The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-12-26
Th6 Mdri6ttd Journal.
MARIETTA, GA, DEC. 20, 1901

pected.
Niagara. though not the highest
waterfall, holds the record for size.
Thirty-two million tons of water
roll over the cliff in the course of
single hour.
Here in the United States 100
years. is regarded as very extreme
old age. A London cablegram
notes the death in Albania of Is
mail Hudjo, whose age is given as
100 years. He retained all of his
faculties and left 200 descendants.
A few years ago the cost of tiring
the largest gun made was not more
than a few dollars. Now it costs
1927 TO fire single shot from a
l6-inch rifle, or more than enough
to pay the wages of a private sol
der in the regular army for five
long years
\ few nights ago an employee of
a paper company in Bellows Falls,
VT, demonstrated unusual eccen-
tricities as q somnambulist. He
got up at 2 O'Clock in the morning,
harnessed his team, put load of
pulp wood into his wagon and
drove down to the mill, entirely
unconscious of what he was doing.
The democratic members of
congress from Louisiana never fail
to vote with the republicans on all
questions touching the tariff.
They are afraid somebody will get
lump Of Louisiana sugar without
paying more than they ought to
for it.
France is badly worried over all
alarming sh ortage III the wheat
crop. The price of wheat has al
ready risen As cents per 900 pounds
while the price of quartern loaf
of bread has risen from 1875 to
1873 cents. Ii Is estimated that
the shortage which must be sup
piled from abroad, will aggregate
nearly 100000 bushels.
Asia has the highest mountains
IN the world, but the highest wa
tertaIl 10 IN the state of Durango.
Mexico. 1t was discovered by 2
company of mine prospectors
about ten years ago, whose atten-
tlon was directed to the locality
by the roar iof the waters. The
fall has height Of at least 5000
feet.
To be successful is the end of
life. He who does not succeed in
whatever he undertakes is q fail
ure. But OH the contrary there are
many successes which are in them
selves failures and disappoint-
ments. The attainment of a mere
ambition is not the end of exist
ence or the qulntessence of success.
Efforts may succeed, but ideals be
destroyed.
Emperor William, among a va
rlety of new subjects engaging his
attention, is looking into the re-
lations of the German workmen's
productlveness and the use of beer
during working hours. His Mai
estv's inquiries among EMPLOYERS
and students of social questions
indicates that he regards the beer
now drunk regularly on factory
premises rs appreciably detrimen-
tai to both accuracy Of workman
ship and amount # product.
Both Columbia and Venezuela
are said to be pushing forward
their preparations for war. And
the same is true with respect to
Chile and Argentine Republic.
notwithstanding the overtures for
q peaceful settlement of their dis
pute. Should the two prospective
tights eventuate, tits possible that
the other countries of the section
4AAiSS4AO 'yVNOAtAC tliN OlNett Ill one WAY
or another to the satisfaction of
manufacturers of arms and ammu-
milton
The Germans are discussing
plans to break up the cotton mon
opoly which America now has.
The proposition is to introduce
into Germany the Russian product
now grown east of the Caspian
sea, inducing Russia to grow cot
ton for export into Germany. 1t
ic thought by thepromoters of the
scheme that the central Asian out
put can be infinitely extended
but the possibility of overcoming
the obstacles to large Asiatic
production Of cotton is strongly
doubted by those who have studied
the situation.
Charles Oscar Keller, of Chatta.