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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
Profits From Textbooks.

The commerce reports state that
greatly exaggerated ideas prevail con-
corning the total number of textbooks
sold in the United States each year
and the annual profits resulting from
such sales. Data obtained by the
United States bureau of education
from 43 textbooks publishers in the
United States show that their aggre-
gate total sales of textbooks for use
in public and private schools in 1913
amounted 10 s17,274,030. The aggre-
gate for public schools elementary
and high. amounted to s14.261, 76S.
The total enrolment in public elemen.
tary and high schools for the year was
approximately 1S,609,0i0. Excluding
the elementary school enrolment OF
California, since California prints its
own elementary books, the number be.
! comes 1S.213,7S6 For each child en-
rolled in the public schools in the
United States. therefore, the total an.
nual sale of textbooks is 1873 cents.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
FLA. ASSESSORS MEET IN
JAX NEXT MONTH

Jacksonville, Nov. 1S-County tax
assessors and commissioners over
the State, members Of the Florida
Association of Tax Assessors, will
meet in Jacksonville ON December 8.
The meeting is expected to take up
three days. During this period va
rious matters will be taken up con-
corning the regulation of the tax
rates over the State and pertaining
to the welfare Of the taxpayer.
One of the most important mat
tcrs will he the furtherance of the
plans already adopted by the asso-
citation concerning the equalization
Of taxes that a general schedule
ever the State may be adopted.
Secretary L. G. Hitchcock, of the
association, states that tax equali
ration is OF great Importance to the
State.and believes that the plan:
now under consideration will b
adopted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
Another Dixie Highway
Tour: Start From Fl0rlda

Miami. Nov. 1S-The next tour
of the Dixie Highway, under Official
auspices, is being planned. and VIII
occur in 1915. probably early IN the
year. This information was received
in Miami today from the general
HEADQUARTERS of the association.
Officials of the association were
SO we'll pleased with the recent tour
that they have decided to make the
one in 1916 of more general char
a eter. and invite all autoists, whetn-
or officials of the association or not,
to join them all the way through.
Enthusiasm which was aroused by
the recent trip extended all alohs
the line, and the newspapers of the
country are still talking abou. l..
The statement is made that by the
time of the next tour all construc-
lion work now in progress will nave
been completed and the highway
will be in first class condition from
north to south.
Amon3 the many innovations
| planned for the 1916 tour, it is
stated that the Dixie Highway as
sociation officials will endeavor 70
interest the Northwestern military
academy to send along number OF
armored cars equipped with rapid
fire guns as was done on the tour
of the Lincoln Highway. The
members of the official party will
carry out the military idea by camp
ng each night, making use Of comis
sary trucks which will be part Of
the travelling equipment.
The 1916 tour will probably starr
in Florida and proceed north. ant
in that sense will be a return viSi
by the south to the north, This Tea
ture having been suggested by Flor
i.lians. The routing for the tour Il
expected to follow the eastern divis
ion from Indianapolis through Day
ton to Cincinnati, thence southwark
over the eastern division, with
special tour to cover that portion o
The highway from Indianapoli
north to South Bend. thence aroUn'
the Michigan loop to Detroit an,
Toledo to Dayton and back to In
dianapolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
APPROACHING WINTER
WILL BE SEVERE
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Paris, Nov. 15-Predictions that
the approaching winter will be very
severe have inspired comparisons
between the German campaign in
Russia and Napoleon's Russian
campaign of 1912.
Abe Moreaux Of the Bourges OBJ
servatory points out that curve in
jicating the European localities
where the average temperature in
January is zero Centigrade or 80
above zero Fahrenheit would pass
along the coast Of Norway. protect
ed by the gulf stream from greater
cold, ascend abruptly along the west
coast of Denmark, and follow a line
considerably westward from Berlin,
turning eastward in the region of
Trieste to the Black and Caspian
seas. Another curve marking zone
where the average temperature is II
degrees above zero Fahrenheit
would comprise Berlin. wilma. Riga,
Dvinsk, Moscow and Petrograd. To
make up this average, however,
zones of greater cold are comprised,
the maximum at Petrograd being SO
below zero and at Moscow AZ below
zero Fahrenheit.
Examining the situation from a
meteorological point of view, Able
Moreaux finds confirmation of the
predictions Of naturalists in review
/ ing the natural return of periods of
extreme cold in the past. We are ap-
preaching, in his opinion. period
CT cold winters and he thinks that
the German soldiers may experience
the same vicissitudes as those that
cost Napoleon 100000 men from the
"Grand Army"
Larrey, who wore thermometer
during Napoleon's Russian cam
paign has left records showing that
as early as November 14th, the
Grand Army" had to endure a TEN.
rerature of IL below zero Fahren'
heit on the line from wilma to Mos
cow-the retreat having begun Oc'
tober 18th. From November II the
thermometer went down rapidly tt
% below zero, December 3 to reacf
81 below zero when the retreatint
army reached Malodecyn. Equal.
low temperatures, according to Abb
Moreaux. are; almost certain to pre-
) vail over considerable parts of tn
German front if it is maintained OF
. the present line and are almost Ger
: tain to overtake the German force
in retreat unless they abandon thei
: positions Immediately.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
Pure GOLD
BY WALTER JOSEPH DELANEY.

