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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14
ELECTION BETTING.
Money Estimates of the Results in
Maine Election.

New York, Sept 14-Specuiation on
the Maine election has created some ex-
citement on Wall street within the last
few days Several large bets at even
money were made that the state would
go Republican by % 0OO
On the Boston exchange bets were
taken that the returns would show the
Republicans $4,000 ahead It is said that
Henry Tappans a wei known orator of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14
INFANT PRODIGY.
Was IS Months Old, Gould Talk and
Was Three Feet High.

Springfield. Ill, Sept. 1.-THE infant
son of NIr and Mrs C. T. Itlson OF
Athens, is dead Of cholera morDus- Inc
child was a prodigy. Though put 10
months old, it was three feet high, ana
weighed 81 pounds and was able to
talk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14
An Alleged Mad Dog.

The police department was notified
this noon that a mad dog had bitten
several other CANNES at 22O Chandler
street, and was asked that all dogs in
the neighborhood be penned up to pre-
vent more trouble. They have been tied
I'D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14
Oldest Drv Goods House Breaks.

mus & Co, the oldest and one of the
largest wholesale dry goods houses in
this city, made an assignment today to
John Lowber Welsh for the benefit of
his creditors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14
Santa Fe Limited Trains.

The limited train service on the San
ia Fe will be re-established November
1st The service will be exactly like
that given last year. There will be no
free transportation on these trains
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14

There is little doubt that there VIII be
Bryan and Watson electors put up in
this state. There are two plans to get
them before the voters. One plan ls 70
have the convention which ". F.
Riebtn7ire has called nominate them
and the other is to have them put up by
petitfon. The latter plan is being
worked up by Willis and Bennington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14

Get estimates and Designs for Fall
Festival Electric Displays from z. p
Jordan, Bell Tel: 675.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14

The prompt use Of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla win invariably cure all affections
of the kidneys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14

With but little care and no trouble
the beard and moustache can be kept
a. uniform brown or black color by US
ing Buclxingham's Dye for the VVhisk-
ers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-14

that city. placed a bet of 50, 900 to 81, 900
that Mckinley would be elected, and
three at $500 even that Maine would go
Republican by more than 10000. An
other specuIator offered $500 even that
the majority would be as large as 25, 900,
but could find no takers.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
THE gARrA's LONE COURSE.
Our Troubled Social Conditions Due to
Celestial Causes.


Lieut.. A. G. Totten, whose fondness
for astrological calculations and infer
ences is we'll known. declares that the
trouble with current affairs is not due
to the United States senate. the bicycle,
the new woman, or the silver question,
but may be accurately traced to the
contortions of the heavenly bodies. He
says, according to Harper's Weekly,
that when too many of the planets get
cn the same side of the sun at the same
time it makes troubles for the earth.
and that now, for the first time in the
history of man, all the planets, except
earth, are approaching coincident peri
helia, and within four or five years will
be in line tugging away at the sun,
while earth, alone on the. other side
aof 1t, will have an exceedingly hard
time, and will be the scene ofall sorts
of disasters and; ;devilnent 1Earthwill
pull through: he thinks, after sore
trials; after which he looks for "thc
literal rule of the returned Messiah"
and the winding up of the confusions
now formulating, at Jerusalem, which
city, he believes, will cease to be trod-
den by Gentiles, and will become the
center from which right rule and jus
tice are to spread over the earth.
Lieut. Totten is familiar with both
the Bible and the higher mathematics
and has remarkable gift for stirring
them up together into conooctions that
give people bad dreams. He is very
disconcerting person and n chronic
"bear," and his deliverances are well
adapted to make timid believers realize
on their investments and take to the
woods. l.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
Five Points on Money.

