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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

OTTAWA. Dec. 1l.-The noon gun on the Parlia-
ment grounds at Ottawa is 10 be fired direct
from the Montreal Observatory every day. A
few minutes before noon each day the fuse will
be Inserted in the loaded Ruo and the wires con-
nected. The operator AT the Montreal observa-
tory will press an ordinary telegraph koy and
instantly discharge the gun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
nO.pltaI. for ,hr nepalr OF Inanlma,c Ihlns..

Umbrella Hospitals arc not very rare. There
Is in the city at least one dolls hospital, On that
much travelled road. the Third avenue. one may
see from The cars Of the elevated or the surface
road, a sign reading: New York Boot 81
Shoe Hospital"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

steam. finally rounded the bend and proceeded
on her way. 1t was dark by that time, and L
reckon that had something TO do with the exc.
dus of the geese from the Genoa. When the
MED and Capt. Throckmorton paid 1t OF and put
It ashore. 1 never heard whether it got back to
I'VE saw plenty of geese on the bars as We
steamed up the river. but saved our ammuni-
ton for the great bar near Leavenworth. Capt.
Throckmorton said that more geese fiocked on
that bar than on any in the river. There was
nothing but sand for miles and miles. up, tho
river and down, at that point. Leavenworth. at
tho time Of this goose hunt, was the metropolis
of that section. The fort made it; When the
repairs and commissary goods. The command
ing offer OF Fort Leayenwor1h'came TO the boat
or course tho Glasgow. experience was retold
and colored up. and the commander and his
capt 5tnn ' TEfoctm no iHS What .nf he 'S wan roitE to nSH DO,
and after the Captain told him that VIC were go
ing to tackle the sand bar In from. OF Leavenworth
and the fort, the commander OF the fort replied
that In such an event he should be compelled &c
train the guns OF the fort on the boat. He ex.
planned that the sand bars belonged TO the Gov
crnment. and that goose on the bars were Gov
eminent game, and that his orders were to allow
no hunting on the reservation.
odd Capt. Throckm0rton wns in a rage. You
sec he had given tho dinner TO- the officer and
p privi ftafc i4 he ' might tf Want. - S''''DE WHATEVER
How do you locate a sand bar in the Mis-
souri, Riysrf, he asked; ,a%w rG DO you u make make
they were not here last year, and may not be
'The oommander said it was not his business
| TO decide such matters. These sand bars. he
said, belong TO the Government this year, and /
must obey my orders
That was all, The commander withdrew in
a creditable manner, and his staff followed. As
the Genoa proceeded on her way old Capt.
T~hrockmorton ordered the flag half-maGted as
we passed beneath the guns Of the fort, and the
commander of the post showed his quick appro-
citation of Capt. Throckmorton's evidence Of
dispieasure by firing u salute. We were all so
damned mad at this act of the Government and
sore over our disappointment that we stayed in
the cabin and hunted other game until thh boat
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

Some American juries are inclined
to be eccentric in their verdicts, but
they cannot hold candle in this regard
to the juries of Russia. The Literary
Digest declares that the most incredible
stories are told of Russian jurymen.
Thus, the foreman of q jury declared he
would not send a poor fellow to prison
because it happened to be his (the jury
man's) birthday. Another jury had
agreed upon a verdict of guilty when
the church bells began to ring. They
revised their verdict because n holiday
had begun. a burglar was allowed to
go free because the man whom he had
robbed had refused to lend him money.
This, in the opinion of the jury, was a
direct incentive to crime.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
Fun ON The OLD CLIPPERS.
Not to he Had on Modern Record
breaking Liners.

DreukihB AihtFn.
Zone of the youngsters asked me the
other day." said the old skipper, re-
ports the New York Times, "if l had
ever been to Europe on record-break-
ing liner. told him hadn't, and never
wanted to go there that way. 1t is just
q question of engineers and stokers,
mere landsmen, on n big liner, and I'd
rather ship before the mast, even on one
of your lubberly 40-day steel square
Triggers with bows like canal boat,
than go on a steamship. 1t would be
lust about as interesting to me as u trip
on railroad train.
"The kind of sailing l like it will never
be the privilege of you young fellows
to indulge in. You will never know the
fun of having q clipper craft AZ, sharp
as steamboat under your feet jumping
across the sea under IL press of canvas
never seen on ocean-going sailing ves-
sells nowadays, with her rigging as taut
as iron bars, and your shipmates hold
ing your hair on your head.
"'What she can't carry she may
lug was the text at sea then. ! rcmem-
Der when ] was in the clipper North
ern Light we carried stu'n'sails slap
into Boston harbor, making the famous
passage of 76 days and hours from San
Francisco. Our ship worked like bas-
ket; but we had shipped double crew
for the run, and one crew did nothing
but pump ship. There was some crack
ing on of sail when ships of 1000 tons or
more had all their top hamper whisked
over on the lee side while the skipper
was turning to spit over the taffrail.
Even after that some of the ships made
good passages. It's II funeral nowadays
to lose u topgallant mast"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
MENpELssOuN,s Elijah.

