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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
SUNLIGHT FOR THE FERNS
Plants Cannot Be Expected to Appear
at Their Best Without the
the Suns Rays.

Some people think ferns must have
sunshine, but that is not true. Ferns
will live in the shade, and there are
some sorts, of course that are scorched
by the sun. But most ferns that are
cultivated in the house like a good
deal of sunlight, and never do their
best without It.
Window soxes where ferns are grow
ing should be sprinkled lavishly twice
a day If the leaves are dry and
dusty they should be we'll shaken be-
fore sprinkling.
II possible, get the earth with which
to fill your boxes from an old hotbed-
rich loan and rotted manure about
half and half.
Failing that, take any that is handy
and enrich 1t with ammonia and bone
meal. mixed thoroughly A heaping
teaspoonful of the bone meal or a
tablespoonful OF manure is enough for
a six-inch pot of earth. Neither must
be kept directly on the roots OF the
plants. Liquid fertilizer, likewise, must
be kept off the roots, stems and leaves.
Make a hole at one side OF a trench
just inside the pot rim, pour in the
fertilizer and let 1t sink, then put back
the earth.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
They Must Have Il.

Resides catering to occult tastes Of
their residents, the managers OF the
hotels here also watch the epicurean
peculiarities of those who live within
Their doors. One Of the managers OF
a Fifth avenue hotel recalled the case
of man who INDUCES his within for
Calls head, This man at frequent in
tervals calls the hotel by telephone
and asks for the manager, none other
OF the staff will do. Hello" he says.
Il want you to tell the head waiter
and the chef that I am en- my way
up there and | wants caifs head au
vinagrette. Do you get me? Now,
remember to tell them who II is.
They know the way want it, and I'll
be there in 20 minutes" Another man
who lives in Brooklyn comes here fire.
quently for filet of sole He can't see
anything else on the bill of fare or
listen to any suggestions He wants
sole and sole he must have.-New
York Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
FLAG OF DISTRESS
How a Defiant Daring Young
Man Ended Long Stand
ing Deadly Feud.
BY GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN.

tits in the blood, tell you, Floyd
Darrell. Get rid of it. fly from it,
avoid it as you would a pestilence, or
it will destroy you! / bid you go,
and at once-anywhere, away from
here, where you will meet your fate
If you remain"
1t was q solemn, eventful moment
in the life Of young Darrell. returned
after many years to the wild, barren
district where he had been born. He
stood just outside a rude log struc-
ture that had once been q storage
shed. Near by were the cindered
ruins of an old-time mansion: all
shout the little dip in the landscape
reared the grim, rugged Tennessee
mountains.
A grand old man with whitened hair,
once a powerful giant, and still having
mighty frame and firmness and de-
cision apparent in every lineament Of
his bronzed, SCARED face, had ad-
dressed him-Ogden Blair, mountain
eer, Judge and political leader, the
sole survivor of the great Blair-Logan
feud that had entered many . bloody
page in the record of Dawson county.
Come here" he said, and he fore
IDLY dragged his visitor by the arm
to the open doorway, and pointed an
impressive finger at it's rude interior.
You see that table, set for six? Al
ways SO, and the four vacant chairs
we Join, my niece, Eugenia, and l, at
each meal, remind US of the stalwart,
noble sons who fought and died sus'
tanning the Blair family honor. I am
the last of my line. A month age
Hank Logan and his raiders burned
down the house. Later he sent word
that If did not move he would end
the vendetta with me. Novel" cried
the old man till his voice echoed ring
| ingly to the nearest towering hill
why, my sons would arise from Their
| graves to curse me. If l gave up the
! fight Of fifty years in which never a
| Blair turned his back to foe. Here
| l live and die. But you-lad, l knew
and loved your father. He was gun
man. and his father before him. II
was born in them. Now, why have
you come back, to be tempted with
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
MAKE AN IDOL OF COUTURE
Writer Claims That Man 10 More Fas-
tidious Than Woman-Have Proofs
Come Under Your Observatlon7

