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Oliver laid an affectionate hand on
his fathers shoulder, and said in a
sympathetic voice: Eyes, Daddy, we're
up against it this fall and winter.
Wen have to economic In everything
if we save all our land. And that's
what we want to do---keep our farm
free of plaster.--for that's what a
mortgage is, q plaster that draws the
life out of the land in the form of
interest. But we'll try to save Lady
Bess. too. I wouldn't mind Helen
Kingley owning her and using her as
a saddle animal, but old man Kingley
is cruel to horses, and he would drive
her in his buggy and mistreat her.
I've seen him beat his horses be-
cause the poor creatures could not
stand still in fy-time. He's n mon
ster when 1t comes to horses. He uses
a big. cruel whip, and freely, too. And
Lady Bess has never felt the lash on
her beautiful back"
Then Oliver returned to his work
and Mr.. Jackson mounted a riding
horse and galloped off to one of the
far-away meadows where some cattle
were pasturing.
II must save Lady Bess II it's pos
sible to do So" said oliver to him
self as he dug post holes for new
fence about the cow lot. II love that
piece Of horseflesh, and cannot bear
10 see her mistreated. Now. il
Helen"
A thought struck him and he threw
down his spade and ran to the barn
and saddled Lady Bess in jiffy. Then
he mounted and rode with all possi-
BILE speed to q neighboring farm of
fine broad acres--the land belonging
10 old man Kingley, and the richest
in all that part of the country-and
stopped at the gate leading into the
well-kept lawn. The Kingley home
was elegant and modern, and as Oil
yer glanced up and down the long
veranda, waiting for some one to re-
ply to his ring at the door, he said
half aloud: much of this mans
wealth comes from down bright swim
die. But he shall not add Lady Bess
to his dishonest possessions-if l can
help it,
To divers satisfaction Helen King
Icy opened the door. She was pleased
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St. Valentine

