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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
REpARrEE IN RHYME.
How Friends OF Hermann oe1richs
Ate Terrapin mt HIS Expense ana
How He Got Dnck at Them.


Hermann Oelrichs has written and
published in an edition de luxe of 26
copies a book entitled 'yrerrapiniana."
1t Is oil in verse and Is illustrated by
Walt MacDougall. The ideagrew out of
q Jest which some OF Mr.. Oelrichs'
friends played at his expense.
Hermann 0elrichs was wont to boast
that he knew all there was to know
about terrapin and the various ways
that succulent reptile can be prepared
for human digestion. Knowing this, n
number of his California friends band
ed themselves together and conspired
against him. They pretended not to
believe him-said he was only bluffing,
and by such gibes and taunts as these
they goaded him to give a terrapin din
ner and invite thepn all to sit in judg-
ment around it. And thus 1t came to
pass that Mr.. Oelrichs was vindicated
and his traducers were fed.
But the end is not yet. One of the
guests at this dinner was Clay NJ.
Greene, the playwright. Mr.. Greene
wrote letter, and he wrote it in verse,
although he attempted to disguise that
fact by neglccting to divide the lines ac-
cording to the rules of prosody. The fol-
lowing lines are samples:
Accept this clumsy platitude sug-
gestive of my gratitude. In all my life
I've never been SO prodigally fed.
IL hope did nothing too mslapropos,
for drafts from golden chalices and
lounging about palaces is just a step be-
yond the line that am wont to co."
Mr.. 0elrichs, after mature reflection,
resolved to beat the poet at his own
game. So he indited a letter, beginning
thus:
No Mahmoud Pasha, on his rich red divan.
In Constantinople or far Ispahan,
In sleepy Damascus or lively Stamboul,
Or Peri-which is livelier still. as g rule
No bearded. old harem-raised son-of-a-
gun,
Ever. propped on his pillows, had one-half
the fun
That you. my dear Greene. in your jingle
some letter,
Gave to me, who perpetually now am your
debtor
Mr.. Greene's letter and Mr.. Oelrichs'
answer have been made into little
book with illustrations by MacDougall.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
FUTILE AND PUERILE.
Opinion of a German Delegate Con-
cerning the Coming DIsarma-
ment Conference.

The Berlin correspondent of the
London Times says: prof. Won Stem
gel, of the Munich university, who will
be one of the German delegates to the
disarmament conference at The Hague
next month, has published pamphlet
opposing the advocates of perpetual
peace. He declares that endeavors to
secure it are futile and puerile, and that
no peace conference, even though con-
voked by czar and attended by the
most skillful diplomatists and states
men will succeed in establishing uni
versal peace.
"On the contrary, he contends that
such conferences involve the danger of
lntensifying existing differences, and
he asserts that so far as Germany is con-
cerned, she has still to achieve her
rightful position in the politics OF the
world.
I'm commenting upon Won Stengel's
pamphlet, the Berliner Post says 1t is
a source of great satisfaction that the
German delegates are free from vague
Illusions of universal fraternization.' "
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
HAS THE CANCER MICRoBE.
mature Hopes of a Cure for
the Disease, However.

DR.. Bra, discoverer of the cancer
microbe, in an interview at Paris con-
firms the statement that he has sue
ceeded in isolating the parasite which is
invariably present in cancerous
growths.
1t is q tungoid of the ascomycetes
family, and certainly the active agent
of cancer.
Inoculations of animals with cul-
tivation produced cancerous tumors,
from which the parasite was again iso-
lated.
DIR. Bra declines to hold out prema-
ture hopes for curative treatment for
cancer.
So far he has only made insufficient
clinical experiments, but he admits
that these are encouraging, and says he
will be able to speak with certainty in
a few months.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
FIGHT ON WOMEN STUDENTS
Male Medical school Attendants In
Germany Persist In Their
DIscourtcsies.

