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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

given in actual paid seances. 90
serve the vagueness of thought. Place
yourself in the part of the tall wom-
an, for instance-her mind upset and,
even at best none too intelligent,
Mrs. s. was shrewd.
Would you know what I meant if
l were to mention the word patti
ence?'" A blank nod from the tall
lady. Il hear the word patience The
dear spirit asks you 10 be patient and
say all will be we'll You are blue and
respondent. and you feel that trouble
is heavy upon you. The spirit says
that all is happy in spirit land, and
wishes you to be so. You understand
what l mean?" During all this the
woman nodded her head in attirma-
tion-half surprised that the medium
should so closely diagnose her case.
And yet when you consider it, every
thing she said might have applied to
any one else present.
Mrs. S. lifted another article.
ITO whom does this belong An old
gentleman of sixty or seventy years
of age nodded. Mrs. s. with great
intuition presumed that he wished to
speak to his wife. Il see a very beau
tiful woman. She whispers very low
ingly the word husband.
l watched the old man as she spoke.
His face lighted up with a wonderful
JOY. His old haggard face assumed
look of amazement. The spirit tells
me that you are not happy at times
The spirit says, DO not deSpond, hus-
band. Remember how when we were
together / used to urge you on. l
am always watching over you. ! am
with you always, wherever you go.
He Does It.
l turned to my friend. Aren't
these wonderful deductions? I'm get
ting sleepy. l think I'll start some
thing" l knew 1t was customary for
visiting mediums who were present to
contribute to the evenings program
and relieve the presiding spiritualist
of her constant strain. My friend
urged me not to, but I believed my
imagination and vocabulary equal to
that of our good friend at the table,
so / took a chance.
Shortly afterward I was introduced
as Brother Farley, of PassaiC, New
Jersey, and I advanced with well-af-
fected solemnity to the table, went
through the preliminary maneuvers
of convulsing the body and began to
rave. l had previously sized up the
audience, judged the character of va
rious members of il, and caught little
suggestions that helped me along.
who is that spirit standing in the
back of the room behind that gentle
man in gray? / will go nearer and
see what he wants. ! am drawn to
the lady at my right The spirit tells
me there is something now on your
mind that is bothering you amy one
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

TO do all that is claimed. If you are not
satisfied your money will be refunded.
Send 1Oc in postage for sample and
book about the hair to The Herpicide
Company, Dept r, Detroit, Mich.
Applications may be obtained at the
best barber shops and hair dressing par
lors
Jacobs Pharmacy, Special Agents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

FourLn-WnaL happened Wnen Goruon heIy WehU w
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Fifth-What is the final ending of the story?
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
DoYouWantT To
Be Hated?
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

Il cry season offers great oppor-
r tunities for the achievement Of
the ambition Of the girl who
wants 10 be hated, and in no season
sre these opportunities as limitless
p the summer time.
For il is then, when the largest home
is too small for the comfort Of the
jaded. worn. fretted and half baked
jewellers therein. when the girl seek
ing unpopularity has only TO pack
her trunk. buy ticket and she is on
her way to achieve IT, She becomes
a self-invited guest causing the fam
lily Of her hostess TO become more
jaded. more worn more fretted and
completely baked in the necessity Of
Crowding up closer to make room for
her and Of increased attendance on
a hot stove 10 provide for her enter
tainment.
Do you want to be hated2 You re-
sent such a question, and declare that
no girl wants TO be hated. And you
are right, no girl wants TO be hated
but hatred Is the sentiment she in
spires II she planks herself and
trunk and valise down on defenseless
friends with no other purpose in view
than a qualification Of her own self
iShness
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Another Hint.

II the hostess hasn't an automo-
bile. II Is quite the proper thing from
the guest point Of view 10 recall some
one from Spodunk or Kalamazoo who
now lives In New York VINO has. and
TO say every hour. IT | visited them
THEY would give me good time"
would suggest that the candidate
for unpopularity remain All summer,
that she lie abed in the morning.
thereby causing an Interruption In the
household routine That she remcm-
Der her manners and tell her hostess
twice day not 10 go 10 any trouble
for her. and then by hints or open
preferences for certain dishes see that
she does.
She has come to see New York. She
must see II. regardless OF the cost TO
her hostess purse patience or time.
She viii be cordially hated when she
leaves, but will have seen New York,
In similar manner and i'm an equal
degree any girl may gain unpopu-
larity If she makes herself an unin-
vited guest anywhere and at any time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Very Easy.

