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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07
THE EFFECT OF MUSIC.
odd Experiments Which Have Re-
suited in some Interesting
Deductions.

A series of tests have been made
with the ergograph, which is an instru-
ment to be applied to the muscles of
the hands and arms, to induce and
measure fatigue. Until taken up by
neurologists the ergograph has been
used in the psychological study of
school children, says the Catholic
World. 1t consists of two clamps de-
signed to hold the wrist and forearm
firm, and tubular contrivance o hold
all but one finger straight. The free
finger is then hooked into a small
strap, having weight at the other
end. In the experiment the subject
is instructed to crook the finger as
long as he can. The vitality is shown
by the length of time the subject can
continue the exercise, and the capacity
for being taught is supposed to be in
dicaetd by the pupil. And here comes
in the influence of music, for ii has
been found by experimenting that mu-
sic played during the tests had pro-
duced variations in the results which
can be accounted for in no other way.
For example, lively airs played on the
harp seemed to invigorate the patient
and enable him to keep-up the eHer-
else for much longer time, but drearv
melodies decreased the vitality and
rendered the patients arm almost
powerless. The deductions reached by
the physicians interested in the ex-
periments were that musical rhythm
increased the physical well-being of
the patients and might be rendered a
powerful means of curing them.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07

Florida is rich in minerals. In addi-
tion to phosphate, of which the world
already knows, she has immense de-
posits of clays of every kind-kaolin,
ochres, fire and aluminium clays, gyp-
sum and Fuller's earth of great ex-
tent and finest quality. She has stone
excellent for building purposes and a
soft magnetism limestone that pro-
duces a cement in every respect equal
to the best imported Iron of high
grade and value is known to exist in
several localities; so also are indica-
tions of petroleum, natural gas and
soft coal and asphalt to be found in
several portions of the state; and yet
with one or two exceptions the fields
containing these ores are undeveloped.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07
For Sale by
j. w. DYSLE & 90.
Dealers in drugs, wall papers,
paints, glass, &c.
128 Front Street.
Official Route to BeIIefOntaine.
"a 40 Special Through 60 ~
VIZ Coaches. pO ~

The Marietta, Columbus and Cleveland
R. R. has been selected by the Grand
Army Of the Republic and the Sons Of
Veterans as the official route to The State
Encampment at BellefOntaine, May 7th,
9th and 9Th, on account Of forming, in
connection with the Ohio Central Lines,
the Only Direct Route, and also Eon ac-
count Of the extremely Low Rate.
The Marietta Posts will leave the Union
Depot at 7:55 A. NJ, Monday May 9Th,
and will be provided with special through
coaches, decorated for the occasion.
Tickets on sale at S3.4O for the round
trip, May 9th, 7th and 9th, good return
Ing until May 10th.
G. N. PAYNE, |. W. JAMES,
City Ticket Agt. Genl. Pass. Agt.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07
Single Tax Meeting.

Regular meeting of the Marietta
Single Tax Club will be held at
Blume's paint shop, 327 Fourth street,
at o'clock tonight. Important ac-
tion in regard to future propaganda
work will be under consideration.
Rev. John M. Pollen, single tax lee
turer, will be present and an interest
ing meeting is assured. Meeting open
to the public
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07
Attention, Shirt Waist Man.

The Marietta Laundry has made pre-
parations to provide for the apparel
of the shirt waist men this summer
After these feminine provisions for
masculine comfort have been laundried
they are then packed for delivery in a
specially constructed box into which
three shirt waists can be conveniently
placed. This insures no harm to the
ironed pleats and the wearer will thus
have an immaculate attire.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07
Moieht of the zlrcon.

