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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
A SHOWING IN SHEEP.
ReviSsI of n Great Industry Almost
Ruined Under ihe Democrat-
ic Wilson BiII.
Paterson. y. j.

The statistical abstract of the
United States, an official document,
gives the following figures on the
number and value of sheep on farms
in the United States for every year
from 1875 to January /, 1900. The fol-
lowing extract from that table gives
the figures for the year 1892, the last
year of the Harrison administra ton
and the coming of the end of the Nc
Kinley bill. Then comes the demo-
cratic years of '95-'95-'96 under the
Wilson bill, with free trade in wool,
and the almost entire ruin of one of
the greatest industries of the Ameri-
can farmer. The figures are start
ling:
l. L. IL nNr L, MO Inlr1N
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
FORMER MARIETTA BOY
Is 10 Marry One Of Parkersburg's Sweet
Girls.

The marriage of Mr.. Charles Bailey
of Minneapolis, and Miss Lizzie Dav-
idson, will take place at the home OF
Mrs. Helen Davidson, in Parkersburg
next Tuesday.
The bride is one of Parkersburg ;
talented young ladies, being especial
ly gifted in music. The groom, Mr.
Bailey, was formerly a Marietta boy
and is now engaged in the lumber and
mining business in the northwest.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey will make theiI
home in Minneapolis, and the best
wishes of a host of friends accompany
them.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
Dancing Club.

The Twentieth Century Dancing
C.uD, cne of the organizations which
Wa prominent in social affairs last
winter, is being reorganlzed for the
coming season.
The Club consists of about twenty
five prominent young men of the city
arl expects to begin its series of
Ga-aes in November, giving about two
dances per month throughout he win
20.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
Notice of Appointment.

Estate of George Shivers, deceased.
The undersigned has been appointed
and qualified as Administrator of the
estate of George Shivers, late of Wa
terford Township, Washington county,
Ohio, deceased.
Dated this goth day of September, A.
D., 1900.
RUFUS A. UNDERWOOD.
Underwood & Ludey, Attorneys.
Sept 22-3t.-Sat.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
Carries The Ball.

Recorder John c. Crossen carries in
his pocket the minnie ball that shat
tered his good right arm at Chicka-
mauga. He also has some of the
pieces of the bone that was broken off
above the elbow which is now moved
by an artificial joint. This is one of
the four licks that Comrade Crossen
received in battle.-Guernsey Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
The CopIey Gusher.

The South Penn Oil company's Cop
ley farm gusher on Sand Fork was re-
ported making 140 barrels an hour yes
terday 1t is thought that the enorm-
ous flow has been partly restrained
by changing the connections so as to
bring the production down to the
tankage capacity at the well. Tank
age to the extent of more than 5000
barrels has been completed There is
still the bare possibility that it may
break loose and again become trouble
some.
There does not seem to be any new
danger likely to arise in Naa4yasther
quarter Many drilling wells have
been shut down on account of the
scarcity Of water and it will require
a heavy rainfall to bring relief.
On Buffalo Run, Wetzel county. the
Kanawha Oil Company has drilled in
its No. 62 on the John Mills tract and
has 200 barrel producer from the
first pay Near Pine Grove the South
Penn has drilled its test on the A.
B. Straight farm into the stray and
developed a very strong gasser. II
will be drilled to the Gordon when the
gas pressure subsidcs.-Parkers
News.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
HALF FARE EXCURSIONS
Via

7, & o. C. Extension Railroad
Masonic Orders and Eastern Star Of
Cnlo, Columbus, October 9th-11th, 1907
Grand Lodge session. F. e. A. j..
Springfield, o. October 2t4h & 25th.
1900. Commencing sale, October 22d
Tickets good returning October 26th.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
To the Penltentlary,

John p. Herman. who was found
guilty of pocketpicking and sentenced
to the penitentiary by Judge Coultrap,
will be taken to Columbus by Sheriff
McCallister this morning.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
PjlEsI PILES! PlLESi

DR.. williams Indian Pile Ointment will cure
Blind Bleeding. liberated and Itching Piles.
II absorbs toe tumors. allays the itching al
once, acts as a poultice, gives instant relief.
Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment is pre-
pared only for Piles and itching OF the prlVate
narts and nothing else. Every box is guarap
teed. Sold by druggists, sent hy mail, for 5O'
and el 90 per box.
WILLIAMS MFG co, Props, Gleveiana'
For sale by CURTIS & HUTCHMAN.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
SHEEP ON FARMS IN UNITED STATES

An increase of $57, ,49s, ,17s in the year
ending January 1, 1900, over the last
year Of democratic rule and Wilson
bill in the value of sheep alone TO the
farmers of this country is truly an
"imperial" showing and the kind of
"imperialism" the republican party be-
lieyes in, and the farmers know il.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
A Mate for Davis.

