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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-03
Sight OF caterpiIlara.

An eminent French scientist says
that caterpillars cannot see more than
centimeter.' or two-fifths of an inch,
In front of them.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-03
THE YEAR 1893. .

Will be fraught with interest to those
who wish to keep abreast of State and
National events.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-03
Gov. Cuibertson Wants to Go to the Senate.

AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 1.--Gov. Charles
A. Culbertson Friday announced him
self candidate for the United States
senate to succeed Roger Q. Mills, whose
term will expire in 1898.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-03

BELoIr, Wis, Jan. 1.-The Beloit
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. will discon-
tinue business January because of
adverse legislation. Its 100000 01
risks will be reinsured.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-03
Marietta, O

WIN - ~ LII -
MAGAZINE
FOR 1898
. "A GREAT PROGRAMME
the story OF the Revolution by Senator
Henry. Cabot Lodge, to run throughout
the year. tFor the first time all the mod
q. ern art forces and resources will be brought
TO bear upon the Revolution. Howard
Fyle and a corps of artists are making
over 100 paintings and drawings expressly
for this great work.
Captain a. T. Mahan's "The American
Navy in the Revolution" to be illustrated
by Carlton 7. Chapman, the marine artist;
Harry Fem, and others.
Thomas Nelson Pages First Long
Novel, "Red RoCk-A Chronicle of Re-
construction" Mr.. Page has devoted four
years to the story, and he considers it his
best work. illustrated by B. West Cline
dinst.)
Rudyard kIpilng, Richard Harding
Davis, joel Chandler Harris,
George w. Cable, and others, are un.
der engagement to contribute stories dur
ing 1893.
Robert Grants 'Search-LI9ht Lett
rerS'-replfes to various letters that
came In consequence OF his "Refecttons of
Married Man" and 1.-THE Opinions of a
Philosopher"
"rhe Workers. in new field-walter A
Wyckon, the college man who became
laborer, will tell about his experience with
sweat-shop laborers and anarchists in
Chicago. illustrated from life by w
Leigh.)
The Theatre, The Mine, etc., will be
treated In 'The Conduct OF Great Bust
nesses" series las were "The Wheat Farm
"The Newspaper" etc., in 9I), with mum.
erous illustrations.
Life at Girls CoIieges-like the articles
on Undergraduate Life at Harvard
Princeton and Yale" and as richly illus.
trated
Political "reminiscences by Senator
Hoar' who has been in public life for forty
| FIVE years.
@. D. Gibson will contribute two serial
sets OF drawings during '9s, New Yorx
Day and "The Seven Ages OF American
Woman"
he1- 1hs Jul prospectus for '9s. In small
@ oooS iorm l24 pages, printed IN tDo colors,
~''N numerous illustrations te0ver and de-
cordffons BY Aaraeld Parrish, ,ciu be zen,
upon application, postage paid.
PRICE $S.Oo YEAR, Is CENTS A Nr,Mpv,
CHARLES soRIBEERs Soss NEW Yoar
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-03
Examination of Teachers

OF Washington Co. will be held from a. IA
until 8 p. m. at the Marietta High school, OF
the Second Saturday OF each month except
January, July and August.
MARTIN X. ANDREWS,
Sept. 10. 'e6. Pres. BID OF Examiners.
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PRICE, $500 A YEAR, Is CENTS A suMav,
cHAAl1s soAIBSER's Sons, NEW YoRx.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-03

BeB- The JuH prospectus for 'ss. In s,,ou
ooox 'orm IA pages, printed IN tDo coIors.
~'sA NUMEROUS illustrations teover and de.
oordf'ons oy Aarasid Parrish, s0iH be sent
upon application, postage paid.
The evening times., 1898-12-01

beast. the public. but not to permit it
10 penetrate the bureau. The people
are shut out from the office by a rail-
ing. behind which everything is guard
ed like Roosevelt report in the War
Office. Sampson is superb as a type of
Government official. This paragraph
completes the general knowledge of his
character when taken in connection
with the red-tape methods he imposed
on the Evacuation Commission in Cuba
TO the disgust of General Butler, who is
addicted to common sense business
ways. Nothing but the fact that his
own glory was involved could have in
duced Sampson to write reply to
Shafter for publication in the newspa-
pers. which are the curse of bureau Off
cials. But he is interesting, all the
same, and when Shafter makes his re-
sponse we shall get at more Of the
truth as to the haggling and delays
which were brought to an end by the
dash of our soldiers and the interven-
ton of General Miles.
The evening times., 1898-12-01
RARE INSECTS.

