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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-30

When the crowds come in on the
electric car from Atlanta every Sunday,
some of our citizens occasionally re-
mark: "If that car line was extended to
Kennesaw Mountain and an elegant no.
tel built there, it would pay both the
car line and the hotel proprietor" No
doubt of it. At first it was said that
the street car would be a failure for the
lack OF passengers, but the cars are
crowded nearly all the time, and it has
paid from the beginning. Street cars
TO connect with adjacent towns would
pay, but it takes money to build them.
There is slowness that defers their con-
struction, but the day will come when
this country Will be net work of cleo
trio car lines, and it will greatly aug
ment the development of resources,
construction Of manufacturing plants.
and growth in population.
The Imperial Oil Cook Stove is the
most satisfactory and consumes less
fuel. Sold only by
Dobbs Hardware Company.
Brantley Haynes, son of Mr.. Harry
Haynes, of Marietta, is in the contest
from the Ninth district, being a student
at Walesca College for a trip to James
town Exposition offered by the Atlanta
Journal He has the highest vote by
nearly three times over any one else,
and it looks like he is a sure winner,
and we hope will get there.
Church Bell, suitable for country
church or school, for sale cheap.
Dobbs Hardware Company.
The college girls and boys are ar
irving home nov, that vacation is given.
Misses Regina Rambo, Clyde Malone
and Irma Neal will arrive home from
Wesleyan College Wednesday evening.
They enter Senior class next term.
"a little higher, but much the best I"
is what is said about the Quincy Re-
frigerators sold by
Dobbs Hardware Company.
Any man with malice in his heart can
say mean things of people he don't like,
and people who know these things, gen.
orally put low estimate on said mean
things.
The McNeel Marble Co., Marietta,
constructed by contract the foundation
for the John B. Gordon monument un-
yelled in Atlanta last Saturday. The
contract called for about $1,000.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-30

People along the rural routes will
nave to see that there are at least 100
metal boxes erected on each route and
3,0OO pieces Of mail handled each week
in order to retain their rural route free
delivery. The experimental stage has
passed, and it now comes down to
actual resuts Good roads also must
De kept up Our country friends are
vitality interested in this matter. With
telephone systems connecting the town
and free daily mail, country life is
brought into intimate touch with the
city, its markets, its current news and
commercial information,
The Lightning Freezers whip and in
creases the cream. Sold only By
Dobbs Hardware Company.
1t is OF great Importance that there
be general cleaning up in this town,
including back yards, alleys, vacant
lots, and other places where weeds,
and the like are found. Let every prop
erty owner and housekeeper contribute
tc this good work, and they will find that
it was wise step and we'll worth the
trouble. The public health is valuable
asset in a comm unity's prosperity and
happiness.
Our red Lawn Swings pleases the old
as much as the young
Dobbs Hardware Company.
If you do not furnish the particular
local item you would like to have men
toned, how do you expect us to get it?
We can't read mems minds, or women's
either. We want all the locals, and you
would do US an appreciative favor to
furnish the information. If you don't
see US on the street, we have a phone
No. l8-call US.
The dissolution of Meinert & Whit
lock will take effect July l, 1907. All
accounts due them must be paid at
once, or will be put out for collection
The large stock of Meinert & Whit
lock must be reduced at once. There
fore, contracts will be taken at very
low figures.
If there is chance to boom business,
boom it. Don't put on long face and
look as though you had misery. Hold
up your head, smile and look for better
things. Hide your little hammer, and
try to speak we'll of others, no matter
how small you may know yourself
to be.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-30
READ
B. II. Bostain Co.'s ad-
vertisement on 9Th page.
1t will interest you.

Mr.. G. G. Grst commences fifteen
days sale Saturday morning, June 1st,
and gives a reduction in low cut shoes
that is surprisingly low. He proposes
to get rid of them. Read half page ad :
vertisement in this issue.
Albert Brsswell, who was bitten LY a
mad dog. is getting on all right, and
was discharged Tuesday from the Pas
teur Institute in Atlanta, cured. Albert
says he is only ID years old, and not IA,
as we stated.
Prof. E. H. Handy and wife, of Buch-
anan, ia., are here visiting relatives
Prof. Handy, who has been principal
of the school at Buchanan, has just
been elected superintendent of the
public schools at Cuthbert, Ga, at a
handsome salary. We congratulate him
upon his deserved success.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-30
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Photographed,
Matters in City Briefly
ChronicIed for Jour-
nal Readers.

