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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-07
Cream Biscuits

One quart of -four with one teaspoon
ful each OF salt, soda and baking pow
der rubbed through; then add two large
tablespoonfuls Of thick, sour cream to
the milk used in wetting; mix, handle
lightly and bake in hot oven.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-07
Graham Gems.

One large Tablespoonful OF thick, sour
cream, one OF sugar, one cupful Of
sweet milk, one cupful of sour milk
one cupful OF white -four. one cupful of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-07
Hernits.

One cupful Of thick sour cream, two
cupfuls of brown sugar one cupful Of
chopped rais!ns, two-thirds cupful Of
butter two beaten eggs. one teaspoon
ful each soda, cinnamon. cloves and
nutmeg. Flour to make stiff as can be
stirred. Drop by teaspoonfuls on Well
byttered pan. leaving plenty OF room
for them TO spread.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-07
Cream Horeeradlsh Sauce.

Beat one-half cupful OF thick, sour
cream, add u little salt and sugar and
beat In one-half cupful Of grated horse
radish. Serve with cold ham. .t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-07

full OF ginger. one teaspoonful each OF
salt, soda. cinnamon and cloves. Flour
to roll. Cut rather thick.
Fried Cakes.
One cupful OF sour cream, one cupful
OF sugar, two eggs. beat, add one level
teaspoonful each OF salt and soda. one
half nutmeg, and flour TO roll, using as
little as possible. Cut and fry In deep
fat. Use thin cream.
Fried Cakes.
One-half teacupful OF thick, sour
cream, one cupful OF buttermilk Cor
sour milk, one egg, one cupful of
sugar, one level teaspoonful of soda
one of salt Flavor TO suit. Flour to
roll-fry in hot fat.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-07
Quick Cream Cookies.
Thick Ginger Cookies.

One eupful OF sour cream, one cupful
of lard, one cupful of molasses, one
cupful Of brown sugar. one tablespoon
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
Il G Christianity and Convicts.

Civilization is peculiar, to say the
east Of it. For centuries we have been
imprisoning convicted criminals, MAX
Ing them work at hard labor for the
state and altogether ignoring the
rights Of their families to their labor
and it's proceeds. This situation is due
tc the old notion that incarceration
was for punishment alone and not
necessarily for the good Of society.
The world rapidly is outgrowing that
error. We know now that we do not
send man to prison merely because
we want him to suffer-eye for eye,
tooth for tooth-but because society de-
mands that he be locked up so that he
may commit no further crimes against
it and also that the temporary depriva-
ton of his liberty may tend toward
his own reformation, to the end that
he may become a good citizen when he
gets out.
Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, long
known as the friend of the convict and
the ex-convict, has begun a crusade
looking toward the states recognition
Of the rights of the wife and children
or others dependent upon the convict
ed person. In many states a system
prevails which makes a profit to the
state out of the labor of the prisoner.
The convicts are hired out by contract,
either inside the penitentiary or out
side. The pay which the state receives
over and above the pittance required
for the board and keep of the prisoner
goes to the state. Mrs. Booth thinks
it should go to the sorrowing and per-
haps destitute wife back home and the
hungry children or the old mother who
is dependent upon the earnings of her
maynard son.
Well, why not?
The old mother, the patient, long suf-
fering wife, the helpless and innocent
children, are not to blame for the
mans shortcomings; they should not
be made to suffer for his sins; they
should be protected by society when
society, for whatever reason, takes
away their provider. 1t is highly prob
able that within a few years the sys-
tenn of sending home the surplus earn
ings of the convict will prevail, and
when this superlatively and obviously
Christian reform is instituted the re-
cording angel will write in his big book
Of gold the name of Maud Ballington
Booth
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
MANNED CERVANTES.
Bravery In Battle Of the Famous
Author Of "Don Quijote."

