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Evening journal., 1897-04-19
WANTED -THReg THOUSAND WIVES
A City on Vancouver Island Where Women
Are at a Premium.

Are at Premium.
There is a city in the western part Of
Canada, close to the Pacific ocean,
which is named by all who visit it the
most desolate spot upon the face Of the
earth. Its climate is good, its natural
resources excellent, its houses fair, its
streets well paved. yet within this town
there is an air Of forlorn detection that
strikes the most careless traveller that
comes within its boundary.
1t is on Vancouver island--a sweet,
fair spot And the desolation is caused
by one thing-one only-the lack Of
women and girls.
This particular town is scarcer CT the
product than others Of its. locality.
There are many towns upon the island,
but this one lacks women so sadly that
in a recent census Of the place it was
found nearly 5000 short. This number
included a count Of serving women,
women to do the work of the house,
cook and wash and iron. 1t also included
working girls and women who are not
expected to marry And, Of course, it
took in the queens Of the city, the fair
matrons Of the homes and the mistresses
of the pretty establishments.
Today the doorsteps Of these houses
yawn vacantly and the vines huttering
over the portals seem to say, "She comes
not yet. "
The greatest bargain sale Of wives
ever known took place upon recently
opened domain few years ago. A
frantic call was sent to the cities for 100
women. And poor girls, out of fun and
curiosity and willingness to have a
/ home, went out there. The men met
them at the station. The girls looked
them over shyly. BY evening all tho
girls had found boarding places in tho
wooden shanties of the "town." And
by Sunday the parson was kept busy ty-
ing the nuptial knots. The prettiest
girls and the richest ones got the
wealthiest men. A girl with $50 was an
heiress and a man with 500 prince.
The plain girls took up with poor fel
lows, with hopes and chances. 1t was q
quick, natural selection.
One very handsome fellow, with
blond curls, got a very pretty girl
though neither had a cent. 1t was case
of beauty. The rude courtship was car
ried on in the three evenings between
the time the girls arrived and Sunday
and within a week there were nearl,
100 small wooden houses going up il
the town.
There is no name for this peculia
state of society where women are want
ed to make homes and where money i
laid down for them and paid TO them Il
queen it over a home. A glaring head
line in an English paper once called
''The Barter Of Women In America.
But among those who see the satisfac
tory after workings it is merely tn
good natured consent of the girls to ad
Just themselves to their country, whic
is yet new enough not to be as cvcnl
distributed as il viii be whom the twer
ty-first century man and woman com
in.-St. Louis Globo-Democrat.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
VINO steaIs the nIble.q

Although nearly all the passenger
cars running out Of Chicago have little
overhead racks marked "Read and Re-
turn" few of these racks contain BIZ
bles, as they used 60, The explanation
is that the Bibles disappeared so system
atically that the American Bible society
discontinued furnishing them, believing
that they could employ their money in
fields in which it would be more appre-
ciated. The suggestion has been made
that the Bibles be attached to the carwith
chains. as city directories are in drug
stores and hotels, but the idea Of chain
ing down Bible is so incongruous that
it has met with little favor. Chicago
Tribune
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
The rhonrht Switch.

"I suppose" said Mr. Glimmerton,
"that if q man is blessed with fairly
good health he ought TO be able to sleep
nights, but, as a matter Of fact, many
people lie awake half the night worry
ing over things not worth fretting
about, and waking up in the morning
tired out to start with.
"What is needed is a thought switch
that will switch the thoughts over from
unpleasant lines to lines that are pleas
ant and keep them there. There are
plenty of such switches now, but the
trouble with 'em all is that they don't
lock. They're all open switches A man
gets over all right, but it's always up
grade where this switch is laid, and the
first thing he knows he slides back on
the old line Of thought What we want
is switch that will keep him on the
right track till he's gathered strength
enough to climb the hill to the level,
where the going is easy, and where the
track lies straight for dreamland.
"Theres money for the inventor IN
this, and what a boon he would confer
ON his brother man. New York Sun
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
Heartless Girl.

Proud beauty" said he, striking IN
attitude he had learned by constant at
tendance at the 10, 20, 80 drama
proud beauty, 1 go from here to the
river, where shall end my sorrows by
jumping in. -
"Iwouldn't go to the trouble Of jump
ing in and having TO be searched for
with grabhool1s, said the girl who had
refused him. ''Just take a drink Of the
water. That viii do. Chicago Jour
nal.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
Elsctrleltz and vegetatlan.