Have you ever asked yourself the
sion that in many things they are. and
more particularly about food and table
appointments.
Perhaps this Ia because women are,
habituated to the seamy side of cook
cry, to the sight Of uncooked articles.
Men only see the results Of all these
processes, some of them disagreeable
enough, whereas even the most fas-
tidious mistress sometimes, however
reluctantly, comes upon the basement
operators in the midst of far from
aesthetic task
The gilded youth of today is most
terribly fastidious person. His chief
cult Is himself, and anything that jars
upon his sensitive nerves and his "cul.
ture" seems a heinous offense.
was made to think about these
things the other day when man
speaking about girl whose acquaint-
ance he had lately made agreed that
she was very pretty, very attractive,
etc, but" he added. Il don't like
looking at her. Her hair IL never tidy;
pieces OF it stream down at the back,
and there is something about the back
Of her waist that is disorderly." give
you his own masculine expressions
Neatness appeals immensely to men.
Soiled gloves, crushed handkerchief,
untidy footgear, have done more to
disillusion the masculine creature
than the culprits who permit them
selves these disorders can ever i'm
agine.-Exchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02

staring FtxeoIy at the written rage.
back. then glided forward, evaded
their outspread grasp and-threw her.
self bodily into my arms!
Her own were instantly about my
neck, her lips pressed my own. She
was murmuring words of rare endear-
ment In soft Italian. caught the
word brother" l knew enough of
the language to comprehend that she
was whispering brokenly an appeal to
send it," What and when ! vainly
tried to guess out ere the two guard
ians we're with us. They tore her
roughly, almost brutally away from
me. The crowd gathering around dis
persed. l was very much embarrassed
and fastened on my mission. One Of
the soldiers pointed to me and spoke
to a low-visaged. squint-eyed man at
his side. barely noticed this man
then. ! recognized him later, as rate
willed it, in a signally sensational
way.
l procured the fruit had been sent
after and returned to the train.
noted that my wife looked at me
strangely She seemed out of breath
and fiustered. ] placed the bag of
fruit in Ter lap and threw of the light
overcoat ! had been wearing. Just
then, discovering my cigarette case
empty, ! went out to fill it.
AS returned the train was just get
ting ready to start AS ! entered the
car noticed that Bertha held an open
sheet of paper IL her hand, closely
written over. II seemed to puzzle her.
Then ! saw that the seat directly be-
hind was occupied by the squint-eyed
man had seen with the soldiers. He
was leaning forward and staring FIX
ely Il the written page. There was
N CIV gloating expression to his face
ccull not c5nstrue Then, as Bertha
caught sight of me. with a sudden
flush and a perturted manner she
hastily thrust the sheet into her hand
bag
Just outside the seat in the aisle was
crumpled envelope. 1t had appar-
entity contained the sheet Bertha had
been reading. | noticed it and intend
q to secure it. but took moment or
:wo to arrange some parcels in the
rack. When | looked for it again it
was gone.
Some mystery was afioat. The
thought had taken possession of my
mind and | could not get rid of the
idea. Bertha was strangely perverse.
She acted like a person lsboring un-
der some intense unnatural strain and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02

the same wild fever Of strife that
went singing through the veins of the
Darrells for well nigh century,"
"Why?" cried young Darrell, and
indeed his glowing eye told Of intrepid
daring and courage. For the sake of
Eugenia, whom ! love, and next, to
share the perils of the man who was
my fathers best friend-yourself.
They have threatened yoA? Then
face the danger. too. It Is the man
quickest with his weapon! Then ]
stay at your side"
"You must not stay!" remonstrat-
ed the old man in . troubled tone.
"Eugenia, too. must CO."
But she says she will not leave
you, and l would not leave her. The
old family estate is here. Do you deem
me a craven, to abandon IL at the will
of q man like Hank Logan!"
Promise to think 1t over" pleaded
the old man. go back to the town.
Eugenia, tell him SO, too" added Blair.
as a girl with a wild rose face and a
form like rare mountain sylph came
around the corner of the house, and
blushed and then smiled as she went
up to her loyal lover,
II shall seek Hank Logan in the
morning." pronounced Darrell firmly.
IF can buy my happiness and your
safety from him with money, he is
welcome to the paltry dollars. II not
then it must be the best and swift
est man." and the hand of the speak
er stole mechanically to the belt con.
tanning the familiar weapon of the dis
trict,
The girl listened with downcast
eyes, but silent She knew only a
harsh, rugged duty in her filial devo-
ton to her sole relative In the world
She would have been false to every
family tradition, If she interfered in
a decision tinged with the usage and
ethics OF that rash. reckless noun
taineer community. She simply lifted
her lips to meet those of her lover
as he turned away, and stood waving
her handkerchief at him until distance
and tears blurred the landscape and
a sight of the man she might never
see in life again.
On the twig of a struggling veteran
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
A WAR ZONE peril
By AIvAH JORDAN GARTH.

