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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28

The Outlook for Farmers in Ninty-seven.
place at the head of my article the
prediction that the tillers of the soil
will be subjected to the greatest finan-
cial pressure during the coming year
that has ever been known during the
present generation. / base my theory
upon several facts. First, we have had
three dry seasons and the meadows
amount of money which has been ex-
pended for grass seed, and almost en-
tirelv lost during that time, is immense
and many farmers are unable and un-
willing to buy more.
Then the sheep industry, which was
the main income to a. large portion of
the State, is practically wiped out, ow-
ing to dry seasons and Democratic leg
islation, and the money which came in
from the sale of sheep and wool last
year will be minus.
The drought which sent the sheep
out of the state, also caused every head
of cattle to be sold and thousands of
farms have nothing left but just cows
enough to supply the family. Every
calf which would make broth has been
killed or sold, and several years must
elapse before anything can be raised
which will bring in much money.
Last year there was the largest crop
Of apples ever known here, and it is
likely that the trees will not be able to
produce another crop without year
IN which to recuperate, so that the
money which was received for fruit
last fall will not come in next.
For several years the wheat crop has
been good, but if the present condition
of wheat is any criterion the yield will
be so per cent less next harvest.
Prices of farm products are tending
downward but labor and taxes remain
at the old rates.
At the present price of corn it will
take so bushels to pay months wages
for hired man and 1000 to pay taxes
for one year. a. l.. CURTIS.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
harper'S Bazar.

The February issues of Harper's
Bazaar will be valua BILE for their sug-
gestions of early spring fashions, as
well as for useful hints for appropriat te
toilettes between seasons Tea gowns,
reception toilettes, and daintily elegant
wraps will be depicted in each issue.
Among the literary features the
weekly critiques on Music and Mrs.
Wheeler's papers on Embroidery may
be mentioned, the latter indicating
pleasant occupation for Lent What
We Are Doing In Lent will be told by
several bright writers. An article on
Fancy Skating will be pleasing to
young women.
HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers,
New York, February 11th, 1896.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she
had Consumption and that there was
no hope for her, but two bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery completely cured
her and she says it saved her life. Mr..
Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida ST., San
Francisco suffered from a dreadful
cold, approaching Consumption, tried
without result everything else then
bought one bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery and in two weeks was cured
lie is naturally thankful 1t is suct
results, of which these are samples
that prove the wonderful efficacy O
this medicine in Coughs and Colds
Free trial bottles at w. II. Styer's DRUG
Store. Regular size SOC. and 81 90.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
ANNouNcEMENrs.

'.' CITY soLICrToRs -
Mr. EDITOR: Will you please announce the
undersigned to be a candidate for the Office of
City Solicitor subject to the will of the voters
at the coming Spring election?
CHARLES w. RICHARDS.
Mr. EDITOR: Please announce that will be
q candidate for reelection to the Office of City
Solicitor, at the coming April election.
]. c. BRENAN.
CITY CIVIL ENGINEER;
EDITOR LEApER:-Please announce my name
for the Office of City Civil Engineer, subject TO
the vote OF the people at the April election.
w. p. MASON.
EDITOR LEADER:
Please announce my name as candidate
for reelection to the office of City Engineer.
E. FRANK GATES.
COUNCILMAN.
EDITOR LEApER-Will you announce in your
paper my name for the Office of Councilman
for the Fourth ward? DIR. j. G. HARDY.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
EDITOR LEADER-will you announce the
name of B. E. Guyton for the office of Justice
OF the Peace, and oblige MANY FRIENDS.
EDITOR LEADER-Please announce my
name as a candidate for the Office of Justice OF
the Peace in Marietta township, and oblige
MILLER II. HART.
MAYOR.
EDITOR LEADER-Please announce my name
as a candidate for Mayor OF the city Of Mari
eta at the coming spring election. subject to
the will of the voters. H. r. KRAFT.
EDITOR LEApER:-Please announce in your
columns that Mayor Jewett Palmer will be a
candidate for reelection at the next munich
pal election. VOTERS.
EDITOR LEADER-Please say in your paper
that am candidate for the Office of Mayor
of the City of Marietta, subject to the will of
the voters at the April Election.
EDw. MEIsENHELDER.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
a Gard.
EDITOR LEADF

