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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08
Victory at Last.

For ten long years / was a sufferer
with kidney dyspepsia and rheuma-
tism disease. treated with many Co
lumbus doctors; took patent medicine.
No results whatever until | discovered
and took ONE bottle of DENNIS
SURE. SAFE and SPEEDY CURE. In
three days / threw down my crutehes.
Ordinary cases cured in one day.
Only rs and rs cents at A. J. Rich
ards and w. H. Stysr's. Samples free.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08

Special sale OF Millinery Goods now
going on at the Bee Hive. 16s Front
street. @
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08
Parasols, Fans and Mits.

Fancy goods, but not at fancy prices
See how much We can save you here.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
ioc, 2oc. II C. G. @. fail, druggists refund money
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08
Examination of Teachers

For the public schools OF Washington County
will be held I'M the Marietta High School Room
on the second Saturday OF each month except
January, July and August.
A. Al. FARLOw, Barlow. Ohio
President Board OF School Examiners
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08

China and Glassware increasing il
sale each season. Largest stocks Il
select from and a nice saving besides.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08

The season is here for summer goods
and our 26 Departments show up to
their full capacity goods that are use
ful now
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08
G. t. o'srILL.

ss-DR. e, L. GRIFFIN, Dentist, ONCE 20,
Front Street, Opposite Soldiers Monument
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08

~ DIR. T. s, WARD, Bentint. once IN
Union Block, over Charles Hlume,s Je~sltv
store Front street, below Putnam. 1880
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08
PtLESi PILESi l

w-DR. @. ". DYE, Dentist, Marietta, OH,
Store. Gas administered.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08

Wall Paper and
Window Shades
in many new patterns. A good time
to buy now.
Granite ware, Wood ware, Tin ware
and Kitchen hardware. All we can
save you money on.
Many bargains in our grocery de-
partment.
Pure goods, full weight, good uqality
and good service. Yours for success.
-~'
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-08

tt IL.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
YOUNG PERFORMERS.
cHlNA's HOPE LIES IN NEW
GENERATION,
Reform Must come-suoh Men a. WI
Ting Fang Caa Bring About New
State of Affairs In the Ancient EN-
pirs. g

Some have tendency to saw that
the present troubles in China arose
out of the missionary question. This
is an extremely narrow view. and it
indicates that the one who holds it
knows nothing back of what has oc-
Cured during the past year. The
present troubles are the last efforts
OF the old Conservatives to preserve
the conditions which have, existed in
China for four thousand years. have
number of friends among the young
scholars, first, second, third and fourth
graduates. They are young men who
have studied English, and who have
started English schools. Their
schools have been destroyed by the
conservatives, and for the past two
years they have been out of employ
ment. All of them, so far as know
are still pursuing the same line of
study, confident that conservatism is
thing of the past, that reform must
come, and when it does come they will
be ready for it. Such men are of the
class of Minister WI Ting-fang, 10
Feng-lo and Mr.. Yu, minister to
France, who called upon me few days
before he sailed for France. During
our conversation alluded to the at
tempt he had made to entertain some
foreigners on New Years day, and to
serve them with tea, coffee, wine and
cakes. The Conservatives of the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Common Mil Hand
Who becomes
Manufactured.

their plant was increased from time
to time. In 1887 Mr.. MacKinnop
bought out his partners interests and
since has conducted his business alone
Intimately associated with Mr.. Mac,
kinnon in his business career and
contributing not a little to his sue,
cess has been his sister, Miss Belle
MacKinnon. She thoroughly under
stands the knit goods business and 70,
10 years acted as superintendent O.,
his mills. Two years since she re,
tired, but now again enters the fielc
of business and will assume the SUI.
with Mr.. MacKinnon's business career
is the consideration he has for his EN-
'ployes and the high esteem in which
he is held by them. A large share o.
his success he attributes to the eft,
forts of his operatives and as prosper.
ity attends him it is returned in many
ways to them. Each of the mills he
operates he has opened with re,
ception to his employees and in thi,
and other ways has manifested such
an interest in his operatives that all
have the greatest regard for their em,
ployer,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

