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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14

content with the peace that is in the
heart wherein abides Jesus.
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a morn
ing prayer that all of us may well lay up
In our hearts.
The day returns and brings us the
petty round OF irritating concerns and
duties. Help US to play the man, help
US 10 perform them with laughter and
kind faces: let cheerfulness abound with
Industry Give Us TO so blithely on our
business all this day. bring Us TO our
resting beds weary and content and un-
dishonOred; and grant us in the end the
gift OF sleep
Can any one have this prayer in her
heart and not make sunshine for all who
know her? Let's try Il and see.
Faithfully yours
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
BROTHER IN-LAW Is
KILLED BY PLANTER

EVERGREEN. Ala, Oct. 1I.--Sam Crenshaw
planter residing at Cedar Creek, Ia moles
from here, shot and killed his brother-in-IaN
Lewis Crenshaw, after trivial dispute Lewis
Crenshaw went into Sam Crsnshaw's cane
ia tch. aud this angcred the latter
Getting his gun he went 10 the field and lay
in wait until Lewis Crenshaw came out when
he knocked him down with the gun and shot
him through the head He is till at large
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
PRIEST ALIVE WHO WAS
REPORTED AS KILLED

PARIS. Oct. 1.-THE French Lazarist
Priest Espinouze, who was believed to
have been killed at Lisbon, with Superior
Prague. is alive and unframed.
He hid for three days i'm the Portu-
guese capital and then escaped TO tbs
Spanish frontier and telegraphed 10
friends here.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
SAYS HUSBAND WAS JEALOUS
OF 4 SNAKE SHE CHARMED

the show.
Mrs. Atterbury complained of her hus-
bands abuse and said that he had killed
snake valued at $500 because he
thought she paid more attention to 1t
than she did to him. on his promise
not to annoy the snakes, Atterbury
was discharged.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
Information Wanted

am the wife Of an old soldier and would
like to get some information about who is alive
that knew him
Ny husband was in Company r, Fifth Geor-
gia regiment Camp Cobb, Macon, Ga, Septem-
Der Is. 1854. Col. c. B. Cummings, A. v.
Mann. Ny husbands name was Hardy Carlton.
II you knew him please let hear from
you MRS MARTHA CARLTON.
Route l. AouItrfe Gs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14

y o N p o u u u d IL u
Liver Pills before
child birth, and we
are all surprised to
see how much good
it did. My physi-
clan said : Without
doubt it was the
Co mpound that
he lped you I
thank you for your
kindness in advising
me and give you full
permission to u S e
testimonials. Mrs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
INV Associated Prsss.)

WASHINGTON, "a, Oct. ia. I.
Atterbury, connected with a snake
charmer snow, was arraigned before
Burgess w. w. Hoyt yesterday on a
charge of disorderly conduct, brought
by Mrs. Atterbury, who claims to run
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
More Questions

Dear Household: I guess my last letter went
70 the waste basket. / am filled with enthu-
siasm after leading the letters Of the House
hnld, especially those Bible subjects.
! VIII answer Mrs Gus Williams' questions
There were five Msrys: Mary, the mother OF
Iesrs; Mary Magdslepe; Mary, the sister Of
Lazarus; Mary, the wife Of Cleophey; Mary the
mother OF Mark.
2 Observation-Disclosures. the king of Babylon, ate
grass like an OK. .-' .'
g. The sin OF Judah IL written with a pen
or iron and with the point OF a diamond.
/. We VIII find SamSon's riddle in the four
tcenth chapter and fourteenth verse OF Judges.
Nebuchadnezzar was rich, so he thought 20
do hInself honor he would set up an image
and then people would call him great: but the
poor fellow had a dream and he axoke TO the
fact that be was ss Boor as the cattle in
the field.
Jesus teaches US the good lesson to seek
first. the kingdom q Gsd and His righteous
ness end all necessary things shall be added
unto us.
wish every reader OF the Household had
this thought impressed on their minds My
father has been dead ten years. but be taught
me that good lesson, TO seek the kingdom Of
God.
Let's ask ourselves the question: Are we
travelling the road 20 the Great Beyond, where
there Is peace and happiness; are trav-
cling the downward road TO everlasting woe
and missryf
81 hope to stand on that beautiful shore,
To praise my God and King.
That ! mar be blessed forevermore.
And with the angels sing"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14


