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until after o'clock. There was another thing in the strong-arm mans favor. The fence would not dare to make open com- plaint to the police. As a receiver of stolen property he had no recourse. The only thing he possibly could do was to try to trace the strong-arm man through the thieves who were his patrons and his allies.
 MT. Harbuson loves adventure. This was so melodramatic that he tingled with ex- citement. He longed to take more ac- tive part in the recovery of his property. But the strong-arm man would not listen patiently to his suggestions to that effect. You stay where you are.' he said. Re main in your room right close to that tee- phone. I'm going to kep in touch with you through the night. I'm going to be a pretty busy boy. I have to time this thing to a nicety. We've studied 1t all ont, and we know just how long we've got to work while the cop is at the other end of the beat, and we know just what chances there are for being discovered. If you were down here and there was pinch you'd be of no good to us. Your story would not be believed for day or two, until the police made an Investigation While you're there at the hotel it's alto gether different. You're of far more use to us where you are than any place else If l don't call you up regularly every two hours you'll know that something has gone wrong Then I'll expect you to get in touch with the police and find out if we've been pinched.
 Mr. Harbuson sat in his room and smoked, and waited Every hour or so from Il to 3 in the morning his telephone rang and the man at the other end re- ported us to the outlook. At 3 o'clock the word was that the time had arrived for action.
 ..If you don't hear from us by 4so mosey over to headquarters. If every thing is all right you will hear from me before that time.'
 Good luck to you," said Harbuson fervently. Then he hung up the re- ceiyer.
 With his watch in his lap he sat in his room and pictured in his imagina- ton just what the two strong-arm men were doing. He could see in his mind eye every step of their progress. When he thought they had just about com pleted their work he began to get im- patient for a ring at the phone. He looked at his watch and was chagrined His mind was working too fast. He got up and walked about Time went very slowly. Then he began to fear the men had failed. He feared. too, there might be some dreadful consequences to this
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glad to see American capital brought here. The trouble with your moneyed men, however, Is that they are too vis- ionary. You show them a piece of rock with little gold in 1t and they will open their pocketbooks almost without inves- tigation. They may also put money into bananas if they are properly shown, but sure thing like the coffee of Costa Rica they do not appreciate. Tbis land pro- duces some of the best coffee of the world. The conditions or cultivation are well known, and the opportunities for money making in 1t are excellent. 1 am hoping that your people will take up the coffee lands on the west coast as soon as the canal is open to trade"
 T suppose money invested in Costa Rica would be safe2'' said I, interroga- lively.
 Most certainly 1t would if put in the right place and with due regard to the ex- animation of titles. We have an excel- lent title system in this country, and you cam buy land just as safely here as you can at your home. There is no danger of revolutions and the conditions are quite as reliable as anywhere In the world Why Costa Rica Has No Revolutions
 Why is 1t, your excelency, that Costa Rica does not have revolutions? They are common In the other Central American republics and also in Mexico now" There are a number of reasons,' re- piled Don Ricardo. 'In the first place this Is a small country and our people have plenty to do to make a living with out wanting to fight. Our nation is a peace-loving one. The population Is not like that of Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras, which is largely composed of Indian blood. The most of our inhab- itants arc pure whites. You will see this as you walk through the streets and especially out through the country. You will see many barefooted and the faces and feet are as white as your own. These people are the descendants of Spaniards from the northern part of the Iberlan peninsula. We have comparatively few Indians and our ancestors did not inter marry with them.
 Another reason why Costa Rica has no revolutions,' continued the president lis because the lands here are very even ly distributed. We have a large num- Der of real estate owners, and nearly every countryman has his own little farm with his patch of bananas, his garden of fruit, his fields for vegetables or grain and his little coffee plantation. The peo- pie will not leave these to go out to fight, and you cannot get them to take up arms against the government They say they cannot leave their farms, and that it pays them to remain at home They realize they are far better off with out revolutions"
 The Boundary With Panama
 What is the population of Costa Rica?'
 Tt is less than 00000, but the country could support many times that number. Costa Rica has an area larger than many of your states It is bigger than Mary land, Massachusetts and Delaware com binad
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All in the Name

mothers a Presbyterian. What's yours. Mary? Mary-Mine? Oh. let me see Mine is ie -ou~s Bella? Bella-My mother never told me. but
 .ll.At sae was . dyspeptic
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scrutiny They were magnificent. But when he had completed his examination his face was as white as a sheet.
 They were not the Harbuson furs!
 (Copyright, 1912, by Richard Spillane.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

