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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-30

Initials Only" by Anna
Katharine Green, author of The
Leavenworth Case" THE Fill
gree Ball." one of the most en-
thralling mystery stories ever
written, will begin in The Geor-
gian next Tuesday. Be sure to
read it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-30
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-30

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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30
Forces Of LIuht,

The late Arthur McEwen, a famous
Journalist Of San Francisco and New
York, was nee engaged in a political
fight in the California city in which
the better element was arrayed
against the bosses and their followers,
and the better element was getting
decidedly the worst of it.
On election morning McEwen met
the bishop of the Episcopal diocese
and the Catholic bishop on the street,
both of whom had been active in the
movement. The Episcopal bishop ask
ed McEwen how things looked.
"Very bad!" said McEwen. 81 don't
think we have a chance. I under
stand they are paying 81 apiece for
votes against us down in some of the
districts. I guess we're beaten!"
Both bishops were properly aghast
at this iniquity and proceeded on their
ways. Presently the Catholic bishop
met McEwen again.
Don't be discouraged, Arthur, me
boy!" he said. Though 1t may be
true the forces Of darkness are pay
ing 81 for votes. l have reliable in
formation the forces of light are pay
ing $5!"-Saturday Evening Post.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30
Rainfall and Consumption.

"A study OF the influence of rain
bearing winds upon the prevalence OF
tuberculosis has been made by DR..
William Gordon. physician to the
Royal Devon and Exeter hospital.
After classifying several Devonshire
parishes according to their exposure
to rainy winds, DR.. Gordon searched
out in precisely which parishes the
deaths from consumption during a Sc
ries of years had mainly occurred. He
found that the death rate in tho par
ishes exposed to rain bearing winds
al generally twice as high as that
of the parishes sheltered from them.
Further Investigations were conducted
In many other localities, among them
the city OF Exeter. The result was
the same. DR.. Gordon declares that
the important point to consider in the
choice of a residence for consumpt1vesI
Is the matter OF shelter from the rain.
bearing winds of the locality, exposure
to which Is a more serious matter than.
altitude, character OF soil, or even the
amount Of rainfall.-Youth's Com
pan!on.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30
LEGENDS OF
CHURCH BELLS

Legendary lore is filled with strange
stories of bells, many of them a pecu-
liar mingling of myth and truth.
Within the last century a spot at
Brenckburne, in Northumberland, used
to be pointed out by old people, who
we're young that a great treasure had
been buried there. When at last this
treasure" was exhumed 1t proved to
be the fragments of the bell Of the
priory church, which stood in ruins
near by. According to the legend
and it is one which may well be true
the bells last resting place can thus
be accounted for: A party of moss
trooping Scots, bent on plumber, we're
seeking far and wide to discover the
pr1ory. But it lay in a cleft between
the wooded banks of the Coquet. con.
cealed from view from the higher
lands about it. The mosstroopers, ex-
ceedingly wroth, at last give up the
search in despair, and the monks,
deeming themselves safe at last, by
way of thanksgiving for their deliver
ance, rang a peal upon the bell. I'm
luckily, the sound of the bell reached
the. Scots In the forests above, and
with this as guide they found the
priory, which they sacked and burned.
The priory bell presumably fell to the
ground during the conflagration, and
was eventually buried.
To this day the choristers OF Dur
ham cathedral ascend the tower, on
the v of the feast of Corpus Christi.
and sing the TIE Deum. This cere-
mony is in commemoration of the
marvellous extinguishing Of a fire on
that night. In the year 1929, four hun
dred and e%ighty-three years ago. At
midnight the monks were at prayer
when the belfry was struck by light
ming and set on fire. All night the
flames ragged and until the middle of
the following day. But for all that
the tower escaped serious injury, and
the bells not damaged at all.
These bells are not the same as those
which now cali the inhabitants Of the
city to worship, for in the registry of
the Church OF st. Mary-le-Bow, Dur.
ham, which records the burial OF one
Thomas Bartlett in 1882. a note. is add
ed to the effect that "thys man did
caste the abbey bells the summer be-
fore he dyed"
Buried somewhere beneath the soil
Of the graveyard of Buckingham
church, in Sussex. lies, according to
the legend, q peal Of bells intended
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30

