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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19
SUNDAY, NOV. 10. 1899.
The Lost Leonids.

1t now looks as If the Leonlds had
wandered from their path and were
never more to be heard of or seen by
the denizens of ,-e planet. There are
all kinds Of surmises why the shower
of stars failed to appear, but the only
explanation worth much attention
comes from the Royal Society of Lon
don, and IL that is not authority in
astronomical matters none is to be
found.
This body of scientists has reached
the conclusion, after computations ex-
tending over two years, that the Leon
IA orbit has been DETECTED by the in
fluence Of Saturn and Jupiter. Nor
is the detection slight though, of
course, it is but mere trife when
space is considered. This DETECTION
amounts to 100000 miles. Hereafter,
then, the earth will pass through only
the outer edge of the stream of shoot
ing stars, instead of through the CEN
trail body, as was the case sixty years
ago. Consequently, never again will
there be such a celestial pyrotech-
mic exhibition as was witnessed in 1888
1ne scientific world will accept this
conclusion as correct, but, for all that,
it may not be the true explanation.
There are matters in the philosophy of
the stars that are not dreamed of in
earthly philosophy. 1t may be that the
fragments of the exploded comet have
been consumed as they passed near the
earth years ago, and it may be that as
ether planets and stars crossed the or
bit other fragments were dissolved
lao mist and passed into nothingness.
In this way the old comet has disap-
peared from his orbit in space, never
more to be heard of. But, whatever
the cause, it is safe to predict that the
shower of stars will come again. There
will be no predictions to startle the
worlI in 1992.-Cin. Com. Trib
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19
SENATOR FRYE
Will Be Acting Vice President, Dur
ing This Term,


he announcement that Vice Presi-
dent Hobart will not return to his Of
fetal duties in Washington assures a
vacancy In the presiding chair of the
Senate for the third time in about IS
years. The other instances were the
promotion of Chester A. Arthur to the
Presidency through the death of Gen
eral James A. Garfield, and the death
of Vice President Hendricks, of Indi-
ana, during President Clevelands first
term.
The all important senatorial rules,
after having gone through quite an ev-
olution on this part, make 1t very clear
what is to be done at the opening day
of the session in December. Senator
William P. Frye, of Maine, who has for
some years been president pro tempore
will call the Senate to order and with
out further election will be entitled to
retain the Office for the remainder of
President McKinleys Administration.
unless the Senate votes otherwise.
In view of ,Ae circumstances, Sena-
tor Frye may prefer to tender the Of
flee back to the Senate, that he may
have a reelection. There is little
doubt that Senator Frye win be the
man chosen. His title will be Presi
dent pro tempore of the Senate, net
President of the Senate, which Vice
President only can enjoy. Neverthe
less he will receive the same compen-
sation as is paid to a Vice President,
$S,.yJ or $4,000 more than his salary
as a United States Senator He will
occupy the Vice Presidents room at
the Capitol and perform all the duties
of that officia-.
Away back in the olden times Pres
idents pro tempore of the Senate were
chosen for brie- period, and pending
the election of a President pro tempore
the -ecretary of the Senate, or in his
absence, the chief clerk, performed the
duties of the chair. The present ar
rangement, providing that the Presi-
dent pro tempore shall retain his Of
flee till the Senate otherwise orders,
was reached March 2, 1890 On that
day Senator Evarts resumed consider
alton of the resolution relative to the
tenure of Office of the President pro
temport, and after an amendment by
Senator Turpie, of Indiana, the reso-
luton was passed, to read as follows:
Resolved, That it is competent for
tie Senate to elect a President pro
tempore, who shall hold the office dur
ing the pleasure of the Senate until
another is elected and shall execute
the duties thereof during all future alb
sences of the vice President until the
Senate otherwise orders.
This more specific resolution, which
is now in force, was deemed necessary
on account of what some thought was
ambiguous in resolutions of about the
same purport passed early in 1876.
New York Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19
Says There is a Mistake in the
Date.

