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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-12-13

Kim ly the shoulders, Whirlcd his heels
high above his head. and flung him like
Il sack OF corn to the smooth floor. where
the unfortunate archbishop. huIdled in Il
helpless heap. slid along the polished sur
face as if he were on ice. The ID mobiles
stood stock still. appalled, at this unex-
pectcd outrage upon their overload.
Winnehurg seated himself in the chair
with an emphasis that made even the
solid table rattle. and bringing down
his huge fist crashing on the board be
fore him. shouted:
Let no man occupy my chair unless
he has weight enough to remain there"
Baron Beilstcin and one or two others
hurried to the PROSTATE archbishop and
assisted him to his feet.
Count Winneburg," said Beilstein.
"you can expect no sympathy from us
for slcl Il course of violence in your
own hall"
Il want none of Your sympathy"
reared the angry count. "BcStow if on
the man o in your hands who needs
if. II YOU want tho archbishop. elect
hlm 10 the position ard welcome. | shall
have no usurpation in my castle. While
/ an chairman | sit i'll the chair. and
none other"
There was a murmur Of approval at
this. for one and all was deeply suspi-
clous Of the archbishop's entertainments.
lis lordshlp Of Trevos. once more on
his feet. his lips pallid. and his face
colorleSS. looked with nndiScuiSed
hatred at his assaillnt. ''Winnphurg."
he said slowly. won will apologize
ahiectly for this insult. and that in the
presence Of the mobiles Of this empire.
or | shall see to it that not one stone
OF TINS castle remains upon another.'
Indeed said the count nonchaIantly
i shall apologize to YOU. my lord. when
You have apolo@izod to me for taking
my lflace. AS to the castle. it IS said
that the devil assisted in the hrildinc
of it. and it is quite likely that threugh
friendship for YOU he may preside over
its destruction"
Inc archbishop made no reply. but
bowling haughtily to the rest of The
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-12-13
The Counts HpOlOQY.
By ROBERT BARR.
Copyright, 1893, by Robert Barr.

Baron Bcilstein cleared his throat and
spoke. seemingly with some hesitation
but nevertheless with Il touch OF OBJ
stinacy in his voice.
Ma we beg il little more time for
Count Winnchurg: He has doubtless
gone farther ahcld than he intended when
he set out, | mySclf know something
of the fascination of the chase. ana can
easily understand that it wipes out all
remembrance Of lesser things.
"Call you this council a lesser thing:
demanded the archbishop. we have
waited an hour already. and shal not
give the laggard 4 moment more.
Indeed. my lord. then ] am sorry TO
hear it. | would not willingly be the
man who sits in Winneburg's chair.
should he come suddenly upon us
is that :; thrcat:" asked the arch
p.Shop, frowning.
1T is not a threat, but rather 4 warn
inc. am a neighbor OF the count, and
know him well. and whatever his VIZ
tues may be, calm pltiencc IS not one
of them. If time hangs heavily. may l
venture to suggest that Your lordshlp re-
move the prohibition yoH proclaimed
when the counts servants offered Us
wine. and allow me to act temporarily
rs host. and order the fla@ons TO be
filed. which, ] think. will please Winnie
burg better when he comes than finding
another in his chair
This is no drunken reyel. but Il coun-
Gil of state said the archbishop stern
", and | drink 10 wine when the host
is not here to Droffer It,.
Indeed. my lord" said Bcilstcin. with
4 Shrlg of the shoulders. "Some of us
ar" 50 thirsty that we care not who
-, y-,.. +In ,ftar. nc I,Io. u - tho WInn he
sound"
What reply the archbishop would
have made can only be conjectured. for
at that moment the door burst open and
in came Count Ninnchurg. . head and
shoulders above amy man in that room
and huge in proportion.
My lords. my lords" he cried. his
loud voice booming to the ~rafters, how
can | ask YOU to excuse such 4 breach
Of hospitality: What, Not Il single
tlagon Of wine in the room. This makes
my deep regret almost unhearabIe.
Surely. BoiIstein. YOU might have amend
Cd that. if only for the sake of an old
and constant conlradc, Truth. gentle
mon. until | heard the bell OF the castle
toll. | had no thought that his was the
day Of our meeting, ana then. to my de
spain. | found myself an hour away. and
nave Ilooeil hdIN 10 tt dhloll- YOU.
Then noticing there was something
ominous II the air. and an unaccustomed
silence 10 greet his words. he looked
from one to the other. and his eve. travel
ing ND the table. rested finally upon the
archbishop in his chair. Count Winnc-
bur@ drew himself un. mis- ruddy face
c~olorin@ like fire. Then. before amy per-
son could reach ont hand To check him
or move lip III counsel, the cunt with n
fierce oath. strobe to the uSurpcr. graSped
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-12-13

