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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
TIE BORDER STATES
Their Attitude in War and in
Politics.
History Recalled to MinG-DIvIdod
Families Won Famo on Either Side
In the War Between tho Siatcs-Sit.
uRtiOuin Missouri md Kentucky.
[Cor. New York Evening Post.l


The recurrence of the birthday of
Lincoln. product of one OF our bor-
der States as n reminder that the at
titude OF these States in war and in
politics is one of the permanently inter
esting features of American history.
The civil war experiences of Missouri,
Kentucky and Maryland furnish n
large share of the romance of that
struggle. And our present politics,
thirty-four years after AppomattoX,
have not outgrown the effects of those
border State experiences. The three
named States are the ones chiefly in
volved. Delaware was Il slave state,
but ii has almost no individuality. The
colonial name, "the Three Lower Coun-
ties of Delaware" better describes It,.
1t is made up of the thriving city OF
Wilmington. which is n little philadcl-
phia in interests and sentiments. and
OF the counties, which are really part
Of the Eastern Shore of Maryland"
West Virginia, too, is less interesting
than the three great border States. be-
cause its earlier history and traditions
are with the parent State. But Mary
land, Kentucky and Missouri will al
ways hold a unique place i'll American
history, just as they Mold "a unique
place in current politics. They are not
of the old South, nor yet are they
Northern States. The negro population
IS small enough to allow the voters of
the State to divide upon national Ques-
tions. and still large enough to make
1t unsafe for any party in power to do
very much in the way Of official rec
ignition for the negro.
INTEREST IN STATUES.
The erection at the capitol recently
of statues OF Thomas II. Benton and
Francis p. Blair has aroused interest
in the great historic period to which
the border States contributed so inter-
esting a part. The general relation or
these States was we'll summarized in
the saying that sit was easy TO be
a Union man in Massachusetts, and not
profitable to be anything else; it was
easy to be as ecessionist in South Car
DINA, and not safe to- be anything
else; but in Kentucky and Missouri IL
was perilous to be either one or the
other Indeed, 1t was dangerous to be
neither and to sit on the fence" Mr.
Clark said the Kentuckians were n pc
culiar people--the most hospitable. the
most emotional, the kindest hearted.
but they were In their normal condi-
ton only when fighting. Nearly every
ble-bodied man in the State, and a
great many not abIe-bodied men
whether. young enough or old enough
to squeeze in took up arms in the civil
war on one side or the other, and some
times on both. Prior to that war, Mis-
souri, had been something of a Ken
toucky colony. and as such possessed
the Kentucky characteristics. The
compromise of 1920 had made her q
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26

President Lincoln once rcmar ked. when
the promotion of Thomas was urged,
lie Is a Nlrginian and can wait" and
expresses strong hope that MIR. Lincoln
never said any such thing.
LINCOLN'S FIRST INAUGURAL
Another point of interest in connec-
ton with the border States is what
the effect would have been upon the
result of the civil war If they had gone
over 10 the COnfcdcracy. Prof. Shalcr,
in his history of kentucky, strongly
intmatcS, If he does not actually say,
that had Kentucky gone with the
South tho ending of the war would
have been different In the same way
Representative Clark cites some tell
ing cases OF how change in the
balance of forces in the States of
Missouri and Kentucky would have
affected the general result Sup
pose he says. that as the sun waa
setting on the field of Shiloh all the
kcniuckans. Missourians. and Ten
nessccans had been suddenly sub
iracted from the Union army. and
transferred to the Confederate side.
can any man doubt that as certain as
fate General Grant and the remnants
Of his army Mnnld hayc been driven
mo the Tennessee. and Beauregard
would have fattencd his famished SOL
diorS on the fertile pralrics OF Illinois
ana Indiana? Take another case. Sup
pose that George III. Thomas had gone
with his states. ana that when Pick
EFT made his spectacular charge at
Gettysburg. Thomas had reinforced
him with the 29i.G69 veterans of the
border states, who were then fighting
i'll The Union armies. can any human.
being fail tn understand what would
nave been the result? In taking re-
Prospect of the conduct of the border
states during the war. and of how the
Shareholders therein fought valiantly
for their own undoing. am forced
10 tho conclusion that when Abraham
Lincoln said in his first inaugural ad-
dress. Il have no purpose. directly or
indirectly. to interfcrcd with the insti-
tuition OF slavery in the states where
II exists. believe I have no inclina-
ton 10 DO So" he did more for the pre-
Servaiion Of the Union than was done
by all the speeches, great and small.
delivered since the confusion of
iogucs al the tower OF Babel. for that
one declaration held hundreds of
thousands in the border Statcs; to the
Union who would otherwise have gone
10 the South. Having put their hands
10 the plough. the Kentuckians and
the Missourians fought on after the
emancipation proclamation as bravcly
and undauntedly as before. Abraham
Lincoln and jefferson Davis were both
kentucl1ans. born within few miles
of each other.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26

