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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

cry of a human being shouting foc
help.
The count took one Of the carriage
lamps and started in the direction of
the sound. In the middle of a clearing
he discovered a man writhing in pain,
his legs having been caught In a wolf
trap.
Aided by the coachman, the count
succeeded in opening the cruel jaws
of the steel trap and set the unfortu-
nate man free. His legs were bleed
ing freely, so the count told the
coachman to carry him to the road,
while he himself hurried toward the
hut, where Lucienne was waiting for
him.
When he arrived the hut was empty.
He examined every nook and corner,
but there was no trace of his wife. A
presentment of something dreadful
overcame him. The man he had just
freed from the trap-who was he?
Why, it was Chertier, the poachec.
And what was he doing here, scarce
| ly twenty steps from the charcoal
Burners hut? Had he taken revenge
for the blow he had received earlier
in the day? He must know some
thing; he must be made to speak!
The count ran back to the carriage.
"Chertier," he cried, what has be-
come of the woman who was in the
| hut? Answer me! Do you know2
| Where is she? Why don't you speak?''
The man remained silent, occasion
| ally his pale face was convulsad
either with pain or because he was
making an effort TO speak. His lips
/ trembled, but no sound came.
The count placed him inside the
carriage, told the coachman to drive
quickly to the chateau, and a doctor
: mi n
wounded man and worked over him
| for nearly an hour while the count
stood by watching every movemen ut
and pleading with the man to speak.
! My dear count" the doctor said
| at last, that man will never speak
| again. He wants to say something,
/ his eyes tell me that, but he can not.
He is able TO hear, see and under
stand, but fear has paralyzed his
tongue"
AS the moments passed the wound
ed man grew more and more excited
an excitement he could express only
| through his eyes. Their expression
changed continually, but the language
they spoke nobody understood.
| Suddenly he made a supreme effort
to break the power that held him par
alyzed. He raised his head, and his
lips moved A few unintelligible
| sounds escaped him, and the count
placed his ear close TO his lips. His
head fell back, his eyes grew CLASSY
and there was a hoarse rattle in his
throat. Then a deep sigh and Cher
tier, the pOacher, was dead.
1t was not until two years later that
the underground passage from the hut
was found accidentally. 1t led into q
cave. The decomposed body of Luz
cienne was still dressed in her silh
gown and little blue slippers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

AA HEN Lysdliuel JUN q p'e'o''
wv was a single man he was as
light hearted and care free
as a butterfly.
He did not know that the order
Nature pursues so Systematically in
the chronological kingdom is reversed
in the human male.
He had not learned that marriage is
the transformation period, and that
the male butterfly who enters 1t IS
Matched out a worm.
This he soon discovered, but there
was more to learn. A worm he was
for many years meek but nameless.
His species was made known to him
only in recent years when his wife be-
gan wearing a dress that hooked UP
the back.
No mans inventive genius can keep
pace with the fashions, and before
man. in the fertility Of desperation,
had invented a gas engine for hooking
up dresses and relieving hoolIworm
husbands, the hook had gone and the
button had taken it's place.
With buttons off his own coat, Ly-
sander John found himself confronted
with the daily task of fastening sew
eral hundred on the dress of his wife.
The situation was satirical. He re-
called as he worked evening after
evening getting these buttons through
their holes the times when his own
buttons were off, and how on many
occasions he had been driven to des-
perate measures to make his wife
realize it, more than once attracting
her attention, when all other means
failed by twisting a long lock ot
woman's blonde hair where the but
ton was missing.
He was powerless in any rebellion
against the woman whose dress he
buttoned. He realized this as he but
toned, and then unbuttoned and re-
buttoned because of blunder along
the line He must seek revenge for
his broken nails and bruised fingers
and distressed feelings on power
higher up.
He would sue the dressmaker!
Il will sue" he said this morning
when called on in his private office,
ION the ground that no dressmaker
makes as many holes as there are
buttons.
Her defense will be that she does,
but if l begin at the top of my wlfe's
gown. at the bottom or in the middle,
there is always one more button when
l get through than there is hole for
it to go into
IF the extra button isn't at the top
ii is at the bottom, or in the middle,
and sometimes-and on this point ]
will be supported by the testimony
of hundreds Of husbands-there are
two surplus buttons!
They never come out event. | VIII
bring suit against my wife's dress
maker for $4,000 for every surplus
| button!'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
The Regular Sort.

