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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05
WILLING TO SUFFER AGAIN
Old Woman's Prayers Were Not Ex
aetIy the Result Of Feeling
Of Gratitude.

A lady had q friend who called to
see her one day, accompanied by her
poodle. On the way they met an old
beggar woman. whose appearance 80
annoyed the dog that It promptly bit
the mendicant. whose bowls and Ia
mentations terrified the kind-hearted
lady. Here, my poor woman, here's
ten shillings for you" she said. nerv.
ously rendering the coin.
The old woman grabbed 1t. and then
fell on her knees In the middle Of the
road and started praying for all she
was worth, regardless Of mud or mo.
tors.
"And people say the lower orders
are irreligious and ungrateful." solilo.
quized her ladyship. who was quite
touched by the exhibition.
At last the applications became
more and more vehement. and curios
ity prompted the donor to inquire
what special blessings were being In
voked. What are you praying for?'
said she.
The old vagrant stopped and looked
at her sympathetic inquirer. Sure
an I'm askiu' the blessed saints to
persuade tho crathur to bite me on
the other leg!" she answered.-Lon
don Tit.Bits.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05
DEFECTS or GREAT THINKERS
Ability to Memorizs 10 Seldom Found
to Accompany Immense Power
Of Thought.

Until now It has always been sup
posed that the reason great thinkers
are 30 often absent minded was be-
cause they are 20 engrossed with their
scientific pursuits.
The real reason. however. seems Ia
be an entirely different one. Dr. Gus
tav Fisher Of Jena invites attention IA
the fact that the worlds greatesel
thinkers, with few exceptions. wero|
poor or Indifferent pupils in thea1|
school days. says the New York Amer
lean. The reason for this 10 that greaS|
thinkers usually have poor memorial
It IL extremely dimcult for them ta|
memorise. 81
The difficulty 10 20 pronounced thaAl
mental arithmetic. aptitude 1t which,
depend largely ON ability to memorial
! the multiplication tables and the re|
suits Of various additions and subtrao'
lions, 10 an art In which NO great
astronomer has ever been proficient
Conversely, prodigies at mental ariths
metic are rarely able to do any indie
pendent thinking. even upon common
place subjects.
Upon his ability to memorize de-
| ponds what science terms associative
memory. This IL the power to bring
two subjects quickly into relation
with each other. making for all those
qualities which are now usually sum
marked under the popular term EN-
cheney"
Judged by these standards. the
great thinker is woefully ''inefacient'
He cannot remember isolated facts
quickly, nor can he remember superb
cially correlated facts very quickly.
The joke which the average man and
woman will understand very quickly
the great thinker will understand verJ
slowly, not because his attention II
wandering, but because It Is laborioua
work for him to let his associative
memory recall just why the thing
which Is so obviously funny to tAG
average minded is out Of perspective
or out Of proper proportion. or incon'
gruous. For. according to Bergsonl
laughter Is occasioned only by things
which are not In proper relation q
each other.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05

PILGRIMAGE OF love
BY HAROLD CARTER.

Langwith had lost Adela. He had
been in love with her for three years.
and during that time he had never
dared to AJAX her the question which
would put IN end to his doubts. Adela
was . rich woman. and Langwith. like
many painters, was desperately poor.
During those three years he worked
feverishly. striving to make . name.
Then. when he stood squarely upon his
feet, and his pictures were becoming
recognized for their worth. he told her
Of his love. And she refused him.
He had gone away hopeless. She
did not love another man, but she did
not love him. She could not love. she
said. Adela, rich. discontented, but in
e6ahly dear to him. did not know her
own heart. Langwith had . clear pic
ture OF her In his mind during that
time Of despair. Her beauty, her high
breeding. her dissatisfaction with life
would. he knew. make marriage 'inevi.
table for her in the future. and, he
feared. would bring unhappiness with
It.
She had promised him. with tears.
that II ever she changed her mind she
would write to him. But three more
years had passed away and he had not
:. seen her since. She had gone away
to Camways that summer. to q little
seaside village. and after that she had
travelled in Europe. It was more than
q year before she returned to her
house in the metropolis. No letter had
come. Langwith had never tried to
see her, but his love burned the fiercer
for it's impossibility Of fulfilment.
The third summer after he had lost
her Langwith resolved to so to Cam
ways. It was pilgrimage Of love. He
wanted to live where she had lived
that season, to see the things that she
had seen and to try to enter vicarious
ly into her life in this way. He wen,
to Camways. put up at the little hotel
and found the restfulness Of the little
place Unexpectedly soothing. He ar
| ranged to rent an old.fashioned cot
tage upon the cliffs. within stones
throw Of the hotel, where Adela hat
stayed.
''It's been unoccupied for three
years." the agent told him frankly
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05

