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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
WEDNESDAY. DEG. as, 1903
Christmas Entertainment,

The Harmar Congregational Sunday
School had decided that they could not
very well manage to give a Christmas
entertainment this year. and therefore
were going to, say nothing about it,
when the girls in one class six in num-
Der, being the Misses Ethel and Anna
Winsor Mary Buchanan, Ella Willis,
Edna Mcconnell and Ethel Chesney.
decided that they would give an enter
tainment and they have been working
like beavers for a week past and Sc
lected number of little ones who had
good declamations in the public
schools to repeat them for the Sunday
School Tuesday evening.
They also gave each scholar a large
sack OF candy, having succeeded in OBJ
tanning a real live Santa Claus.
The girls of the class have shown re-
markable enterprise and tireless en-
ergy in doing so much for the little
ones of the school.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28
Royal Arcanum Elects Officers.

AT the regular meeting of the Royal
Arcanum Tuesday evening, a very
spirited and enthusiastic meeting was
held, it being the occasion of the cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing year.
The following officers were elected:
Regent, d. H. Buell.; Vice Regent, /.
L. Ellis; Past Regent, j. G. Goldsmith: |:
Orator, A. ID. FOllett; Secretary, John
G. Saner; Collector, S. A. Coffman;
Treasurer, Writ S. Dye; Chaplain, c.
V. Dye; Guide, r. M. Beagle; Warden,
Ed. Best; Sentry, F. G.. Seyler; Trus-
tee, ]. H. Mcconnell.
The officers willEbe installed and a
banquet given at the first regular
meeting in January 9A iH
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28

|
death, as result of their own reckless dis.
regard of health There are letters of love
and hate. affection and fury, pleading and
forgiveness and borrowing and lending.
LetterS to sweethearts and rivals, husbands
ana wives, and sons and daughters They
never reach their destination, for they were
never written Death stamps them "only
intended land the world is full of tears.
The man who wants to live to realize
hopes and ambitions, to do deeds good or
bad, to carry out cherished intentions,
must pay some attention to health. The
best rule of health is when out-of.sorts
take the right remedy" DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery is the best medicine
Tor working men and women. II girds up
the body and brain for the tug of daily toll.
1t gives edge TO the appetite and makes di-
gestion perfect. It fills the blood with the
life:giving elements that build firm flesh,
healthy tissue responsive muscle and vi
brant nerve tissue. It cures oS per cent of
all cases of consumption. An honest drug
gist won't urge substitute.
"I can praise DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
eovery, =" writes Mrs. Florence Hunter, of Corley,
Logan Co.. Ark. 1t cured me when all other
medicines failed. had La Grippe and II settled
on my lungs was down three months when I
commenced taking the Golden Medical Discov.
cry and one bottle made me sound and WE'LL,
Send for Dr. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser FREE. Enclose 81 one
cent stamps TO cover mailing only, to the
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y, for paper-covered copy
Cloth binding 10 cents extra. II is thou.
sand page book with over three hundred
illustrations formerly sold for 81. so Foi
limited time can be had for cost of mailing
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28

Finest Candles tOc to doc ID.
We handle only the pureSt---nO "fruit
stand or inferior goods offered our
finest chocolate bOn-bOns at 4Oc a ID can
not be duplicated IN the city for less hL n
soc or 6OC,
.... WEHRS g. SONS,
No 2SS Front. Finest Groceries.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28
Marriage Licenses,

Ezrs, Newlen and Edith Jones, OF
Marietta.
Arthur e. Pugh and Nellie r. Agin
both of Palmer township,
Josiah Il. Hayes. of sandusky. o.,
and Lizzie Williams. of Marietta.
Charles e. Morganstern and Rebec-
ca Pugh, both Of Marietta.
otho G. King. of Parkersburg, and
Violet Blanche Jones, of Belpre.
Lawrence wunderlich and Mary
schlitcer OF Lowell.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28

The dead-letter Office
sustained by our gov.
ernment Is not the only
one. Death runs a
dead letter Office, to
W whic b are consigned
thousands of intended
letters that the would
be writer's never wrote
harau,o Af -s..as...o
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28