We had the pleasure last Thursday
evening Of attending one Of herchear-
sails of the Choral Society. They were
practicng the choruaes Of Elijah, TO be
performed iu the near future This
world-reuowned oratorio has cnarac-
ter peculiarly its own. 1t has not the
monastic lore Of the Messlah-that is.
its contrapuntal difficulties are not
continually paraded 1t has not the
Gppancy of Rossinis Stabat Mater,
yet it has the dignity Of the one and
the melody of the other, and with it a
dramatic power surprising either of
them. 1t has always been a matter Of
surprise to the admirers of Men
delssohn that his only opera
'The Wedding of Camacho''-should
have been SO complete failure.
But to return to Elijah, the absence
of the conventional fugues of former
century, or at least hiding of the con-
trapunta windings and reiterations
under wealth of flowing melody, pre-
sents difficulty TO the Choral veterans
which requires no little labor on the
part of the singers and the Director to
overcome. To Mr.. Bird large amount
of credit is due for the manner in which
he has drilled his raw recruits into
something more than machines.
From what little we have heard, we
think that the performance of Elijah
will add another leaf to the laurel
crown so deaeryedly earned by Mr..
Bird in the performance Of the Messiah
and the Creation.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
TREE SAP.
Idea That 1t Rises and Falls with tho

StuSohS rs fNEEOntOuS.
Sap is watery fluid found in the in
terror of the cells of plants and trees,
and contains dissolved or suspended in
It the materials required for the life
and growth of the cell. The idea that
in winter the sap goes down into the
roots and in the spring rises again is
quite erroneous, says a reliable au-
thority. Trees and plants are full of
watery sap all the winter. The phenom-
ena of freezing in the case of trees and
plants are but little understood. The
sap in leaves and in smaller branches
is often frozen. This is seen especially
in the twigs of hickory, which in very
cold weather are as brittle as glass,
though the same twigs at higher
temperature cannot by any possibility
be broken with the hands. For various
causes the water contained in the cells
only begins to crystalline at some de-
grees below the ordinary freezing point.
This is partly due to the chemical COM
position of the sap, which contains
various salts. starch, etc, in solution.
Besides this the bark of trees is bad
conductor of heat, and the interior tenn
perature of trees and plants is general
ly higher in winter and lower in sum-
mer than that of the surrounding at
mosphere.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
ar,nll y.nrs in Africn.

Africa continues to be the scene Of
small wars, incident to the extension
of civilization among savage peoples.
In the western Soudan military eXpedi-
ton, sent out by the Royal Niger com
pany TO punish the emir of Nupe for
raiding its territory for slaves, has
routed a force of 10000 natives and oc-
cupied the capital city, Bida. The king
Of Benin, whose country is in the same
region, recently massacred an English
trade expedition; and the British gov
ernment has sent six war vessels to the
coast of Benin and will follow them
with a military expedition. The form
er operation has a certain diplomatic
interest, because it is in territory where
the French and British spheres of in
nuence" touch each other.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
FIDDLlN' JOHNS VENGEANCE.
How He Made Way with the "BioOdy
sixteen" Band.

