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The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
PITY POOR OLD GOBSA GOLDE
George Ade's Story Explains Why Oc- togenarian Millionaire Should Be
 Object of Sympathy.

George Ade, apropos of a Maybe cember marriage, said:
 When your octogenarian million tire weds your beautiful stenographer or bareback rider of seventeen sum- mers, it is not to the radiant bride, but to the husband, that my sympa- thies go out
 Why? Well, I'll tell you why in a little fable.
 "Old Gobsa Golde had welded Tot tie Footlites, and one evening he called to her from his dressing room:
 My dear, for this after-theater supper at the hotel, I don't know whether to wear my dancing shoes or my patent leather boots Which is the better form for man of my age?'
 "In her green and gold brocade Xii mona the young and beautiful Mrs. Gobsa Golde, stretched on a chaise- lounge undergoing the attention of her manicure and her coiffure, called back to her poor old husband in clear, cold voice:
 ".The best form for a man of your age, my dea< = Schloroform.' 25
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
HOW REsINor CURED
 ITCHING SKIN TORMENT

Baltimore, Md. May 23, 1914: My limbs from knee to ankle were com pletely covered with eczema for a year. I hated to go in company, it itched and burned so badly. had no rest at night. I tried good many remedies for eczema, both liquid and salve, but they did me no good, only made the skin more rough and scaly. I learned of resinol ointment and resi- mol soap and tried them, and was re- lieved of the severe itching and burn ing AT ONCE, and after a months steady use was completely cured" (Signed) T. S. Lewis, 1921 Summit St. Sold by all druggists.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Worth the Punishment.

I we'll remember the time, although years have passed since then, when my brother and two chums caught a pocketful of young field mice and turned them loose in the kitchen.
 In the meantime I had spread the doorknobs with sticky tar.
 We ran out and closed the dool from the outside, leaving my mother and auntie in the room. They were busy and had not noticed us.
 The boys all got a whipping and had to stay in my room two days or a bread and water diet. But the fur we had watching them through tht window was worth the punishment Chicago Tribune.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
No Time to Arque,

I'm not the sort of fellow that takes things for granted" said the pugnacious looking individual who was sitting beside meek little man, as he again buried his nose ill his newspaper.
 But when I takes look over a fel- lers shoulder at de headlines in his newspaper it gifts my goat to have him fidget like I was doin' him per sonal injury"
 Hum, ha. l get off here" said the meek little man, who laid his paper carefully on the seat and made hasty exit
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Easily Fixed.

A negro truck driver backed his wagon into the space allotted to rival transfer concern at a railway freight depot in Dallas, Tex.
 Hey, dar, niggah!" yelled the driv- CT on whose territory the other had transgressed. "I'll knock yo' outa yo' house and home ef yo' don't back up!"
 "Fse got no home,' retorted the of lending driver. Now whut yo gonna do bout dat?"
 "I'll dig yo' one, niggah-I'll dig yo' one!"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
LoveIorn PhiIateIist.

The manager of an advertising con- cern has made it a fad to collect curi- ous ads, particularly of personal na' ture. Here Is one, which he culled from the Figaro of Paris:
 "A collector of postage stamps, pos. sessing 13,440 specimens, desires to contract a marriage with young lady who is also collector, and who pos sesses the blue Mauritius stamp of 1847. No other need apply"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Needless Advice to BenedIcts.

Know myself is the advice of the Bible and the advice of Socrates; but"
 The speaker Judge Melville c. Car ter of Baltimore, was discussing a dis astrous Baltimore marriage.
 But" he resumed, If mans mar ried, he'll find out all about himself anyway
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
HOW IS YOUR LIVER?

If your liver is inactive you will be bilious, dizzy, have headaches, bad breath pimples, etc. One BONDS LIVER PILLS at bed time will cure these troubles promptly
 They are safe and INEXPENSIVE. If four dealer will not supply you, send 25c to Bonds Pharmacy Co.,, Little Rock, Ark. Adv
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Increase in Sale of Bibles.