First-That there is not free coin
age country in the world today that is
not on silver basis.
Second-That there is not gold
standard country in the world today
that does not use silver as money
along with gold.
Third-That there is not silver
standard country in the world today
that uses any gold as money along
with silver.
Fourth-That there is not silver
standard country in the world today
that has more than one-third as much
money in circulation per capita as the
United States have, and
Fifth-That there is not a silver
standard country in the world today
where the laboring man receives fair
pay for his days work.-John &. Car
Isle, Secretary of the Treasury.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
, THE VALUE OF BORAx.
A Useful Article to Always Have About
tho House.

A Useful Article to Always Have About
the House.
The women of Holland and Belgium,
who make their linen so beautifully
white, use refined borax instead Of
washing soda in the proportion of one
large handful of borax powder to about
ten gallons of boiling water. Thus
they save in soap nearly half. It's eff
feet is to soften the hardest water, and,
therefore, it should be kept on every
toilet table. 1t is good for cleansing
the hair, is an excellent dentifrice; COM
bined with tartnric acid and bicarbon-
ate of soda it is cooling beverage.
Good tea cannot be made with hard wa
ter, but all water may be made soft by
adding teaspoonful of borax powder
to an ordinary sized kettle of water, in
which it should boil. The saving in the
quantity of tea used will be one-fifth.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
DYSPEPSIA PROOF.

One American Race That Knows Nothing
of the Modern Curse.
Much is said about American dys-
pepsia, but there is one native race Of
America that is certainly not greatly
troubled by the modern curse. The
sturdy little Eskimos defy all the laws
of hygiene and thrive. The Eskimo,
like the ordinary dweller in America,
eats until he is satisfied, but there is
this difference, that he is never salts
fed while shred of his feast remains
unconsumed. His capacity is limited
by the supply, and by that only.
He cannot make any mistake, says
the Youths Companion, about tho
manner of cooking his food-for as q
rule he does not cook it-nor, so far as
the blubber or fat of the arctic animal
is concerned, about his method of eat
ing it, for he simply does not eat it; he
cuts it into long strips an inch wide
and an inch thick, and then lowers the
strips down his throat as one might
lower rope into well.
And after all that he does not suffer
from indigestion. He can make a good
meal off the flesh and skin of the wal
rus, provision so hard and gritty that
in cutting up the animal theknife must
be continually sharpened.
The teethof the little Eskimo child will
meet in bit of walrusskin as the teeth
of an American child would meet in the
flesh of an apple. And that when the
hide of the walrus is from half an inch
10 an inch and half in thickness, and
bears considerable resemblance to the
skin of an elephant The Eskimo child
will bite it and digest it, too, and never
know what dyspepsia means.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
WILL PUSH EXPLORATION.
The Year 1896 to BE n Lively One with
ha rctic C;rcIe

The Year 1896 to BE n Lively One with
the Arctic Circle.
Spitzbergen will have brilliant sea-
son this year. The Andree expedition
will be followed by a German steamer
from Hamburg which will reach the is
lands in time to see the balloon start.
A Norwegian steamship company will
run steamers regularly while the season
permits, and will put temporary ho-
tel on the Els Fiord Mr.. J. Russell
Jeaffreson, of the Geographical society,
will explore the interior of the western
island, and if the ice will permit will
try to visit the islands between Spitz-
bergen and Franz Josef Land. Another
English expedition, with which went
Mr.. Trevor Battye, who explored Kolg-
ner, started recently for Spitzbergen.
The relieving vessel for the Jackson
Harmsworth expedition, the steam
yacht Windward, has just started for
Franz Josef Land, with provisions and
sledges. 1t will embark live sheep and
reindeer in Norway and convey them
north. The North Atlantic will be more
lively beyond the arctic circle this year
than ever before
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22

A tumble of ten cents a barrel in the
credit balance market during the week
was one of the features to be deplored,
although from the time it started down
it was simply following the slump n
refined. The short stride between the
closing price and the dollar mark is so
short that it must have an immediate
effect on field operations With terri
tory of profitable kind scarce and the
duster list increasing, operators will be
slow to push the drill with the market
at dollar. D. s. w.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
FASTIDIOUS PIKE.
Want Young Ducks for Dinner-Waii of
an Englishmap.

