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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-07-09

lily.
Mr.. s. r. Cannon is visiting
friends at Ceres this week.
Rev. and Mrs James f. Deal
and children OF I.enoir N. G,
were the guests last week Of
their cousin, Mrs Will ID. Buck
enroute to tneir new home at
Ceres.
Prof. RS5bt. Snavely of Roam
oke spent Saturday with M. A
Lambert and family.
Messers A. M. Erwin and Will
Fraysier of Clinchport passed
through town on the Memphis
Special Tuesday OH ronte to Pred
mont Business College.
Miss Lucille Eiffert and friend
Miss Lemon OF Roanoke came UP
Wednesday on Is and are the
guests of Mrs. w. w. Beck.
We have sQuick Bordeaux
Material especially for spraying
tomatoes.
Joe K. Buck & Co.
Get your paint, linseed oil,
turpentine and machine oil from
It. M. Greer & Co.
Miss Cloe Lindsey is visiting
her grandfather, Mr.. John P.
Copeuhaver, south eat Of town
Mr.. and Mrs. M. S Riggla,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Riggle and
children, of Crockett, spent
Monday with relatives here.
Messrs. Harrison Catron, Joe
DeBoe and Robert Shupe, were
visitors to Bristol Monday.
Miss Stella Repass stopped off
here Il few days with Miss Bess
Neff while Oh her way to her
home in Bland after attending
tie Inter-County High School
contests at Abingdon.
The Methodist Missionary
Society which was to have met
v it'll Mrs. It. B. Heldreth this
Thursday las been postponed
until next Thursday (July 15.
Every member is urged to be
present at this meeting.
A large assortment of men
and boys heavy work shoes just
received.
Joe K. Buck &c Co.
I carry III stock at all times,
all kinds of oils for machinery,
automobiles, etc; also the best
grade of gasoline. E. G. Tarter.
Miss Lola Hughes, OF Roam
oke, was the guest of Mrs. j.
w. Robinson Sunday amt Mon
day.
FOR SALE.
Six Berkshire pigs niue months
old. Good stock.
Mrs. M. E. Lindsey. 1T
Miss May Baumgardner, OF
Washington, is here OH visit to
her sister, Mrs. w f. Cannon,
and other relatives.
Fielden Wright, of Bristol, has
been visiting Phil Snayely this
week. Mr.. Wright has been on
the Norfolk and Western for a
number Of wears and hauls the
through freights by here.
Mrs. j. A. Baumgardner and
daughter, Miss Isabel, are here
from. Washington the guests of
Hotel Sprinkle.
Master Sam Carson Jr., OF Alb
lngdon, has been the guest of
Mrs. Lou Hankla TINS week at
Mrs. Kernan's.
The N. 4 w. painting force
are here this week and are brigh
tening things up around the de-
pot with a fresh coat Of paint.
Hot weather. Little clothing. Plenty
of water inside and out. DR.. Fahrney 3
Tsethlng Syrup. Babies don't get sick
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-07-09

Continued on page four.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
1UMULT OF EMOTIONS
The Sight of Wintergreen Saved
Country Girl From a City
Temptation.
BY HAROLD CARTER.

Gee, I'm tired-aint you, Lisetter'
asked Miss Spurgeon. leaning back
against the shelves, piled with bur.
lap and monks cloth-which, as all
salesgirls know, make heavy rolls.
Say, Lisette, I'm sick of this job.
What's the use? You toll and slave
all day and wear yourself to pieces
for your eight bones a week, and when
Sunday comes you're so used up all
you can do is to sleep"
Yes, som l." answered Lisette
Blanchard discOnsolatsiy.
There was lull in business at How
ards Emporium; it was two in the
afternoon, and the morning rush was
over, while the afternoon shoppers
had not yet put in their appearance.
Miss Sturgeon surveyed the little
French Canadian girl who had Joined
the sales force some three months
previously. All the girls liked her;
they recognized. too, that she was
the right Sort" as they phrased it.
Nobody ever took liberties with little
Lisette.
Say, Lisette," continued Miss
Spurgeon confidently, Il got a dandy
fellow. Works in a wholesale hard
ware store and gets eighteen steady
the year round He's asked me to
hitch up with him every Sunday night
this past year, and don't know but
what l will"
"Yes?" queried Miss Lisette.
Sure, that's what l say" went on
Miss Spurgeon. Hes the kind of a
fellow any girl would be proud Of. not
hike these cheap pikers that comes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28

