EDWARD ORTON Zils 
that cropped from his lips or pen. Many times he was com- 
pelled to assert himself forcibly, even indignantly, but no bitter- 
ness could be discovered in his rebukes. He was the incarnation 
of integrity ; a friend who never wavered. 
Little wonder that when he died, the loss to science was less 
regarded than was the personal loss which was felt by so many 
in all stations and in all callings; that the man was remembered 
more than a student. Those of us whose acquaintance with him 
began thirty years ago became attached to him in such fashion 
that we rejoiced when good came to him, not asking why it came 
but gratified that it had come to so true a man. The man has 
gone and now we think often of the student who deserved to 
the full, and more, all of the recognition which his work received. 
We can lay a double tribute upon his grave, one to the man 
whom we loved and one to the geologist who solved so many 
perplexing problems. 
In the midst of his usefulness, in 1890, Professor Orton was 
stricken by paralysis which rendered his left side useless. Crip- 
pled, with his work incomplete, it seemed as though his life was 
to pass away in darkness. But his mental powers were unaffected 
and he recovered strength to such a degree that he continued to 
work until within a short time previous to his death. In 1899 
his health gradually declined. When the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science met in Columbus last year, he 
gave an address, so much longer and so much more important 
than that expected from an incoming president, as to lead some 
to suppose that he did not expect to live until the meeting of 
this year. Be that as it may, the address was his last word to 
his fellow-workers in science. He grew perceptibly weaker after 
the meeting closed and, on October 16, 1899, he passed away 
suddenly and without pain. 
Professor Orton married, in 1855, Mary M. Jennings, of 
Franklin, N. Y., who died in 1873. The four children of this 
union still survive. He married Anna Torrey, of Milbury, Mass., 
in 1875, who, with their two children, survives him. 
JoHN J. STEVENSON. 
