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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
why Bees Work In Darkness

Bees go out all day gathering honey
and work at night in the hive, building
their combs as perfectly as if an elec-
trio light shOne there all the time.
Why do they prefer to work in the
dark? is often asked. Every one knows
that honey is n liquid with no solid
sugar in it. After standing it gradual
ly assumes a crystalline appearance
or graduates and ultimately becomes
solid mass.
Honey has been experimentally in
closed in well cOrked TASKS, some of
which were kept in perfect darkness,
while the others were exposed to the
light. The result was that the portion
exposed to the light soon crystallized,
while that kept in the dark remained
unchanged,
Hence we see why the bees are so
careful to obscure the glass windows
which are placed in their hives. The
existence of the young depends on the
liquidity of the saccharine food pre-
scented to them, and if light were allow
ed access to this it would in all prob
ability prove fatal to the inmates of
the hive.-Weekly Bouquet
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
The Chinese Cuisine.

Though Chinese cuisine has been
credited with some utterly fabulous
dishes, such as white mice served
alive, which add piquancy by their
squeak as they dive down the gullet,
curiosities in the edible line do form
a considerable list.
Birds nest soup, for instances; a
clear soup made from the refined
gluten with which certain species
of swallow fasten their nests beneath
the rocks; stewed sea slugs," another
nasty sounding dish, but transcending
In favor the aldermanic green turtle
TAT. There may be, too, on first intro
duction, some prejudice against fried
grasshopperS. But courage in this in
stance is rewarded by n deliciously
crisp, brown mouthful, of delicate
nutty flavor
1t is q fallacy to suppose that por,.
forms a constant article of diet IN
China. AS q matter of fact, it is too
expensive and is only eaten on high
days and holidays or at restaurants
Neither do milk, beef or game enter
much into Chinese cookery, the first
two teiug tabooed On religious grounds.
Dog tssh is eaten in the south but
rare" ""d ouly by the poorest of the
r.-!,tatiSWo0d.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
The Pic Eaters.

lie in New England is served in
many queer ways, especially the king
of all pies, the royal mince Not long
ago there appeared a sign in the station
OF staid, crooked and correct Boston
sign bearing the strange device, Hot
Mince Pie and Ice Cream"
This is a mild combination compared
with one that was served in this city
at a midnight supper A Welsh rab-
bit was being made, and there were
some who did not care to eat it on
crackers; no toast in the house, for it
was the fires evening out A mince
pie was found lurking in the ice chest
and pressed into service. The rabbit
was spread over the pie, and both van
ished in short time. Those who ate
are still afraid in the dark, for they
can imagine that the same things are
coming for them again as came during
their dreams of that wild, weird night.
A local minister tells a pie story on
himself that is a "corker.' He is a
delicate man, and his wife was down
on pie for him and vetoed it for fami-
~ use. Once he went to Il convention
in Pittsfield, and a dinner was served
at which there were seven kinds of
pie. The minister took little of
each, please" and never enjoyed him
self so much in his life Baltimore
American.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
The smotherfng Scene.

AS to stage appointments, there
were 40 plush or velvet curtains or
couches draped with satin in early
days. The furniture was as unpreten-
tious as the costumes. Indeed on one
occasion when lady was playing Des-
demOna to her husbands Othello dis
astrous and at the same time ludicrous
effect, though of course unrehearsed,
had been imminent through the lack Of
even nail or two to make an old stool
steady.
1t was the smothering scene, and the
couch was made UP of two chairs and Il
rickety stool covered, of course, with
the simplest draperies-a red merino
curtain trimmed with yellow worsted
fringe. Imagine a Desdem0na endeav-
oring to recline gracefully, all the while
feeling portions of her couch sliding
from under her. This is how the scene
was played out:
Desdernona-Kill me tomorrow; let me live to-.
night. Qm falling, dearD
Othello-Nay if you strive (Keep quite STILL
Desdemona-But half an hour (Oh hold meD
Othelio-Being done, there is no pause Qll
push the stool under)
Desdemona-But while say a prayer. do be
quick, Robert, it is slipping)
Othello-It is too lStel
Which, indeed, it was, for the bed col
lapSed, and Desdemona's body lay up-
on the floor her head upon the sole
chair, which stuck to its post faithful
Iy.-Gentleman Magazine.
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A Dreadful Moment.