A. b. Scot, manager in advance Of
SCOTS Big Black Minstrels, is in the
city preparing for the appearance Of
his company here on January 9Th.
"A beautiful melodrama, inter-
spersed with fine specialties, at the
Auditorium Thursday night.
The children of st. Luke's Episco-
pal Sunday School enjoyed a grand
good time Tuesday evening in the
church parlors. Speaking, singing, in
strumental music and games were the
order of the exercises, and ice cream,
cake and candies were given the child
ren.
For the accommodation of the
people living along the, T. G o. c. E.
railroad Friday night, when Shore
Acres is played, a special train will
be run after the play.
Al Fields minstrel broke the mat
inee record Monday afternoon by just
so cents in total receipts for the per-
formance.
Mrs. d. e. Fink, of Butler, Pa, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. II. V. DeRousse
for a week
Frances Mcfarland, the seven
year-old daughter of Mr. James Nc
Farland, of the Register force, died
Tuesday morning after lingering ill
ness. The cause of death was stomach
trn,ihln Ii. .nnrl NJ. u nIon,. 49,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28
B& OSW Holiday Rates.

Holiday excursion rates via. b. g. O.
8. w. between ali stations on its line;
also principal points on connecting
lines Tickets will be sold Dec. 23d,
oath, 25th' S0th and 3lst and Jan. Isl
and I'd, 1899. Good returning 10 and
including Jan. Sd. For full dnforma-
tion call on agents,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28
Will, The Druggist on Greene

No bargain counter plcIups No bottles
filled with the weary ghosts OF departed OdOrs
but the best odors OF the most delicate and
lasting refinement AZ dainty as the odOr
crushed from a roses heart and kissed to the
summer air by the sweet breath OF tender
babe.
This week only at these prices All the pop
ular odors at lOc. 3 for 2ac. doz. for Soc.
few dozen Ia dainty little boxes at 23c.
Some boxes containing wv bottles at 4Sc.
Aud now, the one true chance In year.
boz. only fnll OF Triple Extract that
retail AT 40 TO O0c psr o. marked at $l.7S at
less than one-half tho regular price.
These goods are put up In elegant glass
stopper bottles, kid capped, and OF the most
popular sly les.
This week only.
Dent ask for them after this sale is over at
these prices,
Yours for businessl,
WILL RICHARDSON
Phone 08. The Cut Rate Druggist
y SILL l2I Greene Street.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22
1.-THE BROKEN LOCKET."

Mr.. Will Garland, the youngest son
of ex-Attorney General A. H. Garland,
has entered the field of literature. He
has written a novel entitled "The
Broken Locket." AS the first venture
of a young man, who has not yet
reached his twenty-second birthday, 1t
will take ranks with the works of many
authors who have a name in the fiction
world. In the Broken Locket" are
combined the pure elements Of dra-
matte narrative. and the higher reflec-
lions, incident to the thread of the
story, upon the leading moral ques-
lions of the age. The theme is that 10
ambition, and upon this is built a TO
nance of intense interest, great dra-
matte power, and edifying thought.
Some of the authors phrases are
worthy Of note-they stamp him as an
original writer. For instance, where
ne says, 1--WE anticipate to the thresh-
hold of reality and fate opens the door
on disappointment" what could more
beautifully express the old idea that
realization is never equal to anticipa-
ton" Upon the whole the Broken
Locket" is a clean work, devoid of vul-
gar twaddle and senseless periods, a
book which, once read, will leave upon
the mind and heart of the reader an
impress never to be effaced--Arkansas
(Little Rock) Gazette.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22
Women's Christian Temperand Meeting

