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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-01-02
GIVING Her A REST
BY JULIE HOPPE.

Nov, Laura" said Randfeld, who
was carefully tying his cravat, but
who glanced away from the mirror
and looked at his wife with almost
impatient soicitude, do try to be
fresh for tonight There's no sense
in the way you keep going all day
every day ana firing yourself out
last night" he went on, you
could scarcely keep a%ake at the
theater and yet ! dom suppose you
did thing yesterday rlat couldn't
have been put off till some o,dor time,
or not done at all for that matter.
"Confound that tie! 1t hasn't boon
Numbered deca2tiy. I'm escft on
wash tics, too WI 4 w',-n you're
out today you'd step in al t.o laundry
and tell the mlHlg0r ti"t lae work
hasn't been at all satisfactory lately.
There's no Use OF your speahi1g to
the wagon man again After all
you've said to him. my shirts and col
lars are as bad as ever
"You might get me a halr-dozen of
,hese ties today OF course, it's
little late for wash tics, but ! like
them, and you know Just what suits
NE, so you can select them as well
as |.
while you're downtown please run
;,,to Do 20 Sul nhnlf NV Golf
bag. They promised to have it mend
ed the first of the week, and, al
though I've telephoned twice, it hasn't
been sent out yet. Tell them ! must
have it before Saturday
"Now, look at that" Randfield sur
veyed himself in the long mirror.
There isn't decent crease in these
trousers. I'll have to change into my
light gray ones. / wish you'd wrap
up this suit and get out my last win
ter's tweed and send them both over
to the tailor's this morning to be
pressed and put in order. You can
telephone Binks to call for them. Tell
him | want him to get all the spots
out. /. don't like his careless work.
By the way there's a spot in my
dinner jacket-on the sleeve. ] Won
der if you couldn't take it out for me?
Binks won't get /, beck in time for
tonight if it goes to his place along
with the other clothes
"By George. Laura, | neglected to
write to mother yesterday, and to-
morrow is the day of the week she
always expects to hear from me-.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-01-02

something tie usual way. We really
ought to get it off Immediately. Do
you realize that the wedding is day
after tomorrow? You can choose
something in silver wheE you're down.
town today. I'll just dismiss it from
my mind You know about how much
we should spend and what Dot and
Rob will like. think it would be a
good idea for you to write some of
your clever verses to send with the
gift.
1T wouldn't be much trouble for
you to shorten the sleeves in my new
golf shirt, would it? You do it so
much better than the haberdashers,
and | want it to wear next Saturday
You'd better do it today, because to-
morrow and next day Wen be away
on that little motor trip with the
Thoms. That reminds NE. There's
button off my automobile coat.
Please get one as lr like the others
as you can and sew It on today.
While you're at your desk this
morning, please write to JaXon's for
A hundred-Dound bag Of that I'M
Drowned ila,aHan coffee we USE
'rhom asked NE to order some For
Iim nearly two weeks ago, but it es-
aped my mind. You can SEND
check for it, ana Ill settle with you
Speaking of checks, don't forget to
make out the checks for those bills
handed YOU last night. | don't want
to wait another day to get them paid.
lust keep memorandum Of the
amounts for me and mail the checks
today
Well, | must be off. Aren't you
glad you aren't a slave to business,
Laura? For goodness sake, don't
work around the house or drag
around downtown for hours getting
yourself worn out. Remember what |
told you about resting, and be sure
TO take good long nap this after.
noon Chicago Daily News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-01-02
FAULT OF MODERN SOCIETY
Magazine Writer in Sweeping lndict-
,nent of What He Calls Conduct
Most Undemocratic.