The agitation among the German
medical students against the admitting
of women to the medical profession is
becoming serious in some medical
schools. where the young men are act
ing with such discourtesy in many in
stances as to make the women students
position intolerable.
All the German states seem to favor
admitting women except Prussia. Four
hundred and fourteen women are at
tending medical lectures, 400 of them
being over 25 years of age. Fifty are
Americans. The males posted the other
day on the bulletin boards of Berlin
university this declaration:
Experience abundantly shows that
the presence of men and women to-
gether at clinical lectures is detri-
mental to serious medical study and
opposed to the principles of decorum
and morality"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
PHOTO OF STOMACH.
Device for Taking Interior View of
the Organ Used with Success.
An Active Principle of the New In
veption Ii the ROentgen Rays
--Ber1iA Professor Now
Uses IL.

Prof. Grunmach, of Berlin, the first
physician to practically apply the new
instrument for photographing the in
terror of stomach by an adaptation of
the Roentgen rays, said:
This instrument, manufactured by
Kohl, of Chemnitz, has been used ut
Berlin for some weeks with most valua-
BILE results. 1t is destined, in my opin-
ion, to prove of enormous advantage in
treating all stomach disorders. 1t has,
indeed, twofold use; first, for the
pathologist to observe the course of
disease in the stomach, and, second, for
the psychologist who desires to follow
the mechanical and chemical action of
that organ. / have applied it with both
objects and it has worked admirably.
1t is not yet perfected, but it has been
found invaluable here in diagnosis, and
already through its instrumentality
important discoveries have been made
in connection with gastric juice and in
following the action of the acids and
pepsin of the gastric juices on albumin
GUS and gelatinous bodies.
1--WE can now see what before, by the
aid of elaborate treatment, we would
only grope after doubtfully and ascer-
tain uncertainty. 1 foresee a great fu-
ture before this instrument, especially
In the cure of that curse of modern life,
dyspepsia, which is the foundation for
SO many disorders.
81 am not at liberty to describe the
structure of the instrument, but IT
would not exist but for the discovery of
the Roentgen rays. 1t will before long
form necessary part of the equipment
of every hospital"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
A CurioaItY fin winn.

The outer uniformity about wills in
general both as to parchment and pen
manship makes all the more note
worthy the last testament of the late
George Parker. Sir George, who lost
his life at Cawnpur during the Indian
mutiny, had only tiny scrap of paper
on which to write his will, and when it
was made it was carried through the
lines by a native, who concealed it in
his ear Fragile as it is, it will doubt
less outlast as n curiosity and almost as
a bit of national history many bulky
manuscript inscrolled on material
prepared t. defy the decay of years.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
GRAIN-O BRINGs RFLIEF

to the coffee drlnker. Coffee drinking
is a habit that is universally INDUCED
in and almost as universally injurious,
Have you tried Graia-O? IL is almost
like coffee but the effects are just OPP
posIte. Coifee upsets the stomach,
ruins the digestion, effects the heart
and dlsturbs the whole nervous system.
Graip-o tones up the stomach, aids di-
gestlon and Strengthens the nerves.
There is nothing but nourishment in
GraIn-O. It can't be Otherwise 16e
and 25e. per package. 4
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
Cleveland G. Marietta RAILWAY
GOING NORTH

Effective October 2, 1898.
Central Standard Time,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
Lord HerscheIpa sunday sohOe

There is one little fact about the late
Lord Herschell which Is not generally
known, and that Is that he was the only
lord chancellor who acted as Sunday
school teacher. On one occasion he an
nounced this fact at large Sunday
school demonstration. II was received
with tremendous applause. Lord Her
schell taught in the Sunday school con-
nected with the church of which his fa-
ther was minister, not far from the
Edgeware road, and assisted in this
work long after be began his career at
the bar.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Band Leader-You wants us to blay
init der funeraI2 Ees 1t a military fu-
neral2
stranger--No; it's the funeral of my
brother. He was private citizen. He
requested that your band should play at
his funeral.
Band Leader (proudly)-My pAnd,
ehP Wy he shoose my pand?
Stranger-zHe said he wanted every
body to feel sorry he died.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Sour-faced Woman-You get right
out of here or I'll call my husbaD6t
Tramp-Y'r husband amt at home.
Sour-faced Woman-How do YOU
know he amt?
Tramp-I've alters noticed, num-
that wen man is married to a woman
wot looks like you he never is at home
except at meal time.-N. Y. Weekly.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
SOME OF THE
Bargains
AT
Hutclison'S
Bargain
Store
THIS WEEK.

