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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11
Daysey Mayme
and Her Folks
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
THE INNOCENT CAUSE.

TINE Old Fashioned Woman had
arrived at the home of Lysander
John Appleton the day before
| Though she Travelled alone. and the dis
lance was short, she carried with her
an enormous basket in which were
packed fried chicken, doughnuts and
pies, to eat on the train.
| There's no telling" she said when
packing up a lunch that would have
lasted the inhabitants of the ark for a
week, what viii happen when one gets
on the train these days"
| In her little country home, the fami-
| ly went to bed at g. She was scan
| dalized when the Appletons sat up till
| -. She decided she wouldn't tell Pa
about such late hours when she wrote
! home: he might think she had fallen
| into evil ways.
| She aWoke at 4 o'clock Mercy" she
said to herself, but | am getting shift
| less! l ought to have been up d full
| half hour ago
Town folks" she unused when she
had dressed and heard no one stirring.
do get lazy. Perhaps Lysander and
! Martha don't get up till s."
| She read chapter in her Bible. sat
at the window and looked out over the
city, apologizing to herself as she did
! it, for to sit with idle hands IN THE
MORNING was a crime in her part of
the world
| Five O'Clock came. and still no one
stirred. She began to grow uneasy.
She had read of such horrible things
| happening in a big city. Perhaps a
, burglar had been in the house in the
night. Perhaps he had committed a
worse crime,
If she could only hear a snore, What
comfort. what assurance, there would
be in a snore. She would know then
the family were still alive,
She waited till 6. Then between
hunger and alarm. she was almost
crazed II know they are all dead,'
she cried.
She walked the floor "A half hour
longer. 1t was s. 80 and not a sound of
a living creature in the house.
She walked. with bated breath and
timed step down the stairs to the
front door and looked out. She would
call for help. She saw no one to call.
She would go back and look in the bed
rooms. She crept upstairs again and
reached a bed room door, but hadn't
the courage to turn the knob
A clock in the hall struck T. That
was the confirmation of her worst fears
ana with a scream She ran TO the front
door. threw it open, and gave screcch
after screech. Help, Help" she
screamed. They've been murdered in
their beds"
This explains why the Appletons
were awakened by policemen, newsboys
and milkmen tearing wildly into their
rooms and why the patrol wagons
dashed up, followed by the fire depart
ment
II also explains why the old Fash
toned Woman went home that day.
II never expected she subbed 10
Pa 90 scr the day wncn any one my
age would be- talked 90 he way those
Applctons talked tH nae "
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11
Up-to-Date Jokes

Fair Maid: Il wonder what causes
the fight of time?"
Brilliant Young Man: 1T is probably
| urged on by the spur OF the moment"
Mrs. Modus; well, George, you
promised me a new bonnet"
George: 4 promised you new bon
net. When"
Mrs. Modus: Before you married
me you swore that disgrace should
never rest upon my head through you;
and what do you call this shabby
thing on my head now"
Governor of Jail 0n a passion, to
warden)-I say, Keylock, the scoundrel
has turned refractory once more; put
him on bread and water for two days a
week
Warden-But governor. he is already
doing a couple of fast days.
Governor-Then give the fellow a
cookery book to read on those days.
Farmer TO one of his laborers, who
had come home after his first training
in the militia)-"Whieh would you
rather be. a soldier or farm hand,
Paddy"
Pat-"A soldier, of course"
Farmer-"And why so, Paddy"
Pat-"Well. you see, you'd be long
time working for farmer before he'd
tell you to stand at ease
"Ah. yes" murmured Miss Screecher.
after the first selection at the mus
ical Il have had some exciting eN-
periences Coming over here from New
York a terrible storm arose. and ! had
to sing to quiet the immigrants You
should have seen the heavy sea run
ming
And the big rude man in the pink
necktie gazed out of the window.
II don't blame the sea- he muttered.
When Governor Head was in Office in
New Hampshire Colonel Barrett, of the
governors staff died and there was an
unsecmlv scramble for the Office even
while his body was awaiting burial
with military honors One candidate
ventured to cali upon Governor Head.
Governor" he asked do you think
you would have any objection if | was
TO get into Colonel Barrett's place.
The answer came promptly:
no. ! don't think | should have any
objection if the undertaken is willing "
A well-known Americal soldier, Gen
eral Nelson A. Miles. became reminis-
cent at dinner one evening
There is lot of humor. real humor.
to be found on battehelds." he said.
Il remember the case of retreat
which was really a rout In this re-
treat the commanding general. as he
galloped along like the wind, turned
his horse 60 the limit, and asked
Who are our rear guard ''
The aides. without the slightest hes
itation, replied:
THE boys who have the worst
horses. sir '"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11
Love Asks No Test
BY Beatrice Fai11ax
((TAM a young man." writes Joseph
c. Il am twenty years old and

