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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08
A HAPPY COINCIDENCE.
How Two Pairs Of.Br6thers Met as the
Result OF q Joke.

A ..udicrous incident recently
took place in Liverpool. There are
two brothers who parted many
years ago when boys-one of them
going to America TO seek his tor
tune, and the other remaining in
Liverpool to make it. They have
both been eminently successful in
that respect, and not long ago the
brother in America determined to
visit the brother in England. The
time of the visit was settled by cor
respondence, and the American
set sail. The Englishman is a no.
torious wag. and arranged that an
acquaintance should meet the
American as his brother and con-
duct him to the hotel. The Ameri>
can, who was also a great wag, Oh
the trip decided to play exactly the
same JOKE on his brother, asking an
acquaintance whom he met en- the
Snip to persOnate him few hou1s.
The acquaintance entered into the
spirit of the joke, and when the YES
sci arrived at Liverpool was found
by the personater of his brother and
driven to the hotel. The real
American brother followed more
leisurely, chucklirg over his Joke.
In the meanwhile the English broth
er had also gone to the hotel, burst
ing with merriment over his joke.
1t happened that the two real broth
ers met in the lobby IF the hotel,
and though they had been parted
many years they new each other.
At first in blank amazement they
greeted each other; and then as
they explained their mutual jokes,
laughed long and heartily. But
the climax was not yet to be reach
ed. An explanation in regard to
the gentlemen who had personated
them, and who were now, as they
imagined, playing huge joke on
each other, showed that they were
also brothers who had been separ,
ated from boyhood, but who did not
know each other when they met.
The first pair of brothers hurried
up to their sitting room, and after
the situation had been explained
all around, the comedy of errors
was pleasantly ended by an old.
fashioned English dinner.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08
A BOSTON STORY,

A Boston story is told OF fash ;
iUnable young lady who visited a
jeweler AMI told him that her father
was going to buy pair Of dian ond
earrings, and that she would like to
lock at some. The jeweler, know
ing her father by reputation, spread
out number of costly gems before
her. She looked them over criti>
cally, and having selected the most
handsome pair, asked il she might
take them home and examine them
mere at her leisure. The permits.
sion was promptly accorded, and the
next day the young lady brought
back the earrings and said she
thought that, after all, it might be
some time before her father would
indulge her taste for diamonds
That's great pity replied the
jeweler Il was at the opera last
night and l thought them very be-
coming to you" She took them.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08
A Miracle in Missouri.
CRIPPLED AND BENT FOR TEN YEARS
WITH RHEUMATISM.
The Case Happened i'm Panama. RIO. and
Ia the Wonder OF the State.


From the Kansas City 2imcS.l
Bates and Vernon counties has l'.sr MIX
M. Woodson, now postmaster at fanaira
and brother of ex-State Inspector Of Mines,
e. c. Woodson, Of this city. The poop!e Of
Rich IL where he formerly resided, and Of
his present home, remember well tie bent
form, misshapen almost from the Semblance
of man, which has painfully bowed its lead
half 70 earth and labored snail-like across
the walks season after season, and when ore
day last month it Strengthened TO its full
height threw away the heavy butt Of cane
which for years had been It's only support
from total helplessn eSs, and walked erect,
firmle,. unhesit2tingly about the two cities,
people looked and wondered. The story of
the remarkable case has became the marvel
of the two counties. Exactly as MIR " uod-
son told it to a Times reporter, ii is hsre
published:
"ln "a the rheumatism started in my
right knee, and after lingering iiue>, it
settled generally in my joints was hrailv
able to arise, but for th> past FIVE years could
only walk with the aid of crliches. ana my
body was bent half toward the Erou: q.
went to the best dispensary in kans:,. i;v
where was treated for six weeks, and uith-
out the slightest good. / then tried . strong
galvanic battery, with the same tt>ut /
thSI NcHe w VIC Wy J1Ok HHol 81 ~. l@'G -;
where the best physicians treated ne ia.
GLIDING Drs. Kale and Mudd hut without
result, and came home, weak, doubled with
pain and respondent.
About this time my attention was cal I'd
to the account of a remarkable cure by Dir.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People Of loco
motor ataxia, rheum atism and paralysis
ordered some of the pills as an experiment.
When / began to take them, the rheurna-
tism had developed into phase Of paral.
ysis; my leg from the thigh down was cold
all the time and could not be kept warm. In
a short time was able to attend to my Office
duties, and | could enjoy sound and restful
nights sleep, something l had not known
for ten years. To-day am practically, and
/ firmly believe, permanently cured Of my
terrible and agonizing ailment No magician
Of the Far East ever wrought the miracle
with his wand that DR.. Williams Pink Pills
did for me.
70 verify the story beyond all question of
doubt Mr. Woodson made affidavit to the
above.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sd
day Of March, 1894.
- JOHN d. MOORE, Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and rich
ness TO the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are for sale by all druggists, or may be
had by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y, for SOC. per
boz, or six boxes for $3.50.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

