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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Pendulum.SwinQ.

To man seeking only to escape
from himself, all roads are equal ant
all destinations likely to prove uni
formly disappointing. Turning his
back upon the iron works in the da,
OF defeat, with no very clear idea oil
what he should do or where he should
go, Griswold pushed through the
strikers picket lines, and. avoiding the
militant suburb, drifted by way of sun
dry outlying residence streets and a
country road to the high ground back
Of the city.
In deserving Raymer he was actu
ated by no motive of disloyalty. On
the contrary, SO much of the motive as
had any bearing upon his relations
with the young iron founder sprang
from generous impulse to free Ray.
mer from an incubus. If it were the
curse of the Midas-touch to turn all
things to gold, it seemed to be his own
peculiar curse to turn the gold to
dross; to leave behind him a train of
disaster, defeat and tragic depravity.
The plunge into the labor conflict had
merely served to afford another strik.
ing example of his inability to break
the evil spell, and Raymer could well
spare him
On the long tramp to the hills the
events of the past few months mar
shaled themselves in accusing review.
NO human being. save one, of all those
with whom he had come in contact
since the day of dragon-bearding in
the New Orleans bank had escaped the
communicating touch. and each in turn
mad suffered loss. The man Gayitt
mad given his name and identity; the
mate OF the Belle Julie had sacrificed
what little respect he may have had
Tor law and order by becoming. poten.
oaliy, at least, criminal accessory.
The little Irish cab-driver had sold
nlmsef for a price; and the negro
oeckhand had earned his mess of fried
hsh. The single exception was Char
iotte Farnham, and he told himself
that she had escaped only because she
mad done her duty as she saw it.
AND as the bedeyiling thing had be-
gun, SO it had continued, losing none
OF its potency for evil. In the little
world of Wahaska, which was to have
been the theater of Utopian demon.
stration, the curse had persisted. The
money, used with the Hottest inten.
nons, had served only as a means IN
an end, and the end had proved IN ha
the rearing OF an apparently impas-
SABLE wall OF bitter antagonism be-
tween master and men. And the so.
cret of the moneys origin and acouisi.
ton, which was to have been so easily
cast aside and ignored, had become
soul-sickness incurahle and even con.
tagious. Griswold was beginning 70
suspect that it had attacked Marserv
Grierson: that it had subconscIouslv
Y not -otherWise. thrust itself into
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23
me Bilious optini..

ave. a q man with noticeable b,,,o,.
:, 80 a. aug sa liver spots on the proiect;ons s
o ~ aus iaee lays himself out" 70 .a,,s
optimism to us, sometbina 70 taik
self Ior n 20 US that he is blufing him.
bis ' o s0r US, for some little purpose ' ~
.os, own. Because when a bIlin r.se s, OF
ga, Un 'aiks optimism. his copysrs.. yer
tory mos,v., supercrescence of exposi.
kee Sentinel. -htiwau-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I-Kenneth Griswold, an un.
successful writer because of socialists
eendencies. sups with his friend Balm
bridge at Chaudiere's restaurant in New
orleans and declares that II necessary hs
Will steal to keep from starving.
CHAPTER II-Griswold holds up An
drsw Galbraith. president Of the Bayou
state Security, in his private ONCE and
escapes with 100000 in cash.
CHAPTER III-By original methods
Grtswold escapes the hue and cry and
nand He Unexpectedly confronts Char
iotte Farnham OF Wahaska. MIMI, who
had seen him cash Galbraith's check in
the bank.
CHAPTER Iv-Charlotts recognizes
0rtswold. but decides to write to Gal
braith rather than denounce the robber
70 the captain and % incur unpleasant
notoriety.
CHAPTER v-Charlotte sees the brutal
mate rescued from drowning by QriswoId
ana delays sending her letter to GAL
CHAPTER vII-driswold is arrested on
sne arrival Of the boat at st. Louis but
escapes from his captors.
CHAPTER vIII-Griswold decides on
WAhaska, Mimi. as q hiding place, and
after Quitting himself properly. takes
the train.
CHAPTER TX - Margery Grierson
daughter Of /sper Grierson. the financial
magnate O.. <ahaska, starts q campaign
sor social recognition by the 'old fami-
CHAPTER XI-Margery asks her ia
Their to get Edward Raymsr into financial
hot water and then help him out Of It
CHAPTER XII-Griswold RECEIVERS to
ind the stolen money gone.
CHAPTER xv.Mar9ery takes Girls
void to the safety deposit vault and turns
the stolen money over to him.
CHAPTER xvI-charlotte BLUFFS out
Broffin and Margery begins to watch him.
CHAPTER xvII-Griswold puts his
money In Raymer's plant and commences
to rewrite his book.
CHAPTER XVIII-Griswold goes 70
dinner at Doctor Farnham's and is not
sure that Charlotte has not recognized
him.
CHAPTER XIX-Griswold uses Mar
gerry and Charlotte as models for the
characters in his book and reads the
manuscript to them.
CHAPTER XX-Broff,n spies on Mar
gerry. who throws him OFF the scent re-
garding Griswold.
CHAPTER xXI-Marsery and Girls
void save Galbraith from drowning and
a. he RECEIVERS consciousness the banker
Recognizes GriswOld.
CHAPTER XXIi--The men at Raymer's
iron works strike and in his desperation
at the bankers recognition OF him Girls
void forgets all his theories and starts
m to fight them.
CHAPTER XXIII-Margery orders her
father. who had fomented the strike to
ruin Raymer. to call 1t Off and enlists
Brofi1n in a special investigation of her
own.
CHAPTER xXIv-Margery nurses Gal
braith In her own home and Griswold
calls to see whether the banker Is going
to recover
CHAPTER XXv-Margery gets weap-
ems which she gives to Raymer to Use II
her father refuses help.
CHAPTER xXVI-Margery conouers
her father and compe's him to cali of
the strike and support Raymer financially
She hunts for Griswold but finds that he
has disappeared.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23
Bankrupt"

