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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

cheerful in that chill atmosphere, and,
half an hour late, my intended hus-
band arrived, with his London lawyer
and his friend, EastclifT.
My mind was far from clear and
had a sense of seeing things by
flashes only, but l remember that
thought Lord Raa was very nervous,
and 1t even occurred to me that
early as it was he had been drink
ing.
"Beastly nuisance, isn't it ?" he said
to me aside, and then there was some
thing about this legal fuss and fud-
clement"
The Ceremony.
With the air of man with a griev-
ance the High Bailiff took a big book
out of the desk, and a smaller one off
shelf, and then we sat in a half
circle. and the ceremony began,
1t was very brief and cold like a
matter OF business. AS far as ! can
remember IL consisted of two declara
tons which Lord Raa and ! made first
to the witnesses present and after
ward to each other. One of them
stated that we knew of no lawful inn
pediment why we should not be join
ed together In matrimony, and the
other declared that we We're there and
then SO Joined.
l remember that | repeated the
words automatically, as the High
Bailiff in his thick alcoholic voice read
them out of the smaller OF his books
and that Lord Raa, in tones of obvi-
GUS impotence, did the same
Then the High Bailiff opened the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

bigger of his books, and after writing
something in it himself he asked Lord
Raa to sign his name, and this be-
ing done he asked me also.
Am l to sign. too9" l asked, va
cantly.
"Well, who else do you Think" said
Mr. Curphy with a laugh. Betsy
Beauty, perhaps, eh?"
Come, gel, come" said my father,
sharply. and then / sighed
l had no longer any will of my own.
In this as in everything | did what
ever was asked me.
1t was all as dreary and lifeless as
an empty house. ! can remember
that It made no sensible impression
upon my heart. My father gave some
money Ga few shillings l think to
the High Bailiff, who then tore a
piece OF perforated blue paper out of
the bigger of his books and offered
1t TO me, saying
This belongs to you"
ITO me?" / said.
"Who else?" said Mr. Curphy, who
was laughing again, and then some
thing was said by somebody about
marriage lines and no one knowing
when a wise woman might not want
to use them.
The civil ceremony OF my marriage
was now over; and Lord Raa, who
had been very restless, rose TO his
feet, saying:
"Beastly early drive. Anything in
the house TO steady ones nerves,
High Baillff?"
The High Balm made some re-
ply, at which the men laughed, all
except my father. Then they left me
and went into another room. the din
ing room, and | heard the jingling Of
glasses and the drinking of healths
while sat before the fire with my
foot on the fender and my marriage
lines in my hand
My brain was still numbed. | felt
as one might feel II drowned in the
sea and descending, without qIMs
losing consciousness, to the depssi!
It's abyss ~
remember ! thought that what
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

had just gone through differed in no
respect from the signing of my mar
riage settlement except that in the
one case | had given my husband
rights over my money, my fathers
money, whereas in this case ! seemed
to have given him rights over my
self
Otherwise 1t was all so cold, so
drear, so dead, so unaffecting.
The blue paper had slipped out of
my hand on TO the worn hearth rug
when my helpless meditations We're
interrupted by the drumming and
throbbing of the motor car outside,
and by my father, who was at the
office door. saying in his loud. com
Half an hour afterwards ! was in
my own rooms at home, and given
over to the dressmakers. | was still
being moved automatically crea-
ture without strength or will.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

he mad about them both together girl
wind body like reed
swayng crimson, tree always
people who love music sound
sings And she dances like
whirng blond head his pillow She could
whipped a And they danced
nights rhymalways together And
lifting OF "Manana
dancers ripping by the foot of the stairs
his aght with the beat OF the dance
he proposed! dancerIIknow dance
with me always little frightened awfuly
the COAST"
I've got pain he whispered his pillow
that night she like angel"
NELL BRINKLEY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
|Daysey Mayme
and Her Folks
BY FRANCES L. GARsIDE.

