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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-28
SOME REAL ACTION
How a Young College Student
Saved the Lives Of 500
People.
BY MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD
RIDGE.

A night Of sweet sounds, the bean.
tifull villa OF White Shadows . scene
Of moonlight joyousness. A fair girl
with pride in her face. Lucia PAGE
conscious young man. her accepted
lover. the center Of an admiring throns
Harold Worthington.
Beyond the group. Leslie Forbes, his
sister Myrtle. and young Walter Dale
the brother . natural athlete In
build. the sister a charming model Of
girlish loneliness. her would-be lover
slightly reserved. but with a fine intel.
lectual and humane face.
"Well." observed Leslie in his of.
hand way. there's hero worship for
you!"
His companions did not venture any
suggestions. Walter was watching
Myrtle's face with attention. He was
a keen analyst. He loved Myrtle, and
he was a loyal friend of her brother.
Outside of being the best student in
his class at college. however, he had
never made much noise in the world.
He knew that pretty Myrtle was
something of dreamer He wondered
now II she was comparing him with
the great. bluff Wor- hingt0n. who was
receiving the adulation of the light.
minded group of loveliness about him
40 II he was some valiant warrior.
big Injun hero. eh?" continued Les.
lie. Saved drowning man up at
the falls. didn't he? heard that what
he really did was to toss the struggling
victim = plank. At all events. he
didn't get wet Come on. Walter. It's
back to college for US tomorrow, you
know"
But Walter had no thought Of leav.
Ing his lady love. Fle noted her watch.
Ing the distant group. and he fancied
he could read her thoughts.
Il do wish you could rouse ND my
brother to" Myrtle paused. Walter
was sure she meant to say something
like that" meaning the heroic deed Of
WorthingtOn. Fut she added: ito
some real action"
Il think | know what You mean,
MYRTLE" said Walter in his usual di.
rect way. You believe that Leslie is
indolent Yes. that is true, but a
more whole-soulrd friend never lived
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-28

There was blur. dizzying and nerve
racking. How he did it he could moi
later realize-but he gave his body q
swing and landed inside the mail car
Only that he was hurled on q great
heap Of mail bags. he would have beer
killed.
The bridge around the curve-is
DOWN." he just managed to gasp to
the astounded mail men. Then he lost
consciousness. to regain It with the
train at standstill. it, crew grouped
ahead. where q great gap showed the
vacant bridge chasm. Painfully he
lifted himself from the car. A new
sickening sensation overcame him. He
crept to some bushes and sank into
new unconsciousness.
How he found his way back TO the
college he could only dimly remember.
but some one was rousing him in his
bed. . fellow student.
Tried to get you up before" he IN.
nounced. Forbes has gone"
"Gone-where:' inquired Walter.
vaguely.
"Home-telegram. Mother dying.
they say. On his way-look there!"
1t was a morning newspaper that
the student held before the eyes of
the bewildered Walter. In glazing
headlines the story was told of the
marvellous heroism of Leslie Forbes.
a student Of Hampton college," The
man who had saved five hundred lives
had disappeared after his intrepid act
of bravery. but the discovery Of his
coat had revealed his identity.
Walter said nothing to anybody
about the mistake. He was thinking
anxiously of Myrtle in her great home
trouble. Three days later friend
wrote him telling him of the death OF
Mrs. Forbes.
And. four days later, graduating
amid rare scholastic honors, Walter
received letter bearing one word.
a welcome. yelling. wonderful word to
his anxious soul: Come" And Myrtle
had written 1t!
Myrtle greeted him a. he reached
the Forbes home the next morning.
He gazed sorrowfully at her deep
mourning. She retained his hand as
she looked into his eyes. her own
swimming with tears.
1t was a pathetic story that she
told. The news Of the saving of the
train had reached her mother before
she died. She saw her son the hero
of wonderful deed OF bravery. She
had died happy, Leslie by her side. A
smile upon her face. she blessed him,
and he-in that impressive moment
did not undeceive her, but promised to
change his life--a vow he kept. The
true story of the railroad incident he
had since made public.
Il babe you come" spoke Myrtle,
because | wished to thank you, to
tell you how proud ! am Of you, be.
cause, through you, my mother died
happy and my brother Is saved"
1T was precious word you sent
me" responded Walter. Il am through
with my college education. and am 60.
Ing back east. But, IL you ever send
me again. that one word, Come I
will speed me on m. way to YOU"
MY heart bids me speak a better
word" said Myrtle, shyly but ear.
nestly.
And that word is---?"
Stay"
Copyright lsl3 by w. g. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-28
pispensaries and plavcr,u,,.