Some money, eh?" cheerfully in.
simulated the cashier of the Mound Val.
ley bank, way out in Montana, where
there is more live stock than cash.
Its q comfortable nest egg, yes"
replied the bronzed, bright-eyed young
man to whom the bank Official had just
handed thousand dollars in currency
and draft on an eastern financial in
stitution for nineteen thousand dol
lars. I've worked hard for it on the
ranches. sold out luckily and I'm
bound for home feeling like school
boy on vacation"
Going back homer"
East as I can. You see. it's four
years since / left Hopeton, q little
town in southwestern Illinois"
Folks expecting to see you, sup
poser" suggested the chatty bank
man.
"N-no," and the animated face of
the speaker Swallowed somewhat. you
see. was brought up in Hopeton, an
orphan. I left there determined to
make start in life, 60 back and feel
pride in showing my old friends
that had made a man Of myself.
suppose most of them have forgotten.
There may be one"
your girl, l bet!" joked the cash.
| Ter.
II wish she was!" declared Austin
Morse, expansively-"but, no, l can't
| hope that. / knew her, liked her and
we were friends, and between you and
me it was half on her account left
Hopeton, although l never told her so
She was poor and SO was l. My big
dream was to seek outside better op
portunities for getting ahead and then
| 60 back with a fortune"
| But she's waiting for you!" encour
aged the breezy bank man.
"How l hope it," voiced Morse
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
WHY THEY GET BUSINESS

In the news dispatches published
il The Independent Sunday morn
ing. this significant item appeared:
Chicago. Nov. MONTGOMERY,
Ward & Co., report an increase OF
90 per cent in their business during
October over the same month last
year."
1t would appear. therefore, that
the business of this great mail order
house goes merrily on, and as the
business comes from all parts of the
country, II may be taken as indi-
cative of the state of retail trade
everywhere. 1t is also fair to as
sumo that the bulk of the business
of this company comes from the
smaller towns and cities and tne
country where merchants do not pc
AFTER the trade as energettcally as
they do in the larger cities. Mont
somery, Ward & Co. get the bust
ness from communities where tine
merchants do not go after it. The!
even send personal Representatives
into cities where they see briSh
field and they place the great buy
ers' guide in the homes direct.
The report that the company ha
enjoyed an increase of 20 per cen
over the same month last year
shows the great mail order house i
going after the business more vigor
ously than ever. centering here ant
there on a section where there is lit
tie competition.
The mail order houses do not ik'
competition. Where there are Oh
stores, quoting prices and enablinE
the people to make comparisons, tn
mail order houses dodge the city o
the community and center on the
place where there is little activity
and where the corner store is 81
!. dead that it never advertises AM
then it makes sale charges an ex
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18

the wealth of the entire nation
the farmer and things everywhere
seem to have a professional trend
which is pleasing.
The great desire upon the part of
each state to Guido its neighbor in
the making of good, durable roads
and avenues over it's entire area is
making work for the expert and the
common laborer; is adding values to
tracts which have hitherto borne
hut a suppositionary worth; and is
having tendency to cover the en-
tire country with a network of good
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
1--WE Worn It for Over Three Years
on That locket."

