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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03
SAMUEL pEpYs' SUNDAY.

Samuel Pepys describes soyen-
teenth century sunday outing. and tho
tale has very modern ring in IT,
Lords day" be writes, up, ana my
wife little before 10 make us
ready" And hare he records his an
noyance that "she was So long about
IT, Pepys then goes on: she ready,
ana taking some bottles If Wine and
beer and cold fowle with u.s." Coach
oud four horces from London TO Ep-
som, where they arrived at o'clock,
drank the waters, ordered dinner and
ste H. "a good dinner and worry
merry After dinner the day being
wonderful hot 90 sleep
Then followed a coach 10 take the
ayre" WHEN they met shepherd with
q little boy reading .he Ilble with the
forced tone that children do usually
read that was mighty pretty" Tine
shepherd did bless God for het boy
Then to the coach, II being about %:
night
So pleased was Popys with bis days
results that bee records this soutlon;
Never 10 keep country house. but to
keep coach, and with my vito 900 a
Saturday 10 go sometimes for % day 10
this place ana then quit TO another
place, aud there " moro variety and ls
little charge and no trouble 10 thtre
rs In a country house"
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a pitchfork and forked hay up to Ed
ward Maloney of the village, who
spread it on the wagon. When the
Roosevelt walked To the barn. Then
Roosevelt climbed into the hayloft
with his pitchfork, while Maloney
forked the hay through the window
and Roosevelt crammed it back in the
loft. If you ever worked at haying
you are well aware that Roosevelt
chose the hardest and hottest job when
he elected to do The inside work Ma
loney says Roosevelt had on white
negligee shirt and adds:
Before the first load was done you
wouldn't have given 80 cents for that
white shirt, and, talk about sweat
drops like peas, the president had them
as big as black walnuts dropping from
his face, and he didn't stop to wipe
them off either. but kept right on pitch
ing up forkfuls so big that he had to
get under them and shove them up to
me. Then when he climbed up into the
loft and took the hay from the fork
and slowed 1t away more big drops
fell from him in streams
No mollycoddle could do that kind of
work. Mr., Roosevelt can do 1t be-
cause he has been in lifelong training
for it. 1t is play for him.
ooh, Woodman, Spare That Tree!"
There are many trees on the seventy
acres of Roosevelt land near oyster
Bay In the big house on Sycamore
Hill there are three fireplaces. Those
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and the brothers and cousins OF this
| Theodore The big boy and the small
er boys get into n boat and row miles
and miles away to some quiet haven,
where they put up tent and camp ont
overnight Theodore senior likes to
bury some CLANS in the sand and build
a fire over them for clambake He Is
one Of the boys He is Peter Pan. who
never grew up. OF course in his other
identity he is president of the United
States, but he forgets it. Such a SOL
emn responsibility as that is a good
thing to forget every little while.
A Vigorous Swimmer.
At the outlet of owl creek, close to
the Roosevelt home, is bathing beach.
Mr.. Roosevelt is not such beach flend
as the boy who recently loafed twelve
hours in the hot sunshine i'm his bathing
suit and lost large sections of his skin,
but he likes to swim Frequently he
finds an hours leisure before luncheon,
after working at his official duties,
Lets all have a SWIM" suggests pater-
familias Down to the beach trips the
Roosevelt tribe. carrying towels In
they go, and the father of the family
swims vigorously, varying his stroke
to get the benefit of muscle exercise.
A Fearless Rider.
Three saddle horses in the Oyster
Bay stables give Mr.. Roosevelt variety
of thrills in horseback exercise. One
of the animals is specialist IN Jump
ing stone walls and rail fences. Mr..
Roosevelt Is something OF specialist
in sitting a horse al that exercise, and
of the fences In his neighborhood. The
other horses he uses for riding along
the shady country roads and the sunny
stretches of Long Island scenery where
trees are scarce. only a few days ago
he rode along a road where a laborer
was digging a trench. Everybody
around oyster Bay is supposed to know
Mr. Roosevelt who makes n habit of
bowling or speaking a word in greet
ing when he passes by anybody. The
president was wearing a panama hat,
probably out of compliment To a GER
tain important ditch. He lifted his PAN
anna and smiled affably at the trench
digger, who regarded him with a stony
stare. The president Of the United
States passed on. The man in the
ditch turned to a bystander and asked
disgustedly, who's that fresh guy?"
The ditch digger of course was a
stranger in those parts and likewise
stranger to the fact that there are
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courses Of the canals and has found that
one of them is 3, $50 miles in length Be
side II the Panama canal ana all the lr-
rigaton canals now under construction
In this country are trivial indeed
IT is for the sake of his theories that
Percival Lowell has made this study
of Mars his life work. It was for this
purpose that he established the observ-
atory In Arizona. the subsequent sta
ton in Mexico and more recently the
Andean point of observation, from
which some of the most satisfactory
photographs have just been taken by
Professor Todd his enthusiastic assist
ant. Endowed with money, brains ana
the ardor Of an enthusiast, no man is
better equipped for the undertaking.
The world expects great things OF Pro-
lessor Percival Lowell
JAMES e. TAYLOR.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