Want Young Ducks for Dinner-Waii of
an EnGIishmap.
An Englishman is in straits because
the young ducks are all being caught
and eaten in a loch at Pitgeveny, Elgin.
He writes to the London Field:
II am just broken-hearted because
the pike are eating all my young ducks.
We shoot them, catch them, and kill
them all the year around by fair means
and foul, three or four every day, and
some have young ducks in them. In
one was a young black headed gull, a
young duck, and the toes and skull of
another; in another were two small
ducks and two small coots. There are
thousands of young coots on the loch,
but the brutes Of pike prefer the ducks" :"
Fish are notorious eaters of ducks, and
what is the Englishman's misfortune
has been the luck of many afisherman
for bass pickerel and trout. A live young
bird tied to a hook, not impaled. cast
gently on still water of an Adiron-
dack stream, has raised many trout
''as big as hand saws" and resulted in
the death of a few, but the boys who
use birds as bait are not usually skill
full enough to land the big ones. A
small bird is as good as a young field
mouse for trout bait, and that is say
ing a good deal, as any woodsman will
admit, ,,-,v.~,..,.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

Pittsburg, July 19,-There were but
two sections to attract attention in the
southwest fields during the past week,
and both may properly be classed as
local Developments The most i'm
portant we'll was in the third sand
streak north of Wildwood and in some
respects it is a most remarkable dis
covery; the small area of the produc-
ing territory and its richness is com
mendable feature and goes to show
that there is a possibility of like dis
coyeries where least expected. Six
months ago there would have been no
one with courage enough to say that a
pool could be opened within field
that could produce 10000 barrels for a
single day, but that is just what was
witnessed during the past week.
The decline has been almost or quite
as rapid as the sudden increase and the
last two days of the week saw the
10000 barrels reduced to 5, 600, and still
on the down grade. The incoming of
several wells now due may send the
production up a few notches, but it
will not be maintained for more than a
few days. AS for extending the rich
streak, there is but one direction, the
north, that holds out any inducements
to continue the search.
The Rosenberg development west
of Parker, in Butler county. proved an
interesting pool, but summing up of
the new discoveries shows that it is an
easy matter to get light we'll or,
worse still, duster, in that territory.
The original we'll on the Rosenberg
farm is undoubtedly one of the freak
encountered from time to time A Sec
ond well on the same farm and only
500 feet from the producer. was drilled
in early in the week, and proved a
duster. Two fairly good producers on
the O'Donnell farm, and three others,
all light, on adjoining farms, tells the
story of the week in that section.
Parker and Butler county operators
have had little taste of former excit
ing days, but it will be of short dura
tion.
Northwest of the Cecil pool, Jenning.
Bros drilled in good well on the Nc
Peak farm, but its location is near pro
ducing wells and cannot be regarded
as important
Less interest was centered in the
lower southwest fields during the week
than has been the rule The Bullmar
pool in Tyler county has lost much o.
its charms since its record has changed
from gushers to dry holes.
On Indian creek, operations have
come to standstill, and there is nc
hope for revival in the near future.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
LUSCIOUS wATERMELoNs.
A Brunette Statesman Tells How the
Melon Should BE Eaten.

N brunette statesman Tells HOW the
Melon Should BE Eaten.
you want to know something about
the watermelon crop, and not politics.
Well, bless your soul for that; it is
relief from the awful monotony of cam
paign talk.
Alabama watermelonS will be as
good this year as they ever were," says
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "and per-
haps better, but to eat a luscious melon
is most interesting. Never cut wa
termelon; it spoils it. Let it drop and
then pick up the pieces and eat them
twi thiyo fingers. Just imagine biting
q lchrinkBout of the ripe red heart; the
heart that sparkles all over with little
globules of honey water, end when You
get it in your mouth it evaporates and
disappears, but leaves there the sweet
est taste that drives care away and
makes the whole world sunshine. But,
Of course, I'll admit that to establish
that feeling for any length of time it
is necessary to eat more than one
melon.
Yes, l have eaten the hearts of nine
melons without stopping, but reckon
l could finish several more. When I
made that record the supply gave out
and had to stop.
People in the north, / understand, do
not eat the seeds. If they had stom-
ach like mine, made in the boiler works,
they could eat most anything, and I
am particularly fond of the seeds, as
they are the most nutritious"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
And continue in session for four weeks

