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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-06-21
An Embarrassing Moment.

Speaking of mistaken identity"
said a theatrical agent, 81 believe l
made the worst break on the road
once that ever was made. 1t was at
Rockford, Ills, where our company
had just played the night before.
Harry Watson, the Dutch comedian,
and his wife, Alice Hutchins. were
with us. She had just Joined her
husband, and did not know whether
she was going on or not. I was very
busy that day and incidentally laid
out the berths on the train for the
next town. Then l thought of Har-
rvs wife, and hurrying over to the
hotel saw what supposed to be them
at supper in the big dining room. 1
walked in, and approaching the table
with my slips in hand 1 said:
is Mrs. Watson going through
with you on the sleeper tonight2
came very near forgetting her. Will
you want two berths or one?'
Then, receiving no reply but
half suppressed groan from the lady,
looked up and discovered to my
horror that had made a mistake
the couple were total strangers. The
look of suspicion on that woman's
face was a corker, and il was leveled
directly at her husband, while he was
too astonished to utter a word. But
Iquickly relieved the tension by alb
ruptly apologizing for my errcH and
bolted for the doors, the most embar-
raised of the three. New York Her
aid.
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THE IRON JAWeD WOMAN.
Her Circus Act Requires Pluck, Cool Nerve
and Extraordinary Strength.

Sno extraordinary strength.
The iron jawed artist was Nine.
Pontin. A reporter saw her in her
dressing room, surrounded by crowd
OF tumblers, acrobats and riders. A
grotesquely CARRIED clown sat mood
lily on one of the elephants trunks
and looked as gloomy as man who
mad Just buried his mother-in- law.
Madame had rosy cheeks, handsome
blue eyes, and when she smiled she
showed two rows of pearly white
teeth. which it seemed impossible
could stand against such a strain as
she put upon them in her circus act.
ANY ordinary person, said she,
ought to lift 80 or 40 pounds with
his jaw, but I have lifted five men,
weighing altogether 700 pounds. By
developing the muscles of the jaws
and neck a person of ordinary
strength ought to be able to hold up
200 pounds with the jaw"
rs an iron jaw a gift of nature?"
she was asked, ''or is it acquired?"
"Oh, " she answered, lone must be
born with an iron jaw in order to do
such performance as do, although
strength of that kind can be acquired.
began by lifting 20 pound weights
with my teeth, and then l used heav-
Ter weights until l could lift an OBJ
Ject as heavy as myself. have been
IN the business nine years now and
can sustain more than five times nv
weight with the strength of my teeth
and jaws. Holding up and spinning
around heavy man with my teeth,
as l just did in the circus ring, is
about the same as holding up bar
rel of flour in that way.
lis that slide you make down the
wire a dangerous feat2" she was
asked.
well, no accident ever happened
to me" she said. II have no fear in
doing it. Ordinarily do not even
use netting under my trapeze, but
here the law obliges me to. shall
not use it when / go west" :.
What are your sensations in going
down the wire?"
"Well, I see nothing. My eyes are
turned toward the roof. 1 hear
Loud buzzing noise made by the
wheel that goes over the wire. The
cushion at the bottom is so arranged
that it gives three or four feet when
! strike it. If it did not, probably
would have broken bones. In the
Paris hippodrome / used to slide
down wire 800 feet long"
Are you yourself foreigner
perhaps countess or duchess?"
mo, I am an American woman. l
was born in Pittsburg. :
1.-THE qualifications necessary for
such business as I am in" said the
iron jawed woman as the reporter
left her, "are nerve, courage and ex-
traordinary strength. The circus
business is one in which a woman
gets as much wages as man. Anna
Dickinson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Lily Devereux Blake and the rest of
the strong minded women are al
ways publicly admiring pluck in their
sex. think the circus women have
it above all others. New York
Press.
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THE saw nm All
MORNING NEWS

