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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Plans Daring NoYaoe.

An Irvine man is about to make an
attempt to establish a record in the
way of voyage to ST. Johns, New
foundland, in a sixteen-foot open sail
ing boat, reports the London Mail.
The adventurer is Mr.. James Green,
who is at present employed in Messrs.
Mackie and Th0mson's shipbuilding
yard. Mr.. Green has long entertained
the idea of making this attempt, and
has given the matter careful consid-
GRAFTON. He has made arrangements
for all his supplies being stored in
alright tanks, and with this exception
he does not intend making any altera-
tons on his boat.
He will coast right down to Liver
pool, thence over to Queenstown, and
after completing his stock of provi-
sions there, his route will be straight
across the Atlantic to ST. Johns.
Mr.. Green will undertake the Jour
ney unaccOmpanied, and will take a
few books with him to read when
the conditions are favorable, and he
anticipates doing the double journey
in about five months.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Famous American Roads.

Something over 200 years ago there
was built the first great American
highway, the old York road" be-
tween New York and Philadelphia.
The construction of this famous road
IN I'LL was an example that led the
colonists at other points along the At
lantic seaboard to make similar roads
where there were no water routes.
For the most part these roads were
built by chartered companies, and
were called turnpikes or toll roads.
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New
Jersey had many roads of this kind.
The first macadamized road In this
country was constructed in 1892 be-
tween Philadelphia and Lancaster. In
1911 there were said to be $500 miles
Of chartered turnpikes in New Eng
land and New York. During the next
20 years the government expended
many millions of dollars in construct
ing great highways, but the panic Of
1887 and the building of highways
and canals put an end to that branch
of the government work.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Harmony and HYmnaIs.

In making new hymnal for all
the Lutheran bodies, the general
council of that denomination has ia
ken a step in the direction of fedora
ton. From sixteen different hymnals
new collection has been culled,
which best represents the Lutheran
theology.
The hymn book has always been a
meeting place of sects. Protestants
have no objection to singing Cardinal
Newman's Lead, Kindly Light" and
evangelical Christians unite in sing
ing Nearer, My God, to Thee" writ
ten by Unitarian. Music eliminates
doctrinal differences. Theological
statements emphasize them. Perhaps
the chief value of the hymnal is it's
contribution to church unity.
Incidentally it may be said that the
melody Of church hymns might be
greatly improved, as we'll as the liter.
airy value. Many good hymns have
been spoiled by poor melody, and 9TH
ers are destroyed by poor singers. The
model hymnal has not yet appeared
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Easy on the Waist Line,

The waist line is an imaginary ring
around Rosie For many years it lay
in dormant state. So quiet and de-
mure it was, that Rosie herself hardly
knew of its existence OF late, how
ever, the waist line has deported it.
self in reckless and shocking man
ner. 1t has twisted itself into curious
shapes, 1t has scared to Rosie's shout
ders and swooped to her feet, 1t has
coyly hidden in folds of bouffant drap-
cry, suddenly to reappear and spread
itself all over creation. We predict
that such frivolous conduct on the
part Of the waist line, this self-ap-
pointed architect, can bring only sor-
row and degradation. In fact, we shall
not be one bit surprised ii it is forced
to spend its old age in the bread line
kansas Industrialist.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Was a Kings HidIno Place.

Discovery has been made in a vii
lage In Hertfordshire, England, where
hidden in the old oak roof timber of a
cottage a curious construction resem-
bling beehive was brought to light.
1t is made of wisps of straw, tied to-
gether and held in place by split BRAN
bles and is in fairly good condition.
Considering its age, it is yet strong
and rigid. This cottage, known as
Double cottage, has always been cred.
tied with history, as one of the
places where Charles II was hidden
while flying from Cromwell and his
army after the royalist~defeat at Wor,
cester. The presence of the immense
straw beehive was unsupported until
now One theory prevalent in the vii
iaSe is that the king concealed him
self in the barrel until danger
had passed, and another that 1t
was used as safe place for the
keeping Of the royal jewels. 1t is
known as a matter of history that
Charles II actually stayed for short
time at Mornington court, to which
Double cottage is adjacent The cot.
tage must therefore have been famil-
lar to him. This fact gives some color
to the notion that in troubled times
the king might have sought shelter
within its walls.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
DISPLAY BRAVERY IN ACTION
Tribute Of American Army Officer to
Mexican Federals and Con-
stitutionaIists.