Instruction in Arithmetic, Geogra-
ply, Grammar, History, Civil Govern
ment, Physiology, Orthography, Pen
manship and Pedagogy will be free to
all who are teaching or preparing to
teach. Bring your textbooks with you.
Those who wish to secure boarding
are requested to write to Martin R. An
drews or w. w. Boyd of Marietta.
The Normal. Institute will close with
an examination on FRIDAY, AUGUST 2sth
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
THE TlCHEBORNE CLAIMANT.
One of the Most Remarkable Trials In
the History of British Courts.


One of the Most Remarkable Trials In
the History of British Courts.
The Tichborne trial began, says the
New York Sun, in London, in the court
of common pleas, on May II, 1871; the
case of Tichborne against Lushington,
the defendant being trustee for Sir
Henry Tichborne The case was tried
steadily until July Z; it then went over
until November T.. On December II
the plaintiffs case was closed and the
case went over until January IS, 1872.
The attorney general, for the defense,
spoke 26 days; on March the jury de-
clined to hear any more, and on March
6 the plaintiff was formally nonsuited.
The next day he was arrested for per-
jury, and on April was indicted there
for by the name of Thomas Orton,
alias Arthur Castro. His trial began on
April %, 1873; the prosecution closed
its case on July 10: the defense began
on July 21 and closed on October 81.
An adjournment was taken from Oc-
tober 81 to November 81; DR.. Kenealy
summed up for the defense from De-
cember 2, 1873, to January IA, 1874; Mr..
Hawkins (now Rt. Hon. Sir Henry
Hawkins, judge of the queens bench)
summed up for the prosecution from
January Is to 2s, 1874; the chief justice
charged the jury from january 20 to
February 2s; and on the last date the
jury brought in u verdict of guilty.
Orton (Castro) was thereupon SEN
fenced to ii years penal servitude at
hard labor. He was released in 1878.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
Hope.

HOUe.
II thou art absent there is nought that
cheers,
For life without thee hath no promise
fair,
And love without thee is a lifelong oareps
The certain pledge of agony and tears:
For thou art strong to battle withdespair,
And thou alone canst help man bear
The mourpful silence Of his lionel years
Stay with me, angel of better life
: THAT shall live when .dreamis is shaped In
deed; s
Stay till reap the harvest of the seed
Sown now loves passions and loves fears
are rife;
And when doubt the truth of loves blind
creed,
Tell rr,e the end is worthy all the strife.
Percy Gallard, in Chambers Journal
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
GAS PRESSURE DECREASES.
Notable Festure of the Year In Great
Industry.

Industry.
The natural gas production in the
United States in 1895 is reviewed in a
report of the geological survey COM
piled by Expert Joseph ID. Weeks The
total value was 13,0O6,65o, against $13,-
954 400 in 1894. The value of the prod
uct consumed was $7,920,1s7, and $9,-
76S,230 was the value of coal or wood
displaced by gas. The total pipe laid
was 43,s3o,241 feet, and producing wells
opened 3,s26. The value of the con-
sumption during 1sS6-95 was greatest
in 1888, when it was $22 ,629, ,s75. From
then to 1891 the decrease was rapid,
and in the last four years there has been
a gradual decline. The most notable
feature of the year was the decreasing
pressure in all of the natural gas fields
of the country. The life of the wells
also has been greatly reduced.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
BELIEVES IN SEA sERPENTs.
Monster Deep-Sea Dwellers That Possess
Extraordinary Powers.


