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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
THE RIVER SEINE.
u 10 the Most Picturesque Of ths
Highways Of Paris.

u 10 the Most Picturesque Of the
Highways Of Paris.
We have heard almost too much Of
the streets of Paris and not enough Of
that street most distinctive of all-the
river Seine. Flowing through the city
for six miles, It is highway, with its
batenux mouches, Its bridges and its
quays. or a dark night the Seine may
seem to lugubrious fancy the symbol
Of death in the city's life abounding-
murky death and inky crime, oozy and
silent wickedness. Yet normally. even
perhaps to suicides, the Seine is but
the mirror of city's mood. There are
lights verywhere-lights heightened
In the water The Louvre and the
Conciergerie shown in the stream are
things fairer than their originals. 1t
is better to look upon the eddying re-
flections Of the bridges here than to
stand in the Place de la Concorde.
bright with its orange lamps in honor
Of an auto show. The lights on the
Seine and its images are more alluring,
more innatels Of fairyland and Paris,
than the gilded boulevards.
Nor is 1t only IN the moonlight that
the Seine has charms, The holiday
sculler finds It a paradise for miles
above the city. and there are ever such
fishermen as Maupassants Renard.
Line fishing is more than a mild sport
at Paris. Even to watch its devotees
seems to amuse your true Partisan. A
legend tells us that In the commune
days, when the Hotel de Vile was
fred on and dark page written In the
city's history, the Seine fishermen pur-
sued their pastime, imperturbable.
And the tale seems likely enough as
the saunterer watches the fisher folk,
whose leisure may be envied more
than their occupation and who are
found not on the city quays alone, but
in the banlleu, where the Selne's green
bank is dabbed with villages In brown
aud red and gray and where one stops
to watch the peasants bathe their
horses in the stream itself, rubbing
them down soon afterward by the riv-
er's brink. Within the city there are
the men who clip poodles on the Quays
and higher book and picture stalls
with their merchants and shifting
groups Of bargain hunters-the Odeon
arcade for new books, the riverside for
old.-Scribner's Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
NATURE AS A CHEMIST.
Fsats Which the Highest Exaotituds
Of Science Cannot Rival.

Feats Which the Highest Exactituds
Of Science Cannot Rival.
The bursting leaves of springtime
performs feats which the highest sex-
actitude of science cannot hope to ri.
val. In leaf the living matter Is his
chemist. and the cell is his laboratory.
BY daylight the leaf chemist Is alb
sorbing the carbonic acid gas and
is decomposing this gas into It's com
ponent elements-carbon and oxygen.
The carbon It is retaining as part of
the plants food to enter into combina-
tion with water, and the oxygen It
sets free into the atmosphere. By
night this process ceases, for light is
an essential feature in the operation.
Out OF the carbon and the water the
leaf chemist will elaborate the sugars
and starche3 which the plant world
affords. As sugar the products will
pass from the leaf to be stored up, as
In the case of the potato, for example.
SO as to afford a storehouse Of food
whereon the plant may draw for Its
sustenance and for the development of
its leaves and flowers when occasion
comes. All the vegetable essences and
acids, the scents and gums, the juices
which yield india rubber. the fiavoring
OF fruits and even the color of the
flowers are similarly the products of O
constructive chemistry which beats
mans best efforts to initiate. Man fol-
lows nature, but at distance.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
. BLONDES
U. s. Army Surgeon Says
They are Not Able to
Stand the Pace.