The British and Foreign Bible so- ciety's sales for the year ending March, 1914, were 8,958,233 Bibles, Testaments and portions. Five years ago the sales were 5,931.7 and the progression to date has been steadily upward.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
IN STERLING
 LIVES A GIRL
Who Suffered As Many Girls Do-Tells How She
 Found Relief.
Sterling, Conn., am a girl of 22 years and l used to faint away every

month and was very weak. I was also bothered a lot with female weakness. I read your little book Wisdom for Wo- men, and I saw how o t h e rs h ad been helped by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound, and
 decided to try it, and it has made me feel
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Paoeant That Cost Millions.

The most magnificent scene ever witnessed at the cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris, was the coronation of Napoleon and Josephine. The ex- pense of this was S5,000,000 francs.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
No Wonder 1t Stopped,

Betty was milking the COW when the mad bull tore over the meadow. Betty did not stir, but continued milk ing. Observers who had rA safety saw ta the.1. ast5nisb the bull stopped dead withl.- yards of the maid and COW, turned round, and went away sadly.
 Weren't you afraid? Why did he run away?" asked every one. .<es Betty.
 He got scared" said Betty This COW is his mother-in-law"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Why He Collapsed,

And what said the great special ist. do you consider to have been the cause of your husbands sudden and complete collapse?"
 He insisted on trying to follow story in the moving pictures ?"-Puck.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Looked Older.

That boy looks more than five years old" said the railroad conductor to the mother.
 '1 know it. sir, but he's not. He was brought up In Philadelphia" re- piled the mother.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Cannot Be Drafted,

Tn youth who at the age of sixteleH leaves Russia, or any other fora
 ..itry, aid at the age Of sens .sone ycomes an American citizen, cannot legally. upon returning to his native land. be made to serve in tho army.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

"Three years ago was in a wretched condition with backache, bearing down pains, and at times was so sore and lame that I could not move about l had inflammation and irritation, and although I used differ ent remedies they did me no good.
 "A neighbor who had been using Peruna advised me to try it, and I am glad that I did
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Suspicioua Action.

Did you ask your girls father for her hand in marriage?"
 q did"
 And he refused you. I can tell by the way you look
 No, he didn't. He gave his con sent"
 Then why that peculiar look you are wearing?"
 He was so darned willing. g."-Hous- ton Post.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
AHrontedZ

"The Impotence of that druggist"
 Whats the matter, Grayce?'
 "I went in to buy stamp and he asked me if I could wait until he took an order over the telephone"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Deficient in Oxygen.

The diseases to which caisson work CTS are subject, according to French authority, are due to the fact that when air is compressed hydraulically it loses nearly one-fifth of it's oxygen.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Surely,

Mir F1atte-Don't you think what we do is reflected In our faces, dear?
 Mrs. F1atte-Yes, William; I notice when you are examining a long bill your face Is also long.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

Notice-Secretary Jno. B. Cowpland, Little Rock, will be glad to supply ap- plication blanks, etc.. to those request ing them Send in your application early is urged so that no omissions will occur Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Very Slow.

The Boston tea party had just been held.
 And no tangoi" we exclaimed. Herewith we voted 1t tame affair.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Happy Indeed.

Romantic Reader-Did your last novel end happily?
 Authorizes, the publishers paid me $2,000 the day I finished it.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

Father Time probably hands wom- an new wrinkle occasionally merely as a reminder that she hasn't been for gotten.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, watery ,Ss H1a cmfar Wrt,a fer & NO
 by mail Free Murine Eye Remedy Co.,. Chicago.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

More than million tons of coffee gre required annually to provide a daily beverage for half the human race.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

Salem, Ore, man paid off his mort gage this season with single crop of strawberries.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

The face of new blackboard eraser is made of felt so perforated that the crayon dust is gathered inside it.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red Cross Ball Blue. Makes beautiful, clear white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

Of the 6,000,000 horsepower avail able in the waterfalls of Sweden, only about sixteen per cent is used at pres ent.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Save the Babies.