The Dress Goods section presents a
large stock of styles, and prices that
will interest purchasers. Silk Madras
q inches wide, in ten different styles
of plaids, we offer at SOC yard, is a
low price. The worsted goods we Of
fer at 6A, 9, 10, 12k, is, 1S, 25, 50 and
soc yd. we have selected and bought
at such prices that we are offering
them below and competition and in
vfte inspection and comparison.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Trains Arrive at and Depart from Unior
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

"What," inquired the pedantic man,
"do you consider the greatest inven'
tion of the age?"
And without hesitation Miss Cayenne
answers: "Women's methods of con.
cealiag it."-Washington Star.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
A strange Case.

''My wife surprised me last night" /.
"How was that2"
1--WE were at card party, and she,
having won the highest number of
games, was given the privilege of
choosing from among the prizes"
"YesP"
"Well, after she had decided she
wasn't sorry she didn't pick out one of
the Others" s."-Chicago Daily News.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Bacon-The late war was great edu-
Gator.
Egbert-How so?
"Why. Corporal Cartridge couldn't
write his name before he enlisted, and
now he's writing magazine articles
Yonkers Statesman.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
EVENING UP ThinEs.

"Why, Tommy, you're at the jam
again, and only whipped for it an hour
ago!"
Eyes, mamma; heard you tell auntie
you thought you had whipped me too
hard, and thought I'd make it even."
-Tit-Bits.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
WALL PAPER AND WINDOW

WALL PAPER AND WINDOW
SHADES. Our purchases have been
unusually large this season to get the
3obbers' discounts, and the result is
that we are in position to show the
largest stock Of these goods in the
city and the prices the same as the
jobber sells at 21a, A, 5, 614, 8 10 to 25c
bolt, 10000 bolts to select from.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
The,r Hor.eleuu carrinre,

II wish we had a horseless carriage"
said the farmers son.
I'VE have" replied the farmer, land
now that you speak of it you might as
well get 1t and bring a load of potatoes
up to the use."-Chicago Post.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
ConsuI Goes TO Havann.

A provisional exequatur has been
granted by the government of occupa,
tion to Andres Clemente Vasques as
consul for the United States of Mexico
in Havana
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
netter Than Medicine.

Sympathetic Friend-Your health
appears 10 have improved greatly OF
late.
Convalescent-Y Yes, I've been off
among strangers who didn't eternally
talk to me about it.-N. Y. Weekly
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
s,,nh,Iy Rushed.

Clancy-Marciful hivens, Mike, phwat
are yez drinkin' SO fast for? Shnake
bite?
Casey-Nope! Little Pats gone to
tell tn ould woman, an she'll be down
here In foive minutes.-N. Y. Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
B. SO. S-W. Rl
TIME TABLE.

Trains Arrive at and Depart from Uniot
station.
ARRIVE. WESTWARD. DEPART
0s a m--Athens, Chillicothe, Gin GILMAN
oinnati, Louisville, st.
Louis and all points
West, South and S-west.
-z 10 p m-Belpre, Athens, Chilli. 00aa
ao cothe,and way stations.
. M ~ m-Belpre, Athens, Chilli 0 90 All
SO 90 IN cOthe, Cincinnati and
Sunuay Louisyille, st. Louis
ohly and all points west and
m-GGeeiRre, Ge,RI,, kersburg, spn
Se,nai.liilcothe, and way
" burg I rs;;n,cdP,,a Pa rl.ers- II 2orm
cinnati, Louisville St
Louis. Chicago and ali
points west, south and
southwest.
I 8 20 q m-Parkersbure and neinYa rooo,
/ 40 p m-Belpre-Loca
EASTWARD.
OG IN Belpre, Parkersburg, Sa. + & 90 m
lem, CORVALLIS, Ciarks-
birg, Grafton, and all
way stations.
VIZ 10 p m-Bepre, Park'sb'g, Graf. VI % n m
ten, Washington, Balti.
more. Phil .delphia and
New York.
CS q m-Parkersburg, Washing a bsn m
ton, Baltimore, Phila-
deluhia and New York
20 a m-Parkersburg, Washing. all 30 n m
ton, Baltimore Phila-
delphia, New York Bos-
ton and all points cast
'Daily. tExcept Sunday.
tor through tickets to all points in the
,11,Ie unieed states, Canada and Mexico, with de.
taiiel information as to rates routes. sleeping
car accommodations etc please cali on OF
=. M. PAYNE, Ticket Agent, Marietta. O.
J. II. BROWN, PagSenpar Aut MarIot,o n
Cincinnati, o. Aso"''
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
Letting Ont the Cat.