Burgaw. ". c.. Feb. l6.
Editor Messenger:
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union, OF Burgaw. has been enjoying
the rare privilege OF a visit from their
state president. Mrs. II. T.. Garland.
OF High Point. She arrived on the 18th,
and the Burgaw Union accompanied
her to Long Creek, a village ten miles
distant, where a meeting had been
previously arranged for her.
A goedly number OF ladies were pres
ent to meet her. The meeting was
opened by Rev. j. $. Thomas, Of Bur
gaw, who made some very Appropriate
and timely remarks on the work and
purposes Of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. and at the close
very happily introduced Mrs. Garland
to the audience.
She then addressed the ladies. speak
ing at length on the origin OF the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
in the far away west twenty-three
years ago; and Of it's work. purpose,
and almost phenomenal growth. as IL
now belts the globe. there being an or
~ganiZation in every civilized country
in the world. She made a strong APP
peal to the ladies present to unite with
the forces against king alcohol.
At the close, pledge cards were cir
culated, and a union was organized,
with six members enrolled.
A second meeting was held for the
public at 7:30 o'clock y. m, and i
trust that a bountiful harvest will be
the result Of the seed sown at this
time.
On the 18th, at $3.50 o'clock D. m, she
addressed a large and appreciative au-
dience in the Presbyterian church at
this place. For more h ar hour she
beautifully and fellingly upheld the
cause she so well represents. She first
directed her remarks to the children,
and their shining faces, and ready re-
SponSes attested the interest they felt
in the speaker, and her ability 10 make
the great truths of scientific tenn
perence comprehensive TO their little
minds.
The Loyal Temperance Legion Is the
most important branch Of work OF the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
and formation" instead Of reforma-
ton, Is the watch word Of this de-
partment. After singing by the choir.
she addressed the audience, basing
her remarks on the 18th chapter OF
Samuel, she compared the Woinen's
Christian Temperance Union To David
and king alcohol to the giant Goliath.
She showed that there was indeed a
cause for the battle that Is waging, and
not until 1t could be shown tina woman
had no interest in father, husband. son,
or brother. could 1t be shown that she
had no interest in the fight or could
be excused from her share in the con-
fiict: and like King David, the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
has five smooth stones with hich to
fight, viz: education, agitation. refor-
nation, organization and evangelical
ton.
The discourse OF this rarely gifted
and consecrated worker in the Masters
vineyard would nave to be heard to
be appreciated. Suffice IL to say, that
her visit filled the union with more
zeal and courage, and their united
prayer is that God may continue to
use her as one OF His chosen instru-
ments. and bless her efforts for the
uplifting OF humanity more and more.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22
THE HUMOR OF THE SENATE.

Colonel Dick Bright has been SER
geant-at-arms of the senate for many
years and he has known many famous
men. Il think the funniest thing that
ever happened in the senate" said he
the other day to the -.ew York Sun
correspondent, was when David Davis
was president pro EN-. Davis was Of
enormous build and weighed over 500
pounds, but he had a remarkably small
head. Now, the late Senator Voor-
hees, of Indiana, had a very large
head. He had to get his hats made to
order, and wore a 7A size. One day
Voorhees, entered the senate in a
hurry to write a letter. He went to
his desk, which was next to the CORR
dor. He put a new silk hat on the
floor by the desk, and some one passed,
and, mistaking the hat for a cuspidor.
used it as such. When the senator
discovered it he was enraged.
"The story went Over the senate
chamber and everybody but VOORHEES,
laughed about it for a long time. One
morning Mr.. Davis, who was very irri-
table at times, entered the senate, and
every one saw that he was ruf1led up,
the weather being very disagreeable.
1 was sitting at my place and he called
to me and said: There seems to be
a great amount of noise in here. /
wish you would restore quiet / look
ed at the galleries and saw that every
thing was orderly up there, and told
him that the noise YVES made by the
senators themselves. Mr.. Davis said:
Yes; l guess hat is So Then look
ing down to where Voorhees, and Gar
land and some others were talking, he
said: 1T does seem queer that men
who are elected to such uIgh office have
not enough manners to be quiet Then
he added: 4 wish you would go down
and tell Voorhees, that L am glad that
fellow spit in his hat I went down
and told Voorhees, SO that all heard it.
Voorhees, flew into a rage. His eyes
looked like balls of fire. Did he? Did
Davis say that?' he exclaimed SO loud
ly that even the galleries could hear.
We'll, you go up and tell Davis that ]
wish a wet dog would make a nest in
his hat, but that it would take a
mighty small pup to get into it,
New York Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22
A YEAR OF C-ENTENARIES.