What is the population of Costa Rica7'' Tt is less than 100000, but the country could support many times that number. Costa Rica has an area larger than many of your states. It is bigger than Mary land, Massachusetts and Delaware com
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12

1own pains would come back, and the
doctor said had female trouble. lydia
Z. Pinkham' S Vegetable Compound was
the only medicine that helped me and /
nave been growing stronger ever since
| commenced to take it. | hope it will
help other suffering women as it has me.
You can use this letter. Mrs. CASSIE
LLOYD, New Moorefeld, Clark Co., Ohio.
Read What This Woman Saws:
South Williamstown, Mass. -"Lvdia
Z. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound GER.
tainly has done a great deal for me. Be.
fore taking it l suffered with backache
and pains in my side. was very irreg.
usar and had a bad female weakness.
especially after periods. was ALWAYS
tired, so thought would try your med.
ieine. After taking one bottle of lydia
r. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound /
felt so much better that | got another
and now | am a we'll woman. I wish
more women would take your medicine.
! have told my friends about it. Mrs
ROBERT Colt. Box IS, South Williams.
town, Mass.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS.

wv first 'H time "G 4sg n msss a'' hard ard
time getting acquainted until
some mention is made of HAIR. Then
they clasp hands over a mutual voc.
and swim right out together
Even the Perfidy of Man is not full of
conversational possibilities
The sympathy that develops over this
topic is so we'll understood by the wom-
en- that hair switch waved by a wom-
an on a train as a signal of distress will
bring other women flying to her aid. 1t
is more potent than a lodge pin worn by
a man.
Daysey Mayme Appleton had been in
troduced to a very distinguished wom-
an. She was one who gIcppied with
the unseen and mysterious. and who
used words of so many syllables that
one of them, if put in a chopping bowl
and chopped up. would furnish the or
binary mortal with words for a weeks
conversation.
Daysey Mayme was on mental tip
toe. She brought up every subject of
which she knew nothing, and the High
Brow Lady tossed the ball back by
talking of things so lofty that they
made Daysey Maymes eyes blink.
Daysey Wayne was beyond her depth
and began to founder. She started
something about the fundamentalism of
all superconsciousness when she saw
that the High Brow Lady was losing
her hair.
Your hair" she began, but got no
further
The High Brow Lady did all the talk
ing thereafter, and within five minutes
had told Daysey Mayme that her souls
! longing was for more hair
Her hair was like bristles in dry
climate, and came uncurled in a damp
climate, and was sticky before washing
and slid all over her head after it was
washed, and men hated false hair, but
would they look at a woman with a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
BY Frances l.. Gar5tde

head like peeled onion. and ,,o,
when she got up to talk of THE Hin,
Realm of Womanhood" before an am
dience of 5000 she felt that She ,ro.
losing switch, and pretended to fam.
and left the platform, and she dtdr,+
care, for her hair was more to her tbo,,
elevating women, anyway. and all che
remembered of Pixies Peak was tho.
she lost her back comb there, and u.b.,,
asked to write of her impressions -
Italy couldn't because her only impras.
sion was that her hair never acted @,
awful before, and did Daysey Mavro
think she would look better with bor
hair light or dark, etc, etc, till the bonr
came for parting, when Daysey Mavmo
walked away with her brain so filed
with hair it was fit for a bird nest.
There isn't famous woman living.
she wrote in her dairy that night. who
wouldn't be glad to trade her fame fora
wad of hair"
Then she went to bed, and dreamed
that all the great women the world has
ever known were sliding from their
pedestals by means of hair rope.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12

