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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-05
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-05
COURT OPENED.

Judge Coultrap Starts the Wheels Moving
for the May Term.
Common Pleas Court was opened for
the May term on Tuesday by Judge
Coultrap, of Vinton county. The day
was occupied with the calling of the
docket swearing in the grand jury and
entering up judgments in several cases.
The active work of the term will begin
today.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-05

The appearance of Clarence Eddy,
the great organist, assisted by our well
known local artists Miss Maude G..
Thomas and Mr.. Carl Wright is certain
to Prove an event of high musical i'm
portance as it will bring to the city a
player who stands second to none as
regards technique and Interpretation.
Guilmant and Eddy are said to be the
greatest technicians and as technique
is becoming more and more indispens-
able in organists together with clear
ness of Interpretation, pure tone and
perfection of style, Eddy's concert in
this city will possess a peculiar interest.
The concert is to be given in the First
NJ. Z. church on the evening of Friday,
May ith, and will no doubt bring out a
large and fashionable audience.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-05

Just try 10 cent box of Cascarets,
the finest liver and bowel regulator
ever made
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
Wom-n ~ 1'rartiCHt Arrht'. ca

THE reason why women will make
good practical architects" said a bright
professional woman last week, lis bc-
cause they n pre-cminently what ID
needed about a house. They know how
to have everything arranged SO that A.
a whole II Is as convenient as IL IL pos
sible to make II. The g~as-lxture Is not
placed In some back corner behind q
door. where nobody would ever think OF
looking for or wanting a light: the wall
lines are not 80 broken up with doors
and windows that there Is no room for
the necessary furniture: the doors arc
not hung in such an manner
that they must swing against the win
dows or gas fixtures: the space for tho
dresser is not left on the side OF the room
farthest from the light: the closets arc
not like dark pockets in a basement. but
arranged to be well ventilated as often
as needed: the dining room IL made large
enough, SO that II will contain n side
board. as well as the table and chairs.
and ii will not be necessary for all to rise
from one side OF the table in order that
the waitress may pass to the other side.
or else hand things across the table. IA
occurred lately In an apartment building
designed by a man: the mirrors viii not
face the light: the pantry will have a
window. and will not be placed In tho
centre OF the house: the registers or
radiators will not occupy the only wall
space large enough for the bedstead or
the sofa or the sideboard: the doors will
be wide enough to admit OF any article
OF furniture made. and the halls will be
large enough so articles can be wheeled
through them from one room into anoth-
Ell .'-Chicago Tfmes-Herald
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
Su,um-r theatre. In Athens
(Macmillan's Magazine.)

(Macmlllan S MdSdZlne.)
The luxurious modern Athenian, not
wlthstanding his great love Of music and
amusement, could never endure to re-
main pent up in a Sitting theatre, how
ever great might be the attraction. 1t
has been found necessary, therefore,. to
adopt something which combines the two
essentials, comfort with amusement. Use
full suggestions from the past are not
wanting in Athens. One has only to go
round the Acropolis to see how the an
cient inhabitants solved a similar diff
Guilty; the theatre of Dionysius, or that
of Herodes on the southern side of the
Acropo,is, and the Stadium further east.
furnish excellent uni to the mod
ern Athenian. A theatre. then, consist
ing Of a wooden stage and temporary
wooden seats. is erected inside a yard or
enclosure, with no high walls to keep out
the welcome cool breezeS and no roof
to obstruCt the view of the beautiful
starry sky. Such a theatre on a clear,
quiet night. pleasantly cool after the in
tense heat of the day, is always Well pat
zonized by Athenian ~play-goers.
One such theatre. standing hard by the
historic Ilyssus and the fountain of Cal
lirrhoe, bears the name of Paradisos,
and bears it with good reason, for beau
tiful gardens of sweet-scented orange
trees lie around about it. Oranges, one
remembers. are the favorite s~ustenance
of the gods of Drury Lane. but the
gods of Greece, if one may use the
phrase, are more highly favored beings.
To them it is given to pluck their fruit
from the parent stem Crowded the eye
Of the law be not upon them). instead
of having it doled forth from the basket
of a dingy and raucous dame Of forbid
ding aspect. A quarter Of a mile nearer
the city one comes on another summer
theatre, also among foliage,
In this case of pines and pepper trees.
called the Garden Of Orphanides, which
Is generally used as a cafe chantant;
while a third. the Olympia, Is to be found
near the columns of Olympeon. The last
has for some time past been used as a
circus. but the traveller will visit it In
vain for any trace Of the ancient Olympic
C~onstantinople. He will find only a mod
ern circus of the type familiar to west
ern Europe, lightly clad ladies. anable
ringmaster, clown, and all.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23