ighfu hardly realize that of all the children born in civilized countries ~enytw4 per en % than onthd before they @ and onea before they fifteen
 hesitate that timely of Castora would save
  deaths occaoned by the narcotic preparations complaints opium morphine They considerable quantities
 
 compositions sickness death Ca operates exactly the reverse ns
  causes blood circulate properly, opens the -H the skin and alays fever /1 <LZTNA-A
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

like new girl and am now relieved of all these troubles. I hope all young girls will get relief as have. I never felt better in my life. Miss BERTHA A. PELoQUIN, Box 116, Sterling, Conn.
 Massena, N. Y.-"I have taken Ly- dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and highly recommend it. If anyone wants to write to me 1 will gladly tell her about my case. was certainly in @ bad condition as my blood was all turn ing to water. Ihad pimples on my face and bad color, and for five years had been troubled with suppression. The doctors called it 'Anemia and Exhaus- ton, and said I was all run down, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- pound brought me out all right. Miss LAvISA MYRES, Box "A, Massena, NY.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Not Quite.

Pop, about war horse" Well, my son?"
 "Is a war horse hors du combat?'
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

Minnesota's 1914 poultry and egg
 output is valued at $35,000,00
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09

Cleveland's Federation of Charities needs $400,000 to carry on it's work.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
DIDN'T SEEM MUCH TO SAY
Final WaIlop From His Best Girl That Left Fervent Lover Without
 an Answer.

The west wind howled in the branches, but they heard it not, for they were in the Swiffieworth paflor and plate-glass windows were down. T admit there is a certain fascina- tion about your stickp!us," she said, but 1 cannot marry you. There are reasons" -(
 Name them'"fhe cried, and it was beautiful to S the way his square jaw set andy 40 chest expanded. Father
 I'll r,S ass and bring him to-
 "M
 "TnN suffrage" "YatE past"
 WaT& with
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Shade trees,

"hud besides, was ma. Bilieneeo last Wednesday,
 For moment he was quite at a -Jss for a reply-Detroit Free Press.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
For Myself and - l~ Family
Peruna has Done
 Wonders.

M T S. Emma Stolt, No. 697 A a n ii c St., Appleton, Wis, writes: Peru na has done me a great deal of good since l began taking it, and l am al ways glad to speak a good word for it.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-10-09
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.

Young GIrlS, Heed This AdV1ce.
 Girls who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, headache, dragging down sensations, fain ting spells or indigestion, should immediately seek restoration to health by taking Ly- dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Chicago Magnates
Aid st. Louis Feds;
Brown After Smith

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16.-Without the
financial backing OF Charles Weegh-
man, W. M. Walker and their asso-
ciates in Chicago, the st. Louis (Fed-
eral League) team probably would
still be without ball yard. The OPP
ton on Hanlan's Park was about to
expire and the local hackers were ct
loggerheads when Weeghman and his
associates appeared on the scene and
closed the deal for what Is considered
the best location in st. Louis
With Chicago's aid, the local Fed
erals are now on their feet, and Man
ager Mordecai Brown stated to-day
that he has started to sign players
from the National and American
Leagues. He is reported to have
signed Bobby Byrne, Philadelphia, and
Lefty High, Detroit.
He Is dickering with Lefty Leif1eld,
Wallie Smith, Charles O'Leary and
Max Carey. Smith was a member %
the pennant- winning Atlanta team of
the Southern League,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Ebbets Still Hopes
To Land Joe Tinker

KANSAS CITY, Jan, 16.-Chas.
Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn
National League team, to-day is due
in Chicago, where he hopes to confer
with Joe Tinker and induce him to
accept his offer to join the Dodgers.
The boss Of the Brooklyn club, before
leaving here, expressed a belief that
he can sway Joe and bring him back
into organized baseball. While here
Ebbets signed four players, fifth
holding out.
After the Brooklyn man departed,
Chas. Stengel said he would sign to-
DAY. Wheat's contract is for three
years and those of Riggert, Aitchison
and Raglan are for one year each.
Before his departure, Robinson said
all the Brooklyn players with the
exception of Tinker had signed.
Ebbets signed Outfelders Wheat
and Joe Riggert, the latter the lead
ing slugeer of the American Asocia
ton last year, who was drafted from
st. Paul; Pitcher Aitchison, who de
serted the Dodgers last season. and
Pitcher Nat Raglan.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
W. Johnson Not Strike-out King
+s+
Jim Scott Famed IS in a Game