AS there are a great many references
in our scientific exchanges Of late to
the influence Ct electricity on gcrminat-
ing seeds and growing plants we VIII
state that such experiments ere not
new. Researches in that line were car
ricd on away back in the Gfiics. In 1855
II. +. Baxter Of Scotland wrote as fol-
lows in The British Botanical Review:
GAS it may be considered a law in
vegetable physiology that all plants
have a tendency during the germination
Of their seeds to develop in two diamet-
rically opposite directions, the root and
the stem, the question arose, Might
not this direction be influenced or coun-
teracted by submitting the terminating
seeds to a current Of electricity? Accord
ingly, a series of experiments were un-
dertaken which were carried out with
elaboration Of detail. After months of
patient experimenting l feel justified in
announcing that no definite conclusions
were drawn from them as to the rela-
tive effect Of the electricity, although
each series Of experiments was varied
and multiplied. st. Louis Republic
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
She Seemed Familiar.

An English paper tells story Of tho
late Earl of Portarlington, who was al
ways forgetting the names of people
whom he had met Once, on receiving
a gracious nod from Queen Victoria at
a Marlborough House garden party, ac-
companied by few words of kindly in
quiry after his health, he replied 'You
are very kind, madam. Your face seems
strangely familiar to me, but for the
life of me l cannot remember your
name.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
The sues Canal.

A letter, recently published, from
Bonaparte to his friend Paul 1. the em-
poror Of Russia, shows that but for the
assassination Of the latter in 1901 the
Suez canal might have been cut many
years before 1869. Napoleon wrote that
the British threatened to invade Egypt
and that their pride and insolence
should lie rebuked He added: ''The
Suez canal, which viii unite the Medi-
teirancan AID the Indian ocean, is sur
veyed. lt IS work which can be fln-
ished " hin "a short time and which
would p-ove TO be of incalculahle bene-
fit to Russian commerce. 1t is inter
esting to note that the diplomatic rep
resentative Of France in Egypt at that
time was NJ. de Lesseps, the father Of
Ferdinand dc Lesseps, who finally ac-
Complished the great undertaking.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
riprer RInra IN the nrItI.h alu.eam.

The large and varied collection Of fin
ger rings includes some splendid speci-
mems Of Roman rings and some remark
able carly Christian rings. Historically
interesting is the gold ring of Ethel
wulf, king Of Wessex, which was found
in cart rut at Laverstock, Hampshire
rs also one found near York which be-
longed to his daughter Ethelswitha, the
sister of Alfred the Great. Nor must
we forget the gold signet ring Of Mary,
queen Of Scots. On the face is engraved
the royal arms and the supporters of the
kingdom of Scotland, with the motto,
'In Defens" and her initials, M. II. "
Good Words.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
What Happens.

In written examination on physical
geography one Of the questions was;
"What happens when there is an
eclipse of the moon?''
A boy with rather an admirable imack
of getting out of officially wrote the
following answer:
"a great many people come out to
.ook at it. "--London Answers.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
Variations.

Il wish, said the editor of the COM
sc journal, "that you would give as
something first rate in tie way Of BIZ
cycle joke. "
"Im afraid the bicycle joke has been
0verworked lately, was the answer.
"H'ml Maybe it has Well. give Us
something about the bicycle joke being
4 chestnut. Detroit Tribune
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
GIVE THEM a TRIAL.

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company southwest
corner of Fourth and Shipley streets. is
prepared to do printing of every de
scription quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19

I learn several great truths-as that
it is impossible to see into the ways Of
futurity; that punishment always at
tends the villain; that love is the fond
soother of the human breast-Gold-
smith.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
GIVE THEM A TRIAL.

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwest
scription quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19

1t is said that the first English duke
was Edward the Black Prince, who, by
his father, Edward III, was created
Duke of Cornwall in 1887.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
VVhyg

"why does that Blodgett girl wear
such thick veil?"
"She thinks it increases her beauty.
"Then why doesn't she get behind a
screen door?'-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
THE HARTMANN AND FEHREN
RACH

Brewing Company take pleasure in an
nouncing to their friends and the pub
lie that their Book Beer is now ready
and on tap in all the leading hotels and
Evening journal., 1897-04-19

saloons in the state The fame of this
company's Book Beer is so widespread
that the mere announcement that it is
ready is all that is necessary to make a
large demand for t.
Evening journal., 1897-04-19
A NAME.
At first a glimmer, wavering and pale,
Pierced here and there q clouds o'erhanging
veil

And then at length q great star, fun and bright,
Broke forth and cast It's radiance ON the night
Catherine Young Glen IN Century.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08
THE "fUNNY MAN"
He Had Been a Boy and Hadn't Forgot
ten IL