think myself we'll out Of an awkward
position"
The oun of Winncburg rose from
his seat. and. lifting his clinched fist
high above his head. shook it at the
timhers Of the roof.
That he cried. will l never do.
while one stone of Winneburg stands
upon another"
Vt this those present. always with the
exception Of the knight Of Ehrenhurg,
sprang to their feet. shouting:
Imperial troops or 10. we stand by
the count of Winneburg..'
Some one flashed forth 4 sword. and
instantly 4 glitter of blades was in the
air and cheer after cheer rang TO the
~rafters. When the uproar had some
what subsidized the knight of Ehrenburg
sud, calmly:
My castle stands nearest to the cap
ital, and will be the first to fall
nevertheless, hoping to do my shouting
when the wal is ended. / join my forces
with those of the rest of you."
And amidst this unanjmity and much
emptying of ~flagonS. the asSemblage
! dissolved, each man with his escort tax
ing his way to his own stronghold. to
con more soberly. perhaps. next day the
problem that confronted them. They
were fighters all. and would not finch
when the pinch came. whatever was the
outcome.
Day followed day. with no sign from
Treves. Winneburg employed the time
in setting his house in order. to be
ready for whatever Glanced. and lust
rs the count was beginning to congratu-
late himself that his deed was to be
without consequences. here rode up to
his castle gates 4 horseman. accom-
panied by two lancers. and on the new
coner'S breast was emblazOned the i'm
perial arms. Giving voice to his horn.
the gates We're at once thrown open to
him. and. entering. he demanded instant
j speech with the count.
My lord. Count Winneburg.' he said,
when that giant had presented himself.
his majesty, the emperor, commands
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
Peculiar Legal Complication.

GAINESVILLE, o., Dec. 27.-Judge Mum
son, of this city, has just decided the
celebrated case Of Frank Fl. johnson
and WilliamiA. Williams against Mrs.
Lucetta Johnson, tried in Morgan
county. The defendant sought to Sc
cure a dover interest in the large es-
tate of Thomas II, Johnson, whom she
married in 1884. After much research
the sensational development occurred
that she was married to William Hart
ley in 1861. but that he deserted her
a year later, She claimed that the
first marriage was void because she
was under II years of age. Judge
Munson held that the first marriage
was legal and that she was never le-
gally the wife. of Johnson.
Hartley was for many years believed
dead, but was discovered recently liv-
ing in a Western state. The case has
attracted widespread attention because
of the peculiar romantic features.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
Men Who Control Millions,