longingly. See that?" and he lifted
his watch from his pocket. Attached
to its fob was locket, common
enough, but to its center there was
soldered tiny lump Of virgin gold.
My first luck out here was finding
that bit of metal and a lot more like
It," narrated Morse. I've worn 1t for
over three years on that locket and in
side-say." Morse interrupted himself
as his auditor smiled slightly, do you
wonder I sometimes dream of the girl
did 1t all for-look!"
He opened the locket A fair face
showed-sweet, innocent, captivating.
81 don't wonder" voiced the bank
man sincerely. Good luck, old man!
You certainly deserve it," and he
slapped Morse on the shoulder as was
the hearty far western way.
So Austin Morse started forth on
his journey as might some devotee to
a cherished shrine. Mostly his
thoughts we're Of Helen Warren. He
recalled former conversations, her
smiles, the glances of her eyes. Then
he would look at the picture in the
locket 1t was one he had surrepti'
tiously secured from the village pho
tographer. He had not sent letter
to Helen during his exile. Many a
missive he had begun, but it had end
ed in a shrinking sense Of unworthi
ness and the friendly lines, budding
with more tender regard, had never
met the eyes of Helen.
1t vas during the last stage Of his
journey that Morse made discovery
that led him to change his route. Al
a junction where there was change
of cars, he had just time to shake
hands with a man he had known il
Hopeton and PROFOUND an eager in
quiry
"By the way" were his words, ''yol
remember Miss Warren? What be
came Of herr"
"Oh," was the hasty casual re
Spouse. "she left Hopeton to live will
: a relative in Belleville three year
ago.
J Morse did not therefore go to hi
native town. He lost time making
connections and 1t was afternoon whel
he arrived at Belleville. The tow
was strange to him. AS he paid TO
l lunch at a little restaurant he ver
: tured to speak to its proprietor.
l There was a Miss Warren here, b
2 observed.
"Oh. yes. Married. She is Mr.:
Porter now Did you know her. sir?
Married! A blow, dull, deadenint
seemed to fall upon the heart of Au.
tin Morse. He knew not what inc'
: herent words he mumbled as he stai
gered from the place. He sought VI
e frequented byways. he finally So
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
EVERY INDICATION POINTS
TOWARD PROSPERITY

From every point in the United
States dispatches tell of the re-
awakening activity which is daily
springing into active being in all
lines of business. OF the working
class there would seem to be fewer
just now lacking the opportunity to
engage in their regular avOcations
han at any time for many months
back Old institutions are taking
on new life; new lines Of employ
Inent are being opened; more atten-
tion is being paid to the class of peo-
pie upon whom rests the weight OF
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
SITE SELECTED FOR
GIRLS SCHOOL
Will Be Located on Beautiful Tract
of Land Near Ocala

Will Be Located on Beautiful Tract
of Land Near Ocala ..
The BOARD of Commissioners OF
c,.te Institutions has decided upon
the location for the Girls Industrial
school, a correctional and Industrial
institution provided for by act OF
TIE recent legislature. The site Is
located Just east of Ocala, only
short distance from the suburbs OF
the city. on the hard road leading
N silver Springs. The tract OF
land which the board will purchase
for the school is already cleared ana
in cultivation. There is fine pecan
nursery and many large bearing Pc
can trees. a grapefruit grove some
fruit trees and shade trees on the
tract. The soil is rich and in hl2h
state of cultivation and the tract
is large enough to provide ample
gardening and orcharding facilities
for the future needs of the lnstltu-
tion as also pasturage for dairy cat
.le. There are approximately lou
acres in the tract of land and the
4 hoard secured it at what is consid-
cred quite bargain.
Two sites were brought to the at
tention of the board which the land
owners offered to donate but after
inspecting the proffered site the
board decided it would be more eco
nomical to purchase for a site a
tract of land already cleared and In
cultivation, especially when it was
so we'll adapted to the needs of the
institution as the one secured will
be.
Ut is the plan of the board to be-
gin construction of the necessary
buildings without delay. They Will
be built on the cottage plan and ev-
cry effort will be made by the board
to establish from the very beginning
an institution that will combine not
only the correctional restraint need,
full for the inmates bu will furnish
ample opportunity for industrial
education, proper school facilities
and domestic science training with
the work of reformation of the girls
who may he committee to the insti'
tuition.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18

