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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
Sailors Educated al Soc.

The writing of letters and the read
ing of good books In the battleshlp
libraries is a source Of valuable in
formation to seamen In the United
States navy, officers at the recruiting
station say.
"When l enlisted" a gunner's mate
said. IL couldn't write very well. and
my ideas of literature were unculti-
waited After few months of painful
scrlbbllng to the folks at home and to
certain young woman ] began TO be
proud of my handwriting. TO make
my letters sound smooth l asked ques-
tlons OF the officers and read books on
grammar and composition. Now, be-
lleve, am first class correspondent.
The libraries on board the battleshlps
contain books by the standard authors.
There are many hours every day that
sailor can devote to reading Kan
sas City Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
Etheromanaa.

They resembled balls from Christ
mas tree-tlny glass balls, bright red.
yellow. green, blue. filed with a few
drops OF some clear liquid.
"They are ether balls said the psy-
chologist "They are composed OF gel
attn. ike the capsulolds you swallow
for indigestion, and inside them Is Just
enough ether TO make you happy with
out putting you to sleep. Etheromania
continues to increase, and etheromanes
keep devising novel ways OF taking
the baneful narcotic. The ether ball
is new and popular way. A group of
ethomanes, lying together on silk di-
vans, break under one another's nos
trils these bright balls. The sweet,
subtle fumes of the ether are Inhaled,
and the ether drunkards dream their
strange ether dreams. cure many of
them by means of hypnotism."- Gin
cinnatl Enquirer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16

thought he saW the sharp.lined,
sunken-cheeked face of a woman leer.
Ing at him-not lovely face-with a
blotch Of red where the mouth should
be. but he never saw It again.
Kelly groaned and. rolling over, lay
on his stomach There was something
queer about that paper. He would
speak to the nurse about II.
However, ne thought the nurse
might think he was crazy, and night
after night and day after day he
watched the Face, 80 that its image
was stamped on his brain, and he even
saw 1t In his Sleep Then he began
10 Midget, and he got into the habit OF
auoking under the blankets; but when
ever he peeped out, there It was,
grimacing, drawn with sorrow, pale
and one eye squinted up as though an
unseen body writhed in agony. He
thought the Face looked like that OF
someone he had known. Mighty ia,
niliar-looking. Confound it, where
had he seen that smile before?
So he got stlll more uneasy as he
watched that smirking thing-those
Jplotches on the wall, each exactly
ike the other. It was always grin.
ning, and he felt his own lips curling
INTO a similar smile; frightened-yet
he was fascinated and his Imagination
Eove a fantastic mess in his brain.
The first time he woke and found
@hs nurse out Of the room, he got up
and tottered across the floor and put
his face close to the wall. He saw a
wreath Of red roses with cluster OF
red and white roses in the middle of
he wreath; when he crawled back to
bed, he saw a ghoul sneering at him
with pallid, laughing lips and hollow
eyes.
One night. somewhere about II
Jclock, Kelly threw back the covers
and sat up. His eyes were rolling in
heir sockets. lie stared at the wall.
and then he began to talk.
A streak of light from a neighborine
window edged through the side of the
curtains and cast wan glow on the
wallpaper 30 that the clown face
Thitened into skull wavering in the
uncertain haze, with smear of co.
lgulated blood as a background The
skull had a iau1ty air aud It's laws
we're hanging apart in a wide smile
Kelly fancied he heard the thread OF
l sound-a thin tinkle OF laughter like
cicles dropping on slab Of granite
coming from that liPless mouth.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
THE SILENCE OF
+. RUTH HERRIN
b. NELLIE cRAvEY GILMORE

