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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
WAS NOT At ALL NECESSARY
Witness Proved That She Did the
Best She Could In Just
Ono Glance.

In q recent breach Of promise suit
las We have been informed by some
who were idle enough to 60 and hear
IT. the attorneys spoke to the star
witness as follows:
"You say you saw this plaintiff 20.
ing BY? How do you know 1t was this
plaintiff? How was she dressed!"
II can't remember" replied the lady
witness.
AHA! You are sure you saw her,
and yet you can't remember how she
was dressed!"
Certainly not. l only had . glance
at her out Of the corner Of my eye. I
merely noticed that she had on a lit.
tie turban with . veil. . mink boa, q
gray suit trimmed with jet. cut broad
In the revers and gored in the skirt,
patent leather shoes with gray tops
and one of these cheap 1895 walrus
shopping bags. gathered at the top to
look like the 81 kind popular last
Christmas. only got a glance at her,
and so can't remember the details Of
her costume, your honor. What did you
expect me to do-stand on the street
and rubber at herr"
1T was not necessary, of course"
put In the Judge, and the lawyer
changed the subject ere he asked the
next Quession.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
A WAY TO INDOOR HEALTH
Set Of Rules Given New York shop
Workers Are Worthy Of Much
Attention.

Suggestions for indoor workers such
as bookkeepers. clerks. shopworkers.
tailors, shoemakers, stenographers,
saleswomen, dressmakers, garment
workers and milliners are contained
In a booklet distributed by the New
York health department. They in.
cluded the following:
you should pay careful attention
to fresh air. correct position, proper
and sufficient lighting. rest and rec
reation and finally to food and drink.
Constantly keep the shop windows
open.
Spend part Of the lunch period out
doors.
Don't ruin your eyes. Watch for
the early signs Of eye strain.
STUDY your job. Often the un-
healthy position is merely . faulty
one assumed by you.
III you do hard indoor work you
need at least one hour for lunch and
recreation.
why not ask your employer II you
can use the roof Of your building dur.
ing lunch hours?
"The midday meal should be light.
but wholesome.
"Bracers are harmful-this applies
to the use Of tea, coffee and alcoholic
beverages"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
BUYING OLD BOOKS
BY WALTER JOSEPH DELANEY.
"On this of all days." sighed John

"On this of all days." sighed John
Pembroke, manager of the antiquarian
bookshop of William Abercrombie.
He had looked forward to this day
as . red letter one in the calendar
IS the day, in fact, when he was to
ask his circumspect, hard-headed en-
ployer for the hand of his daughter.
Jessie. whom he had loved in secret
ever since he had secured his pres
emit position and had surreptitiously
courted for the past six months.
Mr.. Abercrombie has been away
for two weeks inspecting a famous
private library which a client wished
to buy. He had left John in full
charge Of the bookshop. Business
had been good and John felt proud
over it and had counted on his re-
port placing his gruff. practical-mind-
ed employer in good humor. Then
he intended to tell him outright that
Jessie and himself we're engaged.
Late the evening previous, how.
ever. John had received q note from
Jessie that disturbed him and COM
pletely discouraged all his ambitious
plans. It ran:
Il don't know why, but papa is in
. dreadful temper. 1t Is something
about the old Spectator set of books
you bought"
And now John worried and chilled,
and tried to guess out where he could
possibly have been wrong in the pur-
chase in question as he was sum-
moned to the private Office of his en-
ployer.
Mr.. Abercrombie's brow was like
a thundercloud. He had the Specta-
tor set in question on his desk. AS
John entered he pointed at the vol
umes with an angry stabbing finger.
you bought that trash ! under
stand?" he growled out
why, yes, sir" admitted John.
And paid six hundred dollars for
IT."
That was the price, sir"
well, you have been swindled. The
set is a copy-a rank forgery. To
an old expert like myself, such a
bare.faced imposition seems impos-
sible. l have just this to say: the
set would not sell for ten dollars and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
The New
Manager
By Mary Borrets Howard

