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The morning call., 1893-10-29

May, and who passed several weary
months at the Marine Hospital in the yard,
is on duty again. and las joined this white
vessel.
The Albatross has many curios on
board in the way OF strange members of
the tnny tribe captured while scientists
were at work from her decks; also in
the way Of fshing-tackle and deep-sea
soundings.
Work on the MOnadnock is being rapidly
pushed, and her turrets now nearly fash
Ioned will soon be placed on board. The
Monterey's armor ls also being put on,
and in month she will be complete in
every respect. Work will soon be begun
On the old Hartford. and before a year is
passed she will probably be in commission
again.
This rebuilding of old ships Is peculiar
TO the American navy. The MOhican is
an example OF it. According TO the books
she Is one OF the oldest vessels in the SER
vice. whereas in fact she is of compara-
lively recent construction. Her recon-
structon was begun at time when Con.
gress would not vote for building new ships
but would vote money to repair old ones.
So the Mohican was repaired from year to
year until finally nothing was left of the
old vessel but her keel. During all this
time the wood that was being put in her
had opportunity to season. and to-day she
Is one Of the stanchest boats afloat.
One day last week l accepted a kind
invitation extended by Major Bartlett,
and went with him while he made his
weekly inspection of the marine bar
racks. This place seems the best kept,
most comfortable of its kind in the United
States. The rooms are large, airy, and
provided with comfortable beds; great
relief from the narrow hammocks on
shipboard. The dining-hall would ac-
cOmmOdate 800 people. whereas the full
complement to-day is $50. But the UNIQUE
place is the readin groom aud billiard
parlOr.
Two apartments are devoted to
amusement and instruction, ana the floor
space is as large as the entire deck of a
man-of-war In one room there are two
tables at which the mariners can play for
the nominal sum OF three cents game. In
the second siXty-ive current periodi-
Gals are kept constantly on file. There
are few libraries in the United States that
have this number.
Life at the yard is now quite gay So
cially.
The little hand-me-down yellow dog
carts with hand-me-down horses, are seen
on the roadways, blue uniforms and brass
buttons in contrast by the side of female
attire Every afternoon one or more
games OF tennis are going. and some excel
lent shooting is found on the upper end of
the island. Another hop is being arranged,
and some night this week the sailloft will
be the scene of festivity.
But those stationed at the yard do not
like their billeis. and the reason is the
unnecessary DELAYS encountered in visiting
San Francisco. They hope for better and
quicker service, and then Mare Island
Navy-yard will be an ideal spot.
c. II. WETMoRE.
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for his services are well regarded by the
administration, and again. he may go to
sea for short cruise.
The officers of the Mohican are slowly
recovering from the attacks of bronchitis,
souvenirs of the Alaskan climate, but
their favorte form of dissipation still con-
sists in inhaling the vapor from COM
pound mixed by DR.. Simons. The surgeon
himself is his own best customer, for he
also is a sufferer.
There is steward on the Mohicau who
has been carefully trained by Paymaster
Stanton. but who recently fell from grace.
The lads name is Ito. and he came from
that land of brownies, Japan.
Paymaster Stanton is caterer for the
Mohican's wine mess and Ito is steward.
Pay takes great pride in the variety of
drinks on board. and few evenings since
spoke of his complete stock while some
navy-yard officers were visiting the ward
room mess, ending by asking what they
would have.
Beer" was the reply.
Beer, Ito" called out the paymastsr.
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MAYNARD YARNS
Something About Those
Who Are at the Island.
WHERE OFFICERS WILL Go
Expected That the Mohican Will Re-
Iieve the Philadelphia at Honolulu.
The Monterey's Boilers.

