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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16

perputrating such things in the old
days.
"Never mind" said MacManus. 1.-THE
old days are past. But it's the truth
I'm telling. was the one to first
demonstrate that airships and base
ball could mix. 1t was in the year
1920, which was before most of you
children were born, when people still
turned to stare up in the air when
they heard a ships propellers whir-
ring, and when the man who could
write Master Alligator after his name
still was looked up to, to use an an
cient phrase. | was running little
excursion packet, the star Tanner
that operated between New York city
and Atlantic City, two hours run in
those days, it being before we began
to make much speed.
Naturally, having this sort of a run
in those days. when people thought it
was something of treat to ride in a
dirigible, we came into contact with a
lot OF the most prominent people in
the country. One day we'd have on
board Lillian Russell, who was just as
young looking then as she is now, go
| inc down to spend few hours at At
lantic City; next day we'd have a
senator from Mexico, coming up to
New York to take look at the lights
and next, probably, Bill Finger, cham.
pion pitcher of the New York ball
team. or some other great parsonage.
Didn't you ever have Ty Cobb?'
asked the young captain.
"Ty Cobb?" said Captain MacManus
"Who was he?"
81 don't know. ! read about him n
an ancient history the other day.
said the youngster. But to go or
with your story"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16

soon we were the best friends in the
world.
well, finally it came the day before
the game that was to settle the league
championship, and sure enough, Just
as Bill had said, Chicago and New
York were tied for first place, and one
game would settle the hash. That
night Bill took flight down to Atlantic
City with me to settle his nerves, and
suddenly he says to me, Mac, I'm up
against it.
Why? says I.
"g've got to throw the game to-
morrow
"'Bill!' / says, Mortified.
Eyes, he says, that's just what I've
got to do
"'You can't I said; and then told
him what I'd done. knowing that
he was going to pitch and win, I'd gone
and begged and borrowed every cent
could lay my hands on and had bet
it on New York to win. If you lose,
Bill, says I, Tn dead duck
bill almost cried, he was that
broken-hearted. But l can't help it,
Mac, says he. Morgan has ordered
that New York lose.
"Of course, after that there wasn't
anything more to say Bill had his
orders from the nations boss to go in
aud pitch the full nine innings, but
not to put any speed or curves on
the ball, just to put EN- right over
where the Chicagos could line en-
out. Having the orders straight from
Morgan, he had to obey, of course.
Don't think hard of me. Mac he
says, gripping my hand. It's fate
81 understand, BILL I said.
Morgan and Fate were the same il
those days.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
A GAME OF BASEBALL INFLU-
ENcED BY THE MAGNETIC RAY.

Captain MacManus, retired air-skip-
per, and his coterie of Master Airiga-
tors leaned on the rail of the New
York receiving float of the F. G. & A.
Aerial line and watched huge yellow
dirigible shoot past on the 5000-foot
level.
THE Hong Kong and Washington
express" said one of the younger M.
AS. She's carrying the Hong Kong
baseball team TO the opening game
of the International Aerial league sea-
son at Washington tomorrow. That
ought to be typhoon of a game. Good
thing they've got the mechanical UNI
pires perfected now. No living man
would stand a show umpiring for that
bunch tomorrow. Seems impossible to
think that any human being was ever
reckless enough to act as umpire of a
baseball. game, the way they did back
in 1912 or Whereabouts. wonder why
they did it,"
why did they do it," grunted old
Captain MacManus. Because they
were men in those days, that's why.
They weren't like you delicate, air
nourished infants who are afraid to
come nearer than 500 feet to earth for
fear of hitting the microbe strata.
Why, in my early days, we Pune.
ture my gas tanks! That reminds
me. was the first man to introduce
air ships into the international game
twas only national then, though-ot
baseball. And that was when they
still played the game on the ground
In my humble little way l was the man
who first gave people the idea of ele
waiting the game to its present higt
level"
"Helpl Help!" moaned a young cap
tain. "They used to kill people fol
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
a False Alarm.

you ought to have seen Mr.. Mar
shall when he called upon Dolly the
other night" remarked Johnny to his
sisters young man, who was taking tea
with the family. Il tell you he looked
fine a-sitting there along side Of her,
with his arm"
Johnny" gasped his sister, her
face the color of boiled lobster.
We'll, so he did, persisted Johnny.
HE had his arm"
john" screamed his mother. fran
tically.
Why" whined the boy, Il was"
John" said his father, sternly,
leave the room."
Il was only going to say that he
had his army clothes on!"-Canadian
American.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
Cut Both Ways.

