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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
POPE GAINING IN STRENGTH
BUT DANGER HASNOTPASSED
Stricken Pontiff a Difficult Patient
and Recovery in His Own Hands,
Say Vatican Physicians.
BULLETIN.

60kEEI1Ns
ROME, April 15.-Vatican ply.
,ieians admitted for the first time
this afternoon that the lungs of
pope Plus K have become affect
ed.
The following bulletin was is
sued from the Vatican at $3.50
o'clock;
"His Holiness is suffering from
bronohi-pneumonia. However,
only his left lung is affected"
This bulletin gave rise to the
most pessimistic forebodinss in
ROME, April 15.-Pope Plus Y
hss apparently passed successfully
through another relapse, although it
will be several days before it can be
said that danger no longer exists.
nrs, Marchiafava and Amici issued
A Fea ssuring bulletin early to-day,
saying the Pontiffs fever had fallen
10 ISL and that there had been gon-
sraI Improvement. The danger from
pneumonia was believed to be over,
and there was a lessening Of the bron .
cHizl symptoms.
While this optimistic bulletin caused
great rejoicing in the Vatican ana
throughout the Roman Catholic world.
j, was pointed out, however, that the
weakened condition of the Pontiff
made him susceptible TO slight
changes and a setback might result
despite the strenuous exertions of the
doctors.
Doctors Bulletin Favorable.
The 100 bulletin 1880 a. IN. At
ANITA time), signed by Drs. Marchia-
tsva and Amici. follows:
The illness of the Pope is now
taking its formal course. The
patient was much better during
the forenoon after his nights rest.
He had had a slight setback late
yesterday afternoon when his
temperature rose slightly
II it is possible to induce Pope
Plus to follow the orders Of his
medical advisers, the ameliora-
ton i'm his condition will bring
with il revival Of strength
In other words. the recovery of
the Pope is chiefly in his own
hands
The Pope is a most difficult pa
tent to deal with. While appar-
entity giving in to the recommen-
dauons of his physicians, the mo-
ment he feels slightly better he
insists on having his own way,
saying Il command here
The Pope's condition appeared
to he practically unchanged to-
day. The morning bulletin is
sued by the papal physician, Prof
Ettore Machafava and DIR. An
drea Amici. was as follows:
The Holy Father was again
without fever this morning. His
temperature is 81. The cough has
diminished and eXpectoration has
become easy and copious. The
Pontns general condition has
always been satisfactorily.
MARCHIAFANA.
AMICI
One of Kidneys Useless.
Or Marchiafava admitted that sew
eral days must elapse before the Cri-
sis shall have elapsed, and that any
thing might happen in the mean
while
While the Pope has made saisfac-
tory progress in one direction, he
seems 10 have failed i'm another. One
% his kidneys has become so affected
that IL is useless. He il steadily los
Ing weight from his illness and has
become so emaciated that friends find
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
Editor sunday American

Editor Sunday American:
We We're anxious to see The sun
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our expectations as TO an up-to-data.
progressive Sunday paper for the
South.
The article by Colonel Graves and
the advertisement Mr. Hearst gave
Atlanta through his other newspa =
uers may bring hundreds Of thousands
Of dollars Of investments to Atlanta
and many new enterprises and inhab-
tauts The advertisement values 10
Atlanta can hardly he ovefestimated.
e. w MCCLURE.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

The Sunday American goes every
where an over the South. II you have
anything 70 sell The Sunday Amer
lean is The Market Place OF the
South" The Sunday American is the
best Advertising medium.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

The Sunday American goes every
,.Lare All over the South. " you have
ANYTHING TO sell The Sunday Amer
80, i The Market Place OF the
South" The Sunday American IS the
best advertising medium.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
Tomb PreSages
Pope Plus Death

