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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
FIGHTING NATURE.
Whist One Mans Patient Effort Wruna
from Z Desert In France.

What One Mans Patient Enort Wfuna
from Desert In France.
In the southwest of France. between
the rivers Adour and Garonne. are
long stretches of pine woods, green
and cool.
Where these pines now stand was a
barren waste In the middle of the last
century. Sun and wind wed with each
other In making the land drier and
dustier. Over the stormy bay of Bis
cay came winds that set up great
sandstorms and sometimes buried
whole villages The whole region was
one Of hopelessness and despair. Fate
was against it.
But finally there came a man who
acknowledged fate only as something
to be overcome. This man, one Bre-
monitor was an inspector of roads.
He began fencing in the desert He
built fence and behind it planted
broom seeds. Behind the broom seeds
ne put seeds of the pine. The fence
protected the broom seeds. and the
broom grew. Then the broom Ia its
turn afforded shelter to the delicate
pine shoots.
Soon the. pines spread, and their
tough roots bound the sandy sol to-
gether. The first step was accomplish
ed Then canals were made to drain
the wet parts and carry water to the
dry.
Thus did one man by patient effort
turn dreary desert into a home for
an industrious and healthy population.
IT was an instance of triumph over
mte.-New York Tribune.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
Light on a Dark Subject.

Caller-There's one question l should
like to have answered. When thought
flashes across the intellect does it eff
feet any molecular changes in the cell
lular or muscular tissues composing
the material substance of the cerebral
mass, or does it operate merely in
the realm of the spiritual ego. thereby
leaving no trace subject to detection
or classification in the domain of sub
stantiality? Information Editor turn
ing again to his deskl-TEere is no pre-
MUM on the coin.-Chicago Tribune.
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Artistic folk frequently have some
what vague notions about business.
Some Of them are quite ignorant of It.
others utterly Indifferent to it and 9TH
ers yet hate the very name Of It. One
in the last named category was Eiszt
He had returned from successful
tour. and Princess Metternich. the
wife Of the celebrated statesman and
diplomatist. was questioning him re-
garding the concerts he had been Civ.
ing abroad.
II hear" she said.s that you did
good business in Paris
To which List gave the tart reply.
II only played some music there.
Business that leave to bankers and
diplomatists."
To another lady the musical cleric
gave still more sarcastic answer
'Ah. Able" she sighed. what great
fortune you would make II only you
could be induced to go to America to
playp'
Madame returned List, IF you
stood in need of that fortune. believe
me, would go at once"
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Counter Diplomacy.

81 think you will like this gooCs.
madam" urged a salesman in Euclid
avenue shop at is just the thing for
stout. middle aged lady
'Sir!" squealed the customer in a
rage The clerk saw his faux pas and
recovered himself quickly.
"Pardon me-" he smiled. 81 mistook
you for the young lady who was in
here yesterday looking for something
for her grandmother. Now that look
at you again. / see that this was an
older person. Now. if you are buying
for yourself. we have something over
here that
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
A DENTAL CURIOSITY.
The Set of Artificial Teeth That Wash
ingt 4h,ndured.

The Set OF Artificial eetn inat w ASH
inet ~w-ndured.
It may not be generally known that
the Father of His Country was one OF
the first Americans to wear artificial
teeth. BY the. time the war of the
Revolution had ended he had parted
company with most of the outfit which
nature had given him. An ingenious
physician and dentist of New York city
undertook the then unusual task of re-
equipment and produced at length
full set of artificial teeth. These are
now, OF course. dental curiosity and
offer an additional proof of the heroism
of our first president, for it is matter
of fact that General Washington wore
those teeth for MANY years and. so far
rs we know, never complained of them.
The teeth were carved from ivory
and riveted. wired and clamped to a
somewhat ponderous gold plate. Three
large clamps in particular figure con-
spicuously in the roof of the mouth
and must have caused difficulty, if not
anguish. There were an upper and an
under set. and the two were connected
and held in position relatively by a
long spiral spring on each side. says
Harper's Weekly.
Nevertheless Washington wore them
long and we'll. fact sufficiently attest.
ed by the worn and dinted condition OF
both teeth and plate.
At the last account these teeth were
the property of dental institution in
Baltimore.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
Worth Her Weight In Butter.