Tsungli Yamen would not allow you 70
entertain the foreigners on New Years
day as you wished?' said. NO. he
replied, but this thing will not con-
tinue. The world is rapidly slipping
out from under these old mems feet.
There are not any strong men among
the young Conservatives. They are
simply hangers-on, and when these
few old Conservatives die, China can
easily be reformed The wife of Mr..
Yu is a Eurasian woman. His two
daughters dress in European clothing
when they go calling in Picking. They
converse freely in Japanese, Chinese,
French and English, as do also his
sons. On one occasion some of, the
old Conservatives went to the Empress
Dowager and said to her: DO you
know that the. man whom you have
had as minister to Japan, and whom
you are about to appoint as minister
to France has foreign wife?' Has
he any children:' the old Dowagef
asked in return. Yes, indeed, he has
grown sons and daughters Then it
is late in the day to report him to me.
Why did you not report him before?
We cannot separate man from his
wife and family even though she is a
foreign devil."' It could not add
much interest to the readers of this
paper to describe in detaily.the other
leaders Of the Conservative party
They are Prince Tuan, Lii Ping Heng
and Tung PUBLISHING. Prince Tuan Is
the son of the fifth prince-that is.
the son of the fifth brother of the hus-
band of the Empress Dowager. This
husband was never heard of until his
son was selected to be the successor to
the son of the Empress Dowager in
stead of Kuang Hsu His greatest vir-
tue is his conservatism, which is vice.
Also his ability as warrior has been
greatly over-estimated.'@ T. Head
land in A.nslee's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
shipbuilding In Germany.


Consul Winter reports from Anna
berg. Oct. 2, 1900: During the. past
ten years, ship building in Germany
has become a great industry. Old
wharves have been torn away and new
and larger ones constructed in their
places. The present capacity of all
the wharves does not meet the de-
mands Of the German merchant ma
rine. Many orders must still be placed
in foreign countries. At present twen-
ty-two ships are being built in Eng
land for Hamburg alone. During tho
first half of the present year the dock
owners and shipbuilders of Stettin.
Kiel, Flensburg, and Bremen have in
creased their capital stock on the
whole, by $1,37s,000. Many new en-
terprises are being planned. In the
neighborhood Of Nordenham, on the
Lower Vessel. large wharves are being
projected. A wharf for Stralsund is
being planned which will cost nearly
100000. 1t is also reported that a
German-Belgian syndicate will build
a wharf in Antwerp under the auspic-
es OF the Bremen Vulcan works. The
German merchant marine now num-
bers 1,2O9 steamers of 2,159,919 tons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
LATEsr TH1NG IN Hos1rRy.

ALAAESI IhkNOI IN k1OSIEhYs
When woman raises her skirts
nowadays the passer by with sharp
eyes will notice what appears to be
stocking slipping down beyond ply
steal and moral support. She is in no
danger of losing it. It won't turn
down even over her foot. It is merely
ly the mousquetaire stocking, the
latest of feminine folly's fads. Just
as long glove would wrinkle over my
lady's wrist and arm, so her. long
stocking now wrinkles over her leg.
This probably was devised by the girl
with thin lower extremities for the
CONSERVATION of her stout friend, who
could not afford to add anything to
the circumference of that part of her
body. The stout lady, therefore, will
content herself with the stripes and
clockwork which decorate the skin
tight hosiery, while the thin girl will
don the interminable hose that wrin-
kle throughout their length. Some
Of the mousquetaire stockings are
woven to produce semblence Of
wrinkle. OF course, this careless eff
feet must be planned carefully. To
prevent the stocking from getting
into unseemly punches extra garters,
to be placed at necessary intervals, are
devised of narrow elastic and match
ing the stocking in color. One Of
these, just above the shoe top, fastens
with small, handsome buckle or bow
of ribbon, another appearance that
would induce the belief in the unin-
itiated that the woman was losing her
garter
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Pronunciation of Two words.

