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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
By Chas. D. ISaacSon.
Copyright 1913 by International News
Service.

Copyright 1913 by International News
Service
TN the midst of the seance the grave
faced spirit medium paused. He
- slowly rose from his seat. before his
assembled auditors and impressively
spoke:
MY good friends, we are now going
to attempt the most difficult expert
ment of all-something never before
accomplished in the records of the
world If We succeed in doing it, we
shall prove beyond all possible doubt
the fact that we CAN communicate
with the dead"
He cleared his throat and waited as
a sharp flash Of lightning illumined the
room and a murderous peal of thunder
crashed on its heels.
1t was a night late in Augusta hot
black, scary night, when you look war
lily over your shoulder at the bent,
sinking, soaking figures that pass you
by; when the very air seems laden with
hobgoblin phantoms. and the wind seems
to echo the moaning and groaning of lost
souls
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Going the Limit.

Jones-If Mr.. Oldboy makes any
such assertion, will denounce him as
a liar.
President-Mr. Jones, I call you to
order. Our bylaws do not allow you
to go that far.
Jones-Then l call Mr. OIdboy a liar
as far as it is permitted by the by
laws of this association.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
The Solitude.

Think of what the ambitious man
suffers when he is married TO a woman
who never wants to advance one step,
who never sees why he wants TO make
a change, and whom he has to fight
at every step of his progress Think
of the solitude Of soul of a man married
to a woman with whom he can never
discuss a book he has read, or a play
he has seen, or an opera he has heard:
who never even comprehends anything
that he tries TO tell her that is more
psychic than the price OF butchers meat
Not always the woman who never
could know. and never could under
stand is a vampire Only too often
she is just a dull and stupid wife, with
out brains or agination or aspiration
So ] say to the man who is hesitat-
ing between his career and his pretty.
amhiuonleSs, unintelectual sweetheart
to choose the career. He Will soon out
grow her anyway, and il Is far far bet
ter for both that this inevitable separa-
ton should come before they are mar
ried than afterward.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Do You Know

Or. Samuel Rideal. of London Uni
versity, who read a paper on the ad-
vantages of gas over coal as the fuel
at a teachers conference at Shelf
field. said that per cent OF coal used
was converted into SCOT. and in Lon
don the annual sootfall was $4,000
tons. The annual SCOT and dust fall
In Leeds and London averages be
tween 500 and $50 tons per square
mile; in Glasgow, 1881 tons. and In
Coatbridge, 1880 tons.
A marked crab that had been caught
Off Catherine, on the Kincardineshire
coast, was sent TO the fisheries off,
Ger AT Aberdeen for examination, and
II has now been aSCertained that the
crab was liberated at Beadnell,
Northumberland on October 9, 1912.
Catherine is l20 miles from Bead
nell
A boy police force is to be insti-
tuted at Portland, Greg. 1t is proposed
20 have a boy chief OF police. with
captains, sergeants, and other Off
cials They. viii not be permitted to
make arrests, but will report youth
full offenders TO the police department.
The second wedding of the IS-year-
old daughter Of Haricharan Chaka-
barty-the first Hindu widow who has
ever remarried-took place at Chit
TAGGING, India Her first husband died
when she was six years old,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Drew On Account.

Doctor-From now you may let
your husband have a glass of beer
every day. You understand?
Wife-Yes. doctor-iust one glass
DAY.
Doctor "a week later)-Now, hope
you have kept strictly to that one
glass per day that allowed your hus-
band TO take
Wife-Most decidedly. doctor-onIy
he Is four weeks in advance with mis-
allowance.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Confessions of a Medium
NJ NZhen The Click Stohted