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Mrs. Herrin stood perfectly still in
the middle Of the floor for several min
utes after her husband had left her.
Her first gesture was characteristic
Rnd feminine. She covered her face
with her hands and sobbed hysterical.
ly. But moment later. when she
looked up, her features we're pallid as
marble, and the quiverlng muscles had
settled into rigidity. Her love for
Herrin had been passion for half a
score OF years; triies had not shaken,
or even marred. its perfectness. But
tonight the best OF it was gone
crumbled TO ashes by his own fatal
act-and the final rupture could not
come soon enough A love that had
stood every other test, could not com.
promise with its own destroyer.
The woman glanced mechanically
about the room. taking dazed inven.
tory Of the pictures. the chairs-even
the pale green blur OF flowers on the
wallpaper Little objects, once dear
from cherished associations, every.
where sickened her with their remind.
ers OF a bitterly deluded past. But
her thoughts were very controlled
very intense. In them was no inde.
cision. no maudlin regrets for her fic.
titious happiness-only a frantic ef.
fort to take quick and definite shape.
In the brief space Of time between
discovering and reading the damnlng
words her husband had written to that
Other Woman, the earth and every.
thing in It had seemed to change. TO
shift--to totter and fall Before her
around her-everywhe only black.
ness. Once little inaudlJie cry broke
from her lips but she quickly stran'
gled the threatened onrush Of emotion
and pursued her train OF thought with
outward calm at least
It WAS almost midnight before her
plans were fully maured But her
course was clearly mapped out in her
own mind. She would go to the
woman ard tell her ;lle whole truth.
Herrin had wronged them both, cru.
elly--beyond reparation. But he
should not so on doing so another
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
SAVAGE Australian Easle Hawk.

Perhaps the deadliest foe Of the Aus
tralian sheep farmer is the eagle hawk,
and many and wonderful are the con-
triyances invented for his destruction
or capture.
A correspondent at Singleton says It
It no uncommon thing for a farmer
with run Of quite an average extent
TO lose hundred sheep in season
through the depredations of these car
nlvorous birds. "Their strength" he
writes, sis so abnormal that 1t is prac-
tlcally impossible for the sheep on
which one pounces to resist the attack,
and their appetite for live mutton APP
pears to be Unsuitable. They are occa-
sionally caught by means OF trap at
tached to the carcass Of sheep and
sometimes poisoned, but their numbers
are nevertheless continually increas-
ing."-London Standard.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16

hour II she could prevent e. She de-
e.ded she would leave a letter for her
lns baud which would eIectually put
ali thought Of her relentiag ont Of his
calculations forever TEen she would
.take a cab for Niney.f.sl street The
laieness Of the hour did not deter her.
and The streAgth % her emotions buoy
Ell her 70 her task.
Herfin had always prided himself
upon his unassailabe equanimity. 1t
had stood him IN uneXceptionAble
stead the larger part OF his life, and IT
always left him master Of the situa.
tion. nnt a certain something in his
wlfe's attitude to.ni2hi caused him 10
reflect uRcomfortably And as the
most Immediate es lge from his un-
pleasant thoughts he quieGsncd his
steps toward the club aIi spent the
major part OF the evening over his
glasses and bottles By midnight, he
had just enough 10 make him stupid.
Ii look him another half hour TO sober
up on fresh supply. 1'heu he began
10 think OF Ruth. Was II possible that
she Suspected II did not occur to
him Ia the beginning of her outbreak
that It was due to anything more than
a mere fOrmless suspicion q passing
twinge OF jealousy over his recent
neglect But her announcement that
she was going out OF his life forever
required TO him with onlinous signih.
canoe.
The thought that he might actually
lose her was not to be tolerated; the
possibility of never seeing her again
struck him like a blow between the
eyes. AS far as the Other Woman
was concerned. he gave her no serious
thought. She had. although uncon.
sciously caused him to suffer stranger
pangs tonight than he had ever suffer.
ed before. But he could make her
suffer In return, and there the matter
would end. lie would so TO her, he
reflected, tell her the whole truth
that be had a living wife whom he
worshiped-and sever the last yestige
II a tie between them with the ultl
mate words.
Then a full confession to Ruth. She
was woman OF sense-of worldly
knowledge She would be only too glad
OF his repentance, only too willing 10
take him back on the old devoted
terms. IN need be, he could appeal to
her for pity. throw himself at her feet
for pardon she could not fail " re-
lent.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
The Face on the
Wall Paper
copyright, by Daily story Pub. Co.)
BY II. FORREST

