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The Parker post., 1913-08-30
WEEDS FOR SIXTH TIME AT rs
Or. Mercer and Brides Perform the
Ceremony Themselves at
Beaver, Pa.

Beaver, PA remarkable marriage
contract was entered into by DR.. Aske
lon Mercer, seventy-five years old, o.
Beaver Falls, and Sarah l.. Calgrove
sixty-tive, of Wetzel county, West Vlr
ginia When they obtained marriage
license here they blithly informed tho
clerk all they needed was certificate
as they could dispense easily with 81
bridal attendants and clergyman.
Guided by this information, the clerl
issued a license for Mr. Mercer an(
Mrs CalgrOve to marry themselves ir
the presence of witnesses. Dr. Merce'
said he had been married five times
and in each instance he and his bride
had performed their own ceremony, al
ways in the presence of two witnesses
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

American teams at Meadow Brook
Long Island, have little conception o!
the strenuous game polo, when played
az these champion poloists play it
really is. The photograph wildly por
trays an intense moment of the sec
ond game of the international match
played June IA, when the following
players Cleft to right Waterbury
Freake and Milburn americans il
white shirts, English in dark shirts)
were engaged in hair raising scrim
mage as Captain Freake sent smash
Ing drive, but failed to make a goal.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

ding this trouble out of court. That
is why l asked you to come down
here"
YES" said the young American
briskly. Il am in your hands"
mot in this instance" answered
his lawyer sharply. Sir Thomas pro-
poses that you drop your suit, leave
him in possession of the estates until
his death, become his heir, and marry
his daughter, Miss Mary, whom you
were kind enough to say you admired
when you saw her in court"
FanshaWe gasped at the cold-blood-
edness of the proposition. His law
yer seemed dismayed at his own sue
cess. His sympathies were palpably
with the defendants. He was cold, al
most rude toward his client
But the mere words had set the
blood racing in Fanshawe's veins. He
had loved her at first sight, this quiet
eserved girl in black, with the dark
lair and eyes, the soft speech, a typi-
cal scion of an old and proud coun-
try family.
What does Miss Fanshawe say?"
asked the young man, quietly enough
though he could hardly control his
voice.
The old man spoke. Mary" he
called. The girl glided into the room
and stood looking at Fanshawe with
out expression Are you willing to
make this sacrifice, my dear?" her
father asked.
She nodded, and looked at Fan
Shave as though he were an mani
mate object.
Are you willing, Mr.. Fanshawe?"
asked his lawyer. 81 presume that
such an alliance will mean a good
deal to an American. The FanshaWes
came over with the Conqueror. And
naturally Sir Thomas does not want
his daughter to be turned out of her
home
I'm willing" answered Fanshawe
thickly. He would win her love aft
erward, he assured himself He could
not let her go. He had never loved
any woman as he loved her.
Then" said one of the lawyers,
the ceremony may as we'll take place
now. l am the registrar for this di-
vision. You are both willing to take
each other for better or-worse?" He
smiled acidly at his jest. please sign
your names here in the presence of
these Witnesses" he said
That was all. They were man and
wife. Fanshawe looked stupidity
around him. What should he do
next?
Here is Sir Thomas's s. will" said
Fanshawe's lawyer. There will be no
later will. You can rely on his honor?
The Parker post., 1913-08-30
OBJECT Of SACRIFICE
1t Appeared That Way on Sur
face, but Everything Turned
Out Lovely.
By BRUCE BAYLIS.

