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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Different Matter,

1t was the first night of the panto
mime, and Jack took his seat in the
pit next to lad about the same age
as himself
Say, mate, can you smoke in
here?" he inquired. when he had made
himself as comfortable as he could.
NO." briefly replied his neighbor.
A few minutes afterward Jack saw
others smoking, and, looking about
discovered that there were no prohibi
tory notices on the walls, so again ad
dressed the quiet one:
Il thought you said you couldn't
smoke in here?"
Il did not say you couldn not smoke
here. said l couldn't, for-here he
jerked his thumb towards the woman
on his far side, and whispered-"my
mother won't let me-"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13

His Horse Stumbled and Threw Him.
the charm of the peaceful country had
chung about him, and he realized that
nature had healing balm for his
wounded heart.
He had known that Mrs. Symon, a
widow of culture. had taken up the
homestead adjacent after her hus-
bands death, preferring the solitary
life in the wilds to a struggle in a
city; but he had not chosen to see
any woman, and on the rare occasions
when he saw her, as he rode past on
his way to the post, he only raised
his hat and turned his face away.
So he had lived three years, alone,
save for the occasional visit of a
neighbor, or the appearance of some
wanderer at his sod cabin. He passed
for morose man, as, indeed he was.
Nobody intruded on his life. Each
man had his own interests in that
wild region.
He had been riding to the post ten
miles away, when his horse stumbled
and threw him. He had sustained in
ternal injuries, but no bones were
broken. The worst thing was a severe
conclusion Of the brain, and for three
weeks he had been semiconscious, liv-
ing in a world Of delirium.
1t was odd that in the place of the
woman who, till then, had occupied
his heart, he should have pictured
that face that bent compassionately
above him. The force Of the delusion
had gripped his heart; now. on awak-
ening. he was almost glad to find that
1t was a dream; and yet he knew that
the image persisted. 1t was ex-
traordinary that he should have i'm
agined what could never be in the
face of Mrs. Symon.
For days he lay there, gradually
recovering his strength. 1t amazed
him that anyone should be so kind.
Ralston was thirty and Mrs Symon
not too old for his expressions of graf
itude to bring a warm flush to her
face.
Gradually the motherly attitude
Sttllltu u NdlllSu III pldIc VI II was
very womanly sympathy, certain
equality that set Ralston thinking
hard.
After all. man could not live alone
forever. And this woman was very
kind, kinder than any he had ever
known. She would assuage his lone
illness, and something told him that
she was not Indifferent to him.
During the days of his convalescence
he told her much about his past, and
what he did not tell her she surmised.
II was only when he approached the
subject which had begun to possess
his thoughts that she nervously
checked him.
DO you know how old | am, Mr.
Ralston?" she asked. with laugh OF
embarrassment. Forty"
II did check him. as it was meant tC
do. but only because he meant to
make no error this time. A wife ten
years his senior. Well, such things
had been. He resolved that he would
ask her.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Mother and
Child
Q Q q
By FRANK FlSON
SJ55S5Gu
Copyright, 1916. by w. G. Chapman

Copyright, 1916. by W. G. Chapman)
All through his delirium Ralston
was family conscious of a woman's
face bending over him, with look Of
compassion that TRANSPORTED it. Again
and again, as he came weakly back
from the fog of delirium into conscious
ness, he would realize her presence
and feel the cool hand on his burning
forehead.
When at last he opened his eyes to
the realization Of his position he saw
that the face had been largely the
Pigment of his dreams. 1t was q pleas
ant. motherly face, the face of a wom-
an of thirty-five, perhaps; but it was
not the face he had imagined.
Are you feeling better?" asked a
soft voice.
Ralston tried to answer, but he was
too weak to speak. And, lying there,
he began to remember the circum-
stances Of the accident
He had gone West three years be-
fore to take up the homestead miles
away from the city, nursing in his
heart the remembrance of the girl
who had Tilted him and ruined his
life. He had abandoned everything,
his friends, his interests. Gradually
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13

