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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
PROFANITY.

| IL there any one who will defend
the practice of profane swearing
Who thinks it an accomplishment
Aud yet but few vices are so gener-
al, and so seldom rebuked Boys
think it brave and young men re-
gard it as an expression of their 10
dependence, aud older men find tho
habit fixed upon them, and hard to
overcome. Thus the class Of pro-
fame swearers is year by year multi
piled, If they were any solid com
fort or amusement in it, we should
not wonder 80 much at the habit I;
but who says there isl What intel
ligent man finds amusement in lis
tening to a conversation loaded
down with oaths Who thinks it
makes the language stronger in ex
preston 7 Are you, intelligent
reader, any less likely to be inn
pressed with the correctness or earn
estness of the answer, Il do not
know If the man says Damned if
| knowP And yet you walk the
streets, you encounter men in trade,
boys in their teens, young men in
their prime, and old men with grey
heads, all alike addicted to this
senseless as we'll as wicked habit
But we are assured that most men
are ashamed of the habit, and regard
it as ungentlemanly, from the fact
that they attempt to refrain frqaa il
10 the psrlor, and 10 the presence of
mother, wife and daughter. If it
we're an accomplishment, and made
the language stronger, and added to
the expression, certainly the pro-
fame man should be anxious to teach
his wife and his daughters these
choice terms. Show US the man
who will do it, and we will show you
one whom the devil hon0rs above all
his fellows. Profanity, in any form
you take it, is a most unnatural vice
pays the poorest of any 10 the
long list. The man who is addicted
to it, without regard to any other
considera ion than shat of being
gentleman, might we'll afford to COR
rect the habit. When morality and
religion are considered 10 addition,
the obligation is imperative.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
HUMoR IN THE FAMILY.

Good humor is rightly reckoned a
most valuable aid to happy home
life. An equally good and useful
faculty is a sense Of humor or the
capacity to have little fun along
with the hum drum Of life. We all
know how it brightens things up gen
orally to have lively, witty com
panion, who sees the ridiculous
points OF things, and who can turn
any annoyance into an occasion for
laughter 1t does great deal bet
ter to laugh over some domestic mis-
haps than to cry or scold over them.
Many homes and lives ara dull be-
cause they are allowed to become
too deeply impressed with sense OF
the cares and responsibilities of life
to recognize its bright and mirth-
full side. Into such household,
, good, but dull, the advent of a witty
humorous friend is like sunshine to 9
cloudy day. While it is oppressive
to hear people constantly striving t
say funny things, it is comfortable
seeing what a brighter little fun ii
to make an effort to have some. i
is we'll to turn off an impatient ques
ton sometimes and to regard it from
a humorous point Of view, instead Of
becoming irritated about it. "Wnat
is the reason | Gao never find clean
shirt" exclaimed a good but rather
i'm patient hus band, after rummagiDg
through the wrong drawer. His
wife looked at him steadily for a
moment, half inclined to be pro-
voked, then with comical look re-
Piled: 81 never could guess conun
drums; must give it up" Then
he laughed, and they both laughed,
and she went and got bis shirt, and
he felt ashamed of himself, and he
kissed her, and then she felt happy;
and SO what might have beep an oc-
casion for hard words ami unkind
feelings became just the contrary,
all through the little vein of humor
that cropped cut to the surface
Some children have peculiar facul'
ty for giving a humorous turn to
things when they are reproved. 1t
docs Just as we'll oftentimes. Laugh
ter is better than tears. Let us
have Q little more at home.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
REPUTATION.

Senator Vest, of Missouri, in al
luding to the charge of reputation
made against the South, after stat
ing that Snuch greater reputation
had occurred in the northwest, all OF
which debt had been made By the
Republican party, said +:
"Why, cir, 10 county adjacent
to the one in which | lived three
judges of the county, composing that
tribunal and having the power to is.
sue bonds, issued 100000 of frau
duleut bonds at the dead hour of mid.
night, and they we're thrown upon
Wall street and there sold to inno>
cent purchasers for valuable con-
sideration One OF the county
court judges, shining and leading
member of an orthodox church, be-
ing attacked by that dread disease,
typhoid fever, as his feet touched
the cold waters of the Jordan of
death his conscience awakened, and
he sent for the minister of his church
With bic relatives around him,
weeping children. aud sorrowing
friends, he confessed that in GER
tain stable at certain hour he got
So, 900 from certain leading res
publican for issuing those bonds. -
That confession was made at ii
o'clock at night. At 3 o'clock in
the morning the crisis of the disease
came and to the wonder of the com
munity he recovered. He immedi-
ately swore that bis confession was
the raving of delirium ! He was
reelected by the republican party
and was INDICATED at the polls. -
The disfranchised democracy pros
ceeded to pay the bonds under the
mandate of the federal tribunal My
friend from North Carolina (Mr.
vance, suggested that he could not
be received with Riddleberger. He
would have been received by the
party of this senate with
avidity and gulped down without a
single word of protest or question"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
WHY P