iitlf w Nv HObitllOl ifilliOllOt
II Is remarkable how small is the
group of men who control the great
commercial, financial and industrial
interests of New York, writes w. E.
Curtis in the Chicago Record"
Charles H. Coster, a junior member of
the celebrated banking firm of j. Pier
point Morgan & Co., is director in no
less than 50 corporations. some of them
being among the most important in
this country. Mr.. Morgan himself is
a director in only 23 companies, and
THAI must keep him busy attending
their meetings. Mr.. Coster relieves
him of this responsibility and tax up
on his time, but kahnot be able to do
much else but attend the meetings of
his boards-at least two day Sundays
included, for every month in the year,
Ii is customary for directors in all
corporations TO receive a fee for at
tendance upon their meetings. 1t is
usually ten dollars, and is always paid
in gold. Some companies pay $20.oth-
ers only SIS, and they call-it an hon
orarium." They tell a story of very
wealthy man in New York. believe 1t
is Russell Sage, who always insists up
on a 500 fee for attendance at these
meetings, on the ground that his time
is worth money, but usually the fee is
regarded as an honorarium, and most
directors give the gold pieces to their
wives CT daughters for pin money, Just
as minister gives his wedding Ifees "a;
his wife. In MIR. Coster's case 'thiS
would amount to considerable, for,if
his fees average $40 he cannot receive
less than $500 or 5000 month from
this souGce. s."'
Chauncey NJ. Depew is a close second
TO Mr.. Costef and represdhts the vanl
derbilt interests as a director in IS dir
fernt companies. The members of
Vanderbilt family are also well repre-
sented in the great corporations. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt is a director in Al,
| William K. Vanderbilt in AZ, Frederick
w. Vanderbilt in 81 and II. Walter
| Webb in 35. Daniel S. Lamont who
was President Cleveland's private sec
retary, and afterward his Secretary of
War, has become very influential
man in financial circles, and repre-
sents several large estates in this
country and foreign syndicates in
many corporations. In fact he is the
third on the list in numbers, as the
representative of AZ companies Sam
uel Sloane, president of the Delaware
and Lackawanna Railroad company
is in 80 companies; George f. Baker.
president of the First National Bank.
in 20; Samuel d. Babcock, 25 William
J.. Kelly, Samuel Thomas, Russell
Sage, "a each; George Gould, &C. John
e. Searles, of the sugar trust, 21;9Gol-
lis p. Huntington, of the Central y Pa
.5IfS railroad, 20; August Belmont and
i1bhtJG. Moore, 19 each John Jacob
AAtor and d. o. Mills, 1S each; flames
5tillman, II; William C. Whitney. IA;
Edwin >Gould, Is; Howard Gould. H.
John ID, Crimmins, 12; William Rock
sefeIlerI 1p3'Abram 81 Hewitt, 10; Ros
well h, FqwleEsS; s'x-,NayoE Strong, g.;
Levi z. morton, s.; Henry OS Have
meyer 4, and John d. Rockefetler.w
is supposedhto be the richest 3man in
The world lis, only in TWO.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
Story Of Morgan's Escane.


The tunnel through which General
John Morgan and his Fellow Confed-
crate raiders made their escape from
the 0hio penitentfary al Columbus ~
midnight on November 81. 1863 was
discovered last Friday, and. it would
seemto end The controversy which has
existed ever since the escape as to
w4ether Morgan got out by tunneilnS
or by collusion with his iailcrs. An
active though at the time unconscious
agsRt in Molgan's escape was W. fl.
Ifckort, a brotheE of the President of
the Western 4dnipn Telegraph Comp
any who has liyGd in New York for
many years -Four or five years ago.
when a man who was chief clerk to
lRartormaster Burr during the war.
published the statement that Morgan
awa5 Liberated by Secretary. Stanton'a s.
order, and that the tunnel story was n
myth. MIR. Eckert told to the written.
fhe story of his connection with Nor
cans escape, which he had never. made
public before. Mr.. Eckert was yo,lng
at the time, and he was serving as n
conductor on the fast express which
lqeft Columbus at 1920 in the morning
for Cincinnati. Shortly before his
train gaJjlJfed opt on November 2S, four
Esnen dpbtsed'ps drovers arrived at the
station1and asked him many questions
t,sA1bunt his ,.tGain. Desp,Ce their dress
] l,tl. tth.e;y seemed TO be somewhat higher
= in the Social nscale' than drovers. but
,.l bNIf1,E ~ EcSert had no Ssb}Shsplcion of their
} tdeAtl!y. When Mr.s4Eckert's train
shot past Millcreek, at Cincinnati.
these four jumped from the rear plat
1'form Three men had been waiting for
/ them, and the .drovers, one of whom
was injured, were carried away in n
wagon. Mr.. Eckert, on arriving in
Cincinnati, went at once to the Burnet
House to make up lost sleep. At Q
o'clock in the afternoon dispatch
| from Governor Tod reached him
which read as follows:
General Morgan and three of his
staff escaped from the penitentiary
last night. Did you have any suspic-
ious looking persons ON your train?
Answer quickly"
Il realized then" said Mr. Eckert,in
telling the story, that my four drov-
ers were the escaped prisoners l was
convinced later from what learned of
lheir escape that they dug their way
free, and that there was no colluson
with their keepers. ''-NeN York Sun.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
u. C, T. BANQUET.

