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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Legal Notices.

GEORGIA-Fulton County
0rdinary's Office, December r. 1912
Rebie Lowe Rosenl1rantz. eXecutrix Of
the will of William b, Lowe, deceased.
has applied for leave TO sell the land of
said William y. Lowe. This is, therefore,
TO notify all concerned to file their OBJ
lections, If any they have on or before
the flrst Monday in January next. else
leave will then be granted said applicant,
as applied for
JOHN r, WILKINSON, Ordinary.
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ONE CASE OUT OF MANY
no PROVE OUR CLAIMS.

St. Anne, Ill.-"I was passing
through the change of life and I
was q perfect wreck from female
troubles. 1 had a displacement
and bearing down pains, weak
fainting spells, dizziness, then
numb and cold feelings. Some
times my feet and limbs were
swollen. / was irregular and had
so much backache and headache.
was nervous, irritable and was
respondent. Sometimes my APP
petite was good but more often it
was not. My kidneys troubled
me at times and / could walk
only short distance.
/ saw your advertisement ina
paper and took Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
/ was helped from the first. At
the end of two months the swell
ling had gone down, / was re-
lieved Of pain, and could walk
with ease. / continued with the
medicine and now / do almost all
my Homework. / know your
medicine has saved me from the
grave and / am willing for you 70
publish anything / write to you,
for the good of others. Mrs.
EsTELLA GILLESPIE, RID. No. A,
Box 81. st. Anne, Illinois.
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BREAKING OUT ON LEG

Hilltop, Kan.-"About two years ago
/ began to notice breaking out on my
leg. At first it was very small but
soon it began to spread until it formed
large blotches. The itching was ter
rible and almost constant. Many
nights l could not sleep at all. After
scratching it to relieve the itching 1t
would burn so dreadfully that I
thought l could not stand it. For near
ly q year I tried all kinds of salves
and ointment, but found no relief.
Some salves seemed to make it worse
until there were ugly Sores, which
would break open and run.
"One day saw an advertisement of
Cuticura Remedies. got sample of
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment and began by washing the sores
with the Cuticura Soap, then applying
the Cuticura Ointment twice day.
] noticed change and got more Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and in few
weeks I was cured. 1t has healed SO
nicely that no scar remains (Signed)
Mrs. Anna A. Lew, Dec. II, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
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WAS FEELING WRONG BUMP
eapaclous PhrenoIogist Mistaken In
His Conclusion, as 1t
Turned Out.

The learned professor was giving
his public lecture on phrenology, and
for purposes of demonstration he in
vited a boy to the platform, says the
New York American. After cr1ti-
cal examination of the lads Uranium,
he turned to the audiences:
Ladies and gentlemen" he said,
"the protuberance on this little boys
head is remarkably well developed. 1t
Is the bump Of philoprogenitiveness.
In the present case it proves that the
boy has an extraordinary love for his
parents. addressing the boy.) Isn't
that true, johnny"
Johnny hesitated a moment, then
said:
well, get along pretty well with
the old lady, but the old man amt
such a much.'
why, how is that, my boy?" asked
the professor.
"Well, if yuh want me ter let 1t out,
the bump yer BLOWN about is where
pop hit me yesterday wit a belt
buckle"
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CHAPTER III.
The Second Clue.