A Il all our festal days. that of st.
Valentine is. perhaps. the one
" about which the least is known.
Not even historians agree as to its
origin. 1t may surprise you some
what to learn that there were two St.
Valentines and. on the church calen-
dar, their births and deeds are now
celebrated the same day.
But how these two saints could ever
have been associated with the customs
now in vogue on their day is the de-
spair of historians; for they were aus
tere men who could not possibly have
been one bit concerned with the send
ing and receiving of love-freighted
messages. much less the comic" ones
which have in late years become so
large part of the exchange of st.
Valentine greetings.
The first of these two saints was a
bishop of the church in Greece. He
is said to have healed the son of a
rhetorican, named Croton, who was
seriously i'll. German Catholics hold
him in particular esteem and pray to
him for their friends and relations suf-
fering with epilepsy.
The second ST. Valentine was one
OF the popes, or bishops. of Rome in
the early days of the Claudian perse-
cution. He, too, effected a miraculous
cure for. while in prison, he restored
the sight of his keepers daughter.
Despite that. alas. he was finally ex-
ecuted.
There is much more direct and de-
cidedly more unpleasant connection
between the celebrating of st. Valen-
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the real. old grown-up ones. too,
mind you-started after me. My
Mamma an6 the rest of the young
ladies call 4 to me to run and laughed
and helped me dodge the men and
the boys chasing me. Oh, 1t was so
exciting! But presently I lost my
breath and became so tired that
just couldn't take another step.
And just as I was falling down
that same little boy grabbed me by
the hair. I've got her! I've got herr
he yelled. Oh, he almost pulled my
hair outl And he kissed me. TOO.
right on the cheek. Then all the men
crowded round and one of them
picked me up and held me way up
high on his shoulder and everybody
Joined hands and danced round me in
a big circle OH it was such funi
And Mamma gave me big piece
of cake-before anyone else was al
lowed to have single thing to eatl
L felt SO proud-oh, SO proud and
happyl"
AN did the little boy have any
cake?" asked Dorothy.
Yes" answered Mamma, with a
smile. Il gave him piece of mine
to eat and-that little boy is your
Papa, now. Dorothy"
.'Oh-o-o-oI" said Dorothy. her eyes
even wider apart than they were
at first. MY really. truly Papa?
Oh-o-o-o. And he was once a little
boy. just like I'm little girl, wasn't
he?"
Yes said Mamma. land a very
mischievous little 'ssy, tool"
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sides and high. curved head board
are also on exhibition.
Securely protected under glass Is
the flag that was draped upon Lin
coins box at the theater the night he
was shot, and in !. is seen the rent
caused by the spur of the assassin
catching as he leaped for the stage
after pulling the trigger. Indeed. the
spur itself is there. cut from Booth s
boot when he las captured nearly
two weeks later. There are also grew
some pieces of the ropes with which
the ten conspirators were hung.
Among the many. many other relics
may be mentioned a death-mask by
Mills and the life mask by Volk,
wreaths from his casket and picture
of Lincoln signing the martyred Me-
kinley's brevet as major in the
Union army.
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rented the building and installed the
wonderful collection of mementos.
There is the old family cook-stove
used by the Lincolns in their SPRING
field home, just before they left for
Washington on February s. 1861.
Bought when the family began
housekeeping in that early home,
there are two old-fashioned hair
cloth sofas; a very high backed
rocker. said to have been Lincoln's
favorite chair; a small walnut stand:
and a diminutive desk with pigeon
holes.
Then. too. there is wooden office
chair in which Lincoln sat when he
wrote his first inaugural address and
an old. round. mahogany table used
in the White House. The cradle in
which the Lincoln children were
rocked to sleep--a heavy. bed-shaped
affair, with curved footboards. high
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to see Oliver. for she likeG and ad-
mired him very much. She knew him
to be Industrious, honest, proud and
of high ambitions. and moreover. a
most dutiful and affectionate son to
his parents.
Why, good morning, oliverl" said
Helen. opening the door wide for him
to enter. you're quite a stranger"
yes, since you've gone to the city
to attend school 1 rarely see you any
more, Helen" responded Oliver. en-
tering the spacious hall. You see I'm
still a farmer-lad and must content
myself with going to the district
school for another year at least. But
I'm working for a college course, you
know, and hope by the time I'm
eighteen to be in the State University.
But--I'm talking of myself-an un-
interesting subject. 1 heard the other
day that you were coming home for
a week on account of the approaching
wedding of your aunt, so l dropped
over this morning to see you on both
pleasure and business"
We'll, l half expected you'd come
in during the week." replied Helen.
blushing, but I didn't think you'd
wait till. Saturday"
But just at this moment Mr.. King
ley came into the reception hall, rid
in~ boots on. He carried a whip in
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No Valentines
in France

IT NEVER received valentine in my
life until l came to the United
= States," said the wife of one of
the attaches at the French Legation
in Washington recently. ''In France
it is different, you know. There. our
parents are very strict and until a
girl is married-even though she is
grown-up-she can do nothing with
out their consent. Even If 1t had been
the custom, am quite sure my father
would not have allowed me to receive
valentines.
French girls. both large and small,
must spend most of their time with
their schoolbooks. Why, I didn't even
know there was such a thing as a
valentine until / came to this country.
1 first learned of your pretty custom
when, with my husband, 1 was enter
tained at a st. Valentine party in
Washington several years ago."
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his right hand. He bowed coldly to
Oliver and turned to his daughter.
Your mother wants you, Helen" he
said. Helen, casting a quick smile to
Oliver, ,sexcused herself and withdrew.
Il came over to see about that chat
tel mortgage you hold on one of our
horses, Mr.. Kingley." said oliver. ris-
ing and standing very erect.
Have you the amount due on the
twenty -flrst-with Interest,"" the old
man asked.
Wen not be able to raise the sum
by that date" said Oliver coolly. "but
! shall ask you to extend the time
ninety days on that loan. Mr.. King
ley"
The old man shook his head. II
shall foreclose on all my MORTGAGES
this fall and winter" he snapped. IAN
--chattel. land and real estate. You
must either bring mo the seventy-five
dollars-with the last months inter
est, which has not yet been paid
or III have to claim the horse by
law"
divers face turned a shade paler.
But his eyes shone with unusual lus-
tre. Mr.. Kingley," he said quietly.
>>J"~'ANSo JSu 1Oi get lIldL little Trans
action you had with one of our neigh
bors just before he died-I allude to
the man whose widow you tried to
rob. You held his note for seventy
five dollars, and 1 know as we'll as
you know, and my father knows it,.
that you changed the figures in that
note after the mans death. You add
ed just figure one, but it made a
difference of a hundred dollars to the
poor widow and half-orphans. She
struggled hard to raise the money, be-
lieving her husband to have borrowed
that amount. When she came TO my
father to ask his assistance in the
matter, he happened to know exactly
how much our neighbor-Peter
Brown-had got from you. And he
called on you regarding that note. I
guess you can recall that transaction
If you try-Mr. Kingley. And-I
believe you decided TO drop off that
added hundred on the note"
Get out of here. you insolent--"
But small. white hand was laid
on old man Kingley's shoulder, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
RARE LINCOLN MEMENTOS