Curious customs still prevail with
regard to marriage. In some parts OF
Uganda the custom is to offer SIX
needles and pack of india rubber for
q wife Some of the Kaffirs sacrlhce
oxen. The Tartars of Turkestan give
the weight of the prospective wife in
butter. In Kamchatlza the price va
ries from one to ten reindeer. Some
savages require certain amount OF
labor. Among the aborigines it is said
the current rate for wife is box
of matches. which prompted a Paris
contemporary to speculate whether one
Of the French government boxes would
be accepted.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
ELECTRIC -. !. -
Their Effect In the First Theaters In
Which They Were Used.

J u0tT GuSCI III InS TtTSI uOaSOtS III
Which They Were Used.
The FIRST theater IN the world to use
incandescent lamps was the Academy
Of Music. on HaIstead street. Chicago.
the plant being installed by the West
ern Edison Light company. The the
alter was wired for $50 sixteen candle
power lamps The lighting was con-
fined to the auditorium. No electric
lights were used on the stage. as DIM
mers had not been thought OF at that
time. On the opening night, after the
new lights were installed. the actors
struck. claiming that it was impossible
to make up by gaslight and play their
parts under the glare Of the electric
lights. 1t was with difficulty that they
were persuaded to proceed with the
second act
The first theater to be completely
lighted with incandescent lamps was
the old Haverly theater. then located
on Monroe street, where the Inter
Ocean building now stands. This
plant consisted of two dynamos with
a capacity of 637 lamps. On the open
ing night only sufficient lights were
started at first to enable the ushers TO
seat the audience. When the curtain
rose every light was turned on. caus
ing a tremendous sensation among the
audience and eliciting applause that
continued for fifteen minutes. The in
noyation was so successful that Nc
Vicker's' theater and the Chicago Opera
House Immediately installed similar
plants.-W. G. Jenkins in National
Magazine.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17

Is WIN Ora u 70 the Top, but Will 81,
Racx 70 the bottom

Z
Il WIN era u 20 the Top, but viii fly
Back 20 the bottom.
81 Is ii, i window pane ~fll era vi
- he folk rs back to the bottom nd
Swl III, ngain. This order Is seldom
5<Fxed why no one knows. It If
= rorord that fy crawled up " in
IN pane thirty-two times, returning
s - lime swing.
Hens acratch for food with the sun
<<hlnC them. the reason being that he
IN reject on the minute particles. A
|11 hen will pick grain and not miss
4 koEnel.
Cats seldom lie with their feet to The
~ Usually they lie on the left 81 lie.
uo1u Ne with their fore paws to he
4 mouse will ignore food sup oly
GlIcfent Tor meal and run great
49, e nlbble at wholesale supply.
Is Will hide at the source OF food sup
~ md not depart therefrom until ac-
tGaIIY disturbed. : 1t isn't true tina a
mouse runs to its hole at the first
oHim.
Ind q harmless little snake the
[Sfh OF lead pencil and provide a
51x Tor It In the house. visit it daily
md At the end Of three months it will
crawl to you for food.
Goldfish usually swim around a globe
e the right. They can be taught to
take AZ out Of the hand in six weeks
time. The presence of other fish in
The globe Is generally ignored by gold
iIeh. Drop piece Of chip on the sur
z1ce of the water and it will frigh ten
80.
1eep spend more time grazing than
- enftle and horses. Sheep will eat
ar twelve hours out OF twenty-four.-
~ York World.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
Literary Note.

The teacher had been talking to her
pupils on Ouida's story. 1.-The Dog of
Flanders" and she followed her talk
by an oral test
Nov, what is the name Of the au-
thor?" she Queried.
Small and Slangy Boy-Oh. You Ida.
Boston Record.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17

4 worthy old dame of New England
once invited her husbands atten ton to
Mnat seemed to her curious item in
we Journal she was looking at. Ills
nn % this" said she. reading.
Inc Mary Fl. Barker Of Gloucester
poru that she saw two whales, a
$50 ana calf. floating or Cape Cod
z1e fay before yesterday
ell what about it:- asked the
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
The Joke on Her

II suppose being the wife of a hu-
morist is continuous joke" said her
former schoolmate.
"Yes," she sadly sighed. looking at
her faded and old fashioned gown.
land it's on me"-Exchange
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
Swell Set Credentials.