crbitant price. That is pickings for
the mail order house.
To get the bushes the mail order
houses have a system as thorough
as governmental red tape and as
sure as Billy Sundays plan for get
ting lot of people to hit the saw
dust trail. The mail order houses
subscribe to hundreds of newspapers.
They compare prices. they watch
for marriages and births. they elias
sify the places which are light on
local advertising, and when they
spot a fertile field, they sweep down
on II, sending ia catalogues by che
carload, paying commissions, III
recting special representatives. They
know where to get the business be-
cause they know where they will
not meet competition, and the re-
ports of the Chicago mail order
houses show their campaigns are
we'll directed.
Less money goes from city
where there is active competition
not only because the home merchant
can give better values but because
the mail order house does not want
to go to the expense of carrying on a
campaign where it does not have a
SIRE thing. But let them get their
eyes on n community where they
think competition is not very strong,
and they Jump in to reap a harvest.
Helena Independent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18

down In lonely spot and tried 10
overcome the numbing influence of the
intelligence he had received.
This won't do" he exclaimed at
length. Il must face this disappoint-
ment like q man. Married! Why,
then. bless her and her husband! and
I hope he is q worthy man."
Morse was too true-hearted and
manly to whine or entertain enmity
or spite. Brace up" had been his
western motto and it applied just now.
He was fearless as to facing the truth.
With q nature Just as true and honest
as ever he decided to once more see
the woman he had loved as q friend,
and go back to the old lonely life and
cheerfully work on hard as ever. He
made some inquiries as to the Porter
home and located it.
In its garden q dainty little miss
was seated on q rustic bench making
q bouquet from a lapful Of flowers.
Morse doubted not that this was Hell
ems little daughter His heart warmed
towards the child. His soul was hun
cry for sympathy and comfort. He
crossed the unfenced lawn. With q
reassuring smile he sat down beside
the child and asked her name.
It was Helen Porter" she told him
and in a pretty child-like way fastened
a rose in his buttonhole. Then her at
tention became attracted to the locket
on his watch chain. Its oddly made
her curious. He removed the locke'
to please her. Suppose she kept it
He had no longer right to retain the
picture Of a welded woman!
AS she opened 1t and saw the por
trait within, the little ones eyes di
lated. She looked up at him. His
own were filled with tears. She was
about to ask some puzzled question
when abruptly she started to her feet
The flowers were scattered wide.
"Oh, look! look-your picture!
shouted the child, and she ran forward
to meet a lady just turning into thu
garden path. 1.-THE strange mai
showed it to me-and he's crying!"
Every sense quivering, Austil
Morse arose to meet the woman h
had loved-Helen. She gave grea
start, then the glad welcome Of sin
cere spirit was his. Her hand evel
fingered in his own, and there was ur
mistakable admiration in her glanc
for the bronzed, stalwart, manly FIG
ure he presented.
"Your little daughter coaxed tn
locket from me-" began Morse in a
embarrassed way.
"You mean my niece, Mr.. Morse,
corrected Helen. "My cousin, VIII
was Hilda Warren, married Mr.. Porte
and insisted that I should make m
home with them"
"Oh, know now!" broke in the II
tie one. "Mr Morse? That is the ma
mamma told papa about. who gave 20
the book mamma found you cryin
over. Two cry babies! Oh. aunt.
dear, why don't you kiss and max
up"
To hide her embarrassment Hele
clasped the little one and buried he
face on her shoulder. Morse advance
to her side.
II have come over two thousan
miles to tell you that love you," b
whispered. shall stay?"
The little one put out hand
draw him into "the cuddling group
, Somehow his face came nearer to tn,
of Helen, and-"they kissed and mad
l up"
, Copyright, 1916. by w. G. Chapman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
Use of Mica In the Industries.

