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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27

An excellent story is told of the
weakness in spelling of an old Indian
colonel. One day brigade major ap-
preached him with the remark: Very
sorry to hear that you've been suffer-
ing from gout, colonel" "Gout, sir!
What do you mean, sir?" roared the
colonel. why on earth should l have
gout? Never had gout in my life,
confound you'll" "Wellfi I'm sorry to
have offended you, colonel, but only
this morning received in the brigade
office your application for leave, and
you distinctly asked for 1t on the
ground that you had been suffering
from gout." Il dare say l did," an
swered the colonel, "but what Of
that? You couldn't expect me to
spell word like rheumatism?"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
DOGS SUFFER FROM WORRY.
Many Cases of Nervous Prostratlon
Reported as Result of Grand
Army Reunion.

The grand army reunion and the
Labor day parade have left some sad
remembrances along Michigan avenue
in the form of regular epidemic of
canine nervous prostration, says the
Chicago Tribune. The pet and toy
dogs which have been lording it over
the common kind along the Lake
Front park are now many of them
under the care OF veterinary surgeons
for most aggravated cases of snap
pishness and nerves. Following upon
the excitement and crowds of the re-
union and parade came the hot spell,
and then the dogs betrayed symp-
toms which We're feared by many to
be hydrophobia. Their usually kind
and placid dispositions were decidedly
soured and they became really dan
gerous.
At one time three pet dogs from one
block were under the care of the doc
tors, with their feminine owners
weeping nearby and begging their
lives be spared. Had they been ord-
nary, plain dogs their deaths would
have been decreed forthwith.
The veterinary in charge said that
he had had at least dozen cases OF
the kind in the space of few days
and found that in every instance the
patients were suffering from overeX-
element, overfeeding and heat.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
is THE GIRAFFE GOING?
The LOng-Necked Animal seems Ia
lie Following the North
American Bison.

Cosmopolitan sportsmen who have
hunted in the different countries OF
the world agree that the giraffe is one
of the most highly priced game ami
mails of the world 1t is generally be-
lieved, though, that this animal is al
most extinct. Once it was quite album
dant in South Africa, but it was ruth
lessly slaughtered by the native hunt
ers there until it has become a rare
animal there.
A writer to the Field, of London, as
serts that giraffe are still to be found
in considerable numbers in Angola,
Portuguese West Africa, and that it is
likely to be many years before these
splendid animals are eXterminated
The giraffe is known to the Angola
natives as ondue. Its range does not
extend in this region beyond the fif-
teenth degree of south latitude.
1t is hoped that these animals may
be preserved in their native lair. 1t
would be a grand work for the inter-
national organization for the preser-
sation of African big game which was
recently formed to exert itself for the
preservation of this animal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
MANY RETIRING M. P.'S.
Several Scottish Members of Parlia-
ment VIII Not Return to
Their Seats.

Scotland Will SEND more new races 10
parliament when LORD Sailsoury ao-
tses her majesty TO issue her eleclloh
Hat than any other portion OF the KING
ION, says LONDON paper Ihose TWO
eminent authorizes on matters OF ma
rire, Sir thomas sutherland ana o'r
Donald Currie. have signIhea their IN
tention to retire from pubhc once.
The latter has aged consioeranly OF
late, but Sir Ihomas is the same Keen
eyed, healthy looking tlme-oetylnS'
rubicund compIeNloned Iaieconian
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
MISSIONARIES WELL PAID.
I!lrricd Men Receive One Thousand
Dollars n Year and Travel
ing Expenses.

The foreign missionary does not
work for love of humanity alone. He
IS a well-paid person, and instead of
having the usual Sundays and holi-
days of rest like other folks he is
given years vacation with salary
every once in from four to ten years,
says the Philadelphia Call. The mar
ried men missionaries in China re-
ceive $1,000 a year and travel pay.
When missionaries who are married
have children old enough to require
to be kept in school away from home
they are allowed $3.50 additional. If
young children are with their parents
and to be supported 800 additional
is allowed for each child. OF course
these salaries include house rentals
and travelling expenses to and from
TIE stations.
When missionaries take a vacation
of year their travelling expenses to
ard from their stations are paid at
this time and almost their full salary
likewise allowed them. More than
the salary must, of course, be the i'm
pelling motive when missionaries go
to such fields as China.
1t is good, too, to learn that the la
Gorers are not lacking even in the
face of such horrors as it is feared
have recently been inflicted on Gospel
workers in China. Even at the pres
ert moment foreign mission boards
are in receipt of hundreds of letters
from volunteers who clamor to be sent
to the land of the Celestials.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
WATER AFTER THE SODA.
Desire for Drink Is Proof That
the Sweet STUFF Does Not
Quench Thirst.

