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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19

The man turned to her. Il waaL /.
ask you something" he said. How is
II that you have never married."
The crimson dyed her cheeks.
1T was impertinent of me-" he be-
gan repentantly.
NO." she answered hurriedly. "Tn
tell you. l suppose love seems a
trivial thing to many people 1t was
never SO to me. | was in love when
was a girl-before l came to the
city. I thought he loved me. l was
going to wait for him. He married
another, That is all"
And them" he asked gently.
She shrugged her shoulders.
Them" she answered. why. il
not that enough! / had my disillusion-
ment. But how about yourself?" she
cried suddenly "How about your
WHY guess it is about the same
story with me-" he replied, In en-
barrassment
And the car came up inexorably.
They entered.
1t rushed through the pleasant coun-
tryside. now touched with the shad-
ows Of evening, bearing them back to
town. The city appeared upon the
horizon. Then a wilderness of drab,
unlovely houses began to spread about
them. And they knew that their day
was ended
II shall see you again." he asked,
as the car traversed the sordid
streets.
81 don't know-why?" said the girl
hurriedly
Because" he said slowly, 81 think
I have made a good deal of fool OF
myself You see. when l lost her,
came to about the same conclusion
that you did l never had the nature
to lay hold of life. think one must
seize what it offers, and not spend 1t
in vain regrets. Don't you?"
Perhaps" she answered, digging
the point Of her parasol into the floor
Of the car.
81 had been coming slowly to that
belief But it needed two things to
assure me that it was true"
What were they" asked the girl.
But she did not look up.
"Oh. the spring, I think" he. an
swered, laughing for the first time on
the return Journey 81 am sure it was
the spring. 1t reminded me Of other
springs"
Eyes, but-the other?" asked the
girl.
"Why-you." he answered. This
has been the happiest day of my life."
He took her hands in his.
81 don't want to make the same
blunder always" he said 81 want a
chance to seize happiness when it Of
fers. I want toto see you in the
city. May I?'
The red was in her cheeks again,
but she looked him in the eyes for
the first time.
Yes" she answered softly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Mule Drinks at Bar.

A mule standing up at the bar with
its two front feet resting on the top
rail was the sight presented to patrons
of saloon in the business district.
The animal, which had been secured
by Municipal Court Bailiff Blythe on a
writ Of replevin, was being taken to q
stable. Blythe had stepped into the
saloon to get a glass Of beer He left
the animal in charge of a man out
side.
Hardly had the beer been drawn
when Blythe heard a commotion at the
side door and in came the mule. All
efforts to get 1t to leave proved futile
until 1t had been given four glasses
Of beer.-Cincinnati (Ohio) Dispatch
to New York Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
3c&,sS33cS33cs
UNclE's QUEER WILL
Young Legatees Discovered That
He Was Not So Very
Hard Hearted.
~ J. M. PRICE.

Lucy and I looked at each other
when the lawyer came to that clause
In Uncle Jabez's will. We did not
look straight but out of the corners
Of our eyes. At least, I saw that
Lucy was looking at me, and 30 !
infer that she saw that I was look
ing ut her. Then we each stared hard
at the Wallpaper.
ITO my nephew, Arthur Bowen, the
sum Of fourteen thousand dollars and
my property on Madison avenue, con-
sisting Of the apartment house known
a. The Maple Vine,' on condition that
he shall not marry the said Lucy
Stokes within q period Of twenty
years. the said property and capital
to be held in trust for him during that
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19

In one Of the industrial towns in
South Wales a workman met with q
serious accident The doctor was sent
for, and came and examined him, had
him bandaged and carried home on q
stretcher. seemingly unconscious.
After he was put to bed the doctor
told his wife to give him sixpenny-
worth of brandy when he came to him
SELF After the doctor had left the
wife told the daughter to run and
fetch threepennyworth of brandy for
her father.
The old chap opened his eyes and
said, in a loud voice, "Sixpenn orth.
the doctor said.'-Tit-Bits.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Watching the Crowd.

