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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16

in. playing detective 10 get another
fellows ring for the girl love, Bob
admitted But it's the only way
can see here"
Suddenly he heard voices coming
down the patch from the house. He
stepped back among the shrubs until
the people should pass. when he heard
Violet herself exclsim: Let Us sit
here on the bench. father. and wait
for the car Il won't be along for FIVE
minutes and I'm so afraid Of missing
someone who might come 10 return
dear Jacks ring
Then she began TO cry. Its dread
full to lose it / just loved it"
Bob felt queer If Violet loved the
other fellow like that, what use was
there for him TO try 10 see her any
way? He was not proud of the part
he was playing He decided that as
soon as Violet and her father departed
he would leave the place forever.
But. as fate would have il. just as
soon as Bob gave up the idea Of find
ing the ring the ring found him He
didn't know it. Of course. when he
picked up the soggy rag doll that had
lain out all night under the bushes.
but, turning il over, he discovered
something on q piece Of string around
the dolls neck Il was Violet's en-
gagement ring, the ring her beloved
Jack had given her.
Bob slipped dollys fnery into his
pocket and waited for the occupants
Of the bench to depart That evening
he called her on the telephone.
Good evening, Miss Larinar This
is Robert Hale Do you remember
me-"
Indeed. yes came back in sur
prised tones. i could hardly have for
gotten you so soon Mr. Hale"
4 saw your advertisement in the
paper and have the pleasure Of in
forming you that have found dia.
mond ring which may be yours. ! an
sending il 70 YOU By registered mail.
He said il as formally as possible,
wondering If the transnitter would
convey the hanne-ing 81 bis heart
How perfectly grand I'll Be 50
glad TO get il back. if it really is
mine. Rut cant you bring il out ?
Why send it, Would il be very much
trouble2 2
Was he dreaming or were her
words a triee wisttul?
Why, res, That IS, thank you
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16

leaned out OF the little side window
and saw the river dashing below. II
was over the siding tracks now and
rising. He called Sweetwster and
told her the food was booming down
the valley and the tracks we're going
under. And in five minutes she called
back that the express had left Chip
pewa Junction already. but she was
signaling il from har station II It
passed he must call for help.
How can il pass you
The river may get ne first.
Then he understood He was in q
tower. but her little shack was on
level with the tracks. a few pine
boards with a water tank on one side
and a semaphore on the other. The
river would pick il up Ike chip.
He begged her 10 90 aWay-to leave
the station and summon help. She
said there wasn't time The express
WIS on the way up. And then Bel
lamy tried TO make the key carry his
message to her. all that he had meant
10 say, all that she was TO him. And
she called back just this:
Il know. dear Here comes the e1-
press. The waters up 10 my door.
Good. by.
He staggered TO the window and
hung out. listening as if he could
have made the night tell him what
was happening out in the heart Of it
There came the call of the express as
!. swung around the curve below her;
above the roar CT the waters il came
family. q .ar-or. broken shrek, il
seemed 10 him. for help. Then ST.
lerce. He called Sweetwater dog
gedly. but no answer came. His wire
was still alive. though. and he caught
the first big town south, asking help
Tor SweeIwater and the express.
Through the slow, dread hours till
dawn broke he sat head down on his
arms at his table. Yet she had told
him 70 sick and he lived up TO her
measure OF him, answering each call
that came UP the valley, warning
each town along the river. stopping
each train al the points OF safety. as
she would have begged him to do.
Tucker came an hour earlier. CHEEKY
and riotously oyerioyed TO find the
station safe.
Bad night. eh 2" he asked
Bellamy did not answer He
dropped down TO meet the local as It
came cautiously along And as he
stood watching en- the platform he
saw Madge on the steps Of the end
car. She slipped into his outstretched
arms joytully.
We got them al right. Tom, she
cried Every life saved But my
stations gone down the river | had
10 come up and tel you and was
afraid
Tucker called down from the
tower:
"HeadQuarters on the wire Tom
Asking details on the heroic deed
Any report II
Tell them No q resigns. Object,
natrimony. Bethany answered.
3pyrlg!l;, 1915 b. -te MeC.4.e Nems.
pane Syu2!cat@
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16
VILLAGE OF POTTERY MAKERS
Mexican Community Practically Has
Nc Other lndus;y-Eaeh Home
Workshop.

