Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-12-22

ners took a great deal for granted un-
der ordinary circumstances.
Great Britain must now begin to face
a period of declining trade. Her reve-
nues are falling behind what wa. ex-
pected.
New Zealand is the latest customer
for American railroad equipment, hav-
ing bought 1000 tons of steel rails and
several hundred cars. Thus does our
export trade widen its field
An attempt is being made in New
York City to make it fashionable for
women to carry canes. The scheme
may or may not work, but in any event
we may be sure that women will still
rely principally upon the hatpin when
she scents real danger.
1t is said that Emperor William of
Germany has received snub from his
dear friend the Sultan of Turkey. The
Sultan is, indeed, dear friend-it
costs a trifle too much to have close
dealings with him. Anybody who
would practice economy politically
would better remain free from entan
Cling alliances with the sublimely RI
diculous Porte.
BY order of the London school board.
the teachers in all the schools of that
city have tested the sight of the chill
dren under their care. Over 23 per
cent. were found to have defective Wis
ion. These children were given not
ices, in which the announcement was
made to their Parents that the pupils
were suffering from seriously defective
vision, and that their eyese should be
treated by oculists without delay.
A young man and young woman be.
longing to the smart set of New York
City, preparations for the usual con-
summation of whose engagement were
in the initial stage, eloped the other
day, and gave as their reason that they
wanted to avoid an elaborate wedding
This sort of thing cannot occur many
times without itself becoming fashion
able. We shall have quiet weddings
"the style" and who but the florists
caterers, and dreSsmakers will fail to
welcome the change? The parade of d
fashionable wedding necessarily oc-
cupies the minds of the contracting
parties to the exclusion of reverent
marriage imposes, observes Harper's
Bazaar.
Rural free delivery seems to have
passed the experimental stage. and to
have become an established part of the
postal system of the country. A re-
cent report shows that there are now
about 400 distributing points, from
which letters are delivered in 4C
states and on territory. The appro-
priation for the current year is $3.50,
000 but for the next fiscal year Con-
gress appropriated $1,5O0,0OO, which
will permit a considerable extension oil
the system. At present almost halt
million people are served by lie
rural carriers, and in some instances Sc
many fourth-class DOstofIices have
been superseded that free free delivery
has proved cheaper than. the old plan
The opening address of the Women
Legal Educational society was deliver
) ed by a prominent young woman o
New York City. She defined the OBJ
: jecus of the enterprise as follows
"These courses have been framed t
meet the wants of women who de5ir
familiarity with law. either for Dracti
cal purposes in business and the ad
minIistration of trust estates or for it
value in general culture and as a high
er study for mental development. The.
also furnish preparation for entranc
upon the professional study of law
with view to active practice at tn
bar" 1t would be interesting to know
what the gentlemen of the bar thinl
of the growing Independence of WON
en- in this direction
= All over the country. tide of criti
I clsm is rising against the acceptance
by churches, charities and colleges. o
= wealth won by methods which tn
moral sense of the community is be
ginning to discuss, says Vida d. Scud
der in the Atlantic. Wealth exist
r which has been piled together by
means unscrupulous and unChristian
, 1t stands in the public mind as a sym
, Dol of unrestrained self-seeking an
greed; it has to the knowledge of man!
, left behind its shining heaps ravage(
desert track of DESPAIR. There is
, growing tendency on the part of own
ers of money of this kind to spent