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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
Ono Benefit.

To top off an expensive education a
young married woman of no particular
ability in any one line took a course at
a dramatic school. She never attempt
ed to secure an engagement, so one
day a close and candid friend Of her
husband asked what good all that
training had done, anyhow.
80 far as can see," he said, that
$500 you spent on Ethel's dramatic
education has been practically thrown
away"
"Oh, no, 1t hasn't" returned the hus-
band mildly. Her stage experience
has taught her to dress in a hurry.
Nowadays when I ask her to go any
place with me she can change her
clothes in ten minutes. 1t used to
take over an hour"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
The Smoking Mountain.

In 1897 climbed two volcanoes IN
Mexico-Popocatepetl or "the Smoking
Mountain" about 1890 feet, and Oriz-
aba, the former the most famous be-
cause within view from Mexico City
and thus a source Of especial pride
and admiration to the inhabitants, who
have been loath to believe that any
other Of their mountains could be high
err Popo has really splendid crater,
about half mile across and one thou
sand feet deep. The walls are gen.
orally vertical, but In one or two
places 1t Is possible to descend. When
workers are engaged in collecting sui
phur, machinery is used to hoist them
up and down. From Popo's summit
there is a glorious prospect, not alone
Of the immense crater, but of the beau
tiful white Lady" Ixtaccihuatl, re-
clining a thousand feet below; Of Oriz-
aba on the far horizon, and Of the
charming valley OF Mexico.-Annie 8.
Peck in "The Christian Herald"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
NOT EASY TO SEE lCEBERGS
Deadly Menaces TO Navigation Said to
Be Almost Invisible at
Night.

Among laymen there is genuine sur
prise that on clear night-dark
though 1t was-a great ship could plow
into the heart Of an iceberg before
discovering Its presence. To the nau-
teal mind 1t is entirely plausible.
At about twenty-five knots of speed,
the Titanic was covered nearly stat
ute mile and one third every three
minutes, and 1t takes time for a ship
900 feet in length and drawing nearly
forty feet of water to Swing" on It's
course line. It takes time 10 stop 50,-
900 tons Of dead weight when moving
at that rate Of speed.
In daytime, even, unless the sun Is
shining brightly against its sides, a
berg is not the glazing sheetlike thing
that many seem to think 1t is. On a
cloudy day they show distinctly gray
and dark, while on a moonless, cloudy
night they only, at the best, will show
as blackness, more pronounced, against
that other blackened screen where
murky cloud and murky waters meet.
The newest. whitest, snowiest sails
that ever drove racing yacht to vic
tory show as black as blacklist night
against a somber midnight sky. In
other words, they are invisible short
way off, as was the berg whose jagged
and submerged extensions tore the
very bowels from this virgin Titan
The Titanic" Arthur N. .McGray, in
National Magazine.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
The Hypocrlte.

Rev. George r. Lunn the new mayor
Of Schenectady, says: Il don't preach
Give to the poor but Stop taking
from the poor"
MIR. Lunn, discussing this dictum
the other day, said to the Albany Jour
nal man:
"The millionaire social reformer,
unless he is very sincere man, al
ways reminds me of the husband who
brought home one evening bottle Of
champagne and lobster
1t is your birthday, dear he said
to his wife, and purchased these
delicacies as little treat for you this
evening with your birthday dinner
"'You are very kind the woman
answered. but thought you knew 1
never touch champagne, love, while
lobster invariably disagrees with me-
Never mind. my dear, never mind,
the husband answered. That being
the case, I'll just eat the lobster my
self and drink the champagne to your
health"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
WATER ToYS OF THE EAST
Remarkably Ingenious Are PIaythlngs
Provided for the Children of
the Orient.