You wait one hour and a half and you
ride quarters of an hour. That's the
way you get to Mare Island Navy-yard.
Yes. you do something else-you change.
From streetcar to ferry-boat, from ferry
boat to train. from train to ferry-boat. and
from this ferry boat to another ferry-boat.
That's the trip from San Francisco. Each
time you change there's a long delay, dur
ing which the train and ferry hands fuss
with the baggage and incidentally eX-
change reminiscent remarks and read ex-
tracts from comic papers. Several officers
are said to have left San Francisco lieu
tenants and arrived at the yard full
fiedged commanders. But this is only a
legend of the station, and implicit reliance
should not be placed in it. However it
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schooner had been sighted off Cape Frehel
from the semaphore station, and two days
thereafter the little jolly dumplng of a
mau himself bounced into the Pigeon
Blanc threw his hat merrily up to the roof
and danced a quickstep with several pi-
rouetteS friskily, all in presence of the
widow, who regarded his antics with the
good humor inseparable from this second
stage of the nautical comedy.
'Ah! Monsieur lie Capitaine. what have
you done with Captain Lapaix? Sapristi!
the slip to a jack pudding as broad as
long. How lucky you areW
ELISE, Elisel 1t is my fortune. The
Loup is in harbOr, and so am |. Now for
the music, Cancale and the Pigeon Blanc
What day 1t is to win race with such a
prize! J! And he ventured to take the
widows hand in his and to essay a salute
of her cheek. which compliment she
adroitly evaded.
''You roeuel You think joke is a we'd
ding. You must learn to dance bit more
When spring comes the LOup will go TO
sea again"
But not with LIE Capitaine Boulu. No
ma chere Elise, in Cancale hoist my flag
Name the day, and what feast we shall
have All the maielots of the port to drain
success! Ha, hal He mourns his bride
and little purse. which will plant nv
orchard. Ia sante, Elise! Viye Ie peche
demorue! Bonne heure au Pigeon Blanc %
Aud the captain executed another pas
seul and rolled himself into a chair of
ample capacity, where he looked supremely
benevolent behind cheerful measure of
cider. He was the talk of the port during
the morning. and had a not surprising
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not remarkable. and Captain Lapaix
and Captain Boulu, although eager
TO spread their canvas for the return vov-
age, were compelled to prosecute the
fishery as long as the habits of the king of
the gadid8 and the conditions of weather
permitted. 1t was the middle of Sep
tember when they battened down the
matches and took their departure for ST..
Malo. To give further eclat to their race
they had laid modest wagers of 800 francs
on the event, and the crews had the
stimulus of prize money for a dinner.
whichever vessel first got into the hands of
the pilot. All the st. Malo shippers were
in the secret. and had enjoyed many
jocose salIies in bunting signals and other
wise at the expense of the love-forlorn
sons of Neptune, who now took leave of
the dTeary banks, as each confidently
believed, for a cline bathed in perpetual
sunshine.
Not one of the good shippers had
thought it dutiful and polite TO write an
endearing epStle to Cancale, depicting the
mseries Of exile far from France and COM
forting the desolate object of their affec-
tons with assurances, which would have
been mostly fictitious, that she was unfOr-
gettably present In their thoughts. The
widow had her own opinion OF the con-
stancy of wOoers and had no pronounced
sentimentality on the possibility of again
changing DeT Dame. / he Frenc0 VINO
have acquired little property are accus-
toned to take prosaic view of the re-
sponsibilities of married life and to weigh
something more than the inclination Of
the heart in matches. Nor are marriages,
on the average. unhappy on this account.
there being perhaps just as much real
sentiment associated with prudence as
with the pTecipitate independence of tie
lOvesick in other countries, who consult
nobody about their VOWS of devotion and
often wed hastily to repent at leisure
The widow therefore did not break her
heart about the silence of the absent. and
continued to be beamingly radiant as the
presiding divinity of her'hostelry, TO which
her guests came as usual for good cheer.
Returning vessels from Newfoundland
brought returning crews. and by and by
Elise had news of the L'Aigle and Loup,
the prospects OF the season and gossip
about the race. about which she was sub
jected to the customary freedom of banter.
The postman one morning in mid October
brought the news that Captain Boulu's
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VOLUME LXXIV-NO. 151.