The Second Clue.
Il can't do it, Harding. You are
asking an impossibility."
l was sitting in Inspector Davis
room in the post-office building. The
first thing in the morning I had gone
there to enlist his aid in clearing w
the mystery that hung over the Far
IRISH home. With the confidence based
on a friendship that had its begin
nings in boyhood association | felt
sure he would do all he could to help
me. | wanted, if possible, to learn
through him whence had come the
yellow letter.
Miller Davis, though only year old
er than |. already had become one of
the governments most trusted secret
agents. His rise in the service had
been phenomenally rapid. The rob-
berry of the post-office where he was
employed had given him his start. A
little later. with the merest thread to
follow. he had run to earth skilful
hand of stamp counterfeiters, and
three of it's members were now serv-
ing long terms. Only year ago, when
all the other inspectors had failed to
find the flaw in the registry service
that permitted red-striped sack with
Two hundred thousand dollars worth
of registered mail to disappear, Da-
Wis, putting his keen, analytical mind
on the case, within week had dis
covered the flaw in the system and
only a few days later had arrested the
ex-convict who had profited by it.
With the natural interest of an old
friend | had followed his career and
was familiar with most Of his brilliant
achievements. Even though the scrap
which was puzZling me had no en-
velope and bore no postmark, SO conf.
dent was l in his far-reaching powers
l would hardly have been amazed If he
had told me all about it as soon as
showed it to him. Imagine. then, my
disappointment at his absolute refusal
to take UP the matter at ALL
Don't you see how important 1t is q
cried. "This little scrap is the key
to the whole mystery"
He was sitting with his back to the
| light-a trick most business men have
these days, SO that they can see your
face in full light, while you have diff
Guilty in reading theirs-yet from his
tone | felt that he was inwardly
amused at my anxiety.
I'm afraid you overrate my detect
/ =
office inspector" he said. while / am
inclined to agree with you that this bit
of paper may have some bearing on
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1t was at the British embassy at
Washington. A distinguished English
man was delivering a lecture, and in
his audience were r1any big diplomats
and high-society people. Just as the
lecturer spread on the ambient atmos-
phere his most gorgeous verbal pic
ture. large German tried to sit down
quietly in a chair He did sit down,
achieving a transfer from the chair to
the floor with great clatter, which
peeved the lecturer and annoyed the
guests, who were all anxious to get
the talk over and organize stampede
for the punch bowl. Everybody in the
room turned around and glared in the
direction from which the noise had
come. But that German was too smart
for them. Having hurled himself
against the floor he stayed there,
breathing a fine mixture of wax and
meal which had been rubbed in pre-
paratory to the dancing that was to
come later.
After the lecture was over, Mr..
Bryce, the British ambassador. found
and shook hands with the astute Ger
man, remarking:
Your fall and subsequent recum-
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I would win out. That's the secret,
old chap, of my success, of every
body's success. Don't tackle things
you can't do, then you never fail"
Davis refusal was a greater blow to
me than / cared to admit. Louise and
in our final conference the night be-
fore had decided that there were three
undertake an investigation / would
have to know, first, that it had come
through the mail; second, that there
was some evidence that the mails were
being used for an unlawful purpose;
and third, would want to be certain
before l began the investigation, that
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WHY THE FIFTH MAN LEFT
He Wore Wig and the other Four
Men at the Table Were Bald
and laxative.

In the smoking room of a west
bound ocean liner two days out from
an English port five men sat at a
Small game" of poker. When the
chips had been cashed in the men re-
tanned their places, and presently one
of the party said: "This is funny;
four bald heads out of possible
five,' and then there was a discussion
as to the causes of badness, in which
all took part except the unaffected
man, who was good listener for
while. He then babe the others good
night. When he had gone the young
est of the group, who was less bald
than the others, said: do you know
why Mr.. Blank made the getaway?
He wears wig, and is probably as
bald as any of u.s." And for the rest
of the journey Mr.. Blanks head was
the object of study-at distance
for he never again appeared in the
smoking ROOM
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Vegetable Fiber for Shoes.

