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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

The new Board of Managers of the
Penitentiary meets today for organi-
cation.
Father Sherman's subject this,
Tuesday, evening will be confession.
AT the Annual Meeting of St. Lukes
Episcopal Church last evening the fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected MEM
bers of the Vestry for the ensuing year :
f. A. Wheeler, Senior Warden; L. E..
Phillips, Junior Warden; W. b. Loomis,
L. Il, Bosworth, R. L. Nye, w. j. Cram,
d. III. Buell..
--Harry Taylor was arrested Monday
for drunkenness and locked up.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
Reninis cences.

Among the old residents here was
John Cunningham, who was a tailor.
He used to pride himself on his near
ness of age to Henry Clay. He used to
say that he and Clay were born on the
same day. His son, John O., lived here
quite a while. John afterwards went
to California, and steamboated for a
number of years on the Sacramento
river. John was great lover of jokes,
and many the pranks he played off on
his friends. He died somewhere in the
fifties.
e. II. Allen lived on Ohio street,
Just short distance from the corner
of 4th. He was Mayor for number of
terms.
Louis Soyez lived on ohio street a
few doors from the corner of front,
known as the Boiler Corner. He made
several trips to France. He made a
cake called hearts that was famous
among the boys. He also made ice
cream, and we boys used to call often
to eat it. His canaries were famous.
He had several hundred in cage kept
in his store He died some years ago.
Horatio Booths wife is one of his
daughters. b.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
Old People.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
ters. This medicine does not stimulate
and contains no whiskey or other in
toxicant, but acts as a tonic and alter
ative. 1t acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels, adding strength and Civ
ing tone to the organs, thereby aiding
Nature in the performance of the func-
tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion, Old peo-
pie find it just exactly what they need.
Price fifty cents and s1.00 per bottle at
w. III. StYer's Drug Store.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
Geo. 3. Sunderland, Dealer In Real
Estate and Patents.

l Fine Corner Lot ON Warren and Eighth
streets. 500.
Fine Building Lots on corner OF Eighth and
washington, Priced at Bargains, from $500
TO Sl00.
5 Fine vacant lots on Front street from s5o1 to
$3.50. Terms good.
Lot on Front, below Wooster, $3.50.
Lot on Scanned, above Fourth, $3.50.
Houses ON West Side at bargain.
8 near Boiler Plant. ffyy
Good Business House on Front street
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
The tickets for Blind Boone O
sale to-day.
New suits.

The following new cases have been
filed in Common Pleas Court:
Ashton w. Ogle VS.. Morris II. Ham
men, admr of John Hannen; amount
claimed S3S9.S5, with interest.
Joseph Helverding VS. EYeline Hever-
ding ct al; action in partition.
Edward Schafer VS.. Karalina Schafer
by #. j. Cutter, her attorney; suit for
divorce on ground of adultery, with
divers persons.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
Go TO hear the Musical Prodi
EpriI 9Th.
Esucklen,s Arm ca snIve

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
CUTS, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
np paY is gueraeead pe
give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by w. II. Stver.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
Eairxiaw HEIGHTS.

Stehle's Addition--2b acres, plated, easy Of
access by trolley or otherwise. Lots 20 by 1S0
feet, streets SO feet wide.
Csll at room 5, Law Building TO see plat,
learn prices and terms.
j. d. PAYNE, Special Agt.,
r. STEHLE, Marietta, o.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
Home Seekers EccursIon.

The Baltimore Ohio Southwestern Railway
will on April 7th and 2ist, and May 9Th, sell
Home Seekers Excursion Tickets, at rate OF
one fare plus two dollars for round trip to
points West, South, Southeast and East.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
Spring
Coming

Into our store daily who say
they always got full value
when they traded with us.
Knee Pant Suits $3.50 to
5000; Boys Suits $500 to
$1,000; Mems Suits $500 to
$500. Have the lower
priced goods if you want
them, but prefer to put our
best foot forward-up-to-
date tailoring and satisfac-
tion guaranteed in goods,
fit and workmanship.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
FOR SALE.