cart-wheels, and mighty jugs Of cool cider.
for which the little hostelry had a renown
in n thirsty neighborbOOd. Elise and
Blanche had acquitted themselves famously
in the preparations, as on former occa-
Sions, and the company were In as light
hearted a mood as at wedding feast
The clatter of knives and plates at length
relaxed, and the clink of glasses in toast
and health drinking succeeded. They
drank to the success of cod fishing and the
voyage; they drank to whole CHAPTER OF
complim entary sentiments, which were &C
companed with songs in all manner OF
keys, and they still had few litres of
cider to circulate when the widows well
fare was toasted.
This time will finish it," shouted the
tall and grim Captain Lapaix. whose
mellow expression lent some air OF tender
ness TO a rugged visagP, as be glanced at
the widow with as much grace as harpoon.
Elise. this is my last voyage. L shall
come back to Cancsle. and then, saprlsti
-. And he thumDed the table with his
fist, as If 'SapTisp' settled the future TO
his satisfaction.
"Oui, par exemple," rejoined the widow
with an amused look. That's been the
song for five wears. When the spring
comes you are off for cod"
"Ah. ha! this time, Elise, pAigle Will
alight"i
You say sol You fly too high"
Yes. it will alight. beside the Pigeon
Blanc"
mot if the Loup gets sight of the Eagle" "
"Bravow shouted the company.
lyon carry too much sail, capltalne,
cried the portly Boulu, from his side OF the
room. gu are on the wrong tack, by St.
Jacques. and will never fetch port"
Not with the charts of the Loup," re-
sponded the lean commander of the Eagle.
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shows how the trip is regarded, particu-
larly when the slowness of promotion in
the American navy is taken into consid-
GRAFTON.
The word "chapge" has but one mean
ing to the veteran of this reservation of
Uncle Sans. 1t means move" and only
that A marine officer, who for years has
been going back and forth between San
francisco. was in a restaurant in this city
a few days ago. He stood at the desk,
where he had planked down double
eagle beside the check that told the value
of what he had eaten, and gazed abstract
edlv out OF the window.
Change, sir" exclaimed the cashier.
pushing three fives and some silver toward
the guest.
Captain - seized his parcels. ran ont
into the street and jumped into a car,
never thinking of what he had left behind
until near the ferry.
Not i'll many year has the yard been as
The morning call., 1893-10-29
A QUEER CRAFT.
An Old Missouri River Captain Sails
Away on Keg.
Kansas City Times


Captain -. an old river man, created
quite sensation By the peculiarly of the
craft In which be once navigated the Mis-
souri, River. He was quite a sportsman,
and on one of his hunting excursions his
skiff was stolen or got adrift, leaving him
near a small town about twenty miles
above his home. He disliked to walk that
distance and concluded to make q raft and
float down. He lashed together four small
logs, five or six feet long. in the form of a
square, laid a piece of plank across and
then placed discarded nail keg ia the
middle; then he got a newspaper, and,
lighting his pipe, showed off into the
stream.
Floating swiftly along he passed in front
of a negro cabin. The old negro stood on
the bank and hailed him:
"Whar' yO' g0in', cap'n, on dat t'ing?"
Coin to st. Lonis!"
Coin on dat kag?"
"Yes"
"Fo' Cord" was all the astonished ne
gro could say.
The captain. rather wondering at the
negro. looked at his feet and found that
on account of his weight and the wafer
soaked condition of the logs thew had dis.
appeared beneath the surface of the
water, leaving nothing but the keg to
show upon what he was riding. Not at all
disconnected. however. he continued his
voyage and arrived home in safety.
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relieve the Philadelphia. The officers now
on board will probably remain, with one
or two exec options.
Surgeon Simons, whose sea time Is more
than up. has been detached and ordered
East. Assistant Surgeon Bagg will prob ba..
bly, attend to the medical duties on board
until some one is ordered from the East, or
DR.. Lewis, now stationed at the yard, may
get the sea billet in her. He is more than
due for one. Commander Ludlow's time
is uD in January. He may be relieved
before the Mohican sails again and be
given an important Office in Washington,
The morning call., 1893-10-29

what make do you prefer? We have
them ALL"
A well-known Eastern beverage was
asked for.
Three bottles of -, TO-" said Pay.
The stewart walked away. then returned
and said, Las bottle soP yesterday /;
you no order more"
by jove. that's !" exclaimed Stanton.
Careless of me. Name something else."
An export beverage was called for.
Ito, three bottles of -" again called
Pay.
This time the steward said: ''All right,
only il very warm down ln hol."
HE means, gentlemen" explained
has been used and that he fears the others
which are in the storerOom below are too
warm. However, we will order them up"
Never mind" said one Of the visitors,
give us -
Ito. three bottles of In a
hurry" once more said Pay.
This time Ito stood still and for several
seconds was in deep thought. Then he
leaned toward the paymaster and said in
whisper that every one heard:
81 forget what you tell me say when
officers ask for this kind beer"
Stanton capitulated, hauled down his
flag and the visitors enjoyed a California
beer guped down between outlaws of
laughter.
Forward of the Mohican lies the Mon
terey, which in spite of the slurs beaped
upon her is to-day the finest man-of- war
The morning call., 1893-10-29