Miss Mamie Dobbs graduated at
Shorter College this week.
A second hand one-horse wagon for
sale. Dobbs Hardware Company.
Mr. E. P. Crenshaw has returned
from California.
A man named t. w. Webster, at
Kansas City, has slept forty days. He
would make fine policeman.
Lawn Hose, top grade, sc per foot.
Dobbs Hardware Company.
To-day, Thursday, the Federal deco
ration exercises take place. Watch the
dark cloud rise on the horizon.
DR.. W. w. Wordsworth has been in
town several days in the interest of life
insurance.
Southern States Portland Cement.
Dobbs Hardware Company, sole agent.
The thirst for political Office is hardly
ever cured by those who have tasted
the sweets of its emoluments.
Mr.. Mack D. Hodges, of the popular
firm of CAN'T & Hodges, Marietta, was
reelected on the Board of the Georgia
Pharmaceutical Association, which met
in Savannah last week.
BeAure you see the Hammocks at
Dobbs Hardware Store before you buy.
Lawyers have a hard time. After
spending the greater portion Of their
lives familiarizing themselves with the
written laws, sometimes they lose suits
because of the "unwritten law"
LosT-On Tuesday night. 2lst inst,
in the waiting room of W. & A. R. R.,
Marietta, lady's purse, containing q
five dollar bill and So. % in silver. Re-
ward if returned to GEO. W. GIBSON,
115 Sessions street.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-30

An abnormal sense of your own
rights soon will hide your neigh
boris righteousness.
In the light of heaven we may
find the greatest heroes have been
hidden from earth.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-30

A man never has any trouble
about his habits when he is car
ried away by some great work.
Success often means to get what
others want, but what you no
longer have any appetite for.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
A Bit of Superstition.

Superstition is by no means dead,
even in ultra civilized England, says
London Answers. One Sunday, a few
months ago, an interesting proof of
this fact was seen in the parish church
of Sutcombe, in north Devon. A
woman who suffered from epilepsy sat
In the porch as the congregation came
out from morning service, and thirty
married men, who at her request had
attended church, passed her one by
one. AS they passed each dropped a
penny in her lap. The thirtieth took
the pennies and gave the woman a
half crown, which was to be made into
a ring for her to wear. Vain supersti-
ton, you eXclaim. Yet another
woman. also q martyr to epileptfc fits,
who went through the same ceremony
at the same place nineteen years ago
has never since suffered.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
Some Famous "Dunces."

Nathaniel Hawthorne was the Ounce
of his class. Walter Scott was told by
his professor that he was a Ounce. Both
Napoleon and Wellington were dull
boys at school, and when Give won
Plassy his father said he did not think
the BOBBY had so much sense. Chal-
mers, the leader of the disruption, was
expelled from his school as an incorri-
gibIe Ounce. Chatterton was sent home
as a fool, and Leigh Hunt was con-
sidered beyond all hope. Isaac New
ton, the great oriental scholar; Sir Will
liam Jones a%l Robert Morrison, who
compiled the immortal Chinese Bible
and dictionary, were all regarded as
extremely dull boys. Minneapolis
Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
MOSLEM ETIQUETTE.
Always Be In Good Humor and Talk
Pleasant Thinus.