any information Of Fer Langwith in
quired everywhere. Adela was not In
Camways. Yet she had been In Cam
ways two days before. The mystery
seemed insoluble.
In the gray twilight he went home,
beaten. He enteredSthe garden de-
jectedly, worn out with his emotion
and his frantic pacing Of the street.
With head bent he passed up between
the flower beds. toward the house. A
shadow barred his entrance. He
looked up hopelessly-into Adela's
fAce.
She Wa standing before the door. a
silent figure In . cloak. She might
have been Q wrath. % ethereal did
she look In the twilight. Lanswith's
heart beat wildly: then he ran for
ward. He clasped her shrinking form
In his arms. No ghost was this. blu.
q woman Of Aesh and blood. warm to
his touch and living.
"Adelai" he whispered. still half In
credulous. when did you Gomez"
II have only just come" she whis
persd back. but you-how did you
come heeer
II came to be where you had BEEN
he answered.
But my letter.
RI got It this morning. Adela."
This morning!" she exclaimed
"why. I posted that letter three year.
ago. II was that dreadful summer
when I realised that I had broker
both our lives by my folly, by my in
applicable unkindness."
"Adela!" he exclaimed. . ligh'
breaking in upon him. where did YOU
mail that letter."
81 mailed It here, In this letter-box,'
she answered. II used to come herr
to look at the flowers. That is why
came back today, because this place
seemed somehow bound up with al
my memories of you. And you only
got-it-today-"
Langwith began to laugh hysterical
ly. For three long years the lette
had lain in the private box whicl
Adela had mistaken for public one
And now-now-it seemed miraculou
that he should have rented the yer.
house that she had loved, and takel
the letter from the place where sh
had posted 1t.
But, when he explained. her happ
tears drove the memory Of those year
away.
copyright, 1914, by w. g. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05

Ian0witn TOOK OUT MS IetterS.
but l guess it's weather-proof. And
you say you only want to stay for the
summer"
Langwith moved in. It was q de-
lightful. old-world place. with a garden
full of flowers set out by the last &C.
cupant and now rapidly reverting to
the wild. Hardly had Langwith taken
possession Of 1t before the influence
Of the woman whom he had lost came
over him like Q food tide. He
dreamed of her, Of his dead hopes and
lost happiness. and surrendered him
self to the melancholy Of his rsminis-
cences.
He felt that II only be could 80
her he might induce her to give her
self to him. Adela was unhappy: she
would never be happy without the life
conpanionship Of somebody who IN
derstood her.
He was awakened on the fourth
morning Of his stay BY the call Of the
postman. He threw on his dressing
gown and went down.
Party by the name Of Langwith
heref" asked the man.
The painter nodded sleepily.
Il Just put . bundle Of mail for you
In here" said the postman. indicating
the private mail-box which stood at
the end Of the garden. Then Il oc-
CURED to me that. having just moved
in, you mightn't have the key"
Il haven't" said the painter. Il
didn't know you had free delivery
here. But I guess It can be opened
easily enough"
The weather-worn box yielded to
the slightest effort. and Langwith took
out his letters. Among them was one
that made his heart beat furiously.
Il was In Adela's handwriting. II
seemed as though his longing had
reached her in some telepathic man.
ner, and had been answered. Lang.
with hurried into the house and tore
open the envelope.
You asked me to tell you II
changed my mind" he read, and
have changed II. I cannot tell you
what II costs me to make this con-
fession, my dear. after the way in
which I treated you. But I always
loved you, only your sudden asking
after l had ceased to hope. startled
and frightened me. didn't know
what to say; / could not tell you OF
my love then. and I said no. This Is
all / can bring myself to say now.
Write to me at once, or / shall 30
abroad and never dare to look you In
the face again.
| sADEIAA-"
i The letter was dated two days b.
fore, from Camways.
Adela was in the village! LAngwfth
lost no time In getting dressed. He
hurried over to the hotel. and when
he asked for her he was trembling 20
that he could hardly frame his wCrts
But Adela was not there. She bad MOI
registered there that summer, and
nobody In the place could Give him
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05
The Pittsburgh Of Africa.