In England the bind form .o8 ner cent
of the population. in Scotland .O7 per cent.
and in Ireland IL per cent, or in England
and Wales one person in every 1886 is
blind. in Scotland one in 1889, and in Ire
land one in SS1.
The morning call., 1893-10-29

May, and who passed several weary
months at the Marine Hospital in the yard,
is on duty again. and las joined this white
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-11-23
OLIVE SPRINGS.

Mr.. G. W. Kimmick has gone to Gin
cinnati, Ohio, on visit to his parents.
Profs. j P. York and Lawrence Man,
ming will conduct an evening singing al
Kinks Chapel next Sunday.
Mr. 7. T. Griggs has bought Mr j. P.
York's farm. He thinks he will try his
luck at farming. Railroading is his pres
ent occupation. We wish him success as
q farmer.
There was good attendance at the
singing at Mr. Hemp Wiley's last Satur>
day night, superintendent by Mr.. Martin
Frey.
Cool weather has come again and sociS
abIes are taking the POUNDS. There was a
highly enjoyable entertainment at Mr..
Joseph -Fowler's last Monday night.
Mr.. Will Richardson believes in home
raised hogs. He killed fourteen last week
and the lot weighed near two thousand
pounds. If we all would raise that much
meat where would hard times be.
FL. D. B.
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ACwORTH.

Mr.. Barlow Bloodworth and little daugh
ter Lollie, visited the family of Nr. W. P.
Mcdowell last Sunday.
Mrs A. Keith. of Rome, Ga, is guest
at the Qullian House.
DR.. Thomas, Of Atlanta, preached an in-
teresting sermon TO large and attentive
congregation at the Christian church last
Sunday morning.
Mr. R. D. Hull visited his parents in
Atlanta last Sunday.
Miss Julia Strickland who has been
spending several weeks with friends and
relatives in Maysville, Ga, returned to hel
home last week.
Misses Ada and Mamie Mcmillan, Lin
ME Thomas, Ella Downing and Daisy
Sowel!, of the Capitol Female College o
Atlanta, were here with Mrs. B. Awtre,
visiting the families of Messrs. John ant
Orlando Awtrey last Sunday. Come agail
young ladies, you are always welcome.
The Acworth Literary and Library Asso
citation met at the home OF Mrs, B. Quillial
last Friday night. The next mee'ing vii
be held at the home OF Mrs. M. y. Moor
on Dec. l. A. j.
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UPSHAW.

The McBeath Literary Circle met last
Saturday evening at this place A very
interesting programme was rendered and
splendid programme was arranged for
the next meeting.
Miss Sailie Blanche Upshaw, o. Douglas
vile College, visited her fathers family
last Sunday.
Mr.. 7. w. MCCARTHY and sisters. Misses
Dora and Fannie, visited the family of Mr..
A. A. Griggs last week.
Prof. E. N. Ellis visited friends in this
community last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mamie Griggs visited the family OF
Mr.. A. D. Kemp near Marietta last week.
Mr.. John n. McEaehern is at home
again with his aged father, who is still
quite feeble.
Misses Julia Willoughby and Clemmie
Petrae and Mr.. John Davis visited Miss
Mollie Mitchell, OF Douglas county, las;
Sunday.
Mr.. /. D. Upshaw has sold BIS beautiful
farm to Mr.. Thomas Davenport.
We are glad to see DR.. John Moon on,
again after severe attack of fever.
Miss Ida Griffin is visiting relatives al
Stockbridge, Ga. RUBY.
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Gbe Marietta yomrnal.
COUNTY NEWS.
UNION CHAPEL.

