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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-20
A 10 DAYS SNAP.
A GOOD THING FOR 96C.

At II again.
It's my nature.
I'm the most unnatural natural queerer in
the crank line
An enigma Of peculiar unguessed riddles
Many people are alike. I'm diners nt
Scarcely resemble myself
Method, what is IL:
Doing business after the style Of your baby's
grandfather
follow myself and never yet have groped in
the dark with the scrawney form of failure.
Here's the 95c snap
bottle Clusters sarsaparilla; regular price 81
I" Speedy Cough Cure: - - 25c
- Pleasant Worm Syrup; F." " &C
&" Anti-Paiu: " 9 25c
box New Life Pills; 4" '' 2jc
Pine Tree S:lve; - " 2'c
- Catarrh Cure; " - 5Cc
Richardson's root Rest; " - Ice
package Richardson HeadEase" l0c
Regular price combined loi..,......... 81 95
My price for 10 days. s....................... 9j
Yon save. Observation-Disclosures. 81 90
t is offer Will be Withdrawn August 9th.
Yours kindly.
WILL RICHARDSON.
Phone 53, Cut Rate Druggist l27 Greene ST
Health alder and wealth saver TO the sick.
Goods delivered to any part OF the city
Williamstown,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-20
BUSINESS LOCALS.

D6.F FOR RENT. Six room house with
water and gas. Inquire Of 2H Fifth Street.
E~FOR RENT. The very desirable prop
ert, now occupied by Mr.. W. T. Schnaufer,
6l3 Third street. WIN be ready September lst.
Inquire of WIN Richardson, l27 Greene Street.
u-The undersigned is an experienced
nurse, with good recommendations, and would
respectfully offer her services in case Of illness
Sylvia ] Miner, Caywood, Ohio.
EOD. D.-3ts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
Armor, Ships, Docks. and Men.

The forecast of the Naval Appropriation
bill which our Washington dispatches give
is gratifying In It's assurance that the
House Naval Committee will provide lib
orally for the chief needs of the hour.
The settlement of the long armor dispute
by allowing $40O a ton for the plates Of the
Illinois, Alabama, and Wisconsin is not
only just in itself, but absolutely necessary
to avoid delaying these ships. 1t is a con-
cession by the companies of 1916 a ton from
their last years price, and that on 5000
tons Is 5000 O0, while 1t is a far greater
reduction from the recent bids for the Rus.
sian battleships, which resulted in a special
contract with the Carnegie company at
rates far exceeding those now offered for
our three battleships. The Senate Naval
Committee has already agreed to 800 as
the price per ton, so that no doubt Con-
gress will approve this settlement.
Three battleships, it is said, are to be
authorized by the bill. Secretary LONG
had asked for one only, but since then we
have lost the Maine, and Y !, have also had
a practical experience of the Importance of
the navy. We are to-day scurrying through
all the yards Of Europe in search of war
ships. because we have not enough on hand,
and yet we are preparing for Spain only, an
inferior naval power, whereas we must be
ready to defend ourselves against any navy
that may attack us. Asto torpedo boats, 1t is
probable that we shall buy some before the
pending bill becomes a law; yet it would
be wise in any case to provide for con-
%structing n dozen more in our own yards.
We should not then have too many.
The building Of new docks and perhaps
the enlargement of old ones will I'M
doubtedly be provided for in the bill. We
are glad to say that the recent total lack of
dock accommodation for the flrst.class bat
tleships is nearly over now. At Port Royal
the needed dredging Of the approaches is
going on, and the Brooklyn dock will be
repaired In a few weeks. both being availa-
BILE in season for any war use to which they
may be put. But these two and the Puget
Sound dock are the only ones that can take
in the big battleships, and we need more.
The increase of the enlisted force of the
navy and the marine corps is 80 palpably
necessary at this time, when we are getting
into commission every ship possible, trying
to buy foreign vessels, and preparing to
charter merchantmen. that we may expect
Congress to authorize it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