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Kelly was ill., He lay on his back
his eyes half shut, his fingers pulling
weakly at the white spread.
II seemed to him as though he had
lain so for years; yet it had been only
matter of a month.
lie had almost died. He wished he
had. Then he wondered why he strug
gled to live when he wanted to die;
and he thought so much about II that
his head felt as though IL were goine
around in wide circles, until he closed
his eyes to shut out the swayng
room. When he opened them again
he saw the Face
lie laughed loudly, although chill
shuddered through his body.
Glancing upward he saw r. again
grinning at him. lie twisted his head
and stared TO the left. II was there
too. And to the right--all around
Well, he would have to gaze at the
ceiling. II wasn't there, anyway.
After a while he glanced back.
He thought the Face was laughing
IL jigged up and down and the laugh
twisted into sneer Kelly shut his
eyes, but he could not keep them
closed. During his illness he had
watched that Face until he held his
mouth to keep from screaming. Some
times it seemed a grotesque mask
sometimes a somber-eyed monk with
crimson hood; and mostly a hideous
smirking clown.
Why on earth had they hung such
abominable paper on the wall?
Casually glancing at it, Kelly had
Arst seen row on row Of red rose
wreaths with a cluster OF red and
white roses in the middle of the
wreath. One night he noticed that the
cluster of roses formed a face-a long
thin, clownish face with hint of sor,
row in the twist Of its taunting lips
He had tried TO pick out other faces
but only a harlequin Knocked him
from the wall-columns and columns
Of pierrots rising one above the other
stretching right and left, and all the
Same and all staring at him. Once he
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
Bavarlan Distances.

In the Bayarian highlands sign
posts along the roads. instead OF stat
ing the number of miles or klometers
to the various villages, give the
amount OF time which the average
pedestrian will supposedly take to
traverse the distance This is merely
an official expression OF the very gen
eral custom OF the peasants In the re-
gion, who invariably tell inquirers ON
the roads not how far II is to a place,
but how long Il takes to get there. Not
only that, but they make the system
still more unsatisfactory TO the
stranger by little additional eccen-
tricity OF their own.
For instance. one asks; "How far
Is 1t TO Oberammergau?"
"A small half hour will be the an.
swer, or perhaps "a good half hour"
or "a big half hour"
Which is puzzling until the stranger
learns that small half hour" means
25 minutes "a good half hour" 30 min.
utes, "a big half hour" 35 minutes. "a
small threequaners OF an hour 40
minutes, and so on
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
Him Waa II.

Foxhall Keene, at n hunt breakfast
on Long Island, talked OF the Quorn
pack.
"The last time hunted with the
Quornltes," he said, ~ crossed turnip
patch side by side with red faced.
white whiskered old man on big gray.
"'We'd best 20 carefully here said
to the old fellow. They tell me these
turnips belong to an old curmudgeon
who raises the very deuce II the hunt
hurts his crops
"'Well, beln' as hlm's me-, said gray
whlskers, I guess he won't mind to-
day." .- 49,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
electrically Welded.

Recently electrically welded chain
has been made commercially by auto
matically cutting the blanks from a
bar so as to form a socket In one end
and corresponding taper on the
other end OF the link blank This is
thea bent and Joined OH one side and
hese joints welded, This obylates the
Usual amount OF upset IN such cases.
rhe laps or area OF contact, are much
larger than in the squarely cut ends,
and nice appearing and 6ood weld IL
made.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-16
New York Hotels susy.

New York city hotels are now enter
tanning 1S per cent more customers
than they were one year ago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19
MORRIS JOINS
WITH SHUBER1S
WAR FOR SOUTH
VAUDEVILLE SYNDICATE
LINES AGAINST TRUST.
UP TO THE MANAGERS
kIaW and Erlanger Must Have All CT
kothing-Move of Morris viii
Be Great Aid 10 the
Independents.