TIN HE man who said, Poets are
born, not made" was ignorant
of the possibilities of Websters
Unabridged Dictionary. Anyone with
a little ink and collection of such
words as heart. DART part; love- dove;
bliss, kiss: sad, lad burst. cursed.
etc. has only to use his brain and he
may produce poems that will make
the rhymes of Tennyson, Longfellow.
Keats and the Sweet Singer of Michi-
gan seem rs full sf life as smoked
herring In comparison.
With collection of such words.
Daysey Mayme Appleton felt that she
had the ingredients that would put
laurel leaf on her brow, and bring q
certain laggard in love on his knees
TO her feet. She would write him
valentine poem. She would begin IN
heroic measure with his arrival at the
citys gates.
A search through the dictionary and
much sweating OF her brow resulted
In the following:
when my lover, with eyes so dark
| and brown,
Comes gayly dancing into town.
She read it over and over again and
! decided 1t was good. (All poets are
addicted to this habit.)
| Fifteen minutes later, while deiib-
Grating between putting him on =
prancing steed, which rhymes so me-
! lodiously with speed and heed and
plead, or giving him the front seat
| in an automobile, a word that has
driven countless poets off the field,
she remembered in a panic that her
lovers eyes were not brown, but blus!
She began again:
when | gaze in your eyes so deep
and blue
Like limpid pools Of tender dew
She wasn't quite sure IL limpid was
the word she wanted; it sounded so
much like limpet it might make trou-
Bile. She would leave out his eyes;
after all, all men had them and she
never saw a pair like those in the
books. anyway She would begin with
his lips,
In all poems the honey bee sips the
lips, but somehow, applied to a man.
it seemed little effeminate; no man
would like the suggestion that he
went around with a swarm of bees
at his mouth. 1t wasn't sanitary and
denoted shiftlessness. Her favorite
hero in the books had a mouth that
| was mobile. and she didn't know ey-
actly what the word meant, anyway,
and couldn't rhyme it with eel or reel
or peel,
Discourage she went from his lips
to his heart, and after many struggles
with comparisons with a sugar tart,
which vas not dignified; and sugges-
tons that they part which would
never do; and efforts to pierce with
Cupid's dart; or use art, or woundel
hart, or cart, or perhaps mart, all
failed to give the dash and swing to
her song that she had hoped for
1t was with sigh that she closed
her dictionary and cast her efforts
into the waste paper basket. Love, =
she sighed, is 80 strenuous! II must
have been much easier to catch the n
In the days of the Cave Woman"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

again, Il don't love him! / don't love
hint"
But hardly had the actual cere-
mony commenced when l began to be
overawed by the solemnity and divine
power of the service. and by the sense
of God leaning over my littleness and
guiding me according to His will
To Be Continued To. morrow,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

Gnomeand
politician uTragette who and
head little bewldered sometimes
anda did not think
mother
nd mott worshipfully there!
And he when he played But mostly he
dancedoh glad when it costume
Three collars night wilt
around me melting This
will with me-? Out OF the woods OF
piping for
legs the chap
mad He onesepped and
living
ute he eating hustng
Of along with the dance girl
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
CHENEY'S
ExPEcTORANT

Cures Running Of the Nose
Cold. chilly feelings. snintps. lore throat. lung
troubles. oppressive feeling In the chest Try
Chsney's EspcrtIrsnt nest stlms you need rels.
sdy Tor colds abe At drus siorss. Adv-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
TheWonanT Thou
Gavest Me
The Greatest Story of the
Twentieth Century.
By HALL GAME.
Second Part-My Marriage.

Cartwright 1919, by Hearsts Magazine.
roTn,Tright. 1918, by Hearst Magazine.
SSo opyIi in Great Britain. Copyright,
ak by j. B. Lippincott Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

wing Of his Alma Mater with the
mother older little and eaner,
the offices OF grim gred friend OF
the ccketlively fashion OF
dinners dances and all the shows His world
rainbow colcred He didn't think often
and lean babyishy and paheay toward
motherns touch and the little boy tons in her
sides nowFifth
his the
crooked umbed rubbed sometimes
of fellows
knights demenean with
them unmarked by
people about chain
was different perhaps q
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
SleenWalkarR,

Many years ago an archbishop of
Bordeaux attested the case Of a young
ecclesiastic who was In the habit of
getting up during the night in a state
Of somnambulism, and, taking pen, ink
and paper, composing and writing his
sermons. When he finished one page
he would read and correct it. In order
to ascertain whether the somnambulist
made use Of his eyes the archbishop
held a piece Of pasteboard under his
chin to prevent his seeing the paper
upon which he was writing, but he
continued to write on without being in
the least Inconvenience.
It is related Of Negretti, a sleepwalk-
er, that he would sometimes carry a
lighted candle, as if to give him light
in his employment, but on a bottle be-
ing substituted he took it and carried
it without apparently noticing the diff
ference.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
Chess and War.

