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Evening star., 1915-01-23
For City Ownership.

Mr.. Brownlow is expected to be un-
usually active as member of the pub
lie utilities commission. Public service
corporations are his hobby. He has in
vestigated them in this country and
abroad and is an ardent advocate of
the municipaIizing of all public serv-
ice institutions. In connection with the
proposed taking over by the District of
the local street railway lines, Mr..
Brownlow is particularly interested in
the suggestion for the harnessing of
the water power at Great Falls so that
electric current may be developed not
only for the lighting of the city, but
the operation of the street railways as
well.
Taxation reform is another matter in
which he is Interested. his views on
this subject being in accord with the
administrators policies.
May Be Sworn Tuesday.
Indications are that the new Com
missioner will be sworn in Tuesday
morning. though his commission may
be signed by the President and other
details, including the making of
bond, arranged in time to permit his
taking the oath of Office Monday.
Immediately following his induction
into office, the board of Commissioners
will reorganize. as required by law. Mr..
Brownlow will be given supervision
over the volice and fire departments
and the other departments which came
under the Jurisdiction of Judge Sid
dons, his predecessor on the board.
There was no opposition to the con-
frmation of Mr.. Brownlow in the SEN
ate The nomination had been ordered
favorably reported by the Senate Dis
trict committee earlier In the day anu
Senator John Walter Smith, chairman
Of that committee, asked that the SEN
ate confirm the domination without
further delay. explaining that the ac-
ton Of his committee had been unani.
nous.
Evening star., 1915-01-23
DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate.

Not in session; meets Monday.
Democrats spent the day in caucus on
the ship bill.
House.
Met at II am.
Debate was continued on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill
Evening star., 1915-01-23
Expresses His Gratitude.

Perhaps 1 may be forgiven for ex-
pressing a sense of deep gratefulness
to the President and the Senate for
giving me this opportunity to serve
the city love so much and the people
among whom 1 have lived during most
of my grown-up life.
IT think Washington is the most
beautiful of cities and / want to see
1T even more beautiful I think it is
the best city in the world to live in
and I want to see 1t even better. /
am for everything that will advance
the business and social interests of
Washington and it's people. and I am
against anything that will mean
backward STEP"
Evening star., 1915-01-23
WEATHER.

Rain or snow and colder tonight: SUN
day partly cloudy and much colder; mod
crate south to west winds.
Temperature for tho past twenty-four
hours: High. 45. at pm. today; low. 50,
at pm. yesterday.
For full report see page twelve.
Evening star., 1915-01-23
Unfair" He Declares.

But IL would assemble this informa-
ton in one place." said Mr.. Underwood
Now, think IL a waste OF time
- 1C,.-4i.nad -, Cnnond Ia \
Evening star., 1915-01-23

CONTINUED ON Second Page)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
City Men Needed on the Farm.

In many notable instances city men
are succeeding as farmers. II they do
not know all about raising grain and
handling live stock, they are able, as a
rule, to apply business methods to
their undertakings.
Successful farm management must
include a knowledge Of buying and
selling. In this particular the city man
is apt to be ahead of his rural neigh
Dor. 1t is essential to know what con-
sumers require, what the usual retail
prices are on farm commodities, and
the facilities available for transporting
and selling. The man Of city expert
ence understands these things, and he
goes in for line of produce like
onions, beans, potatoes, ducks. chick
ems and carnations and asters. on
which he gets big profits.
It would not be like city man to
raise wheat at seventy-five cents .
bushel and twenty bushels to the acre,
when he can get ninety cents bushel
for onions and $50 bushels to the
acre. This illustrates the whole idea,
and no truth is more striking than the
fact that city men are needed in agri-
culture.-From c. c Bowsfield's MAX
ing the Farm Pay"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
MUST BE HANDLED rENDERLY
Violin and vioIonceIlo Both Extremely
Sensitive to Changing Atmos-
pherlc Conditions.

The violin and violoncello are most
sensitive to atmospheric conditions
and suffer from atmospheric varia-
tions quite as much as the tender vo.
cal cords of the singer.
Those who have attempted to make
the violin an ornament by hanging 1t
upon the wall have had reason to re-
pent taking such q liberty. The vio-
lin loses its varnish and gradually its
pitch and timbre. The artificial heat of
rooms In winter makes its tone rau.
cous when 1t does not obuterate 1t en-
tirely.
Metal cases, morocco covered, are
equally unfit for it. A strong. well
vanished wooden case, even though
1t be not especially attractive to the
eye, suits the susceptibilities Of the
violin much better. Certain qualities,
sometimes unsupported In the wood,
play an important part in the falsih'
cation OF notes, causing progressive
deterioration.
There was time when manufactur.
ers applied to their product several
coats of paint. e.. concentrated
solution Of bichromate of sodium pot.
ash in boiling water. The wood soon
acquired yellow tone, and under the
action of lights after drying, the color
darkened and took on the aspect OF
the very old paint.
For commercial purposes this was
all very well, but what happened to
the purchaser was that as soon as he
began to use his instrument exposed
to the light the bichromate worked on
the gelatin which the manufacturer
employed to color the wood and pre-
vented the penetrating Of the varnish
while some element in the bichromate
of soda waR converted into stone. The
violin suffered petriflcation. which i'm
peded its tones and rendered 1t use
less.-Harper's Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14

