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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-07
HUMoR OF THE ROCKIES.
How n Lone squntter Outvitted II
Railway Corporation.
(From the Saturday Evening Posi.)

High up on the Laramie Range there is
a little station called Sherman mere
watering place for trains on the Union Pa
citic Railway. Near by il is a gigantic
pyramid of stone 60 feet high and so feet
square at the base. which was set up by
the railway as a monument to Cakes
Ames and Oliver Ames.
In the later sos there arrived at Sher-
man a shabby person of melancholy as
pect who put up "shack'-Western for
shanty-not far from the monument.
Ostensibly he was prospecting, and he
continued to prospect for three years
without accomplishing any results. so far
as could be observed. At the end of that
period the management of the Union Pa
cifc received from him a communication
demanding the immediate removal of the
monument from the premises, which he
claimed as his under the Homestead law.
The matter was regarded in a humorous
light at first. but subsequent proceedings
developed the fact that the squatter had
what lawyers call a case" The strang-
er. it seems, had located on a section of
land which did not belong to the Union
Pacific-the same section on which the
monument had, by an inadvertence, been
placed. He knew very well what he was
about. and the upshot of the affair was
that the railway had to pay S500O for the
squatter's claim in order to make its title
good
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-07


The manner in which animals may be
conveyed from one area or IT gion to an
other by what may be called chance
agencies has always formed a subject of
much interest in the eyes of naturalists.
The same opinion may be expressed of
the dispersal of plants. Darwin found
over eighty seeds in a little clod of earth
attached to the leg of a migrating bird.
and we can readily imagine how such
agencies serve to widen the distribution
of life. Sir c. Lyell gives an instance of
a pig-an animal popularity believed to be
anything but an adept at swimming
being found far out at sea bravely MAX
ing its way toward some haven of rest
Such animals as tortoises may easily be
conveyed on driftwood over long tracts of
ocean A recent report of the Indian
Marine Survey gives case in point. a
female leonard was brought down the
Moulmeein River. and came aboard .
cargo steamer. Then she swan to land.
and was thereafter despatched. Snakes
were also found on the floats of the
paddlewheels of the surveying steamer,
having been carried down by the flood. A
luck settlement In a new territory thus
implies the extended distribution of
race. 1t is interesting to note how great
ly what We may call chance may infiu-
ence the extension of life over the earth's
surface.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-07

"Anastasia, you do me an injustice This
is a purely political STEP
AS you viii. Can II what YOU please.
| am your servant. you know that: your
hand maid in all things save one Not for
any other woman. Ludovick, not for any
otner unfortunate woman. will | lift my
little finger. Should you betray me In this
respect
He laughed. "A woman? And in that
company? Rest easy, dear child. Be jeal-
Gus as much as you please, but not with
such a cause
He touched her cheek with his finger
He stopped and kissed her hand and with
drew.
Lady Anastasia stood awhile where he
LETT her. The joy had gone out of her
heart. She trembled. She was seized with
a foreboding of evil. She threw herself
upon the sofa and buried her face in her
hands and, forgetful of paste and patch
and paint, she suffered the murderous
tears to destroy that work of art her
finished face
Ito be continued next Sunday1
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-07
TIE REAL COUNTRY DOCTOR.
Far Different in Character From the
Conventional Idea.
From the New Orleans Times-Demoerat.)

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat)
The popular conception of country
doctor is ludicrously wide OF the mark,
| at least as far as this State is concern
ed said a man who sells surgical in
struments and spends a good deal of
time with the rural trade. 1T is based
on novels mainly, where the rustic prac-
toner is generally pictured as a half
starved martyr to duty. who either
drives about in ramshackle gig or rides
gaunt grey mare with his medicines
in pair of saddlebags. The Doctors old
grey mare, | remember her. is quite
a standard character in fiction. This
doleful portrait may be true of other To-
calities,' the instrument man went on
but 1t certainly isn't true of Louisiana
and especially South Louisiana. The aV-
erage country doctor of that section Is
far more prosperous than the average
doctor in a city. l know ct least half
a dozen who earn fully $1,000 year, and
5000 practice is comparatively COM
mon.
This is not mere guessing but | speak
from a personal knowledge of the facts
CLEANED in the course of long business re-
lations. To be sure, 1t takes hard work
TO earn such sums. One physician of my
acquaintance. who lives. forty miles from
a railroad. uses eight horses in making
the rounds of his patients. He keeps
several at points remote from his home,
as relays Often he is on the go for two
or three days at a stretch, but he is
healthy and happy in spite of the strain.
and last year he collected 80 200 cash. He
expects to keep up this pace for six or
eight years, and then take a young part
ner and gradually retire from active life
That is the plan of most of our successful
country doctors, and Ii has made fine
openings for many bright graduates from
the medical colleges | have noticed. in
cldentally. that the country doctor usually
retres at an earlier age than the city man
and Is able to enjoy life before he be-
comes decrepit.
zone great advantage of rural practice
is that there are comparatively few bad
bllls-1Xactly the reverse of the conditions
in city. When a farmer sends for a ply
stefan he pays him. customer of mine
in one of the river parishes lost only four
accounts last year out of a total of over
5000. II your are looking for medical
starvelings," added the instrument man.
you'll have to go to town to find them
The country Is not their habitat-except
in stories"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-07

