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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-23
agricultural
UsBs OF ALUM.

A bit of alum kept near wash
basin or towel rack and frequently
rubbed over the face while yet damp,
will do much toward removing tan
and preventing unsightly pimPles.
| have never found anything better
tor cankerous sores on the lips and
tongue. II mixed with vinegar and
water, salt and pepper, it will cure
ordinary sore throat; grated and
stirred in molasses il is splendid for
Group. | have known cases OF tooth
ache, when all the common pnngent
remedies failed, to be instantly quiet
ed by inserting 10 the cavity OF the
tooth bit Of moist cotton, sprinkled
with equal quantities Of pulverized
alum and salt. Really good bread
can be made from grown wheat If
one teaspoonful Of alum and two
,easpoonfuls OF butter are added to
each ordinary sized baking, and it
isexcellent IN cheap molasses cook :
les to give the desired crispness
when little butter is used. A really
good cement can be made by melting
a biz OF alum and using Immediately
bus one must be quick or the value
will be lost. A gentleman has Just
told mo how he 30 thoroughly dead
ened the nerve of decaying tooth
that it has not ached for years, by
frequently using alum that had been
dropped on hot surface and Left
until it stopped boiling a piece
the size Of kernel Of corn was not
all used for one tooth. 1t is good
for hardening cucumbers after being
taken from salt brine, and ! have
read that if previous to using lamp
wicks they are soaked 10 strong
alum water, they will give bright
er light. 1t is good to add to the
water used in washing bedsteads, the
investors thereof disliking it most
thoroughly. Lovely crystalized bon>
quets can be made by dissolVing one
pouud of alum 10 one gallon OF wa
ter, and immersing grasses, when
the alum will form in sblnii & crys-
tails on every branch. | was pur-
chasing lately bit Of blue cambria
for trimming, and on asking the
clerk if it would wash well, he said
be would warrant it to wash, and
then added, smiling, but it will fade
all blue will every one buys II
for trimming, az they can get moth
ing better, and the color can be
made much more durable by dip
ping in strong alum water previous
to Washing which fact | know the
truth of, and it is a query in my
mind why manufacturers do NOD
give it the alum bath before offering
il for sale, aud thus save lie pur-
chasers the trouble of 80 doing.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-23

HONE COMFORTS. The man be-
comes public benefactor who sets
before his neighhors the pleasing ex
ample Of full provision OF all the
home comforts which fruit aud flow
or surroundings to his house, and
hooks. pictures and collections in
natural history within, afford to the
occupants. Ii does not require large
means to attaiu these comforts if the
owner is heartily in earnest TO pro
cure them. In contrast with such q
home, the California Horticulturist
describes a wealthy man in that
State whose land, free of debt, is
worth 5000, 900. He lives in &
weaiherbeaten shauty ia the midst
Of bis wheat fields, the barnyarG
surrounding the house, the well poe
yards in the other direction. with nc
fruit tree or flower in sight He i;
worse eff thau blind man, for be
can see but doea tot.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-23
Prejudice Kills.

"Eieyen years cur daughter sui
fered 90 bed Of misery under the
care Of several of the best (sod some
of lie wors9 physicians, who gave
Der disease various names but No re-
lief, and now she is restored to US 10
good health by as simple remedy
as Hop Bi,ters, tina; We had poohed
at for Two years, before using it -
We earnestly hope and praA that no
one else will LET their sick suffer as
We did, ca account of prejudice
against so good 8 medicine as Hop
Bilters. Tie Parenls.-Ieieg,aa.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-23
TRADE
Good Reasons for the Doctors Faith.

Good Reasons for the Doctors Faith
MONROE, Ca, March %, 1880.
VIII have for twelve months been prescribing
SIS ("Swif's Syphiitic SpeciEc) in their
treatment OF syphilis and many other diseases
for which it is recommended, and are frank To
say, that the results have been most satisfactory
not having been disappointed in single in
stance We think, for all the diseases for
which it Is recommended it stands without q
peer. and that the medical profession will, soon
er or lister. be forced to acknowledge ii in the
ireaim.n, of Syphilis, in all stages as sine qua
ndR.
NJ S. GALLOWAY NJ d.
j. T. ROBINSON, NJ. D.
ATLANTA. GA. May %, 1879.
One of our workmeu had "a bad case oiSyph
Ills of five years standing. and was cared en-
,irely with 'Swit,'s Syphilitie Speeife Il
Is now 10 all appearances, and IN his own belize
sound and well
WM. R. & T. w. HOOPER.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Pro-
prieiors Atlanta. Ga.
For sale by WIN. ROOT.
Sold by AL druggists. Call for S copy Of
Young Mems Friend
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-23
NBR MILLIN ERY.
-(o)--
Mrs. C. G. Brumby,

