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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
THE REASON WHY.

You never said you loved me,
Though knew it long ago
learned it by thousand signs
That you cannot help but show.
1t fingers in your tender voice,
1t flashes in your eye;
But you never told me so in words,
And | know the reason why
You never yet have asked me
To be your loving wife
Never said | had it in my power
To brighten all your life
You inger silent by my side,
Or pass me coldly by;
You never asked me to be yours,
And | know the reason why.
You think because my pathway
Is filled with blossoms sweet,
Because the glittering gems of wealth
Are scattered at my feet
That | have looked on dazzling gold
Until it blinds my view,
And | cannot see the priceless worth
Ola heart sincere and true.
GU may be rich in wisdom,
And stand on flames fair height,
But you, never yet have learned to read
woman's heart Alright;
And | can teach you this one thing,
That no one will deny
True love is better far than gold
Need you ask the reason why2
The world may think me forward,
And call me vain and weak,
But answer from my Utmost soul
The words you dare not speak.
turn aside from fashion ranks,
Without one tear or sigh
And, trusting, lay my hands in yours
Can you ask the reason why
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

Experience of the past teaches us
that man does not a good work, but
an evil work, who endeavors to force
his formed opinions upon the formed
opinions of others. All we can do is
to set before men who differ with us
the principles on which we form our
opinions, and let them judge upon
the premises formed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

A queer story comes from New
Zealand. The owls in that island u.s.
ed to be as harmless as doves; in
deed, they once were ''mousing owls"
and, therefore, useful. But one
night settler left sheepskin nail
ed to his roof, and an owl came along
and tasted of the fat mutton left
thereon. That owl became sheep
killer, alighting on a lambs back
three nights later. Still more
strange, all the other owls began to
like mutton, and now the New Zea-
land bird of that species Stays thou
sounds upon thousands of sheep, their
appetites growing by what they feed
on, and their numbers increasing
in proportion to their prosperity.
They light on the backs of the sheep
and tear the poor beasts with their
beaks, going at once down through
the carcass TO the kidney fat, which
to the owls tongue is the daintiest of
morsels.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

STATE EAIR.-Col. E. G. Grier had
the following to say to an Evening
News reporter:
''The fair prospects continue to
brighten. Constant features are be-
ing added, and we will have a credit
able display. Advices say that eve
rybody is coming, and the Central
City will present busy appearance
during the fair"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

An aerolite, grayish in color, thir-
ty feet square, fell in Jefferson town
shop, Pa, near West Virginia line,
on last Saturday week. When first
seen flying through the air the blaze
looked as big as barn.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

A Clayton county man and wife
woke up last Sunday morning, and
went to work in the field as usual.
They picked cotton all day, and then
noticed that no freight trains had
passed up and down the road. Think
ing the matter over, they discovered
that the day was Sunday, and now
they are praying to have their sins
away.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
TIE MARIETTA
MARBLE Works.
We are now prepared to furnish all kind o
Marble Monuments


HEAD AND FOOT STONES.
In any Design, OF Italian, Vermont or
Georgia Marble, at our shop on Powder
Spring street We defy competition in
quality of work or prices
McCLATCHY & BAILEY.
As to the skillful and artistic workman>
ship of Mr. Bailey, specimens of his work
can be seen in the Marietta and Episcopal
Cemeteries. The monument over the grave
of Governor Mcdonald is the work OF
MIR Bailey done before the war He has
just left the employ of prominent marble
works in Tennessee to come to Marietta o.
open marble yard, and your patronage is
solicited d. f. McCLATCHY.
Marietta, Ga, Nov, 10th. 1854.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
SALE OF
Valuable Lots of Land.
iFORGIA-COBB COUNTY,.

Under and in pursuance of the power
vested in me by the Last viii and Tcsta-
ment of JGmcs Lamb late of Charleston,
5 c.,
/ 1cW sell 1t puLbc outcry between legal
hours OF sale on Tuesday, DECEMBER !, 1883
and from day to day until completion of
sale before the Court House in DAHLoNE
Ga, GA, the following Lots OF Land in
Cobb C0Uatg, Georgi0
Number Four Hundred and Ninety two
1922, Number Seven Hundred and Seven
ty six, (T16), all in the 18th District and
I'd section of originally Chcr0kee, each lot
containing Forty (40l acres Sold as the
property of the estate of James Lamb
deceased, for the purposes of administers
ton The Titles came directly to him
from the original Grants which will be
turned over to purchaser with the other
deeds Al lille papers AID the viii can he
examined up to day ~ sale a. the office ot
II u Pony Gainesville, Gpora ia Terms
Of sale, Cash A :. JOHNSTON.
Exr Last WIN and Testament Of James
Lamb. deceased.
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DIR. p. r.. CORTELYOU.

