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Evening star., 1899-03-15
Denial Regarding the Cbito.a

SAN FRANCISCO, March 15-The JAP
arese cruiser Chftose will sail for Yoko-
hama about March %. The report that she
has met with several mishaps to her ma
chlnery since being turned over to the
Japanese crew is denied by her engineers
Evening star., 1899-03-15
Death Of. AIRED Ctti.su-

The death Of John Imirie a native of
Scotland. but long a resident of this city.
occurred yesterday at his residence. s499
Maryland avenue southwest. Deceased was
in the seventy-elght year OF his age. The
residence Friday at 2 o'clock pm.
Evening star., 1899-03-15
Work of Auntfes in China.

FROM the Louisville Courier Journal.
The Aunties of China, who, of course
are opposed to an army and navy as menac-
ing national existence, will now stand by
and see their country sliced up by other
powers, helpless to resist even Italy. There
are worse things than armies and navies
Evening star., 1899-03-15
Hint at n Bicycle Trust.

TOLEDO. Ohio. March ia number of
bicycle makers and supply men are holding
meeting In this city. II Is said negotia-
tons are under way for combine Of some
sort
Evening star., 1899-03-15
steamship Arrixal..

At Majestic, from New York
for Liverpool.
AT southampton--Traye, from New York
for Bremen.
Evening star., 1899-03-15
Rudyard KipIinx Improving,

NEW YORK, March 15.-Rudyard Kip
ling passed a good night and continues to
improve.
Evening star., 1899-03-15
Tube workers' wages Advanced.

PTTTSBURG, Pa. March 15.-The Penn
sylvania Tube Company. employing several
thousand men. has advanced the wages of
ell employees ten per cent?
Evening star., 1899-03-15
Grain, Provisions and Cotton Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. 1419 F St. members New York
stock exchange. correspondents Messrs La
denburg. Thalmann Co.. New York
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Just a Dude.

In front of new building going up
on Fourth street a group of young
men were testing their strength at
lifting heavy pece of metal and at
tempting TO hold it at arms length.
Not one succeeded in the holding feat.
Presently a young man came along, and
there was a shout of derislon as one
of the group mentioned exclaimed:
Here, let this dude try his hand"
The newcomer had his hair parted in
the middle, wore glasses, and had the
fantest suspicion of a mustache, while
his clothes were of the very latest cut.
looked the dude every inch. But
t-.e sarcastic remark about himself
which he plainly heard, did not seem
} rufiie him, although the close OBJ
server might have observed slight
curl to his lips. When told to take
hold of the metal bar and hold At at
arms length, he did not take oil his
coat, but took firm hold on that bar,
a. Led 1t slowly, but surely, and held it
out straight from his shoulder for at
least dozen seconds, lowered it as
gradually as it had been taken up,
rubbed his, hands, which had partly
turned red arranged his three inch
collar which had been turned up at
one side slightly, gave a twist to the
locks Of hair narfad in tho ,,niddIa md
went on without looking back or say
ing a word. There was the stillest
kind of stiffness in the group that re-
malned for full minute, broken by
one of the frankest who said, as il
aloud for himself: Il wish 1
was a dude" Two of his companions
nodded their heads and the gathering
broke up.-Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
The letters Of Children.

Children seldom show much individ-
bit OF originality crops out, and one
sees peeping through the formal dress
the quaint sweet face OF little lad or
lass, and hears the music of the
childish speech through the carefully
chosen words But because We grown
people insist that written words shall
not be spoken words, and force upon
small scrlbblers a vocabulary not their
own, their letters are apt to be stilted,
and to be very like the letters of every
body else. Thus in the school room
the whole class will submit on compo-
sition-day letters which vary very lit
tel from beginning to end, which are
mould. The fact is that the little writ
ers have been given copy to follow,
and have followed it slavishly, and far
too often the teacher marks them not
in the order of merit, for spontaneity,
or for cleVerness or sprightliness, or
keen powers OF observation and nicely
in reporting things seen, but rather
for the neatness of the general screed
for the absence of blots, the correct
spelling, and the proper use of names
and appropriate placing OF the date.
The outside appearance of any letter
is very important, and children must
be taught the etiquette OF correspon-
dence, and not allowed to fall into
careless habits as to the spacing, fold
ing, and addressing of the same. One
of the hall-marks OF gentle breeding
is found here, and the polite person. as
distinguished from the awkward and
unframed one. may be known by the
letter he or she writes Regarded as
a passport to social success, an adjunct
to business, an assistant in every de-
partment, the abillty to write graceful
direct and ineligible letter is OF great
value, and parents owe 1t to their
children to give them thorough train
ing in this particular branch of edu-
cation.-Harper's Bazar
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
More Improvement.

