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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
satIrIzes American MiIIionaIre,.

In satirical article entitled THE
Natural History of American Million.
aires" a writer in the Berliner Tage-
blatt says; "They all came to New
York. Chicago or Philadelphia with
one shirt and with one cent in the
pocket of the only other garment. All
served as bootblacks, errand boys or
even In more humble positions, and
in the second week had saved enough
to buy waistcoat. After one month
they appeared before their respect We
employers clad in new clothes and
told them with imposing self.confi.
dence that the organization of their
business was defective and required
reorganization. A year later the boy
has become partner. in two years
he has outstripped the former boss
In wealth, and a year later he has
grown smart enough to kill off the
benefactor of other days"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Deadeners of Sound.

The voices of the summer which
make sleep difficult for so many per.
sons in New York do not interfere
with the repose of one citizen, who
Is happy In the possession OF an in
vention which deadens all sound.
This is small metal ball which fits
into tho canal of the ear and stops
II up. II Ia kept In place by mar
row rod no thicker than pin. which
fits against the shelf OF the ear
These deaianers of sound are rare
here, but popular enough in Europe.
whence this one came.-New York
Sun.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
CAPE HATTERAS.
The Shifting Sands and Point Of This
Isolated Place


There are few names more widely
known In the United States or locali-
ties about which a greater ignorance
prevails than Cape Hatteras. Situated
as 1t is at the angle where the long
strip OF sand beach from Cape Henry
south turns nj right angle to the
westward. with the widest part of
Pamlico sound between It and the
mainland and with the beach both
west and north cut into several islands
by inlets from sound to ocean, its DO
sltion is isolated. No means of trans
portation exist along the beach, and
with the nearest railway station from
which a regular transportation route
Is operated nearly a hundred miles
away It is an easier place to talk
about than to visit.
Like all sand promontories, the point
OF the cape Is always moving. An old
wreck imbedded deep in the sand and
showing only the stumps of her masts
and bowsprit and the rusty skeletons
of what were once her chain plates
and dead eyes Is now quarter of a
mile or more inland. Twenty years
ago she is said to have lain in the
water. where she struck or drifted
ashore, the land now outside of her
having been built up since by the ac-
tlon OF the wind and the waves.
Two features connected with the
sailing Of the fishing skiffs used here
abouts are new to me. One is that of
using a member of the crew as shift
ing ballast. A plank is run out over
the side. the inner end caught under
the lee wasbboards. while on the outer
end, with legs dangling over IL : water,
sits the man acting as ballast, and
this not in racing, mind you, but I'm
every day sailing. The other is the
practice of "nodding." as heard It
called. In moderate weather. when the
skiff is only lightly gliding along, one
man will stand up alongside the cen
terboard on the weather side and, fac
ing outward will steadily rock side.
wise from one foot to the other with
faster And perhaps It does.-Char-
lotte Observer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Tho Red Sea.

In the Red sea reefs of bright pink
coral are clearly to be seen. Much of
the rocky bed of this sea is the work
OF the coral insect. But probably the
true reason for the name of the Red
sea is because along its eastern shore
lies ancient Edom. This word signifies
"red" 1t was given to the region not
from the color of its sandstone hills,
but from its people. These are the
descendants of him who came In faint
and weary from hunting and said to
bis brother, Feed me, | pray thee,
with that same red pottage. for I am
faint" therefore was his name called
Edom.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
GRAMMAR.

!. Write three sentences containing
verbal nouns followed by objects OF
them.
2, How may participle he modi-
fed? Illustrate.
3. Explain the normal use of word.
The figurative use. The idlomatic
use.
4. Why use the passive voice?
Pronouns?
5. What is punctuation? What are
It's uses? Its powers?
6-7. Outline the conjunction In full.
Illustrate each.
8. Analyze:
mo further seek his merits to
disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their
dread abode
(There they alike In trembling
hope repose,)
The bosom of his Father and his
God"
D. Give the uses and constructions
OF the words in the first line OF the
selection In the Sth.
10. What use does the third line per-
f0rmY What Is the antecedent OF
they" In this line? What part of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
A Fatefui Breach Of Etiau.t.c.