In Mexico q typical pottery village
lies or q wooded mountain side not
far from Cuernayaca, the capital OF
the State OF Morelos, over the range
mat divides the valley Of Mexico from
the Pacific slope
II lis one Of the most interesting and
most accessible from the capital and
well repays visit To enter its one
winding street. whore never q wheel
turns except 70 carry curious visitor.
i Ike stepping backward into the past
centuries
Every humble home has lis primitive
potters wheel and every yard lis crude
kiln. None Of the inhabitants do any
thing but make pottery; there is no
other industry Of interest. 4 common
scene is a man putting the finishing
touches TO z brasero the small char
c1al stove used BY al che peon popula-
ton OF Mexico
Il rests On top Of huge jar or Ola.
il which they carry and keep water
from M springs and streams The
s.@a often -ase ia-i.las the earth
~ s,.4.roEs o. witch tortillas are
as-a
lhe decorated vases are a compare.
ttYoly modern invention Lad= BY in.
ser,ir- bis ii broken imported china
il TIE 1ntaked clay
a.Y ingenious and artistic designs
4 are carried out 2 fsyorite one beng
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16
"nE ALSO SERVES"
BY izoLA FORESTER.


Bellamy was assigned TO the Black
Creek station in February. He went
TO il grimly. knowing all its demands
and dangers Il was not only black
by name. but il held the blsckballed
place OF honor with every operator IN
Wisconsin Timber stretches, then
the river, black and turbulent, then
the enbanknenl and railroad tracks
and his lone eyre perched near the
water toweY-that was Black Creek
station Back in the hills, if you fol
lowed the corduroy road. you came 10
a few houses. Bellamy boarded at
one the frs. week. but tired of it,
and he heard OF Ma Appley's from
Operator No. TO-
She was stationed down al Sweet
water. eight miles below Black Creek.
After the frs. week she would an
swer questions, and when he com.
planned o. the food and lodging up al
the halfbreeds house. she told him
to hang on TO the 20 local and drop
Of al Sweetwater and shed take him
over 70 Ma Appley s.
That was the beginning for Bellamy.
AL bis life he rememb ered the picture
she made waiting for him Oh the plat.
form i wasn't that she was so beau
tltul. Bellany only knew that she
was Infinitely tender and womanly.
He found himself telling her all his
hopes and plans the third night, after
he had become 3 regular down al
Ma Appleys And when he had in.
ished she had nodded her head
Il know. think every one should
set something ahead OF him and then
run for i. Id rather be anything
thar gutter.
The thought q that had made him
hang On 10 bis nerve through six
months D. Black Creek. with its lone
Illness and hard work.
The river mad been high all day
When he took lhe station over al six,
Tucker, the day operator, told him he
had tried for an hour 10 get an an
swer from Packers Grove. twenty-five
miles north along the river.
If there's washout Up there well
get il here during the night, and
Sweetwater and you'll have 70 hold
back the trains
Sweetwater and he He called hei
as soon as he was alone. his Sweet
water sweetheart, as he laughingly
named her to himself Madge Lowell
on the conpany's pay roll.
Keep at the key she called. Nc
mater what happens, don't 60 away
There are Two passenger trains be
sides the express. and lis up 20 Us
because were al the Top Of the val
ley and will get the first alarm.
l, was quarter Of eleven wher
re eeard ,he raar NJ the valley. He
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16
The Medsinu Route.

1t is reported that the latest thing
Il wedding invitations is an engraved
map showing the way to the church
ard to the house Grinding perplex.
ity Is the mother Of innovations. 1t
i not 80 s,atec, but urqlestionably
this helpful scheme originated in Bos-
ton, where ~ 1d;ag guests have been
KNOWN to lgse themselves and wan
der around Tor hours through the tan
gfei highways not re5 ll.ng the scene
u II =: lie rice and old
sh- .,1 1 eye.y ne
else vas .. o.,i.
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16
WHAT WILL JACK SAY?
BY ELLIS GRAY.