How He Made Way with the .'Bloody
sixteen" Band.
"Fiddlin' John" Turner was born in
Yellow Creek Valley SO years ago. His
father lived to be 103 years old, and
he killed three men. He came from
Virginia and settled in the mountains
of Kentucky on the farm on which
"Fiddlin' John" now lives, says the Chi
cago Record.
"Fiddlin' John" at the age of So
years, is hale and hearty, and there
never was better fighter, as his his
tory shows. lie was Il scout under Gen.
Morgan during his occupancy of Cum
berland Gap and his famous retreat to
the Ohio river. One thing about "Fid-
dim John" which makes him so dear
~ loved by the mountaincers is that
there never was Il better fiddler in all
the mountains. "Fiddlin' John" is
noted throughout the mountains be
cause he ended the lives of 16 of the
worst mountain despcradoes that ever
trod Kentucky soil.
The bloody sixteen" as this band
of desperadoes was called, killed "Fid-
dim Johns" brother, Sam, cut his ears
Off, and nailed him to n tree, and ''I7id-
dim John" in turn cXtcrminatcd the
entire band by ''bushwhacking' them
one after another.
lie never received scratch in all
his fighting, and he is very proud of the
fact, telling everyone who asks him
about his feud:
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
wct Down the OId T,olI,s

In Russia a necessary formality for
the happiness of a anewly-married couple
is that their parents should be wet from
head to foot. In summer they are
ducked in the nearest river orpoud, and
in winter they are usually rolled in the
snow. At the village Of SystcrLy in
Upha recently the wedding guests be.
ing drunk. as is customary poured
buckets Of water over the brides fa-
ther with the thermometer at ten de.
grees below zero, whereof he died.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

THE Parkersburg State Journal, com
mentinr on the Leaders reference to
the cost Of street paving and electric
lighting, asks some pertinent ques-
tions, in view of the fact that the same
convenences are costing Parkersburg
much more than Marietta.
No one who has studied the subject
can say that Parkers sburg's rate of S94
per light is not much higher than the
average cost under municipal owner
ship. After ceaseless discussion on all
sides of the question it has been esta6-
lished beyond doubt that Marietta
lights do not cost oyer so each per
year. The city's plant however, has
been very fortunate in having no acci-
dents and is being economically man
aged, and the figures mentioned are
slightly below the general average un-
der municipal ownership.
Parkersburg's contract for street
paving at 81 cents per yard is too high.
The recent contract awarded here for
paving Fourth street was upon bid Of
90 cents per yard. The material to be
used is the Townsend block, a stand
ard payer in use all over the country.
Bids were received on Athens block
and Jones brick, both of which are
also frst-class at So and 81 cents per
yard
1t appears to an outsider that our
sister city is getting the worst Of it,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

w. j. BRYAN is going about the
country asking people if they have
seen 1.-The general, and when they ask
what general, he answers: why
General Prosperity" and then laughs
until he nearly dies. But why chide
Bryan for this? 1t tickles him, and
since there is this thing left for Bryan
to laugh at in the name of humanity
do not deprive him of it--Cleveland
Leader
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
MONDAY, MARCH rs, 1897.

THE course being pursued at Wash
ington of giving out the names OF ap-
plicants for appointment to various po'
sitions is a good one and enables the
country to keep in touch with many
important matters that are frequently
conducted on the sub rosa order.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
Insurance Statement.
State OF Ohio.
Insurance Department,


Columbus. January 18th, 1897
l. w. S. Matthews, superintendent of Insur
ance of the state Of Ohio, do hereby certify
that'the Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Com
pany, located at Milwaukee, in the State OF
Wisconsin has complied in all respects with
the laws. of this state relating TO Insurance
Companies, other than life Incorporated by
other States OF the United States, and is auth =
orized to transact It's appropriate business of
Fire Insurance in this State, in accordance
with law, during the current year, The condi
tion and business of said company on the thir-
ty-first day of December, OF the year next pre-
ceding the date hereof, is shown by the state
ment, under oath, required by section 2Si, Re
Yised Statutes of Ohio, 10 be as follows:
Aggregate amount OF available
assets ........... ....... 81 4O09GG 03
Aggregate amount OF liabilities lex
cept capitaD, including rein
surance. ........... .......,.....,. 1861 II
Net Assets Observation-Disclosures. Sl,453 72j 50
Amount OF actual paid-up capital, 100000 %
surplus, ............... ....... 1853 725 50
Amonnt OF Income for the year in
cash OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $i,0j5 ,iGl "a
Amount of Expenditures for the
year in ncash.......,......,.... G5sS95 Al
In witness whereof, / have hereunto
(Seal) subscribed my name, and caused my
Oliicial seal TO be affixed, the day and
year first above written. '
W. 5. MATTHEW'S
superintendent OF Insurance.
r. D. COOKE, Agent at Marietta, Ohio
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

We must stay in the fight sIa all
wool suits made to order. Elegant
suits S14, SIG, SIS, $40 and s22 for cash.
Our stock of fine goods is complete
and fit, Workmanship and material are
guaranteed on all.
CLAEK, THE TAILOR a
Mch, ,4th-tf. l61 Front Street
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
Rate Card Of Marietta Electric
Company.