EDITOR LEADER
In answer to numerous inquiries,
desire to say that have known w. p.
Mason since the winter of 10 and so,
when | was assistant engineer OF a
railroad of which he was chief engi.
neer. Since then he has had charge of
various engineering works, embracing
railroads, canals, bridges, water works,
sewerage, etc. He is eminently quail
fed to fill the office of Civil Engineer of
Marietta for which he is candidate.
j. =. HUBERT
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
Nicanor Lopez Y. Chacon, the Spanish
consul at New Orleans for the past four
years, died Wednesday morning aged So
years.
The foundry of Kurtz e. Buhrer, $50
Austin avenue, Chicago, was entirely
destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Loss,
S135, 900.
AT Slater, Mo-, fire totally destroyed
Hotel Hughes and the post office build
ing early Wednesday morning. The
loss is about fifty thousand dollars; half
insured.
The strike on the Northern Alabama
railroad is ended. The company acced-
ed to the demands of the strikers, and
running as usual.
Robinson & Booth. wholesale dealers
IN lumber, New York, made an assign
ment Wednesday. The firm had been
in business for some 25 years. No state
ment of assets or liabilities has as vet
| been given.
Charles f. Pencil, of Little Rock,
Ark, was Tuesday appointed re-
ceiver for the Smithton Lumber Co., of
Smithton, Ark, which went into liti-
cation with liabilities of $20O,0O0
The committee on constitutional
amendments in the Iowa house of
representatives Tuesday afternoon re-
ported in favor of the resolution to re-
submit the prohibitory amendment to
vote of the state.
The large dry goods store of Meisal
Bros, Port Huron, Mich, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire early Wcdnes-
day morning. The building was val
ued at 600 and stock at $50, 600.
Both are a total loss.
Ii. NJ. Greene, a wealthy broker who
has been operating on the Chicago
board of trade for several years. was
expelled by the board of directors of
that institution Tuesday for violation
of the code against bucket shop deal
ings.
The treasury gold reserve stood at
the close Tuesday at 1923, 1l3,97S. The
Withdrawals for the day were $3.50. 4OO
Bonds to the amount of $40, $50, $50 of
the new issue have been delivered. of
Whlch S45, 1850 were coupons and S27, =
2S7, 400 registered.
At Long Island City, n. Y, four men
assaulted Pawn-broker Dennis j. Fer
guson, aged about siXty-fve years, in
his store, No. 4s jackson avenue
and robbed him Of jewelry worth
about $1,000 and $40 in money Tuesday
afternoon. The robbers simulated city
water employees.
The remains of Mrs. Marshal Fields,
of Chicago, will be inferred at Leaning
ton, Eng, by the side of the chill
dren of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Tree. Marshall Field, jr., and Mrs
Tree both earnestly desired this and
Mr.. Field yielded to their wishes, Mr..
Field will sail for England next Satur-
day.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28

THE BEST SALvE In the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Cbapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Pllea
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or monoy re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box.
Fox sale by w. II. Styers
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
FRIDAY. FEB. "a. 1896

We will consider It a great favor II
subscribers Will report any failure
TO get :helr Lender, or any careless
nese on the part of the carrier.
Subscribers will please not pay
the carriers unless the carrier
punches his credit tag In subscrib-
er's presence.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
MCKINLEY IS LEADING
An Estimate of the Present Strength O.
the Various Republican Candidates.