The man turned to her. Il want to
ask you something he said. How is
itsthat you have never married."
The crimson dyed her cheeks.
1T was impertinent of me" he be-
gan repentantiy.
NO." she answered hurriedly. I'LL
tell you. suppose love seems a
trivial thing to many people. It was
never SO to me. l was in love when
/ was q girl-before I came to the
city. / thought he loved me. 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, is
not that enough! lad my disillusion-
ment. But how about yourself?" she
cried suddenly. How about your"
"Why-I guess it is about the same
story with me- he replied. in en-
barrassment
And the car came up inexorably.
They entered.
Itrushed 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.
Il shall see you again." he asked,
as the car traversed the sordid
streets.
Il don't know-why?" said the girl
hurriedly.
Because" he said slowly, II think
have made a good deal of a fool OF
myself. You see, when lost her,
came to about the same conclusion
that you did Inever had the nature
to lay hold of life. I think one must
seize what it offers, and not spend It
in vain regrets. Don't your"
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 te
assure me that 1t was true"
What were they?" asked the girl
But she did not look up.
ooh, the spring. l think" he an.
swered, laughing for the first time on
the return journey. II am sure it was
the spring It reminded me Of other
springs"
eyes, but-the' other?" asked the
girl.
"Why-you," he answered. "This
has been the fiappiest day Of my hfe -
He took her hands in his.
II don't want to make the same
hlunder always" he said. Il want q
chance to seize happiness when it Of
fers I want to--to. see you in tbs
city. May I?''
The red was in her cheeks again
but she looked him in the eyes fol
the first time.
"Yes," she answered softly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
HIS HAPPIES1 DAY
Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
By GRACE PAUL.

(Copynght, 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lonely Man had decided to take
q days holiday in the country. He
had gone SO far northward that he had
reached the city limits; then he had
taken a ferry boat across the river
He got tn. and presently, for the first
time in many years, he saw country
real country, with trees and flowers
and singing birds.
There remained only one other pas.
senger when the car passed Green.
field. She was q girl of about seven
and twenty. Her hair was brown.
her eyes gray, her figure slight. Her
dress was neat, but worn, and the
purse from which she extracted the
coin had seen better days. The Lone.
ly Man watched her when he thought
she was not observing him.
The Lonely Man was between tilir.
ty-five and forty. Once, years before,
he would have thrilled with the sense
Of adventure. For the girl. like him
self. was obviously hollday-making.
"All QUIT" announced the conductor
impersonally.
The car stopped at the end Of a
country road and the conductor be-
gan to reverse the seats. There was
not a house in sight. but trees every
where, and birds, and tall flowers that
nodded by the wayside.
The man and the girl stood side by
side in the roadway, and the car ran
back until it disappeared in the dis
lance.
Il beg your pardon said the girl,
but how far is 1T to Northwood?"
The man raised his hat. ''r don't
know" he answered Il have never
been here before"
Neither have l." answered the girl,
laughing. And 1t was impossible not
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Gold In the SCOT.

Four pounds Of gold were not so
long ago collected from the SCOT O.
the chimney Of the royal mint in
Berlin. So the things accounted vul.
gar are full Of the dust of gold. IL we
only knew 1t. We need a quick eye, q
ready mind, to let no chance pass US,
to be taught by everything, improved
by everything. Neglect in this matter
brings into our life heaviness, dull.
ness, WEAKNESS. vacancy.
Let us be alive to every wayside
flower in the home, to every flower
that springs amid the rough stones OF
business life. to every sweet thing that
blooms in the very dust of the street
to the teachings, the mercies, the com
forts, the strengthenings, Of common
days, places, things and people; SO
shall we be charmed along life's pill
grimage until we arrive at home.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28

had told her something which filled
her with humiliation and shame. He
WAS married, he said. His wife and
he had been separated for years, but
he could not divorce her. What did
that matter, as long as they loved
each other? He would not press her
for her decision, but would wait for
her outside the store on Wednesday
night. Then she could give him his
answer
Lisette had torn herself away and
fed from him. All that night she
wept, lying sleepless In her bed in the
little hall room of her boarding house.
But on Monday the eternal grind be-
gan again. Tuesday came; Wednes.
day. This was Wednesday. And in
her heart was a wild tumult of emo
tions, and she could not foresee the
issue of the battle
He met her outside the store that
night, and she greeted him icily She
did not order him away. but walked
beside him, thinking. thinking hard.
He was the only person in the city
who had ever cared for her; the
thought of losing him seemed unbear.
able. Little by little something of an
affection for him had crept into her
heart. She turned toward him pres
emily. her eyes brimming with tears.
God forgive me. am too weak to
say what I should say" she said.
Have pity on me and leave me. Help
me against myself"
He drew her into the shelter of .
doorway and pleaded with her. She
felt the last atom of her strength leav-
ing her. She thought of the store.
with its dreaded monotony. and then
Of life with him. None need ever
know that the bond between them was
not legal one. Life would hold some
thing for her after all, not the endless
monotony Of the years that she saw
stretching away before her.
"Wintergreen! Sweet wintergreen!"
cried voice beside her.
She started violently. A peddler's
cart had stopped before the curb, Ia
den with flowers and greenery. And
in the hand that he thrust out toward
her she saw the plant that suddenly
awakened such poignant memories, la.
den with its clustering berries. And
suddenly the past year was blotted
from her mind. In st. Joachim woods
the wintergreen was bearing fruit
| again. And Andre was waiting. as he
had sworn to wait.
"Good-by." she said. looking at him
steadily 81 am going home. l shall
never see you again" And something
in her voice told him that her resolve
was inexorable.
| Clutching a spray of wintergreen
against her heart, Lisette slipped into
the crowds.
copyright, 1912, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
TRICKS OF DISEASED MIND
Psychic Epilepsy Has a Most Pc
cuiiar Way Of Making Itself .
Manifest.

