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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20
She Understood.

I suppose. of course" says the
fluffy creature to the captain. that
the bow of the ship is so called be.
cause 1t keeps bowling all the time,
but why do you call one side tie star.
board and the other the port" The
star boarders stay on one side and
the porters on the other" is the will.
ing explanation from the officer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20
Blowing Some.

Visiting his home town after many
years absence, a gentleman met Sam,
the village fool.
"ITello, SAM" he said. "Glad t.
see you. What are you doing now
Still pumping the church organ?"
"Yessir, I'm still pumping the or
gan. An say, Charlie. I'm rettin' to
nc a pretty fine pumper. The other
day they had big organist over
from New Haven and I pumped a
piece he couldn't play!"-Every-
body's.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20

Mr. Finley ]. Shepard, the st
Louis railroader. who has Just won
the hand and heart Of Miss Helen
Gould. feels 90 good over it that hs
loves everybody and thinks It 10 a
mighty nne world to live in. In his
optimism he even declares that "th<
chances today for = young man IN
the railroad business to succeed an
as great 40 ever BEFORE" Aw. com.
en-. Finley! Where IL there such N.
other chance for q young man in tn,
railroad business as you met with,
Show her to us II you would conyinc,
us.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20
A LITTLE NONSENSE
NOW AND THIN
The Three Classes Of Men.

Men may be divided into three
cause.-the man before YOU marrie1
him, the man after you married him.
oad the man you didn't marry.
TIE man before you married him
YVES all soul.
TIE man after you married him is
mostly stomach.
The man you didn't marry is the
caiy living example Of the perfect
man.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20
NOTICE.

Patrons of tie Lakeland cto,r,
Laundry are respectfully oetoa ;,
arrange to have their work hono =,
once or as early as possible in orao-
to avoid possible disappoir.,o,,
next week. as We find the hola o1cs-
ton hard problem at such t;mos
Kindly cooperate with us this Wool.
and oblige. R. W. WEAVER.
Proprietor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20

Little Greece is very cocky these
days while Turkey is suing for peace
and refuses to be appeased even
while her allies have suspended op-
crations pending negotiations to end
the war. We have known bantam
warriors to come in for a bad licking
under just such circumstances.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20

The Sanford Herald talks in very
familiar, friendly and frequent way,
about the new county of Harvey. A"
Where is it and when did it happen?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20
Why the Judge Was Powerless.

Why the Judge Was Powerless.
The jury, after long elaboration
seemed unable to agree in q perfectly
clear case. The Judge. thoroughly ex.
esperated at the delay. said:
Il discharge this jury"
One sensitive Juror, indignant at
what he considered a rebuke. faced
the Judge.
"You can't discharge me-" he sal !,
with a tone of conviction.
And why not?" inquired the judy
In surprise.
Because" announced the Juror
pointing to the lawyer for the de-
tense, II was hired by that man
cre!"-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20

During the Christmas dinner a
yOung Frenchman was seated next e
q fine-looking young woman who Yves
wearing a gown which displayed he.
beautiful arms.
81 came near not being here to
ri,,ht," said she. 81 was vaccinated
q few days ago and 1t gives me con
siderable annoyance"
The young foreigner gazed at tn,
white arms OF the speaker. "Is tina;
so >" he replied.
where were you vaccinated
The girl smiled demurely and said
In Boston,"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20

The lady had just been introduced
~ her partner at a holiday dance and
vas talking to him vivaciously. "TelI
me-" she said. who Is that terribly
homely man over there?"
The gentleman looked. THAT" ne
said. ponderously. lis my brother"
oh" gasped the lady in Mortified
rmazement. Pardon me. Really. I
hadn't noticed the resemblance.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
TALE OF 2 JEWELRY STORES
one Merchant Lost Business and
Closed Up While the Other Pros
pered and Became Famous.

once upon time a man rented
store and stocked it with fake jew
elry Then he bought large advertis-
ing space In the city papers and print
ed big advertisements Of the jewelry
be mad for sale. And people came
and bought and went away, but did
not come again. And they said moth
ing to their neighbors about the jew
elry they had bought, for they were
ashamed OF 1t. But some were wroth
and made much talk to everyone
they met, and called the merchant
hard names, and threatened to do him
bodily injury because of the worthless
jewelry he had sold them. But others,
not knowing of this, saw the advertise
ments and came and bought and went
away and Joined the company of
knockers. And SO it happened that
when there were sufficient knockers
the merchants business languished
and he closed his store and departed
for parts unknown.
But another merchant offered good
JeWelry at fair prices, and few bought
~ nAA' DuI luey CdlHS DdCh. Auu
some told their friends and neighbors
OF the good jewelry they had bought
and where they had bought it. And
they were not ashamed. So it hap.
pened that when the boosters became
numerous, and the knockers few, the
merchants trade waxed great and he
prospered exceedingly and his name
became famous throughout the land
And men said faith (based on adver-
t1s1ng) without works (service) is
dead.-American Artisan and Hard.
ware Record
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
MEMS WORTH is SET FORTH
Practical Illustration Given Employees
OF Railroad as to Their Value to
the Company.