Bob Hales head was so full OF pain
that IN his delirium be was afraid it
would burst ana scatter his brains
over the snowy uniform of his nurse
That would have been dreadful, for
not Tor the world would he have any.
thing happen to the dainty, immacu-
late bit Of femininity who was taking
care of him.
one other thing worried him besides
his head 1t was the diamond ring
his nurse wore on her left hand. To
MS distorted senses it seemed to be
iniolerably in the way II she would
only put il on the other nand it
wouldn't bother him so much.
Won't you tell me who the lucky
man is?" he asked one day as he lay
back weakly among his pillows
watching her make out a report for
the doctor.
What do you mean" she asked.
looking up startled from her writing.
Then. seeing his eyes on her hand. she
colored. 'Not-not now" she faltered.
Some day, perhaps. Don't you think
you had better have your nap now
Mr.. Hale?-
Bob got better And Violet. one
oreary day, exchanged her white uni.
form for a blue broadcloth suit and de.
parted. taking with her all that life
held dear for him
For weeks Bob thought OF every ex-
cuse under the sun to see her. But
he always gave Up in despair There
was no honorable way he could think
Of Besides, what was the use when
she was not. and never could be his.
One day be lost collie pup. and.
looking over the ads in daily paper.
found the following item right under
his nose
LosT-.A solitaire diamond ring
IN Bellevue car or On Washing
ten avenue Bellevue Finder viii
please retgrn e Miss Violet Lari-
mar IL Washington avenue. and
receive liberal reward,
Eureka. / have found it, ex.
claimed Bob, meaning. Of course,
neither the ring nor the dog. but an
excuse TO see once more the only girl
he could ever care for.
The plan that presented itself so
suddenly was this To try to inter.
cept the finder, and thereby return it
in person. II was the only legitimate
excuse he could possibly trump up
for seeing her once more
Bob boarded Bellevue car. got of
al Washington street and slipped
through the street gate set in a high
privet hedge Just inside was clump
OF hydrangeas on level with his
head. He could stand there screened
from the street and house and inter
cept anyone who looked as though he
or she were coming 10 return lost
diamond. It's beautiful fix TO be
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16

Fame is nothing more or less than
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16
The Lakeland NeW.s

Is one o. Floridas greatest weeklies II
goes to every farmer, to every grower to
every village resident, in the northern part
OF FOLK county. Several hundred copies
go out OF the State every week to people
who contemplate coming to Lakeland and
VINO are potential customers OF Lakeland
merchants.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-16

LGST-A solitaire diamond ring
on Bellevue car or On Washing
ton avenue Bellevue Finder viii
please return 70 MISS Violet Lari-
mar, - Washington avenue. and
receive liberal reward
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-01
THE DAY OF LIGHT
Saxon Festival of Easter Was
Regarded by Them as the
Queen of All.

IN ANCIENT times the Saxons were
j worshipers Of the heather goddess
Eostre, whose festival fell In the
spring. The feast of the Resurrection
falling in the spring also, the name
was transferred to the Christian
feast which, in the Saxon church, was
regarded as the queen Of festivals. 1t
was termed the day Of light, and from
midnight Of Easter eve until daylight
the churches were brilliantly illumi-
mated and decorated. On Easter
morning the people hocked to the elab-
crate service, and especially to wit
ness the symbolic resurrection from
the sepulcher. This was represented
by the priests elevating in full view
of the people the supposed body Of the
risen Christ.
In connection with the celebration
in the churches the people INDUCED in
feasting and rejoicing in their own
homes. This was but a natural reac-
ton from the rigorous fast Of Lent i'm
posed by the church, during which no
meat whatever was eaten and on Good
Friday no food at all was permitted
upon the tables. Even the most de-
vout Christians must have been raven
ously hungry and rejoiced in the pros
pect of the Easter feast. The tables
were covered with meats and pas
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-01