Every body of consequence in Lon
don had come to know Herbert Fan
shave, the American who was claim
thousands and thousands of broad
acres in the most smiling part of the
Midlands~ The claim had been orig
mated by Fanshawe's grandfather,
and it had been in the English courts
for little less than three-quarters Of
a century. Fanshawe's father had re-
vived the suit, and new judge had
presided over a new court, addressed
by new lawyers. And the case had
slept and revived until the young en-
gineer, with all the confidence of
youth, had left his home city in ILL
nois to press his claim. And he
seemed likely to win.
That was what startled everybody.
Brand new evidence had been
brought to light, and the issue was a
Shave was in despair. He was an old
man, and if he lost, his daughter, his
only heir born to him when he was
we'll past fifty, would be turned out
OF her historic home, penniless.
Fanshawe had journeyed to Elms-
dale to meet his solicitor and the de-
PENDANTS. He was shown into a
spacious room, where Sir Thomas, a
gray old man, sat toasting his feet
at the fire.
Three lawyers sat gloomily around
the mahogany table, and Fanshawe's
lawyer, the only cheerful person pres
ent, was the only one who condescend-
ed to notice him when he entered.
The old man at the fire merely In
clined his head at the Introduction.
"Mr Fanshawe," said his lawyer,
"Sir Thomas Fanshawe has made a
singular proposal with a view to set
The Parker post., 1913-08-30
SHARP PENCIL HOOKS WATCH
Broker Bumps Into Stranger in Sub,
way, and Finds Addition to His
Wealth In Pocket

New York-A newly sharpened pen,
Gil sticking out of his upper outside
coat pocket, s. j. karp, an insur'
ance, broker, got off a subway
express train at the Fulton street sta
ton. When he reached the exit from
the station he met a crowd OF persons
running for the same train he had
just left, and bumped sQuarely into a
tall young man wearing his watch
at the end Of a chain fastened to his
lapel, in the same kind or a pocket
that Karp's pencil stuck out of
Did | hurt you?" said the young
man, recovering from his collision
with karp.
Not Bit" answered the insurance
broker.
Arrived at his office, karp put his
hand in his outside lower left-hant
pocket and pulled out, instead OF {
letter an open-faced, yellow meta!
watch with case No. 5000. 1t flash
ed over him that his pencil must have
hooked this from the pocket Of the tall
man into whom he had bumped. He
took the watch to police headquar'
ters
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Word from a scientific center says
Seems bug years always have been
with u.s. notably the many specie
potato, water, bed, city gardener.
baseball, and others too numrous to
mention.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30
Peach Orchard Destroyed.

Camden, n. Aroused by the
barking of his dogs, Martin Kahoui
Of Atco, rushed out Of his house ant
was dumbfounded when he discovered
that not tree In his peach orchard
was left standing. each being chopped
down close to the ground. He couli
advance no reason for the destruction
Kahout expected 10 get $500 from
the crop.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

The New York board of aldermen
have fixed 20 miles per hour as the
speed limit for motor cars In that city.
To this we do not see how objection
dertaker.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

There is a movement in Buffalo for
an ordinance .forbiddfng the '0eating
Of rugs or carpets within lbs city
limits. Good idea! There should be
an ordinance, also, making it a penal
offense for a man who has been aai-
Ing garlic and drinking alcohol 10
take a ride ia d street car or other
public conveyance within period OF
% hours thereafter.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

A dentist in Chicago spins his pa
insensibility. His envious brethren
will. probably denounce his invention
as the work Of a crank
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

A ten-dollar suit has been appealed
to the Supreme court Of the United
States 1t must look rather lonely
among the other suits Of the million
stripe.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30
suraIars Comme nd Householder

Paterson, N. J.-Thieves who Wis
.ited the home OF Thomas MahOney
here while he and his family were IL
California got nothing. They left {
note commencing the owner on hi
foresight.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Perhaps some Of the good women
do not know who the persons are that
popularize the present outrageous
styles. We refuse to believe that
they do not care.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

How can the New York Athletic
league contend that pie is bad for ath-
letes, when this, the only pie eating
nation In the world, has established so
many world records?
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

The tragedies Of life are numerous.
but one OF the mogt poignant is that
to be observed In the girl Of thirty
Ave or thereabouts" sittsGg in street
car, chewing gum and reading the
newspaper filler entitled Advice to
Lovers or one OF Laurajoa 8 heart
throbs.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

prize Christmas story: A man who
sought to pawn a revolver for food
was arrested for carrying a concealed
weapon.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Somebody could make a fortune by
inventing a raincoat or an umbrella
that would be at the right place when
ever it rained
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Report says a girl lost two of her
teeth while biting a footpad. Beyond
question, he must have been a tough
one
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

This new style for women to wear
loops of hair down over their ears
may have the effect, in some cases, Of
preventing evil gossip.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Bible references to shining raj
ment" are understood by the man who
thinks to wear his last years blue
serge suit
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