words: 1T Is current rumor that Miss
Grace Armour and Mr. Daily Randall.
bridesmaid and best man, will shortly
follow the example Of the happy bride
and groom Of the present occasion"
The item had come to Susie while
she was collating material for the full
column report on the brilliant affair.
Lists of names had been given her,
as of the presents and items as to the
honeymoon trip and the like. How
was she to know that the bridesmaid
and best man were almost perfect
strangers one to the other? A cruel
hoax and it had cost Susie her posi-
ton.
She got directory and found the
address of this Mr.. Randall. There
was gloom in her heart, but she Crap
pied with the duty of the moment in her
usual determined, businesslike way.
Susie thought out all she would say as
she was shown into the office of Mr..
Randall. He was a bright, handsome
young fellow. She had noticed that
at the wedding. He stared a little
and looked perplexed and embarrassed
as Susie told her story.
ut is most kind of you to take the
trouble to explain the mixup," said
Randall. "Of course some thought
less mischief maker fancied it would
be rare hoax to give in that false in
formation. By the way. thought
this affair has bothered me a good
deal. l know Miss Armour must be
troubled and chagrined over the af-
fair. BY the way" and Randall bright
ened up under the influence of quick
uggestion-"you couldn't clear my
skirts and make Miss Armour feel
right to me, that is IL she feels wrong
about 1t by calling on her and telling
your"
Why, of course Susie would do that
and the young man pondered. To the
observant Susie he acted little wor-
ried over what had been done and
evinced sort of delight in being able
to discuss the situation with Miss Ar
mour.
Il believe" he said finally. Il be-
lieve ! will accompany you to Miss
Armour and will-er-introduc you.
So they went together and Susie
went over her story again to the
blushing young bridesmaid. Randall
had learned of the penalty she had
been called upon to pay for the inser-
tion of that fatal line. He even asked
her address.
Il have some friends in the news
paper line" he told her. 1t seems
pretty hard that you should lose your
position for a complication in no sense
your making.
Miss Armour was kind, indulgent.
almost sisterly to Susie. She took her
address.
Il wonder il l have suggested an
idea to those two" soliloquized Susie
with whimsical smile as she wendell
her way homewards. Then her own
troubles brought a cloud of gravity to
her fair face,
Il shall have to go pack 10 the old
humdrum rut, | suppose. she reflect
ed, which covered saleswoman sal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Care Of the Piano.

Half the pianos Of this country catch
winter colds exactly as we do. They
get hoarse or have a cough or a stiff
note or some similar complaint, which
cannot be cured by home remedies
but which requires tedious and expen.
sive doctoring In order to prevent
these avoidable ailments piano
should be kept in a moderately warm
room, where the temperature is even,
say Go or 20 degrees, the year round
not cold one day and hot the next. The
instrument should not, however, be
too near the source of heat. II should
be kept closed and covered with felt
cloth when not in use. particularly in
frosty weather Always place the piano
close TO but not against an inside wall
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Ones Finger Nails.

No two finger nails on a persons
hands grow at the same rate. The
nail on the middle finger grows faster
than any other, while the thumbnail
is the slowest growing nail. AS a rule.
too, the nails on the right hand grow
faster than those on the left. The
state of ones health, too, affects the
rate of growth The nails on invalids'
hands grow considerably faster than
on the hands OF a healthy person.
Taken on the average, the rate of
growth is an eighth of an inch a
month. or from an inch to an inch and
a nalf year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Not Same Kind of Shells.