The heaviest precious stone is the
zircon, which is four and one-half
times heavier than an equal quantity
of warer; the lightest is the opal, only
twice as heavv as water.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07
equal
Basis for All Ship
ping
AND NEUTRALITY
Of Canal, Guaranteed by United
States,
ARE The Chief FEATURES
In the Negotiation for a New Treaty. it is
Claimed.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
London, May ct is officially stat
ed that Lord Pauncefote received from
Secretary Hay the draft of new Mic
arasua canal treaty. 1t is understood
that it advises neutrality.
WASHINGTON ADVICE.
Washington, d. c., May ct is
learned from an authoritative source
that before Secretary Hay left here for
the west he had several conferences
with Lord Pauncefote relative to the
basis for another Isthmian canal
treaty and that unofficial written
memorandum was also submitted to
Pauncefote on the subject.
The nature of these conversations
was made known to the authorities in
London and it is doubtless to this
that the aluston is made in the London
despatch. 1t is said however, that
the negotiations are so tentative and
informal that they are not regarded
as an official exchange or proposition.
What they embrace is not made
known here though it is understood
they are chiefly an exposition of the
views held by United States Senator's
as to the essential features whic!.
should be included in treaty. While
this is not proffer of a treaty it con
yeys to the British authorities what
is considered essential by the Senators
who control the ratification of any
treaty which will be made.
1t is also learned indirectly from the
Senators consulted that among the
chief features in the negotiations are
a neutrality of the canal. the United
States to guarantee this neutrality and
the admission of all shipping on an
. equal basis with that of the United
States.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07
women on EngInnd,s Canals.

Thirty thousand women spend their
lives in driving and steering the canal
boats in southern and midland Eng.
land.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07

In our poison Window this week
will be found three skeletons, showing
all the bones in the human body. Kir-
by Drug Co., 124 Putnam street.
NAY 7--4ts--incl. Wkly
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07

Remember the Crawford play this
evening at p. m. in Andrews Hall,
given by the y W. G.. A. of the col
lege Admission 25c.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07

Two million Americans suffer the
torturing pangs of dyspepsia. No
need to. Burdoc Blood Bitters cures
At any drug store.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07

DR. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills. Sam.
pie free Add. Serlipg Remedy Co, Chicago or H.Y,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-07
SOME OF THE PRICES:

We invite everybody what values offer
is likely they will be able such nice again
low prices
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
1t Happened in q Drug store.

"0np day last wlnter,a In
dy came 10 MY drug store
and asked for a brand of
cough syrup that / did not
keep IN stock" says Mr.. G..
R. GranIin, the popular drug
gist Of Ontario, N. Y. ..She
was Disappointed and want,
ed to know what cough pre-
paration | ronld reco mend
| said to her that Iconld free
Iy recommend Chamberlain's g
Cough Remedy, aud that shp
could take a bottle of the rem
ely and after giving itn fair
trial if she did not find it
worth the money to bring
back the.bottle and | would
refund the prize pa,d. In the
rourse of a day or two the la
dy came back in company
with a friend in need of cough
medicine aud advised her to
buy a bottle of 'ha unhprIains
Cough Remedy. I consider
thar a very good rec omrnen.
dation for the remedy" 1t is
for sale .,y Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back. kidney. bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which Is the worsl
form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.Root Is not REQ
ommendedfor everything but II you havekid-
ney, liver or bladder trouble II will be found
Just the remedy you need. Ithas been tested
In so many ways. in hospital work. In private
practice, among the helpiess too poor 10 pur-
chase relief and has proved 30 successful In
every case that special arrangement hiss
been made BY which Ali readers Of this paper
who have not already tried II. may have .
sample bottle sent free By mai. also . book
telling more about SwaAp- Root and how 10
find out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this geneyaus
offer in this paper and CT.
send your address to = 11Ea
DR.. Kilmcr B. Co. .Bine- ls
hamton. N. Y. Tho q -
regular fifty cent and Hass 4 ss1up- nssk
dollar sizes are sold BY all good druggista
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
Tot Causes Night Alarm.

"One night my brothers baby
was taken with Group" writes
Mr.. j. C. Snyder, of Crittenden,
KY. 1T seemed it would strange
before we could get a doctor, so
we gave it DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery which gave quick relief
and permanently cured it. We
always keep it in the house ia
protect the children from Group
and whooping cough, 1t cured
me of a chronic bronchial troub.
le that NO other remedy could re
lieve." Inialible for coughs. colds
and throat and lung troubles.
SOC. and 81. Trial bottles free at
Blackburn's.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
"Jaoky ChIu's Button.
New York Times.