AT last" breathed my wife, my
Bertha, my bride Of a month, with =
sigh Of vast relief.
1T has been hard work." l re-
turned, and glad and relieved as well.
but we seem to be bound for the
safety line this time"
For a week our honeymoon had been
interrupted. With many other incau.
tious and distressed tourists we had
been msrooned. SO to speak. on an
island ON the river near the Austrian
town Of Vasre. We had been practi-
cally prisoners and subjected to the
most rigorous investigation. Now we
had been liberated and taken over to
the mainland railroad depot. I noticed
that q number Of spies kept US well In
view on the train bound for the from
tier.
All would have been well II it had
not been for one of Bertha's whims
Yes, she was capricious, and as well
jealous and all that. The crisis OF
fear and anxiety past, womanlike heI
mind fell back to matters trivial.
Il saw some lovely grapes on the
fruit stand in the waiting room. Won't
you get me some?"
And l. OF course. FASTENED to meet
her desires. did not know 1t, but as
I passed from the train platform te
the depot Bertha was out Of the coach
and after me- A sudden appetite fol
some Of those small golden-hued Mes
sina oranges she had noticed supple
mented the craving for the grapes
Thus 1t was that as l reached tht
waiting room Bertha was not thirt,
feet away.
half halted as quick cry sounded
It proceeded from fair young CIR
not more than eighteen years of age
She was penned in at one corner o
the room by two soldiers in uniform
1t was easy to discern that she wa,
under arrest. She was flashingeyed
agile, so much the latter that as sh,
, lifted out her arms apparently to
wards me with wild imploring ges
ture and the soldiers strove to pres,
her back upon the bench where sh,
had been seated. she nimbly dodgel
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02

oak tree q bird had built its nest Al
the morn broke. its twitterings gave
place to soft, plaintive cooings, and
then, as the sun arose it burst into
all the full melody of rich, harmonious
sound. A solitary figure toiled Up the
steep side of wild mountain. passed
the tree, and crossed the dividing line
Of the bad lands. 1t was Floyd Oar
rell.
What was behind him caused a visit
full, longing sadness he tried to shake
of. What faced him he did not know,
but the first warning menace greeted
him as he leaped a narrow ravine,
and a shot told that the jealous do
minions Of Hank Logan were under
vigilant patrol. A stranger had no
business there. Any district man
might avoid being mistaken for . rev.
enue officer in disguise il he showed
his colors-a flag of truce. A somber
foreboding prevented this with Oar
rell He felt that money would not
avail. Then it was face to face, and
the quickest man would win.
Twice during that morning q bullet
sped dangerously close to the head Of
the persistent adventurer. Darrell
kept on his way until afternoon. when
he saw coming down q narrow gorge
path some horsemen. Swinging him
self down = network Of vines to .
ledge, he crouched there.
The horsemen dashed by. About to
attempt to regain the clin surface,
|, Darrell started as he heard q moan
beyond q light screen of greenery.
Upon q narrow shelf Of stone lay q
little child. 1t had apparently STUN.
bled over the edge of the cliff. Its
face was bruised and bleeding, and
half-conscious, it was moaning. In a
second 1t would have rolled into faith
omless depths below. Just in time
| Darrell reached the little girl
| He climbed back to the higher
ground, carrying the daEed child in
his arms tenderly. Two hours later
a body of horsemen came dashins
! towards him. He held the child aloft
as a signal of distress, living flag OF
truce.
The moment the leader of the bant
neared him, Darrell knew that 1t was
bad Hank Logan. With glad cry he
seized the child. He made Darrell tel
how he had come across the little one
He grasped the hand Of the rescuel
in fervent grip.
And who are your" he asked.
Il am floyd Darrell" came the
quiet reply. Il have come to see 20,
about Ogden Blair" and Darrell tolt
why. Lower and lower went the hea(
Of the listener. The daring. defian'
face softened.
Hank Logan lifted his gun. Across
its stock were four hicks.
"The counts done!" he said, ant
gave the deadly chronicle of doom fo
the Blairs a fling into the neares
gully. you've won. Tell Ogdel
Blair I'll do the moving, and the feu,
is squared. Me and my men will b.
over in Kentuck before another weel
all because you risked your life 70
my little girl"
Copyright. 1918. by W. @. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02