The discussion on the etymolosl !"
me work bank" in Mr.. JusAS.
Earrings court might have been 90
ried step further by the illustrate
OF our term bankrupt" says bo-
don paper. The old Venetian mons,
changers and lenders carried on snen
business at q stand or bench tpsho =.
and when one was unable to meet n
obligations his "banca" was pros'-
(rupta).
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23
Beautiful Scene. upl,f.

A beautiful scene uplifts the spiris
within us until it is strong enough
to overlook the shadows of our place
OF probation; it breaks. link after link
the chain that binds US to materiality:
and opens to our imagination a world
OF spiritual beauty and holiness.-Rus.
kin.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
MODERN GREEKS.
Those at Home outnumbered by Those
In Other Countries.

What and who are these modern
Greeks? The most skeptical investi-
gators admit that In most of them Is
some blood transmitted from ancient
Greece and that there Is a proportion
Of Greek descent in Greece about equal
to that of Anglo-Saxon descent in
America. For the rest the modern
Greeks are either Albanian or Slav or
Vlach.
Besides the Greeks in Greece there
are other Greeks who far outnumber
them. They are found on all the coasts
of the Ottoman empire. Crete and the
other islands until very lately under
Turkish sovereignty have no other in.
habitants important in numbers. They
are numerous in Asia Minor, in Syria
and in Egypt
While domiciled elsewhere they re-
main passionate in devotion to the
Greece they style Hellas, the modern
kingdom, whose people are called Hell
lenes, and. being masters Of commerce
and finance. many Of them have gained
enormous fortunes. from which they
pour great sums into Athens particu-
arly. but into Greece generally. for
public buildings and endowments.-
From THE Balkans-A Laboratory of
History" by William Milligan Sloane.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
PROVED ITS WORTH.
Dramatic Test That Was Made With a
Bullet Proof Shirt.

6uIlot ffooI 0nlrt.
"a well known war correspondent,
who Is personal friend Of mine"
writes correspondent of the Manches-
ter Guardian. tells an amusing story.
While in Paris ut the beginning of the
war In 1914 French inventor per-
suaded him to obtain an opportunity
for demonstrating the usefulness of
thin chain armor shirt. which he claim
ed would resist any bullet or bayonet.
"A sample shirt had been hung up
and fired at with satisfactory results,
but 1t was with certain journalistic
skepticism that my friend attended the
official demonstration at Hendon later.
Anyway. to oblige the inventor he put
on one Of the shirts to show its COM
fort and f1exibility. 1t was then that
the French inventor achieved a dra-
matte effect. for he whipped out a
Webley automatic and blazed away
straight at my friends chest.
HE is still alive to tell the tale"
adds the correspondent. Before he
had recovered breath war Office Off
cial grasped him warmly by the hand.
sir he said. you are brave
man"
MY friend disappeared with becom-
ing modesty. He had gone where he
could get stiff brandy and solar
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
The Sense of Taste.

