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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
GIVEN BETTER BERTHS.
Clerks In Census Office Rewarded for
Expert Work i'm the Punch
ing of Cards.

Five hundred clerks are TO be made
happy at the census office, that number
having been selected for promotion in
the division of population Many of
them are those who have enjoyed the
benefits of the last promotion, and
since they have become still more ex-
pert in the way of punching cards by
which the census is counted. This
branch of the work has increased rap.
idly under the methods adopted of rails
ing the pay of the clerks in proportion
to the number of cards punched.
Little speed was attained by the
punchers during the first few weeks on
account of the inexperience of the op.
orators, the excessive heat, and the eff.
feet of the punching boards on THE eyes,
often as many as 30 punchers succumb-
ing TO the strain in single day.
AS they become accustomed to theiI
work their speed is wonderful. and the
work is turned out far more rapidly thar
was expected. The minimum number
of cards punched must be COO a day
while the maximum is fixed I 900. The
latter figure is often exceeded by the
punchers. one woman making daily
record of 1900. Nearly all of the sO(
or 900 clerks in this division are women
and during the first hot days before
the exhaust fans. electric fans and
other cooling appliances were put into
the building never less than 20 girls q
day were overcome.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
HOLE HAS NO BOTTOM.
baltimore ana Ohio Track Builders
Try in Vain to Fill a Great
Cavity.

In changing the line of the main
track of the Baltimore g. Ohio road
through De Kalb county, Ind, for a
distance of several miles the contrac-
tor has encountered great sinkhole,
which is giving him much trouble and
tripling the cost of the work. The
hole, which seems to be quicksand is
a few miles west of Garrett In all
100000 cubic yards of dirt have been
dumped into the cavity, but there is
not yet afforded a foundation upon
which to build the grade. The con-
tractor laid long strip of corduroy
composed of heavy logs and upon this
piled earth. The soft soil beneath
yielded and the mass was soon out Of
sight
The dirt thrown in each day
promptly disappears, while the earth
on each side of the hole is forced up.
ward to a height of Is feet by the
pressure in the center Large trees
100 feet distant are being forced out
ward by the terrific pressure. The
sink is only about 20 rods long.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
UNIQUE GIFT FOR CARNEGIE.
nOlOgy, HObOken. N. j., Make
Recognition of Generous Gifts.

The faculty of Stevens Institute of
Technology, Hoboken, N. j., has just
sent TO Andrew Carnegie unique
gift in appreciation of generous gifts
to the institute. The gift is a section
of an original 36-pound Il rail from
the Camden G. Amboy railroad, in.
closed in handsome casket. The cas-
ket also contains facsimiles of letters,
specifications and bills connected with
the history of the first I rails.
The piece of Il rail sent Mr.. Car
negie was furnished by the president
of the institute, DIR. Henry Morton.
The rails for the Camden & Amboy
track between South Amboy and
Boidentown, We're rolled in 1881, Pres
ident Morton says, and were the first
Il rails designed or made, although
the Vignoles rails, produced in France
several years later, have generally
been credited with being the earliest.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
THINKS SHE is LIKE CYRANO.
Pretty Girls Delusion That Her Nasal
Appendage Is Mon
strOsity.

Alice Mulcahy, aged 22, living with
her father, Thomas Mulcahy, a we'll
known citizen of Winchell avenue, Gin
cinnati, o., has been for some time the
victim of a strange delusion. She be-
heves that she possesses a nose like
that attributed to Cyrano de Bergerac,
and that she must keep it concealed.
She therefore continually holds her
hand upon her nasal appendage and
refuses to go upon the street. When
anybody comesinto the house she hides
herself in dark corner, with her hand
over her nose. On all other points Miss
Mulcahy is rational, A chance remark
crticising her nose is declared to have
caused her to worry herself into her
present condition. Her relatives at last
concluded that she was demented, as
she has a handsome face, and her nose
is. in fact. regular in shape and with
out blemish. 1t is not even as large
as the noses OF many young ladies with
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
TELEPHONES TO SHIPS.
Connected with Central Exchange at
New York on Their Ar
rival in Port,

In very little while there will be
direct telephone communication with
steamers in port. People will be able
to call up the Deutschland or the
Oceanic as they lie at their piers.
The first test of the plan was made
at New York the other day. When
the Auguste Victoria, of the Ham
burg-American line, reached her
wharf wire was run ashore and in a
few minutes telephone pay station
on board was doing "A rushing bust
ness. The wire is passed through a
portfolio and connected by a plug
with line leading TO central" II
is likely that all the big passenger
steamship lines will adopt the tele-
phone system. ..u......
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
TRADE WITH SPAIN.
Treasury Figures Show Commercial
Relations Fully Restored.
Exports to spain and Imports from
That Country During Fiscal
Year of 1900 Exceed Those
Of Any Year since 1893.

