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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ORMOND is Eve miles north of
Daytona, located on the western
bank of the Halifax River. The To-
cation OF the town permits of GOOD
drainage and perfect sanitation; the
elevation is superb and ideal for
winter homes. A wide bridge con-
meets Or1nond with Ormond Beach.
Many fine residences are main
tanned on either side of the river.
most of them embellished with sub
tropical fora and shrubbery, besides
thrifty orange and other citrus fruit
trees.
The town IS very cosmopolitan,
has an excellent graded school, sew
eraI churches, = fine public library,
up-to-date places Of business and
comfortable and convenient hotels
and boarding houses.
Crmond has many Of the Florida
attr1ction5-hnc fruit, good fishing,
excellent automobiIin8, safe boating,
salubriOus climate and pleasant
walks and drives.
At Crmond Beach is located the
large Hotel Ormond, and its lesser
sister, Breton Inn. The former oc-
cupies a position overlooking the
Halifax River, while the latter has as
its outlook the magnificent beach and
the broad Atlantic.
The walks IN all directions are
particularly attractive, and the ar
bors, shady and inviting spots and
romantic hooks are crowded with
rustic seats which are mute invita-
tons to enter into the enjoyment
thereof.
Besides the broad, smooth ocean
beach there are many~drivcs for car
riaee or automObile-lOn9d drives and
short drives; drives through groves
Of golden oranges; drives through
dense tropical forests 10 Spanish
ruins; drives to the ancient Cause
way built by the slaves of planters
Of long ago, and drives to the planta-
tions of hOSpitable settlers, whose
places are replete with the interest
of Southern fruits and flowers.
One of these interesting planta-
tons is Number Nine, located on the
peninsula, FIVE miles north of the
Hotel Ormond. Here you see a fine
orange grove, together with great va
-.c,ies of other sub-tropical fruits
nd flowers.
rive miles further on you come to
Moundgrove, one Of the finest orange
groves in this section Of Florida.
Moundsrove is on the headwaters Of
the Halifax River and is amid pretty
surroundings. The place is reached
by a good road passing Number
Ninel and is d drive all tourists may
enjoy.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
CORONADO

Is situated on the peninsula opposite
New Smyrna and is connected by a
good road and bridge over the deep
current Of Indian River. Here you
can put aside your conventional
garb, breathe in large and deep the
salty tonic OF the sea and enjoy your
self to your hearts content with rod
and reel in row or sail boat or IN the
ocean surf a short half-mile away.
The great varieties Of hsh inhabiting
the river and lagoon pass through the
channel from the sea beneath the
bridge. From verandaS, upper bal
comics and windows you behold the
magnificent river, the distant lagOOns
and islands, the foreSt-cOvered pen
inSula and the vast reaches Of the
Atlantic Ocean.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
PICTURESQUE PORT ORANGE

PORT ORANGE is a pretty little
village situated five miles south OF
DaytOna on the DaytOna-New Smyrna
hard-surface road, the scenic highway
Of the East Coast. The town is To-
Gated on the Halifax River, over
which spans a bridge from the town
to the peninsula opposite.
The town is well laid out and has
many pretty homes owned and occu-
pied by residents and winter tourists.
1t has several churches, one Of the
best graded schools IN VolusIa
county two general stores, a real
estate agency and two or three hotels.
A large number of tourists and
winter residents make Port Orange
winter headquarters, one Of the sew
eral attractions being the excellent
fishing. Port Orange is in the orange
belt and a number Of very 6ne citrus
groves are nearby, where oranges,
taneerines and grapefruit hang IN
profusion- Some Of the best trucking
land in the State is to be found
thereabout and excellent crops axe
raised.
West Of Port Orange a short dis
lance are the remains Of the old
Dunlawtou sugar mill, a spot that IS
visited every year by hundreds OF
tourists. AT one time all the couu-
try west OF Port Orange, surrounding
the old mill vas a vast susar-cale
and indigo plantation The mill vas
operated extensively in those days
but has been II disuse for thirty OK
forty years.
A pretty automobile or carriage
drive from Daytoaa is via the ore4a
beach to the approach Of the Por.
Orange bridge, across the bridge and
then passing through Port Orange to
the ruins Of the celebrated Old sugar
mill returning to Daytona by the
road on the mainland. This drive
affords a very pleasing variety OF
scenery
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
HAWKS PARK

