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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21
Dust Poisoned Pies Kill,

The coroner's investigation Of the
death of William Bowling Of Lanca-
shire. after eating pork pies in May
last. was concluded when Doctor Har-
ris. medical officer of health, stated
that his opinion was that the infection
OF the meat in the shop was caused by
dust blown in frum-the street.-Lon-
don Mail.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

FOR S.AI.E-5 passenger touring
ca; fine condition, or Will ex-
change for part payment on Lake.
land real estaee Address Box 636
Lakeland. o'AV'sA
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21
rhleliy Popuiseed CITY.

Having an average Of 100 ssol-
dents to the square mile, Aa7hattaA
island is the most densely populats1
place In the world.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21
CHA zlAlkS$S SsSlH HE'D
ADVERTISING
y W


Full FOR-That the French Way
Dry Cleaning Company has co. e to
Lakeland and that you can get your
clothing cleaned, pressed. relaired
and dyed in a scientific way Ladies'
garments speciality. Phone PA
Green. Old Van Huss Opera House
building.
Best stationery at lowest prices in
IN town. Lakeland Book Store.
$45 WILL BUY new Smith Pre-
mier typewriter. In perfect condi-
ton, worth SIS. Apply News Of
fee, room -, upstairs. II.
II you want to be the best dressed
i1an in town, Dc sure to buy Royal
tailored suit. If it don't fit and Is
not perfect, don't take it.
90. MURRELL & SHARP.
WHEN YOU THINK OF HAIR.
NESS, THING OF McGLASHAN--
THAT'S ALL. 9.12
Biggest line girls ana boys and
thildren's books ever shown in Lake
land just recei'e,. Lakeland Book
Store. 7.24-tf
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDES
OR COLLARS. McGLASHAN-
THAT'S ALL. 9.l2
Two full sets Alger books for boys
:ust received at the Book Store.
7-24-tt
WHEN YOU THINK OF HAIR.
NESS, THINK OF McGLASHAN--
THAT'S ALL. 9.12
SEVERAL nice front rooms and
board at eli Tennessee avenue. Mrs.
Henry Bacon. 9-26-tf
Full line both Waterman Ideal
and Parker Lucky Curve Fountain
Pens at all times Lakeland Book
Store. 7-?4.tf
For FIRE, ACCIDENT, PLATE
GLASS, and STEAM BOILER IN
SURANCE, see d. II. SLOAN. Pea.
cock building Phone 342. 4-6-tf
WANTED-TwO or more capable
tenor singers. Only thoroughly quail
flied men need apply. Address Mu-
sic, care Evening Telegram. f0-o-tf.
Bring us your pictures to frame.
Lakeland Book Store 7-24-tf
WANTED Position as clerk or
salesman. Address r. O. Park, Lock
Box Al. city.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

FOR SAI.E-5 passenger touring
ca: fine condition, or will ex-
change for part payment on Lake.
land real estaee Address Box 536
Lakeland 8-10-tf
FOR RENT OR SALE.
One mile from Lakeland depot on
\ CLAW road; 9 fOur-roOm houses. Il
are truck farm, 3 acres OF bearing
grove. Will rent the entire place
for $500 per year, or Will sell Iof
$4,000 and make easy terms. Inc
grove properly cared for will pay
the rent on the entire place. Call or
address c. A. Cook, sos Gilmore Ave,
Lakeland. Flo. 1O-21-1 Up.
FOR SALE-35-hoyse power boiler
spd e5-horse power air lit. which
pumps $50 gallons Of water per min
Ut. Apply to W. X McRas. 6-19-tf
FOR SALE 32-inch Eureka band
saw, pattern makers turning lathe.
~. horse !. II. engine, shafting,
pulieys and betting. All compare
lively new. Bargain for cash. c. &.
Arendcll. 300 South Virginia
1O-16-6t
FOR SALE Two lots in Dixie
land near Success avenue. A bar
gain il sold at once. Address 3O7
South New York avenue. 1O-l6-6?
ORANGE TREES FOR SALE.
In Futch and Rogers addition,
Tennessee and Pennsylvania ave-
macs, and in the alleys. These fine
trees can be selected now, tagged
aud removed when the present crop
l., taken off Price $3.50; purchaser
removing tree For further r:rticu-
lars. see l.. NJ Futch. Mum build
lug I0-l0-tf.
HOUSE TENTS and lots for sale
ON payments, Myrtle Ave-, betwecs
Kentucky Ave and Tennessee Ave
Mann construction Co. Phone 10.
:09 Kentucky Ave.
BARGAIN For quick SALE Six
room house. bath. etc, on Success
Ave tot l0Oxl40. Terms. Phone
TOT Blue, or p q. Box s..
10.10-1mo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

ESQ Q oisinfsesane.
TAs oroinary brown kitchsa soap is
q stsoug disinfectant
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21
oustard Might oe Valuable.