You shall also hear of the singular graft
tude with which he repaid the captain for
that wholesome correction.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
Beware of OintmentS for Catarrh that Con-
tain Mercury

as murcury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescription from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Ca
tarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
uine. 1t is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by e. ]. Cheney G
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists, price 75c per bot
tie.
Halls family pills are the best.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
The Marietta Daily Leader.
FRIDAY. JUNE 81, 1901.
Personal and Pertinent.

j. F. Foley, of Columbus, is in the
city on business visit.
Mr.. Strecker, of Washington street,
left for Marion yesterday.
-Eunice Mankins came in from
Briggs Thursday to spend the day.
C. g. Thomas and wife left yester-
day for Santa Paula, California.
DR.. w. e. Fly, of Parkersburg,
came to Marietta on business yester-
day.
p. G.. Ball, advance agent of the
Four Paw and Sells Shows, is in the
city.
j. S. Pierpoint, of Johnstown. is
in the city attending to business mat
ters.
Olive Kibler came up from Park
ersburg yesterday to see friends in the
| city.
Lucy Morris, of Layman, is spend
ing few days in town among her
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Crosby have
returned from visit with ParkersbuTe
friends.
w. e. Hupp left Thursday fol
Knox p. o. where he has secured en-
ployment.
w. A. Best went to Parkersburl
yesterday and played the tenor drum
in the band at the races.
Miss Elizabeth Fagin, of Cincin
natl, is expected this morning to visi
with Mrs. c. B. Ballard.
Henry Schafer and daughter, o
Caldwell, will arrive in the city thi
morning to be the guests of MI. an
Mrs. Karl Schafer.
Misses Louise Hathaway Bernie
Mason and Miss Hathaway, of Chilli
cothe have returned from the d. U
Camp at Stoves Landing.
The Flag Grocery has added to it
! equipment ne of the neatest runabou
wagons in the city. 1t looks natty /
! red trimmings and yellow runnin
gear.
/ Miss Addie Knowles, former en-
ployee at Hutchisons Bargain Stor
= left yesterday over the B. G. o. fC
: parts unknown. She boarded the trai
on the West Side. A strange coinc
dence is that Mr.. Dell Blough of Va
Duzen's place, boarded the same trai,
1t is rumored that Mr.. and Mrs. Dioug
are to return and settle in the city "
= extend our best wishes.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
Marietta Improvement Association.

A public meeting of the Marietta Inn
prcvement Association was held Tues
day afternoon at the Relic Room.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Mrs. Phillips. After
reading of minutes the President read
an anonymous letter, addressed to ner,
making complaint of the little work
done by the Association upon our bus
mess streets. In explanation of this
Mrs. Phillips stated that the Street
Commissioners has been unable to
sweep the streets every night, as he
agreed to do, therefore it is impossible
for one man to remove all the sweep
ings promptly. The Association re-
grets tnaJ the work cannot progress
more rapidly, but under present con-
ditions the society is doing all it can.
Miss Katharine Nye stated that from
conversation with the Street Com
missioner she was led to believe that
soon there would be sufficient funds
for the city to sweep business streets
every night.
Mrs. Crosby, Treasurer, reported
the street collections but partially
made and unless all the fund should
be collected within a few weeks the
street work must necessarily stop.
There being no further business be-
fore the meeting, the program for the
afternoon opener with the reading of q
paper upon observations on Euro
pean Cemeteries" by Mrs. Charles
Dana, following this Miss Rowens
Buell. read paper entitled why Can
not Marietta Cemeteries be More Beau
tiful?' A general discussion of th'
above subject followed. Miss CottoI
thought the present condition o
: Mound Cemetery much improved owe
former years. Miss Nye felt the heart.
cooperation of Cemetery Superintend
ent and Trustees with the association
very encouraging, and that what wa
: left undone was due to lack of funds
for the superintendent seemed YER
desirious of pleasing the people.
= was moved that the papers read befor
. the Association at this meeting, be pre-
sented to our city papers for publicat
S ion. Motion carried, meeting the
t adjourned.
n NJ. d. A. Sec.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
Public Library Matters.