The local lodge of United CONNER
clal Travellers, numbering seventy
five members, gave banquet to their
lady friends last evening which was
quite an enjoyable affair. There are
about fifty-fiye members of the local
branch of the order who reside in the
city and as a matter of course they
are the best fellows in the world. 1t
goes without saying that what they
undertake to do will be thoroughly
done, and the entertainment last eve
ming was no exception to that rule
At 1880 an elegant reception was
held at the new hall of the Odd Eel
lows On Putnam street, and after the
entire company had assembled and a
short time devoted to social chat,
about one hundred and twenty persons
crossed the'9treet to Mrs Dyes, where
covers were laid for the party and an
elegant banquet given. n
This most enjoyable feature of the
being over they return
ed to the hall, where cards and dane
ing were indulged in until, late hour.
Taken all in all, it was a thoroughly
pleasant affair and one which will long
beopleasantiy remembered by those
who were SO favored as to be partici-
pants therein. .''i vt
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
False Theories About the "Maine.'

Nothing could be written in better
taste and temper than Capt. Sigsbee's
Personal Narrative of the Maine, the
third installment of which. appears in
the January Century. The Wrecking
and the Inquiry. are the special sub.
jects OF this concluding paper. The
Captains personal relations with Gem
eral Bian0b and Admiral Manterola
were, says. Undisturbed by the ex-
plosion-~They remained cordial to the
last Soon after the catastrophe, the
Admiral called upon Captain Sigsbee,
and a conversation occurred which is
tersely summarized in these words:
The admiral assumed from the first
that the explosion was from the inter
ior Of the vessel. He asked if the dy-
namo-bOilers had not exploded. l told
him we had no dynamo boilers. He
said that the plans of the vessel as
published, showed that the gun-cotton
store room, or magazine, was forward
near the one OF the explosion. He was
informed that those plans had been
changed, and that the gunootton was
slowed aft, under the captains cabin,
where the vessel was virtually intact.
He pointed out that modern gunpow-
ders were sometimes very unstable
This was met by the remark thatsour
powder was of the old and stable
brown prismatic kind, and that we had
no fancy powder. He referred to the
probable presence, of boilers lighted,
near the forward coal-bunkers, which
were adjacent to the magazines. This
again was met by the remark that for
tire months no boiler in the forward
boiler7compartment had been lighted;
that while IN port the two aftermost
boilers in the ship had been doing ser
nee. - 'ra p La ~ FAa
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
Wealth Of Ohio Farmers Shown BY
iRdports of Secretary of State
~ " Board of AgriCuIture.l