The Pittsburgh Of Africa probably
will be in Katanga, in the Belgian
Congo Its development may be halt
ed Tor . time by reason Of the Euro
pean War, but It 1eems destined to
grow into one Of the great industrial
centers of the world. The district is
not far from Lake Tanganyika. which
is between Belgian Congo and Ger
man East Africa. and near by are vast
deposits Of coal. copper, iron and tin.
At present attention is devoted prin-
cipally to copper, smelters for which
are at Lubumbashi, near Elizabeth
ville.-Commerce and Finance
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05

cattle. dairy machinery and sup
plies, there is a corn show.
The convention and exhibits are
housed In the Coliseum where there
Is ample room. It is the best dairy
meeting In the history OF the State
association.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05
ILLINOIS STATE DARYMEN

Peoria, Ill.,, Feb. 4.-The ILL.,
: State Dairymen's Association
in convention here today. n
ection with the exhibits Of dairy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05
SPEAKING Of Feet,

Church, see 1t Ia said that the foot
of the ancients varied from SITS to
1922 inches.
Gotham-The people of Chicago can
look among the latter mentioned tor
their ancestora
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05
BRIEF MOMENTS OF DREAMS
Easy 70 Imagine Long Periodic EIaps.
Ing During Maps Of Short
Duration.

Both Bismarck and Pepys found
that noise enhanced the value Of .
nights rest Bismarck confided In his
old age to an interviewer that he could
never sleep in Berlin at night when
It IL quiet but as soon a. the noises
begins about four o'clock In the morn
Ing can sleep q little and get my
rest for the day"
Pepys records In his diary on Sep
TENDER %. 1861. that he slept at Well.
ing and still remember 1t that In all
my life never did pass night with
more epicurism of sleep; there being
now and then noise Of people that
walked me, and then 1t was . very
rainy night. and then was little
weary, that what between waking and
then sleeping again one after another.
never had 30 much content In all
my life"
The probability that we get snatches
Of sleep at odd moments when we
suppose ourselves to have remained
continuously awake IL supported by
the phenomena Of dreams. Mark
Twain accounted for his own "disap-
pearing visitor" by the belief that he
had unconsciously had q very short
nap. and many have explained visions
of ghosts as due to dreams during
such short maps.
For nothing is better established In
connection with dreams than that an
apparently very long one can occur
during an almost infinitesimal time.
Alfred Maury had long. vivid dream
OF the reign Of terror, including the
trial of himself and his execution, and
WAS able to show that 1t all happened
during the moment OF awakening BY
the fall of a rod from the bed CANOPY
upon his neck.
Running the Gantlet.
The word gauntlet" in ito run the
gantlet" is improperly used. The word
should be "gantlope." Phillips, In his
World Of Words" tells that to run
the gauntelope" n q punishment
among soldiers, the offender having to
run. with his back naked, through the
whole regiment, and to receive q lash
from q switch from every soldier. It
is derived from Cant (Ghant), q town
Of Flanders, where the punishment
was invented. and the Dutch word lope,
running.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
YOUNG FOLKS FROM THE CITY
FORM A BUCKET BRIGADE AND
PUT OUT FIRE IN FARM HOUSE

Four young people OF the city two
boys and two girls, played the part of
valunteer bucket brigade during an
automobile ride through South Bend
Yesterday afternoon. They were riding
along the main road that runs up from
lie Hitler aud were near the top of
the larg hill. when they noticed that
a one-story farm house was aiirc. II
was not much Of a fire. hut as il
threatened TO consume the Who'll"
house. IL II was not put out, they all
stepped out of the automobile. and pro
Ceedcd TO fight il. Apparently no
one was home. The fire was
at the edge of the roof on one
side of the house. They chopped at
the burning boards with an axe. and.
seeing tub of water and bucket
near a pump just a short distance
away, they proceeded To carry water
over to the place and II was not long
before the job was done.
AS they were at work on the fire.
two boys. apparently sixteen and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
MRS. MARY W. ENDERN DEAD.
She was a Very Early Resident Of
Mankato.

