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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
CHICKEN RACES.
The Ridiculous "Hen Derby" lnstl-
tuted by Sir John Ashley.

tuted by Sir John Ashley.
1t is said that the crowning triumph
of Sir John Ashley, that inventor of
absurd contests, whose forte 1t was to
arrange races between animals which
nature apparently had made most un.
suitable for the purpose, was the In
stitution of the only races that ever
took place between chickens.
The story is that the idea came to
Sir John during visit to a friend who
kept aalarge number of hens. He no
tlced how rapidly the chickens used to
scurry to their mother when food was
thrown to her. This furnished the In
genous Sir John with n clever notion,
and Mt mess, he then being quartered
at Windsor, he accordingly unfolded
to his brother officers his plans for a
great chicken race.
He bought from a farmer a hen and
brood of chickens. Each officer was
to choose a chicken and mark It with
n ribbon, so that he could easily recog-
niZe 1t. The chickens were to be placed
about fifty yards away from their
mother, and whichever of them reached
her first in answer to her cackle when
food was thrown to her was to be ad-
judged the winner.
And so this ridiculous "hen Derby"
came off in the barracks at Windsor
and was witnessed by nearly the whole
brigade of guards, who Travelled down
from London especiallyito see It,
The race was such a success that It
was arranged TO repeat it the follow
ing week. 1t might possibly have be-
come regulsr in}titutlon and rac-s
ing stable of chickens might have been
added to the al FACTIONS at Windsor
had not Sir Johns chicken won on
each occasion With such ease as to
cause suspicioh in tbe minds Of his
competitors. indeed, 1t was found, 1t
is said that il both races Sir John had
selected sturdy young cockerel who
was much 700 speedy for his sisters.
When victofy was a certainty for ono
particular competitor the contest, Of
course, lost interest, and so the chicken
races at Windsor came to sudden
end.-New York Herald. flt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

to me in the lobby of the Raleigh
hotel Washington. on that occas-
ion. McMurTay iH oduceV me n
Colonel Cecil A. Lyon, of Texas
Lyon however, was not present
when the offer was made"
McCurtain's ,tcstimony created a
sensation In the court room and in
is supposed that the next thing will
be to get McIIurray before the COM
mittee. "
Tho charge made by Gore is that
IIamdn told HIM there would be
900 and possibly $4,000 in It
for him (dorpj jif the McMurray
contracts wire v approved Hamon.
however according to the Gore
charges. did not say that he was au-
thorized to represent McMurIay and
notes have been offered to show
the president be believed that Nc
Muway's fee was considered too
large and would not be approved
but made no further reference to tn
attorny
sann,w' Curtis y ISansai on tn
stand says Gor's accusations abso-
lutcly without foundation so far as
he is CONCERNED:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
SANDUSKy
!, SELECTED
For the Next Meeting of
the Ohio Firemen's AS
sociation.
BY Itnlted Press Wire.


Toledo o.. Aug. 6.--With the cleo
ton of officers and the selection of
Sandusky as the 1911 convention city,
the annual meeting of the Ohio Fire
mems association came to a close at
1880 o'clock this afternoon. The Of
ficers of the association elected are:
President, Chief r. J. MCFARLAND. Ma
rion; first vice \presiSent s. J. Van
Tine, chief, DeAgIson second vice
president. GeorgTNN. Nenaber, fire.
man, Dayton; Tird\yice president, j.
II. Costing, 1feman. Pttawa; fourth
vice president, Chief Arthur Aungst,
Alliance: secretary, ID. *. Moser War
ren; treasurer, William Swift, Column
bus. There was no competition in the
vote on the next convention city, San
dusky being the only city to ask for
IT. The name was changed from the
Ohio Fire Chiefs association to the
Ohio Firemen's association, and the
constitution was revised to admit to
membership the $4,000 nremen in
Ohio.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
Huntina TruffIes as Snort.

