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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-08
OPENING ATTRACTIONS
TUESDAY. NOV. 8

[. A. C. ORCHESTRA
S-Charming Young LADIES'
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-02-04
Copyright A. c. McclarR & Co, lals)
SYNOPSIS.

Mr. and Mrs Reynolds move into their
@ew oupgaiow-$5C0 down. balance same
a. rent!-on Staten Island Mrs. Collins,
nelshbor, calls before the household
Eods are set in order Spring Dick
MSace, newspaper man, Cynic. socialist
@kss dinner and spends the night, The
Reynolds seem comfortable In their home
oui with q hint of loneliness. Jane Rey-
no!dH goes TO a city matinee with Mrs.
collins, and by her companions advice
2retends sickness To cover her neglect to
provide dinner for Bob. Jane. confessIng,
B forgiven for shamming Dick arrives
with delcateSsen forage. Dick warns Bob
against John Brand. Bohs old school
mate. now member of the system"
VINO - expected to call. Jane confesses
mat the money for the butchers bill has
gone for new hat Bob pleasantly re-
minds her OF the balance same as rent -
Nck breaches socialism. Brand. the pros
porous. member of thu system" calls
nrand, Hudson Cement company presi-
Gent. Offers Bob $40 600 to use his position
as chemist with the United Construction
company to cheat the specifications for
cement work on the PeCos River dam
Jane oVerhearing asks Bob to accept His
refusal, in the face OF thier poverty. chills
her. Brand wiies Jane into a conspiracy
70 make Bob earn" the $40, 900. They go
Sor an automobile ride TO discuss details
Mrs. Collins playing chaperon. Dick sees
fhem. Jane receives $loo "conspirator's
money by mail from Brand
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CHAPTER X.
A Nocturnal Visitor.


