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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-01-10
WILLIAM RUSSELL
VS..
RENA RUSSELL.

To said defenda
hereby commanded
March term, 1901, of
held on ths second
show cause why a t.
granted said plain ii
pl!cation. Witness
Gober. Judge of SAT-
21st, 1900.
Clerk Supe
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-01-10

Oh OODD county, ga, oct
18th 1900,and returnab le,t t.
Nov term. 1900, said Court
1t, Rena Russell, you ar
to be and appear at thu
said Superior Court to b.
Ion day in March next, u
tai divorce should not h,
I as prayed for in his ap
the Honorable Geo. T
Superior Court, this Nov
w. K. MONTGOMERY.
rior Court. Cobb Co., Ga.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
PHYSICIANS AND MORPHINE.
Accidental Opium PoisOns That Have
Ruined Many Careers.
(From the Lancet


That accidental opium poisoning has re-
peatedly cut off useful professional ca
reer Is unfortunately true. But a NOR
phine habit which controls one in every
ten or twenty men is certainly not known
to exist in the medical profession. Such
a haiti II it does exist, must be quite ex-
ceptional. 1t is probably unknown among
practitioners engaged in active duty. We
observe that the writer speaks of the NOR
phine habit as IL ii were merely a disease
and nothing more. It has been customary
with man persons to refer to this and
other aggravated forms of self-indulgence
in similar terms. They are regarded as
vices which have ceased to give pleasure
as master passions which are hated but
which VIII nc. be denied Against this
tyranny the VIII is supposed to have lost
its power of resistance.
There are doubtless cases OF habitual
excess, the character Of which Is fairly
SO described. We are, however, of the
opinion that too much has been made Of
such cases. 1t cannot be and ii Is not
true that a vice even after long indulgence
is always master and cannot be withstood.
1t is equally certain that apparently
confirmed inebriates and morphine takers
have been enabled to release themselves
and have remained in a state of free
dom. The force of habit whether limo
cent or hateful, is usually very great,
but this by no means implies that ii must
necessarily, even after long duration, an
initiate the other controlling forces of
Will. To what extent it may have done
so remains in many cases an unsolved
problem, and in this very uncertainty
lies the germ of hope. Unless We recog
nize this potent fact all prospect of re-
form, all reason for the efforts of tenn
peranoe even. may be abandoned. No
amount of therapeutics will make bad
man good. or drunkard absteminous, IN
less he is allowed credit for such will
power as he has and is assisted or OBJ
liged to use it for his moral reclama
ton. While, therefore. we do not deny
the existence OF the states known as dip
somania or morphinamania, We deprecate
as pessimistic and subsersive of rational
treatment the too general tendency to
apply these and like terms to all agra
waited forms of self-indulgence.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
DURING vIcToRIA's REIGN.
Great strides in New York Since She
Began Her Rule.

From the New York Commercial Adyertiser.)
When Victoria became Queen New York
city had only about 200, 900 inhabitants;
its fire limits extended but to Twenty
third Street; its one railroad the New
York and Harlem, incorporated to run
from 1.-The centre of the city to Harlem.
seven and onehalf miles was completed
as far as Torkyille tEighty-fourth
Street,, and cars drawn by horses left
the corner OF Prince Street. on the Bow
cry. for Yorkville "once very hour every
day OF the week" and the residents and
visitors were urged TO take the trip be-
cause of the great fills, deep cuts, ine
bridges, and rugged, and picturesque
scenery along the route. One gaslight
company, the New York, had nearly
twenty nine miles of iron pipe laid. and
furnished gas at 20 cents per hundred Gu
bic feet.
Then. as now, the question of water sup
ply was being agitated. Most OF the drink
ing water was obtained from wells and
pumps. but below Prince Street 1t was
thought not to be good, and many wealthy
families and the larger hotels used water
from the springs in the upper part OF the
islands. brought in by the farmers. For
laundry purposes cistern water was used
A commission appointed by the legislature
had just reported favoring securing pure
and wholesome water" from the Croton
River. and that report had just been ap-
proved by the Common Council and Iati-
fed by the people by vote. The Aston
House Park Hotel had Just been eom-
pleted, and the new Custom House as we'll
Battery Park was the fashionable resort
and promenade.
William A Duer was president Of CO.
lumbia College and James Kent its pro-
fessor of law. James Tallmadge was pres
ident of the University of New York
Bishop Onderdonk was at the head OF the
Protestant Episcopal Theological Semi
nary. st. Patrick's Cathedral was at the
corner of Mott and Prince Streets. There
were but six Catholic churches in the city.
The Presbyterians had the most of any de-
nominatiob-thirty-t three of the total OF
1875. There were twenty-thTee banks and
three savings banks. II needs but mo-
ment's thought TO impress one with the
stupendous strides made by the new
worlds metropolis during the reign OF
Victoria
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
PORES IN THE HUMAN BODY.
Tyv enty-eiEht Miles of Sweat Glands
in Mans Anatomy.


