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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-14

ones, and he put them in a bnsket and
toted them upstaaiIk. Mrs. lobby had
long finished clearing away the sup
per things and he expected to find her
knitting or patching. She wasn't do
ing either. She was lying at full length
on the floor on her back. arms stretch.
ed out and teeth clinched.
The deacon did not rush things. He
set down his basket. blew out the
candle and walked over TO the sink ane
washed and wiped his hands When
this was done he put couple of
sticks of wood In the stove and then
went into the slttiug room and brought
out book entitled Every Man His
Own Lawyer" II was book he had
had for Ave years. and the reading of
It had saved him scores OF lawsuits.
Paying not the slightest attention to
the object on the floor. he elevated his
feet to the hearth OF the stove and
began reading.
At the end OF ten minutes there was
sigh behind him.
At the end OF five more there was a
feeble moan.
No response from the deacon. He
was reading that the penalty for cut
ting Off the tail Of a COW belonging 10
another man was from three to six
months In the county jail
A movement Of Mrs. Dolby's right
foot. then II movement OF her left foot
And then the deacon read that Il
was the law In almost every state to
Impose $50 fine aud three months i'm.
prisonment on any person who threw
dog down well. no matter whether
1t was his well and his dog or not.
Then Mrs, Dolby sat up and looked
around her.
No move on the deacon's part. That
book of laws told him that stealing
lamb came under the same head
and punishment as stealing a sheep
This was because the lamb, II not
stolen, would grow TO be n sheep some
day.
Samuel Dolby. am In heaven?"
The above from Mrs. Dolby ns she
struggled up and took chair near
him.
The question needed no answer She
had only to look around To see that
she was right in her own kitchen
Indeed. the roller towel was brushing
the back of her head. and there are
no roller towels up there. Angels
never have to wash their hands and
faces.
Mrs. osrret Tells on Dolby.
samuel, while you were down eel
lar Mrs. Garret came In. You know
the sort Of woman she is Wild
hosses couldn't drag a word Of gos.
sip out OF her. II was whole year
after the California earthquake before
she would mention word about Il to
her closest friend. She came In to
borrow an egg, but saw at once that
she had something on her mind
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-14
Dose For Death.

"They say It's awful to die by
pounded glass, but I've no arsenic or
strychnlne In the house, and die
must. You can't expect me to live
with you after this. Let's talk about
the funeral for n mint. Samuel. Don't
go TO any great expense about It,
I've never been anything but a poor
worm of the dust. and I can't expect
folks to make II great time over my
remains. jest II shaller grave and a
cheap tombstone. Samuel. and | don't
expect you TO weep and take on.
You won't, will youf"
Deacon Dolby utterly refused to
pledge himself The book he was
reading said that pledge or promise
to be valid In law must he made be,
fore a witness, but he was taking no
chances.
"You'll marry after the year Is out.
won't you;" was asked
Neither yes nor no from him.
"And you'll lie tO your second wife,
just as you have lied TO meY
He might. but he wasn't going TO
say So
"Wcll, I'll die now. samuel! Good.
by TO you! You haven't used me right.
but l shan't let my ghost haunt you"
Mrs Dolby had raised the cup to
her lips when the clock suddenly
ceased to tick. She lowered the cup,
looked all around aud then said
"Why, Samuel. must have forgot
TO wind the clock last night. It's
funny, bat ~"
The deaeon closed the book. rose up
to yawn AMI stretch and then wound
the clock with his own hand and
said:
There's the speckled taters In that
basket there, and we'd better go to
bed"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-14

