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Evening star., 1898-10-08
Don't Like Too Much Mail.

From the New orleans I1meS-Detnocrat.
1.-The new revision Of the star routes is
doing a great deal of good in the SOUTH"
remarked Chief Clerk Day Of the railway
mail service, land enabling lots of country
folks to get their letters and papers daily
where they formerly received them only
once or twice a week. Strange to say,
however, the change Is not always hailed
with joy. Over in Gremer county, Georgia
star route agent juggied things around so
as to get a six-day mail into a weekly
town, and was chuckling over the idea that
he had been benefactor to the whole dis
trict when the postmaster hunted him up
with a face as long as a backwoods SER
mon. I wish you all would fix 1t to change
that thar mail back agin Hike 1t was,' said
the old fellow, earnestly. 'Whatr exclairn-
ed the agent, in amazement. why, what
on earth is the matter?' Well, it's like
this said the postmaster. Our folks has
been used to comm fer their letters every
Saturday an was well suited. Now this
here new scheme has been started, and II
breaks 'em all up. They feel kinder uneasy
like onless they come in every day, and
they just can't do no work. The crops is
gettin plumb neglected. We all want YOU
to switch her back agin as quick as you
kin The agent went away deeply disgust
ed and sent in a special report in which he
intfmated that an annual mail would about
meet the needs of the county. At last re-
ports. though, it was standing at the six
day schedule"
Evening star., 1898-10-08
A Pathetic Coincidence.


The surgeons and nurses at st. Mary's
Hospital were unusually distressed over
the death few days ago of Private Henry
j. Wind of Company D, 3D. New York Regi-
ment. The hospital attaches had taken an
especial interest in Winds case, and every
thing possible was done to save him. The
surgeons, after a consultation, decided that
his only chance of recovery lay In the per-
formance of a. delicate surgical operation
The surgeons did their work well, but the
patient collapsed under the knife They
and realized that he had but a few min
utes to live. The soldier, who seemed to
understand his own condition fully, clutch
ed one of the doctors by the sleeve and
said: "Oh, just pull me through, doctor;
my mother needs me. She needs me bad"
He fell back. breathing stertorously and
nurse passed her soothing hand over his
hot brow At that moment the occupants
of the room were electrified by the strange
ly appropriate strains Of a song that fioated
through the window from the street. A
quartet of young men Vfth exceptionally
good voices was passing the hospital sing
ing:
Just break the news to mother she knows how
dear love her.
And tell her not to wait for me. for I'm not coming
home:
Just say there is no other take the place of
mother,
Then kiss her dear. sweet lips for me and break
the news to her.
Almost at that very moment the sufferer
gasped and was dead. The singers pehsed
on down the street. and the quiet in the
ward was broken by the dow sobbing of
the nurse. There were tears, too, in the
eyes of the surgeons.
Evening star., 1898-10-08
MARRIED BY ORDER,
How Russian Serfs Managed to
Evade Their Masters Command.
FrCm the Atlantic


Marriages by order were so common that
amongst our servants each time a young
couple foresaw that they might be ordered
to marry, although they had no mutual in
clination for each other they took the pre-
caution of standing together as godfather
and godmOther at the christening of child
in one Of the peasant families This rem
dered marriage Impossible, according to
Russian church law. The stratagem was
usually successful. but once 1t ended In a
drama. Andrei, the tailor. fell in love Witt
girl belonging to one of our neighbors
He hoped that my father would permit him
to go free, as a tailor, in exchange for a
certain yearly payment, and that by WORK
ing hard at his trade he could manage to
lay some money aside and to buy freedom
Tor the girl. Otherwise, in marrying one of
my fathers serfs she would have become
the serf OF her husbands Ataster However
as AnGrei and one of the maids of our
household foresaw that they might be or
dered to marry, they agreed to unite as
godparents In the Christening of a child
What they hat feared happened. one dsy
they were called to the master, and The
dreaded order was given
W are always obedient to your will"
they replied. but a few weeks ago we act
ed as godfather and godmother at a chris
tenlng Andrei also explained his wishes
and Intentions --e
The result was that he was sent to the
recruiting board to become soldier.
Military service In those times was ter
rlbie- 1t required man to serve twenty
hVe years under the colors, and the life Of
a soldier was hard in the extreme
Blows from the sergeant and the Officers
fogging with birch rods and with sttcta
for the slightest fault, were the normal
state of affairs. The cruelty that was dis
played surpassed all imagination.
e.. nus Ahorei bad now to face for twenty
five years the terrible fate of a soldier. ou
yioleh, end i' " Il
Evening star., 1898-10-08

unpoeticaIly termed "stiakpots," but they
killed none of their foes. Amid the shrieks
and greans of their wounded, q hellish din
with gongs and drums was kept up. The
Yankees fired with such effect that the
Chinese were beaten Oft Apootsae called
away his men. and his ships were soon lost
TO sight. This episode put such courage
into the cowardly maHdarins that, by
means OF bribery and treachery.- they Sc
cured the cutthroat Apootsae and had him
put to death by the slow and prolonged
process of hacking. called the thousand
cuts. From this time forth there was in
tense respect for Americans al Canton ard
Macao, and business increased with little
interruption.
Evening star., 1898-10-08
Two Songs.
From st. Paul's.