and whom do you think I have
brought with me? No less a person
than my best man and greatest friend
DIR. Halifax"
Il have heard Of you, of course, and
am glad to meet you," she answered,
raising shy eyes to my face. She was,
l saw at a glance, her mother in minia-
ture, but with a sort Of halo cast over
her. Under her wonderfully brilliant
eyes there were somewhat dark
shadows, which seemed to throw up
and intensity their expression, adding
to the etherealness and fragility of the
delicate face. She began to speak to
me in a low, sweet voice. At times I
fancied that her brows knit as if in
momentary pain; now and then her
lips dropped slightly; and once 1 felt
certain that l intercepted a startled
light Of perplexity, almost terror, in her
eyes. I said to myself. however, that I
was prejudiced, that the knowledge of
the mothers history made me read
more than I ought in the daughters
face.
The dance that evening was a par
ticularly brilliant one. Many guests
arrived, and the grounds were lighted
with Chinese lanterns and other va
ried forms Of decoration. Soon after
ten o'clock l was standing on the
south terrace, when the young bride
elect approached me.
Can I speak to you, doctor?" she
asked.
Her voice was very low, and almost
unnatural in tone. Even by the arti.
fetal light I could see that she was
pale, and her lips trembling.
"You are cold and trembling"
said, what seems to be wrong?"
Il do not tremble from cold" she
replied. "Dr. Halifax, I must conide
in some one; 1t is all too horrible!
You are Lucian's best friend, but even
you do not know him. He is not what
he seems. Bend down, for I must not
speak aloud. Mother must not learn
the awful truth. Lucian's love for me
has changed. He Is trying to poison
me. He must have lost his senses.
Only half an hour ago, Doctor, I saw
him put a poison powder into the
champagne he asked me to drink. Oh,
it is terrible! What will become of
me?"
took my u in an instant. "You
are excited and overwrought," l said
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30

part Is to obey my directions implicit.
ly. If you refuse, I shall consider my
self absolved from my promise, and
will tell Maxwell the entire truth"
II will do anything you WISH" she
whispered hoarsely.
"This box which 1 have brought
with me from town." I continued, ICON.
tains capsules. These capsules are
made Of gelatine, and each Of them
holds a certain dose. The medicine
is Of a new and important kind. In
my opinion and that Of DR.. Everard
1t acts directly upon the higher nerv-
GUS centers. There is a strong posi-.
bility, Mrs. Joliffe, that within this
box there lies the cure Of your daugh-
ter's ailment. She must take three of
these capsules daily. Get her to prom
ise you this. Give her one when she
wakes in the morning, give her an.
other before she leaves here with her
husband. Make her vow that she will
not omit to take three daily"
IT will do So" she answered. God
OAC55 yOu, Ii. A4dAAAoA. 11dVo yUu Any.
thing o to say?"
Eyes; Miss Joliffe must also furnish
you with her address. There are
enough capsules in that box to last
her exactly a month. If they do any.
thing for her, she will probably be
obliged to continue the cure for sew
eral months. I must be placed in q
position to be able to supply her with
capsules; the whole thing is an
experiment, and it may fail, but it is
the best I can do"
The tears sprang to Mrs. Jolitfe's
eyes.
"You are a good man." she said.
"You shall be obeyed in every partic.
ular."
The next day Laura and Maxwell
were married. The wedding ceremony
took place without a hitch, and no
bride ever looked more lovely. l was
standing in the hall when the bride
and groom went away. Maxwell had
forgotten something, and had to run
upstairs. For q moment the bride and
found ourselves alone. She came
quickly to my side.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30