Mrs. De Butt making out list OF
invited guests for dinner)-Can you
think of any others?
Mrs. Won Setter-There is Mrs. Kun
bae.
81 had thought of her, but she did
not try to smuggle" Philadelphia
Ledger.
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Placed,

Mrs. BIS she a Mary of the vine
clad cottage? Mrs. M.-No, a Martha
of the rubber plant fat = Harper's
Bazaar.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
One Execution.

Nearsighted Old Mani say, did you
break the record?
Aeronaut-No. but broke every
thing else.-Judge.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
Short of Bedcloshes.

In some of the smaller Russian ho-
tells visitors are obliged to find their
own bedclothes.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17

Thoughts never lack words. 1t
words that lack thoughts.-ssubert.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17
We beg to offer the following
from our list Of
property:

No. 1874 800 Will buy furnished
house on volusia avenue, four bed
room and bath, five rooms on first
floor.
No. 200, Furnished cottage,
all conveniences, garage, Fairview
avenue.
No. 1928, 300, five room furnish
ed house, one acre Of land, Holly Hin,
fruit trees.
No. 1877 acres land, 800 orange,
peach and persimTnon trees, room
dwelling, $1,000.
No. 1oa-ssooo. five acre bearing
grove, South Ridgewood.
No. to5-s7,5oo. pew house on
Ridgewood avenue.
No. 1oe-s1,2oo, two large, deep
! lots on South Ridgewood.
No. 120--4 acres land, 100 orange
trees, truck land, 5 room cottage,
$1,000.
No. 1872 200, five room cottage
Daytona and Cypress streets, large
lot
No. !o9-$1,5oo, small bungalow,
West Magnolia, lot 50x15o, almost
new.
No. 121-Home on Ridgewood, cen
traily located, house rebuilt recently
four bedrooms, modern conveniences,
garage, beautiful grounds, $1,000.
No. 100000, truck farm, ~
acres cleared 2 acres tiled, house
and barn.
No $4,000, one of the best
homes on Ridgewood, furnished, large
lot, garage.
No. 122-New house, central Ioca-
ton, beautifully furnished, large lot,
modern in every way, garage, $11 200.
No. tt3-one Of the most beauti.
ful homes. in Daytona, artisticaIIy
furnished and equipped, large gar
age. Offers submitted to owners.
No. 115- $1,000 will buy one of
the finest homes in Seabreeze, sit
uated on the river front; seven bed
rooms; two bath rooms; beautifully
furnished; lot 1873 $50.
No. 116-s2,ooo will buy a nice
home; five rooms and bath; hot
and cold water; electric lights; cor
ner LOT.
No. 123-A bargain at $500, Pal
metto avenue, bedrooms, bath, COM
pleteiy furnished, good condition.
Houses exactly alike in same row
valued at $1,000.
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husband.
Only this" replied his spouse. 81
can understand about the two whales,
but what beats me is how the cow
and the calf got way out there. LIP
pincott's.
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We have some very attractive river front property
in Port Orange that be sold on reasonable terms
and at low prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
Australian Government Curinq
Drink Habit
Adopts Famous Neal Cure
Sending Sunshine and Happiness Into Hundreds Darkened
Homes Instead of Inflicting Fines or Prison Cells
Upon Our Unfortunate Citizens
The Duty Of Our National, State and Municipal Governments
(From Chicago Record-Herald)

(From Chicago Record HeTald)
The government of Australia has set
an example worthy of imitation by
the other nations of the world. Realizing
the extent, enormity and the awful con
sequences OF the drink habit. they have
for years past been investigating it's
cause. effect, treatment end possible cure.
In the year Of 1910 Rev. A. G. Rankine,
commissioned by that government. visited
the United States, and after a thorough
investigation of drink habit treatments.
he returned TO his government last Sep
TENDER and made a detailod( lengthy re-
port. recommending the adoption of the
NEAL THREB-DAY DRINK HABIT
CURE The government OF South Aus
traliR adopted his report and established
the Cure in a large government sanitar-
ium, where those addicted 10 the drink
habit are treated at the governments ex-
psnse instead OF being fined OF sent 20
prison cells
D0 ing the first ninety days exactly
ninety-eight persons SO afflicted were
cured by the Neal treatment at govern
ment expense: restored TO citizenship as
healthy men and good citizens. In ad-
dition TO this. reports show that more
than double that number availed them
selves OF the Neal treatment in private
sanitariums in Australia
Professional and scientific research ana
investigation OF the centuries has recent
ly eliminated in the establishment OF
the fact that the drink habit. so called.
is- caused BY the poison OF alcohol stored
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16