IL was the day Of the great baseball
match between the Hawthorne Hustlers
and the Duckling pribblers The sun
shone splendidly and conditions general
ly were ideal Why. then. did the cap
tain OF the gallant Hustlers stride up
and down the field looking so woebe-
gone. so disconsolate and SO dejected2
Halo. Toni cried out a pal What
sort Of a team have you got today"
''Oh, just about the usual AZ this stsS
of the proceedings" came the reply
Five letters. Two kilograms. and four
players
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Does Marriage Bore You?
BY DOROTHY DIX.

the wife is called upon 10 make a thou
sand sacrifices where the husband has
10 make but one
No other work on is so mo-
notonous as Homework. the constant
doing over OF small tasks that have
20 be done again the next minute, and
that show no tangible result The
housewife cannot point to the dinners
she has cooked and her family have
eaten; the clothes she has washed and
mended, and they have solled and torn
again, the floors she has swept, and
that have been Uttered the next hour,
as the result Of her labor
Women, too, are more grateful for
kindness from their husbands than hus-
bands are for attentions from their
wives a woman with a really nppre-
ciatiye husband goes about beating upon
cymbals and calling on her friends 10
observe how blessed she is whereas q
man takes everything that a good wife
does for him as no more than his due
The average wife has the longest
hours OF any worker in the world, the
smallest amount OF outside diversion
and the least pay and yet she finds
matrimony not only endurable, but a
blessed estate, while the one best bet is
! that the average man spends his time
wondering what made him fool enough
to saddle himself with a wife.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
A Cry in the Night.

She began TO tremble. The ground
opened in front of her. and. crouching
in "a corner half dead with terror and
with eyes wide open. she saw the
figure Of a red-bearded man appear
through an opening in the floor.
She attempted TO run. but the man
threw himself at her. In a moment
she was gagged and bound. Then she
was carried into some underground
passage. In the meantime the storm
passed. The lightning became less
and the rain stopped. The count was
returning with the carriage driven by
his CoaChman. Laurent. Suddenly he
caught Laurent by the arm.
Listen" he said.
Laurent stopped the horses.
Did monsieur hear2 That was the
second time"
\ cry. painful and despairing, rang
out through the night. II was the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Unavoidable.

Gentleman Ito chauffeur)
you a recommendation from your last
employer
Chauffeur-No, sir; but ] can get
one in a month or 50.
why the delay2"
Hes in the hospital"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

After scraping some acquaintance
a man is anxious to cut then.
No, Alonzo, family jars are not
used for preserving domesth peace
There is no xecuse for mans
making the same mistake twice when
there are so many other mistakes to
make.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

Why Is This?

Il Is women who live in deadly fear
that their husbands viii get tired of
them and run off after some straight
fronted young girl when they get fat
and forty You never observe any man
worrying over the danger 81 his wife
getting weary Of him because he's got
ten middle aged and bald-headed and
bay windowered.
It's men that yawn their heads Off
after dinner. II they stay at home, and
who either lie down and 90 TO sleep
on the couch or doze over their news
papers.
Why is this7 Are women more stupid
than mem Are they less entertaining
conversationalists? Are they personally
less attractive than men?
Perish the thought SIN. the truth
remains that the feminine constitution
appears TO stand the wear and tear OF
matrimony better than the masculine
one does Yet matrimony is harder
upon women than Il is upon men. and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
I eeth and
Health