Pronunciation of Two Words.
The proper pronunciation of Arkan-
sas is "Arkansah," accentuated on the
first and last syllables. This was the
old Indian pronunciation, which the;
early French traders expressed as
Arkansas. The French ga" is al.
ways broad and the final IS" is SILENT.
SO Arkansas was to the French .Ark-
ansah." Congress, in the act of orr
ganizing the territory, spelled the
name "Arkansaw,' and for some years
the name continued to be so spelled.
Finally, as everyone knew the pronun-
citation, the original spelling was
brought again into use. Then, how
ever, came a generation who knew
not the history or the pronunciation of
the word, who called it Arkansas
with the accent on the second syllable.
In 1880 the State Historical and Eclec-
tic societies Jointly investigated the
name and its pronunciation, and on
their report, the substance of which
is given above, the legislature Of the
state decided that the legal pronuncia-
ton was "Arkansah." Automobile is
pronounced "Au-to-mo- bile," the ac-
cent on the third syllable. The first
syllable is pronounced like the eau"
in taught" and 'i'' in the last sylla-
BILE short as in kill"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Ex-Enpress
Eugene -

In little village in Surrey, Eng, as
remote from the great world as a
desert island, the ex-Empress Eugene,
widow of the third Napoleon, is spend
ing the evening of her days. Her
home, Marlborough Hill, is so closely
hidden by trees that at no point can
the all-pervading tourist gain
glimpse of the quiet gabled house. The
empress, a sad, white-haired woman,
almost crippled with rheumatism,
spends her time chiefly in prayer.
Close to her home she has built the
pure white mausoleum, with it's dome
and many spires, that can be seen
from all points of the country for
miles around. There black-robed
Benedictines pray constantly for the
good estate of the souls of Napoleon
III. and the prince imperial. Tie
empress is too infirm now to sit, as
she used to, in the sanctuary of the
great white church; mass is said, gen
orally by the prior, at her own house.
Under the church, in the crypt, are
two great sarcophagi in red granite,
covered with wreathes of immortelles
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

The album habit is so strong and it's
expressions are so varied that little
wonder ought to be felt at an account
Of an album in which young woman
has placed piece of each gown she
has bought, and has noted on the page
the date Of purchase and the time
when the garment was last worn. The
price also is attached, both as an en-
couragement and a warning it is to be
supposed. An observer of the other
sex might suggest an enlargement of
The album pages SO as to include
summary of the miles travelled in Sc
letting the dresses. There might be
added an estimate of the total of re-
Erets that other patterns were not pre-
ferred or different fashionings or
dered. No one, of course, would cloud
the pages with surmises as to the ag-
gregate of signs of envy or whispers Of
criticism which each dress called into
being.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
WHAT A DOLL DID.
Plaything Had Soothing Influence Upon
Warlike Apaches.


A strange story is told of how a
child's plaything once had soothing
influence upon a warlike Apache tribe
and was the means of avoiding seri-
GUS war. 1t happened that Mr.. Bourke
was in Arizona with Gen. Crook. The
general was trying to put band of
Apaches back on the reserve, but could
not catch them without killing them,
and that he did not want to do. One
day his men captured little Indian
girl and took her to the fort. She was
quiet all day, saying not a word, but
her black beads Of eyes watched every
thing. When night came, however, she
broke down and sobbed just as any
white child would have done. They
tried in vain to comfort her, and then
Mr.. Bourke had an idea From the
adjutant's wife he borrowed a pretty
doll that belonged to her little daugh-
ter, and when the young Apache was
made to understand that it was hers
to keep her sobs ceased, and she fell
asleep. When morning came the doll
was still clasped in her arms. She
played with it all day and apparently
all thought Of ever getting back to her
tribe had left her. Several days passed
and as no overtures about the return
of the papoose had been made by the
tribe, they sent her, with the doll still
in her possession, back to her people.
Mr.. Bourke had no idea Of the effect
his benevolent act would have upon
the Indians. When the child reached
them, with the pretty doll in its club
by hands, it made great sensation
among them, and later on its mother
came back to the post with it. She
was kindly received and Hospitality
treated, and through her the tribe was
soon afterward persuaded to move
back to the reserve. M
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

have been left open to allow the gas to
escape, was still tied up with a silk
handkerchief The balloon was now
quite full, and the atmospheric pres
sure was rapidly decreasing as the
aeronauts assembled, while the gas.
having no exit, continued to expand.
1t was impossible to get at the neck
and loosen the fatal handkerchief, and
to make disaster douhly sure, the
valve-line was out of reach. The only
thing the men could do was to sit still
and await the bursting of the balloon
and the fatal dash to earth. Within
few minutes the balloon burst. and
instantly began to rush earthward
with increasing velocity. But by q
piece of wonderful good fortune. the
balloon in its downward course met
the resistance of the air in such
way as to form huge parachute, and
the happy aeronauts landed unhurt in
a field just outside the city.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Motor Posts in Australia.