The question is asked by IAN English
man," why is it that English people
are such sinners in respect to the i'm
proper use Of the letter 'h?'" The
writer goes on to say that the Scotch.
Irish and Americans are not given to
the faultiness in speech.
PhilologiStS say the frequent diSreSpect
with which the letter is treated is largely
due to the influence of the French lam
guage' on or own. and especially upon
those Of the Eng):>:- speaking race who
live in England Itself. AS every one
knows. the III is not aspirated in the
French language, which was until the
middle ages largely used in this country.
Then, for almost centuries at a time, in
the days of the P~lantagenets, our Eng
lish soldiers, who were wandering about
affected by it's peoples manner of speech,
and returned to their own country to in
feet their families and acquaintances
with the same influence which go to de-
termine method OF pronunciation. And at
that time 1t was really an English-not
British-army which did the bulk of the
fighting.
Again, from-time to time various quar-
tiers of England have been used as set
H i5saaers for s eSample- fslase French
prisoners. Even so late as the beginning
of the present century. when we were in
a chronic state OF warfare with Napoleon
B%onaparte, great numbers of Frenchmen
settled. as prisoners on parole, in Eng
land-the southern and idlan counties
especially, which, as we know, are the
districts in which the aspirate is least
observed.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales were not
under these same influences. their great
er distance from the continent being one
of the reasons.
But the constant "h' dropping among
the working classes in England today is,
I am sure, largely due to the fact tina,
the working man who persists in speak
l ing or his horse his hnIlCp and hiC hnn1o
instead Of his 'orse, 'ouse, and 'ome, is
regarded by his companions as a pedant
and one who puts side on" l have
often noticed that domestic servants are
quite accurate or nearly so in the use OF
the aspirate when sIs,akig to their mis-.
tresses. etc, while, once back again in
the kitchen among their fellows, there
| ceases to be an ''h" in their composition
London Tid-BitS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
No GERMAN Ft"0-v D." Ku--tsn Pie
New York Tribune.)

No more striking and significant IL
lustration could be given OF the ami
mostly which prevails In Russia toward
Germany than the treatment accorded
to Baron B~leichroeder, the Berlin and
New York banker, who has just re-
turned from st. Petersburg. He wen
there for the purpose Of inducing the
Muscovite government TO permit htD
firm and a number OF other Berlin
banking houses associated with him
to take up a large block OF the bonds
guaranteed by the state and Issued in
connection with the extension Of the
Russian railroad system. The baron's
mission proved fruitless. for not only
did the Muscovite authorities decline
his offer, but they refused ever to dis
cuss his proposals. on the ground that
they had no intention Of permitting
Germany to have anything whatsoever
to do with the administration Of the
Russian railroads or with Russian
finance. The Russian government re-
tains a vivid recollection OF the init
mate connection between the Berlin
banking house OF Bleichroeder and the
German government. which was 50
openly demonstrated at the close Of the
Franco-German war OF 1870.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
In HbnOr ..f j ff~rsOo Davis


The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun
says: 1.-The Georgia legislature does
credit to the state when it honors the
President of the Confederacy. The bill
introduced to make the birthday of
Jefferson Davis a legal holiday was adj
versely reported by the committee to
which it was referred, but the house
disagreed to that report with hardly
a dissenting voice. Why should not
Jefferson Davis be thus honOred? He
was a hero long before the birth Of the
cOnfederacy. AS far back as the Mex
lean wal he wore the trophies of a con-
queror, for It was his military genius
that sent a flying wedge into the very
heart Of Santa Annals army st the
great battle Of Buena Vista and Won
the plaudits not only of his superior
officers and his sclCierS but of the en-
tire American public. And 1t was not
alone in camps tina the greatness OF
Jefferson DAVIS Was manifest. In the
halls of the American congress his in
fluence was fit and he tOok his place
in the front rank Of the statesmen OF
his day. His later record, his connec
ton with the c~onfederacy was alone
enough to lead Georgia to honor his
memory as proposed by the bill now
pending in the legislature. Georgia
will not refuse this tribute to the life
and character Of Jefferson Davis"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
Tw. Narrow t..c.p-s