Quite apart from the interest OF
fungi to the naturalist the temptation
cannot here be resisted to refer to n
method Of procuring one kind of fun
gus, which might take rank among the
minor sports. This is the fashion,
originating in France, OF procuring the
truifle by the aid of swine and hounds.
More III assorted sporting companions
can hardly be imagined. The trufIle
grows, underground. Pigs are partic-
ularly fond of these delicacies and,
guided by the scent, will discover
them by roofing in the earth. After
the discovery Of the truflles the dogs
are employed to beat back the pigs
and prevent them from devouring the
spoil. And every quality dear to the
sportsman OF skill and judgment is
needed to control and obtain the de-
sired result from the efforts of herd
Of swine and pack of hounds.-Lon.
Con Outlook.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

Joho
Coumbb
the job the able accomplished editor the
be at once to the
in country, that point
$ o W. auOhi Journal
man was found praying Passic N He hustled
p as one mentally de"nstf 1d he bccn caught
would probably have been sent u jaClcyclnd
by
Taft can't stand by the peoDrpmd
Harmon thinks will p9y Statesmen
~ T..
Harding viii play ry< &E a"ascol
arcl not highly auspiclous optimistic
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
Hippocratie Fhoe.

The hippocratic face Is a condition
OF the human face prod heed by death.
long illness. excessive bunger and the
like The nose is pincbed, the temples
hollow, the eyes sunkfn, the ears cold
and retracted, the skyh of the forehead
dry, the complexion/livid and the lips
relaxed with cold frhis appearance is
so named from pafing been accurately
described by HVpocrates, thee father
OF medicine.-N9E York American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
Different StyIe.

Edward, aged six, was sent TO a bar.
Der shop to get his hair cut. The bar
Der who was assigned to the job had
red hair.
"Would you like TO have your hair
cut like mine?" asked the banber.
"No, sir" answered Edward. "Cut
1t some other color, pleasep Chicago
News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
1T WAS A BILLION
DOLLAR CONGRESS

Washington, Aug. 6--5An official
summary Of appropriatiIhs made by
the second sesstpn oT the Sixty
First congress-, eVr9%lcted today by
Thomas =. Cleav& and James b.
Courts, chief clg/ks\of the senate
and house appD6prIationS committees
shows a grand total of $1,O27,9O1,-
C29,lS.
II is stated that comparison with
the appropriations by the second
session of the SiXtieth congress shows
a reduction of SIG, 6,5OO,227.94.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
One minh unhrok.n

Standing oyer ths shattered remains
OF their LAST Dresden china statuette,
the exaspeTted mistress said to the
awkward servant:
rs there anything you haven't
broken since you have been with me?"
Yes, num-" replied the servant. 81
have yet to bleak mes record for de-
structiyeness." ."-Baltimor American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
SOMETHING FOR THOSE wIlb BUY DRY CONSIDER

SOMETHING wIIb DRY GOODS TO CONSIDER
believe to be sound on the tariff
question limitations
commodities produced in
difference of the cost Of production here with
competing producers abroad
Another axiom of levied
removed from necessities Both doctrines we conceive " be
serious abuse There seem to
the tariff than might think on superficial amna
ton the ultimate
raising above the necessities of protection which
boom the stock markets and FIJI the pockets
rubber
mlowne by the imposition of high tariffs
anong an opportunity prohibve
senator following observation recently;
~ at is interesting
mnOwners and manufacturers testified that they were
not
These increases were hpom
issued wooren stocks
ed ST S% a%dcP ScP the
ana ry @ mpen % To @ the business these stocks found s
these increases of the
Mr. X nac1ca who led the parade of
York in Of Wholesale Dry
and his opinion on the effects of the Mdrch
members of that body He says;
and man
paid year mans shirt that used
today
trn up
is higher shirtng white
goods all descriptions base osand yoes and "ee come dearer
the Adch tariff them raised
nlustrhtonand think this may be said to he
in he black muslin Nearly
value is 1a i-2 square yard
ANS mus'n unoer u'e D''s.y Ia" was was 90 p ~ ~ ", " -,
schedule: Ia plus plus or Ii cents square yard which equals
as nesnG% nSs SS%, "d '"'''" '"' 20 per S"''
This Increase is not as great as some others but now comes the signia
part of F. Adricrs few
with him. virtual monopoly the man
fancy
Pawucket
a
against some
wishes nearly all simply please Lppe
and his associates hppe wanted the duty raised on the curtain muhs
which he manufactures therefore the whole sh'due mad TO De raised
duties Mdrlch
and other apoloss of the tariff been trying deceive the public
Of,
demoraized tariff six
We hope better times but going keep tariff agitation
and hidden
o he
ON
o
trick. "whcn
early
let bad England
head of which are Lppe of Rhode End and Mccall of Massachusetts
tried secretly put through joker that would have kept all imported
cotton
This was discovered and killed but Mccall the Club
Boston association big
the Senate committee arguing that the Dnsey cotton schedule ambg
clauses asking
he proposed the that Aldrich through.
w fought and showed for what is but when eOrnered Aid
rich would always squeeze out by saying that he would
tors statements at the proper time The time
"The a the
the people only realized
paid year goods arc inferior to what they used to get If they
get the same quality of goods they used to buy they
has got to stand the loss ultimately
per
Only about three cent of the cotton goods sold
tariff increase
SO far as the ultimate consumer coener There is no cotton
trust but the manufacturers
prices at the time and
There
a
has the ultimate pays
oyer onethird Europe yet
$ here"
Al Reid of A L. White street
Church Geos
Riggs Co, No 72 Fraqkln general
Mr. MacLea. .,tl
The Statesmen nearly all dodgedthe Legislative
We're too many subjects taboo' Candidates
position In coming
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

