Newspaper Page Text
8
To the Public.
In consequence of change of sched
ules effective on date of this issue of
the Kennesaw Gazette, we have
omitted to put in our customary time
tables on this page. We will take
occasion, however, to furnish schedules
and through car service as early as we
possibly can.
Great Atlanta.
.In the past nine months Atlantians
have built tor themselves 688 homes
at an average cost of $3,000, and
repaired 131 old houses at an average
cost of $3,000, making a total expendi
ture of $2,451,000 tor homes during
the year —a magnificent record of pros
perity and progress. The total number
of houses in Atlanta is now 11,771. —
Tribune of Home.
A novel electrical contrivance for
the announcing of approaching stations
is being experimented with on some of
the eastern roads. Over the door of
each passenger coach is attached the
name of each station on the line. By
the pressing oi a button in the baggage
car the name of the station is changed
to the next one to be stopped at, and
a bell is rung to attract tne passenger’s
attention to the change. The names
are sufficiently large to admit of them
being easily read at the furthest part
of the car.
The Dalton accommodation, W. &
A. R. R., alter a inn of eighteen
months, had its second material delay
It st Monday evening, getting in three
hours late. In both instances “a
freight-car off ’ was the cause. With
these two exceptions, the “Little Flyer”
has never been over ten minutes late,
and the rule is to the minute. The
business of this train increases every
month. — Dalton Argus.
Few of our people know it, but there
is a vast deposit of black marble in
the Cedar Ridge, running back to the
river on which terms of lease have
been agreed, and at no distant time,
with two other variegations of fancy
marble, the whole covering several
miles area, Dalton may show a vast
marble working interest. Dalton(Ga.)
Argus.
A wonderful map of O’Brien county,
lowa, has been made and was on ex
hibition at the state fair at Des Moines.
The map is wholly composed of corn
grains, each town and township being
distinguished by different colors. The
railways are marked by rows of blue
black “squaw corn,” and the wagon
roads with pop corn.
The city of Richmond, Va., has an
unique way of designating its wards.
Instead of numbering them as other
cities do they are called after great
names in our history. For instance,
they have a Marshall ward, a Jefferson
ward, a Madison ward, a Monroe ward,
etc.
A free application of soft soap 0 a
fresh burn almost instantly removes
the fire from the flesh. If the injury
is severe, as soon as the pain ceases,
apply linseed oil, and then dust
over with fine flour. When thjs cover
ing is dry, repeat the oil and flour
dressing until a good coating is
obtained. When the latter dries and
falls off', as it will do in a day or two,
a new skin will be found to have
formed over the burn.
There is no road surpassing the W.
<fc A. in the varied character of its
scenery —mountains, valleys, streams
and forests, To wn and County,
Pat Kerrigan was a big 200-pound
Irishman in Gen. Tom Clingman’s
North Carolina regiment, says the
Washington Post. One day, dicing
an engagement, he was seen carrying
a wounded soldier off the field. He
had thrown the man over his shoulder,
and, with his arms around the legs of
his burden, was moving to the rear at
a good pace. During his retreat a
cannon ball had shot the man’s head
off.
“Here, where are you going with
that body?” an officer shouted.
“Don’t you see his head is shot off ?”•
Pat threw his load on the ground
with an expression of disgust.
“Th’ domned liar; he towld me
’twas his leg was hit.”
Maude —“Algernon, you know a
year ago I told you I would not marry
you until you had saved $10,000.”
Algernon —“Yes, but” —
Maude —“And six months ago I told
you I thought we comd get along on
$1,000.”
Algernon —“But still” —
Maude —“Well, how much have
you by this time?”
Algernon —“Exactly $35.62.
Maude —“Don’t you think that —
that —that is near enough?” — Time.
Es yer has any enemy —and every
body has lots ob ’em —don’t try ter
injure him. Dat’s barbarous; but es
yer wants ter make him sick yer must’
be successful in some undertakin’
whar’ he has perdicted yer would fall.
Texas Siftings.
That’s the W. A A.’s way of doing
things. Several predictions against it
have met disastrous failures.
TheCzir offended his host at the
Imperial banquet in Berlin by making
a speech in French. In this case
French was not the polite tongue,
rhe Autocrat of All the Russias was
trying to be
Dutch Billy can’t forget the licking
that the great Napoleon gave his great
grand-daddy.
“Do you think” Herbert asked in a
low, tremulous voice, “that you could
learn to love me?” For some time
there was no sound except the long
sighing of the trees. “I am waiting
for your answer,” he said gravely.
“Well, Herbert,” she said hesitatingly,
“when I went to school I was looked
upon as quick to learn almost any
thing.” ,
The Chinaman who thought he was
Americanized enough to squeeze a
Texas girl’s hand on the sly, has de
parted for some quiet place in the hills
where he can pick sixty hirdshot out
of his legs.— Liitle Hock Union.
When the shaggy-headed Russians
hurry to the frontier you may expect
a new war scare. But — When the
bald-headed Americans scramble for
the front-tier you may look for a new
premieredanseuse.—P/iiZade/p/iia Times.
He —“Dese heah kears am mighty
dangerous, and hits mostly de las’ kear
what’s smashed up.” She —“Why
don’t dey leave off de las’ kear, den?”