New York, Aug 18.-The battle ba'
ing waged by southern theatrical in
terosts is to boy staged right here on
Broadway. 1t is not mimic, but war
of mastery and supremacy and as
matters now stand indications point
to a victory for the Sam and Lee Shu-
bert aggregation.
1t was only a few days since that
Klaw and Ellangor held the stage as
the star attraction, but their ultima
tum requiring the complete oliminl-
ton Of the shuberts came like a bomb-
shell, and has necessitated further
negotiations for the seasons attrac-
tions in the south Klaw and Erlar-
gers proposition was, according to re
port. that Shubert attractions be not
staged by any one Of tho southern
managers throughout the cntirc south.
To this some of the southern man
ayers demurred.
The Klaw and Erlangcr contingent
then d clared it must be one or the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19
Lob THREATENS
A LIBEL SUIT
LABOR EDITOR lNTiMATEo LOa3
HAD CONNECTION WITH
AUDIT SYSTEM.
EDITOR HAS AN EXCUSE
Saws He Was Absent at Time Of Pub
iication and Don't Know How
Matter Got Into Print
Stiliings Mcr-,oned.

Washington, Aug. l8.--Court pro-
ceeaings by oWm. Lceb, Jrs, collector
of the port. of New York, are said to
hang over the head Of local labor
lead +. Mr. Loeb has written to sam
uel De Nedrey, litor of local trades
paper, protest, Z vigorously against
d recent article in the paper stating
that Mr. Loeb coAtemplates appoint
Ing Chartes A. Stillins, former public
printer, to a position Of trust in the
New York customs service, and
which concluded w.tl tde questitf 3
WHO was at the Lead cf the aa.iit
system?"
It Is understood Mr. Loeb took of
feuse at what he believes TO be a
yeilcd iasnuatio. tha. be was inter
est4d in the a"dit system which was
mat guratsd al the government print
office BY Mr.. stiIlines, and Which
was responsible primarily for tte
resignation Of hr. st1ngs as puaac
printer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19
LIEUT.. SUTTON
HELD A SUICIDE
SECRETARY or ThE NAVY Az
PROVES FiNDiGS OF COURT
OF INQUIRY.
ISA CLOSED INCIDENT
So Far az Navy ic Coneernsd-~-But
Counsel For Suttone lntimates
That They Make TAKE
Case to Congress.

Wash. ston, Aug 18.-With the
blicatiCn today Of Acting Secretary
of the Navy Winttc3ps S approval q
the flndi4g5 Of the court cf inquiry
that Lieut. SuttGR Of the Uaitel
States marine corps, was "dueatly
and sC.,ly responsible for his owl
death al Annapolis ncagiy two years
ago" the famous Sutton case became
a closed incident as far as the navy
department IS concerned.
The copngel for the Suttons iati-
mated, however, after the court s
decision had become know, that
they would probably take the issues
involved TO congress with Wv Of
haYilg full heariAs g the case by
a committee cf that body
Too much time has elapsed since
the incident, IN the opinion cf the
avy officials, to undertake any pro
ceedings against the persons whose
conduct in the case had been made
subject cf criticism by the court.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19
GREAT STRIDES
LAST Z YEARS
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS
YEAR COOK oUT-FARMER
MOST PROSPEROUS.
PRODUCTION INCRE EASED
In Ratio to Population, Which lns@res
that Americans viii Never
Starve--Trade Grew
1877 Per Cent.

Washington Aug. 1S-During tho
last twelve years. the period covering
the administration of Secretary WI
son of tho agricultural department, the
balance of trade in the United Stats
increased from a yearly average Of
$23400O,000 to s4ll000,000, or 75.7 per
cont, according to the department 5
year book just made public.
This wonderful development is only
in keeping with the progress made
along all lines of the agricultural a.
tivity At the same time, it is stated,
many conditions affecting the lives OF
the farmers of the country have adj
yanced I'M even greater ratio until
many undesirable features OF farm life
have been eliminated.
so increasingly disposed has the
public been to ask and receive the
aid of this department, and so large
have been the now fields of work as
signed to it by congress says VII
son in a resume of his work, that the
number of employees increased from
2,444 on July l, 1897, to lo,420 in
1908
Many innovations have been intro
duced and developments into the po-
tcntial forces for the bettorment o.
farm life during this period, says vii
SON The entire system by which the
work Of the agricultural department.
has been operated has been changed
Never before has the work of the STATE
agricultural colle ges and experimental
stations boen so intimately related %
the department as ne~ During tlesa
,welye Years there has been gFeht
diversifcation and geographic o&ten'
sion of the products, apart from the
cultivation OF now land. Although
there has been a decreasing pr0duc
tion per acre of what was only re
Gently virgin soil, there was an IN
creased production per acre or tA'
entire country The yield per acre
of cotton during the ten years end
ing 1906 was from a mean OF ~
pounds per acre during the preceding
ten years to l91 pounds.
Other crops have kept pace WITH
fConci1led on Fourth Page)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19
DOUGLAS WINS
$4,000 EVENT
CAPTURED TIE EMPIRE STATE
STAKES AT FORT ERIE
YESTERDAY.
WON IN STRAIGHT HEATS
Carroll Run Second in Every Heat
Good Racing at Great Western
Meeting Davenport,
Summaries.