In the bungalow now a new era
dawned. There was no marked change
in James mode of life but there was q
vast difference in the spirit of IL. A
little army of Joy gods entered and
gave battle to the glooms. Every day
in this conflict of mental legions the
joys triumphed. Not alone did they
crush the foes Of James spiritual wei
fare. Such victories won they took
hold Of the physical being and with
deft touch here and there restored /,
to the full power Of Its natural beauty
They put a light into the eyes that
had seemed, perhaps, little tired
added fresh glow to cheeks that had
become a little wan and gave quick
elasticity to a step that had grown list
less.
Jane was really beautiful woman
But she was the type that needs the
full blend of all attractions to complete
the picture of the subtle whole. She
was tall and willowy. Vivaciousness
made her sllmness a charm: without
this spirit she was thin. So, too, her
hair. luxuriant. abundant raven tresses
seemed heavy and added years unless
flashing eyes and colored cheeks de-
fed its somberness. And. just as a
prosaic life and tired, dulled senses
had caused the bird 10 droop, keeping
pace with frayed and worn plumage
now new prospects and new feathers
caused It TO thrill and futter.
Mrs. Collins, keen observer of all
these changes, literally winked the
other eye. She ~as not the kind who
scorns gossip but having once met suf,
ficient Tebuke from Jane and being
more or less beneficiary Of this pros
pcrity she held her peace. If her
nerves required material relief now
she had but to make the want known.
The means was always at hand.
There came presently into the Rey.
nolds household, however, something
that disturbed even the equanimIty of
Mrs. Collins. This was a servant girl.
She was inefficient and unframed. but
she kept James hands out Of the dish.
water.
The extra expense Is so little" Jane
had told her neighbor. Why, pay
Frieda only two dollars and a half a
week"
Mrs Collins turned up her nose and
opined that the girl was committing
larceny, at that. But the idea Of the
hire help" ranked just The same.
She cav that James hands were get
ting white and soft while her own
were red and rough. She sought refuge
in rubber gloves which In many a
.womaD's life are uuts evidence al
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wondering now wastasr BOB had aons
the sama
All women like the fneriss and the
Inquiries OF life. haN #aEns craze them
more than others. Iane vas one Of
these. She was essentially what Brand
read her to be- She had tho ainesse,
the culture Of the Ho-called upper
classes and the Inherent longing to be
living part OF their order Stili she
had woman's instinct for a home and
for this reason she had not opposed
her husbands humble venture on
Staten island. she had wished It might
be more elaborate. but since 1t was all
they could afford. IL was better than
none, ..
And Jane was not selfish, She knew
that besides the joy OF having her and
her love the Ave years OF their welded
life had brought few thrills to Bob.
Perhaps some Of the glamor had be-
gun to fade for him, too: the long
grind at his work and then the long
idle evenings In the faat or the fruit
less pleasures OF some cheap amuse-
ment In the city. This idea OF a hons
had been something new. He had
talked about II and planned for IL and
become SO enthusiastic over it that she
had entered into the spirit OF II and
rsjoiced with him. And now the spell
Of this Utopia WAS gone. at least for
her.
Much of her husbands enthusiasm
over suburban life was not shared by
Jane. When they had moved into the
place In the spring her natural love
OF the artistic had given her a happy
interest In her flowers, but there her
concern I'm the rustic pursuits ceased.
For his sake she assumed q sympathy
that she did not feel Truck gardens,
Jane thought, were for truck garden,
ers and while hens we're useful for
laying eggs. they were not interesting
companions. ""6
Bobs school. on the other hand, had
a poultry department that was noted
the world over and while ne had not
specialized In that branch OF education
his innate liking for all forms of ami
NAL life had attracted him to IL. When
his young Plymouth Rocks had begun
to feather cut he went into ecstasies
IL rooster showed the proper bar.
rings on wing and tail. while with Jane
tha birds superiority was gagged only
from the standpoint of a frying pan.
Such tendencies did not make Jane
one bit less u woman. We cannot all
be Walt Whitmans, and preference for
a steam.keated drawing room to u
barnyard, In q woman at least, In no
sign OF perverted morals. But the
hunt for happiness In the cheap sub
urb was, for Jane. a quest founded on
false premises. She knew 1t and now
she turned eagerly to the escape.
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and somewhat bored by the attention
showered upon him.
Il do not believe there Ia another
man alive who Witnessed that affair,
and | surely doubt IL there liz another
alive who can recall the first words
that ever passed between Lincoln and
Grant
1T was understood In Washington
at the time that there was some doubt
about Grant accepting the commits
sion. He took the ground that If 1t
required him to relinqulsh active duty
in the field and come to Washington
he would prefer not to accept 1t. Il
was finally arranged that he should
continue in active duty In the field
and take charge of the movement ON
to Richmond which was much talked
about In that day"
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through the pretsnse OF examining hiz
books and presently told her the
amount She held out the yellowheck,
at which Mr. Halta's best store arnila
broadensd. then waved and finally van.
iShed into a blank stare OF hopeless
disappointment. He didn't have the
change, II was 50 early In the day,
he told her. but II she didn't mind
waiting for q minute or 30 he would
have Fritz mind the store while he
tried TO break the bill Mt Mr.. Hofren-
bach's across the way. But she did
mind. She wac in an awful hurry. She
had an appointment in the city and
was late now. OF course, tomorrow
would do. he reluctantly admitted and
he proceeded with much alacrity and
renewed suitability to take a substan-
ttal order that she found time to give.
Jane left the store In high spirits
Money was indeed power, She opened
her purse and looked at the bill again
while she waited for the car. The sight
OF 1t thrilled her. Oh, why was there
any such thing as poverty? Here In
this little strip Of crisp paper was the
key to lffe'e real joys; 1t pointed the
route and paved the way to escape
from the bitter confines of her impe-
cunious past. She had never a thought
that it waS not rightfully hers; that
she had not earned 1t. She knew only
that she had 1t. So the gambler, when
he has won another mans money,
revels In thoughts of how he win
squander 1t and is buoyed up to the
heights Of all moral oblivion and free
dom from care.
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IN ENGLISH CHURCH
Bust Of Great American Has
Been Placed in Country Of
His Ancestors.