Bravery In Battle Of the Famous
Author Of "Don Quijote."
An incident of the battle of Lepan-
to. which broke the power of the
Turks in Europe. has an interest for
students of literature I'm the Mar
quesa galley"-we quote from Com
mander Currey's Sea Wolves In the
Mediterranean"-''w lying in his
bed. sick Of fever. young man
twenty-four years of age. Spaniard
of Alcala de Henares. the son of hon.
orable parents. we are told, although
these parents were poor. When this
young man heard that battle was
imminent he rose from his bed and
demanded of his captain. Francisco
San Pedro. that he should be placed
in the post of greatest danger The
captain and others, his friends, coun-
seled him to remain in his bed
'Senores.' replied the young man,
what would be said of Miguel de
Cervantes should he take this advice?
On every occasion up to this day on
which his enemies have offered battle
to his majesty l have served like a
good soldier. and today 1 intend to do
so in spite of this sickness and fever
he was given command of twelve SOL
diers in shallop and all day was to
be seen where the combat ragged most
fiercely. He received two wounds in
the chest and another which cost him
the loss Of his left hand To those
to whom he DrOudlv diSDlayed them in
after years he was accustomed to say.
wounds in the face or the chest are
like stars which guide one through
honor to the Skies OF him the chron-
1cler says, He continued the rest Of
his life with honorable memory Of
this wonderful occurrence, and. al
though he lost the use of his left
hand, it added to the glory Of his
right How glorious was that right
hand is known to all readers of FL
Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la
Mancha'"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
Another Aerial Triuuph.

When J. A. D. McCurdy In an aero
plane flew from Key West straight
out over the ocean, headed for Ha.
vana, went out of sight of land and
descended safely to the surface Of the
water only ten miles from his intended
goal and ninety-six miles from his
starting point in two hours he accom-.
plished a feat which is destined to be.
come historic. Other aviators have
flown across bays or other narrow bod
les of water, such as the English chan
mel, but McCurdy is the first to fly out
of sight Of land, above the brine, al
most succeeding in going from one ma
tant.
This was no crazy stunt which Nc
Curdy attempted. His purpose was to
show, if he could, that the aeroplane
is means Of practical navigation
above the ocean. Pontoon attachments
made it perfectly safe for him to come
down when he found it necessary to
do so. When he was picked up by a
torpedo boat destroyer he was sitting
calmly in his seat, not even having
got his feet wet, and he told the Of
ficers of the boat to take their time, as
he was in no danger whatever. While
there is a general regret that Mr.. Nc
Curdy did not succeed in reaching his
goal by fight, there is reason for re-
joicing that he did make water land
ing, so to speak, for that in itself is
feat of Importance
The aeroplane is in it's infancy, but
it is a pretty vigorous and versatile
baby even now. Every day or so we
hear of new wonders which it per-
forms. When Roger Sommer carried
FIVE passengers in an aeroplane on
long cross country air voyage and
brought them home safely he demon
strated the passenger carrying power
or the machine. When Eugene B. Ely
flew from land to the deck of a war
vessel in San Francisco bay he proved
that the aeroplane will have it's uses
in war. Perhaps it may be the chief
agency in abolishing war. If that be
true, then the aeroplane verify is the
most useful invention Of the ages, and
the Wright brothers of Dayton O., must
be enrolled as the champion benefac-
tors of the race.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
The Pistol TOtoFS.

AS general proposition 1t may be
stated that man who carries a re-
volver is either a coward or a criminal.
There are exceptions, of course, so
don't get excited if you happen to have
n six shooter in your hip pocket. There
is altogether too much pistol toting in
this country, and the laws prohibiting
the carrying Of concealed weapons are
fractured to fragile in every COM
munity, with little or no effort upon
the part of the authorities to prevent
such violation.
OF the 1875 homicides in the city of
New York last year, as shown by fig
ures just issued from the coroners' Of
flee, 1OS wore firearm murders One
hundred and eight persons vic
tins each week-we;e shot to death in
the metropolis by irresponsible, ash
nine, inept wretches who went about
the streets carrying concealed revolv-
ers. Most of the murders throughout
the country are pistol murders. 1t is
so easy and so handy to pull gun
and pump lead into your best friend If
he steps on your toe or into the stran-
ger who disputes your right to street
car seat!
Some men can carry revolver with
safety to themselves and to society,
but the average man who has the pis-
tol totinS ha bit is serious menace to
human life, apt at any time or place to
misuse his weapon. Many men fancy
that they must carry revolvers because
Of the possibility of needing the weap-
ons Gin SELF Defense" Others tote
pistols because of the inane delight
they take in being armed, putting on
swagger, going about boasting of the
fact that they are '1oaded for bear"
All this disgusts the man of real cour-
age and responsibility
It is high time that a general cru
SADIE be started against the pistol tot
ers, to the end that innocent victims
may be saved and the toters them.
selves kept off the gallows or out of
the penitentiary. Revolvers are useful
chiefly in target practice AS rule
they are mighty poor pocket compan-
ions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
Pumps Versus Baths.