ut may be interesting to know that one
perspires more on the right side of the
body than on the left and that the skin OF
the palm of the hand excretes four and
half times as much proporionately to the
surface of the skin as the back. The pores
IN the ridges Of the palm number as many
as 5000 to the square inch. They are
scarcest on the back, where there are
only 400 to the square inch. These pores
are not simple holes or perforations in
the hide as some imagine, but are little
pockets lined with the same epithelium
or pavement stuff that covers the external
of the body They run straight down into
the deepest structure of the skin and
there they kink and soil around till they
look like a fishing line that has been
thrown down wet. Inclosed in this knot
are little veins that leak the perspiration
| through the walls OF the tube, and 1t wells
up to the surface Of the skin.
1T is estimated that the average-sized
man has 1906, 900 OF these sweat glands
aggregating twenty eight miles of tubing
| Think OF it, Twenty eight miles II all
those tiny tubes could be Strengthened out
and put end to end, These figures, wonder
full though they may seem, are on the very
best medical authority. They are the fig
ures OF men who have given their lives to
the study of this subject. But still, if
they seem too large TO you. there is just
as good medical authority for the state
Inent that there are 2, 900 sweat glands
on the human body, each one-fifteenth of
an inch long, and that their aggregate
length is two miles and a half! Think of
1t! Two miles and half! II you object
to that. too, have the very best authori-
ty for the statement that they are one
quarter of an inch long and aggregate
more than Eine miles. or I can figure 1t
for you at seven or twelve miles. Take
your pick. Our motto Is, We aim to
please. II one figure suits you more than
another. it's yours. We can substantiate
1t by the very best medical authority.
II can find only one figure, however, for
the amount OF liquid secreted by the skin
of an average person in year, though 1t
is evident that the quantity must vary
greatly according as the person works in
an icehouse or rides a bicycle uphill.
| From the average person In years time
| there oozes through the pores OF the skin
| l,500 pounds of water. Let us see: "A
| pints a pound the world around, two
| pints make one quart four quarts one
| gallon--oh, well. you cipher It out for
yourself. | never was much OF a hand
at fgures"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
ELECTRICAL MUSICAL WORK.
Tunes May Now BE Played on the
Arcs in Halls.

A curious discovery, which resulted
from much electrical research and expe-
riment at the Central Technical College
of the City and Guilds Of London Instr
tute. is reported by W. paddelL Mr.. Dud-
dell recently explained, the discovery sci
entlacally at the Institution of Electrical
Engineers in a lecture on Rapid Varia-
lions in the Current Through the Direct
Current Arc" In more homeiy language
Prof. Ayrton gave some interesting de-
tails recently.
THE arc, of course, is the blaze OF light
which exists between two sticks OF car
bon placed end on and between which the
electric current flows.
ITO illustrate the flame-music discovery
/ must remark that two different kinds
of carbon are employed in the arc lamps
used for lighting the streets, railways sta
lions, public halls. etc. In the one kind
the carbon stick Is made hollow and is
filled with a powdery material. while in
the other kind the carbon is homogen-
eous The former type of carbon is called
cored. the latter solid
Now. the cored carbon arc Mr. Dud-
dell has shown to possess no musical soul.
1t Is deaf to all persuasion, whereas the
solid carbon arc, he finds. is like the
mouthpiece OF a flute. ready to emit any
course. on the length of the pipe. as de-
termined most cases generated by ma
chine at a considerable distance.
Hence" said the scientist. I'VE have
this great possibility-namely, that the
ordinary arc lamps at present used in
lighting hall can be played on not mere
ly by performer who is in the hall itself,
but who may be outside it somewhere
else. Consequently an audience who are
paying no more attention to the arc lamps
hung up above them than they would to a
gasolier may be suddenly astonished to
hear a tune coming from the space around
them.
Il do not wish to give the impression,
of course. that out OF the arc lights the
public may expect anything like the glory
produced by a Joachim or a Paderewski.
but what can be done is to produce and
play tunes on electric lights while the
player is invisible-and this at no great
expense.
why. for halls, winter gardens, all
buildings in short that are places of pub
lie resort, the possibilities OF electric
music in the air are very suggestive"
Mr.. Duddell has also shown that the
electric light arc can be used as a tele-
phone receiver. He has already used 1t
for the receiving OF telephone currents
from transmitter spoken into in another
part of the building
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
A Hlbernian's Ready Wit.