Single Fare, ................. ,... ......... sc
Six Tickets, s,.'.''..,'.....'.' 25c
Is Tickets, SlOJ
100 Tickets ..,,....... tOO
Monthly Tickets, grips unlimited) ........ 6.t0
Quarterly Tickets, Grips unlimited) ...,. 1870
Annual Tickets, Grips unlimited) ......... So 90
Contracts made for Light, Heat and Power.
IG candle power light will cost about Il cent per
hour. Contract rate, SOC per light per month,
Company to furnish lamps. For further par
ticulars apply at office
MARIETTA ELECTRIC Co.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FOR MEMBER OF BOARD or EDUCATION
ED. LEApER-Please announce the nale aa as ., l
canyca II Evssen, of Barmar Precinct. as
SSo onn5t 5tSSota Tor Member of the Board of Educa
lion of Marietta City School District vorrps
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
DO YOU KNOW.
Most People Do)

That we stock of clothing about other
house IN the CITY, More than that they all bought
cash and our cash discounts than all
have the of all the best makes ere many
taon on the marke and have prices everything
line that no other house here make and live prices
Mems and Boys suits poo $780, very
good servcable of them all WOOL 81
20 we have all ooo Clay Wosted plain fancy plaid
and Ohevos that the best the
$o and $40 we kno find nothing hem
line Iao Made suits in all styles and all kinds of fabrics
we them with what other people $15 SIS suits
all we ask of you.
Cotonade and Union Cassimer Our all wool So
and $250 the best that for prices
We are the Onl ones that sell Sweet Orr Bull pants
overa and Shirts and regulation g. A. r. suits all
other kinds of blue suits.
We buy Hats Caps and Underwear By the and sell them
small margin OF profit above wholesale prices In Short intend
continue have for than years. the EEST
goods at the LOWEST prices
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

1t is a mistake to suppose that the tip
of the tongue is the most sensitive part
of the body. Those engaged in polish
ing billiard balls or any other substance
that require a very high degree of
smoothness invariably use the cheek
bone as their touchstone for detecting
any roughness.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

FOR MARSHAL.
Mn EDrroR-Please say that James Parllh
now serving his first term as Marshal OF MAJ MI
eta has performed tho services OF satu V,ot thot
with such faithfulness and 1mpatuaile9. VIZ ~
the people insist that he De reSsli1ea re1t M M the
once. and he will be their cand1date aU eh'
spring election. lhh '0'
MR. EDITOR: Please announce to 6he yH'f6s fos
of Marietta City that will be an appllcahU ,' iol
the lob of City Marshal, and l shoula 4 n,e \,
the people to consider my name on Moh""S
'ie ''i ''''' " JACOB IL. DYE.
FOR CITY COMMISSIONER.
EDITOR LEADER-Please announce 'hS me heiry SiIv
of MIR J. H. Young as canuidate 5ol ir ~
Commissioner subject to the viii ana desire
of the voters at the April election. 1,o,rSns
EDITOR LEADER: Please say that the unaer, r.
signed will be a candidate for election 10 , tIiv
ONCE of City Commissioner; az ,I tne Ip,rin rY
April election. ~ W.
EDITOR LEADER: Announce, if you please,
the name of Chas j. Best for reelectlon 10 the
ONCE of City Commissioner and oollge
oiA'e Va ivy HIS FRIENDS.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

CAsoARETs stimulate yer, kidney $
aud bowels. Never sicken, weaken o r
gripe.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

The following Senators have been
appointed steering committee with
authority to decide what shall be done
concerning the committee vacancies
and other questions; Allison, Hale, Aid
rich, Cullom, Davis, Sewall and Carter.
The silver republicans and populsts
wanted the democrats to Join with them
in recognizing the Senate committees,
but the democratic caucus did not ac-
cept the proffered alliance. The Senate
sent the credentials of Hon. Al Wood.
appointed by the Governor of Ken.
tucky, TO the commltte on Elections for
Investigation and report
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15