A pretty village located along the
ridge above the Indian River two
and One-half miles south Of New
Smyrna and connected with fine she'll
roads. There is the appearance OF
newness, comfort and seclusiOn about
the place which stamps 1t as the abode
Of people who come here 10 enjoy
the blessings Of outdoor life away
from places where crowds are apt 10
gather.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA
NEW SMYRNA = situated fifteen

NEW SMYRNA Is situated fifteen
miles south Of Daytona and is an
ideal spot reached from Daytona by
a hard surface road winding through
one OF the most picturesque parts of
Florida.
With its ancient ruins dating back
to a time when the history of man
runneth not, interlaced with wires of
the modern telegraph and telephone,
its miles of shell streets as hard and
smooth as floor and over-arched by
hoary forest giants that grew in state
ly grandeur during the lapse of by
gone centuries New Smyrna is truly
a place Of romance and rest.
All nature here is very inviting TO
the tourist and pleasure-seeker. Here
too is to be found the best fishing and
hunting in the State of Florida.
The people are thrifty, the bust
ness men enterprisings and all unite
in extending the welcome hand of
hospitality to strangers. There are
FIVE church edihces' for white people
and an equal number for the colored
population; the town has an excellent
high school, a splendid public lib
rary, and up-tO-date business houses.
There are any number Of pretty
homes for the permanent population
which numbers close to 1000 and
some very fine winter residences
There are good hotels and boarding
houses where you can find accOmO-
datiOns TO meet your requirements.
Adjoining New Smyrna is as fine a
section Of vegetable land as can be
found anywhere. This land has
been divided into small farms which
can be bought at reasonable prices
Some Of the finest celery grown in
the State is raised on this land All
other vegetables grow in abundance
and here, too, is the home of the fam
Gus Indian River ORANGES.
New Smyrna has no bonded in
debtedness and the tax levy is low.
A point that no tourist should fail
TO visit is the ruins Of the Old Span
ish Mission which stand somber and
alone about one and a quarter miles
southwest of New Smyrna A good
road leads to the place and the trip
can be easily made by an automobile.
Silent, in the great pine fats by the
margin of the forest, is this place Of
pilgrimage for the piOus; this rem
dezvOuS for the picnicker. The ruins
are extensive, and while there is no
authentic history Of their origin, it
is presumed that the Mission was
built by the FranCisCans in the days
when the once powerful Kingdom Of
Spain first planted its flag upon what
is now American soil. 1t was built
of coquinzs the roof being of the
same material, cut into thin slabs
and covered with cement plaster.
Extensive gardens surrounded it,
which were enclosed by a stone
wall, portions Of which still remain.
Visitors usually come IN parties
merry and curious but the spell Of
the place soon falls upon them and
they separate 10 sit alone, silent and
meditstive, under the arches or be-
side the ancient well
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
DELAND, THE ATHENS OF FLORIDA
DELAND, the county seat OF
Wn1rsia Cnranfu |

