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Washington Journal., 1914-10-24

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Washington Journal., 1914-10-24
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Washington Journal., 1914-10-24

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Washington Journal., 1914-10-24
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Washington Journal., 1914-10-24

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12
Mona First Aid
To Sick StOmaChs

Distress after eating, belching ct
gas and undigested food, that lump
of lead feeling in the stomach, siCk
headache, and biliousncss indicate
dyspepsia, NOW-.at once is the
time to remove the cause and STOP
the distress.
Mi-o-no is the remedy. Surely set
a box of these health restoring tab
let's from Lake Pharmacy today. Be
sides quickly stopping the distress,
Mi o-na soothes the irritated walls of
the stomach and Strengthens the ga-
ric glands SO that they pour out their
daily supply of digestive materials -
your food is promptly digested and
assimilated, the entire system is
properly nourished you feel strong.
energetic, and perfectly we'll.
Milo ma is not an experiment is
not a cure al its a scientific rem
edy recommended only for indigeS-
ton distress and out of-order stom
achs. These health giving and harm
less tablets are household remedy
keep them handy whether at home
or travelling.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12

or other OF my companions, and
perhaps the influence on nerves
unaccustomed to this beverage.
of the delectable coffee which
Tom had brewed and which |
had thrice during the day some
what copiously and very joyfully
partaken Of, forbade sleep, but
they gave me a night ! can never
forget.
The next day we houndered
somewhat similarly but more
briefly through the Corkscrew
Rookery, to reach which we were
obliged to walk six miles beyond
where we left our automobile,
much of the time in water, and
to wade wide sawgrass marsh.
In this rookery, we found small
er expresses than in the Okaloa-
coochee, fewer ferns and orchids
il any, more coarse and cutting
grasses, and more briar-like
growths. Mr.. Rhett Green, who
is guarding this rookery for the
National Association of Audubon
Societies, and who piloted us
through it, estimates that some
FIVE or six hundred American
cgrets are nesting there, certain
" we saw larger number OF
these superb birds here and wad.
ing in the adjacent swale, than
at the Okaloacoochee Rookery,
and one snowy heron.
OF the birds which we identl-
fed in the two rookeries, and by
the way, there were ffty-Seven
species some OF our commonest
birds not being seen, to my sur
prise namely: the Florida
Sracklc, boat-tailed grackle, Flor
ida red-wng, and cow-bird; the
quail, meadow lark, bluebird,
Florida bluejay ,kingbird, downy
woodpecker, pileated woodpeck-
cr, and flicker; the bull-bat and
chuck will 's-widow; the bald
oaglc, crow, fsh-crow, turkey
huzzard, and black vulturc; the
great horned owl, Florida AIRED
owl, and Florida burrowing owl;
the red houldered hawk, marsh
hawk, osprey, loggerehad shrike,
and swallow-tailed kite; the
White ibis, linpkin, sandhiI,
crane. least bitten, water turkey,
Florida gallinule, willet, king.
rail, and plover (scmipalmated o.
Wilson) the pine curlew, the
long-billcd curlew; the Wards
heron, little blue heron, Louis
lana heron, snowy heron, and
american e%ret; the wood-duck,
and the Florida dusky; the mock
ing bird, Kentucky warbler, palnr
warbler, cardinal, Florida wren,
purple martin, mourning dove,
ground dove, chewink, and
lob-o-link.
Continued on page four
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12
MAY DAY IN THE BIG CYPRESS
BY W. +. Backnan, Ph D.. LID, President Of Rollins
College and the Florida Audubon Society

