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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-21
THAT STOLEN KISS
BY AUGUSTUS G. shERw,N.

BY AUGUSTUS G. shERwyN
Decision affirmed"
vera Dennison stood looking down
s' a telegram bearing these words =
s''7 aho signature. The same told
ner mat the brief message came from
.ue city where the state supreme
.our' met, that legal friend Of her
iatner had sent it and that II was a
crushing blow to the hopes, prospects
ano ambition Of that dear father. who
mad fought so hard.
II means-ruin," she said sadly
poor father
roor father, indeed! She had mar.
Veied when a few minutes since he
naa left the house abruptly without
Kissing her good-by as was usual
Win him. Now she comprehended
.hat terrible blow had blighted all
MS hopes, and the quick tears came to
her eyes as she realized that he had
received death blow to his fondest
ambitions.
Judge Dennison had never been a
wealthy man. Since the death of Mel
Hes mother they had lived in quiet.
humble way The little home, how
ever was ell they possessed The
practice of the Judge was small and
irregular. For two years they had
liVed IN great hopes of receiving a
large amount of money. With the
death OF Mrs Dennison there had
come complicated litigation over a
VIII made by the uncle of Vera's moth
er In case the claims of Mrs. Den.
nlson were proven, Vera as her heir.
ess would receive a legacy that would
provide fer both herself and her
father for life.
| The judge studied up the case crit.
cally Tie decided that he could con.
test the will and gain his contention
lie put time and money into the suit.
Tie was sure Of success, but his ardu-
Gus lgbors Frustrated him on a bed Of
Sickness the day the case was called.
Another lawyer, unfamiliar with the
details Of the case, was called in and
the suit was decided against them.
After that the Judge was not as he
had been before. His great disap.
pontment had unnerved and discour.
aged him He at once set at work to
appeal the case. His spirits had
risen somewhat as the time approach
ed when decision was expected.
And now the end had come-"deci-
sion of the lower court affirmed"
Vera went out to the vine shaded
porch and sat down on rustic
bench, trying to be calm and patient,
counting the seconds until her father
returned 1t must have been an hour
later when his heavy, spiritless step
sounded on the graveled walk. Her
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-21


heart sank as she noted that he had
become visibly older within the hour.
Dear father" she spoke, springing
down the steps and fcndly linking her
arm within his own. You have been
to the office"
For the last time, dear" was he
gentle but hopeless reply.
"Oh, papa, What do you mean
THAT my troken practice will not
admit of tie expense Of maintaining
an Office was the reply. Il have
given it up. have ordered my law
library sent here. What little bust.
ness | shall have can be done quite
well from the house.
Vera said nothing. She understood
fully that her father had sunk utterly
beneath the cruel crushing blow Of the
day She led hin into the cool, pleas
ant Darlor anG urged hin to a rest In
his favorite arm chair.
Vera REGARDED him anAiously, She
realized that in his present desrond'
ont condition the worst thing no
couI5 do was to retire from active
bpsjness His mind, unemployed,
would prey on itself
rs there no way that you can re-
Tain vcur Office. father" she in
zuired Surely you can build up a
new legal practice"
MY child am too old, worn out
declared the Judge YEARLY.
perhaps. then, a rest will do you
good murmured Vera soothingly
DO not worry, father. We have the
,ittIe home here and we shall get
along some way. | can get a few
more art students, and that VIII
help"
rive we will have to clean out the u
brary and put them there" said the
,ndge 81 can't understand why that
decision was not reversed" he went
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-21