DELAND, the county seat OF
- Volusia County,
is situated . miles southwest of
Daytona and is reached from the lat
ter city by an excellent hard-surface
road recently constructed.
At DeLand is located the John B.
Stetson University, one of the lead
ing educational institutions of the
South. Because of the interest in
matters educational DeLand is known
as The Athens of Florida"
Stetson University has a faculty Of
so professors and instructors. There
are over 100000 in buildings and
equipment; nearly 100000 endow-
ment; a Carnegie Library alone rep
resenting an investment IN building,
endowment and books, Of more than
$4,000. The library is the United
States Government depository for the
State of Florida, and contains over
$1,000 volumes. Science Hall, one
Of the newest of 10 buildings, with
its furnishings, represents an outlay
Of 500, 600. Elizabeth Hall IS one Of
the most beautiful college buildings
in the South.
The city has a population Of about
$500, with a thickly settled country
adjacent. DeLand proper IS 1--WE
miles east Of the St. Johns River on
the high, rolling pine land Of the
great Orange Ridge" Of Florida.
The predominatina products axe
oranges and grapefruit, the estimated
crop from this vicinity being over
100000 boxes this year Crap
| peaches, pears, Japan Pcrsimuo-s,
plums, pecans, guavas, Strawberries
and other fruits are grown in plenty.
In the way Of public Improvements
are many miles Of fine shell roads, an
excellent high school, electric lights,
a system Of waterworks that is owned
and operated by the city, supplying
the purest water at little cost.
Nine houses Of worship testify that
DeLand IS a church-going cOmmu-
nifty. Baptists, EPiscOpalians, Meth
Odists (Northern and Southern, Pres
byterians, Christians and Catholics,
besides colored Baptists AID MethO-
dists, are represented.
The gralcd school Offers a ten
years co4-se, and the building which
it occupies is newly furnished
throuehoa,, and IS one Of the most
couzJLious and best equipped pub
lie schools in the State.
The trip from Daytona to DeLand
is made by automobile in a little
over an hour, and there are many
pretty drives in the vicinity Of the
county site. A good road leads to
DeLeou Springs, hvc miles, q historic
spot. where 10000 gallons OF. water
bubble from the earth every minute.
From DcLaud automobiles 90 south
to Ostecu, IS miles, on shell and
mari roads. theSt Johns is crosscdby
ferry near Osteon aud cars can then
continue to Sanford and Orlando by
hard road There IS a shell road
- q, Y-9 - ~.--..t. g-+rr e--.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16

most frightened and half expected the buovant youth.
ul face and the dear eyes tina, were wont to look down
upon Cedric and me And the dear eyes smiled, for
they have changed
lay very still listening to that oet breathing to
the little rustic and turning which is tender language
Of its When is seventy and closes ones ewes
it i. wonderful how the whole world grows youthful.
And when had almost dozed that little tender rustling
brought me back happily that | could hardly tell
which memory of that other little head upon my
arm. and which Midnight was the important
moment when the baby's food mus be warmed and it
was who did this for Pclea,' old familiar hclplcssness
in this little presence delighted beyond measure
And when she grew impatient and cried little Pelcas
Naanty lighted matches before her and She fell silent
and smiled and slept again At five o'clock this
had 10 be repeated. and record it matter of
history that in the meantime | had slept for
moment. For there had come thronging back such
company Of memories such very flight OF the angels
OF the old delight of our wonderful year when there
Cedric. that the world had room for sleep at all.
Sleep. do not suppose that anyone would chide me
for being wakcful at BALI And nothing in the world
could have been delightful were those hours
wien that little head lay upon my
Sometime after daylight she awoke. Cedric had been
wont to lie quietly as long would. but Milli-
ccntc's baby-for it Mllicenies baby for all
pretending ,-awokc and played with her fists. Then
fancy that had lowered over all the night took shape,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16

less to have something happen which YOU yourself did
not bring about! "Nichola! What is il:
Its a babby,' Nicllola informed grlmly and laid
erward. hen she beckoned to the hall and went,
barely able 10 stand. for was certain that 1t had been
LETT III basket on the steps with nothing but ocke
and whatever TO do with it,
Nic!ola' ! panied whose baby?
Nichola was bending the bench i'll the hall, and
there lat poor little Millcente her face flushed with
lever crying helplessly
N-nobody told me-" she sobbed on my shoulder
what i would be like to travel with six-weeks-old
baby. She cried every m-inle OF the way herc-and
Bless the little mothers! have yet known one
who would not you though in the presence OF a
child exhibiting most dreadful temper, that her baby
was "usuay good, too
Together, though suppose that hindercd far more
and put her in bcd-poor nervous little thing, hardly
more than baby herself for all her wise use Of the
most advanced baby terms.
Nchola hurried downstairs for something hot. and
ing bowl OF some mysterious compound how do some
people always know what to bring you. hot and savory,
IN bowl: If | had gone down to the kitchen | am
sure that could have devised nothing but eggs Nichoa
woman has noticed that when am excited my hands
tremblc. But whose do not? As for Nichoa, as |
have often told her. she could not tremble if giant
were to walk in the front door. Instead of fear,
Nicholas way of emotion is always anger, and dare
say she would tartly remind such giant OF the pur-
pose of the door-nat
You'd best said Nchola to over her shoulder,
go downstairs and after t,at-babby'
Nicholas scorn scathng. Nichoa dislikcs great
many things, but the greatest of these babies When
she passes in It's perambulator have seen her take
the extreme edge of the walk,
hey amt bone in EN- she explained
When YOU go to pick EN- up, they slimtsc"
! remembered this failing of Nicholas as 7 hurried
downstairs to Peleas, but | was chiefly concerned to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16