To TIE EpIroR OF THE suS-Sir: I have heen sur.
prisod TO nnd no reply from Sun readers to tho inter.
esting and timely (aarch 10 inquiry OF a CORE.
spondcnt concerning snakes In Ireland.
Leaving sentiment and superstition aside. is there
any authority for the assertion that snakes cannot
exist on Irish soil? 1t is undoubtedly true OF certain
portions OF the country. but snakes In captivity arc
by NO means uncommon In Ireland. The first time |
ever saw a snake was in the sixties. when, a. a child,
l was taken t. the Geological Gardens In Phu,nlx
Park, Dublin. While staying IN Cahir. In TIppcrary,
We heard OF the comnIoiion IN another part OF the
county caused ~ some snakes which lad escaped
from a travelling nenagerie and had not becu re.
captured.
Generally speaking, the climate and soil of Ireland
are unfavoraDle 10 reptile life. hut In an article ON
the subject which ] remrmbpr reading several years
ago II was stated that snakes OF a harmless variety
had been found on the sunny slopes OF the Wicklow
msugarlOasos" and the "Reeks a" at Killarney.
There ART only two kinds OF snakes In EnsIapl, wuIfn
seem IL Q confined TO the southern countip, and ara
becoming quite rare, There IL said to be no snake
lifo In the Islands OF Newfoundland, Iceland, and
Now IrEland.
Perhaps the snakes which the good st. Patrick Ii
SAID 70 have baniShed from Ireland belonged To tho
biped variety. RrApER,
NEW YORK, March 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

finest Ravens in the Mediterranean, II not
the best OF them all. The name Mahon, by
the way. is derived from that Of MAGo the
Carthaginian. We may note, In passing,
that Gen. WEYLER is n native OF these
islands, the inhabitants Of which In ancient
times were notorious for ferocity, and, in
the middle ages, for piracy.
The commercial Importance OF the Philip
pine Islands is too we'll known to need
more than n cursory allusion. Tho squad.
ron of American vessels which has been as
scmbled at Hong Kong would encounter no
difficulty in capturing the capital city,
Manila, with the fall of which Spanish rule
In the Islands would end.
Turning now TO Spain itself, we find that
such cities as Barcelona and Cadiz would
be exposed to bombardment so would Va
~lepcia, though it stands inland about three
miles from its seaport, Grao. Helpless, also,
"a against our battleships would be ALI
cantc, Cartagena, Coruna, ~Santander, and
San Sebastian. In q word, to say nothing Of
the outlying insular possessions. every one
of which would fall into our hands, the
mainland of Spain would be exceptionally
vulnerable, the defence Of its seacoasts long
having been neglected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
First Studies in Baseball.

When the captains Of the various pro.
fessional baseball teams assemble heir
men for the customary practice preliminary
to the regular opening of the season, they
should understand that the most important
study to begin with is literary and intel
l~ectual, rather than athletic. In other
words, the prerequisite Of a successful
season in 1898 is a thorough understands
ing of the rules, and an accommodation of
the ball players state of mind and habit of
play to their intention.
If any player thinks that the new rules
are too rigid and too restrictive Of the lib
erty that he has been enjoying for some
years, he should change his mind and per-
ceive that they in no wise overstep the re-
quirements of sport. II player thinks that
it is suppression Of liberty to be forbidden
to pit his opinion against the umpire's, and
that the order for him, when declared out,
to retire to his scat in silence is n violation
of the principle Of free speech, let him re-
member that he is hired to play and not to
talk. All the talking this year Is to be done
by the umpire. We hope for less talking
and better playing.
At the baseball training grounds this
year, therefore, the class in manners and
discipline should come before the class in
pitch, hit, and catch.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
Some seasonable Observations.