The origin of chess is shrouded in
mystery. There is little doubt. how
ever, that it's birthplace was in India
and that it is an offspring of a game
called chaturanga. which is mentioned
in oriental literature as in use fully
200 years before the Christian era.
From India chess spread into Persia
and thence into Arabia, and ultimately
the Arabs took it into Spain and the
rest of western Europe. The game
was in all probability invented for the
purpose of illustrating the art of war.
The Arab legend upon this point is that
it was devised for the instruction of a
young despot by his father. a learned
Brahman, to teach him that a king.
Notwithstanding his power. was de-
pendent for safety upon his subjects.
The Greek historians credit the inven-
ton Of the game to Palamedes, who.
they claim. devised it to beguile the
tedium Of the siege of Troy during the
Trojan war.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
AIM GUNS BY TRIGONOMETRY.
Indirect Firing is Basey on the Use of
the Triangle.
(New York Evening Post.) =.

(New York Evening Post.) =. :.
Several batteries of field artillery of
the Western States have received in
structions in indirect firing at the
army school at Fort Sill, Okla. This
firing is the same as that used by the
artillery arms of the German, Belgian,
and French armies. Indirect firing
has been practiced by the batteries of
this State for some years. The
French are given credit for the adop-
ton of indirect firing, but now it has
been adopted by all modern armies.
In indirect firing the arti1lerymen
shoot at a target which they cannot
see. They can shoot from the rear
of the hill, over the crest and hit the
enemy or the target with deadly reg
ularity. In fact, artillery officers as
sert that modern field guns can be
fired more accurately by indirect firing
methods, properly directed, than by
direct firing, where the target is in
sight of the artillerymen.
Indirect firing is based on the use
of the triangle, and it's. application re-
uuires the officers to be skilled in the
use of geometry and trigonometry.
The officers are stationed at some lit
tie distance from their guns. and COM
municate their orders by field tele-
phone and flag signals. The officers
r posted at some point, usually the
top of a hill, a church tower, or some
things of the sort, where they can OBJ.
serve the position of the enemy
through powerful glasses. The off,
GERS station is n point of the t.
the cannons' another, and the
enemy or the target the third point
of the angle. The base is the line be-
tween the officers post and the posi-
ton of the cannons. This is a known
distance, and the two angles at the
base are ascertained. Then the 8
of trigonometry makes it easy, Tor
one who knows how, to find the dis
lance of the enemy or target.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
Fairly Warnad.

One of Australians best landscape
painters was out with his bag of tricks
near Daylesford recently. He had
pitched in front of an old, two roomed,
waffle and dab hut. softened with a
crimson lowered creeper. which he
thought would make an excellent
sketch. While he was working a tall,
hairy man came out of the hut and re-
garded him with some misgiving. The
hut dweller approached. watcher
doin', mister?" he said.
I'm painting your picturesque dwell
ling" said Patterson.
The hut dweller regarded Patterson
obviously for a minute. then went in
doors. Presently he reappeared with
his wife, and the two advanced toward
the artist. Mind yeh," said the man.
pointing at the painter. give got me
witness. You're dom this at your own
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
rippina the Headsman.