The poor are dirty because they can
not afford to be clean and not from in
clination or choice. AS the woman in
an English town said to the doctor
who thoughtlessly suggested that hel
child Of six was old enough to be
washed, 'It's easy for you to talk OF
washin', with yer hot and cold taps
but what are the likes of me to dc
with. only the loan of my neighbours
pump?" In the multitude of schemes
occupying the attention Of public bod
les the establishment and maintenance
of public wash houses, with due re.
gard to the prevention of the spread of
infection, ought to take a foremost
place.-Medical Press and Circular.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
Tho LOYAL Bookseller.

Certainly the loyalist bookseller on
record was the John Stubs who of.
Tended Queen Elizabeth by publishing
a book protesting against the proposed
marriage with the limp Of the crown
OF France" TIE unhappy man was
condemned to suffer the loss Of his
right hand, which was accordingly
chopped off with butchers knife in
the market place at Westminster. II
remember" says Camden, "standing
by Stubs, who, as soon as his right
hand was off, took off his hat with his
left and cried aloud, God save the
queen! The next moment he faint
ed. 1.-THE Romance Of Bookselling."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
" More Power. For Governors

More Power For Governors
A recently defeated candidate fdr the
yoyernorship Of a great state is quoted
as having said in a speech the pther
day that he is in favor Of increasing
the executive powers Of governors and
also Of giving them specially delegated
authority to originate legislation He
would have the governor Of state
frame such measures as he deems de-
sirable and then have the governors
bills take precedence on the legish tive
calendar In other words, this poll
tician wants the executive AMI the
legislative functions fused, mixed,
mingled, fricasseed, scrambled, il the
official person Of one man. ~
The late Alexander Hamilton, who in
his day was an exceedingly useful man
and an upright one, fought in thu con-
stitutional convention for theories very
similar to those advocated BY the
speaker just mentioned. Hamilton
wanted a strong central govern ment,
with the executive empowered TO ad-
vance legislation authoritatively and
not merely in an advisory car acity.
He had fought bravely through the
Revolutionary war, which liberated
the colonies and made possible a re-
publican government, but he was too
near the monarchic days to apprA ciate
the fact that the one man power which
he advocated would have brought this
nation perilously near to monar.hism.
If not actually transmitting the gold Of
our democracy into the iron of abso-
lutiSm.
From time to time somebody gets up
in church, in school, in congress, in the
woods, and loudly demands that our
state and national executives need
more power. But there is an over
whelming and wholesome sentiment,
based upon the knowledge that for
more than hundred years the United
States has existed as the freest of ma
tons, in favor Of maintaining our pres
ent triangular arrangement-execut
legislative and Notwithstanding each
with jealous and jealous care and
making sure that neither shall lap over
into the other. It is exceedingly likely
that this wise and we'll tested arrange
ment will continue for some years to
come. ROBERTUS LOVE.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
Count Zeppelin makes dirigihle air.
ships 500 feet long, but the bigger the
ship the bigger the wreck.
How to use Schoolhouses.