Senotor Hanna gives his private Sec
retary, Mr.. s. A. Perkins, who entered
can College League few years ago,
and who was on duty at the New York
headquarters of the Repu blican Ma
tional Committee during the late cam
paign, $4,000 a year, probably the larg.
est salary drawn by any private secre-
tary in the country.
The herald., 1897-09-05
lars as the frfuit settles. until they are

jars as the frfuit settles, until they are
full to the brim. Cover the jars, making
them air tight, keeping them in a cool
and dry but dark place.
Bread will become musty very quickly
in damp, warm weather if it is kept in a
close receptacle such as a tin box or stone
jar with tight fitting cover. During
the summer montho an excellent way to
keep bread is to sprinkle each loaf with
flour and tie 1t UP in strong paper bag
and suspend the bag from hooks fastened
to the edge of high shelf in the kitchen
pantry. A loaf Of bread may be quickly
freshened. First brush off the flour and
then rub the outside of the loaf with
soft cloth wet in cold water and place it
in hot oven for five minutes.
The wire and wooden frames for hang
ing handsomely trimmed bodices and
fine shirt waists are now made things Of
beauty as we'll as useful. They arc
wound with Gotten batting and ther
covered with full piece of china silk
to match in color the decorations of the
room they are to be used in. The silk
is made one-eighth of yard longer than
the holder at each end; piece of rib
bon is tied around it and the frll of silk
left to hang The hook for hanging the
holder up is wound with silk and finished
with bow of ribbon. These holders
have two uses, for, besides keeping a
waist in good shape, they perfume it..
the batting being freely sprinkle6 with
some fragrant powder befors it is wound
over the frame.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1897-09-05

cident occurred which shows plainly
how gracious a woman the queen Is and
how quick to appreciate situation.
While at the Refuge, or rather at one of
the refugees on the top of Gornergrat,
Margherita received a basket of cham
payne from jolly party of Englishmen
who had made the ascent. The wine was
accompanied by letter signed by all
of the Englishmen. fervently expressing
the Britons' admiration of the daring
and courage of the charming queen who
had made the difficult climb, and begged
her to accept the wine as a token of the
sincere respect and admiration of the
writers.
The queen received the gift very gra-
ciously and, causing bottle of the wine
to be opened at once, drank the health of
Queen Victoria. To be sure, it was only
an incident, and perhaps a trivial one,
but it indicated beyond peradventure
how thoroughly womanly the queen is,
and how appreciative of the feelings of
others.
1t is told of the queen that when, sev-
eral years ago, she made the ascent of
the Peak of the Giant, 12,400 feet above
the level of the sea, she was overtaken
by severe snow storm which obliged
her and her few attendants to take ref
uge in hut belonging to the Alpine
CLUB. which was soon full of climbers of
all nationalities, who, when they knew
VINO she was, at once offered to leave the
hut that she might have it to herself and
her attendants. "On no account" said
the queen, will submit to such action
The hut must do for all. Just consider
that am the hostess, and as such bid
you all welcome and we will spend the
night here as comfortably as we can"
After this the Italian Alpine club pre-
sented the queen with magnificent di-
ploma of which she is very proud, and
replaced the hut with a refuge to which
they gave the name OF Regina Mar
gherita''
1t is always the custom of the queen to
stop when at Gressoney at the villa of
the Baron de Peccoz previously referred
to. 1t must not be thought that Mar
gherita is the only one of her family who
has been in the habit Of visiting the
Alps, for in the Peccoz family the duty of
accompanying the members of the house
of Savoy in their Alpine climbs seems al
most hereditary. The late Baron de
Peccoz who in his youth accompanied
the Duke of Genoa and Prince Thomas
father and brother Of the queen, in all
their mountain excursions, was the
guide of Queen Margherita until, in the
| summer of 1885, while ascending noun
tain at her side. he suddenly fell at her
feet and died in few moments His sons
nave taken his place.
No mountain Journey Is considered by
the queen too arduous. If che is in
clined to think her strength not alto
gether equal to making the entire jour-
ney on foot she rides her favorite DON
key Ordinarily. however, she prefers
to walk. She is splendid pedestrian
Although in Rome but little exercise is
enjoyed by her, her frequent Alpine
journeys have enabled her to maintain
degree of athletic power that falls to
the lot of few women, either of royal or
humble birth.