and would like to have anyone object who
believe differently
For all his impotence to see whether the little maid
had really grown TO wOnlanhood in those six weeks
so, he obliged TO report at Washington mmcdi-
aely upon his return. Consequently when the steam
ship almost due our niece Alillicentc found that
She could wait for him to see the babys amazing I'M
provcmcrt day later than that upon which his
boat 10 arrive. SO she took train somewhere in
Vermont with that very little child and arrived
house few minutes before her telegram, in sad
ii collapse and almost burning ZIP with fever. She has
10 nurse-maid They very young married people
indeed.
The night that Milcente and her baby reached us,
Pccas and had been sitting for hour in the dark
Of the drawing-room. We were happy enough and yet
it was one of the nights when all the little shadows that
live so very near to creeping FORTH each made
holder by the others. And when is seventy there
are many shadows-thoueh kept back for the greater
part OF the time mind you, and never much as al
lowed to show their faces. But somcway that night all
the shadows had arranged rendezvous and Pelcas and
| were sitting in very circle OF them
We dreamed it differently, Ettarc" Pelcas had said
,owly 3.
knew what he meant Have we not all dreamed it
Inherently And then we sat thinking of the Great
Dream that we had and los-a dream so bright that it
was like star For though seventy now, and
many bright vistas are closed us, there was time
when Peleas could still model and could write so that
a few were decciyed-hat the great Dream for one
radiant year was i'll our home and went away when
little Cedric died For years since then we have gone
wondering where he may he now, without us? For he
very little when he left ushc could hardly take
step alone even by clinging to my finger and Pclcas',
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
@y iona Sale

and we laughing with all our might And So lest he
may still be needing lis he needed us then we are
never very far from him in thought, and that nigh, we
talked long of him, and by one all the other little
shadow dreams went away i'll the presence OF this
dream that shadow, but something far more
beautiful and terrible.
SO we were sitting with DO you remember" and
But do you rcmember?' on our lips when the door
bell rang and Ncola old servant came grumblinp
up the stairs to it. We wondered little for
we have few visitors and no small excitemcnts. We
wondered the more when the drawing door was
thrown open and the threshold appeared Nchola
bearing i'll her white bundle that long and
alarmingly fluffy skirts.
"Niclloa!" we both cried in a nutter-for you do
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16

observe hcrPeleas and |. who seventy and are
supposed to be concerned with far sobcrer In
reality know Of the sweet surprises OF expert
ence and of wisdom that confirm JOY i'll
life & sight of niece Nillccnte with her baby
" CHANGED that when the baby but few weeks
ID the young father called to The Hague upon
some government business state OF affairs for which
cally seemed to Pclcas and that tic United States
'hld be called to account For experience shows that
he government will go rrcsstibly forward, but Mill
;cltes husband be compensated for that alb
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16

intended to provide for the possible emotion of the
lamp
To tell the TRUTH was LONGING 20 feel that little head
i'll the hollow of my ! laid it there presently and
tucked my hand between the two pillows as | had been
wont, and held away the covering from the little face
There the dark hair. and there was the tiny hand
upifed and-as livc,-there was the identical rnHlc
Of lace that always used bother about the little chin
=" that first ecstatic moment looked UP at Pceas al
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16

- UR niece Mlcente is only twenty-five, and to
see her with her baby in her arms is consid-
l , erably like watching a wax doll play with a
kitten, or wild rose give attention 10 but
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
Almost ANY Mother.