''Neyer cross-question an Irshman from the old
sod advises one OF the foremost railroad at
torneys of the age Even il he does not think
Of an answer he will stumble into some bull that
will demoraize the court and Jury, and whenever
witness tickles jury bis testimony gains vastly
in its influence. 4tt-
Yes, I'm speaking from experience The only
witness who ever made me throw up my hands
and leave the court room was green lrishnan.
A section hand had been killed by an express
train and his widow was suing for damages.
had good case, but made the mistake of trying
10 turn the main witness inside out.
I'm his quaint way he had given a graph
ic description of the fatality. occasionally she'd
ding tears and calling ON the saints. Among
other things be swore positively that the loco
motive whistle was not sounded until after the
whole train had passed over his departed friend.
Then ! thought / had him.
- See here. McGinvis,' said !, you admit that
the whistle blew? no II
- Wis. sor; it bowed. sor.'
:" Now ii that whistle sounded in time to
give Michael warning. the fact would be in
favor Of the company, wouldn't it,
Sc Wis sor; and Mike would be tistifyin' here
this day The jury giggied.
- Never mind that You were Mikes friend.
and You would like to help his widow out; but
Just tell me now what earthly purpose there
could he for the engineer TO blow that whistle
after Mike had been struck
i presume thot the whistle wore Tor the
Mkt on the thrack sor.'
Il left and the widow got all she asked
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
The Queen rs n Child.

The Queen never lost child in the nursery
though she had delicate children. Those who
have gone before her were grown up and married
She was fond OF children when growing ant
q grown-up girl. II pleased her TO be taken tC
visit infant schools OF which she an interested
pstroness. But she domineering playmate
have met old ladies who in youth were priv
legged to play with her at Rensngton. Though
size was only heiress presumptiYe, she always
stood on her dignity with them and never al
lowed them 10 be familiar.
One Of them niece Of the Honorable some
thing Keppei who belonged TO the Duke Of Su5
sex's little household at hensington. She an
the Queen used to dress dolls together unit
enc day the sprig of Albemarle nobility Gale,
one OF the dolls vie" The princess ordered heI
70 leave of so calling the doll inasmuch sh
had not had permission" A sturdy refusal
was given. with the consequence that the Duk
OF Snssexs gentleman was begged by his litti
niece not to bring such disrespectful child O
play with her again.
The Queen was the first royal child who wa
taught the use Of the globes.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
SHEEP EATING: PARROTS
A Carnivorous Sci isisf Birds Dis
covered in New Zealand.
FIocks Exposed 10 The Attacks of
the Predatory Bipeds Sagacious
Members of the Feathered Tribe
4 Group Mounted by the Scientists
in the Smithsonian Institutfon.