II. W. MITCHELL, Box 3, Saba titus, Ne.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, vt. ~ was passing
through The Change of Life andsuffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restoredmy health and
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women / am willing you
should publish my letter" = Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RID, Granite
vile, VT.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are suffer
ing from any of those distressing ills
peculiar to their sex should not lose
sight of the fact that for thirty years
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com,
pound, which Is made from roots and
herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every com
munity you will find women who
have been restored to health by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
A Request

viii the lady who wrote 10 our Household
last year. telling the good qualities OF white
plantain, please write me when and how 20
TAKE tit VIII return the favor In some way.
Direct 10 Route No. q Cox 4, Wilsouville, Ala.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
HER
PHYSICIAN
APPROVES
Taking Lydia E. Pidkham's
Vegetable Compound

Sabattus, Maine" you told me to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14

No doubt Dear Archbold" will be
pleased to hear that one Joseph Benson
Foraker is tuning UP his old fire alarm
1855 model-snd making ready to redebut
In Ohio politics for his old chauffeur,
Harding
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
81 hope to stand on that beautiful shore,
To praise my God and King.
That I may be blessed forevermore,
And with the angels sing"

Who was the first TO be anointed king OF
Israelf And who was HIS successor? Who
was 70 that said. "Seemeth II 20 you a light
thing 20 be kings son-in-law."
With good wishes TO all,
HENRY ASHBY.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14

Anyhow there is not much danger Of
Grandma Sarah Bernhard doing stunts
in comic opera or burlesque.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14

fTte VIII eacn klnpail organ oW New la
sTrin System Of Self Instruction IN MuSic rsIth
Which anyone. yong or old. gifted or not gifted
ran in a few hours time learn 10 play fgery
chnrd on accoHuanim ent for singing ard 9.
aCroiaTauy any other instrument. and can with
vary iItt.c practice learn 60 play pieces liceIy
Yer reed his -onk of g. psges. 100 free music
Lessons.
With the organ alSO Gomez free h,auttrui
stool - nEtch yoHr organ case. Yeu can nave
yaur srle:didly built rich-tonVd k:inbali. the
music Instructions and the stooi-the whole ultfiI
at onee. TIE little you pay each iAcntf witi
no. be missed Cut OUT the coupon aud send AZ
20 Is noM-befnrc Won Law this nan per away.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14

LIZZIE o. THOMAS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14

Thrne are those VITA 40 not visa 20 employ :
teacher 81 present Others onfF went to Ieasa
% play Tor EiRging and for their OUa rmu>e-
uent. AM do not expect 10 make expert players |
OF ther1selvet. 10 such We rrcammeud sd sen.l ]
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27

dressed and stamped envelope Whlcn
is, however, unsealed and destitute OF
contents, just the sort of an a1alr TO
cause a breach between two correspon-
dents, one angry because of an un-
answered letter and the other indlg-
nant because his tale of the empty en-
velope is discredited. But to tell OF
the devious and aggravating ways of
the careless letter writer would take
day in itself.
Ignorance also plays it's part in the
letter game, as a few select specimens
will show. It was certainly an ignor-
ant person who not long ago addressed
letter to observation-disclosures the
President" leaving it to the superior
wisdom of the postmaster to guess
whether the letter was apetition to
the president of the United States for
a position or an appeal to the president
of a glue trust for job as laborer
CHILDLIKE FAITH OF SOME
Ignorance or a childlike belief in the
supernatural powers of the postal Of
ficials also inspired the following eff
fusive, though vague inscription of a
rather dirty envelope dropped in the
main office:
s'To my cousin, Martha Small who
lives in Organ and who was goin' to
move to Montannel."
Another missive with nomadic ad-
dress was odorous with mystery. 1t
was directed:
Samuel Kramer, Milwaukee, Wis.
If not, try Columbus o., or maybe Dali
las, Tex, or perhaps Bangor, Me-"
A piece of handiwork worthy of the
immortal Handy Andy" is exhibited
by letter which. besides the stamp,
bore only on it's face this writing:
"If not delivered in ten days. Post
master will please open and return as
per address inside. Stamp incloscd'
But it is not the careless and ignor-
ant alone who clog up the postal ma
chinery and cause the letter men tn
give way at times to an inclination to
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
Band Stand Eastlake photo by H. Hobrook