New York, nov. ia special dis
patch from Washington says
The shower of Leonids will not oc-
cur this season. The brilliant specta-
Gle has been announced one year too
soon"
This announcement has just been
made by DR.. p. }. See. one of the most
advanced astronomers in the Govern
ments service.
Dr. See has charge OF the twenty-slx-
inch equatorial telescope at the Naval
Observatory. II intimated that he
was able to reach conclusion con-
cerning the Leonids based upon care
full astronomical calculations that
would not harmonize with the views
he'd hithertofore by astronomers.
He stated with great positiveness
tat the meteoric display. which has
been mere splutter this year, will be
repeated at about this date in Novem-
Der next year, with a brllllancy quite
equal, if not superior, to any of the
tri-century displays with which the
modern world has been startled.
Astronomical calculations have not
erred as to the periodicity of the Leon
ids" said DR.. See. "But the generally
accepted conclusion as to the time it
takes the Leonids to pass the earth's
orbit has been wrong After the most
careful observations made with the
best instruments in the service of the
Government, and after the most uner-
ring calculations in strict conformity
to astronomical laws, l am thoroughly
convinced that the peroid of passage
is two years instead of one year, as
heretofore believed.
"The Leonids have been within the
earth's orbit for year now, and will
remain with us for another IL months
The meteoric shower has not been as
heavy this time as there was good sci
entifi3 reason for believing it would
be. That is because we have not yet
struck the thick part of the trail.
by my calculations the collision
will occur in the middle of November,
1900 Then the resultant display of
burning meteors will be as brilliant as
the one observed by Humboldt in Ven
ezuela in 1880.
The present visitation is a counter
part of that in 1898. AT that time there
were displays in two years, that of
1882 being about as feeble as the pres
ent has been, and that of the succeed
ing year being nearly as striking as
,he one recorded by Humboldt"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19
Snake Bite For Consumption.

A story comes out OF West Virginia
from Were no end of marvellous stor-
les come, telling Of woman in the last
stages OF consumption who was bitten
by copperhead snake and who subse-
quently recovered. She had become so
feeble from the disease that death was
expected at any time. But after the
snake had bitten her she began to rail-
ly, and kept on improving until she
has nearly doubled her weight, and is
now thoroughly free from the disease
The authorities who stand back of the
story say that the injection of per-
manganate of potash beneath the
woman's skin to nullify the snake
venom not only overcame the snake
poison, but also cured the consump-
tion. From this distance 1t Is hard TO
judge the story on its merits. but
permanganate of potash Is such an old
acquaintance of the physician and its
action is so well known in medicine
and chemistry that it is just possible a
mistake has been made.
Perhaps after further experiment
las Oeen tried it will be found that it
was not the permanganate of potash,
but the virus of the serpenrs fangs
lat cured the woman. Consumption
is caused by minute creatures that de-
your the tissues of the lungs. AS they
multiply and extend their ravages the
patient dies from destroyed lung.
Now, possibly the venom OF the snake
proved fatal to these dlminutive Great
ures that form lie harmful factors in
consumption, and when they sickened
and died there was nothing for the
womans lungs to do but get we'll.
If the West Virginia doctor expert
ments along this hypothesis his pros
poets will be brighter, and he will
have the satisfaction of knowing that
if his patient dies he can attribute 1t
to tie consumption, while If they re-
cover it will prove that the copperhead
is a speciflce for the disease. In the
latter event the copperhead will have
day of great prosperity ahead of him,
greater, indeed, than that of the West
Virginia man who furnishes the start
Ing story.-Pittsburg Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19
River News.

The water at his point is five feet
and falling, and as it is reported fall
ing at points above, river prospects are
not so good unless rain comes. River
men were anxiously watching the sky
yesterday and hoping for rain, but
were not rewarded for their patience
untn late hour last evening.
The smaller craft are on the river and
although often delayed by low water
are still making their trips.
Boats yesterday were as follows:
Ben 4iur for Pittsburg, p m.
The Kanawha passed at midnight
bound for Pittsburg.
Boats leaving today are Greenwood
for Charleston, 10 a. M; Valley Belle
for Middleport, u M; Urania for
Wheeling at p. M; Lorena for Zanes-
vile, 2 p. m.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19
THE CHURCHES.
Topics For Services at the Churches
Today.


