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Evening journal., 1909-12-29
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BY United Press Leased Special Wire
PARIS. Dec. 29.-Ex- Premier Glenn
enceau today announced his withdraw
al from both the Radical and Radical
Socialistlc parties on account Of their
leaning toward unined socialism. He
will probably try to head a new party
Evening journal., 1909-12-29

cidentally they appreciate applause
just as much as do human actors.
New moving pictures win complete
the New Years bill.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
WITH THE DAWN.

These are the days when the Dog
star Sirius is close to the sun. That
fact, in popular esteem, is what makes
the August days so hot, and causes
so much imaginary hydrophobia.
But that is not what we care to talk
about 1t is early rising. and one of
the glories of it Is a sight of Orion,
the splendidist of all co-stellations
before the sun comes up to wipe 1t
from the skies. Just when the faint
flush Of the dawn lies along the east
ern horizon is the time, for then is
when one can see Orion reclining out
there on the edge of the world, like
diadem Of pearls on the brow of the
morning.
1t is beautiful vision IL one has a
soul for such things, and how soon
he might have. If he gave 1t the chance
We spend hundreds of dollars to 90
forth to catch glimpse of cataracts,
and cliffs, and snowy crests, but lie
abed and snore, while lovlier vision,
which we might behold. by looking
out of the window. passes away with
the growing dawn.--Ohio State Jour
nal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

A visitor who prides himself on his
knowledge OF nautical AFFAIRS was
chatting with a friend outside the Flat.
iron building. See that man com.
ingr he asked. Can you tell what
he is by tho way he walksT
why, no." replied the New Yorker
who was with him.
Hes sailorman of some sort
Look at his hands. No landsman ever
walked that way. A sailor always
walks with the palms Of his hands
turned behind him and the backs
turned forward, the way he is walk.
ing. Look at that landsman over there
He swings his arms with the palms
of the hands turned toward bis body
and the backs out. You can always
detect man who IL accustomed to the
sea that way"
whats the explanationT inquired
the other.
"Wby. there isn't any that ] know,
1t may be because the sailor gets the
habit Of balancing himself In rough
weather by the use OF his arms. but
don't believe that's the reason. It's
just one of those things you can't
account for.-New York Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Railroads Are Never Finished.

In one respect railroad is unlike
any other project undertaken by man
1t Is never finished. Like a cucumber
vine. says writer In Popular Me-
chanics. the instant 1t ceases to grow
1t begins to wither. There must be
continuous expansion and enlargement.
Larger cars require more powerful 10
comotives. and both In turn call for
heavier rails. bigger roundhouses,
stronger bridges. longer platforms and
sidings, increased safety devices, while
the Strengthening of curves and the
leveling Of grades come In for their
share of attention on even the Oldest
roads. Little wonder. then. with our
railroads consuming nearly one-half of
all our manufactured steel and iron
and fully one-half of all the lumber
made each year. that they are the un-
failing barometer OF the business ac-
uvity Of the nation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
kalxin as pamoolea.

A characteristic always of Lord Kel.
vim was his absolute faith in figures.
and this ruling passion once led to his
experiment as a Damocles. When be
once solved problem In mathematics.
he was willing to stake upon it's cor
rectness not only his reputation. but. IL
necessary. his life. Taking an I'm
mense heavy cannon ball. he calculnt-
cd with the utmost accuracy the size
of the smallest wire which would bear
the weight of the load of iron. He
then procured length OF wire of just
the requisite strength and to prove the
truth of his figuring had the cannon
ball suspended over his lecturing piut.
form at the very spot where It would
be most likely to strike and crush him
should the wire give way, and 1t re-
mained there for weeks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
A CUTTING Retort.

Before dinner. at the house of a rich
banker IN Florence. Colonel (afterward
the Earl of Dundas had said some
sharp things about the crudities of
Americans. Notwithsta nding this
rudeness II fell to his lot TO take Nine.
Bonaparte Betsy Patterson, In to ta-
BILE. He impertinently asked Nine.
Bonaparte IL she had read Basil Halls
book on America, IN which he pro-
nounced all mericans vulgarians.
"Yes, Colonel Dundas." she an
swered. "but 1t did not surprise me In
the least. II my compatriots were de.
scended from the Italians or Spanish.
any display of low breeding might as.
tonish me: but. being the direct de-
scendants of Englishmen. It is natural
enough that they should be vulga.
rians."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
WINGS THAT WERE FINS.
Evidence That Psnsuin's Pinions Were
Once Used For SWIMMING.