Extraordinary Powers.
"Do believe in sea serpents?" re-
peated Eugene G. Blackford, formerly
state fish commissioner, to n reporter
for the New York Times. 81 certainly
do. OF course, don't believe in all the
details of sea serpents as seen at the
summer hotels. / do believe there are
huge marine monsters which appear
like serpents, and cause these tales
about sea serpents to be told.'
How is it that none of these has ever
been captured?"
Their enormous size and swiftness,
their extraordinary powers, and the
'fact that they are shy and seldom ap.
pear"
"Why are their bodies not cast
ashore?"
"They are probably dcep-sea dwell
ers. The bodies of the deep-sea fish are
not cast ashore, except on rare and
abnormal occasions. For instance, IS
years ago about 100000 deep-sea fish
were found floating dead on the surface
of the ocean. 1t was supposed that a
submarine explosion had killed them.
Deep-sea fish cannot get to the surface
under ordinary conditions, or, if they
do, they cannot get down again"
Wouldn't that keep the sea serpent
up if he once came up?"
''Not necessarily. He may be con-
structed on a different plan. I think
the sea serpent is a survival of the great
reptiles of the Plesiosaurus species. 1t
is quite possible that, though dweller
of the deep, he may be able to come to
the surface of the sea and go down again
at his pleasure"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
silk from Fish Eggs.

A French chemist has recently dis
covered that eggs of certain species of
fish are enveloped in veritable siIken
cocoons. Since the learned Frenchman
began his experiments in this line lin
1s94) he has found seven different spe-
cies of fish that produce eggs from
which a fine quality of silk may be
y1ovan
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22

THERE is a decided probability that
North Carolina will go for Mckinley
Maryland will surely go Republican
So will West Virginia. And it is more
than proba BILE that Virginia will give a
good majority for sound money. Where
oh, where is the Solid South?
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22

A few years ago Greece was visited
only by archaeologists and students.
General travel in this direction has but
recently set in. Last year about 1900
Americans visited Athens, and AZ citi-
zens of the United States resided there
for the winter.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
Things You Should Know

That We have a stock of drain tile.
That we have stock of sewer tile.
That we have stock of fhearth tile.
That when you break your wheel
we can repair it.
That we rent new acheels.
That selling for cash (as we do)
dropped the price OF all grades
of bicycles from $1,000 to
$4,000 each.
That you can buy 800 wheel of
a. us for $4,000, no more no less.
That which you see in our adver-
& 4 tisement you can find at 999
Second Street. .ie'N g. : -
That the Lyon egg beater is the best
Hagan & Schad,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
WEDNESDAY. JULY az. 1896

For President, 49,,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
OF the United states.
For vice-President.
GARRETT A. HOBART,
OF New Jersey.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
Executor's Notice Of Appointments. Z.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed and qualified as Ex
Washington County, Ohio, deceased.
y l. 8. MCGOWAN.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
Hagan & Schad,
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Estate OF Henry w. Cisler, deceased.
The undersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Admir-, De Bonis Non OF the Estate
OF Henry w. Cisler late OF Washington county
o''o' d. S. CIsLER.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
ounty Ticket.

For Probate Judge,
d. R. ROOD, OF Belpre.
For Sheriff,
". A. PATTERSON, Of Waterford
For Recorder,
JOHN W. ATHEY, Marietta Towns p.
JOHN RANDOLPH Wesley Township.
For Infirmary Director.
VIM. SCHNAUFFER, Newport Township
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22
Republican state TlcRets

For Secretary of State.
CHARLES KINNEY, of Scioto Co.
FOR Judge OF the Supreme Court,
MARSHALL j. WILLIAMS, OF t'ayette GO.
For Food and Dairy Commissioner,
y JOSEPH E. BLACKBURN, OF Belmont Co.
For Member Board OF Public Works,
FRANK A. HUFFMAN, Of Van Vert Co.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22

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subscribers will please not pay
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-22

Congressional Ticket.
For Congress, 18th District,
H. e. VAN VOORHIS of Muskingum Co.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

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