Yes, SIR, think I've got the keynote
to 1t. Mrs. Bowser. you know | be-
lieve In tho theory of transmigration."
And lots of other things just as
foolish"
You can't prove them so. Here Ia
a strange dog that was waiting at our
gate for me- He welcomes me. He
looks me in the face. He appeals to
me. Has the soul Of some person 1
have known In the past entered into
his body?"
"NonsenseP'
Does he know that my name is
Bowser?"
"Twaddlew
"Is he homeless and hungry and
does he expect me TO take him In?
wish you could have seen the appeal
In his eyes. Those eyes reminded me
OF the eyes OF some man have known
In the past. Yes, they surely did"
Were they the eyes of the man who
got you to invest $500 in hair dyer
Ninety-nine times out of hundred
Mr.. Bowser would have risen up at
such a remark as that and made the
states on the roof rattle with his Ian
guage, but on this occasion he quietly
replied:
He came to me-to me OF all others
Hushl think hear him at the door
! am going to take that dog In and be
good to him. When die, for any
thing we can tell to the contrary, my
soul may enter the body of dog
Your soul may do the same thing"
II want no vagrant dogs In here,'
protested Mrs. Bowser, 'They are al
ways covered with fieas. And who
can tell that they are not on the point
OF hydrophobia? Tell the cook TO
throw him out bone and let him go
away"
The cpr Let In.
Turn an old friend away with a
boner' ne exclaimed. 'I'm not that
kind of n man. He shall find warm
heart here III let him in at the base
ment door, and then-then I'll even try
to talk TO him"
"And I'll take the cat and so up
stairs. When you and your old friend
haye got through with your banquet
aud your "reminiscences let me know
and I'll come down"
Mrs, Bowser disappeared upstairs
with the cat under her arm, and Mr..
Bowser descended to the basement
and opened the door and uttered a
whistle The dog was at hand In an
instant, His size was about that OF a
yearllng calf. and His breed might
have been anything. He was sham
bling and rambling aud gaunt. He
entered the lower hall with rush and
made two circuits OF the dining room
IN ave seconds. The cook was still at
her dishes, and she yelled out and fed
'or the stairs.
The dog mad been welcomed. He Fe
allied II and felt at home. He began
gobbling down everything eatable II
sight. He ate otiyes nnd bread ant
butter and ronst beef and cranberry
sauce aud mince pie with equal gusto
n -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-14

Chicago April 1s-Powerful efforts
are being made here TO secure sufii-
cient evidence to place before the
grand jury to have Senator William
Lorimer indicted on charges Of bri-
berry in connection with his contest
for his senate seat. senate Lori
mer laughs at any Suggestion that
sufficient evidence can be obtained to
secure his indictment. In event that
the blond haired, blue eyed senator
from Illinois should be indicted by
the grand jury of Cook county he
will be prosecuted by state Attorney
]. IL. w. Wayman, who was the
chief participant in the trial Of leg
islators accused of having received
money TO vote for Lorimer
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ANICHT ATDOLBY'S
DeaCOn's Wife Hears Gossip
About Her Husband.
PLANS TO Leave THIS WORLD

He Played chseksrs and Swallowed
Cider lnstead Of Nursing a Lodge
Brother-Mrs. Dolby Talks Of Dying.
Deacon Reads eRd Winds the Clock.
BY w QUAD.
Copyright. 1870 bt Associated Literary
Pfess
w EACoN Dolby pushed back
from the supper table the
nv other evening with the re.
mark thai be guessed he'd 20
down cellar and sort over the potatoes
and bring the bud ones up. and Mrs.
Dolby lighted and handed him a
candle. There wasn't cloud on her
sky. He hadn't Preached the bottom
step when she began singing i've Got
a Home over There" and she sang
with great gusto
For an hour the deacon was busy at
the potato bin and with his thoughts
He had round a bushel of specked
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-14

DR. Hess Stock Food, Or. Hess
Poultry Pan-a-ce-a, DR., Hess Instant
Louise Killer can be found at Henney
e. Cooper's drug store. S-22-6t
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ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Homeless Cur Appeals to Him
and Is Taken In.
MRS. BowsER WON'T HAVE IT

Samuel Raves About Transn,lgrstion
Of souIs--canine Clears the Table Of
Food and Tackles eenefaetor, Who
Calls Cop to Bounce tks Brute.
BY M. QUAD.
copyright. 1910. by Associated Literary
Press.l
KK ALE an hour after dinner the
other evening Mr.. Bowser had
an errand at the drug store,
and ON returning he said to
Mrs. Bowser:
"At the gate as was coming in
met big dog, and | declare IL he
didn't look up at me in such an APP
pealing way that | almost took him
for an unfortunate man."
Some dog lost probably" was the
reply.
But why did he look at me in such
an appealing wayT
He may have expected you to find
his home for him"
Yes, he might, or-or''-
Mr.. Bowser didn't finish, but fell
fsANS a. thoih Va Nhoukul ldSlluK lOI nNt
minutes. Then he walked down the
hall and opened the door and looked
out. Then he tiptoed back to the sit
ting room and whispered:
Hes right out there yet, and he's
watching the house"
well, what OF it2" queried Mrs.
Bowser.
"See here, woman. there's something
In this. was only one OF hundred
persons passing TO and fro, and yet
that dog came and appealed to me.
Why? He sits by our gate instead of
going away. Why2 He's looking at
the front door as II expecting me out
any minute. WhyT
How can tell what dog thinksf"
but this dog. l tell you there's
something mighty queer In the affair,
and can explain It in only one way.
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CRAFTS