st. Marys Catholic--Services at $3.50
a m. and 1880 p. m, Rev F. NJ Woes
man, pastor.
st. Luke's piscopal--Regular SER
vices at 1890 and 1880. DIR. John
Boyd, rector.
First Presbyterlan--W e. Roe. pas
tor. The usual services. The pastor
will preach in the morning on 1.-THE
Value of Conflict" in the evening on
What Hast Thou to do With Peace?'
First NJ. E.--Rev. w. d. Cherrington
pastor, will preach in the morning on
Honest Doubters," and in the evening
on 1.-The Keeper of Israel" All the
services as usual. All are invited.
Bautist-The Sabbath School will
meet in the newly renovated room at
9:15. At 1O:SO there will be preaching
in the same room. Subject, Heirs Of
God" No evening service.
Unitarlan-Rev e. A. Coil, pastor
Morning subject, For the Works
Sake" Evening. "The Message of the
Church to the Saloon Keeper" Sun
day School at 9:30 a. m.
German St. Luke's-Rev. W. E.
Brinkman, pastor. Morning service,
1O:3O. Sabbath School $3.50. Y. P. S.
c. E. meeting. "The Grace of Hope"
You are welcome.
First ongregational-Rev ]. r.
Nichols, pastor. The subject of the
morning sermon will be "The Integrity
of the Home" and in the evening,
why Should One Person Suffer for
the Sins of Another"
Wesleyan NJ. E.-Rev. ]. e. Artis,
pastor. Quarterly meeting $3.50 a. m.
Sunday School, 1O:3O a. m. Lovefeast,
2:SO p. m. Preaching by Rev. A. j.
Hawk, pastor of Gilman Avenue M. e.
church following the Lords Supper.
p. M. preaching by the pastor. Sub
jeet, what Shall We do to be
Saved" All invited
Gilman Avenue NJ. E.-Rev. A. ].
Hawk, pastor. Beginning Sunday
the pastor will conduct series of
evangelistic and revival services. The
topic at 1915 a. m. will be "The Bap-
tism of the Holy Ghost" and at p. m.
he will speak ON Genuine Revivals
and How to Promote Them" Public
services each evening except Saturday
to which a general invitation is ex-
tended.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19
DRINK GRAIN-o

after you have concluded that you
ought not to drink coffee. 1t is not a
medicine but doctors order it, because
it is healthful, invigorating and appe-
tizing. 1t is made from pure grains
and has that rich seal brown color aud
tastes like the finest grades of coffee
and costs one-quarter as much. Chill
Gren like it and thrive on it because it
is genuine food drink containing
nothing but nourishment. Ask your
grocer for Grain-O,th new food drink
Is and Csc. l
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

C. A. Snow & Co., Patent Lawyers,
opposite the United States Patent Of
fee, Washington, D. c., who have act
ual clients in evry city and town of the
United States and Canada, report that
never before in their 25 years practice
has the work of the Office been so well
up to date. They claim that patents
can now be procured in less than half
the time formerly required.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

The latest and best thing out is a
rubber tire for rocking chairs. Just
the thing for polished floors. Will al
so prevent rockers from creeping on
carpet. Made to fit any rocker. Call
and examine them.
BAKER & UHRHANE,
21S Putnam ST. Sole Agents.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

Second hand furniture bought and
sold. Also ladies and gents clothing
shoes, ETC., at 1872 Second street. Am
erican Loan Co., E. Hensley, Mgr.
Nov 10, I'm.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

TO Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartie lOc or 25c
II Q. O. O. fail TO cure. druggists refund money
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19
OHIO RIVER RAILROAD
eastern Tic }
GOING NORTH.
Leave Wiliamstown-

Leave Wiliamstown-
d7:H a. m...............t to Wheeling
"1O:56 a. m.... to New Martlusyille
dl2:45 p. m.....to Pittsburg and East
d3:51 p, M. Wheeling and Int points
1918, Ohio Valley Express Plttsburg
and East.
*S:5S,..,. SistersVille and Int. points
GOING SOUTH.
ulO' 81 a. nl......,.... TO ParkefSDuTg
"lz;07 p. m. Ohio Valley Express to
Huntington and Cincinnati.
d2;4l p. m..................tO to KenOYa
4:23 p. m............to TO PIT Pleasant
d7:O9 p. to Parkersburg
$3.50 p. m.............to Parkersburg
d daily. daily except Sunday.
L. f. CHALENOR,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

NEW CROP MOLASSES. ---PLentu of
NeW Orleans mOIdsses In torn bat zoe
guarantee 1t NOT as good as the goods loe
offer. Try a sample of ours and compare
NTH any other, hen decide for yourself.
t5c a quart.
WEHRS e. SONS,
No. 28S Front. Finest Groceries.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