Copyright 1912. by Associated Literary
Mrs. Amos Rood was busting hap
PLY about her neat kitchen, her pleas
ant face even more beaming than
usual.
Amos is sixty years old today"
she explained to the milkman from
whom she bought a half-pint Of cream
besides the customary pint Of milk.
an I'm goin' to get an extra nice
dinner"
The IL o'clock whistle had sounded.
The peach meringue pie which was to
be the GROWING touch Of the feast had
been brought from tho pantry and set
upon a side table: the roast chicken
was done to turn: the tomato bisque
was ready to pour into the tureen.
and az every housewife knows. toma-
to bisque will curdle II allowed to
stand.
Il do wish Amos would come" the
little woman fluttered. "That cream O.
tomato won't be At to eat"
Glancing uneasily out Of tho window
she started at sight of q curiously
familiar, yet unfamiliar, figure coming
slowly up tho street. Sure that bowed,
bent old man could not be Amos! He
had never looked like that, even when
his rheumatism was at its worst. But
the next instant she had flung open
tho door and was running down tho
garden walk.
"Oh, what IL it-what ais you,
Amos?" she cried. putting her arms
about him to help him up the steps.
Don't be scared, LUCY amt
SICK" the man said, with a brave at.
tempt at a reassuring smile.
But once under the shelter Of his
own roof. safe from prying or plying
neighborly eyes, Amos Rood broke
down altogether. Sinking into a chair
he dropped his head upon the little
table, so gayly decked in honor Of the
day with tea-roses and heliotrope from
the garden beds, and Mrs. Rood's
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16

I shall expect you to make up my
money you have SO recklessly squan.
dered."
Johns heart sank fast and deep.
He knew that discussion was useless.
Six hundred dollars! Why, even II
the old man favored his suit concern.
ing Jessie. that would put off all idea
Of a speedy wedding.
Il beg to say" began John, but
the old tyrant waved all explanations
aside.
John could have reminded him that
. standing order had been with the
house for the very set in question.
The books looked genuine. John had
even submitted them to q very good
authority. The dictum of his employer.
however, was final.
1T should be . lesson to you," OBJ
served the old man grumpy. 1T would
be . very wise and shrewd man who
could play such q swindling trick on
mel"
John had a hasty talk with Jessie,
who decided that the momentous
question at issue should be postponed
until the six hundred dollars was
made up.
So. John showed no sullenness or
resentment to the arbitrary ultima
tum Of his hard-headed employer, but
went cheerfully about his duties as
usual, willing to abide q better condi-
ton Of affairs.
One day there came into the book
shop a veritable old fossil. 80 far as
long straggly white beard and old
fashioned goggles and clothes were
concerned. When he announced him.
self as the president Of q newly In.
stituted college in far-away Alberta,
the bookseller never doubted his word,
for he looked the Anticipated peda-
gogue complete.
He gave his name as Professor
Marsh and stated that the college
trustees had set apart Ave thousand
dollars to buy . library. For week
he inspected the shelves Of the book.
store and its catalogues, writing down
q list Of innumerable volumes and
their prices, and old Abercrombie
rubbed his hands quite jovially at the
prospects Of making a big sale with
broad profits.
Several times the old professor had
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
atsep . Protective Function.

In q article on Sleep" DR.. Boris
Sidis says: "Sleep 10 not . disease,
not . pathological process due to the
accumalation Of toxic products In the
brain - IN the system generally. Sleep
10 not IN abnormal condition. It 10 .
normal state. Like the waking states,
sleeping states are part and parcel Of
the hfe existence Of the individual.
Waking and sleeping are intimately
related-they are two different mani.
fastations Of one and the same life
process-one 10 rs normal and healthy
a. the other"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16

cherished wedding china, and his
big. shrunken frame shook with .
mans painful, fearless sobs.
His wife silently unclasped his
clenched fingers from . letter which
bore the seal Of great corporation.
and as she swiftly scanned the few
curt lines 1t contained she walled
aghast:
20 Amos. 1t must be q mistake! The
company wouldn't take your pen
sion from you just because you are
able to earn little something extra,
now and them"
ITS the new manager, Lucy" Amos
Rood responded DULY. Hes trying to
cut expenses, and he says It's no part
Of the company's policy to pension
ablebodied men,"
"Able-bodied!" the little woman
echoed, with q hysterical laugh. II
guess I know what you suffer. Amos.
even on your best days. But don't you
worry. dsar-we'll get old Dr. Moore
to write that new manager . letter
that will make him ashamed OF him.
SELF
1T wouldn't do . mite Of good,
Lucy" the man said. shaking his head.
He says he's got proof l can earn .
good living II I'm . mind to-but-rm
afraid can't. I'm pretty good at ng-
urin'. and when the merchants here
get their accounts balled up they're
apt to send for me to straighten EN-
out. but its hard for . man Of my age
to get . steady job. even II I could
keep It up day in and day out. Per.
haps l was foolish to snap up thoss
chances to add . little to our in.
come. And get" he added with q
sigh. shat pension wasn't very big
one for two people to live on"
II should ny It wasn't" agreed
Mrs. Rood vshsmsntly. II call 1t pref.
ty doin's!" she went on hercely
Here's you al broken down, and all
those years ysaf salary was 20 small
that though I've been 40 saving ~ l
knew how. we've Just managed "a
pay for this place and put . few hun
dred dollars h tie bank"
WED never have done that much
II It hadn't been for you. Lucy" hsl
husband said gratefully. You're q
master hand Ut contriving. But I,
amt the eonpany's fault that 90,
ill crippled ~ with rheumatism. so'l
1 couldn't - my work"
''TA like 10 know II It amt, Amol
Rood!" she flashed. "rd like to know
II ysu Want kept al those years II
. damp. Underground once and not a
lowed half the help you'd ought Z,
have haAr
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16