night. I went down to breakfast in
the morning i'll at ease and strolled
away by myself. My one faint hope
was that Laura might betray herself
that day, and that Maxwell would be
thus warned in time before he was
united to a mad wife. To my infinite
distress, however, her mothers words
with regard to the young girl proved
correct. When she came to breakfast
she looked calm and happy; her eyes
met mine with serene unconscious.
ness. I managed to have a chat with
her, and found, to my added perplex.
ity. that she had forgotten every word
she had spoken to me on the previous
evening.
I could not join the rest of the hap.
py party. I went to the wood and sat
down to think over the situation.
Suddenly I thought of what my friend
Everard had said:
brain disease is often due to func.
tional disturbance and consequent NAL.
nutrition Of certain centers. If we
can. therefore, ascertain where the
brain is at fault, a rational line OF
treatment Is pointed out"
With DR.. Everard's remark in my
mind, I thought carefully over the ex.
periments which I had lately made
with regard to animal extracts as a
means Of cure. If his idea was cor.
rect, there was a certain portion OF
Laura Joliffe's brain which was not
sufficiently nourished. The new line
of treatment pointed out a definite
cur for this. If l could supply the
unhappy girl with those portions OF
brain which were faulty in her own, ]
I might gradually overcome the terri.
BILE malady which threatened her. In
short, now was the time for me to
test the experiments which | had SC
lavishly made.
! lost no time in excusing myself to
my host and caught the first train for
New York. 1 drove straight home,
entered my laboratory and secured a
box of carefully prepared medicine.
Before twelve o'clock that night l re
turned to Ashley and seized the first
opportunity I could find of speaking to
Mrs. Joliffe.
II have been making some expert.
ments," l said, with regard to a new
cure for certain forms of insanity. l
need not waste time in repeating to
you exactly what ] have done. Your
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30
wac startled by the sound Of womans voice.

quietly. There is no use in telling
you that your Imagination is running
away with you, for in your present
state Of mind you would not believe
me. / will speak to Maxwell, but l
will say nothing to fmplicate you. In
the meantime, as you are terribly
tired. the best thing you can do is to
60 to bed. Trust me. and l will get
to the bottom of this mystery for you.
But you must obey me now"
"How kind you are" she murmured
gratefully. II had to tell some one.
I will lie down now and leave it all
to you"
She pressed my hand and glided
away. AS soon Is she had gone ]
hurried to the ballroom and sought
Mrs. Jolitfe. At my gesture she arose,
and accompanied me outside.
II have bad news for you," I said
gravely. your daughter inherits your
malady. Tonight she gave way to an
aggressive form of the madness which
at intervals wrecks your life."
"Impossible!" exclaimed the wretch
ed woman. She stared at me with
glittering eyes. l gave her a faithful
version of the incident which had
just %transpired. When I had done
speaking she covered her face with
her hands.
"Has all my suffering and %self-denial
been in vain then?' she cried.
"Have not all the years Of loneli-
ness, of horror, suf1ced to avert the
curse?"
"Try to calm yourself" I said. "Mrs.
Jolife, I do not think this marriage
ought to be allowed to go on"
She faced me defantly. ut must"
she cried. Il can think of nc one but
Laura, and you are bound in honor
not to betray me. I know, none bet
ter, the workings Of the insidious NAL.
ady. Have l not gone through 1t all?
Laura feels badly tonight, but tomor-
row in all probability she will be her
own happy self. The attacks at first
are always light. II she gets a shock
now, she will be a maniac for life. DR..
Halifax, I hold you to your promise"
There was little sleep for me that
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30