The peniten.iaries and asylums
are full of young men whose down.
tall resulted from expensive habits,
and the divorce courts are stocked
with cases where women were dis
appointed because their tastes were
too exSravagant for the station they
we're forced to occupy and because
possibly, their lives were Joined with
men whose early training was no
better than their own.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

sPRINGrIFpp, Mo. Aug. 14th. 1893.
Il can speak ia the highest terms OF
your medicine from my own personal
knowledge. was affected with heart
disease. pleurlsv and rheumatism for
3Jyears, WAS treated by the very hes.
physicians ana spent hundreds Of dol
lars, tried every known remedy with
out finding relief. have only taken
one bottle Of your P. P. p, and can
cheerfully say it has done me more
good than anything have ever taken.
can recommend your medicine to ali
sufferers Of the above diseases.
MRS. NJ. NJ. YEAhY,
Springfield. Green County. Mo.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

The discovery Of wood pulp as a
substitute for rags in the manufac-
ture of paper Will, it would seem,
soon have to be followed up by the
discovery OF a substitute for wood
pulp. 1t is estimated that 100000.
600 feet of spruce logs will be need
ed to fill the requirements of the
mills for this year.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

Two school girls, Irena and
Pearl Clark, who live in an isolated
farm house few miles from Gold
Beach, Ore, met a panther in the
road near their home when return
Ing home from school one day last
weak. With the aid of TWO dogs by
which they were accompanied they
drove the animal up a tree and
kept it there until the men from the
farm, attracted by the barking of
the dogs, came with the guns and
killed the beast. Perhaps the
story would have been different had
a mouse instead Of a panther con-
tronted them.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

For primary. secondary and tciIiur,
gphilis, for blood poisoning, mere.
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in all blood and skin 1ise;ses. Ike
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letter, scald head, boils. erysipelas.
contradiction. that =. =. z. is the best
blood purifier i'll the world, and M .es
positive, speedy aud permanent: cores
in all cases.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

Ladies' whose systems are poisoned
and whose blood is in an impure COZ IL
ton. due to menstrual irregularities,
are peculiarly benefited by the Won
deftul tonic and blood cleansing prop
critics OF P. T. F. -Prickly Ash, Poke
Root and Potassium.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

When she was n Child, she cried for CaStoria.
When she became Miss, she chung TO Castoria.
When she HI Children, she gave them Castoria
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08
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Enlarges many an old business.
REEVES many dull business,
Rescues many lost business,
Saves many a failing business,
Preserves many large business,
Secures success in any business,
Therefore advertise in the Marietta JIG
NAL your business.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