tRaversed many . rapid mile curing
the next few hours.
II was about midafternoon when
Justus. pursuing q remote route,
drew up and slowly approached
wagon tilted on one side in deep
nut. His face grew serious as he saw
that 1t was loaded with sealed up
casks and jugs. the more so as he
recognized standing beside it the IA
Their of the girl he loved.
"The very man l need!" hailed Mr..
Telford cheerily. "My load is heavy
and the horses tired out. You have
arrived In just the nick Of time.
Hitch to and pull the wagon out Of
the rut, will your"
Within . few minutes time the
wagon was on q safe level basis.
Justus fingered. As he viewed the
honest face of Mr.. Telford, he hest
tated about informing him of the sus-
picions rife back at his home.
well, thank you, and I'll get along"
spoke Mr.. Telford II am getting my
load over to point near the rail.
road"
"Mr. Telford." began Justus, Il want
to warn you"
Eli" exclaimed his companion,
with stare Of surprise.
Eyes, sir. The officers of the law
too late!"
II seemed so, for just then there
rounded into the road three revenue
officers. They road at a wild gallop
up to the astonished Telford. Two
covered him with revolvers. the other
advanced, waving legal-looking docu'
ment.
"You are my prisoner on a govern.
ment warrant" he shouted.
Hello! what have I been doing
now" inquired Mr.. Telford quietly.
illicit distilling."
Eyes, I've been distilling right
enough" confessed Mr.. Telford. a
grim twinkle Of humor in his good
natured eye. but it happens to be
water.
"Eh!"
Yes, sir, that's the fact. l discov-
cred near here month ago the most
valuable mineral spring you ever
heard of. I've kept it quiet till got
a deed. I've been Analysing my big
find chemically and-ha! ha! honest
old David Telford a moonshiner? Oh,
no! Say, officer, try a drink Of the
aqua pura. It may cure your dark sus-
picions."
It took a mere superficial investiga-
ton on the part Of the revenue men
to establish the fact that they had
made an egregious blunder.
Ina, fretting for her lover. Mrs. Tel
ford, dreadfully upset and anxious,
both flew toward the gate early the
next morning when the two loved ones
in question drove into the yard.
Innocent" breathed Mrs. Telford,
fervently, as her husband told his
story. Il knew 1t could not be other.
WISE
Ina stood with downcast eyes. She
felt that she had been unjust in ever
indulging the thought that Justus
could cease to love her.
She came up to him trembling, her
lovely eyes filled with tears.
"Forgive!" she choked out brokenly
Forgive what, my troubled dar
ling?" inquired Justus, in honest ig.
norance.
Il fear-I thought" and there Ina
broke down utterly.
Never. even later, did Ina tell Justul
Of her great fear, Of the injustice she
had done his noble, loyal nature.
And In the succeeding days Justua
marveled at a new gentleness on her
part, and manlike. attributed her In
creasing devotion to his efforts to save
her father from apprehended trouble
At the wedding the invited guests
drank long and deeply of the marvel
Gus crystal spring water. which baos
fair to bring them all q fortune.
Copyright. 1915. by w. g. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16

Where He Drew nv -
During the trial Of some
persons Charles Lamb renr.
" that he should like 70 -
Ito ask them to dinner. -
not sit with themT sskeo n
solemnly. Yes, / would 81
thing but q hen or a tailor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
~Ss Net Thick - d..