Governor Eberhart Of Minnesota has
made some suggestions in the inter
est of country school children which
may result in much benefit to rural
communities. He proposes that the
state, which has a school fund of ex
traordinary proportions, establish a
central institution being substituted
for several of the old fashioned dis
trict schools. Too far for many of the
children to walk? you ask. Yes, but
transportation is to be furnished The
kid wagons are to call at the farm
houses, pick up the children, set them
down at the door of the big school
house and take them home when
school let's out. Another suggestion of
Governor Eberhart is that these cen
trail schoolhouses be made the centers
of social life for each community.
With such social advantages tending
to minimize the monotony of isolated
home life, it is believed that many
young persons who otherwise would
leave the country districts and go to a
town or city will remain on the farm.
Already in some communities, nota-
bly, in Ohio, plans similar to the one
suggested have been adopted and are
being carried out successfully. In
some places the ''kid wagons'-that is
just what they are called-take the
children from the country to the town
school and back home. But the cen
tralized country school appears to be
the better plan. The little red school
house will give way to the big white
grammar school or the brick high
school set up at the crossroads. Enter
tainments, parties, lectures, social at
fairs Of all kinds, may be held in these
schoolhouses, so that the residents for
miles around may have town opportu-
mites Tin their midst" without having
TO go to town.
It is evident that persons of sociolog-
ical bent will watch and study with
interest the Minnesota consolidated
schoolhouse. 1t is an idea which might
be tried anywhere. Generally estab-
lished as an educational and social cen
ter for rural communities, the central
schoolhouse would do a great deal to-
ward solving. the problem of keeping
people on the farm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
War Caused by the Automob1Ie.

War Caused by the AUTOMOBILE.
The first war in history caused by
the automobile has begun to splutter
in South America. Peru and Ecuador
are fighting sporadically, and the diff
Guilty may develop into real and seri-
Gus war. What is it all about? Rubber
is at the bottom of the dispute, and the
automobile comes in because in recent
years there is such vastly increased
demand for rubber tires.
The republic of Ecuador claims
100000 square miles of territory com
prised in the ancient kingdom of
Quito. Peru also wants this land. The
tract is rich in rubber forests. Both
Of these republics seem determined to
establish their claim to the disputed
territory. Arbitration at The Hague
court has been declined by each con-
testant. 1t seems almost inevitable
that the issue will have to be fought
out on the field of battle, with much
loss Of blood and treasure and a pos
sibility of changing the map of South
America. Chile and Colombia are said
to be considering the matter of joining
forces with Ecuador against Peru.
Should this be done the war would as
sumo large proportions and might even
call for Intervention by this country
or some European power in the inter
ests Of commerce.
The United States, Of course, will OBJ
serve strict neutrality in any event,
While using all diplomatic efforts to
end or avert the strife American adj
venturers In considerable numbers no
doubt will be on each side if the con-
t1ict develops into general war. South
America is a fruitful field for the 'sol-
der Of fortune,' who as a rule is a cit
1zen of misfortune before he takes up
the sword. There have been MANY
wars in South America, but none for
generations so desperate and so i'm
portant as the impending struggle be-
tween Peru and Ecuador as leaders.
with other republics lined up as Sec
ondary parties to the dispute.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
!. GATHERING RUBBER.
The Sap ID coagulated by the Action
Of Pungent Smoke.

OF Pungent Smoke.
The industry Of collecting and pre-
pairing rubber is carried on extensively
in the valley Of the Amazon. There are
districts Of many square miles owned
and operated by one person. The rub
Der trees are scattered more or less
plentifully among other trees that
yield no profit as yet.
When one has secured a large tract
of forest land for the industry he puts
up rough shelter upon it and en-
cages Indian natives of the neighbor-
hood to aid him in the work. Early in
the morning they start out to make
the rounds of the estate, for they must
get back to the riverside before the
heat Of the day becomes too great.
They tap the trees, attach little tin
cups to catch the sap and take home
whatever sap may be collected
The sap Of the rubber tree is white
liquid of the consistency Of goats milk
1t is necessary that it be converted
into solid. This is effected by the
action of pungent smoke that coagu-
lates or curdles the milky fluid. For
this use the seeds of two different
kinds Of palm are employed. The seeds
are put in an earthen jar which has q
narrow neck. the bottom of which is
perforated with a number Of square
holes. In this the palm nuts are
burned. The holes in the bottom of the
jar admit draft and cause a dense
smoke to issue from the neck
The operator takes a paddle similar
to that with which he paddles his ca
noe and holds the blade of it over the
jar. Upon it he pours the milky juice
cup by cup, all the time turning the
blade so as to bring all parts of it into
the smoke. The fluid is instantly fixed
and adheres to the wood or to the rub.
Der already formed. This process is
continued until a solid lump is formed
that will perhaps weigh sixteen
pounds. When the lump has grown
large enough for handling a slit is cut
In it and the blade is drawn out. A
mass of rubber is left ready for ex-
portation. 1t is the smoke used in
coagulating the sap that gives crude
rubber the dark appearance familiar tc
every one.
Natives who collect rubber have, Gu
riously enough, little use for the ar
t1cle. They do, however, devise play
things for their children by pouring
the sap into clay molds of birds, fishes
etc., and then crushing the clay and
removing it.-New York Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
History Made Paiatabie