Buffalo, Aug 1S.-Alonzo MeDon
AIDS Bob Douglas today won til
$4,000 Empire State stake for 2.l2
trotters at Fort Erie The gray trotted
four heats without a break In the
final heat Domarest, driven by Geers.
went to the front when the Ec!d was
sent away, but the gray closed up and
assumed the lead at the first turn.
Demarost dropped back and Carroll
took up the fight, On the back. stretcA
THE pair were nearly on even terms,
but Mcdonald quickly put daylight be
tween Douglass and Carroll The fir5;
half OF tho final heat was stepped In
to1I.
In the 2:2l trot Geers drove Frazec
to victory in straight ats. The only
contest of the day resulted in the final
heat of the 2:lG trot.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19
NEED CERTAINTY
AND SW|FTNESS
IN ADMINISTRATION OF GRIM
INAL LAW-REPoRT AT FRis-
ON CONGRESS CENouNcEs
DELAY.

Seattle. Wash. Aug. 1S.-The dele
gates to the Congress of the Ameri-
can Prison Association resumed their
discussions tonight, The report OF
the committee on criminal law re-
form was read IL said in part:
Nothing in the administration OF
criminal law is so impressive as
swiftness and certainty. Consequent
" nothing so discredits it in the mind
II the public as the lame ard halting
procedure in the trial courts and the
disagreement of iuries and delays
and reversals for apparently techni'
al reasons in appeal Such things
weaken public confido-ce in the ad-
nlnistration Of law, discourage sher'
IFS. police and prosecuting Officers,
and encourage criminals and inereas
crime
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19

They, however, will be acquainted in
an official but informal way of thes
criticisms which will both serve the
purpose of admontiol to them 4
of presenting to them the view taken
by the department of their conduct.
Although WiIthrop. in his endorse.
ment, speaks of the lax state OF
discipline existig at the marine
school prior to, and at the time OF
Sutton's death. he says the conditions
have improved; that splendid dis
cipline prevails al this time ani thai
he Is corfdent that the unfortunate
sitr attic previously existing will not
again prevail,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19
BIC AUTO RACES
TO- BEGIN TODAY
$50 MILE EVENT THE BIG CARD
AT INDIANAPOLIS FIRST DAY
TRACK. is THE FINEST OF
ITS KIND.

indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 1S.-Prepa
rations are tonight completed for the
opening tomorrow of the automobile
meet. The track is said to be one
of the most perfect of its kind ever
built. 1t is sixty feet wide and 2l2
miles in circumference, with a
straightaway course of more tha
mile at the finish. In the practice
work today zengel. driving Chad
wick, covered the circuit in two min
utes and drove a mile in AZ 3-5 sec
onds.
The racing will begin tomorrow
with the ESQ mile event as the bi2
card. T. the ten mile freefor-al
handicap, a'so on tomorrow's pro
gram there are 29 entries. There
will also be ten mile stripped chas
sis and two five miles races the frs
/ ,lay
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-19
Will Make Explanation.

Mr.. Loeb intimates that 1t is his
intention to carry the matter into the
cours.
Mr.. De Nedrey says he was absent
from the city when the article ap
peared in his paper and does not
know how it got into print. In tn.
next issue of his paper he says there
will be an explanation which BIZ his
opinion Will satisfy Mr. Loeb
III It doesn't" he added, Il sha'
govern myself according 20 the cir
eumstances."
He knows of no basis. he SAYS, foi
an allegation that Mr.. Loeb was con
lecteI with the audit system, and
sees no reason to criucise him foi
his attitude toward organized labor.