From st. Paul's.
Sing a song" Quoth she!
So he sang how for years and for years and q day
He had sighed for maid that was deaf and was
blind.
wind
OF his groaning and sighng "Ah sir, Iack-a-
day
Said the lady that listened, as sad as could be!
''Ah me. lack-a-day," answered he!
Sing me song" quoth he!
So she sang how for years and for years and day
Her head had been full of poor lovers sighs
For nights and for nights with the love in his
eyesi
on, we'll might she pause, for that gentleman gay
Kissed her quick on the lips most joyous to see.
'Ah, love, thou vert blind, nswered she!
Evening star., 1898-10-08
tacks very promptly when startled, and Its
bite is fatal in some cases.

tacks very promptly when startled, and Its
bite is fatal in some cases.
To Be Avoided.
The great hairy tarantula is commonly
dreaded, though not aggressive; in fact,
some persons declare that it does not bite.
but it should be particularly avoided on ac-
count of it's hair, fine bristles, which, if
they enter the pores of the skin, make ex
ceedingly bad sores. In places these black
haired spiders, whose bodies measure two
inches in diameter, are numerous that
occasionally whole armies of them can be
seen changing their quarters. In such dis
tricts it is always advisable to shake each
garment before donning it: also to give
boots and shoes good rapping on their
others of the spider family may have fair
chance to vacate the premises. This polite
attention may prevent an unpleasant en-
counter.
As the crab was first considered. the crab
spider may close the subject under consid-
Grafton. This curious little being is too in
terestinG to be left out, and sufficiently
dangerous to guard against; since one Is
enough to close the career of tho finest
race horse. When full-grown the am is
about the size of a dime; in shape 1t is like
clawless crab and its color is bright yell
low, with brown spots. This pretty little
body is exceedingly venomous, not that it
Elites. but because it pOiSons the man or
beast that has the misfortune to swallow it
in water. or IN fodder, among which in
sects are apt to tumble. One am sUffces
to cause the death of horse or mule. 1t is
asserted that a human being poisoned by
the same means continues to exclaim Am.
am. ami up to the hour of death: for
which reason the Maya Indians name the
spider thus No big spider has such an ap-
petite as this small one: it consumes an as
tonishing number of flies The am lives on
trees. and nothing can be more interesting
than to watch it rapidly spinning its great
web. Upon the approach of a storm it
quickly draws all the fiber back into its
body. and until fair weather again prevails
1emairs motionless beneath a leaf or in
aOy convenient
Evening star., 1898-10-08
At EVeAtfde.

Horace Wyndham, In tAs Cape Argus.
At eventide to me IL sbmetfnes seems
That, ere the morrovs,s SIN shall rise once more
-Perchance, it's but a, fanSy born Of dreams-
My new w-boreEseal beyond the skies shall soar:-
And, the Imprisoned spfEit, Its bonds in twain,
The Life beyond shaft seek. and not in vain.
And Might. dark Mighty shall come to at last
And end the closing Of tla setting dhy.
When Death. the grim gray messenger. his net
shall cast, a1it II
And. from this vale. shalh summon US away
To Join the throng hf those who went before,
And, in the unknown, world, to live for ever
Evening star., 1898-10-08
MendinE the Battle Flag.

From Judge.
He mends the tattered battle flag
That lies upon his knees.
Its folds have never dipped to augtt
But bugle call and breeze
The scarlet stripes are dull with sTlOke
The stars are shot away
And all the bunting streaked and staine
With drops of salty spray.
He mends the tattered battle flag.
A stripping long ago
Upon a gallant man-owar,
He learned to patch and sew;
And now with all a woman's skill
He draws the needle through
And stitches down the fraying red
And darns the rave1ed blue.
He mends the tattered battle nag.
But who will mend in turn
The scar upon his withered cheek,
A bullets cruel burn?
Or who restore the leg he lost
When, reeling deck to deck,
The Kearsarge fought the rebel ship
And sunk the shattered wreck.
He mends the tattered battle flag;
Once more it proudly flies,
Its starry splendor scarcely dimmed,
a glory in the skies.
And so, when poor old sailors pass
Beyond the seas Of pain,
The Lord, who is the Captain there,
VIII make them whole again.
Evening star., 1898-10-08
Her Eyes.
From Life.

