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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
FOR RENT OR SALE.

one mile from Lakeland depot on
A clay road; four-room houses. H.
acre truck farm. : acres of bearing,
glove viii rent the entire place
for $500 per year, or Will sell for
;5.o00 and make easy terms. The
grove properly cared for will pay the
rent on the cEtlre place call or add
dress C. \ Cook. COS Gilmore Ave,
lakeland, Flo ll-5-6t
HOUSES For rent or sale on
easy payments. Lakeland Realty
and Investment Co. goe Kentucky
Ave Phone Ito. ll-6tf.
FOR SALE or EXCHANGE Val
rahlc lot in Grs nd boulevard sub
division, Jacksonvillc For sale W
will cXchanGe for l.ak,lm pycpcrtf !.
/ y q. Fox 5Sa. Lakeland. ll-1-6t
FOR SALE Improved and unim-
rroNed city and suburban property
Tor quick sale list your property
FOR SALE \ good heavy heat.
lng stove open or closed front -
Miss Sarah Polk. 4o5 :. Tcnncssc,
aNcuar
With us. Fla and Ga. Land Co
Telephone - Mum Bldg. l0-25ti
FOR SALE have the old Dixie
land Water plant for sale. Pun!
Engine. Tank and Brick tower
2 viii sell cheap. JOHN +. COX.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
FOR RENT Large store rooEt,

FOR RENT Large store rooE.
with > large airy living rooms over
head. Fine business location. Phone
3la. or ,afier } p. mD i3 Black.
lO-3U-2 s
THREE. ROOMS Furnished iaf
li&hi housekeeping. with bath. q ~
Tie lights, etc. See or phone, OH
/, ser a. Allied. ll-9I
FOR RENT Three unfurnishci
rooms, electric lights, bath with ho.
and cold water. 400 Il. Orange -
FOR Handsomely iur-
nishcd room. New, with screens
and private bath. l0ll 5 FLORIDA
Ave. Phone Is Red l0-o2-tt.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
WE WILL MATT. YOU 81

fer each set of old False Teeth sent
US. Highest prices paid for old
Gold, Silver, old Watches, Broken
JeWelry and Precious Stones.
Money Sent BY Return Mail.
Phila. Smelling & Refining Co.
ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS
1853 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa
TO DENTISTS
We will buy your Gold Filings,
Gold Scrap, and Platinum. High
est prices paid.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
To THE PUBLIC
$50 TO $500 MONTHLY.

All or spare timc--eXperiencc IN
necessary. Want active man this
locality Sickness. injury. death
benefits. Write quick. l-I.-u $50.
Covington, Ky. l0-o6-3S
WANTED Colorcd agent in this
locality; hustler: $50 a month. All
or spare time. Insurance secret or
der. Write quick for particulars
Box M-40?, Cincinnati. Ohio.
1O-o6-SS
Do you want to secure 4 home of
your own? DO you want to make
rent money procure a home? If 81,
We can interest you. Address: Vii.
sen & Co.. 2l5 Tyler ST., Tampa
Fla. 11-7-S
Join the Show Ne Club, and max,
US prove that We do the best Dry ami
Steam Cleaning and Dyeing in Lake.
land. Ladies work a speciality
Waller E. Perry, Prop, Tel. 274
Green
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
What Puzzled Him.

"What are you puzzling about?"
I'm writing a sketch for vaudeville
on the current politica! situation"
well. you ought to have plenty OF
good stuff to put in" THAT isn't what
puzzles ne I've ggt so much good
stun I don't know what to leave out"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09

FOR RENT-FurniSheu rooms,
$40 East Lime street. near Lake
Norton. S-24-tf
TWO FURNISHED ROOMS-ln
odern house IA South New York
venue. 9-2-tf
FOR RENT - Furnished room.
modern cony5nienees. i04 East Limo
street Telephone a.. 100 l1-l-lm
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
His Real Weed,

"Say, old man, don't get dishearten'
ed just because your first investment
went wrong; the market is full of good
things, and If you will come down to
the office I'll give you pointer"
THAT won't do me any good; what |
want Is a retriever"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
FOR SALE

Ittk SALE Fiyc-aerc farm on
lake Parker; thrce-room box house
With fireplace Splendid strawberry
AMI garden land Price $3.50. Alos
Cen acres cut over land on North
FLORIDA avenue near Lake Parker
,pr,en %5C. T.. o FLOOD.
i0-o5-if
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
HAVE you GOT YoURS9

Lakeland is growing. Suppose We
get 5000 people here in the next
ten years. What will it profit YOU
II You do not own any Real Estate >
Tflnk it over and then Get Bps~
Bon Air looks good to most pconla
Don't take my word for it but see il
NOW.
JOHN T. cox RTATTv C0upAvy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
Had Him Sized Up.