PR4CTICLNG PHYSICIAN,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA. OFFICE,
NJ North-side Public Square, next door
80 j j Northcutt's store Consultation
Hours. 81 a. N. to l2-3 to 5 p. m, unless
otherwise engaged Telephone No 10. Can
be called from residence at any hour when
not in town
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DIR. G. TENNENT.

once th Michols' Hall, first room on left.
WEST-SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, MA
w rietta Ga. Has removed residence to
the Ogden place on Roswell street All
calls promptly attended July 4th, 1888.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
w. p. McCLATCHY.
iTTORNEY At LII

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
M hR1ETTA, GEORGIA PRACTICE
NJ in all the Courts Legal business So
Looted and promptly attended to- Office in
McClatchy Building.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

A gentleman of Sumter county
was born without teeth and has none
yet. He is SO years old.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
WILL. J. VIM,

ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT Law,
MARIETTA GEORGIA All legal
vi business solicited and promptly
attended. Practices in all the Courts, State
and Federal. Office in Masonic Building.
South-side of Square
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

III - u "
CLAY & BLAIR.

ATTORNEYS At Law,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA. ROOMS l
WI and on the left over Wade White
store. We give our entire attention to the
practice of law. Promptness is our motto
Collection "a specially.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

Mr.. Clay, of Cobb, occupied the
speakers chair this morning, and
presided with grace and dignity
[ Augusta News Atlanta Dispatch.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
J. Y. FOSTER.

ATTORNEY d. COUNSELOR ATLAW,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA. PROMPT
wi attention given to all legal business
Office in McClatchy's Building.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
II. N. HOLLAND,
ATTORNEY At Law,

4TTORNET IT L4W,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA WILL De
vi vote his entire attention to the prac-
tice Of law in the Blue Ridge and adjacent
circuits. Office, South-side Public Square
IN the Freyer building first room on right,
opposite Journal Office.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08

IT takes twelve thousand police
men to make the London people
move on" and otherwise conduct
themselves according to law.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
Cbe Marietta yuurnal.

MARIETTA, GA,
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1885.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
III. p. GATCHELL, M. D..

EGENERAL VISITING IND OFFICE
PRACTICE
MARlETTA,GA OFFICE IN THE
-1NLroom formerly occupied by DR.. j. f.
Brown in Masonic Building. Residence,
Whitlock House Special attention paid to
the treatment of the Throat and Lungs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-08
DIR N. n. GOBER.

PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
TENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER
| vices to the citizens of Marietta and
surrounding country. Office, North-side o.
Square, Upstairs in the Hill Building. Res
idence at the Laneau house, one block from
Cherokee street, Marietta, Ga
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-04

nv tears, for couldn't Keep from cry
ing some, and just said: I'm very sure
my dear boy will never do such thing
again.
Then he gave me ten cents, and told
me to ride down next day at the same
hour l did that other day, and most
likely should see the same conductor,
and then I could give him the five cents
flor had kept it; I didn't buy any
candy after all). IF didn't see that
conductor he told me to 60 on to the
station at the end of the road, and give
it to the man in the little Office there for
that conductor. He said the Office man
would know which was the right man
by the scar.
So rode down next day, and the
conductor was the very same, SO l.
didn't have to go to the office. | was
glad of that.
But Willy Loring never saw me when
I passed him for good many days att
er that At last / went up to him one
day and said: .You needn't keep think
ing I'm thief, Willy Loring. carried
that five cents and paid it to the con-
ductor, and l amt ever going to steal a
ride again"
Willy didn't speak for a minute.
Then he said: Lets go down by the
park and have a game OF marbles
VIII you?'s
And ever since then we've been ever
SO good friends. Joy Allison, q"
Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-04
ANSON STAGER.
A Story of Ante-Bellum Times Concern
ing tho Late General Stager.

A Story of Ante-Bellum Times Concern
ing tho Late General stager.
It was way back in the fifties, when
telegraphing was in it's infancy and
reading by sound an accomplishment in
which few excelled. General Stager
was never good sound operator, and
read from the instrument with consid-
cradle difficulty.
One day he was told that the assistant
at Toledo was absent from the office
without leave. On the day following
the missing operator reported for duty.
General Stager, then at Cleveland,
asked him to come to the key. You
were absent yesterday without permits
sion. This is the second time this has
occurred. If you can not give better
excuse than you did before / shall have
to dismiss you," he telegraphed the
young man. The operator knew that
the General was not clever at reading
the sound, and SO for couple of min.
utes he ratified the key as hard as he
could, without saying anything that
was at all ineligible. Then suddenly
slowing up he added, SO plainly that
any novice could read it land that is
the way it all happened.
General Stager was too proud to ask
the operator to send slower, notwith-
standing everything that came over the
wire was unintelligible to him except
the concluding words. "Oh, well.'
said he, unwilling to confess his ipno-
rance, 'If that's the case YOU are per-
fectly excusable, and we'll saw no more
ABOUT It. Washington Letter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-04
Two Curious Needles.

