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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
Today s Short Story
The Missing Ring


 N BEN GRABBLE was sitting on a
 moving machine cutting the July wheat. Eben was light hearted Within a week the crop would be in, and then he was going to take time to. get married
 Soon a pretty sight met Eben's vi- sion It was young girl coming though the wheat The sun shcne down on her pink calico dress; her face was concealed by a sunbonnet- When she came up she pushed the bon net back and stood with a troubled look on her young face.
 What on airth's the matter, Katie2,' asked Eben.
 'HThe ring; it's gone"
 'Gone9s
 '.Yes. I left it at the well when I was washing my hands to go for a towel, and when came back it wasn't there.''
 Eben jumped down from the ma chine and put his arms about her. Katie Ball was slender and graceful was her first real trouble.
 Never mind, sweetheart" he said consolingIy. ''I'l get you another.'' "Yes, but it won't be that one,'' An hour later Moli Tinker passed on the other side of the fence. She had been to the store for a pitcher of mo- lasses.
 '.Mornin', Eben,' she said. She had seen Katie visit her lover and wished to know the reason. She wished to know everything. She pumped Eben till she got out of him that Katie had lost the ring he had given her. s'It beats aIl,'' she. said as she passed on, stthe confidence some people has," What do you mean7" called Eben. 'Ole Balls farmhouse is in the cen ter of ten acre field. How could any one git in to take a ring of'n the well house while Katie was goin to git a towel without befn' seenT ; tsDo you mean to says'-
 He got no further. The woman paid no attention to him and was soon out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
PREVENTION OF FREckLEs.
Even if They Cannot Be Banished Care
 Will Reduce Their Number.

Even if They Cannot Be Banished Care
 Will Reduce Their Number.
 Those who freckle very easily should remember that prevention is better than cure and make point of wearing shady hats and carrying parasols in summer. They should never omit. ap- plying face cream and powder before. going out of doors; only the merest dusting of powder is necessary.
 Massage helps a great deal in pre- venting and eradfcating freekles. Pro- tecting the skin in the manner pre- scribed serves to prevent freckles also.
 Some skins are so delicate that they freckle very, very quickly in the sum- mer. Glycerin and rosewater mixed in the proportion of two ounces of gIycerin to one ounce of rosewater make a splendid freckle lotion. In the case of some skins the addition of about four ounces of lemon juice to the the glycerin and rosewater has splen- did results. It should be applied sev- eral times daily and lberally at night time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
FASHIONS FoIBLEs.

 Hunting coats are worn with linen suits by young girls.
 Some Of the new capes have little vests of brocade
 Patent leather is used to trim felt outing hats.
 Violet is one Of the favorIte coiors this season. A novel fashion is the lace nina reta sort of short tunic composed of two dounces of shadow lace gather ed on to a belt and worn about the waist
 Ghildren's frocks for play hours should be cut over one piece pattern The jumper bodice is much in eyl- dence at present for young girls Corbeau blue IS still 3 much liked color.
 Even the severest tailor made suit or costume for fall will have pendant or tassel somewhere as finishing touch.
 The new whfm of fastening the ceintune of draperies with posies or flowers is having an enormous vogue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
LAUNDRY LORE

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 If your feet get tired when you do Ironing try standing upon q cushion. One of horsehair is best. 2 A crease in a collar or cun should be danpened. smoothed out and at once ironed again.
 Irons will not stick If. when you make your starch, you mix with it one lump of sugar and a piece Of butter as big as the lump haIved.
 Never Iron stockings they should be mang1ed only.
 Rusty irons should be heated, rubbed on a piece Of beeswax tied in linen and then with coarse flannel cloth sprinkled with household salt. This will give a polish like glass.
 Press seams over broomstfck. Have g short and long piece to save awk- wardness in handling.
 The best iron cleaner Is a piece Of wire gauge. It is better than sand paper, for the dirt falls through the holes, and it is not rubbed into the iron again.
 The ironing board should De covered seams or patches. as these would mark fine linen. etc.
 The best ironing board covering is flannel tackled down and then re- movable cotton cover.
 If your elbow when ironing Is bent away from your body at an upward and outward angle that shows that the table is too high Nothing Is more tir- ing. Have little platform made.
 If you black1ead and polish thor the base and handle of your iron it will keep hot much longer. for the polish keeps the heat from radiat- ing off. Mix q little turpentine and methyIated spirit with the black lead to get hard brilliant polish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09