Three questions which come up for con-
%troversy annually in three States of the
Union are these: Is the Delaware peach
crop utterly or only partially ruined2 Is
the New Jersey cranberry crop a total or
only a partial f~ailure2 Will the peanut
supply of North Carolina fall short of the
home demand, leaving nom for export 2
These three questions, never satisfactorily
disposed of, give rise to more or less asper-
ity each year. Two other annual and
unsettled questions peculiar to Maryland
are: Are oysters fish2 Is the terrapin dis.
appearing2 No conclusive answer to either
has yet been furnished, and of late years
the oyster-tish question has become a mat
ter OF interstate controversy between Vir-
ginia and Maryland, though 1t is to be
hoped that there will be no disturbance Of
the peace pending its adjustment.
This winter two questions especially in
teresting hereabouts nave been brought
into controversy among the theoretical
agriculturists. weather prophets, calcu.
lators, and forecasters of the region: Is the
Hudson River Ice crop a frost, and will
maple sugar making in Vermont be aban-
doned in consequence of the dearth of sap2
AS to the former. the bulletins now at
hand are discouraRing. The winter has
been mild in the n%eighborhood of Albany.
There has been frost, 1t is true, but at ir-
regular intervals, and at many points on
the upper Hudson no Ice has been har.
vested, owing to the fact that ait went
out of the river just about the time
that the colder weather came along"
This is a rather vague and somewhat
misleading statement of the difficulties
which some of the ice men had to deal
with. but in the ice question, more espe-
cially in the 'up-river" districts of New
York, there is invariably one element of
consolation for the dealer-the ~scantier the
supply the higher the price. Instances are
not rare where the profits of the ice bust
ness have been greatly increased by the
popular supposition hat there was a gen.
eral shortage of ice.
However pessimistic may be the ice ac-
count from the upper Hudson, reports from
the Vermont maple groves are optimistic
80 glowing, indeed, al to awaken fear. 1t
seems that the uga makers have been
"caught nnprepared" by an unusually early
and copious flow of sap, and it is expected
that an unprecedented quantity of maple
sugar will be made. Already the few max
ers who were able to catch the very first of
the flow have new syrup and sugar on the
market, long in advance of the usual time,
and, it may be, long in advance OF the com.
mercial demand for them.
b average supply of maple sugar from
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
Go Ahead but BE Sure You're Right,

with the spread of belief that the Maine
Board of Inquiry will soon report that
the ship was exploded by foul play, there
come rumors that the subsequent course of
the Administration will be to make the
Boards conclusion the basis for II demand
upon Spain for reparation.
While this report Is but n rumble OF spec
ulation, it may be worth considering.
A demand of This sort on the part of the
United States Government could not lead
well to the desired end. If the Board OF
Inquiry's expected conclusion be well
; founded and accepted by the rest OF the
world, no demand for commonplace In
demnity on our part will meet the situa-
ton. for the reason that Spain can offer
no adequate reparation short OF the liberty
of Cuba, for which, indirectly the men OF
the Maine died. The possibility OF that
offer need not be considered.
On the other hand, If Spain should meet
our demand with denial Of it's justice, in
sisting thai the sunken Maine N an in
soluble mystery, the question would be, as
II were, thrown into court, with indeter-
minablc possibilities of delay and failure +;
while the bloody tragedy of Cuba would
20 on to our injury and disgrace.
Again, Spain might respond admitting
the validity of our claim, and adding that
she also had n little bill against us, arising
from various tilibustcring expeditions from
our shores, and that she would be happy to
submit the whole case to arbitration.
Neither delay nor arbitration Is excusable
In the matter of Cuba. The United States
have had for several years full justification
for Intervention. Whatever the report Of
the Maine Court of Inquiry, it will remain
not only our moral right but our political
duty to say to Spain that the day of her
rule in the Western Hemisphere is over.
There are perhaps various roads leading
TO that result but some may be shorter and
betterthan others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

business, for II IL IL consistent and laudable
for q Presbyterian minister to help In
getting q license for q liquor saloon, 1t can
not be reprchensible to run n drinking
place. Princeton University and Its Presi.
dent practically having sustained DIR.
SHIELDS In his course, INT the taproom
having been established with the counte-
nance Of both, 1t is substantially a semi
official university drinking place, which
gives to Princeton q wholly unique dis
tinction among American colleges.
or course, Princeton University 10 at
liberty to do as 1t pleases In such a matter,
the General Assembly, as we understand,
having no authority over 1t but 1t would
be likely to suffer seriously from any
formal condemnation by that body Of
Its attitude toward the subject, for it's
President and many Of its faculty,
including the more or less closely afili-
ated Theological Seminary, are Presby.
terrain ministers, and q large part of it's
students come from Presbyterian fami.
lies. It is not formally and dlstlnctively
q Presbyterian institution, yet its history
has been associated with that most con-
sentative denomination, 1t dwells in q
Presbyterian atmosphere, and Its Presi-
dent is always n Presbyterian minister.
Finally, in the public mind, 1t is associated
with that denomination. II, therefore, the
General Assembly reprobates the course Of
Princeton in assisting in establishing a tap.
room for its students, the consequence to
the college must DO serious.
However people may feel regarding the
use Of alcoholic stimulants, whether they
are themselves total a~bstainers, temperate
drinkers, or even ~drunkards, no parent Is
likely to be averse to sending his son to q
college simply because 1t Is in a strict
"dry" town, while parents who have n
strong prejudice against drinking are loath
to risk their boys In a college which en-
courages drinking by assisting in providing
a licensed liquor saloon for their use.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
In Kansas.
From the Topssa Maj and Breeze.