" I is now forty years since Schia-
parelli was so certain that he had
discovered canals on Mars that he
proceeded to describe them. The
astronomers OF those days--a number OF
them survive-received his deductions
with grave and polite incredulity. but
time has proved that the clever Italian
saw only that which may be seen by
others Since that day those canals or
channels. as Schaparelli termed them,
have been seen by many astronomers
both professional and amateur, and at
the present time no one doubts their
existence except perhaps those who
still cling to the sun do move" theory
Of Uncle jasper,
But those canals are not the less mys-
FERROUS on account OF their willingness
to show themselves to dwellers on the
earth az certain seasons and under GER
tain conditions They are a fruitful
and thus far fruitless-source of con-
lecture both to the astronomers and to
those whose imaginations go far beyond
the observations of the astronomers.
who are as a class the most prudent
men alive. For twenty years the Amer
lean astronomers have been making
Mars special study at the observatory
at Flagstaff Ariz This observatory is
provided with fine twenty-four inch
telescope the largest in the world at
It's elevation, 1850 feet above the sea
II Is on account of this altitude and the
remarkable clenrness and dryness of the
atmosphere that this Arizona observa-
tory has long been regarded by ex-
perts as the point at which some of the
most battling OF the questions concern
Ing Mars are likely to be settled.
Foremost In the Quest.
Professor Perciyal Lowell. director OF
the observatory at Flagstaff, has long
been foremost In this effort to solve the
Marian secret. For n long time his
deductions We're not accepted by the
more conservative scientists. and his
photographs of the canals Of Mars were
ulscredited. In time, however other
observers secured successful photo,
graphs. and Professor Lowell's observa-
lions were confirmed both In America
And abroad, one OF the most scholarly
nhd trustworthy investigators has been
ule Able Moreaux. director OF the OH
AsrValory OF Bourges, who has con-
Luucted map of Mars which Is
model Of ingenuity. Professor Lowell
nus algo made one which shows no less
than 400 canals and l7b GASES, The best
photographs show only about forty
canals ana four GASES, but the eye Ia
superior to Photographic plates In de-
inning
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03
A BIG CLOCK.

What is said to be one Of the largest
clocks in the world has been placed
in the new tower at Elizabeth, n j.
II is thirty-eght feet in diameter with
eighteen foot hands The tower which
is $50 feet high, was hunt expressly for
the clocG, which win be illuminated at
night and viii be visible for many
miles
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write grand opera with an American
theme Is now at work. II viii be
founded on an Indian legend at Lake
Placid, N Y,
Professor Berg, in Duenos Ayres, re-
ports that he has discovered spider
which practices fishing at times. In
shallow places Il spins between stones
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