. ROME, April lon the oc- .
. casion of pontifical mass in the Q
Q Church of San Giovanni in La .
. terano (St. John Lateran) yes .
. terday it was noticed that the .
. marble slab on the tomb OF .
Pope Sylvester II was damp, s .
if moistened by dew. .
The same phenomenon is said .
. 10 have occurred just prior to .
the death Of Leo XIII. 1t is as .
serted that for ten centuries it .
. has constituted an infallible pre- .
motion of the death of a Pope. .
Until yesterday the slab was .
. quite dry; now it is Sweating" .
as the Romans say. .
Many are convinced that the .
. recurrence OF the phenomenon .
. portends the death of Pope .
Plus Y. .
sssssssssssssssssssssssss
difficulty in recognizing him. This
statement has Just been given out BY
a prelate attached to the Vatican
menage. In normal health the Pontif
has a portly figure. but has been
wasted away by the intermittent high
fever of the past week.
Physician Watches All Night.
Dr. Amici remained in an ante
room adjoining that Of the sick room
all night.
The Pope secured a fairly good
nights rest although his sleep was
broken at times by fits Of coughing.
The weather is still unusually cold. a
factor which is initiating against the
Pope's recovery. The Pontin objects
to artificial heat and complained be-
cause # was used in his chamber.
The Pontiff is showing unexpected
strength. In spite Of his infrmities
and the small amount Of nourishment
he has taken, his strength is stiH as
usual
The Pontif is said not TO be show
ing the same keenness of mind which
marked the earlier days OF mis- illness.
However his mind moves quickly.
considering his condition.
Some of the cardinals of the Curia
answered the request Of the doctor
and sent petitions TO His Holiness
asking MIN TO obey his doctors so that
his recovery would not be retarded.
Vision Of Pontff's Sister.
Great interest was expressed to-day
in the vision which the Fontin had
yesterday. He has always been a
man OF intense Imagination and a
dreamer The Pore seemed. he said.
to be back in his beloved Venice: he
was in his patriarchal gonodola upon
the Grand Canal
Everything was blazing with sun
light, when suddenly above the splre
Of ST Marks Cathedral the sky
opened and he saw a vision Of his
dead sister. Rosa Sarto. She de-
scended to his side. took his hand and
spoke. saying:
The moment has not vet come for
YOU to join me. Your work is not yet
finished"
From the moment the Pontiff awoke
he seemed brighter and there is little
doub, in the minds of many that the
vision worked decided change for
the better
Ponn Awaits Girl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05
Winter Sonnet,


A stream is ripping through a valley
where
1t rippled twenty thousand years
ago,
And probably when it began to flow
Some pebbles it is washing now were
there,
And doubtless, as the stream ran past
the fair
Green stretches to the greater
stream below
1t gladdened some one who, with
cheeks aglow.
Sat by it's shore, a stranger to all
But what care I If others by the
stream
Once listened to the tinkling tune it
made.
Or gladly sat and saw the pebbles
CLEAN,
Or watched the shadows that across
it played?
I sit in easy comfort, warmed by
steam,
And dictate to a girl who is a dream.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05
A ToorHLEss AGE AHEAD.

A Norwegian dentist who addressed
a clinic at Minneapolis the other day
predicted that ii the year 22OO A. D.
man will be toothless and jawless.
Even a marshmaIlow would be beyond
the power Of mastiC alton.
This prophet of evil gives as the
cause Of this toothless trouble the
eating of too much soft food. and cut
ting meat into tiny bits with knife
in the dining rooms of a pampered
civilization. This prevents the back
teeth from having proper exercise.
while lifting the food with a fork pre-
vents the front teeth from performing
their normal function Of tearing.
One way Of averting the coming
evil, it is pointed out, is, to teach no
table manners" to children uatil they
are 13 or Il years old. II they have
used their molars and incisors like lit
tie animals up to that period they will
be pretty safe. and can then be taught
the conventions of society.
This last piece Of advice is in line
with what physicians and deAtists
throughout the country have often ad
vised. although the age limit is usu
ally much lower. If very young chill
dren were permitted 70 tear their fCot
more and were not allowed to acquire
the candy habit so early the number
OF painful interviews with the dentis
in later life would be materially les
sened.
The Norwegian deAtists prophecy
depends for its fulfllment on people
Of this and future generations continu
ing TO act unnaturally in eati~ 9. Tht
warning Of the dentist is timely, anC
II our descendants are TO have teeth
his advice, Of course, must be headed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05

