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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
DON 7 SCOLD IN
IRRITABLE CHILD
Little Tongue Is Coated,
Surely Give "CaIifornia
Syrup of Figs"

Mother! Your child isn't natu-
rally cross and peevish. See if tongue
IS coated; this is sure sign its lit
tie stomach, liver and bowels need
cleansing at once.
When Hstless, pale feverish, full OF
cold. breath bad throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom-
ach- ache, diaTrhea, remember, a gen
lie liver and bowel cleansing should
always be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals California Syrup
of Figs" for children's ills; give tea
spoonful, and in few hours all the
foul waste, sour bile and fermenting
food which is clogged in the bowels
passes out OF the system, and you
have a we'll and playful child again
All children love this harmless, deli
C!ous fruit laxative" and 1t never
fails to effect a good inside" cleans
ing Directions for babies, children
of all ages and grown-ups are plain
ly on the bottle.
Keep il handy in your home. A
little given to-day saves a sick child
tomorrow. but get the genuine. Ask
your druggist for a 50-Cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" then
look and see that it is made by the
California Fig Syrup Company"
Counterfeits are being sold here.
Don't be foolish.-Adyt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
TICKETS ON SALE
FOR GEORGIA
DAY FEAST

One thousand unique coupon tick
cts for the Georgia Day dinner which
will be held at the Auditorium next
Tuesday evening are being put on
sale Thursday afternoon by the At
lanta Chamber OF Commerce. These
tickets may be had by the public, as
long as they last, at Cones whitehall
street drug store and at the Elgln
drug store at Five Points.
The menu and features of the big
dinner were fully decided at the
Chamber Of Commerce meeting Wed.
nesday. The dinner will be a stag
affair. but women will be permitted
to occupy the gallery at the Audi
torium to hear the noted speakers
who viii be present on the occasion.
The banquet dinner menu is as fol-
lows:
PURGE Of Tomato Whipped Cream
White Plume Celery
Sweet Mixed Pickles
Young Onions Sailed Peanuts
Roast Young Turkey, Chestnut
Dressing
Baked Cornfeld Ham
Devtled Eggs Veal Croquets
Chicken Salad
Beaten Biscuit
made by Mrs. John NJ Slaton, wife
of the Governor)
T1p-Top Biscuits Uncle Sam Bread
Neapolitan Ice Cream
Georgia Muffie Cakes
Hampers Roast Coffee
Blocks Butter Waters
Bowden LithIa Water
Valdes Cigars Themelis Cigarettes
This Georgia dinner OF I 1000 plates
will be one dinner to begin exactly
on the minute, as announced. The
reception room doors al the AuditO-
rum will open at $50 o'clock, and
at o'clock sharp the doors will be
thrown open into the main dining
room The first course will be on the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13

And II you come too near, she'll warn
you with an admonishing forefinger
and soft, BE quiet, baby's sleep
ing"
Maybe you know something of the
spirit of childhood at Christmas time
Maybe you remember how good you
were on the day before. and how, on
Christmas Eve, you said your pray
ers dutlfully, and then you hung up
your stocking, confident that Santa
Claus would fill it with all the de-
sires of your little heart. Maybe
you remember how hard 1t was to go
TO sleep, and how you sat straight
up in bed every time the wind rat
tied the windows, or swept around
the corner Of the house. Maybe it's
Santai"
And how hard 1t was not to go and
see, though you knew that If you
lid you'd brighten Santa away and
ned never come back.
Then Scsmper to the Stockinq.
And then maybe you remember
how you awoke, trembling with ca
gerness, at the first sign Of dawn;
now you slid from your bed and
SCampered into the room where YOU
mad hung your stocking; how you
Struggled your bare feet against the
warm hearth of the fireplace. and
then. with a heart full OF hope and
eyes that shone with eager happi-
ness, you looked up at your stock
ing; and then
Maybe you were one Of those who
came face to face with the most pitt
tui tragedy Of childhood-the Tragedy
Of the Empty Stocking.
Maybe YOU remember how the
tears blinded your eyes; how your
could hardly believe it; yet there was
the stocking, empty, and dangling
mockingly in your face Then you
crept back to your bed, and buried
your face in your pillow, and cried
until you went to sleep And you
never quite forgot the terrible lone
someness Of Christmas Day. nor the
sadness in the eyes Of your mother.
If you were one of those unfortu-
mates, isn't it worth something to you
to be able to spare a little child the
infinite sorrow that follows a giftless
Christmas?
And If YOU were one Of those chill
dren whose stocking was filled to
overlooking, don't you remember the
joy that filed your hearth
Makes Your Christmas Happy.
Isn't 1t worth something to you to
be able to bring that joy to some
other child, to know that through you
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
LITTLE CHILD IS FIRST tn
ANSWER CALL For FUND
FOR EMPTY STOCKINGS