by the owner, his brother Edouard,
Adolma Patt and Mario Ancona aud
many people remember the ill fated
venture Of Van Dyck, Wagner tenor
once almost the idol Of section Of
the New York Metropolitan opera
House public.
The king Of siam has become Euro
peanized IN most respects but he SIM
maintains large hnrem in special
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

ed, but satisfactory railroad ties haye
been made from timber killed Nifty
years before
II Lillian Nordica finally carries out
her project for an American Bairouth,
she win not be the first singer TO
emerge as a manager Jean dc Roszko
has a private theater Ia Parts, acoustic
ally perfect ana there quite recently
Rossines Barber Of Seville" was sung
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have been dug by intelligent beings,
perhaps far in advance of man In gen
eral knowledge and special attainment
These inhabitants Of Mars naturally
must live along the strips OF vegetation
bordering the waterways. for all the re-
mainder Of Mars surface must be des-
ert. This means that these cases are
centers of population, even cities.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

tween Mars and our planet It's sea-
sons, axis OF rotation and other phe-
nomena present many resemblances 10
those OF the earth The discovery In
1877 that Mars has two satellites added
TO these slmilarIiies, All these things
suggest 10 astronomers-Profes Low
ell Is now the most advanced IN his
theorles--that Mars may be Inhabited
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have demonstrated that this wood Is
good and should be considered thor
oughy seasoned timber SO far as It's
use Is concerned Fire Killed timber
checks badly when left standing for
amy longth % time and this Is AN OBJ
staole in the way OF rs use for some
purposes Timber which has been kill
cd by fire should be generally used
within one year after II has been kill
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

them great riffs on the surface due to
the cooling and consequent contraction
OF the planet.
Having established by actual photo
graphic proof that the canals do exist.
II is incumbent on the discoveries to
tell us all about them. II is to Profess
or Lowell that the world looks for an
intelligent clearing up of the mystery.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

town 10 which no man but himself
is ever admitted
The smallest dog IN the world is tho
Mexican lapdog.
William Waldorf Aston has divided
$4,000 among four London charities
for the care OF homeless and destitute
children.
81 Marylebone 10 really st Mary
al the bourne" or brook
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and that we may some time find out
great deal about the planet and It's
geography.
And now that these various and sun
dry canals are found. what are they,
after all? There seems TO be a re-
markable difference OF opinion on this
point. Some astronomers regard them
as actual waterways on such a compre-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

II may be said OF him that he is doing
everything that lies within his power
to produce what we demand Of him
Since 1892, the year IN which Schla-
pnrelli retired nom actual scientific
work, Lowell has been bis most as
sduous disciple. lie took up the work
that the old Milanese astronomer laid
down, and he has arrived NJ some
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03
Still Searching For the Inhabitants of Mars;
Some Recent Developments Are Rather Encouraging

The greatest advance in recent years
made in our knowledge of Mars oc-
CURED in May and June of last year at
the observatory at Flagstaff A good
many extremely interesting photo
graphs were secured by Professor Low
ell and his assistants. One of the most
valuable points established by these re-
cent observations is the similarity be
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

works undertaken for purposes of lrri-
cation. what the telescope shows Us.
he declares, IN not water but Vegeta-
ton that has been made possible by
water conducted 20 the scene i'm cham
nels TOO narrow 10 be seen from the
earth Professor Lowell has nude even
more startling deductions, lie ~ of the
opinion that these geometrcal canals
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03
BRIEF MENTION.

The Duke OF Orleans, who has al
ready explored hitherto unknown terri
Tory al the extreme north OF Greenland.
mas just left chrlsliania for fresh
voyage TO the polar seas on his stout
little yacht. the Belgica.
Victor Herbert, who has been com
Questioned by Oscar Hammerstein 10
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

a two winged, oonieal net. on which It
runs on the water and captures small
ilsh, tadpoles, etc That II understands
Its work well Is shown By the numer-
GUS shriveled skins OF little creatures
that lie about in the web net
II ID estimated that 10000 pigeons
live inside Of the downtown loop dis
trict Of Chicago.
Government tests Of iire killed timber
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henslye scale that In comparison the
greatest canals on earth would seem
Some observers, notably
the Able MoreauX and his school. have
suggested that these mysterious appear
ances may be merely tracts of land.
Others regard them as lines OF Yegetn-
ton growing along big irrigation
works. SIN another school sees In
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nf fcs n s.ax