The bicycle craze has surely hit
this country hard all along the line.
"Here is the way" says an ex-
change "a gentleman puts the craze
in a nutshell: Il had arranged to
have a new walk laid in front of my
house, and it was necessary TO do
some other work in connection.
The morning the work was to COM
mence the contractor arrived on his
wheel. A few minutes later the
plumber arrived--on a wheel
Then the carpenter came-on a
wheel. Next the foreman of the
gang on his wheel. And then |
left on my wheel"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08

p. 7 p. purifes the blood, builds ur
the weak and debilitated, gives
strength to weakened nerves, expcls
diseases, giving the patient health M q
happiness where sickness, gloomy
feelings and lasSitude first prevailed
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-08
IN ONE.
A BUSINESS,
POLITICAL, and
FAMILY PAPER.
THE SAVANNAH
MORNING NEWS

is that kind of a journal.
1t gives more real reading ar.d news mat>
ter than any other paper in The south 1t
is not the organ OF political cranks or pere
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,,
$40; months IS; months $780, l month
81; week Is cents. Daily, without Sum
day News, year $500; 6 months. $4.5
3 months, 1925 Sunday News alone, l
year 81.
Weekly News, containing the cream OF
the Daily year $l.25.
We send the Daily any three days in the
week for half yearly rates.
Address
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-28
THE VALLEY RAILROAD,
Proposals Received for Three
Hundred Thousand Red
wood Ties.
A Committee From VisaIIa Holds a
Conference With the Directors
of the Road.

The construction committee of the Val.
ley road, consisting of John D. Spreckels,
Leon Sloss and Captain Payson, met at the
company's office on Market street at Q
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and opened
bids for 100000 railroad ties. Thirty-five
proposals were received. The bids ranged
in price from 80 to 40 cents.
To-day at 2 o'clock the directors will
meet and award the contract to the lowest
responsible bidder. All the bidders are
Pacific Coast men, but some of the pro-
posals come from Oregon contractors.
Chief Engineer Storey yesterday sent to
Fresno party of ten surveyors, headed
by E. e. Tucker. The party will work
south to Visalia on the preliminary sur
vey. Another party is in the field working
toward Hanford.
The surveyors working south from Stock.
ton moved yesterday to the Stanislaus
River. They have completed more than
hall the work from Stockton to the Stanis-
laus
Three parties are now in the field pusb.
ing the work right along.
A committee from Visalia, consisting of
Messrs. Stewart and Maddox, came up yes
terday for conference with the directors
OF the road. They desired to ascertain
definitely VIII at the directors want Visalia
to do In order to secure advantages of the
road. MIR. Watt talked with them, and. il
is understood, gave them the information
desired.
AT the meeting of the directors TO-DAY
final action will probably be taken on the
lease of China Basin.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-28
REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS.

According to recent report, the State
Department will ask Congress at the next
session for an appropriation sufficient to
begin the work of publishing The records
of the Revolution now in the hands of the
Government. 1t would seem this work
should have been undertaken long ago.
Many of the papers were obtained at a
great cost and could not be replaced. Some
of the more important show signs of de-
terioration from age and handling Their
preservation depends upon keeping them
away from the public and as a consequence
the publication of copies of them becomes
imperative.
In addition to the preservation pf the
originals, another benefit will resultfrom
the publication. 1t will be possible tdsup-
ply all universities, historical societies and
libraries of note with complete set OF the
records. This will be a benefit to stud,nts
in all sections of the Union. twill enable
them to reach original sources of inforna-
ton concerning the Revolutionary perpd
without going to Washington, and Or
this reason, if for none other, the state
Department is likely to find hearty sul-
port from oil the libraries of the Union il
urging upon Congress the grant of tn,
needed appropriation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-28
PERSONALS.

