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Indigestion 10 often caused by over.
eating. An eminent authority says
the harm done thus exceeds that FROM
the excessive use of alcohol. Eat ali
the good food you want but don't over
load the stomach. A weak stomach
may refuse to digest what you eat.
Then you need Q good digestant like
Kodol which digssts your food With.
out the atomachss aid. This rest and
the wholesome tonica Rodol contains
soon restore health. Dieting unnecee.
sary. Ko6iol quickly relieves the feel-
Ing OF fnlness and bloattnR FROM
which some people suffer after meals.
Absolutely cures Indigestion.
MassoH saaSussa'S 'B'0snaas
Prepared only bg e. @. DgWr j. co. Chicago.
15sss. bostla contairssa taznes sheooc. sises
II you want = good buggy this spring,
don't buy until you have examined our
stock TARTgR Bros. za
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-19
MEETING elsRslAN
AAPTISl' BkM,l NlsR =.

gelsfoutaine, 0. pao Norfolk t
weastean ny will sell excursion tick
cts Moy 30 10 June s, liskeis limited tt
Juue 9Th. BY depoei''n ticket @ith
Agent Bellefontaine, @, extension car .
bs had 10 June 3oih 1913 no Zee )
anired On May goth through cars viii
80 run from stations on Shenandoah
Valley Division and from Roanoke
Write for rates.
W b. Bevill, M.F. Bragg.
q. r. A. q P. A,
Roanoke Va.
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Or. J. P. Hill will be at Rural Retreat
Wednesday aud Thursday after the SEQ.
ond Monday la each month. prepared
to do all kinds of dental work, Teeth
extracted without pam.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-19

Chan berlaius Chcli', Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy
Ie everywhere original 40 the ona rem
edy that can always be depended upon
and that lie pleasant to take. 1t ia es-
pecaly valued for summer d!arrhoea
Ia childen and is undoubtly the means
Of eaying the lives Of great many ehll
dren each year, For sale w w, Buck
and co.
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and chseFiulnesa soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out OF order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
hecoms 50 prevalent
th2S II Is not uncommon
for q child to be born
afflicted with weak kid-
neys. 1.-THE child uriu
49,, A.an -. IL iL.a
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NEW YORK LIFE

Insurance Co. Of New York
City, incorporated l843) is
the ONLY company that is
sues a policy ABSOLUTELY
free Of conditions as to resi-
deace, occupation, travel, hab-
its Of life, and manner, time
or place Of death.
This company is the largest COM pany
IN the world, having written One HIM.
drsd Million more Insurance than the
next nearest American Insurance com
pany last year and now having the lsr
gest amount OF insufsne IN force. We
solicit your business.
q. G. HrRoNs, Special Rep'ye.
j. ~, Seorr and A. H. NEpp, Agts,
Rural Retreat, Va,
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Bavis Bros. Go. Are nov taxing or
dersEfor Rural Free Delivery mail boxes
they would be glad to see all parties
interested,
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BLACK PERFECTION.

BLACK PERFECTION.
have registered Poland Chins Boar
which offer for service at my home
~ miles OF Rural Retreat,
Respectfully,
w Fl. Dixon.
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Women as Well 40 Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dts
coarages and lessons ambition; beauty, ylgor
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II, w. Kisg QUE OF the prosperous
farnars OF the Crockett Depot neigh.
borbood, paid ps pleasant call Mon
day.
Miss Cynthia Moose, great aunt OF Rsv
w. y. Bailey ID quite sick at the pars-
mage on Richmond avenue. She suffef.
cd O stroke of paralysis last wesk OF her
left side md owing to her extreme age
Of So years her recovery 10 not expect
ed.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.


To the Citizens Of Wythe county
respectfully announce my eanalaa=
cy for The office OF Treasurer. OF Wythe
pounty, subject to the Will Of the Dem;
eeratie party, and promise II uomlnaiea
and electe !, faithful discharge OF the
duties Of the position.
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM G, HOWE.
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HE RURAL RETREAT TIMES
FRIDAY, JUNE is, 1908,
passenwer Train Schedule,

The tfaIus thet carry passengers oti
the Norfolk & Western will leave hnfai
Retraat station as fellowe
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-19

Nice lot Of fancy paraaols at The Ark
very cheap.
Special bargain IN straw hats at
Davis Bros, Go
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
He Was Lost in His Art.