Here are some interesting Mussul-
man injunctions Of co~nviviality, says
the London Lancet. The honor of be-
ing served first belongs to the invited
guest who is In the possession OF any
high title or who has in any way or
sphere distinguished himself. II the
host himself is the oldest in the COM
pany or has any high decoration of
merit, he must first begin the meal
without delay in order not to let the
others unduly wait. 1t shows bad up
bringing to be in a melancholy mood at
table OF to speak of d~isagreeable things
or TO engage in inappropriate discus
siOns III matters Of religious piety.
Foremost Of all, one must always be in
good humor and talk Of pleasant things,
as did the prophet himself.
You must always help yourself from
the side Of the dish nearest to you and
never try to find out the best bits,
which ought to be left for other guests.
If II of the invited has not much APP
petite, you must ask him up to three
times with some kind chosen words to
partake of the meals. \ longer insist
ence would cause ennui and would be
most inappropriate. You must never
stop eating before others, because in
doing so you will embarrass them and
cause them to finish quickly in imitat-
ing you.
Never eat gl%uttonously, but also new
er attempt to conceal your good appe-
tite. Always eat little by little. Exag-
gerated compliments are always mis-
placed. The hosts duty is to make his
guests feel as comfortable as possible,
encouraging the timid and shy. 1t is
contrary to good taste to address and
to fix the attention of a guest when he
is eating. Even if the host is not ac-
customed to eat much he must always
try not to finish before others. Should
any dish be forbidden to him by his
medical attendant he certainly must
not partake of it, but must at the same
time excuse himself before his guests.
1t is absolutely necessary to avoid ev-
cry movement or gesture which is apt
to create disgust.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
JAPANESE SECTION OF oKUMAs HOME.

JAPANESE SECTION OF oKUMAs oME
fish and beautify the position they had
won by force of arms. He declared
that his c%ountrymen were a peaceful
rather than an aggressive race, that
the Chinese were absolutely unaggres-
sive and that there was no such thing
as a real yellow peril"
Recently his party has taken an atti-
tude of opposition to the government
as to its friendly policy with America.
Count Okuma, though no longer the
active leader of the Progressive party,
is still consulted by 1t as of yore. The
present situation puts him in a position
more or less antagonistic to America.
Count Okuma is likened by Henry
George, Jr., who visited him a short
time ago., to the statesman whom the
Democrats of America regard AS the
founder of their party, Thomas Jeffer-
son His political followers resort to
his home at WaSeda, in the outskirts
of Tokyo, much as Jefferson's follow
ers used to go to Monticello for their
leaders advice. Like Jefferson, he is a
man of fine personal tastes, of culture
and fortune. the founder of a univer-
sity and in private life somewhat of
an a%ristocrat, yet is democratic in his
political teachings. He regards with
concern the concentration of wealth
and of population and the sinister in
fluence of trusts. In the interview
with Mr.. George he cited the fact that
the MitSui and IwaSaki families, the
VanderbiltS and Astors of Japan, had
fortunes Of about $1.OOO,0OO each about
thirty years ago, and this was thought
q very large sum at the time, but they
have since increased to about $4,000
600 each. Count Okuma, who has now
rounded his SEVENTEEN year, vas n
poor boy and in becoming rich has not
forgotten what it means to be poor.
having used his wealth in many ways
for the benefit of his countrymen. He
lives the simple life. and his residence
is by no the kind of q house an
average American of his wealth and
station would choose as a home. 1t
has two ~sectiOnS-one japanese, the
other European. The latter is carpeted,
with q large leather covered divan in
the center and comfortable chairs of
various kinds scattered about. There
are tables and bookcases and similar
furniture. The japanese section is
what Americans would call very plain
and has sliding screens and papered
windows. The home is surrounded,
however, like every typical Japanese
home, with a beautiful flower garden.
Across the street from his estate is the
University of Waseda, which he found
ed and endowed. Though "out of poll
tics," as an American would say, the
sount is still a great power in the land,
and his advice is sought by his ruler.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
His Head and the Psalm.

The Rev. c. y. Wright, Wardie vicar
age, Rochdale, for a personal reminis-
cence, writes: In my third living
there was Il very crowded congrega-
ton the first morning 1 oficiated. The
parishioners were evidently curious as
10 the build, color Of hair, etc. Of their
new vicar. AS a matter of fact I was,
though a young man, very bald A lit
tie thought would have caused me to
make my first appearance on any
morning but the Sth. but it was the
Sth, and, in the Psalms, which were
read and not sung, 1 had to say: My
sins are more in number than the
hairs Of my head.'"-London Graphic.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
A GOOD LAWN.
The Best Way to Prepare the Ground
and Sow the Seed.

