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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
WHERE LAND is CHEAP.
Two Hundred Acres Wore Forced Un-
ON a EiUn.

Two Hundred Acres We're Forced Un-
ON Il iiRn.
\ large weather map hangs in the SEN
ate chamber in Washington. and sem
ators gather before it in the morning
studying the conditions for the day.
Many good story is there told regard
ing the climate Of different localities.
To Senator Kyle, CT South Dakota, the
New York Sun accrclits such a story.
Dakota weather is so bad. Senator
Kyle is reported as saying, that farmers
are often very glad to get rid of their
land. One of my neighbors saw a
stranger leading a cow along one day
The two men began to talk and soon Il
trade was made, the farmer Offering
the stranger 200 acres of land for the
COW.
When the stranger. who could not
read, took the deed to Aberdeen to be re-
corded, he found it to call for 400 acres
instead of 200. He went back to the
farmer, eXpostulated, and tried to get
the deed changed. But the farmer
held out. Nothing the stranger could
say or do would move the farmer, and
the stranger was forced to take the
400 acres.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
pEsTlFERous BUFFALO eNATs
A North Carolina Man Tells of Inter-
eating Experiences with Them.

John w. Rusk, of Belport, n. c.,
writes to the New York Sun regarding
the buffalo gnat:
II think that, as native of North
Carolina would say, the entomologists
have not met up with the gnat in ques-
ton; possibly it is not distributed over
a large area of the country. l met the
gnats several years ago in Arkansas. on
the bottom lands of the ST. Francis
river, and think they were the greatest
day pest l ever saw. In shape they re-
semble the buffalo somewhat; hence the
name. They do not bite or sting their
victims. They have disagreeable hab-
it of flying from the ground and stril-
ing one in the face. But the chief
trouble is that they crawl into the
mouth, nostrils and the ears and deposit
their eggs, which hatch in q very short
time. The larvae eat away the mem
branes, causing death to large numbers
Of stock of all kinds, and of many game
animals.
The planters on the St. Francis set
cid logs afire in the woods for smoke TO
protect stock, which will eagerly rush
to the smudge and stand in it to get rid
of the pest.
'On one occasion 1 was kindling a fire
to keep off gnats, when large buck
deer came rushing to the smoke and
stood in it, not needing my presence. In
a few minutes a flock of wild turkeys
and also four or five wild hogs came for
protection. 1t is not an uncommon
sight to see mule before the plow,
trudging along with bucket contain
ing smudge, hanging from its nose
over the smoke as much as possible. The
gnat cannot stand smoke"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
AN OLD HIGHLAND WOMAN.
She Was Not Going to Leave the
"Auld Bit"

"Auld Bit,
She had lived near Mortlach for 67
years, and although the proprietor Of
fered her and pressed her to take a
charming cottage a mile or two farther
down the glen Betty would not bulge,
says Good Words. 81 have been here
the maist O. ma days, and I'm no gaen'
to leave the auld bit" She had been
there alone through all the rigor of
last winter, and what must it not have
been with the bitter frost, the howling
storms and the wreaths of snow!
"Eh, sirs, it was tarrible cauld," she
told US, "and rats were maist awfu.'
hae seen them when 1 lookit cot o. ma
bed sittin', lots o. them, roun' the fire.
I catched two dizzen O. them in ae day
in the trap-they We're that hungered."
Her favorite word was ''tarrible." Does
the minister come to see you?" That
he does, and we had a meetin' in the
farmhouse the other day, and sic a tar
rible lot o. folk! I'm sure there We're
12 or a." "What will you do, Betty, if
next winter is as bad?" That's what
fears me, but the neebors are tarrible
guid to me and they say that if it comes
on hard they'll just carry me to their
ain house" Many little gifts were left
for her by the lady of the manor, and
the last word I heard was: "Eh, but
ye're a tarrible kind to mel"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
WHY AE WOULDN'T FORGET
One Man Who Always Mails n Let.
ter Mt Once.