"My boy" said the principal of the
firm to the prospective office boy, Il
like you appearance and your man
ner. l think you may do for the
place. Did you bring character
NO, sir" replied the lad. Il can
go home and get it.
Very well. Come back tomorrow
morning with it. and if it is satisfac-
tory will engage you at once"
Late that same afternoon the finan-
cier was surprised by the return Of
the candidate.
WELL" he said cheerily, have you
got your character"
NO. answered the youth calmly,
but | got yours, an | amt coming!
Canadian American.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
FINDING NAMES FOR NOVELS
Modern Authors Differ From Those Of
the Past in Selecting Titles for
Their Volumes.

Modern novelists find it difficult to
find titles for their books, but, charac-
teristically, Dickens could always hit
on a score or so of titles for his
books, and found difficulty only in the
selection of one from among so many.
For BLEAK House" for instance, he
drew up a list of twelve possible IL
tles-including "The Ruined House, !
''Tom-all-alone's." THE Solitary
House." "The East Wind" BLEAK
House and the East Wind'-and sub
mitted it to Forster for selection. It
is worth noting that in the end Dick
ems always chose the most effective
of the titles he devised.
Talking of titles for stories. how is
it that the eponymous title is stunned
by modern authors and frowned upon
by publishers? Surely the name OF
your hero or heroine should be good
enough for a novel Fielding, Smol.
lett, Sterne, Thackeray, Dickens,
Meredith all favored the eponymous
title, and it is certainly easier to re
member than any other. What could
be better than "Tristram Shandy," or
"Pendennis," or David Coppertield
or Richard Feveral'? Mr.. Pugh's
TONY Drum" is a perfect title
worthy of that remarkable book, The
catchy title that so many modern
writer's seem to strain after is, as
often as not. by ro means easy to re
member, and when you have finished
the book you wonder what the title
has to do with it. Let us get back X
simplicity in this matter.-Lon1oI
Chronicle.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16

CAS- / was saying, / naturally got
acquainted with these great people,
with hauling them to and fro between
the two resorts, and pointed out to
them where the Statue of Liberty used
to be, and SO on, and pretty soon !
was on friendly terms with lot of
them, and of course the friendship
that priced the most was that Of Bill
Finger of the New Yorks.
Bill was as nice and sociable
little fellow as ever you saw, and
he wasn't at all stuck up, because
he was going to be put in the Hall Of
Fame. He'd talk to you just as if he
was an ordinary man, and many the
good tanning bee me and Bill had
when we had to go up to the 10000
| foot level and lay waiting for a storm
to settle down below.
".Bill,' / said to him on one of these
occasions, who's going to win the pen
nant this year.?
1--WE are, says he. I'm in great
form this year
but Chicago's running you an aw-
full close race, Bill l said. They're
keeping only one game behind you
That's where we want Them says
Bill. It's a frameup. We're going to
run away from the other teams in the
league. Chi and New York will be
tied up to the last game. Chicago
fans will be willing to bet their heads
off. We've got the money to bet 'em
Then we'll win
i "'But how do you know you'll win
Bill?' / asked.
I'm going to PITCH says he
Don't tell anybody. This is just be
tween you and me-
"That made me feel pretty warn
toward the great man, and put my
self out to make it as pleasant as
could for him when he was riding will
me, and he appreciated it and prett.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
Almost a Tragedy.

John, you've been drinking"
.Ish all a mistake. m dear
ITS not mistake
Tell yer It's. Had bad cough an
got up in dark for cough medshun,
an. jus m luck. I got hold of wrong
bottle. Detroit Free Press.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
Usual Ending.

while I was abroad witnessed a
duel in France
Anybody hurt?"
Yes, one of the principals had a
rib broken embracing the other after
the combat was over."-Tit-Bits.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
a Sad Case.

'fGaddersly might have been sue
cess in life but for one thing"
And what is that?"
"a mistaken impression he has held
for many years that his presence
adds dignity to a street corner. =
Burlington Gazette.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
Rare cIeverness.

why won't you buy something at
my table?' demanded the girl at the
charity fair.
Because I only buy from the
homely girls" said the man. They
have a harder time making sales
The girl was not offended, and he
worked this right down the line
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
He Has 70.