turned on the gas, flooding the room
with light. Then they crowded about
the clock-pale and wide-eyed. It was
stopped, no question of that. The men,
comparing it with their watches, found
it recorded just one minute behind
theirs.
WONDERFUL" VERDI Proves
spiritualism absolutely" Gould NEW
Err have been done by human or ma
terial means-it was surely the work of
a spirit" These were the comments
rapidly uttered, as they examined the
clock to see if any wires or mechanical
contrivances could have been connected
with it.
The Answer.
This incident happened. To those who
were there. 1t was the most wonderful
phenomenon they had ever witnessed
At least that is how st happened to all
but the medium. And the medium was
myself Would you like to know how
it was done? will tell you.
No spirit stopped the clock No me-
chanical means stopped it. Even l did
not stop It. IN THE FIRST PLACE,
THE CLOCK WAS NOT GOING AT
ALL! How and why was ticking
heard?"
Here is the whole story: Back of me,
on a roll-top desk, l had previously
placed very tiny alarm clock, noted
for its loud tick. Nobody thinks of a
clock until you mention it. When 1
said. You hear the ticking over there
OVER THERE" the audience mag
ined the sound emanated from the df-
rection / pointed; and, by suggestion,
on which is based hypnotism, by the
way, they had placed it as coming from
the silent clock on the mantel Then.
while they were listening for the unex-
pected, half turned to the opposite wall,
l had. unobserved slipped my finger to
the pendulum, stopped the alarm and
dropped the clock into a drawer!
But then how was the other clock
the exact timer
Before the audience had arrived
had placed the hands ahead several
hours and had brought my experiment
to conform to the very minute 1 had
arranged. This was simple-in a flash
Of lightning I had casually looked at
my watch. The mystery of the night,
the darkness, the wonders already wit
messed, had all aided me to fool these
intelligent people, among whom were a
magazine writer, an artist, two theat-
rical folks, and several writer's and law
yers.
Now consider this: That this expert
ment was far more dramatic and mex
plicable than is generally seen at pro-
fessional seances, where money is paid
for admittance. Yet on incidents such
as these, the credulous people of the
masses are convinced of spiritism and
defrauded by takers, whose wonders I
warrant could be unraveled as simply
as the one l have just recorded. / did
these things to study and expose. Pro-
fessionals do them for money. Is it not
highly probable that others who earn
their living at this mockery are forced
to work out similar "wondersT' / do
not say spiritualism is wrong. do not
essay to pass judgment on this great
question. 1t is against the takers that I
direct my campaign, beseeching every
sensible man and woman to save their
hard earned money and evade them
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12

ment. and she was desperately anxious
to find some other good restaurant at
once-before his growing hunger in
creased his trritability.
They walked on for several blocks,
Helen gazing anxiously in every direc-
ton. while Warren maintained the
scowling, sullen silence that always
foreboded a storm.
"Oh, there, dear!' eagerly. as she
caught sight OF a balcony. high above
the street, with white clothed tables
and rose-shaded lights Doesn't that
look like a good place."
You can't tell anything about these
strange places in Paris" growled War
rem. May be rotten. But we've got to
eat somewhere. Come on And Wen
stay understand? Whether we get
table you like or not No more trot-
ting around for me tonight"
Helen followed Warren up the broad
red-carpeted stairs, hoping desperately
that at this place things would go
right"
The first glimpse was disappointing
The room was crowded Would they
have to go somewhere else
Sounds Good.
As they stood uncertainty at the door
way. couple rose from a most desira-
bic table on the veranda-one that Hell
en- had seen from the street If they
could only get that,
The next moment the head waiter was
bowling them toward IT, Two other
walters rushed forward with fresh linen
and silver, and a third placed a foot
stool for Helen's feet
oh. dear, it's a wonderful place.
sinking back with a sense Of infinite re-
lief that a critical situation had been
safely passed.
We'll, Wen not get enthusiastic till
we see what the foods like" grInted
Warren, somewhat appeased by the at
tention they had received
Il can't make anything out Of this.
scowling at the menu, which was ile-
gihiy written in French with pale purple
ink
viii you have our 5-franc table
dhote dinner, monsieur" asked a wait
er at his elbow
"Uumph. you speak English2 Well.
that simpIiies things What do we get
with that dinner"
'Hors d oeuvres, potage, FISH. entree,
roast, salade, entrements and bottle
Of red or white Bordeaux"
That sounds pretty good" assented
Warren. An right; Wen try it"
To Helen the atmosphere Of the place
and the street scene below was one Of
enchantmeut She was beginning to feel
the charm Of Paris.
With the hors d'oeuvres and first
glass Of wine, the scowliug frown on
Warren's brow had relaxed, and with
the thick green Saint German soup he
grew almost genial
Just taste that fish! Its great.
What they call hlet Of sole at home is
only founder We never see the real
thing there This is an all right place.
"Oh, I'm SO glad we found this. dear
For l felt that you were getting out of
humor. and would blame me for not
staying at THAI other place exclaimed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12

they go to the milk diet, and then they
just get In tune with things again"
l looked at the three pairs of bright
eyes-blue, blue-gray and hazel
gray-each pair with a spark of light
at the back Of their starry depths; l
studied the creamy peachblow COM
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Literally.