1t is suggested that the bustard, Q
Kind Of bird in China. be domesticateA
n America II weighs from IA to 10
pounds and the flesh is we'll favored.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
SLAMS AMAZON GUARD

Siam is one OF the few countries
which boast of corps of women police.
The members of this Amazon Guard
are all old and ugly. They wear uni
form though they are not armed. Their
chief duty is to act as gate keepers
OF the inner, or women's palace at
Bangkok They follow any stranger
who enters the palace and remain
with him until he takes his departure.
They see that there is no mischief
made and that no one makes love to
the royal wives and concubines. Men
who have business inside the palace
doctors, architects, carpenters, cleo
trio light filters, etc.-enter the pal
ace freely. but are always accompa-
MED by some of the Amazon guard.
The palace has some difficulty in re-
cruiting these guards, as the work is
hard and the pay poor, and the quali-
hcation-uncomplimentary.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
CHANGES III SPORT or BOYS
Veteran Recalls Days When They Did
Net Have Modern Advantages
Tennis Was Woman's Game.

Boys sports are undergoing as
great revolution as those Of their
elders said a veteran sportsman re-
Gently at a luncheon where several
eoia timers" were at the board.
ss7Elen was a boy" he continued.
I'VE played games that the youngsters
at tDday would sneer at. We had shin
ney. baseball, of course; sort OF
var ation of football. played with a
ronhd ball. more like the socker game
OF today: rinking. played like polo. on
the ice; foot races of any distance and
never timed, and several other out
door sports. We had slight chance for
indoor games. as we did not have the
wonderful gymnasiums the younger
set has today. Basket ball was un-
known on that account and we would
have laughed at the person who SAID
baseball could be played indoors.
To-day the boy has golf baseball.
football. tennis, track meets, outdoor
basket ball, field hockey, swimming
meets, bowling, fencing. and all sorts
of gymnastics. can imagine a boy
of my day playing golf. The first
time ! saw a man with a caddy bag
| laughed and, together with a crowd
OF youngsters, followed him around
his course. He was an old Scotch
man and had introduced the game. in
my town to several other citizens OF
the daring sort. since have become
an enthusiastic golfer, and both my
boys play, but 1t was impossible to
associate golf with pleasure then.
Tennis was a woman's game no
boy would play unless his sister
compelled him so she could become
proficient In the net contest and beat
her sisters. Shinney was our big
game during the summer and fall
months. We did not have the ornate
sticks that are used by boys today In
their games of polo. but they were
made OF old canes, hickory roots or
any old piece of wood that happened
to have crook in the end of 1t. We
had swimming a great part OF the
time. We would go in the water as
early as March and it would have to
be cold day in the fall that would
not find us padding about.
with all this improvement IN
sports for the younger American, |
believe they are becoming more ath-
letic. In fact. the only drawback
about the whole business is that my
boys, both of them, can beat me at
golf, and / pride myself somewhat on
my game, too"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
RAT IS SOLD AS PET DOG

The renewal Of the fashion for small
dogs has led to a remarkable case OF
fraud, the victim OF which is one OF
the best known women in Paris soci-
ETY. Walking up and down the fash
ionable side of the Avenue de Bots dc
Boulogne was a man who had severai
toy dogs to show off, ostensibiy for
sale. One Of the smallest or them
was particularly diminutive speci-
men of the grifTon. Finally woman
stepped up to ask its price. The man
made the little dog perform severai
tricks, and then, after some minutes
conversation, informed her that he had
still more remarkable specimen I'D
his coat pocket. He then tished out
little creature scarcely more than nan
the size OF the first.
The woman concluded what she
thought was bargain and what the
man said was a sacrifice. She put the
little one in her muff. went OF 70
luncheon and, on getting home again.
pulled him out from his hiding place.
For minute or two the amman
showed fear, but then, TO her great
amaZement and that OF her servant,
the little griffon suddenly started to-
ward the window and ran up one OF
the curtains with the speed and agil-
ity not at all unlike the best known
qualities OF a mouse. The butler and
footman were called, and there was
an exciting chase about the drawing
room before the little wonder was
captured. The new owner was then
rather more horrified than surprised
to find that her griffon was nothing
but a rather diversified rat that had
been sewed into a dogs skin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