Il know a man who never takes
step without consideration of the
weight attached to it,
HE must be a remarkably thought
man. Who is her
"A convict with a ball and chain"
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Hint.

Mr.. Staylate. do hope you viii
justify my brothers good opinion of
you"
What is that, Miss Prettyface?"
He told me yesterday you were
one of the enterprising young men of
the town who are going some"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
Can't Please EN-.

"Wombat is tied to the machine.
You wrong him. He is ignoring
the organization.
sly guy. Ell? Building up ma
chine of his own.'-Louisyille Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
The Difficulty.

Dear me, it's SO hard to buy for
man"
Yes, / hate to spend the money
that way, too Detroit Free Press.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
Criticism OF the Future.

"A Strong Mans Faith was pro-
duced at the Adelphi theater last
evening. The cast was good but the
play was too decent to deserve atten-
tion.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
WAN

MAMTEN MEN AND WOMEN TO learn barber
NHN ~ trade. Excellent opportunities open
- for you. Tools furnished and COM
mission paid while learning. Only eight weeks
required Call or write for particulars and cat
alog, 10 Commercial Street. Salt Lake City, utah
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

turned from college to his ancestral
home Since his fathers death the
new caretakers had made little
Paradise of Rosemont. 1t was as IL
magic hand had touched the old
dull disorder into life and beauty
And it was just so with Adrienne.
The little daughter of old Paul
Frantz, his fathers lifelong friend
had blossomed into womanhood as
simply, as suddenly as a rosebud
into flower.
Grown up? Heaven forbid. Eter-
nal childhood was beautifully writ
upon those glowing cheeks, those lips
Of petal pink, that golden hair. And
in her heart, it seemed LIES ever
lasting springtime reigned.
AS a child he had been her pro-
tector and companion; IS youth he
had quite forgotten her; as a man he
loved her,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

deal of this sort usually has a string
tied to 1t.
Don't look up into the air just be-
cause somebody's finger is tangoing.
Don't let a small boy follow you up
the street.
Don't rush madly home If YOU hear
your house is on fire. 1t may only be
your garage-snd then you'd De
fooled
And don't rush madly home il Won
hear that your wife has eloped win
the chauffeur. Ii may be the gar
dener-and you'd be fooled again.
Don't ride on street car. 1t may
fool you by running on time
Don't telephone. You may get the
right number ct once.
that foams.
Don't believe anything you see, hear
or read.
But il you chance to be Gloster
and Just naturally have to foG some
body. do these few dos"
Take home box of candy and fool
your wife.
Take your best girl to a good show
and a real dinner You'll fool her, all
right.
Work half an hour overtime and
fool your boss.
Fool your employees by ceasing 10
be a cant afford" when they ask you
for a raise. Be a Henry Ford.
Slip an extra ace in the deck and
fool yourself.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Sufragists Have
Successful Rally
There was much elation Wednesday
What So Precious
AS a Healthy Baby?
Every Youngster Can Have
Fine Digestion if Given a
Good Baby Laxative.

In spite Of the greatest personal
care and the most intelligent at
tention to diet, babies and children
will become constpated, and 1t is
a fact that constipation and indi-
gestion have wrecked many young
life To start with good digestive
apparatus is to start life without
handicap.
But, as We can not all have per-
feet working bowels, We must do
the next best thing and acquire
them. or train them to become
healthy. This can be done by the
use of laxative tonic very highly
recommended by Il great many
mothers. The remedy is called DIR
Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsn. and has
been on the market for two genera
tons 1t can be bought convenient
ly at any drug store for fifty cents
or one dthar a bottle. and those
who are already convinced of its
merits buy the dollar size.
Its miidness makes 1t the ideal
medicine for children, and it is
also very pleasant to the taste. II
Is sure in its effect, and genuinely
harmless. Very little Of il is re-
quired, and its frequent use does
not cause it to lose its effect. as is
The case with so many other RENE
dies,
Thousands can testify to its
merits in constipation, indigestion,
biliousness, sick headaches, etc,
among them reliable people like
Mrs. James r, Rouse, of Marinette,
WIS. Her little son Howard was
fifteen months old last April, but
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Beware of the merry ha, hal"