1t is surprising that the democra u
have not yet enlisted the assistance o:
eX-Consul Macrum, late of Pretoria
lie would make an excellent runninI
maze fur Webster Dav,A
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06

1T was almost a miracle. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me of terrible
breaking out all over the body. |
am very grateful" Miss Julia Fill
bridge, West Cornwell, Conn.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-06
The Watch
On the Rhine
Written by Sidney r. Ellis.
A most sulhptuous production.
Every scene carried complete.
An unexcelled company.

Mark Price, Ida Hamilton, Alfred
H. Hastings, Eva Byron, Pierce Kings
ley, Fannie Bloodgood, Maurice Dud-
ley, Celia Clay, John B. Walker, Little
Cora Quinton and many others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

had he appealed to the public in a straightfor.
ward way, he would undoubtedly have aroused
a sufficient popular sentiment 70 have carried his
ideas through without rcsorting tC bribery and
he might be living now, an honored, pros.
porous citizen. II would have been cheaper,
quicker and safer.
Which is the greater offender the briber or
the hribc-takcr? To my mind he who takes
the initiative is the chief criminal. In nine
cases out of ten the man who is to gain by the
crime in,tgatcs it. lie rclaXcs the conscience
and breaks down the moral scrupcs of citi'
zen. lie inspires the neyer.dyng spirit Of black
mail. And although the man who offered the
brbc may never offer another one, the man whom
he corrupted will continue to be a blackmailcr
till he dies.
! do not mean to suggest that bribery is the
rule in public Office here, nor can it be truth
fully said that corruption is as prevalent in the
| United States as on the European continent; but
one thing is ccrtain-brbcry is poor institution
no matter how you look at it. You buy the
| man today; tomorrow he comes to You with a
| threat and you must buy him again. You must
buy him to do right Just as you bought him to
| do wrong. You have destroyed the immortal
| part of him. There is nothing but his pocket
| left to appeal to. What advantage have you
| gained from any point Of view? And when tho
| man you have corrupted lays the siege of black
mail against your purse who is to blame for it
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04
COLONEL RoosEvELTs VIEW.
W. f. Curtis, in the Chicago Record.

W. T.. Curtis, in the Chicago Record.
I believe Colonel Roosevelt feels less satts
faction in the consequences OF his popularity
than anybody else. 81 can look the situation
squarcly in the face" he said this afternoon.
81 haven't got big head or a sore head.
There's nothing the matter with me whatever
But the action of the convention does not alter
my Judgment | feel very much iiattercd. Of
course, but profoundly regret that ] have been
nominated | feel that | am tAe wrong man.
I'm not suited to the office. still believe that
l would be Of more service to my country and
my party as governor of New York and as a
candidate for recollection TO that office. l have
felt so all the time, and the action Of the con.
vention has not changed my mind al iota.
realize that a tremendous honor has been CON
ferrcd upon me and am correspondingly CRATE
ful, but it isn't an honor | ever aspired to. The
vicc.prcsidency is the last office in the wo.ld
that | would ever seek. A man of my tempera'
mcnt should be given a field OF activity, but II
clcctcd-and ! am perfectly confident Of the sue
cess Of the ticket shall no doubt find some
useful way to work off the surplus energy con-
cernng which both my friends and opponents
have often complained. | am deeply moved by
the devotion and confidence that has been shown
toward me. / cannot tell you how grateful and
how proud | am, and that is full compensation
for the sacrifice l am making Nobody knows
but myself how great that sacrifice is"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

POLITICAL POINTS.