Did you ever watch q crowd? OF
course you did. Everybody does.
Nothing is more interesting than q
crowd.
But did you ever think how q crowd
appears to different eyes? A pick
pocket will watch it to look for loot.
A newspaper reporter will. watch it
for news. A physician will notice the
sick, but not the WELL A clergyman
will observe the suffering.
Demagogues are always watching
the crowd and devising the easiest
scheme to fool the people. They have
succeeded wonderfully in doing SO in
the past. but all the people cannot be
fooled all the time.-Jasper in Leslie's
Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19

They fingered In the Sunny Lane.
to laugh when spring had come and
Nature riotously proclaimed her mirth
in every breeze and every breath of
the flowers.
II think it must lie in this direc-
tion." said the man, pointing along
the road.
The girl turned and began to walk
in the direction that the man indicat-
ed. At first he tried to lag behind
her, but presently, realizing the alb
surdity of their position, he took
courage to address her.
Suppose we 60 together" he said
difidently.
The girl looked at him with swift
scrutiny. In spite of her apparent in
decision the longing for companion
ship leaped out of her eyes unmistak-
ably. The man took courage. They
walked on side by side, crossed path
through a field. and emerged upon a
little lane. Their conversation, at
first restrained, grew animated.
She was a stenographer, and she
had been in the city for five years.
She worked in building one block
distant from that in which he spent
his days as secretary for Haas, presi-
dent Of the Cement company; and
they must have passed each other a
score of times and never known it.
All at once they came upon a lit.
tie. old-fashioned inn. A table with a
couple of chairs stood on the porch.
The landlord stood in the doorway.
hourishing a napkin. The invitation
was so obvious that they looked at
each other and laughed. and then sat
down.
They exchanged condolences. Her
name was Doris, and she had no rela-
tives in the world. She had come to
the city five years before with no
training except knowledge Of stenog-
raphy, and she had nothing to look
forward to.
And somehow the man found him
self telling her of his own hopes; the
boyhood dreams. the mans disillusion-
ment, the realization that youth had
slipped away and left him approach
ing middle age. with nothing accom-
plished.
Their eyes told more than their
tongues. Their hands met across the
table. It was an instructive greeting
Of fellowship. Each knew that the
loneliness in his own heart was
shared by the other.
II the landlord saw that greeting
he turned discreetly away. for he had
been young once, and he knew that
in spring one does many foolish
things.
They fingered in the sunny lane
sauntering under the budding trees
The sun dipped down. At last they
awakened to the realization that theil
day was slipping away. as life wal
slipping away. And, silent now, they
walked back through the field, side
by side, toward the car line.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Io0aI HolldayA

The general (presidentiaD election
Is a legal holiday in all the states
except Alabama. Arkansas, Connecti-
cut. Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, North
Carolina, Utah, Vermont. Ohio. Kan
sas and West Virginia
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Grows on Telegraph Wires.

Thers b Q form Of plant which
grows on telegraph wires. It has 10
roots. but derives Its nourishment
from the air, and prefers slectric
wires TO the nourishing earth. The
seed Of the plant-which when fully
grown resembles an orchids carried
70 the wires by birds and insects.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Flour to ExtInouIsh Fire.

II should be q matter Of common
knowledge. since -four is always with
In convenient reach. that wheat -four
is the best extinguisher to throw over
q fire caused by the splitting and ignit-
ing of kerosene.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Daily nhauahf

Mnetsnths Of the good that 10 done
n the world IL the result not o. laws,
hewsver wise. or Of resolutions how.
ever strong. but of the personal infiu-
ence of individual men and ~omen.-
Sir Samuel Chisholm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Booked Ahead,

Nov that your son Is through col
iege. what are you going to make Of
him.. Cant tell for . couple Of
years. He went to coed institution
and he's booked up for two years
solid to act as an usher at weddings.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Universal Oeslre.