Speaking Of escapes from death re-
calls my experience with the murder
Gus elephant Romeo. Had / been a little
slower in my movements / would have
been his eighth victim" said Colonel
Rice. refectively. "One day / was di-
recting the arrangement of some al
vasmen. and unwittin-ly ventured a
couple Of steps backward and within
range Of the death-dealing elephant,
which at once raised his trunk slowly
tier. He would have succeeded in
killing me had not a young elephant
near by trumpeted an alarm, and, like
lightning, 1 at once sprang forward
and out OF danger from the muderous
blow Of the trunk by such a small dis
lance hat on the back Of my head l
felt the wind occasioned by its descent.
After that experience Romeo was
always kept chained by all four legs.
The young elephant which had saved
me was rewarded with candy.
1T is not surprising that eventually
I essayed the role of lion-tamer,'' con-
tinued the speaker, and under the
able tutelage of Franconelli, the best
lion-tamer I ever saw, and who, by the
way, subsequently met his death in a
o den in the city Of Havana. After
having twice accompanied the fearless
Franconelli into the den Of Richard III,
the largest and fiercest African lion
ever exhibited in this country, it was
at VincenneS, Ind, that / at length de-
termined to enter the uen of the beast
alone. Clad in tinsel and spangles, at
the afternoon performance, amid an
outburst Of music by the band, l boldly
approached the lions cage, opened the
barred COR and entered unframed.
The great brute, which was lying upon
the foo at the further end of the
cage, seemed to not heed my presence
other tina by a glance of sullen in
difference, so that I deemed my first
attempt at entering a lions den a sue
cess.
But my assurance Of success vas
a little premature, and fortunate was
it for me that beneath the cage was a
furnace in which glowed red-hot rods
and that trusty attendants were al
hand to effectively WELD them upon the
lion If necessity demanded, else another
page would have been added to the
bloody history of the king of the forest
n another name to his list of victims
After a three minutes stay in the lions
den / made a parting salute to the
breathless audience and prepared t.
leave the cage. AS I backed toward
the door I observed to my borrow tina
the lion had almost imperceptibly
risen from the floor, preparatory t.
s%pringing upon me. Almost overcom,
by the grave danger Of my situation
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
A M..ck-ry II Pardon
(Boston Post.)

Gen. Blanco's amnesty proclamation Is
not likely to bring the Cuban patriots
back IN crowds to take the oath Of allie
glance. 1t has a very generous sound,
but means nothing in their case. Il par
don in full all those who have been pros
ecuted for the crime of rebellion the
new governor general proc4alms. But
he goes on to say that rebels pr osecuted
doned as rebels but judged for other Of
lenses committed by them" AS General
Gomez and his fellow patriots have been
outlawed not only for rebellion, but for
common crimes" such as incendiariSm,
spo.iation, ETC., the ban does not seem to
be lifted in any great measure from the
revoIutionistS. To receive pardon for re-
be.lion and shot for a lesser offense
would not afford them any substantial
advantage. Indeed, it is mole likely
they would prefer to be shot as rebels.
General BIancO'S amnesty is as great a
humbug as Premier Sagasta's autonomy
Neither amounts to anything. ~ seems
impossible for Spain to treat with Cuba
in good faith.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
NOTICE.

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OF REMEMBRANCE"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
Web.,e,'a Presidential Fever
(Carl Schurz in Harper's Magazine,

(Carl SchurZ In Harper's MagaZine.)
Unhappily for himself. Webter was not
satisfied with the theatre of action on
which his abilities fitted him for the
greatest service. and on which he achiev
ed the highest merits. At a comparative
wished to be sent as minister to Eng
land, and he bore a grudge to John
Quincy Adams for his failure to crafty
that desire. Ever since his reply to
Hayne" had made his name a household
word in the country, an ungovernable
longing possessed him to be president Of
the United States. The morbid craving
commonly called 1.-The presidential fever
developed in him, as it became chronic.
its most distressing forms disordering his
ambition, unsettling his judgment and
warping his craftsmanship. His imagi-
nation always saw the coveted prize
within his grasp. which in reality 1t
never was. He lacked the sort Of popu-
larity which, since the administration OF
John Quincy Adams, seemed to be re-
Quired for a presidential candidacy. He
Travelled over the land, south and north
and east and west to manufacture 1t for
himself, but in vain. The people looked
at him with awe and listened TO him with
rapture and wonder. but as to the prest-
dency the fancy and favor OF the politi-
Clans, as well as Of the masses, obstinate
ly ran to other men. So 1t was again and
again; Clay, too, was unfortunate as a
presidential candidate. But he could
have at least the nomination Of his party
SO long as there appeared to be any hope
OF his election. Webster was denied
even that. The vote for him In the party
conventions was always distressingly
small, usually confined to New England
or only a part Of 1t. Yet he never ceased
to hope against hope. and thus to invite
more and more CALLING disappointments.
!, To Henry Clay he could yield without
humiliation: but when he saw his party
prefer to himself. not once. but twice and
three times, men Of only military fame.
without any political significance what
ever, his modification was SO keen that,
in the bitterness of his soul. he twice
openly protested against the result.
Worst than all this. he had to meet the
fate a fate not with chronic
presidential candidates-to see the most
important and most questionable act OF
his last years attributed to his inordin-
ate craving for the elusive prize.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
Gr.;t Fursu"~s DwtndIipg