Mica mining in the United States
started early In the nineteenth CEN
fury in New Hampshire, which state
supplied all the domestic production
until about 1868. when mining was
started In North Carolina and sub
sequently in other states. At present
the greater part Of the sheet mica is
used In the electrical industry. and
most of the scrap mica is ground for
use In the decorative trade. especially
In wallpaper.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
Large Losses of Citrus
Fruit Growers

Washington. Nov. 1S-H the
grower of citrus fruits can not de-
liver his product at the market IN
sound, ATTRACTIVE condition, the
money and labor invested in his or
chard are largely, If not entirely
wasted. This is the conclusion
reached by investigators of the U.
s. Department of Agriculture in a
new Farmers Bulletin No. 500.
Too many growers, points out the
author of the bulletin, fail to real
ize that under modern conditions OF
handling, of long distance shipment,
and of selling a perishable commod-
ity such as citrus fruits the market
ing Of fruits in sound condition is
ss essential to success as its produc-
tion.
Serious Losses from Blue.Mold
1t is estimated that more than %
per cent of the decay of citrus fruits
occurring on arrival at the market
and during the first ten days after
arrival. are due to attacks of fungi
resulting from mechanical injuries
or breaks III the skin. Bluemold de-
cay in oranges. grapefruit, lemons
and other citrus fruits is frequently
SO serious as to demoralize the
market. There is not only the direct
,nh but q
indirect losses due CD to deprecia-
ton in prices for fruit actually
sound, CD to a reputation for poor
keeping quality and CD to the pro-
portionately high overhead expense
of handling perishable product
which develops great waste and
spoilage in transit and after arrival
ct the market.
Another kind of decay due to at
lacks of fungi is that known as stem
end rot. The losses from this are
most severe after a holding period
of ten days or two weeks. Diplidia
rot, which closely resembles stem
end decay, is one of the most serious
disease of citrus fruits in Porto Rice
and Cuba
Control of Stem-End Decay
The prevention of losses due tt
stem-end decay and diseases Of g
similar nature depends on proper
orchard cultural and sanitation prac
tices. Losses from stem-end rot
which develops very slowly in tenn
peratures below As degrees to so de
grees Fahrenheit can be minimizet
by prompt cooling, by Transporting
the fruit under low temperatures
and by holding it in on the mar
practicable. Extensive investiga
tions and practical commercial ex
perience have conclusively demon
atrated that citrus fruits can b
handled with sufficient care to pre-
vent injury and to deliver the frui
on the market i'm sound condition
even under adverse climatic Sill
roundings.
What Careful Handling Means
The elimination of losses due
blue-mold decay and other disease
it is stated is not a matter Of after
ton to one or a few details ofatf
handling problem, but Of exercisin
in all operations the utmost cal
consistent with commercial work
IT necessitates thorough organic
ton of labor and the most caref'
inspection of work, both in tt
field and at the packing house.
The bulletin above referred
which treats in an exhaustive mai
ner of the different operations
picking, hauling, washing. dryir
and packing the fruit, may be Il;
free upon application to the diyi
ION of publications, U. S. Depar
ment of Agriculture. Washingto
D. C.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
Presidential Candida

The only restrictions impo'H
on a candidate for the presit:
Office are that he shall be bcr
zen Of the United States, one v.
been a resident of the United !:
for IA years. The ConstitutA
pressly provides that no r.
test shall ever be required as
ification to any Office or pubu
under the United States
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
OF Two Evlis

Hugh had been left with his grand
parents when his mother was called
away by the illness OF her father. A
few days after she went away the little
fellow said: Il wish was where
mother is" His grandmother said,
why. just think; il you were there
you would be missing your school," to
which be replied. Yes. but don't you
know it is a great deal worse TO miss
your mother than your school?'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18

One of the most successful of all
the special days observed at the
Panama Pacific Exposition was lin
ccln day. which occurred on last
Saturday. The day was specially
observed in all of the State build
ings.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18
Ones rhouqh,s and Desires,

Receive your thoughts as guests. but
, treat your desires as children.-Se-
iected.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-18

Gen. Joffre. commander-in-chief
of the French fighting forces. is said
to be a great student of astrology :,