es the senate yielded a little, usually
things OF trivial importance, but the
vital surrender was made by the
house Although the house, under the
constitution, has the sole right 10 orig
mate tariff bills, and under long par
liameatary practice also initiates ap-
preparation legislation, the senate can
amend both tariff and money bills so
that its power IS practically equal 70
that OF the house Until two years
ago, when the democrats regained
control OF the house, tariff and other
important legislation was the work Of
the senate rather than that OF the
house, aad TO ascertain the fate of pro-
posed legislation it was more important
to know the attitude OF the senate
than that Of the house. The senate
could usually bring the house to its
way OF thinking; 1t was seldom, If
ever, that the house could induce the
senate TO adopt its view.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05
THE stNAIE,s POWER.

A. Maurice Low. in an article on
"The Power of the Senate" in Har-
per's Weekly points out that the SEN
ate has always been a much more CO.
hesive body than the house. It's size,
Its traditions. and the greater average
length Of the terms OF its members
make association more iatimate; and
political opponents stand together
against the outside, although during
the last year or two there has been
less OF this than there used 10 be.
"Senat or.al courtesy" was construed TO
mean that when senator offered an
amendment for al extra janitor or any
other excuse TO graft a constituent on
the payroll Il would be discourteous
10 object and besides II was case of
"you tickle me and I'll tickle you"
Pretty nearly every senator was en-
gagged In the same laudable work Of
providing places for constituents with
federal pay attachments. and there
we're too May glass houses about for
anyone to be reckless In stone-throw-
ing AS the house permitted It's power
20 alp out OF its hands the senate be
came more greedy. until IL was tacitly
admitted. although never openly &C
knowledged. that in any contest be
tween the senate and the house the
latter would have 10 yield And almost
invariably II did. When a bill was
thrown into conference. the senate
confsrees usually took firm stand
and let Il be known that the house
would either accept the bill as the sen
ate had amended It or there would be
no bill. and whatever concessions
were made would have TO come from
the house. For the sake Of appearance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05

later he spoke of love. She listened.
Then he asked her a question. She
assnted.
In short, Niichalek poured his heart
out to his landlady. She in turn, at
his request, poured her purse out TO
her boarder. She got a promise; he
got $4,000 Of her hard earned.
Then Michalek returned TO America.
He didn't forget his laAdlady, at first.
He wrote several of the sweetest let
tiers to her Here's a part of one:
My ferventiy beloved Henrietta:
am so lonesome for you, my dear darl
ing, that ! do not know what to do
with loneliness. have beautiful
dreams about you every night
IL you We're here with Me now, then
maybe I would Kill you with love. If
all the devils were against you becom-
ing my wife, / will marry you Ny
idolized baby. / must end. Goodbye,
dearly beloved wife ! kiss your ala.
bastar forehead a million times"
Here's q part Of another:
VI ''E44 eSA AIblutl4 MUCH w IldI
is happening with you. darling, that l
do not receive any letters from YOU in
the last five days? For Gods sake.
beg you, darling. write to me how you
are getting on. for l am all worried
about you.
T Nothing pleases me here without
you. deaIie. They tell me that ! can
marry rich. One Of my scholars is a
millionaire, but she is married. al.
though CHly IS years Old. She comes
for her lesson in an automobile"
. Possibly having 1S-year-old million
aires call on him for their lessons in
automobiles turned the musician S
head. Anyway, he soon forgot his
golden kitten with the alabaster fore
head aud ceased writing.
Then Mrs Simecek came to America
TO find out what was the matter. TIKI
passionate musician told her that ht
simply wouldn't spoil his future by
anything to say about returning thai
$4,000 he had borrowed
Mrs. Simecek didn't care to have hel
future spoiled. either. So she com
menced a breach Of promise actor
against her one-time lover. The jur!
was out a few minutes ahd then re
turned a verdict in favor of the plain
: til for $4,000
Now the musician is working over
time trying TO raise the money. It ha
/ been observed that he has developed
a positive aversion for all golden kit
tens, and especially those that hav,
alabaster in their makeup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05