DR.. C. E. Rea of htaluma is at the Grand.
R. D. Saffald, anst;orney of Napa, is at ths
Lick.
John Pollard, casleman of Ferndale, is at
the Grand.
W. Levy, q merchaE of Woodland, is at the
Baldwin.
E. B. Hornung, methant of Marysville, is
at the Grand.
w. H. Mckenzie, baker of Fres no. is regis
tered at the Lick.
VS. McClatchy of theSacramento Bee is a
guest at the California.
C. S. Fitch, mining mn of Sonora, regis
tered yesterday at the Lick
John G. Richie, managelof the Alabama"
Company, is at the Baldwin
George Russell, cattlemn of Reno, New,
registered at the Lick yesteray.
L. H. Abramofsky, a merchant of Jackson,
Amador County, is at the GRAD.
General Nelson, late OF St. Luis, Mo-, regis
tered yesterday at the Occidenu.
Charles NJ. Cassin, an attorne1of Santa Cruz,
registered yesterday at the Gran.
Professor Maxwell Sommervillt of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania is at the,alace.
W. A. Anderson, an attorney ofSacramento,
was one of yesterdays arrivals at he Lick
Sdi1 Iduht 1uQuS-
trial School at lone, is guest at th,Grand
R. c. Clayton, well-known Mining man of
Clayton, was one of yesterdays arrisls at the
Lick.
L. T. Hatfield, an attorney of Sacramento,
came down yesterday, and is a guet at the
Lick.
E. J. Cahill, civil engineer from an Mar
tin, was one of yesterdays arrival at the
Grand.
Senator E. C. VOORHEES, and his wife and
daughter of Suffer Creek registered at the
Baldwin.
Chevalier Ghisi, the Italian Consul Shang-
hal, came in yesterday on the Chin on his
way home, and is at the Occidental.
John Buckingham, Deputy United Staes Col
lector OF Internal Revenue at Ukiah, came
down yesterday and is guest at the Grad.
Louis Weinberger, big commission 'mer-
chant dealing in California fruits, of Net Or
leans was one of yesterdays arrivals atthe
Grand.
Mayor Robert Effey of Santa Cruz and MN
ager John T. Sullivan of the Ocean Beach Heel
cameup yesterday to attend the meeting of he
San Francisco committee on the Venetian Va
ter Carnival at the Union League Club, AID
both registered at the Grand.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-28
THE OHIO CONVENTION.

The Republican State Convention which
assemblies at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, to-day, will
be watched with more than ordinary inter-
est in all parts of the country. The pro-
ceedings will be notable for various rea-
sons. Ohio is one of the dominant States
of the Union, and as a consequence her
local politics have an important effect at
all times upon National parties. At the
present time moreover, she is the home of
an unusually large number of Republican
leaders. No other single State has any,
thing like such galaxy as that made up
of Sherman, Mckinley, Foster and Fora
ker. Each of these men is within a meas
urable distance of the Presidency, and one
OF them at least seems fairly certain of at
tanning it. The party convention in such
commonwealth and under such leader
ship cannot fail to attract the attention of
all who are interested in political affairs,
and every step in its proceedings will be
carefully scrutinized for evidences of the
course which Ohio Republicans will take
in the National Convention in 1896.
While there are SO many leaders of al
most equal eminence in single party con-
tending for the same prizes or preferment
there are sure to be rivalries. Even if the
leaders themselves have no antagonisms,
their followers are likely to be less har-
monious. 1t is natural, therefore, there
should be rumors of possible dissensions
in the convention. These rumors, how.
ever, we are sanguine will be disproved by
the result. The Republican party is not
made up of discordant factions. The rank
and file as well as the leaders know the
value of discipline and organization and if
they did not there would be enough in the
present condition of the Democratic party
to warn them of the folly of dissensions on
the eve of campaign.
While the local interest in the conyen-
ton will be directed mainly to the nomi-
patton for Governor, that of the country at
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-28
THE DEATH OF GRESHAM.