New York Times.
Colonel Jack" Chins was
standing IN the corridor Of
the Hoffman House talking
to some iriends when a astraR.
ger was introduced. In the
course Of the conversation
TINT ensued the new conner
said tO Chinn:
That's an odd looking
button you wear, Colonel, !"
pointing toaC Confederate Vet
eran's button on. the lapel OF
coat.
"Yes, you don't see many
Of them" replied the Ken
tuckian.
"What kind of a button is
it?" asked the stranger.
"Weil, sir, that is a button
that no negro can wear, and
that no man who draws a
pension ever did wear"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

The news from Asheville il
that II. F. Jones, the convic.
ted perjuror, is to be retain
ed in the revenue service. o.
course Prichard 4 Go. are ta
king care OF Jones after the
1895 affair in Allegheny.
Moral: If you want tobesure
of a revenue job, pretend to
be an Independent democrat t
with an understanding that
you will help the Radicals
when needed, and then get
convicted Of perjury.-News
and Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

ing Gods praises in choral
song. spYlp modest pansy is
laughing in sunlight, while
listening toaifirk ofnatnre's
musicians, in their morning
'serenhde,. and ten thousand
wild bowers are leaning to-
ward the light. bristol C,u-
rier,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
he Wanted Hig Leg.
News and Observer.

| ANS"O ottu SAoVl NEis
About sixteen years ago
DR.. james Il Burroughs, of
Asheville, Was called profess
sionaIly by another physician
to nee a twelve year old boy
and requested to ampurate
the Lex. The boy had tubercu
losis of the bone, rather a pc
culiar case, and he took the
amputated limb to Asheville
for future examination and
preserved the ley in alcohol.
The family made no objec
ton, says the .AsheYil!e Citi.
zen.
In 1895, while the colored
porter was moving some med
icGl cases in DR.. Burroughs 8
office, the case containing the
leg was broken and the limb
was then buried. In 1898,
thirteen years after the am.
putation, Mr.. Miller called
on the doctor and asked to
see his amputated Lex. When
told that under the circum.
stances his request could not
be granted brought a suit a.
gainst DR.. Burroughs for FIVE
hundred dollars 'for bis lace
rated feelings to offset t h e
mental anguish he sustained
ON account of the loss OF the
leg and the un certainty az to
the present whereabouts Of
said limb" The jury prompt
" decided that the young
man, who had waited sixteen
years to bring his suit, had
not suffered ''laceration'' of
the kind that could be com.
pensated in this world.
II the doctor bad kept the
leg in alcohol, he would have
been able to say to the plain
tiff: "Here's your ler;'I haye
kept it good and sound all
these years for YOU" But
the accident compelled the
burial of the leg, over which
no monument was erected,
and Mr.. Miller felt mental an
guish because hefOresaw that
the lost leg when the angel
Gabriel calls him forth on the
Resurrection Day. That an
guish, however, has no com.
pensation this side OF the
grave. but st. Peter may be
depended upon to make ev-
erything light for Mr.. Miller
if he is fortunate enough as
to gain admission to the New
Jerusalem. "
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

subordInate to superiors,
from poverty more used to
plain food, fewer clothes and
comforts, the average negro
volunteer comes to the col
ors with more of the first ur
gently needed qualities Of the
soldier and readie r for sevice
thun the white Baltimore
Sun.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

Time takes heavy toll as
we pass, one after one, the
Janus gated years, but he
gues bravely on who bears
with him the perfume OF his
Eden, and the romance OF the
morning and the la wish heart
of truth.-B. F. Taylor.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

An anarchist in Chicago,
whose house was robbed by
burglars. has appealed to the
police for redress. Will he be
converted by the logic of his
own argument?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
The snake Crop.