growing everywhere, and a great
variety of beautiful and precious
orchids, many of them in bloom
bedecked the trees. | was told
that the expresses here are the
largest and finest in the State
and | can we'll believe it, for one
which we spanned, the king OF
this murky realm, measured
tlllrty-two feet in circumference
five feet above the ground, if one
can speak Of ground where there
was none. TO this particular
strand Of the Big Cypress, the
Seminoles largely resort for max
ing their canoes; the tree is fell
cd in the dry season and the
canoe is fashioned by fire and
tool and left lying in its place I'M
til the rains have filled the
swamp, when the Indians return
and drag it ito heir camp.
OF the birds whose nests, oc-
cupied now by young and half
grown hedglings, filled the tops
CT the expresses, the major part
were wood ibises, "nint-heads,"
but there were also many white
iblSes and other species of water
fowl. OF the American egret and
the pink curlew or roseate spoon
bill we saw, alas, very few, and
OF the dainty and charming but
now rare snowy heron, none here,
and only one the following day
in the Corkscrew Rookery. We
saw i'll the mud tracks Of deer,
otter, coon, wild turkeys, ALI
gators, and | am afraid, plume
hunters.
Toward evening we returned
to camp, soaked with water, plas-
tered with mud, weary OF leg,
hungry and happy. \ change OF
clothing, frugal supper, a blaz-
ing campfire, some friendly talk
aout the woods and the birds,
and then we turned in for the
night, | on a comfortable pneu-
matte mattress, and beneath a
mosquito bar. But ! could not
sleep, tired as | was. Reminding
myself that | had all eternity to
rest in but that another oppor-
tunity like this might not be
Nouchsafed to me, gave myself
all night long to rehcarsing the
experiences OF the day and to
drinking i'll the sights and sounds
OF the wilderness night.
For a while the crescent moon
kept ME company, and the stars
shone with the lambert splendor
which they seem to have no.
where else than in the skies OF
Florida. The hrehies flashed
their wondrous dark -lanternS
everywhere. CricketS chirrupcd
in the grass. Alligators beloved
and frogs croaked in the swamp.
Outside my bar the mosquitoes
sang, hungry but balTled. A great
horned owl i'll a nearby tree
every now and then bayed, some
thing like a hound, one OF the
most arrcsting and impressive
voices of the Florida night, and
his matc-at least | surmised it
was she replied more volubly,
as it the habit OF her sex. |
thought that all the small birds
and other creatures of the woods
must have tremblcd when they
heard his call, 50 regal impera-
tive, threatening \ young Flor
ida barred owl constantly COM
planned in querulous tones, down
by the slough where we had seen
him in the morning. Hundreds
OF croaking voices came from the
distant rookcry. All these va
rious sounds, the memories of the
dav, the audible SItmbers OF one
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12
At the MARRIAGE Brokers

Il should very much like to marry
again, but the memory OF my first
husband, who was so good, would not
leave me.
BE assured, madam, by the side Of
this second one you will always be
thinking of the first. "-Borsszen jan
ko tRudapesQ,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12
Romance and Reality.

What's become of the young fellow
who used to sing Love Me and the
World Is Mine to the Jonesby girl
next door,"
"Oh, that affair is ended She
showed her common sense by marry
ing man who already owned two de-
sirable corner lots"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12
Where Do They Go?

when | grow up I'll be a man
won't 10" said a very small lad, In
conversation with his aunt, one day
Yes, child. But if you want to be
a man, you must be industrious at
school, study hard, and learn to be-
have yourself"
"Why, auntie, do the lazy boys turn
out to be women when they grow up?''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12
Why She Changed.

why she Cndh9eo.
Yes, I've changed doctors
But | thought you placed so much
confidence in DR.. Healem!"
Il did, but he's getting old fash
toned. You know told you how shiv'
cry I was when the cool weather
came on?"
Yes"
well, | went to DR.. Healem and
told him about 1t and he said fan.
nels.
Yes"
Then went to DR.. Nicely and ne
said sealskin.' That's why
changed"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12