: In describing the battle of Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico, January II, 1914, be-
tween the Huerta forces and the Car
ranzistas, First Lieut.. Bruce P.
Disque, Third United States cavalry,
says that mo one who saw this affair
will ever believe that the Mexican
is lacking in bravery, courage or mi
tiatiye. The personal courage of the
Mexicans was noticeable. A federal
officer mounted rode out from near
the center of their line with a small
detachment to reconnoiter. 1t was not
long before his horse was shot in the
loins and sank to the ground. At the
time other bullets were tearing up
the earth about the officer. He slowly
stepped off his animal and calmly
walked back to the works, smoking
his cigarette, seemingly unperturbed,
Another interesting display of bravery
was given by the members of a Car
rama machine gun crew. One man
was operating a gun in the open. He
would fire a few rounds, and then
stand up and walk about for few mo-
ments, and then return and fire some
more. Federal bullets were making
things warm about his gun, but he
never seemed to notice them. Finally
he was hit and apparently killed An
other man Immediately came out of
shelter and started to work the gun.
He lasted about five minutes when he
fell mortally wounded and was imme-
diately replaced by third man, who
picked up the gun, moved it about 80
yards to the right, and opened fire.
No one Of these men made a hurried
motion, all were deliberate and ap-
parently unconcerned, and absolutely
Indifferent to the danger of the fed
erals bullets
- This was typical of the conduct of
the Mexicans under the observation
of Lieutenant Disque. With the con.
testants it was a fight to the death,
for early in the action it was evident
that no quarter would be the rule,
This was apparent after a small de-
tachment of federals, about 80 in num-
Der, was surrounded early in the morn
ing of the first and massacred to a
man. The federals' entire conduct
under fire was characterized by a
high degree of discipline, GOODNESS I'M
der fire and the entire lack of nerv-
BUSINESS, showing that they were Off
cered by men of superior ability and
character. They had nothing to gain
and everything to lose, and stood
their ground loyalty in the belief that
they were serving a government to
which allegiance was due.-Army and
Navy Journal.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
COURAGE OF A HIGH oRnrR
Officers and prlvates Of Regular Array
Risk Almost Certain Death In
Search for Comrade.

A story of daring feats in mountotn
climbing by two officers and two an.
listed men Of the First and SECOND
regiments OF infantry of the Hawaiian
brigade who sought In vain to Learn !
the fate Of private who wandered
into "Hel's Pocket" in the Koo,sr
mountains, Hawaii, has reached WASH
ington in a report of commentator
from their commanding officer. Brig
Ten. Clarence r. Edwards, u. S. A.
The exploits of the mountain climb.
ers are described in the officers renort
as the most perilous ever recorded
They surmounted cliffs that are al.
most inaccessible, dangled thousands
of feet in midair as they were lowered
down the sides of precipices and
trailed lodges where a misstep meant
instant death.
The officers commended are Second
Lieutenant Thomas j. Camp, Second
infantry, and Second Lieutenant M. p |
Nichols, G. A. c. The enlisted men
are Corporal Farmer and Private Mid
hAt@ VI ZIG O6COuU Infantry.
The detachment, with 1000 feet Of
small rope, took six hours of hard
climbing to reach the crest of the
range, which is described as virtually
knife edge with sheer cliffs on either
side.
Private Midkiff, a Kentucky noun
taineer, was the first to volunteer to
go down on the other side of the preci-
pice, where the officers believed the
trail led. Gen. Edwards in describing
the work of the detachment said:
Private Midkiff was swung over the
cliff by a rope the size of a middle
finger, followed by Lieut.. Camp. Later
Lieut.. Nichols followed, and then Cor,
poral Farmer. These men for three
days prosecuted the search in a howl,
ing wind and gale, in driving rain and
enshrouding mists, on lodges of rotten
stone and vegetation, endangered by
fallen boulders and rocks. A slight
slip when not tied with rope meant
death.
They were swung down to vertical
pocket after pocket averaging about
fifty feet. These men knew that it was
impossible that the man unaccounted
for would be alive, and therefore we
have the fine picture of these young
officers putting their lives in jeopardy
several times to rescue the body Of
private, the kind of work that empha-
sizes the interest taken by the officer
in the soldier"
Gen. Edwards also gives particular
praise to the work done by Private
Midkiff and Corporal Farmer.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
NO SACRIFICE AT ALL
SoRREL PETE, LIKE THE MINOR.
tai BARKIS, WAS "WILLlN'."
Little Matter of Temper In Wife, Who
Was in Manner Thrust Upon Him,
Really Made Little
Difference.