OF the journal itself he says: There
is a problem about the work which I
leave to others to solve-how much Of
il was written as dated. and how much
afterward, as piece OF art, as a tes-
lament of his sorrow. Parts of it have
struck me as having been composed in
the latter way. and the last pages. Of
course, imply as much.
Extraordinary pages they are TO me,
That d man who was about to take his
lie should have written them is one of
the strangest cases of artistic absorp-
tioD I know of in literature But Arthur
Stirling was a man lost in his art just 50
so full Of 1t. so drunk with it. that
nothing in life had other meaning to
him. To quote the words he loved, from
the last Of his heroes. he longed for ex-
cenence as the lion longs for his food.
SO he lived and so he worked; the
world had no use for his work, and so
he died.
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The Tragedy of Soul IS Found in the Stow of Arthur
StTling an Author Unknown TO Fame, But Who
COurted It and Failed in His Quest.

it. one IS forced to admit that, taking
into consideration the age of the writer,
and the extraordinary use OF language
and insight into human nature to be
found in the pages of this journal, Ar
thur Stirling had good reason for his
belief that he was a genius.
II his best beloved work, The Cap
tive" as far superior to these dis
connected records as a mans best work
should be superior to his letters and
journals, it is probably all that he claim
ed for it. But if Shakespeare himself
were to be reincaTnated. and offer a
tragedy in blank verse to the average
publisher just at this time. 1t is not
likely that he would meet with any bet
ter success than did this boy from the
Middle West, with his fervor. his mex
perience- his belief in himself, his over
weight of temperament. and his abject
1soyerfy
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Colonial Fashions.

To whose keeping should l trust it
but that Of the man I love, Lorton ?"
she whispered.
Such coy tea as these two had
together. 1t was the first time hey
had eaten alone. Maynard Iaughingly
observed that they might almost imagine
themselves married. CIaudine laughed,
too. but suddenly grew grave.
"Lorton." she said, after a little
hesitation, will you mind if I speak
about something sado / would not do it.
only it seems cruel in me TO be so
full of JOY when there is such a mem
ory in my life. And besides, I have
always promised myself that if ever
a man told me that he loved me, I would
make him sharer in my secret"
Your secret, Iove!" exclaimed May
nard. Surely you can have no secret. -
They were sitting on the veranda in
the moonlight. Maynard's arm was
about her. her head on his shoulder,
her eyes looking up into his as she told
her story.
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You did not know that I once hsfu
a sister. She was older than I; she
is dead-died of shame We lived in
the city then. Papa was struggling to
get along. and Bess helped him. She
was a clerk in one of the big stores,
at one of the counters where men often
came. And there was one who bought
things he really did not need just to
purchase them from her; and one day
he asked her out TO drive with him.
And ne sent her. presents and made
promises which he never kept. And
then she died. Oh. Lorton, the misery
of 1.-THE shame for US all! Papa 5
heart was broken, and he thanked
heaven that mamma had not been
spared to suffer this blow-this worse
than death And then we came up here
to bury ourselves in the country
Now, l have told you this. because
wanted you to know all about me, and
because 1 thought that perhaps you
would some day ind the man and make
him suffer as he has made us His
name, or the name he gave Bcss. was
Laurence Morton
A cry as of mortal agony escaped the
u that had been steadily growing
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An H7lpractIcabHltv.