The Lord Chief Justice OF England
SAYS that the unlicensed bar maintain
ed by the House of Commons is wholly
irregular.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
Co1ored Mash Fabric.

In great variety. Anticipate Your needs md
thus secure the best styles. The first pro duct
best. French GinEhams one of the leadi nc ,
showing about forty different effects. the mos
fectly fast colors.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Thrilling Accident,

Frank Skipton, of the West Side, had
the misfortune Monday night about
$3.50 O'Clock to pass through a most
thrilling experience which resulted in
the loss of valuable horse and a good
buggy.
Mr.. Skipton and his mother were out
driving up the Muskingum river road
on the West Side, and when crossing
the u. = o. track at the point leading
back IRON the river below Levi Bart
lett's, a south bound freight train on
the q. & o. railroad came suddenly on,
and the horse became frightened and
unmanageable. The animal was some
distance ON the track, dragging the
buggy and occupants into position of
deadly peril-toward the oncoming
train. Just before the engine struck,
the horse reared and fell, breaking its
neck and both hind legs. Mr.. Skipton
and his mother were fortunately
thrown out, and sustained some severe
bruises; but they were saved from be-
ing run over by the train.
The horse, of course, died instantly
and the buggy was badly broken. The
escape of the occupants of the buggy
was miraculous.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
A New Steamboat Wheel,

V. A. Gates, of Charleston, w. Va,
was business caller Saturday on Cap
tain j. F. Ellison, Superintendent of
the Pttsburg and Cincinnati Packet
Line. Mr. Gates is the inventor of a
new wheel for sternwheel steamboats,.
1t is a radical wheel, with practically
the principle of the screw. The buck
cts are not put on straight across the
wheel, as on all the wheels now in use,
but are arranged in such a manner as
to get a screw motion, and thus utilize
greater portion of the boats power
than now. Captain Ellison thinks the
wheel has many good qualities, but as
the wheels on all his boats are now in
good condition, and as 1t would re-
quire an entire set of new hanges, ne
does not see his way clear at presnt
to adopt the patent wheel. Mr.. Gates
said that Charles Ward, the inventor
and manufacturer of Charleston, w.
Va, speaks in the highest terms of
the Gates wheel.-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
Could Not Give Bail,

Clyde Russell, the notorious, pleaded
guilty to the charge of petit larceny
Monday morning before Mayor Rich
ardson The charge was made by H.
Kestermeier, whose shoe store Russell
entered Saturday and after asking per-
mission to write note, purloined a
watch which was hanging near the
desk. after his plea was entered he
was asked to give bond in the sum oi
800 for his appearance at the Septem-
Der term of Court He could not fur
nEsh the bond and was remanded to
Jail to await Lat time.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
Real Estate Deals.