Why does a two-shilling can and
a five cent cigar swell a young
mans head until his hat won't I'll
him
Why is it that women with the
beet complications deliberately ruin
them with cosmetics
Why is it that a wealthy and re-
spectacle man will sacrifice pride,
money and comfort to get into poll
tics +?
Why is it that so many people
stand ready to help the stranger
poor and turn a deaf ear to their own
relatives 7
Why is it that a man with $50
pounds of fat considers himself an
Offset for man with fifty -four
ounces of brain
Why is it that musicians who are
the poorest players and signers are
the quickest to show off their &C
quirements I
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
GRAMMAR AS A BUaBEAR.

The National Carbuilder makes
the following pertinent remarks D.. A
great many valuable ideas and sug'
gestions iu the sphere of mechanics
fail to receive the publicity they de-
serve, because their possessors are
terrified at the bugbear of grammar.
Whenever they try to pat their
thoughts in black and white, this
frightful appsritton is sure to be
present and Illustrate the perform
ance. Many shopman who can sit
on his work bench during an inter
val of leisure and clothe bis ideas in
clear and forcible language, and
without a thought of grammatical
propriety, is completely nonplused
when it comes to putting precisely
the same words in writing. There
IS really no occasion for this -
Neither polished literary style, nor
even faultless spelling, is necessary
for the communication of important
facts. No matter bow defective ones
school education may be, if be has
something to sag, if bis ideas are
mentally wrought out and thought
out, he can hardly go amiss in giving
them utterance, orally or otherwise.
For bis thinking has been done in
language, and the natural and un
forced expression of what he means
must be nearly or quite as clear as
bis thinking. But if he gets upon
stills, and tries to assume an artificial
style quite foreign to that be is &C.
customed to use, ten to one he wi
fail to make himself understood.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
BRAINS AND BUSINESS.

Men of practical talent are now
sought for 10 country and city
They are wanted everywhere, and
will be called for hereafter more
than ever. Where are those men to
come from, these thousands of Major
Generals in commerce Now is the
time to train young men for busi%
ness pursuits, for the great avenues
to wealth, and distinction and power
which wealth confers.
We are preparing young men for
the army at West Point, for the ma
Wy at Newport, for the learned pro
LESSONS at various universities
This is we'll. But where one is
wanted as a graduate of these iusti-
tutions a thousand are wanted 10 the
great army of business. Parents, as
you value the happiness of your
sons, give this matter careful COO
sideration, thorough business edu-
cation will never be a blessing to
your children.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
AN AMArEuR HANaINa.-A few

AN AMATEUR HANGING.-A few
days ago, in Burke county, the chill
dren of colored school, having heard
Of the numerous hangings in
Waynesboro, concluded to have a
small one on their own account. A
galIows was constructed, the rope
properly fixed at each end, and the
prop knocked from under the voluh-
teer feIon. When the contortion
part of the programme came on it
was so real that the young spectao
tors scsmpered, and had not the
teacher, hearing the tumult, dashed
to the rescue, there would have
! been an execution in reality.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
A BULLY RECEIVES A BULLET.

From two gentlemen residing in
the immediate vicinity, we learn that
on Tuesday last Bill Neighbors,
noted desperate living uear Cross
Plains, Ala, strolled into that village,
got drunk and swore he would clean
up the town. The .first thing that
attracted his attention after he got
drunk was a freight train moving
along the Selma, Rome and Dalton
Railroad. He saw the conductor,
Mr.. Clay Keith, standing in the ca
boose door, pulled out his pistol and
fred at him, but fortunately missed
his aim. His next object was to
make the merchants close their doors.
He did compel two or three to close
up, and seeing that Mr.. AL Wolf
had disobeyed orders, he walked
into the store and in peremptory
manner again ordered him to close.
Wolf refused, and then Neighbors
began firing his pistol, omptying
four loads in minute and half
without striking the merchant. The
bully then left the store for few
moments, supposed to have gone for
more whisky and to reload his navy.
During bis absence Wolf procured a
Spencer rife, and when he saw
Neighbors approaching him again
with hostile intentions, leveled on
him, fired, and sent bullet through
his stomach, lodging against the
backbone The ball was cut out by
two physiciana, who say that Neigh
bors is in a very precarious condi-
ton, and that the wound may prove
fatal. Soon after the ball was ex
tracted from the wounded man, he
was carried out home by bis father
aud brother. The whole Neigbbors
family has very bad reputation in
the vicinity of Cross Plains, the male
portion priding themselves on being
called "bulIs of the woods" Only
three weeks ago one of Bill Neigh
bors' brothers shot and killed reve-
nue. officer, Jno. w. Spraddling. -
A few years ago old man Neighbors
had his throat cut from ear to ear,
narrowly escaping severing the ju
gular vein, aud, remarkable to say,
fully recovered.
The many good people of Cross
PIaips greatly deplore the occurrence
of the riot on last Tuesday, and are
in hopes that the severe wound which
Bill Neighbors received, should it
not prove fatal, will convince him
that outlaws cannot stalk abroad in
the IaOd, without receiving their due
reward. Rome Courier.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
The man that laughs heartily is q