A. Just received another beautiful lot OF
S,riug aui SKINNER Millinery Goois of the
!.NrtSr STYLES also taaey goods and notions,
,ach as Nrek Ruohings Mall. Lace and Silk
lies and Sesr.s. LeIsie Sad Lace MiI's. kld
Gloves. Ladies. Misses and Children Hosiery
spe.ialtv. Bias Tucking. LNces OF almost
every description. Sseh az Spanish, lorhou,
LanqurdJc, smyrna. NlleaeienneS Atea al.
Viii open Saturday beautiful line Of Chill
.drrns six and Lace Caps something altogether
new. also Lace Handkercheis, lies, @ius, &c.
Call and see before purchasing elsewhere As
all these goods will be offered low Tor CASH.
MRS. {. {. BRUMBY.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-23
NJ A RTE II IT A

rWNHE BEST OF VEHICLES, THE
a safest oi-fsivers and the fastest Of horses
are always ready, night and day. tor hire. No
nan or woman or child ever has given ms a
call in the past who has been, nor shall any
ever in the future, be dissatisfied with my teams
o. the men in my employ. Everything and
everybody about me are A NO. ONE
have cheapened my chagres propartionate
to the stringency Of the times For references
az 10 he truth Of what Isay, as TO the turn outs
and charges, go to my friends, wb Oh means
the public generally.
Parties hiring are strictly responsible tor the
afety of themselves, vehicles and horses
j. A. G. ANDERSON.
Dee. 18th. 1874
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-23
CITY DIR US
NEW FTRM.

-
We take this method 10 inform or friends
and the public generally that we have bought
out the Drays and Dray Businesr Of Mr. }. A.
6 Anderson and that we will from this date
be prepared to do al! kinds Of hauling at lowest
prices and in a satisfactory manner
Particular attention paid 10 The moving OF
furniture and pianos Parties haying anything
to do in our line, would ds.yei to consult us az
we can do hauling quicker, cheaper and better
than anybody. Give us, srtri1l
a. L}FOWLER-
e. u SHUGART
In retiring IRON the Dray Business allow me
to express my thanks to those who have so
literally pstrouized my drays, and 10 bespeaK
for the energetic young men who succeed me,
Mr. +. l.. Fowler and Mr.. E. ID. ShugaIt
continuance Of the same. / am still in the
Livery Business at my old STAND always ready
to accommodate he public, Very Respectfully.
j. A G. ANDERSON.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Stage Kisses.

There was the Platonic kiss of Kel-
logg, who used to fling them like icicles
with her finger-tips, and, as Sher Camp
bell once said, there were chilblains in
them. Then there was the Presbyterian
kiss of Ada Dyas, who used to plant it
on Montague's left ear, or on the back
of his neck, and always created an i'm
preston in the gallery that she had bit
him and the Lolita bubble, which al
ways sounded like the pulling of cork,
and seemed to be a number Of linked
kisses efervescing; and the Corinthian
kiss of Wainwright "a severe affair
somewhat motherly, and when dropped
upon stock actor always frightened him
q little bit, as if he had pulled New
Testament out of his pocket instead of
pack Of cards and the Gary liss-ah !
the romantic Cary kiss, that never be-
gan anywhere and never ended-that
ran down the back, and tingled in the
arms and legs, and made the hair stand
on end, and was accompanied with
laughter whose echoes were undying;
and the cavernous Soldene kiss, that
opened it's ponderous and marble Jaws
with report like the bursting of an in
dia-rubber balloon. Who shall formu-
late all these schools for us {? Certainly
not Abbott for hers is the spiritual kiss,
and we are not educated up to it.-NyDa
G5.iyaEZe'S Fe2LiZlefOn
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Our knowledge Of Shakespeare.