That Colorado doctor who killed
grizzly with his automobile showed
himself a good surgeon but bad
sport
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

The supreme court says bay rum Is
booze" Might have gone further and
stated whether or not 1t is good for
bald heads.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Not one freak in Paris Salon art
exhibit this year, says correspond
ent Shows the Cubist art must be
taboOed
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Ethel Barrymore, in her beauty
hints, says: Don't let fat accumu-
late" No one would If they knew
where to put 1t.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Anyway, before woman's dress Is
standardized something worth while
should be evolved.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Some people enjoy winter more
than summer. but the vendor of soft
drinks does not belong to this class.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Philadelphia man slept eleven days
and thought it one. Such case could
only develop in the Quaker city.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

As potato cars are to be heated In
winter, the earnest hobo will proceed
to disguise himself as potato
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

There is a bit Of riot going on
among the Chinese to decide which
one is father of his country.
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

What's become of the old fashioned
woman who used to coerce her nus
band with a rolling pin?
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

When a man is not a baseball fan
it is safe to assume that he Is either
a poet or golf player
The Parker post., 1913-08-30
IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHT
One Of the Thrilling Scenes from
Hardest Fought Sporting Contest
Ever Witnessed.

New York-Those who have fol
lowed the international polo match
played between the English and the
The Parker post., 1913-08-30

Entered as secOnd-class matter Ma
%, 1910, at the pOstOffice at Parker,
Arizona, under the Act Of March 3,
1879.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06

finding 1t pleasant to read romance
analytically,
With the desire to carry her investi-
cation into real life. she called on girl
whose engagement was recently an
nounced, and interviewed her, with the
result OF the following report
THE girl tells me she was dressed in
black, wore no ornaments, sat IN a
stiff backed chair in the parlor and did
not have her hair curled 1t is not her
belief that she looked as well as usual.
The young man called to solicit orders
for the Living Life Spring water She
could not remember how he worded his
proposal of marriage; all she recalls is
that she replied in the affirmative.
He kissed her. 1t was not. she said
the first time he had kissed her, He
testified that he had stolen the first kiss
and that her struggles caused 1t to be
planted behind her ear His testimony
was not in favor of stolen kisses, il
being his experience that they tasted Of
hair and teeth Neither could recall
any unusual sensations connected with
the kiss of their betrothal."
Daysey Mayme looked unhappy as she
made the report. She was beginning to
wonder If 1t was doing the world any
good to dissect its lollypops,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
Cigar Stump Exchange.

Without a doubt the most novel
mart in the world is the cigar stump
exchange which is held in the East
End of London every Sunday morn
ing Here the dweliers in the COM
mon lodging houses that abound in
the locality bring the cigar ends
"snlpes," they call them-they have
collected during the week, and sell
them to swarthy, alien looking men
for good, current coin of the realm.
What becomes of them afterward
nobody seems to know, but it is gem
orally surmised that they are made
Up into cheap cigarettes, after being
shredded, and probably mixed with
other tobacco or tobacco dust.
The sellers bring their wares in
paper bags, in cardboard boxes, or
tied up in grlmy handkerchiefs or old
rags. There is no dealing in futures.
Each broker sells only the cigar ends
actually in his possession, getting the
most money he can for them.
The prices on the Cigar Stump EX-
change vary from time to time, just
as they do on other exchanges. In
summer during the height of the
London season, they rule low. In
winter, when fewer persons smoke ci-
CARS in the streets, the sellers get
10 or 10 per cent more for their
Stumps
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06