A Haverhill (Mass.) shoeman has
obtained patents giving him the right
to make vamps and tops of vegetable
fiber which he has invented and per-
fected to be used in the manufacture
of shoes. A few cases of shoes have
been made of this material, which ap-
pears to be a good substitute for
leather The fiber is said to be par
ticularly adaptable for warns weather
wear because, being of woven ma
terial, air can penetrate the vamp and
TOP. The inventor also claims that a
shoe made Of this material is water
proof.
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Marie Divided the CANDY,

When the uncle OF a couple OF
Brooklyn youngsters last called at
the household whereof they form a
part he brought with him some pieces
of candy, which were given to the
little girl to divide with her brother.
Later the uncle summoned this
child to the living room and asked:
Marie, when you divided those five
pieces of candy with your brother, did
you give him two and a half pieces?'
mo, sir" said Marie. Il saw they
weren't going to come out even, so
ate one before l began to divide. -
Lippincott's Magazine.
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derived from his fees as custodian of
an orphan boys estate. About four
o'clock in the afternoon the landlady
had heard noise in his room like that
of body falling. On entering she
had found him lifeless on the floor.
She had called policeman, who sent
for an ambulance. The ambulance
doctor found that Mr.. Elser had taken
poison.
1t struck me as peculiar coinci-
dence that two persons so far apart In
the social scale as Katharine Parrish
and Andrew Elser should have chosen
the same hour of the same day to seek
death. Was there something in as
trology after all? Had the stars de-
creed that both should die? Had
some conjunction of the planets, some
evil aspect in the Zodiac driven both
of them-the young heiress, in the
bloom of joyous youth, and the aged
lawyer. in his decrepit poverty-re-
lentlessly, heiplessly, to self-destruc-
ton?
So deep was the impression made on
me by the coincidence that 1 took the
paper with me and read the account Of
Elser's suicide to Louise. Even as l
read it aloud, this inexplicable thought
came to me with startling force:
Suppose that these two suicides at
the same hour were more than a mere
coincidence. Was 1t possible that the
same shadow had fallen on both these
lives? Had the same mystery driven
them to a death-pact?
1t seemed absurd. 1t was unlikely
that Katharine Parrish had ever heard
of Andrew Elser. If the family had
known him Louise would have men
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edge that her foolish crime against
herself had been thus sensationally
proclaimed would be a blow from
which the sensitive girl-hitherto
jealousy shielded-would never re
cover If she should not recover-Doc-
tor Wilcox and l were trusting to
chance to find way Of explaining her
death. The servants-all of them
trustworthy and long in service-had
been cautioned not to talk to anyone
about the afternoons events. The
doctors aides and nurses, Of course,
had been silent. This is part of their
business. How, then, had the papers
obtained the news so quickly?
could think Of but one possible way.
More than likely some telephone girl
who had heard Louise calling Doctor
Wilcox had given 1t to the press. Even
in the half-darkness of the middle of
the block where l stood / could read
the word "S-U-I-C-I-D-E" stretched
across the page in letters of red.
fastened to the corner where the dou-
BILE globes shed down a brilliant light,
dAAlOuS yCC ulCdulAS W ISdu WldI Tic
paper said. At the first glance
breathed a sigh of relief. The article
was not about Katharine Parrish.
had not thought of the possibility Of
there having been another suicide that
day, but there it was:
Mystery In self-Murder Of Aged Law
yer.
Ordinarily l pay little attention to
stories of crime. But the afternoon
had given me new and bitter appre-
citation Of the meaning Of suicide.
Standing there under the light of a
Fifth avenue corner read the hastily
written article word by word.
Andrew Elser, the article explained,
had lived for many years in West
Twenty third street clearinghouse.
Little was known about him there ex-
cept that he was a lawyer Several
years ago he had given up his down
town office. Most of his income was
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More SchooIboy HowIers.

"The Salic law is that you must
take everything with grain of salt. .
Julius Caesar was renowned for
his great strength. He threw bridge
across the Rhine"
THE zodiac is the zoo of the sky,
where lions, goats and other animals
go after they are dead"
"The Pharisees were people who
liked to show off their goodness by
praying to synonyms"
AN abstract noun is something
you can't see when you are looking at
IT."
"Algebraical symbols are used when
you do not know what you are talking
about. Westminster Gazette.
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How Rome Was Saved.