We beg to announce that, as a matter Of sefe-
guarding our trade, our entire store will be eff
fectivey fumgated each night after closing.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-14

Good looks bring hapnnesS
Friends care for us when we meet
them with o, clean, smiling face.
bright eyes. sp-"kling with health,
which comes by taking HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea this spring.
SCHMIDT 4 co.
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REM e M BER

Polar Bear -four (guaranteed) $1.16
large sack, II. r. Lewis & Co.
4-7-12t
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Begged and coaxed and promised. and
she finally told me something. She
never'd told me In the world except
that she knew was being deceived
and thought It shame. Samuel, are
you listeningT
He was and he wasn't. He was
listening. and yet be was reading IN
that book that a man driving a hog
along public highway is responsible
for all the damage that hog does. even
to murder. A hog thus being morally
and legally irresponsible for his ac
tions. always acted as mean as he
could.
"One night two months ago" con
tinued Mrs. Dolby as she began to
sob you snid you had to sit up all
night with a sick brother OF your Odd
Fellow lodge. didn't make one
single objection. though l was scarf
to stay alone. In the morning when
you come home you said the brothet
was better. Samuel Dolby, where
were you that nlght-where-w wherer
And Mrs. Dolby stood up and point
ed finger at him that almost touched
his nose. 1t was dramatic; 1t wat
tragic. But did Deacon Dolby lose his
nerve and begin to stutter some ex
cuse? Never His p!acidity was that
OF a summer lake as he read that If
a man offers to help another man to
hitch up a horse and he is kicked and
Injured by that horse he cannot re
cover damages, no matter what the
color OF the horse or what church the
man belongs to.
Checkers and Cider.
II Will tell you where you were"
with the finger still pointed. "There
was no sick brother You and Elder
Comstock had been blowing around
for year as to which was the best
at checkers. You were in the back
room of Snyder's grocery all that night
playing checkers. and you played for
the cider too. Every time you finished
game you drank a glass OF cider
Deacon Dolby-Deacon DOlby--thnb
OF the shame OF It! Think Of an elder
and deacon playing checkers all
night Think Of your lying to your
wivesl Think Of your drinking hare
cider! Think OF your coming home
next morning and taking the pump foi
a COW and lodging it!"
There It was, but the deacon never
as much as winked over It. He could
have told his wife that he beat the
elder seven games out OF ten and thus
settled the championship OF the village
for years TO come but why explainj
Besides. he was interested In reading
that under the law you cannot knock
the horns off your neighbors COW when
finding her in your cornfeld. Such
action is mayhem and carries a severe
penalty with It.
Mrs. Dolby sat down and Sobbed for
five minutes, during which time the
old kitchen clock licked In It's most
solemn manner aud an enterprlsing
rooster In the neighborhood INDUCED
in crow OF defiance to other roOsters
Then she rose up and entered the pan.
try and came out with piece OF
broken glass and the harmer In her
hands. The glass was laid IN the sink
and pounded In fine pieces. and The
mass scooped into n teacup and some
milk poured on to It. Then she took
the cup I'm hand and turned 10 the
deason and said:
Dose For Death.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-02
Heart toHeart
Talks.

THE WORST B0Y.