From the Topeka Maj and Breeze.
In digging sand In the bed OF the Arkansas River
near Wichita the other day, wOrkmen found twelve
bottles OF beer. They had been buried there appar.
emily about twelve years.
Miss GertIe Viewer was appointed Postmistress at
Horace, In Greeley county, In 1900. when she had
barely passed her seventeenth birthday. and she is
stii IN charge OF the ofice, with the unanimous con.
sent of It's patrons,
Fro,n the Arkansas CITY Traveller.
A man in this town who haa the delirium tire.
mems thought that each toe on his foot was q snake
that was trying to bite him. The doctors had
TO tie his hands to keep him from cutting on his toes
on the u position thRt they were snakes,
From the Great Bend democrat.
Out in Rush county q man the other day killed six.
teen Jack rabbits on sixteen square feet OF ground.
A. first blush this statement may smell a little fshy.
But rs . fact. The rabbits had Jumped Into an old
well eight feet deep. SeeP
From the Concordid Emplrc.
The man who said he would rather be able TO eat
puckMhe cakes and hausage every morning for
breakfast than be President without such strength.
had u level head. Not every man Is able to do this,
and fewer women. A banana. two soft. boiled eggs, a
roll and aCup Of coffee do very nicely for an hour or
two. but for ponderosity and Durability a stock OF
buck heat cakes ten inches high with nne freAh
sausage hold the fort.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
The Army Mobilization.

The Encouragement Of the departments
and the plans under consideration for NOV.
ing troops from the interior to the seaboard
show that the Wa Department Is alive to
the needs Of the hour.
The two new departments created, which
involve changes In others, are the Depart
ment of the Gulf and the Department Of the
Lakes. Hitherto the overerown Depart
ment of the East has included oil the At
lantic and Gulf States except Texas, which
formed a department by itself. and also
has stretched into the interior as far as In.
diana, and thence down the Ohio and the
Mississippi. This enormous area was put
under a single officer, largely, no doubt,
because 1t included States not liable to In
dian hostilities. The Department of the
Missouri, adjoining 1t at the west. in
cluded Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and In
dian n Oklahoma Territories.
But seaboard defence has risen In impor-
lance, as the frequency and fear of Indian
hostilities have declined. The proportion
Of the army assembled in seacoast States
has also Of late increased, notably with the
new artillery law, and o change in the
area of the great Department of the
East has become advisable. Accordingly
1t Is henceforth to run down the coast
only far enough to include North Carolina,
and into the interior only far enough to
include West Virginia. The remainder of
it's seaboard States, with Texas added, go
to the new Department Of the Gulf, under
Gen. GRAHAM, hitherto commanding the
Department of Texas, while the new De-
partment of the Lakes, which takes the
place of the old Department of the Mis-.
souri,. adds Ohio, Kentucky, and Ten
nessee from the Department of the East,
and gives up Indian and Oklahoma Terri
The changes in the other departments aFe
of less significance Just now.
The new distribution of the Atlantic
and Gulf seaboard States shows how mill.
tary conditions have changed in this coun.
try. The once chronic Indian hostilities
and troubles on the Rio Grande, that made
Texas a department by itself, have so sub.
sided that the General In charge can easily
extend his control as far as North Carolina
without having too much to do, thereby
relieving the Department of the East.
Atlanta, the headquarters of the new De.
partment of the Gulf. Is a great railway
centre, and, in case of "a war with Spain,
would be much more convenient for move
ments on the Southern seaboard than the
old headquarters at Governors Island.
This reimbursement of the departments.
however. would be wise even with no pros.
pect OF a war with Spain; but obviously it
is only the chanc of such a war that has
caused the military authorities to study
the best methods of moving infantry and
cavalry from the interior to the seaboard
States. 1t seems probable that actual
movements will be delayed until necessary,
but the selection of the commands that
can best be moved is itself an important
part of the task.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
The Deficiency Bill.