I"AKE time to eat MasJicate your
/ food well. II you don't you will
n take plenty Of time later, and
pain and money as well.
/ Take half a sandwich If you haven't
/ time to masticate a whole one thor
oughly.
Let iced water and all other iced
drinks alone. The temperature Of the
room is the proper temperature for your
drink
At first this will taste fat and be
anything but satisfying-you miss the
shock which accompanies the freezing
mixture-but keep on and in a little
| while you will become accustomed to 1t
and wonder how you could ever take
/ iced water
You will drink less with your meal,
which is a good Thing, and you will eat
| less. which is better.
A Natural Result.
II Is a well-known fact that num-
I 5ers OF people habitually eat too much,
/ especially Of meat Sometimes the ex-
| cess Of food is so great that it passes
through the alimentary canal and is at
once got rid Of In other cases the
unabsorbed portions undergo putrefac-
tive changes in the intestines.
In any case, an undue strain IS put
upon the digestive organs, the liver and
| kidneys, and in time these VIII yield TO
the strain and a broken constitution is
the result
Meat once a day for a person leading
a sedentary life is quite sufficient. Those
performing hard manual labor Of course,
need more, as they use no more.
Age, sex, occupation and climate
should determine both the quantity and
the quality OF food.
Boiling the food is a national and
very bad habit. and, like all habits,
once firmly established is very hard 10
get rid Of. A half-hearted resolution
won't do. Nothing but a firm, set de-
termination to quit or break will suf-
fee
Begin with your very next meal. 1t
is said Of the late Mr. Gladstone that
he each morsel thirty-two
times. We hardly believe that he could
have counted each movement OF the
jaw at each meal, but rather he be-
came so thoroughly habituated 10 mas
ticate his food well that IL became a
fixed habit
Certainly his perfect digestion and
good health almost to the very last
speak well for such a course.
Action of the Jaws.
Chew until the food is reduced to a
semi-nuid condition; take a moderate
mouthful at a time--you viii be able to
handle Il better-and keep the lips
closed during the act OF chewing, for
sanitary as well as aesthetic reasons.
The first improvement you will no
tice is that where heretofore you re-
quired Two glasses OF water with each
meal you viii now hardly need one.
The action Of the jaws. the influence
OF the food on the nerves of taste and
smell cause such a free flow OF saliva
that the craving for water will pass
away entirely
II you have heretofore started your
meal with an appetizer begin now TO do
without It.
The delicate mucous membrane OF an
empty stomach is not benefited, but in
/ iured, by alcohol, This is not advanc-
/ ing total abstinence, but rather mod
| GRAFTON.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
The Count Goes.

II was eleven o'clock when they
parted from the Chavannes.
While they We're driving home
through the woods a sudden gust of
wind made the tall pines sigh, and in
few minutes the air beaCme sultry,
the sky was covered with dark
clouds, and rain began to fall heavily.
Flashes of lightning cut the darkness,
Illuminating the road with their blue
white light, only to make the dark
ness following absolutely impenetra-
BILE The storm became so bad that
the Count thought il wiser TO stop
at the first crossroads.
Listen, LuCienne." he said I'VE
are still twelve miles from st. Ger
main des- Bots, and you will be
drenChed long before We get there il
we try to go on. ] know a charcoal
burners hut not far from here. /
shall take you there. and you will
wait there until I can come back with
a carriage"
He kissed his wife. asked her to be
patient and promised to be back
within one hour.
LuCienne felt nervous, as she heard
him drive away, and got dreadfully
lonesome in this small hut of the
dark forest
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

WYNN is il that men md matri-
w mony more OF a bore than
w women dog They do. you
know
The woods. 10 say nothing Of the
city streets. are FUN VI wife desert
ers. while you hardly ever hear Of a
woman who deserts her husband and
children
Il is the men who md domesticity
so. dun that they forsake their fire.
side of AN evening for the club or corner
saloon.
q is the women who read up on
politics and baseball SO that they may
be- able 10 talk intelligently and in
terestingly to their husbands. No mar
ever posts himself up on the fashions
so that he can hold heart 10 heart
conversation on draped skirts and wired
collars and interrogation point feathers
with his wife
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Opium and Whisky

these diseases are durable. Patti,
homes. Consultation confident
iect free. DR.. 3. B. WOOLLE'
ter SanitAriHm. Atlanta. c.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
A Magic Night
ROMANCE OF A WIFE'S FATE.