y conductor on the Park line had an
experience the other day that is quite
certain to cause him many uncOmforta-
BILE minutes in the future. His cal
stopped at Spruce street to let middle
aged lady on, and as she took her seat
the conductor gave the motorman two
bells, and the car shot ahead. When
the conductor entered the car, the Wo-
man in question was looking out of the
window and did not see his Outstretch.
ed hand.
Fare, please" remarked the con.
ductor
The woman evidently did not hear
him, for she did not turn her head.
Neither did she hold out the necessary
coin
Fare, please" said the conductor in
louder tone.
But the woman paid no heed Then
the conductor touched her on the Shout
der and in tone of voice that rang
through the car exclaimed:
Your fare, please, ladyw
Then the woman turned hastily
around and looked at the conductor.
The knight Of the bellcord gave one
gasp and fed to the back platform.
The woman was his mother-in-law-
Omaha WOrld-Herald.
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The Two Senators,

Congressman Jones Of Virginia told
this story of his father; Directly after
the war Jones senior was sent to the
state senate. An old slave who had
belonged to him was also elected to the
senate. The two drew adjoining seats
Senator Jones was very courteous and
in addressing his former slave always
called him senator. The old negro
stood it for some time and finally said
'Massa William. l don't like dis sena
tor business, KANT l come down tt
yo' house and visit that cook of yourn
! suhtinly would like permission to Wis
it yo' kitchen"
The request was granted, and whilt
Senator Jones was in his library the
other senator was down in the kitcher
visiting the cook.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
Z C--ioHs Reccint.

l-&'' ~ registrar discovered a very
t2ria'i t."g@cHt some time ago as he
was l. '|:E through Il bundle of pa
pe"S t!..t 6ste back to the eighteenth
century. che document is Il receipt
probably the only one of it's kind in ex-
istence-which was given to a Hano-
verian captain by canon of Duisburg
during the Seven Years war.
81, the undersigned" it reads. "here-
by acknowledge that have received so
blows of a stick, which were inflicted
upon me by lieutenant of Captain
BIS regiment as punishment for the
stupid and frivolous calumnies which
have uttered in regard to the regi-
ment of chaSSeurS. For my impru-
dent words l now admit that | am pro-
foundly sorry. l received my punish
ment lying on a heap of straw and
held by two men, and l bear testimony
to the fact that the officer struck me as
vigorously as he could with stick
that was as thick as my finger.
In proper form and with due graft
tude | sign this receipt and avow that
all therein is true"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
cheap SMELL"
The Indian Knew what He Wanted
and Where to Get IL.


Some Indiaps from Buffalo Birs
Wild West srrayed in bright colored
blankets and az exceptional amount
OF face paint, were taxing in the sights
OF the city one afternoon, They stroll
ed down WALNUT street. single file. and,
headed by buck who now and then
gave grunt Of satisfaction VIXEN sonic
thing that pleased him caught his eye,
they halted in front of drug store and
gazed at the window display for a
moment. Then the band died into the
establishment and began to look
around.
The clerk thought the place was go
ing to be besieged and that he was like
~ to lose his scalp, but when the big
chief" who acted as spokesman, ad-
dressed him with the customary Indian
greeting Of "How!" the clerk regained
his composure enough to ask the Indi-
an what he wanted.
Heap SMELL" was the reply.
Directed by the Indians finger to a
showcase, the clerk produced a bar Of
soap. The brave took it gingerly, re-
moved the wrapper, smelled it and bit
into the toothsome looking article.
With a deep grunt Of displeasure he
handed it back to the drug clerk. With
q disguised look he remarked, Heap
smellr
The clerk began to tremble, ard the
Indian pointed to a perfume bottle in
the showcase. The bottle of perfume
was handed to him. The Indian held
it in both hands for a moment. closely
scrutinizing it. He slowly removed
the stopper, closely watching it as if
he expected it to explode, and took a
long sniff at the bottle, gave a grunt of
satisfaction, handed the clerk some
money and led his band of braves out
of the store, to the delight Of the fright
ened clerk, who had not been in the
practice Of waiting on real Indians
Kansas City Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