Evidence That Penguin's Pinions Were
Once Used For Swimming.
Ornithological puzzles are the pen
gums, with their curiously shaped
wings and odd. unblrdlike, upright car
riage. The peculiarities Of their wings
suggest that the penguins are descend
ants of birds which used their wings
rather than legs In the pursuit of prey
under water. and as the struggle In
tensi6ed between the competing indl-
viduals the most expert at this sort OF
swimming would get the most food
and oust less successful rivals. Tho
winners gained advantage over their
neighbors In proportion as their wings
improved as swimming organs and In
versely and OF necessity became less
suited to perform the work Of flight.
In all other birds the feathers, though
shed annually. are more or less grad
ually displaced. But in the penguins
the new feathers all start into being at
the same time and thrust out the old
feathers upon their tips so that these
come away in great fakes. Whereas
In all birds save penguins the new
feathers as they thrust their way
through the skin end In pencil-like
points, formed by investing sheathA
In the penguins these sheaths are open
at the tips and attached by their rims
to the roots of the old feathers. and
hence these are held to their success
sors until they have attained sum
cient length to insure protection against
cold.
The curious device for retaining the
warmth afforded by the old feathers
until the new generation can Oil their
places is apparently due to the fact
that penguins are natives of the ant
arctic regions. although some now In.
>abit tropical seas.-Chlcago Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

The Dark Day When "oId Jsnnis~ Was
Executed In Maryland.

The Dark Day When "oId Jsnnis~ Was
Executed In Maryland.
"As dark as the day when old Jen-
ME was hung" is one of the many
quaint sayings that for generations has
been used on the lower eastern shore
Of Maryland, but from the accounts
that have been given by those who
lived In old Jennie's day there never
has been day since that time as dark
as the day on which she was executed
for wholesale murder in the neighbor-
hood in which she lived.
The old murderess was publicly
hanged in 1915 in the old jail yard at
Princess Anne. and all those who re-
membered that particular day have
passed into the great beyond long ago.
The murderess was white woman,
tall and angular. and It was said that
she resembled what was popularity
supposed to be q witch far more than
she did the up to date woman Of that
day. In fact, local history records that
she practiced witchcraft. No one ever
knew where she came from. she hav-
Ing dropped down" very mysteriously
Into the neighborbood, where she killed
q family of four.
Old Jennie was not hanged on scaf-
fold. In those days murderers were
executed with as little trouble and ex-
pense as possible. The wien faced
terror OF all Somerset was placed In
NJ Iro Axvt at,I slo
directly under a stout limb OF an old
oak tree which stood In the Jail yard.
The rope was fixed In rude fashion
around her neck. amid the burrahs Of
the crowd and the curses Of the
doomed woman, and when all was In
readiness bunch Of fodder was
placed ten PAGES from the oxen's heads
and they were given the word to start
Obeying the command. they made q
bee line for the fodder and left old
Jennie dangling at the end Of the rope.
That day. 1t has been told thousands
OF times. was the darkest ever known
in this section. Chickens remained on
their roosts throughout the entire day,
while candles by the score burned In
the houses that the servants might see
to do their work. The local scientists
Of that day were at loss to account
for the strange phenomenon, and the
graphic descriptions which they gave
of 1t and which were recorded years
ago make interesting reading.
The darkies and superstitious whites
Of those days naturally thought that
the end Of time had come. A great
many negroes declare today that the
ghost of old Jennie may be seen stalk
Ing around on the edge Of the woods
near where she committed her crimes
any time on dark. cloudy night. and
they are very careful not to encounter
her.-Oriole MdJ Cor. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

for young people and children. Among
the outside preachers are @. A. Irwin
of Washington, ID. c., @. 1. Butler,
of Florida, G.. +. Haffner of Okla
homa, C. w. Flaiz of Portland, Ore,
+. w. Field of Japan, and William
Smith of Korea. g. Il. Langdon Is
president of the conference. 1t is
also expected there will be speakers
from practically every state and ter
ritory in the Union during the last
week of the conference. While all
services are open to the public, there
are special sessions for outsiders at
3 o'clock in the afternoon and at
1880 o'clock in the evening. The at
ed the capacity Of the pavilion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
wOoDPECKERs ATTACK
TELEPHONE. TELEGRAPH,
AND ELECTRIC LIGHT POLES.