In recent address H. U. Nudge,
president of the Rock Island railroad,
undertook to estimate a mans com.
mercial value from his earning capac.
1ty. He figured for instance, that a
man earning 1888 a month. or 81 900
a year had capitalized value of S2,,
600. He rated the salary as interest
at per cent
In speaking to the employees of the
company, President Nudge said:
"You can make yourself worth more,
while locomotive can not. You can
direct your own energies, while a loco
motive must be directed by a driver
1t rests with you to raise your own
capitalization to $4,000 to 100000, or
even to $500,000 Therefore be care
full about your food, treat your body
decently, and. above all, feed your
mind. You are working for a large
corporation In the nature of things
it can not know you very we'll person.
ally, but 1t knows you by the work
you turn out. 1t sets real value on
your work, higher than you think
Your value is measured by the quality
and quantity Of results you produce.
Somebody knows your actual worth,
appreciates your honest endeavors
and has you in mind for better things.
1t is business proposition. Each of
us is capitalized
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
Preventing Accidents.

AS a means Of cutting down the
number of accidents to employees the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad
has organized what is called the safety
committee system. It consists Of 500
officers and men in the employ of the
organization at different points who
are directed to make reports of all
sources of danger that they may en-
counter in the course of their business.
For instance, the members of the
committee call official attention to a
protruding arm or deposits of lumber
at stations, unprotected openings and
make suggestions of any character
which may serve the desired object
The work of this committee has
shown a very practical result in that
the number of persons injured about
the yards and shops of the company
has shown reduction of II killed and
2,144 injured.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
European 24-Hour Clocks.

Visitors in B algium will have no.
ticeo the 24-hour clocks which are to
be seen in public places and railways
The same system is in vogue N Italy,
and both in Germany and Switzerland
there is to he found a considerable
number of persons in favor o. this
new notation. French military authori-
ties ais, prefer the system, as do two
thirds of the conseils generaux and
four-ffths of the chambers of cnm-
merce In view of this opinion NJ.
Augogneur, the minister of posts and
telegraphs. has addressed a letter to
to projects announcing that during the
summer the 0 to "a system Will be IN
troduced on the main lines OF the rail-
ways, and inviting the projects to
take measures to equip the local lines
in the same way
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
Lunched in Forbidden Room.

There is lunch room in the city
where only the gentler sex are per-
mitted to satisfy their appetites 1t is
run by women exclusively and no
man dare enter there This Is q
strictly enforced rule and when a
group Of young bloods went to the
top of the Wyoming building to try
and get a meal they were politely
shown the exit.
But one of their number was not
discouraged. He meant to lunch
there, and bets were put up on all
sides that he could not slip it over"
On the day named, a tottering old
lady hobbled into the room, Her eyes
were concealed by dark glasses and
she was heavily yelled. 1t would have
been an astonished waitress who
could have seen her customer later
whisk nimbly in a taxi to the rooms
of his friends and was rewarded with
his Justly earned winnings.-Kate Rus
sell, in the Denver News.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
LEARNED WORK By DEGREES
Safe and Economical Management Of
Railroads Has Been Matter Of
Slow Growth.

Railroad running had remarkably
slow development. AS late as 1865,
on one of the most important roads.
the plan was that a conductor should
telegraph from a station to the con
ductor of an opposing train at the next
station announcing when he would
leave and where he would meet the
other. After the two had arrived at
an understanding they went ahead on
their own initiative.
With the growth Of traffic follow
ing the Civil war 1t did not take rail
road men long to discover that this
was not the best way OF managing
operation. At the outset the train
dispatcher was usually a conductor or
an engineman who knew the road and
it's rules, but knew nothing OF the
Morse code. To supply this deficiency
he was supplied with an operator.
The early train despatchers were
on duty whenever required, regard
less of the clock. Traffic was light,
extras were rare, and in general the
time table sufficed to direct the oper-
alton of division. So far as possible
trains were run only in the daytime
AS business increased two despatch
ers took the place of the one previous
ly employed. The senior worked by
daylight, the junior at night. Then 1t
occurred to the railroads that they
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22

nre nose would soon be destroyed OF
account of the hot water coming from
the injector. The water tanks OF the
ordinary yard engine hold about 5000
gallons Of water, and the idea is that
fire in the yards, the swtchman is
to jerk the hose from the reel and at
tach it to the valve connection in the
feed-water pipe and pull the hose to
the fire. Meanwhile the engineer is
to start his injector while the fireman
gets on to the running board and
opens the connection to the fire hose.
From Popular Mechanics.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
Translated II for Him.