The third time changed cars at the
Horneilsviile Union railroad station
and lunched ut the little grillfoom lust
up the street the 5oiiy little proprietor
recognized me as regular patron and
did his best to entertain me while my
special pot of coffee was coming to 4
boil
Notice that follow who just went
out?" he asked. cAucEling contented!y
to himself
l hadn't noticed particularly, i,dt I
knew it would be disconcerting to adj.
nit, so nodded encouragingly, says q
writer in the New York Herald.
Well" lie continued, that's Jim
Smith T Long Jim Smith they cali
him-conductor Of the Erie, and. say.
he's laying for me. Greatest practical
joker You ever saw. Always getting
rigs on me, and I never could get back
on him until last week, and then | was
about as much surprised as he was.
Il was coming down the street and
saw crowd gathered around some sal
walton Army singers. Long jim was
away on the edge of the crowd, stand
ing on his tiptoes so he could see over
the heads of the rest. He had his
back to me, and, sticking out from I'M
der his arm, was big bag of lemons.
saw my chance, and / sneal1ed quiet
ly behind him, hauled off and gave
that bag of lemons an awful swipe
with my cane"
Here the little man went off into an
uncomfortable fit of laughter over the
remembrance.
He laughed till his sides shook and
tears ran down his face l waited till
he had quoted down.
"WellY l queried Scattered the
lemons all about, l suppose?"
Scattered. Ho, no, no! He! Hi,
hi, hi! He! Hum! Wen, / should say
so. But they wasn't lemons; they was
eggs
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The stars and stripes at Acre.

a good American had been making
some soul stirring remarks about the
glorious star spangled banner when an
Englishman Who is pretty well Arneri-
c3nized told little story aprcpos =
remember once to have seen the stars
and stripes applauded uproariously. on
peculiar occasion. II happened many
years ago when the British flag wasn't
as popular in the United States as it is
now and party Of us Englishmen
were at a theater in Eew York consid-
erably farther down town than thea
tiers are now to be found on Broadway
The play was Richard / and if y0u re.
member there is a scene in the play
where Richard, after putting his foes
to fight in terrific style, mounts the
walls of Acre and plants the British
colors there. Evidently the manage
ment knew the temper of the audience
and felt that even under such circum-
stances the British flag would not be a
good thing, so what did they do but
give Richard the star spangled banner.
and, by all the gods, he took it with
him in the charge and planted it on
Acres walls. 1t was ridiculous, of
course and we Englishmen laughed
but the audience took it quite as the
correct thing, and the way the people
stormed and shouted and clapped was
enough to have made Richard turn
over in his grave. Historically it was
away off, dramatically it was open to
criticism, but periodically it was a
bowling success. w Washington Star.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
Tax Collectors Notice.

will be at the following places on the
dates mentioned for the purpose of col
Letting State and County taxes for the
year 1901:
Marietta-Oct. I, Nov. 2, 5, 8 and Is.
Acworth-Oct. 8, %, Nov. 7, Dec, ).
Austell-O Oct 9, %, Nov. 8.
Merritts-Oct. 10, morn, "a, Nov. II.
Roswell--Oct, II, %, Nov. y.
Vinings-Oct. Il, morn, 26, morn,
Nov. Is.
Howells-Oct. IA, morn, % morn,
Nov. IA, morn.
Coxes-Oct. IA. eve, %, eve, Nov. IA,
eve.
Lemons-Oct. 10, morn, 20 eve, Nov.
Is, morning.
Smyrna-Oct Is, eve, 20, morn, Nov.
Is, eve.
Powder Springs 10, 80, Nov. 10
Gritter-Oct. II, morn, 81, morn Nov.
10.
Big Shanty-Oct IS morn, Nov. l.,
morn, 20, morn
Post Oak-Oct. 10, morn, Nov. 4,
morn, 81.
Red Rock-oct. 21, morn, Nov. 6,
morn, p, morn.
Lost Monntain-Oct. 81, eve Nov. 6,
eve, %, eve.
Oregon-Oct u, eve, Nov. 6, eve, %
eve.
l will also be in Marietta all otner
days until the 18th day of December.
The Books will then close. | hope all
will meet me promptly and pay their tax
and save cost. j. H. M URRAY,
Tax Col. Cobb county, Ga.
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Took Mutton.