We are a stupid people and we are
bad-lookiug people. We are ugly,
We have narrow minds and we have
bad manners A great deal of that is
due to the effect of being brought up
in a society Of inequality. | know per
feoly wei Mat happened to myself,
writes G. b. S. in Metropolitan Maya
zine ! can rem mber one of my
earliest experiences in life was my
father finding me playing with a GER
tain little by in TIE street and telling
me was MT 10 Play with tina, little
boy giving me to understand that lie
was a very inferior and Objectionable
kind OF little hoy | had not found
him so. | asked my father, "Why9"
He said His father keeps a shop Z"
| said to my father We'll. but YOU
keep a mi"" Therefore my father
pointed out to me that he sold things
Wholesale and that this little boys
father sold things retail; and that
consequently there was between ms
and that boy gulf which could never
be respectfully bridged.
When you are brought I'D, as Won
inevitably are in a society like ours
with that sort of blasphemy heinz
continually dinned into your ears.
When you are taught to be unsocial AZ
every point, and brought up to be nm.
social, then any little chance that vour
natural enGcwments at your birth NAV
nave left you of being able to erannls
Win the enormous problems Of our
modern neutrality-suspicious. that do.
mand from you the largest scope Of
minc' the most unhesitating magnani.
mi'y' the most sacred recognition of
your spiritual and human equality
win every person in the nation-is Mt.
'eriy destroyed. That is why I dnuht
whether these problems can be so,vad
oy U.S. brought up in that way. To
solve them you need new sor, a,
human being.
Avoiding Oblivion.
That politician gets blamed for a
great many things he never did"
He doesn't care" replied Senator
sorghum. He would rather be roast.
60 than not seem important"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-01-02
SOME THINGS LAKE1ll
Live Board Of Trade.
Best Water in florida.

Live Board Of Trade.
Best Water in florida.
High, Healthful Location.
Progressive, Cosnopoli.2
| ship.
Municipal Ownership 6:
Water.
Largest Fireproof HoteI,
| modern.
Splendid Winter Chautaas
Delightful Year-Round Ci,
Exceptionally Fertile Bad
Handsome and Well Stock,
Center Of Five Railroad .
Big Railroad Pay Ro'l.
Mammoth Citrus Packing
Splendid Educational Tacl
Churches Of all Denomilac
Numerous Industrial E1ts
Three Strong Banking Ce.s
An Up-to'Date Daily News,
Niles of Granolithic Sidev;
Sewerage System.
vitriGed Brick Streets
and
Everything that goes to /
Live, Lovely City,
$4,000 in 1915.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Loud-Speaking Telephones.

Several railroads in this country
o use the telephone in dispatching
trains, instead of the telegraph. Most
of the operators Wear a head tele-
phone-an apparatus that holds the
receiver constantly at the ear. The
arrangement has one serious draw
back: When there are thunderstorms
in the vicinity, the operator hears all
sorts of annoying sounds, and even
runs some risk of being injured by a
sudden shock. To avoid the difficulty,
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad has installed loud-speaking
telephones on the train-dispatching
lines. The receiver of the loud-speaking
instrument is more sensitive that that
Of the ordinary telephone, and it has
a large horn, somewhat like a phono-
graph horn. The instrument stands
on or near the desk Of the dispatcher.
The telephone transmitter also has a
very large mouthpiece, into which the
operator "a speak when some dis
lance away. A message sent by tele-
phone from a main office is repeated
by all the loud-speaking telephone
transmitters on the line, and can be
heard distinctly by persons Is feet
from the instrument.-Youth's Com,
paniOn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
BUSINESS MEN DECLARE RULING
BY COMMISSION WILL TEND
TO RESTORE PUBLIC
CONFIDENCE.
MEANS Unemployment
TO THOUSANDS OF MEN
Belief Is General That Ii Will Stave
Off Feared Avalanche of Ameri-
can Securities From the War
ring Countries-Raiiroad
Credit Strengthened.

