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The Republican., 1900-08-23

proprietor of the road. The conductor
is the general manager of the road,
train dispatcher and division superin-
tendent. The engineer is master me-
chanic, chief of transportation and
overseer of the road bed and track The
fireman drives the express wagon and
keeps the books between trips. Last
year some 250 round trips were made,
and novelty introduced during the
summer season was the entire aboli-
ton of the steam whistle, partly be-
cause of its waste of steam and partly
because it frightened the blue and
other fish off shore
The rolling stock of the road con-
sists of two locomotives and six or
seven antiquated passenger cars. The
earnings of the Central last year
amounted to about $4,000 and the op-
Grating expenses were little over
sc. .OOO."
The Republican., 1900-08-23
RETIREMENT HALL.
Patriots Hid Is to BE DemOl-
ished Very Soon.

The growth of business interests
threatens soon to remove an interest
ing relic of revolutionary days which
now STANDS on the Jersey shore of
New York bay, and which is known
as Retirement hall" During the
British occupation of New York city,
after the oattle of Long Island and
until the close of the revolution, the
friends of the new republic were
came necessary for them to go away
for awhile to avoid Imprisonment or
even worse punishment at the hands
The Republican., 1900-08-23

bued with an iGea of his own responsi.
bility in seeing that the peace was
kept in the state of Indiana. He never
lost an opportunity of showing his au,
thority. He was farmer. and his farm
bordered on the state of Ohio. Indeed.
one of his fences was on the state line.
One day his son and the hired man got
to fighting near this line fence. The
Justice. quick to see the situation.
jumped to the fence, as better bench
of justice" and assailed the fighters,
demanding peace in the name of the
state of Indiana" But the farmer jus.
tees defense of the peace was not
based on good premises. He had no
sooner asserted his authority than the
fence he was on gave way, carrying him
over backward-into the state of Ohio.
As Sc felt himself falling he shouted to
his son: 'Give him the mischief, Jiml
I've lost my jurisdiction"
The Republican., 1900-08-23

nothing deep or vital is likely to trans
form the life.
The common phrases, "a confirmed
old bachelor and "a confirmed old
maid applied to unmarried men and
women over 40 are tacit admissions of
that fact intimating that mental and
physical habits are so strongly rooted
that the adaptability of earlier years
has ceased to exist, and the person is
incapable of adjustment to a new en-
vironment. The tale goes on. Fifty
six, sturdy middle life; So, the en-
croachment of age; 10, the span of ex-
istence-the decade of sevens, beyond
which lies mere waiting for the end.
The Republican., 1900-08-23
A QUEER RAILROAD.
Nantucket Has One Eight Miles Long
and But One Person Carries
Pass.

"a rather curious and very ecouom-
ically managed railroad is the Nan
tucket Central, which runs between
Nantucket and Siasconset, a distance
of about eight miles" remarked an old
resident of Martha's Vineyard to a
Washington Star writer recently. "a
round-trip ticket on this road costs SO
cents for the passenger and so cents
for his trunk. A second trunk is car
ried for 80 cents and third for 20 cents,
but as the schedule allows for only
three trunks, the conductor has on, sew
eral occasions ruled that at the fourth
trunk he must begin over again at SO
cents.
Only one pass is issued on the Nan
tacket Central, and that is used by the
The Republican., 1900-08-23
BURIED THEIR GODS.
Chicago Cinnamon Protect Deities
from Profane Hands.
Fear of Dissertation by Americans
Cause of the ActiOn-JDenude Joss
House of Images Revered
for Many Years.

Two wagon loads of Chinese gods-a
motley assortment, including dragons
rampant, idols quiescent and images
ancestral by the basketful-were re-
moved shortly before daybreak the
other morning from the Chicago Joss
house. 319 Clark street, and, under a
picked guard of heavily armed Mon
golians, were taken 25 miles into the
country in southwestern direction
and buried for safe keeping in deep
pit on a pretty hillside near Mount
Greenwood cemetery in Morgan Park.
In that pit, dug broad and lined with
tawdy silk stuffs, inclosing rice and
fruits for food, the artificial divinities
will have secret hiding place from
vandal hands should an uprising occur
against Chicago's colony of celestials
because of the atrocities perpetrated
upon Christians by anti-foreign revolu-
tionists in the far-away empire of
China.
Having placed beyond harms reach
ancestral statuettes or idols which
they worship as deities, the delegation
of Cinnamon who attended the quaint
ceremonial returned to their custom
airy haunts in the street, ready to await
with the stoicism of their race any
fate which may be their portion. For
they had discharged their whole duty
to their gods. Them they had to the
best of their ability placed safeguards
about. Having in this respect dis
played their piety they are careless
alike of death and all other misfor-
tunes, knowing that so long as their
gods are not desecrated the very swift
est or most terrible of the winged
The Republican., 1900-08-23
CHINESE WIDOWS ARCH.
When a WOman's Husband Dies and
She Remains Faithful One Is
Erected I'm Her Honor.

