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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
l1e w1lrs MAN YIELDED.
an Elevated RA,ivay Incident without
MANY Words.

an HieVateu tAiiTay tnctaent Without
Many Words.
On on elevated train the other night
sat a negro woman who, judged by her
dress, belonged to some sisterhood. On
the other side of the car was a white for
eigner, evidently in mildly hilarious
condition. The man. says the New
York Sun, was smoking cigar, and the
woman protested. Not understanding
the purport of her remarks and evident
~ thinking that he was in II fair way to
make Il conquest, he went over and sat
down beside her and endeavored to en-
gage her in conversation. At first she
turned her head AWAY, but finally, eX-
asperated by his persistence, she struck
him 81 smart blow with her open hand in
the face.
The man was not abashcd. but smil-
ing pleasantly. as if considering that
he had made progress, redoubled his at
tcntions. \ tall and stalwart negro
rose from his seat in the corner. and
solemnly marching over to the white
man, laid his hand on his shoulder and
pointed to the other side of the car
The white man looked at the negro, who
returned his gaze sternly, and then
went back to the seat he had vacated.
The negro. when he saw that the wom-
an was in no further danger of mo-
lestation, returned to his place. Not a
word was said on either side.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
NO "eAKsHlsH" IN THE DESERT.
Arabs VIII Not Accept ANY Gifts from
Their Guests.

Arabs VIII Not Accept ANY Gifts from
Their Guests.
Il. Talbot Kelly, an English artist who
has lived long among the Arabs, in dis
cussing Arabian hospitality in the Cen
tury. says: | had not much time for
quiet observation. as one by one ali
the head men of the tribe called to
pay their respects to the stranger
within their gates" Taking off his
shoes at the entrance, each one adj"
vanced with many salaams, and kissing
my hand, uttered the single word, "Ma-
hubbah!" C"Wclcome!'O They then
seated themselves in long row at
the other side of the tent, discussing
me in undcrtones. No one spoke to me
unaddressed, and even the sheik him
self, whose guest l was, would not sit
on the carpet beside me unlimited. Lit
orally. while the guest of the Bedouin
YOUR tent is sacred. and all the tribe
arc your willing servants; and though
have repeatedly paid comparatively
long visits to them, | have never yet sue
ceeded in pressing gift upon my host.
| remember asking the 4Eeill Saoudi
Cl lunOul, CHltl Ol tnc lldllu'll III al dDS'
if he knew any of the Pyramid Arabs
at Gizeh. He replied, splitting upon
the grounds: They are not Bedouin;
they take kshish"-thereby express
ing his contempt for mercenary service.
On another occasion, while living with
the Nephaarta, the sheik Mansour Abu
Nasrullah had attached to me q young
Arab whose especial duty it was to at
tend to my various wants while paint
ing. At the end of the month tried
to induce him to accept a sovereign as
bakshish. Looking very much alarmed,
he exclaimed: "Oh, my master, l
cannot; it is not allowed; the sheik
would kill me if he knew had accept
cd gift;" and all my arguments
failed to persuade him to take the
"tiD."
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
Offered For The Capture Of
Two Unknown Men
Who Robbed Doctor Cox, Of FlintS Mills, Of
Two Thousand Dollars.
After Two Weeks of Unnecessary Delay I
Description of the Men is Obtained
and {; Reward offered for
Their Capture.

Readers of the Leader are familiar
with the circumstances of the robbery
of Dr. j. d. Cox, an aged citizen of
this county residing near Flints Mills.
The crime was committed on the night
of January Goth, but for some reason
no description of the men was reported
to the authorities here No cause for
the general apathy could be assigned.
However, Mr.. David M. Courim, of
Flints Mills. inserted card in the
Matamoras Mail of Thursday, just two
weeks after the robbery, offering re-
ward of $50 for the capture of the
thieves and describing them as follows:
One of the men implicated was about
six feet tall, weight ITO pounds, with
black hair and heavy dark nous
tache. The other was shorter, about
five feet in height, weighing lao
pounds, OF sandy complexion and
slouchy gait.
The theft was one of the boldest
ever committed in this section Of Ohio.
The sum taken was almost 50, 600, rep
resenting practically the entire savings
of DR.. Cox Eight hundred dollars of
the money was in gold, $40 and $50
gold pieces, and the balance in paper
money, principally in greenbacks
The larger part of the amount was of
old issues.
The reward offered is not large
enough, but will no doubt have slim
ulating effect in running down the
thieves.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
WlLLlE'S PARADOX.