the various Republican Candidates.
New York Herald.
In st. Louis on June lG will be waged
the fiercest fight that the delegates to
Republican nominating convention
have ever engaged in. The prophe t
who boxes the Republican Presidential
compass must learn that the needle
may point finally in one Of eighteen
directions but with only four points
among the probabilities. These four
are:-
William Mckinley, Levi p. Morton.
William b. Allison, Thomas b. Reed.
The fourteen who are, in different
sections of the country, considered in
the light of possibilities-the ma ajor-
ity of them given a complimentary
consideration, however-are:-
Benjamin Harrison, William C. Bradley,
Shelby M Cullom, Henry NJ Teller.
Russell A. Alger Stephen q. Etkins,
Robert \. Lincoln, Cushman k Davis,
Matthew s. Quay James ). larkson
Joseph b. Foraker, Charles F.. Manderson,
John Sherman, John II. Spooner.
Nine hundred and eleven delegates
will sit in the St Louis Convention
two members for each Representative
in the Congress from each State, two
egates-at-large for each United
States Senator, and three delegates
from each of the five Territories-Ne
Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Indian
Territory and Alaska. The vote neces-
sary to elect will be 456.
THE FOUR LEADERS.
The hustle for delegates has been 60
ing on for more than two years be-
tween Mckinley and Reed. Morton
and Allison have been actively in the
field for only few months. The man
efforts of the Presidential managers
outside of Ohio are directed against
Mckinley. If they can keep him from
being nominated on the first ballot, or
from coming so close to it as to stam-
pede the timid ones into climbing head
over heels into the protection Napo-
Icons band wagon, then they hope to
draw constantly from his strength and
to nominate either Morton or Allison;
perhaps Lincolp, Quay or Foraker.
The situation is:-Reed and the field
against Mckinley, and the field against
each other. The situation that nearest
approaches to com bination is the un-
derstanding between T. C. Platt, NJ. S.
Quay and j. S. Clarkson. Platt is for
Morton, Clarkson is managing Allison's
campaign, and Qaay is for the candi-
date who, excepting Mckinley, they
finally believe is the most likely to be
nominated.
Mckinley at present is far in the
lead. He is almost certain to receive
at least 300 votes on the first ballot
Reed will come next, with 1872. Allison
will have 1S9 and Morton 12l.
AN ESTIMATE OF PRESENT STRENGTH.
Ac ,ording to a member of the Ma
tional Committee, who is actively en-
gagged in the Presidential canvass, thi
the relative strength of the candi
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
FRIDAY, March 2ota, 1896.

for the construction aud operation OF street
railroad route No. 2 as follows: First division,
commencing at the intersection of Second and
Ohio streets, thence on Second street to it's
intersection with Front streets; second div-
sion. commencing at the intersection OF Front
and Second streets; thence on Second street to
its intersection with Montgomery street.
thence on Montgomery to it's Intersection with
Fifth stl eet; thence on Fifth to its intersection
with Putnam street; thence on Putnam to it's
intersection with Fourth street; thence on
Fourth to its intersection with Greene street;
thence on Greene to its intersection with Sec
ond street
Bids must be made with reference to the
terms and conditions upon which said route
may be constructed and operated as contain
ed in the ordinance establishing said route,
passed tebruary %, 1896, and shall specify the
lowest rates Of fare for which the bidder pro-
poses to carry passengers over Said route
Each bid must be accompanied with salts
factory bond In the sum OF $1,000, payable to the
city as liquidated damages guaranteeing con-
struction of the route according to the terms
Of said ordinance Bids must be sealed, ad-
dressed to the City Clerk, and endorsed: Pro
posal for construction and operation of Street
Railroad Route No 2"
CARL BECKER, City Clerk.
Feb, IS, ct.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28

BREMEN, Feb. 26.-The North German
Lloyd steamer Spree, bound for New
York, which went aground in the river
Weser Tuesday, was floated Wednesday
and proceeded on her voyage.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28

THE Cambridge Republican-Pre
edited by James r. Barr, comes out
squarely for Hon. II. C. Van Voorhis
for denomination.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
Two Arbor Days in EennsylyapI,.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 2G. --Wednes-
day the governor issued proclamation
designating April 10 and "a as arbor
days. The choice by either date is left
to the various sections of the eommong
Nupolf1,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28

Ladies Home journal, Cosmopolitan,
Godey's Harper's, Scribner's and Black
Cat, for March, now in. Leave orders
We will deliver them.
MARIETTA NEws Co,
PIG Front ST.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
TIE U. S. GOY'f Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all Others.

The Cincinnati Tribune, daily, II cts.
per week, delivered promptly. Leave
orders, MARIETTA News Co.,
2l6 Front st.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
IN the OIL FIELDS.