Il remember now all that I said to
you the other night" she whispered.
"Oh. DR.. Halifax, the awful fear is
over me again. From now on l will
be In his power, and l know he means
10 poison me-"
For n instant a look of black des.
pair had settled upon her face.
Have courage" I whispered back.
Take your medicine three times a
day without fail, and the terror will
a to pursue you.",
Il have promised mother to take
those queer little capsules" she said.
II will keep my word, DOCTOR"
The fear passed away from her
face as Lucian Joined us and she
sprang lightly into the waiting car.
riage, waving us a laughing goodbye
as they drove off.
What I suffered in the next few
weeks 1t is difficult to describe. Nc
news reached me with regard to Max.
we'll and his bride. Mrs. Joliffe, &C.
cording to her determination, return.
ed to Fairleigh sanitarium. My sleep
was broken nightly by dread forebod.
ings. Had l done right or wrong :?
Would the capsules effect a cure, OF
would Maxwell find out when too late
that I could have warned him against
his fate and yet failed to do so? AT
last, n morning, a month after the
wedding, l could stand the strain nc
longer, and hurried off to Fairleigh
sanitarium. AS soon as l got there ]
had an interview with Mrs. Joliffe
She came eagerly to meet me; her
face was bright, her eyes full of hap.
piness. She placed a letter in my
hands, and l saw at a glance that the
writer was Maxwell.
Read that portion" she said, point
ing to the third page. l did so. e
II am glad to be able to inform
you," it ran, that Laura, who was
nervous and depressed, and at times
very strange during the first two
weeks Of II honeymoon, has now
quite recovered her normal health and
spirits. She Is really in excellent
form, has a good appetite, and is put
ting on flesh. doubt, when we re
turn home, if you will know her for
the fragile creature who left her ma
tive land a short time ago. There
is only n odd thing about her; she
insists on dosing herself with some
extraordinary little capsules three
times daily. She is looking owe MI
as I write, and begs me to say that
the supply will soon be exhausted, and
she wants you to send her some more.
She believes that they have an almost
magical effect upon her, soothing her
nerve in the most wonderful way"
You see, the experiment is a sue
cess, DOCTOR" said Mrs. Joliffe tri
umphantly. as ] finished reading.
"It seems So" I responded, with 9
sigh of relief. And now, l have
brought you a fresh supply of capsules
Please send them to Mrs. Maxwell by
the next mail"
"Dr. Halifax" said Mrs. Joliffe, "'
intend to try your medicine on my
self. II it. has effected a cure in my
ch!ld's case, why not in mine?"
The suggestion was a timely one
and with Everard's approval 1t wa:
carried out. Today both mother ant
daughter are alive and well, mentally
and physically, and the black horror
of madness has passed out Of theil
lives forever.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30

once upon a time for the tower, which
still has only a single bell to call the
faithful to prayer. AS far as a be
ascertained, the story Is as follows: In
the early middle ages, when the
church could be approached by water
as well as by land, a certain valiant
knight wished to present to it a peal
of bells. These bells were cast at a
foundry many miles away and brought
to the church by water. They arrived
in safety, but through carelessness or
inadvertence they were allowed to
slide to one side of the boat during
unloading, and in a few moments the
vessel listed over and sank, deposit
ing the bells in the mud at the bottom
of the canal, where they are to this
day. When he heard of this the
donor made a vow, enchantment, or
SPELL" saying that Buckingham church
should never have more than one bell
until the peal he had given was
dragged from the bottom by a team of
four milk-white oxen. The white oxen
do not appear to have been forthcom-
ing, and in later times the canal was
filed in. The peculiar fact is that the
church is still only possessed of one
bell.
Old bells bore many quaint legends
craven upon them, such as ejacula-
lions and prayers, and sometimes
quite a little history, as in the case OF
the great bell In Glasgow cathedral,
which bears the following inscriptions:
I'm the year of grace, 1888, Marcus
Knox, a merchant In Glasgow, Jealous
for the interest of the Reformed Re-
Holland, for the use of his fellow
citizens of Glasgow, and placed me
with solemnity in the tower of their
cathedral. My function was an
nounced by the impress on my bosom:
Me audito, venias, doctrinam sanctam
ut discas, and l was taught to pro-
claim the hours of UNDECIDED time.
One hundred and n%inety-ive years had
l sounded these awful warnings, when
I was broken by the hands OF incon-
siderate and careless men. In the year
1890 l was cast into the furnace, re-
founded at London, and returned to
my sacred vocation. Reader! thou al
SO shalt know a resurrection, may it
be to eternal life!"
Henry VIII. looked upon bells as q
useful means Of addition to his in
come, and nothing more, and owing
to his vandalism in this direction,
many valuable and beautiful old bells
disappeared with other church prop
erty to be sold for their value as
metal. Many curious things happened
when these bells were removed which
gave rise to nnnumerable legends. At
Lynn and at Yarmouth ships carrying
bells to foreign ports %foundered and
sank, and the wrecking Of a vessel
carrying fourteen of the bells of Jer-
sey at the entrance of st. Malo Har-
hour gave rise to the legend that when
| the wind blows the drowned bells are
pealing. Sir Miles Partridge, who
won the Jesus Bells of st. Paul's from
King Henry when playing at dice was
shortly after hanged on Tower Hill,
and, perhaps most remarkable of all.
a certain Bishop of Bangor, who, hav-
Ing sold the bells OF his cathedral,
went to see them shipped, was forth
with stricken with blindness.-Lon-
don Globe.
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Decided Iona AGO,