To be happy at home is the ultimate
result Of all ambition. the end to which
every enterprise and labor tends and
of which every desire prompts the
prosecution.-Samuel johnson,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
phoebe's Only chsnes,

Oats ut . cat show are not scored
a their rat catching records: thsre.
tore It would be Of no use to entse
Phoebe. She'll have to be shown In
.. steel and wire trap exhibition
Toledo Daily Blade
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
She Supports Him.

who IL that little man you were
talking to just nowf He said he
couldn't live without music. I thought
he exaggerated"
'He told the truth. He's the hus-
band OF q prima donna"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19

CtOoN 0eIon00 @ Cab0f.
n Ne rightly estimate things. Wat
n them 10 purely owing to nature aHl
wat to labor. We shall find that nine
ty-nine parts Of . hundred are wholly
to be put On the account of the labor.
-Locka
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Measure Of HAPPINESS.

A woman is happy when she thinks
she is better looking than the lady
cashier at the downtown cafe where
her husband gets his lunches.-Port-
land Telegram.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Immune From Many Diseases,

Men attending the pans In salt
works are generally supposed to b
exempt from cholera. smallpox, scar.
let fever and Influenza.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
Do You Love the Summer

, Do You Love the Summer
Yeast-And you say your wife leaves
you and spends all the summer In the
country?
Crimsonbeak-Yes; you know Just
love the summertime"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19

Yea. Wbvf

why IL 1t that the last words Of the
s.eat are so much wiser than any they
change.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-19
The Greatest River.

The Amazon is the worlds greatest
river. The Nile. Mississippi and
Gauges are mighty streams, but in
length. probably. and in breadth,
depth, volume of water and reach Of
clear sailing the South American river
leads them all.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-01
SAMSON THE VILLAGE eLAcksMIrr

was on tho warpath now. lie grabbes.
the Jawbone of an ass. the hind leg Of
COW. and as he pulled the throttle Wild,
his whiskers strenmed behind, his motor
cycle siren shrleked, his war cry split III,
wind. This handsome youth had won al
bouts In which no had appeared, he'd
been elected county Judge. and was quite
widely feared, He'd lost a big election
bet-three thousand bingham shirts, and
4 he was sore. You may not now how
losing sometimes hurts. SO Samson rode
n hundred miles and killed 5000 msn, .setit
on. their shirts by parcel post, and rode
right home again. This made the under-f
tnkcrr smile. but lots OF folks got mad
Tho sheriff suid. "I'll pinch that boy! I'll
get his goat. by gnd." Tile papers issued
extras now. whenever Samson smiled. Al
big reward was posted. and the people
NIL were wild. But Samson caught a thou,
sand cats and set their tails on fire. The
fire department summoned air from Ba-.
bylon by wire. Once Samson told lady
friend thnt bluI WIS all his power. She.
told q copper friend OF hers. They. hae
him IN one hour. 4
CHARLES B. DR1scoLL.
Copyright l9l5)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-01
HOW THE DOPE LAW IS
OPERATING.

TSHE Harrison law enacted by congress to reduce
entirely prevent the sale OF habit drugs has been
In operation for sx months, and 1t Is generally
agreed that It has been exceedingly effective Fedora
laws are generally strictly and telngy enforced
than state laws and the Harrison law seems to have
been no exception to the rule It undoubtedly worked
cruel hardship at first thousands of narcotic victims
many OF whom died In consequence OF the sudden end
Of their supply Of dope But these would soon have
persisted anyhow IL their habit had not been legally In
terered with and the other hand thousands of drug
who had not hopeless stage have been
saved and restored TO more less normal state of
health by the stamping Of the traffic The revelation
ofhe number OF drugusers has been almost staggering
AS one writer on the subject remarks:
When medical men say that five times the quantity
required for the legitimate trade not to mention the
quantity smuggled has been imported in recent years.
we get some conception Of the growth of the evil that
has SO many thousands probably hundred OF thousands
In its grip The country districts have their Victims as
well as the city slums. Every community knows them
sad wrecks OF what might have been men and women.
The hardshps brought them by the new law, which
effectively supplements the widely varying state laws
cannot be weighed against the greater need to fight
menace that has become here than anywhere else
in the world. except in China ITSELF
The good that has been done by the law on the pos
five side appears in the testimony Of the heads of hos
pitas 1t has saved the drug victims from themselves
and driven them even against their Wills to sana
tariums and hospitals where large proportion of them
are on the road to permanent The superlntend
ent of one of the largest institutions in the country de-
clares In interview that in the six months he has
been overwhelmed by applications and has had turn
away hundreds that he had no accommodations for 1t
would seem to be the duty of the public authorities
cooperate with hospital directors in providing refuge
and medical treatment for those unfortunate folk
every possible case.-Ptsbursh Press
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-01
INTEREST IN CONTEST,