Commercial relations between the
United States and Spain have been fully
restored. The figures of the treasury
bureau of statistics for the fiscal year
1900 show that the exports from the
United States to, and imports into the
United States from Spain in the fiscal
year 1900 were larger than in any other
year since 1898, and within few hun
dred thousand dollars of the highest
record ever made in the commerce of
the two nations. Exports from the
United States to Spain in the fiscal
year 1900 were 1899, $50, against $10,-
912,745 in the fiscal year 1897, the last
full year preceding the war; while the
imports into the United States from
Spain in 1900 were $5950,047, against
S3,631,o73 in the fiscal year 1897. The
only years of the decade 1S90-1900 in
which the commerce between the two
nations was as large as in the year just
ended were 1891. 1892 and 1898, when
the exports TO Spain averaged about
$13,5O0,OOO and the imports from
Spain about So 100000 annually. In the
fiscal year 1899, which felt the full eff
feet of the war between the two coun.
tries, the exports from the United
States to Spain were $9,097.s07. those
of the present year thus being more
than so per cent. in excess of that year;
while our imports from Spain in 1895
were $3.9s2, ,363. against $5,050,041 in the
fiscal year just ended.
Cotton, breadstuffs. mineral oils
and manufactures of wood are the
principal articles of our exports tC
Spain, raw cotton being by far the
largest single item in the list. Fruits
nuts and wines are at present the
largest items of our imports from
Spain, though in earlier years iron or,
formed an important item of our i'm
portations from Spain.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
NUN SEES WORLD.
After FOrty-Five Years Spent I'm
Cioister She Energies to Restore
Failing Health.

After As years spent as a cloistered
nun in the Ursuline convent at Bed
ford Park, in the Bronx, Cecilia Law
renee, known in the sisterhood as
Mother Cecilia. passed for the first
time since she entered beyond the
convent walls and for the first time in
her life rode on "a railroad train.
Permission to leave the convent for q
brief period was obtained by special
dispensation from Archbishop Cor
rigan on account of Mother Cecilia's
failing health, and she went to Bab-
ylon, l.. L., where she will be nursed
by the sisters of the convent of St.
Joseph.
Mother Cecilia is daughter of Bry-
an Lawrence, who lived in New York,
and at his death left 100000 to the
Ursuline convent and like sum to
his daughter. She assumed the white
veil when she was girl graduate, II
years old.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
Has Agent in New York ENnminins &
American Systems-He Declares
Persia Is Not n Had Place
to Live.

The shah of Persia has had an agent
in this county for fortnight eNamin-
ing the electric trolley system of Great
er New York preparatory to introduc-
ing electric travel between Teheran
and a port on the Caspian sea. Those
93 miles of trolley will be the longest
electric tralway in Asia.
The shah's agent, John Marsden
Ward, an Englshman, has been for
more than Is years attached to the
personal service of the shah and has re-
sided at Teheran. Frequent trips TO
Europe have kept him in touch with the
progress of invention and art. He was
a protege of i. h. Hotchkiss, the Amer
lean inventor. and has introduced into
the shah's capital the telephone and
other modern appliances. Since his ar
rival he has been Investigating the troll
lev systems in this city. the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit and Metropolitan having
furnished him every facility.
Mr.. Ward was found at the Secor
shipyard. at Bay Ridge, whittier he had
gone to give an order for a launch for
the shahs use at his winter residence
on the Persian gulf, near Busra, the
| Busora of"Old Sinbad. the sailor"
81 go to Philadelphia he said. ste
visit the Baldwin locomotive works
with view to mating report upor
/ engines for use IN the new railroad be
tween T,a,run and the Persian gulf
One. and ne.-ibiy second. line of rail
| way viii t., pushed through to the gul,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
REFORM IN GRAMMAR.
French Council Of Public Instruction
Orders simplihcntion of SYM .
tax and Orthograpby. z