the Head Barber g. think knowing
how to order a dinner s-less impor-
tant than knowing how to have the
price. | remember one time me and
the Missus took a married couple,
friends of ours, to dinner at a swell
layout and l was kind of lost about
how to order. | was just going to
sugar the head waiter and have him
help me out, but the husband of my
wife's lady friend was right there on
the job. He ordered everything from
soup to nuts, and he sure was thor
ough about it, The size of the dinner
check made the gooseflesh come On
me little, but ! am a good loser,
and | paid it as if | had Just sold d
gold mine out West. felt kind Of
cheap at the time to think this fell
low had ii on me for restaurant man
ners, but when we got home the
Missus made me feel better by tell
ing me that all he knew was how to
order things and let other people pay
for them He asked us out to dinner
once after that and took us whore
the dinner was so cents, and when
the check came he said. Let's Dutch
It, After that felt kind of superior
to him, even if don't know how to
order swell dinners"
This friend of mine don't make
no fus about ordering, and you
skate of which you was just speak
needn't compare him to that cheap
ing of" said the Manicure Lady. He
was just grand, the way he did every
thing But ! suppose any genius
knows all about them things"
Il don't think So" said the Head
Barber, 81 have read about some ge-
muses. that didn't know how to order
a dinner and who ate SO seldom that
they almost forgot how to hold The
tools. Maybe he amt enough OF u
genius to ever go hungry"
Maybe not" said the Manicure
Lady, but he is the finest gent to
go eating with that have ever saw
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06

A certain island in the West Indies
is liable to the periodical advent of
earthquakes One year. before the
season of these disturbances, an
English resident, who lived in the
danger zone, sent his two sons to the
home Of a brother in England to Sc
cure them from the impending havoc.
Evidently the quiet of the staid Eng
Iish household was disturbed by the
irruption of the two West Indians,
for the returning mail steamer car
ried a message TO their father, brief,
hut emphatic: Take back your boys;
send me the earthquake"
After preaching a sermon on the
fate of the wicked, clergyman met
an old woman well known for her
gossiping propensities, and he said:
81 hope my sermon has borne fruit:
You heard about the place where |
said there shall be wailing and
crashing of teeth" 49,
"Well. as to that answered the
dame. IF | as ans hing to say, it
be this: Let them gnash teeth as has
'em-I amt
George, what are you DurhlhS'
dear?" she asked going to the crate
and peering over mis- shoulder,
"The letters / wrote you before
we were married
you heartless wretch! ! wonder
if all men are so devoid OF sentiment
YOU ,.....-
II am doing it in your interest,
dear. I'm trying to fix things so tnat
when I die nobody can dispute my
will on the ground of insanity"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
A TRAGEDY OF LONDON

! All, that's so like woman" he
told her; but man, my dear, was not
| meant to live on bread--and love
alone. There are times when a chop
appeals to him far more than kiss"
Now listen to me, Cora. His voice
was cold and cutting as the Winter
day There has got to be an end of
this. l simply won't have you fol-
lowing me about waiting for me out
side my club; l never heard of any
thing SO ridiculous"
But you promised faithfully to
come last night" said a piteous voice.
and the time before, to. it was the
same. Why, you haven't been near me
for more than week. What am
to DOR
"Do2" he eyed her distastefully.
Heavens! How she had changed Her
nose was redeemed at the tip by the
cold, there were black circles under
her swollen eyes. she had lost all her
pretty color. and her skin looked sal
low. framed in the cheap white fur
she had twisted round her throat.
And to think he had ever found her
pretty
Dor he repeated; Why, wait de-
Gently at home till l come, of course
No sensible woman ever runs after a
man. It's about the last way to make
him run after her. Go home and pow
der your nose. for heavens sake. and
make yourself look pretty. III try
and look In some time. but I'm very
busy just now"
walter" she said, and laid a de-
tanning hand upon his arm as he
strove to pass her. Her voice was a
prayer You will come. won't you?
Remember, you're all l have in the
world now. I've given up everything
for you" A tear rolled down her
cheek under her spotted veil. Every
thingP'
He stared down at her in a kind
of weary disgust
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
Dues and Adieus.

Monsieur Serpollet had finished his
Easter in England and paid his ex-
orbitant hotel bill. His heart was
sad, yet his native courtesy was per-
feet as ever.
Send re proprietaire TO me-" ne
said to the waiter and presently mine
host entered. Immediately Serpolle'
was all beaming smiles.
"Ah, let me embrace you! Let me
love you'll" he cried, In an ecstasy Of
welcome.
But why do you want to embrace
me, sir? II don't understand"
"Ah. saire, but look at ices beel,'
"Your bill? Yes, but what Of IT.?
"Vot of it? Wy, il means zat
san nevaire, nevaire see you again
dear saire."
The proprietor was speeches..
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06

