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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28

And so, Connie, dearest, AN eoiF
ing you all my past. l have done
enough to hang twenty men, II they
had been whites instead of Kanakas. /;
There isn't any government here, but ,
IL Uncle Sam got hold Of me he could
nut me in his penitentiary for the bal
ance of my life. And though you Will
be Mortified, cannot ask you to be
INV wife without telling you this"
"Horrified?" he asked. Say, you
didn't know my wife. What right had
you to suppose that good woman
would marry such backyard as
YOU? tell you. she nearly went mad
over that cowardly letter. l had been
counting her for year, and 1t gave
me nv chance. She never regretted
It. either. But she didn't know got
the letter. l thought 1t might prove
} useful some day. And it will. Well,
) sir. will you buy it for FIVE hundred
!, ! or shall I sell 1t to the Starr"
Nobody ever blackmailed me-" an
i swered Myers. But ! tell you what
4 I'll do. I'll give you an order on the
Il cashier for FIVE hundred II you hand
over that letter and envelope to me-
= .Iu get the money first," said Han
bury. write: Please pay bearer nv
= hundred dollars in cash In return 10
10 valuable trade information, OF wnicl
lie I am to have exclusive possession
y Finished? Good! Now we'll 90 .
ID the desk and draw"
10 Five minutes later the two me
I'd were back in the presidents ONO
Hsnbury handed Myers the letter.
ii. "Well," he said awkwardly, "yo
won't be troubled with me agar
i'd Good-dsy."
on "Stop!" said Myers. Il told you
III, body ever blackmailed me. You thir
RS l paid you five hundred for the Il
teri"
me Sure" grinned the other.
well, you're wrong" said Mye
are quietly. That letter was WRIT
IN. from Kanakaland when Its short-lv
ew government was in power. WHAT
bought was the stamp. Hanbu
tor That's worth a thousand anywhe
,dy There are only five in existence
u'd the other four are imperfect. Go
day."
itor He touched the bell. and jenkins
his tered hurriedly.
the ITS all right, Jenkins" said N.Y.
you- "Just show this gentleman to
door, please, and see that he doe'
sive return"
was Hamburg, looking like man un
tain whether he has scored Wet
or suffered a crushing defeat. retr
ed at the side of the secretary.
last impression of Myers was or
t., president seated at his desk, CO
|Nth turning over his correspondence.
I|NIh Jenkins said Myers, when
NNIll man returned, that fellow triet
lINNl blackmail me. turned him
N(| cold. Nobody ever blackmailed m
NH ever will. Ey the way, you co
/, XII stamps, don't you Here's one
'SV Kanakaland l don't know VINE
.l it's worth anything, but 1t ought
IN worth a dollar or two. 1t looks
A~|lV a rare one"
| HNN Copyright, 1915 by w. G. Chapma
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
.>...r Mas Only q Pup.

ur RAYMOND appeared at MS he'e
D ing rage and ut,erins fle, Sero ,n Vaiu
against his neishOors dog DO s serGi that
" the neighbor tried 70 e e.s1a belongs
Nero was only puppy ~ :, would
- Johnny" he went on, and IL souu ,
70 .1n" Iohnny's heart if anything
oreah nsS 70 him. think" hopefully
n .that his manners will improve.
'" Manners" repeated =. R msnnsgs
.rr not complaining of his manners
-. h;s nature. After he has Jump.
out gu o n,s me he bit the back OF M
leg" no can reach,
.ote in Johnny in a wounoeu III ,ir
DYou don't expect a little i,sd pup You i" o
the neck, do you, Mr. Aasno
Youths Companion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
Old Knee Joint.

rstimatsd by scientists to Do non
$50 900 to 276,000 years old. the pstri-
ned knee Joint of . mammoth was un-
earthed at Long Beach. Cal, by WORK
men twenty-eight feet below the sur
face. The discovery has been pre-
scented to the chamber Of commerce
nv Anton Cheroske. the finder Tne
knee Joint of the largest species OF AMI
mails that ever roamed the earth u
well preserved, despite its great age.
!, measures Is inches In length and II
inches In diameter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
|AN ENGINEERS STORY
VIM the Veteran Driver Stopped
Drinking After Saving Pres
ident's Special.
~ FRANK FILsoN.