is that kind OF journal.
II gives more real reading and news mat
ter than any other paper in The south 1t
is not the organ OF political cranks or per-
sonal favorites, but of pure democracy of
low tariff and sound currency. and OF the
economical administration OF the state and
federal governments.
1t is independent in all things, and does
not change its views through fear of losing
a few subscribers by advocating what it
knows to be right.
Daily. every day in the year 1865 papers,,
sic; months s.; months $3.50 month
81; week Is cents. Daily, without Sum
day News, year So. 90; months $4 so;
3 months, 1925. Sunday News alone.
year 81.
Weekly News, containing the cream. of
the Daily, year $l25.
We send the Daily any three days in the
week for half yearly rates.
Address
THE M0RMlNc NEWS
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Opposite the Kenuesaw House.l
CHUCK ANDERSON, Proprietor.
VYoHE BEST OF VEHICLES, THE
safest of drivers and the fastest O
horses are always ready, night and day
for hire No man or woman or child ever
has given me call in the past, who has
been, nor shall any ever in the future be
dissatisfied with my teams or the men in
my employ. Everything and every body
about me are No. L.
have cheaped my charges propositions
ate to the stringency of the times For
references as to the truth of what say
as the turnouts and charges, go TO NV
friends. which means the people general
ly.
Parties hiring are strictly responsible
for the safely of themselves, vehicles and
horses A. G.. ANDERSON.
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Husband am just in the mood
for reading something sensational
and startling. something that will
make my hair stand on end.
Wife-Here is my last milliner's
bill. -Fliegende Blatter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-06-21
Stuck Anyway.

Il fear" said the postage stamp,
when it found itself fastened to a
love letter, that I am not sticking
to facts. Newark Catholic Ledger.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-06-21
DIR. E. j. SEIZE.

PHYSICIAN IND SURGEON,
TENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL
i services in the practice of Medicine in
all its branches to the citizens of Marietta
and surrounding country. Office at DR.
E. J. Seize ) Drugstore All calls prompt
ly attended to.
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". NJ. SESSIONS.
w. s. CHENEY.

ATTORNEY At Law,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA OFFICh
NISouth-side OF Public Square, oppo
site JOURNAL Office. All legal bushes
promptly attended to. Collections spe
cially solicited. Money loaned and 'ote
discounted.
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]. z. FOSTER.

A7T6RNEP 4 COUNSELOR AT ZIP
MARIETTA, GEORGIA. PROMPs
1XJ, attention gwen to all legal business
Office aver Brantley,' Sessions & Co.'S
store. Rooms and g.
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IN ONE.
A BUSINESS,
POLITICAL, and
FAMILY PAPER
DON'T BE SELFISH!

lfyou take newspaper it should be one
that not only you, but al! your folks will
find pleasure in reading.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-06-21
DIR. III. V. REYNOLDS.

PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
WHEN NOT ENGAGED ELSE
w where may be found during the aay
at his office, up stairs in McClatchy Build
ing, Southwest corner of Public Square,
and at night at his residence on Powder
Springs street, two doors above the Metho-
dist parsonage, Marietta, Ga. Telephone
No. II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-07
a MILLION ron A TOMB,
Mrs.. Cornelis Frances Coster's VIII N
he Contested.

Mrs. Cornelis Frances Coster's VIII May
he Contested.
Mrs. Cornelia Frances Coster. who died at
the Hotel Savoy on Sunday. loft her entire
estate BY will executed q short time before
her death In trust to the trustees OF the Wood
lawn Cemetery Association to be devoted to
the building OF q mausoloum in that cemetery
to receive the bodies Of her husband. her
father. her mother. and herself This estate
amounts TO nearly million dollars. and Mrs.
Costers relatives are likely to contest the will.
Mrs. Coster WIS the daughter OF the late
William J. Breese OF this city. She inherited q
large estate from her mother who was Miss
Virgins OF Cincinnati. Her husband was
John Gerard Coster. wealthy and well-known
club man. who died in 1888. Mrs. Coster has
been erratic. There Is on record In the County
Clerks ONCE an order OF the Supreme Court
declaring her lunatic. and appointing Arthur
and property. This is dated Dec. o. ise2. An.
other order by Justice ,Truax. dated July Is.
.s sss Mrs. Ssss, f be s.tas
sanity had been temporary. the physicians
said. and was due to her age.
ago. and Frederick Seymour. Of Dill. Chandler
4 Seymour. who has boen her counsel for sew
eral years. 10 the sole executor. Mr. Stanley
cannot say until the will 4, offered for
RSs heirs MEMBER about dozen Il IN all Mr
there Is Sontsst, L viii probabiy 30 brought
or that Mrs. coster. who was insane at one
time; vas rs not in her right mind when the will
Mr.: seymour was busy at. the eayoy yestsr-
fectS He was unable to say when the will
SsSsd Ss s S Sei fsndSn sptsT Gray Manager w
Decker Of the Savoy. and Marie David.
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THAT SEIZED COLLECTION.
Mr. Levisoa's Lawyer Gives A. ExpiAu
tics. whieA HI. sehansas Co.traaiets.