he improvements that are being
made to the Baltimore and Ohio South
Western railroad between Parkers-
burg and East St, Louis are being
pushed rapidly 10 completion. Seven
teen thousand tons of S5Ib steel rail
have been placed in the track and
there are still $4,000 tons to come, de-
livery being delayed on account of
rush orders at the mills. The comp
any has also put in 125 miles of gravel
ballast and expects to get out 200 miles
more during the season and 1t is hoped
by fall that the track Will rank as the
best in the west. A great many grade
reductions and changes in line are be-
ing made between Cincinnati and st.
st. Louis. The purpose is to make
uniform one-half OF one per cent grade
between Cincinnati and st. Louis, as
we'll as to eliminate large amount of
objectonaL-e curvature. at one point,
for instance. the line is to be shorten
ed, mile and half, 800 degrees of
curvature eliminated and seven
bridges abandoned.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Contempt For Law.

Governor Tanner, OF Illinois, has
again brought himself into undesir-
able notoriety, this time by the viola
tion of the Colorado game laws. For
the sake Of four pronged buck, it
seems, the Chief Executive OF the
Commonwealth Of Illinois is willing
to stand before the country a self con-
fessed lawbreaker. His offense has a
parallel in that Of another Governor
OF State not very remote from his
borders, who was recently accused. on
apparently good authority, of having
violated the excise law of southern
state.
Such actions by such men are. Of
course, peculiarly open to censure;
that they should be so oblivious of
ther special obligations to set whole
some xampIe OF respect for law seems
almost impossible; but the fact that
these ylolatOrs of law are high In Of
fioial position is not the text upon
which the moralist Is disposed to en-
large. Possibly they are the only two
Governors in the United States who
would be guilty Of conduct so unseem-
iy-possibly. But that thousands OF
highly respected citizens will this
summer repeat the offences for which
these men are condemned is the really
serious feature Of the subject Pillars
OF society in this city who love the rod
and gun will risk, as many times be-
fore, the fine imposed by the State OF
Maine for the killing OF deer before
September Is, and, as they pass
through the seaport cities OF the Pine
Tree State, will slack their thirst at
blind tigera" without thought Of
wrongoding. And hundreds OF the
good women who shudddera at the wick
edness Of the male animal win return
from Europe in the fall. tel their lit
tie taradiddles to Uncle Sans customs
inspectors and boast afterward to their
dearest friends OF their latest snug
Cling exploits. lss1 cas- I'll
Possibly there are habits OF minor
wrongdolng which are more insidlous
and widespread among Americans
than these three. OF respectable"
poaching. smuggling and excise viola
tion. but they do not occur at the pres
emit writing. Why can't we reformg-
New York Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Cuba on Probation.

Washington dispatches say that
Garcia's son has been encouraged to
expect that local self-government is to
be the lot OF the Cubans shortly, in or
der that they may build up more
general government by becoming ia
mL4ar with the principles The pro-
ject is logical, whether the statement is
correct or not. 1t has been the practice
o. his country so far to put the native
Cubans in public places as fast as or
der could be brought out of the chaos
that existed during the war, With To-
cal elections for the filling of official
stations Cuba will enter upon the first
step toward popular government, and
II her people can show themselves
competent to administer local affairs
properly and with satisfaction, there is
no doubt that Within the shortest pos
sible time the responsibility of public
matters will be so shifted as to place
the chief burden on the shoulders of
the inhabitants of the island
No other course is open to the Unit
ed States To deliver up the govern
ment now to any faction or to the
whole body of the population would be
about as much OF a chance as to throw
a fresh carcass before pack of hung
ry wolves. What little stability has
Jeen gained would be oyerthrown in
the wild scramble for preference and
profit, and ruin would come without
chance for order or law. Before the
Cuban can safely be given the admin
istration OF public affairs a govern
ment must be established and then
put into his hands carefully, and SO
firmly as to preclude the danger of an
overthrow. What the Cuban will do
after he has been helped to establish
himself is perhaps question. But
there is no doubt of our governments
duty in establishing him firmly before
he is left to his own resources.-Pltts-
burg Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
wnAr Will you sAyg