@M ENT Wednesday the country at
large will celebrate the BIRTH
day of the man next in great
. As ness to Washington-Abrah
Lincoln. With every recurring of the
18th of February. stories and espe-
cialiy mementos of the great War
President become of even greater in
terest than they were the year before.
In Washington. d c.. directly across
the street from Ford's Theater-where
Lincoln was assassinated-stand lit
tie three-story building. unpretentious
and old. in which are stored more than
three thousand relics of that great
man. 1t was in this house that Lin
coin was carried after Booth had shot
him, and 1t was in this house that
he died the following morning at 7.2o
o'clock. Then it was a private resi-
dence. Nearly "a score of years ago
the Lincoln Memorial Association
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on st. Valentines day.
The famous battle of Cape st. Vim
cent was fought on st. Valentines day,
1897, and in 1t Sir John Jervis, the
British commander. defeated the Span
iards.
Winfield Scott Hancock, afterwards
famous in the Civil War, was born on
the 18th of February. 1924, at Mont
gomeryville. Pa.
The first patent for a telephone was
issued to Alexander Graham Bell on
st. Valentines day rhirty-seven years
ago and, just two hours later. Elisha
Gray filed a caveat on practically the
same idea
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his word, and being answered in the
affirmative, takes up the slate. writes
in large letters and quickly some sem
tence. Then, inviting the judge to
open his paper and prove whether or
not he has performed the trick he
said he would perform, he turns the
slate towards the guests so that they
may all read what is written there.
In exaggerated letters run these words:
THOSE VERY WORDS"
Then the joke is ON the doubling
Thomases' among the guests and they
confess to being beaten.
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possibly perform the trick he boasts
he will do, the guests-one at time
write word on the sheet of paper,
folding the top part of the paper over
the word so that the next writer will
not be able to read it. In this manner.
each word is written and Immediately
hidden from the next writer. After
each has written a word the paper is
folded and handed to the chosen
judge. He holds the paper in his
hand, waiting for the magician's in
structions. The magician, after ask
ing If each person present remembers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
Memorable St. Valentine Days

HRIzoNA may well be known as
III the Valentine state for she was
admitted ta the Union on the 14th
of February last year. President Taft
signed the proclamation in the White
House at ten o'clock in the morning,
in the presence of a distinguished
body of officials and Arizonians.
The state of Oregon was also ad-
mitted to the Union on st. Valentines
day siXty-four years ago; hence she
may lay claim to being the original
valentine state.'
When Charles Dickens made his
first trip to the United States he was
given grand ball in New York city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09