Arthus w. Thompson. general man
ager of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
was riding in a freight engine in the
Cumberland division of that road a
time ago.
The train was & heavy one, made up
of REFRIGERATOR cars loaded with the
maximum tonnage for the engine AS
they approached a grade the engineer
leaned over to the fireman and yelled:
Warm her up, old tallowpot, warm
her up. Slam a potpie into her so
she'll be katish to take the big dip for
the knob"
"Will you kindly translate that for
me?" asked Thompson
why, sure" said the engineer 81
told him to slip some chow to her so
she'll razzle dazzle the hump. p."-Satur-
day Evening Post.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
Track-Iauinn Record.

1t is to the American engineer and
contractor that the world is indebted
for its first lessons In rapid construc-
tion Of railroads and particularly in
rapid track laying.
The lesson as taught on our western
prairies has led to systematic methods
of railroad cons truction. particularly
with a view to time and labor saving,
in other countries where extensive
lines abe being built. Thus, we no
tice that recently record was made
of 6 1-3 miles of main track and 1900
feet of siding laid with rails in one
day. The work was done under Brit
ish engineers on the Baro Kama rail
way in northern Nigeria
American.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
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The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
GOOD STATIONERY IMPORTANT
Poorly Printed Letter Heads Give Poor
Opinion Of Business House Which
Sends 1t Out,

Purely practical men affect dis
daln for anything that deals in such
high-sounding terms as Psychological
influence" etc.
Yet it is very real and known guam.
tity especially in business.
You never read an ad or business
letter without coming under this
psychological influence"
You may not know it. You. only
know you like or dislike the propo-
sltlon or the person behind the letter
or the ad.-even before you know what
the letter or the ad. says. You are
affected by the atmosphere" of the
letter or ABBY its general visual
form-by the psychological influ.
ence."
When you get cheap, poorly print
ed business letter you are instantly
impressed with a poor opinion of the
firm or person that sent it. Maybe
you don't even read the letter-you
don't know anything about the stand.
Ing of the firm or person or the i'm.
portance of the proposition it contains
The cheap effect gives you a cheap
opinion.
And the reverse is generally true
when you get a letter printed or en-
graved in an attractive manner on good
stock. You think that a firm or per.
son must be one of influence to use
such stationery may be of higher
standing than the latter. But the bet
ter stationery gives the latter the ad-
vantage.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22

could save one salary for every de
patcher by turning the whole job over
to the operator, and today, except on
roads where telephone despatching
has been adopted, familiarity with
telegraphy is the first essential to
tenure of train despatcher's desk.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
MIGHT BE CALLED BABY LINES
Small Railroads That Are Little
Known, but Yet Fill Distinct Field
of Usefulness.

The picturesquely titled Yreka rail
road of California links the town OF
that name with Montague the dis.
tance between the two points being
less than eight miles. It's rolling stock
consists of two engines, two freight
and two passenger cars. The road
makes a profit. In 1910 it carried
were $3,269 and it's surplus $555
The Otis railroad is away up in the
Catskill mountains in New York, and
is used to carry summer visitors to
Otis Summit, which is all that its
name implies. When vacation time is
on this six mile road and it's trans.
portation facilities are pretty well
strained 1t connects with the Cats,
kill Mountain and the Cairo railroads.
1t has one stationary engine, two pas.
senger and two baggage cars. Last
year the net earnings of the little road
were $7.061
Fishermen and sportsmen know OF
the Adirondack and st. Lawrence rail
road, running from Hermon to De
Kalb Junction, N Y, distance OF
three and half miles 1t is controlled
by the st. Lawrence Pyrites com.
pany In spite of the fact that its
little right-of-way is pretty well patron.
lied at certain times of the year. it
doesn't seem to be very tiourishing.
according to it's published balance
sheets Yet in 1910 it carried lS,416
passengers, keping busy its two loco
motives and two passenger and ex
press cars.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
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The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22

locomotives, has
r e C e n tly been
tested out by tie
Missouri Pacific
railway at the
Ewing q v e n u g
shops, st. Louis,
Mo-, to the salts
faction of the fire
chiefs of that city
and the officials OF
the road. 1t is
simply a three.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22

way valve placed in the feed-water
pipe of the locomotive between the
injector and the boiler A regulation
steam hose, about 80 feet in length. is
used for the fire hose and is kept on
a reel under the running board OF the
engine.
1t was found necessary to use the
regulation steam hose, as an ordinary
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
Hen Rides Ennine Trucks.