evil you have glass of water after
your ice cream soda, lady?" said the
clerk at the soda fountain, according to
the Chicago Tribune.
"lf you please" answered the Gus
toner. The water takes the sweet
taste out of my mouth
DO you know" resumed the clerk
to his confidant as the woman moved
away. II can't afford to knock my own
business, but | would like to tell that
woman and hundreds like her that
the drink she ought to have had in
the first place was water. If she had
taken drink of cool water before
swallowing that mixture of sirup,
charged water and ice cream her thirst
would have been satisfied. But she
wanted ice cream soda. She got it and
then she was obliged to drink water
to wash the other stuff out of her
throat. Did you ever hear what the
soda water clerks call that glass of wa
ter? We call it the bath It's the
chaser of the soda water fountain
Down in New York the boys have re-
christened the drink we sell here as a
sunday ice cream drenched with
some crushed fruit. They cal it the
dope and the name just about hits
ii. | tell you we're getting a new Ian
guage behind the soda water counter
Cherry Sunday. did you say, madam ?"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
1T SHOWED ITS QUALITY.
Mr.. Huntinpton's switch Engine Did
Not Disappoint Him in
Its Power.

Some II years ago, when Coils p.
Huntington was president of the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Railroad company,
]. X. Murray, of the vice presidents
staff, with Capt Rogers, a California
-a,lroad official, was with him on his
private car. Capt. Rogers had been of
'ered the general managership of the
road by Mr.. Huntington, and he was
gong over the line. The train stopped
and switching engine was attached
to the end of Mr.. Huntington's car to
pull it out.
At that moment, relates a Chicago
exchange. the party on the car was
Ireakfasting, and Mr.. Huntington was
seated at the table nearest the door,
ieftly carving a steak. The switch
ing engine had been coupled to the
other end of the car and started off,
and it happened that the brakeman
fo-got to uncouple the bell rope be-
tween the car and the rest of the train,
SO. as the switching engine pulled the
private car away from the train, the
rcpe stood the strain until it became
.aut and then broke with rebound
that sent one end with terrific force
nto Mr.. Huntington's car.
The flying rope with its metal end
grazed Mr.. Huntington's head and
shattered the meat platter in front of
him. He quietly began - pick up the
fragments. and Capt. Rogers re-
marked: THAT was a narrow escape,
Mr. Huntington"
The railroad king, with his manner
unchanged replied: 81 don't know,
captain. | would have felt pretty mean
if one of those new switching engines
of ours couldn't pull a bell rope in
half 3"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
% THE
COMMON PLEAS court.