Willie Chump!eign Dye know,
Miss Gladys. hadn't been talking to
your father more than couple OF
minutes when he called me a brain.
less IDIOT" Miss Gladys-"InGeed!
I wonder what caused the delay?"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
One Was Eno,Juh.

Baseball Captain You shouldn't
be so hard on the boys. They played
we'll The game was lost through Just
one error" Sianagor--'Yes. SO was
Paradise "-i}oston Transcript
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09

Gibbs-l suppose your wife often
speaks of the husband she had before
she married YOU? D.bbs-No; but she
sometimes srnaks cf the husband she
may have after me.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09

iiiue Us yuui pictures " irainc
Lakeland Book Store. 7-24-u
For FIRE. ACCIDENT, PLATE
ai.ASS, and STEAM BOILER IN
SlRANlr, see ID II SLOAN, Pea
cock building. Phone 342. 4-6-tf
Full line both Waterman Idea,
and Parker Lucky Curve Fountain
fens at all times. Lakeland Boon
Store. 7-24-ti
Come In ana select some OF our
crisp new books tor boys, girls and
.hildren before the lot is picked over
4 big shipment Just received. Lake
land Book Store. 7-24-tf
TO THE PUBLIC
am handling daily the Apalachi-
cola select oyster do not keep
them in tin, but in crooks, highly
iced in porcelain refrigerator,
cleaned daily. Phone 2SS and they
will be delivered promptly with any
other groceries you may need.
]. p. ROQUEMORE.
CLEARING AND FENClNG-Anv
one desiring work Of this kind done,
please communicate with Anthony
Stankiewicj. Pauway, Fla. ll-5-6p
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
Death Reveals the Truth,

Death Reveals the Truth.
The neighbOrhood of the tomb en-.
larges the mind. The proximity Of
death sharpens the perception Of
truth.-VictOr Hugo,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
ORANGE TREES FOR SALE.


cenue ssce and Pennsylvania ave /
uucs. and in the alleys These fine ,
lrtcs can be selected now. tagged
.nd removed when the present crop
rs taken on Price SEQ; purchaser
s''no''"s 'tc'. t"f 'af'n't P"f'''u-
hrS. sc w. NJ. tn'eh, MUM hulld-
sng iO-io-tt.
AZ A RARGAIN FOR oIucK SAFE
A.. room house ON Johnson Ave-
nicely finished. overlooking Lake
Morton IN, pre,,ics, l,catiop in N.
n, Nil, sell n, a bargain ii sold
,,,. n sN,r,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16
PRoFLIGACY OF TRAVELLERS.

There are some who believe that
the present generation has forgotten
the rudiments of thrift, writes Joe
Mitchell Chapple in the National
Magazine. I was sitting at the desk
in a hotel writing room the other
day and observed a millionaire who
had been reading the paper by the
window carefully spreading news
papers over the carpet where the sun
light streamed in, When he looked
up and saw me he started a bit guilt
lily and remarked: 1T seems a sin to
let that exquisite coloring fade" Soon,
however, the talk drifted from carpet
hues and he said: Il have always
believed in saving other peoples
property-that's why I couldn't sit
by and see that rug fade. Did you
ever consider how little precaution
some people take about anything that
does not actually belong to them?
Take the average expense for the up
keep of a hotel and compare it with
the expense for the same conven-
fences in a home and you have some
idea of the profligacy of the trav-.
cling public.
Did you ever realize that in many
hotels it takes nine servants to wait
upon one guestl Note the discipline
in a hotel. The beiIboy stands on
watch with arms folded and soldierly
bearing, ready to grasp the bag. take
it to the room, turn on the light, pull
the curtains, put the key on the in
side of the door and ask what else is
wanted, not forgetting to linger for
a tip. The immense amount of SUI
pervision necessary in handling the
food of a hotel and the inspection of
the rooms are seldom considered by
the guests. And it is the careless man
who makes all this necessary and oc-
casions an increased rate to be
charged to the public.
Il reckon I'm hopelessly old-fash-
ioned," he murmured, as he deity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16
MINING A BIG BATTLE.