In China when a woman's husband
dies she has the choice of a second hus-
band, that is if she can get one, or of a
widows arch at her death. A few take
the ante-death prize, but many of them
prefer the beautifully carved gateway.
The accompanying picture shows a
group of American missionaries stand
ing about one of these arches.
A widows arch. says the Cincinnati
Enquirer, is very common sight in
China. 1t matters not what part of the
Celestial empire one visits these works
of art" are noticeable many times in
large numbers. They are found in the
The Republican., 1900-08-23
RETIREMENT HALL.

of the military or Tory sympathizers.
just across the bay, at Greenville, n.
j., below Communipaw, which in those
days was a rich farm district, the
friends of liberty found a safe haven
and the old mansion soon became
known as Retirement hall"
There, in 1760, Capt. Tom Brown, a
prosperous seafaring man, with a
heart kindly to the federal cause.
built his home, which IN war times
was a shelter for patriots, and after
ward for two generations was the
scene of many political conferences
of Importance ard much social gayety.
1t was a grand mansion in those days.
with broad lawns down to the waters
edge, pretty gardens, trees and shaded
walks.
Although the walls of the house ara
as thick as fortress and the building
would stand for many years, the rail-
roads are getting closer and closer ia
it, and, according to the Lietle Chron-
icle, il will not be long before Retire
ment hall'' will exist only in history.
The Republican., 1900-08-23

was answered by a shrug of the shoul.
ders, and mo speak English"
you're fool, then" said the officer.
But the man knew enough English to
ask:
do you understand Maltese?"
NO"
do you know Arabic?"
"No."
''Do you know Italian?"
"No."
"Do you know Greek?"
"No."
"Then you four fools. only one!"
The Republican., 1900-08-23

"My son, I know girl who would be
good match for you! But what quail
tiles would you require if you were go
ing to marry o.
''The girl must be pretty"
''What else?"
"She must be musical"
SIS that ALP"
as that all? She must be rich!"
"Then she'd be crazy if she married
you'll"
"Oh. well, don't object to her being
crazy!"-Lustige Blaetter.
The Republican., 1900-08-23

An Indiana fence is hardly an ideal
place from which to dispense justice,
according to the Lewiston Journal,
which repeats the story on the author
ity of an eminent occupant of judi
cial bench: A justice of the peace in a
country district was oppressively i'm
The Republican., 1900-08-23
Yarn from Wool PuIp.

A Hungarian has discovered a meth
cd of spinning wood pulp into yarn,
so that it can be woven into fabric
that may be converted into various arti.
cles of, clothing.
The Republican., 1900-08-23

A pistol. an electric bell and cat
o'-nine-tails are the moving forces in
burglar alarm invented by a st.
Louis grocer.
The Republican., 1900-08-23
state omcinI who Couldnt writ,

The Philadelphia Record says that
man was once elected to a responsible
state office in Pennsylvania, and served
acceptably, who could not write his
name. He was intelligent and of sound
business Judgment.
The Republican., 1900-08-23
Four to One.