A frequent difficulty encountered by
postal authorities in Australia is .the
cheap and expeditions delivery OF
mails in outlying localities. Many O,
these places are hundreds of miles
from the nearest railway line, and the
route is apt to be- through drouth-
stricken country, where the dry roads
are at times impossible even by cam
els. This is conspicuously the case in
tropical Queensland. But the govern
ment Of that colony has risen to the
emergency, and has decided to try the
experiment of dispatching mails to
"out back" by motor car. The result
is likely to be awaited with interest in
other places than Demonstrations
don Daily Mail.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
PATHETIC REMIN-
DER OF THE
GLORIES OF THE
FRENCH EMPIRE

and cards signed by many royal hands.
The empress who, even at the height
OF her glory as a sovereign and a
beautiful woman, was renowned for
her charity, is now benefactress to
the poor roundabout Marlborough. She
often drives in the very plainest Of
black broughams with servants in
deep mourning, and when she was in
better health it was no uncommon
sight to see it drawn up at one or
other of the humber cottages in the
neighborhood She entirely supports
and has endowed the monastery at
tached to the church. There is a
private way from Marlborough Hill to
the mausoleum. A small wooden gate
with peculiar catch used to connect
the two properties, but the empress is
hardly ever able to use it now. The
anniversary of the prince imperials
death is a day of great anguish to the
empress. Hers is one of the saddest
faces it can fall to ones lot to know,
and compared with the radiant por-
trait Of her by WHITEWATER, for in
stance, its pathos is tenfold increased.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Had a * *
Rapid Rise

A knit goods manufacturer whose
rise in the business world has been re-
markable, he now standing near the
top in his line of industry, although
only few years since working as
common mill hand at Is cents a day,
Is Robert MacKinnon of Little Falls,
N. Y. Mr.. MacKinnon's great suc-
cess was brought about by his own
energy and perseverance, and it is
conceded that as yet he has not at
tanned the limit in his endeavors. Now
nearly completion in Little Falls is
a mammoth structure for manufacture
ing purposes, which was built by Mr..
MacKinnon, and this. when completed,
will be the largest plant in the world
for his special line of business, man
aged by a single individual. It's cost
will be 100000.
/ Mr.. MacKinnon is only Al years of
age. He is native of Cohoes. Be-
ing thrown on his own resources early
in life, he entered mill and, though
ambitious to acquire an education, was
compelled to remain there until event.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

There is yet another child prodigy
In the world of music-the daughter of
M. Anton Kneiser. director of the
Bucharest School Of Music. This
young lady is now six years old, but
her little fingers began to manifest a
singular facility for the keyboard of
the piano before she was two, while at
four she had given several public per-
formances as a pianist in the capital
and several other towns of Roumania.
One or two of the pieces are her own
compositions. She is now in Paris,
where she is to give q series Of re-
citals.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Rugged a Horses Neck.

The late Friedrich Nietzsche's So
journ in Turin in the year 1887 is de-
scribed in the last number Of the
Nuova Antologia. He spent most Of
his time reading and writing, and SELL
dom left without telling the landlady
to be careful not to touch his books
and papers. The first symptoms Of
his mental infirmities showed them
selves one day when he caused great
commotion in the street by hugging a
horses neck and refusing to be parted
till the police arrested him. Prof
Overlook was summoned and the
patient was taken to his home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
UNDERwEAR AS a rRorEcroH|