Mr.. Levisoa's Lawyer Gives a. ExpiAaa-
tiss. watch HI. seha~ss. Co.traaiets.
Lawyer A. J. Dittenhoefer OF 90 Broadway.
who has been retained In behall Of Louis Le-
vison Of Ban Francisco. whose collection Iof
paintings and curios was seized By Custom
House officers on Thursday. said yesterday
that the seizure was mistake. The collec-
tion." said he. was. ss Mr.. schumann has
already explained. merely sent to the store Of
Charles W. Schumann's Sons. at e37 Broad
way. for storage. The clerks were cautioned
that no part OF It was to be offered for sale.
At Easter time. when some of tho ivory pieces
were put In the show window. and Customs
Examiner Demarest came In and priced them
an overzealous clerk violated orders By offer
ing to sell
TT can be clearly proved that Mr.. Lsvison,
who 10 wealthy, and besides this collection has
Q collection OF stamps worth s25. 900, has no
desire to sell any part OF the property seized"
NE sehuman1 Yesterday denied that any
offered FOR sale by an overzeAlous clerk or
any one else Mr.. Deparest he said, had
asked the value OF one piece. but was distinctly
told that 1t was not for sale.
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Street Refuse Coatr.s,.

Bids for towing refuse to RikeTs Island and
unloading it there were opened By Street
Cleaning Com missioner Andrews yesterday
Murray & Reid of 2S8 Hicks street. Brooklyn.
offered to do the WORK for IL cents a cubic
yard; John d. DALEY of $50 West 10th street
for l0h cents, and Lewis ii. Newton for o
cents. A bond Of S25 600 H. required The
WAS formerly done By Contractor DALEY upon
an agreement with the Street Cleaning Com
oSpeia Gs'e %as Sssd.a eaDe
the system Was illegal and Comm ssionsr An
dTsws advertised the contract AZ it IL ssti-
will be dumped at RiksTs Island In the COM
ing year. the saving to the city should be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-07

EG3;SllzS lYS
BACK FROM THE ORIENT.
The Fuerst Bismarck Returns from Her
Exeursiou In the Mediterr aaean.

The Fuerst Bismarck Returns from Her
Exeursion In the Haediterr saean.
The twin-scrsw. Hamburg-Ame ricaE steam
ship Fuerat Bismarck returned yesterday from
an excursion to the Mediterranean and the
Orient after an absence OF two months and
six days. exactly on schedule time. She left
this port on Feb with nearly 800 passen-
gers She returned with 100 passengers the
other excursionists having decided to stop
over at some OF the many Mediterranean ana
Oriental ports ct which the ship touched.
The first stop Of the Bismarck after she lsft
this city was ct Gibraltar. where she remained
twenty hours. She proceeded thence to the
Mediterranean. and permitted the excursion
lists to take in the sights Of Algisrs. where she
stopped hfty-sight hours: Genoa. Ajaccio.
Alexandria. Jaffa. Smyrna AtheEA. Constanti-
nopls. Malta. MessinA. Palermo and Naples.
She was at Naples several daya There those
OF the excursionists who had not lett the party
at other points reem bArksd and on March ~
New YORK Among tho " s.eursienists rsiarnsd
on the Ruerst Bismarck were: Mr. and MIA X
.. Armour. Mr.. and Mrs W. l. Avery, G
q snS tss ,aS spd %
Charles J. Bulkeley. John ". Blodgstt, George
Mr.. and Mira d q. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs.
Everybody was deli hte with the trip. EIcsDt
for q few days at the beginning OF the VoIAgs
hithsr from Gibraltar the weather was almost
as the Fusrst Bis% srct so@bI us. beam with
length. and thus rolls and pitches only moder-
ately even In stormy weather.
The sISurstons 70 the Orient VIII Dc resumed I,od
her first trip Of the season to Southampton aud
Hamburg on Thursday.
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LOCAL BUsINEss TR0UBLEs
a Rsssivsr for the George Matherss Sons
Cospsny. Frintiaz Iaks.