Joseph Salvador. the French histo-
rian, and Jules Sandeau. a novelist,
made their meeting ut /; public recep-
ton the occasion for dispute as To
the respective places which they occu-
pied in the world of letters.
THE reading of history is like pix
it needs the sugar coating to make it
palatable," argued the novelist.
"Ah, but it is the ingredient which
cures. not the coating" remarked the
historian
''Then let us divide honors,'' said
Sandeau. 'for if it were not for my
sugar coating your historical facts
would dry on the shelves"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
Tolstoy's Intensity,

Everything in Tolstoy's character,
says Russian writer, attains titanic
proportions. CAS- a drinker he absorbed
fantastic quantities Of liquor. AS a
gambler he terrified his partners by
the boldness of his play AS a soldier
he advanced gayly to bastion four, the
bastion of death at SevastOpol, and
there lie made dying men laugh at his
witty sayings. He surpassed every
one by his prodigious activity in sport
as we'll as in literature"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
Easy lndolence.

"A good turkey dinner and mince
pie" said New York raconteur, "al.
ways put us in lethargic mood-make
us feel, in fact, like the natives of
Nola Chucky.
I'm Nola Chucky one day l said to
a man:
"'What is the principal occupation
Of this town.
WAL, BOSS the man answered,
yawning, in winter they mostly sets
on the east side Of the house and fol-
lers the sun around to the west, and
in the summer they sets on the west
side and follers the shade around to
the east.'''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09

John D. Rockefeller has a new head.
ache cure. When he asked the sexton
OF his church how he felt the man re.
pied that he had headache. Mr.
rockefeller put twenty dollar bill in
the sections hand. II feel better al
ready" remarked the sexton. Let Us
nope that Mr.. Rockefeller will continue
20 distribute his headache cure where
IL Will do the greatest good to the
greatest number. -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
RAISING the Wind.

Dannhauer would gamble his last
cent. That was his great weakness.
He went home one evening after a bad
day. He looked tired.
wife," he said, "have you got any.
thing to eat:"
Eyes, lots of things" the wife said.
"Well, cook up everything you've got
Everything"
"Gracious! Are you that hungry"
'1'm not hungry at all. I'm going to
sell the stove" -Kansas City Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
Agriculture.

No other human occupation opens so
wide field for the profitable and
agreeable combination of labor with
cultivated thought as agriculture. Ere
long the most valuable of all arts will
be the art of deriving a comfortable
subsistence from the smallest area of
land.-Abraham Lincoln. a-..z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09

How are the mighty fallen, The bat
tleship Texas, which was one of the
vessels that made history in the battle
off Santiago only twelve and a half
years ago, is to become target for the
newer warships at practice. For some
time she has been a receiving shin.
Things move rapidly toward the Junk
pile in our navy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09

A metropolitan paper says editorially
that all beautiful women look alike.
but that there is an infinite variety in
the looks of homely women. The lat
ter kind should take comfort in this,
as it is worth something to be differ
ent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09

big TIM Sullivan is, a New York
politician Of somewhat unenviable re-
pute, but every year he gives 5000
pairs of shoes to the poor children Of
the city, and that helps considerably
to clear up his record
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09

MARRY a business girl" says one
Hiver of free advice. marry nome
girl" says another. Here's still an
other piece of matrimonial advice:
Marry the girl you want, the girl VINO
wants you. ri. I