A stranger became one of group
of listeners to a veteran of many bat
ed wildly colored narrative of furi-
Gus battle in which he had taken part.
Just think of it," exclaimed one of
the party. turning to the stranger.
How would you like to stand with
shells bursting all around you?"
81 have been there" responded the
newcomer.
What? Have you, too, been sol
dier?"
No answered the stranger. Il am
al actor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13


postponed the matter until Ralston
was convalescent, till he was able to
! hobble about the house. Yet each
knew that the other was acting a part
and that it was only matter Of time
until the words were spoken.
Did you know that l had daugh
ter?" she asked him one day.
"A daughter" unused Ralston. He
had not thought of that Somehow, il
seemed impossible-this sweet-faced
youngish woman. with child.
She has been living in the city
until | could make home for her,
continued Mrs. Symon She has been
here once or twice. and she is com
ing to live with me next week." She
laid her hand on his arm. Il want you
to wait till you have seen her." she
continued.
Ostensibly the words meant that
Ralston was to postpone his departure
until Lillian had come; but, actually,
he knew they meant that until then
nothing was to be said of marriage.
Yet it was with difficulty that he
could restrain himself. for his love
had again given Mrs Symon the as.
poets of the woman in his dream. and
he felt that he could with her attain
that peace of soul which he had lost
Lillian is coming tomorrow" Mrs.
Symon said one day. will you take
| the horse to the depot and meet herr"
And your"
"Oh, I shall not have time il am
to get things in order for her," an.
swered Mrs. Symon with a little
laugh
Ralston drove to the depot, and
presently fresh-faced young girl got
down from the train and glanced
about her. Ralston went up and stood
staring foolishly at her. 1t was the
girl of his vision. So she had been
there, had seen him while he lay in
his delirium.
She knew him, too; she put out her
hand. and mechanically he clasped it
He helped her into the carriage and
they whirled away. And though not a
word had been spoken Ralston felt his
heart leap up with ecstacy. She was
his! He blessed his stars that moth.
ing had been said to the mother. She
knew-Lilian knew. He felt that with
| perfect instinct. They were born for
each other, each was destined for the
other.
And the mother was forgotten, and
two young people drove along alb
sorbed in one another Their glances
! at first shy, became more ardent
| Ralston put out his hand and closed
| it on the girls warm fingers.
do you understand" he STAN
mered
She nodded shyly.
1T was you, then, whom l saw in
my dreams?"
She nodded again. And suddenly
he drew her to him and pressed his
lips to hers. And all pretense seemed
ludicrously absurd in the face OF this
elemental and overmastering passion
that had sprung up between them.
In silence they drove the last stage
of the journey. When at last they
stopped before the cabin they de
scended like people in a dream. Mrs
Symon was sitting in front of the
door she had seen and interpreted
the look upon each face.
AS they went in she said in a low
voice:
Are you not glad that l told you
to waltz
yes, am glad" he answered help
lessly Then, with sudden pity:
And you? And you?"
"Oh, II" she asked, with a shrug oil
her shoulders Il have had my day
you know. Besides, am the mother
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
warn while ouo.stSeu.

whenever you are angry or fed ~
grumbhnS or pouting-whenever yUS
are gloomy. fretful or MICROSCOPES
are consuming your energy, wasting
your vitality and opening the sluics-
ways IN your mental reservoir instead
OF sending the power over the wheel
10 drive the mental machinery.-Ss
Asctad
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Not the ONLY Ones.

New Jersey robins used two-dok
lar bill as material for nest They
are not the only builders who have
put all the money they could get to
Eether into a home
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
kno~deda. GAINED BY ExpsrIenea.

Knowledge Gained by Experience.
During the last school year a teach
er IA the Indianapolis schools asked
her pupils TO tell her which was the
most important, to keep the face or
the teeth clean, and why. One OF her
small boys replied without moments
hesitation: Your teeth, cause they'll
rot OF, and your face won't"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Mary Way Of Measuring stOns.

Many Ways Of Measuring Stone.
Because Of the variety OF uses to
which It is put in It's different forms,
thsrs Il no uniform system Of measur-
ing stone Square feet. yards and
rods, perches, cords and tons are all
Included In the list
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Fashion Mates

Short women should avoid much
trimming on their skirts, says fash
Ion writer. Yes. and so should long
women II their husbands are short
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Robins and Sparrows Lead.