"How are you on ancient history?' p
inquired the Wood street man.
Fine" declared the sage of Smith
field street. ASK me anything you
want to know"
Il was trying to recall the facts
about those geese that caclxled arc
thus save Rome"
Il remember the episode. You see,
Rome was very rich, city in ancient
days, filled with gold and precious
stones. Some invaders had gathered liz
hopes of getting big loot"
81 see."
"But when they heard the geese
cackling, they thought they'd better
grab the geese and let the gold go.
The cost of living was just as high
then as it is now"
IT comprehend"
"They made off with the geese and
thus Rome was saved."-Pittsburgh
Po-.
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The achange of life :" is o most
critical period in a woman's ex-
istence, and the anxiety felt by
women as it draws near is not
without reason.
When her system is in a de-
ranged condition, she may be
predisposed to apoplexy, or con-
gestion of some organ. AT this
time, also, cancers and tumors
are more liable to form and begin
their destructive work.
Such warning symptoms as
sense of suffocation, hot flashes,
headaches, backaches, dread of
impending evil, timidity, sounds
in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes,
Irregularities, constipation, vari-
able appetite, weakness and
inquietude, and dizziness, are
promptly needed by intelligent
women who are approaching the
period in life when woman's
great change may be expected.
These symptoms are calls from
nature for help. The nerves are
crying out for assistance and the
cry should be needed in time.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is prepared to meet
the needs of women's system at
this trying period of her life. It
invigorates and strengthens the
female organism and builds up
the weakened nervous system.
Ithas carried many women safely
through this crisis.
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Inspector"
steps that would take us far into tbs
light.
First, l was to try at once to find
Hugh Crandall. / was to ask him to
explain the rupture with Katharine,
the attitude of General Parrish toward
him. his knowledge of the yellow let
ter, and why he had called Katharine
on the telephone the afternoon before.
Second, failing to find Crandall |
was to make some pretext for visiting
his. rooms. His sudden departure and
his cautioning the janitor to admit no
one had suspicious look. While
neither Louise nor l had discussed
what might be there to explain the
mystery, / was thinking that in all
probability / would find bundle of
letters from Katharine, some of which
might furnish clue.
Third, was to ask Inspector Davis
to help me trace the yellow letter
had anticipated little difficulty ~
ascertaining CrandvJr whsreanouts
A broker of standing ll4as not vaniEh
overnight without Informing his bust
ness partners. Before coming to the
inspector l had telepl'nned to Gran
dalPs office. Great was -ay amazement
to learn from one Of hss partner that
they were as much puzzled as | over
his sudden going away. They had
merely received a telegram saying
that he had been called out OF town
unexpectedly and did not know when
he would return. The telegram had
been sent from an Office near his rooms
the night before. There was no bust
ness affair that would take him away
so they supposed that it was some
urgent personal matter.
While l chatted for moment with
Davis over our boyhood days / was
thinking what step should take next
The problems of learning Crandalls
whereabouts and gaining access to his
rooms did not seem SO simple as they
had the night before. A clerk entered
with card for Davis, and rose to
go.
Don't go yet" he said. tits only a
man from police headquarters His
errand will probably take only min
Ute"
AS / resumed my seat Detective
Dowd was ushered into the room. He
was the typical police sleuth. thick of
head and foot, ready to suspect the
suspicious and to see the obvious. In
appearance, in speech, in manner of
thought, he and the inspector were al
most exact opposites. One was a griz-
zled. blear-eyed man Of fifty whom
even the clumsiest criminal could not
have mistaken for anything but what
he was; the other, young-looking for
even his thirty years, might have been
readily mistaken for college tutor or
an alert reporter. 1t amused me to
see with what Difference the man from
headquarters approached him.
BEG your pardon for disturbing you,
Inspector" he said, nervously twist
ing his hat, "but I've got little mat
ter here the chief wanted me to put
up to you"
He turned toward me with a sus-
plClOuS SlduCc, uuI LAWS udSICucu W
assure him that he could speak freely
before me.
Its this he explained, "the old
man wants to know about"
AS he spoke he drew something from
his inner pocket and laid it on the in
spector's desk. AS my eyes followed
his hand | gave sudden start. With
difficulty l restrained an expression of
amazement. The object about which
he had come to inquire was a torn
yellow envelope.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
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GETTING Alono Fine at School,