ibid you see that old, gray'headeo
,s,,ow that went into the cab Of No.
a1g" asked the engine driver. That's
loo Exam. How old should you say !
he was, now? Fifty-nve? Joe's sew.
sntv.two. come next July, friend. and
n snite Of his age, there isn't q man
,h.t can handle his engine better than
Ioe ar that's more looked up to by
.ho men and better thought of by the
aomn.ny. And It must be nigh on
thirty years since what I'm going 70
tell you happened to Joe.
Thirty years aso-that brings us
hack to the early eighties. don't It!
The companies wasn't 20 particular
n those days - what they are now.
Novadays, II . man wants . drop BE-
tore going on duty he's got to take
Tho bottle out Of his pocket when no
nodv Amt watching him. and eat .
couch drop afterwards. or else. likely
:. not. he'll be hunting . job next
morning. But in the times I'm speak
,nr Of the company didn't care wheth
- : man drank or not, ~ long ~ be
,ooked sober. and spoke sober, ant
hrouxht his train in on time ana
drunk or sober. Joe never made an!
mistakes with his engine.
still, there wasn't many nignt
when he didn't come in to Tapham
little soaked, and it got to the super
intendent's ears. The company didn
want to get rid Of Joe, for he was
prettv steady man, and although tn
new ideas about drinking had just b
qnn to come into use, still, everybod
made excuses for Joe. You see, ne
been through the fire and done WIN;
It amt given to many men to nave
do.
"Joe lived by the line, about nall
mile this side Of Tapham, in HIT
brick house situated just where u
trestle across the 'Mohegan begins
rise out of the swamp lands. He u.s.
tn take his engine, with eight ca
attached to it, over it on the retu
trip and run her into Tapham on I
stroke of nine. Then he'd walk ba
home till his turn Of duty col
again. It was q ticklish spot, becau
the S:07 from Waynesboro had
right of way q few minutes after
Tapham local got past
zone night Joe was behind time.
wasn't his fault, guess; anyway }
n he approached the trestle ne ne'
thu whistle Of the 1907. You Kn
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
THE BlAckMAIlER
BY II. N. EGeERT.

"Hanbury?" inquired the bank presf
. dent of his secretary, inspecting the
card which had been brought to him.
| DO know anybody named Hamburg,
! Jenkins?"
Its that crazy fellow who has been
| trying to see you for weeks past" re-
, piled the secretary. HE insists that
i his business is personal and conhden-
tial."
Does he look dangerous, Jenkins?'
mo, sir, but logged as they make
them. In fact, he's such nuisance
that l thought would ask you If you
, cared to see him."
. Send him in. Jenkins" answered
Myers. "One never knows. And. II
, he develops symptoms of insanity Ill
, touch the bell under the desk"
VERY good. SIR" answered the sec
I rotary.
. The man who entered did not be
4 tray any symptoms Of insanity. III
!. was about ffty years Of age. . littl'
, down ct heel, with illnttins. shabb!
. clothes, but not the type that woul'
= attempt violence. He paused IN tn
!. middle Of the room and looked har
70 at Myers.
well, sir!" demanded the pres
IA dent.
,e II guess you don't know me-" sal
= Hamburg, so l may - we'll tell 70
ne who l am. My wife died last mont
leaving me with girl eight veal
70 old. I've got to provide for her"
he Plenty Of people are In the san
,st predicament," replied the other.
nj. But in this case 1t is you who q
w. going to assist her. l need five hu
he dred dollars to get share in ne
business venture"
,as "It's blackmail all right the Visit
,th with a smile Of amusement. "Nobo
we ever blackmailed me in his life. fo'
no. better not try. 1t won't pay you
the tits blackmail all right the visi,
INT answered, taking letter out OF
u pocket. First let me tell you
i'm name OF my wife. She was Miss =
ph. ME Stevens"
! Of The presiden. remained impass
but his face blanched. Hamburg
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
Students Too Jubiiant.

Singing and cheering in the Vice.
small hours" supposedly the inalien-
able rights OF college students, has
raised a howl of protests from the res
idents of One Hundred and Thirteenth
street. New York, who object to the
goings-on In the ten fraternity chapter
houses maintained by Columbia stu
dents in that thoroughfare.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
Wasted Her Breath.

Paul had taken of his shoes and
one still remained in the middle OF
the floor Little Ruth came running
in and accidentally stepped on 1t, on
excuse me-" she exclaimed, ana sne
turned and saw no one except an oio
shoe. Angry, she said: why, you
amt no one, and / wasted my brea'
all for nothing"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
Success.