Washington, Dec. 21.-The results
Of the granting of a j per cent freight
rate increase to Eastern railroads by
the Interstate Commerce commission
are estimated, in official quarters, as
follows:
Increases the gross Of 81
railway systems according to esti-
mates to $50, 00o, 1000 annually.
The total mileage affected in the
eastern classification is "a, $50 miles.
or approximately "a per cent of The
country's total.
OF the increase 1.6 per cen will go
into wages, which item at present rep
resents 40 per cent of the railroad
dollar 4.62 per IN into dividends
and surplus; .06 per cent into capital
and the remainder toward operating
expenses, maintenance, etc.
The elimination Of an increase in
coal, coke and ore rates cuts the in
crease which had been asked by
$4,000, 900.
Coal and Iron Excepted.
Increases approXimating ) per cent
must be paid on all products and
goods, excepting bituminous coal and
coke, anthracite coal and iron ore and
on articles the rates of which are held
by uneXpired orders of the commits.
sion on all lines in the territory be.
tween the Atlantic seaboar'd and the
Mississippi north of the Potomac and
Ohio rivers.
No increases are granted on rail-
alexandria,, alexandria, and rail and.
lake traffic.
The increase in rates OFT cement,
starch, brick, tile, clay and plaster.
not allowed in the decision of Aug |
are allowed.
Will Restore Public Confidence.
Heralded by bankers, railroad men
and business men as tending to re-
store public confidence.
Millions Of dollars worth Of steel
and equipment resting orders" con-
tingent upon such a decision, now ex-
pected to come into the market, mean
ing Unemployment to thousands.
Predictions that every line of bust
ness will be sentimentally affected.
Credit Of railroads strengthened,
which mean that the $537, 900 900 of
~retlnancing necessary to be done in
the next two years will be easier, this
in addition to other financing in that
period.
A return Of confidence on the part
OF investors, not only in the future OF
railroad securities but of the other
industries Of the nation.
The belief that it will stave off the
feared avalanche of American securi.
ties from the warning countries.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
CHURCH IN ENGLISH WOODS
Of Great Antiquity, Sacred EdIhce II
North Devon Proves Big Attrac-
ton to Visitors.

Culbone church, which among many
others claims to be the smallest
church In England. is situated on The
coast Of North Devon. not far from
the picturesque little village of Por-
lock. and the church is so guarded
by hills and woods that the suns rays
reach It only four months Of the year.
The building IL but 33 feet long By
13 feet s inches wide. and has =
porch. nav carved oak chancsl
screen and Norman font. an alabaster
altar piece and q quaint high pew
near the chancel. used by the family
Of Lord Lovelace. by whom the prop
erty il owned. The slanted chancel 10
lit BY . tiny. square-headed. iron
barred window. the oldest feature In
the church. being pre-Norman. and
cut out Of a single stone. It is amply
large for the population. which 10
about IS in q parish of 1897 acres. In
summer the church is crowded. ow-
ing to the influx Of visitors from
many parts Of the world.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
BULLETS FALL ON u. S. SOIL
Five Pass Close to Army B~ombproofs
Troops Establish Two Flank
Camps.

Naco, Ariz., Dec. 21.-Many bullets
from the Mexican side are falling on
United States territory in the siege OF
Naco, Sonora, by Villa troops.
Five passed close to the army bomb
proofs. The United States army forces
now have established two flank camps.
one on the east and the other on the
west side of Naco. to further assure
border neutrality.
George G. Carothers, special agent
Of the American state department. Wis.,
tied Governor Jose M%aytorena, COM
handing the Villa forces, and broach-
ed the subject of the coming visit OF
Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott. II
Is understood M%aytorena favored meet
ing General Scott at the international
boundary, opposite the Maytorena
headquarters, east of here.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
TOO MUCH FOR RUFUS
FIREMAN COULD NOT UNDER.
STAND OBEDIENCE OF GAUGE.
Veteran Engineer Tells Amusing Story
Of Experience With Negro Fire.
m~an-Really Was Nothing
Like 4 Miracle.