If more dispensaries were to give
place to Fairgrounds, there might no,
be needed so many dispensaries.-St
Louis Times.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
STANDARD STILL FIGHTING

The Standard Oil Company never
quits fighting as long as it has any
thing to lose in the fight. 1t was
rousted from Missouri! by the courts
as trust. but Missouri is a rich
field for oil purveying concerns and
the will not Withdraw on mere
court order. When the courts went
against the Standard it went after
the legislature last winter aud got
that body to pass a law enabling it
to re-enter the state and do business
IS of yore. Governor Major, however
evidently in fear Of the political eff
ects of such a law. vetoed the bill.
The Standard was not discouraged:
courts had a habit of reorcning cas-
es for these vino could employ law
yers to find reasons for reopenins
such cases, ald the Missouri supreme
court complacent!y consents to allow
the Standard rehearing. The case
against this corporation has been in
the court in its various phases for
eight years All the points have been
threshed over, seemingly. until there
was nothing left to thresh. and the
side of the people was fully sus-
tained. But what of that, the Stan
dard want to sell Oil in Missouri,
and We are willing to bet it will
! in the end.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
The Record of One Dry.

Some notion Of the havoc 8
single dry can wreak on his pet
aversion may be gained by the
record of Representative Orr. a
mem Der of the Missouri Legisla
ture Representative Orr intro.
duced thirty y-seyen anti-liuuor
bills during the session Just
closed. It would scarcely seem
that there are thirty seven sep
arate things which could be done
in the liquor business, but this
warlike dry had no difficulty in
devising them How many of
the thlrty-sever survived the
session we do not know. The
grist is still too fresh for classi.
iication. 1t is easier to enumer-
ate the things which have no:
been done to the liquor business
in Missouri, which follows:
/. Liquor may still be manu-
factured in the state.
,. 1t may still be sold over
the bar in wet counties.
}. 1t may still be shipped into
dry counties, subject to search
and seizure in public places.
j. 1t may still be drank pub
llc:y IN wet counties ana behind
sheds il cry counties.
D. Il may still be prescribed
for rattlesnaEe bite when the
patient can show the rattlesnake.
8. it may still be drank un-
der oyercOats anu behind broad
brllnmed hats OH trains.
Z. 1t may still be bootlegged |
subject to to discovery and pur-
suit with bloodhounds.
). 1t may still be served at |
hotels on Sunday in houillion |
cups and p,pn~rs;,uce bottles.
Otherwise it is furbidden.-t
Just a Minute,' St. Louis Post
Dispatch. !
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
TONSORIAL ART

Barber: Poor Jim has been sent
toea lunatic asylum
Victim Tin chair: who's JIM
lin is my twin botherr, sir. Jim
has been brooding long time over
the hard times, and | suppose he fl
nally got crazy
is that so?"
Yes. he and me has worked side
by side for years, and we We're SO
much alike We couldn't tell each 9TH
en- apart. We both brooded a good
deal, too, No money in this business
now"
whats the reascn?"
Price too low. Unless a customer
takea d shampoo, it does not pay to
shave or haira cut. Poor jim,
caught him trying to cut CUSTOM
ers throat because he refused d
shampoo. SO | had to have the poor
fellow locked up. Makes me sad
Sometimes | feel sorry | didn't let
him slash all he wanted to. 1t might
have saved his reason. Shampoo, sir:
Yes. .-MilWaukee Journal
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