Historical celebrations serve at least
one practical purpose; they revivify
the great events and influences OF the
past, and give them anew their proper
linking with the institutions and pro-
gressive ideas OF the present. The
closing years of the century seem to
have brought upon us an extraordinary
number of these celebratory occasions.
Besides the great Irish commemora-
ton and the Hugenot congress, this
year is to witness a number of cente-
naries. OF these the most universal
in its interest will be Portugal's obser-
vance in May of the fourth centenary
OF Vasco da Gama's discovery Of the
Cape route to India. This event,
which occurred six years after Column
bus magnificent crossing of the Allan
tic, was scarcely second to that great
voyage in Importance.
Italy, Switzerland and France are
also to have their centenary rejoicings.
The first Of these is that of the Au-
guste Comte-"The High Priest of HUI
manity and Pope of the New Religion"
who was born at Montpelier on jan
uary 10, 1898. Comte was the French
pedant who sought to classify all
knowledge, and founded the Religion"
or Posltivism, of which Frederic Har-
rlson, OF London, is now the arch
apostle. Its maxims and precepts are
best to be gather by the curious from
the recently issued book of biographies
of the WORTHLESS of History" Conte
has, however, become already anti
quated, and his centinary is a special
event.
On May % Florence will commence
rate the fourth centenary of the ferey
~martyrdom of Savonarola, which oc-
CURED in that city in 1893. S~avona-
rola has not yet been decisively Judged
by history. Some regard him as a
mere fanatic; others as a f~ar-sighted
predecessor Of Wyclif, Luther and CAL
vim. His career, as popularity known
from George Eliot's "Romola," was
highly picturesque, and the Burning
of Vanities" was n of the most curl
Gus incidents in the history of the
world. Savonarola deserves credit for
his opposition to the tyrant of the
House de Medici.
Three c~entenaries will be of interest
to lovers of literature and art. On
June 20 there will be festivities in An
coma, in honor of Leopard, one of the
poets of Italy, who was born there in
1898, and on August 81 the centenary
of Jules Michelet, the historian, will be
celebrated by the Municipal Council
of Paris with appropriate meetings
and banquets. At Basel, in Switzer-
land, preparations are being made to
commemorate the four hundreth birth
day of Hans Holbein. With respect to
the Ancona observances. it may be
said that Leopard was a pessimist,
whose unhappy life intensified his
morbid ideas. Aside from the beauty
of his style, his is not the poetry which
is truly great.-Philadelphla Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22
IFor The Messenger.
Not a Friend Drew Near to Him

- W. LIZ
Every man went unto his own house:
Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives"
The evening shadows heightened,
And the glorious western sun
Was bathing the hills in crimson,
AS the twilight crept gently on.
Jesus came forth from the temple,
Where He had spoken holy things,
But not n friend drew near to Him.
Not one a word of welcome brings.
And every man went to his house,
From the presence of Him divine:
Nor seemed to see the halo
Bright round His brow in beauty shine!
Light had died on the hill tops.
And Jesus was standing alone,
So He sought the Mount of Olives,
With perhaps a pillow of stone.
None to claim the heavenly guest,
None in the land of Galilee
To huTnbly come and beg of Him,
Master, wilt Thou abide with r-c?'
When dwell on this sad pictura,
The hot tears spring to my eyes
And in my breast tumultuOus thoughts
AS storm tossed pillows rise!
But His vicegerent in His stead
The Holy Ghost, sent down from Heaven
To dwell with us as Jesus did
Is my house swept and garnished
To receive the Holy Guest?
Is my heart a living temple
For Gods messenger so blest?
All. MOI The sordid things of earth
Surcharge my heart with petty sin;
And should the Holy Dove draw near
/ fear He would not enter in.
Mary b. Heyer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22
ESPECIAL TO The MsssenrerN

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. ~. c.. February f!.-The state
charters the Durham hosiery mills. cap
itai sS.cn. directors Julian s.. Carr. Geo.
NJ. Graham. f. II. Martin. Paul c. Ora
ham and w. c. Grfswold. Power Is given
10 raise the capital stock to 500. 900.
DR.. w. E. weyhe. of Scranton. Pa. is
appointed entomologist to the North
Carolina board OF controlling fruit and
crop pests, and will soon begin inspec-
ton OF vines and orchards for San Jose
fruit scale and other pests.
J. w. Wilson and Henry A. Page are
here upon summons by the railroad COM
mission as witnesses regarding ship
ments OF freight to Ohio Wilson at
Round Knob. II Is whispered that the
commission would now like to drop the
witnesses.
Inc state experiment farm at Southern
Pines has secured space at the Omaha
exposition for a special exhibit In ths
agricultural building.
The secretary OF state declines to L.
cense the Home Mutual Fire Protection
Association. OF Newberry. :. L.
The Raleigh and Cape Fear railway or
ganized here today and elected John A.
Mills president, r. NJ. Upchurch vsco
president. W. j, Upchurca superintcnd-
ent. F. I. Kicks secretary anu treasurer.
The directors decided to begin construc-
ton OF the road next week from Raleigh
southwark toward Ellington. beginning
at Caraleigh mills and using its two
miles OF railway. The capital stock OF
$4,000 IL paid up.
The preliminary trial or w. :. Brown
ing. who Killed his father-in-law. &. L..
Strickland. last Friday in the southern
part OF this county. is In progress here.
The evidence Is all in Browning's favor
and shows that Strickland not only made.
innumerable threats 20 kill him, but ac-
tually said he felt called upon by the
Almighty TO Kill Browning. and that IL ne
were hanged Il would only cheat him OF n
few years of life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22
FORMER BLOCKADE RUNNER.