With the constitution of an iron man
one might, perhaps, survive the double
tax of starvation and intense and con-
slant struggle for some years; perhaps
the writer Of this journal might have
lived to outgrow the impracticability of
his attitude toward the world and find
way to win hearing without the sacri-
fee of his ideals, hut he did not have a
constitution Of IRON. nor nerves Of steel,
nor any of what is commonly called bust
ness sense; and so it was too much for
him, and he died at twenty-one. That is
the story in the skeleton of its simplicity.
And again it may be observed, to those
wise ones who teach that starvation is
good for genius, that nobody knows so
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At ElmJop Maynard found board in the
house of the village doctor. where the
doors we're locked at 10 every night and
breakfast was eater each morning at =.
Maynard was a man Of the world.
city bred and Inclined 10 hold in con-
tempt sentimental fancies for grass and
flowers and birds Nevertheless, he
soon found himself becoming convinced
that no grass was so green as that
which grew in Elmtop, no flowers so
fragrant as those that tIoomed in the
doctors garden, no music sweetsr than
the songs Of the birds that each morn
ing woke him to a new day Of exist
ence in this quiet little town where he
was happier than he had ever been be-
fore
And if life was rose tinged for him,
what was it for her. whose whole hori-
zon hitherto had been bounded by the
affections of her father. and the sweet
content that comes from duty done
Maynard had been taken captive on the
very first night of his arrival. IS she
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T@o Sorts Of StarUatIoH.

And again, you may find a man who Is
living on the commonest and cheapest
of food, and meyer gets even enough Of
that, and by and by the time comes that
he does not get anything at all to eat
for day or two. and that is real star
walton, and there is very much less
poetry in it than is commonly supposed
The latter sort Of starvation fell to
the lot of this lonely boy In New York,
and although he tried to combine it with
poetry he did not succeed. Those who
say that it is good for genius to be roor
rich; but there IS a degree Of poverty.
It IS not necessary for genius &c bs
rich; but there is a degree OF comfort
which does not Interfere with the pro-
duction of great works OF art; in faoks
It tends to the production Of more OF
them
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sat opposite him at table and poured
the tea. In her daintiness, her freedom
from all self-consciousness or thought
OF her own attractiveness, there was for
him ali the charm of novelty He could
no more have helped showing his ad-
miratiOn for her in his eyes than he
could have stopped breathing; and when
he saw that instead of her being an
noyed she was as frankly pleased as
child the conquest was complete.
That was the beginning. The days and
weeks that followed were haIcyon ones
to each of them. Sometimes Maynard
looked back upon his past life. and was
amazed at himself For his crop of wild
oats had been no small one, and he had
left off sowing it not so many years
back, He was row nearer forty than
thirty. quite time for ne to settle
down" he told himself
He wondered what CIaudine would
think if she knew his past Pure as The
unsullied snow herself, he felt instinct
lively that she would be among those
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paleV as Maynard listened to story he
knew only too we'll. It needed not the
mention OF his own nom de guerre at
the end to assure him that there could
be no mistake-fhat he held in his arms
tie sister OF the girl ne rad ruined
''Lorton, what is ito exclaimed Clau-
dine. starting up Are you iII2"
BY a powerful effort Maynard con-
trolled himself
1t is very strange" he said huskily.
7 never knew it TO happen before. It
must"
Let me go for something for YOU. l
viii be back in a moment. dear"
AS Claudine disappeared through the
doorway Maynard sprang OF the piazza
and strobe swiftly down the road toward
the bridge The moonlight cleaned
brightly on the foam crested water as 1t
broke over the Jagged rocks. Maynard
paused for an instant, and, raising his
eyes to heaven. moaned.
And just when my life is filled with
true happiness. But death Is better
than a living lie. oh. poor Claudinel I
love you With all my heart, with all the
strength of my life! May God comfort
YOU and forgive you for ever hzvins
loved met"
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His Various Occupations.