Psychic epilepsy is sometimes ono
Of the very unusual manifestations Of
a diseased mind in which the evi.
dences Of disease are so obscure that
frequently, for a number of years.
the fact that an individual is suffering
from an abnormal condition may es.
cape notice.
in many peculiar ways. In some cases
the individual may be eating meal
and suddenly, without warning, his
eyes take on far-away look; he drops
what he has in his hands, and within
q few seconds he looks around In
establishment and surprise to see that
he has dropped something or that
people are observing him peculiarly.
and asks What has occurred?"
In other cases these attacks are
very much more complicated and last
longer. during which the patient may
appear normal and carry out activi.
ties that require judgment and skill.
The attacks may last several hours.
days, weeks or months.
Tho patient. when he RECEIVERS. abso.
lutely has no recollection of what
has occurred during the attack. and II
he comes to himself in surroundings
unfamiliar. he Is at loss to explain
his situation. Always the last things
which the patient remembers are sur
roundings and circumstances which
immodiato1v nrocodo tho attach Tho
constant feature of all these attacks
IL the fact that during them there Ia
either total loss or a peculiar perver
sion of consciousness.
This is particularly important In
certain classes of railroad employees
those upon whose quick Interpretation
Of signals the safety Of many lives de.
pends.-Irving J. Spear, M. D., in the
New York World.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Was Glad to Get That,

George Kingsbury staked a theat-
rical man repeatedly in the hard times
of a couple Of summers. The amounts
ranged from 81 to S. and came to
represent a loan Of SIS or more.
The borrower let payment slide for
several seasons. never referring to 1t
until short time ago. when he burst
into the Chicago opera house mana
gers Office and began to blurt:
Somebody told me that you have
been talking about me-" he said
abruptly. because happen to owe
you some money. I know I owe you
money, but have forgotten exactly
how much. Is 1t 50 or $4?"
-Four" answered Kingsbury in q
hurry.-Chicago Evening Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
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 a
stable. Blythe had stepped into the
saloon to get glass Of beer He left
the animal in charge Of a man out.
side.
Hardly had the beer been drawn
when Blythe heard eommotion at the
side door and in came the mule. Ali
efforts to get it to leave proved futile
until 1t had been given four glasses
Of beer.-Cincinnati (Ohio)r Dispatch
to New York Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Watching tho 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 viii; watch 1t
for news. A physician will notice the
sick, but not the we'll. 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 Lesue'l
Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Not So Far Gone 40 That.

In one Of the Industrial townA In
South Wales q workman met with q
serious accident. The doctor was sent
for, and came and examined him, had
him bandaged and carried home on a
stretcher. seemingly unconscious.
After he was put to bed the doctor
told his wife to give him sixpenpy-
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 fos
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, 1915-06-28

un0y I'u0SVeo IN tnS sunny @AU0s
to laugh when spring had come and
Nature riOtously proclaimed her mirth
in every breeze and every breath Of
the flowers.
II think 1t must lie In this diree.
tion," said the man, pointing along
the road.
The girl turned and began to walk
in the direction that the man fndicat-
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 go together" he said
diffidently.
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 Eve years.
She worked in a 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 1t.
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 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 wa,
shared by the other.
II the landlord saw that greeting
he turned discreetly away, for he hat
been young once. and he knew tha
in spring one does many foolisl
things.
They fingered in the sunny lane
sauntering under the budding trees
The sun dipped down. At last the
awakened to the realization that thei
day was slipping away, as life wa
slipping away. And, silent now. the
walked back through the field, sid
by side, toward the car line.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28