Few people in this vicinity are aware
of the fact that there is still in exist
ence, with a Portsmouth registry, a
blockade runner of the late a She
is still a stanch craft, and although
she no longer fears the round shot
from a b~lockading fleet, she skins
about as lively as though she was
seeking to escape from some swift pur-
suing corvette. The eX-blockade III
ner is the schooner Mayfower, Cap
tain G. T. Taylor, and she is now used
in the coastwise trade. In summer she
carries watermelons to Baltimore or
Jersey poirts and also to Washington,
where at one time she was held as a
prize of war.
The Mayfower was built primarily
for the perilous work she was put to,
and to that end she was made exceed
ingly fast. Her keel was laid at
Nassau, West Indies, and she was
launched Their in 1862.
The confederates used her as a
blockade runner in and out of Charles
ton harbor for a long while, and she
was so swift that the United States
cutters were unable to capture her. At
last, after making a magnificent dash
for the high seas she was caught in a
dead calm. A United States gunboat
bore down and nabbed her. She was
taken to Washington, confiscated by
the federal government and sold I'M
der the hammer. After the wal she
was used in the fishing business, and
finally taken to Norfolk and again
sold, and for eighteen years she has
been known as one af the fastest boats
in Virginia waters.
"How long is she? ?" the Virginia man
asked upon the occasion of his visit
to the old craft, glancing from bow to
stern.
"She's got a net tonnage or 2,246
and a gross tonnage of 2,127," the
skipper replied. And she's sixty-two
feet over ALL" he went on, land seven
teen feet BEAM"
quite large sails?" the reporter re-
marked.
Yes; 500 square yards of canvass"
the skipper replied, "and hat big
spread of canvas saved her from go
ing to the bottom some thirty years
ago.. She outran many a federal cor
vette and more than one cannonball
has skipped across her bows in the
days when she was bringing needful
things to the confederacy. But shes
here yet."-Norfolk Virginian.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22

When a man is suffering with an
aching head, a sluggish body, when his
muscles are lax and lazy, his brain
dull, and his stomach disdaining food,
he will, if wise, heed these warnings
and resort to the right remedy, before
1t is too late. "Parker's Sarsaparilla,"
The king of Blood Purifiers makes
n appetite keen and hearty-invigor-
ates the Therapeutics the blood and
fills it with the life-giving elements of
h food. Tt is a wonderful blood ma
ker and flesh builder. Sold by j. G..
Shepard, j. H. Hardin and H. L. Fem
treSS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22

Three of the best New York Central
men testify that they would never I'M
der any circumstances reverse their
engines in order to bring the train to
a stop. When they had to stop a train
in the shortest possible distance, they
shut off the steam and applied the air
and did nothing else; there was only
one quicker way to stop a train, and
that was to run into something. They
agreed that upon reversing, the back
pressure in the cylinders was SO great
as to lock the drivers and cause them
TO slide. thus losing the breaking
power of the locomotive. Neither
did they approve of sanding the tracks
for nothing seemed to be gained by It
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22

Washington, February THE pres
etdin OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ident today sent To the senate the
nominations of John T. Williams, OF
North Carolina, to be consul at Sierra
Leone. Africa.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22

A thrill OF terror Is experienced when
a brassy cough of Group sounds
through the house At night. But the
terror 500 changes to relief after One
Minute Cough Cure has been admins
tered Safe and harmless for children.
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-22

Two important events in a mans
life are when he finds the hair COM
ing on his upper lip and when he dis
covers it is going from the top of his
head.