striving to conceal it. She would not
meet my glance. When ] started
subject of conversation she was
abrupt in her replies.
Then she complained of headache,
turned her face away, using the cush-
Toned top Of the car seat as a pillow,
and feigned to sleep. | could tell from
her nervous movements. however, that
she was wide awake.
When we reached terminus those
OF our group were isolated from the
regular passengers and underwent in
spection in a room of the depot, each
passed along as credentials were ex-
hibited and examined. 1t CHANGED that
we came last As l handed our pass
port to the official inspector, to ny
surprise man stepped between US.
1t was the squint-eyed man. He threw
out his hand quickly, quite forcibly,
snatched the handbag from my wife's
wrist, transferred it to the inspector
with some rapid half-whispered words
and next caught the arm Of my wife,
with the words:
"You are under arrest"
was indignant and aroused. !
stepped forward to strike the mis-.
creant, to wrest my wife from his
coarse grasp. The inspector put out
his hand sternly.
"Desist," he spoke in a precise. i'm
pressive way. 1T is the law"
"Wherefore?" challenged holly.
"The lady is apprehended as spy. II
was the calm rejoinder.
And the proof the letter." explained
the squint-eyed man, "the letter in
her handbag"
Bertha was Qu;vering with dread
The inspector waved me back as he
and the other man led her towards an
adjoining room. Its door crashed
shut against me. I was overwhelmed
with mystery and distress. paced
the floor distractedly. 1t must have
been fully half an hour before the in
| spector came out.
THE lady is your wife?" he in
| quired with great gravity.
YES" l assented. "Will you ex
| plain, please"
"Seditious correspondence" spoke
the official tersely She is the pos
SCISSOR Of a warning letter from a spy
an Italian woman. l shall have to de
tain you as well. for the lady declares
she cannot even read the letter. She
found it in your overcoat, she says
"Ha,"
The word burst in quick gasp un
restrainedly from my lips. Enlighten
ment flashed into my mind instantane
ously. Never had talked SO fast.
knew what detention would near
among these suspicious emissaries Of
a government prejudiced against al
foreigners Vehemently l insisted
that the impetuous greeting Of the
prisoner back the line had been 6
clever ruse to cover her secret deliv
cry to me of letter she hoped woult
mail to an accomplish.
was fortunate In convincing the
inspector of the truth of my state
ments, which he proceeded to verify
by telegraph. In fact. he himself TOLD
me, as we were allowed to rejoin m!
fellow refugees. that the possession o
the discriminating missive would have
meant serious trouble had l no
guessed out the solution of the mys
terry.
81 was jealous, madly jealous!
fancied you knew that woman!" sob
bed out my contrite Bertha.
Poor LADY," answered. "She wa
handsome enough to make any womal
Jealous"
Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02

Frenchman's Model Bow.

The evolution of the modern bow
has taken place almost entirely since
the violin attained its final form, and
has followed more completely perhaps
than the instrument itself the develop
ment OF violin music and the require
ments OF the player. Ii reached It's
highest perfection at the hands of
Francois Tourte Of Paris about 1870,
whose bows have served as a model
for all succeeding makers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
Couldn't Solve the Probe

After retiring from business a GER
tain man continued TO maintain an Of
fice IN downtown building. He had
no need of 1t and. furthermore was out
OF town almost all the time A friend
OF his pointed out the inconsistency,
and asked him why he didn't give up
the Office" IL would" said the other.
but don't know what to do with
the rug"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
DID Won knom That

As rhyme in St Nicholas points
out, the owl is most ungrammatical
In saying ITO who? to who?" instead
of TO whom? to wnom?" But then
you can't expect much from an owl,
and even less from a boiled owl?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
Mans ADVANTAGE.

One advantage a man has II that
whenever he wants anything In the
house he can always call to his wife
and she'll tell him Just where It In.
but when a woman wants anything
abe has to hunt for it-Detroit FIRES
Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
Deserves Admiration.