TIME great Shower of Gold contest being run by The
West Virginan has made a distinctive hit in the
community and interest in the event is at fever
heat With the time Of the closing day Of the contest
several weeks away there is chance for every baby
entered in the contest to capture the first prize 1t is
simply question of who has the best fighting and hust.
ling ability from now until the finish of the contest
Never before has there been SO much interest in con.
test in this district such is being manifested in the
Shower of Gold Babies from every part of Fairmont
and the surrounding territory have been entered in the
competition for the big prize and the friends of these
babies are working hard for their success
Every baby entered has equal chance and Is 90.
ing to be fight to finish for that $500 in gold, which
will be given the first prize There are no losers in
the contests or course there only one first prize but
there are many other cash prices all Of which are worth
working for Now is the time to get in the fight In ear
nest Make up your mind that you arc going to land
the first prize for your favorte then get out ana
work.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-01
TIME FOR A SHOWDOWN,

The controversy between Secretary
Garrison and Col. Roosevelt over tho
udministration'sYresponsibility for our
shameful lack Of military prepared
ness ought to have one immediate
result. It ought TO crystalize public
demand to lnow where the admins.
tration really stands on the question
OF preparation. For more than two
years Mr.. Garrison has been maturing
plans for the reorganization of the
army. That was all he could do, since
the President gave him no public
support and Democratic Congress
turned down all his suggestions. He
Is not to blame personally for the
governments inaction. The admins,
tration and Congress are to blame, as
everybody knows. But there is no
advantage In wrangling over that
point. What the public wants to know
is how far tho administration Is now
prepared to depart from the do.noth.
ing program OF the last two years
N. Y, Tribune,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-01
hs West vrslnlanl on sale daily In Atlantic City att
Derndol News Co, South Carolina and Atlantic AYES.
Atlantic News Agency, Younss Pier.
WEDNESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER /. 1915.
MED1cALL OPINION on aBooZE.n

n VERY day makes It more difficult for booze" to
masquerade as q medicine. The notion that it is
q rstimulantr "tonic" or "rejuvenator" is con-
dicted BY the best and practically by all medical au
rities. No one will question the high standing Of
s. s. Goldwater commissioner Of health for the city
New York. who has Just issued official bulletin in
tich he says: 80
IA dimunition In the consumption Of alcohol by the
immunity according to those who in position to
low and to judge would mean less tuberculosis less
erty less dependency and less pressure on our hos
|sls, asylums and jail.
|Intemperats drinking cuts into the support OF the
billy. The drinking Of parents weakens the vitality
rHfldren Drinking mothers lose twice as many babies
do sobe, mothers More alcoholism is found in the
rents Of feeblemlnded children than in the parents
FORMAL cnildren.
he children OF drinkers develop more slowly and do
rer rchoo work than do the children of absainers.
koho impars the tone of the muscles lessons the pro.
tts Of laborers, depreciates the skill and endurance
artisans impairs memory mutipes industrial acct.
to, causes chronic disease Of the heart liver, stomach
kidneys, increases the death rate from pneumonia,
4 lessons natural Immunity to infectious diseases
ociety is organized and laws passed for tho pro-
ZION Of the general welfare. Would it not promote
general wettare to remove the cause Of many
BIAS DR.. Goldwater mentions?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-01
NEW HOPE FoR. PEACE.