IN THE parish church OF the village
! OF bingham, In Norfolk. England,
near the old cathedral city OF Norwich,
lived many generations or Iincolns. m.
cestors Of Abraham Lincoln. A bust of
tho great American, set up In that
church by . COMMITTEES Of Americans.
In shown with the church. A desnrtp.
ton Of the church BIZ Rev. Milo IA.
Gates, vicar or the Chapel oF enc ln.
tercesBion and secretary Of the me-
mortal committee. II aa follows;
The building, dedicated 10 ST. An.
drews. Il constructed of rough hints
with free-stone dressings. II consists
OF q spacious chancel, D nave with
olere.story. north and south aisIea. and
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act creating the rank Of lieutenant
general OF the army said Mr.. Rich.
ards. while II was well understood
at the time that Il was for the benefit
Of General Grant. he was not named
In the bill II WINS the FIRST time con.
gress had authorized the rank TO DO
conferred IN the army since General
Washington held II.
president Lincoln summoned Cen
sral Grant to Washington from tho
Held to confer about tho appointment
Grant arrived at p. m. III the old
Willard hotel. Az $50 he showed np
1t the White House. was there.
"Tt was a kind Of reception. as re-
call. The affair was proceeding Id an
informal way tho president. some
members OF his cabinet. and Mrs. Lin
coin being In the red room, where
persons we're being received.
"The affair was suddenly Interrupt.
ted by q cry, Here comes General
Grant,
President Lincoln Immediately left
MS place In the receiving line aud
hurried to the door leading to the red
room from the yestihule. whore he
met President Grant. He promptly
recognized the general, although they
had never met before. My curiosity
had led me to the center Of interest.
7 heard Mr.. Lincoln sag: General
Grant, ! believe this Ii the flrst time
we have ever met
ITO this General Grant replied:
Yes, Mr.. President, you are right.
You are right; this Is the frst time
we have ever met
THE rest Of the conversation was
lost 60 me, as the two men came closer
together and moved away, talking in
lower tones. recall that Seward
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gaseous masses, then in view Of the
inclinations and extent Of tbelr orbits
comets are peculiarly fitted to act as
explorers, and there is every proba
bility that they will sooner or later cd
counter such masses. The planets
move in a narrow zone near the plane
Of the ecliptic, while the inclination
Of the cometary orbits is som etimss
considerable. varying for the periodic
comets from three degrees to 1862 de,
grees. AS a consequence, comets az
tain regions of the solar system, where
no other bodies pentrate, Many pie
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-02-04

London has been decimated FIVE times
by plaques. in addition to visiiatfons
of typhus. cholera and other epidem.
les. She has been burned more or
less several times, Paris has gone
through eight sieges, ten famines. two
plaques and one fire which devastated
it. Rome has been swept by pest.
lence no fewer than ten times. she
has been twice burned and six times
driven 10 submission by starvation.
Constantinople has been burned out
nine times and has suffered from four
plaques and FIVE sleges.
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met IN The CAPITAL
First Time That President Lin
coin and General Grant
Greeted Each Other.

HERE IL d man In the public serv.
> Ice IN Washington who saw the
hrst meeting between President Lin.
coin and General Grant tn the White
House nearly sixty years ago.
Charies III. Richards, who for more
than atty years has worked In the
stationery room OF the senate, saw
the meeting. In an interview Mr.
Richards narrated the incidents con.
Rected with the meeting and recalled
he first words ever exchanged be-
tween the two great figures on the
Union side of tho Civil war. Mr.
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by perpendicular tracery. The chaneel
window, 30 feet high and Is feet wide,
is filled with ancient German glass dat,
ing back to about 1900. Apart from
it's historic interest the church Ia well
worth visit by anyone who IL inter.
ested in church architecture. For the
building is quite the best preserved
OF its style in England. New York
Evening Post.
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a n d Stanto n
crowded forward
and greeted the
general and that
Mrs. Lincoln also
greeted him cor.
daily, .
General Grant
soon was hustled
into the east room
and as he sat ON
q sofa he was
surrounded by a
great crowd. He
seemed modest
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Not Bitter In Defeat.

The emotions OF defeat at the close
Of a struggle in which I felt more
than a merely selfish interest, and 10
which the defeat the use of your name
contributed largely, are fresh upon
me; but even in this mood cannot
for moment suspect you OF anything
Observation-Disclosures from Lincoln to
j. J. Crittenden, November 1. 1868.
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LlNcoLN's BlRrnoAs.

a daS Of joy. holiday:
A Cay Ii festnl calura dressed
To honor enc who knew not play,
Nor ever tastaa rest
Oh, IRAN az SORROWS and 81 tears.
Woaid we could bring 10 poa
Back through the pathway III the ysars
One touch Of comfort huel
Waula that your eyes might penetrate
The shadows In between.
Through all the clouds of war ana hate.
And FnAsts that intervene.
into the hearts OF al the thrang
OF living men to ind
Tour name and fame the first among
The treasures OF Fnankindi
. John Kendrick BangA
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battlemented tower 100 feet nigh,
containing d fine chime of eight bells
cast originally In 1919. on one Of which
IL inscribed: 'Omnis. sonns. laudel.
Dominum.
The nave. one or the best exam.
pies OF foufteenth.century architee-
ture, has Eve clere-gtory windows on
each side. It 10 separated from the
aisles by pillars resting on quatrekofI
columns. Formerly ct the east ends
OF the two aisles were chapels, prob
ably erected early In the iifteanth cen.
fury. The east window Of the south
aisle IL one of very great beauty, con.
tanning mixture of gaomctTicai and
flowing traeery. The other windows
to the north were probably once the
same, but have since been replaced
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Saw the Future Clearly.