Jacob Malcum, q live stock
dealer who has just returned
to Waterloo, Iowa, from q
long visit to Nebraska, tells
this story:
"A snake den is located sew
en- miles south of Imperial,
the county seat OF Chase Co.
Mr.. High, living this side of
the creek, about eighty rods
from the den, told Mr.. Nal
com that in the past t two
years he has killed 1 500 rat
tiers and blue racers, mostly
rattlers. Last fall between
Oct. 1 and Nov. l5, when
they were returning to the
den for winter quarters be
killed $50.
The snake den is known
all over the west and South.
Mr.. High tried to blow it up
with dyna mite but failed as
the bill that the den is in ia
sand and Stacked limestone,
not solid enough for the dy-
Mantle to DO much good.
The entrance to the den is a.
bout two feet wide and eight
inches deep" ."--Home Life.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

When you have no appe
tite, do not relish your food
and feel dull after eating you
may Know that you need q
dose uf Cha n, 5erlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. Price
25c. Samples free at Black
burns.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

An English nurse h o m e
from South Africa, tells a
good story, the hero Of which
is, of course, an Irishman.
The man had the novel expe
rlence OF having been e h o 7
through the heart and recov
ering from it. The shot pene
tratcd the apev OF the heart,
where the muscular walls are
extremely thick and the tit
tus healed without injury.
The nurse was talking to him
of his very wonderful escape
when the soldier replied: 'Ah,
sure, | know how it was miss;
me heart was in me mouth
at that minute. ."-Savannah
News.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

cures made by DR..
kilmer's Swamp Root.
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy. |
II Is the great medi-
c-ltriumph Of the nine-
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer. the emi-
nent kidney and bad
der specialist, and q
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

Wise is the girl who possess
es such an unromantic thing
as an appetite if she marries
Il butcher instead of a poet.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
The Negro Soldier.

Ine Ne8rO ooiui0r.
Colonel Billiard, late of the
Thirtipth Volunteer Infantry
contributes to the Journal oi
the Military Service Institu-
tion an interesting article IN
the negro aS n volunteer. Du
ring the war with Spain Col.
Rullard commanded t b q
Third Ala+alny volunteers,
composed entirely OF negroes
with tht exception of the reg
mental officers, who were
Southern white men. The M
gro volunteer is found to he
a good natured, happy per
son, who is not worried by
elm tic disconiorts. He is
not law, and works the bet
ter for the ludicious praise.
AZ individuals negroes tiifle,
but in masses they are eff
cient. They crave society," y
it is stated, "to such an ex-
tent that it becomes almost
impossible to have sentinel
duty properly discharged,
The light heartednpss a q d
good humor makes the negro
conplainer a rarity. The ne
gro starts, too, with a prop.
er appreciation of the respect
due his commissioned officer.
1t seems to be inborn knowl-
edge, and as a general thing
he III, up to his Disciplinary
quality. He does not, how
eyer, readily lend himself to
the authority Of the non con,
lnissioned officer. A difficulty
in Furnishing negro soldiers
comes from their stubborn
ness, and it is even necessary
IN order to make punish ment
effective, to have it carried
out with the ridicule OF ..com
rades."
On the other hand the ne
gro soldier, according to Co.
lonal Bullaid. is characteriz
ell by ~ certain common
lack Of honor" He thieves a
good deal. There is no spe
cial rectitude in the observa.
tion OF financial obligations,
and any amount of falsifica.
tion in considered excusable
in defeating AL effort to col
lect borrowed money; but th"
negro in a good soldier, in
the sense that he is obedient,
and a splendid fighter when
he is under intrepid Officers
who are also disriplinarians.
There is an irresistible pro.
pensity for carrying conceal
ed weapons, and those in au-
thorIty have found it almost
impossible to break up this
practice. Negroes take sides
iD any row OF which they hap
pen to be the observer; just
as a certain frlvolity ia a pre-
dominant trait" There is no
lack of courage, If the leader
is brave; the negro regular in
Cuba showed he would face
an enemy. Upon the whole
the negro is considered to be
better fitted for the subordi
nation of the modern soldier
than IL his white brother. As
Colonel Bullard Sums it up:
"By character more submis-
sive to discipline, by nature
more good hum0red and hap
py, from social position more
:
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
Natnr,.'s Sc, mon.