Boarder (tackline a tough steak, to
boarding house keeper)-When you
undertook to provide me with board,
madam, / was unaware that Won
meant TO do so literally!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Beauty Secrets of Beautiful Women
H00 Dot WI0n Found MIX an Aid 10 NanlraL Lgualnas
By Lillian LAUFERTY.

TT you want to have your skin
white. your eyes bright, your d.
gestiOn good and your weight al
ways adjusted to a pleasing plump
ness that does not increase to stout
ness try the milk diet. This is pref
~ pink and white, sparkling-eyed
Dot Wilson's great beauty secret, and
she longs for converts to her theory
Of the simple life"
l found Miss Wilson and her sis-
ters in a cool, wind swept room down
at Brighton Beach, New York, and
after I had adjusted myself to this
triple personality as illustrated by the
''three-twin" sisters, we settled down
to a coy little visit that gave me
one or two brand-new ideas for the
attainment of beauty. The first idea
was something no one said-it was
just the generous, kindly attitude Of
admiration and willingness to have
their baby sister" featured that Miss
Doris Wilson and Miss Alma showed
throughout our interview. Next fall
b. F. Keith will give you all a chance
to see the three clever girls who
make up the Doris Wilson trio-but
before that time pray let me present
to you a bit of their philosophy Of
life-and beauty.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Only Milk.

MIX, milk, nothing but milk-that
Is what my mother brought me up
on. None of her children had any
other article of diet until they were
IL; and I have never found anything
so nourishing. so easy to digest and
30 productive of good results. So milk
Is my diet, and though the girls vary
from 1t, they often regret some in
discretion of diet to the tune Of pain
Of Il skin rash or one of the ills that
food is so generous about presenting
people with" said Miss Dot
81 live on milk-no water TO drink,
for milk takes its place. No indi-
gestible food can tempt me, for milk
keeps me so well, 80 buoyant and so
free from nerves that | flourish there
on and never long for the flavor Of
any food but my tried and true friend.
About twice a year ] have a taste Of
some such foreign substance as ice
cream. On, yes. | can eat food, and
do occasionally. but don't like 1t.
"a drink eight quarts Of milk a day
not Iced milk to shock the sensitive
stomach nerves, but normal tempered
milk.
II sip 1t slowly-Just sneak II
down said one specialist who cures
oil sorts Of nervous and digestive dis
eases by seven week milk cure.
Well, 1t takes me about fifteen min
utes to drink one glass OF milk, and
am enjoying II all the time. We're
all only bigger babies-babi grown
up-and II II is so good for the wee
things to live on milk. why should II
not be good for them to go on living
on milk. the friendly food OF their
childhood? The girls drink FIVE or six
glasses OF milk a day and whenever
they are tired or nervous. or feel on
the verge Of little breakdown, back
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12

plexions, and the gracefully rounded,
tall figures, and | decided that as a
near milk cure made you pretty and
the absolute milk-dietist was conced-
ed to be the prettiest of the sisters,
perhaps it would be a good idea to 20
right off and corner the milk market
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
A Request.

Spirit think carefully now please.
Here is where the experiment begins.
Can you-win you STOP THAT
CLOCK?"
Deathly silence ensued. Just tick
tick-loud and clear and sharp as a
bell.
No answer.
Spirit, will you do it?"
Tick-tick-tick.
"Will your"
''Why-why. yves. I'll try" came
the answer in mysterious taps on the
table.
Tick-tick-tic 1922 tick each second
seemed an hour to the 50 auditors, who
sat half turned toward the clock,
eager cared, faint-hearted.
Tick-tick-
Snap! In the very middle of a beat!
IT STOPPED!
Oh, the eternity Of silence that fol-
lowed broken soon by a storm of gasps
and screams. There was a crash of
thunder, and some one, no longer able
to stand the oppression Of the darkness,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12

Helen, who, womanlike, always wanted
| 10 go back over situation, instead
OF being content to let well enough alone.
And l couldn't bear to have our first
dinner in Paris an unhaDuy one"
gym, g., +t,,r-3l,. -, -, A. II.
| g, no ~ N'",'Ue' was so'Hs 10 MAKE
| II unhappy unless you were?' growled
Warren who hated post-Ynorter,s
"y,-t,at ~ all A., -, -. ..
nv "e'" az ~" Hdi Pi"s oh II
now Tor anyway?
"Oh. l only meant dear" began
HaIa, bastapirs 70 corci1i.+o p,,+ e.
80 ~ iii'''e nu' ior'
'uhatelE at TINS moment the walter
uncovered the fowl. roasted TO a deli
cate brown and Warren,s attention wa
,g-- was
olFeF'eu from Helen $ untacttul re
mark
Dear. there's not So much difference
=, - ~, 50 '''uo'' '','7 ' ei'ee
III me gowns worn by the French wom-
| en- commented Helen, now anxious to
change the subject. There aren't anv
| ,arss+;o,,1 7ro,.,., -. ri. -
Sei'Sa '.oildl u'eSSes mere Ihat woman
! over there in pink, is rather striking
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
A Night of Wonders.