ter ut Once.
"Can trust you to mail this ?" asked
Miss Jawkins of the new boarder, re-
lates the New York Journal, 'or are you
the kind of man who carries letters
around in his pocket for week before
mailing them?"
"You may trust me-" said the new
boarder taking the letter. II was
cured of that disease at my first at
tack. ] was boarding in the same house
with very good friend, married man.
He lost his wife suddenly and was in
consolable. Loads of letters came to
him from sympathetic friends and one
of them was handed to me to give to him
by the postman. l carried it upstairs
to my room and inadvertently put il
into my desk with q lot of rubbish from
my breast pocket and then forgot all
about it.
"Just year later my friend had SO
far forgotten his loss that he became en-
gagged to q very pretty girl. The morn
ing of the wedding, to which I had beer
invited, was putting my desk in order
"a habit have about once in six years
and l came across the letter for him.
Forgetting the time at which it had
come 1 hurried downstairs with it, and
with many words of apology handed 1t
to him. He had habit of reading out
loud and he began: My Dear Jack:
You have received blow in the loss of
your wife from which you will never
recover, but don't forget, my dear fell
low, that Then he dropped it and
glared at me.
81 didn't go to the wedding and he's
never spoken to me from that day to
this. Yes, indeed, you may trust me to
mail your letter without fail"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
KTTlE FOR A LIVE DOLLIE.
A Little Girl Travellers Queer COM
nnniDn,


a little girl II years old recently
Travelled all the way from Wichita,
Kan, to Rochester, n. Y, with no COM
panion but her kitten. She was allowed
TO have the pet in her lap, although it is
against the rules of railroad companies
to allow animals in the passenger coach.
Perhaps this may have been due partial
ly to the fact that the kitten was dressed
like folks" in clothes. The cat was
as handsomely attired as favorite doll
ana infinitely more amusing. Her little
cress did not seem a novelty to her, and
the little waist with bishop sleeves and
lace at the ankles, or more properly
wrists, was dainty, while handsome
lace baby cap completed the most
fetching toilet.
The little girl apologized for the state
of l1ittie's clothing, as she said she had
but one change out of her trunk. Rnt
kittie had spent the most of her Journey
on her mistress lap or on the velvet
,ar seat and was not in the least bo-
draggled. The little girl said she did
not care for dolls, because they weren,t
alive, and kittie could play with her.
besides, kittie did not object to he,
ing dressed and undressed, so she had
all the pleasure of playing doll with n
live dollie.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
IN A LONDON THEATER.
A First Night as Seen by an Artist
Every One iH Evening Dress.


Every One iE Evening Dress.
\ London audience is brilliant. Every
one is in evening dress and the audience
is often more entertaining than the
play, says Scribner's. This is espe-
cially true on the first night. At such
times the pit is watched most anNiously
by the management, as the success of
the piece generally depends on its ver-
dict. 1t has often occurred to me when
1 have seen people on storm night
forming line on the pavement out
side the pit entrance, taking it all seri-
ously enough to stand there for hours
before the doors were opened, that by
might improve their spirits and they
in their turn might be more gentle.
And it has also occurred to me when
[ have seen stout man standing in
the aisle fumbling for a siXpence or u
shilling in pockets that probably only
contain bank note and gold piece
that the management might further
improve the spirits of its audience by
doing away with women ushers and by
selling the programme at the same
time it sells the seat, for it is hardly
fair to the first act of play to make
it overcome the fretfulness caused by
annoying attendants before it can hope
to amrse. But the second act is sure
to have fair start and if the play is
good from there on it will have no rea-
son to complain of it's audience.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
Road Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that a petition will be
presented TO the commissioners OF Washing
ton county at their next session in June A. ID.
1887, praying for the establishment Of a county
rlad on the following line, towit: Commencing
near large locust tree on the river route In
front Of the residence of j. W. Frye in Adams
township, thence in a sOuthwesterly direction
on the south side Of said j. w. Frye's private
road and Iarallel TO same to tbs lands Of the
Z. & q. Ky through said lands, and thence
continuing The pardlleling of said private road
through tue lands of j. W. Frye To the ands OF
W }. Male, crossing said Ian to lands Of
Leonard Dering, crossing same, thence cross
ing lands of Conrad FOndren, then turning
westerly to the Coal Run and Waterford road,
crossing said road south Of Popular Ridge
School House, crossing the lands of Oren Web
ster, thence to the lands OF George Miller.
crossing the same again striking lands of
Oren Webster. running through the same to
the lands OF Hanford Powers crossing said
Power s lands to lands of Royal Danielson.
thence TO intersect the old Waterford Road and
IL ere TO end.
April 2Gth, A. d. 1897.
May llth. MANY PErI IoNEls.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
A DUCK-SHOOTER'S PARADISE.
The Marshes of ST. Clair, Raleigh and
Dover Plains.