.,, :. . estns prepared for dsfs.s 1
,,.n an not Any man vho A
nsparec for defeat would -. 80
so- .n before he commenced. Ihope
10 ,.so seaa !. shall do all In my pover
- .eeore 1t. and trust to God -, n.
Ose-Adniral Farrasut WV NV u
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
Expensive Wood

one OF the most expensive wood.
sseo regularly in an established in'
oustry In the United States is har
WOOD the favorite material for 49,
carving 1t has been quoted ., sooa
sen.s a cubic inch, and about 8, soa
oy the thousand board feet i''O'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
First Gold Found In California.

bWsS 0SsO booHo w SosuVtUos
The first discovery Of gold in Cali
fornia was made in 1Sls by James
Marshall, who happened to pick up .
Offering nugget in the bed Of .
stream. Since that time the state has
yielded more than one and one-hak bill
Lon dollars In gold. Marshall died .
poor man.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
Cost 10 ReaImentaI Pet

The everyday goat is responsible for
the nickname Of the Royal Welsh fu-
sileers-the Nanny Goats" A goat is
the regimental mascot and is led at
the head Of the column. On st Da.
vid's day, in the officers mess, the
goat, escorted BY drums and ffe, II
marched around the table.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
Iommx,a Costly Victory,

Nrs. Bacon-"What's the matter
with Tommy's face and hands? They
Are badly swollen" Mrs. Egbert-
You see. they offered prize at his
school for the boy who would bring in
the greatest number Of dead wasps.
and Tommy won"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16

Pa. when you say you're laying foe
0 person II means you have a grudgo
against him. doesn't it?" Generally.
my son" well, has the hen .
srudge against the farmer. par"-Bos.
ton Transcript.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
unbusInsssIlks rransaetlen.

Probably the smallest money order
ever SEN from Eatonton, Ca. was
sent recently. A man walked into the
post ONCE. asking for mocey order
for three cents. which he owed to his
society. and he said he would nave
to send money order, - 1t didn't
take stamps The money order cost
him three cents. and 1t took . I've
cent stamp to send the order.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
We csoeuersd Nature.

yes. gentlemen" said the geolo-
gist, the ground we walk on was
once under water" Well" replied
the patriotic young man Of the party.
1T simply goes to show that you
can't held this country down"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16

e extensive tests Germ,,
80 nave decided that ivy hsn.s.c
rather than Injuries stone Oenents
sapernuous moisture from them
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16

VbvUW O0s0h0o % CA60P.
u We rightly estimate things, what
n them IL purely owing to nature and
what to labor. We shall find that nine
C-nins parts Of hundred are wholly
70 be put on the account Of the labor.
-Locke
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
SldesteppinQ Them.

Both your admirers are going to b
at the bah tonight; are you gcing?"
mot me. The one that can't dance
wants to dance all the time. and the
one that can't talk wants to talk all
the time"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-16
Varied Menu.

Ths chorus girl dimes one day - Q
crust and the next on q crustaceaA-
New York Evening Mail.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-10
Monterey.

NJ. w. West is erecting a residence
on the foundations where his old resi-
dence was burned.
The young folks OF the city now dis
port themselves in pleasures fantastic
way at the rink in the Golf building.
Some terrible attempts at gardening
have recently been made by some of
the people here, but terra tirma is now
covered over with mantle of snow,
rendering further procedure along that
line all off for a while at least.
Geo. I. Renfro, of CrossviIle, was
circulating among our merchants one
day last week.
The halt, the MANNED and nearly all
others possessing infirmities of any
kind have been focking from here to
Kingston to see the pseudo-negro
Choctaw doctor Since an injunction
has been served on him eniOlnIng him
from further practiclng his art of heal
ing it is quite likely that they will now
remain at home and calmly and quietly
endure their ailments.
Parties returning here from James
town report that grading on the Oneida
Western railroad has progressed as
far as the Sharp place, twelve miles
north OF jamestown. 1t is thought the
railroad will shortly be constructed
through to Jamestown. The road pen
etrates one OF the most remote and
isolated sections of the state-the
headwaters of Wolf river. Here in
this region since the time VIXEN the
mind of man runneth not to the con-
trary, the wary moonshiner has follow
ed the even tenor of his inclination
undisturbed by the powers that be"
Bear, deer and other ANIMALS have here
found a secure retreat; and. as OpIe p.
Reed says, the wild turkey has here
strutted in ''barbarlc glee" for ages
past. This region is well timbered,
consisting of white oak, poplar, ash
and other kindred trees.
Say, gentle Annie, dost thou hear
those terrible detonations in the lam
bent atmosphere to the East of us?
That, my dear, is the allied powers of
the present :" Yooropean' scrlmmage
lambasting and bombardng the forts
at the Dardanelles. Bid them stay not
their hands but rather encourage them
to clay on. MacDuff," for it is bring
ing down the price of flour
March 8. Harry Hukes.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-10
Free Flower Seed.
Hastings Catalogue
Tells You About 1t