Little Willie was "fnling''-very
hard, too, with his head bowed and his
hands in his hair, as he has often seen
papa meditating over mammals heap of
modiste bills, says the New York World.
Mamma" said he at last, didn't you
say the other day that children were
the most expensive luxury in the
world?"
The good mother looked up from her
work with a curious expression of Won
der upon her face, something of pride
for her only son and heir suifusing the
kindly features. YES, Willie" said she,
softly. 81 believe that did make some
such remark. But what made you
think of that?"
The lads eyes looked deep and medi-
tative. "Yothing, mamma. Only"
He paused as if hesitating to venture
with his heavy deductions.
Only what, my son?"
Only, if children are so great lux
ury I don't see why it is that the rich
people have so few of them and the
poor people so many, doyou, mamma ."
But the mother shook her head. NO,
Willie. dear" she said, softly. "Rut
don't think that you had better bother
your head with such heavy problems
any more to-day. Put on your coat and
run out and play with the goat little
while"
And he did.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
AN AWFUL BATTLE.
Between a Bull and "A Rhinoceros, in
Which the Bun Conquers.

Between Bull and Rhinoceros, in
Which the Bun Conquers.
When / was on the Zulu frontier, said
e traveller recently, according to the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ! stopped for
a week with Il native, splendid fel-
low, who had IL fine farm. Among
other animals he had young bull
called IIulo, which he and his children
foudly believed could vanquish any
beast on earth. llulo was great pet,
and not in the least vicious, so | was
surprised on the second evening of
my stay to see IIu!o shifting the air
and paving the ground in evident rage.
l was about to ask what it meant, when
out of the forest came an ugly rhi-
LocerOs.
My host and l hurried for our guns
and UuIo dashed at the beast with
dauntless courage. y rush, "A crash, and
the bull was hurled 20 feet. Fortunate
ly the horn Of his enemy had notcaught
him, and the first rush had taught him
a lesson. His horns were like sharp
swords, hut the hide of the rhinoccros
is remarkably thick and the young
bull soon showed signs of fatigue. So
he rcSorted to strategy, and lodged be-
hind his clumsy foe, giyiu" him vicious
stabs in the thighs. This was rapid
ly weakening the rhnoceros, and just
at this time we found some steel bull
let's, leadcn bullets having no effect
on this animal, ana quickly completed
the work iIulo began. Then the bull
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most
wonderful medical discovery of the
age, pleasant and refreshing to the
taste, act gently and positively on kid
neys, liver and bowels, cleansing the
entire system, dispel colds, cure head
ache, fever, habitual constipation and
htliousness. Please buy and try a box
OF c. c. c. to-day; 10, %, 60 cents. Sold
and guaranteed to cure by all drug
rISl~
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
IN CHEAP RESTAURANTS.


AmertcanS-A Theory.
A New Yorker who in the course of
long and varied career has patronized
all sorts and conditions of restaurants
has discovered that the cheaper and
poorer the restaurant the more likely
are the walters to be born Americans.
At the more expensive restaurants, says
the New York Sun, the walters are, as a
rule, French, and always foreign. Eng
1ish, Irish and German walters are
usually found in less expensive places,
and one is not sure to find an American
until he reaches restaurants of the
cheapest sort.
The New Yorker who has made this
discovery accounts for it on the ground
that less servility is expected at the
cheap places than at the more eXpen-
sive restaurants. The same feeling of
independence which keeps American
men and women from becoming house
hold servants prevents the first from
becoming walters at restaurants where
too much Difference to the customers is
required. Unfortunately for his theory,
he has discovered that fees, which a
truly independent man would spurn,
are as much appreciated at a cheap res
taurant as they are unexpected. They
procure Difference, too, which would
not be out of place in restaurants Amer
leans are presumed by him to be too in
dependent to work in. The theorist is
not so much annoyed at his theory be-
ing in part contradicted by his expert
ence as at the practical inconvenience
of finding the practice of feeling extend
ing to the cheap restaurants.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
ANOTHER APPLICATION
VIII be Made.for Franchise to Operate
an Electric Railway to Parkersburg.