The Ogden well of Afford & Bier is
the chief topic in Marietta oil circles.
There have been larger wells in this
ection, to be true, but none SO frought
with Importance to the oil industry in
Marietta. Its value as an opener of a
new Bera field and stimulus to gen.
eral development is inestimable.
A report was received from McCon-
nelsville Thursday stating that 50-bar-
rel well had been struck on the Stan
ton farm on Buck Run, in Morgan
county.
The Dyke we'll beyond Ogdin which
has become celebrated by reason of the
bad luck attending it, is at last in a
fair way to be finished. A recent caye1
in was thought to, haye destroyed the
we'll, butt it was filled with cemen
above the cavesand the drill then sent
through. sThe cement held and the
hole was cased Wednesday. D
uc AhC dS Sdi ~ "Oii "oS SoSSa W So
nesday and will be in soon.
Reese Cain, the driller, was busy
Wednesday hauling stuff out for the
Reynolds well of Barnsdall & Ranger.
Burning Springs came to the front
yesterday with splendid producer in
the shallow sand
Kelly e Kennedy No. 3, was begun
some days ago, the intention being to
go through to the deep sand. At 11s
feet they got good showing of oil.
Yesterday morning they struck the
Dunkard or "Hurry-up' sand ut 400
feet and the S-inch hole filed up 200
feet with oil.
A telegram was sent to Kelly & Ken
nedy, who are operating in the field,
who sent word back to tube and pump
it.
The well, we are informed by a gent
leman who came from there today, is
good for from 10 to 10 barrels an
hour-Sentinal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
N ~ f7't787+F ~ NIsoA = HHItsLi - JJH y
"@ PROPOSALS aiea
For Printing Ballots
For The DEPUTY STATE SUPERVISORS
OF ELECTIONS OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY, OHIO, FOR THE
April Election, A. D, 1896.

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals
Will be received by the Board uf Deputy State
supervisors of Elections until IL O'Clock noon,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
Proposals for Operation of Street
Railroad.

Sealed proposals Will be received at the office
of the ity Clerk of the City of Marietta, Ohio,
until II o'clock noon OF
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
TUESDAY, MARCH sRD, 1896,

IUEoDA MANOIl oNU, Io5O,
for printing. numbering and binding in the
manner provided by law, with fac-simile Sig
natures of the Deputy STATE Supervisors Of
Elections N the back OF each ballot. for the
April Election to be held in the County of
Washington on the 9th day Of April, a. D..
1886 ballots as possible
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
Executors wotice Of appointments.
Feb,2S,s ct,

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed and gu lifted as Exc
cutor of the will of Leonard Hull late of Wash
ington County Ohio, deceased.
JOHN HULL.
Dated Feb. s. 1896
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
KEROSENE EMULSION.

An Excellent Formula for tho Compost
ton Of This Insecticide. III
Kerosene oil has greater range. OF
usefulness than any other one insecti-
eide. It is not poison, but kills by
contact. It is very penetrating huid
and causes almost instant death. But
since it kills planta as well as insects
it cannot be used alone, but has to be
mixed with some substance that dilutes
it without impairiug it's value as an in
secticide. A number Of methods are
known in which this may be done. One
of the best is the Hubbard formula"
which is given below: p;..
kerosene, two gallons, 81 per cent.
Common soap, or whale-oil soap, one
half pound, 80 per cent. Water, one
gallon"
Heat the solution of soap and add it
boiling hot to the kerosene. Churn the
mixture by means of force pump and
spray muzzle for five or ten minutes.
The emulsion, if perfect, forms cream
which thickens on cooling, and should
adhere without oiliness to the surface
Of glass. Dilute before using one part
of the emulsion with nine parts Of
water. The above formula gives three
gallons of emulsion and makes, when
diluted, 80 gallons of wash. This
emulsion is an excellent one. when the
water is used soft. There are: several
formulas.-Farmer's Voice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

First-class butter, if sold in the right
way, always brings q profit, but low
grade rarely ever pays the cost of pro-
duction.
The first requisite in profitable but
ter making is toAhave the right kind Of
cows-those that produce the largest
amount of butter fat at the least ex-
pense.
There is no such thing as keeping
milk pure and sweet in dirty milk yes
sells. They must be frequently scalded
and we'll dried. Cold water won't clean
milk vessels.-Journal of Agriculture.
The North Carolina experiment sta
ton proposes a plan for buying and SELL
ing cows. The rule is to pay for the cow
at the rate of $12 per gallon of milk
given per day that is rich enough to
show 3A per cent. Of fat. To this price
add or substract one dollar for every
one-fourth of one per cent: BY this rule
a COW is bought entirely on her merits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
UNEXPECTED ANSWER.