Mamma % asked little Dorothy as
she sat on the edge of her dainty
white bed while her mother pulled
off the tiny shoes and stockings Mos
just as 'citin an'--an' creepyl" added
Dorothy, her eyes as wide awake with
excitement as though. indeed, 1t were
Christmas eve with Santa Claus COM
ing some time in .he night to leave
her beautiful presents.
Mamma laughed and patted Dorothy
on her little blond head.
Indeed 1t is" she said. But you
must go to slept is way past your
bedtime now"
'Spose nobody sent me valentine
tomorrow" cried Dorothy suddenly,
her little cart almost stopping still
at the awful thought.
Mamma smiled again.
THAT would be terrible. wouldn't it.
dear?" she consoled. But I don't
think you need worry-some one will
remember you I'm sure. Come now.
time for bed and-oh. nearly forgot,
didn't I, to tell you your sleepytime
story? Well, and here Mamma
stopped and thought a while-'well,
suppose I tell you about valentine
1 received once when l was a little
girl not very much older than you are
now
"Oh, &C ody- goodyi" cried Dorothy,
tucking her little pink toes under the
cover and propping up her chin with
her tiny hand.
''It was most wonderful valentine" +"
said Mamma, "quite different from the
kind you will get tomorrow. Why. my
dear, If anyone sent you one like it.
you wouldn't think 1t a valentine at
all! In those days we did not have
the pretty lace-paper ones like you
see now. Ours were all homemade
usually Just pieces of rec card board.
cut heart-shaped and with little verses
written on them.
But mine was-think of 1t, Dorothy
mine was an ear of red corn! AL
ways, on st. Valentines day. in the
evening, we had a big husking bee in
the barn and all the young men and
women came from miles around.
"Then, everybody husked corn in
the barn and after that they danced
and had good things to eat. In pick
ing UP the ears to husk them every
young woman watched for an ear that
had turned red, for then all the young
men had a right to catch her and
kiss her. And such a running and
lodging and screaming and laughing
as there was when one of the young
ladies was found with a red ear in
her hands
"Of course, I was just a little girl
then. But my Mamma and Papa used
to let us children stay up until bed
time and watch the older people husk
the corn. Generally, too, we had sew
eral little boys and girls in 70 keep
us company. We always took part
in the husking and tried to act just
like the 5.own-aps did.
well, one st. Valentines evening.
I was husking away for dear life with
the others. laughing and calling out
to my little play'nates. when--all of a
looked down and saw that
I held in my hand one of the coveted
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tines day and the old Roman feast
or the Lupercalia, which were feasts
In honor of Pan and June held during
the month of February. During the
boisterous. often vicious festivities, the
names of number of young girls
We're placed in 9 box and then the
young men drew lots on them. The
girl whose name had thus been drawn
by young man was considered his
valentine" for the rest of the year.
since. somehow, the celebration was
begun on st. Valentines day.
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o. @4@SIEEDy-ZZHE THIS m
FHWF0PZM'ZI7zZESST O1YEcSfzff--5
Mammals Wonderful Valentine

red ears. Whewi My heart seemed
to mp right up in my throati l
did know what to do-whether to
or to hide it away quick so no one
would see it. For a moment I hesi-
tated and then decided to hide 1t.
But just as l ooped over to do so.
a little boy grabbed me around the
shoulders and yelled, Iookl She's
got it, She's got it! Give her kiss
Give her a kissr
And he tried to. too. but I pushed
him off nd started - run. And then
what do you think l. ppened? Why.
all the little boys and the young men
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zIGzAG PUZZLE.

This %lgzag contains seven words of
four letters each. If the words are
rightly : iessed and written one be-
low another. their zigzag letters. be-
ginning with the upper left-hand let
ter and ending with the lower left
hand letter. will spell the way some
people like their bread. The cross
words are: l. A melody. 2. A fast
ening. 3. A narrow strip of wood. 4.
Children's playthings. 8. Small ro-
dents. ;. Something we find on tree
and bush Z. Moist.
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PRINTERS PI.

PKINTER'S Pr
Four huge animals:
/. Mpushipptoao.
.. Ocrsehrino.
8. Tlephnea.
4. Hawel.
ANSWERS.
ZIGZAG E:-Toasted. Gross
cords. 1. Tune. 2. Lock. 8. SlGt. a.
Toys 5. Rats. 6. Leaf. Z. Damp.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA: Nine. toe.
via, at Apiafion meet.
PRINTERS PI: Hippopotdmas. rhi-
noceros. elephant. a0hdle.
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NTMERICAr ENIGMA.

