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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-11
B. S.W. RY
TiEE TABLE.


Trains Arrive at and Depart from Uniot
station.
ARRIVE. WESTWARD. DEPART
~ osa m-Athens, Chilllcothe, Gin sl56au
cinnati, Louisville, 81.
Louis and all points
West, South and S-west.
'i2 10 p m-Iielpre, Athens, Chilli OOar
Gothic, and way stations
20 m-Belpre, Athens, Chilli Aad
$50 IN Gothic, Cincinnati aud
Sunday Louisville, ST. Louis
"ny and al points west and
y ~ p m-BgeiTbre, Par kersburg, 2ipn
Sst Ss,nai,liilcothe, and way
70 NIB bsrpp pTS GS;n,,Ir,ta IA rkers- Il 2Orm
Glnnati, Louisville, St
LOUIS, Chicago and ali
POINTS POINTS, west south and
GOA m-Parkersburg and BeIpre r.oooi
I p'4O m-Belpre-Locai
EASTWARD.
t OB p m Delpre, Parkersburo "a. koo
lem, CORVALLIS, Clarts-
burg, Grafton, and all
way stations.
'l2 10 p m-Belpre Parksb'R, Graf. ~ on =,
ten, Washington, Balti.
more, Phil 4delphia and
New York.
L uS m--Parkersburg, Washing a bs N n,
ton, Baltimore, Phila.
delDhia and New York.
20 m-Parkersburg, Washing. sll 70 n m
ton, baltimore, Phila- "
delphia, New York. Bos.
ton and all points east.
eDaily. tExcept Sunday.
r1i,ttcd p1r dg11fough tickets to all points in the
united states, Canada and Mexfco with AZ
oaiied information as to rates routes, sleepin0
car accommodations ETC., please cali an os
e. N. PAYNE, Ticket Agent, Marietta. o.
- - H. Brown, Passenger Agt., Marietta o.
Cincinnati, o. Aseno' 81
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-11

Violent Deaths In London.
London's record of deaths by violence
was ASIA last year, being 124 above the
average Of the preceding ten years.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-11

this obtained from Europe America will
srte the world Nothing like them before presented This
country The exhibitions and other shows regated
oblivion by the and Master Minds the Artists with
John ROBINSONS TEN BIG SHOWS COMBINED.
The Most Novel Bareback Riding Acts Witnessed From
Nine TO Twelve of the Worlds Greatest Champion Lady and Gentle
men Equesans riding Three Rings atone me This feature is
new and original with this show. ~ tst
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-11
FORTY OF THE SMALLEST PONIES

harness and driven time Don't fail them
The and paTaphenaia alone in this gnteng
the only the kind in the United and
The value of the enLe outfit three ordinary circuea Two
performances daily Main show doors open at and T. M
Free exhibition at the Circus grounds Immediately after parade
and at $3.50 L. M. One admission ticket admits 10 all.
For full particulars notce other advertisements.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-11
SOUTH EOUND.

Cleveland & Marietta Railway.
Effective October 2, 1893.
Central Standard Time
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-11
GOING NORTH

tStop on Signal
All Trains Daily except Sunday.
Trough coaches on trains l8 and IA daily Tex
cept Sunday jbetWeen Marietta and Cleveland.
j. M. WILLIAMS, Il. W. PAGE,
Train Master. Gen Pass Agt
Cambridge, o.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-11
LARGEST SNAKE ALIVE.

95 Feet Ordinary Snakes fed on rabbits and rats while
this reptile devours Pigs Sheep, Turkey and Dogs
The Greatest Free Features Ever Witnessed
The Grand STREET PARADE and ROBNSONS FREE HORSE FAIR
An InnOvatIOa nItself A Truly Magnificent Pageant
feature Free Parade grand spectacle
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
High Building. o. olden Rome.