pie. Dismissed at cost of plaintiff.
Marietta oBiler Works vs.. The j. B.
Alfred Manufacturing Co. Judgment
On default against the defendants for
sS9216. and order of sale of attached
property.
Charles Ormiston VS.. William Jones
Leave to file answer, and same filed.
Morris Hannah vs.. J. F. Spright, ct
al. Settled and costs paid
Jessie Hickman vs.. Allen d. Shock
ley Dismissed at cost of plaintiff.
Jesse S. Hall vs.. Charles Jones. ex-
ecutor. Leave to reply, and same filed
John H. Wolford VS.. F. R. Rose and
James d. Rose. Leave to file answer
in twenty days.
Stephen C. Wright VS.. T. D. Dale, re-
ceiver. Leave to file answer in twenty
days.
DAWN e Mcclure VS.. Thcmas Att
wood. Leave to answer in fifteen davs,
Robert SudCr VS.. Thomas Atwood.
Leave to file answer in fifteen days
Shelby Cochran vs.. J. R. John IN.
Judgment on default for $50 and order
of sale of attached property.
John T. Hopkins VS.. Pioneer Junk
Co. Settled and costs paid.
Henry Thoma. ct al, vs.. Frank
Schuenderman. Leave to defendant to
file demurrer to petition, and same filed
A. c. Gussess. ct al, vs.. Charles S.
Porter, ct al. Leave to file petition by
Sept. 29th.
James |. Hazlett vs., The Leldecker
Trolley Co. Settled at cost of plain
tiff.
Lizzie H. Jackson VS.. A. l.. Smith,
administrator. Leave to defendant to
answer by Sept. 29th,
George Van Dali, ct al. VS.. William
Hume. Leave to defendant to answer
and answer filed
Mary A. Cutshan vs.. William C.
Smith. Dismissed at cost of plaintiff
without prejudice to a new trial.
Bovaid & Seyfang Manufacturing
Co. VS.. C. w. Nelson & Bro. Leave
to plaintiff to file amended petition
forthwith.
Henry Graft VS.. Harry McMullen and
John Shay. Service SET aside at costs
of plaintiff.
James G. DAWN and Eugene G.. Nc
ClMe vs.. Thomas Atwood. Leave to
make ]. NJ. Childers and Robert Sutor
defendants, with leave to file a molten
to discharge attachment as part of
Catherine Wagner, ct al, vs.. Fredar-
ick Radaker, ct al. Issue ordered to
be made u9 as to whether the paper
wriuing set out in the petition is the
last well and testament of VIM. Radl-
ker, deceased.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
RHODE ISLANDS HoMING HENs
The Faithful Fowl Takes Food Else
where, But VIII Lay Only in
Her Native Nest.

About a year anG half ago Mr..
x. who lives on the Riverpoint side
of Cough avenue, in Providence. Il. l.,
says the journal of that city. built a
henhouse and embarked in the keep
ing of fowls-not the web-footed,
white Wyandotte variety, but just
plain, ordinary hens. A neighbor, Mrs.
k, who lives on the Jericho side, in
ordaer to help the young man start hen
housekeeping, as it We're, gave him a
pullet, which he fed and cared for until
it reached maturity and an age when
/, could be expected, in the natural or
Ger of things, to pay its board by con-
tributing an egg occasionally to the
family larGier. 1t wasn't that kind of
n bird, however. Like some other BIZ
p ds, it preferred the coop of its birth
10 the henhouse of its adoption, and
"a er feeding on the substance provid-
Cd in the latter, the hen would HE her
across the avenue to Mrs. ks coop
and deposit her egg in her native nest.
She had been feeding on ks corn
anG laying in Mrs. ks coop a long
''--!V pelOle uIle ldcl was ulsCONtfeu.
Ten she was watched, and day after
c~y she was seen 10 run over into Jeri-
Gao. lay an egg, announce the fact in
the hen yernacular, and then run back
20 where she found food and shelter in
the Riverpoint hencoop of her owner
This Riverpoint hen will lay for NO
cae but the observation-disclosures
taat-sat-on-the-egg from which this
hom!ng hen was hatched.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
RANG THE WRONG BELL.
AEGrnvnting Experience of Pitts
burgh Girl who Was Unaccus-
toned to Hotels.

81 never felt so mortified in my life"
said the South side girl to her friend on
her return to Chicago. I'm not used
TO those big hotels, you know, and we
had rooms at the Palmer house. We
got in at night. four of us, three women
that l didn't know very well myself.
They are married to members of papa's
post, and that is why we were together.
One OF them wanted to send a postal
card home to tell of her safe arrival"
quotes the Pittsburgh News. "She
said she would go downstairs for it,
To show them that had often stopped
at big hotels. which | didn't, | said we
would call boy and have postal card
brought to our room. | rang the bell,
and in little while a knock came. |
" ent to the door, and the boy gave me
a pitcher of ice water and hurried
away. | thought that wasn't the boy
answering the bell. So | waited and
rang again, Another pitcher of ice
water came. The boy got away again.
! was determined to have the postal
card and rang the third time. This
{ me / waited at the door for the boy.
lie came, and before l could open my
mouth he handed me pitcher of ice
water and scooted away. l got angry
AID just made that old bell ring the
fcurth time. The boy came up and
,5oked mad. He had another pitcher
or ice water.
Lady he said, if you want any
more ice water you'll have to send
Back some of those pitchers; "we're
"unning short of them"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
TOBACCO GROWS IN TENTS.
Attempts Are being Made to Grow Hn.
vnnn and sumntrn Leaf in
Connecticut.