young girls and boys who have had
good educations find it simpler to talk
in the expressive slang of the day and
pay very little attention to English as
it should be spoken.
children should be taught to speak
carefully and to pronounce every word
distinctly. There should be breath
enough behind the voice to support it
and make it carry without straining
the vocal chords and there should be
the constant reminder at home that
it is worth while having a pleasant
voice even if one never expects to
sing.
Girls reiterate the same adjectives,
time after time, because they have no
choice of words. For instance: Isn't
1t lovely@ a pet phrase used with
equal enthusiasm about a baby a new
hat box of candy, a magnificent
view or a beefsteak.
How can one increase ones vocabu-
larry? Why, by reading, of course, and
by committing such pieces, Of verse
or poetry, to memory as appeal espe-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
The Quickest, Simplest
Cough Cure
Easily and ChenpIy Made ct
Home. Saves You 81.

This recipe makes a pint of cough
syrup-enough to last family a long
time. You couldn't buy as much or as
good cough syrup for $3.50.
Simple as it is, it gives almost instant
relief and usually stops the most obsti-
nate cough in "A hours. This is partly
due to the fact that it is slightly laxa-
tive, stimulates the appetite and has an
excellent tonic effect. 1t is pleasant to
take-children like it. An excellent rem
edy, too, for whooping cough, Group, sore
lungs, asthma, throat troubles, etc.
Mix one pint of granulated sugar with
II pint of warm water, and stir for 2
minutes. Put 21a ounces of Pinex fifty
cents WORTH in a pint bottle, and add
the Sugar Syrup. 1t keeps perfectly.
Take a teaspoonful every one, two or
three hours.
Pine is one of the oldest and best
known remedial agents for the throat
membranes. Pinex is the most valuable
concentrated compound of Norway white
pine extract, and is rich in guaiacol and
all the other natural healing elements.
Other preparations will not work in this
formula.
The prompt results from this recipe
have endeared it to thousands of house
wives in the United States and Canada,
which explains why the plan has been
initiated eften but never successfully.
A guaranty of absolute satisfaction. or
money promptly refunded, goes with this
recipe. Your druggist has Pinex, or will
get it for YOU. If not, send to The
Pinex Co., TT. Wayne, Ind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
BY Margaret Hubbard Aver.

KIT is every womans duty to help
make her world as beautiful as
she can" unused Miss Ferguson,
looking over her green and white
drawing room where she has put her
ideas into practice.
Most women think that they have
accomplished that end when they have
spent a large part of each day in
identifying themselves
"That is a beginning Of course,
laughed the young star, but they for
get that beauty is not merely a ques-
ton of clothes and that the most eX-
quisite creation can't make up for the
lack Of other charms beautiful voice
for instance.
81 should make it almost a criminal
offense for a woman to have a hideous
speaking voice. There is absolutely no
excuse for 1t, because any voice can be
made reasonably pleasant and agree
able unless there is an absolute physi-
cal defect in the physical formation.
Il think that | was most fortunate
in getting Mile Jeanne Faure to help
me with my speaking voice and when
l decided to sing the part of Eva in
the coming production, it was she who
vouched for my vocal ability and de-
veloped it.
Few women seem to pay any atten-
ton to their daughters speaking voices
and certainly the younger generation
enunciates SO badly End uses such a
meaeer variety Of words that the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
THE PLEASURES
OF THE TABLE

Do you have variety enough
in the food you serve on your
table? Or is there a sameness
to your meals that becomes
monotonous? Try this change
for one dinner each week. Cut
out all meat and serve in its
place a sUeaming dish of Faust
Spaghetti. 1t is tender and finely
favored-contains all the nour-
ishing elements of meat IN a
much more easily digested form.
This Spaghetti dinner will make a
pleasant change for the family
they'll enjoy it. Write for our Book
of Recipes-we'l mail you one free.
Your grocer sells Faust Spaghetti,
sc and Toe a package.
MAULL BROS.
ST. Louis, Mo.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
SPEAKS FOR
HER MOTHER
North Carolina Lady Writes
Interesting Letter Relat
ing Her Mothers Elk
perience.