Scientists say that the flavor of food
and drink does not come to us through
the sense of taste. The latter can only
furnish sensations corresponding to the
chemical composition of substances
taken into the mouth. Although al
most infinite In their variations, these
sensations are few in number. compris-
ing sweetness. bitterness. saltiness and
sourness. with their numerous degrees
Of intensity.
The distinctive fiavors of food do not
come from chemical action and are
therefore not perceived by the sense
of taste. but by the olfactory nerve by
which the sensation Is transmitted to
the brain.
This explains why ones food does
not taste right" when he is suffering
from cold.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
TESTING A FREIGHT CAR.
shower Baths Are Used For Detecting
Leaky Roofs.


Shower baths for freight cars? Ger.
talnly. Treating the cars to good
Dath every now and then is the method
winch railroads have devised to pre-
vent having to pay for freight dam.
aged while in transit by water leaking
through the car roofs.
10 detect leak in the roof of a
freight car before it has caused any
damage to the goods inside Is no easy
matter. Previous to the introduction
OF the shower baths for cars railroads
frequently had to pay heavy bills for
damage caused by roofs which were
supposedly in the best Of condition.
10 overcome this difficulty on several
large railroad systems every car is
given at regular intervals severe test
for leaks by means of shower baths.
The bathing apparatus is rugged over
track along which the car is run at
slow speed. Enormous volumes of wa.
ter are poured upon the car and with
such force that water will find its way
inside If there is any fault in the roof.
sheathing or ends.
AS soon as the car energies from the
bath inspectors examine it carefully
and mark with chalk any signs of
leaks.
A car thus marked is sent to the
shop to be made waterproof. Before it
is sent out to resume its work 1t is sub
Jected to a second shower bath to de-
termine whether the repairs have been
satisfactorily made.-New York Ameri-
can.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
Tho Penalty of Pride.

when | was running a circus" said
a retired Snowman. II never lost an OPP
portunity of advertising. | always
made it point to get my name every
where, and whenever any one asked
for my autograph you may be sure he
got 1t. Once when l went to little
town a great string Of boys and girls
stood in line waiting for a chance to
get my autograph on the small cards
they carried. wrote them as fast as
could, thinking proudly, Felix. old
boy, your name is getting to be house
hold word When looked around the
tent that afternoon l thought all the
school children in the town were there.
That meant money, and was feeling
pretty happy till began looking over
the receipts, and then found over a
hundred of my autographs with the
words Admit bearer written above
them!'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
GETTING AN EDUCATION.
After the Age of Thirty Is the Time to
Start In Earnest.

According to the Saturday Evening
Post, the best time to get an education
perhaps the only time-is any time
after one has passed thirty. The stuff
that one learns before twenty is not
meant to be remembered 1t is only Il
placing of the chutes and an arrange.
ment of the bins for the permanent
contents. From twenty to thirty one
Is all torn up with counting. marrying
and getting a foothold in life. Aftel
that is the time for edhcatiOn-from
then on until death or senile debility.
A man or woman past thirty Is ex-
actly at the most favorable period for
mastering knowledge. training the
mind. forming the taste. Some syste-
matte effort is all that is necessary.
Notice the silly and tiresome ways in
which enormous numbers of people
spend some of their holidays. They
know what to do with their working
hours, but not with their leisure.
Most Of them by little direction
and little systematic effort might
develop some special interest Boys
quickly tire of mere aimless and pain.
less play. Naturally they want
method and goal in 1t. Having a
goal is exactly what gives zest to the
game.
And having a goal is both easy and
delightful. To study anything with
interest, from logarithms to caterpil-
lars, gives one fun and profit at the
same time. Try IL.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
How American Citias Crow.

Nobody knows how fast an Ameri-
can city, state or town may grow. l
recall some twenty-five years ago
meeting friend in Denver He was
an investor from the east. think
Denver had about 10000 people then.
He had come to buy real estate. He
said to me: This place is overgrown.
Real estate is too high. None for me-"
And he went away. Had he invested
wisely at that time he could have null
tiplied his money ten TO twenty fold.
was in Los Angeles about the same
time. 1t had had serious reaction
after sudden boom. 1t was a little
place. not one.tenth its present size.
1t seemed like doomed city. An in
vestment of $500 than in outlying acre
age property. ! am told. would be
worth 100000 today. So nobody can
te, what may he the future Of any OF
the new. wideawake cities of AlaSka.-
Lesie's
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The EnuIish of the Diamond.