When engine No. 1461 of the Santa
Fe came in from the east pulling No.
8 and was taken to the round house
a fine large Rhode Island red hen was
found sitting on the pony trucks of the
locomotive, just back of the pilot, re.
lates a Newton (Kan) dispatch En-.
gineer Mcneil says he ran into q
flock of chickens near Peabody, 80
miles distant.-New York World
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
Need More FrilIs,

A pretty close observer of men and
things says that it is just barely pos
sible that more people would do their
perfectly plain duty if only it had a
few more frills on it.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22
USED AS FIRE FIGHTER
LOCOMOTIVE EMPLOYED IN SOME.
WHAT NOVEL MANNER.
Tests Recently Made Show AppIica
tIon to Be an Unqualified Sue
cess-can Be Quickly Brought
to Confaqration.

An ever ready and ingenious fire
fighting apparatus, which is applied to
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-22

Fighting with
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-08-29
HITCHCOCK MODIFIES
SUNDAY MAIL LAW

Washington, Aug. 28.-Plans were
perfected by Postmaster General
Hitchcock yesterday whereby the ad-
ministration Of the new law prohibit
ing delivery OF mail on Sundays will
have no serious effect upon handling
important mail matter.
Holders of lock boxes at first and
second class postoffices will have access
to them as usual, although no mail de-
livelies will be made on the street or
at the postoffice windows. Mail for
hotel guests and newspapers will be
delivered through their lock boxes by a
simple arrangement Of having more
mail sorted on the railway mail cars
before it reaches the destination. Such
mai! viii be distributed Immediately
upon its arrival at the Offices Of desti-
nation.
This distribution Will require min
inlum Of Sunday work and the distri-
button of other mail received Sunday
viii be made after midnight Sunday,
so it may be delivered by carriers on
their first tour Monday.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-08-29
EASTERN SESSION
HOLDS CONTEST
NAYLOR SCHOOL VICTOR
ALL ADVANCED HONORS WON
BY PLEASANT VALLEY
INSTITUTION.

Special TO the Log Cabin Democrat.
Naylor, Aug. 26.-The Pleasant
Valley (Naylor) school came out with
flying colors in the eastern section ed
ucational contest held here Saturday
afternoon, winning all three honors in
the advanced contests The winners
Of the section contest will represent
their school in the county contest tc
be held at Holland September z.
The winners in the contests here
Saturday We're as follows:
Advanced declamation-Mi Con
nell, Naylor.
Advanced recitation-Miss Grace
Langford, Naylor.
Map-drawing-Ivan Prothro, Nay,
lor.
Primary recitati9n-Hester Giddens
Beryl
Primary declamation-Gaston Full
mer.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-08-29
WILSON STRENTH
GROWING RApIDLY I
FAVORlTE In ARKANSAS
REPUBLICANS IN THIS STATE
VIRTUALLY CONCEDE WILL
SON VICTORY.

Little Rock, Aug. Woodrow
Wilson is rapidly becoming the idol of
Arkansas Democracy. AS more is
learned of his public career and pri-
vate character, his popularity increas-
es, even among those who were few
months age, fabid supporters of
Champ Clark.
The newspapers Of the state are
conducting a dollar campaign to assist
in raising a fund to aid the national
committee. National Committeeman
w. NJ. kavanaugh last week received
10000 Wilson buttons, and they are
going rapidly at dollar each. Every
one will be placed before the end of the
campaign. Aside from this, State
Treasurer John w. Crockett has been
designated hy the national treasurer
as chairman Of the finance committee
for Arkansas for the solicitation of
funds, and he will be able to report o
very considerable contribution.
Arkansas Democrats who have late
y been East return very enthusiastic
over the prospect, declaring their be-
lief that Wilson Will sweep the coun-
try, and that Taft will be bad third
in the big triangular contest.
The more enthusiastic supporters of
Roosevelt make the statement, most
amusing to the Democrats, that the
Progressives will carry the state of
Arkansas, if not this year, then in
1916 They predict, and in this many
Democrats agree with them, that there
will be no Republican party after this
year, but that the Progressive party
viii take its place. The Progressives
do not agree, however, that it is the
Democrats VINO have entered upon q
long reign Of dominance in government
tai affairs.
The Republicans Of Arkansas do not
appear to possess that air Of confidence
which has characterized them in times
past, and their otfice-holders admit
among their intimates that they are
Cooking for a hole to crawl in after
March 4" They are whistling through
graveyard to keep their courage up