TOT weeks, IN my busy othce,
had been hearing the insistent
call OF the woods and birds, ant
May Day brought me the oppor.
tunity to answer it.
In the early morning, accom-.
panied by my friend, Stanley
Hanson, and by Tom Hand
chauffeur, woodsman, hunter
fisherman, cook and all-round
good fellow, | set out from Fort
Myers in all automobile loaded
with camping equipment and eat
ables-about the only thing left
behind was guns and cartridges
for the Okaloacoochee Bird
Rookery, forty miles distant. Our
way lead through flat woods and
across prairies bedecked with in
Vulnerable flowers, yellow, blue,
red, purple, pink and white. From
the edge Of some of the Shrunk-
Ell ponds-for the winter has
been dry-stretched wide areas
OF mud, wholly covered like a
carpet with small blossoms,
which |, being no botanist, could
not identity, but which were OF
the loveliest, softest, brightest.
yellow. A rain the previous day
had filled the sunken road for
miles with water, through which
we splashed, humping over sub
merged roots and into concealed
holes, and developing appetite as
we went along. A curious fea-
ture OF the prairie were the fire.
quent excavations in the path,
which the small and scraWny but
valiant range bulls had scraped
out, Believing no doubt mean
time, and proclaiming their mas
culine energy and militant chal-
lenge to the earth and sky. AS
for human habitations, we saw
hardly any in all the two-score
miles.
We lunched near old Fort
Simon Drum, on the Okaloa
coochee Slough, a mile or so from
the edge Of the Big Cypress
swamp. Leaving the automobile
here, we traversed the interven-
ing prairie, plunged into the
morass lndiantile, Tom ahead,
Stanley following, and | bring
ing up the rear, and for some
three hours tloundered through
ii, a distance OF perhaps seven
miles roundabout, observing
through field glasses the throng
CT birds nesting high overhead il
the tops OF the expresses. The
black Shiny mud was everywhere
knee-deep, and often much deep
er; dense growths obstructed the
way, tangled our feet, caught at
our clothing, pierced our fingers /;
big but harmless flies buzzed
about our ears; moccaslns Law
lazily i'll the lime or wigglcd
away as we approachcd-of these
we slew Twenty-Five with the
short sticks which we had pre-
vldcd Tor the purpose and as a
help i'll Wadins We clambcred
over logs or made use Of thcn.
as bridges for crossing the deep
er pools. We sank suddenly leg
deep into soft places; we bal
anced ourselves on the sub
merged roots, slipped on them,
falling forward, hands and ell,
bows in the slime; we pulled our
selves out by laying hold Of the
stout and friendly cypress
knees" taking care first to see
that we were not putting Our
bands on a moccasin; and all the
while the crowd of birds over
head looked down at lis, not
much alarmed but curious and
clamorOuS.
Huge ferns, "brakes,' were
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12
Hard Work for a Woman.

You say this coincidence receives
1000 a week in vaudeville?"
Yes, but not one woman in a thou.
sand envies her"
why not?"
Because part of her business is to
make herself less beautiful than ma.
ture intended her to be-"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-12
Quite Soft.

Molly was a lady,
Molly was q bride,
And Of course the groom wa
Greatly Modified.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-30
IF BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat Less Meat and Take Glass Of
Salts to Flush Out Kidneys
Drink Plenty Water.

Uric acid in meat excites the kidneys,
they become overworked; get sluggish,
ache, and feel like humps of lead. The
urine becomes cloudy, the bladder is ir-
ritated, and you may be obliged to seek
relief two or three times during the
night. When the kidneys clog you must
help them flush off the body's urinOus
waste or youll be real sick person
shortly. AT first you feel dull misery
in the kidney region, you suffer from
backache, sick headache, dizziness,
stomach gets sour, tongue coated and
you feel rheumatic twinges when the
weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
alo get from any pharmacist four ounc-
es of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful
in glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys will
the nact fine This famous salts is
made from the acid of grapes and lem
on juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to clean clog
ged kidneys and stimulate them to nor
NAL activity, also to neutralize the acids
in urine, so it no longer is a source of
irritation, thus ending bladder weak.
ness,
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes delightful Offorvescent
lithia-water drink, which every one
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots Of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kidney
trouble while it is only trouble.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-30
POPE HAS DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
[uNlrnp rnnss lnAsrp wtne.l

Rome, Jan. 30.-Pope Plus is again
in troubled waters as a result Of Euro.
pean politics. Seryia, whose territory
has been doubled as a result Of the two
iccelt Balkan wars, has just sent to
home a commission to negotiate a
ccuccrdat with the Vatican. Personal
ly, tho Pope is most favorably disposed
toward servia. Austria, however,
VII eL is the Vatican 3 strongest friend
Nmorgst the big European powers, has
Tor the past century been trying to
crush the little state that is always
trying to create a big slay empire on
her southern border, Austria also en-
joys from the Vatican the position Of
protector of the Catholic church in the
entire Balkan peninsular. She has
lodged an emphatic protest with the
fope against this diminution Of her
bower and the increase of that of Ser.
ria which would result from concor.
dat with the Vatican. Pope Plus gives
no indication Of just how he is going
to get out of the difficult position.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-30

electrocuted at the Ohio penitentiary
tonight, without ever having had a
trial by jury. Humphreys is self
confessed murderer. He pleaded guilty
to the general charge of homicide and
waived his right to a trial, hoping for
clemency from the court. Because Of
the nature Of his crime, the Judge gave
him the limit of the law. Humphreys
gained the confidence of comrado
and learned where this friend had $400
hidden. He got his victim to get the
money, lured him from West Virginia
to Columbus, took him to a deserted
part Of the city, and cut his throat.
He shot the man afterwards to make
sure of the job. Then Humphreys fled
back to the West Virginia mountains,
abandoning his wife and two babies.
1t was through his own little boy that
the crime was finally fastened upon
Humphreys. A few days after the
murder the child found bloody revol-
yer in an old stove in the yard. The
police were notified and Humphreys
finally captured. Confronted with sew
eral of the murdered mans belongings
found in his possession, Humphreys
broke down and confessed,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-30
Do NOT
CONNECT IS KICK