am glad I made the late race. 1t
gave me hearing of the great and
durable question OF the age, which
could have had In no other way; and
though / now sink out OF view and
shall be forgotten, | believe | have
made some marks which win tell for
the cause Of civil liberty long after 7
am gone.--Lincoln's letter TO DR.. A. q.
Henry, November 10. 1865.
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nOmena seem to receive a satisfactory
explanation If the existence Of gaseous
masses 9cattered through the solar
system be admitted. These gaseous
masses, probably OF different chemical
constitution, may be considered as the
residue 81 the initial rebula, having es-
capped the phenomena Of combustion
which gave rise to the other members
of the solar system.
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CHAPTER ViII-contlnued.

She thought Of Bob. too 1t seemed
70 Jane that he had worn that faded
tan suit ever since she could remem-
Dor. Poor Bob She wished she
could hurry over to New York, tell
him about their good fortune and d.
vide the hundred with him. OF course,
that was out OF the question, but he
would come into his own in the end
and In the meantime, he should share
her new found wealth to some extent.
She would buy him something; hand
kerchtefs. hose and some neckwear.
Christmas and birthdays were the
only time he boagted such luxuries
for he never bought them for himself.
Before she had finished with her
hist Jane found she had far exceeded
the equivalent OF her yellowback. She
had thought 1t would be hard to plan
the expenditure of SO much money at
one time but now. without even step
ping inside OF store, she had thought
OF a score Of purchases and she found
II necessary to prune and strike OF
half the articles she wanted
She longed to go over and break
the news OF her good fortune to Mrs.
Collins, but then she thought that
would be unwise. Mrs. Collins was
so plebeian and narr0w-minded that
she misconstrued everything, includ-
ing Brands attentions and intentions.
Il guess you won't be needing me as
\ chaperon much longer" she had
Faid a few days ago and Jane was so
enraged at the remark that she felt
as if she could chastise her But Mrs.
CoIIiHs would have been fully able to
ever found such thought father to the
deed with her; not even dear James.
No. Jane was POwerless. She had
TO lave a chaperon and her neighbor
was the only one she could trust De-
spite Mrs. Collins proclivities for gos-
SIP. she felt that she could trust her,
for in such little intrigues as this the
good woman was exactly in her own
element. So James expression OF re-
sentiment had been confined to harsh
words that brought tears and apollo
Kies and a reconciliation,
She dressed hurriedIy now in the ir-
repreSsible blue serge and started for
New York alone. On her way TO the
car she stopped suddenly in front of
her erocer's, The monthly account
there remained unsettled. An idea oc-
Cured to her. Perhaps her plan for
revcnging herself on the butcher
hadn't been 80 visionary after all. Why
not awe the grocer by revealing the
PROSPEROUS state Of her finances s1d
ryrestall another scene with Bob. She
vas sure the man could find no way
Of telling her husband that she had
presented a hundred dollar bill. Be
SIDES. Bob seldom went into the place.
She entered with a cheerful Good
rrCruiDg." to which the merchant
verponded with a salutation not quite
O., cordial. He was thinking Of SIT 43
and Of the fact that it was seven days
rast the first Of the month. But her
next words brought such metamor-
,hos!s Of manner that Jane smiled in
suite Of herself.
T want to pay the bill, Mr. Nolte. "
aha informed him. Il neglected to
Ming it with me, Would you mind
looking 1t up"
He wouldn't mind at all and al
,hough the figures were quite wildly
s,nupaas~A on bis mind hs went
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A novel method Of soaring away
birds has been adopted by a Kentish
(Eugland) farmer. He has killed .
number Of cats, had them stuffed and
placed them In various attitudes
among the branches Of the fruit tree
IN ~ ossksyd
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COMETS AND SOLAR SYSTEM
u.u Slooestion Has Stirred Up Sci
enttsts-Existenee Of Gaseous
Masses Now Believed.