of hearing. But she had let lOosG snake that wriggIed straight to EbeNss bosom, where it found q ready IodR= ment. Instead of going that evening ta console Katie for hert1oss he kept away from her. The next day when he was moving she came to him again. Sha looked up at his sober face and trg- bled:
 e'The ring; I haven't found IEyek
 There's somep'n funny about Sket ring" he said, without looking at hsEs
 s'Eben7s
 ssLeastways it's queer that any ons could "a come in and taken lt while you was gone for towel
 She said nothing. She was choking something back, looking at him appegl- ingly. He would not look at her Ee never went to see his sweetheart again
 Katie's father was well to do. Seeing his daughter droop, he sent her to her aunt in the city. There she remained two years. and came back to the farm on her wedding trip with bankers son. Eben heard she was coming and kept out of the way till she had goRe
 It was June when she was ae her fathers, and early In July Ehen was cutting the wheat. One morning Moh Tinker passed by.
 'sEvenin', Eben."
 Eben nodded suIlenIY.,
 'sHad a windfaH at our house yesters day." she went on. ''Y' know got lot O birds O dinerent kinds. got tame bluejay and raven and jack daw. Them birds is the biggest depres dators I ever seen. For a long while we've been missin' things. and yester- day my Ben saw the 5aekdaW hyiny with a toothbrush in his mouth to a place under the caves of the barn. Ben got up there and found a heap O things. Among lem was q ring That's it." And she held up her finger. with a plain circlet on it,
 Eben turned pale, but he steadied himself to ask, "A.ny writin' in it7's
 Dunno. I haven't thought to lool<.s
 Eben jumped down and strode to- ward her. She took off the ring. and he seized 1t. Inside was cut 'sH. e. (date) o. B."
 Ten minutes later a man passing found AIoIl Tinker lying in the road stunned. Eben Grabble,s horses were standing hitched to, the machine Eben was nowhere to be seen and never has been seen there since. eN1oIl Tinker recovered, but gave m explanation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
MIRANDA LAMP.

inexpensive Imitation of Wicker Which May Be Made at Home.
 Lamps of wicker for the summer ve- randa are Eery popular, but they are expensive The lamp shown here, which so closely resembles wicker, is really made of crape paper. cut in long
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
vANITY.s vAeARlEs.

The Gladstone collar is a plain standup collar of muslin. open at the throat.
 A round medici collar of white ninon is charming, held in place by a black velvet throat band.
 Some of the prettiest French underclothes havee simply seal Iops and valenciennes edges for decoration.
 Coral and Iapis buttons or beads are charming, especially combined with pearls.
 Buttons of Russian maIachite look extremely well on dark CT light costumes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
Precious Salt.

What Is known as -radium'' is radium salt. usually either radium bromide or radfum chloride, sometimes radlrm sulphate. Tiny grains of these salts are extremely precious and are usually sealed up in little glass bulbs. The rzdfum in one of the first bulbs that were received in London had a curious history A physician in Port land place was applying the bulb to patient when he accidentally let it fall and a moment after crushed it under his foot The value of the radiunn to The physician was very great He re- moved his boots from his feet and cut out a square of his valuable carpet. He had boots and carpet burned and out of the ashes refined the original radinm salE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
Where Alice Failed.

VFNSrS ALICE Eatt9os51
 Husband 9o second Wtfel: "You don't cook. like Alice. my hrst wife. used to do. Mary, he said, in tones of gentle. .exas operating reproof. t.No; 1t seems to me you can't cook like she sused to-"
 On another occasion he remarked: .sYou are not so smart at getting about as Alice was. You don't appear to catch on where she left on. z
 About this time heavy rolling pin came in contact with his head. What do you mean by that7" he exclaimed in agony.
 .eI am doing the work that Alice neglected she replied, with evident satisfaction.
 There was more peace in that house hold afterWard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
Artiatie RottIIea.

My Iady's dressing table is no longer complete without one or more of the new artistic bottles filed with cologne or toilet water being exploited by one designer, who has turned his genius to a new field and is designing bas-reliefs in glass as fitting receptacles for rare, perfumes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
Linen and satin Gowns.