10 Houses and lot on monthly payment.
2 New Houses $3.50 each.
Farms to exchange for City property.
One Six Roomed House, 81, 500. Many other
Houses and lots for sale.
WARD & STONE, 235 Second st.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

Superior corn is made for the best
people to eat
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

BIl.s neese earsles : chleksrIss
0rsnt PSsns.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
Wall Papers

We invite you to call and inspect our
new Spring Wall Papers which are arriv-
ing almost daily.
We have the reputation of introducing
the very latest designs and colorings made
by the leading factories of the United
States, and which consists ofth celebrated
makes of M. II. Birge g. Sons, The Robert
Grams Co., Warren, Fuller & Co., VIM.
Campbell & Co., and many others.
Prices lower than ever, at cents and
upwards. A lot of remnants at your own
price,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

BsS~ FOR SALE-Entire east half of Block
l3, West Side Marietta, 100 feet on Knox St.,
12O on Franklin, and l20 on Pearl st. VIII sell
as whole. Inquire of DR.. s. M Hart, Wittlig
building, Front street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

Blind Boone Is superior TO Blind
rom
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

EG-FoR SALE-For q few days, the rem
nent of household and kitchen furniture, at
the Putnam residence, West Side, at low
prices.
Mon. 3t
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

e6-FOR sALE-Lot 9oxlsO on Second St,
near Greene, st. with large brick building.
cheap. A fine Muskingum farm of 3l4 acres
near Lowell, will be sold as a whole or in
parts. New house on Franklin St. $1,000
Four houses on Front st $4,000, $780, $2500 and
S2200 House and lot on Seventh st. below
Putnam 5000, Ward property on Second st.
90Xll6 it,, $1,000 large number Of cheap lots
on easy terms. House and lot on Third St.
near Butler, $1,000.
j. A. PLUMER s. Son,
Corner Putnam and Second,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

eB" FOR SALE.-A fine young yoke Of Oxen
3 years old, good color. Address j. w. Dyar
Rainbow, Washington Co.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

sB'"Geo. w. Curtis 72i Second street, does
all kinds of cleaning and hauling. Drop u
postal TO him.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07

~ DR.. GALLAGHER-D OF the eye
and fitting of glasses. Law Building Putnam
street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-07
BUSINESS LOCALS.

60 DIR. e. F. EDDY, Dentist ONCE sO4
Front street, opposite Soldiers Monument
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28

1t has been stated that the only diff
ference between a weed and wild
flower is that it is weed whenit comes
up where the cultivator does not want
it. A wildflower, then, becomes a weed
when growing in cultivated ground.
One would hardly suppose that the
Gamma of our gardens, beautiful wild
flower of Florida, is often a great pest
to the Florida horticulturist, and is
classed there as among the worst
weeds. 1t appears persistently in low
ground, known to cultivators as hum
mock soil; its root stocks grow so deep
in the ground that the plow does not
turn them out, so that they grow up as
bad as ever in newly plowed ground.
The roots have to be dug out with a
spade, in order to get clear of them
Golden Days.
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Big Paclnc CLANS.

A monster clam from the sound,
weighing some six or eight pounds, was
displayed in front of fish market the
other day, and attracted much attcn-
ton. The neckwas about a foot long and
as thick as a mans wrist, and the body
looked like "a mallard duck placed be-
tween two clam shells not big enough
for it. Such CLAIMS are seen here oc-
casionally, but never in quantities. A
dozen or SO is the largest number ever
here at one time. They are not bad
eating, the neck being no tougher than
that of the ordinary clam. They are
only to be obtained on occasion of very
high tides, which run very far out, and
then are only to be secured with diff
Guilty by digging trench like sewer
1t is said that they climb down into thu
mud or sand with as much agility as Z
clatsop razor clam, and they go so ia,
down they may be said, like truth, t<
live at the bottom of well, but moi
every well. The clam exhibited is t<
form one of the attractions of the Elks
clambake, and the man who swallows i
whole is to have a medal and pain II
The stomach.-Portland Oregonian.
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A NARROW ESCAPE.