driven. The whirligig part OF the
merry-go-round is a long plank or
scantling with hole in the middle
just large enough to fit over the bolt
or spike. When this is in place the
erry-go-round is complete Before 1t
is used. however. 1t is well to grease
the top of the post and bolt so that
the plank will slip around easily.
Any number of exciting games may
be played with the sled merry-go-
round. Perhaps the best of these is the
sled contest. Two stout sleds are at
tached to the ends of the plank by
long ropes. A boy sits on each of
them. Then half dozen other boys
stand near the post and set the plank
10 turning. exactly as in whirligig.
or course the sleds travel at exhilar
ating speed swinging out at the ends
OF the ropes and slipping and sliding
over the smooth Ice faster and faster.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

The Jewish race. which has pre-
served it's race integrity elsewhere.
has found the vast numbers of China
too much for it. Remnants still re-
main Of colony that settled in Kali
Fong twenty centuries ago, but their
race traditions are only vague men,
Ory. William Edgar Cell. who has
visited them, writes:
THE early annals tell Of them, and
there is good reason to believe that
they have been In China two thou
sand years. But for three centuries
they have gathered at this capital, and
have degenerated with 1t. Two hun
dred years ago they had handsome
block of buildings. with a synagog
sixty by forty. Sixty years ago they
had suffered by great food. and only
two hundred Jews were left. In 1866
DIR. Martin found that they had pulled
down all their buildings and sold the
materials. some being built into a
mosque. A later observer reported
that some had turned Buddhist, some
.Moslem. and some were studying. the
Confucian classics. Today we found
that only seven families remained: the
very soil had been sold. and is being
carted away to raise the level of 9th
or parts, SO that gtagnant pond Gov
ers the ancient site. The vretched
survivors seem to get their living by
transporting the earth, though they so
far recollect their past as to have a
few rubbings Of the former inscrip-
lions to sell. Their religion has evap-
Grated, for they have no Hebrew
schools and could not read them il
they had; only they still eat no pork,
nor worship idols, nor burn incense to
their ancestors. Israel in Kai-Fong is
a has-been."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

the larger the number OF foals PFC
duced In other words, the nearer we
approach natural conditions the mGRe
foals we will have.
Data along these lines secured fruzn
a different angle, show quite as cusk-
clusively that corn is not good aoE
breeding stations. The foal crop M
Missouri from the best stations is bsG
Al per cent of the mares bred, alE@
corn is the chief ration. In Kansas h
Is A; Illinois, 46: Iowa, At; Nebraska
40; Minnesota, 81; Ontario, II; McN-
tana, ~; Wyoming, 72, and Idaho. u
Here again we notice that the fCzE
crop is small In the corn states as
compared with the states producing
no corn, and the large foal crop is IN
those states known as grazing statez-
Overlooking is bad, too, regardless
of what the grain is. 1t is muscse-
rather than tallow, that is wanted tM
reproduction Tallow is degeneratiRg.
impairing the vitality of all cells.
glands and nerves around which it hs
deposited. Everything fed stallion
should be clean and wholesome Oats
that have been wet before threshsB9
and musty or dusty hay should never
be fed a stallion Vigor tablets. zOn-
les or stinlulants should never "a
given stallion.
The manner Ct feeding our mares
has much to do with foaI producties.
The following includes large ifst 81
mares kept on different feeds, asars
the per cent. OF foals produced hr
them. The range kept mares DFQ-
duced 81 per cent. of foals; those let
grass in summer and alfalfa in WIZ
ter, 81; hay, oats and bran, SO; corr.
alfalfa or clover, 90; corn, bran ard
hay, So; hay and corn, 40 per cent
Here, again, the nearer We get to Il
corn ration, the smaller the foai cxnR-
and the nearer we get to a grass Es-
ton without any grain. the larger tias
number of foalS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