II. j. Blackmore. of Hsller u
Blackmore, Pittsbtrg, Pa. says; GA,
short. time siDte/I procured bot-(
tie Of DR.. ApeEhon's Relief fer Rheu
IN q hours tnnsy aS to to Bed with With!
DR.. Detch6hg Relief >f6r RAeumakismI
Is the only medi3ip6 t1N did me an.
good. ] had fvA of fhe hest ply
sicians In the city. put A rseeiIe
very little relief frdfp thefn. / know
pr; Detchons Relief SPr Rheumatism
or poor sufferers. W
Sold by The Dumbls Pharmacx
Druggist. Opp. Ksrr House.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
Poor Service.

AS the fire truck came changing along
the street car tracks Uncle Ben stood
at the corner and waved his hat.
"Ding II" he exclaimed when the
truck had passed. "That wouldn't stop
neither."-Buffalo Express.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
lnquisitive.

After Sunday school:
Willle-Did you hear that boy swear,
Johnny. when ! told him to go away?
Johnny--No. Quietly persuasive) Tell
him to go away again and III listen.-
Manchester Guardian.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
A Catfish aunnsatian

Ethel-My poor head aches fright.
fully Claire-Why don't you take
your hair Off and rest it my dear?-
Lippincott's.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
victor Murdoch Of Kansas says:

fThe Kansas insurgnt Republicans
and selfish Interests OF cQntro American politics
Well
Democratic leaders been
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

Tho Cleveland Law club offers $1,000
reward for arrest of murderer OF At
torney Rice. Ittt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

Miss Margaret> Burg9A is in Column
bus where she is Nss1g entertained at
q week end party She- will remain
ing the coming week. :
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

"The poorest way TO face life Is to
face 1t with sneer."--Theodore Roose-
veit
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

Happiness Is bird we pursue our
Life long Without catching it,--Yirey.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

Congressman Crumpacker Of India
nais doomed for Speaker Of the Re-
publicans in the next congress-.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

President Pedro Montt of Chill was
the guest of President Taft today at
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
Habits Of Seals.

The habits of seals are very interest
ing. The very young seal is helpless
In the water until he is taught by his
mother to swim. She takes him into
the water daily on her fin and dumps
him in and when he gets tired of
floundering about places him on her
fin again and returns to her camp.
When the young seals are well grown
they suddenly disappe9r with their
mothers and the bull Seals. No one
knows where they go, And their return
is equally as sudden rs their departure.
The bulls are tile first to put in an
appearance at I've camping ground.
When they arrReN they commence at
once to preparya camp for their mates.
which they fake Sr and for which
they fight uptil they die. In the mean
time the female seals remain quite
distance from land, hoating lazily on
the wafer and seemingly having a
good time.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

The Statesmen nearly all dodgedthe
We're subjects
position coming
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

Mrs. M9F Culbertson and Miss Stel-
In Smiley lave Sunday for weeks
stay at Put-in-Bay The McWilliams
cottage at Lakeside has not been
opened by the family this season.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
Z A Curious Experience.