The man that laughs heartily is a
doctor without diploma His face
does more good in the sick room
.hsn bushel of powders or gallon
of bitter draughts People are al
ways glad to see him Their hands
iustinctiveIy go half way oot to meet
bis grasp, while they turn involun~
tarily from the cIammy touch of the
dyspeptic who speaks in the grOan'
ing key. He laughs you out of your
faults, while you never dream of be-
iug offended with him and you
never know what a pleasant world
you are living in, until he points out
the sunny streaks on its pathway.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

The cent bunch tax on matches
yields the government daily in
come of nearly $4,000. Any one
who desires can figure from this APP
proxim stely how many matches are
used per day. On the Insignificant
little bunch of matches is levied by
far the heaviest tax known to civil
lied governments. Your grocer will
charge 80 cents for a quarter gross
package. OF this sum 36 cents
stands for the tax of q penny a
bunch, while IA cents represents
the first cost and the manufacturer
iobbers, and retailers profits.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

Honest agriculturist returned from
town -"Wite, we mustn't make any
more butter to sell till we kill anoth-
err shoat. The lard in that took
to-day was trife old, and | could
not get the usual price The grocery
man said he didn't object to it him
self, but there was so much talk
about oily marjsripe just now that il
was running the reputation OF good
| butter"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
WHAT ADvERTERTIsING DOES

The advertisements in a newspas
per are more read than the thought
less imagine. They are a map of 9
class of mems capabilities in life
The man who contemplates doing
business 10 a distant town takes up
the local paper and 10 its advertising
columns sees true picture of the
men he has to deal with a complete
record Of the town, its commerce, it's
trade, the facilities of storekeeping
and ia almost every case he can es-
innate the character of the men who
are soliciting the public patronage
The advertising pages are map of
the town, a record of it's municipal
character, business confession of
the citizen, and instead of being an
optional production of man, it is
freigh!ed with the life"thoughts of a
hundred.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

THEY TALKED IT OVER.-It is
learned says. Redfeld, that Presi~
dent Hayes talked with Gen. Gar
field at the beginning of the present
administration, telling him that be
would find it impossible to get along
tremendously with Senator Conk-
ling that he had tried it, and his
effort 10 that line was a conspicuous
failure. Those near to Garfield say
that if there is to be war it will be
more energetic than Hayes carried
on, and the New York Senator will
be stripped of all power he has here
tofore exercised through Federal
patronage.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

They are putting glucl Sc in the
beer 10 New York instead of malt,
and it is doing more harm than it
could possibly do 10 sugar. 10 the
German sections of New York, where
the men drink fifty glasses of beer
day, they will accumulate enough
gIuclose in a year to kill them. The
matter has been called to the atten
ton of the New York legislature, and
some very energetic steps will be
taken to stop this adulteration.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
The caraataat Blessing.

A simple, pure, harmless remedy,
that cures every time, and prevents
diseases by keeping the blood pure,
stomach regular kidneys and liver
active is the greatest blessing ever
conferred upon man. Hop Bitters is
that remedy, and it's proprietors are
being blessed by thousands who have
been saved and cured by it. Will
you try it Eagle.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

A Boston man has astonished the
town by leaving the bulk of his prop
erty to his mother in>law and cuts
ting off the rest of bis relations with
few dollars apiece. Boston is
bound to maintain her reputation for
eccentricity.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

At Dublin a girl struck her cro>
quet partner on the head with a
mallet. Brain fever set in, and the
young man nearly died. The girl
las kept under arrest until his re-
covery, and when he got well she
married him. And now he's sorry
he didn't die,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

An assassin rode up to the gate Of
Mr.. Metson Melton of Marion coun"
ty, 90 Sunday night, and calling him
out, fred fatal SHOT at him. A
young man doing business 10 Co! um'
bus, named 0. p. Jones, has been
arrested as the perpetrator. Cir
cumstantial evidence is strong
against him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

A number of planters about CO.
lumbus, Miss have gone into the
business of cultivating the castor
bean, for which the oil mill at Co
lumbcs promises to pay one dollar
per bushel. Several hundred acres
have already been planted and it is
expected that very many more acres
will be sown with the beans.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

Marriage is promotion" says
George Eliot. In the eyes of such
a reasoner a man with his third wife
would doubtless pass fora brigs der
general.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