He Had Been a Boy and Hadn't Forgot
ten It
We cal! him the funny man because
he was sad and serious, and said little
but gazed right into our souls and made
us tell him just what was in our minds
at the time, and then came out with
some magnifcently luminous sugges-
tion that cleared every cloud away, says
Scribner's. What was more, he would
then go off with Us at once and play the
right thing out to ita finish, earnestly
and devoutededly, putting all other
things aside. So we called him the fur
ny man, meaning only that he was diff
ferent from those others who thought
it incumbent on them to play the pain
full hummer. The idea as opposed to
the real man was what we meant, only
we were not acquainted with the
phrase. Those others, with their la
bored jests and clumsy contortions,
doubtless fiattered themselves that
they were funny men; we, who had to
sit through and applaud the painful
performance, knew better.
He pulled up TO q walk as soon as he
caught sight of us, and the dogcaI
crawled slowly along till it stopped just
opposite. Then he leaned his chin on
his hand and regarded us long and soul
fully, yet said never a word; while we
jigged up and down in the dust. grim
ming bashfully, but with expectation.
For you never knew exactly what the
man might say or do.
"You look bored" he remarked, pres
emily; thoroughly bored. Or else-let
me see; you're not married, are you?"
He asked this in such sad earnestness
that we fastened to assure him that we
were not married. Though we felt he
ought to have known that much; we
had been intimate for some time.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08
IMPORTED FLIES.
Insects Caught in the Swamps of Mexico
Brought Here.

Insects Caught in the Swamps of Mexico
Brought Here.
The report made from Laredo TO the
treasury department at Washington
make constant reference to one of the
queerest articles of import brought into
this country. These are dried Mexican
flies, which are brought to the United
States in large quantities to be used as
food for pet singing birds.
These flies live in the swamps IN vari-
Gus sections in Mexico, where they are
caught by men who devote their lives
to the work. The fly catchers use u
siiEen net, and make d large haul at
every cast. The individual fly is called
moscos. 1t is small and delicate, and
its whole body has the appearance of
having been gilded.
The flies when alive are beautiful and
harmless. There is duty on these
Mexican flies, doubtless to encourage
the home fly industry, but up to the
present time the moscos business has
not hourished in this country to any
marked extent. The imported flies are
packed in barrels, and they sell for n
high price.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08
THE BED OF BEDS.
Pleasures of the Couch Made CT Boughs
in Camps in the Woods.

Pleasures of the Couch Made CT Boughs
in Camps in the Woods.
There are beds and beds, but none
is so comfortable, SO restful, or so in
teresting as that which the hunter,
fisherman, OF plain camper-out makes
for himself from the boughs of ever
green trees in the forests of Maine,
Canada, OF any of the other great hunt
ing regions along the northern border.
This bed, made of short trimmings
of twigs form the spruce, cedar, hem
lock or balsam, or all four together,
consists entirely of the feathers" OF
the trees, the siX-inch outshoots from
branches, with the plume end up, laid
against prostrate two-inch sappling,
so that the head may have pillow,
AS the twigs stand nearly erect the
bed is four or five inches deep, and IL
blanket spread over it yields and
springs back as one rolls over it. The
bed, wide in proportion to the number
of persons to use it, and seven feet long
is as fluffy as haymow, and gives
forth Il scent that soouthes and heals
ones senses and body.
But the bough bed is getting less ane
less used. Hotels and fancy cottag'
camps with spring beds and liner
sheets aresslowly superseding the old
style hunters bed because of the diff
ficulty and bother of getting a new bee
every trip. 1t will be long, time, how
ever, before balsam bough pillows CEASE
to be used in even the most aristocratiC
of hunters lodges.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08
NEW SCHOOL FOR MONKEYS.
They WIN BE Trained for Domestic serv-
ants.

|
| ants.
There has just been founded at Cal
cutta on institution for the education
of monkeys, says an exchange.
| A young monkey Is taken and be-
fore him is placed o set of blocks on
which arc painted in capitals the let
ters of the alphabet. These blocks are,
In. fact, exactly similar to those which
children plny with in every civilized
country in the world, and they are
used In precisely the same way as IL
the monkey were a young specimen of
the human race. There is one professor
for each monkey, and the monkey is
taught by mems of the blocks to spell
certain words. If the word is fruit"
for example, the monkey, after having.
been taught to arrange the blocks SO
as to spell the word quickly and with
out error, receives q bit of fruit as his
reward. The same exercise is repeated
with other words; and IL Is hoped that
in time the simians will learn how
to read and spell and understand Eng
lish, if they cannot speak it. An effort
will also be made, it is said to educate
these beasts so that they may become
fairly efficient domestic servants. The
school is so young as yet, however, that
what it will accomplish is entirely
matter OF speculation. Its professors
ore enthusiastic about their novel work
and seem to think that q new field OF
usefulness will be opened up for these
chattering little beasts.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08
THE MARKETS.