''' '%'''' Wv hN'biNdS W
DR.. Loves, of Dayton, and Capt.
Knox, of Marietta, will appear before
the county court in several days to
apply for franchise. They will rep
resent company of considera BILE size
and Importance and their applica ation
should be given careful consideration
by the court.
DR.. Loves, is a wealthy Daytonian
and we'll known promoter and in
vester. He owns the electric street
railway plant at Richmond, Ind.
The electric railway scheme to con.
meet this city, Marietta and Williams
town, seems to have practical side to
it as it is attracting the serious atten-
tion of men with money to invest.
The people of all three places will
hail the day when such Il scheme is
successfully eliminated Journal
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
A Boys Letter.

The Buffalo Commercial quotes the
following from boys letter to his
mother: 81 am glad / have Il new sis
ter but wish she had been boy. Seems
TO me if the Lord couldn't have sent n
boy lie might at least have sent a pony.
Il - 81 Can't / have griddlecakes the
days l don't have salad? You always
used to let me. q u = There is lots
of game here. There are mice in the
house and rats in the barn and chip
munls in the woods. ! am going to
bring home one. " s. 50 Is boy a
pig if he's helped three times? Imean
if they are small holpinga and they
insist?"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
FRIDAY. EEB. 5, ,ae7
AiBERNlAN VALOE.
After Many Years Receives Due Recogni-
ton.

After Many Years Receives Due Rccogni-
The citizens of Hennessey, o. T.,
have voted $4,000 in bonds for the pur-
pose of erecting u monument to the
memory of Pat Hennessey, the govern
ment freighter who was killed there
20 years ago and whose body was
buried on the spot where he fell. He was
the first man killed in the Indian out
break of 1874, says the Arkansas City
Traveller. He was in command of q
wagon train en- route from Wichita to
Fort Reno with government supplies
and refused to leave his post when it
became known that the Indians were
swooping down on the train fully 1000
strong. He made one of the bravest
fights on record with the odds all
against him, and the old Indians who
were present say that II of their num-
Der fell before his prowess before he
was overpowered, tied to wagon
wheel and burned alive. Troops from
the fort buried the charred body close
beside the trail the next day and the
grave was kept in order and was regu-
1arly planted with flowers by the
frcighters along the trail until the
Rock Island railway was built through
the territory. The grave is on the
right of way, and the section hands
have since given it the best of care.
1t is marked by a heap of native stones
and a slab bearing the inscription:
This grave is consecrated to Hibernian
valor." The pioneer citizens of this
city will remember the killing of Hen
nessey. He was we'll known here by
n1I tba o11pt. In n q l,;+op+c
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05

The Township Trustees of Washing
ton county, one or more from each
township, are invited to meet at the
Court House on Wednesday, February
nth, at one o'clock sharp, TO discuss
the plan of working under the poor
laws as they exist, or will exist, after
March lst. We hope to come together
as directors and trustees and hear what
those who are supposed to understand
the law can give us.
GRO w. RJcHAHbs,
Clerk of Infrmary Directors.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
BRlCkLAYERS ORGANIZE.

Forty Members of the Craft Elect Officers
and will Apply for II Charter.
A large number of the bricklayers of
the city met Thursday evening at
Union Hall and organized u local
branch of the National Bricklayers
Union. The following officers were
elected:
George Foreman, president
William Ellis, vice president.
i, w. Phillips, financial secretary.
d. w. Phillips, corresponding secre-
tary.
Anthony Brown, treasurer.
Thomas Carter sergeant Mt arms.
The organization starts with about
40 members and application for a char
ter will be made today.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
REPUBLICAN, CLUB

VIII Meet saturday Evening 10 select
Delegates 10 Xaucsville.
The members of the Marietta Repub-
lican Club are requested to meet at the
Court House Saturday evening at seven
o'clock to select ten delegates to the
Ohio League convention at Xancsyille
on Thursday and Friday of next week.
j. II. GRAFTON, Pres.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
Oil Market
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke
Your Life Away.