Beware of the merry ha! hal"
Ten minutes after daybreak We'd
nesday morning it claimed its first
victim. A stout gentleman hurried
down Peachtree street, with five min :
utes to catch a train. He turned a
corners ran into masked battery
that had been hurriedly planted by
the Jokers-a brick under a hat, TO
be explicit. He stopped. "I'll bet I
could kick it into the next county" he
thought. He kicked. Old stuff, but It
always works.
The Georgian Fool Expert, having
been merry ha, haed" until his dig
nifty is the of his spiritual and
psychological being, has formulated a
few donts for the protection OF the
citizens Do these donts and all will
be we'll; undo these don'ts-and its
the merry ha hal" for yours:
Beware of Phone Calls.
Don't pay any attention to the fol-
lowing telephone calls, If you find
them on your desk during the day.
Mr.. Lyon or Mr. Behr at Main 697
Mr.. Bogey at Main 1921
Mr., Ball at Ivy 62II
Mr. Reid at Ivy 1868.
Mr. Ruff or Mr.. Locke at Main FL
Mr.. kee at Ivy 500
Don't kick hat Just because it's
lying in the street Mistaken identity
has sent many a man TO the hospital.
Don't pick UP a pocketbook you find
lying on the sidewalk. A financial
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Table Makers in
Conference on Cost

-'he cost systems Of table factories
supplies topics for much discussion
Tuesday at the Piedmont Hotel, where
a conference of Southern table manu-
f cturers was held The address If
NJ. Wulpe, of Chicago, commissioner
of the Central Bureau and Table Man
ufacturers' Association. was a feature
of the meeting Mr. Wulpe spoke on
Factory Burden Cost"
The firms represented a the meet
ing were as follows: Chattanooga
Furniture Company, Of chattanooga,
Tenn; Cherokee Manufacturing Com
pany. of Maryland, Tenn. Marietta
Chair and Furniture Company, Of Ma
rietta, Ga, Knoxville Chair and Fur
niture Company, Of Knoxville, Tenn;
Dalton Chair and Furniture Company,
OF Dalton, Ga Mount Airy Furniture
Company, Of Mount Airy. Ga. anil
Young Miles Furniture Company, Of
Atlanta
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
DA N c ER

If you eat much meat, keep your
liver and kidneys active with ia
COBS' LIVER SALT.
JACOBS LIVER SALT is he
greatest known liver stimulant. It's
action is gentle, vet effective II draws
the water 10 the alimentary canal,
Pushes the bowels and takes the an
digested meat particles out OF the
body, removing the danger OF fermen-
tation The blood will be purified
through the renewed activity Of The
liver and kidneys. and YOU VIII avoid
the danger from uric acid
JACOBS LIVER SALT is better
than calomeL II does not cause nau-
sea and vomiting. there are no SCI
rious after effects as with caIomei,
and II is effervescent and pleasant.
Don't take an inferior substitute
Some stores may offer other prepa ra
tions. upon which they make larger
profits. perhaps Initiating the name.
but very different in action to me
genuine JACOBS LIVER SALT.
Large jar 36c, At druggists; by mai.
ice additional for postage For sale
hv Al Jacobs Pharmacy Stores and
Druggists generally
MENT.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
TY'SPROPERTY
UP S1,672,652
IN YEAR
inventory Shows Gain in Nearly
Every Department = Estimate
of $1O,686,532 Conservative.

An inventory Of the property of the
city OF Atlanta, including real estate
and buildings shows an increase in
value of more than 81. 100000 between
December 81. 1912, and December 81,
1913. The exact figures, according to
the City Comptroller, are $1,672.6 52.17.
The total value of the property is $40
6S6.532.02. In 1872 it was $9.o15,S79.S5.
With the value of the city's equip
ment included, the increase amounts
to 81. 245, 019.09
The estimates of values for the re
port just made public are more con-
servative than formerly, say the Off
Gals who made the inventory. Here
tofore il has been the custom for the
heads Of the various departments TO
furnish the estimates
City Hall Value Up.
This time the real estate was valued
by experts in that line, and the build
ings were appraised by the City
Building Inspector.
An increase of 100000 is shown in
the value of the City Hall during the
year, 1t now is valued at $500 600.
The fire department equipment shows
an increase Of $124,6 500. Its total value
is given at $414,1O0 The valuation Of
the real estate of the police depart
ment is $156 800, an increase of $40
900, This includes the buildings on
the property. The valuation of the
Grady Hospital shows an increase Of
$50, 3S0.74. The property is valued at
100000
A decrease j.. value of $121734.o1 IS
shown in the city's school property.
Its total value is 1887. 900
Nearly % 000 nnn IN Parke
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CHAPTER vi.