Girls, we are afraid, don't like sew
ing quite as well as they ought to. 1t
is so much easier to ask mother to do
what is needed than to do it themselves.
And many mothers, unfortunately, think
it takes less time and trouble to do the
work than to teach their daughters to
do it. But the girls may be interested
in reading about some curious needles,
if thev are not obliged to use them. The
King of Prussia recently visited needle
mandatory in his kingdom, in order to
see what machinery, with the human
hand, could produce. He was shown a
number of supertine needles. thousands
of which, together, did not weigh half
an ounce, and marveled how such
minute objects could be pierced with an
eye But he was to see that in this
respect something still finer and more
perfect could be created. The borer,
that is the workman whose business it
is to bore the eyes of these needles,
asked for a hair from the monarch's
head. 1t was readily given, and with a
smile. He placed it at once under the
boring made hole in it with
the greatest care, furnished it with
thread and then handed the singular
needle to the astonished King. Ine
second curious needle is in the possess
sion of Queen Victoria. 1t was made at
Redditch, and represents the column of
Traian in miniature This well-known
Roman column is adorned with numer-
Gus scenes in sculpture which immor-
talize Trajan's heroic actions in war.
On this diminutive needle, scenes in the
life of Queen Victoria are represented
in relief, but so finely cut, and so small.
that it requires magnifying glass to
see them The Victoria needle can,
moreover, be opened. 1t contains a
number of needles of smaller size,
which are equally adorned with scenes
in relief--N. W. Christian Adrocate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-04
LITERARY CELEBRITIES.
The Penalties They Are Forced to r
for Their Greatness.

The Penalties They Are Forced to Pay
for Their Greatness.
He is supposed to be millionaire,
in virtue of the immense sales of his
books, all the money from which,, it is
taken for granted, goes into his pocket.
Consequently, all subscription papers
are handed to him for his signature, and
every needy stranger who has heard his
name comes to him for assistance.
He is, expected to subscribe for all
periodicals, and is goaded by receiving
blank formula, which, with their prom
Uses to pay, he is expected to fill up.
He receives two or three books daily,
with requests to read and give his opin-
ion about each of them, which opinion,
if it has word which can be used as
an advertisement, he will find quoted in
all the newspapers.
He receives thick masses of manu-
script, prose and verse, which he is
called upon to examine and pronounce
on their merits; these manuscripts hav-
ing almost invariably been rejected by
the editors to whom they have been
sect, and having as rule no literary
value whatever.
He is expected to sign petitions, to
contribute to journals, to write for fairs.
to attend celebrations, to make after
dinner speeches, to send money for OBJ
jects he does not believe in to- places he
never heard of.
He is called on to keep up CORE
spondence with unknown admirers, who
begin by saying they have no claim
upon his time, and then appropriate it
by writing page after page, if of the
male sex; and sheet after sheet, if of
the other.
If poet, it is taken for granted that
he can sit down at any moment and
spin off any number of verses on any
subject which may be suggested to him;
such as congratulations to the writer's
great-grandmother on her reaching her
hundredth year, an elegy on an infant
aged six weeks, an ode for the Fourth of
July in a Western township not to be
found in Lippincott's last edition, per-
haps valentine for some bucoric lover
who believes that wooing in rhyme is
the way to win the object of his affec-
Oliver WendeW Holmes, in At-
Luaatic MOuthlu
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-04
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY.

