social given by
Canton Marion I, o. o. Il. in tho
lodge quarters last night. One hun
dred people assembled shortly after
leight and the hours until twelve
were passed at cards. music and
various interesting diversions.
The drill team of the Rebeccah
lodge was present and put on some
clever exhibition drills. A partlcu-
lar feature of the event was straw
berry supper which was served at
10 o'clock,
The luncheon was particularly fine
and the committee was warmly COM
plimented for its excellent, manage
ment. The committee was Jack Ben
dict, William Brigel and David Ha-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21
Shakespeare in a Shed.

r p O.Connor, in NJ A. P.
Shall I tell of that joyous and epoch
making moment in my life when first
was Introduce into the world of Shake
speare? 1t was in a back yard In a shed.
and "Othello' was the play. / had been
for years Supplying my poor young head
and wasting my precious years In the
hopeless attempt of learning two dead
and entirely profitless languages, but
had never been even asked to look into
that greatest marvel Of literature. Shake
speare. and here, all at once, in these
wretched surroundings, 1 came into that
new world. and have ever since been
Shakespeare devotee.
But what a dreadful lot the wretched
actors and actresses were; what drudges,
what nomads, what ill-paid toner's! There
were young students from the medical
scnool always among the audience, and
when the lazy who had been the SOU
brette of the melodrama came out and
commenced the evenings sn Performances
attire what insults she had sometimes to
hear from these brutal young lips!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21
Missing Noses and Ears
Supplied While You Wait

artificial eyes was remarked by the
dealer-namely. when fitted they will
often show themselves susceptible to
the motion OK the socket. and so will
turn in various directions Just like q
real eye. Practically, artificial eyes
can be fitted while you wait,
The days OF the good old wooden
leg. clumsy and heavy. are now past.
"peg-leg," celebrated in fiction and fact,
is now superseded by the light model.
with motion at the knees and toes, and
fitted round the thigh, being attached
to the latter and to the body by a
brace and belt. Such legs the dealer
as then plaster cast can be obtained
and the process followed as in the ft-
ting Of the ear segment described. In
this way the limb can be fitted perfect
mems thighs differ in many ways. there
Is much more likelihood of real comfort
being got from a leg thus specially
made than from one bought ready
made.
Artificial legs thus produced to order
take about week Or ten days to make.
and cost from seventy dollars upward.
1t Is astonishing what their wearers
can do with them. Only the other
day. the dealer remarked he had OBJ
leg of this sort run along the street
and board moving car.
Hands and arms. If false, are gener-
ally made of wood, with movable
fingers. If one finger is left, or espe-
cially the thumb. it is Of the greatest
assistance to the maker in planning
the workings of the artificial hand, as
1t at once gives him a leverage for
managing the movement of the fingers.
The artificial arm is fastened to the
shoulders by leather straps. and the
hand is similarly attached to the wrist.
Sometimes the arm is made in part Of
leather as well as wood. The makers
chief aim Is to produce a limb which
shall be as light as possible and give
as wide range Of movement as can
be, resembling the ordinary movement
Of the true hand or arm.
So perfectly has this result been
achieved that hands are often made
which weigh no more than nine or ten
ounces.
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THE FIRST HANDOUTS.
Different Forms of Devices for
Manacling Prisoners.
From the London Globe

rrom the LONDON GLOBE.
In Vergil is to be found the first re-
corded instance of the use of handcuffs,
for the poet tells us that Proteus was
thus fettered and rendered powerless by
Aristaeus. who apparently knew that
even the gods themselves were not proof
against this form of persuasion.
In the fourth century B. c. an army OF
victorious Greeks found several chariots
full of handouts among the baggage of
the defeated Carthaginians, and It Is
highly probable that the ancient Egyptians
had some contrivance of the kind. Tho
word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon
"handcop." whence comes evidently the
slang term copper"
In earliest Saxon days 'handcops" were
used for mobiles. and ''footcops" for kings,
but in the fourteenth and fifteenth cen
"shackbolt' and swivel manacle,'' and
the instruments were as cumbersome as
the names by which they were KIN @n.
Up to the middle of the last century
there were two kinds of handouts In
general use. One, known as the ''nex-
ible'' was very like those which are still
used: the other kind, called the figure
eight" were used to restrain violent pr1s-
oners. 1t was SO fashioned that the cap
tive could not move his hands. and was
universally dreaded, for the pain caused
by limb immovably confined Is almost
unbearable.
A simple but powerful device for secur-
ing prisoners was the ''twister." now
abolished owing to the injuries it in
f1icted. 1t consisted Of chain with han
dies at each end. The chain was put
around the wrists, the handles brought
together and twisted until firm grip
was obtained. The least struggle on the
part Of the captive and the chains bit
deep into his wrists. OF the same ma.
ture, but made of wire, is ia ligote,
while in an emergency whipcord has
proved perfectly satisfactory.
The handcuff used in some parts OF
eastern Europe is most primitive. 1t
consists of a V-shaped piece of metal.
in which the wrists are inserted, the open
ends being then drawn together by means
of a cross hook. which must be kept taut
the whole time. The most handy form Of
cuff, which is in general use at present,
comes from America. 1t Is lighter and
much less clumsy than the old flexible
1t is no easy matter to clap the "brace-
let's on person who Is struggling vio-
lentIy. Inventors should turn their at
tention to the subject, for much remains
to be done before the fighting prisoner
can be quickly and strongly secured
without harm to himself or his captor.
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Western Apples and Ours.