From child Of two and half
years comes the first answer to the
call for the Empty Stocking Fund
campaign to provide merry Christ
mas for the thousands of poor children
OF Atlanta. inaugurated by this news
paper
Mitchell No. 451 CORTLAND street. He
sent in to the Christmas Editor
orand-new, crisp dollar bill and this
letter dictated, Of course):
I hope that my little contribu-
ton OF 81 will assist in giving
pleasure to at least one Of my
own age, which is two years and
six months.
hope that you will be able to
Ill many Of the empty stockings
which under other circumstances
would remain empty on our bless
ed Christmas morning.
| am sorry that my contribu-
zion can not be made larger, but
4his is sent with heart full of
love.
wish you all kinds Of success
in YOUR noble enterprise.
Jf Weldon's donation had been null
tiplied by 1000 1t couldn't have been
viven with more sincerity to this
worthy CbuSbr IlOl app CN-eI1DN cSiAJ
more by the little boy or girl for
whom 1t will be used,
Give Only What You Can.
No one is asked to give more than
thew can afford to this fund To do
so would be to wrong themselves.
And the children for whom it will be
used would not appreciate it any
more But
Il doesn't take much to make q
child happy at Christmas time.
II It's a little boy, green jack-in-
the-box, a monkey on a string, or a
red engine and cars, will fill his small
soul with bliss; and a little girl will
he overwhelmed with Joy If she finds
in her stocking a rag doll or a woolly
Teddy Bear. How she'll hug it, and
Groom over it and sing 1t TO sleep.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
table piping hot az the doors open, SO
that there will be no delay.
Stores To Be Decorc ted,

table piping hot az the doors open, SO
that there will be no delay.
Stores To Be Decorated.
Milt Saul, of the ticket committee.
reported that the tickets would be
ready Thursday afternoon. They viii
be put on general sale Immediately,
and may be obtained this afternoon
and from then on until the day Of the
dinner at Cones Whitehall street
store and at the Elkin Drug Compa-
ny at Five Points. Those who wish
tickets by mail should inclose checK
to Ivan Allen, care OF the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce.
President o. T Camp, Of the Retail
Butchers and GroCers' Association,
announced that the City Sslesmen's
Association had agreed to take an
active part in the special distribution
sale of tickets Mr.. Camp urges all
retailers in Atlanta to show their in
terest in Georgia Day by decorating
their windows next Tuesday with
Georgia raised and Georgia made
products. Atlanta retailers in all lines
of business are planning to follow
out this suggestion
= The ticket for the banquet by the
way, will be printed on Georgia made
paper. Everything at this dinner is
from the appetites Of the diners all
the way to the coffee and cigars that
end the meal.
In connection with the announce
ment that a prize would be given for
the man who appeared at the din
ner most completely clothed in Geor-
gia made wearing apparel a letter
was read by Chairman White from
the Atlanta Wooden Mills calling at
tention to the fact that fabrics for
the suit of clothes itself could be
found right here in Atlanta
Women Are Invited.
At the suggestion of President VIII
mer Moore, Of the Chamber of Com
merce, and by unanimous vote taken
at this meeting, a general invitation
Is extended to the ladies to occupy
the balcony at the Auditorium to
hear the toasts and speeches at this
dinner The speaking program has
not been announced, but 1t will con-
tain noted names.
Explanation also was made at this
meeting of the fact that two separate
sets of prizes are being offered for
menus One set off prizes by the
Atlanta Chamber Of Commerce, open
to ladies in Atlanta and Fulton Coun-
ty same to be sent direct to the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce. and one
set of prizes offered by the Georgia
Chamber Of Commerce to the ladies'
of the whole State, menus to be sent
direct to the Georgia Chamber Of
Commerce.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
Send Your Gift to
Christmas Stocking
Fund in Right Now