Il hear music. It is some stringed
instrument | glanced around the
room and saw one face light up, and
l looked hard at her Her expression
was my clue. and It seemed to say:
You are right-you have struck the
right one" There is music all about
you, Do you know what I mean? l
need not explain further. The spirit
says continue what you are doing
and you will accomplish the result
There is a gentleman interested in
you. but you may net suspect it,
Stay away from him" Her face flush
ed. She was interested. What wom-
an wouldn't be, under these circum-
stances?
And so l went on, quoting the
spirits in my own knowledge of hui
man nature-reading faces, making
almost certain guesses. using psychol-
ogy, and making my statements as
general as possible
Since that evening I have acted a
trance" many times. Attending as
many different seances. conducted by
as many different mediums as time
would allow, l make this general de-
duction: that the medium-in-a-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

could have told that from the express
sion on her faceD The spirit says
you must not allow it to worry you;
that it will work itself out, and you
must not let others persuade you Do
your own deciding. Do you know to
what I refer? OF course you do.
Who is that Juggling at my shoul-
der? You want to talk to whom?
Speak more distinctly, please, To
whom? Mary Is there a Mary here g.?
All, Mary" q saw before me an
artistic little woman, with long. slen-
der fingers and great big blue eyes)
"Ah, Mary, the spirit says you are
allowing your emotion to run away
with you. You are trying to delve
into big things. The spirit says it
is right for you to try to speak with
the spirit world. Soon you may be
able to receive messages right in your
own home, for you have a peculiar
psychic power.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
They Live in New York.

We VIII suppose that her friends
live in New York So many who live
in smaller towns find they have dear
friends living in New York that the
suppOsition is not a strain on credu-
lity The girl wants TO see New
York. she viii claim she wants to
see her friends She will not recall,
bus they will, that when they lived
IN Spodunk or Kalamazoo she never
cared enough 70 see them 10 make
six blocks effort
She writes that she Is coming, How
ever. that plan admits Of delay and
failure. A better way is to telegraph
and then start before their excuses
for not receiving her can reach her.
II she has any reason for knowing
that IL is most convenient for them
to meet her on Sunday she must
plan 10 arrive on any Of the six week
days There is nothing like starting
this chase for unpopulanty on the
right foot
1t is quite the proper and graceful
thing for her 20 let her hostess pay
for sending up her trunk and TO make
amends FOR this when il arrives By
taking from it an impossible hand
painted chrome or a nickel dish one
has won AT "a card club and had no
use for presenting Il 20 the hostess
with the compliments Of those at
home. The trunk should be lars
home. The trunk should be large,
one Of the Noah's Ark size is spe-
cially recommended for visiting in
New York. whore the rooms are so
small a fat man has 10 step outside
10 run around
The girl must provide herself with
an unlimited number Of white dresses.
tucked and ruffled and frilled In the
fashion that makes laundTess grum-
hle every minute while at work and
fail 90 show up the next week. These
garments must be discarded for the
tub at the FIRST hint Of soil.
The girl win be taken TO all the
show places. and she should have with
her a list Of an she has ever heard of
and many that do not exist, and
which she must produce every morn
ms AT breakfast with the declaration
that she must see this. or that or the
other or her visit viii be spoiled.
When taken on these outings il is al
ways customary for the guest 10 hang
back and give her hostess unham
pered opportunity for paying the car
fare. This is so important that many
guests who are alert of foot In rushing
p bargain sale have been known to
suddenly become almost paralytiC
when reaching the foot OF the Il" or
the top of the subway steps
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
The System.

A tall woman, heavily built, clad in
deep black, raised her hand.
Now l wish you to notice the mes
saEes as I am about to write them
down-exact repetitions of messages
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

No. 2-The Trance Medium.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-26
Gamekeeper's Really Shrewd Scheme
Resulted in Identification of
Annoying Poachers.

A gamekeeper in England awakened
to the fact that in the silent watches
of the night some of his pheasants
were being Systematically purloined.
Footprints were always discernible,
but, as there was nothing remarkable
about any of them, they were Of no
value for detective purposes. They
served, however, to suggest plan.
He went to the local cobbler and Of
fered him a generous reward for the
performance of a very simple task.
When three suspected persons sent
their boots for repairs, the nails or
Jackets were to be placed in the soles
according to different designs which
the keeper would provide. The son of
st. Crispin agreed to the proposal, and
it was carried into effect as opportun-
ty offered.
The result was that charge Of
poaching has been proved against two
of the three men through the distinc-
tive impressions made by their boots
in the retentive soil. The cobbler's
connivance in the keepers little
scheme has of course, been kept a
strict secret.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-26
SYNOPSIS.