Nan, Angeline and Mary lay mourniui i"
a row:
Despair and grief were In their hearts, and
on their faces woe;
For Saturday was moving day. and moth
er dear had said,
As she kissed them all and hugged them
all and tucked them all in bed:
'That heap of broken dollies well leave
upon the floor:
I'm sure you'll never miss them-lH mo
you plenty more.
They're old and torn and battered up-no'
one of them complete
I think I wouldn't take them to the house
on Pleasant street"
Nan. Angeline and Mary went sadly on to
sleep. -. 49,,
melancholy heap;
Rut when at last in slumber sound theil
tired mother lay.
She heard a voice, a gentle voice. tina
sweetly seemed to say:
'sThose little children you're SO fono Of I'll
odd you cannot see,
They're really far from wnat periec
child should be! =.
There's many a pretty child In town, II
case you feel inclined
To choose some pretty new ones and lie
these stay behind.
For Mary broke her arm. you know, an
Nan turns in her toes,
And Angeline has freckles on her rum
little nose;
They bump their heads and tear the
frocks-rtis hard to keep them neat
think / wouldn't take them to the hous
on Pleasant street,!
That loving little mother, oh! she starte
up in fright.
She ran to all her babies. and she kisse
and hugged them tight.
She put her little bonnet on. ana bought
pot of glue,
And when they moved to Pleasant stree
the dollies all went too!
Elsie Hill, In st. Nicholas.
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expect that you will pay attention 10
my whim. Moreover, the whole OF my
life has been passed here, in the pre-
cincts of this antique, picturesque,
tumble-down church-which, alas! the
new rector seems fully determined
must soon be, what he calls, restored.
These dear old rafters will have to give
place to some high art invention in way
of a ceiling; and the high-backed, dark
oaken pews, so endeared to us through
sacred memories, will be supplanted by
new ones of pale yellow wood. l heard
them discussing it all in the vestry the
other day, and Kissed and snapped for
more than an hour after, until nearly
choked with rage and modification.
l could tell you a story concerning
each of these quaint old pews, only !
dare say you'll find one enough So,
as twilight is coming on, I'll fly down
beside you, and perch upon the reading
desk; then you need not strain your
ears to listen.
If the same to you, would rather
choose the pew with the ragged red
hassocks, about half way down the mid
die aisle. There are three shabby look
ing prayer books, with brown leather
backs, lying on the ledge. one little
smaller than the others-ah, you see il
now. Well, had just come into the
world when the owners of the two large
prayer books first made their appear
ance in that pew. My poor dear par
ents, now dead and gone, have described
them to me with much minuteness
little guessing what the sad seque
would be.
They were young couple OF mos
prepossessing exterior-or, at any rate
the happiness which shone in the eye
of both gave one that impression. HI
was the village carpenter, and just mar
ried to the girl he had always loved
pretty little Rose, the innkeeper'
daughter.
My father and mother brought me u
to take friendly interest in every in
dividual belonging to our congrega
ton; but more especially did the
watch with pleasure the weekly devo
tions of these two young creatures. Fo
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puNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A Perfect Gentleman.-"Paw, can
= man be. a perfect gentleman and re-
fnse to nav his debts?" Mr.. Figg-'Not
his poker debts."-Indianapo Jour
nal.
Patriotism Up to Date.-"Sawyer,
don't YOU think a man ought to work
for his political principles?" mo, sir;
7 think a mans political principles
ought to work for him."-Chicago Rec
ord.
-Modern.-"And shall then look
dagpers asked the ingenue. The
stage manager tore his hair. NO,
he sbrieked. ''This is a modern play.
Look hat-pins."-Detroit Tribune.
81 think, remarked the goat, cnArg-
ing headlong at the small boy who
was bringing up the rear OF the Poiiti-
cal procession, "T'll do little business
in the campaign buttin' line myself.
-Wicks-s'There is one thing will
saw for Blaxter; he never talks about
his own writings" Hicks-1 am glad
to hear that. Where there's a sense
of shame there's always some hope for
refOrmaIlOQ. -bOSUOu 1AdhS~AAPes
-Fashionable.-S Toby (after ring
ing the bell furiously)-"John, what is
that confounded van waiting at the
door for?" John-''f you please, sir,
it's the milliner who has sent it to
take away two of her ladyship's hats
to alter."-Moonshine.
Ambiguity (Scene, Highland
)-Tourist-"Butw we paid you six
pence each as we came over, and you
said the same fare would bring us back. :
SkipperL"Well, well, and I telled ye
nothing but the truth; an it'll be nc
more than the same fare I'm wantin
the moo for bringin' ye back. Punch
"A lady who was looking about in
hric-a-brac shop with a view to purchas
ing something old noticed quaint fig
ure, the head and shoulders OF which
appeared above the counter. What ].
that japanese idol over there worth 2
she INQUIRED. The salesman replied il
a subdued tone: "Worth about 6 10,
600, madam; it's the proprietor.
Tit-Bits.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28
RELIGIOUS MANIAs IN AMERICA.
Our Short History Is Full of Examples
of Mental Eptdemics.