on. There were some points my rep
resentative did not bring up. That is
not his fault, however. You know I
lost some valuable memoranda and
volume with some important decisions
Affecting our case. have never been
able to find them and my memory has
been poor since my last spell of sick
ness. Oh, by the way, about my clerk
young Morton"
yes, papa?" said Vera. and she
lowered her eyes and flushed slightly.
She had come to know her fathers
law student quite we'll. She cher
ished him as loyal trusted friend of
the Judge and liked him for that.
Ward Morton asks permission to
come to the house and study in the
library" explained the Judge. Poor
fellow! l am sorry for his sake. He
does not want to make new connec-
ton. however. With three months
study he can qualify for the bar and
start in for himself"
Out Of the change in the profess
sional life Of Judge Dennison there
grew sweet romance. Ward Morton
came daily to the house and studied
in the library Vera could not help
but meet him. This young man re-
ceived commission for copying some
old documents involving quite good
pay. He asked Vera to assist him and
she was glad to earn little extra
money
One morning Vera was in the H.
brary arranging some books on their
shelves and busting and cleaning up
generally. 1t was quite early and she
expected to complete her task before
Morton arrived. He surprised her on
the little step ladder, however, ar
ranging some ponderous law volumes.
You must let me take that heavy
work off your hands, Miss Dennison,"
insisted Morton in his usual courteous
way, and they chatted pleasantly. she
banding up the books and Morton ar
ranging them.
Then suddenly pondcrous tome
slipped from his hand There was a
sharp cry Of pain as it struck Vera on
the face and fell to the floor. In
stinctiyely she raised her hand to her
injured cheek.
"Oh, how awkward Of mel" cried
Morton, selfreproachfully. You are
hurt?' and in deep solicitude he re-
moved her hand from her cheek. A
dark bruse showed
And my stupid fault" said Morton,
and then because he could not help it,
he pityingly reverently with his lips
touched the cruel bruise.
In confusion Vera kneeled to pick
up the book, and Morton assisted her
in gathering up some papers that had
fallen out of it. Suddenly Vera utter
ed quick cry.
Your cheek" began the solicitous
Morton.
No. no." she wavered, drawing
with shy consciousness away from
this fervent admirer. as If fearing his
earnest sympathy would carry him
away q second time-"these papers!
Oh. father must know about these at
pnce!"
Within the hour Judge Dennison
was the happiest man in all christen-
dom. A mere accident had brought to
light the mislaid decisions and men,
oranda In the great will case. and as
he and Morton went over them both
were sanguine that higher appeal
would win them their case.
In the memory Of that stolen kiss In
the library there could be but one out
come-a love declaration, an engage
ment and happy. happy wedding.
w ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-21
Her THasure.

Styles-Who is that In the next
room | hear calling somebody her
precious treasurer"
Myles-Oh, that's my wife.
But / didn't know you had any
children
I'VE haven't; the precious treasure
she's referring to is dozen eggs abe
bought this morning"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10
UNITED STATES NAVY
BEST IN THE WORLD

cent illness. He will make an fndehn-
tie stay in the city as the guest Of his
sister.
Friends of Mrs. Dan Moore, formerly
of Valley City, will be interested to
know that she plans to stop off here
about Xmas time, for short visit, en-
route to her mothers home in Mime
apolis where she will spend Xmas and
New Years Day.
E. S. Delaney left Wednesday ev'
ening for Minot to spend few days
with L. P. Hyde on business matters.
Mr.. Hyde is putting on "The Princess
Bonnie" in Minot, next week under
the auspices of the Minot Catholic
church.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10
LOGAN NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Levi EtZel and daugh-
ter, Marjorie, returned from Gary,
Mimi, one day last week.
Miss Bertha Zoeller attended the
stle and chicken supper, followed by
lectures by Miss Farnsworth and Prof.
MacMullen at the Getchell church last
Wednesday.
John Logan and son. Wilbur, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Martin and family, Henry
Knester and Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold
Drescher were among those present at
musical evening at the home of Mrs.
P. Zoeller Sunday evening.
News was received in this neigh
borhood of the marriage of Miss Lizzie
Ludwig to Mr. Henry DuNoir, of New
York. The young couple will make
their home there.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10
Military Heads of Nation, Be-
fore House Committee, Tell
of Country's Preparedness
for War.