U maddening black eyes, black as the night,
And brighter than the sun that shines all day
sound your depths and am sore alright
For men with hearts that pass you on the way
only the blind are safe-they cannot see
ne peril OF your eyes, feel their sway;
such eyes in Egypt once smote Antony,
And the great soldier gave world away.
Evening star., 1898-10-08
Friends.

Nixon Waterman in the L. A. W. Bulletin.
You are my friend, for you have smiled with me.
My help and hope In fair and stormy weather.
like you for the Joys you've whiled with me.
love you for the griefs we've wept together.
I've held your hand when life was gold to me-
And shared with you its every gracious greeting.
You've brought good cheer when earth cold
to me
And made me feel ycur warm heart fondly heat
ing.
Though all the world were deaf and dark to me,
And long the night and bleak the winds and
biting
know full well that you would bark to me
And set my path with lamps Of loves glad
lighting.
You my friend, for you have smiled with me-
My help and hope In fair and stormy weather,
like you for the Joys you've whiled with me,
love you Tor the griefs we've wept together.
Evening star., 1898-10-08

Baby mackerel have been a favorite
breakfast dish at the Massachusetts, sea-
side resorts this summer. and fshermen
have raised a protest against the wholesale
DESTRUCTION Of these little Ash. fearing Z
Possible mackerel famine In the near fu-
ture- There is scarcity of Holsters at the
present time, and the object lesson has
must be watchful OF their interests.
Evening star., 1898-10-08
Could Afford to Remembcr

T FUnl FuCk.
lie Don't You remember? It was inst
before the war"
Miss Passay (angrily)-..Sirr fSwaa,Iy,
Oh%-aW-you mean the war with Spain?"
Evening star., 1898-10-08
siow-Coach Scorpions.

Altogether. after few centipede expert
eEcss their victim looks with complacency
upon the slow-coach scorpion that never
rushes as II trying to go around the earth
In eight days. Anyway, the scorpion is not
haf as bad as his reputation especially
the mother scorpion. the unfortunate being.
doomed by nature to be devoured by her
own progeny. II is rare, indeed for any
one 10 die of a scorpion sting, though the
venom induces temporary paralysis of the
tongue and some fever. Natives of Hon
duTas assert that indigo is a good antidote.
DIT ammonia is the best remedy for poison-
Gus virus. generally. As long as the scor-
pion Is treated with due respect It will re-
c!procate; otherwise there is a fair prob
ahilty that the neat little dart at the end
or ITS interesting but woeful tail will be
thrust into the aggressor's skin, injecting
thousandth part OF a drop-no nore-cf
the yirulent white liquid stored in a gland
at the base of the sting
The scorpion IL often alluded to as If II
were a kind OF viper. This Is siunply
thoughtlessness. for everybody ought to
know that 1t belongs to the spider family.
Another membf( Of the same family Il TIE
Big Jumping spider. called by the Mava In
Clans chitun. Its long legs are exceedingly
ective. and its mouth has a spitefui.
threatening expression. The chitun at
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
HUTCHISON'S
BARGAIN STORE
No. 169 Front Street.
ERIE RAILROAD