Charging that the defendants have
declined to make physical connections
of their lines at Albany, John Wills, W.
l.. Chambers and e. A. Chambers, of
that city, have today filed a complaint
with the state railroad commission
against the Southern Pacific, the Cor.
wallis 6 Eastern and the Oregon Elec.
trio companies.
A law compelling physical connec.
tions of railroads within the discretion
of the commission was passed at the last
session Of the legislature, and it is be.
lieved that the larger companies have
awaited the filing of complaints with
the commission before filing suit to test
the act.
An old state law provided in general
terms for an interchange of traffic by
railroads, but the United States court
held that it applied TO interstate as
well as interstate commerce and was
void. The new law was passed to rem
edy the alleged defect. The large lines
fought the attempt to make the inter
change of business compulsory under
the old law, and there is reason to be.
lieve as determined a fight will be
made under the new one.
1t is alleged in the complaint that
the defendants have not furnished the
proper facilities for the interchange of
traffic at Albany, and, as a result, the
complainants are suffering damage.
The Oregon Electric, it is said, does
not oppose the physical connections. The
complaint is the first of numerous ones
which the commission may have to con-
slider, and if the large railroads are of
the same attitude as they were when
the old law was attacked, bitter court
fight will result
The complainants ask that the de-
PENDANTS be required to answer the
charges, and that an order be made re.
quiring them to provide the connec.
tions. Tt is charged that their failure
to make physical connections is unrea.
sonable and unjust and does not permit
/ of adequate intrastate commerce be
tween points in Oregon and on the de-
fendants' lines.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-30
VANDERBILT AND DUKE
AND DUCHESS ARRIVE
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE,

UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE,l
Colon, Panama, Jan. 3O.-The steamer
Almirante arrived yesterday with Mr..
and Mrs. Vanderbilt, the duke and
duchess of Manchester and Lord Fal-
coner, who were rescued from Wander
bits yacht Warrior which ran ashore
in storm Monday off the Colombian
coast.
Apparently the Vanderbilts and their
guests are suffering no i'll effects from
their thrilling experience, which includ-
ed day and night Of uncertainty
while the yacht was pounded by the
high seas and trip through the break
ers from the stranded vessel. The
Warriors position is reported serious
The Almirante win return to the scene
to rescue the crew if necessary. A
wrecking tug has already gone to the
aid of the yacht.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-30
CHILD WINS BATTLE
WITH |RATE ROOSTER

An unusual battle took place in the
I back yard of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Marnach's home on High street yester-
day, the combatants being Pauline, the
7-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Marnaeh, and pet rooster which the
youngster had raised from mere chick.
The little girl had gone to the hen
house after the eggs when Mr..
Marnach's attention was attracted by
much squawking and Hopping of wings
out in the yard Upon investigation it
was found that Pauline had armed her.
self with switch and was Delaying the
said rooster in great fashion, while the
fowl, with all his fighting blood up,
was flying at the girl and attempting
to peck her face.
Finally the child drove Mr.. Rooster
to close quarters and after administer
ing good licking to the irate chicken,
kicked him into the hen house and
locked the door. According to, Pauline,
the rooster seemed to fly into a rage
when she approached him and imme.
diately began to fight her. Just what
prompted the chicken to attack his
small mistress cannot be explained by
Mr. Marnach inasmuch as she had rails
ed the bird and it was looked upon as
pet ever since it was little thing.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-30
GoMPERs DEFENDS LABOR
FEDERATION AND COUNCIL
[uNIrEp pREss LEASED wIRn. }

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 3O.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, defended the or.
ganization and its executive council
yesterday afternoon before the United
Mine Workers convention against the
charges made by President Meyer, Of
the Western Federation of Miners,
Duncan Mcdonald and others.
Meyers charge was that if the Mich
igan copper strike is lost the inactivity
Of the American Federation executive
board would be the cause. Gompers as
serted that it would be impossible to
levy an assessment for the copper
strikers and denied that the organiza-
tion is "reactionary, fossilized, worm
eaten and Dead" and that the ex-
ecutive council is composed of "booze
fighters"