Washington, Dec. BLOSSOMS drawn
from the European war were discus
sed before the house military and
naval committees by Brigadier Cen
eral Crozier, chief of ordnance of the
army, and Rear Admiral Badger the.
navy,s chief of staff. Grocer said the
United States never would have use
for guns similar to the great hoWita-
for guns similar to the great hOWit-
GERS used by the Germans; and assert
as good as any in the world.
Badger told the. naval COMMITTEES
that ship for ship, the United States
navy is equal to, if not better than,
that of Germany or any other nation"
Answering questions, the admiral said
the British kept the German fleet bot
tied up because thus the latter fleet
was performing no useful purpose, and
it is therefore unnecessary for the
enemy to bring about an engagement.
The admiral advised the United States
to follow the example of Germany, and
Great Britain, and create naval rese1-
We of officers and men who have ser
we'd in the navy. He insisted that bat
tleships should not be sacrificed to in
crease the number of submarines.
General Croizer said, regarding tho
ordinance, from automatic pistols to
16-inch Howitzers, that on this score
the United States "has no need to feel
uncomfortable"
Because the German sixteen incn
guns are built especially for shatter-
ing the Belgian AID French forts, the
United States will never have occa~
sion to meet such fortified resistance,
and will not need such mammoth guns
While these committees were at
work a majority o. the members of
the rules committee decided not to
grant the request OF representative
Gardner for bealing on his resolu-
ton to direct a soe cjal inquiry into the
preparedness Of th. United States for
war. Notwithsta ndiHg the committees
attitude, Gardner reiterated his deter
mination last night to keep up the
fight for special investigation.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the share
holders Of the First National Bank OF
Valley City, North Dakota, for the
election of directors for the ensuing
year and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before
them, will be held at their banking
rooms between the hours of 2 and =
O'clock P. NJ, Tuesday, January IL,
1915. JOHN TRACY,
.. Cashier
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10
FROM FRlDAY's DAILY
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1914.


A baby girl arrived this morning
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.
Arnsdorf. The little one and the moth
er are reported as doing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Burke of Beach.
N. D., were among the out Of town
callers in Valley City yesterday, and
were registered at the Kindred. They
returned to their home last evening.
Mrs. Jacob Van Houten was hostess
Thursday evening to few friends in
honor of the Misses Connolly who are
the guests of Mrs. Sigurdson for few
days. After an interesting game of
cards, dainty refreshments were serv'
ed by the hostess.
Miss Edna Anderson, manager OF
the Terry Dressmaking School, left
last night for her home in Clear Lake,
Mimi, where she was called by the
death of her brother, whose death o.
Cured after an illness of almost six
weeks. Miss Anderson will return to
the city next Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jacobson Of
Wallum were visitors in the city this
week.
| A. J. McInnes of Darcy was bust.
ness caller in Valley City yesterday
and was registered at the Hotel Kin
dred while here.
T. Melvin Lee returned to the city
yesterday morning from Fessenden,
where he has been spending few
days this week in the interests of the
Middlewest Loan and Trust Company.
Frank White has returned to the
city from business trip to Bismarck
and Mandan, where he has been spend
ing several days this week and attend.
ing to matters of business of import.
ance connected with his office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Swartout and
Miss Blanche Kee were among the
Sanborn visitors who were spending
the day in the city yesterday, return.
ing to Sanborn last evening.
William Kernkamp and VIM. Schultz
left this morning for Turtle Lake, in
the western part of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Eckel left this
morning for their new home in north
ern Minnesota. Their many friends
will hate to see them 60 but will be
pleased to know that they are so
pleasantly located.
Miss Anna Lee, who resides near
Fingal, has accepted a position as
clerk in the county treasurer's office
in this city. and arrived here the first
of the week, entering upon her new
duties in that office on Tuesday morn
ing. Miss Lee is sister of T. Melvin
Lee, Of the Middlewest Loan and
Trust Company's Offices.
The Misses Celia and Florence Con-
nelly Of Mandan. who have been visit
ing in Valley City for several days
this week, have concluded their stay
here, and left this morning for their
home at Mandan. The Misses Con-
nelly were en- route to Mandan, from
Minneapolis.
Myron Burns, a brother of Miss
Burns Of the faculty Of the State Nor
NAL school. will arrive in the city
shortly from Duluth, Minnesota Mr..
Burns has been very ill for some time
with severe attack of typhoid fever,
and is now convalescing from his re-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

Mart Mason leaves Saturday for San
Francisco and Berkelek, California,
where he will spend the next few
months with his family, who reside. at
Berkeley. Mr. Mason will stop over
at Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington,
also at Portland, Eugene and Medford,
Oregon, en- route to Berkeley. He ex-
poets to remain away until about the
middle of March, when he will return
to Valley City for the spring auction
sales. .
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

During the absence OF Mayor Platou
D. w. Clark by virtue of his Office Is
carrying all the dignity Of the office
with grace and honor. He is not off,
cious however and barely recognize.
his friends who address him as Mayor.
This is only a suggestion but why not.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10
ROOM SIGNS FURNISHED.