Americans in France--and those at
home who have to learn French gram
mar-will welcome the announce
ment that decree has just been is
sued by the council of public instruc-
tion, the ruling pedagogic body of the
country, directing that hereafter
French syntax and photography are TO
be simplified. In word, French
grammar is to be rid of some difficult
ties that have never served any useful
purpose but mental discipline.
To begin with, the chapter in the
grammar dealing with the past parti.
ciple of verbs corrugated with "avoir'
is suppressed, Such participles are
for the future to be invariable.
Another reform concerns nouns that
were heretofore of two genders From
this time they may be spoken or writ
ten in either gender.
more important innovation affects
the plural of composite nouns, hereto
fore cruel embarrassment to the
young Frenchman, and an almost in.
surmountable barrier to the foreigner
learning the language. The council
of public instruction directs that the
plural is to be formed by merely add
ing IS at the end of the last word
For instance, one may now say "tete
a-tetes" as the plural of "tete-a-tete,
and chef doeuvres" as the plural o.
chef d'oeuvre."
The council condemns examiner.
who, in France or in the United States
get fiendish delight in presenting a
questions to be answered grammatica
problems whose petty pecularities ar,
far better ignored. 1t mas come ou
boldly in favor of simpler style ant
common sense in things grammatical
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
CharacterlstIcaIIy Top.y-Turvy.

Labor in China varies in its efficiency
according to the place, and, curiously
unlike Europe, seems to vary inversely
with the temperatures of the climate.
At Tientsin and the northern ports it
takes much longer TO load and unload
cargo than at the ports of the Yang
tse and the husbandry of the soilshows
less care in ,he northern provinces than
il does lower down.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12

The appeal is not to the manufac-
turers and employers. who can look
out for themselves, but to each indi-
viduai wage-earnor, to every man for
hsnstlf, on the farm and in the work.
shop, not to risk the loss Of McI<in-
ley Republican times by going back
with Bryan to Democratic hard times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
GOING SOUTH.
Notice of Appointment. &.

Estate of Julian Lane, deceased.
The undersigned mas been appointed
and qualified as Executor of the Will
of Julian Lane, late of Washington
county, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 14th day of August, A. D.
1900. j. P. WARD.
Aug. 15-6w-Wed
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
vniG H'vEh fAsl.HuAD,
INdStbTH IINC
GOING NORTH.

Leave Wiliamstown-
d7:47 a. m............... to Wheeling
%lO:S5 a. m.......to New Martinsvilk
dl2:45 p. M. .....to Pittsburg and East
1881 p. M. Wheeling and Int. pointA
'5;1S p. M, Ohio Valley Express Pitts
burg and East.
*6.l2 p. m. .Sistersviile and Int. points
1907 p. m, New Martinsville and Int.
points,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
B. & @. S-W. RY
TIM TABLE.
Trains Arrive Mt and Depart
Srnf,nn

Trains Arrive at and Depart III Unio
station.
ARRIVE WESTWARD. DEPAE.
' .3 IL m-Athens. Chillicothe. III 4Opl
Cincinnati, Louisville,
- Louis ana all pOr is
West, South and S-west
'1H 55 m-Beipre, Athens. Chill 8 90 NJ
icothe,a ,anc way stations.
10 m-Belpre, Athens, Chin 20 2Oa1
43 p IN ltcothe, Cincinnati and
SUNDAY Louisville, II Louis
only and all points west and
south.
'12 So p m-Belpre, Parkersburg 81 O5pm
Chillicothe, Cincinnati
and way stations.
bnrg. thillicotte. Ci6.
ctnnati, Louisville, ST.
Louis Chicago and all
points west. south and
southwest.
20 n m--Parkersburg and Belpre Loca
EASTWARD.
- 05 p m-Belpre, Parkersourg, % 90 m
Salem, Cor n wallis,
Ciark, ourg, Grafton,
and all way stations
'1% 55 --Belpre, Parkerspurg, u O5 III
Grafton, Washington,
Baltimore, Phil deiph-
ia ard New York
la m-Parkersbug, Wash. 3 1Op III
in. ton, Bal imore.
PHILADELPHIA and New Yvrk
40 10 m.-ParkerSburg. y ash al 40 % II.
lncton. Baltimore Phil.
adelphia, New York.
Boston and all points east.
W-'Daily. tExcep, Sunday.
! All trains OF Marietta District run to Park
ersburg.
FOR through tickets to all points IN the
United States, Canada aud Mexico, with de
tailed information as to rates. routes, sleepil 8
accommodations etc., please call on
ss:--
u. M. PAYNE, Ticket Agent, Marietta, o.
J. e. BROWN. Passenger Agt.. Marietta. O.
o: P.McCARTY. Gen'l Passenger Agent
| incinuati, .
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12