~
One may obtain a fairly complete col
lection of postage stamps, but never of
insects. Some experts say that there are
100000 species of insects in the United
States, while others put the estimate
much higher. In tropical countries the
insect kingdom is vastly prolific, and it
seems probable that In the whole world
the number of species is not less than
l0O00,0O0 A rare bug is worth money
too. AS much as $500 was paid not long
ago for single butterfly. A pair of swal-
low-tailed butterflies are valued at $500.
The most valuable beetle is the Goliah
from West Africa, which is quoted at $50.
It is three inches long velvety black
with whitish stripes, and is found only
in the tops of the highest palm trees.
London is the great bug market, and auc-
tions of insects are held in that city fire.
quently.
Beetles are among the most interesting
of insects, from the point of view of the
collector They are clad in complete suits
of arni6r. which is made of material far
more indestructible than steel, namely,
'chitine." Chitine can not be destroyed
except by certain mineral acids; in other
words. only the artifces OF chemistry
avail against it. Thus the shells of bee
ties that died 10,0O0.000 years ago have
been preserved perfectly in the rocks, sc
that We know today just what these in
sects of antiquity looked like The big
gest beetle in the world, by the way is
found in Venezuela. 1t is known as the
elephant beetle" and when full grown
it weighs nearly half a pound.
The evening times., 1898-12-01
Artistic Dinners

The way in which little silver imple-
ments are multiplying round the plate
of the state dinner table led one Woe
begone individual to remark recently
that he could not enjoy his dinner be-
cause he was trying not to come out
with an oyster fork for his ice-cream. 1t
is also related that one young lady who
dined with bride not long ago found
a single enigmatical little spoon at her
plate after the last course had
been served. She was on the point of
being miserable over her ignorance,
when she glanced around the table and
saw that precisely the same condition
of things existed at every plate save
one-that of the hostess She has not
yet discovered what that spoon was for.
The ordinary person inquiries why
these things should be- 1t is all very
well to have silver adapted to each
course. laid out In proper form, but why
make the thing so very scientific that
guests of ordinary intelligence and
social experience are bothered with
doubts as to the particular implement
they shall use for their soup or their ice
cream? This sort of thing makes a din
ner as much a mental exercise as a
course in trigonometry, and promotes
dyspepsia.
1t is not necessary for the dainty dame
to remark scornfully that some people
would like to go back to the method of
the aboriginal savage, and eat with
their fingers out of a common dish. Ii
is quite true that the ancestors of some
of the proudest families in England did
that at the very time when they were
engaged in comforting distinction on all
ancestor -worshiper must admit that
some of these noble lords and ladies
would be unpleasant neighbors at a
modern dinner party. There is a happy
medium between the aborigine and the
decadent The true object of a dinner
to which company of people are in
vited is social enjoyment. The normal
human being enjoys his dinner best
when it is daintily and artistically
served, with all appropriate ceremony
and in congenial company. The very
center of hospitality is the table Cen.
turtles Of tradition and social usage, Gus.
| toms dating back to the beginning oil
the human race, make 1t fitting that a
man should ask his friend to share Q
The evening times., 1898-12-01
If Spain Continue. stubborn.
(From the Chicago Tribune.)


II Spain should break off the negotiations, the
duty of President Mckinley will be clear enough.
Preparations will be begun Immediately for COM
pleting the conquest of the Philippines and Of
Cuba, wherever this may still be disputed by
Spanish soldiers. 1t will not take long TO throw
100, coo men into Cuba. Our soldiers are ready
and eager to go, and the climate in that island
during the rest of the Winter, free from fever
and contagion, and just right for completing the
thrashing which Blanco has so long been wishing
for. Our battleships are now somewhere in the
South Pacific on their way to Manila, and the
soldiers within reach of San Francisco will be
dispatched at once for the same destination. The
puny resistance of the remaining Spanish soldiers
in the Philippines If there any left with
some fight in them, will be overcome, and the
Stars and Stripes will be raised over every island
and iset of the great archipelago. Then Spain
may whistle for the $50, 600 600 bonus, but il will
be just truly indebted to its bondholders a:
ever That Is all the good the withdrawal will
do.
The evening times., 1898-12-01
ENGLISH GIRLS.