The commonest bird In the north
eastern part Of the United States is
the robin. The English sparrow comes
a close second.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
lonQ-Eelt Want

4 Sabetha man, Doc Tennal reportA
h working hard TO perfect q device
by which an umbrella can be opened
only by its owner.-Kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
Ever Upward.

Yesterdays highest point Of
achievement is the starting point Of
today's. "-Paulist Fathers Motto
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13

eurety Not.

-Pau-Aloba- h the -
tiona motto OF Hawaii, sentiment
to which none but the most particular
can possibly take exceptons--E1
change.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13

Evn report is easy to lift but dIrncua
20 carr
Arizona republican., 1916-05-29
HIGH SIGN OF DISTRESS FROM TAMPIC0
 THE SACRED OIL IS ENDANGERED AGAIN
 GOVERNMENT IS ASKED TO INTERVENE
Tw0 Bandits Laid Away
 Wlh Little CeyemOny

by the troops of cavalry sent out in pursuit, according to reports here to- day.
 A villista cache of machine guns, rifles and ammunition was unearthed today in a canyon near here by towns people of Namiquipa, working under American directions. The find. which was officially reported to General ]. J. Pershing eXpeditionary commander. is regarded as important, not only be- cause of the quantity of armament dis covered, but because it reveals change in the spirit manifested toward the American troops by the natives of this section. r-s,
 Since the beginning of the expedition many rumors have been current that Villa had numerous stores of arms and ammunition cached in Chihuahua, but the store found today is the first to be uncovered by the Americans The finding of the cache is attribut- ed to the recent killing of Candelario Cervantes, the notorious Nillista lieu tenant. it>being pointed out that friend ly MeXicans now feel free to disclose secrets which before the death of Ger vantes they have kept, under threats
 of death. This feeling of security on 1 the part of the natives is being aug
 mented by the relentlessness with
 which the cavalry pursuit of Cervantes' band is being pushed. The country to 1 the southwest of Las Cruces is being swept thoroughly by the American de tachments.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-29
SA[AzAR
 GOING HONE; REVOLT ENDED
Republican A. p. Leased wlrel

FL PASO. Tex. May 2S.-Generai Jose Inez Salazar and the three privates who followed him to the end of his harmless revolution. appeared before General Gavira and obtained safe con- duct papers to allow them to return to their homes and civil life.
 Following their surrender two days ago they have agreed to live as private citizens and keep out of politics. Sal azar is returning to the central part of the republic under the eyes of the au- thoritles and will settle at any place where he can find job.
 There was nothing to indicate Sala- zars rank above his followers as they sat together in headquarters, except his superior physique and more expressive face. Their clothes were equally worn and tattered The privates. who were of the peon laborer type of unmixed Indian blood wore overalls and jumpers.
 Before Salazar crossed the line a few weeks after the Columbus raid. he left behind him in Fl Paso a manifesto declaring in bomba stic language his in- ! tention of starting another revolution in Mexico. Three men met him, ac- cording to arrangement, on the south i ern side of the border. But his old 1 followers in the days when he held commanding rank in the Madero and Huerta armies either failed or declined 1 to join him.
 In talk with General Gayira, Sala gar said he left the United States be-
 cause he feared arrest there. He af- | firmed that he had come to do no out
 rages against property or persons il 1 Mexico, and had made no effort to re ! cruit his force.
 In surrendering he said he had ac- complished his sole desire which wa: d guarantee of citizenship under thu CarranZa government.
 When Salazar and his men gav'
 themselves up. they were reported t have run out of supplies and to hay
 been suffering from hunger,
Arizona republican., 1916-05-29
The Macedonian Invasion