No man ought to complain if the
world measures him as he measures
others. To measure one with his
own yardstick may be bard, but it is
fair.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

A Connecticut farmer recently
Jumped into a we'll because his wife
ran him into debt. He was bound
to liquidate it somehow, even if he
kicked the bucket.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

Williugham, of the Free Press,
Indignantly declares that, in the last
twenty-five years, he has done un-
speakably numerous and valuable
favors for politicians, and that only
two have genuinely appreciated his
LAHORE. He is lucky man to have
that many. Editors are usually paid
with compliments as if fine words
could butter parsnips.-AHgHstd
Chronicle.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

The new store house of DR.. On.
Pitts, at Covington was destroyed
by fire Monday morning. Loss 49,
800, and uninsured. He had just
completed paying for the building
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

IF you want any kind of job Printing
done, such as Letter Heads, Note Heads,
Bill Heads, Cards, Circulars. Handbills,
Pamphlets, Taxi Receipts, &c, we will
guarantee TO dc the work as cheap as Allan
a. Bring your work to the Journal Office
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

To pronounce a man happy mere.
ly because he is rich, is just a. alb
surd as to call man healthy merely
because he has enough to eat.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

Typhus fever and email pox are
raging in New York.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

MURRAY county has boy with a
black and blue eye.-Dalto" Cati.
zen.
That's nothing. Marietta has a
man with a black aud a blue eye.
He got the black eye by calling a
fellow liar,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

Some of the farmers of Worth
county have as much as three hun
dred bushels of corn to sell.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

j. P. Henderson, a prominent
merchant of Covington has failed.
Liabilities about $4,000.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

There are 100000 Germans in
Texas.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28

A three horned sheep is the at
traction in Washington county, Ky.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-28
Chr s8arletta Suarual.

Marietta, Ga, Thursday, April 90 1881
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-03
DOMESTIC.

FooD FOR THE SJCK.-The following
advice as to administering food to the
sick deserves the attention of nurses
and Of all who are called upon to look
after nervous pstients: 1t is great
m istake to have large quantities of
fruit, biscuits, etc.. lying about a sick
room. A very few grapes, an orange
peeled and divided, and two or three
milk or water biscuits are quite enough
to have displayed at one time. The
same may be said of food. have often
been panied, when visiting some Of my
sick pensioners, to see their friends,
with well-meant but mistaken kindness
bring large basinfuls OF horrible COM
pounds, which they dignity with the
name Of Cruel, or sagO, or tapio q, as
the case may be-. Tie mere sight of
the TODD seemed to set tEcm against it..
Whereas, If a little care had been be-
slowed upon It's preparation, and a
small cupful provided instead of the
large quantity name, they probably
would have partaken Of 1t with plea
sure. Another error, committed with
the best Of intentions, is to keep ask
Ing the patients what they would like,
If they could take this thing or the
other. The sickenCd, wearled express
sion l have often seen fit over the
faces Of pconie who are recovering
from lingering illness, when their
oflicious relatives come teasing them
as to their requirements During the
lingering illness Of dear relative, |
verify believe we made her often cat,
just by providing dainty morscls OF
food, displaying them teDptingly ar
ranged, and taking them to her bed
side quite unexpectedly. If she had
been asked COutd she eat anything, |
feel confident the answer would huYe
inevitably been: No; thanks.
don't feel at all inclined to cat" A
very simple and expeditions way Of
cooking little bit OF chicken or fish
Is to butter a paper thickly, place the
food to Dc cooked within the paper,
and place it vn the gridiron over u
clear fire. A very shore time sufflces
TO cook 1t thoroughly, and have often
lOund thnt TO be eaten wien all other
modes Of invalid cookery have been
tried in vain. y
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-03
a.UMOROUs.

AN cold tar" has recently prepared
handbook of nautical terms for the
use of persons who intend to folio W
the sea. In order to. correct popular
belief, our author gravely asserts that
the berths on board the ship do not ne.
cessarily add to the census. The hatch
ways are not hens nests. The weigh
of the ship Is not the extent Of her
ayoirdupois. The boatswain does not
pipe all hands with meerscha um.
The ship does not have q wake over a
dead clam. The swoll Of ships side
Is not caused by drepsy, nor the taper
of a bowsprit Jallow candle. The
hold is not tho vessels grip. The
trough Of the ship is not dug out of tia Q
ships log. The crest Of wave Is no
indication of its rank. The buoy is not
the captains son. The men are not
beat to quarters with a club. Ships
are never boarded at hotels. The bow
Of the shipi Is no evidence otpoltteness.
A sailors sto ockings are never manu-
Iactured from yarn of his own spin.
ming. The sails OF the ship are not
made by an auctioneer, nor the stays
constructed by milllner.