If you want to make some At
lanta youngster happy Christmas
morning, just mail your checker
the money--to the Christmas edi-
tor, care Atlanta Georgian.
A committee of prominent At
lantans, to be announced later. will
be appointed to take charge of
these funds and win direct their
disposal.
Don't postpone making the best
investment Of your life. Your
money back if you don't get SPLEEN
did dividends in that warm, broth
erly-love feeling that makes life
worth while.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13

little heart is glad and little eyes
sparkle with happiness?
What better Christmas could you
want, Mr.. Grownup Man. than to
awake on Christmas morning and be
able to say to yourself: Some little
boy or girl Is happy to-day, because
| remembered that l was once a
child" with the warm knowledge that
YOU had brought Christmas cheer
into a home that otherwise would
have been cherries and gloomy?
The question is this
How MUCH Is it worth to you?
A nickel? A dime? A quarter?
A half dollar2 A dollar, or ten dol
lars, or twenty five dollars?
It's Easy-Helpine Santa.
II 1t is worth anything to you
just mail check, or a bank note, or
a money order, to the Christmas Edi-
tor of The Georgian and American, or
call at 20 East Alabama street and
hand in the money, and say It's for
the Empty Stocking Fund.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
END INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, CAS-,
SOUR STOMACH -PAPE'S D|APEPS|N

cures IN Indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis
and other stomach trouble has made IT
famous the world over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home-keep It handy-get a large
50-cent case from any drug store, and
then II any one should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; II
what they eat lies Ike lead, ferments
and sours and forms gas, causes head
ache, dizziness and nausea, quotations
of acid and undigested food-rem ember
as soon as Papes Diapepsin comes in
contact with the stomach, ali such dis
tress vanishes. Its promptnesS, certain
ty and ease in overcoming the worst
stomach disorders is a revelation to
those who try it-(Advt.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
Time It! In Five Minutes Your
Upset Stomach Will
Feel Fine.

You mont want a slow remedy when
your stomach Is bad-or an uncertain
one-or a harmful one-your stomach Is
too valuable; you mustn't injure 1t with
drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for it's speed
in giving relief; it's harrnlessness; its Ger
tain unfailing action in regulating sick,
sour. gassy stomachs. Its millions Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
AGED FARMER DEAD.

VALDOSTA, Nov. &c. r, ZIP
jerer. one of the oldest farmers Of
Lowndes County, who died at his
home in the southern part of the
county, was buried to-day IN the Zip
'erer family cemetery near Lake Park.
He was "a years old.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13

mo Charge for Alterations
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07
Clocks With "a Hour DlaIs.

Visitors to Belgium will have no.
ticed the 24-hour clocks which are to
be seen in public places and rail-
ways. The same system is in vogue
in Italy, and both In Germany and
Switzerland there is to be found
considerable number Of persons in ia.
vor of this new notation. French mill
tary authorities also prefer the sys-
TEN, as do two-thirds of the conseils
generaux and four-ffths Of the cham.
bers of commerce. In view of this
opinion M. Angafineur, the minister of
osts and telegraphs. has addressed
a letter to the projects announcing
that during the summer the to "a
system will be introduced on the main
lines OF railways, and inviting the pre-
fects to take measures to equip the
local lines in the same way.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07

lows, by the way. are delivered by
he operators fingers, which are
hrust through openings in the shoul-
lers OF the figures and have miniature
oxihg gloves fastened on the tips.
onverting them into lifelike looking
rms. The lower portion of the fight.
rs-from the waist DOWNS drawn
n the card, but their torsos and heads
re in separate pieces. pivoted at the
waist, so that they swing freely.
there is a stop. however, SO that II
ne Of the men gets an unusually
igorous punch in the jaw he will
My bend back to certain point and
will spring forward again to the fray.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07