# j. suggested that some Of the
str;king changes manifested by Ger
tain comets in executing their orbits
40 due to the fact that they encoun-
ear masses of gas In interpla1etary
s,acp, and that they are not moving
- vacuum. says a writer In the Sci
o,,16c American. II there are such
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Richards was als
pointed to his
position IN the
senate stationery
room on the rec
,ommentiatipn Of
Charles Sumner
and Henry WIN.
son. He ID a IA.
tive OF Massarhu-
settR and was APP
pointed from that
state.
Congress- had
fuRf nnaa0fl fha
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Cities With Nine Lives.
The teaching of history is that a
city is hard to kill For instance,
Ripley County democrat., 1915-02-19

should be left In your room. Iieuten-
antY' The tones of the generals voice
had risen. sheer vibrating through
every syllable. "rhe pnpers. Lleuten.
AMI Gibson-immediately. This Is youi
last chance"
Il placed them In the safe, and they
are not there now. sir" The tones
were quiet, cold. determined.
"You will 60 TO yeur quarters. sir.
and consider yourself under arrest.
The humiliation Of an escort will be
spared you. However, there will be a
guard about the place"
A faint little cry Of protest. "Oh, fa-
therv' sounded clear and distinct
against the dead silence. The young
mans hand fell from salute as he
stepped swiftly toward his sweetheart,
General Loves arm reached out and
drew che sobbfng girl to him. his left
hand outstretched as though the mere
touch of his mid would be defillng. Glib
son halted In his tracks. Again his
arm rose stitily in salute; then with
ont a word he turned, bis steps falling
fainter and fainter upon the ears OF
The pair who listened with leaden
hearts.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-02-19
Sheriff Sale Under Special
Execution.

BY virtue and GuIhorits OF fpee ial execution
issued from the of cr Of hes q. Booker clerk
OF the Circuit cut 0t Ripley County, Mo,
dated on the 18th Gay OF JaLGaiy, 1918, and re-:
turnable TO the huich tetm or Circuit Court
lgl5, and to me drrcted ard delivered on the.
z9l h duy OF January, lgl5
Whertas, r, NJ. DLMotd, ct el, on June 9th
1914, at our said Cirt ut Court fol said ounty'
OF Ripley. recovered againsi n. ]. Holm the sum.
OF Twenty-t@o dollafs and tlsct ntS, which said.
debt and costs were declared 10 b. a lien aud
charge upen the pr, pcrty lercin described l.,
u. ), Williams, shei n OF Ripley O unity, did on
January 2sth, 1915 levy upon, seize Ut fba right.
title and interest of tue saidsA- holm, in and
to the following desGttbed teal estate, situated
In the county or kiplep, stals af NL souri, eo-wi,
The ncrlLwast quarter Of southeast quarter
except a strip ten acres wide of the north end or
said northeast quarter OF southeast quarter OF
section 5, town=Lip2l, range east, therefore /,
will en- H n
MONDAY, MARCH is, 1915,
between the. hours OF 3 O'Clock Ia the forenoon,
and 5 O'Clock in The afteinoou, in the ely OF
Doniphan, IN said county and state sell al pub.
lie auction, 10 the highest bidder, cash In lasd,
and during thr session OF said tlrouit Court ali
the righs, title ald intepest OF said A. J. Boin,
IN and 70 said rea,estate to pay and satisfy said
execution and costs.
4fs H. 8, WILLIAMS,
lO-5t, Sheriff Of Ripley county, Mo.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-02-19
CHAPTER u.
A Man With but One Thought.

YUGo LOUBEQUE turned the
RI pa"Ret of papers and orders
over and over In his hand q
4 \ broodlng expression In his
eyes that told his thoughts were very
far away from the butler cracksman
who had just brought them to him,
A massive figure OF man, be seemed
to ill the room with bis presence, the
chair In which he sat seemed TO have
been built about him. the room itself
with Its magnificent furnishings was
dwarfed by lbs occupant Greatest O:
International spies, the rise and fall
ef many nations might have been plac
cd at his door. rivers OF blood had
burst their barriers at the touch OF
those powerful fingers. yet all his
thoughts were directed toward revenge
against one man, toward the destruc'
tion u General Love.
Over and over he turned the stolen
papers Only another link 1t was In
the chain he was drawing about the
old army officer. The butler coughed
nervously, and bis master looked up,
waving him away without word Of
praise. The man had but done his
duty. Hugo LoubeQue expected that
ITO he continued neKt week }