matter OF fact American citizen, try
ing to discover why should be haunt
ed 10y the shadow of a womau's face.
| wish you good day, sir. | will find
this man Beck. and if he cannot
throw any light on this matter l will
yaCate the house"
LAS you please. MIR. Swan" said the
agent rather YEARLY, and as the door
closed behind the exasperated tenant
he winked significantly at his partner,
who had been lodging back and forth
behind the morning newspaper.
What do you make Of that old par
-, SMITH" he asked.
Been mixing his drinks, of course"
returned the other wisely, and with
laugh at the expense Of the perturbed
Mr. Swan they dismissed him from
their thoughts.
In the meantime Mr.. Swan was
boarding a street car bound for the
police station downtown The small
city Of Shackiin was scattered over the
level plains ut the foot Of several high
hills. Mr.. Swans house was situated
on the outskirts of the city. and his
orchard seemed to run up the side OF
the nearest hill. Mr.. Swan had rented
the place with the idea OF purchasing
it If he liked 1t, and ne bad been liv-
ing there several months becoming
more and more gratiied with his sur
roundings until all at once his peace
was invaded by the shadow Of WON
ans face.
When he met Mr. Beck. the detec-
tive and special policeman OF whom
the real estate agent had spoken. he
found a tall. lean. silent man with an
indifferent manner Mr. Beck appear
ed not to he listening to a word of
Mr.. Swans lengthy discourse. and yet
if that gentleman paused for an in
stant's breath the detective would
mutter impatiently:
Go on. sir; please go orr
And what does Mrs Swan say to
all this?" inquired Mr. Beck whcn the
/ older man had finished
There Is no Mrs. Swan. not as yet. &"
returned Mr.. Swan. with dignity,
though his fair complexion reddeued.
Not yet. but soon?" inquired Mr..
Beck unsmilingly, and then. not wait
Ing for an answer he went on. ''Oi
course IT would be embarrassing to eI.
plain 10 Mrs. Swan. If there was such
a lady. that you are pursued by a
strange female" He relapSed into 81
Ience and stared at the dia mond ring
twinkling Oh SIR Swans chubby fin
ger
May ! ask II you've been married
Sir SWAMI" be snapped out suddenly
Why -er-ycs. Of COURSE" returned
Mr. Swan rather confusedly MI
wife died year ago. and she is buried
fl the cemetery on the hilltop back o.
! NJ house. That IL why lie paused
Il see" nodded the detective. "Yo,
| believe there is something supernat
urai about the shadow OF the womani
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05
Ranan WITH Love Letters.

Samuel Richardson. the first English
novelist. began his literary career 10y
acting as scribe for number Of young
women. for whose correspondence
with their sweethearts he frequently
supplied not only the words, but the
sentiments. His reputation for this
kind Of composition led a firm Of
printers to propose that he should pre-
pare complete letter writer for the
use Of those country readers who can
not indite for themselves Two or
three of the epistles written for this
purpose suggested separate story.
land thence" in Richardson's own
phrase. "sprang Pamela.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05
The Argus Daily Story
The Shadow-By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted, 1913 by Associated Literary Bureau

81 shall! give up the house unless rue
mystery Is explained AT once COM
planned Mr. Timothy Swan to the real
estate agent
But. Mr.. Swan" objected the man
perplexedly, I've done everything I
could to help you out. In fact, I've
had the house watched for several
nights by special policeman, and he
declares that not human being APP
preached 1t from any direction"
Il would ike to talk to that man."
said Mr.. swan eagerly. Where can
find him"
His name is Beck, and you can see
him by calling at the police station"
said the agent relievedly. Perhaps
Beek's testimony will convince you
that It is impossible for any one to
climb to the second story OF your
house and look in the window
Il didn't say that any one did such
a thing" interrupted Mr. Swan hastily.
MY contention is that the place is
haunted. What else could account for
the shadow of woman's face falling
against nv window shade every moon
light night and sometimes when 1t is
quite dark? Again and again l have
pulled up the shade only to discover
there is nothing beyond me save the
orchard and beyond it the high hill
where the cemetery lies. There is q
sheer drop Of fifty feet from my win
dow to the grass below, and there Is
nothing a person could stand upon Il
he managed to reach that height
Sir" he went on impressively, I've
lived in eight haunted houses. and
know what I'm talking about. There
! is something queer about that shadow
Were the mysteries Of the othel
eight houses explained? asked thu
! agent keenly.
We'll" said Mr.. Swan. rising Il
leave. six of them were, but the othe
two could not be explained"
II expect you're a psychologist o.
something like that" suggested the man
Nothing of the sort" retorted Mr.
Swan testify. II am merely a plair
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05
sIO, GAMBLING.