Farmers paid Ss2S 100000 for the experiment
of clccting a Democratic president in 1892,
through the loss in the value of their live stock
alone.
Democratic campaign stump speakers are not
reminding the farmers that broom corn that sold
for $40 a ton a few years ago has been selling
recently at $3.50 a ton.
The news from the West indicates quite
plainly that this is going to be a bad year for
the political party that tlourishes on short crops
and empty dinner pals,
The Democrats in the North Carolina leGisla-
ture have jammed through the bill disiranchis-
ing Ine colorcd voters. Now they can resume
the discussion of government without the con.
sent OF the governed"
A statement made-and still unchallcnged-at
the Republican national convention in Philadel-
phia, that $1,000, 100000 have been paid by
Americans to foreign shipowners during the past
thirty.hvc years, and that during the next TWEEN
ty.fvc years 5000, 900 900 more will be paid II
there is no change in our shipping laws, fully
justified the platform demand for remedial lesis-
lation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

~ HOSE WHO have not dis
carded the carly conception
Il of Emperor William OF Ger
many as hare Drained
furioso ready on the slightest pretext
to fill the world with trouble ought
to do so without further delay. 1t
is delusion which never had a par
ticle of warrant in fact; and fair
minded Americans owe the emperor
at least fair play.
The whole nature Of the man is re-
vealed in his farewell speech to the
German marines about TO depart On a
mission of war to China, and it is a
revelation, compelling unqualified ad-
mfration and respect. 1t is the speech
ofsa man of intense manhood, re-
solved to avenge to the uttermost an
ineNpressibly horrible insult to the
German empire, yet wholly conscious
of ,the high obligations OF Germany to
the, broader cause of humanity and
scerning to suggest a base or dlshon-
orable national advantage. His ex-
hortation to the departing soldiers
both to remember their debt to the
murdered minister who was their fell
low, countryman and their high duty
to the cause Of civilization as repre-
sented in the allied forces moving on
TO srestore order where all is revolt
and confusion, sounds in a sentence
theawhole, gamut of the Chinese prob
lem'and supplies an example OF pointed
energy and instant determination
most salutary and invigorating. When
the, time for action arrives, the kaiser
acts It is the proof OF real kinghood.
No mohder the people OF modern
Germany democratic though they be
in instincts and especially in the trend
Of their intellectual training, rally de-
gotedly around a leader whose steadi-
ness of purpose and practical fore
sight in empire building are matched
by the splendid virility with which he
attends to sudden emergencies.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

HE YOUNG person who shall
win the first reward in the
Il list Of ten special rewards
offered by The Tribune man.
agement as incentives in its educa-
tional contest will receive what is
equivalent in cash to $1,000 or wages
of 1888 a month. The four years
scholarship, including every necessary
expense of a first-class academic edu-
cation, would cost every penny of this
II the winner were to purchase 1t out
of his own pocket. What its value
would be after 1t had been obtained
would depend largely upon the victor's
own personality. Few men who have
received such educations and lived to
test them in everyday activities would
part with them for ten times their first
cost. The first cost in this instance Is
little less than three months effect
i've work in a legitimate and honorable
undertaking. Is the game not worth
the candle?
We realize, of course, that only one
of those who shall enter The Tribune's
SOhbSSI Ndh NOiiie Out AlISI MS lS DIS
it is in every other form Of competition
in professional enterprise, in busi-
ness, in politics, in whatever form OF
strife for self-advancement young men
and young women may engage. II it
were otherwise, there would be little
incentive to vital effort and little glory
in success. But what we wish especial
ly to emphasize about the present en-
terprise is that its chances are abso-
lutely fair. There is not a twist nor
a turn by which victory can be
achieved through dishonorable method
or favoritism. Every tub stands fatty
on its own bottom. The ability to win
has to be proved In open struggle. The
one who comes out second is not a
loser. In fact, nobody Is a loser; all
will be fairly paid in direct proportion
toswhat they shall do.
1t is a form of employment which no
one need be ashamed Of. The article
offered for sale is the best Of it's kind
in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and
would be a capital bargain at double
the price.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