\ Very lovely results are brought about by the combination of linen with satin. This combination is the rage in Paris. At the races and smart restau- rants the most successful costumes are those composed of these two materials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09

Value of Learning. Teacher-T wonder what your mother would say if she knew how backward you are in geography9 Girl Oh, my mother say she learnt jogfry and she's maxrleds aud Aunt Sally says she neEer learnt Ies- fry and she's married, and yOu did learn 5ogfry ana you ain't married.
 &
 Noe That Kind. s'Do you give your patient any usat. Mrs Jones2 2''
 ssNo, indeeds the doctor has oEdeEeA a strictly valetudinarT diet" 
 S&iII Wor8es Kntcker- Does your wife IaugA ae the wrong placG in a story2 Booker Yes. and slle cheers a& ts wrong place In a baIl game
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09

unfamiliar with where ne was sc1e1utS1 Democratic boss put tip job him. The people of thi preuced against the Democratic boss wel knew What did he do but import coiored driver fo LangIeys particular and hx it up with the livery Langley innocently bit and when he appeared speech in the county with his coloret the audience broke the meeting befor started by bawling out. Which one of is gonE speak hrstIg N
 It was the most uncomfortable experience the Ken enczy congressman eyer had
 Secretary Garrison of his bill for creating Efx vice adInlraIs, said at a luncheon:
 "The bill will make things better diplomat 1t standpcfnt though the working of navy remain che Yess the navy itself will be like Brown
 Brown Idle through slack trnes started to tramp Bufalo by way of the Erie canal Job.
 .EHe met on his way good many canalboats corni finally, stopping canalboat captain he offered work
 ne captain took him and htnn to leading the path
 ~He led the horses for two days, thinking hard on thought # all euts and he resigned
 By the powers he said, T might as well walk ms
 8ns of Ehe keenest baseball Gans in Washington Ii New takes d interest in the national r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
Valuable Trees.

Valuable Trees.
 The list of wonderful trees is so large that book could easily be filled with a mere enum eration of their names. Our shoppers come from the bark of the cork tree; our rubbers from the sap of the Brazilian caoutchouc; Quinine, the great remedy, from the bark of the cinchona, while many more illustrate how dependent we are upon the plants and vegetable life
 % @
 The Lobster and the Crab. A lobster bold and dignified crab Went out for sail together. But the wind blew cold. and the waves
 ran high.
 And the lobster cried: ssoh. nyl Oh, nayi This truly is awful weather! And away to shore I think will hie For if get wet-wE1y! Whyl Whyl Why! I'd never get over tt--neverI's
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-10
KING THANKS ADMIRAL FOR TRIUMPH

LONDON, Dec 1OKng
lions by wireless today to Admiral surdee for his victory Admiral
Won Specs German squadron off the Falkland islands.
French British sent
Iy OF the enemy's ships"
and Minister of Nh
who nj
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-10

Anae Of Green Gables. by Montgomery.
The Net. by Rex Beach
The claw. BY Cynthia Stoc kiey.
The Meittax OF Neiiy. ny Maria Thompson Davies
rh~ Ins~r Plane. by Clara Louise Durham.
Mother Cary. Chickens. BY Kate Douglas Ntsxin
TIE Lutie.t Rebel. by Edward feple ,.,,-
Heather Moon. by G. y, ana A N w ilhams0h
A Modern Chronicle, by winston Churchill
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-10
Popular SOC Copyrights for Christmas Giving

wtthia the Law. by BayArd WELLER,
The Harvester, by Gene Rtratton Porter.
The Hollow OF Her ussa. by Geo Rarr McCuteheon.
Dswa o'Hsra. BY Edna ferber
T~.. OF The stormy Cous,ry. By Grace Miller white.
The secret Gsrd~a. by Frances Hodgsen burnett
Old Rase aad SILVER. by Myrtle Reed.
The Lure OF the Dfua Trail, by u NJ Bower
Upper Msis Floor.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-11-27
Out OF The Gloom
Many a Gloomy COuntenance in Mary
vile Now Lightens with Happiness