In the door of his ranch house on a
western prairie, Pete Harker-known
as Sorrel Pete--sat idly whistling
and whiting when his old Chum
Mac Towles rode up the trail and
stopped.
"Whoop!" yelled Pete. Jest look
who's here! Haven't set eyes On you
since you saved my life in that old
flooded mine, back yonder."
NO" agreed Mac; "and speaking OF
that, I'm here right now to remind you
of the promise you made then; do you
remember it?"
Yes, sir! l lowed that any time
you wanted anything off'n me, you
get it, no odds what it was"
+ We'll, want something now,' con-
fessed Mac, "but I'm most afraid I'm
asking too much"
"Sho, I'll bet you amt, no such
thing What is it? Come, right out
with it,"
We'll, my wife and l want you to
come over and marry our cook"
'Jinkins! Would she have me,
s'pose?"
"Oh, there won't be any trouble
about that. You're just the style she
likes, and she isn't set on staying
single"
Jest listen to that She awful
holnely lookin'?"
Not SO bad"
kin she cook?"
Fine"
We'll, Pm a bachelor man. l like
womenfolks and good cookin' as we'll
as any other lonesome old critter does,
but where's the favor I'm doin' you?
Looks to me like it's all on the other
foot-hey?"
Pete. she's the worst tempered
woman that ever tackled a rolling
pin. My wife don't dare go into the
kitchen, and l wouldn't banker to,
either. And she won't let US dis
charge her; we've tried that, but she
just simply won't have it. Our only
hopes in marrying her off, and we
thought of you-but l guess the sac.
ritice is too much to ask"
Sacrifice nothin'!" shouted Pete.
You hold on till get critter sad.
died and I'll hike right home with
you and marry the gal immediate, if
she'll say the word. Things have
been pesky quiet here lately; no
fights; nor nothin'; 1 need a little
shakin' up. And anyhow, Sorrel Pete
never goes back on a promise If an
old chum that saved my ornery life
at the resk of his own makes a pint
Of me marryin a cranky cook, I'll do
it without battin an eye. Come on!"
1t is pleasant to be able to add
that, barring a few interesting Skin
mishes, Pete and his wife, the ex-
cook, are now jogging along in a
very fair state of felicity.-Youth's
Companion.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Flowers and Politics.

The election for members of the
French chamber of deputies is over
The campaign in one district brought
forward a poetic theme This was in
the great f1ower-growing district Of
Cannes-Grass. In the polemic out
break of the opposing candidates were
heard the words "neroli" and petit
grain" Neroli is the commercial des-
ignation of orange flower. 1t is a SOU
venir of the Princess Neroli and the
name was chosen by the producers of
the department of the Maritime Alps,
for to the princess was credited the
establishing Of the perfume industry
which has since had such a remark
able development in that region. Ne
roll is often sophisticated by the add
ton of other essences. One of these
is called "petit-grain,' which is not
of the flower, but of the leaf and fruit
OF the orange This is why the two
candidates shouted in the midst of
the melee the cries "Neroli!" and
"petit-grain!' -incomp to q
stranger-as were once shouted the
battle cries "Montjoye!" and Saint.
Denisn'
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Baby Cut Of 200 Phones.