It is the man Shakespeare who really
influences us In reading ''Hamlet' and
Z" Othello," and not the less because
critics generally repeat the assertion that
weknow very little Of the man who retires
SO carefully behind his characters. We
have, it is true, next to nothing of the
kind Of information about Shakespeare
which Boswell gave us about johnson.
But surely we know good deal about a
man if we know only this-that he is
capable Of sympathizing impartially with
a vast variety of characters, and in some
very important respects it seems to me
that we know more of Shakespeare than
of johnson. If we know less of his do
nestle relations and his taste in cookery,
we know what he felt and thought about
some of the most profoundly interesting
of all the problems of Life. But, wheth-
ser we have or have not framed any the
DRY as to Shakspeare's personality, or
have or have not constructed a theory of
the man from his books, it is not the
less the. man who really influences us.
For what really impresses US in Shaks-
peare, or in any great writer, is the e1-
traordinary force and vividness with
which he has embodied certain general
truths and deep emotions, and his power
of achieving that feat clearly depended
upon his own emotional and intellectual
temperament. The nature Of the infu-
ences is not the less clear that it acts as
from behind cloud.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Taking Things for Granted.

Half the failures In life result from
the habit so many people have of taking
things for granted. The business man
assumes that his credits are good he
takes it for granted that his wife knows
what style Of living his income will war
rant; until the logic of addition, sub
traction and multiplication proves too
much for him, and down comes his bust
ness in ruin. The young professional
man takes it for granted that veneering
instead of solid requirements will ena-
BILE him to succeed, because there are SO
many notorious examples of men s rising
and maintaining themselves in public
life through pure audacity, native wit.
and an utter lack of conscience. He will
find too late that it won do to plan and
risk career by the exceptions rather
than the rule. The farmer keeps no &C
count crops his farm according to the
season, or last years markets, or his
neighbours success takes it for granted
that the laws Of nature and OF trade will
accommodate themselves to his necess1-
ties sinks deeper into debt, and won
ders why farming doesn't pay. And so
on to the end ; men everywhere want
success without paying its price in thor
ough preparation, honest hard work, in
telligent calculation and foresight, pa
tient attention to details. They take for
granted things which it is their business
to know, and trust that to fortune which
common sense and experience should
teach them is controlled by law =
Golden Rule. tes-s r.sgTe.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
A Chicago Mans VerificatiOn Of the
Bible.

A story is going around among the
travelling men, SO thoroughly illustrative
of the push, tear and scramble in the
ordinary business mans. character that
it is worth repeating. As the story
goes. q Chicago Board of Trade man set
out to edo" Europe and the East in
week or ten days, or such matter. In
youth he had absorbed some New Tesla
ment legends, and felt sudden interest
on arriving in the Holy Land to cross
the Sea of Galilee. The laziness of the
ferryman and the indescribable slowness
Of the craft terribly exasperated the
Chicago man, when he testify inquired:
."See here, stranger, how long have
you been runnin' this ferry?"
"Forty-fve years" was the placid and
lazy answer.
"Who held it before your" asked
Chicago. a6,s -ra
"My father, who ran it fifty years."
was the calm reply. - s qe9ll5
"Well, how long has this burned
monopoly been in your family, any
how?" - .,~aa, -l sis,siss
"Three thousand years." pensively
spoke the ferryman, as his dreamy gaze
wandered to the palm trees upon the
shore. .a "a 14E1 5t 5
"Well, by thunder!" shouted the
Chicago man, with muttering disgust,
! &C it is no wonder Christ wanted to walk
over - Chicago Tribune. 2.iA
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
THE PLOw HANDS SONG.
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.