From the New England Grocer.
We recognize without qualification the
superiority Of the western apples with
regard to size. style and general beauty
of the fruit. There is no question about
II. but when it comes to flavor there is
no apple grown west Of the HUDSON river
which will compare for moment in
flavor with the New England grown ap-
pie Western apples are to the New
England palate favorless and inclined to
be .punky." The eastern apple growers
do not consider themselves in competi-
ton with the western grown fruit for the
very reason named. for instance, no one
wanting a barrel OF New England Ba d
win or northern spy apples would think
OF taking instead western apples. so that
there cannot be any real competition.
The western box apples are popular in
New England at a certain season when
New England apples for seasonable use
are scarce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21
A European in Chinese Doctor
Hands.
From the Lancet.

From the Lancet.
This is the Chinese medical treatment
which a Roman Catholic priest. Pere
Ripa, underwent. Having been thrown
from his horse and left fainting in the
street. he was carried into a house, where
doctor soon visited him. He made me
sit up in bed, placing near me a large
basin filled with water, in which he put
thick piece of ice to reduce it to freez-
ing point. Then stripping me to the
waist, he made me stretch my neck over
the basin while he continued to pour the
water on my neck with a cup. The pain
caused by those nerves which take their
rise from the pia mater was so great and
SO insufferable that 1t seemed to me un-
equaled, but he said it would stanch the
blood and restore me to my senses, which
was actually the case, for in q short time
my sight became clear and my mind re-
sumed its powers. He next bound my
head with a band drawn tight by two
men, who held the ends while he struck
the intermediate parts vigorously with a
piece of wood, which shook my head vio-
lently and gave me dreadful pains. This,
he said, was to set the brain, which he
supposed had been displaced, and it is
true that after the second operation my
head felt more free.
"A third operation was now performed.
during which he made me, still stripped
to the waist. walk in the open air sup
ported by two persons, and while thus
walking he unexpectedly threw basin
of freezing cold water over my breast.
AS this caused me to draw my breath
with great vehemence. and as my chest
had been injured by the fall, it may easily
be imagined what were my sufferings I'M
ter this affliction, but I was consoled by
the information that if any rib had been
dslocated this sudden and hard breathing
would restore 1t to it's natural position.
Inc next proceeding was not less painful
and extravagant. The operator made me
sit on the ground and, assisted by two
men, held a cloth upon my mouth and
nose till 1 was almost suffocated. This,
said the Chinese <Esculapius, by causing
violent heaving Of the chest will force
back any rib that may have been dis
located The wound In my head not being
deep. he healed it by stuffing it with
burned cotton. He then ordered that
should continue to walk much, supported
by two persons; that 1 should not sit long
nor be allowed to sleep till 10 o'clock at
night. at which time I should eat little
thin rice soup. He assured me that these
walks in the open air while fasting would
prevent the blood from settling upon the
chest where ii might corrupt. These RENE
dies. though barbarous and excruciating.
cured me so completely that in seven days
was able to resume my journey"
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RARE WORK ABOUT A PIRATE.
Britisher Who Became the Mock
King Of Madagascar.