The Marshes of ST. Clair, Raleigh and
Dover Plains.
As we neared Jeanette's creek the
food decpened until the ditch was lost
and we could paddle at will in any di-
rection, says Outing. The great plain
looked like a lake Of muddy water, and
for Is miles in one direction only tops
of tall dead rushes and an occasional
stunted shrub hintod that the expanse
was dusty dry during summer.
To the sportsman that drowned level
presented n picture which will never
be duplicated on this continent. Only
the famous English fcns, in their best
days, ever rivaled the marshes Of ST.
Clair and Raleigh and Dover Plains.
In every direction were floating. or 1y-
ing, huge RATS of wild fowl-hundreds
of thousands of them being in sight at
once. Mallard, black duck, pintail, red
head, bluebill, widgeon, wood duck,
blue and green-win@ed teal, buflehead,
Tuddy duck, mer9anser, golden eve,
coot and grebe comprised the bulk of
that feathered host, but several COM
paratively rarer varieties would be no.
ticed during a days shooting.
Geese in thousands, mostly big Cam
adas, with perhaps an occasional brant
and snow goose, swept landward and
lakeward at the birth and death of each
QaV
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

At Trinity Chapel, Unionville, tonight
will be held most interesting concert
to be given by the Theis Mandolin and
Guitar Club, of this city.
There is still small debt remaining
on the little church, and part of the
proceeds of this concert is'to go toward
defraying the debt The admission
fee is very small-only 10 cents; and
with the roads in such good order there
should be large audience. 1t will be
specially favorable to cyclists who
want to take little run into the conn
try and enjoy pleasant evening. Tne
concert will begin at o'clock.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

Il burned my fingers very badly.
The pain was intense. DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil brought relief in three
minutes. 1t was almost magical l
never saw anything like it," Amelia
Swords, Saundersville, o.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

81 have used Burdocll Blood Bitters
10 my family for two years. IL is the
best medicine ever used. 1t cured me
OF erysipelas in very short time: also
cured my son of scrofula after the doc
tors had failed" Ionic $. Woodward,
Laurel Hill, Fayette County, Pa.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

r,,,,-,, rr,oru. will be n candidate for
rennniination for Representative OF Washing.
TON nunty subject to the will of the touhty
Convention, W.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
TUESDAY, MAY IT,, 1897.
ANNOUNCEMENT rs.
FOR STATE SENATOR.

MARttrrA LEADER: You are requested 20 20
Announce that am candidate Tor senate, o
the Ninth. Fourteenth District suoleeG 10 w. Wy
,yi Il ,,nt nsls per1nission to appoint utleEates
nor exercise suon authority If tendgreI 10 me
by any Committee. JHo' II A''
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup is
pleasant to take, positively harmless to
the most delicate constitu ton, and alb.
solutely sure to cure the most obstinate
cough or COLI. household boon.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

FROM Washington comes the an
nouncement of the appointment OF the
following fourth-class postmasters: D.
S. MCGOWAN, Moss Run: Hugh M, CoN'
Macks burg: ]. c. Morrow, Bartlett.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
FORTY uNREeENERATEp
Sons, OF the Desert will Receive the Order
of the Mystic shrine.

/ VI tht -hJ JStit
Preparations are practically com
pIeted for the big meeting of Shriners
at the Auditorium next Saturday, May
18th. The meeting will be an event OF
more than usual importance in secret
society circles in Marietta, and large
number of visitors from Columbus and
other cities will be present.
From the programs being distributed
we take the following interesting in
formation concerning the meeting:
Forty Count thein) unregenerated
sons OF the desert viii receive the order
OF the Mystic Shrine in. full Arabic
form, under the direction of Aladdin
Temple, a. A. o. n. NJ. ). of Colum bus,
Ohio, assisted by the Marietta Shrine
Club, and all other Shriners who may
happen to drop IN.
PROGRAMME
All Mobiles will meet at the ASYLUM
OF Marietta Commandery, No. 80, X. T.,
on Putnam street. at 4 o'clock. p. M. +,
in street attire. to meet and welcome
tre Nobility of Aladdin Temple, at
Union Depot, and escort them 10 the
Hotel.
AT $50 p. IN. all visiting and local
Shriner., together with the candidates.
will assemble at the Commandery Asy-
lum. Shriners will wear full dress
with claws and fez. if you have them;
if not, come without them. Lines will
be formed and march to the Auditorium
to receive the Officers and Patrol of
Aladdin Temple, when the Grand
Parade will form at 6 o'clock, p. m,
sharp.
LINE OF MARCH.
Up Putnam to Fourth. down Fourth
to Greene. down Greene to Front. up
Front to Putnam, up Putnam to Audi
forum.
he work will begin Immediately
after the Parade and continue during
thu evening.
The Traditional Banquet will take
place at Power Hall after the Work is
finished, and continue until sunrise.
TO THE CANDIDATES.
You will all report promptly at 5
o'clock p m, May 18th. 1897, at the
Asylum of Marietta Commandery, on
Putnam street. Hereof fail not.
Here followed some unmen,ionable
stanzas, probably intended as poetry
by the author, but which we refrain
from publishing for the sake of the
Shriner's reputation and our own.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
TO THE CANDIDATES.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Edward Mills, of Valley Mills. w.
Va, and Grace Murphy, of Marietta.
John r. Johnston, of Marietta, and
Cara Armstrong, of Alden.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