That's right make a scene in the
street he told her. contemporary
rms Is life. my dear, not stage
drama Do you expect me to fall on
your neck in Piccadilly and say I
love your Oh, go home, do, and get
some sense into your head before
come"
He hailed a passing taxi, crawling
like big green beetle along the curb
in search of fare.
You will conner"
He heard the faint whisper
breathed out to him again from the
depth OF the taxi as 1t drove off, and
answered 1t from the depth of his
heart to the pavement: Not If
know It! Joyel what fool rye
been" he added to himself as he
turned away. Il should have finished
off that affair in the summer. Sec
ond editions of the same love episode
are always a mistake. I'll write to
her tonight"
win you always love me?" asked
the woman.
Same old story" the sparrOws
chuckled
but not the same girl" The gera-
NUNS were craning red necks.
Women are such fools" The wind
popped round the corner suddenly,
Now, that last years girl--did / ever
tell you what happened to her?" Hs
whispered Importantly. There was a
great rustling of leaves.
How disgustiHgl' The geraniums
turned their red faces primly TO the
sky.
You can't believe all you hear"
said the beech tree, languidly.
Fact" said the wind. severely. 'T
saw her myself under a street lamp.
She was all fur and feathers, and
there was a lot of red stuff on her
mouth"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06

M, Icy LOGlG Tor me until IOuI
p l3vIths ago / began giving Lydia E.
t t,JinaTSham's Vegetable Compound a
No No and now l am in good health
st, William H. GIN, No. Is Pleasant
'"eet' Auburn, New York.
Doctors Daughter Took It."
o. Cloud. Mimi was so run
a aow9 by overwork and worry that |
5aau not stand it to have my chill
An TAX aloud or walk heavy on the
I yS,. one of my friends said. Try
boH uLa Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Ss ssnu Tor know a doctors daughter
gn,Js 10 town who takes It and she
~ not take It If it were not good
ana sent for the Compound at once
rgb.H sept on taking it until was all
NJ "a Mrs. Bertha NJ Quickstadt,
~ Fifth Ave, s., St Cloud, MINI.
Do Lyaia E Pinkhams Vegetable Com
effciisu- may be relied upon as the most
n dom, t'n ~. remedy for female ills. Why
w you try it?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
Up-to- the-Minute Jokes

The young couple on the settee had
been engaged only a week He had
kissed her fully 40 times that even
ing. When he stopped she looked al
him reproachfully, and the tears came
into her eyes as she said:
Dearest, you have ceased to love
me-"
NO, haven't he replied but
must breathe"
Papa" said While, why did you
buy golf coat?"
ITO play golf in. my SON"
Did you need it?"
"Of course, I did,
Then | want a top coat to play
tops in. I've seen 'em advertised"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
- Always
ffD ROMISE," said the woman,
clinging TO him, that you
will love me always"

nD RoMISE," said the woman,
clinging TO him, that you
will love me always"
why, of course 1 WILL" said the
man as he kissed her.
Did you hear that?" giggled the
sparrows in the shrubbery.
81 hear such a lot" said the beech
tree, nodding her copper head dis
dainfully, so that all her leaves shone
like brand new pennies In the sun
shine.
shes dressed in blue; the girl he
said that to last year wore white"
The geraniums craned their red
necks from their fiow bed beneath
the dining-room window.
Women are such fools" grumbled
the wind, rushing past and rudely
tearing a handful of leaves from the
beech tree to send scurrying like
frightened mice down the garden
path
The first sign or Autumn" said
the girl as one huttered like a stain
onto the lap of her blue gown, She
sighed. ut has been such a happy
Summer l don't like to think of 1t
ever coming to an end"
All Things come TO an on0, re-
turned the man. seriously. looking at
his watch,
"Except--except love-" she whis-
oered, and raised her radiant eyes to
his -s4
lie pstted her cheek "Oh. that. of
course" he agreed.
He rose from the rude bench on
which they were sitting.
Lunch time. Cora" he said briskly.
Come along, l am starving"
Surely 1t cannot be one O'Clock, ="
she said, surprised. rising; the time
when I'm with you goes so quickly"
she confessed shyly.
He laughed indulgentlY. What a
little fool she was, but charmingly
pretty.