An experiment in growing Havana
seed and Sumatra tobacco in Connecti-
cut soil, under tent is being con-
Quoted by Prof. L. II. jenkins, of the
state agricultural station of New
Haven, and Marcus A. Floyd, tobacco
expert of the United States department
of agriculture, says a recent report.
The covering is made of cheese cloth.
is nine feet high and contains 3 100 feet
of cloth. Prof. Jenkins told a
Sun reporter that the covering
offered many advantages, retain
ing the moisture in the ground
longer than where it was exposed, Sc
curing temperature of from five to
ten degrees hotter. and protecting the
plants from heavy transforms or hail.
Excessively heavy hail may penetrate
through the cloth, but the fall will be
sufficiently broken to prevent the
plants from being broken. Mr.. Floyd.
in speaking of the experiments, said;
"The Sumatra is progressing finely.
The leaves are smaller, of brighter
green and finer shade, and are silkier
than that raised in the open. We are
gathering the crop by leaves. picking
them as they become fully matured
and leaving the stalk. This produces
much better result than to dry them on
the stalk. The Havana seed is not DO
ing 50 well, and the outcome is in
doubt."
Prof. Jenkins said that Connecticut
tobacco no longer answered the de-
mand of the trade. and if the attempt
to grow Sumatra here was successful
it would result in great prosperity for
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
SOME POST OFFICE FIGURES.
Interesting Facts from the Report
of the London Postmnster
General.

The annual report of the postmas-
ter genera, although not uue till par
lament reassembles, has been made
public by Lord Londonderry. He re-
tails the colossal blunders of the pub
lie with great gusto. 1t is really as
tonishing that 2ss,667 packets should
be posted unaddressed and still more
that 2,767 contained cash, notes postal
orders and other paper money. There
is another record of carelessness
against the public in. the fact that the
articles found loose in the post have
increased by nearly so per cent. in the
last four years. The craze for cheap
ness affects even postal covers. to our
loss, it would seem. For the fact that
undelivered correspondence for the
army in South Africa is being re-
turned in large quantities. there is
ample explanation in the melancholy
list of losses in the war. The post
master general appears to be sur
prised that 35,44S letters addressed to
the Transvaal and the Orange Free
State, which were stopped at Cape
Town at the outbreak of the war,
were not claimed there by the per-
sons fot whom they were intended" !"
There was, no doubt, difficulty in
the way of either Beers or uitlanders
sending down to Cape Town for their
mails after war had been declared.
There is a healthy surplus on the
working of the department of e3,-
71O.631, which will please the chan
celIor of the exchequer. but the de-
felt on telegraphs has increased from
a. &c $50 to foSS13S
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
Measure of Coin.

Money is measured by troy weight,
in which "a grains make a penny
weight, 20 pennyweights one ounce
and II ounces one pound. The silver
dollar weighs 412h grains, and 81 900,
as near as it can be expressed intelli-
gently in print, weighs 71614 pounds,
or fraction over 71h pounds. In
avoirdupois the same would weigh
58.92S, or nearly SO pounds.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
Joseph O'COnnOr'S Funeral.

The funeral services of Mr.. Joseph
O'Ccnnor, the announcement of whose
death appeared in the Leader Wednes-
day morning, will be conducted by
Father Woesman at ST. Marys Catholic
Church at o'clock, standard time, Fri
day morning. The interment will be
made in st. Marys cemetery.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
property.
Home Opera Company.

A magnificent cast and chorus has
been organized for Sham. the Great
Tycoon.
One hundred and twenty-five Mari
eta people will be on the stage. Audi
torium, Thursday and Friday nights
of this week Get your tickets at
Beagle x Lytle's drug store.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
Razed the Wall.

The north half Of the cid court hou.a
building was razed yesterday by
team of horses hitched to a long rope,
1t was quite an effort to get the wall
down, and when it fell it made a great
crash.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
A Relic of shaIse.p.ar..

In the British museum is carved
box made from a mulberry tree that
Shakespeare planted with his own
hands.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
Grand Jury 10 Report.

The grand jury is expected to make
a partial report at this forenoons S. ses-
sion of Common Pleas court.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
Didn't want Nursing.