lonely evening in my rooms with such
a mystery in course Of solution out
side, seemed oddly distasteful to me-
1T is a rough district. as you know"
he said, watching me; but would you
care to come along?"
There is nothing should like bet
ter" answered simply.
"Well-it's against the regulations;
but they allow me some license. Be
ready at nine, and l will call for you.
Wear old clothes, cap and scarf
round your neck to hide your collar.
Is that understood"
YES" l said, and so it was settled
between us.
We were punctual in our meeting.
and trotted eastward over the roads
we had covered on the previous day.
When we stopped 1t was at narrow
rift in wall of mean dwellings. We
dismissed the cab and threaded our
way down the alley, which opened out
upon a miserable square. The houses
that surrounded 1t had once been of
some pretension. In simpler age
merchants had doubtless lived there.
men who owned the tall ships that
had lain in the river near by. But now
the porticos had crumbled. the iron
railings had bent and rusted, the plas-
ter had fallen in speckled patches
from the walls. In the center a few
ancient trees still dragged on a dis
consolate existence. 1t was silent
place where wheeled traffic never
came. And when, through an upper
window, woman suddenly poured
forth shril abuse upon drunken man
clinging to the rallings, each oath
rang loudly In the furtive silence.
As we paused at the mouth of the
alley. tall man. with dropping vel.
low moustache. brushed by us; and
when we turned into beer-house at
the corner he followed US. standing q
little apart in an angle Of the bar.
There were half dozen men and
women-of the life wreckage Of the
great city-sitting on the benches; but
before the inspector was served with
the drinks he ordered. they had whis.
pered one to another and melted
away. AS the last one skunk through
the door, Peace beckoned to the tall
man, who Joined us.
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OyD FLETCHER ROBINSON

filling his pipe with dextrous fingers.
while l watched him out of the cor
ner Of my eye. When 1t was well
alight. he began again on a new sub
ject.
"London's a queer place." he said.
though perhaps you have not had the
time to find 1t out. There are for
eign colonies. with their own religions
and clubs and politics. working their
way through life just as If they were
In Odessa or Hamburg or Milan.
There are refugees-Heaven knows
how many. for we do not-that have
fed before all the despotisms that sue
ceeded and all the revolutions that
failed from Siam to the Argentine.
Tolstoi fanatics. dishonest presidents,
anarchists. royalists, Armenians,
Turks. Carlists, and the dwellers In
Mesopotamia-a finer collection than
even America itself can show. On
the Continent-well, we should be run
ming them in. and they would be
throwing bombs. But here no one
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07

troubles them so long as they pay
rent and taxes, and keep their hands
out Of each others pockets or from
each others throats. They under
stand us, too. and stop playing at as
sassins and conspirators. But once
in while habit is too strong for them.
and something happens"
"As 1t happened to Amaroff?"
"Yes-as it happened to Amaroff."
ut was a political crime?"
"Yes."
And the reasons?"
"They have the advantage of sim.
plicity. Amaroff was a member of
the Russian secret-servlce. detailed
to mix with and observe the Nihilist
refugees. The Gear enters Paris in
two days. and when the Czar travels
the political police Of all the capitals
are kept on the run. l suppose
Amaroff showed an excess of zeal
that made his absence from London
desirable. Anyway. he was found
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07

dead. and the Russians reasonably
conclude It is the Nihilists who killed
him"
who were those men in the
studio?"
THE big fellow was Nicolin, the
head of the Russian service over here.
don't know a better man in his pro-
fession nor one with fewer scruples.
The other two were assistants. They
came down to the Yard this morning
with a request that they might search
the studio for certain private papers
which Amaroff had and which belong.
ed to them. So we fixed the appoint
ment into which you have Just walk.
ed"
"And they finished their searchf"
"You heard them say So"
Exactly; but why. then. did they
want an impression OF the studio
key?"
He turned upon me with q sudden
impatience In his eyes.
What do you mean?" he asked.
told him OF my arrival, and what
l had seen from my post behind the
curtains Of the doorway. He did not
speak when had finished. but sat
putting at his short pipe, and staring
out over the horses ears. So we ar
rived at our door.
"If you have further news tonight
will you call in before going to bed?"
I asked him as we stood on the pave
ment.
81 cannot promise you that. I have
some important inquiries to make in
the East End this evening, and l dc
not know when / shall return"
/ suppose l looked depressed at his
answer; indeed the prospect of a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07

try finds the cafes invaded between 4
and o'clock by ice eaters. He sees
officers and men Of the army, mer.
chants and work people. the rich and
the poor of both sexes consuming ices
with gusto. No one evades this pleas
ant duty. Lines Of carriages draw up
at the side Of the pavement before the
cafes, the occupants. the coachman
and the footman all with their favor.
ite delicacy. At first the stranger
wonders. then he falls victim.-Lon.
don Chronicle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07
The STORY OF
AMAR0FF The POLE
(Contlnued.)