(GVH TIAT do you want?" asked
wv Count Gremy of the man
who had suddenly jumped
from a thicket and rudely caught
hold of the bride of his horse.
Il have found a wolf trap in the
Trois Veneurs clearing" the man re-
piled, and I want to know If that
trap was intended for me to fall
into?"
The Count looked at the man, and
in the red beard and the small pierre
ing and still shifty eyes, he recog-
nized Chertier, the poacher, whom
his game wardens had described to
him, and whom they had tried in
vain to catch for months.
Il have no explanation to make to
YOU said the Count, as he struck
him a furious blow across the face
with his heavy hunting crop. The
man made no cutlery but instructive
ly his hands went to his face to
ward off more blows, and before he
had collected his wits the Count had
just put spurs to his horse and was
gone.
VERY WELL" cried the poacher, 81
viii make you pay for that some
day"
The Count returned to st. Ger
main des- Bots slightly upset by the
incident. A beautiful vision appeared
to him and soon effaced every mem
DRY Of the poacher. His wife, Lu-
Cienne, was waiting for him at the
door of the chateau.
Have you forgotten, dear that we
are to dine with the Chavannes at
Antheaume tonight, and that the
pace is a fair distance from here?"
she asked.
why. l really had forgotten all
about it," the Count returned.
He dressed hurriedly, and as it was
a beautiful evening, ordered his
| phaeton brought out, declaring that
| he would drive the spirited horses
l himself
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
DR.. WOOLLEYS SANITARIUM

and all insbristy and
drug additions scfenti-
f1cslly treated. Our 90
years experience shows
.ents also treated at their
tai A book on the sub
II & SON, Ne. IA VI
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

the best-at any cost, is the policy whit
has made the Cosmopolitan Americas
Greatest Magazine.
The May Cosmopolitan is just out. It
also contains a great story by Rex Beach
ana the second installment of Jack LondOn's
The Valley of the Moon. Get your copy
early the April number was sold out
IN = week.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Daysey Mayme
AndHer Folks
By FRANCES L. GARsIDE.

" THEN Lysander John Appleton
wv was a single man he was as
Fo.h /, fra,a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-07
WOMAN RUN DOWN BY AUTO.
LEFT UNCONSCIOUS; CHIEF
ASKS FOR SPEEDER SQUAD

Stirred by the third automobile
accident this week. when Miss
Claudia Setford was found uncou-
acioua at 18th av. and Madison St
last night. Chief Bannick today
gave warning to automobillsts and
motorcyclists that the speed regu'
iatlona will be strictly enforced.
Patrick Hyland, war veteran,
was run down Tuesday night and
killed
ON these nights, when " is
mIsty and foggy, particular pains
should be taken 20 avoid accident,
the chief said. "and tho patrolmen
will be instructed TO keep strict
tab,
A more potent remedy, however,
saws the chief. Is to establish a
motorcycle patrol to scour the city
anv and night. This can be done
with three motorcycle policemen
on each shift. Al present there is
only one TO answer emergency
calls. The chief will ask the coun-
eli TO allow the department the six
extra motorcycle cops, II will re-
ouire tho passage OF an emergency
measure by a two-thirds vote.
Miss Setford 30. found at S
o'clock last night. evidently run
over by an automobile, was stlll
unconscious at the Seattle General
hospital at noon today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-07
WEALTHY
HUSBAND
ISFREED
Jury Acquits Beach,
Charged With Cutting
Throat of His Young
Wife.

rs United Trsss Leased Wire
AIKEN. s C.. Feb. Accused Of
gashing his wife's throat In an at.
tempt to XIII her. Frederick Beach.
rich resident OF this town. and for.
merly OF New York was today form.
ally acquitted by u jury here in
Judge Spains court after only a
few minutes deliboration.
Beach and his wife. on fhe stand.
both swore the attack on Mrs.
Beach was committed by n negro AZ
night In the yard OF their home
and that the aBsassln fled ar Mrs.
Beach fell with great wound In
her throat. The case was mystsr.
ious from It's inception and the yer.
dict today did little 10 clear Il up.
The prosecuting attorney tried.
by witnesses. 20 show Beach find.
Ing his wife out OF the house.
search. for her. and discovered
her in the garden with another
man. This man escape through
a gate leading TO the Itarrir an
residence. next door. u was con.
tended. whereupon Beach set upon
his young wife With his pocket
knife.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-07
NURSES WORK
is LIGHTENED
DOCTOR SAYS