lfyou want to quit tobacco using easi-
ly and forever, be made we'll strong,
magnetic, full of nav life and vigor,
take NO-To-Bac the wonder-worker
that makes weak men strong. Many
gain ten pounds in ten days. Over 400
600 cured. Buy No-To, Bac from your
own druggist, who will guarantee a
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free
Ad. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or
New York.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05

The bread war Of the bakers did not
last long. A signed circular scattered
Thursday morning reads;
"To BREAD CoNsUMERs
On and after February 9Th, 1897, the
bakers of Marietta will make only a
uniform loaf, to retail at five cents, six
for twenty-five cents. The loaf will be
spondingly large, and bread re-
main as cheap as heretofore"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05

James Stewart, brakeman aa the
c. & ~. local freight train, was thrown
from his train at The C. &lI. depot
this afternoon aDgu. $3.50 o'clock and
received o broken leg below the knee.
Cambridge Sun.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-05
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Maurice c. Icenoggle and Sarah
Watts, both of Marietta,
Patrick j. Gaughan, of Vincent, and
Maggie A. Kirschuer, of Watertown.
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The Philosophy of Bargains.

The man who doesn't know
anything about modern store
keeping sees the merchant adj
vertising day after day, offering
special cut-price bargains. He
doesn't investigate, he doesn't
think, but he says Immediately
such a state of things cannot ex-
ist, and that the merchant must
be a liar and thief. Nothing
is further from the fact. The
principle of offering bargains is
just as simple as A B C, but the
bargains must be genuine if the
result is to be satisfactory.
Every man in business under
stands that it is worth something
to get a new customer-that it is
worth something to get a GUS
toner into his store. He is will
ing to have this done. The mer-
chant has found that the best
way of paying for new customers
is to give them a real and start
ling bargain that they will re-
member. He knows, for in
stance, that if he advertises 30
cent silks at 10 cents a yard for a
certain day, he will crowd his
silk department with buyers. He
knows from experience that the
chances are ten to one that be-
fore the silk buyer leaves the
store she will remember some
other thing she wishes to buy,
and this she will buy at the fair
and regular price. There is
nothing deceptive or dishonest
about the bargain counter offer.
1t is absolutely bonafide, and al
woman may avail herself of it if
she chooses and go away without
purchasing anything else. 1t is |
her privilege to do this. If the
merchant loses money on this
particular lot of silks he consid-
ers it as advertising. Palestine
Press.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-11-11

asks where it is being made? No
man can point out a single
county that is making an un-
usually large crop and you hear
of large sections where the crop
is almost a failure, yet specula-
tors have been able to pile up
figures on guess at probable
yield and run the price far below
the cost of production.
Can the people be deceived
longer by the cry of prosperity
that is carrying want and hunger
in its track? After the "crush-
ing defeat of Organism the
entire press took up the cry of
prosperity is coming The
hum of factories rushed to their
utmost filled the air-in the i'm
agination-and the miserable eff
figy of mankind, Ohio's gifted
senator knows no other tune. l
believe he really knows no bet
ter and honestly believes that
his return to the senate is a
blessing to mankind.
To the South such prosperity
is worse than past adversely, but
it must be endured for at least
three years more. The gold
standard can have no other effect
than to depress prices. 1t is
what it was adopted for and ex-
perience proves that it works
well. l assert that the same
conditions prevailing next year
as prevail now will see cotton
materially lower that it is today
and the next year still lower.
In the face of these facts there
is but one thing for the farmer to
do. It is the same old advice,
that has been given him year af-
ter year-raise your corn and
meat at home, as we'll as chick
ems, eggs, etc., and you can hold
your own against the gold
standard. Don't be deceived by
an advance in price of cotton
about planting time. Remem-
Der you are at the mercy of
those of whom W. j. Bryan
spoke when he said ''you shall
not press down on the brow of
labor this crown Of thorns-you
shall not cruelty mankind on
this cross of gold" No power
can change your condition, I'M
til you again go the polls to sat
isfy or reject the gold standard.
VINDEX.
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LIFE is what a man thinks,
saws the Weatherford Democrat
It is made up of all those pro-
cesses of observation and refec-
ton that go on in our minds from
year to year. The measure and
dignity of it depend, therefore,
upon the extent and variety of
the knowledge that we acquire,
and upon the manner in which
we use this knowledge as raw
material in the higher and more
difficult operations of the intel
Iect. The learned philosopher,
by as much as he is learned
philosopher, lives vastly more
than the savage or the ignor-
anus. Ignorance and imbecility
are a subtraction from life. You
might clothe an idiot in purple
and fine linen and feed him
sumptuously every day without
bringing him in speaking dis
lance of the poor scholar whose
homely fare is a crust of bread
and a cup of water.
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BLAZE AT BURTON.
Large Barn Belonging to H. KNITTED, Jrz
Reduced to Ashes.