In the National league is an umpire
who is a stickler for correct deport-
ment on the diamond. In game in
which he otticilted 1T the Polo grounds
early in the season as Chief Meyers.
the Indian catcher for New York, came
to bat certain of the Boston players
sitting on their bench began to guy the
brawny red man.
In an instant the umpire had left his
place behind the catcher and was run
ming toward the visitors bOmbproof.
cut out them personalities" he or
dered. cut out them personalities!
AS he turned away high pitched
voice filtered out from the grand stand
behind him. saying:
Cut out them grammar"-Saturday
Evening Post
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
KEEPING YOUNG.
! Age Is Not by Any Means Merely
Matter of Years.

There is no scientific evidence to
Ow that late youth and middle age
the periods of commencing decrep-
de and "old age" Man grows Old
cause he is injured; because his body
Is are poisoned, and not because he
lived just so many years. There is
relentless law determining when
IN shall grow old. The tradition
lree score years and ten is condi,
ned mainly ON the manner of living
d not by any natural law. But man
S it in his power to modify these
|pditions either for better or worse.
Erobably greater luxury of living
tch is not balanced by proper phys
Il exercises is Il primary condition TO
feckUned with. But temperance all
Png the line-in eating. drinking,
orking, playing and even in resting
been suggested as wiser prin.
lie 10 hold TO. This avoids the pos
putty of rusting out on the one hand
OF wearing out on the other.
let there is another way and a more
orthy reason for retaining youth and
terring old age-cultivate health for
love and pleasure Of it. The
|onthly letter OF the Life Extension
sutute says of this suggestion: 1T Is
a fear Of illness or OF death that we
ould encourage, but a love Of health,
sense Of responsibility for the care
our bodies, a desire for bodily en-
rance and efficiency and full achieve
ehI If the mind is fixed on these
eals and the already known means Of
proaching them are utilized, heart
seaSe' kidney trouble and the need
miSeries that embitter the lives Of
many may be left to take care OF
emselyes. 1t is not so much neces-
W to fight disease as to cultivate
s'h Tor the happiness. contentment
u moral gain that it brings
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
Cleopatra and Poisons.

Cleopatra assembled all kinds Of
deadly poisons and began experiments
with all the criminals sentenced to
death in order to see If the action Of
the poison was painless. AS she OBJ
served that those which acted quickly
brought death with great pain and that
the milder poisons worked slowly, she
began experiments with poisonous an
finals, setting them upon other ami
mails in her presence. This she did
daily and noted that among them all
only the. bite Of certain poisonous
snake evoked without tremor or pain a
certain numbneSs and invincible desire
for sleep so that the victims gradually
died with a light sweat upon the face
and gradual darkening of the senses,
and when one tried to awaken them or
to brighten them were as unwilling as
those who are in deep Sleep.-Plu-
tarch
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
AGE OF THE EARTH. :
Different Systems of Computing It and
Their Varying Figures.

Different Systems of Computing II and
Their Varying Figures.
As long ago as 1860 John Phillips.
the geologist, estimated that the time
required for the deposition of the
stratifed rocks lay between 38,000,O0O
and 96,O00O00 years. This was prob
ably the only estimate prior to KEEL
wins epoch making paper of 1852.
Since that time many estimates have
been made. varying all the way from
100000 years to 400,000O00 years.
Kelvin was the first to discuss the
age of the earth considered as cool
ing body. In 1893 Clarence King in
troduced the important criterion of
tidal stability and reached the conclu-
sion that 100000 represented the
conditions. This result was adopted
by Kelvin in 1897, and then he placed
the limits as 100000 and 100000
years.
Only Sir George Darwin has discuss
ed the age of the earth from a purely
astronomical point Of view. From his
theory Of the earth moon system he
derived an estimate of more than &c.
100000 years. which for long time
stood between groups Of higher and
lower figures. j. .Joey was the first to
base estimates of the age of the earth
in 1899 on the sodium contained in the
ocean. Adopting the hypothesis that
the sodium content Of the ocean Is de-
rived at constant rate from that of
the rocks. he arrived at an age of 3d.
100000 OF 100000 years and increas-
ed this by 1O.OOO.OOO in 1900. In 1909
Mr.. Sollas made a searching inquiry
into this subject and placed the age Of
the ocean at between S0.000,00O and
15O.OOO.OOO years.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
ODD MEMORY TEST.
A Bit Of Nonsense Literature Whose
Author Is Unknown.