The Greeks had foot race In which
spsed and endurance were not INC
only tests. Each man at the start was
siven q lighted torch, and the laurel
wreath was for the one who came IN
srst. 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 naffy'
ing souls.-Exchange
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28

them all, from MI. Hartman down TO
the local trafic manager. Bill Swayne.
who'd always been Joe's friend and
stood by him. / saw there wasn't no |,
use arguing with a man'in that condi-
ton, and as he was q match for two /
Of me, and fighting would only have |
made things worse, I couldn't do
nothing but stand by and hope for the
best And l wasn't altogether sorry,
because it saved me from having to
speak to Mr.. Kitchens, the superin-
tendent, myself.
I'VE made the run on good time.
Joe was a good driver, however
much he had been drinking, and had
! seen him taking more than a few swigs
at that bottle he carried. We weren't
more than half a minute to the bad
when the grade began to dip down
into the mud fats five miles this side
of the trestle. Joe put on speed here,
meaning to slow up before We started
on the upgrade toward the trestie
again. I could see the line Of trees
across the river soon.
"'Slow her down, Joe!' yelled u
! him, and he turned and cursed me and
looked out on the line and began NUT
:. tering something. There wasn't much
+ danger, but l knew II Joe made tn
Q trestie 1T thirty miles he wouldn't las
overnight az q driver for the Chesa
peake and Excelsior Then, all at once
y he staggered back into the cab and
u second later the brakes were dow
and the train screeched and whined
D. Il came to a halt fifty feet from wher
70 the trestle begins.
ID "Joe!' I yelled, but his face Wa
d. whittier than paper. Bill jones' b
~ said slowly. turning his eyes on min
"a I'm q man saw Nellie on the liz
70 Again.
q "Ilooked out. Icouldn't see nothin
IT. YOU'RE dreaming, Joe,' said. But
~ wouldn't touch the throttle again; ~
stood rocking and moaning and MI
no tering. 'Nelly!' Then / thought ma
De- be some other kid had got under Z
W wheels.
"A minute later the president W
'al climbing along the footboard, WI
=" some Of his guests I wanted to sa
Joe. l told them he had seen son
thing on the line. They looked, I
We whole party of them but they could
Inc find nothing. When they come bac
!" couldn't keep them from seeing n
seu no longer, and one look was enou
ars Joe was blind drunk-and in charge
a.n the presidents train.
W. "'Can you take her into Tapha'
an he asked me- could, but at the wo
'Mo Joe was at me like mailman
49, would have been as much as my
.n was worth to try. And NOBODY WI
VIC ed to tackle drunken giant ike :
So. as 1t was only half a mile. ana
;. line would be clear for an hour
'us. come. the whole party started 10
-, 1t into town. =,
no" well, friend, the trestle was DC
There was a piece twenty YARDS
: n,pped clean out Of the middle by
Z freshets. That's all. If Joe had
= that train onto the trestle the W
party would have gone sheer
kingdom Come. No, I'm not ORA
any enthusiastically, that's no
come that Joe quit drinking ana
drives his engine"
Downright 1918. by w. q. Chapri'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
...x,on.r Science.

A medical student once :' !, ,, .1s
Dr., parker Cleveland II tnels
, m.rs not more recent WORKS u. :.
were wv than those in the coliese
library. Young man., sa'a vs srs ,sv
,...or there have been very "a,
i nsw homes added to the human o0''
new a',s,,s the last twenty years"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
The Point Of View.

The ASTRONOMERS say they have uls'
covered sun spot 100000 miles w'de.
And vet we suppose it doesn't look
anv bigger to an astronomer than q
ten.spot does to most people.-hous'
ton Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
Quite Useless.

Pastor from the pulpio-Tne eo.-
lection which we took up today 10 nof
The sayages Of Africa The trouser
buttons which some Of the brethren
have dropped in the plate are conse'
ouently useless.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
MANI Advantage.

One advantage a man has Ii that
-aanexer he wants anything In the
house he can always call to his wiis
.na sheTl tell him just where II u,
but when a woman wants anytn,ns
.he has to hunt for it-Detroit srss
Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28

The schooi nroyidin0
Some mother, today are p set Of
their childrens.t school WIN ~. : CUPS
white enameled water plate anu ming.
LOT p IS easily Kept clean and their srea AK
PRODUCTION does away W. a..rs in tn.
axe which SO frequently oes'
lunch-time frolics-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28

Roses and chrysanthemums.
There are nearly eight hundred
Known v.rieties of roses and more
han four hundred chrysanthemums
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
No FIshlngI

Every week in England 'nei ash.
.,os. season. during which net nsr
s ,na 60 zes salmon is prohibited. It sa =
tends from noon on SATURDAY
q m. Monday
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
IL. pr,eeless Relic

Has Priceless Relic.
ras only complete ancient n sa an
,,.ndsrd In existence IL 0whe' W
Englishman-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-28
On the Curve.