FOUT 10 UHc.
An English officer in Malta stopped,
in riding, to ask native the way. He
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

The hotel committee has divided the
city into districts which will be thor
oughly canvassed during the next two
weeks, AS Mariettas hotel accommo-
dations are so limited, it is hoped the
private houses will be opened to the
convention. The delegates prefer tC
pay their expenses, but those who in
tend to entertain personal friends will
greatly aid the committee by sending
the names and number of their guests
to the undersigned
MISS A. NJ BROWN,
324 Second street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

the dependency and business depres-
sion of '93 to the height of realized
hopes and business prosperity in $780,
Even without legislation, silver be-
ing the legal tender for all debts. pub
lie or private, Bryan would have the
power to pay the interest and princi-
pal of our national debt in silver. 1t
is generally conceded that in his posi-.
tion upon the silver question he is
honest If this be true, the man who
dictated to his party upon this ques-
tion at Kansas City, when he was in
minority of to l, will not hesitate
to thus pay the interest and principal
of the government bonds. The busi-
ness interests of the country, the la
boring mems interests, the manufac-
turers, the financial interests, and a
healthy revenue, all require Republic
an success.
Even if free trade" is not heresy,
and 10 to l" not delusion, and were
In fact good things, their adoption
would for years disarrange exiSting
relations, so that it would result in
disaster fully as complete and de-
structive as that witnessed in '93,
after the last Democratic success; but
both being heresy and delusion.
their adoption would bring about a
disaster more complete than the coun-
try has ever witnessed.
The voters of '92 did not heed the
warning given them of what Demo
cratic success and the adoption oi
Democratic principles would accom-
plish. They suffered so enormously
for their folly that can not believe
they are willing to repeat it. A hand
full of chronic kickers of the Atkinson
Schurz and Beatty stripe, men who
are always against the party to which
they belong, pretend to see that the
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

1t need not take many words to point
out the reasons why the Republican
party should be successful in the conf
ing national election. The whole ar
gument is contained in the following,
from an old Dutchman, He said to
me: Times is goot. Every man gets
work what wants him. 16 to 1 is a
.amned humbug. This time l votes for
Mckinley" | could appropriately stop
here.
The defeat OF the Republican party
will be followed by repetition Of
what followed the defeat of Harrison
in 1892. 1t is not safe to rely upon
the United States senate to prevent
revenue and financial legislation of a
free trade" and ''16 to T. order. If
Bryan is elected, the power will come
with it to repeal all the wise legisla-
tion of the past four years the legis-
lation that has lifted the country from
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
CHARLES FOS En-. h
THE SULTAN OF SULU
DEMOCRATIC CRITICISM OF THE
TREATY WITH HIM.

Reasons Why No Radical Steps Were
Taken at Once--Proviso In 1t which
will He Used TO Terminate Peonage
In tho Islands.
The treaty" with the Sultan of the
Sulu Islands, group at the southern
extremity of the Philippine archipel-
ago, has been criticised by some very
good people because it did not provide
for the immediate termination of the
two barbarous practices of the natives
of polygamy and slavery. The latter
| is more nearly a condition of peonage
| than of slavery, as we understand the
latter term.
] Those who criticise overlook the fact
that the making of the treaty would
have been rendered impossible had
any such provision been insisted upon;
and, moreover, war with the Moros
would have Immediately followed. AS
| it is, peace exists in the Sulus and
] the stars and stripes wave over them
/ unopposed.
The fact must not be overlooked.
however, that General Bates, who
made the treaty, was directed by the
president to communicate to the sultan
that this agreement is not to be
deemed in any way to authorize or
! give the consent of the United States
to the existence of slavery in the Sulu
archipelago" With the civilization of
I the people, slavery will speedily dis
appear, as will that twin relic of bar
barism, polygamy.
I The Democratic party can not well
criticise this treaty. for the people of
the United States will remember that
1t was under line of Democratic pres
dents that polygamy was allowed to
assume such formidable shape, and
slavery was maintained even to an un-
successful attempt to destroy the
Union. There has also been criticism
of the fact that the treaty agreed to
an annual payment to the sultan and
certain of his subordinates. The sum
which it agrees to pay is $9,120 per
annum while the sum which the DEM
ocratic administration proposed to pay
to the King of Hawaii and his assocl
ates, when the treaty of annexation
was negotiated under President Pierce
in 1854, was 100000 per annum.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

road; a two horse team pays twenty
cents for travelling ten miles. Drivers
are "sore" and will not turn out an
inch for a wheelman, they "don't-have-
to-" Wheelmen pay no toll
We passed through Wheeling, w.
Va, Washington, Brownsville and
Uniontown, Pa, but finding the noun
tain road too rough for wheel we
returned to Wheeling aud turned down
the Ohio for Marietta. The roads from
Wheeling to Marietta are generally
poor. To say the least, we enjoyed
our trip. JOHN w. FISCHER
Macksburg, o.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