My VIII lie is composed of two words
of twelve letters and is what all boys
and girls like to see.
My 3. 5. s. IL is a place underground
where rsen work.
My Z, 10 is part o. the foot.
My 2. s. is an abbreviation for ''by
the way off,
Ny !. is a proposition Of place.
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"a
side?
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A wreath Of fair lilies entwned;
With here and there sprnkled a rue-lover's dart
And it calls me My own Valentine
Shy little Willie would hardly have dared
To send one SO tender and true
While Bobbie-we Bobbie's entirely too scarce
10 think, much less write. 1 love you'l
And Tom9 Why he'd never falter at all
In anything he wished to do.
So-whats that you say. you bad Brother PauIl
You know it was sent by AUNT SUEl'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-22

serve Oh its surface we conclude
that there very we'll may be. II
there is more, then the melting
will be accomplished sooner. II
there is less, it will take longer.
But the quantity would have to be
very much less than It probably is
IN order that the heat produced
could continue to be radiated away
without a disastrous rise In the
temperature of the globe.
The same reasoning carried
further leads to the conclusion that
the earth may have been alter
nately melted and cooled off sew.
eral times in the past. When it Is
in a molten state the free radiation
from the surface produces crust,
which thickens to a certain point
and then the inner accumulation
OF heat brings about another melt
ing from tho interior outward.
The phenomenon OF new stars is
appealed to as lending support to
this view Again and again astron-
omers have seen a new star burst
forth at some point in the sky.
Generally It has been assumed
that they are due to collisions in
the heavens, but It Is, perhaps,
equally probable that they arise
from the accumulation OF heat in
some dark celestial body, causing
II to fame out into incandescence.
Other stars are known to have
disappeared, and their disappear
ance may have been caused by the
cooling off Of their surfaces.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-22
Scientists Support the
Theory World Is Not
Immortal.

Science gives unquestionable
support to this view. and every
new discovery seems 70 make more
certain the conclusion that our
world cannot last forever.
But there are two opposite the
cries AZ to the manner in which
the earth, as the abode OF life, will
come to an end. One assumes that
its destruction viii be by heat and
the other that it will be by cold.
The discovery Of the mysterious
substance radium. which possesses
the property OF continually giving
OF heat, has impaired renewed
impetus to the first OF these theo-
ries, which, It may be remarked,
as a matter OF curiosity, Is In &C
cord with the Bible prophecies.
The heavens shall roll up as Il
scroll, and the earth shall dissolve
with fervent heat"
A most ominous account of the
part that radium may play in the
ultimate destruction Of the earth
10 given in q book by Professor J.
Jolly. entitled. "Radioactivity and
Geology" II you feel any ourios-
ity about the fate OF the globe you
live on you might find much food
for thought In reading that vol
ume, You would also learn great
many scientific facts.
The argument on which the as.
sumption that rsdium. or its
mother element" uranium, may
finally bring the world to a fiery
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-22
We Have War Always
From Atlanta journal Of Labor

This editorial should DO promi-
nently reprinted in every labor
paper in the land, read from every
lodge rostrum and pushed home
TO the people.
No preacher ever preached
more powerful sermon since the
Man OF Sorrows descended the
Mount OF Olives. No publicist
has ever issued a clarion call TO
the people more cogent or more
conscience awakening.
It is an arraignment Of q Sys-
tenn which cherishes tho dollar
above the man and takes no &C
count Of the dreadful toll OF blood
exacted OF American workingmen.
The Atlanta Georgian ana will
liam Randolph Hearst are entitled
to the VarUest gratitude OF those
who pay this TOLL which Greed
exacts and public apathy per
mltS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-22
Lets Quit Talking and
Go Over to See What
We Can Do"

The discussion had been carried
to some length and with considera-
BILE fervor on both sides, when sud
denly the more practical OF the two
disputants stopped and said:
There is just such family liv-
ing in the next block; let US quit
talking and go over there and see
what we can do"
Some years ago there was held
public gathering for the purpose
of mutual congratulation over a
political victory which had just
been gained.
One OF the speakers svailed of
the opportunity to air himself in
expatiating upon the means neces-
sary to be used in order to secure
the fruits Of victory and to make
the victory permanent.
He had rambled on in a canter-
Ing way for almost an hour by
the presiding officers watch, when
he suddenly drew himself together
and declared. But this Is not to
be accomplished by talking, but
by action" a remark which was
vociferously applauded, during