Aguinaldo was author Of the Ameri-
can protectorate plan Bcyan has
adopted. Does that max, it any
better?
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
Professor w. L. Robinson,

Teacher of Voice Culture, and Artis-
tic Singing, Italian method, has or
ganized class in this city. Those de-
string to study with me will leave
word with John e. Leonhart the jew
eler OF drop me card
will call at their residence.
My teaching days here are Monday,
Wednesday and Friday Best of ref
erences given. Address w. L. Robin
son, Marietta, Ohio.
Tues Sept. lift.
September 18th, 14th, 18th and 10th,
for Sovereign Grand Lodge |. o. o. F..
Convention, excursion tickets will be
sold to Richmond, Virginia, via Penn
sylvania Lines, good returning Tues
day, September 25th, inclusive.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12

TIME CARD IN EFFECT DEC. ,nd. ,sa


All Traine Daily except Sunday.
Nos. 10 and ~ make ciose connections
hanesSilIe with the 3. 3 O. and Pan Hnr
rhNs for Columbus, Chicago ord tbe Weat.
5 5N1 6rVS, General Manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20

French flannel IS popular fabric for
fan shirt waists. It comes in exquisiteIy
pretty eolors and tints and IS made up
very similar TO the summer shirt waists
The patterns best liked are stripes and
polka dots.
The woman with thin arms will hail
joyously the announcement that the
sleeves are gradually growing larger
Most Of the fail shirt waists are made
sleeves are much looser than they were
last season.
The cool fall days bring out all sorts
OF pretty. dainty jackets in many
colors and styles. But the fad this fall
is the scarlet jacket. OF course IT is con
spicuoGs, but when it fits well and IS
worn on a trim, pretty figure it is de-
cidedly jaunty-
Buckles viii be one Of the features of
trimming for fan and winter gowns
They may be either large or small and
sometimes four or five viii be seen on
one gown They are used TO fasten belts.
either in the front or back, and some
times both.
Green is one Of the popular colors this
season; not the bright. glazing green
which gives one a bilious feeling to look
at it. bur a soft. dull shade which is
restful TO the eye and harmonious with
other cClOrs- An effort is being made
TO combine scarlet with this shade Of
green. but it is not a pretty combination
and is not likely TO become popular.
Gilt buttons are another fad Of the
hour. The larger ones are used for
more useful and fasten the waist down
the front or back The woman who
possesses a set Of solid golo buttons IS
indeed fortunate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
ANswERs 70 INoIrIRIEs.

Mrs a 3 P Detroit Mich. writes
viii you kindly publish a re pc for plain.
mixed pickles. containing cucumbers. on
ions string beans. green tomatoes and
caulifI0wer9 As this is my first attempt
at canning and picking, I would ask for
a thorough recipe.
MIXED PICKLES
one quart of string beans. one head of
cauliff8W T. one quart tiny cusumbers, one
quart button onions one quart OF green
toma toes. one quarter OF a pound Of Eng
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
Table and Kitchen.

Conducted by Ida Ames Willis. 719
Chamber of Commerce Building. Oh cage
10 whom all inquiries shauld b. addressed.
All Rights Reserved by Banning Co,
Chica go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
Also Many Beautiful Creations
In Dress Skirts.
SEEN IN THE STORES,
Many People Welcome Advent
of Larger Sleeves.
Interesting Information For
HOusekeepers and Others.

Shirt waists and fancy waists Of all
kinds promise TO be worn to as great an
extent this winter as during any pre-
vious season and the stores are showing
many pretty styles of skirts TO be worn
with them
one of the handsomest separate skirts
shown has for n foundation rich black
tameta with an accordion p1eating
around the bottom; over this is draped
white chiffon. while the outer drapery
consists Of pretty black net. The skirt
has panels OF black taffeta applique
put or IN a sort Of scroll pattern and
edged with black chenille. Il IS made
with slight train and about the bottom
is an arrangement Of the silk edged with
the chenille. which has the effect of two
suf'fs- The skirt is an elegant affair.
but should only be worn with waists
equally as handsome; for instance, net
fabric
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
VeIYet Bows and Rosettes.