The Public Library will be open Sat
urday5 from 10 to II a. m. and to 4
p. m. On the other days of the week
the hours now in force will be adhered
to, at least for the present. The pub
lie is requested to observe these hours
as much trouble and inconvenience to
both the patrons and the librarian will
thereby be avoided.
Until further notice the college Ii
brary will be open on Wednesday from
10 to II a. m.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
Soldier Boy Returns.

M. G. Nixon has returned from the
Philippines where for the past fifteen
months he has seen service with Uncle
Sans troops. He was enlisted with
the 3Srd U. S. V. |. and took part in
a number of engagements but was for
tunate enough to escape without a
wound. He received an honorable dis
missal and mention for brave conduct.
Mr.. Nixon will remain for time at
his home in Waterford.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
a BARGAIN

you don't meet every day.
8 room, bath; reception hall /;
new house, good barn; lot
very large and we'll graded, city
water and gas, one square Oft
car line; all oak doors on 1st
floor; one of the finest dwell
ings in the city and modern in
in every respect.
Well worth $1,000, will sell for
$4,000 if taken at once. If you
want fine home, very cheap; or
an investment you can't beat this.
Come and see it before you buy.
w. s. BATTIN,
Real Estate and Loans, Office, End ST.,
opp. court house.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

bic and fearful mother cannot have a happy
and cheerful child In mind and body the
child will reflect the mothers condition.
The best preparation for motherhood is
made by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. Its perfect control over the
sensitive feminine organism gives it a
natural influence over the mind. 1t ban.
ishes anxiety and fear. 1t does away with
the misery of morning sickness It gives
vitality and elasticity to the organs pecu.
liarly feminine, and makes the trial of
motherhood easy and brief. 1t makes
healthy mothers, capable of nursing and
nourishing the babes they bring into the
world. Favorite Prescription" contains no
alcohol, whisky or other intoxicant. Accept
no substitute.
Mrs Axei Kjer, of Gordonvile, Cape Girar-
deau Co.. Mo-. writes: when I look at my
little boy feel It my duty to write to you. Per-
led to use your Favorite Prescription and be
blessed i'll the same way. This is my fifth child
and the only one who came to maturity; the
others having died from lack of nourishment-
60 the doctor said. 1 was not sickly in any way
and this time just thought I would try your
Prescription I took nine bottles and to my
surprise It carried me through, and gave us as
one-half pounds. He is now five months old,
has never been sick day and is so strong that
everybody who sees him wonders at him. He is
so playful and holds himself Zip so we'll. would
like to see this in print for SO many have asked
me, DO YOU think these are the testimonials of
the people, or has DR.. Pierce Just made them
up and printed them3 -"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bilious.
ness,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

SudIIeS IeOldIu Ids puIClldSeu IHG
grocery of F. M. Durham on Columbia
Avenue.
Mrs. Thomas Popp and Miss Lillian
Mahan, of Charleston, West Virginia.
who are visiting at A. A. Kellar's be-
low town, spent the day Wednesday
with Mrs. j. e. Page.
Mrs Blaine Berry, of Parkersburg,
is visiting friends in town.
Il
Rev. Chas. Stanley, of Marietta, o.,
will lecture in the NJ. E. Church Sab
bath evening.
Misses Grace and Isabella Thompson
are home from visit at Chesterville,
w. Va.
M. j. Byer sold his one-fourth inter-
est in the Cora Oil Company to R. R.
Porter. Consideration private.
Mrs. H. M. Carnahan, nee Ruth
Evans, and son, Donald, of Chester, w.
Va, are expected to arrive Monday on
a visit to relatives here
Mrs. Milo Cook, of Goose Creek, w.
Va, is the guest of Mrs. H. G. Cradle.
Mrs. John Rider and daughter, Fac,
are visiting at Parkersburg this week.
Rev. Bowden, of Sistersville, preach
ed in the M. E. Church last Sabbath
evening.
Joseph Steed, engineer of the Will
Jamestown Lumber Company, moved
his family into the A. T. Henderson
house on Railroad street.
Miss Bess Bowling, of Caywood, o..
is the guest of Mrs. G. w. Bowling.
ii. y. HENDERSON WIFI MS Ihree
charming daughters have gone to
housekeeping in Mrs. S. G. Sharp
house on Railroad street.
Miss Rachel Byer spent the day Mon
day with friends at Briscoe. w. Va.
|
The new Presbyterian church on
Maple street will be dedicated June 80
George Way has moved into his new
home on. Maple street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
The Right Remedy.

Hundreds who have exhausted the
skill of doctors ard vainly sought re-
lief in the many modes of local treat
ment have been cured of Rheumatism,
Backache and Kidney troubles by De-
Bells Kidney Pills even after having
good reason to think themselves incur
able. DeBell's Kidney Pills goes direct
to the cause of the disease and sure
and permanent cure results. Price 20
cents per box. co dly only.
For sale by the Kirby Drug Company
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
Try DeBeII'S Kidney Pills.