IN the record Of this year We find him
a cable car conductor. q salesman. a
waiter in a Sixth Avenue restaurant, i
shoveler of snow. Those who think that
a man can follow these occupations and
boarding house to write poetry at night
never tried to write much poetry This
course which this youth followed was to
save all but the merest Dittance from
his wages, until he had accumulated
enough to support him for month. or
two months. OF three; and during these
periods of freedom he lived literally on
oatmeal and bread, and worked feyerish-,
" at his art.
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who stand out vigorously for the one
standard of honor for men and women.
So the summer drifted on, bearing
these two on the tide Of love. And one
August afternoon Maynard decided he
would speak The doctor had gone on
long ride to see a patient over the
mountain. CIaudine and Maynard were
sitting under the trees behind the house.
Claude" Maynard began. shall you
miss me after go away next month";"
She looked up-the expression of her
eyes giving him an answer that made
his heaart beat faster
of course. shall"
And I shall miss you. little one. >"
he went on softly. But why should
it be necessary that either of us ever
miss the other?"
DO you mean faItered on her
lips
4 mean that I want you to be my
wife. You know that 1 love you. that
I would give my life for yours Am
too old for you to trust your hap
piness TO my keeping?''
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GNTO tennis no hoF5s6aek. moth
N ing to excite you" Such
we're the words Of Lorton
Maynard's physician when ne sent him
of TO EImtop for three months In order
that the young lawyer might escape a
complete breakdown. Maynard had been
enormously successful in his practice.
vas extremely popular socially. ana had
In consequence burned the candle at
both ends during the previous winter.
By midsummer he narrowly escaped
being snuned out himself
Rest and a complete change of scene
are the only things that will set you on
your feet again. said DR.. Briefly. You
want to get completely away from your
kind. from those who remind you of
what your life Is in its ordinary chan
nels. think know just the place for
you. The question is. VIII you go2''
Yes, as you-say my life depends upon
it though if am driven to suicide from
boredom fail TO see what has been
gained"
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The Path of Genus.

If there we're nothing else 10 make this
book worth reading, one idea in it would
remain important. It is singular that
10 one. before the appearance of The
journal of Arthur Stirling, has ever
pointed out the fact that of the seven
poets who practically made the Htera-
ture of England in the nineteenth cen
fury. only one was menaced by the fear
Of want, and that was Keats. who died
at twenty-five. Wordsworth, Tennyson,
Browning. Byron, Shelley, swinburne. all
had at least enough to keep them in
bread and butter
Even Of American men of genius there
have been few who we're not at least in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
Men and MatToDs, BoUs and Girls of
Nearly Two Centuries Ago EnjOUed
Advantages and Privileges Which Gave
Them a Certain Freedom Unknown to
Twentieth Century PeTSonageS. :. :;

OF colonial characters, and all the pic
lures and plays dealing with the sub
ject. the store Of information on pre-
Revolutionary costume is far from be-
ing exhausted, and aside from the his
toricaI value of such a work as this, it
ought to be invaluable TO people who
wear the garb OF their ancestors at mas
querades, in parlor theatricaIs, and
other places in which the cooked hat
and quilted pet icoat are often seen
The 7 hedteT.
other chapters deal with the amuse-
ments OF old New York, with the thea
ter, that form OF entertainment called
the show with balls and social clubs.
etc. An extract from one Of the show
bills of the time proves that the art of
advertising is not altogether modern
even in its most extravagant forms.
Listen 10 this, now:
I'VE hear that Mr. Bonnin is 50
crowded with company TO view his per-
spectives that he can scarce get even
so much time as to eat, drink, or say
his prayers. from the time he gets out
Of bed till he repairs to it again: and ii
is the opinion of some able physicians
that If he makes rich. it must be at the
expense of the health of his body; and
of some learned divines, that It mus be
at the expense of the welfare of his
poor souI:''
Strong Attractions
And again: Mr. Bonnin intended 70
go today TO Long Island. but the people
of all ranks and ages crowded to see
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him in such numbers all the week, which
encouragement. together with the cries.
tears. and prayers Of the populace. as he
passes along the streets. to continue an
other week longer in town, have at last
prevailed upon him TO defer MS removal
to next week"
The attraction which stirred Up New
York 10 so violent a pitch OF emotion
appears to have been a set Of views Of
European scenery and architecture,
something in the line OF panorama.
This was in 174S
The New Woman Not New.
It appears. also. from the chapter on
the manners Of the time, that the new
woman is not so very new in the world
after all The author quotes an extract
from the Spectator" Of 1882. describing
a damsei by the name Of stradeils, as
stirling up and down the room man
fashion, with her hands behind her,
whistling, and saIuting the absshed and
disappearing masculine visitor with
How dost, old Hail." We also ind
here a vehement protest from a con-
tributor Of 1874, against women taking
so active an interest in what he calls
.'politicks."
Altogether. there is a vast deal OF
entertaining and instructive reading in
this book, and it is likely 10 make the
most pessimistlc American reflect that
his case is not, after all, as bad as it
might be. since he did not live hundred
and fifty years ago. New York: D. Ap-
pIeton Coz
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exercise The type originated about
ITO. when a number OF fashionable
young EngIishmen who had made the
Grand Tour formed themselves on heir
return, into a club. which they named
in honor of Italy's favorite dish From
the Macaroni Club they took their name,
and they carried extravaganza in fash
ion, in dress and in manner 10 the
verge Of absurdity.
For a few years everything was la
MacsrOni, and the term was as familiar
in New York as in London"
The high headdress Of the time vas
perhaps more charming in miniatures
than in reality, for this description is
certainly not attractive:
COiffuTeS of the Day
During this age it was impossible
for ladies TO dress their hair themselves.
The great erection on their heads had TO
be composed or built up with pads,
cushions. puffs and curIs before it was
ornlmanted with Iappets, gauze, lace,
poufs, feathers, ropes Of pearls OF
beads, jewels, ornamental pins and var
ious fantastic gewgaws- With a plenti-
full supply Of pomatum. powder and
false hair. as well as crisping and curl
ing tongs ard pins, the barber works all
into such a state of confusion that YOU
would imagine it was intended for the
stuffing OF a chair bottom. then bending
it into various curIs and shapes over
mis- finger he fastens it witt black pins
so tight to the head that neither the
weather nor time have power to alter
it's position. Thus my lady is dressed
for three months at least, during which
time it is not in her power to comb ner
head"
One feels that from the point of view
of cleanliness and comfort the dame of
the common people may have had some
advantages in those days.
| Colonial Fashions.
In fact, several chapters ar devoted
to the dress of men and wo;aen. and
though most people may consider them
selves already familiar with colonial
fashions. the average reader will be
likely TO discover much that is new in
these pages
! In spite Of all that has been written
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4 BOOK Of Realism.