CINCINNATI, JAM.
uFLoUR-Spring fancy, S. 9O94 20; spring
family, S3.5503S5; spring patent, "a 5504. 90;
winter patent, 4 7jl495 fancy, 81 250lt so;
family S. 60Da0o; extra, S. 1908. 70; low grade,
S25Ol1@ 20; rye, northwestern, s., 7092. S0 do
city, 81 7002s0
WHEAT-No. . nominally quoted at 95c.
CoRN-Sales: No mixed, track, aa92sHc;
yellow ear (switching t4), at 22hc.
OATs-Sales: No. white, track, lsHc
HoGs-Select shippers, S34093.45; select
butchers, SS.4oes45; fair to good packers
$3.3O034o; fair to good light, So 335l13 so;
common and roughs, S..7503l5.
CATTLE-Fair to good shippers So s504 so:
none OF the best on sale; good 10 choice butch-
ers', s40O0425' fair to medium butchers.
Sc $4,000; common, g. 25
SHEEP AND LAME s-Sheep-Extras, So 7561
ass; good to choice, Sa00G3 65; common to
fair, s9.a5G-.90. Llmbs-Extras, is O095 10;
good to choice, "A 5OG490; common TO fair
s35O0A 40
| VEAL CALvEs-Fair to good light, S. 756O
625; extra, Sc 65o0675: common and large,
| $a O01550 ~
| WooL-Unwashed. fine merino 90iOc per lb
quarter-blood clothing l9Gl3c medi um de.
laine and clothing, l2 1l4c; braid 11llsc; me-
dunn eonbing l3Gi4hc. Washed, fine merino
X to Xxx, llHl2c; medium clothing Ia 4dl5c:
delaine fleece 14G15c; long combing, Is 8lsc;
quarter blood andlow, lS914c; common coarse.
| ll0l2c; tub-washed, choice, l7QlSc; tub
washed, average, 16Gl7c
! NEW YORK, Jan =.
! WHEAT-No. red March. 81 l5-l8c; May,
81 l-l69sshc; July, 83sSGSiI4c.
| CoRN-No. 2, c0H03ohc; May. 3lSc.
oATs-Western, 220sOc; May, a3%c.
CHICAGO, Jan. T.
| WHEAr-January 79l4c; May s?Hc July,
! T7ssD77Ac.
coRN-January, aso May, 95sc; July, 2e40
e6sc.
OATS january, i57sc bid; May, 19lsc bid
PITIsBURGH, Jan. 2.
I CATTLE-Prime, S49006.l 10; feeders "a con
LOO bulls, stags and COWS, Se.25a36O
/ HoGs-Prime pigs s. 7093S0; best light
Workers and prime mediums. 50 7ol13 75; com
mon to fair, s3e0Ga e5; heavy, s3450s. co:
foughs, So 2503.s5
SaEEP-Prime, 50 soGS 90; fair, ssOOaa 30:
common, s2oog2 eS; choice lambs, s5.a5ah6O:
| ual calves, s6boG70o
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08

Silks. Satins and yelvets. Rope,
Outline and Flo Silks at &c skoin.
Black Brocade Dress Silks at Soc
regular 81. and S1.25.
Assorted Colored Satins ut 25c, worth
40c yd.
Corsets-One lot Steam Moulded Cor
sets at 69c; regular price $1.25.
One lot special good heavy Corsets at
SOC. regular price Csc.
Our line of Flexible Moulded Corsets
better and cheaper than other high
grade corsets.
Notions and Fancy Goods.-Here is
where we can save big money on little
articles. Pins and Needles, 1c, &c and
&c paper; Buttons &c gross and up
wards; Garter Elastics at Sc, &c and SC
yard; Tapes at 2c, Sc and &C.
One Thousand Articles in our One
Cent Department that usually bring
Sc, SC and 10c.
CLOTHING, UNDERWEAR, &c.
! To understand the wonderful Bargains
we give here will require visit to see
the qualities and styles compared with
/ other houses.
! Special-Oue lot Suits, sizes "a, 80
and 36 at just half the regular prices.
Mems regular size Suits at great
reduction.
Overcoats must go; Prices cut in two.
Come and get choice.
Underwear must be closed out for
more room; prices made to move them.
Cotton, Merino and ALL Woolens must
go at this sale.
Fine All-Wool Skirts at soc, regular
price oSc.
STAPLE GOODS. .-Lonsdale Muslin
455c yard; Fruit of the Loom, sac.
A Unbleached Muslin at 3$lc, 415c
and sc yard.
Lancaster and Staple Ginghams sat
35sc.
Dress and Zephyr Ginghams at SC
and 6hc "a yd.
| Hardware, Tinware and Glassware
at prices made nowhere else.
Patent Medicines and Drugs at cut
| prices.
Bargains in Ribbons, Gloves. Hosiery,
Hats, shirts, Neckwear &c, &c.
Special Bargains made every day OF
this sale. Come every day if possible,
and you will not he disappointed, On
ly 10 days TO get the great money saw
ing goods that we oti,r.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08
A NY OLD PLACE WOULD DO.
He Couldn't Spell Osawatomio Nor Could
tho StenoCrapher.