A despatch from Lexington, Va, to the
Baltimore sun shows a celebrated little
statesman Of the Groverian period in the
act of self-asiniflcation. The Hon. WILL
LIAM LYME WILSON is President of the
Washington and Lee University. In an
address, which he delivered before the stu
dents and faculty of that institution last
Wednesday, he spoke of the appropriation
by Congress of 500, 10000 for national
defence, and said " it was contraryto q free
Government to put so much power into the
hands of one person, no matter how much
confidence we put in him."
The country has known Mr.. WILSON as the
economist who provided it with a deficit.
1t now knows him as a person who is suffer.
ing from n deficit of patriotism.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

Vermont IL about ~. 000, 900 pounds q year;
but, ifthe reportsn now at hand are authentic,
1t lie not at all impossible that some Of the
maple sugar dealers will have, literally,
sugar to burn, completely offsetting the
evil days for ice upon which their neigh
bors in the upper Hudson fell, when the
solid blocks were floating away from them
"just about the time that the colder
weather came along" These reports,
which await corroboration, and which, it
must be added, invite controversy, are re-
newed illustrations Of the unimpeachable
accuracy OF the proverb that when one door
shuts another opens. What was bad for
the Ice was good for the maple trees.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
THE GREAT STEAMSHIP LINES.
Tho German Llnes Arc thc Largest and the
Japanese Line IL Ninth in Tonnage.

Jnpanese Line L. Ninth in Tonnage.
An official German return shows how tho
German steamship companies have been grow
ing in recent years. Tho fact that Government
subsidies have contributed toward this result
does not lesson the significance Of the figures.
The Hamburg American limo has n greater ton.
mage than any other company in the world.
the total measurement of its sixty-n!ne vessels
being 2S6 945 tons gross. The English PENN
Bular-Oriental Company has second place
with sixty vessels of 2s3. lao tons, so that
the average size Of each vessel is larger. Sixty.
seven vessels, representing n gross tonnage of
256,6l3 tons, place the North German Lloyd
line third on the list. but this total. notwith-
standing the big subsidies received. is only
900 tons over the aggregate credited to tho
British India Company OF Glasgow. with "
vessels Of 25l .129 tons. Coming neXt Is inc
French Messageries Maritime, another line
strongly nurturcd with Government notes. the
number OF its ships hoing 90, and the gross Ton
mage 22a;s37 tons; These fiye are the only COM
panics whose total exceeds 200. 900 tons.
Tho next is the Italian General Navigation
Company with 06 vessels of l7l.O4l tons. fol-
lowed by tho French Transatlantic line with 90
vessels OF SO. IOl ions, and then the japanese
Nippon Ynsen. which is represented as having
Gs vessels OF lGl 1903 tons. huilJ or under. con-
struction. The Wilson line of Hull. England,
occupies thcScxt place, or the third on the British
list, with 81 vessels or 1870, 1903 tons, the Aus
trian Lloyd coming next III order with ~ vessels
or lao. $40 tons, and the Spanish Transatlantic
Company with SO vessels of l2l l6l tons. Then
follow tho Pacific Company, the Cunard. and tho
White Star. nil OF LIVERPOOL. England:
Taking lines on this list of over 100000 tons.
and ono zach Of Italy. Austria-nungary. spain,
and Japan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

McGown's Pass Tavern in Central Park ia inconsid.
crate, supcrfuous. and absurd.-Ner York Times.
That is true; but tho Park Board proposing it
enjoy peculiar advantages for the prosecution
of the job.
In the first place. their knowledge of parks
docs not furnish thcm with understanding OF
the objections to it. In the second place. they
have got in the landscape architect. the official
intended by the charter for q check upon the
misuse of the parks. an nnderling without
either the professional learning or tho political
independence to make him capable OF opposing
any scheme for which the Commission may de-
mand his approval.
The Board has made tho post OF landscape
architect a farce. and they are prepared to enjoy
their work,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: I note in your
issue OF the llth inst. that n Mr.. George Wilson do
sires to compete with me in the matter OF eating oys-
tiers and pumpkin pies as well as drinking numerous
bottles OF ale.
In reply ! would soy that in accordance with Mr..
Wilson's statement, he proposes to OFFSET my record
by the eating of 500 medium sized Rock aways and four
regular sized pumpkin pies and the drinking OF four
pints OF ale. the pies and the ale TO be disposed OF in
two minutes.
II Mr.. Wilson Is capable of this, I cheerfully grant
to him any interest ! may have In the championship.
l am always willing to help along any deserving
charity, but not to the extent OF turning my stomach
into an absolutely wholesale receptacle for sea food.
NEW YORK, March IL. Thomas q. GREENE.