KIT AM a young man." writes Joseph
c. Il am twenty years old and
engaged to a girl of the same
age. Is it possible for me to test my
love? At times I think that there is
no one in the world that could take this
girls place. Then, again, | am not so
sure of it. | have spoken to her about
it. and she says not to mind it. as she
feels the same way herself occasional
y. and that everybody does"
| do not agree with her. The love of
years more mature than yours pauses
to ask if marriages is the part of wis
dom, but when men of twenty love. they
do not ask it,
To the majority of your age there is
no more doubt that the hearts selec-
ton is the right one than there is that
the sun will rise tomorrow. Youth has
no room for apprehension nor fear
Either you are much older than your
years or you do not really love
For the sake of the girl, let us hope
it is the former But, whatever the
cause, your doubts, though momentary
should not be lightly dismissed.
Love has been classified as the great
est thing in the world The truth 3"
says Henry VanDyke, lis that the pref
erence of one person for another is
not the greatest thing in the world. 1t
becomes great only when it leads on
as it often does to heroism, self sacri-
flee and fidelity"
If your love for this girl is merely
your preference for her, it will not
stand the tests that time will require
1t will not lead, as love should lead, to
herosm. self sacrifice and fidelity.
1t is such a perplexing thing to de-
fine and so elusive of all analysis that
one can not write rules for gauging its
depth.
Time. alone, writes those rules. and
the love that stands every one, and
shows no sign of weakening, is the
greatest thing in the world.
Time will settle all your doubts, and
as you are only twenty, you can well
afford to listen to its warnings.
1t is a good omen that you and the
girl talk this over together frankly;
it is much better than if either had
doubts and fears and persisted in de-
luding the other Be as honest and
| frank in an agreement on a future line
! of conduct Let each be unhampered
! by promise or vow for one year. or
more, and let that time be spent in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11

Why do so many women who do their
own work grow old before their timer
The weekly washing, they will tell
you, is responsible for their breaking down.
And they tell the absolute truth if they
wash in the old-fashioned way.
Continual rubbing on the dashboard
is SO bad on the back.
And standing over steaming suds paves
the way for colds.
But the Fels-Naptha way is just as
different from the old way of washing as
FelS-Naptha is different from all other soaps.
Only cool or lukewarm water needed,
in winter or summer, and very little rubbing
required.
In a nutshell FelS-Naptha does most of
the work itself without human assistance.
In using Fels-Naptha, follow the easy
directions printed on the red and green
wrapper.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11
Do You Know

Young men who desire to walk out
with members of the Bethany Club foI
Girls, of Chicago, must henceforth sup
ply the club matron with a certificate
of moral, social and financial reliability
The girls protest that such restrictions
destroy the romance of courtship.
The American census has revealed
some strange ways of making A living.
One mans sole business is bottling
smoke from burning hickory logs and
selling it for smoking meat in alright
safes. while another occupies himself
in robbing walruses of their mustache
quilts and selling them to the Chinese
for toothpicks,
1t is the duty of bachelors to adopt
babies. is one Of the maXims of Mr.
John O'Connor, a wealthy Chicago mer-
chant Mr.. O'Connor is foster-fatheI
to six children. all orphans, and he
probably knows more about bringing
up children than any other unmarried
man in the United States. He has
had them under his care for four years
and has persuaded three young bachc-
or friends to follow his example He
says that every unmarried man max
ing more than $40 a week should adopt
an orphan.
Some interesting particulars are pub
lshed by the Postal Union at Berne
relative to the circulation of postcards
in different countries of the world Ger
many leads the way with a milliard
and half per annum, milliard being
one thousand millions. Japan follows
with S94. 100000 and Great Britain with
S45, 10000 For other countries the
numbers given are as follows: Austria.
432, 5000 Russia, 29O,OOO,OO0; Italy,
$4,000. 900: Hungary. 113,O00,00O.
France only sends out 10000, 900, prob
ably on account of the high rate Of
postage-ten centimes.
A woman water diviner. who also
has the gift of locating naphtha springs
and gold and silver deposits, has been
discovered in Vienna. She has made
several extraordinary finds recently.
An association of petroleum well own
ers made her an offer recently of "a
large sum to give them her exclusive
service, but she has accepted another
offer from an American multi million
aire to go to the United States on his
behalf He is understood to be seeking
for potash fields. The diviner is to be
paid a fee that runs into five figures.
and is to have. moreover, princely
allowance for travelling expenses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11
THE DANGER IN INDEPENDENCE
Dear Miss Fairfax:

btdi ME FdllIdA.
| am twenty and deeply in love
with a girl of twenty zone with
whom | kept steady company for
two years. We We're about to be
engaged when we had a misunder-
standing, and since then we have
drifted apart / love her and | am
sure she loves me, but we are both
too Independent to make the first
effort a a reconciliation. r. F. V.
If your pride is greater than you.
love, is your love worth offering to a
woman?
1t makes no difference who is in the
wrong, it is your place Gas the mani to
take the first step toward a reconcila-
ton. End the drifting, which means
unhappiness. by going to the girl. Tell
her you want to make up. And don't
delay the telling "A day longer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11

TINE Old Fashioned Woman had
arrived at the home of Lysander
John Appleton the day before.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11

association with others of the opposite
sex
| am sure that each will find there is
no one like the one who is waiting, and
that all doubts will have vanished when
the time of probation is up.
| am sure that your love will have
grown beyond all room for apprehen-
of the usual happy ending.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11
Anty Drudge Makes a Donation.

HeI venture ask madam, if you would endeavor to
spare me something for the Home for Broken Down
Washerwomen?'
Amty Drudge-"C Certainly. FIJI donate a box Of
Fels-Naptha soap. Tell them to use it according to
directions and they will still be able to do washing,
because the Fels- Naptha way banishes all the back
breaking and hard rubbing of wash day; and cuts
washday work in half"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-11
Advice to the
Loveiorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
A MATTER OF NO MOMENT

a MA l Elk Or NO MOMGN I,
Dear Miss Fairfax:
| am sixteen and was going with
boy the same age. The other day
he sent me a letter, and my father
would not give it to me | wrote
and told the boy not to write me
any more letters and | would state
why the next time | saw him
| have not heard Of him since Do
you think | hurt his feelings?
F. F. G..
Your father was right, | am sure
and the young man should not blame
you for an obedience which is really
both rare and commendable You said
you would explain when you saw him.
If he avoids you, it is evident he doesn't
care for the explanation.
Try to put him out of your mind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-11

No POI acres of fine pasture land with can
the land Two miles from town on c. M & ST Paul Ry Price
$25 The will So in good trade
81 600 taken on the land at cent
2O2. from Tynxvlle
pillow Of which 60 is seeded TO clover A good room
barns, good with
from school 80 acres of the timber and pasture land Price
$500 mortgage So, sos at cent
No 2o4 800 acres miles from Seneca 2o acres under poT
large house and good barns Price $50 per
No acres 3! miles fro Seneca
cultivation, 40 timber, fine pasture with running water
house barn 4ox40 Farm all well fenced on r. D. and Te
phone line Price $50 half cash balance
per cent.
No 2o6 1913 acres one mile from Petersburg poor buildings 40
under cultivation, balance fine pasture and timber
land Price $4,000 mortgage $1,000 at cent running 10 years
No 207 226 mile from Petersburg with bot
tom 100 under cultivation and the rest blue
Good house, basement barn
other out buildings. Price $50 per
acres miles Petersburg. improved
balance fine pasture with also timber Price
$35 per
q miles from Lypxvie, distance
S-neca 70 under cultivation house,
grapary, A wind with aud build
ngs. Price $1,000.
Der, $50 bottom pasture and hay land All well fenced
with wire ali seeded except
good houses basement barns and good buildings Price $50
per acre
No 211. acres Barnum Of
Test bottom land adapted and tobacco 100
ridge timber blue
houses large
shed and good buildings This the best farm in Crawford
County per acre mortgage per
NJ PIP 80 acres miles from GAYS Mills no improvements
good pasture AID timber land This farm the State
Orchard and the to buy automobile Price $25
per
NJ 2l5 $50 acres miles from Brnum and miles from Bos
cDbe. The best ridge Marietta township. About
200 under pow good house and large basement Price
$50 per
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-11