On Saturday night last some miscreants
unknown went through this place on fiend-
ish purposes bent, filing the road With OBJ
structions, endangerinG the safety not only
of horses and vehicles, but of their occu-
pants as we'll. In one place an iron>tooth
harrow was placed with the teeth up in the
middle of the rord. In other places planks
we're torn from fences and bridges and laid
across the road with the nails sticking up
where horses would be likely to step oa
then. If we can get the names of the
perpetrators the Grand Jury shall become
acquainted with their names.
Mr.. Thomas B. Irwin has been very i'll
during the past week, but we are happy to
learn he is recovering.
Mss Marian Irwin is. we are glad to say,
also recovering.
Some hunters accidentally set FIRE to
sedge on Mrs. Marian Twins place last
week and before it could be extinguished
it had laid low several fences and swept
through Der woodland. Mr.. Frank Man
ning's noble exertions in fighting the flames
entitle him to the position as Chief of
Union Chapel Fire Department.
FARMER BEACH.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-11-23
LOST MOUNTAIN.

Mr.. Charles F. Ward and wife from
Bremen, Ga, returned home Monday after
spending several days with relatives here
Mr.. Columbus Orr. of Clayton county,
visited SyA. Orr's family last week.
Old Lost Mountain presented beautiful
sight for few nights last week as she
slowly burned over.
We are sorry to state that Mr. j. S.
Goodwin is very sick.
Miss Alice Martin has returned to Mari
eta, after spending some time at nome.
Prof D. A. Sewell's school opens here
next Monday.
Another arrival at Lee Scott 's-a boy
OBSERVER.
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WATERMAN.

Mr.. George Henderson has returned
from Atlanta
Mr.. J. Fl. Hicks little son fell off a
wagon last week sustaining serious cash
on his head. He is doing veil.
Mr.. A. E. Blair is engaged in business
with King Richardson & Co, OF Cincin-
natl.
Mr.. G. M. Hicks is we'll again.
Mr.. D. c. Anderson, after short sick.
ness has recovered.
Mr.. John Stephens, from near Roswell,
is visiting his brother Mr.. Cardin Stephens.
Dock Harris, colored. aged Is, has left
home and cannot be found. His father is
hunting for him with cowhide and rope
BAsHFUL Boy.
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''Did you notice." said a shopper,
shat the clerk called me by my
name? l never traded with him
but once before, but he remembers
my name and addresses me by it,
Just as though ! were somebody.
Do you know thai that always
pleases me greatly?"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-11-23
BuckIen'S Arnica SaIve,

The Best Salve in the world for cuts
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns, and all skin eruptions and positively
cures piles, or no pay required 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded Price Is cents per box
For sale by D Malone.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-11-23

Whenever prescher is found
who has the courage 60 tear the
mask from the DEVILS face, some
very nice people are shocked almost
to death.-Ram's Horn.
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America is the home of the home>
less all over the world.

Captain Sweeney, .. S. A, San Diego,
Cal, says: "Snilohs Catarrh Remedy is
the first medicine I have ever found that
would do me any good Price so cents.
Sold bv 81. NJ. Hamnett, Agent.
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Many Persons are broken
Town from overwork or household cares.
Browns Iron BitterS Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess c. bile,
and cures malaria Get the genuine.
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The way of the world is to make
laws, but to follow customs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-11-23

Hope and energy and sunshine
never thrive on torpid liver.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-11-23

For Warts Bunions and .Corns,
Use only Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint
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NOW as cotton brings such low prices, the ques
can we afford to dress our dear and self we'll
certainly can, and have some money to spare.
The Delta independent., 1893-09-06
Wealth on. of a oor rarm.

There is man in Alabama who, ac-
cording to the New Orleans States,
takes life very easy for tho simple rea.
son that his farm extcndsup and down
Pho Louisville &c Nashville railroad for
p distance of fifty or sixty miles. A
great many persons will be disposed to
doubt this statement, but nevertheless
it is the truth. A short time ago the
old Alabama countrynan was victim
of impecuniosity because his farm was
so poor that the eats would not stay on
it, but one day the engineers of the
road came along and discovered that
his farm was nothing more than Ii vast
depoSit OF gravel, the very material
they desired 10 use MS ballast for the
bed of the road. They cndeayorcd 10
buy the farm outright, but the old
countrymau stnbbornly refusing to
sell the only home he had ca earth it
was finally arranged to pay him roy-
atty on every car load OF gravel taken
from his land. Tho royalty has made
PIN rich, naa as the supply OF gravel
ts practically inexhnurtible he will
Pooh be able 70 boast that i,is farm is
the largest in The world and extends
~ The way from New Orleans 10 Louis.