In the future those advertising
rooms for rent in the columns Of the
Times Record will be furnished signs
free of charge to display in the win.
dows or other convenient places If de-
sired.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

Last Sunday evening the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery
of Darcy had one of her fingers nearly
cut off with Ratchet. Several stitch
es had to be taken an dthere not be-
ing enough of a blood supply to reach
the ends of the fingers one of them
them had to be amputated.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

Miss c. M. Lagerstrom has a special
line Of Silk Hose, Silk Waists and
Silk Petticoats for Xmas trade.
12.9-4td 1tw.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10
FREE ONE TRIAL.

FREE ONE TRIAL.
To any family in Valley City who
is not now a subscriber to the Even
ing Times Record the paper Will be
delivered free of all charges for one
week. Contains everything that's
news.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

coming our way? Well l guess.
Why? Because We give best service
at the Butler Eyesight Specialists. !
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

Go to Miss G.. NJ. LagerstrOm's for
Rams handkerchiefs, Novelties, Should
er and Corsage bouquets.
12-9.4td 1tW
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

HHOND YOUR WANT1 = ~ ~
:f1mss-RSeofd: eClasaiAo0 a.
WI get results or yoG
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

The new Elk Theatre at Dickinson
has been opened.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-10

The Consumers meat market at
Maddox has changed hands.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-22
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, Jan. 21-The spot
situation dominated the cotton con-
tract market Wednesday. Absence of
dealing held the priceswithih narrow
limits, however, although the market
had O very good undertone. -
Reports OF fairly large scales across
the water were followed by accoAntFs
from spot centers in the belt telling
OF q laI go and increasing export de-
mand, and Of the trouble the buy
ers we're having in getting. the gTades
they needed. II was said that in theff
efforts to I'LL January engagements
5ome buyers were being forced to move
from one srot market TO another.
Gossip In. regard to ,siqpint saA
TIN kesrisb, but II had nolsreat itnS
uence. another bearish feature was
he claim thak. Texas would plant q
FULL aereaRe again this season.
Trading throughout the day. was
Eiefly professional In character com
& inainly from room operators.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-22

Industry. which bureau conducts the
federal meat inspection service. The
meats which pass inspection are SO
mnrked and may then be shipped and
handled the same as domestic meats
which have received government in.
spectiop. The only exemption is for
small quantities OF meateswhich are
exclusively for the persunaT use Of the
consIsnee and which will not be offer
ed for sale In the United Suites. Meats
which are found to be unfit for foiri
for any cauSe are condemned and de
=S=1TEI i0F IO0ii prrpusea unless re-
moved from the United Stntes by the
owner within a specified time.
The enforcement OF these regulations
should not interfere In any way with
desirable additions TO our meat supply.
bat. will insure the American consumer
protection against foreign meats which
are diseased or otherwise unfit for hu.
man food.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-22
OUR SUPREME COURT.
There Waa "LeaIt' There Once, but
u Was Quickly Stopped.


Il Has Quickly Stopped.
Eyes; it is true that supreme court
decisions leaked in the old days." re-
marked an old time broker. 81 remem-
ber certain important suit about
twenty years ago. 1t was the great
case of those days, as big In its way
as the Standard Oil and Tobacco suits
Of the present. Aweek before the de-
Z ION came dnygn tho cor of "..o ef .l..ee
judges t6me into my Office. and | told
him that OF the nihe judges one would
decide so and So. one would refrain
from any opinion. and the remaining
seven would make decision so and
so.'
"He smiled and went away Shortly
after the decision was rendered and
the matter had turned out as l had
foretold this young man came back to
the Office. He said his father was
greatly worried over the leak In the
court and asked me If could help
them trace the source of my iuforma-
ton. / told him what j knew-that
one Of the official supreme court ste
negrophers had been selling advance
copies OF the decisions to q very prom
ineDt broker OF that time. What this
broker paid for his information ], OF
course. do not know, but 1t was estab-
lished that 1 was correct as to where
he weak spot was in the court.
"Since then every decision by the
supreme court has been written in long
hand lone copy. thus making it abso-
lutely impossible for any outsider to
get the news in advance. This ex.
plains in part why 1t now takes SO
long for the court to announce its deci-
sions."-WalI Street Journal.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-22
New York Cotton