From the New York Times
A curious and rare book, bearing no
date nor place of publication, but prob
ably printed in London about 112o. was
sold at Andersons the past week. Its
title reads as follows: THE Life and
Adventures OF Capt John Avery, the
Famous English Pirate raised from a
Cabin (sc) Boy to King now in pos
session of Madagascar. Being a sue
cinct account Of his BIRTH education,
misfortunes and successes . his put
ting to sea in a merchant ship, where
he drew in the crew to turn pirates with
him. his sailing to Jamaica, his taking
OF large ship worth above million
sterling belonging to the Great Mogul,
with his granddaughter on board, (who
was to marry the King of Persia at
tended by great retinue OF ladies'; his
marriage with the said princess, his
wealth, strength and acquisitions by sea
and land, etc. Written by person who
made his escape from thence tthe land
OF the Great MoguD, and faithfully ex-
tracted from his journal
This work and another one like 1t en-
titled THE King of Pirates" being an
account of the famous enterprises OF
Capt. Avery, the mock King of NADIA
gascar, In two letters from himself,
llLOndon, l'1o), nave been attributed to
Daniel Defoe. They are fiction, with a
substratum OF fact.
There was an English pirate named
John Avery, whose depredations in the
eastern seas in the year 1895, caused
much embarrassment to the East India
Company and to the government He
fitted out in the West Indies a ship
mounting forty-six guns. and. with a
motley crew of 100 men, established him
self at Perrin and levied toll on all YES
sells passing in or out Of the Red sea.
His chief loot was large ship belonging
to the Mogul himself, which he taxed
to the extent of upward of E3Go.Oo0. The
angry Mogul retaliated on the East In
d.a Company's officers at Surat. and put
a. stop to the British trade. Avery, TAX
ing alarm, and. moreover. satisfied for
the time being with his booty, returned
to the West Indies, sold his ship, and
dispersed his crew. some Of whom were
afterward caught in Ireland or Eng
land, and several executed. Avery him
self, however, kept out Of harms way,
and his whereabouts could not be def
nitely learned. although large rewards
for his apprehension were offered by the
government and the East India Company.
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him. Often Baldwin had accommodated
him with all of the money he asked for.
and the salesman had always promptly
paid the old man back
so in his mess of trouble he went to
the old chap and asked that he be allow
ed to settle his bill later. and in addi-
ton he tried to put over a touch for
5000 to enable him to grease back to his
home.
But Lucky. with his wad deep sunk
gave the salesman an instant view Of
his back. He never so much as replied
to the man. He was in his periodical
parsimonious mood. And a bunch of
travelling men staying at the hotel, hear
ing of the busted ones. plight, got to-
gether and paid off his Indebtedness and
shipped him back to his home
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Sterilization by Light.
From the London Mail.

rom Inc LONDON MIL.
Milk is now being sterilized in Paris BY
submitting it to the action of ultraviolet
rays. thus avoiding the use OF heat or
treatment by chemical antiseptic sub
stances. 1t has long been known that
light without heat can destroy micro-or-
eanisms. and in 1893 it was proved that
from the ultraviolet part OF the spec
trum there proceeded rays that had a
bacterial effect. 1t was further shown
that glass stopped these rays. which,
however. passed easily through quartz.
1t has taken over seven years to turn
this knowledge to general use, but now
in Paris an apparatus has been made BY
which ultra violet rays. through quartz,
sterilize 1872 gallons OF water an hour
After much trouble the sterilizing OF
milk has been successfully accomplished.
although its opaqueness was at first Q
difficulty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21
The Future Statesman.
I'm the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Harold"
Yes, papa"
whats this I hear? You say you
won't go to bed?"
Papa" replied the statesman's little
boy. eff you heard anything like that, I
have been misquoted.''
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The observation-disclosures
of Some individuals

He party in the
smoking compart-
ment of the Pull
man were talking
of chaps who al
ternately spend
money like soused
mariner and then
close up and de-
velop the muci-
laginous mitt.
Lucky Baldwin
was that way,
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Absolutely Original.

From the Detroit Free Press.
She's original, anyway"
why so?''
II was forced to offer her my left hand
to shake yesterday and she didn't say:
The left hands nearest the heart ~
Detroit Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21

ECENTLY I read a
little LEGAL news
story in The Star
about a rum-loving
bear. The bear be-
longed to some lit
tie vacant lot cir
Gus that was ex-
hibiting in Wash
ington. and the
story tod about
how the boss OF
the show toted the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21
Home Education.