Willie Slimson-Mother says she al
ways likes to go shopping with you.
Mrs. Dimpleton-Why, Willie?
ut saves carfare."-Detroit Free
Press
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Mrs. Spendall-You look worried. ls
IL because you are so deeply in debt?
Mr., Spendall (gloomily)--No. It's be-
cause | can't get any deeper.-N. Y.
Weekly
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Cholly-lf ! have offended you it has
been done-aw-thoughtlessly-
Una Lloyd-Oh! I'm sure you couldn't
have done IL therwise.-Puck.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
ConnIetIng roots.

"Some men," said Uncle Eben, 'is so
busy blowin' dab own horns dat dey cant
hear de fact'ry whistle coaxin' 'em to
come to work. Washington Star.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Nibsey (reading)-"His footsteps
were dogged day and night;"-wot's
dat mean, Tommy2
Tommy-Why, dere wuz bloodhounds
on his track, NV coursel-Puck.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Mamma" said Margie, grayely con
teniplating the family COW, "bossy hai
some burrs In her switch"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

paul. I'm not at all pleased with the
report you bring home from school"
II knew you wouldn't be, pop, and
I told the teacher so, but 1t didn't seem
to make any differencei"-Der Floh.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
gatchIess Indeed

"a matchless night" exclaimed the maid
Quoth he in tone of deep regret:
"Tve just discovered that I've not
E'en one to light my cigarette"
Boston Courier
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

For the last two years each convict in
the Missouri state prison has earned
eight cents a day more than the cost
OF keeping him.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Asleep upon the breast OF earth,
This little headstone under,
Lies one who scarce survived his birth
Nine days--his name was Wonder.
Harlem Lie.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20
SOUTH BOUND.

Trains run daily. except Sunday. Close con-
nGSsions T Tor AL points north and west.
a. OF farther Information call on or addroaA G
No M f1HkK' TlokeI Agent, Union Depot, Mar.
ID. DALE, Receiver,
WIN. MORSE Superintendent,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-20

Rapid Enacement of Bachelors.
Three thousand marriages are per-
formed every day all over the world.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-03
THE PACIFIC CABLE.

1t is to be hoped that congress will
take some definite action on Secretary
of War Roots urgent recommendation
relative to the laying Of the Pacific
cable. 1t is almost an anachronism
that Asia and America should not be
inconceivable that so large and pros
porous a political division as the Ha-
waiian isles should be dependent upon
a slow moving line of steamships for
all their communication with the outer
world.
But these conditions cannot long
continue. Commercial interests in the
Pacific are fast becoming too mo-
mentous. Rapid communication is de-
manded and nothing short of the speed
of electricity will answer. There is
now going on a race between England
and America to see which will be the
first to harness its Pacific colonies
with cables. Great Britain feels the
need of a line between Australia and
Canada, touching several of the minor
islands on the way. She also has in
mind a cable to run straight across the
Pacific. The latter route is that pro-
posed by the United States, and this
country is in far better position to
construct it than is Great Britain. Be-
tween Honolulu and the Philippines,
two practical routes are open, one
making Wake Island half way stop
ping point, and the other more north
erly in direction, making Guam a way
station. Increase in trade invariably
follows upon the completion of a new
trans-oceanic cable, and congress can
do nothing better than to give the
matter it's immediate attention Cable
construction is nothing more than a
corollary, a logical sequence, of the re-
publican policy. 1t is second in i'm
portance only to the construction of
the Nicaraguan canal.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-03
SUNDAY, DECEmBER 3, 1899.
WE Do NOT WANT ROBERTS.