Seats for the performance of "The
Air Ship" are now on sale at Gates
news stand.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

1ess + RENT. The house on second
street now occupied by Prof F.. q Jordan is
for rent 10 family without small children
Location most desirable References required
Apply at 820 Third street
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

BEl5~ WANTED D. Business men and others
to know that John W. Klintworth S the
agencies for Rem-sho Typewriter, Fisher
Typewriter, Edlson's Latest, Phpnograph In.
GLIDING any kind OF Records you may des re,
Regina Music Boxes, all kinds OF typewrlting
supplies and onice outhttings including desks,
rubber stamps, seals, etc. Gail on or address
John w Kllntworth, il9 Front Street Second
Floor, Phone s7l. Nov.h.Imo
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

EB-For sale Two Thoroughbred Aberdeen
Angus bull calves. ]. H. Greenlees Fleming,
Ohio.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

AgS@ LOST, on Putnam Street Thursday a
Boys Refer Coat dark green Supposed to
have been lost on Putnam or Front streets
Finder will please leave az Penrose & Simp.
sons Wholesale Grocery
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-19

Rla51 John W. Slintworth, StenOgrapher,
does all kinds of Typewriting on short notice
and at most reasonable prices. All work
neatly and satisfactorily executed. ONCE li9
Front Street, Second Floor, Marietta, Ohio
Phone 37l.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
COAL
Foreigner From Arkansas

When | was on the BENCH" relates
Judge j. j DuBose 1--WE were once MAX
Ing up a special jury for murder trial.
The lawyers were examining the venire,
and l wasn't paying much attention TO
what was going on till one of the law
yers attracted my att ntion by saying:
our honor, this man is incompetent
Tor Jury service. He's a foreigner
looked at the man under examination
and didn't think he looked like foreign sr.
He looked anyway, like he was accli-
mated. So | asked him:
!. 66IIaVe you ever been naturalized?'
No sir he answ red.
ana you say you're a foreigner and
not naturalized. What country are you a
Arkansas
Well everybody in the court room
laughed. told the man he could go. He
WASH much of a foreigner, but too much
Scimitar f
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
AMERICANS IN AFRICA
Cecil Rhodes Employees Them
There

To what extent Kruger and Rhodes
were Influenced and aided by Ameri-
cans in the journey towards success, it
is difficult to estimate, but to under
stand 5aat the assistance was not in
Intestinal, it is only necessary to hear
the two men laud the Yankees" in
South Africa. After Rhodes had con-
solidated the diamond mines and was
searching for some one to drag them
out of their Improbable chaos, he found
Gardnei +. Williams Of Michigan, and
so great was that gentleman's success
that Rhodes has declared many times
that Williams made him wealthy. In
all his vast enterprises in the north
Rhodes employs Americans in leading
positions and looks to the Yankees for
new ideas. He employs Americans TO
conduct his stock farms, to scout for
his armies when they are in the field,
to prospect for minerals, and to convert
the natives to Christianity. He thinks
America is the greatest country on
earth-next to South Africa-and his
highest ambition is to be the first pres
ident of the future United States Of
South Africa
Kruger has had many opportunities
to show his regard for Americans, and
he has done so markedly upon many
occasions. Once while the enmity be-
tween the Uitlanders and the Beers
was at it's highest point, Kruger was
rescued from Uitlander mob by sew
eral Americans, who afterwards be-
came intimate friends of the president,
and We're consulted by him on many
important state subjects. During recent
years he has received almost the unan-
imous support of the Americans in the
Rand, and has reciprocated the AMIGA
BILE feeling by granting unusual priyi-
leges to many of the three thousand
Yankees in his country.-Pearson's.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
NAMES INDIAN PRINCESS
Educated and Accomplished She
Lives With Her Tribe