The Sigma Phi boys closed the deal
Saturday of last week for The sale OF
their lot on Fifth street, to Mr.. Charles
b, Schaffer, of Pittsburg The lot is
SIS by $50 feet, and is one of the very
finest in the city Mr. Schaffer will
build a fine house upon the ground.
Two of the lots on upper Third
street in the College subdivision were
sold by G. B. Sunderland to Messrs
c. b. and e. e. Martin, of Falrmont,
w. Va, at $500 each. The gentlemen
will build residences and occupy them
before long.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
Church Notices.

The choir of the First M. E. church
of Marietta will give a concert at the
Barlow M. E. church on Tuesday eve
ming. May 23. The concert will be free
Ice cream and cake will be served after
the concert. Proceeds to go toward
repairing the church. Come and en-
joy this musical treat.
For the summer the hour of preach
ing at Vincent NJ. E. church will be
9:30Na. m. insetad of 1880 p M, and at
Barlow 11:0O a. m. instead of 1890
The w. C. T. U. of Barlow will hold
a public meeting at the Barlow NJ. e.
church on Saturday, May 20. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
Did Not Accept the Resignation

The members of the Baptist church
voted last Sunday on the resignation of
DR.. George Il. Gear, who has been their
pastor for the past twenty years. and
by a very large majority declined to
accept the resignation. The members
thus express their high appreciation
of the work of DR.. Gear, as well as Of
the man who has served so long.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

necessity FOR IL.
If men only knew it, they could work to
almost any extent on through middle life
and into old age, If they would only take a
little common sense care of their health
The trouble is that they do not take the lit.
tie stitches here and there that are neces.
sary to preserve health. They pay no at.
tention TO the signs Of on. coming ill.health.
A little biliousness, a little indigestion, a
little loss of sleep and appetite. little
nervousness, a little headache, a little
shakiness In the morning and a little dull
ness all day, little this and little that
all these little things they neglect. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes
the appetite keen, digestion and assimila.
tion perfect, the liver active, the blood pure
and the nerves steady. 1t Is the great
Ifblood. and flesh builder. Il is the
great liver invigorator and nerve tonic. Il
fits man to work and work and work
Medicine dealers sell il aud have nothing
else "just as good"
II was sufferer Eve or six years from iudi.
gesiion.' writes d. II. Holmes, OF Gaffuey,
Spartanburg Co. s. c.. also from sore stomach
and constant headache. then used DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery aud Pleasant Pei.
lets, which In few days gave me permanent
relief"
man or woman who neglects coustipa.
ton suffers from slow poisoning. Doctor
PieTce's Pleasant Pellets cuTeS constpa.
ton. One little "Pellet Is a gentle laxa,
tive. and two a mild cathartic. All medi.
cine dealers sell them.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

Mr.. Will s. Richardson, who has
been at his home at Clarington for the
past several days, attending the bed
side of a very sick child, returned TO
the city Monday afternoon. He report
the child as out of danger now, al
though he was very dangerously sick
with typhoid fever.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
River Notes.

Their was a stage of eight feet and
falling here at midnight.
TOdays boats are the Valley Belle at
8 a, m. for Gallipolis, the Keystone
for Cincinnati at p, m and the Ben
Hur for Pittsburg at 5 p, m.
The City of Plttsburg passed up at
midnight Sunday night, making good
time.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
PrOpeTty Sold,

s. A. Coffman sold the Crippen prop
erty on the corner Of Harmar and Lord
streets Monday to Mrs. Kate AleXan-
der The property is good dwelling
and lot 9Ox9O feet.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
Pretty Liyelv Traffic.

BY actual count sunday afternoon
last there passed up the Muskingum
river road, within a space of two hours
$50 buggies and carriages. and 70 BIZ
cycles. Thin was by one point just out
of town on the road mentioned.
We presume the other highways
leading out of Marietta had their pro-
portlonate share of travel.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO.
LUCAS COUNTY.