Under the third empire In France
Sainte- Beuve brought disgrace upon
himself because at breakfast at the
Tuileries he carelessly opened his nap
kin and placed 1t over his two knees.
To this he added the crime of cutting
his egg In two at the middle. Court
etiquette prescribed that the half fold.
ed napkin should lie on the left knee
and the top OF the egg was to be mere
iy broken with the edge of the spoon
and drained with the tip of the spoon.
For his faiings IN these respects
sainte- Beuye's. name was stricken Off
the imperial visiting list = London
Chronicle
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
THE CRUSH OF WORLDS.
What Would Happen " a Dead Sun
Invaded Our Solar System.

Invaded Our Solar System.
II is possible. though Il is not prov.
ed. that stars may sometimes ap-
proach one another and even '1eap
madly from their spheres" what
would happen were an unknown star
or dead sun to invade our solar sys-
temp asks writer IN the London IL
lustrated News, who answers his que
ry In two ways. In the first place, the
star might rush straight into the sun
and by the heat of the collision re-
duce the sun and all its planets to a
nebulous mass without form or struc-
ture. But 1t is more mathematically
probable that just as comets approach,
circle and recede from the sun, 80 the
starry invader OF our system would
approach our system and recede from
1t. having altered 1t beyond recogni-
ton.
But what would be its effect upon
our sun? The sun as we know it
today is explosively elastic. Great
tongues OF fame which would con-
sumo little planet like ours at a
mouthful continually leap from it
with speeds of several hundred miles
second. This enormous explosive
force is restrained only by the greater
force of the suns gravity. But II an
approaching star as great as the sun
came within striking distance Of It
then along the line Joining the two
bodies. each would begin to pull the
other. as today the moon pulls up the
earth's oceans.
The mighty pull OF the invading star
would neutralize the suns gravity in
one direction. and the sun would, IN a
sense, explode. Out from our ances-
tra sun and from opposite sides of
1t would dy two great lengthening
arms of matter, reaching far beyond
the farthest planet. AS the star
passed. its moving mass would give a
further twist TO the sun and would
pull the arms of matter into the shape
OF great double spiral. Form and
motion would thus be impaired to the
nebula thus created. and from the
solar system thus extlnguished In ca
tastrophe new sun. with planets con-
densing from the Jumps and inequali-
ties In the projecting arms, would
arise.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
PHYSIOLOGY.

|. What are some laws of health
that You insist on your pupils learn.
ing?
2. Describe bone as to compost,
tion How Is a broken bone healed
J. How are respiration and circula'
tion related? How do they influence
each other?
a. Describe the coats of the brain.
The functions of the ccrebellum
b. Name the organs of eXcretion.
What are the relations of any of these
organs to the health of the body?
g. Give all the uses of the muscles.
or the ligaments. or the cartilage.
7sDescrbe the lungs. How pro.
mote their growth and healthful
functions?
:. Tell fully how to keep a healthy
school-room,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
1.O1 1/94t2.1+t

4. The amount of tax TO be raised in
q city Is $19,3403O, and the taxable
property is $2,762, 10000. What is Az
tax whose property is valued at S14,.
$4,000?
8. Write table of the Metric sys.
ten. How many rods In chain =?
Write the table for Circular Measure.
g. For how long must 100000 be
loaned at 4H%6 so as to give $3.50
interest?.
7. What is the amount due at the
end of years, 0 months, on a note of
sl,20000 bearing 6eS interest payable
annually.
8. What time will II require ten men
to finish a piece of work OF which six
men did 2-3 In 4 days?
Q. The sum of two numbers Is 365.
Their difference is .0675. What are
the numbers?
10. A man sold a house al 20 and
12h Off He gained 20% In the trans
action which was $4,000 What did
he ask for the house at first?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