Europe and America turn out, fol
the edification of their children, many
ingenious toys, but the Occidental
youngsters have nothing to compare
with the strange expanding water-toys
with which the children Of the far east
have for centuries amused themselves,
These are placed in small wooden
boxes similar to the little paint boxes
so often seen In our own country.
They have the appearance OF soiled
shavings, broken matches and dilapi
dated toothpicks, but when thrown
into the water the ingenious toys at
once exhibit properties that show
them to be considerably more than
mere bits of stick. The wood of these
toys has been kiln-dried, and imme-
diately It touches the water 1t begins
to absorb the water and to expand
almost indefinitely. AS it increases
in size it separates and suddenly
opens, becoming very pretty toy
One stick will change into a flower
pot containing it may be, rose bush
in full bloom. Another becomes an
obese mandarin carrying an umbrel-
la. Still another will take the form
of a sea serpent, very ferocious in It's
tiny dimensions. Then, too, there are
toys which show as whales, tigers,
crocodiles, etc. The figures are col
ored and present a bewilderlng va
riety in design and treatement. Their
manufacture is a trade secret, kept
inviolate by the guild that turns them
out by the thousands.
For older children there are provid-
ed larger and even more artistic fig
ures, consisting Of historical charac-
ters-rulers, poets and soldiers-and
dwarfed trees and tiny houses, whose
doors and windows are full of In
mates, are also among this class. The
more ordinary kind cost a. mere song,
but the finer toys are quite expensive.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
New Material,

One of the prettiest materials of
the moment is soft crepe wolfe, pat
termed with Turkish toweling. The
latter fabric has not, on the whole,
much to recommend 1t as a summer
choice, the coarseness of the ruffled
surface giving a woolly effect, which
makes 1t hardly ideal for the hottest
summer weather. In a combination,
however, of porcelain blue and white.
the two fabrics look delightfully."- cool,
the toweling forming border to the
hem of the skirt and the wide cuffs
of the bodice, while above the hem,
on the plain surface of the crepe, oc-
ours a row Of raised china blue roses
in toweling.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
Alliance RInu

While the wedding ring is of the fore.
most interest to the groom, yet it is
often discussed Jointly by the bride
and groom. And to them a new wed
ding ring Is being offered this year
called the alliance ring" This ap
pears to be one solid ring, but is
actually two, the joints being invisi.
BILE, and whenever engraved the ring
is separated by inserting a pin in the
inside pinhole, which separate the two
rings, and the marking is done on the
inside surface.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
HAT AND TIE SETS EN- SUITE
Accessories That Add immensely to
the Effect Of the Most Simple
Costumes.

II you are pretty girl, filed with
the ambition to be always smartly
CARRIED and have not an overplus Of
money, you can help out your ward
robe wonderfully by means of hat and
tie sets. First Of all, provide yourself
with one Of the new small frames of
turban or bonnet shape--whichever
most becomes you-and cover it with
taupe or black velvet as either of
those tones will accord with any
shade which you may desire to put
with them. Then make several bands
Of precisely the length to fit about the
crown of the hat and hook them I'M
der bows of broad ribbon. The band
may be of fur, Of feathers, Of single
long plume, of embroidered net or
velvet or Of silk or worsted flowers,
but it should fit the crown so perfect
ly that 1t can be whisked off in q
minutes time and replaced with an.
other of different sort.
Matching neckties ere made of the
same materials, but in two ways. A
favorite model consists of a band
twice the width Of the one fitting the
hat, and secured under the left ear
with long-ended and short-looped
bow of reversible ribbon velvet. An
other model consists of wide band
shaped precisely like a stock. This,
closing In the back, fits the throat
closely. and is trimmed with four
inch wide plated frill Of ribbon or
taffeta matching the bow Of the hat
band.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
Dainty Collar.

To wear with colored linen dresses,
a sailor collar of sheerest null Is
most effective.
1t requires half yard Of material.
After cutting the collar out, finish the
edge with an inch-wide frill of finely
pleated net.
to match may be made with
rounded or square corners and edged
with the pleated net
If touch Of color is desired, a row
of feather stitching where the net is
Joined to the collar supplies it.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
Curious Result of Sdder,s pr.

AS the result of an adder bite. re-.
Gently, the back of the hand of a Car.
diff (Wales) boy named ]. w. Cory
has become marked like an adder.
The physician who is attending the
case states that the skin and swollen
nesh near the bite are like a piece of
leather, augmented exactly the same as
an adder, the white streak or ring run
ming round the dark notified ground.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
Soaked Them THOROUGH.

First Peasant year 2O1D-"So
their family is very wealthy. How did
they get their start?" Second Peasant
-"One Of their ancestors drove an
American tourist to the railroad sta
ton back in 1911"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
Oldest City In the World.