the Stenographer.
A short man, with red whiskers,
shambling gait, and the remains of a
jag, wandered into the Midland the
other evening, and asked for type
writer's studio, says the Kansas City
Journal. He lives in Kansas, not far
from Topeka, and had been here at
tending the football games. Luck
had walked on the same side OF
the street with him in the matter
of bets, and he wanted to stay an
other week. But his wife expected him
home, so he was in search of q type
writer to send home a letter to serve as
an apology for his nonappearance.
kansas City, this date, &C." he NUT
tered to the typewritist.
81 have that"
my dear wife"
Eyes"
Every important business will re-
quire my presencein Osawatomie for a
few days"
''Let's see," interrupted the artist.
"How do you spell that Osawatomie? ?"
Spell it yourself. It's your type
writer"
81 can't"
"Can't spell Osawatomie?" he asked
in disgust.
"No."
"Then I'll go to Fort Scott"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08
Vessels Collide-Two Lives Lost.

BALTIMORE, Jan. Two lives were
lost as the result of collision in the
Chesapeake bay Wednesday morning.
The merchants and miners steamer
Howard, from Boston and Norfolk,
crashed into the tug Joe T. Wilson, of
the Virginia Dredging Co, and sunk
her. The engineer, James Chilrus 81
years old, and Charles C. Chappell,
aged II, son of the captain of the tug,
were drowned. The captain and the
other four members of the crew cluug
to the mud scows which were in tow OF
the tug until rescued.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-08

For Choice Styles and Finish, OUT
Wraps have not been equalled in the
city. We propose to close out by actu
al counts to be- 245 Garments to close
at SOC, reduced from S1.50; at T5c, re
duced from $3.50; $500 reduced from
$780, $3.50, reduced from $3.50 and
$1,000; $4.qS, reduced from $1,000 and
$500. Fur capes at sl.9S, reduced
from $3.50; S9.9S, reduced from $40. 90.
Blankets and Comforts at reduced
prices,
Carpets and Oil Cloths and Mattings.
Ingram carpets at 23c, reduced from SSc.
" =" 29c, " 371S
+" =" "3 3Sh " " 40c.
All wool " " 39& 45 " "50& go
Window Shades, mounted on spring
rollars, 1214c, 15c, zoe and 35c; were
1Sc to soc.
Lace Curtains, at 4Sc, 75c, Csc, s1.25
to $3.50; were T5c to $500
Bed Spreaks at 55c, Csc and 73c; from
75c to 81 so.
Chenille Table Covers, at 35c, Csc,
Csc and 81. 80; were soc to SO. 90.
Big cuts on Lamps, Glass, ONYX Vase
and Banquet.
Books, Albums and Photo Holders.
Toys, Books, 1c up; Picture Books,
Sc up; Cloth Back, 1]9c up.
Sewing Machines = haywood, at
s15.9S: Wheeler Il Wilson, No. o. at
s29.9S; regular price, $4,000.
Music Goods and Picture Frames
Great reductions made on Musical
Goods and Picture frames etc, during
this sale.
DRESS GOODS.-We have made
graat improvements in this epart-
ment, in styles, quality and quantity;
second to none in the city. When the
prices are mentioned, we are so much
>lower it will surprise you.
80 pieces Plaids and Checks, at 49ic.
10 pieces Half Wool Stripes, double
width, at SIC, regular zoe goods
French Wool Flannels at 19c: regu-
lar Soc goods.
80 pieces Assorted Dress Goods 1t 25c.
worth from SIC to 45c
One lot of Fine, Heavy All-Wool
Goods at 621Gc were S5c,
One lot of Fine, Heavy All Wool
Goods, at soc. were 81 and Sl.25
hundreds of other Bargains made
during this sale.