use words of lurid tinge and emphatic
meaning.
There is a vast and growing army OF
cranks who seem to live only for the
purpose of using the mails in their oWa
peculiar idiotic way. In the opel atiols
of some of these there is a studlc'i
fiendishness that would suggest a g1-
gantic conspiracy to drive postal clerks
to an insane asylum.
In the first place, there is the puzzle
crank, who imagineS that tWo-cent
stamp gives him the privilege OF dis
playing, at the expense of the postal
officials, his marvellous powers AS an
enigma-maker. This is a flc sample
of his work:
"F. (color) HI. (Second President.)
Seventh President,
''1O--S--C"
The envelope ought to have gone in
to the waste basket. but Uncle Sans
orders are to use all possible means to
find the party to whom letter is ad-
dressed So finally a reformed puzzler
in the office deciphered the address,:
Fired H. Adams, Jackson, Tenn
CRANK WHO WRITES VERSES
Next in degree of adherence, in the
minds of the letter-handlers, is the
poetical crank. He is strongly i'm
pregnated with the idea that postal
clerks need some lnIellecludl reli resin
ment to ameliorate the hard grind or
daily toll. One of these disciples OF
Silas Wegg carolIed as follows lately:
Oh carrier with the willing feet.
Deliver this on Fiftieth street;
The number. thirteen twenty-four;
The town. New York. and on the door
You'll find set in silver frame.
That which you seek-a persons name
James Ipsen Strong-who'd want betterT
Ard tits to him send this letter.
Another allowed himself to overflow
with a fragment built on the same
lines as the effervescent college yell.
1t ran:
Harper's, Harpers,
In Franklin Square,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
PuzzLINe THE MAIL MAN

1t does seem an easy matter to prop
erlv address a letter in order that 1t
NAV slip through Uncle Sans postal
mill as speedily and safely as possible.
No racking of the intellect is required
in the process, and but little physlcal
exertion-simply the inscribing of
name and address. Yet in the face or
this. ask the man who superintends the
sorting of the mail in the city post
office about it, and If he does not
throw up his hands and fervently cry:
"Our lucky stars preserve us from
those who don't or won't know now 10
address letter!" it will be because ne
is too busy to do more than think MS
opinion.
or the thousands of letters which go
through the office weekly 1t is sur
prising to learn that hundreds of them,
through faulty addresses, cause the
postoffice people almost rs much trou-
BILE as the handling of those that are
in proper form And the acts OF this
same class are also the most potent
factor in keeping the wheels of indus
try humming in the deao letter olnce
all the year round
canelessness on the part of letter
writers is the cause of the appearance
of most of these bothersome mlsslVes,
and In this line washington is entitled
to a seat in the grand stand, as tne
records of the office Will snow IL is
the careless person who drops letter
adorned with g. stamp, but unadorned
with an address, into the box; 1t Is q
kindred spirit who mails letter 10
friend in some distant city which Inc
writer locates in a state having no
such city within its borders.
1t is one with similar failing VINO
directs his letter to certain street ana
leaves a blank space below for the
postoffice officials to fill in any city or
town it may occur to them the street
is situated in. 1t is carelessness that
brings to the postoffice a neatly ad-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
SPIRIT OF PROGRESS