per head on the farm. The increase in
the last three years has been so per-
cent. and It will be interesting to hear
Colonel Bryan's explanation.
The destruction of the Consumers
Ice company store houses yesterday
morning should serve as a warning to
all to take every possible precaution
against the accompanying evil Of
Fourth of July foolishness-fire. The
rapid manner in which the buildings
were consumed, with scarcely a
breeze to fan the flames, shows that
in spite of the well directed and en-
ergetic efforts of the fire department
the results yesterday would have been
disastrous but for the isolation Of the
ice houses. A year ago today the city
was visited by a conflagration that
wiped out much valuable property and
in that case would have no doubt
been appalling in results but for the
fact that the elements were most fa-
vorable to fire fighting. Unless due
vigilance is exercised, this day of gen-
eral rejoicing may be made one of sor-
row to many. Let old and young dis
play judgment in the use of COM
bustibles and keep burning powder as
far as possible from buildings of an in
flamable nature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04
PHILOSOPHY OF BRIBERY.
James Crcelman in New York Journal.

James Creelman in New York Journal
If you bribe a man to do a thing he ought not
TO do you may convert him into a blackmaer
He is likely to demand pay for doing a thing ! e
ought to do. That is the philosophy Of brib-
cry When once you corrupt man it Is almost
impossible to get him to do anything as a mat
ter Of duty. That is the most terrible effect
Of bribery. And it is also true Of voters. Pay
a man to vote for bad candidate he will refuse
to vote for a good candidate unless he is paid
! again.
The defence OF bribery in all ages has been
that it is a "short CUT to good results. 1t
is the defence offered by the trusts and rail.
way corporations who maintain agents OF cor
ruption in Washington and the capitals Of tho
various states today. For thirty years Jacob
Sharp sought by bribery to secure a franchise
| for a railway on Broadway. We all know now
that the Broadway railway is a public blessing,
and II would have been well for New York had
the enterprise been established twenty years ago.
But what was it that caused the delay2 Mr..
| Sharp and his friends having attempted to
brbe members Of the legislature, at once made
themselves the subjects Of blackmail, Legisla-
| tors who might have voted for the railway bill
on its merits demanded money for their votes.
| Mr.. Sharp groaned. lie had aroused a spirit
which he could not lay at will The demands Of
the greedy Legislators were too heavy. The
| railway promoters consequently delayed their
project until the next session Of the legislature.
But the members Of the succeeding legislature
were aware that there was money in the
| Broadway railway. The price of votes had
risen. And the scheme had dragged on from
year TO year until the law was passed.
Then Mr. Sharp approached the board Of al
| dermen in this city Bribery was attempted
| and the usual result was produced-blaekmail
| The ''short cut" was a straight road to prison
| and the grave. We have the Broadway railway
now and we could hardly do without it; bu
Jacob Sharp went to his grave leaving an in
hsritance Of shame and sorrow TO his family
Had he stood upon the merits OF his great anC
| admirable plans for Broadway railway. ahC
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04
NEW GAME LAW
FOR KENTUCKY

= The following, under the head, "Game
= Law OF Kentucky" and printed on cards,
! has been issued "by order Of the Game
\ Warden of Kentucky:
4 Plain citizens may be shot from Jan.
l l to Dee. 81
Senators, Governors and members Of
congress may he shot during any politi-
cal campaign, or within sixty days
thereafter.
= Niggers may be shot at any time.
\ Hunters in search Of this game are also
\ allowed to use = stuffed club or a butch.
4 er knife.
4 II any man is caught drinking water,
, 1t is a sign he is no gentleman, sahl
' and may be executed with whatever
' weapon is nearest at hand. Colonies
= may be shot with impunity at any time,
\ while a squirrel gun is recommended for
\ majors and captains.
4 No man shlll be allowed to kill in
a excess of six persons per day. In case
Of honor, this number may be increased
' to lO3.
y Every citizen who does not tote the
\ remains Of his victims from public
\ sight within forty-eight hours from the
l. time the first yolley was fred, will be
y fined one (D) gallon Of moonshine,
Any citizen who steps on another's
' toes may be shot, with the privilege Of
\ apoogzing thereafter.
\ II citizen leaves home half shot and
b is found on the street short time
1 thereafter full Of buckshot, that is his
fault, and his relatives are not allowed
to shoot more than seventeen suspects
' in their efforts to find the guilty person.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