For Pin Worms, Eczema, Hives. in
fact, any of the various torturing itchy
diseases of the skin, Doan's Ointment
is an Instant and positive remedy. Get
it from your dealer.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
Strength of the ov.,o,

The oyster is one of the strongest crsa-
lures on earth. The force required 10
open an oyster is more than 900 times Il :
weight.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

Organ grinders in Vienna are not al
lowed to play in the morning or evening
only between midday and sunset.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
Rate Card Of Marietta Electric
Company.

single ''''''''''oc
SIX TICKETS zf
20 Ilckets siVO
lou lichels,' 'VV
Monthly Tickets, (trips unlimited). ........ eco
Quarterly Tickets, 0rips unlimited) ..... l6
Annual Tickets, trips unlimited) ........ So 90
Contracts made for Light, Heat and Power.
l6 candle power light vii. cost about Il cent per
hour. Contract rate, 5oc per light per month,
Company to furnish lamps. For further par
t!culars apply at office
MARIETTA ELEcTRICCo.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

FOLLOWING a decision of the L. 5
Supreme Court, that pension eXamln
ing surgeons were not government OF
ficials, but simply agents to be hlred
and discharged at will by the COM
missioner of Pensions, Commissioner
Evans will not recognize those posi-
tions as being under the civil service
rules. Speaking of the matter COM
missioner Evans said: Il cannot go
back on Supreme Court decision' and
/ shall not hesitate about removing
the democrats on all pension boards at
once, and appointing republicans IN
their places" More than 200 boards in
the large cities will be affected by this
conclusion, and about 600 repu blicans
will there by get places on these boards
SENATOR Foraker has no cause to
feel ashamed OF his maiden speech, al
though it was made on the spur OF the
moment, in reply TO some remarks OF
Senator German charging. that the
Sundry Civil appropriation bill, which
failed to become law az the last ses'
sion and which was before the Senate
this week, carried eXtravaCant apprc'
priations. As an amendment proposed
bv Senator Foraker had drawn this
scolding upon the Senate, Mr Foraker
promptly replied. He began by call
ing attention to Senator Gorman's hay
ing shouted 'eXtravagance" at the In
dian appropriation bill, and to his hav-
ing failed then, and again in this in
stance, to specify one single item tnat
was eXtravagant or unnecessary. Then
warming up, Senator Foraker said:
$50 far as the tariff policy and the
tariff bill referred to by the Senator
are concerned, let me say that they
need no defense from me or from any
other Senator on this side of the cham
Der. In view of the experience this
country has had during the last foni
years the tariff policy of the Republi
can party is speaking for itself more
eloauently than any human tongue
can speak. So far, Mr.. President, as
the pensioners of this government arc
concerned, the Senator need not have
the solicitude he manifests. They vii
be taken care Of. Tney have neveI
failed to be taken care of under repub
lican administrations. For the mex
four years IL is the purpose Of the legia
lation we propose that the goyernmen
of the U. ). shall have Il sufficient reve
nue. to meet its ordinary expenditures
that it shall have a sufficient revenue
to make it unnecessary to issue oond'
to meet the current obligations; tha
it shall have a sufficient revenue tt
pay pensions to the men who are en-
titled to them, and it will have tina
revenue and those obligations will al
be discharged"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

EDITOR LEADER: Will YOU announce IN your your
paner that the undersigned VAL be cah.iuaIe
for The once of county Commissioner suolec'
to the will of the Republican oun'y GonNeA
Iion. ,,,o,.o 1,ovnshtn
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
IMPROVED METHODS.
What VIII the Coming Man Do If
This Thing NecDs Tn,