The old idea that wool is the 81
proper protection for the skin is
ploded. In my opinion the sll.
perform its functions normally,
but little such protection, says
vile Black, M. d. In fact, til,
the better. By petting the Skin
overprotecting it with woollen und
wear we make it tender and hypers
sitive. thus rendering it unable
Withstand sudden atmospheric chan
without paralysis of some portion
its vasomoter control. Hence the
quent catching cold," the bette noiI
our existence.
To me it seemed Incredible that
could cast aside my fannels and
feel the chill Of winters blast.
patients say to me, II will catch
death of cold" When / show the
that I am wearing linen mesh, an,
have not had cold for over a yea
and am perfectly warm and comfort
able, something that 1 could not ga.
when I was wearing heavy flannels
they are amazed. Some are not to b,
convinced-no amount Of reasonial
will convince them-that the con ID
ton of their skins is responsible 70
their cold and catarrhal noses an,
Threats.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
The Government Fixes
the Amount to be
Produced. Also the
Price.

becomes worth more than the price
fixed by the government, the 100000, 900
pounds in reserve are allowed to reach
the market free of excise duty. If this
does not supply the market at the le-
gal price the government itself will
buy from foreign countries enough
sugar to supply the need for bear in
fuence upon the price. This has been
done in Russia twice during the past
ten years. This system, of course, pre-
cludes any export business in sugar,
but the Russian government does not
believe that the exporting of sugar
from Russia can be made profitable or
advisable, SO it does not encourage ii.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
RAILROAD TRAMPs.
Weary willies Hate Work and Like t
Travel.

Travel.
The Importance OF the railroad
tramp nuisance is indicated by the
fact that it is made the subject of the
leading article in the investors sup
plement' of the Commercial and
Financial Chronicle. an issue of over
1870 pages. The estimate of Josiah
Flynn that 10000 tramps steal rides
nightly and 10000 more are lettering
around railroad yards is quoted, to-
getner with his estimate that each OF
the $4,000 tramps in the country trav-
els on an average of fifty miles day,
which, for 100 days in the year, means
100000 miles Of free transportation
annually, which at two cents a mile
would represent paying travel of &c.
100000. The free rides are however,
OF slight Importance compared with
the extensive pilfering of freight and
personal damage claims arising
through accidents to tramps while tres
passing. The Commercial and Finan-
cial Chronicle advises railroads to
adopt the plan of the Pennsylvania
road, which employs a regular force of
eighty-three men to keep the cars and
yards clear Of the undesirable class.
The success Of the plan is shown in
that the company pays $4,000 a year
less for its police arrangements than
before it adopted it. The adoption of
the plan by all important roads would
not only be of benefit to them but to
the country. It is well known that
most tramps are what they are partly
because of hatred of work and partly
because they like to travel. The re-
moving of easy facilities for transport
tation would reduce the number enor-
mously.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Russia's Corner
on Sugar ~ ~

Each year the Russian minister of
finance fixes the amount Of sugar
which shall be produced in the empire
and sets the price at which it shall be
sold. The average domestic consump-
ton is about 1000, 100000 pounds. This
is announced as the legal limit of pro-
duction which shall be put upon the
market during the year. In addition
to this, it is allowed to. manufacture
1s0,0OO,0OO pounds more, which is
placed in. storage. The 1000, 100000
pounds, as it is sold, pays an excise
tax of q cents pound. If at any
time through increased demand sugar
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

Henry Hagemeister, treasurer of the
Wisconsin Brewers association, says
beer-drinking is on the decrease in
the state. The days of fortune-ma5z
ing in breweries has passed. and sew
eral large establishments now fail to
return fair percentage on the money
invested. This condition has been
brought about in large measure by in.
creased consumption in homes. When
people drink beer at home,' says Mr..
Hagemeister, "they are satisfied when
thirst is appeased. In saloons the So
cial or treating feature makes them
drink a great deal more. The result
to the brewer can be easily under.
stood
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
The Balloon Burst.

The most dreadful aeronautic posi-
ton, perhaps, which it is possible to
conceive is that described in Memoirs
Of Sir Claude de Crespigny." Burnaby,
noted aeronaut, was making an as
cent from Cremorne with two French
men, one Of whom was the inventor
of the balloon In use. When they
were about mile and half high, the
appalling discovery was made that the
neck OF the aerostat, which should