A group has Just been mounted in the
Smithsonian Institution which represents
wildly one of the most extraordinary in
stances in animal life that has ever come
under the observation Of man.
1t appears that during recent winter
in New Zealand the herders of the nu-
merous fiocks of sheep in that country
noticed that many Of the animals were
afflicted with wounds in the back or loins.
sometimes severe. and occa sionally SO
much SO as to prove fatal. The cause of
these wounds was mystery until shep-
herd one day saw a kea. or mountain
parrot, clinging TO the wool Of sheep
and picking at sore on its flank. A
close watch was instituted and the birds
we're again many times caught in the act
OF wounding the sheep, the object being
evidently to reach the fat surrounding
the kidneys. The origin of the habit was
subsequently revealed During summer
the keas inhabit the higher portions OF
the mountain districts. and when the Sc
we're weather destroys. or the heavy SHOWS
cover. their supply of food they descend
to lower levels where the climate is mo.e
mild and food less scarce. During the
winter referred to they descended lower
than usual rs far indeed, as the plains
inhabited by the sheep-raisers. and find
ing their natural food scarce are attracted
by the dressed carcasses OF sheep hung
upon meat gallows. Aiighting upon these
they found the flesh to their liking. and
particularly the fat surrounding the kid
neys. mo other conclusion seems more
plausible" says a scientist in connection
with the Smithsonian Institution, than
that these birds possessed sufficient intel
ligence to recognize in the living sheep
the source OF this food supply and there
fore, in the absence Of slaughtered meat
they awaited themselves of the living bod
les. Recent discoveries in natural history
reveal nothing stranger or more start
ling than the change of this parrot from
an originally purely vegetable diet. con-
sisting of honey producing flowers, fruits,
and berries to one of fesh-not dead flesh
merely, put the quivering, steaming sub
stance of living animals. This is, indeed.
a most remarkable instance of acquired
taste" -.H
The group in the museum of the Smith
sonian Institution represents faithfully a
sheep attacked by two of the keas, or
meat eating PARROTS The latter are
mounted upon the victims back, and en-
gagged in tearing the flesh with their pow
erful beaks The keas resemble the or
binary type of Mexican parrot with the
exception that they are somewhat larger
and their plumage IL darker and Yarie-
gated with brown. b 10
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
A LONG TUNNEL ON THE COAST.
Great Work Under Way by the
Southern Pacific Road.
From the san Francisco


The longest tunnel in California-and
there are some pretty long ones-and one
of the largest tunnels in America is now
in course of construction by the Southern
Pacific Company. Although the work has
been going on for several months the i'm
mensity OF the undertaking has never be-
fore been brought TO the attention of the
public nor has there been anything more
than casual reference made to the costly
piece of workmanship.
The tunnel is being dug in the Chats
worth park cutoff and when completed
will be part of the new coast division
between this city and Los Angeles. The
cutoff is really between the towns of
Monalvo and Chatsworth Park. The Santa
susanna range occupies a vast field of
space between these two points and 1t is
beneath this great range that the tunnel
is to pass.
The total length OF the underground
passage will be 400 feet, or nearly a
mile and half The tunnel next largest
to this is at San Fernando, the latter be-
ing $3.50 feet long. The building of this
tunnel will involve the expenditure of
more than $3.50. 900. The work was started
last fall and large force of laborers is
now being employed both day and night
with a view to completing the structure
this year.
Much blasting and dredging is necessary
and machinery is being used wherever
practicable Electric lights are used to
facilitate the work, which is being carried
on from each end by two gangs of men
and a double supply of implements. The
big drills are run by electricity and
powerful blower is used to pump air into
the tunnel for the men to breathe. The
passage will be seventeen feet wide and
twenty-one feet four inches high above the
rails
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
TEACHING MICE ODD TRICKS.
4 Maine Man Finds the Little Ro-
dents Apt Pupils.

tfEOn the IOEtisnu CApIeoS.D
Out on Forest Avenue is a mouse fam
cier whose residence, lest he lost caste
with his neighbors, is withheld. In pen
he has half dozen or so ordinary field
mice. They are the most sociable pets
/ ever had" he remarked and any one
OF them will rise to attention as he hears
my step approach the pen. | have had
these young ones about six months. They
don't live long when cooped up, and they
will come freely TO my hand to eat or
drink. Some of them are go tame that
they will climb to my shoulder and dis
play not the slightest alarm at being
touched. They haven't acquired SO much
faith in all humanity, however, and have
refused to trust anyone else so far.
while mice eat a great deal for an ami
NAL so small when food is abundant they
can exist for a surprising long time with
next to nothing. Anyone whose house has
been infested with mice and who had
passed weary weeks when everything that
possibly could serve as food was carefully
under lock and key, finally calling to SER
vice an active ferret. will appreciate this
fact He is mighty aggressive and tire
less forager after food, not hesitating at
walls or similar distractions, through
which he patiently gnaws a path. AS
test of persistence in this line | hung
basket of food from the ceiling by rope
and after a weeks fast placed a mouse
al hole in the ceiling above the basket.
He descended some eight feet or more on
a SLENDER cord and safely reached his
haven. later climbing up again.
"All of my mice l have taken from
nests about the premises, and notice that
they invariably seek shelter below or be-
hind something, never in so exposed
locality as almost any other animal would
select. For a nest paper, cloth or any
soft material seems to satisfy, and the
exceeding fineness with which il is chop
ped suggests some mighty artistic work
with their teeth"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
Bird shooting story.