At the women's colleges and schools In
England hockey is becoming more and
more the favorite winter pastime. The
Royal Holloway College team Is famous
and plays in its own splendid field every
afternoon this term and next. The stu
dents engage in games against the Oxford
and Cambridge women's colleges, but
they do not play golf at all. Neither do
they boat seriously. The Thames is quite
half an hours walk from the college,
and time is precious, so, though they hire
when they want boats. there is not one
now appertaining to the college. But
they swim in the glorious bath in their
equally glorious grounds, and are ardent
cyclists
Many of the high school girls in Lon
don proceed to Naesden and other outly-
ing fields near London for their hockey.
possessing no facilities in town for such
exercise. AT aristocratic Girton-the first
women's college established at either of
the varsities-they have golf links Of thei,
own as we'll as hockey field. They also
indulge in little mild cricket during the
summer term, and constantly meet
Newnham in open contest. or join with
that abode of learning to meet the Ok
ford women's colleges at hockey matches.
At Someryille Hall. oxford, there is a
regular summer term institution on Sat
urday afternoons of tennis and lemon
ade, to which brother undergraduates Of
the sweet girls are invited. Asphalt
courts are played on vigorously during
the winter at Lady Margaret Hall, Ok
ford, where there are also college boats,
the vicinity of the River Cherweil rem
dering boating possible.
Golf and the new-fashioned game Of
croquet are regarded by damsels Of
seventeen as slow and frumpish, but
when they arrive atyears OF discretion
they admit that there is something in
both, and that they are Jolly difficult
TO play we'll. Croquet does not flourish
much. therefore, in scholastic realms,
though its vogue has increased nun
dredfold during the past summer in ther
circles.
Gymnasium work and dancing are
both extremely popular among school
girls and college ones also. At HoI-
loway College there is a superb floor in
the long galleries devoted 10 library
purposes, and here sometimes the stu
dents are permitted to trip it gaily.
Fencing is another exercise TO which
women are becoming more and more
TO the women's colleges yet. 1t is popu-
| lar in art circles, for 1t has more than
| a flavor OF Paris about it. and besides
| is most advantageous TO those whose
occupations are sedentary.
The evening times., 1898-12-01
HALL GAINES IDEAS OF
CHICAGO'S WICKEDNESS
He Thinks the Lake City In Some
Respects Vastly Superior to Lon
dun. Paris md Rome.


Respects Vastly Superior to Lon
don. Paris and Rome.
New York, Dec. Hail Caine, while on
his Western tour. from which he returned
yesterday, made as extensive study as
kss than week would permit OF the
slums and social conditions in general In
| Chicago. Mr. Caine says every English
man before he visits Chicago is led TO be-
lieve 1t the center of the worlds wicked
| ness.
1t would be presumptuous, Mr.. Caine
said last night, for him to offer general
| opinions of Chicago's wickedness after
| his brief visit.
II had always been told that Chicago
| was the expression of wickedness and
| worldiiness, said Mr.. Caine. Two
| statements may be made applying to all
great cities-their morality depends on
| first how they are housed; second, on how
they are fed. In both these conditions
| Chicago seemed to me infinitely better
| than London, Paris and Rome.
There are few of the helabyrinthian rook-
| cries in Chicagd which are always the
homes of the criminal classes in the great
! cities. Without these rookeries the crimi-
| nal classes find 1t hard to exist in any
| city
| All SEtdI1 SOCldl ItlDitiicio III eiiO VIZ
| municipalities who have accomplished
| anything hayeefirst set about to wipe out
| these moral plague spots, as was done in
! London, and right here in New York
/ when Mulberry Bend was eradicated.
I'm Chicago / found the worst criminal
centers about the great depots. but be-
| cause of the width of the streets and
| the structure of the houses | would say
it should be very easy for the police there
l 81.
During my short visit there I saw no
| such signs of destitution as are to be seen
| in the eastern portions of London. There
| were certain classes less well provided
| for than in London / was assured that
| there was a great multitude OF destitute
| and homeless boys
| II did not hear of any Chicago DR.
| Barnardo. One is sadly needed in Chi
| cago. DR.. Barnardos institution in Lon
! don is Of enormous benefit. This cOun-
try needs to look more TO the welfare oi
its poor boys and girls. The girls es-
peciaily should receive better attention.
"a boy may pass the early stages OF
poverty, and even criminality. and come
out good man. A girl once contami-
| mated, even in very early childhood. the
chance OF her rescue is very remote
When asked regarding his impressions
| of the intellectual life of the West, Mr.
| Caine said II saw that the men were
hard worked. They did not have as muct
time as they should have had for study
| The women, the other hand lived II
a very strong intellectual atmosphere
Il have nothing but praise for Ameri
can audiences. Their attention is of
breathless intensity that l have never be
fore seen. 1 certainly have enjoyed m!
visit TO this country
Mr.. Caine said he expected to sail OF
the Campanta on December 10
The evening times., 1898-12-01
The ciecumIocution Office system.
From the Chicago New