The up-to- date woman keeps on hand
a collection of velvet bows and rOsettes
for wear with her different gowns. The
rOsettes are placed on one side of the
neck on the bodice at some becoming
angle or on the waist line. wherever they
can add TO the beauty of a gown. The
large ones used at the waist line have
q series of irregular loops and ends hang
ing half way down the skirt In Paris
it is the fashion TO tag these loops with
tiny crystal drops. cut jewels, pear
shaped pearls and such like. The small
ar bows are more effectiye when wired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
4 Rare Git.

Octave Thanet possesses a novel ac-
eomplIshment rare among writer's. since
writer's as a class are proverbially self
conferred people who absorb far more
than they give out She will create and
carry on an impromptu conversation be-
tween an imaginary company of people.
modifying her voice to represent the
characters. and changing the facial ex-
preston in irresistible mimicry, Great
ing the monologue as she speaks. The
dramatic element IS so strongly develop
ed in Miss French that had she not
found her work with the pen, the stage
must surely have claimed her for a rare
onedienne=Harper'S Bazaar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
Savings Of Women Haters.

The comments of some famous men
with regard to women have been collect
ed as follows:
Franklin. He that takes a wife takes
care. La F'ontaine. Foxes are all tail.
and women are all tongue Boucicault. I
wish that Adam had died with all ribs
in his body. NIcto Hugo. Women de-
test the serpent through professional
jealousy. Fielding: In the forming of
ommends one woman TO another. So
crates: Trust not a woman when she
weeps for il is her nature to weep when
she wants her viii. 3 en- Johnson. \
woman. the more curious she is about
her face, is commonly the more careless
about her house. Southey. There are
three things wise man viii not trust
the wind, the sunshine OF an April day
and a Woman.s plighted faith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20

is advice worth following. and Ovid was
wise in his generation. Many a charm
ing face is rendered plain-lOoking by
blindly following the fashion, instead Of
arranging the hair TO suit the individ
UaL This is not a difficult matter If a
hand-glass is held so that a side view is
obtained of the face. A good plan is TO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
Simple Way to Save Worry.

A careful woman. who breads gray
hair (as what woman does not2), and
believes that it is largely due TO worry
uses this method of prevention: She
keeps an ordinary note size writing pad
on her dressing table, and on this she
j0ts down d list Of engagements, letters
10 be answered, business to be attended
TO. articles needed for house or for per
sOnal use, conveniences. charities. and
all the other interests that enter into
busy life as they come to her mind BY
this means she relieves herself of the
worrying sense OF something forgotten.
which IS apt to haunt the woman or man
whose days are filed with a multiplicity
of demands and who has no secretary TO
keep him or her remembering details
Good Housekeeping
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20

/ let a ffrst-class hairdresser do your hair
in a style TO suit the shape of your head
and face. then copy it.
Washing and brushing the hair with A
medium stiff brush will keep it in good
condition and prevent dandruff. but the
latter sometimes is a trouble independ-
ent Of this care Dyspepsia, combined
with acidity OF the stomach, rheuma-
tisIn and an affection of the. scalp called
pityriasis all result more or less in
dandruff and dryneEs of the skin gener-
ally. The latter causes the hair to fall
to an alarming extent, leaving patches
of badness which take long time TO
cure. and grey hairs appear very quick
" under this unsa tisfactory state of
things. To restore the scalp. the treat
ment should commence with a weekly
wash employing soft soap, q little of
which should be rubbed on the hair.
then finsed of with hot water TO form
a lather. rinsing thoroughly after This
soon eradica1es dandruT and cures
slight scalp affections
To preserve the hair. washing it once
in five or six weeks with glycerine soap
and little subcarbonate of potash and
applying a simple lotion occasionally are
all that is necessary. combined with
brushing every night. When the scalp
is naturally dry. with a tendency TO
dandrIlff one-half ounce glycerine and
borax in eight ounces Of elderfower wa
ter form a nice dressing for the hair II
il is inclined 10 prematur grayness, or
there are silver threads already in eN-
idence. sulphur soap should be substitu-
ted for the glycerine. By scraping a
cake of curd soap in an enameIed sauce
pan with an ounce OF olive oil. and stir
ring over the fire until liquid then mix
ing one-half an ounce of precipitated
sulphur with it. and pouring into a jar
to set. stirring until thick, you can make
an excellent soap for gray hair Many
washes for promoting the growth of the
hair and preserving ii may be made at
home. especially by those living in the
country. For instance, boil two ounces
civ
in four pints Of water for an hour, let
stand till cold. then strain and add a
little rum, OF eau de cologne, TO preserve
it from fermenting. This will strengthen
the hair wonderfully.