When de trumpet am a tutin' an dc
stahs dey am shootin' and de owls
dey am a hootin' in de trees
When de earf II am a quakin' an de
dead dey anna wakin' an de people
am a shakin' in de knees,
When you hea' lie rollin' thundeh an
de rocks am rent ssundeh an de
hosts am In der wondeh standin'
awed,
An you fin, yoEelf a tremblin' while
de nations am assemblin', o! sinnah,
what yo gwine to tell de Lord?
When de planets git knockin at each
udder an rockin' an de tempest
seem amockin at yo' woe,
When de da'kness am fallin' an de
buzza'ds am a squalin an de angel
am q calm yo' to so,
When de sun hab quit dts shlnin' an
de brack wolves am a whiniD' an de
mou'nehs lay reqinin' on the sod,
An yo' asked to tell de story what yo'
doin' up in glory, o! sinnah, what
yo' gwine to tell de Lord?
When yo' see the righteous swingin'
up de road an all singn' twell de
eaTf'll be ringln wild de psalm,
When dey fol delr wings an rally in
de COINED river valley singln' hal
lelujah-hally to de Lam,
When de hill dey am crishin' an de
sulphur fia's fashin' an yo' feel de
cuttin lashin' of de rod,
When de sheep am beln' chosen from
de goats, what you supposin' wicked
sinnah, you'se gwlne to tell de
Lawd?
OH befo' de Walls broken an de
wrathful fiery toAen with its awful
flames Is chokin' up de sky,
Fo' de dragons git a barkin' and de
earf begins to darken, ask de MASH
ten TO to harken to yo cry,
Stop yo' slnnin and transgressin', lis
ten to de wahnin' lesson, git yo
wicked knees to pressin' on de sod
When yo'se at de bar and Satan am a
eyein' yo' an waitin', tremblin' sin
nah, what yo' gwine to tell de Lawd? !?
Denver Post
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Spendthrift Philosophy.

The death Of certain miser lately
one who had never enjoyed any Of the
comforts, or Injuries of life-rscalls a
strik,ns passage uttered by that popu-
lar nctional philosopher, David Harum
when he was speaking OF things he
might have enjoyed in egrly life, but
u.d not, because of the self-dendal he
was trained to practice.
AS | look back" the philosopher
says. ut aint the money I've spent fer
the good things that I've had tnat re-
gret; it's the good times l might as
well have had and didn't. Trouble
with me was tnat till i was consldera-
BILE older than you be, l had to scratch
gravel like all possessed, and it's hard
work now sometimes to get ne idee out
of my head but what moneys wuth
more than the things. Fur as
waitin' fur things Is concerned, there
is such a thing as waitin' too long.
Your appetite will change mebbe. Boys
whenever you git hold of a $40 note you
want to git 1t into yer or onto yer just
as quick as ye kin. We're here today
and gone tomorrer, and there aln't no
pockets in shroud,"
This pendthrift philosophy has an
other defender in a story told In the
newspapers of a young man who was
enriched by the liberality of father,
and cautioned to oe economical and
saving. "oh, / il not" he said to his
father. What's money for ii not to
spend. 1 wouldn't give you nickel
for a cart load Of greenbacks II you
want me to soak them away"
Another miserly man, of whose do
ings no record has ever been made,
said to a young friend VINO was a
spendthrift, and who had urged MIN to
take a trip to Europe: mo, there is
no pleasure in that for me. You en-
Joy spending money because you have
been brought up that way. But, as for
me, have the keenest pleasure in all
life ny saving every cent that possib-
ly can. You will never know my joys
and / will never know yours"
But the philosophy of the spend
thrift and the close-fisted instincts of
the miser are both wrong, simply be-
cause they go to extremes. In the val
ley between is the happy medium
commercial Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Parodies.