Lombroso, the famous Italian crimi-
nologist, once had a curious expert
ence. He was In printing Office cor
recting the proofs in his Delinquent
Man" with the chief reader when on
reaching a page which dealt with a
young man who, impelled by jealousy,
had stabbed his fiancee he made
surprising discovery. The proofreader
was this man.
suddenly" Lombroso said in telling
the story, "he threw himself at my
feet, declaring that he would commit
suicide If published this story with
his name. His face, before very gen
tie, was completely altered and almost
terrifying, and ! was really afraid
that he would kill himself or me on
the spot. / tore up the proofs and for
several editions omitted his story"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

The Tigers will not trade III Cobb.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26

the camp, and took great interest in
the heads and skins of the game
The men all carried spears and the
warriors carried, in addition zebra
shields and bows and arrows. On
trek the women are put in charge of
the pack-donkeys, and they also do
most of the work of building the new
kraal.
We saw several ostrich nests, and
also young ostriches with the mother;
it is not easy to distinguish the
chicks when they are quite small,
they so closely resemble the color of
the ground. A little gray monkey was
fairly common, and we once saw some
balloons. The prettiest of the monkeys
was the colobus, the black and white
fur of which Is very remarkable. They
live on the top of the highest trees
and are only found in certain districts.
One afternoon, as we were returning
to our camp in the Gnaso Nyoro, we
disturbed some impala and were fol.
lowing them through thick scrub, when
the second gun-bearer touched R. on
the arm and pointed to a rhino feed.
ing at a distance of about fifty yards
on our right. 1t was lucky for us that
we. had stopped in time before he got
our wind We should have been in an
awkward predicament if he had
charged at such short range. AS 1t
was, r. had the satisfaction of adding
good specimen to his collection.
Rhino were very numerous, but those
on the plains had very poor horns.
They often caused considerable delay
to our safari as the porters were
afraid of them.
We were fortunate In having an ex
cellent staff. The gun-bearers were
Somalis and Swahilis; our tent-boys
too were very good servants and could
talk little English. The cook, a
Swahili, talked English fairly well, and
introduced himself to me as STU
dent from Zanzibar" | afterwards
discovered that this meant that he had
been taught at the mission there. His
cooking was excellent considering the
difficulties he had to contend with.
The country we were in is not pic
turesque, in the ordinary sense OF
the word, but 1t has great fascina-
tion of its own. The brilliant color
of the trees, the tropical tangle of
vegetation along the river banks, and
the deep blue of the distant mountains
make vivid patches of color against
the burnt-up veldt; but what i'm
pressed me most were the immense
plains and the great stretches of unin.
habited country. They more than all
beside make one realize the vast soil
tudes of Africa.
ALICE X. MUIR.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
Shooting Sharks With Water.

When he is working in water infest.
ed by sharks and other sea monsters
likely to do him harm, the diver has
at present to rely for his safety on
the use of the knife, or, failing that.
on a quick return to the surface. Now
comes the invention of Capt. Grobl,
a German diving instructor, who has
constructed a rifle which can be fired
under water, and is designed for the
better arming of the diver. The most
remarkable thing about this is that 1t
fires, not bullets, but water. which is
propelled with such force that 1t has
an extraordinary power of penetra-
ton. Indeed, the inventor himself
has pierced armor plate of medium
thickness with the water jet from his
weapon. The rifle has stout barrel
and is. loaded with a cartridge cased
in india rubber 1t Is worth recalling,
perhaps, that experiments were made
in the sixties with submarine rife
firing small explosive projectiles by
means of compressed air. but the in
ventor never got beyond the expert
mental stage and no details of 1t are
to be had
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
TEA AS JAPANESE MAKE 1T
Secret of Perfection Lies in the Proper
Fusion of Black and Green
Varieties.

Many American women wonder why
such good tea, and the manner in
which they go about the operation, the
Boston Herald says. When the Jap.
anese woman makes tea the foreign
spectator is impressed, not only with
the extreme sensitiveness of her hands,
but also with the evident delicacy of
her senses of sight and smell. The
secret of the tea lies in the proper fu.
sion.
Black tea requires boiling water,
and green tea does not Black tea re.
quires fresh water poured on the
leaves when 1t has just come to a de-
cided boil. Hot water that has boiled
long time and has lost its life will
not make good tea. 1t should stand
from three to seven minutes and only
in a porcelain pot. Then all the Ii.
quid should be poured off. In other
words, pour only as many cupfuls into
the pot as you wish to serve at once.
Hot water standing on tea leaves
oub Nht NuhAlills lNNOA uAlls1 W tllN
Japanese women, and this is the main
thing to be avoided. For second cups
pour boiling water on the leaves al.
ready used. When making a green tea
the thing to bear in mind is that an
oily beverage is desired. Water be.
yond $50 degrees Fahrenheit tends to
destroy the flavor and aroma by dri-
wing off the volatile oil
Allow hot water to stand in the
cups to be served in order that they
may be thoroughly heated. Pour
fresh hot water cooled to such an eX
tent that the finger can be placed in it,
over the green leaves and let it stand
in porcelain pot for two minutes and
a half Then pour little into each
cup and then little more, and so on
This makes each cup of like quality.
No sugar or milk is needed il the wa.
ter is of the proper temperature. Jap.
anese tea made in this manner should
have greenish amber color, with
true tea bush aroma and an oily taste.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
Fatal Omission by Jones.