Our Short History Is Full of Examples
of Mental Epidemics.
Turning now to the American, who
somewhat resembles the Hebrew, both
in business ability and righteousness, we
find social suggestion working in him
on larger and grander scale. The
American is highly suggestible, and the
short history of his national existence is
full of instructive cases of mental ep:
denies. A few instances will, perhaps,
suffice for our purpose.
At the beginning of the present CEN
tury mania of religious revival swept
over the continent of northern America,
and reached its acme in the camp meet
ings of the Kentucky revivals." The
first camp meeting in Kentucky was
held at Cabin Creek, and continued four
days and three nights. The scene was
awful beyond description. The preach
ing, the praying, the singing, the shout
/ ing, the sobbing, the fits of convulsions
made of the camp a pandemoniun.
Religious suggestion soon affected
the idle crowd of spectators, and
acted with such virulence that those
who tried to escape were either struck
by commissions on the way, or impefled
to return by some unknown, irresistible
power. The contagion spread with
great rapidity and spared neither age
nor sex.
The camp meeting of. Indian Greek,
Harrison county, is especially interest.
ing and instructive for its bringing
clearly to light the terrible power Of
suggestion. The meeting was at first
quiet and orderly. There was, of course,
good deal of praying, singing and
shouting, but stin nothing extraordi-
nary occurred. The suggestion, how
ever, did not fail to come, and this time
it was given by child. A boy of Il
mounted log, and raising his voice, be.
gan to preach. In few moments he
became the center of the religious mob
''Thus o sinners" he shouted, "shall you
drop into hell, unless you forsake your
sins and turn to the Lord!" At that
moment some one fell to the ground il
commissions, and soon the whole moi
was struggling, wriggling, writhine
and Jerking" In some camp meet
ings the religious mob took to dancing
and at last to barking like dogs: Men
women and children assumed the post
ure of dogs, moving on all fours, grow
ing, swapping the teeth and barking
Boris Sidis, in Century.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28
Embalming.

1t is often the case that it is neces-
sary to preserve the body of some per-
son for some special purpose, and for
called into requisition. Much dissatis-
faction is sometimes expressed because
the preservative process is not all that
is promised. While the embalmer is
largely responsible for failures, it must
not be forgotten that there are widely
different climate conditions, and that
processes that were and would now be
eminently successful in Egypt and
other exceedingly dry climates, would
not answer at all with us. The meth
ods most popular in this country are
injecting chemicals into the large
arteries and filling the large cavities of
the body with the fluid. Creosote,
pyroligneous acid and similar sub
stances are employed for this purpose.
When properly performed this opera
ton is of great use; but imperfectly
done, it is worse than nothing at all,
for there is an enormous bill to pay,
and decomposition sets in almost as
soon as though there had been no at
tempt at preservation BY this means
the friends are disappointed, the estate
is forced to pay an unjust claim, and
there is also danger to health in trying
to keep body that may be in an adj
vanced stage of decay. A perfect
preservative of this sort is something
that is generally needed.-N. Y. Jour
nal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28

They were buried side by side.
can point out the graves to you in the
churchyard, for l attended the old
mans funeral. A pretty time had OF
it, too, for when it was over, and was
returning home, fitting noiselessly as
usual, and blinking in the strong sun
light, was attacked by whole army
of birds, among whom, of course, the
blue tit and chaffinch proved more ag-
gressive than any. Glad enough was
to reach the church in safety, and
don't think have ever been out in the
daytime since.
The old couple died about a year
after the conviction of their son, and 1T
was some years later that l witnessed
the end of my story, which l will now
relate.
1t was New Years eve, and there had
been evensong-at the usual hour, for
our good old rector was getting too in
firm to undertake midnight service.
How well remember the sermon that
eveningl 1t was one of the most elo-
quent that he ever preached.
| The ground was white with snow,
which was lying deep and was still fall
ing, oh, so fast. The church door was
standing partly open, the sexton being
busted in the vestry.
; The lights were burning low, and all
was very calm and still, when saw and
, heard man creep softly through the
door and into the church. Bowed, at
, tenuated, and ragged, with hair cropped
: quite close, scme instinct told me that
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28