money but OF coarse hber, ostenslDly
with the view of marrying her off.
But Fortune had her dreams, and she
was quite content to wait.
There was one man more persistent
than the others. Her mother called
him Horace, which the major mel
lowed into Hoddy. He was tall, blond,
good-looking, a devil-may-care, edu-
Gated, witty, amusing; and in evening
dress he appeared to be what it was
quite evident he had once been, a
gentleman. At first she thought it
strange that he should make her, in
stead of her mother, his confdante.
AS to what vocation he pursued, she
did not know. for he kept sedulous
guard over his tongue; but his past,
up to that fork in the road where man.
hood says good-by to youth, was hers.
And in this direction, clever and artful
as the mother was, she sought in vain
to wrest this past from her daughters
lips. To the mother, it was really nee
essary for her to know who this man
really was, had been, knowing thor
oughly as she die what he was now.
Persistent he undeniably was, but
never coarse nor rude. Since that
time he had come back from the
casino at Monte Carlo, much the worse
for wine, she feared him; yet, in spite
of this fear, she had for him a vague
liking, a hazy admiration. Whatever
his faults might be, she stood witness
to his great physical strength and
courage. He was the only man, among
all those who appeared at the Villa
Fanny and Immediately vanished, who
returned again. And he, too, soon
grew to be part of this unreal drama,
arriving mysteriously one day and de-
parting the next.
That drama was being enacted I'M
der her eyes she no longer doubted;
but it was as though she had taken
her seat among the audience in the
middle of the second act She could
make neither head nor tail to it.
Whenever she accompanied her
mother upon these impromptu jour
neys, her character, or rather her at
titude, underwent a change. She
swept aside her dreams; she accepted
the world as it was, saw things as
they were; laughed, but without merri-
ment; TESTED, but with the venomed
point. 1t was the reverse of her real
character to give hurt to any living
thing, but during these forced march
es, as the major dangerously termed
them, and such they were in truth,
she could no more stand against Civ
ing the cruel stab than, when alone
in her garden, she could resist the
tender pleasure Of succoring a fallen
butterfly. She was especially happy
in finding weak spots in her mothers
armor, and she never denied herself
the thrust. Mrs. Chedsoye enjoyed
these sharp encounters, for it must
be added that she gave as good as
she took, and more often than not her
thrusts bit deeper and did not always
heal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-11

Fortune never asked questions rela-
tive to the family finances. If she
harbored any doubts as to their origin,
to the source of their comparative lux
ury, she never put these into speech.
She had never seen her father, but
she had often heard him referred to
as that brute or that foop' or that
drunken imbecile" If a portrait Of
him existed, Fortune had not yet seen
it. She visited his lonely grave once
a year, in the Protestant cemetery,
and dreamily tried to conjure up what
manner q man he had been. One day
she piled her old Italian nurse with
questions
Handsome? Yes, but it was all so
long ago, cara mia, that can not
describe him to YOU"
did he drink?" Behind this ques-
ton there was no sense of moral
obloquy as applying to the dead.
"Sainted Mary! didn't all men drink
their very souls into purgatory those
unreligious days?"
Had he any relatives?"
81 never heard of any"
'Was he rich?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-11

Christmas Trees For Manila From clips.
Real Christmas trees with all their
pristine freshness and with the fra
GRANGE of the balsam still clinging to
them. as green as when they were cut
in the Alps. arrive in Manila every
Christmas season.
By special scientific process the
trees when they arrive to be placed on
sale by the Manila merchants are still
green and fresh. having been pre-
served in all their beauty and fra
GRANGE by chemical bath which does
not impair the trees in any way and
will preserve them for many years
Manila Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-11
YuIstide Common Sense.