1t is one OF the penalties of success
in literature that the authors best
work is almost invariably made the
subject of parody. No one, from
Homer down TO Mr.. Kipllng. has es-
capped this rather unpleasant compli-
ment to his popularity, and many have
been the heated, interchanges OF views
on the practice between the much-en-
during poets and their imitators. In
the second paper on this subject, which
appears in the current number OF Lit
erature, some OF the best examples OF
the parodist's are are cited
1t is difficult to imagine the feelings
of the author of psalm of Life" when
has famous lines came back to him
distorted into:
Wives of all great men remind US
We can make our own sublime"
And evn more of a sacrilege, though a
delightfully."- humorous one. is the IA
nous parody OF the Burial of Sir
John Moore with its
we silently gazed on tho man that
was wed,
And bitterly thought of the morrow
Some poets have suffered more than
o Lers, but the highest record acniev-
ed by any one poem In this unwilling
competition was, according to Litera-
utre, that OF Miss Taylor's famous
poem, my Mother" which has UNDER
gone the indignity OF parody no less
than one hundred and eight times.
On the whole, from the poets stand
point, 1t must be argued that, as
Mathew Arnold puts 1t, parody is "a
vile art"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
HO-TO-BAo for FIFTY Cents.
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The Passing Of the Horse.

fhe horse is going out of fashion.
me swell set" at Newport have be-
gun 20 sell out their stables and to or
der automobiles instead. It promises
presently to be as "slow" to keep
horsesas it has hitherto been not to
keep them.
The postal authorities are about to
substitute automobiles for horse
drawn vehic.es n the collection of
the mails. One OF the great express
companies is experimenting with a
view to the use OF automobile trucks
in place of it's present wagons and sew
.eral OF the large shopkeepers are re-
placing horses with machinery in
their delivery service as fast as they
can get the new vehicles. Meantime
the upper and under trolleys have
pretty completely driven the horse
car out of business, and st. Louis has
an automobile street sweeper which is
said to be a success Manifestly It will
not De many years until the horse in a
city Street. II permitted there at all,
win be an object to be gazed at in
wonder
- And yet some "faddist" has chosen
this particular time to suggest the in
troductlon of course OF instruction
eoncerning the horse into the public
schools OF New York? Why not auto
mobiles New York World
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Ingersoll on Napoleon.

A little while ago stood by the
grave OF the old Napoleon, magni1-
cent tomb II gilt, q almost for dead
diety, and gazed upon the sarcophagns
of black Egyptian marble. where rest
at last the ashes of that restless man.
leaned over the balustrade and
thought of tine career OF the greatest
soldier of the modern world. l saw
him walking upon the banks of the
Seine, contemplating suicide. saw
him putting down the mob in the
streets of Paris; saw him at the head
of the army of Italy; saw him cross
ing the bridge of Lodi, with the tri-
color in his hand saw him In Egypt
in the shadow OF the pyramids: saw
him conquer the Alps and mingle the
eagles OF France with the eagles OF the
crags. I saw him at Marengo, at 0lm.
and Austerlitz; saw him in Russia,
where the infantry OF the snow and
cavalry of the wild blast scattered his
legsons like winters witbered leayes.
| saw him at Leipsic in defeat and di-
saster-dTven by million bayonets
back to Paris clutehed like wild
beast, banished to Elba. l saw him es-
cape and retake an empire by the force
of his genius. l saw him upon the
frightful field of Waterloo, where
chance and fate combined to wreck the
fortunes of their former king; and
saw him at st. Helena, with his lands
crossed behind hm, gazing out upon
the sad and solemn sea. I thought Of
the orphans and widows he had made,
of the tears that had been shed for his
glory,and of the only woman who ever
loved him pushed from his heart by
the cold hand of ambition. And / said
would rather have been a French
peasant and worn wooden shoes. /
would have lived in a hut with vine
growing over the door and the grapes
growing purple in the kisses of the
autumn sun. l would rather have been
the pun pOaSalh WIN mS IONkh6 VIE
by my side, knitting as the sun died
out OF the sgies, with my children up
on my knees and their arms around
mel would rather have been that man
and gone into the toungeless silence
of the dreamless dust than to have
been that imperial impersonator of
Torce and murder known as Napoleon
the Great, And so would ten thous-
and times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
SI.OO Excursion to Cincinnati.