Ancient usage in England has a pc
culiarly consecrating effect in the mat
ter of tips and fees. Horace Walpole
records the establishment of George L.
when told that he must give guineas to
the servant of the ranger of his park
for bringing him a brace Of carp out of
his own pond. Apparently everybody
in England is at some time OF other
justified in demanding d fee unless it
be the monarch. When TAFT, became
archbishop of Canterbury and met the
queen he breathed a sigh Of relief on
at last encountering a person to whom
he had not to pay something. Accord
ing to Bishop Burnet, a man used to
have to give a tip in order to be decapi-
tated. He tells the story of Lord Rus
sell when under sentence of death for
high treason asking what he ought to
give the executioner. II told him 10
guineas. He said, with a smile, it was
a pretty thing to give a fee to have
his head cut off,"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
Asiatics Use coatskin churns.

Goatskin churns are the proper thing
in the Asiatic deserts. They are the
unique butter making contrivances Of
the world. These churns resemble gi-
gantic footballs, varying in size accord
ing to the extent Of the family. They
are constructed of goatskin sewed to-
gether in the form Of a ball, with the
hair side in. Cream is run into these
bags until they are about half full.
and the balance Of the space is filed
with air from the churner's lungs.
Then these churns are suspended from
three sticks and a rocking motion be-
gun. The air on the inside is calcu-
lated to aid coaxing the butter from
the cream. After churning the product
is strained through cloth, for the goats
hair has a tendency to shed during the
violent operations. ~ y.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
Sea Mussala az Enod.


The sea mussel is closely related 10
the oyster and the clam. 1t is not,
however. to be confused with the fresh
water mussel. AS a nutritious and
wholesome food it is equal to either
the oyster or the clam, and many per-
sons regard it as superior in flavor.
The mussels exist in such abundance
in such readily accessible places, and
they are so readily obtained by the
oysterman's regular equipment. that
they can be put upon the market at
lower cost than can either oysters or
clans. They are at their best. more
over. when oysters are out of season.
though they are in season all the year
round. As a food they are economical
ly good not only because of their high
nutritive value and digestibility. but
because. unlike the clam. all the meat
is edible. and, because their shells are
thin and regular. a barrel of musSels
contains more edible material than a
barrel Of oysters. "A peck Of musSels
in the shell will supply all the meat
required for a meal for ten persons.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
A Book She Wouldn't Read.

'There is n book Of MI. Steven
sons that I myself have never read"
said Mrs. Stevenson once II refused
to read 1t and held to my refusal. I
make it a rule neve to read a novel
the scene Of which is laid in a bygone
age. The author always deems it his
duty to make his characters talk in
what he considers the language Of that
period, and I am always sure that he
doesn't know positively how they die
talk, so I won't read such books. I
would never read the Black Arrow
and Mr.. Stevenson thought it such q
good joke that he insisted upon dedt-
eating it to me-"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
The Star Aroturua.

It is probable that the star ArcturuS
is one Of the six greatest of all the
stars in the sky. Notwithstanding its
brightness, it is SO far away from rs
that it is. not displaced in position in
the slightest measurable degree, as we
change our position 1S6,OOO,OOO miles
in our annual journey around the SUM-.
Could we be placed midway between
Arcturus and our sun we would re-
ceive thousands of times more light
and heat from the star than from
sun and this Notwithstanding that the
stars radiation is smothered by a
dense blanket of metallic vapors. In
spite Of it's immense distance the star
is drifting slowly in a southwestward
direction over the face of the sky, it's
motion changing its apparent position
by an amount equal to the diameter
Of the moon in the course Of about
1000 years. So great an apparent mo-
ton must indicate an enormous veloci-
ty in space.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
Pnsh- but No Pull.

Sir Oliver Lodge claims that there Is
no such thing as pull applied to bodies
that is. that an engine. for instance.
never pulls a train. but really pushes
it. A little excursion into what he
can will readily convince the skep-
teal that he is right. Take this exam
pie: The coupling of the engine <
tends behind that Of the car following
and does actually shove it forward.
The it comes forward is be-
cause its parts do not separate-that
is, 1t has cohesion.
But the actual force administered ID
that OF a push and not a pull. Take q
rope pulling a safe up I'd a window.
1t is wrapped under the safe. and that
is the part that is exerting the force
and urging the safe upward, the other
parts OF the rope simply sticking to-
gether. When we pull our coats on
we really push them or. for the force
is exerted behind the object in the di-
rection of motion. and. as every one
knows, that is called a push.
So If we really desire to speak I'm
chastely scientific terms we should say
push our coats of. push our hats of.
push a safe up through a window
Chicago Record-Herald.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
Curious Pictures.