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
ne is the senior partner OF the-frm. OF
Il. j, Cheney & Co. doing business 10
the City OF Toledo, County and StaJe
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use OF Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
10 my presence. this 9th day of Decem-
ber, A. ID. 1886
80, A, W. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o
Sold by Druggists T5c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
S. A. Coffman,
A SODA SKIT.
Room 6 Mills Building.

Oh, the bubhling, snrgllng, gushing
OF the soda water rushing
In u pure and sparkling, chilly, frozen stream
That Is sassy snhppy, biting,
Through hundred feet OF piping
That would chill the burning fever OF lover
fiery dream.
Now, don't know how TO tell IL,
But IL seems To me there is
A refreshing bit of coolness
In my soda fountains tlzz
Aud wealth OF healthy sparkle
In the gurgle OF its drips
AS IL bubbles up and sputters
To the thirst upon your lips.
There's a twist OF mingled chillness
In the cooling way We fix IL,
And a drop OF irigid shiVers
In the freezing way we mix IL
IN new kinks for tastes that diner,
In goldfish way that suits,
With the pure rock candy syrup
And rich juices Of the fruits.
There's no doubt but It's immOdest
nut you know I'm after biz,
And l. therefore, would but ask that
You excuse this little quiz;
Is 1t soda you are after
With "A cold and freezing thrillf
Then / have IL. for I'm serving
with each glass hunk OF chill
Yours for business,
Will S. Richardson,
"a, rreene street. The Cut-Rate Druggist
!" Phone 50,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
MARRIAGE Licenses,

Saturday evening a license was is
sued to Jacob Suder, 81, and zelma
Robinson, 2S, both of Marietta. Rev.
Rudolph Uhlhorn to officiate
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

Cranberry Tone has taste Qf It's OlCl',
and Il uGy Of making ldzU liUer hump
Itself Price 75c. Bottles, $500. Pre-
pared bU yours for business,
WILL s. RICHA ARDSON,
Cut-RdtG Druggist.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
6zezsse> e5Srzz>..ss
Good Enough

For anybody" isn't good
enough for us, when it comes TO Soda
Water. We want every one of our
customers to really feel that ..the Soda
they set here is better than the best
that Other stores are capable OF produc
ing. You know this is SO, We know
that it is SO, but there are those who
onot know it until they try it.
Putnam
Street
4 Marietta, Esas% o. 81 Drugstore.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
Who Said
"Soda Water?"

We don't suppose there is an
other drug store in the United
States that gives more attention
to the purity OF syrupss for Soda
Water than we do.
Nothing but the ripest, fresh
est fruits are used in making
them. We know exactly what
we are selling to our Gus tonlers.
We know it is pure and cold.
Come in and feast yourself on
just one glass. We want TO in
terest you thus early in the sea-
son because we want your trade
all summer. We want to please
you so we'll that you'll 90 several
blocks out of your way, If neces-
sary, to get your Soda Water at
CORNER DRUG STORE,
CORNER FRONT & PUTNAM SITS.
eHeaegNEezeRoHeHoEaRauAE
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

Don't let the little ones suffer from
eczema or other torturing skin diseas-
es. No need for it, Doan's Ointment
cures Can't harm the most delicate
skin. AT any drug store, 80 cents.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

No man can cure consumption. You
can prevent it though. DIR. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs,
colds, bronchitis, astama. Never fails.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

When doctors fail try Bnrdock Blood
Bitters. Cures dyspepsia, constipation
inYigorates the whole system.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

Takes the burn out; heals the
wound; cures the pain. DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil, the household remedy.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
Real Estate.