Doctor Harkov, q Russian savant,
once affirmed that Samara, on the
right bank Of the Tigrus, near Bag
dad, Is the oldest city extant Relics
now discovered show that Samara
fourished before the arrival OF the
Semites in Chaldea or Mesopotamia,
5000 B. C.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
Modern Substitute.

Mrs. Justin de Bunch-Has your
baby learned to talk yet? Mrs. All
De Mustahd-No, and his nurse is so
stupid that I'm afraid he never will.
But you must let me show you new
tricks l have taught Fido since you
were here last. Play dead, Fido.-
Milwaukee News.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13

In the removal ola plaster ceiling
and oak paneling of the Jacobean
room in the famous Reindeer inn at
Banbury, England which has been
bought by Lord Curzon of Kedleston,
workmen found in the rafters a double
hintlock horse pistol inlaid with gold.
inscribed, Presented to Dick Turpin
at the White Bear Inn Drury Lane,
February 7. 1885"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
Small, Flat Jsbota.

Small and rather fiat plated jabots,
which are only sufficiently large to
fill in the neck opening Of the coat,
are being worn, and there is a fancy
for fiat lace bows with fan-shaped
falls of lace.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13

Howes-"How is 1t that Wildboy's
sons all walk in the straight and mar
row. Crewes-"Oh, they feel that
their father sowed wild oats enough
for the whole family. Judge.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-13
The Usual MIXTURE

How did old Bankroll get so much
iough?" President Of the flour trust,
and they watered the stock. Judge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
HOUSEHOLD
\ r.

In moIding peppermints or other
candy, keep the hands busted with
confectioners' sugar.
Potato balls which are sailed in but
ter after being boiled are delicious,
They should be served with a gener-
Jus sprinkling of minced parsley.
To clean a frying pan after fish or
onion, boil out the pan with soda wa
ter, washing clean, then put 1t on the
fire and shake a little oatmeal in.
Small tin cans a be used for gem
or patty cake pans by melting both
ends from them In a dripping pan.
The cakes will easily slip out Of the
bottomless rings.
When using a bottle OF glue, the
stopper may be prevented from stick
ing by rubbing a fresh m with a lit
tie lard or grease OF some kind and
using that In place Of the old sticky
one.
To clean an enameled bathtub wipe
it dry and then rub 1t with a cloth
dipped In %turpentine and salt. After
ward wash 1t with clean warm water,
then wipe it dry and 1t will look like
a new tub.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
TurkIsh Deliuht,

To make Turkish delight take two
heaplng tablespoonfuls Of powdered
gelatine, one and a fourth cupfuls OF
water, two cupfuls Of sugar, n tea
spoonful of powered citric acid, one
teaspoonful Of vanilla extract, red COL
oring, yellow coloring and two ounces
of finely chopped blanched almonds.
Put the gelatlne into a saucepan, add
the water, sugar and acid; bring slow
ly to boiling point. then bell gently
for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.
Rinse two deep plates with cold water,
put the red coloring and vanilla ex-
tract into one, into the other put the
almonds, lemon extract and yellow
coloring. Strain the mixture into each
and stir. Set In q cool place till cold
and firm, then cut into neat squares,
using q knife constantly dipped into
boiling water, and roll in confection'
ers' sugar.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
POINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Preserving and Cooking Hints That
Have Been Handed Down for
Many Generations.

When making marmalade Jam Gu,
rounds of tissue paper the size of the
Jar. soak each In vinegar and lay close
over the top of the preserve. This will
prevent II going moldy.
There's an easy way to make jelly.
and that is to boil the fruit right In
the muslin jelly bag. The filled bag
is placed In a large kettle and co..
cred with cold water. After boiling
until the fruit is soft, the bag with Its
contents is lifted out and suspended
from Il hook to Grain all night. II one
has no assistant this idea has much
to commend II.
Do not throw away vinegar in which
homemade cucumber pickles have
been preserved. Keep 1t and use It
in salad dressing. instead Of the ordi-
nary vinegar. The favor Is delicious
and one that cannot be gained in any
other way.
When canning or splicing fruit save
the surplus juice in the alright Jars
and when you make your homemade
mince meat pour this juice into the
mince meat. You will find this saves
sugar and at the same time gives the
mince meat a much richer flavor.
To open a stubborn fruit jar, invert
the top Of the jar in hot water (boil'
ing hot, but not boiling), taking care
that the water is not deep enough to
touch the glass. The principle is to
expand the metal top. Then open aR
usual. A minute or two Is sufficient;
should It remain in too long the glass
would also be expanded.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
MUCH BENEFlY IN ROTATION
Increase Of "a Bushels Per Acre In
Corn Is Notad-LIttIe Difference
F&SN Few Years.