fun at our lean and hungry Dem
ocratic friends yealnlng for the
feast to begin. Naturally, we
would prefer to continue receiv-
ing our mail from the hands OF
a Republican postmaster, but we
feel sure we will lose none that
is coming to US when Democrat
takes the Office here. Outside of
their perverted political belief,
most Democrats are pretty good
fellows and we know a lot Of
them whom we like quite Well.
Taking partisan view of the
matter, we are prone to believe
that the possession of the post
offices by our Democratic friends
will be only temporary, mere
question Of a few years, easily
survived by one one of a philo-
sophical turn Of mind. Don t
worry, Bro. AXE, over our little
quips on Democratic character
iStjcS
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Attorney General Barker says
he will permit the fire insurance
companies that have withdrawn
from Missouri because the Oliver
law, which permitted them to
make rates by agreement, as
they saw lit, had been repealed
and the anti trust law re enacted
TO come back to the state. Say
the Attorney General:
/ am willing to notify the in>ur
ance agents throughout the state
and the public that actuarial bu-
reaus may be established and
that the mere fact that any two
or more companies use the same
rate or rate sheet is no violation
OF the law. All prosecuting at
tnrneyS of the state will be mott
fed to the same effect and in
Structed that no prosecution : hall
be instituted against the cotnp;t-
MES on this account. and if any
such prosecution is instituted
contrary to my opinion | will
direct a dismissal of the same.
This looks to us very much like
a backdown on 1t Z. t>arller's part,
for if any two or more companies
may take the same rate sheet.
even though they may outwardIy
have had no agreement or conbi
nation in making the rates, we
fail to see where .here vlli be
any difference in the conditions
from those that prevailed. before
the Orr law, now in force, was
an3rtpI
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

The tariff bill has passed the
lower house of Congress by al
most a full vote of the Democra-
tic majority that controls that
body. No amendments Offering
to change any of the schedules in
the bill as originally presented
were allowed. The vote st0od
2Sl to 139. The bill now goes to
the senate where it will have to
make it's real fight. We would
like to see it pass the latter bouy
quickly just as it is. The bill is
a strictly Democratic one, en-
bodying that party's ideas of
what tariff law should be, and
from what We have seen in the
past of such performances, we
feel that It is the surest and
sDeediest way to bring ihe couu-
try ba:k to it's senses and the
return of the Republican party
with its policy of tie home
market for the home producer
back to power again. Under the
new bill, when enacted, our home
producers and manufacturers
must meet foreign competition
on larger scale than they meet
it under the Payne tariff law now
in force. and they must meet
this competition not on their own
terms, but on the terms made by
the foreign manufacturer. Com.
petition knows but one law-that
that the cheapest goods must
make the prices.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
GROWS SHOULD NOT BE KILLED

To those who know how difficult it
Is to Kill the wary crow, this will
sound laushabie. but it is a tact that
tho"sahds oi crows are killed every
year by farmers, either by traps or
shootlhS Or poison But experts, who
nave made a thorough investigation
into this. declare that while the farm
er IS justified in soaring the crows
away from his grain and corn fields
he should not kill the bird, because
a single crow can and generally does
destroy more cutworms in a day
than ten men could dig up and de-
stroy in a week.
Man cannot locate the wiry soil
colored little cutworm: he can only
fInd Ii by chance, while the crow can
locate them with ease and locate their
tiny holes in the soil, and with one
bang OF their strong beaks drag Mr..
tut"orm forth from the ground to
add him to the daily repast.
crow weighing two and a half
pounds Vas experimental upon. and
1t Vas found that this bird actually
ate his weight in cutworms in one
day, and apparently could have eaten
more. The crow, therefore, can save
more crops from the ravages OF
cutWorns in day than he can de-
stroy in a week.
Grows are heavy eaters it is true
they will pull up tender shoots of
corn if they have the opportunity,
bot they will also eat worms, and aii-
rarentiy prefer the worms.
young robin was also expt,r
ed with. He ate sixty-eight earth
worms in a day, these making a bulk
| Larger than the bird. Robins viii
strip a cherry tree of its fruit in a
few days, bat with netting over
| the trees, these robins will also de-
nude a garden Of insects that would
otherwi,c have prevented at least
/ half. if not all, of the planted things
from growing to maturity.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
In view of the fact that the

In view of the fact that the
Dem ocrats at the recent regular
session Of congress surpassed
all previous records by many
millions of dollars in piling up
the burden of the tax payers.
they are no longer in a position
to pose as the party that saves
the people money. This ten
dency of great liberality in Dem
ocratic law makers with the
public revenue was manifest
in the Missouri Legislature last
winter also, when new jobs were
created and salaries of those al
ready established raised until
the cost of running the state OF
fees has been almost doubled
1t looks like a costly experience
to give the Democratic party
another trial, and it has only got
started.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