The extreme height and overhang-
ing stories OF the Roman buildings
were source of danger to the citizens
In more ways than one. There were
many important thoroughfares In
Rome that were always in the shade:
only at high noon did a streak OF sum
light find its way between the build
ings to the pavement. The streets
were thus always damp, for although
Rome was severed and there was q
penalty against throwing slops into
the street. the city was none too clean.
and there were frequent humorous al
lusions. among the poets and writers
Of odds and ends. to the misfortunes
sustained by pedestrians. who. while
passing along the street. were deluged
by buckets of slops carelessly thrown
from upper windows. Pliny mentions
n wedding which ended in n riot on
account OF the leading participants be-
ing thus besprinkled with flth-not Of
design. but through the carelessness
OF housewife. There was another
danger hardly less serious. Queer as
It may seem to us in these days of gas
and electricity, the streets of a city
which certainly contained 2.000. 900 and
may have had 100000 of population.
were at night in the darkness OF Egypt.
Such state OF things presented sim
gular facilities for the operations of
footpads and highwaymen, and tho
frequency with which their operations
were attended by murder is shown by
the numerous epitaphs that have been
discovered intimating that he whose
ashes lay beneath was killed by rob-
bers. Every householder. every tenant
In tenement house. had to look after
his own security. and accordingly the
doors of residences at dark were bar
red. every window was secured by
strong Iron lattice. and in tenement
houses the street doors were fastened
and common fund. raised by the ten
ants. was provided to secure the serv-
Ices OF a watchman to look after the
building. In the tenement structures
which had a respectable class of ten
ants the watchman went his rounds
through the building ut regular inter-
walls. but in the better class Of houses
there were generally two or more
watchmen, and the one at the front
door was chained so that he at least
would give proper attention to busi-
ness through the night.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
Economy Of tho ChInesc.

The spirit of economy in the Chinese
race transcends all that can be imag-
ined. The smallest particle OF matter
is utilized. The old cast-off account
book of the merchant is cut into pieces
and oiled to serve instead of glass in
windows or lanterns. A coolie who has
a siX-hours march with n heavy burden
Will return to his point of departure
without having broken his fast, in
order to save the two cents his break
fast would have cost away from home
Nothing is more curious than to see
them eat, although with their famous
chopsticks they do not perform all
the wonderful feats generally suppos-
ed. Everything is served them in
bowls or saucers, and with the chop
sticks they raise the pieces OF meat or
fish to the mouth. with sufficient grace.
Each one has bowl of rice, which
he holds near his lips, and with the
aid of the chopsticks he pushes the con-
tents into his mouth. 1t is very curl
GUS to see them pick UP with their
chopsticks the grains or rice that. fall
on the ground. The children are
taught this art from their earliest
years; nothing must be lost. not even
the smallest grain. What remains Of
the repast is put carefully away to be
served at another meal. Their dogs
and cats are not over-fed, as the scraps
from the table are rare.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
Coal Dust Firing.

Fine dust of coal or of flour mixed
with air forms an explosive agent
which has been the cause Of many q
mine and four-mill disaster. Advan-
tage is taken of this property of COM
bustible dust in new process Of boil
er-flring. The fuel reduced to dust is
fed by machinery into the furnace. in
which fire must constantly be main
tained. The instant the dust falls into
the furnace chamber It burns with
flash, almost explosively, and the pro-
duction of smoke is absolutely pre-
vented and the firing becomes econom-
ical as regards consumption of fuel. 1t
would seem that 1t might lead to the
utilization OF the enormous mountains
of coal slack which cover SO many
square miles OF land in the mining
districts.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

tom. When the floating buoy yields to
the action OF the sea or OF the winds
the cable becomes taut. as shown in
the dotted lines. In Fig. 1 the sub
merged buoy is shown holding up the
blight of the moorings OF sunken
buoy. A cable supported in this man
ner may be readily grappled and the
sunken buoy recovered. Without the
use OF the submerged buoy graphing
on rocky bottoms would be difficult.
perhaps impossible. Fig. 3 shows
vessel riding out gale on lee shore.
The buoy in this case is attached by
one end to the anchor chain. so that
when dragged under the surface OF the
water 1t will form an effective sea
anchor In addition to the anchor at the
bottom.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES IoF Drscov-
ERY AND INVENTION.
An Invention to Protect Buoy Cables
An Indiana Man Puts Forth q New
Idea In the Air Ship Line-How Live
Stock Is Loaded.
Dsurer IN pome.tIe wa,,-..