From the Queen.
True education. like charity. begins at
home, and the more parents realize and
act upon this principle the better will II
be for their children and their children's
children.
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would appear to be without question the
eye. To learn the number. Of persons
who are going about the world looking
at you with a glass eye is quite aston
ishing. And then, too, the modern glass
eye Is not a glass eye at all; 1t Is made
Of enamel-metallic enamel.
stock thousands OF eyes SO made. of
every size. shape and color. One thing
that makes the demand for eyes greater
than for any other kind OF false organ
Of the human body is the fact that an
artificial eye only lasts about year
often only nine notwithstanding to the
action of the tears upon 1t. And another
reason for their production in such guam
titles is that at regular intervals the man
who begins to wear such an imitation
eye has to have one Of larger size.
Upon beginning. after losing its own
orb OF ENTHUSIASTICALLY from some ac
cident-the socket is nearly closed. and
SO only a small enamel eye can be fitted
into it at first AS this causes the
socket to enlarge somewhat, little
later a larger eye is fitted in. and so on
until the wearer has got one the same
that the charging process ceases at
this stage. and does not continue to a
noticeable degree.
AS a rule, il takes five or six per
sons to make an artificial eye. globe
is formed Of the enamel. and then the
eve coioring is burnt into this by spe-
cially clever workers. The coloring
may be of almost any shade generally
found in eyes. Afterward the globe has
to be cut and shaped to the pattern
given, and the edges are then an
nealed' or fred to prevent breaking.
Last OF all the entire eye Is polished
by a special process
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21
THE KITTATINNY.
; leading hotel at Delaware Water Gan. Pa
,klet. GFRANK CtSPE
visits
VIRGINIA

ORKNEY SPRINGS HOTEL AND BATHS-IF
mts.. the .'Aips' Of America: elevation. $500
IT,. temperature. s5F cool; good table; pleasant
cure rheums tism. dyspepsia. blood and kidnsy
trouble Open June l.: Terms very reasonable.
Booklet. a. G. Carter. Prop. Orkney Springs. Va
my6-4m,S
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MISCELLANEOUS,

MISCELLANEOUS
DELIGHTFUL 12-ROOM COTTAGE WITH
water, and electric lights throughout swim
ming pools. shady walks. beautiful drives:
piano. Also S-room cottage. ditto all rail.
hours from Washington. Apply OWNER. 140t
Massachusetts ave. my2l-3t
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Now, this salesman had been on al
most chummy terms with Lucky Baldwin
He'd been a guest at Lucky's banouets
during the old mans high-spendins Pc
RODS; had taken in the races with the old
boy, and had gambled and caroused with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21

Some Of US get into the limelight be-
fore we have time to put on our make
up.-Puck.
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SEASIDE PARK, N. J.
Ube Manbasset

Opens under new management June 10. Remod
eled and enlarged. Capacity. 500. 213 Hale
bldg. 1928 Chestnut ST.. Philadelphia. Write for
illustrated booklet. j. Z. kIDOER
myl-92tS Manager.
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IN Used 3D." will recall the IN
III dividuAl who took himself apart
as it were, until, from robust
looking sonoroGs-vciced gentleman. he
became a mere sibbering fragment. This
conception may be taken as prophetic OF
present-day possibilities in human patch
work for it Is hardly conceivable that.
even in the comparatively recent days OF
the author Of The Raven" mechanical
ingenuity in this regard had reached the
perfection to which it now attaif1s. An
interview with an up-to-date supplier OF
emedies for defects and mutations In
the human frame reveals the fact that
not only are the archaic peg leg and glass
eye supplanted by devices that do every
thing but see and feel. but missing noses,
lips and ears may be had which WONDER
fully simulate, in appearance, the real
things.
1t would seem. from the experience OF
a dealer in artificial human members IN
this city. that the most unusual feature
to be missing. from accident or other
wise is the ear This dealer afhrms that
he has made, or supplied. in his time.
some thousands Of glass eyes. has man
ufactured hundreds of artificial limbs.
and even made four or five pairs or raise
lips. but has only once. to his knowledge,
recent achievement the dealer undertook
to show the models and processes which
he had used to secure the finished re-
suit. one. he said of absolute success
The missing ear. or, rather. portion
thereof. was required by q gentleman
who had in shooting accident some
time before, had the misfortune to lose
the lower half of his right ear. After
the necessary operation he was for some
time without that portion of his ear
inh ho1 a
any substitute for it. 1t was only when
a personal friend suggested to him that
he should try to get an imitation lower
half fitted. SO as to take away any notice
able deformity. that he devoted any con-
Germ Of this nature to the subject.
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One very curious thing regarding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21

. EADERS Of Poes grotesque
story, THE Man Who Was
IL Used Up will recall the in
u dividual who took himself apart.