He was a station hand in from a
three months spell of work, during
which he had tasted no other meat
than mutton; also he suffered badly.
His eyes fairly leaped at the stuffed
turkey on the hotel dinner table,
though the boiled mutton made him
SILVER.
Said the host, what will you try,
Mr. Straps?'
Eagerly, "I'll t-try a b-bit of TIT
The word fioored him. Again, sc give
m-me li-little TIT Then, red faced
end disgusted: "Oh, h-harg it! Give
me some b-blooming mutton! n-hate
it, but can s-s-s-say it, anyhow
Sydney Bulletin.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
Trigonometry In Y Ray Work.

"Few people know" said DIR. j. c.
ESeiston while performing an opera
ton at the City hospital, that it takes
trigonometry to locate a bullet in the
body But in every y ray operation
in which the bullet or foreign sub
stance is deeply imbedded a mathemat-
ical computation is necessary to show
just how deep the bullet is. The X
rays make the flesh transparent. leav-
ing only the bones and foreign sub
stance visible. so that you see lust
where the bullet is, and yet you don't
know where it is. You know its lati-
tude and longitude, so to speak, but
those measurements are surface meas
urements, and you don't known how
deep the object is beneath the surface
The point on the surface Of the body
beneath which the bullet is can be
readily located, but how far beneath
that point is the bullet?
This is the question that trfgonome-
try has to answer, and by knowing the
answer a great deal of unnecessary
cutting may be saved and what might
otherwise be a difficult and dangerous
operation may be rendered COMPARE
lively safe and easy. If the bullet en-
tiers one side of the body, for instance,
and lodges within an inch or two of
the skin on the other side, the other
side of the body would be the one from
which to operate Kansas CITY Jour
nal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

One Of the officials of the road had
invited q parry Of gentlemen to take a
little pleasuge excursion over part of
the line on his private car. Before the
appointed Gay he was taken sick and
called in his chef and commissary.
"Eph, he said, Il have asked these
friends and can neither 90 with thea
nor disappoint them. l want you to
give them the best there is in the Harder
ard see that it IS served as well as it
would be at the best hotel in the
world"
Eph scratched his head and looked
troubled, but simply said. Yes, sah.''
On the return several Of the gentle
men congratulated the official upon
having such a man and one or two
intimated that if Eph ever wanted an
other position he would have no trou.
BILE in securing it.
Finally Eph reported. 1T wa great
outin, sah," he assured his employer.
"Yas, sab; OATS right, sab; stupen-
dificious outin, sab. De gem'men all
done me proud and I tells 'em it wa
you, sab"
Then Eph showed the bill, and it was
a sumner for length and amount. He
stood hat in hand until the official said:
Pretty steep, Eph; pretty steep. Moth
ing left out and nothing but the best"
Oats right, sah l was fusticated
mos to deaf, sab, but jes' says to my
self, sab, dat dey was no greater epicac
in de Ian dan you is, and bought and
cooked and served. sab, jes' like it wa
you."-Detroit Free Press.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
GAS Mad as a Halter"

Probably very few persons who fire.
Quently use the expression "As mad as
a halter" have any idea as to what it
means or why a halter is necessarily
any more subject to fits OF anger than
a plumber, a blacksmith or a carpen-
ter. The expression is said to have
come into use half century ago, when
the manufacture of hats was done
wholly by hand. The most striking
thing about the process was that of the
beating up of the felt. The halter first
dipped the mass of wool and hair fire.
quently into hot water; then, Selling
stick in each hand, he belabored the
mass most vigorously, stopping now
and then to get his breath. until the
material was matted together in a
rough sort of felt. The lively beating
administered to the felt, as if the work
man were actually incensed, gave rise
to the familiar smile.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
ANECDOTES OF FORREST.
Why the Confederate Leader DccIin-
ed TO Correct His Spelling.

General Forrest Of the Confederate
army" said an eX-COnfederate officer,
was a military genius of the first
rank. Without previous training or any
developed taste in that direction he
went into the army from a place as
Overseer and attained commanding
rank absolutely by merit. Rough and
uncouth at first, he became in later life
courtly gentleman whom it was q
pleasure to meet and to know. l re-
member on one occasion some time aft
er the war coming up the Potomac
with him | wanted to introduce q
young woman who was under my es-
cort. He said he was 1lattered by the
request, but that he could not meet
her unless she knew perfectly well who
he was and that he was not Held in
high esteem by the northern people
chiefly on account of the Fort Pillow
affair. l assured him that she was full
ly apprised Of his record, and then he
went with me TO meet her, and she told
me later she had never met more at
tractiye man.
Earlier III his career = that is, be-
fore he had learned to spell-he was
asked by a young lady to put his auto
graph in her album. He wrote his name
as requested and under 1t his title, ma.
jor general Of calvary as he spelled it.
The lady called his attention to it in a
very delicate way, and he looked at it
n moment, and with full conscious.
ness that he was lacking in that regard
and with beautiful and scarcely to be
expected humility he said, Let 1t stand
to show how ignorant General Forrest
Isl There are not many men who
would have done that, l imagine, and
it was the little things that showed
the mans true greatness. New York
Sun
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