The mother of n large family fell
III and died and the attending ply
stefan reported that she died of star.
walton. It was incredible, but he
proved it, The woman had to get the
dinner and then spend the next two
hours in waiting on the family and
getting the children to the table. 1t
was never on record that she got all
of them there at the same time and
they came struggling In all the way
from potatoes to pic. By the time
she had wiped the last face, her own
hunger had left her and she had no
desire to eat. Chickens. the doctor
said, come running at feed time. but
children don't. a hen has a better
chance to eat than a mother-Atchi.
son Globe.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
Launhter a Series of Rarks.

Laughing is barking, cay the sci.
entists. The neck and head are
thrown back while series of short
barks are emitted from the throat.
However musical the barks may be,
they are barks. The laugh begins
with sudden and violent contraction
of the muscles of the chest and abb
domen. But instead of opening to let
the air pass out OF the lungs, the vocal
cords approach each other and hold 1t
back. But they are not strong enough
to exercise such opposition for mere
than an instant. and the air, which is
under pressure, promptly escapes. As
It does so it makes the vocal cords vi.
bratc producing the bark
This obstruction and liberation OF
the air expelled from the lungs repeats
itself again and again at intervals OF a
quarter Of n second. There are thus
in hearty laugh four barks n second
and II continued, they go on at that
rate as long MS the air reserve In the
lungs holds out. The empty lungs
must then fill themselves. and this in.
terval is marked by quick gasp for
breath. after which the banks are re-
newed The barks occur In series
with gasps for breath at intervals
When laughter is violent, the entire
body participates. The upper part OF
the trunk bends and straightens itself
alternately or sways to right and left
The feet stamp on the floor. while the
hands are pressed upon the loins to
moderate the painful spasm.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
GENEROSITY OF THE GOURMET
Frenchman Partial to Properly Cooked
Chop, But He Did Not Alto
gether Forget His Wife.

4 Frenchman besitatcs to pay two
dollars for II pair Of ready made
trousers, but 1t Is his delight to spend
a flyer on . meal.
The speaker, waiter, smiled.
My brother, Gustav of Dax," he
said, is renowned gourmet. They
talk all over OAK of Gustay's way of
grilling a lamb outlet Is IT good
way, but expensive? Oh, la, la"
La, la" The guest frowned. What
do you mean by la, la?'" he inquired
1T just means gosh, lingo, my
goodness, anything like that" said
the waiter. impatiently. About my
brother Gustav, He always grills his
own chops. He won't trust the work
to any one else. lie does 1t like this:
He lays three chops, one on top of the
other. on the grill. Seated before the
fire. he turns the chops over and over
til! the two outer ones are done TO a
very dry brown The middle one only
is the one he eats. All, but it must be
delicious. 1t has received. you see.
all the rich, delicate juices of the 9th
err two"
The guest snee-cd. And does he
throw the othe' two away" he
asked.
"Oh, no." the waiter answered. HE
gives them to his wife. buffalo Elk.
press.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
interviewing the Professor.

80 you don't think Mars would re-
ply, even II we did send signals"
u am almost convinced that there
would be no response" answered Prof.
Thinktum, adjusting his glasses.
Then you don't believe tina. Mars
Is inhabited?"
"On the contrary. think it ex.
tremely probable that life similar to
our own exists on the sister planet"
But you don't give those people
credit for intelligence equal to ours?"
YES. am inclined to credit them
with even greater Intelligence than
we display There Sre many indlca.
lions that they have a civilization old.
err than oars. In which case they
should have too much sense to fool
away their time on any such imprac-
teal proposition"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12

Webb City.-Gordon Sceicy and
Charles Hard, miners. fought with
shotguns and royolvcrs. when Scoley
emerged from mine and found Hard
ut his home with Mrs. Saeloy. Hard
was killed and seclcy was shot in tho
arm.
Seeley was met at the doorway Of
his own home rs he returned uunx.
Hcctodly from work, $50 feet uudnr-
ground, by Hard, who opened fire with
4 revolver.
Seley hurried to his shotgun in an
adjoining room, and followed Hard TO
the street, whore the fight began.
Hard shot Seeley in the right arm
with a revolver, and Hard's head was
blown Off by Seeley's shotgun Sccley
then surrendered He was exoncratcd
on the ground Of sclfdofcnsc.