Considerable damage Is being done
to telephone, telegraph and electric
light poles bv members of the wood
pecker family. These birds origin
ally built their homes in the dead or
dying trunks or limbs of trees, but
for some reason best known to them
that the peeled pole offers better
conditions for home.
They have become so ravcnous of
late that their depredations are at
tracing considerable attention among
those who are compelled to use guam
titles of wooden poles. Their act
tivities spread over wide portion of
the United States, notably in the
South, Southwest and Central West.
Cedar poles seem to be the ones most
frequently attacked. The birds bore
into them at any height from the
ground, and the holes which they
make are often two or three inches
in diameter and four or five inches
deep. Such on amount OF wood drill
ed from a stick of timber which is
carrying q load of wires naturally
weakens the strength of the line.
1t would, of course, not be diff
ficult matter TO exterminate these
birds. However, this is not desirable,
as they are among the most bene-
ficial forms of bird life native to
this country. because they destroy
large numbers of insects which SER
iously damage forest and food crops
It seems, therefore that methods
should be undertaken to compel the
birds TO revert to their former habit
of boring rather than to extermin-
ate them.
Frequent inquiries have been made
by the Forest Service in this connec-
tion, but the only information to
date which the Government has been
able to obtain is that on a certain
inspection OF treated and untreated
polo lines in Louislnla. In that re-
glon II was found that poles which
had been impregnated with creosote
oil were not attacked by the birds
whereas untreated poles under the
same conditions were severely injur-
ed.
Whether or not creosote will pre-
vent such attack Is not definitely
known, but the Service is investi-
eating this problem, and should this
oil prove a preventative. 1t will full
fill two-fold purpose. 1t will pro-
tect the poles from decay and destru-
ton from animal life. In southern
Indiana, some members OF a traction
company thought that they could
prevent further destruction of their
poles by filling the holes in the wood
.NA t,sIa l.A
simply drilled around the stones and
made the conditions Imuch worse.
This apparently does not seem TO be
means of preventing their depre-
datlons.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
THE KINeFlsHER.
A Bird Whose Ways Are Most Difficult
70 Observe.


TO Observe.
Perhaps there is nothing in nature
more difficult TO observe than the ways
Of the king6sher. Any one may see
him glancing down midstream or maxi
Ing bis sudden arrow fight from bank
to bank under the bright June sun
shine, but to track him down to his Sc
cret fishing place and watch him at
work is vastly more difficult thing.
You come from the gold clad mead.
ows into the shady river path as into
cathedral aisle. The willows crowd
down 10 the waters edge. In the green
reeds sedge bird is fretting. There
Is a low twittering song Of nestliDgs
all round you. And now. In the sba-
diest deep Of the willow wood. a shrill.
piping note cuts the silence, a fash OF
emerald passes, kingfisher has gone
by on his way to his favorlte pool
common notion is that he sits per-
fectly still on some branch overhang-
Ing the water, picture Of crafty vigil
ance. But this is rarely II ever the
case. The truth is. says writer in
tne London Chronicle, that the king
fisher. like the master he is. sets about
bis work with an easy surety. almost
nonchalance. Peering down upon
him warily through the screen Of
branches you would judge that the last
thing in the world he was thinking
about was the gliding brown water be-
low him. He twirs round on bis
perch, making his vivid green and
turquoise and amber plumage scintll-
late like dewdrop IN the one beam Of
sunlight that has found him out.
He preens his feathers. stretches n
lazy wing now aud again, looks about
him with casual eye. and then, as
IL 1t were the merest trifiing detail in
life. he suddenly points his two inch
long fishing spear Of bill at the wa
ter beneath him, plunges and is gone.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