Wherever you are in Paris or its
suburbs, you are dominated by the
Eiffel tower. 1t is a presence that
never leaves you. You may see it from
Fountainebleu, forty miles distant, and
from the summit of the tower itsen
you can see towns and villages f1fty
miles away. 1t has been built twenty
years and yet no tower in the world
approaches it's height by 400 feet. IL
is typical of the Paris spirit of prog
ress, which deserves to make the city
first in all things modern and pro
gressive. In navigating the air-tne
latest field of mans conquest-tne
French are the leaders in aeroplanlng.
Bleriot flew first across the Engl 81
channel Paulhan took the first place at
Los Angeles, where America competed
three Frenchmen stood in first. sec
ond and third place at Heiopol1s,
where Europe was making trlal, ana
there are more classes in aviation IN
France than in any land. In the use
of electricity and gas for light, heat
and power, Paris is next her Anne lean
rivals, who easily beat the world, and
in lighting Paris excels all competitors.
She is indeed the "Ville Lum- ere or
Victor Hugo-the city of light. In some
of the great places and esplanades the
brilliant lights are on posts not more
than forty feet apart, literally Ior-
ests of lights. The open space of over
1000 acres bordering the Seine III the
city's center is a marvel at night-it
rivals the heavens above it in it's count
less points of light. "As blossom the
lovely stars in the infinite meadows
of heaven" so it blossoms with brill
liancy that illumines the sky itself and
the glow over the city can be seen at
night forty miles away.
In modern transportation Paris mas
every form of it ever invented. AT
one great rond point you count within
three minutes twelve different kinds OF
mechanical passenger vehicles on the
surface of the streets, and beneath
your feet the electric "metro" is rush
ing it's thousands along unseen, ana
within the same hour a great dirigible
balloon passes over your head, thou
sand feet in the air. There are al
most no wild birds or animals in the
boulevards and parks of Paris-only a
few linnets, sparrows and rats in dark
and shady places, and the Parisians
say that the flying machines and flying
men have driven them away.
The rush and circling swoop of the
automobiles down boulevards, through
parks, over bridges and squares, is
like the sweep of ten thousand great
birds of prey, with raucous voices ana
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
New York, New York,
With haste and care.

The envelope was bulky and surely
held manuscript-undoub a poem,
on spring-but whether that diabolical
bark resembling the ululation of a
mountain wolf on the war trail was
to drive the postoffice to unusual exer-
tions in forwarding the letter or
whether it was to convince the publish
ers that the author was rough-and-
ready genius of the west who would
not brook refusal of copy, can only be
conjectured.
1t would be supposed that the crank
bent on addressing letter to himself
and having it come back after jour
ney around the world, resembling a
porous plaster from postmarks, was
dead. 1t has been announced officially
scores of times that letters mailed for
such a purpose will be returned to the
writer by the speediest ro -te-that is,
by the local carrier. Still the round
the-world crank is on the hustle, and
as eagerly bent on wasting postage
stamps Washington Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
ADAM AND EVE

II hope this expulsion of ours is not
going to injure our social position"
said Eve, ruefully.
'I guess not" replied Adam. "They
can't stop us from being one of the
very first families, whatever they do"
"I don't find our names in the Social
Register said Eve, looking the vol
umne over.
LOOK under Dilatory Domiciles, my
love-" said Adam. as he went out and
named the jackass after himself-Har-
per's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
BY CHARLES D. MERRILL

which are now in common use, so
Paris fulflls in fact and makes real in
everyday life. From any part of the
city you may put a letter in the hand
of your friend in any other part of the
city by the pneumatic tubes of the
postal department of the city within
sixty minutes.
The people read the million copies of
newspapers issued daily as though
their lives depended upon what they
read. You see the errand boy reading
as he trudges along with his heavy
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
PARIS AS SEEN BY AN AMERICAN
D

basket; cabbies and auto drivers al
ways reading in their seats when not
on course; half the passengers of the
metro are absorbed in their journals,
and the thousand kiosks and shops
which sell the papers are busy all day
long and in each home you visit one or
more dailies are found. You conclude
that Paris is up to date in news and
current information and in literature,
science, philosophical studies 1t has
more societies than any other city.
Here is the greatest library of the
world; here the highest skill in the
culture of flowers and vegetables (as
witness the wondrous lilac culture at
Montrouge and the forcing of orange
blossoms at Charonne, two quarters in
Paris); here Pasteur saved more hu-
man lives by his scientific work than
any man who ever lived; here are the
most advanced methods of sewerage,
city cleaning, lighting and pure food
laws, strictly enforced, and all show
the same spirit of enlightened progress.
The French are not considered as up
to date in modern athletics and in
some forms of them (to their credit,
perhaps, they are noD. But you re-
member that on day in July, 1900
the hottest ever recorded in Paris-a
Frenchman won the 24-mile Marathon
race in the Olympic games-all nations
being competitors-a test of the en-
during and useful in athletics, such as
has not been equaled in modern times.
In the conquest of the air in aviation
OF ali kinds-in the conquest Of the
soil in gardening and farming at the
highest profits-in the conquest of fire
for lighting and heating and industrial
use-Paris still leads, and it must be
remembered that probably the most
expert boatmen on the sea are those
of the Breton and Normandy coasts
and of the Channel islands, where the
toilers of the sea, master of the forty
foot tides with safe harbors and navi-
gate safely those most treacherous
waters Recently an auto boat flew
(for it was hydroplaning) from Nice to
Monte Carlo in 20 minutes and the dis
tance is just 20 kilometers. An auto
boat race is depicted on one of the most
recent medals of the mint at Paris
a part of the prize of victor In
photography and in moving pictures
in the marvellous mechanical toys at
Christmas time and all times in the
shops-in all the lighter mechanics,
Paris excels and with it's multitude of
excellent technical schools is likely to
lead in the future. Paris exports thou
sands of automobiles annually, but im-
ports very few. All in all the city leads
all great cities in the spirit of real
modern material progress
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27