George Anderson and wife see re-
markable looking man come out OF the
Clermont hotel look around furtivelyp
wash his hands in the snow and pass on
Commotiou attracts them to the Clerrnont
whore II is found that the beautiful MISS
Edith Challoner has fallen dead. Andef- :
son describes the man he saw WASH ms
hands in the snow. The hotel manager
declares him to be Orlando Brotherson
Physicians find that Miss Challoner was
stabbed and not shot. which seems 70
clear Brotherson of suspicion. Gryce, an
aged detective, and Sweetwater, MS as
sistant take up the case. They beneVe
Miss Challoner stabbed herself. A paper
cutter found near the scene Of tragedy =
believed to be the weapon used. Mr. CIlal-
Toner tells Of a batch Of letters found IN
his daughters desk. signed 20: b. Al
arc love letters except one which SHOWS
that the writer was displeased. rms let
ter was signed by Orlando Brotherson'
Anderson goes with SweetWater to lden-
tify Brotherson who is to address meet
ing OF anarchists. The place is raided by
the police and Brotherson escapes with,
out being identified. Brotherson is founo
living in a tenement under the name OF
Dunn. He is an inventor. Brotherson
tells the coroner Of his acquaintance with
Miss ChaliOner and how she repulsed MIN
with scorn when he offered her his love.
SWectWater recalls the mystery or the
murder Of p Washerwoman in which some
details were similar to the Challoner az
fair
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Challoner's death was due to suicide;
SO was that of the washerwoman. But
there | stop. AS for the means-the
motive-such mysteries may be with
in your province but they are totally
outside mine! God help US all! The
world is full of misery. Again | wish
you good-day"
The air seemed to have lost its vi
tally and the sun it's sparkle when he
was gone.
Nov, what do you think, Gryce?'
The old man rose and came out of
his corner
This: That I'm up against the hard
est proposition of my lifetime. Moth
ing in the mans appearance or man
ner eyinces guilt, yet | believe him
guilty. 1 must. Not TO, is to strain
probability to the point of breakage.
But how to reach him is problem
and one of no ordinary nature. If he
is not innocent as the day, he's as
hard as unqlHrried marble. He might
be confronted with reminders of his
crime at every turn without weaken
ing or showing by loss of appetite or
interrupted sleep any effect upon his
nerves. That's my opinion of the gen.
tleman. He is either that, or a man
of uncommon force and self-restraint. :"
I'm inclined to believe him the lat
ter"
And SO give the whole matter the
go-by?"
What do you want? You say the
mine is unavoidable"
Eyes, in day, or in a week, pos
sibly in a month But persistence and
protean adaptability TO meet his
moods might accomplish something.
l don't say will, only say might. If
Sweetwater had the job, with unlim-
tied time in which to carry out any
plan he may have, or even for a
change of plans to suit a changed idea,
success might be his, and both time,
effort and outlay justified
THE outlay? l am thinking of the
outlay"
MIR Challoner will see to that
have his word that no reasonable
amount will daunt him
but this Brotherson is suspicious.
He has an inventors secret to hide, if
none other We can't saddle him with
a guy of Sweetwater's appearance and
abnormal loQuaclousness."
mot readily, l own. But time will
bring counsel Are you willing to help
the boy, to help me and possibly your
self by this venture in the dark? The
department shan't lose money by it;
that's all l can promise"
but it's a big one. Gryce, you shall
have your way. You'll be the only
loser if you fail; and you will fail;
take my word for it."
81 wish l could speak as confidently
to the contrary, but I can't. / can give
you my hand though, inspector, and
Sweetwater's thanks. l can meet the
boy now An hour ago l didn't know
how | was to do it,"
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water, he let me have a batch of let
tiers written by his daughter which he
found in secret drawer. They are
not to be read, or even opened, unless
a great necessity arises. They were
written for Brotherson's eye-or so
the father says-but she never sent
them; too exuberant perhaps. If you
ever want them-I cannot give them
to you tonight, and wouldn't if l could
don't go to Mr. Challoner-you
must never be seen at his hotel-and
don't come to me, but to the little
house in West Twenty-ninth street,
where they will be kept for you, tied
up in a package with your name on it.
By the way, what name are you going
to work under?"
my mother s-Zugg."
Good! I'll remember. You can al
ways write or even telephone to Tween
ty-ninth street I'm in constant com
munication with them there, and it's
quite safe"
Thanks. You're sure the superin-
tendent is with me?"
Eyes, but not the inspector. He
sees nothing but the victim of a
strange coincidence in Orlando Broth
erson."
Again the scales hang even. But
they won't remain so. One side is
bound to rise. Which? That's the
question, Mr.. Gryce."
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S. GGNss- % 0U01-N@V @s2
Did Good Detective Work