Mrs. Mary w. Endcrn passed away
early this morning at the home of her
daughter and son-in law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cart Born. 63l Second street.
after lingering illness of about n
wear and half with Bright disease
and complications. She was born ia
Germany January 6. 1876. and came
To America with her mother and two
Older children when but five years of
age The family settled in Milwau-
kUC. Wis. where she grew in woman =
hood and was married To Mr. Frank
EndCrn The family then came 10
Minnesota and has lived i'm this city
and vicinity for the past forty five
years The surviving relatives are
the husband, five sons. Edward of
Faribault. Frank of this city. John.
Gustave and Oscar of NicOllet. and
three daughters. Mrs. Julius Sommer
0f Steele county. and Mrs. Carl Born
and Miss Elizabeth Endern of this
city. The funeral will be held Fri
day afternoon at one o'clock from the
rcsidenCe. 631 West Second street.
and at two o'clock from the German
Lutheran church. Rev. A. r. Winter.
the pastor. officiating.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
BANKERS To BANQUET
MEET BEGINS TONIGHT
Second District Group OF Minnesota
Einanciers Are 10 Hold Their
Convention

Bankers from all over the south.
western corner OF Minnesota, from
the western parts of Lincoln and
Rock counties on the west TO the
castcrly boundaries OF Blue Earth
and Faribault counties on the east
kept arriving i'm Mankato during the
day. each incoming train bringing
some delegation. To attend the thir-
tecnth annual meeting of the Second
District Group az the Minnesota Bank
Crs' association.
The program of this convention has
already heen published IN The Free
rress. The convention will open this
evening In the Knights of Columbus
hall. 515 South Front street. There
will be business sessions this even.
ing and tomorrow morning and after
noon. At four O'Clock tomorrow aft %
ernOon all will start on an automo-
bile ride TO Rapidan dam
The closing event of the cOnven
ton will bc the banquet, which will
takC place tomorrow evening i'm the
dining room Of the Methodist church.
This banquet" all Mankato bankers
and their wives. all the directors and
their wives. and all bank employees
and their wives are urged to attend.
The program is as follows:
TOastmastcr. LOrin Cray, president
National Citizens bank. Mankato.
Solo. Frank Blylcr
"FOrty-one Years Banking Exper-
icnCe,' A. L. Ward. president Mar
Tin County National bank, Fairmont.
Song selections. Miss Lora Luis.
dOriT. lIankato.
The Way II Looks To Me-" W. D.
Willard, president State Bankers as
sOciation.
Reading, Mrs. NJ. r. Coulter, Man
kato.
Riggs National Bank VS.. williams, -
Hon. +. F. Ellsworth. Mankato.
Song selections, Miss Lora Luis
dorff, Mankato.
Following is the menu:
Grape Fruit
Roast Beef Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Peas in Timbales
Olives Jelly Radishes
Vegetable Salad Sailed Almonds
Strawberry Shortcake
Coffee
|. Music. Lamm's orchestra
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11

Berlin Juno 9.-Gcneral Won Lin
singer. in his advance from l'rzemysI
in tho direction OF IRmberg. has
reached I.ubaczow. forty-five miles
northeast OF Przemysl
This information was contained in
the official report given ont at Ger.
man army headquarters. The report
follows:
An attack by the enemy on tho
southern slope of Lorette hills failed
completely. The French refraincd
from making further attempt to at.
tack. South of Neuville an attack By
the enemy was prevented by our ar.
tilery fire
In the region southeast of IICbu.
ternC the battle continues. An attack
northwest of Scissors, at Moulin.
Sous-Toutyent, has been brought tn u
standstill by our counter attack. ~
Villa-aurNOis. northwest of Berry.au
BaC. the enemy suffered heavy losses
in an unsuccessful attempt to recap.
ture tho position lost in May. A fly,
ing machine of the enemy was shot
down.
Our offensive movement in the
shaw district and east of the Dubysa
is taking it's course. Southwest OF
PIodock an enemy acroplanc was cap
tured
East Of Przemysl the general sit.
uation - the same. The number OF
prisoners taken by the army under
General Won Mackensen since June |
amounts TO more than 2o.O00. In the
hills near Nowoszyn. northeast OF
Zurslt. the troops under General Lin.
sinEon again defeated the enemy
The pursuit reached the line Of Lub
aCyoW
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
RECEIVES A PENSION
But BEGGING AT THAT
John Williams. An Old Soldier, Little
The Worse For Wear, Account OF
Liquor