Wv y HATEVER opinion one
AN/ may hold as to the
political eXpediency of
repeating in this season
Of abounding prosperity the free silver
calamity cry of four years ago, Colonel
Bryan is entitled to full credit for
courage in standing fatty by the dogma
that made him. The attempt of the
aristocratic eastern minority repre-
sented at Kansas City to scare the
great majority into abandoning their
pet shibboleth is as dsreputable in
principle as 1t is impudent in practice.
William Jennings Bryan is the politi-
cal child of the free silver spasm. 1t
was that which lifted him out of OBJ.
scurity and put him in the place of
honor over the heads of men who had
grown gray in the service of the old
fashioned Democracy. But for that he
would today be an unknown newspaper
worker or a briefiess lawyer undistin-
guished from thousands of his kind
throughout the villages and towns OF
the middle west.
In remaining true to the memory Of
his creator Colonel Bryan also remains
loyal to the great mass of those who
have kept him supreme among the
chieftains of his party. Those who
would have him stultify his past and
insult the confidence of his admiring
constituents are men who, if he We're
to harken to their bidding, would be
the first to desert his standard AMI
betray his trust in a moment Of op-
portunity. They are not for Bryan be-
cause they admire or believe in him.
They are for Bryan because every
wound up in failure dire. They are for
Bryan because political necessity COM
pels them to be. They would rejoice
at the chance to stick a stiletto into
him and elevate to his place some
henchman plant to their manipula-
tion and obedient to their commands.
We like Bryan the more for having
the grit to stand by the free silver
colors. To be sure, it deprives him of
any chance of election. The people of
the United States are not going to
undo in 1900 what they did so thor
oughly and satisfactorily in 1896. The
contrary supposition is equivalent to
an indictment of their sanity. But al
though Bryan will sacrifice his chances
| of election, assuming that he has ever
had any, he at least preserves his self
respect and will retain the personal
esteem of those who admire bravery
in time of temptation. What the can
didate loses the man will gain,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

Oregon is received by the
i American people with excep-
tional satisfaction. The ships
value Is not bounded by it's cost. It
represents, with equipment, in excess
Of $6,000,000 and therefore it's loss would
be an economic misfortune. But it rep
resents far more than this. In q
peculiar sense it typifes the inventive
spirit and superiority of mechanical
design and workmanship which made
possible her phenomenal run around
the Horn to Santiago and her superb
part in the destruction of Spain's sea
power. This was an advertisement of
American resources and genius Of in-
calculable value and benefit: and It
would be most humiliating to have to
supplement so splendid q history with
chapter telling Of the magnificent
vessels sacrifice to inefficient seaman
ship off the China coast.
Landsmen afar from the site Of the
latest nautical mishap can we'll afford
to permit the naval authorities to
make due inquiry into the causes OF
and responsibility for the Oregon's
laundering. That they will probe to
the bottom is to be assumed and re-
quired. Accidents are always possible
but our navy is getting an unfair pro-
portion Of them and the suggestion
that 1t may be due to defects in per-
sonnel must be shown to have no foun-
dation or else remedied with all pos
sible dispatch. The men of the United
States navy no longer are employees OF
an isolated power without interests or
responsibilities in foreign ports. The
world is their theater and they must
know its chartography.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.

The deer in a public park in Baltimore have
the free run of the grounds. So many OF them
have been injured in trying TO jump the fence
that it was removed.
II las been decided to open permanent In
tcrnational Motor Car Exhibition in Berlin,
where complete vehicles and all their parts and
accessories will be shown.
According to the Street Railway ReTicw, the
Tokyo Tram company Of Tokyo, Japan, has
declared dividend OF over 80 per cent on its
business for the last year.
The government owns many thousands OF
acres Of land in New Mexico that have never
been taken up. 1t is the finest country in the
world for stock raising,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

Mr. Sulzer will stand but little show
at Kansas City. Any one with a name
sounding like seltzer cannot expect
consideration from a body that as n
rule takes its liquid refreshments
straight"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

In the case of the men who met on
the Fourth of July to sign the Declara-
tion of Independence and the band of
patriots in session at Kansas City, It
is exactly 124 years from the sublime
to the ridiculous.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-04

policy, has forged rapidly to the front
as an ocean carrier and bids fair
within a few years to displace Eng
land from her supremacy. 1t is time
for the United States to awaken and
get a move on"