my friend JONES'" said Mr.. Skim.
merton, invited me to spend a week
at his place in the country and l went
and had delightful time, but I will
never go again.
Mice place Jones has and he sets a
good table, his beds are good and
everything about his house is charm
ing, but there's something missing
from his garden.
IT'S nice garden, Jones', flower
beds and that sort Of thing, and off
at one end he has place for vegeta-
bles; fine vegetables he raises, too.
We had a generous taste Of them. A
nice garden sure enough, and still as
l looked around there was something
missing my eye sought without know
ing what, something that it didn't find,
and then 1t struck me all of a sud-
den.
There wasn't pergola!
81 can't stand for that. Most hos
pitable man, Jones; but can't afford
to visit anybody living in the country
that doesn't have somewhere about his
place pergola."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
Vendace of lochmaben.

Last month an interesting old Gus.
tom was observed at Lochmaben, IN
Dumfrieshire, when the towns people
exercised an ancient right granted by
charter of James vi. of netting the
lochs surrounding the burgh for ven
dace, very rare fish. The fishing,
however, did not prove productive,
very few vendace being captured,
though in former years they were
plentiful. This fish, which is peculiar
to the Lochmaben lochs alone, takes
no lure, and dies Immediately when
taken from the water. It's length
varies from six to eight inches, and
1t is greatly priced by epicures, being
fish of great delicacy-Court Jour,
nal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
to have offers of marriage,

to have offers of marriage, Of
course-more offers than a cookbook
ing girl without any cash. Sally Plum
began to have offers. The first came
from Deacon Harper. The deacon was
fifty, had four children, and was
looking around for a good thing. He
dropped in to court Sal1y. The
mother loft them together a whole
evening, and the only words Sally
uttered during the three long hours
was in reply to the deacons question
as to why she was so silent. She
thought for moment and then re-
piled:
"'Cause rye got stone bruise on
my heel!"
The deacon didn't relinquish his
plans, but he felt tired.
The merchant OF the village was an
old bachelor. He had known Sally
for years and sears. Considering that
$4,000, with the additional fact that
her mother owned her house and that
he could live there rent free, 1t
wouldn't be bad match for him.
He also went wooing. Sally was cut
ting carpet rags that evening. She
cut and sewed and wound them into
balls, and he talked and talked. He
had been to New York, Boston and
Chicago. He had seen a man hung.
He had almost seen a mad dog. His
brother John had been robbed on the
highway. All these things he men,
toned in hope of drawing Sally out.
She didn't draw. She kept the same
sober face and silent lips from start
TO finish. There were times when she
looked at the man, but what's a look?
The merchant worked harder to
draw Sally out and break the ice than
he ever had to sell $500 worth of
goods, but not word from her until
he had his hat in his hand to go.
Then she made long speech, for her.
She asked:
did the man you saw hung kick
around much?"
The third candidate was William
Simms. He was twepty-three years
old and worked in sawnhil. He was
plain-faced young man and not
much given to talk. He came court
ing with small package in his hand,
and when left alone with Sally he
handed her the package with the
remark:
Some spruce gum that ! got off
the logs this afternoon"
Sally accepted and began to chew.
She was knitting that evening. Mr..
Simms canted his ~hair back on its
hind legs against the vail and said
nothing further. He had killed big
black snake In the mill yards that
day, but he didn't mention it. He
had heard at the postoffice that a
trolley car in Philadelphia had run
off the track and killed five passen-
gers. but he didn't repeat 1t. In fact,
he dozed and nodded and slept, and
lts was the clock striking 10 that
aroused him. Sally had knit and