(From the Columbus, Ind, Republic)
william H. Lincoln. OF Columbus Lodge o.
Elks, who is expert shot and a member Of
the local gun club, Is at the pinnacle Of hap
piness when he has party OF attentive listen
ers while lac tells Of his wonderful achievements
with the gun. One day last week Brother Lin
coin sitting in the library room az the
Elks Club enjoying quiet smoke when several
Of the members In and soon the converse
tion lively. talking on the situations in the
Philippines and China, and then the skill o.
different present expert shots. George
Schwartzkopf related how on different OCCASION.
he had made marvellous shots and that he
felt he could give Lincoln for a short
distance
You'd be a lobster in a match with me-
said lincoln. I'm give you forty dead bird,
out OF fifty and shoot for the oysters
Being that no betting is allowed in thess
rooms. we will agree to shoot and see about tn,
oysters aiterwsrd," said sohwartEkopf.
what kind of birds will We shoot at, Georgei
And Just to get chance 10 trim your record
I'll agree to furnish the Birds said Lincoln.
"Al right" remarked schwartzkopf with
twinkle IN his eye, well shoot at ostriehes."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
A PAST MASTER OF THIEVES.
One Who Can Steal n Mans stock.
ings without Detection.
(From the Chicago Chronicle. }

pIom the Ihicago Chronicle.
Talking about slick thieves" said Cap
tain LAWN of the stock yards police sta
tion. 1.-The uncrowned king is Polish Jew
who lives out in my district IL he had
as much brain matter as he has ingenui-
Il. and as much daring for big crimes as
he has for small ones. Sherlock Holmes
couldn't get within a miles walk OF him
in thousand years. You smile
Ask the boys who keep a watchful eye
over the unsophisticated stock raisers who
the man is they fear the most. They will
tell you it is Moses Klinxi. He is afraid
Of turning big trick. but when II comes
to getting watch chain. an overcoat.
some trinket or the spare coins in a
stockman's pocket Moses beats any light
fingered artist in the country.
During the live stock show Moses stole
a stocking of the foot OF Canadian, who
had pen of Cotswolds on exhibition;
stole it when the fellow had his big cow
hide boots on, and never disturbed the
boot of the foot that the stocking was on.
and the fellow was wide awake when 1t
was done. One of my men caught Moses
while he was getting away with the goods.
There were half dozen people around
within few feet of the sheep breeder and
Moses when the theft was committed.
This is no fairy tale.
1t was one of the big days Of the show. I"
continued the captain. The Canadian was
busy talking to some Western people about
his breed Of sheep. He was sitting on q
bale of hay. Moses was stumbling through
the sheep section. How he escaped my
men and got inside is something that he
alone could tell. He edged up to the group
around the Canadian. One of my plain
clothes men caught sight of him. and he
noticed that Moses was busy with his
hands
He could not see what the fellow was
doing. and waited. In few moments Mo-
ses dropped something into his overcoat
pocket. The plain-clothes man took hold
of him and, reaching into the oyercoat
pocket drew out ball OF red yarn. He
walked Moses back to the group and hold
ing out the ball of yarn, asked II any of
the men had been touched" They look
ed and shook their heads negatively.
THE next morning the Canadian came
over the police station. He wanted to
know il that old Jew was under arrest.
Moses had been run in on general princi
PIES and l asked the caller what had hap
pened to him. He held up red sock.
The Jew stole the other he said to me.
See here and he put his cowhide boot on
a chair in my office and pointed to a lit
tie hole in the toe. Yesterday afternoon
that fellow stole my sock through this
hole. He unraveled it and wound it into
ball. One OF your men caught him, but
did not know the yarn belonged to me I'M
til last night. when I pulled OF my boot
and found the sock was gone.
Moses admitted the theft. He said he
saw bit OF the red sock through the hole
in the toe of the boot and he noticed II
was good quality of yarn, and, taking
the blade of his knife. he started the raw
cling knowing that the man was too busy
talking to pay any attention to the loss of
a sncl -