The greatest leak in American ag-
riculture is that of. barren mares.
That the horse breeding industry can
stand such a waste of energy, money
and time is positive proof that the in
dustry can be made one of the most
lucrative of any carried on in cOnnec-
ton with the work Of the farm. The
loss in my state, Nebraska, resulting
from mares that do not reproduce
themselves, exceeds $25,000,000 every
year In all OF the United States, the
loss from this source will exceed $780,
100000 In the United States slightly
less than 40 foals are produced from
every 100 mares bred. A small frac-
ton less than % foals are produced
by every stallion owned in this coun-
try and it requires nearly four SER
vices of stallion for every live foaI
added to the horse population OF this
country. These facts are small credit
to our breeding intelligence, writes
DIR. G. L. Carlson in the Farmers
Mail and Breeze.
A record kept of many imported
stations, covering period of many
years, gives the following results:
The Suffolk stations left SO per cent.
Of foals, Belgians 81, Percherons 65,
Clydesdales 81. and the Shires 40
per cent. Feed is an important factor
In the case OF stations. Data gain
cred in several states, and covering o
period Of several years, teaches US
that a corn diet does not produce a
high per cent. of foals. Oats mixed
with corn increased the foal crop by
per cent. Oats gave an increase OF
IA per cent. as compared with corn.
Wheat bran added to the oats ration
resulted in per cent more foals,
while grass or alfalfa, with no grain,
gave 80 per cent. of foals. Here we
learn that the nearer we get to a
corn ration the smaller number of
foals produced, while the nearer we
get to grass ration with no grain
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
Why CHINESE JUNK HAS EYE
Cantonese Legend Explains Origin Of
That Custom In Way Suggestive
Of Anglc-Saxon Humor.

Few people know why Chinese junks
have an eye painted on the port side
of the bow. A Cantonese legend ex-
plains the origin Of that singular Gus
tom In way that is suggesfge 0f An
glo-Saxon humor.
A Chinese mandarin who y red CEN
turtles before the Christian era, finding
himself in need of i navy, sent fer
the royal boat builder and oEfared
him to build certain nsiIabev of
ships. So the builder drew 10 plans
and presented them to the u.andarin.
But the plans evidently did not suit
his majesty. for he flew into \ violent
rage and ordered the boat bu!Ider
from his presence,
Then how shall build them. your
celestial highness?" be pleaded
Whereupon the mandarin lnew OH
one Of his slippers aud threw II iii
the boat builder. who aed aou1 the
room. At the door he tuined or mo-
ment, just in time ~ ea6eh ri man
DARN winking at his minister
The boat builder picked np the RI y.
al slipper and used II - q model. and
then painted one eve Qu rs bow de-
represent the royal nsa&lers wink
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
WHEN THEY WORE 4PIGTAILs'

Tbs edsct sanctioning the abolition
OF the pigtail reminds us that it is not
SO very long since the pigtail disap-
peared not merely from the army and
navy, but even from every day civilian
life in England. Waistlong pigtails
were the fashionable wear in England
about 1740 and before that the bag
wig had been adorned with a pigtail
topped up in black silk bag. AS late
as 1858 an old gentleman was seen on
Cheapside with his gray hair tied be-
hind in a short queue. and even today
We can find relic OF the pigtail, for
the three pieces Of black velvet on
the dress tunics of officers In the
royal Welsh fusiliers are the remains
of the ribbon with which the queue
was tied.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
MEASURING STARLIGHT

Starlight has been measured in com.
parison with sunlight and the follow
ing results have been announced: The
light received from a star OF the first
magnitude like Vega is about one
Observation-Disclosures OF the
suns. Young places the total star
light received by the earth at the
value of 5000 first magnitude stars.
thus making the whole starlight to be
one-sixtieth that of the full moon.
Light has an actual mechanical press
ure and can be measured In the lab
oratory. 1t has been found that the
suns light in itself presses against
the earth with a force something like
10000 tons
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
SOME VERY QUEER MANNERS
Aged Englishman Says Boys Are Not
What They Used to Below
Moors Greet Strangers.

Mourning the loss of old time man
ners, an aged EngIishman said the 9TH
er day: Boys are not like they used
to be. If they do not like a school
master they show 1t nowadays by
treating him with studiously cold po-
likeness. Why, / remember when !
was at Elton a lot of us getting hold
of master who taught US mathemat-
les and whom we all cordially detest-
ed. and holding him by his heels over
Barnes pool bridge until we saw In
the distance another master coming
in our direction, when we gladly
loosed our victim and let him slide
headforemost into the water"
A New York man writes: 81 was
taught to offer my seat TO ladies when
I foolishly did so a few
days ago in the subway. All got In
return from the lady was a CLASSY
stare. a devilish grin and oh. sit down.
my boy. / don't want your seat. And
/ am just thirty"
In the Society islands two persons
on meeting salute by rubbing the ends
of their noses together, and the salu-
tation Is followed by each taking the
hand of the other and rubbing 1t upon
his own nose aud mouth.
Moors OF Morocco ride at full speed
toward stranger as If they intended
to run him down, and as socn as they
have approached near they suddenly
stop and IRE pistol over his head.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
FIRST CAT TAX LEVIED