Within the darkened room, fifty
frightened people held firmly to their
chairs and listened to the deep, far
away tones of the speaker medium. This
had been a night of wonders. Tables
and chairs had fioated about by unseen
supernatural means. Wonderful mes
ges had made fifty hearts futter like
leaves in a Kansas cyclone To these
persons, accustomed TO unusual things
brought about by their mystifying lead
er, the startling events Of the meeting
had overshadowed anything of the past
And now the thought Of something still
more dramatic brought them to breath
less and awed attention.
Dear spirit" breathed the medium,
raising his eyes to the ceiling. I'VE
crave your assistance and beg your par
don for firing you so much this day
Accomplish this seeming impossibility
which l am about to put to you. and
prove your existence and your ability
to communicate with us, to the most
skeptical unbelieving member of this
circle.
lover there is a clock'-and the
speaker pointed a long. lean. bony fin
ger TO the opposite end Of the room,
where on the mantel could be family
traced the outlines of a ponderous old
fashioned timepiece.
Listen Spirit. listen. Over there
you hear the ticking of that clock. over
there-you head it?''
ck-tick-tick fell on the ears of the
listeners, who held their breath for
fear it would drown the sound which
grew louder and louder with each sue
cessive second, until it seemed to beat
on their very hearts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Left Alone.

Very well. WiufuI woman must
always have her way, but don't say
didn't warn you, VIII you be all
right II leave you? / feel the panes
OF a furious hunger"
"Of course. ! am quite comfort
able"
Left alone, Mary sat up ana gazed
out into the darkness. Her face
burned How could she endure the
hours OF this journey with Meredith
sitting there. talking, looking at her?
She must get away from him. Her
hard won self-Contrul might desert
her, and then She rapidly col
lected her rug, papers and bag and
slipped into the corridor. walking
with difficulty toward the far end OF
he swinging train to another COM
'partment
Here she would be alone. Present.
ly 10 the hum OF the express. Mary
fell asleep. wrapped in her rug. and
dreamed things that brought a smile
70 her lips and color TO her soft
cheeks.
And in the dining car. at his soil
taTy meal. Meredith wondered why
fate had deliberately thrown him and
Mary together when that impas sable
barrier Of wealth stiI stood between
them. Il had driven him away from
her once before, and uow-well, he
must let things slide Perhaps. that
same Interfering dame Fortune might
hnd a way out.
The Irish air was soft and fresh.
and the gray country looked mex
presslb.y lovely 10 Mary's tired eyes
- crossing had been Just as odlous
she expected. and she had hurried
Yfom the boat in the Wintry darkness
20 NE waiting room dreading YET
hoplLs TO find Meredith at her side
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-22

In our present state monogamy is
the last word to be said regarding
the relations of human beings
meaning by monogamy, the love OF
one man for one woman.
She said: "Our failures come Of
ten times from our starting with a
wrong premise-not having deter
mined definitely that with which we
are dealing. The purpose of educa-
ton is to fit one to live, not alone
to make a living" She then gave
the proposition of school children in
the elementary grades compared to
those in the colleges and high
schools, But one child in twenty
from the common school gets into
high school, and but one in forty
gets into college, and our school
courses are arranged SO that the
common school is really but prepara-
ton for what is to follow, and what
but one child in twenty or forty as
the case may be, gets.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-22