a meaning which the swain is eagerly
looking for.
The girls post themselves along the
long village street, armed with pals
full Of water, and through them drive
the swains at top speed in teams of
three horses abreast. The girls are
sufficiently deft to give their beaux
the full measure of their acknowledg-
rlent of the day before, and each gets
his answer, or thinks he gets it. This
Easter water is believed to have heal
ing properties and doubtless has
healed many heart.
Up in the mountains of Carinthia-
Kaernthen-in the Alps of Austria,
where Germans and Slavs dwell to-
gether, the girls engage in a pictur-
esque race the day before Easter.
Lent is kept very vigorously, and after
the long period Of fasting everybody
looks forward to the good things OF
Easter Sunday.
The girls of the mountain villages,
both German and Slav, the Saturday
kefore Easter take enormous baskets
of food to the village church to have
it blessed by the priest. Stepping out
of the church door, they start to race,
with their huge baskets poised on
their heads. The sight of these buxom
girls, in their short frocks, white
stockings and many-cOlored head
dresses, racing one another down the
village street, is most picturesque
and graceful, despite the heavy bur
dens they carry. They are very ear
lest about this race, because each
trmly believes that If she wins she
will be married in very short tire
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-01
ALL SHARE IN JOY
SpIend0r Of the Resurrection Be-
longs to Each One Who
Believes.

WHEN anyone is reading a book
W what he is most anxious to
know is: "Does it end happily?" We
dislike to read book which leaves US
in gloom. There are two happy end
ings to the two great narratives of
the New Testament. The first mar
ratiVe is the life of Jesus himself.
The second narrative is the life of his
church. The story of Jesus life on
earth would be immeasurably sad IL it
left him on the cross. That would in
deed be the worlds most rayless trag-
edy. Those hands so busy in useful
toll and in kindly service, nailed to the
rough cross; those feet which Ehad
sought out sorrow in order that relief
and comfort might be brought, also
pierced and torn; the eyes which had
looked forth with infinite tenderness
and pity upon the sorrows Of men and
had revealed undreamed-of depths Of
sympathy, closed in death; the brow
on which the light OF heaven had
shone, dark with the shadows Of
death, covered with dust and with
blood from the crown of thOrns; the
heart that had throbbed with love for
the sad and the needy and oppressed,
pierced with the Roman soldiers
spear. That would have been an end
ing too grievous to endure. But the
story does not end that way. There are
no tears in its ending. The Savior
met his weeping friend Mary Of Mag
dala in the garden with the comfort
ing words: why weepest thou?"
Since he is risen there is no longer
any reason for despair and grief. He
spent those days before his ascension
bringing to his friends assurance of
peace and Joy. And he went back to
heaven promising that he himself in
actual spiritual presence would be
with them always, even to the end OF
the age.
The happy ending in Revelation is
but another part Of this same happy
ending of the Gospels. All Christ's fol
lowers are to share in the JOY and
splendor Of his resurrection. We are
to come to him with songs and ever
lasting JOY upon our heads. May ouI
faith in him, our love for him, our
allegiance to him be SO strong and
bright this year that of all the Eas
ters it shall be the gladdest we have
ever known.-Christian Herald.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-01
IN THE HOLY CITY
People of Jerusalem Celebrate
Easter With MagnifiCence
That Is Gorgeous.

JERUSALEM Is the true Easter city.
j Not only is Easter celebrated
there with gorgeous magnifcance BY
the Christian churches-Latin, Greek,
Armenian, Coptic-but the large and
ever-growing Jewish population Of
Jerusalem keeps the passover with all
the charm of its cosmopolitanism, and
even the Mohammedans have their
Easter pilgrimage to the grave Of
Moses.
The throng Of Easter pilgrims from
the whole Christian world is q very
remarkable sight To the Westerner
1t is a revelation of oriental Christian
fly in all its picturesque devotion.
Greeks from all over the Levant, Ar
menians from Turkey, Persia and Cau-
casus; HISTORIANS from the Mesopc-
tamia and Persia; Syrians from Alep-
po, Damascus and Beirut; Abyssin-
fans from northeast Africa; Copts from
Egypt, and men from the ancient
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-01
BEST THOUGHTS FOR EASTER
Meant for Those Who Have Real
Appreciation of the Significance
Of the Season.