York and famed 10 batsmen.
We should rather fancy Mr.. Scott,
rare old Death Valley wheel horse,
had some stuff. on occasions.
D UCK O'BRIEN, of the Red Sox,
II famed an even dozen Senators
in seven innings and lost the game,
"a. Mitchell, of the Maps, scored
IL strike outs against the Yanks, but
Travelled 10 innings while doing it.
Old Eddie Plank. of the Athletics,
and Bob Groom, of the Senator'S are
the other American League hurlers
to fan dozen in Shining game.
Nov, we come to w. Johnson
~ Walter performed creditably in
number of games, Is might be
guessed. He got II strike outs against
the White SoX in 9 innings, 10 against
the Athletics in 9, and in three other
games.
Joe Wood famed 10 men in four
separate games. three of them being
extra-inning affairs. Gregg, Falken-
berg, Hall Plank, Bender, Leverenz,
Bedient and Scott all got into the
10 strike-o outs class and a kid, Ayres,
of Washington whitfield II Athletics
in innings, September 80
THE record number OF strike outs
for one game in 1913 was made
by Engel, Hughes and Johnson, who
famed 20 Browns in a 15-inning
game that ended in a tie, S-8.
The unhappy Browns distinguished
themselves further by achieving the
club swinging championship of the
league. On 20 occasions not less than
-.-
famed in a single game.
Ernest ]. Lanigan in The Sporting
News has an interesting table show
ing strike-out feats by clubs and the
same feats reversed. The Boston
Red Sox topped the list for strike
out hurting, with the Yankees last
The Tigers did less striking out than
any other club, and the Browns Gas
mentioned) did the most.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
By O. B. Keller.

TT some wild-eyed fan nailed you
by your lapel buttonhole sud
denly and asked you, real quick,
What American League pitcher
famed the most batters in a single
game last year," you'd say walter
Johnson" without stopping to think.
Wouldn't you?
Yes-and you would be wrong
Well, then, Smoky Joe" Wood?
Nope.
Eddie Plank?
Not Eddie, either
w ELL, who?
w Well. nobody in the world but
old Jim Scott: Death Valley Jim, .
of the Chicago White sox.
VOu don't hear so much about Jim
L Scott these days. Most people
take him for a good, steady old plug
ger; sort OF old wheel-horse affair.
Not at all on the spectacular scintil
liant Big Smoke" style.
And yet this old war-horse worked
In two games last year In which he
famed more batsmen than any other
hurler in the American League. In
one Of the games he duplicated Ed
Walsh's marvellous performance
against Cleveland in 1908, when the
Big Reel set Is men down on strikes
I'm s innings--and lost his game, To-
to Addie Joss, against whom not q
man reached first.
nLD Jim Scott famed 10 men in 8
" innings too. In the first inning
he failed to fan any. being not warm
ed up, it seemed. Also, he lost his
game, 20, being beaten by st. Louis
with Leverenz on the slab-some
feat In itself
Scott may be a plain old wheel
horse, but when he i. properly hooked
up he has a delivery that is just
about as hard to connect with as the
end of the rainbow.
In the first inning Of his game June
% Scott whitfield nobody. In the sec
ond he got Q; in the third, fourth and
fifth, / each: in the sixth and sew
enth, he famed the side, making six
strike-outs in a row; and In the
eighth and ninth, he got two each.
Some tanning
~ September % Scott took another
~ turn with the luckless Browns,
tanning IA men In nine innings and
beating them handily on this occa-
sion. July Q he worked against New
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Peacock FLEET Plays
Marist Five Today

Peacock Fleet and Marist will clash
this afternoon In one of the three
games scheduled in the Prep Basket
Ball League. The game will be
played at the Peacock Fleet gymna-
SUM.
The Donald Fraser Stone Mountain
game and the Boys High Tech High
games have been postponed until to-
morrow afternoon
The Maris- Peacock Fleet game Will
be a corking good game, as Marist
showed great form in their game with
Tech High and Peacock Fleet has
the best team they have had in some
time,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Promoters Expect
Record Crowd to See
Wolgast-Rivers Go