Persons who rely upon domestic FL
ters to purify water for household use
will be interested to learn that. on the
authority Of the State Board Of Health
OF Maryland. such filters may steadily
lose efficiency until they become first
rate culture beds for bacteria, says The
Sanitarium. An example cited is that
IN the case of man in Baltimore who
sends the whole water supply of his
house through large filter. and SUBJ
sequently puts his drinking water
through one Of the small domestic nj
ters common in the market. A test
showed that. on a day when the city
taps were running $40 bacteria to the
cubic centimeter. the large filter was
delivering $500 bacteria in the same
quantity Of water. When the large fl
ter was placed. only nine bacteria per
centimeter got through 1t, but this
same water. when passed through the
small filter. came out with II bac-
terra per centimeter. A further exam
pie cited is from the office OF the Bal
timore Health Department. where a
filter, supposed to be the best in the
market. was in use. The effectiveness
OF that filter was SO short-lived that
the precaution was observed of boil
Ing the water after 1t was filtered.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
cHoATE's CAREER AS LAWYER

There is one notable feature OF Rufus
Choate's career rs a lawyer that his
distinguished nephew omitted to dwell
upon In his oration. doubtless for rea-
sons Of propriety. This was his in
sidlous power over jury. which was
something that the Jurors themselves
never quite understood. This power
was well illustrated by the remark Of
a hard-headed old farmer who was
one Of jury that gave Hvo verdicts
in succession for Choate's clients once
upon time. II understand, sir, that
you are relative of Lawyer Choate,"
said this Juror subsequently to one of
Choate's nephews. "and want to tell
you that I was not swayed or influ-
enced in the least by his flights Of
fancy. but consider him a very lucky
lawyer, for there was not one Of those
cases that came before us where ho
wasn't on the right side"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
CHAPTER Y,

"Cecily, however. would listen to no
advice. and after couple Of years
stormy engagement the marriage day
was fixed. the guests invited. and one
evening the poor girl was trying on
her wedding dress that had come from
London. when her mother came in
and tlod her to take 1t OF at once. for
her worthless lover had the morning
before privately married a famous
actress, with whom he had been ac-
quainted some short time. Cecily. to
all appearance, took It quietly enough.
put her dres out Of sight and thcn
asked to be left to bear her sorrow
alone. In few days she appeared
again in the family circle. much the
same as usual, and her mother was
congratulating herself on the Issue OF
events.
About o week after the return o.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
New Alrship.

Arcldas Farmer. a resident Of Evans
vile. Ind, is a claimant for honors as
the inventor OF an airship that will ac-
tually navigate the air. The top of his
ship will be cigar-shaped. The balloon
will be made of silk and filled with gas.
which will give buoyancy to carry the
necessary machinery to properly work
the ship. which will not weigh more
than 700 pounds. The motive power
to run the airship will be two small
gasoline engines OF ten-horse power
each. They will be constructed on an
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

CHAPTER vIII.-(continued.)

CHAPTER VIII.-(Continued.)
BY degrees 1t began to pleasantly
dawn upon me that was getting some
return for the great sacrifice I had
certainly made in marrying her. and
the sense of Irritation at being duped
that had at first pursued me wore
away until forgot its very existence.
Helen made me comfortable, and her
happy smiling face and gradually i'm
proving looks brought me a feeling of
self-approbation that thoroughly en-
5oyed and that certainly smoothed my
temper, SO sorely tried during my first
unfortunate love AFFAIR. l accepted
her attention, her cheerful devotion as
my due, now and then rewarding her
with kind word or a loving caress.
"Clever childv remember murmur-
ing one day. when. erratically putting
forth my hand. 1t alighted on the
cigar case and the newspaper for
which had been wishing. How do
you always guess?"
Love teaches me, l suppose" she
replied, with rosy smile. "You
remember l had a great quantity Of
that article In stock when you ap-
peared. and you asked me for all l had
in lump. Paul"
How much love she received from
me in return l did not try to find out.
never troubling myself with senti-
mental analysis of the kind after my
marriage until we returned to Col
worth. and l found Edith still un-
welded and unwon, more beautiful
than ever. the hand of friendship
gracefully outstretched to my wife and
little glances Of semi-sarcastic. semi
wistful reproach for me whenever our
eyes met unobseryed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
Revenue.

Clearly 1t was advisable to 90 to war.
But how about revenue?" yentured
the courtly Sir Godfrey. "Revenue?"
repeated the queen, lightly. II have
but to stamp my foot and abundant
revenue will be forthcoming!" 1t will
be observed that in those days there
was no stamping OF bank checks. vac
cination certificates or chewing gum.
to say nothing Of cigarettes and keS
pilsener.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

attempting to drive them across a
gangway, but 1t is one that is much
objected to by the animals themselves.
One can almost fancy the series OF an
earthly yells this pig is giving vent to
as 1t swings helplessly around in mid
air. BY the way, what world of in
dignation is evident in the severe curl
of the creatures tail!
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
Hard on Jones.