The Philadelphia North American
indorses Thomas ". Dawson's rem
edy for stock gambling It is to ex-
clude all such matter from the mails.
This was the course pursued with the
Louisiana lottery, and it was effectual.
Lawson says that Wall street costs
the nation a billion dollars annually
by floating fictitious securities. Gam
bling is against public policy. The
gambling end Of the stock exchange
Is bigger than all other forms Of gam
bling In the country. Economically, il
is wrong, and II ought TO be classed
with crooked gift enterprises, wildcat
mining swlndles, and all manner OF
get-rich-quIck concerns. This is good
sense.
The way 70 stop gambling is to
make il disreputable, and one way to
make it disreputable is to show that
people who indulge in it invariably
lose money.
The Chicago board Of trade has been
a curse to the entire west. More than
C4e country banker has failed and en-
tailed loss on his depositors because
( he was induced to take "a fier On the
market"
We despIse G. man who is a shoe
string gambler and tries 10 make &
living out Of poker games. but We think
that fellow who CANDLES on the stock
exchange or in the grain market is en-
titled to some consideration. when thr
fact Of Il is. he = the worse ofeAGal
OF tie two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05
PASSING THOUGHTS

The giver is always cheerful when
there is a crowd.
doctor never is i'll and a lawyer
never sues anybody.
Most of US will believe a lie and in
sist on proof of the truth.
A reformer always seems to be dis
appointed when his reform is adopted.
Before you begin worrying about
something today remember what you
worried about yesterday.
Some folks have a skeleton in the
use it for clothes hanger.
The man who raises bantam chick
ems would question your sanity. if you
raised herd of pet elephants.
AS soon as a man begins to make
money he commences to talk about
the advancement of civilization.
Think of an egg staying in cold
ing If it will finish as an omelette or
O custard.
When a henpecked man goes to
heaven he must be always worrying
about the day when his wife will ar
rive on the scene.
An optimist is man who tells you
how much worse luck you might have
had; a pessimist is a man who tells
you how much worse luck he has.
For little boys a lie is a STORY"
FOR older people it is a "falsehood,"
for politicians it is "roorback." and
for dignified folk it is a 'misapplica-
ton of the facts"-but it is just as
big q lie all the time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-05

bardment Of questions. 'ither thank
God that your child has an active mind
and set about training him in the prop
er use Of it Teach him the principles
Of observation. OF analysis. of Synthesis
the principles. in short. of truly efec-
tive thinking. AccuStom him TO think
ing things out for himself and seek to
interest him in whatever il is well for
him to know. You need not be afraid
that he will Overtax his mind. No
child's mind-and no mans either-ls
Overtaxed by anything in which real
interest is taken.
The trouble with most Of us is that
we are not really interested in any
thing. We have interests, to be sure.
hut they are diffuse, thin. weak-they
do not grip us. That is why compare
lively few OF US ever think in the true
sense OF the term. That is why when
we are called upon to do anything in
the nature of sustained mental effort
We are overwhelmed by doubt, fear,
worry, ana mayh"D have finally to call
in the doctor with his sage pronounce
ment. Poor fellow, he has been think
ing too hard" In point Of fact, we
have not been thinking at all simply
because we have not been interested
enough TO think.
Let us get truly interested in some
thing, no great matter what it is, and
we shall find that We can think about
II easily enough. And, thinking about
it-defnitcly, tirelessly, earnestly think
ing about tive shall find ourselves
grow both in mental and bodily vigor
H. Arlington Bruce in New York
Sun.