Are the great fortunes Of our plutocrats
dwindling? Are we not giving them too
high a rating? We thought Ogden Goe-
let worth at the very least 800. 600. 90.
The most conservative men placed his
fortune at $50 900. 900. yet Ii dwind!ed to
less than so. 0O0. OOO. The $50. G0.0 o OF
Spite House Richardson dropped to
$50 600 as soon as Ii struck the court
house. George Pullman was supposed to
worth every cent OF so. 0O0. 90. Imme-
u.ately after his death Sc. oee. 600 was the
figure: but the latest reports name ~
USJ.0 900 as the value Of the estate How Is
this? Can il be that we are far wrong
in placing the fortune Of John Rookie
Teller at 500. 900. OO6? Will 1t dwindle to
$50. 0O0. 600 when he shufhes on? Is Cen
eral Sam Thomas. a partner OF Cal Brice
What Is Cal worth? His Is about the
only fortune that no one tries to esti-
mate. From the way he flies around he
must nave big money.-Boston Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
wattevssu s.,s.s
est. Louis Globe-Democrat.)


Henry Watterson gives up. He ID not
going to make any further attempt to
protect the democratic party from it
self. That 1000 vote for his gold DEM
ocratic candidate. as against l37, 900 for
he Bryanite nominee. seems to nave
convinced him that the democratic
party is not worth saving. and Is de-
termined not to be saved. Apparently,
he thinks that at last Tuesdays Pavia
the demOcracy-the Jeffersonian and
Jacksonian end OF it-lost all. especial
ly honor. Thus Colonel Watterson re-
signs his commission. will never lead
any more forlorn hopes. will never
again rally the boys In the trenches"
Yet this Is not the way the worlds VAL
lar and spirits acted in
crises. 1t Is not the way Sir Ga.ahad
and Peter the Hermit did thinrs. It
would be all well enough for him to
refuse promotion. as Latour d'Au-
vergne did. and to say. after the lat
ter. Among US true democrats there
Is neither first nor last" His place in
the ranks, wherever Ii was. woul be
the head Of the column. General Ar
mold. fighting as a private for the day.
was a bigger parsonage at Saratoga
than General Gates. the commander.
But in deserving his legions at this
hour Of their peril Watterson will never
get the honor accorded to d'Auvergne.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23

~ #H
Sleep IN = dark room q night With
out any lamp OF gas burning. EysaIds
are somewhat transparent and eyes
strained all night by light are not rest.
ed and strengthened by sleep.
Don't shut the sun out Of the sack
room. It's all nonsense. too. this pro-
test about cut flowers In q sick room.
The poisonous gases thrown or by an
o~rdinary-sixed bunch CT flowers In three
days. as long rs they'd be apt to live.
do not equal the carbonic gas that es-
capes from q siphon OF mineral water.
Flowers and s~unshine-the sick room
needs them both.
The first thing to be lone for .
sprain Is to immerse the part in hot
water. The water should be as hot a.
can be borne. and should be kept up
TO a constant temperature by frequent
additions. IL will be necessary To con
tinue this treatment for a long time.
IL may be for hours. or until every trace
OF soreness is practically dispeiied.
The part Is then TO be tightly strap
ped In n bandage in a position Just
short OF absolute fixity. The best ar
sicle to use In such a case Is what 10
called in medical pariance n Martins
b~andage." This Is a long. narrow strip
OF sheet rubber. OF sufficient strength
TO withstand strain and fitted at one
end with tapes for tying. TX Is easily
seen that by the use OF this bandaGe
the desired pressure can be obtained
without complete Immortality.
Nuts have often been considered to
be very indigestible. but doubtless
much OF this prejudice against them
comes from the fact that they are very
rarely properly m~asticatcd. They are
rich in nutritive elements. and we
konw OF no reason why they should
not be a healthful article OF food II
properly prepared. They should be
masticated very thoroughly. and often
times IL they were baked and ground
into meal they would be used to much
greater a~dvantage People who have
poor teeth should not undertake to
eat them without some such prepara-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23

A gentleman in Vladivostock, Siberia,
quoted in the Boston Transcript, thus
describes the new ice-breaker Hope
that the Russian government has sent
there: Imagine yourself a Dutch
wooden hoe rugged out with two
masts and an enormous funnel, and
there you have her shape. She was
built in Copenhagen and contracts to
smash six feet Of ice without winking.
If the old ice-breaking Selatch had one
loot Of ice to contend with she was
usually the party that got smashed.
She is of 300 tons. and was built for a
revenue cutter. The Hope is of 5000
tons. and was built for business. Her
method Of procedure is, first to ram the
the ice; If 1t does not break she then
gets up and sits down on it; and If it
still holds its own, water Is pumped
into a tank in her bows until she is so
heavy that the ice has to break wheth-
er 1t wants 70 or not"