1 <lo detest a man that’s close
And furtlierrn »re a day ;
But if a pretty girl is close
1 feel the other way. —Grip.
It is a strange fact that the first ap
ple was eaten by the first pair.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad
runs more trains per day over the
same rails than any other railroad south
of the Ohio River.
The W. <& A. R. R. runs sixteen
passenger trains daily.
THE KHRNXSAW GAZETTE.
Painted Houses the Healthiest.
Statistics show that people live
longer in a brick house than in stone,
and that wooden houses are the
healthiest. This suggests the idea of
using paint on masonry. An autho
rity states that one hundred years ago
it was fashionable to paint brick build
ings white, and many charming struc
tures remain to attest the value of
a coat of paint in preserving the
masonry, and its pleasant, home-like
effect is a foil to the vines and
shrubs with which even city houses are
now commonly adorned. If it should
prove, as might be easily ascertained,
that the painted brick houses preserve
their inhabitants more effectually from
sickness and premature death than the
unpainted ones, it would be worth
while to revive the ancient fashion,
and with our greater resources in the
way of materials and ideas, exterior
colorings might become as important
an accessory to the architecture of the
twentieth century as it was to that of
the twelfth or thirteenth. — New York
Star.
A Great Bait for Rats.
An interesting, not to say valu
able discovery, has been made by
Captain Weeding, in charge of the
Zoo. The building is infested by rats,
and how to get rid of them has long
been a perplexing question. Traps
were used, but nothing could tempt
the rodents to enter. In a store-room
drawer was placed a quantity of sun
flower seeds, used as food for some of
the birds. In this drawer the rats
gnawed their way, a fact which led
the captain to experiment with them
for bait in the traps. The result was
that the rats cannot keep out. A trap
which appears to be crowded with six
or eight rats is found some mornings
to hold fifteen. They are turned
into the cages containing weasels and
minks. The latter will kill a rat
absolutely almost before one can see it,
so rapid are its movements. The
weasels ore a trifle slower, but not one
of the rats escape them. — Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Underdraining' Wet Places.
It has been said that in no country
in the world do so large a propor
tion of its larmers own the land they
till as in this, and act
as if they were merely tenants and
liable to be turned off at any time.
The amount of work done every
spring and fall, in opening furrows for
surplus water to pass off from the sur
face, would soon dig and lay an under
drain, through which water would
forever pass away under ground, and
require no extra expense. Consider
ing that a well laid underdrain is
a permanent improvement, no farm
investment pays better interests in
the saving of labor in draining low
grounds, to say nothing of the fact
that the water which soaks away under
ground leaves the soil richer, while
that which washes over the surface
carries off the fertility.
Try This Puzzle.
Open a book at random and select
a word within the first ten lines, and
within the tenth word from the end of
the line. Mark the word. Now dou
ble the number of the page and multi
ply the sum by 5. Then add 20.
Then add the number of the line you
have selected. Then add 5. Multi
ply the sum by 10. Add the number
of the words in the line. From this
subtract 250, and the remainder will
indicate in the unit column the num
ber of the word, in the 10 column the
number of the line, and the remaining
figures the number of the page,
A TWO STORY BRICK.
Plans and View of a Handsome House
Estimated to Cost 84,000.
This is from the National Building Plan
association’s “Artistic Homes.” Brick two
story and attic house, with stone foundation
IjjUg 4
.J - yWvr 1 ' i lifr. IT I M/xUII 2Kzn>" 81 if Vu u)
* ( uisn> uiruj i ORni ni KwiniV
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.
and cut stone trimmings. Slate roof. Height
of stories in the clear —first, 10 feet 6 inches;
second, 10 feet. Attic unfinished. Cellar, 6
feet 6 inches. Principal rooms finished tn
rn fl y 1
ill a ■
fl pirtiNfq
H fl J
£
1 lazzzj I
hl DA
FIRST FLOOR.
hard wood with oil finish; inside blinds, etc.
First stoi _ contains hall, 7x16; parlor (with
fireplace), 13x15;dining room (with fireplace),
13x14; kitchen, 11x13; pantry and china clos
| CI C I
IP epf \ OO/ A i J I
TT c | W
B EBOadllMj W | fn
, rnr*"*"
“i
r mu
SECOND FLOOR.
et, each 6x6. Second story contains three
bed rooms, dressing room, closets and bath
room. Estimated cost of building, $4,000.
Where Fine Sponges Grow.
The finest and best sponges in the world
are now obtained along the Florida Keys.
Native Floridians do the principal gathering.
There are some Bahama Islanders also. The
sponge fishers are called conks. They do not
dive, but tear up the sponges with three tined
forks on long poles. A Greek came down
from New York a year or so ago, and tried
gathering them by diving, using a regular
diver’s suit, but he urnde a failure of it. The
sponges grow rapidly; a bed which has been
fished clean will be covered with a new
growth in six months. The produet amounts
to nearly half a million dollars annually.
Every plate of steel which goes to make up
the boiler of a steamship has a strip cut from
It to be tested in the presence of a represen
tative of Lloyd’s if the steamer is to be classed
there, and in the presence of a board of trade
surveyor if she h to have a pwMngetartlfr