If you are engaged in farming, or
IL you plant only vegetables or flow
ers, you cannot afford to be without
the big catalogue published fresh and
new every year by the great South
ern seed house, H. G. Hastings &
Company, of Atlanta, Ga, and sent alb
solutely free, postage paid, to all who
write for it, mentioning the name OF
this newspaper.
In this catalogue we tell you OF a
splendid offer of free flower seed to
all our customers, five magnificent
varieties that mean beauty about your
home and a pleasure to wives and
daughters that nothing else can give.
This catalogue tells you, too, about
our big cash prize offer to the Corn
Club boys of your state. 1t tells all
about our fine yielding varieties OF
corn and cotton-the kind we grow on
our own 5000 acre farm. 1t tells
about the best seeds of all kinds for
planting in the South. 1t should be
In every Southern home. Write to.
day and let US send it to you'll. q.
HAeriN0s Z CO., Atlanta. oa.-Advt
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-10
Burke.

We are having some snow at present,
but we should not complain as we have
had nice spell of weather through
February.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
d. Turner has been seriously Ill, but is
much improved.
Several people went from here to at
tend the Holiness revival at Happy Top
Saturday night.
Jas. Turner is moving to Biglick
where he will occupy the Selby house
just vacated by Thos. Kerley.
The little daughter OF 6. F. Swat
ford. who has had pneumonia, is up
again.
Glen Croft, of Bigllck, is in this
country for few days.
H. G. Sheriff. is clearing land on a
tract which he leased up on the noun
tam near the signal pole. He has
about GU acres now cleared.
Glen Croft went to Crossvllle last
week.
Rev. Long filled his regular appoint
ment the first Sunday at Parhams
Chapel.
Miss Lille Swafford went to Happy
Top Saturday. She was accompanied
by Glen Croft.
Reuben Blce recently moved to the
farm Of Flora Sheriff..
March 8. Xxx.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-10
IS NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

70. E B. Gribble:
In the cause of Edward A. Brahm
VS. E. B. Gribble ct al, in the Chancery
Court at Crossvllle, attachment was
issued and levied upon the interest of
E. b. Gribble in the Diamond Stave
and Lumber Company. 1t appearing
from the bill filed IN this cause. which
is sworn to, that the said E. b.
Gribble is a nonresident of the State
of Tennessee. so that the ordinary
process of law can not be served upon
him, he is hereby required to appear
before the Clerk and Master of the
Chancery Court, at his office at the
court house in Crossvllle, Tennessee,
on or before the first Monday In April,
1915, and answer the bill filed against
him in this cause or the same will be
taken for confessed and the cause set
for hearing eX parte as to him.
1t is ordered that this notice be
published for four consecutive weeks
in the Crossville Chronicle, a news
paper published in Crossville, Tennes-
see.
This March l, 1915.
G. q. Black,
3-3-4t. Clerk and Master.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-10
Meridian

Dug Martin made business trip To
Crossville Saturday.
Glide Hedgecoth. of Dorton, spent
the week -end here.
Mrs. Eliza Smith has been very i'll
for the past week.
Miss Nellie Hedgecoth visited Miss
Pearle Hedgecoth, at Dorton, Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Laura Brown went to CRAB
Orchard Thursday.
Rev. Odell. of Dorton, preached an
interesting sermon here Saturday
night.
Clifford Hedgecoth, of Dorton, WIS.,
tied here Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Grace Ray went to Dorton Sun
day.
Miss Lennis Marin went to Cross
vile Thursday to spend a few days
with her sister, Mrs. Dandy Smith.
Charlie Brown went to Crab Orchard
w. ID. Ray and family are expected
home from BricevIIle in short time.
Pies Smith went to Grab Orchard
March 8. Vernis.