The b, & o. s. w. will run another
excursion to Cincinnati, leaving Mari
eta Saturday nigut, July 29th,. return
ing leave Cincinnati Sunday night
Iuly 3Oth. Tickets good only on spec
ial trains OF the above dates. Fare for
the round trip slOO,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28

General Miles did the graceful thing
when Mr. Root, the newly appointed
Secretary of War, visited Washington
to get acquainted with the hang of
the barn" He called on Mr.. Root and
paid his respects, and when asked af-
terward OF his opinion OF the new Sec
retary, he said: II have met Mr..
Root several times in New York, and
my slight acquaintance with him has
been most pleasant. He is man OF
unquestioned ability, and there is no
question but that he will make an ex-
cellent Secretary OF War" There ap-
pears to have been an expectation that
the senior Major General would be
sDicKler for soldier at the head of the
War Department, but he declared that
some Of the best Secretaries had been
men from civil life and without mill
tary training. The General is right.
That is common sense. 1t is in accord
with the theory of our Government.
The President himself, though Com
mander in Chief of the Army and
Navy, is usually from civil life. The
President was a Captain in the volun-
teer service in the civil War, and, of
course, could not be expected to bios
som from that position into that of an
actual Commander in Chief in com
mand OF forces on the field Of battle.
1t is not the easiest thing for the lax
student of affairs to learn, but the
abiding prnciple is the maintenance OF
the civil power at the head OF affairs.
Enquirer.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28


For Governor
GEORGE X NASf., Of Franklin,
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN A. CALDWELL, Of Hamilton
For Treasurer of State
l. B. CAMERON, OF Columbiana.
For Auditor OF State
WALTER d. GUILBERT, of Noble.
For Attorney General
]. NJ, SHEETS, of Putnam.
For Judge of Supreme Court
w. 2. DAVIS, of Marion.
Member Board OF Public Works.
FRANK A. HUFFMAN, of VanWert
For State Senator
SAMUEL H. BRIGHT, of Hooking.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Mouee of AnpoIntmenr.

Estate OF Conrad BOIL, deceased,
The undersigned has been appointed
and qualified as Administrators with
VIII annexed OF the estate OF Conrad
Bohl, late OF Washington county,
Ohio, deceased
Dated this 18Th day Of July. A. D..
1899, II, FISHER.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Notice to Teachers.

The next County Examination will be hello
at the Marietta High school on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH,
beginning az a. m,
MARTIN II. ANDREWS.
tners
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28

Auction sales every Saturday.
Horses, wagons. household goods and
second hand goods OF ali kinds. At 10
a. N. and D. m.
OHIO TRADIlSG AND. AUCTION 90.
100 and 1872 Second street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28

Mayor Sam Jones bid 100000 for
the gas plant at Toledo and when his
bid was rejected frankly admitted
that the plant was worth s5OO,00O and
that he knew a man who would bond
it for S1,OOO,OOO. If anyone has a copy
of the golden rule that is not working
ne would confer a favor upon Mr..
Jones by forwarding it to him at ance
The New York Evening Post has as
sumed that because Senator Foraker
defended Secretary Alger that he was
ready to put knife into the Presi-
dent" The conclusion is not inevit-
able. Sometimes when the Senator
seems to be on the very point of
disemDoweling performance he is
really in the most amiable mood pos
sible. We fancy that he rather en-
joys being mystery in politics-a
sort agnostic on the questions and
statesmen OF the day.-Enquirer
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28

We will consider u n great favor u
CubsoTlbeTsl Will report any failure
70 act their Leader. or any careless
ness on the part OF the carrier
8ubsorlbeTs Will please not pay
the carriers unless tha carrier
punches his credit rag IN subeoFlb-
oT's presence
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
Doal Tels . sgIs a.a sa,alo Hosr IA. lu.y

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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28
EEpunLIoAN STATE TICKET.

FRIDAY. JULY %, 1899.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-28

Editor Leader-Please say to your
readers that / will be a candidate be-
fore the Republican county convention
in September, for the Office of Auditor.
subject to the conventions will, and
obllge ID. A. LEAKE.