nCoLuMBUs, o., Dec 2Sth.-The first
'eport to the Secretary If Sta,e, under
he new law, is partially ready. The
report will soon be filed with Secretary
Of State Kinney, and pmont other
things will show the following:
Horses and Cattie-Number of hor-
ses owned, 5GS G75; beef cattle, aAsgO. OCO;
nilch cows, 5SS $40; all other cattle.
'3S6, ,2SS; total LBS, SS5
Sheep and Wool-Number ofnsheep,
,, l52, $50; pounds of wool shorn, II, SIT
SOB.
Wheat, Rye, and Buck wheat Wheat,
number of acres sown for harvest,
?,273, 7l2; bushels produced, 3G, 7lS. CSC;
oats. total number of acres, l, l,05a, GO5:
bushels produced, 30, 5G3 O3a; barley,
acres sown, 21,00S; bushels produced.
5l9, 3O5; corn, acres planted, acre plant
ed, 1900, 1926; numb Der bushels produced,
l03, ,O04, 970.
Meadows and Clover. Acres in grsss
other than clover, l, GGl, OBS; tons of hay
produced, 1896, 500; bushels cloverseed
produced, 1,032, ,531.
%" Potatoes. " Acres planted, III, I,S39:
bushels produced, 1856, $50
Orchards. AIDES occupied, 373. 9oj
bushels apples produced, 9,05s, sG9:
peaches, 25, al2; pears, 81 3s9; cherries,
AZ, 1872; plums, 92,5I4.
Lands Owned. Acres cultivated, lOE
1856, ,572; in pasture, 8, 772 $50; woodland
S,O5s, 100 acres; lying in vast, 497, ,dE
acres; total number of acres owned Iib
Ohio, 10. 7G5, 40, Z !
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
WiIhelmina on ROYAL Marriages.


In the choice of her husband, after
coming to the throne Of the Neither
lands, no less than in the adjustment
Of minor affairs before her coronation,
Queen Wilhelmina showed all the de-
termination to order her own life that
has made her at once the idol of her
rugged subjects and the terror of such
of them as have the doubtful satisfac-
tion of acting as her counselors. Man
ifestly the traditional pride of the
house of Orange is in the girl. She
has already told her ministers, in as
many words, that she will be advised,
but that none may dictate to her, and
choice of consort, this is what she
said: II love my people dearly and
hope to be beloved queen, but If
my people think they are to have
voice in naming my husband they new
er made greater mistake" Wilhel-
nina has declared that the relations of
husband and wife are sacred, and that
the intermeddling of state ministers,
with their interminable policies and
expediencies, is nothing short of pro-
fanation. From all this one is justi-
fed in drawing the conclusion that
Prince William of Wfed, whom the
girl queen is to marry at The Hague
next April, is the choice of her heart.
Chicago Record
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
PraCtica! Education.

Booker #. Washington, principal of
the Tuskegee, Ala, industrial school,
and who as a boy worked in the coal
mines around Charleston, is making a
name for himself as a truly progress
sive colored man that will outshine
Douglas and the others gone before.
His doctrine of education and religion
is doing more for his people than Of
flee holding. Prof. Washington's the
ory of education is of the practical
ltind-not book learning, so much, as
the rudiments combined with muscle
and the desire to put both to good use.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
FrankIin's Schooling and Self -Chl'
T. &a ture.'