The Best Way to Prepare the Ground
and Sow the Seed.
A good lawn may be made either by
laying Sod or growing seed. If turf
is used. the lawn is sometimes ready
for use in less time than when seed is
used, but practically the difference is
very slight Fewer lawns are made
from turf every year. The turf or soil
is nearly always obtained from a near
by field. 1t abounds in coarse grasses
and pernicious weeds. The former
may be got rid Of after considerable
trouble, but the latter rarely ever. Sod
laid lawns are nearly always uneven,
seamy and varied in color and texture.
Their cost, too, is much in excess of
seeding the lawn down
A lawn produced from a mixture of
good, new, recleaned seeds of the finer
grasses and clOvers Is superior in quail
ity and texture to the best sod obtain
able. To obtain the best results from
sowing, the ground should be carefully
dug over-not too deep, six to eight
inches will be enOugh-and nicely lev
eled off; then SOW on broadcast q good
fertilizer, 600 pounds to the acre, or
about ten pounds to every Is by 10
square feet. Rake this In and roll it
or fatten it with the back of n spade;
then SOW seventy pounds of some good
lawn seed to the acre, or n pound
to every Is by Is feet. Sow half this
quantity walking one way and half
walking at right angles to it, so as to
get even distribution. Do not SOW in
windy weather, and be sur to rake
the seed in, and after sowing roll it
well or beat it fiat with the spade.
Those seeds that are deeply buried
will not terminate, and those that are
exposed will be scorched by the sun,
blown or washed away or taken by
the birds. Whenever necessary to sow
in summer it is better to mix with rye
or oats to protect the tender shoots
from the hot sun.-Suburban Life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
Two Duels.

Sainte-Beuye got al excellent adver-
tisement out of a duel fought on a
wet day by insisting upon holding his
umbrella up with one hand while he
fired his pistol with the other. He was
willing, he courageously said, to take
the risk of being shot, but he must be
excused from taking the greater risk
of catching cold.
The duel which Benjamin Constant,
who suffered from govt, fought sitting
in Il Bath chair may have been Of
somewhat similar character. Honor in
that case was declared to be satisfied
when the Bath chair was hit.-Strand
Magazine.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
IN A NEW CLASS.
Massie's Raise In Wages Brought I'm
expected Results.

Mrs. Baker, n well TO do lady In one
OF the suburbs OF a large eastern city,
was fortunate In having IN excellent
servant. Maggie was capable, quick
and good natured. Most of the lady's
friends were less fortunate-ln fact,
few of them were without their distinct
trials. At all the fashionable gather
ings the conversation turned, like a
needle 10 the pole, straight to the sub
ject OF servants.
Mrs. Baker said very little, for she
had often noticed that an announce
ment of perfect satisfaction In the do
nestle line was frequently followed
later on by Il second announcement to
the effect that the perfect maid had
been offered higher wages by Mrs. So
and-so and had gone to get them.
Therefore Mrs. Baker followed Br'er
Rabbits tactics of ''layin' low"
More than this, she decided TO be
very diplomatic. She would offer Mag
gle more wages herself and thus secure
her before any one else had a chance.
She vas pleased with her plan.
NOW, Maggie" she said the next
morning, you've been very faithful
and cheerful during this hot summer
and through D~orothy's Illness, and |
like your work SO well that I'm going
to raise your wages from So to Sc"
Maggie thanked her, and Mrs. Baker
smiled at the thought Of her own as
tutenesS.
On Monday morning, a few days lat
er, she had occasion to visit her kitch-
en- after breakfast. Instead of encoun-
tering the usual smell of suds and
steam, she found Maggie seated at the
table.
"Why, where's the washing?" she
asked. whats the matter? Are you
ill?"
"Oh, no, num-" replied Maggie airily,
81 amt sick. But none of the girls as
gets Sc does any washing. The six dol
lar girls has it lone fer 'um, you
know"
Mrs. Baker has not tried any more
diplomatic plans.-Youth's Companion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
The "Coney" of the Bible.