Reduced to Ashes.
A large barn belonging to II.
KNITTED, Jr., at Burton, was total
| ly destroyed by fire at four
O'Clock Tuesday morning. The
barn contained upward of two.
hundred bushels of corn, in addi-
ton to large quantity of other
provender, all of which was a
total loss. The fire was 80 far
advanced before being discover
ed that there was scarcely time
in which to remove several head
of fine horses before the roof fell
in. The barn was bran new
structure, having been completed
this year at cost of $1,000, The
building and contents are a total
loss with no insurance.
The fire is believed to have
been of incendiary origin. Mr.
E. Brown, agent of the Central
railroad, is said to have seen
some parties lettering in the
vicinity of the building previous
to the fire. The burning struc-
ture was situated so close to Mr..
Knittel's residence that very
hard work was required to save
the latter from destruction.
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SOMETHING ABOUT GOOD TIMES.

"Good times have made the
people careless and they did not
come out to vote," says Mr..
Hanna in explanation of the late
republican defeat. This prepos-
ferrous statement can be account
ed for in only one or two ways.
Either Mr.. Hanna lies about the
condition of the country, he
knows nothing of it, or there is a
vast difference between the con-
dition of the people up there and
in the south. l do not believe
the latter is the case, for if they
were rolling in prosperity, they
would create a demand for cotton
goods that would make our cotton
sell at some price. Then it is
impossible for any large portions
of the country to enjoy any gen
eral prosperity as long as one
fourth of the population is suffer-
ing as is the south. l have be-
fore me a private letter from a
man who is cultivating as fine a
black land farm as is to be found
in the State. The farm in ques-
ton is worth about $4,000 and
on it the party owes $1,000, due
in long time annual payments,
but failure to pay one INSTALL
ment makes all fall due. Here
is what he says:
'The low price of cotton, COM
bned with a short crop have
knocked us out in county,
unless the Land company carries
US this year even without interest
being paid. The place, 21O acres
in.,cotton will make about so bales.
Of this it will take 20 or 25 to pay
for picking, ginning etc. At
present prices the remaining 25
or 80 bales will bring $500 or S7OO.
Deducting the $500 I pay you
and it only leaves $500 or $500.
Of this amount something like
S150 we have been forced to
spend for supplies to make the
crop. So you see there will be
nothing left to pay even the in
terest. There is no fault to find
with the land. The crop on it is
way above the average of the
county. The general average is
one bale to 5 or 6 acres"
Here is man who expects to
see the fruits of a life time of |
labor lost for the want of $500. |
He has the mules, tools and per-
sonal property to cultivate farm
of 800 acres, but can't borrow
enough money to pay the interest
and save his home. He reads in
amazement the stories of a re-
cord breaking cotton crop, and
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-11-11

IN Omaha the city has brought
suit to recover one quarter of a
million dollars from the street
railway company for damage by
electricity. A like proceeding is
pending in st. Joseph, and the
electrical journals are filled with
notices of threatened suits of a
similar nature in other cities.
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THE Georgetown Signal says
ga man who came to Texas be-
fore the railroads and who has
watched her develop into an en-
pire, and with her has grown
great, filled with undaunted cour-
age of our fathers, he has fought
her battles both in field and
ripe with wisdom and experience
he aspires to be her chief magis-
trate. Such man is Joseph D.
Savers"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-11-11

JUDGE VAN WICK, as mayor of
Greater New York, occupies a
position second only to that of
President of the United States,
and will control and dispense
more patronage than the gov
ernors of any half a dozen
States.
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ALL the railroads that enter the
Union depot at Kansas City, Mo-,
except one. have agreed to build
a new passenger station and ter
minals on a site one mile south
of the business center to cost
50, 900, 900 and which viii COM
pare favorably with any station
in the country.