up in the system by the long continued
or excessive use of alcoholic liquors, and
that the man or woman thus afflicted
is as much in need of, and must have
medical help as II suffering from typhoid
fever or other serious human ailment.
Dr.. Neal has solved this problem. He
has not only demonstrated the above,
but he has found the drug which anti
dotes this poison, and, combining same
with other well-knoWn neutralizing and
eliminating drugs. he has originated the
Neal treatment, which, in thousands of
Gases, has perfected absolute and salts
factory cures in the short space of time
OF only three days.
This remarkable treatment has been
successfully admins tered to hundreds
Of persons in this city at The Neal In
sutute Co.. located at 1902 South 10th
St, Omaha. Neb., and to thousands of
others at sixty-three other similar insti-
tutiong known as Neal Institute !, es-
tablished and opening in this and foreign
countries.
An unconditional agreement is made
with each patient to refund the entire
amount paid upon the expression Of the
slightest dissatisfaction at the end of the
treatment This is an opportunity and a
fair offer, which should command the
immediate consideration on the part OF
all the afflicted and Those interested In
them II possible, call at the Institute
and Investigate for yourself II that is
not convenient write or wire for full
particulars. advice and information
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16

his careful and saving habits. vet when
he came to himself he was pennness, and
he has never since been able to recall what
he did with his money
Lawyers breakdown.
The second case OF disappearance re-
corded by DR.. Osborn is that Of a brilliant
and we'll known lawyer and politician.
former congressman lie lived also in a
town suburban to Philadelphia. one day
he got up from his desk in his office leav-
Ing law book open at a page he had been
consulting. a mass Of urgent work unfin-
shed in his desk and a NUMBER OF an
cashed checks. lie walked out Of his Of
flee and vanished.
After several months had passed word
came through official government chan
nels that he was in Australia, where he
had applied to the consul to help him reach
home. lie had come to himself on a steam
ship nearing an Australian port quite pen
niless and broken in health His passage
money was forwarded and he returned
home. After a short period of recuperation
he returned to his profession. He has been
normal ever since
Or. Osborn's third recorded case is that
Of young Irish coachman who was Sc
verelS injured in a runaway accident in
which his brother-in-law and a friend were
killed The accident occurred I'm the pros
ence of a crowd yet in the confusion when
the bodies of the two who were killed had
been removed from the wreckage no trace
could be found Of the coaChman. No one
had seen him after the final catastrophe
The next day when he was still being
sought for everywhere, he reappeared at
the door Of his home, badly injured and
unable to speak His recovery was ex-
tremly slow and for a time his mind seemed
TO be gone. lie gradually re-established
! himself. but memory was the last thing
| to return to him. Or Osborn especially
noted a complete though gradual, change
almost Of feature. When he began to pull
around again he was unrecognizable to his
| intimate friends. His whole character had
! altered and with it his outward appear
ance.
why" asked DR. Osborn, may not such
changes appear suddenly? is time a nee
| essary element? We may not yet know
the subtle forces accounting for the orig
inal disappearing impulse; but If it shall
J be found that the human face and form
| can within few moments undergo such
changes as to render them easily unrec-
/ ognizable at ordinary sight then we shah
| have a plausible explanation for the most
mysterious phase of these sudden disap-
pearances the consistent failure of anyone
to recognize these unhappy victims of loss
Of memory as they drop out of sight. -
New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
LONGS FOR THE BRINY SEA
Admiral bob Evans, Sea Rover,
Finds business an Irk-
some Task.