They met in a cafe. Ever take
anythins7" Queried Smith. "oh, yes.
occasionally" replied Jones with tho
happy air usually worn by man who
accepts an invitation. WELL" pur-
sued Smith. as he tossed of cocktail
while Jones looked on. you ought to
quit It. It's bad habit. and will be
the death Of you. SO long."-Nev
York World.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
To pro..e. buoy Gables.

In the use of floating buoys 1t often
happens. says the Scientific American,
that changes in the wind and tide drag
the cable around on the bottom and 1t
is therefore shortened. thus impairing
its efficiency. To avoid this danger.
Charles Hutchins. superintendent OF
lighthouses for Nova Scotia. has in
vented a buoy which has been used for
year with gratifying results. The
buoy itself holds the cable of the bot
tom. The submerged buoy. as shown
in Fig 4. has cylindrical body with
tapering ends adapted to receive the
cable. The body ut one end is provided
with an outwardly fiaring rigid skirt,
constituting drag against the move
ment Of the buoy through the water.
In Fig. 2 the submerged buoy is
shown interposed between the sections
of the cable of floating buoy. The
full lines In the figure indicate the po-
sition Of the cables and buoys in calm
weather. the cable In this position be-
ing at all times held above the bot
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
s.-suse Method of Catching Fla,

stTnnRe Method of Catching Fish.
In order to capture a fish n Soutb
American tribe whips the water with
the wood OF tree which contains a
substance having a narcotic influence
on the fish, which are then readily
caught.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
Putting Live stock on Board.

This snapshot illustrates the man
ner in which live stock is put on board
ship in the Orkney islands. 1t is
much more expeditions proceeding than
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

Don't drop insinuating remarks. 4
bigger man may pick them up.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
:. .s.s s's;ss s,s.. T,.s s.a Thompsons Eye Water

wASTED-Casc of bad health that R.lrA'NS
Will not bencnt. Send cents to Rlpans ChcmlSA'
Co.. New York. for 10 samples and co tcstimonia''
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-01-28
Confederate Dead,

Gen. Gordon has issued the fol-
lowing circular:
To all Commanding Officers, Com
haTCers of Camps and Adju-
tants of The United Confed-
I,r crate Veterans:
!, Official request has been made
by a government official asking
for Il list cf all graveyards or GEM
etaries where Confederate soldiers
are buried, and as far as possible
number Of interments.
The General commanding also
desires this information collected
and sent by you at your very earll
est convenience for the Use of
these headquarters, with the addi-
ton, where It is possible to obtain
it, of the names. company, regl-
ment and State; all to be collated
and published in the next annual
q. G. V. report, for the informa-
ton and use of Confederate sur
vivors and their descendants every
where. particularly for our worthy
successors, the splendid and pat
riotic organizations of the Daught-
ers Of the Confederacy and United
Sons of Confederate Veterans,
who are, with beautiful fidelity
and unsurpassed devotion, conse-
Grating their time and means to
the hc!y purpose of building mon
uments, to the care of the living,
and the preservation of the fame
of the heroes of the South.
Thus the names. history and
story of our 'sheroic dead will be
collected and preserved by these
headquarters, and deposited in
memorial halls and battle abbeys
Of the South. for the use and in
formation Of the living, and to
show posterity the loving care and
interest shown by the remnant of
the living for their glorious dead.
By order of J. B. Gordon, Gen
eral commanding
GEO. MOORMAN,
Adiutant General and Chief of
Staff.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-01-28
Announcement.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that ap-
plicants for the positions Of as
sistant Custodian-janitor. Eleva-
tor-conductor, engineer (second
and third class), fireman, Janitor
and Watchman and other similar
minor positions in the Federal
building in this city should apply
for application blanks { form lO52)
which may be obtained any time
from the undersigned or from the
Commission at Washington. These
applications, after having been
properly executed should be
forwarded direct to the commits
sion at Washington. No educa-
tional test will be given for the
positions above, but applicants
will be graded upon the elements
of:
lst. Physical ability rs deter
mined by age and physical condi-
ton; and I'd. Experience; upon
information brought out in the
answers made to the questions in
the applications and vouchers and
the medical certificate.
Applicants must be between
twenty-one (21) and sixty years
of age. It will not be necessary
for them to appear at any place for
an examination.
MINNIE PULFORD.
e. S. Civil Service Comm ssr,
Ope)ousas. La.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-01-28
Parish Taxation.