PARIS. May S.-Telegraphing from Salonil<i under date of May 27 the Havas correspondents say that the Bulgarian troops which on May 26 occupied Fort Rupel on the river Struma in Greece. have sent patrols to install themselves in the neighbor- hood of the Demir Hassar ridge which was partly destroyed by the entente allies. Important movements of Bull garian troops. the correspondent adds. are going on at Oktchilar and Kan thia and on the left bank of the river Nestos. The Bulgarians have extended their occupation in the region of De- mir Hassar to the station and to part of the environs of the village The usual cannonading is reported along the rest of the front with lively in- fantry engagement on the left bank of the Nardar
Arizona republican., 1916-05-29
' Hilles Outlines the | o4 4~''s'1 zIxI,1n at Chicago as He rore~es It from Interviews with Party Leaders
NO NOMINATION
 ON FIRST DAY
Remarks of the National Chairman on Progressive Question and His Conjec- lures as to What Colonel Roosevelt May Do
Republican A. p. Leased Wlrel

CHICAGO May 2S.-Chairman Charles D. Hilles of the Republican na- tional committee today expressed the opi2ion that the platform which will be adopted by the national convention next month will be unusually brief and deal only with the most vital public questions From information obtained in talking with party leaders on the subject he believes the principal blanks in the platform will include the fol- lowing;
 X statement on Americanism.
 A statement on preparedness for ad- eqnate military and naval defense.
 X declaration in favor of a protect we tariff to be prepared by non par tisan tariff commission created by congress with special attention to the needs of the industries of this coun- tty after the close of the European War
 A declaration in favor of merchant marine.
 A statement dealing with the alleged shortcomings of the democratic admin istratior.>
 On the question of national woman suffrage. Chairman Hilles said there vas . difference of opinion among the party leaders ard he did not know what action the convention would take On the subject
 i In speaking of the probable action of the progressive national convention i called to he held on June : in Chicago , simultaneously with the republican na- ! tionsd convention Chairman Hills ! said: T imagine everybody assumes , that the progressives will nominate Roosevelt for president If the re- publican convention adopts d straight forward. sincere. ringing declaration on the vital public questions now being :. discussed and names a man clearly equal to the important tasks which will ! confront the next president, Roosevelt might not think there would be any ; nerd If his entering the field. But fl the republicans nominate a man who Mr Roosevelt thinks is misfortune and adopts q platform which he re iarde as bunk he may feel so out ragged as tG run and perhaps help re elect President Wilson"
 Chairman Hilles denied report that the orsanization had ever thought ol attempting to force the nomination oi q candidate for president the first da y of the convention.
 Si;ch a plan has never even beer discussed hy members of the national committee and even if it were il would be impossible he said. The conven-
 ton will follow precedent. Ii will mee at II d. m. Wednsday June :. listen tt the address of temporary chairman, ap- point the committees and adjourn Thf second, daN will be devoted to perma
 (Coutinued On Para -T'Wol
Arizona republican., 1916-05-29
GRepubIican A. p. Leased Wirel

FIELD HEADQUARTERS, Near Namiquipa, May 27 (via wireless to Columbus, x. M, May 2SD-Candel- were buried today without religious ceremony. There were no lowered carts. no words spoken over the graves of the two bandits. who had caused the eXpeditionary command almost as much trouble as had Villa himself. Even the village padre at Namiquipa, where Cervantes had grown to man hood, declined to officiate at the ser vices.
 Two dusty wheeled carts drawn by dustier mules, bore the collins through the huddled adobe jacals of the town to a little cemetery on the outskirts. A few MeXicans. clad in dirty serapes, one of them Cervante's father tOuthess old woman and q few dogs comprised the funeral party. The quiet burial was ordered by the civil authorities of Namiqupa. the ma = jority of the citizens having insisted , that the body of Cervantes brought
 here after he was killed in an attack upon an army engineering party last Thursday. be gotten out of the town. i More or less drinking is going on in
 Namiquipa but the American troops have been ordered by General Pershing
 to avoid the town unless there are signs
 of an outbreak.
 ! No trace of the fleeing members of
 the Cervantes band has been obtained