The Peace Commission is really composed Of
two bodies which move in two separate orbits.
A moment of conjunction occurs only once a
week at most. The American Commissioners hold
their own sessions and debate their own propo-
sitions. In time they decide upon one propo-
sition, which they telegraph to Washington. On
the next Cabinet day this proposition is laid be-
fore the Presidents advisers In time some sug-
gestions are wired back TO Paris. Then the
American Commissioners debate the instructions
and finally agree upon the manner of their pres
entation. Thus in the fullness of time propo-
sition is laid before the Spanish Commissioners
at a joint session. The Spanish Commissioners
retire, go through their own debatings, -cogitat-
ings, telegraphings remodelings. And again in
the fullness of time there is another joint session
at which the Spanish Commissioners produce
their proposition, which is assdiffsrentas possible
from the American proposition.
Then the American Commissioners retire, cogi-
tate, debate, telegraph, and come back with their
reply TO the Spanish proposition. 49,.
II is estimated that Peace Commission Of this
sort could continue in existence for a thousand
years without having been within a thousand
miles of an agreement as to any point at any
time
The evening times., 1898-12-01
Grief of an Empress.
(From the Chicago News.)


Four years ago the late Empress of Austria.
while halting for few days at Lugano, visited
local exhibition OF sculpture, and much
struck by female figure representing Grief, the
work Of young artist, Antonio Chiattone. She
sent for him and commissioned him TO execute a
monument of the Crown Prince Rudolph, to be
set up in the Aehileion, her beautiful villa in
Corfu. This accordingly done and the Eni-
press declared it TO be in exact accordance with
her taste and feeling. When the Achilleion was
abandoned last year the memorial brought TO
Mayerling, the spot where her son met his mys.
terious fate, and the Empress caused it 10 be
placed in front OF the Jagd-Schloss in the park,
now a Csrmelite convent. She then bought a
modest villa in street close by from the win
dows OF which a full view could be had of the
monument. and here she intended 10 pass many
days in sad meditation and prayer. Destiny will
ed it otherwise, for she never set foot in this
humble retreat. The monument-a broken tree
trunk, with portrait medallion of the ill-fated
prince and angel bending il with out
stretched wings-will no doubt remain where it
is SO long as the Emperor lives.
The evening times., 1898-12-01
\ New French Field Gun.
From the New York Times.)

tfr0m tne New 1Ofk IlmeS-)
/ have Just seen " r from a Frenchman
who has been doing his months military service
in the artillery. He gives some thrilling details
OF the new quick firing field guns concerning
which such strict secrecy was preserved. He says:
1--WE fred twenty-five shell minute per gun.
The target consisted OF 200 wooden soldiers at a
distance of two and one-half miles. They were
all down in one minute and three quarters"
/ can cap this by aston ing unpublished
detail from the recent trials oi the new quick
firing gun built by the Vickers for the British
army To show the almost incredible accuracy of
rifing and regularity of ammunition, one she'll
was fred without particular aim. The telescope
was then focused upon the spot where it burst
and was clamped there. The official inspector
then looked through his telescope and shell after
shell burst within the circle of the object glass
Military authorities declare that as with the Lee
Metford rifle, so with this new arm, England by
waiting and making more experiments will get
a better weapon than the Continental powers,
who, with their exposed frontiers, cannot afford
to wait
The evening times., 1898-12-01
Tale. of n Famous Fiddler