On the Curve.
In going quickly around . shaIp
curve the inside wheels OF a vehicle
nafurally leave the ground FIRST
The bee., 1915-09-10

TblJl. : good proposition. The
EArlington Bee, the Wonan'S World
and . a6.pIece set Of dishes All fol
a 90.
MesdAmeS John Long ,And.A. o.
6iSk we're in Jacksonville yesterday
Henry Browning Of MOrtons GSp,
was 10 the city today.
Leo Salmon left Tuesday for Mil
lersburg, KY, where he goes As head
Of the Department Of Modern Lam
guageS'In MlllerSbhrg Military In
stItute. 81. .y
Mrs. Ella CArlAnder, of Kansas
City, Mo-, visited her cousin Mrs. }.
r. PeytOn Tuesday.
You Will snj"v meal 1T Brown
InV Bros. Restaurant, Madisonville,
XIV. Ou+ block North Of L. & n.
oeu"t. Meals 25cts. Ticket for 81
meals $500. In.
Mrt. Bud Bishop, of MAdIsonville,
visited Mrs. J. R. PeytOn Tuesday.
Miss Ida Martin, who has been
visiting friends in MorgAnfield, re-
turned home Wednesday.
Frank Giannlni left Thursday for
the East, where he will spend sew
eral days.
On Sept. 22nd J. w. Ligon is ex-
pected in the city to visit his BROTH
or J. T. Ligon. While he Is here be
will attend the Christian Copven-
tion at MAdisonville on the 23rd and
Gath Of this month.
Rice Bowles and little daughter
Gladys were in Hoptown yesterday.
Mrp. BiRy Clark was in Mortons
Gap Thursday visiting.
Charlie Doyal left yesterday for
the East to be gone for several days
The bee., 1915-09-10
KENTUCKY, ATTENTIONS

"There is no greater patriot-not even
the soldier on the battlefeld-than the
man who battles with the stubborn soil
and makes it yield for the support Of the
nations" We have in Kentucky power
Of dominion in our resources hat will
make the power that comes with strategy,
brute force and armament Insignificant.
II we know what we have and use it wisely,
we will make others dependent upon us.
The stomach is the center Of the body
from which radiates our vitality, strenu-
osity, our fighting Strength. A healthy
stomach turns the food we eat into nour-
ishment for the blood stream and the
nerves. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery refreshes and tones up the
stomach walls. Removes the poisonous
gases from the system. -,
The first day you start to take this
reliable medicine, impure germs and aecu--
mutations begin to separate in the blood
and are then expelled through the liver,
bowels and kidneys.
Get DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery to-day at any medicine dealers;
il is powerful blood purifier and tonic.
Depend upon this grand remedy to
give you the kind of blood that makes
the skin clear, the mind alert, the vision
keener and puts ambition and energy
into the entire body. Contains neither
alcohol nor narcotics. Its ingredients are
made public and printed on wrapper. It's
a pure Alternative extract made with gly-
cerine from native roots and herbs.
Sold by medicine dealers in liquid or
tablet form, or send so cents to DR..
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
for trial box Of tablets.
The bee., 1915-09-10

Cures Old Sores. Other Remedies Won't Cure.
The worst caser, no matter Of how long Standing,
are cured by he wonderful, old reli-ole DR..
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. II relieves
Pain and Healo at tie same time. 2Sc. SOC, Sl.00
The bee., 1915-09-10
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRiNG WIFE
After -Four Years Of DiseOuaSins
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

catron, Ky.-ln an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: :" suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this time, | could only sit up for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, | would have severe pains
In my left side.
The doctor was in, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but was
soon confined to my bed again. Aiter
that, nothing seemed TO do me any good.
! had gotten so weak ! could not stand,
and gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me bottle Of
Cal Il, the woman's tonic, and COM
men ed taking IL. From the very first
dose, could tell Il was helping me. |
can now walk two miles without It's
firing me, and am doingJmy work."
II you are all run down from womanly
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the woman's tonic. Il has helped
more than a million women, IN It's so
years Of wonderful success, and should
surely help you, TOO. Your druggist has
sold Cardii for years. lie knows what
Il will do. Ask him. He will recon-
mend II. Begin taking Cardui today.
Wriss %, Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies,
Advlsoy ept,. Chattanooga. Tenn. ios SPect0t
,s.cs.ons e. 81 sosf s,ss : ahs % etS.ss soo 9
The bee., 1915-09-10
To the Public