10 Kansas was intro
duced. Il seems to have fallen In
to the discard, as there is no further
record OF II, but the eradication OF
Lord. sculIy continued TO hold the
attention OF the legislature,
Things were coming to focus IN
the senate. There was plenty OF
poison and eloquenee waiting for
Lord scully. but there was also
large number of local bills and per-
sonal pets to be cared for. II Is evi-
dent, from the records, that the
senators did not find time to pass
the bill as amended by the house.
They changed the name OF Jefl
Davis county to Geary county, and
did some other legislating, includ-
ing the removing of disability"
from number OF galvanized rebels
along the Missouri river. They
wound up with a grand omnibus OF
local bills and agreed measures, put
Lord scully who had been viewed
with alarm as a dangerous alien
seems to have escaped with his jack
rabbit garden.
The incident has been practically
forgotten for many years, but no
Californian, with a-grouch at the
Japs, ever viewed with more alarm
than did the doughty defenders OF
Kansas when they tried to legislate
Lord scully out of Butler county.
H. G. p.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-22
RIVER BRETHREN START FOR
THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The following left over the Rock
Island in special car to- attend
the River Brethren annual confer
ence at Thomas, oklahoma:
e. Rohrer and sister, B. F. En-
gle and wife, Sarah Conrad Page
Ira Franklin, 8. 2. Lehman, VIM.
Page and wife. r. /. Witter, H. o.
Wenger, Bertha and Hazel Shank
M. L. Hoffman. Mrs. Anna 'Hoff-
man, Misses Fannie and Ella Bert,
Myrtle Naylor, Mary Kaufman
Samuel Grove, Ruth, Orpha and
Aaron Zook, N. e. Zook, wife and
daughter; L. L. Engle, Mrs. Geo.
Lenhart, Elizabeth Lehman, Ella
Heise, Frances Wingert,, M. g. En-
gle, Myron Taylor, Winton Hinkle'
j. e. Brechbill, Miss Climenhaga,
Raymond Eshelman, Roy Gish, D.
s. Engle and wife, Peter Bert and
wife /. H. Eshelman and wife, Sadie
J. L. Engle and Mrs. ]. A.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-22
AUTO EXPERIENCES is COSTLY.
So Says Pat Seaman Pioneer Kan
sas Farmer.

Pat Scanlon, wealthy land owner
and pioneer stock farmer Of Dick
inson county, Kan, says the Drov-
ers' Telegram, has discovered that
experience is rather expensive train
ing!
"Take the automobile on the
farm" Mr.. scanlon pointed out,
land the average farmer has to
smash up a machine by running off
a bridge or overturning few times
before he finds out what he has.
After the first machine has been
done up in some such capers as these
he can then handle one fairly we'll.
1--WE have them out where live.
If there is ball game Saturday
afternoon in town, we can see 3
great procession Of automobiles
heading that way by the hundreds.
If some poor farmer who cannot az
ford a machine happens to find .
bad place in the road. The reports
1t to the road overseer, reminding
him Of the fact that such bad rosfr
are hard on automobiles, and at
once that rut Is attended to-"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-22
WOMEN WANT CLEAR
SKIN AND BRIGHT EYES

No woman can have clear skin
and sparkling eyes for Tong If the
stomach is not kept in a healthy
condition.
Natural beauty Greats more adj
miration than the kind you buy by
the box.
MONA Stomach Tablets are fine
for any upset condition Of the stom-
ach. They instantly relieve after
dinner distress, drive out poisonous
gas. stop fermentation, and make
the breath as sweet as a nut
J. M. Gleissner & Son gladly guar
antees them for indigestion. gastri-
tbs or dyspepsia, for sallow blotehy
skin. and that miserable feeling.
Only SO cents, that's all. adv
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-22
RACE IMPROVEMENT
is TODAY'S DEMAND.

A good audience heard the Sec
ond of Mrs. Wharton's evening adj
dresses on eugenics. She. first mem
toned the fact of the recognition OF
eugenics being so recent-the word
eugenics itself being coined but
eleven years ago by Sir Francis Gal
ton in a lecture in England. Re-
Gently the new science has come in
to universal favor and everywhere
educators, doctors, scientists and In
fact everyone is searching for facts
regarding this most important sub
iect. She mentioned the wonders
Burbank has wrought in the plant
kingdom, by his knowledge and
careful study he has been able to
accomplish in few months what
seems like miracles in the transfer
nation and bringing into existence
of new varieties of plants, fruits and
vegetables, which II these changes
had been made by the slow process
of evolution, would have taken ages
to accomplish the result. She point
ed out that these changes and mar
velous achievements we're not nee
essarily all confined to realms out
side the human kingdom. She tool
Iup somewhat Of a discussion Of
Iheredity and environment; also sR'
showed how the subject at once leads
us to g study of biology and latel
lanthropology. She discussed the
evolution Of man in his different
Estates down to the present. mention
ling the ancient customs where poly
lumy, polyandry and various othel
states were the custom Of the day