"Now. my DEAR" said. young Mr..
Ponsonby when he had signed the
lease for the pretty little fiat which
he and his bride Of three months
were to occupy, "the first thing we
shall have to decide is which of US
Is to be IN supreme command here"
"Oh, no. George, you are mistaken"
she sweetly replied. II decided that
while friends were still throwing
old shoes at u.s."
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

All scraps of soap that accumulate should be put in wire soap saver. If this is shaken in the dish water it makes a fine suds as long as there is a bit of soap remaining.
 Vegetable brushes may be made to last much longer by thoroughly clean ing when through using and then put away with bristles down. If they are put aside reversely the water sinks into the back and causes the wood to rot and loosens the bristles.
 Many pennies may be saved by care fully and systematically utilizing the left overs all about the house. A good many cooks know how to make many palatable dishes out of left overs that the ordinary cook would throw away. Care and study will bring this in the reach of all of us. It cannot he ac- compliShed by the woman who leaves her marketing until the last moment, when the best of everything has been selected. or forgetting it altogether goes out for the entire day and when night comes finds herself and family supperless. Then she goes to the mar ket and pays double price for things she should have prepared before go- ing out. It does not pay to leave things undone until the last moment,
 There are numberless ways in which one may economize which I will not take space to tell.
 If our talents do not seem to lie in the way of thinking things out for our selves just consult the Social Corner and get the benefit of the things our sisters have thought out for us
 With best wishes to all the sisters
 MARY JANE.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
RECIPES FROM CLARA OF CAN
 TERBURY.

Dear Editor of Social Corner: l send few tested recipes:
 Grace's Gingersnaps-One cup each of brown sugar and molasses, one and one-Quarter cups of lard, one table spoon of ginger, one teaspoon of salt, one-half cup of sifted cornmeal. one and quarter teaspoons of saleratus dissolved in One-half cup of boiling water and flour to roll rather thin. Cut and bake in good oven.
 Dark Fruit Cake-Cream one-half cup of butter with three quarters cup of brown sugar, add one-half cup of molasses, two well beaten eggs, one quarter cup of milk two cups of pas try flour with which sift onehalf tea spoon each of soda, allsplce and cloves and one teaspoon of cinnamon, one half teaspoon of lemon extract and for fruit hree-quarters cup of raisins seeded and cut in pieces the same of curraats and ope-half cup of citron thinly sliced and GU in strips Bake one and Onequarter hours in deep 9ake pans in moderate oven.
 Chocolate Cake-One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter melted with two squares of chocolate, one teaspoon of vanilla two eggs Preserving white of one if you wish to make a boiled icing) two cups of flour sifted with one tea spoon of cream of tartar and added to the other ingredients alternately with one-half cup of milk in which is dis solved one-half teaspoon of soda. Bake ' in rather moderate oven about one half hour and frost with boiled or caramel icing.
 Cream Puffs-One cup of hot water 1 and one-half cup of butter boiled to- | gether, stir in one cup of flour and when cooked take from the fire and | stir free from Jumps and until like | paste; cool, stir in three eggs without 1 beating, one at time, and when well | mixed drop by spoonfuls on buttered l tins and bake 25 minutes. If taken l from the oven too soon they will fall
 Let get perfectly cool before splitting l to fill.
 l Cream-Cook together until thick | one cup each of milk and sugar. one 1 egg beaten light, three tablespoons ot | flour and a pinch of salt Flavor witt | lemon or vanilla extract. C. OF C.