Robley u. Evans-the old Fighting
Bob" Of the United States navy, retired,
made over into a business man in Los An,
geles and marooned on continents
homesick for the high seas and the sway
ing quarterback.
The clash Of competitive combat in the
commercial arena and the Joys of buying
low and selling high. activities with which
he has been trying 10, satisfy the demands
of his energetic nature, have fallen short
and the admiral. two years a "landlubber, '
is realizing II more keenly every dav
Fighting Bob" declared he would rather
be replaced in command of fleet-even Of
barges-than be made president of the
United States and dictator to the powers
II haven't been able to find out yet what
contentment a life ashore seems to yield
many people" said Admiral Evans.
For two years I have been trying to fig
ure it out ! have lost myself in a maze
of business enterprises. but changing
money never can take the place of the old
times at sea. 1 intend to move my resi-
dence from Washington to California
where most of my newly acquired business
interests are. There ! shall build me a
home by the ocean.
There is no Job on earth to compare
with that Of commanding a fleet Of battle
ships. Presidents come and they so, but
the admiral goes on as long as the pension
system admits, Irrespective of the ups and
downs OF politics ashore.
Look at me now! When I come into a
city It is as president Of an oil company
a considerable comedown for a sea fighter
And the land rocks so. My sea legs still
Nryft
meath me as the deck of a ship would be-
meath a landlubber.
Though / am going to make my home
in California, 1 am not entirely in sympa-
thy with the people of the Pacific coast
II we ever do have war with Japan it will
be because it has been precipitated by pass
ing of obnoxious legislation by the states
of California and Oregon
AT present an attempt is being made
to pass two bills discriminating against
the Japanese. One Is school law and the
other would prohibit Japs holding property
in either state. When Roosevelt was pres
ident he used his influence against the
fostering Of this anti-Japanese sentiment
THE navy at present is very efficient for
its size, but it is not large enough We
should have sixteen battleships in the Pa,
cific fleet and reserve squadron of eight.
and the same protection on the Atlantic
seaboard. The reserves could be modified
in event of war.
Such a navy would be the best peace
insurance. World peace conferences and
arbitration boards are all right. but they
never can accomplish that at which they
aim. 1t is against human nature"-Balti,
more American.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
REAL. ANANlAS CLUB IN ACTION
Eastern Pilgrims In California Get
the Local Habit and
EnrIr

wealthy eastern men now wintering In
Pasadena have formed one Of the most
remarkable clubs in the world They have
named II the Ananias club, and it's only
object is TO afford them an opportunity
to meet and swap lies"
The members do not mind using one of
Roosevelts plain and ugIes' because they
thus refer TO the tall stories they tell when
they meet nightly after dinner in a Sc
cluded corner OF the palm room at the
Hotel Green. The president of the club is
Edwin Miner of Providence, r. l., a d.
rector OF the New York New Haven
railroad.
After dinner every night these men retire
to portion Of the palm room at the
hotel.
No other guest unless he is q newcomer,
touring tenderfoot as IL were, breaks into
the charmed circle where lies are snapped
While each member endeavors to think up
yarn with which TO cap the remarkable
story previously told, the air is filled with
fragrant smoke from Havanas.
Only artists can tell impossible yarns and
make them come over" but all these men
are artists in this line. Baron Munchausen
could not hold a candle TO them were he 70
come back In the flesh, nor would Ander-
sen Of fairy tale fame.
All the members are staying here for the
winter. Most of them come here year after
year as soon as there are signs Of snow in
the east, and they intend to keep the
Ananias club going.
Mr.. Miner owes his election t. the presi-
dency to his deeds on the golf links Of the
AnandRle Country club. He beat John T.
Greenwood the other day In one of the
most remarkable games ever seen on the
clubs course. All had bets on the out
come. and 1t looked as II Greenwood was
going 10 be the winner when he had an
easy shot to make at the last hole. But
his last putt lacked strength and his ball
halted on the edge of the cup. Miner
realizing that IT was a case of now or
never, neatly put the ball into the hole and
carried off the honors OF the game.
Until someone can prove that he has
done something more worthy than this
snatching victory from defeat at the last
moment IL has been resolved that Miner
shall remain as president Of the only MIL
lionaires' Ananias club OF the wOrld.-Los
Angeles Times
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16

authority and perhaps under the compul-
sion Of the state, making IL state socialism
Of the most patent kind unless private en-
terprise and capital did Il first-and he and
his fellows always thought in millions. IL
not billions, mind you-so IL private enter
prise and capital could introduce a similar
or better system, and could do IL first
they would perhaps contribute by this
means more than captains Of finance anG
industry had ever contributed by any
means before. to the solution of our indust
rial discomfort Philadelphia Record.