I AsHINGToN is hopeful that the great war in
M Europe may soon be brought to close, and that
peace which win be fairly satisfactory to al
/ be made. This is only hope; but hope is great
>g. When Washington announces that. owing to GER
things which have transpired during the past few
b that there is reason to hope that peace will soon
Emade-t certainly Is worthy of consideration. If
Is one thing that Is to be earnestly hoped for at
time 1t Is cessation Of hostities across the water
neans much to the countries engaged in war and it
8ns much to those nations which not actually
jed in the slaughter but suffer severely indirectly.
he fact that Germany has practically assured the
ted States that she will adopt modified plan in re-
to submarine warfare together with the statement
% England that she is willing to make certain con-
fons in regard to trade restrictions has caused the
Gals at Washington to become hopeful that some
mite steps towards ending the in Europe may be
tn In the immediate future.
me fact is pointed the beligerents are show
disposition to listen to representations and to some
int to accede to them With this for starting point
be OF optimistic turn OF mind see no reason why much
;cTess can not be made towards lasting peace.
\ Is to be hoped that the peace boom in Washington
lot false alarm and after getting the hopes the
Die Of this country raised to high point that nothing
i come Of the efforts for peace If peace could be
de before mdwinter it would be of the greatest
ssings possible While this is hardly within the
se of possibility II might be ACCOMPLISHED
tleast. We are told, there is hope.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-01

University OF Pittsburgh. spent Sun.
day visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Max Bear.
Mrs. Walter Wilson. OF Clarksburg
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas J.. Tai.
bolt Sunday.
Mrs. L. C. Prickett and her sister,
Miss Adrian Talbot. have returned
from their visit at the Prickett farm.
Mrs. Thomas Ford was visitor
here Sunday at the home OF Mrs. Julia
Talbot.
Miss Mary Kenney expects to visit
relatives in Grafton Thursday and
from there will SO to her home in
Piedmont.
Miss Alma DEFAULT, who was here
visiting her friend. Miss Kate Price,
left for her home in Smithtown.
Mrs. William Blocher and Miss Al.
freda Miller, of Jerome. Pa. are yisi.
tors at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Da.
yid Levy.
Miss velma Tucker, OF Taylor coun.
ty, is here visiting her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Curry.
James Hall visited his parents In
Eoothsvillo Sunday.
Dorsey Love. of Grafton, spent Sun.
day hero visiting Mr.. and Mrs. R. F.
Lawson.
Ora L. Spragg returned last night
from Wheeling, where he was visiting
his aunt, Mrs. o. Oliver.
Luther Bennett is very Ill suffering
from hay foyer and asthma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Watkins and chill.
dren and Miss Emma Shorden, of
Grafton, spent Sunday at the home Of
Miss Anna Watkins. z
Tho Acme Society met last evening
at the home Of Grover c. Spragg In
West Monongah.r Avery delightful
program was rendered and music and
refreshments were enjoyed. The Acme
Society Is anticipating an outing at
the farm OF Mr.. Cline Koon, few
miles west OF this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde CASTOR, OF Fair.
mont, spent Sunday afternoon here.
Mr.. Harry Watkins, who Is a senior
In tho Fairmont High School, expects
TO leave for Clarksburg tomorrow to
visit his parents.
Roy Adds was a visitor in Clarlls.
burg Saturday evening.
A new society has recently been or.
ganized by few Of the young men Of
Monongah. Among the members are
Messrs. Jesse Harmon, George Liev.
ing. Raymond Salvati and Harry Wat.
kins. The society has decided to have
their weekly meetings in George Halls
fiat. The purpose of the meetings Is
to discuss any matters Of importance
pertaining to the welfare Of the young
men. The organization has made It.
self known In society circles as the
n. y. C. Club. The boys have been at.
tracing much attention with their
comic songs and yells. i.
The funeral OF James T. Bennett,
who was killed in an accident in De.
troit. Mich, was held at 1880 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. A special car
conveyed tho remains to Woodlawn
Cemetery, where they were buried.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-01

ordered for the Christmas trade in
Germany and Austria have lately been
the subject Of much complaint. The
British ambassador now says his gov.
eminent will permit these cargoes to
pass through the blockade lines, even
though the goods have been contract
ed for only and not yet paid for. This
will give great satisfaction TO Ameri-
can importers, many of whom have
been placed IN position of peculiar
hardship owing to the fact that CON-
modities they had long ago paid for
or contracted to pay for were de.
tanned In Holland.-N. Y. Times.