Just as the actor has his under
study, SO the engineer has his fire.
man, who is some day going to take
his place, and begins his training by
%cultivating habits of silence and check
er playing.
WELL" said W. C. Robinson, who
had been running a locomotive since
1879. when he had the run from Bay
ard to Philadelphia on No. "a, II once
had a run on the West Shore with a
freight down from Albany to New
York. There was another freighter
behind us, 35 cars loaded with below
ing cattle. She kept her distance all
the way down from the capital, al
ways a block behind us, slowing up
when she came to the downhill
stretches, keeping her regular dis
lance on the level. And she kept
clear for IA miles, and when we got
to the Jersey terminal she hit our
caboose square in the middle. The
most careful man hits something
sometimes"
"A man can be careful" suggested
someone with a large peaked cap who
had just come in, but those that are
under him's got to be careful. too.
Il was on a southern run once,
through the palmetto country. and the
road was short of flremen, SO we got
a big. husky darby, who had been a
coal HEAVIER, to fire on the run from
Greenville to the sea.
Il had given the man the prelimi
nary instructions on how to handle
the coal to the best advantage, but
there was one thing in particular that
l impressed upon the swarthy son OF
Ethiop.
keep the pointer of the steam
gauge always toward me- I said as
we started out for the long run.
Eyes, sah,' said Rufus, and he was
right willing and nearly worked Of
his round, perspiring head, but to ne
avail. The pointer leaned to the right
and despite the shovels full Of Coz
that he heaved into the fire it would
scarcely bulge.
"The obstacle was too hard for Ru.
fus to overcome. He should have been
a fireman on an all downhill road on
the run to the bottom.
He ran over to me and yelled into
my ear, I spec, sab. if you want the
pointer as you said, We bettah sill
ovah on de oder side, sab.
Il took a look at the steam gauge
pointer, with Rufus standing by. when
1t suddenly swerved in the direction
toward me. Rufus maryeled at its
obedience. But it was very simple
We had struck a down grade"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
RAILROAD MIRACLE IN BRITAIN
Movement Of Million Soldiers With
out Delay Or Friction u
Remarkable.

War has worked a railroading mir.
acle, according to Herbert Corey, the
well-known correspondent. Nine-tenths
Of the British railroads are and have
been in the hands of the government
and 1000, 900 men have been transport
ed on time to a second. The public
has not been seriously Inconvenience.
The government is satistied-and SO
are the railroads. Nothing like it ever
happened before, writes Mr.. Corey,
and there are no standards Of COM
parison.
The government doesn't pay a penny
directly = for the movement Of
troops. Now and then it wishes to
shoot the North Gooseshire Rifles
from one end Of England to another.
1t notifies the general managers com
mittee. 1t attends to the ~transporta-
ton, obeying the wishes of the gov
eminent as to time and place as nearly
as conditions permit. That particular
transaction thereupon ends. No one
has kept account of the number of
men-miles used. At the end of the
fiscal year the managers will present
a bill, including the tive-year average
cost of upkeep and last years net
earnings. The government will pay it.
The roads will not have lost any
money through the war and the gov
eminent will have been given a serv-
ice that could not have been so excel
lent if bargained for on the piece
plan.
On every road the soldiers and their
goods have right Of way. Whenever
possible existing trains are not dis
turbed. When those trains interfere
with the troop movement they are
Cancelled as ruthlessly as though they
were motor buses. What this means
in England a hardly be appreciated
by those who live in America. Some
of these trains have become institu-
tons. Traditions have clustered about
them, as though they were ruined alb,
beys. They almost have ivy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Fuel OIL Experiments.

The Gillian government which has
had under consideration for some time
the installation OF oil-burning equip
ment on all the government-owned
railroads Of the country, has decided
to turn over one entire division of the
Longitudinal railroad. about one hun
dred and twenty-five miles long, for
exhaustive experiments. The propo-
sition was worked up and will be
carried out by engineers from the Uni
ted States. The consumption of fuel
oil in Chill has increased since 1904
from $500 tons to over 100000 tons
last year.-Scientific American.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
NEW SAFETY APPLIANCE

This Invention is embodied in
mechanism applied to a car truck,
whereby the air brakes are APP
piled in case a car wheel leaves the
rail or a brake beam drops, or axle
bearings become displaced. The in
vention is embodied in a mechanism
which operatively connects certain
parts Of the truck with the valve lev
err, so that the latter is raised and
the valve opened when some of such
parts become displaced.-Scientific
American.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Entertain y. S. Belgian Society.