Fifteen years continuous culture oil
crops at the Ohio experiment station
on plots without treatment, on Other
plots with manure, Ave tons per acre
and on still other plots with 42C
pounds per acre OF commercial fer
tilizer, when compared with the sans
crops In rotation but with the same
treatment, show as the average of the
Ave years. o. difference Of "a bushels
OF corn, nine bushels Of oats and II
bushels of wheat per acre, in favor Of
the rotation. There was but little diff
ference the first few years.
Manure has been reinforced and ap
piled to silly clay deficient In phos
phorus and lime. Part Of the manure
has been thrown into an open barn
yard during the winter and allowed
to lie exposed to the weather until
April, while another part has accum
ulated under the feet Of the cattle un
til the same time.
TIL cropping has been a rotation
OF corn, wheat and clover. The aver
age Of IL years results shows that the
manure has not been used with the
highest economy until reinforced with
phosphorus. The gypsum and kainit
were found relatively Improbable.
The manur used at present Is
treated with ground phosphate rocb
or floats, during it's accumulation in
the stable at the rate OF 40 to sc
pounds per ton manure, or about 40C
pounds per acre and at a cost Of
abount $3.50 per acre.
The lining has cost about SO pei
acre and the fertilizer used on the
wheat about $6.40,--a total Of ;14 fol
the four.year rotation,
But the gain Of 25 bushels OF corn
three Of oats, 10 of wheat and / IL
tons Of hay would have a total value
OF $40 per acre.
In other words the cost Of treat
ment is being recovered nearly three
times owe In the increase OF crop.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
MAKES FINE DESSERT
SRoYAL DIPLOMATIC PUDDING
MAY BE RECOMMENDED.
Must Be Very Carefully and Properly
Pull Together, However, to Insure
suoeess-Attraotlve Looking
In the Extreme.


The fame of the double dealing dip
bmatist has extended even to the
humble realm of the kitchen and has
given its name to the royal diplomat.
ic pudding" which requires double
dealing of a very intricate sort to
make 1t a success Like the schemes
Of the willy diplomat 1t will fail COM
pletely If not put together with great
care. The pudding Is sometimes re-
ferred to as a Jelly au surprise" be
cause when 1t is sent to the table Its
coating Of Jelly conceals Its real char.
acter until 1t Is opened, ~betraying the
delightful surprise within. The main
difference between the pudding and
the diplomatic scheme Is that the sur
prise In the former Is always pleasant,
while in the latter the contrary Is like
ly to be the case.
A delectable Bavarian cream, or a
custard with whipped cream beaten
into It. usually forms the foundation
Of the pudding, and the jelly coating,
while 1t should completely cover the
interior, should be semi-transparent,
permitting glimpses of something hid
den-just enough to arous curiosity
and whet the appetite. II there Is a
pretty contrast of color between the
cream and the jelly, SO much the bet
ter.
A royal diplomatic pudding should
always be p~rettily decorated with a II
died fruits, rose petals, angelica and
so forth. Candied rose leaves and an
gelica make an appropriate decoration
for a rose cream covered with a
delicate green mint jelly. Maraschino
cherries should, Of course, accompany
a maraschino jelly. The strawberries
In their season are better with a
strawberry jelly than ordinary candied
fruit. A decoration Of blanched al
monds in the form Of a daisy with a
bit of yellow apricot or candled orange
peel in the center, looks pretty when
imbedded in the top Of an almond
Bavarian cream, covered with coffee
jelly or one favored with wine.
Whipped cream is the ideal sauce
to serve with these desserts, but some
cooks recommend a soft custard sauce.
A little sweetened fruit Juice may be
used to flavor the whipped cream in
some cases.
A novice in the art Of making gel
atine %jellles will do we'll to reserve her
attempts at building diplomatic pub
dings for those days when only her
immediate family will be at dinner. A
failure Of this kind, unless 1t Is very
much of a failure, usually tastes Just
as good as a success, but 1t does not
look pretty.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Blackberry PUDDING,