Cut out all presents given from Gus
tom. Many girl is bankrupt or over
worked because she has not laid 1.-The
ghosts of a Christmas past" There is
no sense in giving a present TO girl
because yon started to exchange with
her ten years back. If you have drift
ed apart she will be as glad TO stop
the custom as You are.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-11
When EXPRESSING Gifts.

For packing the gift that is TO be
expressed good strong box is abso-
lutely necessary. made of wood. if you
can possibly get it: if not. heavy card
board will have TO do. The box must
be plenty large enough. giving ample
room for packing.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-05
Notice of Expiration Of
Period of

IL II. y. GhA4
Take notice that Tax Sale Certi6-
cate No. II issued upon the tax sale
December l4th 1909 of the following
described land, viz: Lots l7-18-l9-2O-
81 and %, Block 20, Original Town
site, City OF Hope, Steele County, N.
D., for the taxes of the year 1908 on
said land has been presented at this
Office and application made for deed
thereon; that said land vas sold on
said sale for &c. % and the amount re-
quired to redeem said land from sale
sale at the date hereof exclusive of the
costs to accrue upon this notice is the
sum OF 1886 "a; and that the time for
redemption from said sale will expire
ninety days after the servece Of this
notice.
Witness my hand and seal of Office
at Sherbrooke N. D., this 26th day OF
November 1911.
|(Seal) G. j. Mustad
37.3 County Auditor
Steele County, N. d.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-05
SCHOOL NOTES

Two weeks from Friday the schools
OF the district will close for the
Christmas vacation and will remain
closed until Monday January 5tll.
State examinations will begin Jan.
18th. Owing to the small number who
take the mid-year examination. clas-
Sos will recite through the weak.
Our first grade continues to keep
the lead in numbers, having 81 in at
tendance at present.
Early in November, the high school
pupils were promised a half holiday
at the end of the month, providing
they maintained an average class
standing of IS per cent. To place this
privilege within reach of all, the
further provision vas made that t per
cent would be added to the class
average for each day Of perfect de-
pertinent. BY this arrangement, any
pupil may add S per cent to his
average thru perfect department in
the school month of twenty days.
Twenty from the high school and
eighth grade reached the required
mark last month. OF the twenty, how
ever, only ten received blue cards as
the others were marked below 95 be-
cause of examinations at the end OF
the month.
No one will deny that our first
grade is growing.
In an examination on Geography
recently, a fifth grader explaines the
difference between the climate Of
North Dakota and Argentina, South
America, by stating that while we are
having Christmas they are celebrating
the Fourth of July.
We were closed Thursday and
Friday Of last week for the annual
Thanksgiving vacation.
Miss Bridston is in the care OF a
physician for a few days because of q
very severe cold. Mr.. Rechsteiner
and Mr.. Houseman are doing the sub.
stitute work, alternating in this.
Mabel and Eleanor Wallace entered
the third grade Monday end Earl, the
drst grade.
We were favored recently with
visit from Prin. Thomas King Of the
Chaffee School. Mr.. King was inter
ested in u equipment as he inform,
usslhat he is trying to secure classih
cation from the State High Schoo
Board this year.
Our high school girls are Fraction,
the Japanese Cantata' and plan t.
give this in public some time in Febr
nary.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-05
Notice of Expiration. Q
Period of Redemption

10 w. j. SKINNER
Take notice that Tax Sale Certin-
cate No. l6 issued upon the tax sale
December l4th 1909 of the following
described land, viz: Lots 13-14-l5 and
un%numbered Lot, Block 20, Original
Townsite of Hope, Steele County, N.
D., for the taxes of the year 1908 on
said land has been presented at this
office and application made for deed
thereon; that said land was sold on
said sale for 1873 9 and the amount re-
CURED to redeem said land from said
sale at the date hereof exclusive of
the costs to accure upon this notice is
the sum of Sl8.25; and that the time
for redemption from said sale will <
pire ninety days after the service of
this notice.
Witness my hand and seal of Office
at S~herbrooke, N. D., this 26th day Of
November 1912.
|(Seal) Gu j. Mustad,
1913 County Auditor
Steele County. N, D,