Munich, In Bavaria. is the first city
in the world to levy a tax upon the
domestic cat. The tax is SIS, and
every cat is provided with a special
collar and a metal check such as the
dogs wear Those who are not thus
provided will be caught by authorized
persons. The measure is not popular.
but it is considered that there are far
too many cats in the city. and 1t Is
expected that the levying OF the tax
will result In reducing the numbers
kept
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
MINERALS IN HUMAN BODY

The human body contains. among
other constituents, about two pounds
of phospr orus, which is essential to
the health OF the bones and the vigor
of the brain. This phosphorus, If ex-
tracted and put to another use, would
make up about 1000 packages of fric-
Ition matches.
Besides phosphorus, the body con-
tains few ounces of sodium and half
an ounce of potassium. The quantity
OF the latter would be sufficient for
many experiments in class in chem
istry.
In addition to sodium and potas-
stun there are a few grains of mag
nesium, enough to make the silver
rain" for family's stock of rockets
on a Fourth of July evening or to
create brilliant light visible at a
considerable distance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
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EXCITING GAMES ON The ICE.
Sled Merry Go-Round win Afford
Much Amusement for the Boys
Mot Hard TO make.

One OF the most exciting OF winner
sports is the sled merry goround. lt
is built very much like an ordinary
boys whirligig. only it il placed on
the Ice. And for genuine run Il can.
not be equaled.
Any boy can make sled merry g0-
round. All the material necessary Is
q stout post, long en- ugh to reach
through the ice and find q secure rest
ing place in the mud or sand in the
bottom of the pond. 1t should reach
about three feet above the surface.
When it Is put IN place hole may be
cut in the ice just large enough to ad-
nit it, and a heavy mailet will drive
it into place in the bottom of the
bond. II it is left over night the wa
ter will freeze close around 1t and hold
1t solid. In the top of the post a
large, round bolt or spike should be
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

until the rider rolls of like the end
boy in cracking the whip. The boy
who can stick to his sled longest Ia
the winner of the game.
Another exciting game is played
without sleds. Skaters take hold OF
the ropes. and see how long they can
hold on after the merry-go-round is
started. And sometimes, when they
let go, they are whirled rods away
across the ice.
Any boy who is getting up a skat-
ing rink for the winter should not fail
to have sled merry-go-round as one
of it's attractions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
FEW COMFORTS
FOR A PICCERY
Animal WaII Not DO Hes Heat
Unless Kept Comfortable
Food for Pushing
Spring Pigs.
fRy sYLvANus vAN AKEN.l

II the hog is not comfortable he
will not do his best. The one Object
of hog farming is profit. The haHs
responding most readily to good care
and that is capable of best develGR-
ment and a variety of foods is tazs
most desirable.
A hog will not make a profit whn
shut up in a small pen fed on dxE-
corn and filthy water.
Be sure to have good place for he
sows TO farrow in. Spring pigs weg
cared for viii bring the farmer goO&
money next fall and he viii hardy
know how he came by 1t.
One will find the best food sDz
pushing pigs to be shorts mixed with
skimmilk placed in q separate pem
just out of reach of the mother; the
little fellows soon learn that it Is fy
them.
AS soon as they begin to eat it nr
clean, add little corn meal to the
feed. When three months old one
may add to this an equal amount OF
ground oats. After that soak shelIea
corn and feed it for slops.
Make slop thick enough to p0uF
readily and add salt, as this aids Dr.
gestion. Use old process oil HeaH
soaked in slops for twelve hours as q
substitute for milk
When being fed heavily. pigs sheuE3
have plenty of exercise. Early spring
pigs grown on wide grass range hau-
ing skimmilk and small grain rat5un
costs the owners but little, and are
the best money makers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
HANDY DEVICE
FOR BUTCHERS
with Assistance OF Derrick
Shown An illustrations ono
Man Can Lat Carcass
from Ground.

For a farmer who butchers only
once or twice year 1t is hardly worth
while to build an expensive butcher
ing outfit. One OF the best devices
/ have ever discovered for lifting the
dressed carcass from the ground is
shown in the accompanying ilIustra-
ton, says writer in the Farm and
Home A long pole is balanced across
q post s feet high or across limb OF
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

tree. On the short end OF this pole
is attached a gambreI to which the
carcass is attached as shown. One
man can easily lift a heavy carcass
with this device. A good way to hold
the pole in place is to have forked
stick in the ground, or one may tie
the end down II more convenient