the administration in the Philippines.
Thus it will be seen that ten Demo-
Gratis, three Pc+.ulists. three Silver
men, enc Independent, and Senators
Mason and Wellington voted for the
ratification of tie treaty absolutely
conveying the Philippine islands to the
breaking out af the insurrection,
whose. suppression they are denounc-
ing-a suppression matte absolutely
unavoidable by the ratification which
could not have been accomplished ex-
cept by the votes Of those men, some
of whom were at that moment in close
consultation with and acting by the
advice of Mr. Bryan.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

policy or President Mckinley toward
the Philippines is tending to imper-
ialism. AS the Democratic party is
without principles, and is always
catching at straws, it catches at this
imperlalistic straw and declares it to
be the paramount issue of the cam
paign, and candidate Bryan makes a
six-column speech wholly devoted to
this subject, end entirely ignoring IL
to 1 and all other Subjects issue.
Bryan, Beatty and all of them pro.
pose an American Protectorate for the
Philippines. When they do that they
give their whole case away, and are
as near Imperialism as they charge
the Republican party to be. The Re.
publican party wisely proposes to give
the F'ilipinos all the liberty they
can enjoy, and to act as their tutor
in free government, aAd whenever
they are able to govern themselves, no
one will be in the way of their having
it to the tunest extent of their capacity
and ability to conduct governmental
affairs. The voters will not be fooled
by these chronic malcontents.
CHARLES FOSTER. =
THE SULTAN OF SULU
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
The Great Tycoon

The great event of the season, Sham
the great tycoon of Japan, making a
tour of the world with his retinue OF
over one hundred people will visit Ma
rietta in the near future. There will
be reception for him at the Auditor.
ium. The citizens of Marietta are cor.
daily invited to turn out in body ant
give him hearty welcome.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
OIL NEWS.
From thefieIds of Ohio and West
Virginia.

Clark G. Campbell drilled in their
test we'll on the Dye farm at Sand Hill
yesterday and have five barrel pro-
ducer.
The Cumberland Oil Co.'S test well
on Snodgrass in the same district, is
also a five barrel well.
The Fisher Oil Co. drilled in their
No. at Moose Ridge and have 25
barrel well in the Keener sand.
The Devonian Oil Co. drilled in their
No. s Duloplain in the same field and
got a 20 barrel well in the Keener
sand.
Eddy & Co. have a five barrel well
on the E. Dye farm in the Sand Hill
field.
Shay & Mullen drilled in their No
Harmon, near Graysville, Monroe
county, and got 80 barrel well in the
Keener sand.
The South Penn Oil Co. drilled in
their No. 23 Garner, near Proctor
Wetzel county, and got $50 barrel
we'll.
The Kanawha Oil Co. put shot in
their No. 63 John Mills, on Buffalo
Run, Wetzel county, and increased its
production to $50 barrels. Their No.
63 was given like treatment and is
making 425 barrels. These two wells
are in the Gordon sand.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
COUNTY OFFICIALS
Preparing to Move to New Quarters
in St, Clair Building.

The rooms in the St. Clair building
which are to be used as county offices
while the new Court House is being
erected are now ready for occupancy
and all of the officials are preparing to
move.
County Auditor Patterson and Pro-
bate Judge Nixon already have a part
of the old records and papers of their
respective offices boxed up and moved
to the new location and it is probable
that the middle of the week will see
the old Court House vacant and ready
to be torn down to give way to a more
modern and complete structure.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

The Executive Committee of the
Teachers Institute of Washington
County has decided to hold the next
Institute August 1928, 1901. Three
instructors will be employed, one of
whom will give instructions in prim-
airy methods. An hour each day will
be set apart for a Teachers conference,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

II your friends or neighbors are suffering
from coughs, colds sore throat, or any thToa,
or lung disease (includiug consumption, ask
them II they have ever used OttO's Cure This
famous German remedy is having large sale
here and is performing some wonderful cures
of throat and lung diseases. No matter what
other medicines have failed 10 do, try OttO's
Cure. Large sizes 2sc and 5Oc. Sold by all
druggists.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

Bryan has declared his adhesion to
the propositions set down in the Kan
sas City platform, including its une-
quivocal endorsement of the Chicago
platform of four years ago. He is COM
mitted, not only to these. but to the
additional vagaries of the Populistic
platform adopted at Sioux Falls, whose
candidate he also is.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
Washington County
Teachers Institute.
NEXT ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD AU
GUST 1923, 1901.