Congresswill meet next Mondayand the
members of the national House appear
at the bar to be qualified as national
Lawmakers. Among them will be Rep
resentative-elect Roberts of Utah, who
holds an undisputed election certifi-
cate. The House of congress is the
sole judge, not alone of the election but
of the qualification of its members. Mr.
Roberts, as the most ordinary layman
can understand has not the necessary
qualifications to be a member of the
American congress- He is confessedly
polygamtst, with three wives, each
with family of children, and he openly
defies the law as laid down in the con-
stitution of the United States.
He has not only lived in polygamy
but in ell his writings and his public
utterances he has unblushingly defend
ed it. In the Improved Era, of which
he is an associate editor, he boldly de-
clared that polygamy had the approval
of God in ancient times and could not
be a sir against God today 1t would
be a stain upon congress to permit this
man to be qualified as member of the
body, 1t is true that his certificate of
election is undisputed, and as to the
matter of his election, no question can
be raised against him. But that ad-
ditional duty imposed upon the House
of Representatives to determine the
qualification of its members, should
make the House refuse to permit Mr.
Roberts TO be sworn.
1t will be entirely within the power
of the body, on objection made by
member, to have Roberts stand aside
when the other members are qualified,
and to refer his case to the proper COM
mittee on the report of which definite
action can be taken by the body Such
action has been taken by the House
in the past and there never was such
conclusive reason for repeating it as
will be presented to the new congress
when it convenes next week.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-03
RUSSIA IN THE EAST.

Whether or not it be true that Russia
has become possessed of Herat. war is
unlikely to follow Years ago Herat
was called 'the gate of India" Eng
land semi-offlcially announced that no
power could seize it with impunity. It
was the chip on England's shoulder 1t
was held that it would be fatal not to
preserve intact the buffer state" Of
Afghanistan.
But of late years an entirely new di-
plomatic doctrine has sprung up that
of spheres of influence" If that way
Of settling difficulties is a success in
China why not in the smaller state? If
Russia and England were to agree to a
partition of Afghanistan, and many
shrewd diplomats predict that out
come, the troublesome hill tribes could
be dealt with directly by the power con-
cerned and the present vexatious state
of things would be done away with.
The bugbear of the danger of invasion
from the north no longer exists with
the force it once had. To lead an army
over the Himalayas would involve a
feat second only to Hannibals crossing
the Alps and would be possible only in
two months out of the twelve Russia
will have to advance several steps be-
yond Herat before war will result.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-03
STREET BEGGING.

Street begging is on again as the hoI-
iday season approaches. People aff1ict-
ed or pretending to be afflicted with all
sorts of ills stand upon all the street
corners with signs upon their persons
asking for aims. Others grind discord-
ant notes from wheeling hand organs
with cups attached to receive a penny.
1t is time when people are particu-
iarly susceptible to such appeals.
Street begging is in no sense justifia-
BILE. Worcester has a we'll organized
system of charity and any worthy per-
son who may be in need has only to
make mis- or her want known to have
them attended to. That man or woman
who is not willing to apply for help
to those ready to extend it, if it is de-
serving, and resorts to street begging,
is almost inevitably fraud, and any
help given to such a person is worse
than thrown away. The authorities
should see that it is stopped and that
the public is not imposed upon by
fraudulent seekers of charity.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-03
MIGHT VERSUS RIGHT.

By Mary ]. Woodward-Weat
There's rumor of war and it spans the
earth;
A rumor of lust that has come to the
King against king, and the nations all
With their strength enmassed for the bat
tie call;
A rumor of war and of great dismay,
For the strong go forth 'gainst the weak
today.
There's a rumor of war and struggle for
To the ends of the earth; the inevitable
Of greed for gain. The battle for place
And the right to live-see it grows apace
And aggression, invasions the cry Of the
For the misrule of mammon has limitIess
sway.
There's a rumor of war, for the right of
And its blood-red trail is lost in the night
OF shame that is black for such infamy;
OF the lords of nations, the powers that be-
That would crush the weak for bag of
For possession of lands their hands might
hold.
There's a rumor of war, and hear men
Its your manifest destiny; follow the
way
OF the nations old, and conquer and gain;
lis Christian enlightenment, though you
should drain
The wealth of the people, body and soul;"
But high in the sky is a finger and scroll.
Might is not right; though the arm be
strong
It shall palsied fan if the deed be wrong;
To the mighty l show a way that is good
tbs better that pride should be ever with.
stood;
Do justly, love mercy and it then shall
appear.
For war. love shall bring us the Jubilee
year"