emYrW HE Theodore Roosevelt Of Saga
more Hill is not the Theodore
Roosevelt of the White House
AT Washington he works. At
oyster Bay he plays. When the presi-
dent plays he plays almost as hard as
he works. He is about the most vigor~
Gus player we have. There are those
who would call some of his playing
hard work. but Mr.. Roosevelt finds II
merely pleasant and beneficial recrea-
ton. He throws off the cloak of off,
cial dignity when he gets back home
for the summer vacation and puts on
his old clothes, his last years pants
and very likely his 1898 rough rider
hat. He revels in personal liberty. He
feels bully. He Is dee-lighted. The
man is a boy again, and the president
is just Mr., Theodore Roosevelt of Saga
more Hill. oyster Bay, Long Island,
New York, U. S. A.
long time ago young man named
Roosevelt learned that all work and no
play makes Jack dull boy. He learn
ed also what some young men never
learn. that all play ano no work makes
Jach an incubus, wart on the lace
OF society. There are two classes of
men who transgress natures laws in
regard to labor. One is the class
which works all the time and never
takes a vacation or a day off The
other is the class which never does a
days work. but is always on the bum.
The members of this class may be mil
lionaires or tramps.
BetWixt and Between.
There is an intermediate class which
works when work is required and plays
when play is required These are
really the first class people. Mr..
Roosevelt belongs to this class. He
YVES born with money enough to loaf
all hh life. II he had loafed without
ceasing he would be unknown now, ex-
cept perhaps as a chicken Strengthening
automobilist. If he had worked with
out lceasing he probably would be
represented by tombstone in a Long
Island cemetery. He chose the saner
and safer middle course. making both
work and play his business, for play is
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Although this deduction seems ro-
mantle u The highest degree, Professor
Lowcll supports n by The most detailed
account OF the Wpfnce OF tho planet that
seems 10 be su Ike our own. lie esti-
mates that the canals are nfeon or
twenty miles I'm width ana that the
oasos are az least "a hundred miles IN
diameter. He has even measured the
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just as important part of business as
is work.
Mr.. Roosevelt now holds a job at
which he works very hard during eight
months of the year, though he insists
upon play enough for physical exercise.
The other four months he passes at his
Oyster Bay home, doing what work is
necessary in order to hold his job but
devoting the time chiefly to play, BY
play, of course, recreation is meant,
and recreation means relaxation. If
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

For this man VINO has devoted his
strength and his time and his money
Ia the solution of the Marian problem
is the chief advocate of the theory that
the canals are elaborate engineering
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Teddy Would A-hayine Go.

euuy WVUIu N-Hdy'Hg OU'
We read the other day that Mr..
Roosevelt took recreation in his hay
field. He did not go out and sit on the
fence under the shade of tree, as
some gentlemen farmers might do.
watching the hired hands work He
got into the middle of the field, grabbed
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startling conclusion in regard to the
probable conditions on Mars.
Lowell's Startling Theory.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-13
JOHNSON, OF MINNESOTA.
Southern Newspaper Pays High
Tribute TO NOrtbwesterner.