~ feel that owe the manufactur-
ers of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and DiArrhoea Remedy q word OF
gratitude" writes Mrs. T. N. With
erall, GOwanda, N. Y. "When be-
gan taking this medicine 1 was IN
great pain and feeling terribly sick,
due to an attack Of summer COM
plaint. After taking a dose OF il
had not long to walt for relief, as ~
benefited me almost immediately. :"
Obtainable everywhere.
The bee., 1915-09-10
News = Z Of the Town n
"Good morningl Have
you seen The Courier?
Rvansville's best paper"

6VduSVlu6 3 DeSI pdpeI'
Ben Evans and John Moore have
returned to Purdue University.
Mise Geneva Huffaker, OF Law
renceburG, KY- will arrive in the
: elty Sunday for School work.
The Bee and the dishes; that's
the time.
@. e. King and family have NOV
ed to Nashville, where Mr.. King
has accepted q position as machIn-
let for the L. & N. r. r. Co. Guy
Ashby and family Will occupy the
house made vacant by Mr.. King.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson have moved
to Howell, Ind, Mr., Johnson form
erly worked for the L. & N. at this
place.
We have q few more of the Art
craft Mexican War rugs that go with
the Bee for $3.50 extra, Better get
one now.
Frank Chiffon, salesman for the
Swift Packing Co., was In the city
on business Thursday.
Miss Hattie Cordier has gone to
ST. Lonis on an extended visit.
Posie Littlepage, Of the Hustler
Force. was in town Wednesday.
Ned Barnes was in Hopkinsville
Thursday,
The bee., 1915-09-10

Owen Shaver leaves in few days
for Detroit, Mich.
Miss Margaret Mitchell 10 Visiting
friends in Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Elizabeth Long leaves Mon
day for Lexington, where she is to
enter Hamilton College.
The bee., 1915-09-10
Health and Happiness Depend Upon
Your Liver

That sluggish liver with Its slug
gish flow OF bile IS what makes the
world look so dark at times. DR..
Kings New Life Pills go straight TO
the root of the difficulty by waking
up the action OF the liver aud in
ereasing the bile. DR.. Kings New
Life Pills cause the bowels 10 act
more freely and drive away those
moody dave" zoe bottle. Drug.
gists everywhere.
The bee., 1915-09-10
Every Home Needs a Faithful Cough
and Cold Remedy

When seasons change aud colds
appeAr-when you first detect q cold
after sitting next to one who has
speezed, then IL is that a tried and
tested remedy should be faithfully
used. Il never wrote a testimonial
before, but 1 know positively that
for myself and family, DR.. Kings
New Discovery is the best cough
remedy we ever used and we have
tried them all" soc and sl.00. AT
any drug store.
The bee., 1915-09-10

Mrs. John Long visited her sister
in Mortors Gap yesterday.
Geo. Robinson was in Madison
VILE last night.
Mrs. Sallie E. Stevens, who has
been in Louisville marketing for
several days has returned.
The bee., 1915-09-10

Raymond Lynn spent Thursday in
Hopkinsville with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Rudd are
visiting in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. e. Nixon and Mr.,
and Mrs. w. H. Whitford returned
from the Cave Tuesday.
The bee., 1915-09-10

Curly Vannoy, Grover Long and
Charlie Webb are fishing at GuigerS
Lake. Good times have been re-
ported.
Kenneth NiSbet has returned to
State University.
The bee., 1915-09-10
QUESTIONS OF SEXl

are fully and properly answered in "The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser" All the knowledge a young man
or woman, wife OF daughter should have,
is contained in this big Home Doctor
Book, containing 1908 pages with engray-
ings and color plates, and bound in cloth.
BY mail, prepaid--on receipt Of 3 dimes
Qr stamina
The bee., 1915-09-10

Mrs. P. H. Coleman is on the sick
list this week.
Frank Giannini, Jr.; was in the
city q few days this week.
The bee., 1915-09-10

Mrp. c. NJ. Hale lie in Hopkinsville
visiting this week. r.-
Paul King was in Madisonville
Thursday. t-
The bee., 1915-09-10
The Next Best Thing TO the Pine
Forest for Colds is

Dr.. Bells Pine-Tar.Honey, which
goes to the verv root Of cold trou-
bles. 1t clears the throat and gives
relief from that cloRged and stuffed
feeling. The pines have ever been
the friend of man in driving away
colde. Moreover, the pine-hOnev
qualities are peculiarly effective IN
fighting children's COLDS. Remem-
ber that a cold broken at the start
greatly removes the possibility of
complications. 25c. Any druggist.
The bee., 1915-09-10

AisEy liver leads TO chronic dyspepsia aud con-
stipstiep-weaksns the whole system. Doans
Regulsu l4se per boIl act mildly on the liver and
bowels Al all drug stores.