UHtuIe HtiS u IItlu itpF ueptbeSt
nnd widest study. When hi,
studies it's great languages,
he is the best linguist. When
he really appreciates those
pictures upon the worlds s
great canvass he becomes the
greatest artist. When he stud
les the wonderous temples
aud all the delicate forms of
beauty and of grace, he isthp
divinest sculptor. and as h.
listens to the worlds melody
in brook and stream, and the
wonderful harmony in tn I
chorus OF the song birds. hp
is ma ture's nOblpst ihusiria n
The world is one ofbnanty to
him who Ioves to live. The
greatest pictures the world
has ever pr0dn,ed are naught
compared with the glorips
that are painted every even
ing in the shadows ofotwi
light and Eilen's first morn
ing combined no more splen-
dor than the trareries 0fheau
ty whlrl, we behold every NOR
nlpg in an Indian summers
dawn. The, glory Of the rain
bow that hangs upon til e
storm clouds has the sa lne,ii
vine cslors that are hidden
lin the folds of the most deli
catP flower.
! When we walk through an
old cemetery With ite weather
beaten slabs and it's costly
monuments; when we read
the dates that have been chis
eIed in the marble marking
the time when the sleepers
laid down I heir burdens, some
100 years ago and some yes
trrday, some where the moss
and ivy have wound their del
icate tendrjls above t b e
dsea mless dust and honey.
suckles have grown and lived
land died during many de-
cadss; Some whose h earts
have scarcely grown cold and
flowers thai t were placed there
/
BY loving hands still hold
their living glory; our hearts
are softened by Il silent and
pensiye sorrow and our eyes
grow dim with unshed tears
The world once hpldfor those
who sleep many sweet vel
comes and life was a pleasant
dra mn Of story and song.
A thousand rad fnrewells
are said in silence at its close
but the dust contains no
heart aches and no tears.
Lille ia short at hest. Its long
est day is but the story OF a
dream, but its bIevlty is the
grea test lesson that We know
which teaches US that we snail
live again, we ekDow not where
nor how, but sometime the
flower that blooms at dawn
and dies ut midday will greet
another dawn, and after a
while the earth worm will
change it's form, andfrom the
dust of'its low estate will
spring an immortal glory.
No science can prove the re
verse of things which we feel
and know. A delightful au-
tumn DAY makes us feel that
all OF Gods great kingdom
was made for man, his use,
Ibis delight. and we are less
inclined to question the mys-
teries that lie in the winter
bsvOnd.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
DO YOU GET UP
WITH ALAME BAcKa.
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know Of the wonderful
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17

"For three.sdaysand nights
| suffered agony untold from
an attack Of cholera morbus
brought on by eating cucum
bers,'' says NJ. E. Lewther,
clerk OF the district court at
Centeryile, Iowa. Il thought
/ should surely die, and tried
n dozen different medicines
but all to no purpose. | sent
for a bottle of Cha mbprIain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and three doses re-
! eved me entirely. For Lale
by Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-10-17
~ T..

We solicit trade of merchants only and sell nothing at
tail We cordially invite all merchants to call when
Greensboro to yelling statesmen before pac
ing orders elsewhere. ~, G
ST.. JENKINS, Jr., Salesman,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-04-19

Three children, boy and two girls,
brother and sisters. have had a terrible
avalanche experience at Ornon. The
children, neither OF whom was more
than 10. were overwhelmed. and the
brother was carried over a precipice
800 feet high and buried under tons Of
snow, ice and rocks. his body not yet
having been recovered. One OF the girls
was thrown into a shallow crevasse,
whence she managed to extricate her
self. The other girl caught at a tree
as she was falling and managed to hold
on to 1t. For half an hour she clung
TO the branches. with a drop OF 800
feet below, until her sister succeeded
in obtaining assistance. When she
was ultimately rescued by a man who
was lowered over the precipice by a
rope, she was In on exhausted condi-
tion, and collapsed on being brought
to solid ground.