Niger mighty happy wen be layin' by con
Dat SUMS slantin;
Niger mighty happy wen he year de dinner-ho'n-
Dat suns a slantin';
I'm he mo- happy still wen de night draws on
Dat SUMS slantin';
pat suns slantin' des ez sho's you bon!
IN it's rise up, Primus! fetch anudder yell;
Dat ole dun cow des a shakn' up FER bell,
I'm de frogs chunn' up fo' de jew done fell: -'ss-
Good night, Mr.. Kildee, wish you mighty well
Mr.. Killdee, wish you mighty well!
/ wish you mighty well
De CON II be ready 'ginst dumpln day
Dat SUMS q santin';
But niger gotter watch, en- stick, en- stay
Dat suns O slanin';
Same ez do bee-martin watchin' I'M de jay
Dat suns slantin'; Ue
Dat sums slantin' en slippin' sway!
Den it's rise up, Primus en- gin 1t tum strong;
De cows gwine home wild der ding-dang- dong;
Sling in anudder tech er de time song:
Good night, Mr. whipperwill. don't stay long!
49, Mr.. Whipperwil, don't stay long!
Don't stay long!
De shadders dey er creepin' todes de top or de hill
Dat suns q slantn;
But night don't stroy wat de day done bull
Dat suns a slantin';
LESS de noddin' de niger give de ssh-cake 8
chill
Dat suns slantn;
Dat suns a slantn' en- slppin' down still
Den sing it out, Primus !des boiler en- bawl,
En- whist we er strippin deze mules fer de stall
Oh, it's good night ladies my love unter you al!
Ladies, my love unter you all!
Ny love unter you al
Tile Critic
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Angry Words and Their Cost.

Some years ago our Government or
dered the Modoc tribe of Indians to be
removed to the Klamath reservation
peaceably or forcibly. The peace trial
failed, and suddenly the United States
soldiers surrounded the Modoc camp. A
parley was held, and the Indian chief
advised his people to lay down their
arms. SThey all did so except one man,
who had seen his father killed by q mob
Of white men twenty years before, while
gong to warn some other white people
Of danger from another tribe of hostile
Indians. A Lieutenant was ordered to
disarm him. He, with ,oaths and insult
ing epithets, ordered him to lay down
his arms. The Indian offered to do 80 if
decently addressed, affirming that che
was not dog. The officer drew his
revolver instead; both fired at the same
instant, and both fell dead. An Indian
war followed, which cost the Govern
ment about 200 lives and $4,000, 900.
Kind words are seldom thrown away,
even as regards immediate results, and,
in the words Of the old hymn, "They
never die. a-el
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
THE HORSE TRADE.

Whoa! Whoa Ger'p dang the critter!
Shes balky a. sure as gun.
Iunever take stock In deacon,
Or any man under the sun.
BE said the mare was gentle,
Whoa whoa ger'p therel back geel ges
She's kicker as sure as thunder;
There shes busted the singletree.
Stranger, please help draw this buggy
Out Of the road. I'm DANCED
II she hasn't busted the dash in
And things are generally banged!
Hold on till tie the critter
To the fence. Lord, isn't she Wild
Let me tell you how the deacon
My verdancy fresh beguiled.
Twas nag for family driving
wanted, and ] thought could
Trust him above all men,
Cause always thought him good.
Well, I find I've been mistaken,
And candidiy feel afraid
That an honest man in other thingv
win cheat in an equine trade.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

ENVELOPES are said to have originated
as follows A Brighton (England) sta
toner took fancy for dressing his show
window with piles of writing paper, ris-
ing gradually from the largest to the
smallest size in use; and, to finish his
pyramids off nicely, he cut cards to
bring them to point. Taking these
cards for diminutive note-paper, lady
customers were continually wanting
some of g that lovely little paper, and
the stationer found it advantageous to
cut paper to the desired pattern. AS
there was no space for addressing the
notelets after they.were folded, he, after
much thought, invented the envelope,
which he cut by the aid of9metal plates
made for the purpose. The sale in
creased so rapidly that he was unable to
produce the envelopes fast enough; so
he commissioned dozen houses to make
them for him, and thus set going an i'm
portant branch Of the manufacturing
stationery trade.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
FACTS FOR TIE CURIOUS.