Near Bangor is living today real
Indian princess. She is Miss Maud
Loring daughter of Peol Loring-"B Big
Thunder''-wise man, historian, medi-
cine man, and general prophet of the
Tarratines, who is the son of former
chief who, in turn, was the son of
big sachem. Maud whose Indian name
is Bright Eyes" is rather a pretty
girl of 49, and she leads the most lux
urious life of any Indian in Maine. She
is the pet of the tribe, and also of the
priests who come to say mass in the
chapel on Indian island while the Sis
ters of Mercy, who teach the dusky lit
tie children in the Indian school, have
put the princess through a course that
would fit any but stupid young wo-
man to shine in society.
Maud can speak the Abenaki tongue,
which is or was the language of the
Indians of all down east, in addition to
French and English She can play
waltzes on the piano, and Catholic
hymns on the chapel organ; she can
work slippers of soft deer skin in the
most wonderful of bright embroideries;
paint hunting scenes on miniature ca
noes, war clubs and paddles; she has
a good contralto voice, and she can
paddle q canoe, row an oar in a bat
teau, set a bear trap, shoot arrows
straighter than William Tell ever
thought Of, and pick a partridge off a
limb with any kind of a gun as far as
she can see the bird.
Once many and powerful, now
dwindled to a few hundreds, the Tar
ratines dwell upon an island in the
Penobscot thirteen miles above Ban
gor. They are half French Canadian,
but they still look like the red men
of old. The French blood makes no
show against the Indian in their veins
They ~crk at basket making and also
fashion countless pretty things that are
sold readily at the agency store to Wis
itors o. at the seaside resorts Canoes
real ard miniature, galy decorated
paddles, war clubs carved fancifully
and stained staringly in red, green and
yellow bows and arrows, and a hun
bred other things they make, working
silently and patiently with materials
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
MRS. HAZEN'S RETORT
How the Present Mrs. Dewey
SiIenCed a Politician

The quick wittedness of Admiral
DeWey'S wife, just at present one o.
the most conspicuous women in Amer
lea, is shown by the following Incl
dent of her life in Washington when
she was Mrs Hazen, says the New
York Tribune.
General Hazen was the first head Of
the weather bureau in Washington,
and found the new position by nc
means 4 sinecure. 1t was almost i'm
possible to persuade the members OF
congress to vote for him the necessary
funds with which to carry out his plans
as he desired, and he was at the same
time grumbled at as if he were posi-
lively and personally responsible for
the weather, which it was a fad of
the moment to say that he furnished.
Mrs. Hazen was the recipient of all his
woes, and gave him her full sympathy,
especially one spring when the appro-
preparation had been shamefully cut
down by the economy loving chairman
of the committee on that special ap-
propriationa
A few days after the passing of the
mutilatcd bill Mrs Hazen was a guest
at an afternoon reception at the house
of one of the cabinet members, where
the most detestable and uncomfortable
weather. untimely and unlocked for.
was the topic of the moment. As Mrs
Hazen crossed the room to make her
adieus to her hostess she was waylaid
by the arriving chairman of the Offend
ing committee, who accosted her thus
We'll, Mrs. Hazen, we'll madam, and
is this the best your husband can do
for us in the way of weather."
Mrs. Hazen turned, looked at him
with sudden flash in her pretty eyes,
then answered, clearly and sweetly:
Yes, Mr.. Blank, the very best-for
the appropriation"
The discounted man fed, in the
midst Of the hardly concealed smiles
of the surrounding guests.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
Eames Lost His Wager

Miss Emma Eames has brother
Harold who was an ensign in the
U. S. navy, says the Philadelphia
Post. His ship was stationed at Leg
horn, and one day the flagship entered
the harbor with the fleet commander on
board. The latter was very dignified and
was never known to lose his self con-
troll. One day the commander was in
swimming, and young Eames made a
friendly wager with fellow officer that
he would destroy his seniors equanim-
ity-in naval parlance, rattle" him.
The wager was accepted, and a moment
afterward Eanes was in the water
swimming toward his superior officer.
Suddenly he paused, and, stopping his
powerful overland stroke began
treading water. Then he saluted pre-
cisely as if he had been on quarter
deck. To the young mans intense sur
prise the commander returned the sal
ute with equal gravity. Mr., Eames lost
his wager.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24

brought in winter time on sledges over
twenty, forty, sometimes a hundred
miles Of frozen crust.
The tribe owns a lot of little islands
in the river above the one on which
their village is located, and from the
cultivation of these lands and the
rental of the shore privileges to lum-
bermen, they gain a part of their liv-
ing, the rest coming from the fancy
work described from work in the
woods or on the log drives and from
the interest of a fund held in trust by
the state, this latter yielding about
$4,000 year, which is devoted to the
care of the poor, the purchase of med
icines, etc.
Some Of the men earn a good deal
of money in the hunting season by act
ing as guides for moose and deer
hunters The younger men are among
the best log drivers on the Penobscot
river which means the best in the
world