THE WORST BOY.
He was 1.-The worst boy in town.
One day the worst boy and some Of
the others were engaged in some sort
Of expedition along the river bank.
AS they passed bridge the forlorn
meow" Of a cat was prolonged into
a cry almost human.
1t was an appeal for help.
The gang paused Over on one of the
low stone piers upon which the steel
structure was reared was lone pussy
sending up its Macedonian cry.
The poor thing had climbed down
the skeleton steel plates to the pier
and did not have sense enough TO climb
back. Marooned and despairing, 1t
sent out its wall
Somehow the piteous plea got under
the ragged jacket of the worst boy.
The water was cold. and he knew it,
but he began to take of his shoes and
stockings and roll up his trousers.
Jaw, Bill" said one, 81 wouldn't go
after that cat. It'll get off all right.
Let it go.''
To which said Bill in his righteous
wrath:
will you big stiffs keep your
blamed mouths shut? I'm dom this
| and l know what I'm dom, and don't
you forget it,
The worst boy waded in and got
the cat, which. In terror lest 1t be
thrown into the water, yowled and
scratched numerically.
Throw 1t in the river. Bill. All cats
| can SWIM"
| Halfway out, the worst boy stopped
bent a fixed and ominous look on the
speaker that caused a sudden silence
and then waded out with the cat
| Which proves-what?
Why. it proves what Dickens said
that there Is a way to every heart
The worst boy had the biggest hear
Of all the gang, and the cat found the
! way to It,
Do you wonder that Garfield sale
he always felt like taking or his ha
to boy Of thc%etreet because Of TIT
| possibilities under the ragged jacket.
| Garfield also said
That our society is not like the 80
ciety OF Europe. which is like thu
strata Of the earth-each layer hold
ing the one beneath it down-but 1
rather like the waves Of the sea
"where the lowest drop may rise an,
glisten on the topmost wave"
Many a worst boy In town" ha
risen from the depths to distraction
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-02
UP AND DOWN IN
I-N-D=I =A-N-A

BROWN COUNTY GET INTERURBAN-
Grade stakes are being set for an
interurban line from Nashville. Brown
County. to Fruitdale, a point on the
indianapolis Southern railroad. eight
miles from Nashville, and construction
work is to be commenced at ONE.
MAY LOSE FRANCHISE.
The Hartford City Lighting Company,
a private corporation. is in danger of
losing its franchise in this city as the
result of failure to carry out its part
of a compact entered into in order to
obtain an extension of its character
from fourteen to twenty-five years
The service for the last month has been
poor, and on several nights the city has
been in total darkness.
ROPE CLUE TO THEFT.
A peculiarly knotted balloon rope is
the clew that led to the direction of
suspicion against Jimmy Bedwell, j
youthful and daredevil aeronaut. who
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-02
OLD THINGS BEST.


the morphine habit medicines
general" cure-an
mankind
out of
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was arrested yesterday at Indianapolis
and returned to Hartford City last
night and lodged in Jail to await hear
ling on a charge of having burglarized
the Gable hardware store early last
Saturday morning when money and
merchandise amounting to $3.50 was
stolen.
VETERANS WANT TO MARCH.
THE veterans wants to march, said
A P. Asbury of Richmond STATE COM
mander of the c. A. r.. today, when he
met the local committee on arrange
ments for the state encampment. but
we can't march five or six miles like
used to. Kindly have the parade com :
mittee arrange a line of march that
will be about mile in length
WARM WEATHER CLOSES MINE.
The warm weather leading to an
overproduction of coal has caused
temporary shutdown of the Princeton
mine and practically all other mines
in this part of the state. Railroad bust
ness is in turn being demoralized by
the lack of coal hauling and miners
and railroad men are severely feeling
the business slump.
WALTERS ON TRIAL.
Judge Tuthill. sitting in Superior
Court chambers in Valparaiso yester-
day afternoon. set Wednesday Feb
IS, to begin the trial OF Jacob Walters,
a wealthy hotel owner and real estate
man charged with staying Alvin John
son of Wren, o., superintendent OF
Anderson & Co.'s mills at Kouts, Fri
day morning, Dec 16.
ONE GRAIN MAKES 5000.
One grain of corn produced four
pounds of the grain. according to Jacob
Rogers of Hartford City one of the
est-known corn growers in the county
and winner of many institute prizes,
who yesterday brought to Hartford
City for exhibition four large red ears
of corn harvested from a single stalk.
On the four ears there are 800 grains
INSANE WOMAN DIES.
While awaiting the call of Sheriff
Colbert to remove her to the Southern
Indiana Hospital for the Insane. Mrs.
Martha Wells, wife of a well-known
farmer, living near Washington died. A
few days ago the mind OF the woman
became unbalanced and she attempted
to burn her baby, ten months old.
CLOSES STREET FOR ROAD.
The Terre Haute Board of Public
Works yesterday confirmed the original
resolution for the vacation of Cherry
street between Eighth and Ninth
streets. The closed portion of the
street is given to the Tere Haute, Indi-
annapolis & Eastern Traction Company
as an addition to Its site for the new
terminal station.
sLAsHE,D THROAT ENDS LIFE.
Charles E. Crawley the Sullivan
Und-. business man. prominently
identified in politics for the last twenty
years, died at the Deaconess Hospital
at s o'clock >ast night from injuries
inflicted Friday. Jan. Is. when he slash
| ed his throat with suicidal intent while
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-02
Recent Legal
Decisions