They met under the low eeiled roof
OF the Frantz tage-Peter and
Philip.
Cod. You!"
a." said Peter, calmly
Il thought you were dead L
Peter don't you want TO shake hands
with me?"
NO"
What do you mean by that?"
Il told you to make her happy.
You ruined her life. You ruined
mine"
And so you think that YOU can
claim my child p
Il think | can defend her"
While Philip sneeringly turned TO
old Paul t'rantz and unfoded the le
gal papers giving him custody of his
daughter Peter left the house. He
moved through the gardens that he
had trod with Adrenne He moved
silently. slowly. with bowed head He
reached the little graveyard Of Merles,
beyond the brook where he had found
her with Philig. beyond the highway
he had traversed in his last fight
from Merles, beyond the world Of the
living He stopped beside her grave.
He prayed He did not kneel to
pray His heart was simply opened
to his God beside the tomb of his
dead love. He prayed standing
Before his eyes the vision Of his
love arose He saw her as she was
the day when he came back from
Paris He saw her a she was when
he first held her in his arms He
raised his eyes. The vision did not
vanish She was there beside him,
vital, real. transcendent, with soft,
tender. outstretched arms.
Rita" he cried
And as she nestled on his breast.
the very soitness Of her pu'sing
heart was enough to rend all legal
papers that man ever made For
Love is Law.
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CHAPTER III,

| Philip Sargent had come a week
early, at the peremptory command OF
Z Peter. He fell in love with Merles
| He no longer chided his friend for
the self-inficted exile. He asked II
he might paint the portrait of Adj
rienne.
Peter was delighted He watched
| the work daily, with the enthusiasm
| of the lover To his clear, clean mind
came never a thought that the art
| lists delicate hand was inspired by a
deeper feeling than friendship for
himself
He did not know that Philip, on
his daily strolls "in the garden all
ways stopped at Paul T7rantzs cot
tage and talked with Adrienne.
Peter knew nothing to harm his ut
ter happiness until the Day of Days
arrived.
on the Day of DAYS the wedding
guests-the good people of Merles. of
Tarne. of all the villages round
about. assembled with Peters friends
from Paris
While the music tinkled softly from
the veranda of the villa, Peter chose,
in his last hour of baChelorhood, TO
commune with the flowers He stroll
&c into the garden.
Where the brook cabaled with the
greensWdrd and the roses to make a
setting for a rustic bench, he was
attracted by the sound OF voices, He
moved forward indifferenuN He
peered through rift in the shrubbery
and saw Philip with Adrienne,
1T IS NOT too late Philip was
saying You can not give yourself
to one whom YOU do not love Look
at me | renounce my loyalty Of
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cAAprER V.

The roses were in bloom at Rose
mont The vines. beneath their treas !
uring leaves. held growing clusters.
The air was sweet with mignonette.
The brook cleaned in the sun
Peter had thought to shut his eyes
upon it all. He had looked forward 10
his visit dreadfullv 1t had seemed
to him as the unearthing OF a tomb
A tomb of memories
Strangely, he was glad. The years
he thought had hardened all his
dreams had only hallowed them lie
breathed deep OF the sweetness OF the
garden The trembling hand Of Paul
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volver he was holding, hesitant, be-
fore the mirror
Peter, for Gods sake don't"
Philip, | don't blame you-but
heard"
"You-heard? ,"
Yes"
There was long silence. The
sound of a woman's sobs came to the
men from the other side of the door.
But I am not going to kin myself
am not going to blight your hapri-
ness" said Peter in choking voice.
Il am just going away, Phil. Good
bye"
And he was gone
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he was sick with bowel trouble from
birth. and suffered intensely Since
MIS-. Rouse has been giving him
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin all
trouble has disappeared, and the
boy is becoming robust
Thousands keep DR. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin constantly in the
house. for every member of the
family can use it from infancy TO
old age. The users OF Syrup Pepsin
have learned to avoid cathartics.
salts. mineral waters, pills and
other harsh remedies, for they do
but temporary good and are a shock
to any delicate system
Families wishing to try a free
sample bottle can obtain it post
paid by addressing DR. w. B. Cald-
well. 419 Washington St, Month
cello. I'LL A postal card with your
name and address on it will do.