New York, Aug. 11.--A startling
note of warning TO blue-eyed, light
complexioned New Workers is uttered
by DIR. Charles Il. Woodruff, surgeon
and major in the United States army,
who has just completed private tour
of the prisons and asylums of the city
and. state. The jails, and institutions.
he says, are full of blondes who, un-
able to stand the struggle for exist
ence in a climate to which they are
untitled, have fallen into poverty.
disease and crime.
What strue of New York. he says
is true Of the country as whole. and
.. unless the blonde American finds or
adopts some better means OF survival
than he has at present he will be
wiped out as type in favor of the
brunette. sN
The great trouble is the sunshine.
There is too much of II In America for
the blonde says, DR.. Woodruff. 1t
breaks down their nervous systems.
physically, and makes them pc
culariarly liable to the revenges Of
consumption and other deadly all
ments.
In Clinton prison, says DR.. Wood
ruff, where the worst classes Of GRIM
inals are confined and whore he ex-
pected to find the place full of modern
"Blackbeards" he was astonished at
the large number of blondes, some OF
them of very light type. M
or the 253 convicts whose hair
color was available for comparison.
there were 10 with very light hair. 61
with lighte brown, 81 with dark
brown. and 112 with black. ~
OF nearly 5000 men whose average
age was under 81. admitted to the Ell
mira reformatory. DR.. Woodruff
found. types classified by themselves
as follows as to their hair; Blonde
| 31S; red. 90; sandy, 1903: light brown
1903; dark borwn. 1449; black, 1905.
OF the 60z aged paupers on Black
wells Island. says DR.. Woodruff, only
one-fourth are native born. Drink
had broken most of them down and
from this DR.. Woodruff argues that
the underlying nervous cause of al
coholism is far more prevalent In
blondes than brunettes In New York
| City.
The thirst for alcohol. DIR. Wood
ruff says, is merely the expression of
nervous weakness acquired under
Americas sunny skies, and resulting
from excessive stimplation Of light
as one of thousand causes.
OF 90 paupers in Boston institutions
DIR. Woodruff. says. he found the
same general trend in city markedly
more blonde than New York.
Thus, he says, unfavorable climatic
factors are causing unfitness for SUR
vival in the race types in America too
far misplaced from their ancestral
climatic conditions. This progress of
elimination among human beings, he
says, differ in no respect from that
which goes on among irrigated plants
| and lower animals r4T -s,'
The native born, he says, furnish
the great majority of the blue-eyed
professional criminals in New York.
In Clinton prison SO per cent OF the
tuberculosis criminals are native born
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

nown. One who would be remember
ed by posterity can gain this end
best by putting himself into some
worthy cause, some popular move
ment for the betterment of mankind.
so Luther, Calvin and Knox live to-
day in Protestantism,i ,ilberforce in the
abolished slave trade; Garrison and
Phillips in slavery outlawed DR..
Rush, Lyman Beecher and Neal Dow
in today's temperance activities
Other men put themselves into some
important enterprise, build up some
great institution. In the world of
newspaperdom HHorace Greeley lives
in the Tribune, James @. Bennett in
the Herald, Godkin in the Nation,
George d. Prentice and Waterson him
self in the Courier-Journal.
A still more real and vital immor-
tality Is possible by the closer contact
with men to which Socrates referred.
In our older communities the pastor
ate was one OF lifelong duration. A
man of forceful persoality, occupying
this position was able TO shape the
habits of thought and life in com
munity long after he had gone to his
reward.
There are teachers also to whom has
been given this abiding power. Ar
mold of Rugby furnishes a notable ex-
ample Of this abiding influence. Mary
Lyon is today a living power at South
Hadley. Both as preacher and teach
er, Charles G. Finney impressed with
his forceful character the ren and
women at Oberlin. Mark Hopkins is
yet power in Williams college.
Charles w. Eliot has left a deep and
abiding impress on Harvard univer-
sity and Henry p. Tappan mad James
b. Angel ON the University of Michi-
gan. To leave behind influences like
these is thing more enduring than
a monument OF brass or marble.
ITO live in those we leave behind
Is not to die"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
ASTRONOMY.
Its Exaetness illustrated by the Dis.
eovery Of Neptune.