For Sale-A good house of IL rooms
with bath, water and gas on Franklin
street, $1,S0O; a bargain in an eight
room dwelling with bath and other
modern conveniences and lot 72 feet
front with barn, ON Gilman avenue, for
50 100. A strictly modern brick hotel
and store room in good location in the
city, for $4,000. A good lot on Front
street, GOx12O, 5000 A good corner lot
on West Side for 5000. A bargain in
a new eight room dwelling, electricity
and gas, on lot 55x165 in good location
on Fairvew Heights, for $1700.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

BdB~ FOR RENT, Six room house in good
condition. Inquire ct John Wilhing, Corner
Sixth and Cutler streets
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

6aF-FOR SALE. Fine Building Lots above
high water on second street. John H. Riley.
Wedlwk.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

naYFLowERS Geraniums and budding
plants cents per pot Seeding plants cents
per dozen. I.apham's Greenhouse. 2lO sacra
Via. Th.3ts.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Bas~ Furnished, or Unfurnlshed Rooms for
Light Housekeeping. Inquire at 2lI Fifth
street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

HtAl
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
VIII S. Richardson

,,z Greene street. Tho Cutkate Druggist.
!" Phone 5s
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16

Ladies' Linen Skirts, trimmed with
Braid, full size, well made,
Special price, 75c each.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-28
Dr1est Citv 10 the United stntes.
k,.ssEzz 4. 3 i;; I:S:ll111

Albuquerque, n NJ, has the record
of the greatest number of sunshiny
days in the year Of any town on the
American continent. The records
show a period of three years in which
there we're but two totally cloudy
days; in other words, days in which
the sun was not visible at some time
between the hours of rising and set
ting. And the signal service an
nounced, in one of its publications,
not long ago, that the Point of least
annual rainfall in the United States is
at Albuquerque, N. NJ" This would
not be a good recommendation to
farmers who expect TO raise crops by
rainfall, but IN a country where all
farming depends upon irrigation this is
considered the best condition, because
thefarmer always knows exactly where
he is at" and never has his business
interfered with by the clouds. But
even more important than that is the
fact that it makes the ideal climate for
health and pleas re. 1t has already
made this section national sanitarium
for people affected with lung disease.
The air is so dry, except during the
short rainy season in July and August.
that the evaporation is foot month,
and the natives preserve their fresh
meats during the hottest weather in
summer by cutting it into strips and
hanging it out on the clothes line,
where, instead of spelling, it becomes
ierked beef in two or three days, and
can be stored away like corn or pota-
toes. 1t is this dryness of the air
that gives relief to the patients suffer-
ing from lung diseases.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-28
Coaling at Sea.

A method of coaling steamers while
at sea has been devised, and apparent
ly possesses such merit as to attract
tho attention Of the government to
such an extent as to lead to practi-
cal trial under the direction of Naval
Commander Bowles. The device is
that the warship or collier may be in
tow; the intervening distance-about
one hundred yards-is spanned by
elevated cables, which convey the coal
from the collier to the vessel very
rapidly, thus allowing steamers to be
coaled at sea while under Roadway.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-28
Wireless. TeleSraphy.

With respect to the future extension
Of wireless telegraphy over long dis
tances, we may be content to wait
until the method shall have been prac-
tically developed over the shorter dis
tances to which it is clearly applicable,
and for which there is wide field of
usefulness. Without indorsing the
extravagant claims of some writers on
the subject, we would remind our
readers of the wonderful delicacy of
tho automatic magnetic recording in
struments in daily use at the Kew
observatory and in Washington, d. c.,
and elsewhere. Whenever a spot APP
pears on the surface of the sun the
instruments at these observatories in
stantly announce the fact by recording
a change in the magnetic equilibrium
of the earth. II such a record can
be obtained from a disturbing cause
nearly 100, 100000 miles away from
the earth, is it not reasonable to be-
lieve that man, with his magnetism
aud the increasing control which he is
acquiring of these forces, may be able
before very long to cause a change in
the magnetic equilibrium of the earth
at Washington which will be detected
by the delicate instruments at the Kew
observatory Should this be actually
accomplished, the sending of intelli-
gible communications would be mere
detail we'll within the capacity of the
inventors. Philadelphia Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-28

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall Cattrrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, o.
ssy~ Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family pills are the best