The death of Secretary Gresham will re-
vive in the public mind the many services
he rendered his country before he became
a member of Cleveland's Cabinet. Men will
recall that he was brave soldier, just
Judge and a statesman of eminence before
he was called as Secretary of State to enter
upon the performance of duties untitled to
his tastes. his talent or his training; and
on this remembrance they will find abund-
ant reason for doing honor to his memory
Among the men who, without previous
military education or experience, entered
the armies of the Union during the Civil
War few achieved higher or more de-
served distinction than Gresham. Wise in
counsel, resolute in action, daring under
fire and cool at all times, he was one of
those examples OF citizen soldiery of whom
the Republic is so justly proud. Called by
President Grant at the close of the war to
fulfill the duties of Judge of the United
States court, he won on the bench honors
not less notable than those gained on the
fields of war. Again, as Postmaster Gen.
eral under President Arthur, he succeeded
in the able performance of great duties to
win the esteem and confidence of the peo-
pie, and took rank among the foremost
administrative statesmen of the country.
The prestige achieved by these manifold
services to the nation, added to his per-
sonal integrity as a man, made him a
prominent candidate for the Presidency.
AT several Republican conventions his
nomination was among the possibilities of
politics, and in 1883 it was at one time
fairly probable that he would receive the
nomination. Even at that time however,
it was known to the leaders of the party
that his political course had become
cratic, and the nomination went to
Harrison. From that time forward
Gresham's politics became so I'M
certain that in 1892 while some
of his friends still suggested him for the
Republican nomination, not few Popu-
lists favored him as a candidate on their
platform. 1t seems indeed reasonably
certain he might have had the Populist
nomination had he been willing to accept
it. 1t was while Gresham was occupying
this uncertain position in the public mind
that Cleveland appointed him Secretary of
State, an Office which he at once accept ed
and in which he lost much of the
prestige he once enjoyed.
1t can hardly be doubted that history
will indorse the Judgment of contem-
poraries that this appointment and accept
ance was a mistake on both Sides As
Gresham had never been a Democrat his
selection for the chief Cabinet Office did
not please the Presidents party, and in a
short time events proved that the new Sec
rotary was out of place and had assumed
duties he was not equal to. Over his bier,
however. as we have said, men will not
review the mistakes of his later years.
They will recall only the glorious deeds of
his career as soldier, his honorable Ser
vice as Judge, his efficiency as Postmas-
ter-General, his prominence as a citizen
and remembering his patriotism, his learn
ing and his personal integrity, will mourn
for him as one whom the Republic has
done we'll tn honor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-28
FLYING MACHINES.

S~S~
made with the ngley flying machine
near Washington gives renewed encour-
agement to the hope that this generation
may see such machines In practical use
for purposes of pleasure trips at any rate,
II not for freight-carrying and for long
journeys. At the recent test the machine
is said to have risen easily, sailed for a
thousand feet and alighted safely in the
water. This in itself is no great achieve
ment, but it seems to have demonstrated
the feasibility of greater results in the near
future and renews interest in the rivalry
between the Maxim and the Langley ma
chimes as to which shall be first perfected.
The day has gone by when experiments
with flying machines were left to incom-
petent hands. Without counting the able
men who in other countries are working
IN this direction, our own experimenters
are men of whom much may be expected.
Professor Langley is one OF the foremost
scientists in America and Hiram Maxim
has in other inventions too fully shown
his knowledge and mastery of mechanism
for any one to doubt that he understands
thoroughly all the factors of this problem
and the difficulty of bringing them under
human control. These men have made a
careful investigation of the air currents
and OF the flight of birds. They know by
what means the heavy body of the condor
is sustained in the rarefied atmosphere a
thousand feet above the SUBMITS of the
Andes, and knowing this they have conf
dence that human ingenuity can devise a
mechanism which will enable men to make
an almost equal flight.
Even If it be conced ed that the flying
machine can never become freight car
rier nor a safe means OF transport across
the ocean, there would still be wide field
OF usefulness for it. If it serves only such
purposes as the bicycle it will be of i'm
mense advantage. To take a flying trip to
San Jose would be livelier recreation than
the speedy bike affords, and would be q
greater improvement than that which the
wheel has made on the old fashion of foot
trudging.
1t Is, of course, impossible to estimate
how long it will be before we may expect
to see flying machine in successful opera
ton. AT the rate of progress with which
the improvements have been made thus
far it will be many years 1t must not be
overlooked, however, that men of science
working on other problems altogether may
discover some motive power that will en-
able the flying machine experimenters to
master some of their greatest obstacles at
once. Moreover, it not infrequently hap
pens that men who nave pondered for
years upon difficult problem arrive at
last to such an intellectual tension on the
subject that the solution comes to them
suddenly like an inspiration or dream in
the night. Some such intuitive perception
OF the right thing to do may come to some
experimenter in aeronauscs at any time,
and then the problem would be solved and
the long desired machine would be realized
as unexpectedly to the general public as
was the locomotive to the asst generation
and the telephone to ours.