COLONIAL ORDINANCE OF 1641
CONSTRUED. An unusual decision in
volving the quaint old laws of the
early colonists, and the manner in
which the common law of England frst
took its root in America, is reported la
III Atlantic Reporter. 93s. entitled
Conant vs. Jordan The facts are:
Plaintiffs claim to be the owners of
Great Pond, in the state of Maine, Of
the soil underneath 1t, and OF the ad-
joining lanls. They seek to enjoin the
defendants from entering upon the
pond and from fishing and shooting up
on it. Defendants claim that 1t is a
public pond. upon which the public has
the right of free fishing and free fowl
ing This is the issue. Great Pond
contains more than 10 acres, and comes
within the terms of the Colonial ordi-
nance of 1641-47, which provides that
every inhabitant that is an mousse
holder shall have free fishing and fowl
ing in any great ponds" This was
amended in 1647 SO that towns were
forbidden to appropriate ito any par
ticular person any great pond contain
ing 10 acres of land" and giving every
man the right to fish and fowl there.
and may pass and repass through any
mans property for that end. so they
trespass not upon any mans corn or
meadow" The question arose as to
whether the ordinance applied, since
at the time it was adopted none of the
territory now embraced within tho
state of Maine was a part of the
Massachusetts bay colony which passed
the ordinance. The supreme judicial
court of Maine holds that the prin-
cipies Of the ordinance have become a
part of the common law, and were ex-
tended to Maine when that province
became a part of Massachusetts, under
the province charter of 1892. The court
holds that the old ordinance is still in
force. and as provided therein. the
title to all great ponds containing more
than 10 acres is in the state for the
use or the public Therefore the de-
PENDANTS have the right of free fishing
and fowling thereon
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COMMISSION GOVERNMENT.

of
vides
this selection professional
who
would
him
Initiative
policy
But
enightment
initiative
this principle
seves could lie
There has been evolution the last
cities
buildings
heating
of a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-02

in his room at the st. Nicholas Hotel.
1SH West Ohio street. indianapolis.
Death was due TO complications arising
from the wounds. The coroner may In
stigate further
TAKE FINAL STEP.
Employees of the indianapolis post
office yesterday took the final step in
their campaign to bring about the clos
ing of the office Sundays, when they
presented to Postmaster Robert H.
Bryson post cards and petitions bearing
the signatures of 22.527 citizens in ia
vor of the movement.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-02
SCHOOLS FOR MOTHERS


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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-02
WHITE HOUSE.

Moon bill for codification of federal
laws.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-02
THE DAY IN
co NC r s S


Brown of Nebraska attacked election
of Lorimer. Said the Illinois senator
must have had knowledge of the bril-
berry, and. therefore, should be uns eat
ed. He also served notice that unless
the senate is permitted to, vote at this
session on the Lorimer case. direct
election of senators, the tariff commits
sion bin and a general service pension,
some of the appropriation measures
will be held up and an extra session
forced.
Borah made unsuccessful attempt to
fix date for vote on resolution for pop
ular election of senators.
Pecuniary claims. copyright and ar
bitration treaties with South American
nations, arranged at recent pan-Ameri-
can conference, ratified.
Credentials of Johnson of Maine and
Kern of Indiana presented.
HOUSE.
Day given over to consideration OF
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ARE you TAKING THE rIMEss
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LAW MUST BE RESPECTED.


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President Taft issued statement APP
proving plan for leasing public water
power sites understood to have been
drawn up by Secretary Ballinger, pro-
viding better protection for 1essees, ex-
cessive charges to consumers to be
ground for cancellation. These points
likely to be embodied in new admins
tration bill to be presented to congress.
Sentence of Socialist Editor Warren
of Girard, Kan. RENTED by president.
and fine reduced to 800.