Our admiration for the man who.
whether the conversation starts on
garden sass or the philosophy of Berg
son, will yet bring 1t in three adroit
sentences to his fayorite hobby.--Mil-
waukee Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
Success.

The Greeks had foot race In which
speed and endurance were not the
only tests. Each man at the start was
given q lighted torch, and the laurel
wreath was for the one who came in
first, with his torch alight," Success
in life is not merely reaching the goal,
but more important still. In keeping
the light OF God burning In our hurry
ing souls.-Exchanse
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
The attest conposition

Nr Elatte-"That was the best
piece of ragtime | have heard on our
?, 9l1ver, dear" Mrs. Flatte-
well, that was one of those porous
plasters l got in there by mistake. -
Yonkers Statesman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
Quite Useless.

Pastor from the pulpit)-Ths col
lection which we took up today 10 for
the savages OF Africa. The trouser
buttons which some Of the brethren
have dropped in the plate are conse-
quently useless.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
Loved Daddy. Too.

EInning a flower on my little four
15@1<c1d boys suit on mothers day. l
"a 10 him: You must wear this rose
1o[6y to show that you love your
m6<her. Edward In u little while he
T{1~zned to me, saying: Motner'
6<1t1e pin another rcEe en- me so peo-
- x:n lnc~ / love NJ taddy. too. -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02

The Judge-"You say you've worked
rs an artists model When" The
vag-"Oncet when ! was takin me
beauty nap In de woods an artist fell
Ter come along an sketched me as .
sleepin' faun Puck
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
On the Curve

In going quickly around . aAarr
surve The inside wheels Of = vehicI.
naturally leave the ground nrxt
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
nose, and chrvsanthemum.

There are nearly eight hundred
tnown v.rieties of roses and more
han four hundred ,i---san,hpnums
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
snch Ia KraII Humanity.

f1nny a man." said Uncle Eoen,
.<Sf IN hesitate or tango for miles
MkIIe de music is goin' couldn't be
p<fzanded to walk two blocks to de
<rucerr store"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19
GOLDSBORO NEWS OF A DAY
Especial to The News and Observer

Goldsboro, jan. 16.-Prof. J. A.
PeeIe of Guilford College faculty, and
Rev. Alice c. Lawrence. of Spiceland,
Ind, will be in attendance at the
Friends quarterly meeting, which will
be held in the Friends church in this
city January p, %. Prof. Peele will
deliver an address on education.
The Equal Suffrage League Of this
city have appointed a committee to
cooperate with a committee from the
Woman's Club to reQueSt the trustees
Of the Goldsboro graded schools to
appoint a woman to fill the vacancy
on the school board.
An examination will be held in this
city February 13 by the United States
Civil Service Commission to make
ce%rtification to fill a contemplated
vacancy in the position of fourth class
| postmaster at Bowden. n. c.
A gun valued at $500, which was
stolen from Kicks & Herring, a firm
at Warsaw, has been recovered n
as a result Joe Hobbs and Floyd
| Harris, two negroes. r in jail charg-
| ed with the larceny of same, and both
I accuse each other Of being the guilty
| party.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19
FRANCE SEES LONG WAR.
Garman Resistance Has Changed
Opinion as to Speedy End.

Paris Dispatch to London Daily News.
A very significant change has come
over public opinion in France as to
the probable duration Of the war.
Less than two months ago it was I'M
wise to hint at a Spring campaign.
Now it is recognized on every hand
as inevitable.
Two things have contributed to
awaken public feeling. The first is
the vast number of reserves Ger
many is organizing to push forward
into the fighting line when the
weather improves. The second is
the remarkable campaign which NJ.
Pinchon, former Foreign Minister.
waged for a time almsst single
| handed in favor Of an active japanese
Intervention on the Continent Of Eu-
| rope.
1 think that perhaps a third con
| sideration enters into the new calcu-
~lations, the determined resistance OF
the intrenched Germans, opposed te
the Allies. The tentative offensive
steamroller, though plugging away
has not yet crushed into the CONNER
cial heart Of Germany in Westphalia
Hopes of seeing Russia threatening
Berlin by the end of the year have
not been justified. In fact, the lan6
campaign on both front is behind tn
schedule that French optimistsf orm
ed after the battle of the Marine.
Still it is well ahead on the west
ern side, at least of what any on
with military knowledge could hav'
anticipated during the early weeks o
| August.