banced by the rotation OF the earth.
bodies tending 10 6y or more al. the
equator than near the pojes ,f'he t0nn.
biDation OF these two makes a body
weigh one two-bundred- -apd- eighty
ninth less Mt the equator than at the
poles and a proportionate amount for
distances between" ssas
About what fraction OF its weight
would a body lose 10 going from Cape
Nome. Alaska. TO San FranciscoY' q
~ should say about one In 300"
"Tbep gold weighing 600 pounds In
Nome could not possibly weigh over
59S pounds here, could IT."
ut could not"
II is needless TO say that Stevens was
acquitted on this evidence. His former
partners were so sorry Of their recent
suspicion and so eager to make amends
that they not only paid him the salary
they had promised him, but set him
up In business from their ample funds.
This fact is peculiar. but perfectly In
accord with reason. It is recognized
by the United States government. Ev-
cry time bullion is sent from washing
ton TO the New Orleans mint n certain
amount of weight is lost In the mere
act OF transit. So 10 order to get the
same amount Of metal in each coin
compensating weights or those special
ly calibrated have to be used or else
special scales. II the weights are made
at Washington and sent to New Or
leans OF course they will lose In weight
and will weigh true on a pair OF bal
ances. But spring balances cannot be
used.-Lawrence Hodges in Denver
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
RHEUMATISM.
One Course OF Trsstrept Fer the curs
of the Disease.

Of the Disease.
To cure rheuma tism 1t Is necessary
to rid the system of the excess of uric
acid. and to do this proper diet is
even more important than the use Of
drugs. though ip very severe cases the
latter are not to be despised In con-
junction With the dieting that is abso.
lutely essential.
The Massachusetts General hospital
Of Boston allows the following diet for
its rheumatic patients: Graham or
brown bread. white bread Qlmited to
one-half slice daily. corn. rice, milk.
eggs, -four. puddlngs, crackers, beans,
peas. all kinds of vegetables, except
potatoes. tomatoes and asparagus, rhu-
barb, fresh fish, butter, cheese. but
termilk. cream, alkaline waters and
toast. Avoid red meats. starch or
potatoes, white bread and sugars.
The sensible use of water both In
ternally and externally plays a large
part IN the prevention or cure of rheu-
matism. One or two glasses. either
hot or cold. taken before breakfast
every morning is excellent to start the
organs Of digestion for the day. and
at least one glass should be taken be-
tween meals. Often the plain water
will be enough to move slightly con-
stipated person, but IL not mild med
icated water may be taken instead II
is very essential TO keep the bowels
open 10 cases of rheumatism.
Uric acid In the system is a poison,
and 1t must not be forgotten that
poisonous waste matter is also elm
mated through the skin. The pores Of
the skin must be kept freely open and
not allowed to become clogged If we
hope TO obtain the best results with
rheumatic cases. A hot bath at bed
time 10 often very helpful.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

/. Did you read the O. 4. r. G. work
last year? What are the aims of this
work?
2. How far do you feel responsible
In your discipline concerning your
pupils on the way TO and from school?
z 3. What mental powers are earliest
developed? What one will you give
especial attention?
4. Discuss adaptabilty and capabil.
ity In the teaching and learning OF
primary arithmetic.
8. What is the value OF written out
lines
g., Can there he an excessive use Of
the written work? What evils pay
arise In rne primary classes from such
work.
\ q. What Is q Method in teaching? !?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
ORTHOGRAPHY.

I. Show all the sounds of the letter
C. In words properly marked diacriti.
cally.
2. Write Ave rules for the spelling
of words.
3. What In syllale? Why divide
words into sylables?
q. Classify words as TO derivation
and form.
g. Write the possessive singular and
plural OF hen, calf, box, Asia, axis,
case.
6. Spell the following words, to be
pronounced by the examiner: Arab.
pinion, data, codicil. fuchsia, paucity,
cynical, dastardly, European, dssen.
sion. enumeration. garage, cylinder.
dove-cote, periosteum, blarney, Glas.
gov, sovereign, hoeing, shield. portal.
lyceum, prism. clematis, grazier.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Queer Postal TRAINING,