The birth of a baby in the home Of
Matteo GiOnotti of Merlonville, N. j.,
cut off all telephone service In that
section for the greater part of the
day, to the rage of 200 subscribers.
The boy arrived at the GionOth
home shortly after midnight. There
was nobody around to help MatteO
celebrate, SO he grabbed his shOtgun
and proceeded to blow holes in the
atmosphere.
Mr.. Newton, the phone company's
wire chief. discovered the lines we're
useless when he came to work early
In the morning. He searched until
late in the afternoon. Then, opposite
Gionotti's place, he found the broken
wires hanging loose from the pole,
with about pound of shot in the
cross-arm. Gionotti told all about it.
Newton started to swear, changed his
mind, grinned. said Hope the kids
all right" and started repairs.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Society lots In Bronze.

Bronze statuettes of children in the
preparation Of which several sculp-
tors are now busy will represent the
latest fad in st. Louis society. The
subjects are the sons and daughters
Of some of the most prominent fami.
lies and they are being modelled as
children of 1914, in their everyday
clothing and in their most accustomed
postures. The youngest Of subjects
thus far modelled is Edward Mallinck.
rodt, two years old, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., of 2
Vandeventer place. The child is shown
in jumpers.-St Louis dispatch in
New York World.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Spoons in China.

The Chinese do not use knives and
forks as We in this country do, but
they have some use for spoons. Con-
sul-General Anderson writes from
Hong Kong that there seems to be no
reason why some energetic American
spoon manufacturer cannot develop a
market in China. Before the Standard
invaded China with it's 7-cept lamps
the Chinese had little artificial light.
Now it is only very humble coolie
that is without illumination by night.
So with the spoon. John Chinaman
knows what spoons are, having made
them himself. Long, peculiar looking
instruments they are. but spoons for
all that. and serving spoon purposes
just as well as our dainty designs.
Spoons of German and Australian
manufacture, made in imitation of ma
tive goods, are sold in increasing
quantities In the Chinese department
stores of Hong-koug
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
OIL and Gas From Bricks.

Recent experimenting in the Peter.
borough (England) brickyards with a
patented process for extracting oil,
ammonia, and gas from burning bricks
is likely to have an important com
mercial significance. All bricks made
from the Oxford clay in the neighbor-
hood of Peterborough burn OF them
selves In the kiln, because of the BIZ
luminous matter they contain, and
that bituminous matter yields oil, gas,
and ammonia on heating in a retort
out OF contact with the air.
Patents have been granted to an ex-
scholar from the Cathedral grammar
school, Mr.. G. P. Crowden, who has
invented an apparatus to modify the
present brick-kilns, so that the waste
heat from the burning bricks may be
used for heating the retorts, and fur.
Their, that the green bricks themselves
may be retorted, and the oil, gas, and
the ammonia recovered from them.
The results are said to be most aston
ishing
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
For Measuring EarthMork

Measurements of earthwork in rail
road fills and cuts constitutes a large
part Of the field work in the federal
evolution of railroads, says the En-.
gineering Record. The work in.
wolves innumerable cross-sections,
and the Importance of any special
means of expediting the work or
minimizing the computations is an.
parent. An instrument has been de-
vised which entirely eliminates the
need for trigonometric tables in the
stadia work and reduces the calcula-
lions to simple multiplications and
additions. The instrument is stripped
of all attachments not needed for this
work alone and is designed to permit
the most rapid use
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Chess.

Chess is known as the Royal Game
and deserves the name. 1t Is the old
est of games, having been played in
approximately its present form for
more than thousand years; in exact
ly its present form for centuries. It's
devotees are found the world over,
England, Germany, Austria, France,
Russia, Cuba and the United States
being represented in the St. Peters
burg tourney. 1t is game OF pure
skill and infinite opportunities for pro-
found thought and depths of resource,
and the only objection to 1t, perhaps,
Is that it is too serious for a game,
not serious enough for a profession.
Nevertheless it gives delight to thou
sands the world over. and as a means
for storing up happiness for old age
1t is probably unsurpassed.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Showed Wealth Of Envnt.