to be conducted by Superintendent
Williams, of Marietta. One period of
time each day will be given to local
talent. Three evening lectures will
be held during the week.
d. A. LEAKE,
J. M. STARTLING,
L. e. BOoHER.
Executive Committee.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

For the first time in its history, the
South is getting on in self-sustain-
ing basis, and is able to move the cot
ton crop on its own capital. McKin-
ley prosperity did it.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

President Harper, of Chicago univer-
sity, says man can live comfortably
on Is cents day. He must be pre-
pairing for a Democratic administra-
ton.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
Examination Of Teachers

For the public schools OF Washington County
will be held in the Marietta High School Room
on the second Saturday OF each month except
january, July and August.
]. A. STONE, Marietta, Ohio.
PIN n Board OF School Examiners.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

Alabama will be the fifth southern
state to adopt plan OF governing
without the consent of the governed.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

The hardest Job Bryan has is ex-
planning why his calamity predictions
Of 1896 all Lroved false. .--
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

1t is matter Of history that the
German vote in this country has never
been cast for debased money ticket.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
rHE AMERIcAM LoAM coMPAMY.

Loans money on diamonds, watches,
iewelry, etc. Buy and sell new and
second hand goods. Second hand shoes
and clothing bought and sold,
If you want money, want to sell
or buy anything see us. Goods called
for and delivered.
THE AMERICAN LOAN CO.,
E. HENsLEy, Mgr, Ill Front St., Phone
3S4.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
TELLS WHY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
SHOULD SUCCEED.

Present Prosperity Should BE Retained.
Election of Bryan Would Mean n Re-
petition of the Evils which Followed
Harrison's Defeat.
Hon. Charles Foster, former COVER
nor of Ohio and secretary Of the treas
hry under President Harrison, has in
the Toledo Blade an article on the
reasons why the Republican party
should succeed at the November elec-
tions. He says:
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09
Mr.. BRYAN URGED IT..
Went to Capital to Influence e
Democratic Senators
TO RATIry THE PEACE TREATY

Evidently Was Working to Get AN Issue
He Thought Would Cause His Election
to the Presidency-His Course That of
n Demsgogue Rather Than fsefitting
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-17

The total pack OF Puget sound salmon
during the season of 1900 has been ascer-
tanned from reports from the various
canneries, and shows a decrease from the
pack OF 1899 of trifie over 50 per cent
The partial failure of the sockeye sal
mon run this year has already been fre-
quently noted by the Post-Intelligencer
In interviews with prominent fish men OF
all parts of the Sound and the final re-
ports from the canneries for the year
show that while there has been con-
siderable increase in the pack over 1888,
II makes up scarcely half of the pack OF
1899
The salmon pack for 1900 has been foot
ed up, as it was in the years 1898 and 1879
BY Philip r. Kelley. OF this city. who
is the representative Of number OF
Washington and Oregon canneries. HIS
report which was issued yesterday, SHOWS
the output OF the Sound cannerfes TOT
1900 to have been .031 cases. In 1898 the
output was 3s5,0oo which would Indicate
an increase OF nearly 100000 in two years
But the great run of fish in 1899 caused
a total output of sal 500 cases. more than
60 per cent in excess OF the preceding
year and more. than 30 per cent. greater
than the output OF the current year.
The report covers the output OF the
fifteen principal packing companies on
Puget sound. One OF these companies OPP
panies operate two canneries each, and
the remainder of the companies operate
one cannery each, making total OF nine
teen plants.
The Puget sound run Of salmon includes
Ave varieties. coming along at different
stages Of the season. These are the sock
eyes. red spring. cohoes. humpbacks and
chums. The run OF humpback salmon Is
biennial, and this has been the of year.
There were no humpbacks in 1893. but
in 1899 the run was very heavy. the pack
amounting to 245,4oo cases. more than a
quarter Of the. entire pack Of all varieties
for that year.
To the absence Of the humpback and the
falling on In the run OF sockeyes Is due
the great reduction Of the pack from last
year In other varieties the pack Of
1900 exceeds that of any previous year.
The output OF red spring. cohoes and
chums in 1898 was 1ll,O00 cases: in 1899 1t