NekhSI 10 'ShNhoWHs
There is an odd bit of composition
that has figured in nonsense literature
as follows:
80 she went into garden to pick
a cabbage leaf, to make an apple pie
of, and a she bear. coming up the
street, put her head into the shop and
said. DO you sell any soapy So she
died, and he very imprudenty mar
ried the barber, and the powder fell
out of the counselor's wig. and poor
Mrs. MacKay's buildings were quite
entirely spoit. and there were present
the Garnelies and the Goblilies and
the Pickaninnies and the great Panjan-
drum himself, with the little round
button at top, and they played at the
ancient game of catch who catch can
till the gunpoW der ran out of the heels
of their boots"
The origin Of the passage is obscure.
Maria Edgeworth n767-1S49,. quotes 1t
in one Of her stories. attributing it to
Samuel Foote Q720-77,. The British
Quarterly Review said that Foote
wrote it in order to test certain lee
turer who claimed that he could learn
anything by rote on once hearing it.
Another account says that it was
written by an actor named James
Quinn Q693-1766, to puzzle Foote.
with whom he had a wager that Foote
could not memorize something that
Quinn would write. Foote and Quinn
both were noted actors in their day.
and the nonsenslcal passage probably
was the outgrowth Of some convivial
contest of wits between them.
1t used to figure In school rhetorics
to illustrate the difficulty OF memoriz-
ing something that had no sense to 1t.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
THE WIDOW GUSTS.
She Was an Heress and Great, Catch
When George Won Her.


George Washington in marrying a
great heireSS SET precedent which
few of his successors have followed.
The pretty, bright eyed, little Virginia
widow Mrs. Gusts, whose lands, slaves,
dollars and mansions were inherited
from both her husband and her father.
was the greatest "catch" Of her day,
and young Washington was greatly ell
We'd when he persuaded her TO say
Yes" This marriage enabled nm 10
hold his own among the pIutocratS OF
the time and to be free from any imam
cial worries.
Mrs, Washington. whose wealth could
have added most to the SplendorS OF
the White House. never occupied tile
mansion, as it was finished only four
months before the expiration OF Johh
Adams term, and Mrs. Adams was lis
first chatelaine 1t was then referred
TO ms the palace" and each president
was expected TO provide for its malnte-
nance aud pay for its hoSpttalities out
Of his salary of $4,000 year.
At this rate few presidents left the
White House us well off financially as
they entered it. SO measer were the
concentrations for the care and MAN.
tonoucp" of the White House during
fbe first half of the nineteenth century
that several presidents departed from
If deeply in debt and nearly all dieu
noor.-New York World.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26
COLORING METALS.
Almost Any Hue. Bright and Lasting,
Quickly Impaired to Brass.


1t has been found that metals may be
colored quickly and cheaply by forming
on their surface coating Of thin
film of sulphide. In five minutes
brass articles may be coated any color,
varying from gold to copper red, then
to carmine. dark red and from light
aniline blue to a blue-white like sui
phide of lead and at last a reddish
white, according to the thickness Of
the coat. which depends ON the length
of time the metal remains in the solu-
ton used. The colors possess a very
good luster. and If the articles to be
colored have been previously thorough
ly cleaned by means of acids and aka
lies they adhere so firmly that they
may be operated upon by the polishing
steel.
To prepare the solution dissolve half
an ounce Of hypoSulphide OF soda in
one pound Of water and add half an
ounce of acetate Of lead dissolved in
half pound of water. When this clear
solution is heated to from 100 to 200
degrees f. it decomposes slowly and
precipitates sulphide of lead in brown
flakes. If metal be now present part
of the sulphide Of lead is deposited
thereon. and according to the thickness
of the deposited suphide of lead the
above colors are produced. To produce
an even coloring the articles must be
evenly heated. Iron heated with this
solution takes steel blue color and
will retain the coloring unless some
abrasive is used to remove it.-London
Chronicle