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 16.-The big
gest gate since the Hedding boxing
bin went into effect is what the Mil
waukee boxing promoters are predict
ing for the Wolgast- Rivers scmrap at
the Hippodrome on January %.
Not since the Mcfarland Wolgast
fight of three years ago, which result
ed in a fiasco at the last moment, due
TO interference on the part of Sheriff
Arnold, has Milwaukee been so stirred
up over a conflict.
The promoters look for a $4,000
house. The seating capacity of the
Hippodrome will be somewhere about
5000, ranging from 81 a head to
1850
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Fraternity Gusts
Collins and Baker

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1s.-Eddie
Collins and Frank Baker the prime
of the Mack family of world cham
pions, have been bounced bodily from
the Baseball Players Fraternity by
President Dave Fultz.
a trifiing matter of refusing to pay
their dues in the organization brought
about the expulsion Of the two famous
infelders Of the Athletics. Neither,
however, is worrying about the fra
ternity. Baker said: II never did care
a rap for the order" While Collins
takes more interest in the political
side than the home run king, Eddie
said to-day that he guessed he could
get along without worrying himself
into a nervous wreck.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Athletic Club Boys
Finish Work To-day
For Birmingham Five

ball players will finish hard work to-
day for their game with the Birming
ham quintet tomorrow night Joe
Bean put his boys through a stiff
work-o out yesterday, and says the
players are already in great shape
The Birmingham quintet is said to
be the best in years, and Joe knows
that the local five will have tough
battle on their hands tomorrow
night.
The Athletic Club team will leave
tomorrow morning for Birmingham
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Travers to Play For
British Golf Title

NEW YORK, Jan. 16-Jerome D.
Travers, amateur golf champion, is
certain to compete In the British
championships.
All doubt was dispelled yesterday
when the titleholder announced that
he had engaged quarters at Sand
wich, where the tournament will be
held beginning May Is. Travers will
sail about March 10 or IS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16

Until my brain toas heauv ,oith
fatigue,
But not single player came to riet1
Who toas not flirting ,oith the Fed
erdt League.
Baseball players are divided into
three classes, to wit: Those who have
signed with the FederaIs, those who
those who have refused to sign with
the FederaIs.
team writes that he has already
signed Washington contract and
that he is therefore unable to do
business with the Feds.
Joe Tinker" ayers Hughey Jen-
nings will be with Brooklyn next
summer" Hughey has been spending
his vacation in Bermuda, where he
evidently was overcome by the odor
Of onions.
A dispatch from Paris says that
Georges Carpenter has earned $780,
900 in the last five years. Whaddaya-
mean earn?
We hear no more of the report that
Gunboat Smith and Jess Willard will
meet in Milwaukee. The man wretch
who started the report is still at large.
In view of the silence lowering
around the Federal League, II is GER
tain that Tom Jones is not in any way
connected with 1t.
Connie Mack tells US that baseball
nagnates are paying out all the
money they possibly can afford,
whereas he should have told il to Mr..
Sweeney.
II Charlie Murphy we're the United
States Supreme Court, every member
Of the Federal League would be
hanged, drawn and CHARTERED and
kicked in the shins.
The betting on tho Richie Murpny
fight shows that there Is popular
impression that Murphy will not win
unless he is allowed to use meat ak.
II il is true that Hans lobert has
signed Fed contract, it is also true
that he did il by wireless.
Or, perehance, Mr.. knabe, who is
said to have signed Mr.. Lobert, is a
good long distance swimmer.
Bob Fitzsmmons is going to law TO
decide whether he is fit to fight. A
few years ago he was whipped by an
alleged puelist named Bill Lang Isn't
that enough?
The report that Bombardier Wells
and Bandsman Blake will get $4,000
purse shows that England also has It's
p. 7, Barnums.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
pug Cavet Signs
With Detroit Tigers

DETROIT, MICH, Jan 16-Hughey
CLefty'D High has the honor Of be-
ing the first member Of the Detroit
Tigers to sign one OF the new style
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16

contracts dictated by tho Players
Fraternity. He signed last night. A
signed contract was received this at
ternoon from Pitcher Pug" Cavet,
last year with the Mobile club in the
Southern League.