From the Charleston News-Courier.
or Gov Yon 3Onson. OF Minnesota.
says The Washington Herald. lit can
rot be said that distance lends en-
chantment TO the view" On the con
trary. the closer you get to him the
better he looks Our contemporary
might have added very trathfully that
the better you know him the more you
like him. and the more you trust him.
The Herald has adopted, as nearly as
II could. the Swedish spelling OF the
name Of the governor OF Minnesota
In English his name is John A. John
son. and he is by long odds the most
likely man in the Democratic party to-
day The other night he made a speech
IT the dinner OF the Gridiron Club IN
Washington. and naturally he made the
best speech Of the occasion and COM
PEELED the sincere applause Il his in
tellectUal, but generally irreverent.
Mr.. Johnson Is the Democratic gov
crnor Of the Republican State Of Min
nesota. He was first elected in 1904 In
that year Mr.. Roosevelt carried the
State OF Minnesota by 161. .464 plurality:
JohnsOn's plurality was 6.352. Last
year Johnsons plurality was 1888.
That is the sort Of man Johnson is. The
people know him and the people trust
him. If he should be nominated for
President by the Democratic party he
would carry. we believe. nearly every
State In the great Northwest and would
beat any candidate, not excepting Mr..
Roosevelt himself, the Republican par
( ~ could name in opposition TO him, so
strong is the faith Of the people in the
hiEh personal character OF this man
who has come uD out OF the West
The Washington herald., 1907-12-13
A Wise Recommendation.

one phase OF the message to Congress
OF President Roosevelt which has been
somewhat overlooked is that in which he
urges the removal of the duty on works
OF art. II is a recommendation in line
with the ablest thought OF the day. for
whatever may be the opinions OF men as
10 the value OF the tariff in providing
revenue. or in protecting native manu-
factures. there is pretty general agree
ment that tariff on art is not only not
necessary, but Is distinctly and positively
against the } st interest of the country
and or The people at large 1t is hardly
likely there viii be even one voice raised
IN dissent over President Roosevelt's s
declaration that so far from there being
a tarin on works OF art brought into the
country. their Importation should be en-
couraged IN every way
We quite agree with this sentiment.
though we can easily imagine that the
foreign nations which are the storehouses
Of art treasures which. so soon as the
tariff Is removed. will become more and
more the legitimate prey Of our art-lov-
The Washington herald., 1907-12-13
Publicity of Campaign contributions

We presume President Roosevelt would
fully approve Senator Culbersou's sug-
gested addition TO the existing law for
bidding corporation contributions TO cam
paign funds, inasmuch as he records
himself in his message as thinking we'll
Of the publication Of campaign receipts
and expenditures. Mr.. Culberson pro-
poses that all political committees con-
cerned with the election Of Presidential
or Vice Presidential electors shall file
with the clerk OF the House a statement
OF all contributions made for campaign
purposes Mr.. Roosevelt is afraid such
law would be difficult OF enforcement.
Probably it would be. but that in itself
should not discourage the friends Of
publicity legislation in making a begin
ming. This objection has been raised be-
fore 20 legislation to prevent electoral
corruption. though we doubt If it is made
seriously. The trouble is that most poll
ticians don't want law with teeth in il.
that would put stop to their methods
OF raising campaign revenues
Whether effective legislation along the
lines Of Sen or Culberson's suggestion
campaigl. , is certain that a healthier
public sentiment respecting campaign
contributions has sprung up. which will
tend TO effect the same purpose. What
has been suspected as to the source OF
the funds al the command Of party man
ayers has been proved by recent revela-
tions. and it is safe TO say that il will
be much more difficult 10 make levies in
the good old fashion. Mr.. Bryan has al
ready declared that his campaign in the
event of his nomination, shall be free
from electoral corruption, and such a
declaration on his part is likely 10 force
from his opponent a similar profession.
Public sentiment being what il is on this
subject, the time is propitious for the
adoption Of some such plan as that offered
by Mr. Culberson.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-13

From the Christian Register
our country is an entity OF which
most American citizens are proud. They
love their country. They will serve il.
they will die for it; they resent any in
suit 10 our flag, and would make war
With all the world rather than submit to
dishOnOr And yet thousands Of our coun-
trymen who thus cherish a national ideal
are grafters. bribers. or bribed. advocates
Of corruption, and agents OF It in all that
pertains 10 the business OF the nation.
They do not love the nation, but they
love their country. The latter is an ideal
Ike religion. But the nation they regard
as an everyday affair. and their dealings
with it like the business they do with
sharp traders, in which each man con-
siders lawful plunder whatever he can
make by exercise OF his wits.