was Just about to announce my
self. when one of the men knocked
over a brass candlestick which stood
further side. With a grunt of annoy
ance. he stepped leisure;y round and
dropped on his knees to recover 1t.
Once out of sight of his companions,
however, he whipped out square OF
wax from his pocket and with extra
ordinary rapidity took an impression
from a key that he had kept con-
cealed in his hand 1t was all over in
five seconds. and from the shelter the
desk gave to him, no one but myself
could have been the wiser. He rose,
replaced the candlestick, and con-
t1nued his work.
Whether the fellow had played his
companion trick or not. ! had no
desire to be caught acting the spy.
30. pulling the curtains aside. walked
into the room. They all turned quick
ly upon me- the black-bearded man
staring hard as II attempting to re-
call my face. But Peace was the first
TO speak.
Good afternoon. Mr.. Phillips" he
said. as II were a visitor he had ex'
pected you are Just in time to drive
me back. Have you a cab waiting?"
mo" hesitated.
Its of no consequence. We can
nnd another at the top Of the street.
And now, Mr.. Nicolin," he continued,
turning to the big man. who had never
taken his eyes off me. ARE you quite
satisfied. or do you wish your men to
make further search?"
mo. Mr.. INSPECTOR" he answered.
with a heavy foreign accent. I'VE
are quite content. Noding more is
necessary"
Shall you be wanting to come
AGAIN."
"No-for us It is sufficient. 1t is
for you to continue. Mr.. INSPECTOR.
You tink you will catch these men
who kill him. heinz"
I'VE shall try" said Peace, with a
modest droop of the eyes.
"Ach-but where can there be GER
tainty in our lives? Come now. my
children. let us be going. Alexandra.
you have the door-key Of the studio;
give him to the inspector here"
So it was the door-key. thought l.,
Of which Mr.. Alexandra obtained a
memento behind the roller-top desk!
Peace gave a polite goodbye to his
companions on the step. locked up the
little green door, and then started
down the street at my side.
II had no business to come poking
my nose into your affairs" l said.
Anything you say shall thoroughly
deserve"
Don't apologize" he smiled. II
was pleased to see you"
"And why?"
"You can do better things than re-
main a wealthy dilettante. Mr.. Phil
lips. You are too broad In the shoul-
doris, too clear in the head, for living
In the world that is dead. Such little
incidents as these-they drag you out
of the shell you are building about
you. That is why was pleased to
see you. / have spoken plainly-are
you offended?"
"Oh, no." l said, waving my stick
to a passing hanson, though l did
not refer again to the topic which l
foresaw was likely to become person.
ally offensive to me.
He sat back in his corner of the cab,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07
ICES A UNIVERSAL DELICACY
People Of tho South Of Italy Remark.
able for Their Fondness for This
Simple Refreshment

II you wish to realize what devotion
70 ices means you should go to Paler-
mo. All over the south Of Italy ices
are eaten to an extent of which we do
not dream, but In Sicily and Palermo
In particular the custom has attained
amazing proportions. Ices are eaten
By people of all ranks and ages from
morning to night. Where true Briton
would demand a glass of beer the
Palermian asks for an Ice. Morning,
noon and night the consumption Of
ice goes on. They are In wonderful
variety and cheap.
The stranger in that beautiful coun-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07
Mary Broken Up,

Mary dropped her eyes on the floor
as Henry burst into the room. Her
face heightened rapidly. and she final.
ly pierced him with glance. As his
laugh rose and fell, she dropped her
aw and her voice broke.-Judge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07
Goose Euus Defined.

Little Sister-What are goose eggs
In a baseball game?
Big Brother-Innings in which no
runs are made. Why do you ask?
Little SisterAOh. | thought they
we're laid by the fouls Of the game.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07
Runs With Artificial Leo.

farm boy. He took the dog to .
doctor, who dressed the leg, and when
It healed the boy fitted an artificial
leg over the stump with laced glove
top and little rubber pad for the
foot With this leg the dog travels
almost as we'll as ever. but occasion.
all, loses his artificial aid to locomo-
eion when looking for woodchucks.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-07
THE
CHILDREN
#ZEX|9 =: a.
MOST AMUSING LITTLE TOY
Figures Of Two Boxers Swing Back
and Forth Under Impact Of Blows
Heads Are Separated.

A most amusing toy that can bs
made by any ingenious boy has been,
patented by an Illinois man. 1t con-
sists Of piece of cardboard or thin
wood upon which the figures of two
boxers swing back and forth under
he impact of their blows. These