Places an Order for 1000 Box Cars and
1000 Gondolas for Coal and Ore Trade.
CLEVELAND, o., March 5.-The Erie
railroad has placed an order with the
Michigan Peninsular Car Co. for 1000
box cars and 1000 twin hopper gon-
dolas for coal and ore trade. All the
new cars will be fitted with air brakes
and automatic couplers and will have
the latest improve ments, among them
being center bearing trucks.
The Erie has been rushed with busi-
ness all through the winter season and
at present is coming very close to the
high water mark for freight traffic.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
The Pel<in correspondent of the
London Times says the Anglo-German
loan of gl6, 900, 900 has been ratified by
imperial decree.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Hong Kong, says the rebel chiefs
there have received a letter from Ma
nila, soliciting their support for an
other rebellion against Spanish rule.
During a gala performance at the
ater in Triesta Friday evening, there
was disorderly pro-Italian demon
stration. The police stopped the per-
formance, closed the theater and made
two arrests.
A dispatch has been received in Pam
anna from San Salvador which shows
that Salvador has given Nicaragua
clearly to understand that she will not
support the latter government in q
war with Costa Rica.
Veteran army officers stationed at
the Preside arc confident that the
works at Fort Point and Fort Baker,
California, are strong enough to sue
cessfully resist any fleet that Spain
could send to the Pacific.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Tien Tsin, China, says: Japan
has addressed note to Russia demand
ing an immediate and explicit state.
ment on the question of continued oe-
cupation of Port Arthur"
The London Times in its annual
statement says the drink bill of the
United Kingdom is nearly SO, 500, 900
lS17, 800, ,0O0) in excess of that in 1896,
averaging e3, 1Gs sgd about $l0.l2)
for each man, woman and child.
The house committee on naval af-
fairs Friday agreed on the Boutelle
bill for the relief of the victims and
survivors of the Maine disaster and
authorized the chairman to report it
to the house with recommendation
for its passage.
The Russian admiral, Sllrydloff, who
will command the Russian squadron
in Cretan waters, arrived in Athens
Friday and had an audience with King
George, to whom he handed letter
from Emperor Nicholas. He will pro-
ceed to Crete Saturday.
The navy department was Friday
night informed of the arrival of the
gunboat Newport at Aspinwall Friday
with the Nicaraguan canal commission
on board. The commission has con
cluded its labors in the field and will
sail for the United States on March 10
Manager McVittie, of the Detroit
Dry Dock Co., said Friday night: ''Wc
shall soon build dry dock in the vi
cinity of Detroit of sufficient size tc
accommodate the largest ships on the
lakes. We have not decided whether
to locate it abreast the city or at Wy
andotte."
Chicago will be the meeting place fol
the big international convention o
the Christian Endeavor unions in July
1899, if the offer of the local unioI
proves successful Realizing the valu
Of an easy campaign, the members o.
the Chicago branch have already en-
tered the field.
The Odessa correspondent of th
London Daily Mail says the govern
ment is ordering large quantities O
guns at the government factories
while the war Office has approved tn
adoption of the Dumdum bullets fo
the Russian army and is seeking t
improve on Germanv's quick ,firers.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
Sherifs Sale.
James RUNNER, Plaintiff,

Jane S. II. RUNNER ct al, Defendants.
BY virtue of an order OF sale in partition,
duly by the Court OF Common Pleas OF Wash
ington County, Ohio, in the above entitled ac-
tion, and to me directed, will oner for sale,
at public auction, at the door or The Court
House, in the City OF Marietta, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 18TH. 1884,
at O'Clock, p Nj. ..of said day, the following de
scribed real estate, ,to.wit: 81 uate in Washing
ton County State Of Ohio, W aterford Township
and described as follows viz: All OF the East
end OF one hundred acre lot NO. SIX ~, Town
OF Donation lands lying east OF the brow OF the
Muskingum River Hill containing seventy-one
I'm acres. more or less
in the Town Range and Allotment aforesaid:
beginning at the N. w. corner OF Donation
Lot No ten (lC) where black OAK stump ~
inches in diameter bears SO deg. E. 4sltnks dis
taut from thence running South twenty-five
chains and eighty links to the 5. w. corner
where grey oak "a inches in diameter bears
q. 81 degrees 4 2ih links distant ana nick Dry
u inches in diameter N degrees Il. ~ links
and a white oak 10 inches in diameter N. 81 de-
greees W. links distant; thence running east
eight chs II l-5 links to post where white oak
is Inches in diameter bears 5. IS degrees w. 30
links distant and gum IL inches in diameter
N, 4S degrees w. links: thence north twenty
two chains so links 70 a post IN the north o., line
OF the lot where hickory inches in diameter
bears 10 degrees W. b6A links distant ana q
Maple inches in diameter 5. 43 degrees r.. 5t
| links distant; and thence West to the place oi
| beginning, containing twenty acres more OF
| less, making IN all ninety-one acres more ol
'1II Appraised at $500 90. Terms, one-third cash
cen months. Deferred payments TO be secured
by mortgage on premises soid
JOHN i. Nc jALLISTER,
| Sheriff, Washington County: ONO.
Geo. s. Black, Ellenwood, Smith & Leeper
Feb Teby 18th, 1895 weeks.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
Frances e. wiIiard's WIN.

CHICAGO, March 5.-The will of the
late Francis E. Willard was offered
for probate Friday. Most of the estate
is left to Miss Anna Gordon, but Miss
Willard's home in Evanston is left to
Miss Gordon and Mary Bannister
Willard during their lives, and will
revert eventually to the benefit of the
National Women's Christian Temper
ance union. The estate is estimated
at $4,000, of which Sl6,0 is in real
rrOnartU
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
VIII Nominate a Full Ticket.