In the decade from 1901 to 1910, the
death rate from tuberculosis in the
United States declined from 1863 for
each 100000 persons living to 1903.
decrease of 1877 per cent, while the gen.
eral death rate, including all causes OF
death, declined only one-half as fast
or at the rate of 81 per cent, from
1850 to 1858
These figures were given out in 4
statement just issued by the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
vention of tuberculosis. They are
based on data distracted from the re-
ports of the United States bureau OF
the census, and cover the registration
area in this country. According to the
statement, the tuberculosis death rate
has declined steadily since 1904. when
it was 2O1.6. On the other hand. the
general death rate shows a huctuation
downward In general trend. but not as
steady as the tuberculosis rate. The
decline in the tuberculosis death rate
in the last ten years means a saving
of $1,000 lives at the present time.
In certain cities, such as New York
Boston, Cleveland and Chicago, and IN
states like Massachusetts, Rhode Is
land and Connecticut, the decline in
the tuberculosis death rate is much
more marked than in the country at
large.
The National Association says that
there are many factors working to-
gether to cause the decline in the
tuberculosis. death rate. such factors
as the change in the character of our
urban population, increased sanitation
and better housing, but probably as
potent a factor as any has been the
nation wide anti-tuberculosis cam
paign. TT may be foretold with con-
siderable certainty the statement
concludes, that when the effects OF
the present rapidly increasing provis-
ion for the care of tuberculosis patients
shall have become evident, the decline
in the death rate from consumption in
the coming decade will be even more
marked than that in the last one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16
.AYHAWKER JOTsS

The bigot isn't half as big as he
thinks he is, points out the Mcpherson
Republican.
Blessed is the man, rightly says
the Marion Record, who can argue
politics and not get hot.
Cow creek has been big enough, in
area, reports the Hutchinson News, to
float the navies of the world this week.
Projected by the Lindsborg News
Vitascope: You can be proper without
being prudish or pokey, but some
folks won't believe it.
This is a Roosevelt year. all right,
insists the Conway Springs Star and
travelling in pairs and triplets.
One of the clever merchants at Jewell
City advertises in the Jewell County
Republican that he has "outing shirts
soft as a government job-and not SO
bard to GET
Dave Leahy must be kept very busy
guiding the good ship of state, thinks
the Leavenworth Times. 1t has been
months since he has engaged in con-
troversy with anybody.
The people who really do things,
points out the Jewell County Mon
itor, are not the ones who are always
advertising in advance to watch out
for what they intend to do.
Verd Napier, of the Blue Mound
particular: We once lived in one and
wish to say that there is nothing
romantic about a sod house.
Most men, says Editor Parrot of the
Clay Center Republican, would rather
watch a woman who dances like a
fairy. than listen to man who talks
like an encyclopedia.
There has never been a satisfactory
compromise arranged between the hen
and the garden, says the Ottawa Her
aid. The hen can see the thing only
one way and that is the wrong way.
Say, boys, remarks the Manhattan
Mercury, the best asset you can pos
sess, better than money, is good man
ners. Be decent and courteous and you
will have more than half succeeded be-
fore you start.
If you are in the market for new,
robust sensation, suggests the Mar
quette Tribune, try out this problem:
John Smith pays high price for
fancy eggs, selects and watches his
most faithful hen set on them for
three weeks while she produces a full
brood of fine chicks, pets them along
on special food for week or two and
then a stray cat eats three a day for
five days, and he is superstitious
about killing cats, what is the tenn
perature of his righteous indignation?
A gentleman brought in some
coyote scalps. as he said, to the hand
some deputy clerk at the Office last
Wednesday, reports the Pratt Union.
The lady got ready to clip the ears as
usual and he turned them out of the
sack. She was expecting only a lot
of scalps and when they began to
crawl toward her she 'let OUT a
scream that could have been heard
to Iuka on a still day. The baby
coyotes were hurried from the room
and crucified after which the scalps
were brought back and the bounty
paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16
says UNCLE CAV