Few men have, known more than
Benjamin Franklin, yet few have had
less education, in the common sense of
the word. For not more than two
years lat the age of eight to ten) he
went to grammar school and pri-
vate school in Boston; for the other
four-score years and more of his life,
ne learned without a teacher His
fathers library was small, but the lad
himself spent the little money that
came into his hands on serious books
and pamphlets. Having proven defic-
lent in arithmetic in his early youth
he afterwards made a special study of
mathematics, and for some time
amused himself by constructing all
sorts of magical squares and circles,
with rows of figures that would add up
alikesaGhicheyer- away they were count
ed. Some of these are reproduced in
facsimile, with many other odd and
interesting matters, in illustration of
the JanaaEy insFallment of Mr., Paul l..
rqd's asrfal, i1hsAhh@ addd F1nk-
lin.'t in the Centurys in thAs eoapec-
ton, Mr.. Ford--a self-educated man
himself, in tEat his phly Sck69H &as
his fathers immense private library
has this to say. r., ~. mar u
HIS own experiences served to teach
F'ranAin that "a strong gAhhd needs no
schooling to develop it,. and that poor
mind is not strengthed by study Poor
Richard made merry, over the many
witty men whose brains cannot fill
their e bellies ." Z. an ana of those jlwho
would live by their wits, but break
for want Df stock" "a learnedbbtk
head is. greater blockhead thai 1an
ignorant one" he asserted, and claim
ed that "of. learned fools. | have seen
ten times ten; of unlearned wise men
! have seen a hundred" Yet Frank
lin was far. from. SHOWING the usual
contempthof the self-taught man for
an academic education. On his set
ting in Philadelphia, he found two
things which l regretted" and one of
these was there being no provision
s"'' for the conpleat education of
youth 81 therefore in 1743 drew
up proposal for establishing an aca-
denny"
The academy was duly founded; but
in time IL became hotbed of politics,
and its rector an active opponent of
Franklin himself.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
Starts and Stops.

A philosopher riding on a railway
train which made many stops was puz-
-zled MS to how it finally got to its des-
tination. He at length reasoned 1t out
that but for the fact that the able man
age ment of the line had so arranged
that the trains SHOULD make start for
every stop, and stop for every start,
it would never do so. Whereupon he
bestowed great praise upon the offic-
ials in so adjusting the stops and the
starts that they exactly balanced one
that without knowledge of the COM
pensatory nature of stops and starts
railroading' would be impossible. 1t
Is much more important matter than
people ordinarily suppose. Life is a
succession Of stops and starts, and sue
cess in life is proper adjustment of
stops and starts. '''
Everybody says that at the advent
Of an undertaking 1t is all-important
that one should start right. So it is;
but what will the start amount to,
however auspicious, unless the stop is
right? In estimating mems lives we
seldom look at the start. 1t is the stop
that counts most. The main object is
the stop. We start not for the sake of
starting. but with the object of max
ing the right kind of stop. When
one starts to fall off a roof, it is the
manner OF his stopping on the pave
ment below, that has to do with his
future. We all know how Grant start
ed in life. but there would be no inter-
est in. that feature of his biography
had 4 not epeen for the achievements to
his ofrsdit when, be stopped. All phil
osophy is q question of stops and
starts. The great inscrutable myster-
les are the beginnings and ends of
hfngsl-Pittsbufg Times.
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Iol "a, l,.,f 10, lnt,. Co.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
Marriage licenses.

Alexander b. Bourquard and Mar
garet l.. Bergen, of Marietta.
William Kathary and Mary WoIford
of Maeksbnrg. 'A}
John Butler and Huldah Johnson, of
Fillmore.
Martin Wagner, Jr., of Waterford,
and Emily Dooly, of WATERFOWL.
Jacob sutter, Jr., and Essie 0.
MeYay, Of Marietta
Frank Albrecht and Mamie welis.of
Marietta. aa6
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-29
MARIETTA ELECTRO
PLATING WORKS.
JAMES JOHNSTON, Proprietor.

I
Fully equipped with all the
latest improved machinery and
appliances for the successful
management of the work of Elec-
tro Plating.
We wish to inform the citizens of
Marietta and vicinity that we are now
pre- pared to do all kinds of Plating and
Replating. We make specially Of
plating Watches, Jewelry. Doctors
and Dentists Instruments, Fine Tools,
Store Fixtures, Bicycles, Stove Trim
mings etc Also Silver Plating, Knives,
Forks, Spoons and General Tableware,
Candlesticks etc. We plate anything
from the finest Jewelry to large Ma
chimes, and have elegant facilities for
turning out large as well as small
work. High class plating on copper
speciality.
Office and Works, los Greene St.
James Johnston, Prop.