A bad back makes you gloomy.
Can't be happy with continual backache.
The aches and pains of bad back
Are frequently due to weak kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are recommended
for weak kidneys.
So Maryville citizens testify.
William Burns, Parham ST., Maryville,
Tenn, says: II began to suffer from KID
ney disease during the war and became so
stiff and lame that | could hardly get out o
a chair after sitting for awhile. The kid
ney secretions contained sediment and the
passages were scanty and painful. Idoctor.
ed and tried different kinds Of medicine,
but was never benefited until got Doan's
Kidney Pills at George & Mitchel's Drug
Store. They soon gave ne relief and as
continued using them, got strong and
we'll"
Price soc, at all dealers Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy get'Doan's Kid
ney Pllls-the same that Mr. Burns had
Fester.M ilburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-11-27
Attention

Special services are being conduct.
ed at the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church by the pastor. Said services
will continue for several days.
Evangelist H. B Roller of Hunting
buag, Ind, will be here Saturday
the 28th inst to continue the revival
interest. Bro. Roller, comes to
Maryville as a man with wide ex,
perience, has been engaged in cyan
gelistical work for years and has
conducted revivals in America from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
From Sept. 1901 to Dec. 1903 he
made an evangelisticaI tour through
Europe, conducting revivals in
Germany, Switzerland, Itely, Bel
GUM, Holland, England. Bohemia,
Austria, Hungary, Russia, Denmark
Norway and Sweden, the pastor
and the entire church are glad to
secure a man with such wide ex-
perience. Pastors and church
workers are specially invited to
these service an invitation is ex-
tended to one and all. Don't miss
a service.
Rev w. c. LLOYD, Pastor.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-11-27
Water Burden On
The Farm

A farm woman who gets water
from q we'll with bucket has to
draw water from the well, pour i
into another backet, carry it to the
kitchen. pour it into the kettle. pour
it out of the kettle into the dishpan,
and then empty it into the slop-
barrel out of doors. This makes
six times she has handled the water
and since bucket of water weighs
about 20 pounds, each buckf entails
a lift Of 100 pounds, and, since food
cannot be prepared. cooked and
dishes washed with much less than
six buckets per meal, the farm
woman will handle every day fully
1900 pounds in getting water from
the source Of supply to the point OF
application, if the we'll is convenient
II the we'll is inconveniently To-
Gated or the water has to be toted
up from a spring some distance
away. the drudRery of the woman's
abor is very much enlarged, Their
is no let up in this drudgery, for it
is practically the same every day,
every week. every month, every
season, every year, being worse at
times. 1t is 1900 pounds every
Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, forever. This drudgery
of getting water from the source of
supply to the point of application
probably constitutes more than one
half Of the woman's drudgery on
the farm. This drudgery can be
practically eliminated by cheap and
efficient waterworks.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-11-27

Seymour Lane was an Algnwick
visitor here Monday.
Bob Sharp, a we'll known farmer
of near Lyons View was here the
first Of the week.
Isaac Bryant a we'll known man
of Chilhowee was in town Tuesday.
J. T. Sans, one of Rockford s
merchants, was in town Monday.
DR. and Mrs. B. G. Simmons of
New Brunswick, N, j., arrived in
Maryville Monday for the Thanks,
giving season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Sprinkle were
over from Knoxville Monday to
attend the funeral of his brother
Bayard Sprinkle.
DIR. P. F. McKowen. of Knoxville
Tenn, Optometrist and Eye Sight
Specialist. one recognized by the
towns OF 80 states including Tenn.
essee as qualified to examine Eyes
for Glasses, will be at the Ingleside
Hotel, formerly jackson House on
December 9TH 1914 for the proper
fitting of Spectacles and Ere Glasses,
The Leading Refractionist of the
South.
J. A. White, a public stenogra-
pher, has opened an office in the
Dunlap McCammonFurniture store.
Mr.. White was lately with the L
& N. railroad at Knoxville.
J. M. Waters, the well known
physician of Walland, was in town /
Tuesday.
James MoMurry, Of near Green
back, was transacting business in
Maryville on Tuesday.
G. F. Striplin, the government
agricultural mar, was down to
Tuesday in the interest
If the corn display to be held at the
court house on the 28th.
Esq. A. B. Gamble was in town
tuesday from Hubbard.
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Miser,
II Forest Hill, were shopping in
own Tuesday. +,
DR.. J. G. Norton, the genial
CIleioy physician, was mixing
mong his many friends here Tues.
lay. j
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-11-27
Locals and Personals