Tsylorsville. n. C.---In an interesting
letter from this place, Mrs Stella NJ.
Bowman writes az follows. MY
mother was weak and run down, and
was in bed for nine weeks. She was
not able to do any OF her work
Some lady told her about Cardui.
the woman's tonic She decided TO try
It, and, after taking three bottles. was
able TO do all OF her household work.
You may publish this letter IL you
wish, as ct would be a great pleasure
for me TO know that have been Of
selp to some suffering woman"
The best way to relieve womanly
troubles, pains headache. backaehe
etc, is to help nature by taking Cardul
Cardui has not only been found Of
great assistance in relieving the most
serious cases Of womanly trouble. but
has also proven itself an ideal
strength building tonic for weak. tired
nervous women.
Cardui is successful. because Il is
composed Of ingredients that act ef-
fectivey on the womanly constitution.
and build up health and strength in
natural manner II is strictly wom-
ans n1edicine-prepare exclusively for
women.
Fifty years success in relieving
aches and pains OF other weak and all
ms women lie good reason to believe
that csrdui should help you. too
\. p. Write 20; Ladies Advisory Dept.
-hattanooEa Medicine Co. Chattanooga
Tenn Tor Special Instructions and Ga
page book. Home Treatment for WON.
81, sent In plain wrapper on request
- tAdveriisement
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
Do You Know

Throughout the world the total num-
Der of Roman Catholics is estimated at
964.500, 600.
BY the win Of J. w. Hutton, who was
astic hunter. who died at Jersey re
Gently. it was ordered that his ashes be
strewn upon the HaCkensack river
along the banks of which he used to
fish as a lad. A friend went to the
banks of the Hackensack the other
night and there carried out the dead
mans request.
Mrs. \. u. Winship a student ut the
University of Wisconsin, can claim the
distinction of being the Oldest college
girl" in the world. She entered upon
her college career two years ago at the
age OF IS. and looks forward TO talk
ing her degree in 1914 Almost as long
as she can remember, her ambition was
60 60 To college and do things" but her
desire was thwartcd time and again
At the present time she is deriving the
greatest pleasure from her belated col
lege days, and enters into the life of
the university with as keen zest as
that OF any girl graduate.
The walking stick of General Booth
used on the last walk he ever took has
a little history of it's own. At "a meet
ing in Paris some time ago notorious
Russian anarchist was converted by
the Generals cloQucnce. and soon after
the lattcrs return tot England he re
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12

cially to the imagination and are par
ticularly fine examples of the English
language.
The quality of the voice is cul-
tivated by listening and paying atten-
ton to ones own tones and learning
to discriminate between beautiful and
ugly sounds Few people take the trou-
BILE to speak in a pleasing voice. Voice
culture is one of the much neglected
parts of the average girls education
The woman can be really charming
who has not an agreeable speaking
voice"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12

Although Wallace had some dim idea OF
me big struggle now going on In the mind
and heart OF Broadway Jones. be wasn't
ready TO rclent in the slightest Just Vet.
We said my say; you've heard my
opinion. Doc said coucisely
Continued in Next issue.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12

Vegetable Compound
has done for me. ]
had bearing down
pains, was dizzy and
weak, had pains in
lower back and could
not be upon my feet
long enough to get a
meal. AS long as ]
laid on my back !
would feel better,
but when l would
get I'D those BEARING
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
TWO WOMEN
TESTIFY
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound Did For
Their Health-Their own
Statements Follow.

New Moorefeld, Ohio. -."I take great
pleasure in thanking you for what your
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-30
SAYS JOKER" In
THE DRUG BILL

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-That the
amendment TO the pure food law
which congress has just passed, de-
signed TO wipe out patent medicine
fakes, will not accomplish its pur-
pose and that it contains a Joker"
which practically nullifes its in
tended effect. is the celebration of
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. former head
of the bureau Of chemistry and pure
food expert The amendment was
contained in the Sherley bill which
the president has just signed.
The amendment said DR.. Wiley,
relates to statements on the labels
of medicines. especially the so-called
patent or proprietary remedies, re-
specting claims as to curative effects
or providing that these claims shall
not be false and fraudulent. It is
always more difficult to secure con-
viction If you have to prove two sep
arate crimes against a criminal
rather than one. I do not know the
exact difference between what is
false and what is fraudulent. But con-
gress having used these terms, is fair
TO presume that congress had in mind
some distinct difference between
them. Therefore it is evident that
congress did not intend to punish any
offender for false claims alone or for
fraudulent claims alone. In securing
the passage OF the Sherley amendment
the vendors Of fraudulent prepara-
tons have won a complete victory"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-30