(From the Westminster Gazette.)
The grand oak tree OF the famous fiddler, Neil
Cow has lost one Of its ''giant trunks" The
tree stands near the village of Inver not lar from
Dunkelh where Neil was born and lived and
died He great favorite with the Duke OF
Atholl, who, indeed paid him a salary as family
fiddler; but he had scant respect Tor dukes and
duchesses as such. That l2ssie o yours has a
good ear he remarked TO her Ladyship OF
Atholl one day. Somebody who overheard the
remark vcntured to suggest to Neil that the
duchess might be offended at having her daughter
called a lassie. What would / call her?'' said
Neil, 81 never heard she was laddie.''
Neil, like TOO many others, was fond OF whisky.
The Duchess of Gordon once complained TO him
of a giddness and swimming in her head.
Faith" said Neil with a twinkle in his eye,
"an' | ken something O. that your ladyship.
And so he did, no doubt Another story is Of a
gentleman meeting him walking home from a
Perth ball one morning. s.It's very long road
you have before YOU" remarked the sympsthizer.
"Oh, it's nae the length OF that's troubling me,
but the breadth" said Neil, as he passed on.
Cow is buried in the churclyard of Little Dunk
eld
The evening times., 1898-12-01

1t is a curious fact that the tender
hearted people who devote themselves to
the humane work of preventing cruelty to
animals, come to regard man with any
thing but the same kindness they feel to-
ward the brute creation. 1t is the presi-
dent of the Illinois Humane Society who
advocates the whipping post for certain
human offenders, including idle vaga-
bonds. hoodlums and the like. The SEEM
ing incongruity recalls the conviction of
weapons He was found 10 be an active
agent of the Universal Peace Society and
he had a huge horse pistol which his coat
hardly hid.
The evening times., 1898-12-01
The Muristnn.
lFrom the london Chronicle.l


The Muristan. the site OF the new German
church at Jerusalem, granted to Germany by
the Sultan in 1869. 1t is in the middle Of the
city. near the Church Of the Sepulchre, and no
spot was richer in remains of the Latin domina-
tion-to say nothing of the Saracenic ruins. In
the reports of the Palestine Survey there is
photograph Of fine Gothic window by Lieut..
Kitchener R. To-day the Sirdar That window
together with portions OF cloisters, belfry, and
a rich double doorway, belonged to the Church
OF St Mary, built in 11S0. a little earlier than
the beautiful church outside the walls known as
the Tomb of the Virgin, the gift of Melisinda,
wife of King Fulk. The pazaars east of the
Muristan. notably the meat market, are medieval,
and west of it lie buried beneath the soil the
buildings of the great hospice of the Knights of
ST. John. ssE
The Kaiser will find at least one ancient trace
of German Crusaders at Jerusalem The Birket-
es-Sultan was made by the Germans to water
their horses, and was known in Latin times
the German Pool. Tlfeodoricus mentions it first
The greatest German work in the past was, of
course the rebuilding of the walls of the city
by Frederick II. in e1229. But the Emperor's
work lasted only ten years, when the walls were
destroyed by Arab .htrdes under the Emir Of
Kerak
The evening times., 1898-12-01
Racial Problems.
FROM the Galveston News. J

The press is loaded down 10 the guards these
days with the literature of wise and women
who would tell the world how 10 settle the race
problem While some OF them give excellent ad-
vice, and while either efforts may result in good
they should not feel discouraged if their plans
should prove less effective than they expect. The
race problem has stared mankind in the face
through all the ages of tradition and history.
1t is quite possible that it began to worry man
before his memory was strong enough to retain
until tomorrow the storm OF noise and flying fur
in which he proved his supremacy yesterday or
today. Racial prejudices and differences have
always existed. 1t is encouraging 10 note that
in enlightened countries they are less bitter now
than they have ever been before.
The evening times., 1898-12-01

The truth about the incompetency of
General Shafter was fully known 10 the
officers of his army, but they have been
considerate, and have carried the die
tates of army etiquette to an extreme.
From other sources the public is now be-
ing enlightened, and in time the preten.
tions of both the army and navy COM
manders before and behind Santiago will
be fully revealed. The fact that General
Wheeler was ignored as far as possible
in Shafters report suggests hidden
incident that will eventually find its way
to publicity. AS his testimony before the
Alger Relief Commission showed, General
Wheeler makes silence about army scan
dals a fetch; but the facts are almost
sure to leak out. All the revelations of
Skaters inefficiency and neglect are a
further indictment of Secretary Alger
and the Adjutant General. To place this
man in active and supreme command of
the invading army was 10 invite disas-
ter AS a matter of fact, disaster was
| avoided only by the timely interference
of General Miles.