this could only be one man-and he
once the little boy with the curly head
and bright blue eyes, SO like what his
mothers had been when she was still
pretty Rose.
watched him intently as he stole up
the aisle cautiously and slowly, until he
reached the well-known pew. Then,
when he had stood there some minutes,
observed by the shaking of his shoul-
ders-for his face was turned away
from me-that the man was weeping.
He did not venture to seat himself
therein, but hesitatingly, and with
feeble gait, he again moved up the aisle
and toward the altar, just beDeath the
beam upon which 1 was perched.
1 saw that he was gazing up at the
painted window, where the crucifxion is
depicted. In the dim light of the church
the surrounding figures were nearly
| lost; the cross alone stood out wildly
dark against the white landscape be-
yond. Then the man crouched lower
and lower, until he reached the ground,
and lay there PROSTATE on the chancel
steps, close 10 the dltdr.
Suddenly the lights were turned out.
L heard the sexton go away, locking
the door behind him. and it became
certain that the man was shut in for the
night.
From the side windows everything
was white, but the snow had ceased to
fall, and the stars were shining
brightly.
1t seemed to me that hours must have
elasped before the man slowly raised
his head and stared blankly around
him as if he had forgotten what were
his surroundings, and was wondering
how he had got there. Then his eyes
were attracted by and rested on the
, black cross, thrown into relief by the
background of pure white snow.
But to his confused sight the colors
evidently appeared diversely. / flew
down to small projection in the wall,
for felt curious to hear of what his
mutterings consisted.
"All bloodi" he gasped, breathiessly.
. 'Blood, blood-everywhere blood"
He threw back his head with fren-
= ZleO dculOu, anu 4 CouiN iAA'"S AAAS eAi>s
his countenance must be fearful in its
terror. still apparently under this aw'
full ballucination, he writhed into a
. kneelina posture. Involuntarily his
hands were extended upward to the
cross, with gesture of frantic plead
ing.
Then a great sob echoed through the
L church.
Though your sins be as red as scar
let, they shall be white as snow!"
Was it voice or whisper? Or wa'
it a wave of soft angelic music thai
:. came floating round the altar, as If
= part of heaven itself? know not t.
this day.
!. But surely the man also heard it, fol
his attitude had changed. The strained
> muscles relaxed In their rigidity, tn
= whole figure collapsed.
= A low, long sigh again broke the still
: ness-a sigh of glad release, sigh o
infinite peace.
y The man lay stretched upon tn
ground; and though the bells rang on
n a Joyous peal, to welcome in the new
N born year, he neither moved nor stirre'
= again. =
In the morning they found him dead
y, y,l-Household Words.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28
sPRINKLINa THE HOLY WATER.

they were regular church-goers and
every Sunday saw them in their ac-
customed seats, until an event hap
pened to add new sweetness to the
peaceful sameness of their days.
was already promising young
owlet, and sufficiently intelligent TO
understand something of the ceremony,
when they brought their tiny infant to
be baptized, down there, over the old
stone font. A fine little fellow, and
how he screamed when the rector-a
splendid type of the regular out and
out gentleman he was. and quite diff
ferent to our last importatiou-took
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28
She Denled the Alleeation.

Nothing pleased the small girl. She
had not been to Sunday school all the
summer long, and, truth to tell, she was
not anxious to begin again. mabel" !"
said the teacher, wearied with many
complaints, 'you are regular little pes
silnist." mo, I am not" answered
Mabel; "rm 'Piscopal,"-N. \, Times,
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28
csnada,s Militia Force.

In the dominion of Canada there are
about 10000 militia. The permanent
military forces consist of about 1000
artillery, infantry and cavalry.-Chica,
90 Post.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-28

The girl herself wasn't to blame.
And she had a respectable name.
They christened her MARY,
But silly vagary
Made foolish folks call her "Mame."
She wisely protested ene day,
And they asked her just what they snouio
say.
The question was vast,
But she answered. at last:
sTf you can't call me Mary, say May
30 MAY" It was destined to be,
And everyone fancied that she
Spelled It MAY with ~,
But-now, who can tell why?-
She spelled it-alas!-with an e.
Still the girl herself wasn't to blame,
And she had respectable name.
To good taste It's contrary
To make Mae" out Of Mary
But even that's better than Name"
-Somerville Journal
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Monumental inscriptions in Egypt,
dating from the nineteenth century
b. c.. represent royal personages play.
lug with their courtiers at draughtA