A nurse visiting her patients in a
Cape Town hospital ward found her
favorite soldier fast asleep. Pinned
to his coverlet was scrap of paper
on which he had scrawled: "To il to
be nussed today, respectfully j. M"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
Examination of Teachers

For the public schools OF Washington County
will De held in the Marietta High School Room
on the second Saturday OF each month except
January, July and August.
j. A. STONE, Marietta, Ohio.
Presid Board OF SchC oil Examiners.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-27
Only One Mig Fortress In Denmark

The only fortress of consequence in
Denmark is the capital, Copenhagen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-31
A Watch Trade.

An uptown shoemaker is looking for
two BARRIERS with blood in his eye be-
cause they bested him in a trade re-
Gently made. The BARRIERS had got pos
session of an old watch and after try
ing in vain to get rid Of it for so cents
or a dollar, decided to put up job on
the shoemaker.
They entered his shop and related a
tale of how they had secured the watch
from a man who wanted a drink SO
badly that he was almost ready to give
it away and stated that they wanted
to sell it at once. Thinking he saw a
chance for bargain the shoemaker
offered $3.50 pair Of shoes and $3.50 in
money, not dreaming that his offer
would be accepted, as he understood
that the watch was valuable one.
He was rather surprised, therefore,
when his visitors promptly took him
up and walked off with his $50 shoes
and S1.50 in money, and he was not
only surprised but very angry when he
found that his purchase was not worth
so cents. The BARRIERS are laughing sly
smiles, while the shoemaker is pegging
his shoes and working his brains to
get even
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-31
DANIEL MOORE.
Another Of the Capital City's Aged and Re-
stec ted Citizens Passes away.

On Saturday last, Daniel Moore, an
aged citizen of Augusta, died at his
home on Northern Amenue. Again in
the march of time. another one of the
men. who for more than half a GEN.
fury. has lived and cast his lot in the
Capital city of Maine, has crossed over
the silent river
He was born on a farm in Somerset
county. where he spent his boyhood
with few advantages for schooling, but
possessed of a strong and vigorous
mind and body, he started out in early
life to fight life's battle unaided.
He never knew any such word as
cant" but grasped work or business
with a determination to succeed.
Fifty years ago, last March, he com
menced business on the spot where the
| office of the Edwards Co. is now To-
Gated. BY industry and economy he
| succeeded in business, changing from
time to time his location.
He was a man who always kept his
word His promises were never broken
| And while to some he might seem aus
tere and severe, yet to those whom
he admitted to his friendship, he was
! as gentle as a child, and to such he
was always liberal and kind hearted
! His friends and family will miss hi:
hearty greetings.
He is survived by five children, ont
son. D. +. Moore, a successful bushes.
man on the street, and four daugh
ters, Mrs. Potter, living in Augusta
Mrs. Weber. the wife of H. Price
Weber; Nellie r. Moore, his favoritt
daughter, and Ida. now Ida Wood
living in Massachusetts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-31
Enaland's Army and Navy.

1t was recently stated that England
would be unable to cope with a swift en-
envy and that both the army and navy is
inadequate to meet a sudden INVASION.
England is. in this instance, like the in
dividual who allows disease TO slowly
Green into his system through a stomach
too weak to properly digest the food tax
en- into it To strengthen the stomach.
there is nothing better than Hostetter S
Stomach Bitters. 1t cures dyspepsia.
constipa ton. indigestion. liver and kidney
troubles. and as tonic. 1t Is incompar-
produces refreshing sleep and gives re-
newed strength and vigor to the sys-
TEN. 1t is Undoubtedly the best medi-
cine in the world for debiitated systems.
Try it. See that orr private revenue
STAMP covers the neck of the bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-31
Dr.. Vaughan to Go to Bangor.

DR.. p. Fl. S. Vaughan of Augusta.
has been selected as assistant superin-
tendent Of the Eastern Maine Insane
Asylum in Bangor. This announcement
was made in Bangor, Friday, and will
be received with much interest in this
city. DIR. Vaughan is a native of North
Anson and has been one of DIR. San
born'S assistants at the Augusta hos
pital for the past 10 years. He is there
fore admirably fitted for the position,
and his host of Augusta friends will
congratulate him on his promotion.
Augusta will. nevertheless, much re-
gret to lose DR.. Vaughan, who with his
wife are great favorites here. The doc
tor will be particularly missed in fra
ternal circles, where he has been very
prominent.