It's Exaetness illustrated by the Dis.
eovery Of Neptune.
There is perhaps no more striking
illustration Of the power or scientific
method than that relating TO the dis
covery Of Neptune in 1876. The planet
Uranus, until then the outermost
known member of our solar system,
refused to follow the path computed
for 1t by mathematical astronomers.
With the progress OF time the dlscrep.
nncies between its predicted and OBJ
served positions grew constantly larger
until In the early eighteen-forties the
discordance amounted TO fully seven
ty-fve seconds of arc. This is a small
angle, not more than one-twenty-fifth
the angular diameter Of our moon, yet
very large angle to refined astron-
omy. for discrepancy of two seconds
would have been detected with ease.
The opinion gradually developed that
Uranus was drawn from its natural
course by the attractions of an undis-
covered planet still farther from the
sun than itself. Adams In 1843 and
lie yerrier In 1s45 independently and
each without knowledge of tho others
plans attacked the then extremely diff.
ficult problem Of determining the ap-
proximate orbit, mass and position of
an undiscovered body whose attrac-
tions should produce the perturbations
observed. Regrettable and avoidable
delays occurred In searching for the
planet after Adams results were com
municated to the astronomer royal In
October, 1845. lie Verriers results
were communicated to the Berlin OBJ.
servatory In September, 1S46, with the
request that a search be made. The
disturbing planet, later named Nep.
tune. was found on the first evening
that 1t was looked for less than one
degree OF arc from the position as
signed by lie Verrier. II an energetic
search had been made in England the
year before the planet would have
been discovered within two degrees of
the position assigned by Adams.--Pro-
fessor w. w. Campbell In Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
Callinq Names.

The late Peleg W.. Chandler. who
was hard Of bearing. was one OF the
most effective Of war time speakers
Every occasion illustrated his elo
quence and demonstrated the quick
ness Of his repartee. At one meeting
he was frequently interrupted by q
blackguard at the rear of the hall, who
kept shouting, why don't you &c
yourselfr For time Mr.. Chambers
deafness prevented him from catching
the exact nature of the interruption
Of which he had been for some time
conscious. At last Mr.. Chandler
caught the words of the disturber
Then, In the mildest accents, which
emphasized the force Of the words, he
said. Young man. IL my ears were as
good as yours and as long as yours ]
shouldn't be here tonightr'-Argonaut.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
"WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1909.
AUG. II In American History.

1S07-Robert Fulton's boat. the Cler-
( mont, steamed up to Albany. Full
ton first became known In the
maritime world as the inventor of
military torpedoes and submarine
war craft. The Clermont. which
was to establish steam navigation,
was built In New York, but her en-
gine was OF English construction.
The success of the Clermont was
followed by a multiplication Of
teamboats. and numerous claim
ants for the honors awarded Full
ton as the father Of steam naviga-
ton were heard from.
1S33-Robert Greene Ingersoll. famous
agnostic, born In Dresden, N. Y;
died 1899.
1seS-American attack on San Juan,
Porto Rico, repulsed.
1e0S-Ira ID. Sankey. singing evangel-
ist and hymn writer, died; born
1910.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
Evolution Of the Modern PIsx.

With the decay Of dialogue in i'm.
portance less attention has been paid
to delivering 1t so exquisitely as to
give value to 1t for its own sake. And
so by degrees we came to the mod
ern play, in which everything is sac
rihced to vraisemblance, solIloquies
are tabooed, and people talk as they
do In real Internationally and entirely
to the point.-Era.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
IN A FALL
Frank D. McCann Is Pain.
fully Injured.

Frank d. Mccain. Pennsylvania
brakeman was the victim of very
severe accident near Delaware Mon
day During the evening he was pass
ing on the bridge over the Oientangy
liver and as this was his fist trip over
this division of the road, he was un-
aware of the location OF the bridge.
He alighted from the caboose to make
an inspection about the tracks when
he fell distance of thirty-five feet
to the bottom OF the dry bed of the
river. He alighted nsome sand and
so was not so seriously injured as
he otherwise would have been. He
suffered badly sprained ankles an'
wrenched bac. He was well known
on this division and this was his first
trip as brakeman on the division.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

Most of the Republican editors have
not the courage TO attempt to show the
people that President Taft has kept
his campaign pledges for revision
downward of the tariff. They are,
for the most part, silent on the ques-
tlon and the explanation is that very
few editors are candidates for Office
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
HOW LASTING REPUTATION Is
WON