"A Drunken Father and Son Play civilian
Tell'' With the Characters Reversed, Re-
sulting in the Death of the Father and
Unavsiling Remorse On the Part of tho
Son.
ORANGE, MASS, May 2s.-A remark.
able murder case, one of the most awful
in its details that has occurred in Massa-
chusetts for many years, has thrown the
whole community into fever of excite
ment. Gilbert L. Prentiss and his SON.
W. II. Prentiss, have both been WELL
known in Oraage for many years. Both
were farmers, and the old man would
have been well-to-do had it not been
for his passion for drink, in conse-
quence of which he has squandered most
of his property. His son inherited his
fathers taste for liquor, and for years
both of them have carried their excuses
so far that their manhood was utterly
wrecked. For the last week father and
son nave been on spree together, and in
their drunken debauch thoroughly soaked
themselves with liquor until at last they
reached a point of utter recklessness.
At two O'Clock yesterday morning they
were sitting in the kitchen of the old
mans house, at a loss for new means of
drunken amusement. Suddenly an in
sane idea possessed the old mans rum
sodden brain. A double -oarrelled shot
gun, loaded, stood in the corner of the
room. Staggering toward it, the old
man picked it up, cooked it, and with a
chuckle handed it to his son. Then pois-
ing himself, in tipsy m erriment, so drunk
that he could hardly stand upright, he
placed q common glass tumbler on his
head.
''There, boy; now shoot" he said, in
thick, muddled tones. "I'll be William
Tell, and you shoot the apple from my
head"
Drunk as he was, the Young man hesi-
tated to obey his fathers insane COM
mand. His delay angered the old man
almost beyond endurance.
''Shoot! shoot, tell you," he shouted
angrily, and the son delayed no longer.
Raising the gun with difficulty to his
shoulder, and taking unsteady aim, ne
fired.
The result need hardly be told. The
scattering shot knocked the tumbler from
its place and it rolled upon the floor, but
when the smoke cleared away the son was
almost sobered by the sight of what he
had done. Almost at his feet lay his
father, dead, upon the floor, with fright
full wound i'll his head.
The noise of the shooting attracted the
attention of the neighbors, VINO hurried
to the spot. The father was beyond med
ical aid.
The son knelt by the side of the dead
body, still under the effect of the liquor,
but sobered enough TO know that some
thing terrible had happened. His grief
when he came to himself in the police
station was something fearful to wit.
ness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-04
GROWING HEALTHIER.
The Women of This Generation Healthie
Than Their Grandmo o theirs.

The Women of This Generation Healthier
Than Their Grandmothers.
A physician. who is an expert in such
subjects, declares that the well-edu-
Gated, well-to-do young women of this
generation are far healthier than were
their erandmothers This is DUE it is
claimed, to the outdoor games, the
better food, and the greater freedom
accorded to women in these days.
Athletic exercises have now become the
fashion with young men. The present
race of Americans enjoy far more open
air exercise than did their fathers, and
are the better for it. Girls have natur-
ally initiated their brothers, and their
croquet and lawn-tennis, which are
open-air games. have helped to develop
phys cal strength in the future mothers
of the country. There has been some
doubt as to whether the roller skate
mania has benefited young women
physically; but even that exercise
is preferable to dancing at late
hours. and it certainly develops
some at least of the muscles OF the
lower part of the body. But the fact
rema MS that our girls are stronger and
heartier than their mothers; they are
more intelligent also, and it has be-
come the fashion for young ladies to
belong to societies and to be interested
in charitable and church work. which
gives them an interest in life and fur
nnishes occupation which is wholesome
to both body and mind. The short
comings are in the matter or diet. The
American girl even now eats too much
cake and candy, aud can not be made
to understand that sweetmeats and
condiments are detrimental to health.
But SO much progress has been made
that perhaps in time our young women
will discard Their dietary errors and
confine themselves to food which VIII
develop muscle. enrich the blood. and
increase the nerve power. The fathers
and mothers of the next generation
will transmit to their children stronger
bodies than they received from their
parents Monthly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-04
PLANT GROWTH.

The Relation Which the Preparation of
the Soil Bears to Production.
Those who are able to compare the
prepare the soil for garden and field
crops, with that which was prac.iced
fifty years ago, can in some degree
realize the progress which has been
made in the production of farm pro-
ducts. Fifty years ago the farmer
possessed but very few implements
adapted to the work of pulverizing the
soil: not one farmer in twenty had any
thing but the pillow and the old A har-
row, and the harrow was very
rarely used except when small grain
was sown in the spring. Very few
farmers at that time had thought there
was any better way to apply manure
than to pillow under the coarsest, and
put the fine in the hill; therefore few
thought it necessary to make any effort
to stir up the soil, except to pillow 1t,
until the crop was large enough to re-
uuire hoeing. But to-day this is all
changed very few farmers would think
of planting, even Indian corn, without
mixing some manure with the soil, and
they would not be satisfied to do it with
one of the old tooth harrows that is so
constructed as to not only greatly
tighten up the soil but thoroughly mix
the manure with it. The advantage OF
tn is so great that after once tairly
tried it will not be abandoned.
When the manure is well mixed with
the soil it is beneficial several ways, 1T
not only lightens up the soil, but by SO
doing it lets in the warm air. which
with the moisture of the soil. acts on
the manure and hastens decomposition;
as the manure is well mixed with the
soil this decomposition is taking place
all over the top of the soil as far down
as the warm air penetrates. Thus the
whole surface of the soil is in state of
activity. The rapid decomposition OF
the fertilizing materials not only of
themselves furnish plant food, but no
doubt that by the process of changing
from crude materials to available plant
food, there is an action on the sur
rounding soil which transforms insolu-
bio to soluble materials that is adapted