Now that school has been going
several weeks parents are beginning
to inquire of their young hopefuls as
to their progress. The other day a
mother out on Harrison boulevard,
while eating luncheon with her six
year-old, asked:
And how are you getting along in
school, Dorothy?"
oh" replied Dorothy between
mouthfuls of bread and milk, 'just
fine! and Frances Smith are the
smartest and best dressed girls in
the school. kansas City Star.
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SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house In
great excitement over the attempted sui
eide of her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall, sutton for Katharine, who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
IRISH, had talked with Katharine over the
telephone Just before she shot hersei.
A torn piece Of yellow paper is found.
at sight of which General Parrish ID
stricken with paralysis.
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toned It. And yet-why had thesv
two persons sought to die on the same
hour of the same day? The question
would not let me sleep that night.
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle.
Adv.
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Significant.

''He proposed to her in a canoe"
did she accept him?"
Il presume so. The canoe cap.
sized"
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n Z world. " EVNW3
THE STANDARD OF QUALITY FOR OVER SO YEARS.
The w. Douglas famous the world
owe 5 IN pair.
notice the short which make the foot look smaller points in
As which
have made w Douglas shoe: household word eve,ywhere
could Brockon Mass
yourself carefully w. would
wear max for the Fast cOEy
tonA reof
supply showing sds
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CURES ITCHING SKIN DISEASES.
Coles Carbolisalve stops itching and maker
the skin smooth. All druggists. Is and Soc. Adv
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Height of Diplomacy

bent position were the most exquisite
piece of diplomacy / ever saw in
Washington. Popular Magazine.
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Bears the

which comes from our timetrusted
friends.-W. 8, Royston.
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1t is the things that are possible
but not probable that keep some
people from being happy.
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A female optimist is woman who
marries q poet.
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Exactly That

Exactly That.
why does he wear such swim
ming suit as that?''
For divers reasons
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irnnortan4 "a Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle nf
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that IL
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WI DOUGL-AS
SHOES
$500 $3.50 $500 $3.50 AND $500

FOX MEN AND WOMEN
Boys W. l.. Douglas $780, ST. 90 School
Shoes, because pair wifi positively oufEeaP fvO
pairs Of ordinary shoes Same fh0 mons shoes.
WLDougas makes and sells $500 so $500 shoes
than other manufacturing in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING
 HAND HINTS FOR THE HOME
By MARION KIRKLAND

ing water colors at a trihing cost and with good results. Sketching is my hobby, but pen and ink are more in my line. Should any of the Corner readers desire the formula I will print it if requested. I don't want to take up valuable space for nothing. Or, if c. B., will call at my address any time after p. m. or a Sunday fore noon q am generally out in the after noons) I will give him or her colors to last a month of Sundays
 "2. have an overcoat and an under coat suitable for outdoor work for a medium sized man.
 T quit smoking about two years ago and gained about 25 pounds in weight. Of course the buttons wouldn't stand that strain and the garments are too good for the ragman.
 "3 Cold weather will soon be with us, along with diphtheria and scarlet fever. Sulphur sprinkled on red hot coals and carried through the rooms will go a long way toward preventing this malady from entering your home. Try it. c. F.i
 Of course you gained wholesome flesh in leaving off smolkingl I congratulate you and we felicitate ourselves upon the good result to our Corner of the act Please hold the clothing until you hear from us.
 Our would-be artists will catch joy fully at your generous offer of assist ance. You have our hearty thanks and cordial esteem. Come when you will.