in to scrape acquaintance and take
you out to a dinner somewhere, and
meaning nothing good. Jim's honest
all through. Say, Lisette, who was
that fellow I seen you talking to
yes'day morning? seen him round
here two or three times. thought you
might ha' made a hit with him."
Miss Spurgeon!" cried the floor
walker severely, and Miss Spurgeon
hurried away. leaving Lisette Blanch-
ard to her meditations.
II the loquacious salesgirl could have
known the thoughts that she had set
coursing through the others mind she
would have been genuinely horrihed.
Lisette Blanchard had come south
from her home in Canada elev-
en- months before. leaving her par
ents, her friends and her lover be-
hind. In vain Andre had asked her
to stay.
by Christmas we can be married,
Lisette," he had pleaded. What wilt
thou accomplish in New York? Sup
pose thou dost earn some money to
bring back home-what is that to q
happy life In the village where we
we're both born? Thou wilt never
come back. Stay. Lisette!"
But she craved life and excitement;
the stories which she had heard Of
the metropolis Of America had fas
cinated her: the deadly monotony Of
life in st. Joachim had become impos
sible to her. On the morning Of their
parting they had strolled in the woods
together, and Andre. STOPPING, had
picked stem Of wintergreen, with
It's clustering berries. and handed II
to her. She smelled the faint, acrid
odor of the leaves even then.
when the wintergreen bears fruit
again, and thou art not here, then
shall know that thou wilt never re
turn" said Andre.
That was eleven months before
Lisette had spent nearly whole veal
away. She had had time to become
dischanted, to realize what life in q
large city meant to girl living alone
And then the stranger had come in
to her life.
She had first seen him upon the
street as she left the store one eve
ming, and had flushed under his stare
On the next morning she found hin
waiting outside the store. He follow
ed her In, made a purchase. addressed
few conventional remarks to her
He came again and again. He always
treated her with respect, and. though
her fear Of him was instructive. grad
ually he scraped an acquaintance with
her. It Is hard for a salesgirl to re
fuse the polite offer Of little atten
tions-theater tickets. suppers. Sun
day outings. Little by little the!
drifted into intimacy. She knew h,
loved her. He was well-to-do, and
hough she did not love him, she fel
that here, at least. was the chance o
salvation from her laborious lot
Then, on the preceding Sunday, h,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
le0al kolldan

The general (presidentiaD election
Is legal holiday ia all the states
except Alabama, Arkansas, Connect
suit, Delaware, Georgia, Maine. Massa-
chusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, North
Carolina, Utah, Vermont. Ohio. Kan.
sas and West
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Immense Sum for Harbor

Brazil Is preparing to spend $39,-
100000 in improvements upon the har-
Dor of Para, the commercial metropo-
lis of the Amazon valley and the great
est rubber exporting center of the
world. Formerly large vessels, owing
to the shallowness Of the water, were
obliged to lie some miles from the
Quays. A considerable part of the
new quay wall will have depth along
side Of from thirty to thirty-two and
a half feet.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Grown on Teleeraph Wires.

GroWo on feIeprtPh WIress
Their b q form u plant which
grows on telegraph wires. 1t has 10
roots. but derives its nourishment
from the air, and prefers electric
wires TO the nourishing earth. The
seed Of the plant-which when fully
grown resembles an orchids carried
10 the wires by birds and insects.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Credit aeIenas q labsr.

n We rightly estimate things, what
n them Is purely owing to nature and
what to labor, we shall and that nine
ty-nine. parts of hundred are wholly
to be put In the account Of the labor
Locke.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Phosbe's Only Chance.

Cats at cat show are not scored
On their rat catching records: there
fore II would be OF no use to enter
Phoebe. She'll have to be shown In
Q steel and wire trap exhibition
Toledo Daily Blade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
unlXersal pealrA.

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 SarNun' '.nSon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Daily Thought

Nlnstenths Of the good that II done
iA the world II the result not o. laws.
however wise. or Of resolutions how
ever strong. but of the personal influ-
ence Of individual men and -omen.-
Sir Samuel Chisholm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Hookad Ahaad.

Nov that your son IL through col
lege, what are you going to make Of
him." Cant tell for a 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, 1915-06-28
Flour to ExtInaulsh Fire.

II should be matter OF common
knowledge, since flour is always with
in convenient reach, that wheat -four
is the best extinguisher to throw over
fire caused by the splitting and ignit-
ing OF kerosene.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
The Greatest River.

The Amazon is the worlds greatest
river. The Nile, Mississippi and
Ganges 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 al
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-28
Measure Of HARDNESS,

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, 1915-06-28
Yea Whyf

Why IL II that the last words OF u
great are 50 much wiser than any the
uttered while IN good health'-h
change,