In China whoever wishes to enter the
postal service must give evidence of
courage, robustness. power OF endur-
ance, ability TO traverse great dis
tances over mountains and valleys and
through dangerous forests frequented
by wild beasts and robbers. After this
the applicant is sent into uncanny
places. which are considered to be the
abodes OF evil spirits. When the Chi,
Daman has satisfied the authorities In
regard TO these matters he is appoint.
ed q letter carrier
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
ONLY a Man,

Little Muriel flew into the house
flushed and breathless.
"Oh. mother" she cried, don't scold
me for being late to tea, for I've had
such a disappointment! A horse fell
down. and they said that they were
going TO send for horse doctor, so OF
course ] had to stay. And after I'd
waited and waited he came. and. oh.
mother, what do you think? 1t wasn't
a horse doctor at all. II was only a
man!'-Everybody's Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

Colorado In making an experiment
so far successful-of the honor sys-
tenn among 'he convicts who work on
Its highways. About so of the pris-
oners have recently been working on
road between Canon City and Tel.
'nride, with no keepers watching
them and only two foremen or over
seers to direct the work. Not one
has tried to escape.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
ARITHMETIC.

D 1. II 20 men In Sh days Of hours
each dig ditch 60 rods long, feet
wide, and feet deep, how many hours
q day shall Is men work TO dig one
twice as long. 2la feet wide and feet
deep In Is days?
2, What is the area of an equilateral
triangle whose base is 20 feet? Its
altitude?
! 3. 2.75+325t6,3
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Food Versus Character.

Observe the various operations
OF food and drink in several nations.
Was ever Tartar fierco and cruel
Upon the strength of water cruel?
But who shall stand his rage and force
When first he rides, then eats his horse :?
Salads and eggs and lighter fare
Tune the Italian sparks guitar.
And IL | take Don Confuse right
Pudding ana beef make Britons fight.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
WRITING.

!. What system do you teach7 Tx.
plain its principles. How do you
teach II to pupils of the advanced
grades? 25Ss. (The manuscript on
Orthograpby will count for the re-
naming 75o6.)
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
A Concise Explanation.

How does that man always manage
to appear as the leader OF you people2 y
II suppose" answered Farmer Corn.
tossol. that it's simply because he's
smart enough to get ahead Of u.s.
Washington Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

DISCUSS method or teaching geog.
raphy to seventh. or eighth grade
pupils.
& What is attention? Its valueq
How Is IL related to memory? How
secure 1t? What relations between II
and interest?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Some Things Come by instinct.

Seaver-l have TO tell that boy OF
mine where everything is.
Weaver to tell him where the
baseball grounds are located. where
the circus Is showing or where tho
best swimming holes are?-Judge.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
READING.

Examiners will conduct oral or writ.
ten examinations In the manner they
choose.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

speech Is "alike" in the same line?
Give the full construction of bosom"
In the last line
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
SOME PUzzLERS
| FOR TEACHERS
Applicants iorCountyC
| Asked to Solve Them.
EXAMINATION HELD AUG. 7,'O9

Prepared BY the State School Com.
missioner to Test the Mental DUAL.
! ifications Of Those Who Seek POSI-.
tions as Teachers In tho Public
Schools.
Following is the list OF questions
az prepared under direction OF the
state commissioner of public schools.
and submitted at the county examina-
tion for teachers Aug. 7, for Gle
mentary school certificates:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-13

Yearly
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Secured by any contestant in any of
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The Alaska trip from Seattle will be of
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Special Endeavor awards will be made
during the contest.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-16
DISCOVERS PALEoLlTHIc STONE
Find Near Wadsworth, O., Declared
to BE Important to Biologists.