The government medical au.
thorities.have refused to give Dr.
Freidman's serum for tubercu-
losis its sanction as a specific for
that disease, taking the ground
that the results so far shown
from the treatment are not suffi-
cient to prove that it a cure. This
will, of course, be a bitter dis
appointment to all who are afflic-
ted with tuberculosis, whose
hopes of life and health were
based npon it, but as the treat
ment is not condemned as wholly
inetficacious there is reason, tc
feel that it is another step toward
the discovery of remedy that
will be an effective one.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Congressman Hensley went
back on his campaign promise
when he tried to prevent cut
in the duty on lead. When he
was running for Office he pledged
himself to act with his party in
the matter of tariff Legislation.
In his effort to maintain pro-
tective duty on the leading pro
duct of the district he repre-
sents Mr.. Hensley gave recog-
milton to the principal of protec-
tion of home industries-the in
dustries of his own home, but he
was ready enough to stand with
his p; rtv in cutting the protec-
tion from under the industries
of other districts.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
PIKE COUNTY PHILOSOPHY

There is delicate JOY in seeing
the young corn come up through the
around such as nobody ever felt at
a moving picture show.
Those are sweet looking girls On
the backs of the magazines but I'll
tie doggoned if | havn't seen sweeter
ones in gingham aprons with their
hands covered with dough.
| never could understand why a hal
Ielujah religion should turn any
bcdys mug all sour.
A neighbor's chickens always
scraAch more hatefuily than Your own
The little yeilow-striped bug can
teach folks Lesson in alertness: he
is always on the job when the cucum
bers come up.-Missouri Ruralist.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Tariff slashing invariably leads
to wage cutting, wage cutting
leads to strikes. strikes lead to
riots, riots bring out the militia,
the coming of the militia leads to
shooting, shooting results in
dead men, dead men bring grief
and association into the homes.
This is the train Of sequence that
you voted for when you consider
ed only the question of tariff re-
form.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
HOT OATS FOR PNEUMONIA

When person has pneumonia an
an application is desired that will
supply heat to the chest, there is notl
ing known that is equal to a sack
| OF dry, clean oats
A couple OF quarts CT the grain can
DC placed in a sack made OF some
I thin material, and this can be heated
ty placing III an oven until the oats
are so hot they will burn the hand.
The sack can then be applied to
the spot desired and the heat OF the
grain viii be impaired to the body
Oats have The power OF retaining
the heat longer than most other az
pilcations, and they are easily reheat-
eo as often as desired. Two Sacks of
oats can be made, and in urgent cas-
eS where constant heat is needed. one
may be heating willie the other is
icing used.
Inc oats have the advantage over
Eahy other applications, SOME oil viii,
are good, owing to the fact that 1h.1
are dry and not damp OF mussv. anu
the clothing cannot be soi!ed with
them.
Another feature in their favor
SAID TO be i'll the fact that Where IL
hlments are used on the patient the
eats will drive the Iininent In where
1t Is needed, and any excess is alb
sorbed by the chaft on the grains of
Oats.
Should the grain become greasy or
saturated with the cieilents used in
the hnahient APPLICATION, they can
''e discarded and new oats place.
tie aaf hs. The price OF oats n4als.,
makes this REMEDY within the reAch
Of all.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Congressman Baltze, of the
Twenty-second District of Hi
nois, is suffering from a nervous
breakdown as result of the i'm
portunities of the job hunters.
Finding pie to feed an army of
hungry patriots is strenuous
Job, it seems.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

President Wilson has revoked
former President Taft's by
which the fourth class postmas-
terships were placed under the
civil service regulations. and the
pie will soon be served.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Bro AXE, of the Ironton Reg
lister, charges US with being ex.
ercised over the prospect that
the Democrats will soon be fill
ing the postoffices. Not 80, dear
brother: We are only poking our
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