The minds of men are full of ideas
for the blessings of the earth, but the
only idea that flowers into human
service is that which takes root in
the mind of some fellow who is fool
enough to stick, though all the world
revile him. Progress, after all, is not
so much a matter of brains as of
courage. pcs
sometimes think that the world
needs no more brains. Brains are
the cheapest commodity on the globe,
muscle not excepted. There have all
ways been enough brains to send the
world ahead like lightning through
the clouds if those brains had contain
ed that dynamic spark which is cour-
age. Most of the brain power goes to
waste. So does much of the courage,
but where many a brain flower
blooms unseen the effect OF courage
is always felt in one way or another
If brains and courage had been CO.
existent in every well developed
Uranium, no human problem would
today remain unsolved, and if the
millennium is coming it would have
plus courage are a lever to lift the
world. Ideas alone are mists upon
the intellectual horizon that merely
obscure the view for a time and
VANISH.
Society in the mass never takes
kindly to the new. 1t loves it's peace;
it is enamored of inertia. Once
awakened, its more sensitive MEM
bers buzz like bees about q shaken
hive. 1t is brave man who dares
the stings for an intellectual convic-
ton.
Cromwell thought only what half of
England thought, but he dared what
half of England did not dare. The
thirteen colonies thought what other
colonies had thought before, but the
raw land had taught them heroism
that others had not learned. Others
had the vision of Spencer and Huxley
and Darwin, but only they had the
bravery to get the hives humning. So
it has been with every scientific, politi-
cal and religious reform. Brains alone
have succeeded only in demonstrate
ing their inefficiency. Brains plus
courage have let in the light, scatter
ed darkness and created a new day.
Copyright, 1912, by w. E. Williams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News


It doesn't take a very large trouble to
worry a small mind.
It's easier to down some men than it is
to keep them down.
Some candidates look around for an is
sue in order to dodge it.
The wise guy who knows it all is usual
ly the first to get stung.
If a young man thinks a girls piano
practice is music-that is love.
The self-made man has an abundant
supply of reverence for his maker.
A man realizes how foolish he Is when
sober, but when drunk he forgets it.
Many man who calls a spade a spade
applies other names to snow shovel
1t is often difficult to tell whether d
womans laughter means tears or her
tears mean laughter.
When a conceited man meets a pretty
girl he feels that she is to be congratu-
lated because of their meeting.
1t sometimes happens that a pair of
lunatics manage to keep out of an asylum
by being engaged to each other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16

unique. He turned abruptly and took
UP a position under the light. Whom
; shall make out the check tor he
questioned. as he drew out his book.
s'Myra Collins the girl told him,
and stood near watching with eager
eyes while he made out the check
for $4,000.
Trevor folded the slip once across and
put it into her hand. IF there should
be the slightest difficulty at the bank," "
he said, Just tell the cashier to teie-
phone me-" BY way of afterthought he
put bill within the check You may
need money tonight"
The girl was trembling and because
she was incapable of speech she bent.
before he could stop her. and touched
his hand lightly with her lips.
1t was many days, many months be-
fore Trevor came to realize that the in
cident beside the fountain had, in real
ity, occurred. In measure he looked
upon the whole affair as trick Of i'm
aginatiOn.
Some eighteen months later, while ne
was smoking his pipe, a vivid memory
of the girl swept over him. The cling
ing touch of her fingers seemed very
real and he laughed a half impatient
laugh as he glanced at his empty
hands.
The door bell rang and a moment
later Trevor was opening a package ad-
dressed to him. He knew suddenly, in
tuitively that he had been expecting
something big to happen-something
that would give him the wondrous love
that he had vainly longer for.
The package revealed a statuette. II
was a first rough modelling of an after
ward famous art treasure.
Trevor drew long. happy breath and
gazed at the figure of girl in an aban-
donment of faiIurei she was huddled at
the base of a statue.
Trevor laughed aloud N the joy of the
revelation. The girl then was living
in his world and was breathing the air
he breathed. She was not a wrath, but
flesh and blood woman, who had sent
him message in her statuette.
He glanced at the clock and Jumped
quickly to his feet. With haste and a
swift taxi he could be with her inside Of
an hour.
He lost but a moment in conversation
with his valet
Telephone Miss Myra Collins at the
Arts Club, and tell her that James
Trevor is on his way
very good. SIR said Peters
And Myra Collins was waiting
Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