swishing fight that scatters pedes-
trians like terrified sheep, as they
hustle through space. But they are,
like the great buzzard dirigibles and
aeroplanes overhead, thoroughly pro-
gressive and down to date.
The electric horse in the Boulevard
Poissoniere, where everything is done
without human servants, by the un-
seen servant of electricity, illustrates
again a progress beyond the age and
shows us what will be. AS Jules
Verne pictured in fancy the inventions
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
PoT.vALIANT

Mrs. Lushman-Aren't you ashamed
to come home in this condition?
Lushman-'Shamed? Wom'n, l amt
even 'fraid.-Boston Transcript.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-18
THE DEVOTION OF LITTLE DOG.
Aided in Ferrcting Out Murder of
Woman and Locating Body.

Americus, Ga, May 11.--Solicitor
General J. r. Williams has returned
to Americus from court at Leesburg
and tells q pathetic story Of the
devotion of little dog--a common
fice--which aided in ferreting out
the murderer Of its owner and send
ing him to the penitentiary for life.
A negro woman owned the "fice,"
which was her constant companion,
and followed her about the fields
where she worked. Recently the
woman was missed, and all efforts
to find her were fruitless.
Then the searching party decided
to watch the little dog. Early one
morning the flee, greatly emaciated
from a week Of starvation, came to
the womans cabin hunting food, and
when 1T went away a party of ne
groes followed. The dog ran through
the woods, fields and briars and stop
ped In the edge Of a cotton patch.
When the party Of searchers came
up the faithful little dog was crouch
ed upon the body Of the murdered
woman, who had lain there dead for
a week, and with all the courage of
its nature it fought the crowd when
they attempted to take her away.
The dog had hugged itself against
the murdered body for seven DAYS
and nights, leaving it only at long
intervals to search for food
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-18
81 Bodies Taken Out.

Palos, Ala, May 12.-With the re-
moval yesterday Of the bodies of J. S.
Pennington, Walter Cunningham and
an unknown negro, total of 50
bodies have geen taken out from the
coal mine in which last weeks ter
rifle explosion occurred The bodies
or }. II. Mccain and another white
man can be seen under the debris in
the bottom Of the mine, and efforts to
recover them are in progress tonight.
1t is now believed that the total deed
as result Of the explosion will nun
Der more than SO persons, about two
thirds OF the victims being negroes.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-18
Sprrfnl Levy Elections
{ Anderson Maii.)

The election held in Pendietun
School District, No. 2, few days ago
for the purpose Of voting for a spe-
cial levy of three mills for the sup
port OF the schools, and in order to
secure aid from the State under the
provisions OF the new school law, re-
quilted in victory for the special levy
supporters, % to .. 1t Is not knowr
as yet just how much the district will
receive from the State, Int it will be
equal to the amount raised by the
SPECIAL levy.
In Townville School District. No.
40. the election held on the same day
and for the same purpose, resulted
II defeat for the special levy, 81 to
-. and as result the district may
lose the high school. The law rc-
quires that the school be run eight
months in the wear. and this is i'm
possible without additional revenue.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-18
Germans Pass Potash Law.

Washington, May 11.-State De-
partment officials received to-day
with regret the news that the Ger
man Relchstag mad passed the potash
law, which they regard as severe
blow to the fertilizer industry OF this
country. A dispatch received to-day
from Ambassador Hill, notifying the
department Of this action, stated that
under the law the bundesrath ac
quired the power to lower the prices
OF potash under contracts entered
into prior 10 December II, 1909.
Should the American potash import
ers holding contracts with German
mine owners have any representations
TO make, the State Department will
transmit to the American embassy.