Akron, O.-The discovery of what
is asserted to be paleolithic stone
near Wadsworth has led Prof. G..
Frederick Wright, geologist and presi
dent of the State Archaeological So
ciety, to declare that Medina county
was the home of paleolithic man.
Prof. Wright took the stone with him
to Baltimore and will return to Wads-
worth next spring, he says, with gov
eminent biologists to continue his re-
searches.
Prof Wright and Prof. Bronson of
Oberlin college declared that the find
ing of the paleolith at Wadsworth is
one Of the most important discoveries
made in America in fixing the age Of
human life on the American cont.
hent. They said also that the best
specimen of a Kane or fischer ter
race they had ever examined is in the
neighborhood of the Mennonite church
on the Seville road west of Wads-
worth.
1t is Prof Wright's belief that at
one time the site of Wadsworth was
covered with large glacier which
was mile high and extended to Mil
lersburg. The paleolithic stone found
near Wadsworth is an eliptical-shaped
flint stone weighing about half or
three quarters of pound and Is a
fine specimen of one of the instru.
ments used by man in the glacial pc.
| Rod
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-16
MAY LOSE THEIR HOMES.
People Who Settled on Mineral Lands
Must Give Way to Uncle Sam.

Washington-Thou of home
public land states are in danger Of
losing their homesteads and all i'm
provements upon them, by the with
drawal of the Ignite coal lands by
the government. and their classified
ton as mineral lands. Timothy j..
Butler of the legal department of the
government land Office, in an address
to the conservation conference here
recently, declared that the land de-
partment has now fully 5000 cases be-
fore 1t In which homesteaders are I'M
able to complete final proof and re-
ceive patents to their homesteads, be-
cause their farms have been classified
as coal lands.
Congressman Thomas r. Marshall
of North Dakota has put bill into
the house to correct the situation, and
give relief to these settlers, and it Is
believed this measure, if it passes,
will save to Dakota, Montana, Wyom-
Ing and New Mexico settlers their
farms, although it will acknowledge
the governments ownership of the
coal which may underlie their prop
erty.
The Ignite coal fields have been
withdrawn from entry as public agri-
cultural lands as result of the in
vestigations made by the experts Of
the geological survey. In many of
the most fertile agricultural sections
of North Dakota. the experts found
evidences of rich deposits of Ignite
and the lands were Immediately elias
sified as coal lands.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-16
sALToN SEA JUST A POND.
It Will Dry Up, Director Newell Says,
But Not for Years.

Washington.-That the Salton sea is
but an accumulation Of waste water in
the bottom of depression 200 or
more feet below sea level is the state
ment of F. H. Newell, director of the
reclamation service. Relatively to
real sea, Mr.. Newell adds, 1t is mere
puddle or duck pond in vast extent
of arid desert which at one time was
the floor for large body of fresh
water.
1T Is not new thing" says he,
but revival in historic times of
what has probably occurred frequently
In geological history"
He says that the wonderful results
attributed to the sea in increasing
rainfall in the southwestern states and
territories is case of placing the cart
before the horse.
Mr. Newell describes wildly the
break in the dixie of the Colorado
river the knifelike cutting of the new
channel, the organized attack on the
water and the final successful closing
of the break during the year
THE sea may now evaporate at
from five to seven or more feet an
nually" he says, but for many years
1t probably will be mark of interest
to the traveller, and the inhabitants OF
the Imperial valley must live, as dc
the people of Holland, with an eye t.
protection against this enemy of theil
homes."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-16
AGED 70; WILL START ALL ovEF
Near octosenarlan Is Soon to We
and Begin Life Anew.

West Orange, N. AT the age of
70 years. with grown family to his
credit and a job of 40 years standing In
his grip. Silas Ball, who lives on
Watching avenue. has announced that
he was going to throw all aside and
start life anew-get married and start
in the cobbling business for himself, a
trade at which he had worked half
his life. Miss Ella Jenkins of South
Tenth street, Newark is the bride-to-
be. She is many years his junior.
Mr.. Ball makes light of his years.
He says he feels as young as he ever
did and he might as well get married
again-his first wife died two years
ago-as any of "the younger fellows"
He Is In no haste about the matter,
however. Next summer is the time set
for the wedding, and in the meantime
he will start in business near his
home.
He has a family of three children
and five grandchildren, two of the chill.
dren making their homes with him.
They have not offered any objection
to the coming event
Ball is a veteran of the civil war
and was wounded three times in the
service.