Maize said the young lover. with
delicate intonation. as he was escort
ing his best girl homeward by moon
light. after the theater supper, suppose
we follow out the old adage instead Of
taking car. Shall we?"
THE old adage?'" said the fair one.
"1ou mystify me-"
why you know the ancient saw of
the wise men, don't you, where they
say:
after dinner sit awhile
After supper walk mile
For moment the dear creature medi-
tated, and then she lifted her voice in
the solemn stiffness. George" said
she, half steTnly, Il am 10 angel myself.
but | must say that hate shams. You
might have put off my grandmother
with that sort of a song-and-dance years
ago, but not the modern up-to-dute
belle. Stick TO the truth. If, after the
luxurious supper that we have enjoyed
you are broke for car fare, don't quote
poetry, nor beat round the bush. Just
say: Maize, dear. lend NE a dime till
tomorrow, and I'll repay it with two
kisses minute interest at pawnbrok-
ers' rates''
With sigh, says the New York Jour
nal, the youth closed his hand about
the precious silver piece and hailed a
missing car. II wonder what the COM
ing man will look like" he unused. si-
lently, "if the coming woman gets any
clevercr?"
And, with shudder, he helped the
fair mind reader into the cable car and
sat down beside her as gingerly as if he
were sitting down in basket of eggs.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11
Marietta TOWNSHIP

EDITOR LEADER: Please announce tnnt Mat,
Aupenstein of Adams Township; VIII @ us "
randtdate before the coming Rtpuoilcan I Gun, oun.
~ Convention for the nomination ior Count!
Commissioner.
EDITOR LEADER: Please announce tnaC M, Nh
w, n Barber. of Grandview townshlp' WI, ~
be n candidate for nomination to the once Oh
County Commissioner, subject TO the aeclslol
IF the Republican county ConHentloInH. ~ an"
oblige EA9A ~
EDITOR LEADER-The West End OF the
county being entitled to the Comnllssiont,rrii ,i',ri
Belpre township comes to the tropt ahi WI WI
present the name of s ). McNeal, OF pr1 Belpre
township at the county convention; McSthi
mas been a resident of the county all MS me,
is a staunch Republican. an cN-teacher anu
well known throughout the county
EDITOR LEADER: Will you please announce
that the undersigned will be can9luate
for the ONCE Of county Commissioners
subject to the will of the Republican conven'
JANE s. ANDERSON.
Grandview Township.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-05-11

Just try 30 cent box OF Cascarets,
the finest liver and bowel regulator
yer made.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-09

poor italian went over to England and
took up his quarters in a cellar in Soho,
Gold fish were then rather costly in
that country. The Italian came from
village in ITALY where one or two peas
ants had begun to rear gold fish in
ponds. He wrote to his friends at home
and received a tank of the fish to SELL
as a joint venture The profits made
encouraged them to send more, and the
demand kept pace with the supply. The
friends in Italy dug more ponds and
reared the fish, not by hundreds, but
by thousands, while the originator of
the English branch Of the business in
creased his connection. In time the
price fell greatly, but the demand was
so large that the goldfish ponds cover
ed acres of ground. The fish were sold
in the streets, not only of London, but
of Manchester, Liverpool and the big
towns of the north. Twenty thousand
gold fish arrived in one month and
were all sold. The clever Italian has
now retired and bought a "castle" near
his native village, where he is now
buying up all the goldfish ponds own
ed by his neighbors.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-09

1t Is subjected to freezing process and
then shaken for half an hour and de-
canted. The result he calls equisine.
What vaccine has been to smallpox, he
says, equisine VIII be to hereditary or
acquired alcoholism, Equisine is pre-
pared in small plaques made by satu-
rating paper with fluids and then bak-
Ing them in q hot air chamber. The
skin of the arm or leg of the patient Is
scarified and plaque applied, moist
ened with boiled water. Twelve hours
later the plaque is again moistened and
applied and worn for five days. In
adult cases of alcoholism a plaque is
applied once a week for eight or nine
weeks. The doctor declares that he has
been successful in all the cases where
sedatives or narcotics We're not used.
This is cheering story, and it is to
be hoped that it is true. DR.. Evelyn
makes no secret of the preparation of
his cure" and everybody can appar-
emily have what good there is in it. 1t
needs something as strong as a horse
or pair of horses, to draw some of the
drunkards out of their drunkenness.