New York, Jan. 21-Cotton was
firmer Wednesday with most OF the
ground for the movement on contin-
ued reports Of a good spot, demand,
and some trade buying, which was
attributed TO covering OF hedges nf
actual cotton in the 0utt. Close
steady at from to points high
er.
Trading was very quiet at the start
and first prices were unchanged to z
points lower on somewhat dlsappofnt.
ing cables and because OF q little sell
ing probably due to,R bearish view of
yesterdays private ginning returns'
Buliish spot advices from the South
included reports that China and japan
had been buying spot cotton in the
western belt. while there was q num-
her OF reports Of q good demand from
exporters east Of the river, and one
message was received here claiming
that t3 1-2c was being paid In the in
terior for what is known as crop
luck, on running receipts.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-22
HOWARD EXCHANGED.


Washington, JAM 21.-An echo OF
the earaboo banquet. at which the
,,administyatien.a Philippine policy. was
ridieuIed here last month. was hesrd
.at the aAyy department today when
sissrstSfy Daaieis revoked an eFdsr
lassIsali Rsar A6nirsl ThSnasg b.
HaWaIe to command ths Asiatic Aeet.
.gpcess yRsSI ADMIRAL Reginald
SSich bIbeh Instead Admiral How
ard hi relieve ReS Aamiral w Gs
Con- onsafdink thss klnsriean
aada ron q the asitto Mexican.
eoasf Aand Admiras e;owies will take
command oe the Asiatic AssE
Admiral Howard vas. chairman Of
tho GaTaSao dinner - committee, q u iisttss and.
with the other members. hish army
and navy ofiicers, was .rerrtmaaeed
at the direction Of President wilson
for making sna os tho government. .
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-22
Canning Clubs,


The girls canning clubs, unique or
ganizations started by the United
States department of agriculture
among rural girls. have reached n
membership OF over $4,000 The work
Is under the control of the farmers
cooperative demonstration division OF
the bureau OF plant industry. which
has issued the following statement ON
the subject:
'The club label will always bear the
motto TO Make the Best Better Ev-
cry girl who joins a club is urged to
put forth her best efforts to learn and
to become skiilful. 1t Ia good thing
to know about the soil. plants and M
ture. 1t is an Accomplishment nDso TO
learn the arts OF cooking and house
keeping. A girl who does this work
well for year will take decided step
toward self improvement and efIi-
cheney.
Fresh vegetables should not lie sold
unless profit can be nade. and here
Is where the home Gamer will come
to the rescue. The canned products
will usually command q fair price.
and they can he kept until the mar
kat IN ready for them Care should ne
taken to see TINT only frst class prod
ucts are put on the, market, berause
the reputation OF the clubs and of the
individual members Is at stake Per
feet cleanliness and an honest pack
are absolutely necessary. There will
be no difficulty in creating strong de-
mand for all or the products if the
motto and purposes Of the clubs are
strictly followed.
Each member OF the clubs must
plant her own crop and do her own
work. 1t is permissible to hire heavy
work done. but the time must be
charged The garden and products
must be carefully measured Each
Girl should keep careful record of
her years work. This will mid great-
" In preparing the history and account
required in awarding prizes.
Uniform club labels should be used
for ali products in both tin and glass
put mp according to demonstration In
struetions. No member will be permit
ted TO use the uniform labels unless
the products conform 70 the best
grade requirement In both measure
ments and quality.
while It has been pointed ont that
marketing is not. the object OF this
work, 1t Is q part OF It. however tits
NJ