PHILADELPHIA, March 5.-Represent.
atives of the state organizations of the
Jeffersonian and gold democratic
party met here Friday and resolved to
put in the field ticket of their own
for state officers, from the governor
ship down, and for members of con.
gress in every district
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
B. g. o. S-W. RY
TIME TABLE.

Trains Arrive ut and Depart from Union
Station.
WESTWARD. DEPART.
= 0s m-Athens, Chillicothe, Gin. q 9 10 q m
cinnati, Louisville, st.
Louis and all points
West, South and S-west
+l2 10 m-Belpre, Athens Chilli + 45 a m
cothe, Cincinnati and
way stations.
. Z 05 p m-Belpre, Athens, Chilli. = 20 m
cothe Cincinnati and
Louisville St Louis
and all points west and
south.
.la 10 m-Beipre, Par kersburg, 5opm
Chtllicothe, Cincinnati
and way stations.
= O5 p m-Belpre, Park 'sbg, Chill 2opm
licothe, Cincinnati, Lou
isville St. Louis, Chica-
go and all points west,
south and southwest
20 a m-Parkers rsburg and Belrie Local
4.0pm- -"
0 10 p m-Belpre-Local
EASTWARD.
= O5 p m-Belpre, Parkersb'g, Sa- Oam
lem, C1arksburg, Graf
ton, Washington, Balti-
more and way stations.
*i2 10 p m-Parkersburg, Washing 4 So N
- ton, Baltimore, Phiia-
delphia and New York
3 35 a m--Parlsersburg Washing all so m
d. ton. Baltimore, Phia-
delphia. New York, Bos. q
ton and all points east -,
ew +Daily. tExcept Sunday
For through tickets to all points in, the
United States, Canada and Mexico, with de-
tailed information as to rates routes, Sleeping
car accommodations etc, please call on or
address,
G. M PAYNE, Ticket Agent, Marietta. o.
J II BROWN. Passenger Agt, Marietta, o.
o. 7. P.MoCARTY, Gen'l Passenger Agent,
Cincinnati, o.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
Toledo's New Industry.

TOLEDO, o., March 5.-The Toledo
Rubber Paint Co. is the latest industry
for this city. The company has been
organized with a capital stock of S2O,-
O0J, and the construction of the plant
will involve the expenditure of fully
that amount, The company will man
ufacture rubber goods of a general
nature
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
Measles In the Penitentiary.

COLUMBUS, O., March 5.-The measles
are makieg great headway at the pen
itentiary. Four new cases are now
being treated in the hospital, making
a total of ten now sick with the dis
ease. A majority of those sick with
the measles worked in the glove shop,
and it is believed all employed in that
shop have been exposed to the con-
tagion.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07
Cen. AxIine Gers Tint Launch.

COLUMBUS, o., March 5.-Adjt. Gen.
Axline was Saturday morning advised
by the war department that his re-
quest had been acceded to and steam
launch issued to the First battalion,
Naval brigade, o. N c., Toledo. The
general also wrote to secure at least
one additional launch for the use of the
Second battalion.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-07

Our stock of 100 Rolls Carpets must
be closed out to make room for other
goods. We mean they must go now
and if you wish to save money on your
carpets for this Spring now is the time,
and our stock is the place to select
from. Come soon and see what we can
show you.
CARPETS at 1Oc 1215c and 15c yd
Regular price 15c, 1Sc and 2Oc
e Cottage, Dundee and Ingram at zoe
and 2215c, worth csc and SOC yd.
Flowered Ingram at zoe and 25c'
worth 25c and SOC yd.
Union Ingram at 29c, S3c and Soc;
regular 40c, 45c and soc yd.
All wool full yard wide Carpets at
49c, 5a15c and 55c worth Csc, roc and
75c.
Rag Carpets at 221Gc, 2Sc and soc yd.
RUGS-A nice lot to select from at
closing prices in Oriental, Reversible
and Smyrnas at zoe, csc to S3.25.
HAsSOCKS at SSc and Csc, worth 75c
and S1.00.
Ottoman at Csc and s5c, were sic
and S1.25,
We open the WALL PAPER trade
this spring with some Great Bargains
in High Glass Goods-New blues, new
greens and new reds with many other
new colorings and patterns at 121ac.
15c, 1sc and zoe for the same quality OF
paper and work that has brought zoe,
CSC, SOC and 35c. Come and see them.
Now open and on sale.
We have made some good purchases
of First Class SEWING MACHINES
and will part with them, if taken soon,
at the Lowest prices that have ever
been offered. You have never seen
such low prices made on high class
machines: S149 90, S19.9S and s29.9S.
Don't neglect this opportunity.
We are increasing our HARDWARE
stock. Anything in that line will re-
ceive our attention at the Lowest
Prices.