The Police jury has again levied
u tax of ten mills on all the pro-
perty in the parish, including that
situated in the incorporated towns.
Many OF our citizens are of the
opinion that this is requiring the
towns-and particularly Opel
ousas, to pay more than their
proper and legitimate share for
the restricted and limited benefits
derived from the parochial gov
ernment, and claim that half the
amount, which is all that the
towns in tits parish were ever re-
quired to pay until two years ago.
would be an equitable return for
these benefits. In reference to
this matter of parish taxation in
the towns, the delegates to the
late Constitutional Convention
from East Baton Rouge recently
addressed a communication to the
Police Jury Of that parish. from
which the following is extracted:
On investigation, we learn that,
almost without exception, the
cities and large towns Of Louisiana
were exempt by law, either in
whole or in part, from the pay
ment of parish taxes. Among
them are Monroe, Lake Charles.
New Iberia, Plaquemine, Jackson,
Clinton and many others. Other
towns not exempt by law were
voluntarily exempted in whole or
in part by the police juries of their
respective parishes. they recogniz-
ing the equitable claims of such
towns to exemption. Among
these are Alexandria. Jennings,
Franklin, Morgan City and others.
After very mature deliberation
and most careful consideration of
tie rights of the city and parish
alike, we concluded that the same
equitable considerations that had
induced the Legislature and police
juries to make such concessions
to the other cities and towns Of
Louisiana. operated with greater
force in favor of the capital Of
the State. We concluded that an
equal division of the parish tax
would he fair and equitable, and
that the FIVE mills, thus contribute
ed by the city towards the ex-
pense of the parish, would be
amply sufficient to cover the city's
share of the expenses incurred in
the prosecution of criminals. the
maintenance of schools and the
incidental expenses, from which
she derived benefit.
If our condition is to be allev1-
ted it would seem that we must
apply to the next legislature.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-01-28

Some parties styling themselves
"White Caps in East Baton
Rouge, posted placards on some
of the roads ordering the negroes
to leave the parish. The press,
the people and the parish officials,
promptly took the matter in
hand and in unmistakable terms
gave the so-called "White Caps
to understand that none of that
sort of work. would be tolerated.
The people don't want their La
borers scared off. and they are
thinking properly, too, that it is
high time for the reign of law to
prevail in Louisiana.-Shrevepo
Outlook.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-01-28

Did you stop to think that You ought
to do some advertising Did you stop
10 think that when q man keeps his
mouth shut no one Knows even that he
has a tongue SO it is with business.
II you do not advertise people do not
know, or they forget, that you are IN
businss. Advertising is the Legitimate
tongue of business. Try business To-
cal in the COURIER and see if it will not
benefit you.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-01-28

This bit of sound advice is clip
ped from the Donaldsonville
Times:
One of the worst things that
can be said of a man is that he
don't pay his debts. If he is a
young man with ambitious hopes,
it is one of the greatest barriers to
his success. If a man will pay
his debts as far as he can and
show an inclination to be honest,
he can always get assistance.
But show an inclination to shun
and avoid your creditors and to
pay no debt that you can get out
of paying and you soon lose your
credit and the respect and conf
dence of the community.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-01-28

Those Of our pftrons who owe
as are reminded Il lat the time has
IaIIlved when we Need money to
|aeet demands forPaper and gen
|sIal otiice expense and we must
1aslst on settlements of accounts
Pasl dne. The COURIER has al
Hays been indulgent with those
O owe for subscription and we
aepe our patrons will strain a
oint to make some sort of a set
cement without delay.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-01-28

nev. DIR. Carter, of New Or
slls, preached an excellent SER
n % q fair audience at the
y. Church on last Thursday
enllg The subject chosen
Godiiness,' and proved uot
interesting but edifying in
extreme, as the Doctor ex-
'aed that it prepared US for
.uture state in that it emf
qualified US for the profit
enjoyment of every .avoca-
heWn to our present exist