D. C. Bybee, teaming contractor, liv-
ing at $50 Keeling Court, Canton, ILL.,,
is now we'll rid Of a severe and annoy
ing case OF kidney trouble. His back
panied and he was bothered with head
aches and dizzy spells. ''I took Foley
Kidney Pills just as directed and in a
few days I felt much better. Ny
life and strength seemed to come back,
and 1 sleep well. ! am now all over
my trouble and glad TO recommend
Foley Kidney Pills" Try them. N. B.
Danforth. Market and Second streets,
Wilmington, Del
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-30
WORKED LIKE MAGIC :
RED SCALY ECZEMA YIELDS TO
SAX0 SALVE.

A Highland. N. Y, woman writes
Since 1901 I suffered from eczema
and my skin was very tender, red
and scaly, and / could find no relief
until used Saxo Salve. The first
application worked like magic, in
less than a week the scales we're
gone and now the skin is healed and
smooth, thanks TO Saxo Salve.
In all forms of eczema, and all
other crusted or scaly humors and
eruptions, Saxo Salve has given as
tonishingly by good results. The great
improvement that it makes in the
first few days shows plainly that you
can place full trust in its curative
power.
We have so much confidence in IL
that We give back your money If you
are not satisfied with Saxo Salve.
n. B. Danforth, Druggist, Whining
ton. Del.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-30

Women's oxford Ties and Pumps
sizes mostly Pc 70 4 and to S; $500
TO $500 values, now ...... S1.00
Women's high grade. low cut
Pumps and Ties; $500 and $3.50
values. Sl.6O. $40 and $40.
Girls and Boys white grain Bare
foot Sandals, with Elk leather soles:
sizes 6 to 8. soc; So to IL. at zoe;
II y to 2. at 75c. Positive bargains
Women's Bathing Shoes reduced TO
25e, Zoe and soc.
Small lot of broken sizes in Boys
Shoes, sl.0O the pair; old styles.
All Children's and Misses Low
Shoes at greatly reduced prices.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-30
SUMMARY OF
PARCELS POST
LAW JUST PASSED

In response TO many inquiries for
information, Senator Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
has prepared the following summary
of the provisions Of the new Parcel
Post Law which will become effec-
tive January 1. 1918:
Any article is mailable il not over
IN pounds in weight nor more than
~ inches in length and girth com
bined. nor likely to iniure the mails
or postal equipment or employees.
Flat rate of l cent per ounce up
to ounces regardless of distance.
About 4 ounces, rates are by the
pound or fraction therefor, and vary
ing with distance as follows:
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-30
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
In LABOR MEETING

Congregations Of the six Presbyter-
ian churches that have been holding
open air services in the parks on
Sunday evenings have arranged for a
Union meeting in honor Of Labor Tor
next Sunday. The meeting win be
held at Washington Heights and in
addition to addresses by Oliver II.
Bronson OF New York and Joseph T..
Andrews. president Of the local Cen
trail Labor Union, the choirs Of the
churches will combine. the meeting
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-30
OLD CORN FAILS TO
REACH DOLLAR MARK

Farmers who have been holding
their last years corn in the hopes or
getting a dollar a bushel are now
compelled TO SELL with the prospect Of
new corn in a few weeks The sudden
throwing OF the old corn on the mar
ket has lowered the price, and the
farmers who have held their corn for
q raise are now glad 10 get clear of
their supply at less than has been
paid
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-30
BLAMES WOMEN FOR
DISGRACEFUL DRESSING

BY The United Press.
BALTIMORE. Md. Aug. 3O-That
mothers are to blame for disgracefui
dressing by young girls is the belief
of Rev. John T. Whelan, pastor OF the
largest Catholic church In South
Baltimore. He told his congregation
So He said: 1--WE talk of children
hiding themselves behind their
mothers skirts. Alas, the skirt nc
longer hides the mother And it ID
the mother and not the daughter wn,
should be blamed. Children may know
no better: parents should"