There is a queer little rock animal
found in thousands in all parts Of Cape
Colony, South Africa, and called by the
Dutch ''daasje" pronounced in Eng
lish "dassie'O. This little creature has
many other names, such as the coney,
daman, rock badger and rock rabbit.
1t is found also in Syria and is really
the ''coney'' of the Bible, for one of the
psalms contains this verse, THE high
hills are a refuge for the wild goats
and the rocks for the confess" while in
the book of Proverbs we read, The CO.
MES are but 4 feeble folk, yet make
they their houses in the rocks" The
South African daasie is a pretty gray.
furry creature. merry and sun loving,
and when taken young makes a charm
ing pet.-Amy Sutherland in st. Mich
olaS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
HUMOR OF LONDON Cables
Some of Their Remarks When the Tip
Is Not Forthcoming.

Is Not Forthcoming.
Some of the hanson fraternity of
London have no sense Of humor. but
the majority are decidedly facetious.
says London Tit-Bits. Here are some
examples Of witty and sarcastic cab
byisms."
To appreciate them properly it must
be understood that the fare has offered
a single shilling in payment for a ride
just within the two mile limit.
"Are you quite sure you can spare
this" remarks the cabby with a bump
of humor. Dye think you'll be able
to rub along on the other nineteen till
next Friday? It's goin' the pace,
y'know."
IF you'll take my tip, guv'nor," runs
another form of gentle reproach, you'll
go and see an oculist. You 'ailed this
bus by mistake. You wants a red or
green or yellow bus. Black amt in
your line at ALL"
THANK yer, g%ov'nor," says another
cabby, with apparent emotion; thank
yer, kindly. Yer offer is well meant,
but 1 couldn't go for to do it." Saying
which he makes a pretense Of handing
the shilling back to the astonished
fare. But 1 can't sell him, guv'nor,
and that's a fact. Yer 'andsome hof-
fer'd make me rich for life, but 1 tell
yer l can't sell i'm"
One cabby, who was an excellent &C
tor, on receiving his shilling burst into
tears and between his loud sobs jerked
out: I'm sorry you force it on me,
guv'nor, 1 am really. The hincome tax
people'n be down on me now"
An excellent 'cabbyism" was perpe-
trated in the suburbs m night. AS
the fare let himself into the house he
was regaled somewhat as follows:
go in quietly, sir, in case the old wo-
man wakes up and ears me drivin'
away. She might stop the rest Of yer
pocket money for this extravaganza"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05

"AWY HAT is the feeling about
~ America in JAPAN and
What Is the feeling about
Japan in American" are
two questions that are being asked
with a good deal of frequency in the
respective countries, and the answers
are various. Japan is not looking for
trouble" says Henry w. Denison,
American adviser to the japanese for
eign office. 'They want var with us,
feeling that they would win," says an
American who has lived fourteen
years in Japan in a private letter to a
well known New Yorker. AT q ban
quet in Tokyo recently Vice Admiral
Matsumoto stated that Japan would
not reach the highest round of the lad
der until she had had q war with Eng
land or America, adding that he pre-
ferred America, and thought that in a
quick war Japan would sOon compel
her adversary to seek terms of peace.
On the other hand, the words of
friendship spoken by General KurOki
In his tour of the United States had a
sincere sound, and most people in this
country were disposed to take them at
their face value. The fact that the
a~nti-Japanese agitation on the Pacific
coast, originating in the San Francisco
school incident, was famed into flame
again by the riots in which Japanese
workmen and restaurant keepers were
attacked is by many held to show that
the nation will have the Japanese
problem to face In some form for q
good while to come. The situation
gives q new interest to the characters
of the leading japanese statesmen and
awakens curiosity as to their attitude
toward foreigners, especially our W
nation. Much weight is attached under
these circumstances to the views of ia
pans grand old man," Count Shige-
nobu Okuma, ex-premier and up to a
few months ago active leader Of the
Progressive party. Count Okuma while
the war with Russia was In progress
expressed the opinion that if the Japa-
nese won 1t they would eek by OBJ
ervance of the utmost courtesy and
cordially toward foreigners to estah-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-07-05
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