The Teachers Last Attempt to Show
Tommy on In Public.
j WI 1T one time a teacher OF the
first primary grade in the public schools
at X. 1t was a rule to give short oral
lesson in physiology on Friday after
moons and to illustrate the lesson from
Il large chart. Among my pupils was
small boy called Tommy, who was al
most an innocent" Teachers had
Iaborcd long and faithfully with him,
but nothing had ever seemed to inter-
est him in the least. He would only
come occasionally, but noticed that
on ''chart day." as the children called
it, Tommy was always there. He loved
that chart and his admiration for the
hideous picturcs'on it knew no bounds.
One Friday our lesson concerned the
head and brain. Knowing Tommy's
love for the pictures I pla ced him where
he could get a good view of the chart
and tried long and hard to impress,upon
him that his head contained his brain. I
really thought that at last 1 had made
IN impression and saw CLEAN of in
telligence on his dull little face. At
that moment the superintendent hap
pened in to make a call, and, think
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE TWINS.

1dontseewhy and Ithinklmight
Are twins Of equal size:
And their chief delight Is sitting on
The lids of Robbie's eyes
When things so wrong, as they often do,
To a boy Of Robbie's height.
But the twins sleep sound In the Land Of
Conc
When all goes smooth and right,
For smiles give chills, and dimples. pain,
Rob's laughter pricks like pins:
And shouts of glee are misery q
To these peculiar twins.
So they lie asleep till morning comes.
When Rob. with sleepy frown,
Gets out the wrong side Of the bed
And comes meandering down.
But the twins are first In the breakfast
room.
And when they see the boy
They climb the lids Of two brown eyes
And dangle their feet in joy.
At scowl they kick. at a whimper, grin.
A sulk is greatest glee;
And they dance and prance at such a pace
That Rob can hardly see.
IT don't gee why" he whines aloud.
f3ut mother does not know
That triclzsy twin. with nimble legs.
Is telling Robbie so.
II think ! might" he whines again,
And father, with surprise,
Looks at his son, but cannot see
That twin in the brown eyes.
All! what boy has not seen the twins,
This most peculiar pair,
Idontseewhy, and IthinkImight7
They're dancing everywhere;
Ready to visit those who scowl
And fret In the early morn;
But when boys laugh, these tricksy twins
Flee fast to the Land Of Gone.
Helen T. Wilder. in Leslie's Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
STANDARD or PURITY.

The Ratio Of Water In Butter to Be Fixed
->~.,-3 by Law In Englensi. sztzr
There has been il TIE analysts of but
ter in England considerably variation in
the standard of purity because of the
greater or lesser percentage of water.
An application has been made to the
authorities there to fixsome standard so
that it could be uniform throughout the
whole kingdom. Some considerable
correspondence and discussion was had
with the local authorities by a commit
tee appointed by the butter dealers, and
the conclusion was that if the standard
of purity was not sufficiently defined, it
was the business of the association to
approach Somerset house with 9 re-
quest for a national standard, and if
that did not remedy the evil, to take it
to the house of congress. This proves
this fact: there is variation in the the
amount of water in various buffers, and
that oftentimes with a very high stand
ard of quality, dealers were liable to q
penalty when they were entirely limo
cent of any intention of handling goods
that were not up to the standard.
In this country the standard has not
been fixed by law, but custom has fixed
it at from IL to Is per cent. Of water
in high-grade butter. Above Is per
cent. it would hardly be considered Of
high grade, and below IL per cent.
would be too dry for the ordinary re-
quirements Of our best markets.-Elgin
Dairy Report.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Fertilizer and Fodder Crop.

A good fertilizer and fodder crop may
be obtained by sowing in early May in
well-prepared soil peas and oats at the
rate of one bushel of peas to two bushels
Of oats per acre. Sow the peas, harrow
them in we'll; !hen broadcast the oats,
stirring them in to less depth than the
peas. The. peas will climb on tho oats.
s,own in early May at the north, this
crop will make a big feed in middle June
one highly relished by mich COWS.
The land can then be sown to Hungarian
or roots. The pea roots are nitrogen
traps and improve the soil by adding
Nitrogen as we'll as humqs'-Farm and
Home.