They are the only kidney medicine
that positively cure all diseases aris
ing from disordered kidneys, poor
nerves and a thin watery condition
of the blood such as nervous headache,
dizziness, weak back, rheumatism, dia-
betes, scalding urine and other kidney
troubles. DeBell's Kidney Pills, the
great kidney remedy. Every box war
ranted, 25 cents per box. (C)dly only
For sale by the Kirby Drug Company
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
If Yon

were to bump your head against a
brick wall you could not feel worse
than does anyone who suffers from
stomach troubles. We have a positive
cure in DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
CURTIS & HUTCHMAN,
CHARLES r. BUCHANAN
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
Trip Books.

Since the lowering OF fares and the
improved passenger service on the b.
& o. S-W. the trip books which are
being issued by the road are having
unprecedented sale. Each book con-
tains twenty-five trip tickets good be-
tween Marietta and Parkersburg and
are sold at the rate of $500 each,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

Ice cream furnished for picnics, So
cials and parties with special prices on
five gallons or more. Snow Ball Gar
den. Bell phone 1874.
May 2S cod ex Sun.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

The Pa-Zi Laundry calls for and de"
livers family washings on Fairview
Heights, Norwood and Williamstown.
Give us trial.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.
10c, 25c. il @. @. c. fail, druggists refund money.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
Feather and
Wool busters

There's no question about the every
day usefulness of feather or wool
duster. You can get along without
one, but better with one. Save stoop-
ing, reaching and climbing, and
will do some kinds of dusting
better than anything else.
The time was when the cost
made them luxurles, our prices ought
to make them necessities. After US
ing one while you would as soon
think of getting along without broom
as a duster. Our stock of busters was
bought close and we can afford to sell
them in the same way. We have Tur-
key, Ostrich, Peacock and Wool.
w. n. STYER,
DRUGGIST, :: 240 Front Street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

to swell the fund,
and this practice is
kept up until the
child Is old enough
to save for itself.
The parents have
the right theory but
how rarely they
carry it to its broad
est application.
Every mother is
perforce laying up
for her child what
money cannot in
auence--ha happiness
or misery. The
nervous motlierwill
have a nervous
child The irrita
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21
WILLIAMSTOWN.

Charles Leonard has purchased the
grocery of F. M. Durham on Columbia
Avenue.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

Avery pretty custom obtains among GER
tsin classes by which the newly married
pair starts savings bank for the child yet
to be. Every day a penny or dime as
the case may be, is dropped into the b.,rx
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

George Way has moved into his new
home on Maple street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-21

The new Presbyterian church on
Maple street will be dedicated June 80
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-02-21
Letter to Fred Julian.
Emporium, Pa.

Dear Sir: Is gallon of paint a gal
lon Of paint, or half-a-gallon Some
times one, sometimes the other E. P.
Lynch, and his prepecessor, Delhi, n.
Y, sold a well-known mixed paint for
twenty years-It's good paint, as
mixed paints go.
N Avery owns two houses exactly
alike there. He painted one four wears
ago with this mixed paint-took IL gal
Ions. Last spring, he painted the 9th
er house with Devoe; bought II gallons
and had six gallons left. Same painter:
George Gilbert. Same result, SO far as
looks go.
But the point of this tale is: 1st: That
paint is dear or cheap according to
what it is; no matter about the price.
End: That a gallon of one kind of paint
can contain twice as much paint as a
gallon of another kind of paint.
Devoe goes twice as far as Mixed
Paint-two to one-but that isn't all.
This story, however, skips the rest
how it wears is the rest.
Another, same town-Ferguson &
Thompson's store was painted some
years ago with this same Mixed Paint
-32 gallons. Repainted last spring
with Devoe. Mr.. Lynch said 16 gallons
would be enough. They have 8 gallons
left.
Yours truly,
% F. w DEvoE & Co.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-02-21

Walter Morrison was PRESS visitor
to-day and made the heart of the print
er happy. May your shadow never
grow less, Walter.
Mr. and Mrs. d. III. Lamb, of Gale
ton, who have been visiting their En-
porium friends during the past week,
guests of Prothonotary Goodnough
and wife, returned to their home last
Monday, having evidently enjoyed
their visit here. Numerous parties
and receptions were held in their
honor by old friends.
Chief of Police Frank Mundy last
week received a letter from his son
William, who has been on an ocean
cruise as chief stewart of steamer
South Portland. The ship arrived at
San Francisco on the 5th of this month.
The young man reports a pleasant
voyage and expects to come home in
the near future.