Dr. Waldo Richardson. Wuperin-
teudent of the county hospital, to-
day made answer 90 those who
have attacked his management OF
the institution and his Inauguration
OF a i2.hour day for nurses.
Our nurses, he declared, are
on a i2.hour day shift. but are
working less time and receive bet.
ter pay than under the old arrange.
ment They get two hours off every
afternoon. half day off every
week. aud a full day every other
week. They work 80 hours n week
and receive $50 a month. Were
they formerly worked So hours a
week for $40
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-07
ROCKEFELLER
SEIZED WITH
SPASM INQUIZ

IEkYL ISLAND. Ca, Feb -
Examination ~ VIM Rockefeller.
STANDARD Oh company. by Chair
man pujo 90 the congressional
money trust Investigation commit.
tee. came TO an abrupt close here
this afternoon. when Rockefeller
was suddenly seized with "a throat
spaam.
Attorney Untcrmyor. for the com.
mittec. Immediately ceased qucs
tiouinF him.
The examination had been under
Wat but a few moments Rocke-
feller vas apparently lahoring un.
der great excitement. and seemed
on the verge u a collapse ur
Chappello his physician. brought
the questioners 20 halt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-07
ELI MELovICH.

stone Webster engineering corpora
tiun Was responsible for his acct
dent. because II left certain cog
wheels Ia gravel machinery at Sno-
qualmic unFuardcd
The jury. after hearing OIL the
evidence. returned "A verdict of Si2..
262. tho full amount asked for
But Judge Ilanford yesterday
set aside the yerdc' and ordered
a new trial
And the little word any was
responsible for Hanfords action
Hauford, in instructinE the jury
used the word any In saving II
the company was TO blame for any
negligence. etc
BESIDES SAID HANFORD.
$4,000 is ABOUT FIVE TIMES
TOO MUCH FOR A WORKING
MANS HAND"
Judge HIanford turned TO Her
bert w Meyers. attorney Tor Melo-
ylch. saying
am going 10 grant a new trial
because the word amy" WAS used
preiudicially in my instruction.
Now Melovich must fight his
case all over again. because the
judge discovered that he used the
little word any al the wrong lime
Meloyich had no money 10 ap.
peal The case went TO second
trial.
And the second jury. az some OF
It's members later indicated. cut
down the first verdict TO 81 2G2 In
the hope that Melovich, who was
eking out pitiful existence. would
get a quick settlement. But the
Stone Webster interests refused to
pay. and all sorts Of dilatory mo-
tlons were interposed. After three
or four arguments for non-suit, by
Kerr & McCord. the companys at
torneys, and several motions for
directed verdicts. motions non
abstante. and after voluminous
briefs prepared on both sides. and
two years and seven months
after Eli MeloHch, the laborer re-
ceived his injuries. he win finally
be able to collect The company
can appeal no more II will have
to pay s4.z62, and interest and
costs.
And long before this. the Judge.
who is responsible for slicing fs.-
900 off Melovich'g verdict. was
forced. by Impeachment proceed
ings. TO resign from The bench.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-07
Exercise Tongue.
Talk New Slogan

Seattle. the Seaport Of Success, -
is a sublime slogan. II is such a
sensible selection, so sane In ita
simplicity. that all Seattleites
should sing It with sincerity.
II is singular that single phrase
sholud so satisfactorily set forth
the essential
Well. isn't that exasperatinR? Our
typewriter has run out Of SIS.
In truth. It rs a good slogan, II
you can say u. The Seattle Ad
club gave the $50 prize offered for
the best slogan to +. H. Phelps, 1907
Holden st.. who Invented it one
must be nimble OF tonkue TO put IL
over. Peter Piper picked a peck
Of picked peppers" or Around the
rugged rock the ragged robber ran"
might have run Seattle, the Sea.
port OF Success" close race If
somebody had only thought Of them.