iHas William Marion Reedy, the able
and versatile editor OF the Mirror, a
Crouch" against St. Louis? Not
merely that he has or late been at
tracted by the charms OF domestic life
and In consequence betaken himself
with a bride lately won the sylvan
shades OF a suburban retreat. More
than that. Accepting. apparently,
the idea that prophet gets but scant
honor at home, he has intimated quite
forcibly that If newspaper man
would make any reputation for him
self he must carefully keep out Of st.
Louis.
Whatever may have been the occa-
sion OF this wall from Mr.. Reedy, he
will doubtless be pardoned by many
discerning readers. For II came under
the eye of that Nestor of American
Journalism, Henry Watterson, and
drew from him a fine and serious dis
couse. partly in the vein OF an old
Hebrew prophet, and partly in that of
Omar khayyam. In the view OF this
veteran, fame Is at the best but an un-
certain and short lived asset. He
challenges MIR. Reedy, who is possess
ed of an exceptional acquaintance
with all manner Of facts in general,
70 give tho names OF several persons
who deserve an honorable place in
American history.
The desire to be remembered after
our earthly life is over is instructive
in the hearts OF us all. In few. very
likely, does this desire rise TO the in
tcnsity Of a passion. OF necessity the
number of those In whom II can be
realized must be very small So
few are they that TO the great mai
ority Of us 1t will seem hardly worth
while TO ask the conditions of lasting
fame. But II cannot be altogether
vain TO ask the conditions OF any real
ly valuable attainment.
II hardly needs saying that one who
deserves 10 be remembered must win
that honor by eminent personal worth
or eminent achievement. or both. Yet
neither nor both can afford a sure
guarantee of long remembrance.
That remarkable woman known 10
US as George Eliot In her mature years
lost faith in personal Immortality,
Her ambitions took shape in another
direction, as expressed In the mem
orable lines beginning,
20 may join the choir invisible
or those immortal dead who live
again
In souls made better by their presence"
yolcing thus the noble ambition of a
great soul In the same vein she says
further;
so 10 live Is heaven;
10 make undying music in the world,
Breathing beauteous order, that con-
trolls
With growing sway the growing life
OF men,
In one OF Plsto's dialogues occurs
notable passage wherein Socrates IS
represented as declaring his desire TO
survive not In the pages of book |
but In the lives of his Disciples whom |
be had inspired TO noble endeavor and
nchieveemnt.
In sayings along this line seems TO
IL fha trua philosophy of lasting re-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
The Victim Said Nothing, but Did q
Heap Of THINKING. . ~


At railway station the other day
"a gentleman from the country" yield
ed to the pressing solicitation Of per-
sistent newsboy and bought penny
weekly paper.
But here was difiiculty-a shilling,
no change and the engine Of the train
giving unmistakable evidence Of a
speedy departure. W
The bargain was about to be can
celed when the boy volunteered to get
the shilling changed into pence.
But" said the gent, perhaps you
will not return with the II pence"
The boys face wore an injured look.
"If you are afraid to trust me, sir"
said he, and there was the least trace
of emotion IN his voice, you can have
the other eleven copies ms security"
Something suspiciously like moisture
came into the old mans eyes DIS he
glanced into the bright, open counte-
nance of the boy. and he felt heartily
ashamed Of himself as he mechanically
held out his hand for the remaining
eleven copies.
He watched the little fellow as he
trotted down the platform till he sailed
round corner and was lost to sight.
Fifteen seconds later the engine gave
a final shrek. and the train slowly
gllded out of the station.
The man glanced round at his fellow
passengers and handed a copy of the
paper to each one from his pile.
He said nothing. but he seemed to be
thinking.-London Tit-Bits.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
AGREEMENT
johnson and Berger Decide
On Terms For the Big
Fight.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Sam Berger, re-
presenting Jim Jeffries. and Jack
johnson today verbally agred to
the terms for the fight between John
son and Jeffries for the heavyweight
championship of the world but the
phrasology of the rarticles is still at
issue. 1t is expected the parties will
sign articles, this afternoon. John
son yielder every point demanded.
except the size of the side bet on
which Berger yielded.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
BUSINESS SESSION
U. B. Congregation Will Re-
quest Rev. Miles Return

A meeting of the officials of tn,
United Brethren chFoh was held
Tuesday evening and was quite large
ly attended. Much of the business OF
the church was considered. The re-
ports which are now under way, will
be completed this week II possible
arrangements were completed for
the general conference which con-
venes at Columbus Grove on tile fif-
teenth of September. William Coler
and Il. b. Sykes are delegates to the
conference. Although no formal invi-
tation has been given Rev. Mr.. Miles,
the present pastor, to return next
year 1t is understood that the con-
gregation will request his return by
the general conference.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
TWO SUSPECTS
Police May Have Found the
Murderer of Miss
Schumacher.