The reader inevitably queries. reading
the first pages OF this introduction.
whether the whole thing may not be
piece Of clever advertising OF a work
Of pure fiction. A little later he is tore
ed TO admit that even as pure fiction
it would be an achievement 10 hit upon
a notion so purely original and so Euu
Of the elements Of tragic interest. But
the book sounds real, and one reads it
with a growing conviction that it is
real Then one goes back and reads It
again.
In the introduction. Strings per
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rain is expected and in a manner drown
the singing of the birds They frequent
" make such a noise that it is difficult
for a person TO make himself heard.
OId-Time Residences.
Most Of the houses are built Of bricks
and are generally strong and neat and
several stories high. Some had, accord
ing TO old architecture. turned the gable
end toward the streets, but the new
houses were altered in this respect.
Many Of the houses had a balcony on
the roof. in hieh the people used to sit in
the evening in the summer season; and
thence they had p pleasant view of a
great part Of the town and likewise a
part Of the adjacent water and Of the oD-
posite shore. The roofs are commonly
covered with tiles or shingles. the latter
Of which are made Of the white fir tree.
or Pinus strobus, which grows higher up
in the country.
The inhabitants are Of opinion that q
roof made Of these shingles is as durable
as one made in Pennsylvania OF the white
cedar or Cupressus thyoides. The walls
were whitewashed within. and l did not
anywhere see bangings, with which the
people in this country seem in general
to be little acquainted
The walls were quite covered with all
sorts Of drawings and pictures in small
frames On each side of the chimneyE
they usually had a sort of aIcove, ana
the wall under the windows was wains-
coted. and had benches placed near It
The aIcoves and all the woodwork were
painted with a blush gray color"
gbfs extract contains some suggestions
Tor persons staging Colonial plays.
whether they be professionals or anna
tours
/ There is a bit of information. little
/ further on, which throws light upon the
origin of a somewhat mysterious phrase
in Yankee Doodle, ant it is this:
Yankee EOOdIe."
The oxford Magazine for 1910 says: A
/ kind of animal neither male nor female
lately started up amongst US. It is call
/ ed a Maclroni II eaIks without mean
ing. it smiles without pleasantly. it
3 eats without appetite, it rides without