In the famous galleries at Antwerp
are certain pictures of old masters in
which the tumble Of ideas is as re-
markable as the technique is fine. In
one picture Of heaven the archangels
are armed with bows and arrows, and
In a celebrated painting Of '"The Muir.
der of the ~Innocents" the massacre is
represented as taking place in a city
Of Holland. The parents Of the chill
dren are stout burghers, the Roman
soldiers are Dutch policemen armed
with muskets, and the innocent infants
are transformed into solid schoolboys
in bulgy wooden trousers and jackets
and hobnailed shoes.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
APPRAISED AT OVER 100000.
Commissioners Report on Land Con-
demned Under Weeks Act.

Commissioners Report on Land Con-
demned Under Weeks Act.
Asheville, Sept. 29.-The United
States Government will be called up
on to spend more than $100, 900 in the
acquisition of 10000 acres of timber
and mineral lands in Yancey AMI
surrounding countries, the report OF
the commissioners named by Judge
James S. Boyd several weeks ago to
appraise the property, placing a val
uation on the different tracts that will
run we'll in exces of that amount.
The land forms an important bound
airy which the Department of Agricul-
ture is endeavoring to secure for the
protection of western North Carolina
water courses in compliance with the
provisions of the Weeks act. Con-
demnation proceedings were institut-
Ell by District Attorney w. G. Hammer
upon a recent visit to this city and
the three commissioners began the
task of appraisi4g the property about
q week ago. Numerous attorneys,
witnesses and experts appeared be-
fore them.
More than 800 landowners will be
affected by the proceedings, the tract
comprising % separate grants own
ed by people residing in all sections
of the country. A score Of the
ers have expressed dissatisfaction
over the amount allowed them by the
commissioners and have filed formS
notice that they will appeal TO a
jury, which the commissioners will
select within the new future. The
jury will go over the land which the
property owners maintain has been
valued at too low a figure.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
BEAR WALTON WELTERS.

Mr.. J. c. M. Valentine, civil engineer
on the Charlotte-Asheville highway,
has resigned and accepted a govern
ment position, and has moved his fam
lily to Morganton, N. C..
Miss Ellen Merrel of Fletcher has
been visiting her sister, Miss Sallie
Merrell, who is teaching the Middle
Fork school.
Mr.. A. D. Nix began work as boss
on the new road recently and we are
glad to report that progress is being
made.
Mrs. Coot Logan of Chimney Rock
was a visitor on the new road lately
and seemed to think it was fine.
Mr.. G. W. Conner made a business
trip to Asheville recently.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-08
DIET N COLOR.
What Man Eats Seems to Determine
the Shade OF His Skin.

What Man Eats Seems to Determine
the Shade of His skin.
What you eat determines your color,
according to Bergfeld. a German inves.
tigator-not necessarily that you your
self could effect any change of color,
but your ancestors for thousands OF
years have unconsciously been infu-
enced by the food they have eaten and
the drinks they have drunk.
For instance. the original men were
black, says Bergield. Their chief diet
was of vegetables and fruits, he ex-
plains. and these same foods contain
manganates that are not unlike iron.
Dark browns and blacks result from
this combination. 1t Is a scientific fact
that negroes who drink milk and eat
meat are never as dark as those who
eat vegetables.
He goes on to add that the Indian is
red because for hundreds and perhaps
thousands OF years he has taken into
his system the haemoglobin or red ma.
terial In the blood Of animals which
he has killed for their food.
Again. Mongols are yellow because
they have descended from races that
were fruit eating and who. making
their way into the deepest hooks and
widest plains Of Asia. developed into
shepherds and lived largely on milk.
Or course it is known that milk con
tains a certain per cent of chlorine and
has a decidedly bleaching effect. In
the case of Caucasians they are said to
have become white by adding salt to
their foods, which common salt is a
strong chloride and powerful in bleach
ing the skfn.-Chicago Tribune.