Rochester, N. Y. Aug. 1.-THE pol
Ice today are questioning two mer
who were brought in from nearby
town where they were arrested, last
evening, one had scratched face
Ind both admitter they had been
the vicinity of the cemetery in which
Miss Schumacher was killed, Sunday
morning. ,rita
At the Inquest today it was estab-
lished, pretty conclusively, that the
body was exposed to the air for som,
hours after death and that the ffend
visited the victim two or three times
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

Cleveland people are greatly
wrought up because one OF their parks
is being nelected. II they lived in
Marion where three parks are being
neglected, they would have cause to
complain. Marion has the parks all
right, but she has not enough money
in the treasury to even keep the grass
moved.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
The smuaoIed Boz.

A Joker had some fun with the Gus
toms officials at New York some years
ago. A servant had gone ashore from
q German liner with basket and was
about to leave the pier when passen-
ger whispered to customs officer that
he had better see what the basket con-
tained. Following the tip, the bas tet
bearer was detained, and a wooden
box was found among lot of soiled
linen. The box contained another and
this stlll another box, the third secure
ly fastened with screws. When these
were removed card was discovered
on which was written In three Ian
guages, This is the 1st OF April.
Many happy returns Of the day"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
MAY HAVE THE
VIVIANO CHILDREN

ST. Louis, Aug. II.-While the Wv
ianos parents of he two kidnapped
children were at first inclined to d
miss the report that the children
had been taken into custody In Dun
cannon. Pa, and a man in whose
charge they were was locked up, 1t
developed during the night theey con-
cluded the childrn detintaoinnnnnnn
theirs and both fathers left for I,
cast early today, E
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
STRIKE SITUATION
Is THREATENING

Chicago Aug. 11.--Unless some final
definite action is taken within the
next thitry-six hours, looking to a
settlement OF the street car strike sit
uation, there is grave danger the
men will declare a walk-out. This
was the statement made today
President Quinlin iof the buckeye
Street Car employees union. W
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

One of the greatest difficulties the
lawyers have had with Harry Thaw Is
TO keep him from talking too much.
1naw may be sane now, but it Is gene
raj opinion that he should be kept in
the lunatic asylum on general prin-
ciples.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets Z. rises SOB: moon rises
J:31 a. m: 2 a. m. planets Venus and
Jupiter In conjunction. the two bright
est stars. Venus passing only one-tlfth
OF degree north Of Jupiter; seen
closely approaching after sunset.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

II is claimed now that Mrs. Sutton
the mother OF the dead lieutenant
whose demise is causing so much stir
In navy circles, bases her claims that
he was murdered on the testimony OF
the young mans ghost. That is pretty
fiimsy evidence. but 1t may suffice at
Annapolis.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
INFANT DIES.
Harry Shirea Succumbs to
Cholera Infantum.

Harry, the one year old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Shirea. died at the
home OF his parents In LaRue at
$40 o'clock Wednesday morning after
a short illness with cholera infantum.
Aside from the parents. one brother
survives.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed, III
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

From Italy comes the word that
Caterine Elkins descended from royal
Italian blood. What is the matter
with those fellows over there? Can't
they let the poor girl alone after
knocking her out OF a husband?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

II China and Japan get Into fight
it will serve to postpone that engage
ment between Japan and the United
States for a time and make Hobson a
false prophet.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

A New York Justice yearns for the
whipping post. He has a few wife
beaters who he thinks should be given
this treatmnet. 1t might be we'll to
return to the ducking stool too for for
troublesome wives.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

President Taft is putting in his
spare time playing golf. Just think,
though, what difference between
that and fighting a scnool of dozen
hippopotami in an open boat or flush
ing coyey of elephants.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11

Why not man some Of those old
worn out torpedo boats which are TO
be used as targets for the Atlantic
fleet and let the gunners do a little
shooting back TO see df the vessels
are really worn out.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-11
Where III. Shoe pinohsd.

Young Girl (glancing at her pedal
extrcmities,-Ob, dear! My feet are
30 awfully big! Practical Auntie--
But you stand on them all right. don't
you? Young Glrl-Oh. yes, but so do
other folks too.-New York Tribune.