On Easter Sunday let US think-Of
him in honor of whose perfect life
and glorious resurrection carols as
cend and flowers breathe forth their
beauty and fragrance.
OF the God who sent him to con-
firm the hopes of the human race in
the reality of the life beyond death.
OF the risen Christ's continued man
Hesitation of himself through the par
don of peace, the comfort and the pow
er which he bestows upon his disci-
pies.
OF the Divine reserves yet to be
released to complete, with mans as
sistance, the work Christ began.
OF beloved friends gone into the
unseen world, still near US, still low
ing and needing US, but rejoicing in
the richer, fuller life Of the realm into
which they have entered.
OF homes and hearts this last win
ter bereft of their dearest ones.
OF those lowering between life and
death, and those who watch anxious
ly by their bedsides.
OF all who will spend Easter Sun.
day in prisons and hospitals, and the
great army of those shut away, by
age and infirmity, from the worlds
busy life.
OF victims of recent disasters on
land and sea, and Of all in any way
affected by such calamities.
OF human need and loneliness in
any part of the world which we can
alleviate.
OF the JOY and hope in millions of
hearts today because Of the Christ
who died and rose again.
OF the final certain triumph or good
over evil, right over wrong, IRE over
death.-!The ConSregationaHst
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-01
AMOTLEY CROWD
Gorgeous Scenes in Constantine.
pie During the Celebration
of Easter.

EfNHRISTOS ANESTP'-"Christ is
risen'-is the Easter cry in Con.
stantinople that you hear on all sides,
accompanied by the exchange Of the
traditional kiss. "Paskalia Foulia"-
flowers of Easter time"-are sold
everywhere to the festive throng in
the narrow streets. In the butcher
shops you see the passover lambs
with gilded feet and the choice pieces
the kidneys-placed, on gold foil.
The variety of types and costumes
seen in this throng where the West
meets the East is most remarkable. All
the Christians of the Levant are there:
Bulgarians in embroidered jackets;
Greeks from the mountains, sporting
the fustanella, the kilt which resem-
bIes the dancers skirt; burly men
from the Adriatic, Levantines, Ar
menians; ladies in the latest Paris
fashions, genuine and otherwise, and
of course, a host Of French Germans,
Italians, Austrians, Russians, English
and Americans.
In the Balkans, Austria, Germany
in fact, all parts of Europe, one finds
countless Easter customs that were
apparently of very ancient heather
origin quite unrelated to the feast of
the resurrection.
The many nationalities of Austria.
Hungary afford a particularly wide
field in this respect, since the princi.
pal ones, Germans, Slavs, Magyars,
have come to occupy the country in
the Christian era with all their Gus
toms already formed since centuries
The physical conditions of Austria
Hungary, with the Danube valley sur
rounded by high and continuous
mountain chains, were especially ia
vorable for the perpetuation of ancient
heathen customs.
In central and southern Hungary
especially in the valley of the Thesis
and at it's confluence with the Danube
there is a purely Magyar eastern Gus
tom suggestive, perhaps, of their for
mer homes in the central Asiar
steppes. AS in nearly all popular Gus
toms of the Magyars, the horse takei
a conspicuous part in it. Easter da!
the young men of the village pour wa
ter over the girls and Easter Monda!
the girls get ready for their revenge.
This revenge is, Of course, in the ma
ture of an acknowledgment of the al
tention received, and carries with
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-01
Chart Showing the Sliding Scale Of
Easter for the Ten Years From 1910
to 1920.

Chart Showing the Sliding Scale Of
Easter for the Ten Years From 1910
to 1920.
of 400, as 1900, 1000, ETC., which should
be leap years.
In those days they were SO accus-
toned to movable feasts that it never
occurred to the reformers of the, calen-
dar that day might come when their
movability should be inconvenient.
They knew SO little about the rela-
tions between the sun and the earth
that they did not want to renounce the
lunar year entirely and so upset the
order of feast days that had from time
immemorial been based upon the
movements of the moon.
Though the Gregorian calendar was
issued in 1882, prejudice against any
thing that came from Rome was so
strong in England that it was not
adopted there until by an act of par
lament. passed in 1851, September 3,
1859, was reckoned as September IA,
and New Years day was set back
from March 25 to January l, begin.
ming with 1853.
To fix one definite date for Easter
would require decree from the pope.
The whole Roman Catholic world and
all Roman Catholics elsewhere would
at once adopt 1t, and there is little
dnyIhf that tho profnStant churches
would follow. AS it is purely re-
ligious feast, this is all that would
be necessary.
In Russia and Greece the Julian cal
endar is still in use, so their dates ara
now IL days different from ours.