THE cuttle-fsh has three distinct
hearts. ayl
ELEPHANTS always disturb the water
before they drink.
The woodpecker can thrust its tongue
out full three inches. ~
The albatross, the largest of sea birds,
AiesGwith velocity Of 100 miles an hour.
THE little bird called the swift darts
through the air at the rate OF $50 miles
ON hour.
The noise made by school of fish
sounds, in the deep sea, like the rum
bling Of thunder.
The horn of a rhinoceros, when cut
through the middle, is said to exhibit
on each side the rude figure of man,
the outlines being marked by small
white strokes. aoa aH
ORANG-oUTANGs, in state OF domesti-
cation, will sit at the table like men and
eat every kind of food, using the knife
and fork; and they will drink wine and
other liquors. ~,
THE main artery in the common
whale is a pipe into which man might
creep with ease; the heart throws out
from: twelve to fifteen gallons of blood
at every pulsation; the tongue has been
compared to vast feather-bed, on
which half dozen men might find am
pie room for repose. The whales tail
not infrequently has a surface OF 100
square feet. 80.
If the earth could be suddenly stopped
in her orbit, and allowed to fall unob-
structed toward the sun, under the ac-
celebrating influence of his attraction,
she would reach the central fire In about
four months. But such is the compass
of her orbit that, to make its circuit in
year, she has to move nearly nineteen
miles second, or more than fifty times
faster than the swiftest rifle ball, and,
moving twenty miles, her path deviates
from perfect straightness by less than
one-eighth of an inch.
AMONG the extinct species of animals,
the remains of which are found In Amer
lea, may be mentioned the Eobasileus
coruntns, a beast as large as the Indian
elephant, but standing low, having pro-
portions more as in the rhinoceros.
The physiognomy was very peculiar. On
either side Of the front, above each Or
! bit, rose stout horn, its base continu-
GUS with that of its mate. Immensely
prolonged nasal bones supported on
each side, near the extremity, massive
reversed shovel-shaped protuberance.
These beasts probably lived in herds
like elephants of the present day.
In Persia they bottle up their tears as
of old. This is done in the following
manner: AS the mourners are sitting
around and weeping, the master of cere-
monies presents each one with piece of
cotton wool, with which to wipe off his
tears. This cotton is afterward squeezed
into bottle, and the tears are preserved
as powerful and eficacious remedy for
reviving dying man after every other
means has failed. It is also employed
as charm against evil influences. This
custom is probably alluded to in Psalm
wi, verse 8: "Put thou my tears into
bottle" The practice was once uni
versal, as is found by the tear bottles
which are found in almost every ancient
tomb, for the ancients buried them with
their dead as proof of their affection.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
aOId Ahe'so Decision.

During Lincoln's time there was a
great row over the postofice in the
town Of Dayton, O.. Two Hotspurs
were in the field. Petition after pc
tition in favor Of one or the other
poured in upon the President. and del
egation after delegation fastened to
Washington to argue the case. Mr..
Lincoln was a long suffering man. but
his patience gave out at last. He
could not determine that one appli-
can't was in the slightest degree more
competent or more patriotic or better
supported than the other. Finally
after being bored by fresh delega-
ton. he said to his secretary: S'This
matter has got to end somehow.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
The Game Of Geography.

An ingenious Frenchman has invented
q game for facilitating the study of ge,
ography by children. This new game,
approved by the Paris Society OF Geog-
raphy, consists Of large planisphere
map Of the globe. accompanied by nu-
merous objects representing animals,
plants, flags, costumes, towns and land
scapes. These objects Of painted card
boards stand upright when the small in
scription accompanying them is folded
back they carry, moreover, number
corresponding to one on the map.
Placing each in its proper position, the
child becomes acquainted with the sub
.ject; if it be plant, he knows the
place which produces it and its use
II a town, he knows its population, its
position, etc. The map is folded, and,
with its various objects, put into box.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Haunted by His Crime.

The following striking example of the
state of q murderer's heart, with it's
ccaseless memory and perpetual self-ac-
cusation, brings forcibly to, mind the
words of Webster: "A vulture is de-
vouring it, and it can ask no human as
sistance or sympathy" The case is
that of Martin Battles, of Charlotte, N.
Y, who twenty years ago shot and
killed Cornelius Lynch.
He was tried and convicted Of murder
in the first degree, and sentenced to one
year in tn. Auburn penitentiary, and
then to be hanged. His case was
brought before the Court of Appeals.
The court decided that the act of the
Legislature was unconstitutional, and
Battles was set at liberty. He enlisted
in the Union army, and served through
the late war. He then returned. He
declared that he was constantly haunted
by the presence of the man he had killed,
and he was sorry that the sentence of the
law had not been carried out. He en-
deayored to have himself placed on trial
again, hoping that he would be recon-
victed and hanged. He finally became
a maniac, and was placed in the West
ern asylum for the insane. He is still
al inmatelt that institution, and i'm
AGNES that his victim is always present
in his cell for the purpose of mocking
and torturing him. He at times throws
himself on his knees and begs Lynch to
kill him. Although only 40 years Of
age, his hair is as white as mans Of
70. Every day is one Of terror to him.
-NeaU York Sim.