County optionist? oh no. | vote
wet" said an old soldier in police
court this morning The man gave the
name Of John Williams and said he
was sixty-siv years old. lie declared
that he was veteran of the Civil
war. He said he had fought at Shi-
Ean8 command. lie said he received
his discharge at MurphysbOro. ILL.,. in
June 1865. and had always looked
on that place at his home. lie was
arrested On the street Monday night
by commissioner Lamm on the charge
of begging. lie admitted his guilt.
He was not little under the inilu-
cncc Of liquor at the time of his ar
rest.
Judge ". \. Plymat asked Williams
iT he received n pension and he said
hc received so month. Asked why
hc begged and what he did with tho
money. he said he gave part Of II To
his daughter. Mrs. John Wilson. who
lived near St Cloud. and spent part
Of it for drink. Judge Plymat said
he gaw no excuse for any man beg
ging who received so month from
tho government
A passing attorney asked the old
man whether ho was county OPP
ZIONIST and the latter returned an in
d'gnant denial.
\ sentence Of thirty davs was
passed on the man. and this was sus-
pended on the understanding that he
was to leave town within the next
hour
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11

twelve years old. came up TO the
house. The unbidden guests asked the
boys n that vas their house. The farm
boys replied that II was. One of them
remarked that they had taken some of
the things out of the house, when they
saw that il was burning, and then
they both went away. The farm boys
looked on with apparent unCOncern,
while the young folks from the city
finished the work Of putting out the
fire.
Out in the yard were some hats, a pair
Of eye glasses and some other things
that had been taken out OF the house
The door was open and chickens had
walked in and were wandering
through the house and over the tables
and other furniture.
After finishing with the bucket brl
Eadc work. the city folks departed and
resumed their auto ride. The vOlun
teers were Marvin Plantikow. Con
slant Schmidt and Misses Bertha
Schacrer and LOra Van Wrinkle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
HIGH SCHOOL BOARD
SHORT OF THE CASH
Slate Public knowledge institutions
viii Not Fare As Well This Year
And Next

The state high school board. which
met yesterday in the office of Super
intendent e. G. Schulz, estimated
that the appropriations of $500, 900
for the years l9l4-15 and tie same
amount for the years 1856 will be
short in both school years, from the
list Of applications submitted by In
spectors +. NJ. Phillips, II. b. Mac
Lean and Miss Mable Carney. 80. -.
All public schools, including high.
graded, consolidated and rural schools
will share the insufficient funds on a
pro rata basis so that the pinch will
he felt by all SCHOOLS and depart
ments equally.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11

Doty, Ralph Campbell and George
Schram sang appropriate songs, and
we're accompanied upon the organ by
Mrs. George Schram.
The surviving relatives are a sister
in New York. several nephews. and a
niece. Mrs. Davis of Colorado, who
was present at the funeral. In the
passing of Mr.. Jones another staunch
brave hearted settler has gone to meet
his final reward.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
PlPESTONE IS WET
FOUR VOTES IN LEAD
Rural Districts Gave Their Support to
The SALOON; villages Were For
The Drys y

fipestone. Mimi. June 9.-Figures
believed to be correct. completed at
.. m. today. after all the voting pre-
cincts OF the county had been heard
from, show that Pipestone county
voted wet by majority of four The
rural districts gave strong wet vote,
while most OF the municipalities voted
dry. Pipestone and the other large
towns of the county gave the drys a
majority OF more than a hundred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
GRiFFETH JONES DEAD.
He Was Well. Known Citizen Of Good
Thunder, Mimi.

~ soo w SiIxcH OF SOOu
Thunder, Mimi.
Griffith Jones of Good Thunder,
aged eighty six years died at the home
OF Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gnadke. who
had cared for him tenderly and pa
tiently since the death of his wife In
1894, after which he had sold his farm
and his mental faculties gradually
failed until he had practically become
helpless mentally during the last FIVE
or six years OF his life.
Deceased was a native of York
state and located in Good Thunder I'm
1884. He was carpenter by trade a
good citizen quiet and conservative,
and respected by all who knew him.
The funeral was held from the Baptist
church Rev. Howell OF Vernon Center
officiating. A choir composed of Mrs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
Bio Increase In Votes.

County Auditor Kennedy has COM
piled comparison of the registra.
tion and votes in the fall election of
1914 with the total cost at the special
county option election. The total
registered in 1914 was 6.935: the to-
tai vote cast at that time was 6.O23,
and the total vote cast last Monday
was 1,176.