Now IL Is time for those editors who
are so firmly wrapped up in Republi-
canlsm that they cannot take a full
breath, to begin to endeavor to show
the people that the tariff has been re-
yised downward and that President
Taft has fulfilled all Of his campaign
pledges. Whenever you read the writ
ings OF an editor who tries TO show
this condition, just make up your
mind that he has political AK to
grind and put 1t down that he is
thinking OF running for governor,
or some other Office.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
"Tha Last NitchW

A dignified origin can be given to
the expression 40 die In the last
ditch" On the death OF DE witt the
Prince of Orange was made head of
the Dutch republic. Despite his youth
he displayed the courage and tenacity
Of his race. do you not see your
country is lost?" asked the Duke of
Buckingham. who had been sent to ne
gotiate at The Hague. There is a
sure way never to see II lost" replied
william. "and that is to die In the
last ditch"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
COOKS SHOPS.
They Wore the Beginnings Of tho
Modern Restaurant.

Modern Restaurant.
In primitive times the only places
In London where the public could be
entertained with food had been the
cooks shops. The famous East Cheap
was great thoroughfare, down which
the stalls Of the butchers alternated
with those of the cooks. You chose a
Joint at the flesh market. and you car
ried II next door to be cooked for
you by a certain hour. If you wished
for wine, you must bring that with
you, for the cocks sold no liquor, al
though they seem 10 have provided, as
time went on, more and more of the
natural accompaniment of meat, such
as bread. vegetables and pastry.
This habit continued until well into
the reign Of Elizabeth, and SO long
as such an inconvenient custom pre-
vailed there could have been no real
comfort for any citizen who chose to
dine abroad. He must have had as
much trouble with porterage and bas-
kets as a country party has today at
picnic. But about the time that
Shakespeare came up to London n
remarkable change took place in the
customs Of the town. and the practice
Of public hospitality and entertain.
ment was singularly facilitated.
The nature Of this change lay In the
sudden development Of the tavern and
the consequent withdrawal of the
cookshop. The worshipful company
of pastelars, as the cooks were called.
ceased to enjoy the monopoly Of pro-
viding hot meals.-Edmund Gosse In
Harper's Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Tho Spinning Machine Of a Spider.

mo SptHUtH9 MacniHe oT opiuer.
The spinning machine Is situated un-
der the hinder part Of the spiders
body. 1t takes the form of slight de-
preston, which close inspection
shows to consist of six small bodies re-
sembling tubes. Four of these contain
an immense number of minute open
ings. as many as a thousand can be
counted In each. and from every one
Of these openings viscous fluid is
sues. which hardens on exposure to
the atmosphere. The whole 1000
threads are united into one line. which
Is sometimes so fine that 100000
twisted together would not have a
combined diameter greater than that
Of an ordinary hair from the human
head. 1t is impossible to conceive the
excessive slenderness of one of the
1000 threads which compose such a
line. The bare statement that each
one has thickness only ono sixteen
thousand millionth of that of human
hair does not In any way convey the
impression of its wonderful fineness.
The mind can no more grasp the
meaning of such figures than Il can
understand the immense distance of
which astronomers talk so glibly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

The trainers OF the Payne-Aldrich
bill and the stand patters who voted
for its every provision find littIs
sympathy in the editorial which are
being written about its provisions. II
appears to be the general impression
even in all Wall street controlled
New York that the legislators gave
more heed to the trusts than to the
people.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Tho Wonders of soisnos.

1t was left for the exhibitor of a
phonograph In the streets of Utrecht,
according to an American traveller. to
put the finishing touch to the wonder
full invention. There was the sound of
a military band in full blast. and then
suddenly the tune stopped and "Haltr'
rang hoarsely out upon the air.
Who's that interrupting the con-
certr hippantly inquired the Ameri-
can. edging close to the operator.
That" said the man, surveying him
blsndly. was the voice of Napoleon
Bonaparte giving the order at the bat.
tie Of Waterloo"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
He Got Married,

Our cook. said the family man. had
a beau vino called on her often. but
finally his visits ceased. asked her
one day what had become of her for
mer attentive beau. and she said be
had got married. A4't
"Since he got married" said she,
''he don't come around any more"
Married" said l.. surprised. "Why,
Thought he would marry you"
$50 he did," said the cook!-Brown'
ing's Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Revolutionary.