Corn Show,
Corn Show next Saturday.
The Corn Show will be held in
the Court House.
M. L. TAYLOR, of near Greenback
brought some hogs to Maryville
Tuesday which he sold at very
satisfactory price.
Rev. George w. Jackson, form,
er Southern Methodist pastor at this
place has returned to his home in
Loudon County from an extended
trip to Palestine and other lands.
Mr.. Jackson had many interesting
experience in some of the arid
den countries of Europe.
Mrs. 6. A. Pate, of Ri. 3. has
been seriously sick for several weeks.
Rev. Lyman B. Tedford. who
has been in India for several years
as missionary is now returning to
MaryviDle because of impaired health
He will stop for visit with John
Silsby, another Maryville mission.
airy, in Shanghai, China.
W. M. MoRevnolds, we'll known
farmer of Louisville was in town |
James A. Mckenzie returned last
week to his home in Seattle, Wash,
after visiting with relatives here for
several weeks.
Will Smith, an East Maryville
has been confined to his
nome for several days with severe
attack of tonsilitis.
A. L. Butcher. the photographer,
has been very sick this week at his
nome on West Main Street.
N. L. Hastings left Wednesday
% drive across the mountain to Big
laurel, N. c., to the home of his
laughter for visit of several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Willard are
lere from West Plain, Mo visiting
lis brother, Will Willard. Mr..
Willard was surprised at the growth
1 Maryville and that she had the
it between her teeth and was rum a
ing off from the other towns" {
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-11-27

DR.. s. l. SusonR of Walland was
a Tuesday caller in Maryville.
Doc Dunn and wife were in town
rom Walland the first of the week.
Joseph Broyles of Rockford and
Knoxville was q business visitor in
town Tuesday.
Andy Hitch, a leading farmer
from Chandler, was transacting
business in town Oh Tuesday.
( Warren Bird ives down from the
mountains last Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-04-21

ever held. The work is increasing to
such an extent that all think two days
will have to be given to the conven'
ton hereafter. The county is pretty
well stirred up and everyone is now
going in redhot for California dry
in November.
The ladies intend devoting one or
more meetings of voting school be-
TWEEN now and fall election. Men will
be invited to these. We should all
know how to vote.
Mrs. Wilsie, the president, was ap-
pointed as the unions representative
to the Life Line Mission.
Twenty-Five ladies were present.
After the meeting light refrshemtns
were served. A rising vote of thanks
was rendered the hostess.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-04-21
KING AND QUEEN OF
ENGLAND VISIT FRANCE
fcoNT1NUED FROM PAGE oNEl

[CoNTINUED FROM PAGE ONE1
William Tyrrell, private secretary to
Sir Edward Grey.
In spite of the stirring political
campaign and the general elections
next Sunday, the British King and
Queens stay will be marked by a
brilliancy never surpassed on similar
occasions here. Coming by way of
Dover and Calais, the crossing being
accomplished in less than an hour
aboard the royal yacht, the party ar
rived by special train, representatives
of the French government meeting
Frances guests at Calais where the
shore batteries doomed salute. In
Paris traffic was turned into other
streets than those traversed by the
King and Queen in their transit from
station to their quarters at the
French Foreign Office, and a magnifi-
cent array of troops lined the two
sides of the thoroughfares from be-
ginning to end of the journey.
This is the first official visit paid
to any country by King George and
Queen Mary. 1t is also the first time
that British royal couple ever paid
state visit to the French Repub
Tic. 1t is estimated that at leas.
100000 will be spent on the special
features of the entertainments pro-
vided for the couple and the apart
ments at the Foreign Office, Quay
d'Orsay, have been specially furnished
and decorated for their Majesties.
1t was at first decided that the King
and Queen would stay at the mag
nifcent British Embassy in the Rue
st. Honore where special suites exist
for their exclusive use and which are
closed at other times. But as scarce
ly hundred yards separate the en-
trance of the Embassy and that OF
the Elysee, President Poincare's Off
cial residence, the switch to the For.
eign Office three quarters of mile
away was made, in order to give the
numerous professions between the two
points room to form and also to be
seen.
/ A state dinner and reception at the
Elysee; huge military revue at Vim
cennes; a gala at the Opera; a spe-
cial steeplechase program at the fam
Gus Auteuil track, and other features
are on the program. The steeplechase
races will be held on st. Georges
Day, April 20, and the annual mill
tary steeplechase will be renamed the
Prix de ST. George in honor of Gearga
Nv.
| The royal party returns to London.
April "a.