London, Dec. 21.-The members OF
the American commission for relief in
Belgium We're entertained by Ameri-
can business men at the Luncheon
club. In introducing Herbert G.
Hoover, the chairman, Ambassador
Page gave high praise to the work of
the commission. He said it was the
only existing link between the great
belligerent nations and the farmer OF
the Mississippi valley.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
GETTING Rid Of Suueas,s.

When 8 car has been in service for
some time it generally develops an
noying little squeaks here and there
about the springs and body. The
owner or driver will find it we'll worth
while to get rid OF these, as the la
Dor involved is slight and q quiet
smooth-running q Is always desir
able. Squeaks can generally be rem
died BY tightening the car parts af
yected Or by the application Of q little
adhesive tapo.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Metal Railroad Ties.

Metal ties were first used in Switzer-
land in 1881, since which time they
have replaced to a large extent the
wooden tie. About seventy per cent
OF the ties used by the Federal Swiss
railroad system are Of metal. These ties
are 8 feet by "a by 81 inches, weigh
ing 100 pounds, and selling for $3.50
against SLIPS to $3.50 for oak ties.
German iron foundries have formerly
supplied the metal ties.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Inspectors Use Maonifying Glasses.

inspectors Use Magnifying Glasses.
An American railroad has adopted
the suggestion brought forward by
n of its engineers, that engine in
spectors be given magnifying glasses,
In order that they may the more read
lily detect such damage and imperfec-
fections on axles and wheels as flaws
and cracks. In this is seen the prac-
tical value OF the safety-first cam
paign, in that the suggestion came
from an employee, and it is to be noted
that the company suitably rewarded
him by presenting him with an "honor
button" and granting him q months
leave Of absence with pay.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Recognizes French Protectorate.

London, Dec. 21.-Great Britain has
recognized the French protectorate
over Morocco and declared her adhe-
sion to the Franco-Moroccan treaty
Of March, 1912. The Moroccan
treaty of 1912 instituted a French pro-
~tectorate Y Morocco, with a French
resident general who exercises civil
and military powers under the sover-
eighty OF the sultan. The treaty pro-
claimed religious freedom of the PEG
pie and gave France the right 10 en-
ter into military occupation OF n
points for the maintenance OF order.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Track Clamp.

Of this device Is with respect to it's
reliability Of operation and facility
with which the biting element thereof
may be renewed or replaced or with
which the entire clamp may be de-
tached or swung out Of the way when
not to be used for a clamping purpose.
Scientific American.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
SYNOPSIS.

Eleanora de Toscana was singing In
1arts. which, perhaps. accounted for Ed
yard Courtlandt's appearance there. Null
G1~millionaire. he wandered about where
3Ancy dictated. He might be In Paris one
Nay and Kamchatka the next. Following
The opera he goes to q cafe and Ii &C.
&1bted by q pretty young woman. She
Efves him the address Of Flora Desimone.
PCcAl rival Of Toscena. and Flora gives
6fm the address of Eleanora. whom he Is
determined to SEQ. Courtlandt enters
q~Cieanora's apartments. She orders him
nut q shoots 1t him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
AUTOMATIC CLAMP IS NEW
Designed to Prevent Movement of
Either Wheel or Truck in Its
Direction.

This invention relates to track
clamps or grips used in connection
with railway tracks and truck wheels.
The device is for use in connection
with a truck wheel whereby the clamp
will automatically act between the
wheel and the rail to prevent move
ment of the wheel or truck in the di-
rection of the clamp. An advantage
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Comparison Not FIatterjno,

Railroads in Great Britain kill in &C.
cident for which the passenger is in
no way responsible n passenger icI
every 72.OOO.O 900 carried. while those
Of the United States kill one for every
1900. 900 passengers carried.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-25
Rapid Decent.

They had been making hay while
the sun shone. and when they had I'm.
ished a high haystack the boy shouted
from the top: Say, mister. how nm
I goin' to get DOWN."
The farmer considered the problsm
and finally solved It:
"Oh. Jest shet yer eyes an vail
round . bit!"