How you can warm up to man who
hates your enemies!
wouldn't a fat man look awful in a
dress and picture hat?
Alb Adkins has the tobacco habit so bad
stogies won't cure it.
Some people like music. and others are
fond of rag time; it's strange world.
Very few people are so isolated they
can't find a place to spend money.
A girl thinks a True Lover should put
special delivery stamps on his letters.
Another trouble with a fast life is the
danger of arriving at the end suddenly.
Marrying for money and not getting it
must be about the worst disappointment.
1t always creates a mild sensation when
an old maid fools people and gets mar
ried.
Only few people are lucky enough to
get what they want as much as half the
time.
Those who have tried it say a vernf-
form appendix can hurt almost as bad
as a tooth.
There is so much raw material in that
line. it is a wonder there aren't more
beauty specialists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

[From the Philadelphia Record.J
Many a lovers quarrel lasts all through
married life.
Many a widow doesn't really feel as
black as she is dressed.
The prosperity that few of US can stand
is that of our neighbors.
Flattery is about the only cement that
will restore broken promise.
When a woman strikes bargain she
generally takes one of her own size.
Wigg-"Pneurich boasts that he has the
best of everything" Wagg-'Except
manners
A homely woman always feels better
after meeting a woman who is homelier
than she is.
A woman must have perfect confidence
in her husband when she trusts her pet
dog in his care
Hoax-''How did Snobleigh get the nick
name of Caruso?" Joax"I suppose be-
cause he is so heightened"
The man with patches on the seat of his
trousers isn't so apt to borrow money as
the fellow who owes his tailor
"A soft answer turneth away wrath"
quoted the Wise Guy. Yes. but most of
us try club first" replied the Simple
Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-16
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

Molly, the little stenographer lady, was
much stirred up. So was the last open
lire of the season, before which we were
sitting. That woman" had stirred up
Molly, and Molly stirred up the fire, a
perfectly good fire, too-the wants-to-be-
cynic built it.
Molly had been job hunting, not for her
self-Molly's employer is still in his rig ut
mind-but for another girl
You know, big sister, related Molly.
this girl has only had high school
stenography. but she's the kind of a girl
who will work her head off if you give
her chance, and she just had to have d
position right off, and friend of mine
sent her to me, SO, of course, 1 had to
find her something. I thought of Miss
cessful-she works for a big firm that
employs ever so many girls, and they say
she has great influence, so knew a word
And then I remembered that Miss Ellis
had only high school stenography when
she started, and had a terrible time get
ting a place, so felt sure she'd under
stand.
We'll, big sister. MOLLY drew long,
signing breath and poked the fire fiercely
well, / hated to ask it because never
could abide the looks of her, but / re-
membered what time had getting my
first position, so of course went to her.
And what do you think she said?"
Molly paused dramatically, but no one
seemed inclined to hazard a guess.
WELL" continued Molly, 'tshe said, I
came to this city with no more training
than your friend had and in just as tight
a place, and one helped me get my
position Then, of course, 1 thought she
was going to say how hard it was and
how she'd like to make it easier for this
girl, but she didn't Instead she just sat
there glazing at me, and finally she SAID
again, Il guess had about as hard a
time as any girl could have, and nobody
ever helped me- And then 1 realized that
she meant that as a reason why she
wouldn't help the girl, instead of why she
would and I said, OH! and got up and
came out. And what do you think of
that, big sister,"
Did any one help you to get your posi-
tion Molly?" asked the -who-always
knows-somehow.
why no. said Molly. ''How could
they? 1 didn't know any one. That's
why L knew show it felt and wanted to
help her.
Said the man-who- thinks, did / hear
you call Miss Ellis successful?"
"O-h yes" said Molly, shes terribly
successful. Why, they say she gets at
least thirty dollars week."
And. still a failure" murmured the
man-who-thinks half to himself.
"why, what do you mean by that?"
said Molly.
HE means" said the wants-to -be-cyntc,
quite forgetting his proper role-and that
was especially nice of him for Molly III
the course of her stirring" story had
quite spoiled his perfectly good fire
HE means that we have the really sue
cessful stenographer right here with u.s."
And no one disputed his Interpretation.