In my dream was speaking to the
man Of the far distant future,
"The world has changed since your
day." he was saying.
"1n much?' queried.
"1n much" quoth he-"in ideals, In
aspirations. in all that mos. nearly
touches life"
Could he not exhibit some effect Of
this which should give me an idea Of
its extent? At glance. Of course.
He took moment to consider.
"Well. yes" he said at length. Then
he let me see the inside OF the aver
age woman's purse.
There was nothing In 1t but money,
absolutely nothing. and with violent
start awoke.-Puck.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

The genial Bob" Burdette is SER
iously Ill from spinal affection at his
home at Los Angeles, California. lie
is now sometimes known as Rev
Robert ]. Burdette. Baptist mini
ster. but most people know him as
the genial wit and lecturer. He re-
ceived spinal injury. some weeks
since, and has been placed In plaster
cast. His thousands Of friends and
admirers VIII hope to hear of his re-
eovery.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Stern Resolution.

Kind Old Lady-You say you haven'S {
worked for eighteen years. Have you
been blacklisted by some of these
grinding trusts?
Tramp-No, mum. Y'see II was jest
eighteen years ago that me brudder
died Of overexertion, an I've been
avengin' his death ever since.-Chi-
cago News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
A,wavs piekino.

An amusing story is told of the an.
swer given by London walf to Sal
walton Army captain The jealous off,
Ger had asked the boy what work he
did to provide him with food. etc. and
the reply was, II pick stra berries In
the summer, pick hops In the au-
tumn. pick pockets In the winter, and
oakurh for the rest OF the year."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
Cursory

Eddie" said the teacher. "can you
give a definition of cursoryY The word
is generally used In connection with
public speaking. For example. we
often read that somebody made few
cursory remarks Please write a SEN
tence containing the word cursory."
After brief struggle Eddie evolved
this masterpiece:
Yesterday my pa helped my ma to
hang pictures, and when the ladder
fell after pa had climbed to the top
Of 1t be bumped his head against the
corner Of the dining room table and
then made a few cursory remarks."-
Chicago Record Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
NE WAS NOT A FLIRT.


Attempts st Familiarity.
He was riding homeward, comforta-
bly, seated and reading his paper. Be-
ing tri1e nearsighted, he was apply
ing himself even more closely to his pa
per than other homegoing passengers.
Thus intent In the days news. he was
startled when woman came up be-
side him and touched him lightly on
the shoulder, at the same time casting
longing eye on his seat
He is polite man. and he got up.
"A woman with that much nerve is
entitled to seat" he muttered to
himself. "The idea of a woman de-
liberately nudging man out OF his
seat!" Other women standing near
by laughed unreservedly. He hid his
embarrassment behind his paper, for
he felt that his good nature had been
Imposed upon and that the laugh was
on him.
BY and by there was vacant seat
next to the one he had given up to
the woman, and be sat down once
more. The woman turned and looked
at him amusedly. He could feel her
gaze, even though he made blum at
being intensely interested In his paper.
Pretty raw, 1t seemed to him, for a
woman deliberately to take the seat
OF total stranger and then sit there
and laugh at him because he was such
a mark.
Then the woman spoke to him,
Aren't you going to talk to mer she
asked. H
He could stand her familiarity no
longer. well. of all the"-- He stop
ped right there when he looked around
and recognized her. 1t was his wifei---
Cleveland Leader.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09

Wonder what the damp orators
will say about the reduction OF gov
ernment receipts on liquor and beer
this year to the amount of s7,O41. .97S?
Hard times will not explain 1t as
business has improved. 1t begins to
look like local option works for tenn
perance and no amount of mendacity
can obscure that fact. .,J...l
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-09
On Their Minds.

Tive got something on my mind that
I've got TO get rid Of" said the author.
bursting In and seizing pad and
pencil.
"And when you have got rid of 1t
and have received check for 1t there
is something down In the milliners
window that ! want to get on my
mind" said the authors wife. picking
up his hat. coat and umhrella.-Ex-
change.