The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-19
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gifts. .
A real curiosity is a woman
without any.
1t takes the cook to do the
buckwheat cake up brown.
Don't think because man isn't
IN jail that he is honest.
When We do our level best God
begins whore we have to leave off.
Never put off till tomorrow the
friend who is willing to lend YOU
money today.
Some people have so little mu-
SIC in their souls they would rather
sit through al operation than all
opera.
The more you cry over your fail
ures the longer it will be ere you
have opportunity to rejoice over
your success.
We have often wished that we
could travel through scenes as
fine as those pictured in the rail
road advertising folders.
When man is elected to some
little Jim Grow office he usually
feels as big as n country town that
has just captured the county seat.
After a man has reached forty
he spends goodly share of his
time taking stock of what he
thought he knew and sitting out
al, that is not worth while.
Optimism doesn't consist in
hunting for dark clouds in order
to have chance for looking for
silver Innings.
When a woman and a cyclone
make up their minds to go on a
trip, nothing yet invented can
stop them.
A woman's idea of a "mean.
spiteful thing" is another woma n
who has new dress made Just
like hers.
So far, the war has cost Russia
$12, 100000 Roosevelt's admin
lstratlon has cost, so far, $3,345,-
100000, and he has no war on his
hands. Think of it?
1t can be understood to what O
nicely the mechanism of u gaso-
line engine is adjusted when it is
stated that to make 1000 revolu-
tions q minute means that in a
four-cycle engine there are 500
sprays of gasoline forced into the
cylinder, 500 times the electric
battery makes spark, and 500
times the escape valve is opened
to let the gas out.
"He called you cheat" said
the milkman's assistant "and de-
clared You put water in your
milk" That's malicious lie, :"
exclaimed the milkman, indig-
nantly, "Ol but, | sayl You know
you do really" "No, sir! I'm
always careful to put the milk in
the water Just to trip up such peo-
pie as him -
The war in the far east contin-
ues to go the japanese way, ac-
cording to the daily newspaper re-
ports. The only thing now ap-
parently in the way of victory for
the Japs is the probability that
they will wear themselves out kill
ing the Russes before the job can
be completed.
For winter climate Canon
City, COL, has reputation Sec
ond to no locality in the United
States. During last winter hun
dreds of robins, bluebirds and
turtle doves made their homes in
that vicinity and there was no
weather during the whole season
so severe as to harm the feathered
creatures
Russia has declared raw cotton
to be contraband of war. This is
based on the fact cotton is used as
an absorbent in the manufacture
of certain high explosives. Still,
in all probability, japan will be
able to get all of the cotton needed
for explosives and other purposes.
Russia is not in a position to do
a great deal ct stopping ships at
sea to search for contraband ar
ticles.
Since the war began in the ORR
ent and SO much has beer printed
about torpedoes, many people have
asked IN amazement why those
implements should cost so much.
A good torpedo made to order
comes as high as $1,000. Even
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