The descriptive writer fell in with
a party Of convivial spirits, and as the
fire kept spreading and relentlessly
eating into the vitals of the business
section of the city he kept moving
from saloon to saloon with his friends.
AS soon as one was burned out he
moved on the next. Needless to say,
no descriptive matter from his pen
was seeping into his New York Office
from the wires.
The managing editor was frantic
and began to lombard Baltimore. with
a series of frenzied kilograms. By
some rare good luck one of the mes
sages reached the descriptive writer
1t read:
why are you not sending descript
i've story?"
The reporter scrubbed a reply and
gave it to the boy. 1t read.
Cant write anything. Fire battles
description"
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think it will be so very hard to show
that this Brotherson cherished feel
ings of revenge towards Miss Chal-
loner But / have to acknowledge
right here and now that the most skill
full and vigorous pumping of the jani-
tor and such other tenants of the
Hicks street tenement as | have dared
to approach, fails to show that he has
ever held any communication with
Mrs. SPOTS, or even knew of her ex
istence until her remarkable death at
tracted his attention"
"Humph! We will set that down.
then, as SO much against us"
1.-The next, and this is bitter pill
too, is the almost insurmountable diff
ficulty already recognized of determin-
ing how a man, without approaching
his victim, could manage to infiict
mortal stab in her breast. No cloak
of complete invisibility has yet been
found, even by the cleverest criminals.
But there's an answer to everything.
and I'm sure there's an answer to this.
Remember his business. He's an in
ventor, with startling ideas. Oh, |
know that l am prejudiced; but wait
and see! Miss Challoner was well rid
of him even at the cost of her life"
''She loved him. Even her father be-
lieves that now. Some lately discov-
cred letters have come to light to
prove that she was by no means so
heart free as he supposed. One of
her friends, it seems, has also con-
fided to him that once, while she and
Miss Challoner were sitting together,
she caught Miss Challoner in the act
of scribbling capitals over sheet of
paper They were all BIS with the
exception of here and there nearly
turned o, and when her friend twitted
her with her fondness for these two
letters, and suggested pleasing
monogram, Miss Challoner answered,
% B. transferring the letters, as you
see) are the initials of the finest man
in the world"
GOSH Has he heard this story?"
Il don't think So It was told me in
confidence"
Told you, Mr.. Gryce? Pardon my
curiosity"
"By Mr.. Challoncr"
"Oh! by Mr. Challoner."
"He is greatly distressed at hcving
the disgraceful suggestion of suicide
attached to his daughters name He
sent for me in order to inquire If any
thing could be done to reinstate her
in public opinion. He evidently does
not like Brotherson either
And what-what did you-say?"
asked Sweetwater, with hating ut
terance and his face full of thought.
81 simply quoted the latest author
ity on hypnotism, that no person even
in hypnotic sleep could be influenced
by another to do what was antagonis-
tic to his natural instincts"
--latest authority. That doesn't
mean a final one. Supposing that it
was hypnotism! But that wouldn't
account for Mrs SPOTS death. Her
wound certainly was not self-inf1lct-
ed one"
How can you be sure?"
There was no weapon found in the
room, or in the court The snow was
searched and the children too. No
weapon, Mr. Gryce, not even paper
cutter. Besides-but how did Mr..
Challoner take what you said? Was
he satisfied with this assurance"
"He had to be. | didn't dare to hold
out any hope based on SO unsubstan-
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CHI PIER XVI.
opposed.

opposed.
There was a new tenant in the
Hicks street tenement. He arrived
late one afternoon and was shown
two rooms, one in the rear building
and another in the front one. Both
were on the fourth floor. He de-
INJURED at the former, thought it
gloomy but finally consented to try 1t.
The other, he said, was too expensive.
The janitor-new to the business
was not much taken with him and
showed it, which seemed to offend the
newcomer, who was evidently an IT.
ritable fellow owing to i'll health.
However, they came to terms as
have said, and the man went away,
promising to send in his belongings
the next day. He smiled as he said
this and the janitor who had rarely
seen such a change take place in a
human face, looked uncomfortable
for moment and seemed disposed to
make some remark about the room
they were leaving. But, thinking bet
ter of it, locked the door and led the
way downstairs. AS the prospective
tenant followed, he may have noticed,
probably did, that the door they had
just left was new one-the only new
thing to be seen in the whole shabby
place.
The next night that door was locked
on the inside. The young man had
taken possession. AS he put away
the remnants of meal he had cooked
for himself, he cast look at his sur
roundings, and imperceptibly sighed.
Then he frightened again, and sitting
down on his solitary chair, he turned
his eyes on the window which, incur
tanned and without shade, stared open
mouthed, as it were, at the opposite
wall rising high across the court.
In that wall, one window only
seemed to interest him and that was
on a level with his own. The shade
of this window was up, but there was
no light back of it and SO nothing of
the interior could be seen. But his
eye remained fixed upon it, while his
hand, stretched out towards the lamp
burning near him, held itself in readi-
ness to lower the light at minutes
notice.
Did he see only the opposite wall
and that unillumined window? Was
there no memory of the time when
in a previous contemplation of those
dismal panes, he beheld stretching be-
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