, khedjve's tour through the
4, which he has now completed,
shown IN q remarkable manner
fealth Of the land owners in the
nces. IN many places private in
lals decorated the roads over
L the khedive motored for dis.
of several miles.
fee was served Ia cups worth
}; the chair in which the khedive
uring brief visits to the country
s had in many cases cost from
TO $1,000, and one pasha who en-
ned the khedtve for half an hour
eyed to have spent $4,000 on the
rations, while another borrowed
IN from the Egyptian army and
a salute rs ilis 'highness arrived.
many places the crowds were SO
that the khediYal motor car was
Q to pre- aed. Frequently the
in peasants. kissed the car to
nst-a:e ,3-eir loyalty.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
First New York Printer

The first printer in New York and
Philadelphia was William Bradford
who was born in Leicester, England
May 20, 1868. He was Quaker, and
emigrated to America about 1852. He
set up his press In Philadelphia, and
in 1857 printed an almanac. He fell
under the displeasure Of Philadelphia
and, after being acquitted of a charge
of seditious libel, he removed to New
York, where in 1893 he became the
first printer in the American metropo.
lis. His first shop was at 81 Pearl
street, but later he removed to Han.
over square, where in 1925 he issued
the first newspaper printed in New
York-the New York Gazette. Brad
ford died in New York in May, 1852
having survived his paper by several
years, and was buried in Trinity
churchyard. His tombstone has been
removed to the rooms of the New
York Historical society, but an exact
copy of the original may be seen by
visitors to old Trinity.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
CHOSEN FOR SERVICE
FRENCH coNscRIPTs ARE CARE
FULLY PoRTIoNED OUT.
Adaptability for Each Branch Of the
Army 10 Considered at Enlistment
Large Hipped Men In the
Cavalry.

What sort of man makes the best
soldier? The French army. where a
good deal of intelligent attention is
given to answering that question, has
recently reconsidered and changed
the standards by which men are as
signed TO the different branches of
the service. When the conscripts are
enlisted for their required three years
the recruiting organization must fit
all the round and square pegs of the
contingents into the round and
square holes of the army
There are men whose trunk and
shoulders first strike the eye. They
are the upper" men. Broad shout
ders and long bodies in former days
sent men to the cavalry to be turned
into dashing dragons. But it is now
realized that on horseback they are
top-heavy, and keep their seat with
the spurs. Therefore they are sent
to the infantry. Thanks to their
long, broad backs, they can carry the
heavy load of the foot soldier, and
their short legs make them quick
marchers. Very strong upper men
go to the artillery, where great
weights have to be lifted as we'll as
carried.
The middle" men have fairly short
trunks and well-proportioned legs with
large hips. That brings the center
of gravity down on the saddle when
they are put on horseback The
middle" men now become the dash
ing dragons.
The "muscularly adaptable" also go
to the cavalry as a rule. They are
to be recognized by the curious way
in which their arms appear to be de-
tached from their shoulders. Their
large trunks lose their prominence i'm
mediately there is any movement, for
each limb appears to carry with it
it's own hinterland of body. They go
to the heavy cavalry.
The warrior type" combines mus
cular adaptability with broad shout
ders and weight-carrying capacity. A
man of that type can serve usefully
in any arm of the service.
The two most curious classes are
the round" and the "fat," both of
which were represented at the Clichy
examination. The round" men are
grown-up editions of the fat and flabby
stupids of the Louis>XVI period of art
Experience has shown that they will
undergo, without complaint, an
amount of physical fatigue that
arouses the most insubordinate grum-
bling from the muscular and we'll
developed man. They try to make up
for that physical strain by overeating,
and at the first breath of illness they
go under
The flat" man is also dumb in his
misery. His chest, his stomach and
his legs attain dull level of medioc-
rity, and his face is almost feature
less. Even his feet are frequently fiat.
He, like the round" man, dies of
physical fatigue in an ordinary regi-
ment. They are both sent to the aux
iliary services.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-03
Home Remedy pannera.

$ quite pleasing to hear persons
: the harmless efficacy of domes-
NEEDLES but no one knows better
the physiCian in general practise
he ignorant use of such remedies
great feeder to the profession.
If these remedies. popularity sup
to be innocent. is turpentine. APP
as rubefaCient. In the New
Medical Record is given a case
lg to disprove this assumption.
| one year old a slight eruption
1. To this preparation of cam,
ted oil and turpenttne was ap-
as the child suffered from bron.
5. The eruption greatly increased,
d over the back. shoulders and
and also to less extent on the
8 and forehead. and consisted Of
d pustules. annoying and painful.
esions, as they healed. formed
pitted scars and fibrous thicken.
dotted over with pits