One egg, one cupful of sugar, one
cupful Of sweet milk, one-half cupful
of butter, one-half cupful Of lard, two
cupfuls of sifted -four, one-quarter Of a
teaspoonful Of salt, two teaspoonfuls
Of baking powder, one pint Of black
berries. Beat sugar, butter and lard
to a cream; add beaten egg, milk and
-four sifted with the salt and baking
powder. Dredge berries with -four,
use no Juice and add. Place In a pud'
ding mold. Steam two hours.
Sauce-One cupful Of sugar, one Ia
blespoonful of butter, one ~teaspoonful
of -four, one cupful Of boiling water.
Mix butter and sugar, add -four, pour
on the boiling water and cook until
It foams.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

fARM>N0TES

A good healthy leaf Is necessary to
plant life.
A good healthy leaf is necessary
to plant life.
Sheep should always follow and
not be driven.
Keep salt where sheep can help
themselves at will.
On their summer keep depends the
proftableness OF the flock.
Keep the feed plentiful in summr.
Don't let the sheep run down.
The looking after details Is what
counts in the care Of the flock.
The really good farmer doesn't
have to worry much about weeds.
There is nothing better for lice on
cabbage than the kerosene emulsion.
Keep salt before the horses at all
times. 1t is necessary for their best
health.
There Is no secret about a mans
success who adopts the best methods
and works at them.
Bleaching celery for early use may
begin as sooA as the stalks are q foot
high or even earlier.
1t is better to SOW orchard grass in
the spring rather than in the late
summer or early fall.
Do you know about the King road
drag? It will work wonders along
the line Of keeping your mud road in
better shape.
Be gentle with the heifer. Handle
her udder before she calves and littIs
trouble will be Experienced when
milking her the first time.
Break the colt to the harness while
II Is young It is not too late at two
years Of age to do this work.
Fall lambs should be provided With
gain along with plenty Of green food.
Oats end rape fill the bpl admirably.
Don't let the onions stay in the
ground too long AS soon as the
tops begin to VIE, the onions should
be harvested and put In a cool, dry
place.
Don't try to mako butter In summer
II you are handy to a creamery, un.
less you have the necessary help
and equipment. Let the creamery do
the work
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

underground will aid the plant to
send up slender leaves and II these
remain, the plants gain and recruit,
but II the leaves start underground
and are cut off before coming to the
light, these white root-stocks are
drawn on again to furnish food to
start more leaves and thus, In time
become exhausted. II convenient,
pasture closely for a whole growing
Beason which prevents the production
Of new thrifty rootstocks, then, If
the sod be we'll turned under deep,
rolled and narrowed, much of the
grass will be killed at once.
Ordinarily I plow late in the fall
or very early in spring, rain or shine,
wet or dry, or even In June, and cul.
tivate with a shovel-toothed cultiva-
tor every three days till the middle Of
June, or later II starting the work la
ter.
The worst luck | ever had in this
work was In summer-fallowing a
piece Of quack grass during a dry
year. A good deal Of It remained dor
mant and grew the following spring.
One year l tried the application OF
salt on n side of the bank Of a
brook where cultivation was very in
convenient. The strip of grass was
about four rods long and the slope
about five feet Whenever see a
little at a time two barrels Of salt
were freely applied for the whole grow.
ing season, and the next spring the
grass started up in several places
ready to continue the fight, which was
abandoned on that line.
For FIVE years tried ION the banks
Of a brook, or vsere there we're only
small patches) che following scheme,
with great satisfaction:
During the wet and growing part OF
a summer | put OF tarred building
paper, taking are to have It overlap
and completely exclude every a Of
light. Six weeks to two months B
enough, possibly four to five weeks, If
the weather is hot and wet.