The sutfragette movement is
said to have already cost the En-
glish people several hundred
million dollars. Looks like it
would be cheaper to give the
women the ballot at once when
they ask for it, instead of max
ing them fight to obtain it,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Poor appetite is sign of impair
ed digestion. A few doses OF Cham
berlains Stomach and Liver Tablets
will strengthen your digestion aHo
lElprcVt your appetite thousand
have been benefited by taking these
Tablets. Sold by all dealers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

IL would surprise you to know of
the Great good La. is being done by
{ hamberlain's Tablets. Darius Dow
ney. OF Newburg junction. n. B.,
writes, My wife has Eeen using Cham
pertains Tablets and finds them very
elitctuai and doing her lots OF good. ="
IL you have any trouble with your
stomach or bowels give them u tral
Fol sale by all dealers
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
The Uncomfortable Mississippi.
What a food on the Mississippi

means is shown graphically by
com pairing it with the Niagara
River. The total discharge
through the Niagara is estimated
at $50, 900 cubic feet per second
The average discharge of the
/ Mississippi River is go, 900 cubic
! feet of water per second. In
time of food this is increased
many fold. 4 record was estab,
! lished last year when in the VI
cinlty of the mouth OF
Of the Red River. the aggregate
discharge of the river and the
crevaceS amounted to over25 800,
900 cubic feet per second. This
equals more than eight Niagaras.
If the river entered into a lake
of the size OF New Jersey, it
would raise it one foot in ten
hours 1t is when we consider
how vast is the amount of water
flowing down the Mississippi
SYSTEM that we realize how in
adequate would any reservoir
system be to keep the flood in
ahnriy A nf fnf.f tho
presen, levee system is compar
able to a reservoir v SIT TN; for
within its cOn1ining walls the
river is allowed to spread out be
yond it's normal width. and to
many times It's normal depth,
and vet the NatcrS are uncontrOl-
led. At present the contents of
the levees along the Mississippi
River amount % 2i3, ,0OO.OpO Gu
bic yards. and it has been esti-
mated that 200. 900 cubic
yards more should be added in
order to keep the waters IN
check
1t is interesting to note that
the Industrious Missouri River
carries down in d single year
enough sediment to build all the
present levees and practically V all
OF tn" projected leyees. Out Of
the .tl>Suurl hivtr The Aiissls-
>lppi River receives annually
400, COG, 600 cubic yards of sedi-
ment. How much this is We may
realize bv comparing it the total
excavation from tie Panama
Canal. which is estimated at
about 21U.QO0.Opo cubic wards.
In our illustration We show a.
dump car Of a standard l. cubic
yard type, but enlarged proper
tionateiy un1ll il Is big enough to
hold the entire excavation of the
Panama Canal. This car we find
is nearly d mile in length, 1nea-
sured inside the body. Il SINH
lar car. large enough to receive
TIE annual sediment Of the Mis-
sour itlver. WOuld have to meas
ure inside 6.1O0 feet in length.
and the body would cover
over twentyfour city blocks.
This estimate of sediment is
based on a report by Col Suter.
who made observations at St.
St. Charles, Mo, from February
to October, 1879. He showed
that the average sedimentary
discharge Was 2.3 cubic feet per
thousand cubic feet of water, and
this rose to a maximum Of 14.I
cubic feet OF sediment per thouS-
aud cubic feet of water. Four
hundred thousand cubic yards
per year means l2.7 cubic yards
per second. In other woruS, if
this sediment were carried by
rail i, would take an endless train
running continuously, day and
night. all the year round at the
rate of seventeen miles per hour
to deliver the material in the
same volume as it is delivered by
the Missouri Scientific Amer
lcan.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14
Sl.OO Per Annum.

How do our tiff miners like the
results of the new Democratic
administration as far as they
have had the opportunity to OBJ
serve them:
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Prof. Sargent of the Chicago
University predicts that women
will be wearing trousers by 2O13.
Lots of them are wearing them
now, tiRuratively.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Free wool will mean thata far
mer may save 80 cents on a suit
of clothes and lose a dollar on
every sheep he owns. But lots
of farmers voted for that kind of
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-05-14

Now is the time TO get rid of your
rheumatism. You can do ii by ap-
plying ChanmberIain's Liniment and
massaging the parts freely at each
application. For sale by tall deal