a Rsesiver for the George Matherss Sons
Company, Printiaz Iaks.
The George Msther's Sons Company. manu-
faotursr Of printing inks at 20 Rose street
has been put In the hands Of q racsivsr, T.
Tileston Wells. on the application OF the Pres
idsnt Ralph N. Perlee The concern IL said to
have been founded In 1916 By George Mather.
who died about thity-five years ago The
present company IL com blnation OF George
SlAther's sons and J. H. Bonnell & Co.. linn
tied. Treasurer Abraham Garrison said yes
terday that the company had gone on until it
could stand It no longer. and It had come to .
stoppage. Dusinoss had been poor. but 10 now
picking up. and tho business Of the company
would 90 on In the hands Of the receiver. He
said he could not state tho amount of the La
bilitiss or assets until an inventory had been
made Asked II the liabilities were $3.50. 900.
he said he DID not think they would reach that
he hoped IL would be able e pay out. There
Harold Reid. plumber and builder Of 62 Am
stardam avenue, has become tsmp orarily en-
bArrassed., Air. Reid IN the past few days has
Transferred property in l:3d street between
Cola for f45. BOO; southwest corner OF Perry
and Fourth streets TO George q. Cotfin, as trus-
tee. nominal consideration. and on Seventy
second street. between Avenues A and b. to
CHARLSE Reid, his brother. consIdsratlon
1900 Mr.; Conn said Yesterday that Mr..
Held n w91ld % able to pa all his creditors 10
ins ss soon as IL WAS com pistsd and sold The
saToS 70 si I!S OF mortgages are probably
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noia.. Convicted orA....l,,.x Arr.. Meyer.

At the resumption OF the trial yesterday In
the General Sessions. before Recorder smyth.
OF David Holmes. the young negro who was
charged with assaulting Mrs Fannie f
Meyers or Bedford Park. on March 9. Assistant
District Attorney Mardona. the prosecutor.
recalled Mrs. Meyers who hurried out OF the
court room on Thursday afternoon, not know
ing that she would be recalled: Holmes had
testified on Thursday that Mrs. MeIsrs's
caught her and Joseph y Thompson. who
supplied her with vegetab lss. In Z. compromis-
house on the afternoon Of March 8. and be-
cause he threatened TO tell Mrs. Meyers hus-
story. Then ThompsoRden It.
The Jury convicted Holmes OF assault and
battery. and Recorder hmyth remanded him TO
await sentence
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-07
LOUIsIANA's SENATOR'S.
The Csa,iag Legislature Ia EJECT for Three
VAeaaeIss In Washington.

The Csaiag Legislature Ia EJECT for Three
VAesHsIss In Warrington.
NEW ORLEANS. April 6-Ths LEGISLATURE Of
Louisiana will meet next month. For the first
time In the history OF the State three Senators
are to DO elected. one for the term ending on
March 4. 1895; one for the term ending March
4. 1897 Whites successor. Senator White hAv-
ing been elected for . second term before he
had completed his nrst oneL and one for the
term ending March 4. 1901 1.-THE successor to
the late Senator GlbsonL All the politicians
know, but many Intelligent, people do not.
that In the event OF q legislative deadlock,
the State will be entirely without representa-
tlon. In the upper House Of Congress until
1896. unless the Governor should call an ex-
ira session Of the LseislAture and 1t should
liminary canvass OF the Legislature renders IL
certain that Mr.. blanchard, who ls filling
Whites unexplred term on the appointment
q the Governor will be elected BY the LsgIs;;
term. which extends to 1901. There is some
doubt as to his colleague. The three candi-
dates are Senator CafeTy. now llling the place
Dy the appointment OF the Governor, sx-sena-
tor Jonas. and Congressman BOAtEsr. with
chances slightly Ia favor OF Gallery
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-07
PEDDLER ALEXANDRA DEAD,
AID the Msa who shot Him Tuesday
Captured Yesterday Morning..