They had q lively boxing match at
Splinter's the other night"
How was that|
Splinter came home late, and as he
passed through the hall his wife's tall
est palm touched him on the cheek.
Splinter was in an excited condition
and thought it was somebody's fingers.
So he struck out wildly with both fists
and succeeded in knocking over two
palms and severely humping his own
head"
But why do you call it a boxing
match?"
Because Splinter put up his knuc-
kles against his wife's palms. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
4 Grand Memory.

A highland girl, who had been in
service in Dundee and had gone to a
place farther south, called upon hel
old mistress on her way north to visit
her friends
She was invited TO take dinner Will
the family, and her master asked q
blessing on the meal as usual, when
the girl said:
My, master, We maun haze 4 gran
memory. That's the grace We SAID
when was here Sax years syne."-
London Telegraph.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
They Changed.

A Vienna paper relates an anecdote
Of the painter Makart, who was some
times as taciturn as Won Moltke. one
evening at dinner he sat for an hour
next to the soubrette Josephine Gall
meyer without volunteering a word.
Finally she lost patience and exclaim-
ed, well, dear master, suppose we
change the subject"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

Railway Official travelling incog. on
his own Iine)-They say there has been
some fault found with the lamps on
these traius. Do you see anything
wrong with them?
Passenger-No, sir. On the con.
trary, they are exactly the kind Of
lamps | like to see used.
Railway Official (hiehly pleased
l presume you are a occasional man!
F1Ssenger-YeS. sir. l am an ocu.
list London Fun.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

What do you find in that stupid old
paper to keep YOU so busy?" petulantly
asked Mrs. Youngcouple.
Il was just looking at the money
market" he answered.
oh, do they have a money market ?
Are there ever any bargains ?"-Indian-
apolis Press.
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Not The Grcntest.

SMITH suppose Dobber regards
himself the greatest artist that ever
handled brush
Jones-You do Dobber an injustice
He never presumed to regard himself
in any such light. Why, l have heard
him say very modestly that he was a
second Raphael Isn't that admitting
that Raphael was greater painter
than himself?- Boston Trans6ript
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

Mrs. Sleepyize- Henry. the alarm
clock just went off
Mr. Sleepyize-Thank goodness!
hope the thingll never come back
Ohio State Journal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02
why His Life WAS "a Failure.

Eyes, l consider my life a failure"
"Ob. Henry how sad! Why should
you say that?"
81 spent all my time making money
enough to buy food and clothes, and
the food disagrees with me- and my
clothes don't fit."-Life.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

1t is doubtful if any other fruit could
be found at once so common, cheap
and delicious as dates. They are most
healthful and excellent for children.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

Mr.. Arthur NGaule general merchant), of Niles
town. NCddcSex Co. Ontario. VA year ago, al
ter l had been taken sick with severe attack
began taking yotr Golden Medical Discovery
1 rapidly recovered from the attack and felt no
more of it that fall, This Season began taking
the Discovery iii August and have SO far been
perfectly well I chn so out IN an kinds Of
weather and not feel tile bronchial trouble at
all. Let me say to all who are suffering from
such complaints TO give Dr. Pierce's Goldeu
Medical Discovery a fair trial, and am con
viuced that good results viii be obtained.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, paper-oourid, is sent nee on re-
ceipt of Fl one-ccttt staulps. "a pay ex-
pense of mailing oaiEss,sss0 F ssafsps for
the book in cloth bifidSnR gete8s Or.
R. v Pierce, Buffalo IN X.
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Knc,r Mhen To CO

Give us proof of your boosted wis
DOM" cried lot of chattering magpies
to the owl!
81 WILL" he said and few away
Philadelphia Times.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-02

The Abyssinian warriors always
honor their king by a band escort Of
40 trumpets wherever he goes.