AID the Mas whs shot Hin on Tuesday
Captured Yesterday Morning.
Aaron Alexander. ~ years old. OF ~ Stanton
street. the peddlsr who was shot By Thomas
Kerrigan In John Ross saloon at IL Riving-
ton street on Tuesday morning. died In Gouver-
neur Hospital early Yesterday morning. The
murderer was arrested In Canal street few
hours after Alsxander's death. He was taken
to Essex Market Police Court and was held
without bail
others. were drinking In Ross saloon. Kerri-
gan went out, but returning In few min utss
he stood at the dooT and. p9inting . pistol as
10 the groin. and in the excitement that fol-
Harlem first. and spent Tuesday night with
Ac1uaint ances who live on 12Oth street
Then he went down town. stopping part OF
the time at 80 Chrystie street He said that
on Thursday. while riding on a Third avenue
cable ear. he threw the revolver out OF the
. wina9s He had seas in his pockets when
KsrriIG.n f. 81 years old. and says he lives
at 20 Eldridge street. but the police say that
this IL not his correct address They also say
that he has served five years In prison for
burglary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-07

A walking Encyclopedias whoss saew
Storms Arrive On Time.

A walking Eseyeiopedis whoss Snow
Storms Arrive on Time.
New Jersey has another weather prophet
who Is running opposition to Andrew Jackson
Devoe Of Hackensack. who grinds out weather
as well as shingles and kindling wood In his
little sawmill near Paramount on the line Of
the New Jersey and New York Railroad.
This new prophet Is an employee OF the
New Jersey and New York Railroad as
storekssper at Hillsdals station. Mr.. Forrest
wynne was born In Savannah thirty-eight
years ago, and has travelled the earth from
one side to the other. He 10 an old mans Of
wars man. 1t 10 the boast Of his friends. that
he can solve any problem and Answer almost
any question that may be given him. SUPER
intendent J., 1. Drake. under whom he has
worked during his ten years service on the
railroad. calls him walking encyclopaedia
Mr. Wynns has predicted TWENTY-FIVE snow
storms this winter. IL IL said out OF twenty-iour
which have occurred In New jersey according
TO an accurate account kept By him. About the
9Th day OF March he made q bet with ono OF
the trainmsn that 1t would snow on March IL
or Is. again on March ~. and again on April 2
or z. Tho snuw storm due on March IA or 10
arrived on time. II is said. as we'll as that due
on March ~. and yesterday IL showed In Hills
dale.
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A. Raymond & Co.,
.Uen's Outffters,
NASSAU AND FULTON SITS.
JUSTICE GAYNOR ON "LOUNsINo."
Tbs Police aad Ju-ttee TiEbe Brouxht u
with n Round Turr.

Tbs reiies nsd Justice Tighs Brouxht Up
with = Roupd Turr.
The Budweiser Brewing Company IN Brook
Ign recently had trouble with it's employees
and were placed under boycott BY the labor
organizations There have been several ar
rests By the police Of persons standing In
front OF saloons where the Budweiser beer IL
sold. urging customers not 20 patronize them.
The technical charge In all such cases has
been "lounginR." On March % Richard But
Ter. q member Of the Brewers Employees As
ISOLATION. was arrested for this alleged offence
in front Of . saloon In Douglass and Hoyt
Ter street police station.
+, On tn; iSllowlng morning he vas srr.iEned
animation, which is still pending. Yesterday
Butler was before Justice W. J; daynor OF the
supreme Court, on writ Of habeas corpus.
Weinberg DECLARING that he represented the
District Attorney. opposed to granting OF the
the Proceedings against Butler. This 10 the
who says r he sa% he
on Hoyt street, which act. he charges 10 in
lyn which he refers to by number. That ordi-
nance Il found. on references to Il. 70 forbid
bsri ih or obssESsting street 6y
charge in this complaint that the defendant
OF OUstTuct6u Ino stTeeG Inc
policeman arrested him without . warrant.
and simply says he was lopnginR., 1t Is no
II would be intolerable to allow policemen to
seize any, person. adult or child. who Is stand
Ing. walking. playing or taking leisure In the
street. simply because the policeman 10
pleased to call 1t lounging. Under such u
condition no ono would To safe under the Ao-
cepted definition OF iounglng II seems In
credible that under fres INSTITUTIONS and laws
magistrate could hold any one. however
m n n d0sa
not state a single fact even tending to show
any violation OF law. much less criminal
offence.
called to the attention Of the General Term Of
this court. which has the power TO call to ac-
count and remove magistrates; and II the at
tention OF the Conn issioner Of Police were
called to the matter. cannot help believing
that he would stop such acts OF arbitrary
power on the part OF policemen They are not
permitted anywhere unless here. The fact
that man happens to be Q policeman gives
him no more right to arbitrarily and unlaw-
fully treat people than any citizen has Let
the prisoner be discharged"