lase," said my father, when he came
home that night.
81 know. dear" said my mother.
smiling. Libby Arliss and VIII Ia
Dor have made up again"
Trust Q woman for finding out
these things" my father said. We'll,
I'd always hoped 1t would come to
pass. but I never thought it would be
In just that way. 1t seems that she
had written him q letter two years
ago, when he returned, and he found
1t, unopened, yesterday evening.
among a lot Of old papers that his IA
Their left"
"Oh, no." I blurted out; "she wrote
to him yesterday. and he wrote to her.
At least-I mean"
What do you mean?" inquired my
father, sternly. How do you know
about these things?"
"Oh, sort of guessed, suppose" !
answered, blushing.
The next morning I met Steve
Marks and he caught me by the wrist.
What do you Think" he exclaimed.
Indignantly. Sylvia Temple has just
confessed that those letters never
reached them at all"
What? Why?" I shouted.
Because she sneaked back to the
! post Office after we had gone, and
fished them out with piece Of stick
with fish hook in the end, and tore
them up-that's why"
Then how did 1t happen!" I asked,
for my fathers explanation did not
seem quite true.
I'm blessed II I know" he an
! swered, scratching his head, and at
that moment who should come along
but Miss Libby herself. She looked
ten years younger, and she smiled SO
prettily she gave me quite scare.
$50 you boys know all about it, l
see," she said. when we blurted out
our congratulations. 81 can't begin to
tell you how happy l am and-and-
we'll, / guess I've been a pretty crab
bed sort Of woman for long time.
But now want you all to come into
my garden this afternoon and pick as
many pears as you can carry away.
They're just about ripe"
Well. you could have knocked me
down with a feather, for l had had
those pears on my mind all day.
Pooh. that's nothing!" said Sylvia,
when l asked her opinion. Its just
what my mother calls mental sugges.
ton. Don't you see? We imagined
those letters and we imagined the
pears, and both came true"
But the pears were certainly fine
l did all sorts of imagining after that
and some Of it came true, and some
didn't The best thing that came true
was when l imagined that Sylvia and
I were sweethearts.
Copyright, 1918, by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14

ehickens aren't back in ~,
viii, III disgrace Barry. / VOW
VIII, WI I'll spring a surprise on Wv ~,
mat will give him a startler VI nj"
ar Barry had just left the a;n.o
e.oie the next day when a r;na
a. the door bell. AS he ansn an
ue was somewhat astonisb.d - e.
~ 'ue door his irascible neiebhor and
me town constable auu
IN sorry, Mr. Barry" said ,ha 10,
,sa ~ tone almost of distress hint
,he outy is imposed upon me of ssrr NV
s YOU with a search warrant"
thihk ! understand" reioined Mr.
parry with a smile. "You arc -
70 insist that | am a cbicton 80
Mr.. Ward?" ioheh 'hief'
uoh | Know that, but your Az
'fohs are very suspicious you,va ~,
sohiething you're hiding in that berr
y, yours I've watched your mysteri.
GUS movements mornings. Iwant tho,
i,s searched. Aha, it hits YOU doas
II! gloated Ward, as Mr. parrv
changed color.
Mr. Ward, he said. almost asitatad.
~ 1 beg of you not to persis, IN his
uhcailed for action of yours"
oncalled for eh?" snarled Ward
wen soon see about that"
They made their way to the harm
WIN grave face Mr.. Barry unlocked
the door. The sound of rustling in
tne walnscotted harness room made
ward hasten forward. He had never
| IN his heart expected to find his miss.
ihs chlckens here, his sole thought he.
ing 10 cast the infamy of search war.
rant upon his enemy.
Upon a cot supplied with clean com.
portable bedding lay thin. wan faced
young man. He struggled to his feet
weakly.
IL was the runaway, Bryce Ward II
would be impossible TO denict tho
amazement and then the ungovernable
wrath OF The hard-hearted father. He
lalrly Missed at Mr., Barry. He gave
only a scathing look at the youth
whom his severity had driven awav
from home, TO became a fugitive from
justice
i Why, Mr.. Ward exclaimed the Of
ncer. 1T is your son. He is wanted
on an old charge here"
Then do your duty" roared the
neartless parent He has made his
bed, now let him lie in it,
After that for a week John Ward
wandered about his duties a stricken
man, but refused to acknowledge it
Mr.. Barry had induced the constable
to accept bail for his prisoner sent
Bryce away to new country and a
new life, paid his forfeited bail bond
and Ward heard of it.
That was the final breakdown for
the intlexble old man. When, month
later, after keeping all his kind deeds to
himself as far as possible, Mr.. Barry
wrote a pleasant note to his con
science-stricken neighbor, the Gaping
stone was reached
1t told that he had fine business
offer in another town and was goine
to resign his Office He said he would
not 60 away until he had helped tt
elect his successor. Ward.
Some people learn their lesson late
in life. 1t was so with Ward changed
man through the patience and humane
love of good man. His first &C
knowledgement of his great mistakes
was when he went out as Elmer was
passing the house He took his arm
led him through the gate, and ther
to the garden seat, where Cecille wa!
waiting for him.
Copyright. 1918, by W. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
"IT'S WHAT you ARE TODAY"
Not What People May Have to Say
About You, That Really Draws
Balance of Your Merit.

In a little article in the American
Magazine, William Johnston says:
1T is not what people say about
you-it's what you are that counts.
The one person in all this world whom
you should aim to satisfy is your
self. You alone know yourself. Other
people know your outward appearance,
your actions, your deeds, your ambi-
lions, your thought.
Are you satisfied with yourself?
1t is your own fault if you are not
Are you satisfied that you are doing
the best you can in your work; that
you are making the most of your
time? Are you confident that your
conduct toward your family, your
friends, your neighbors, your en-
ployer, cannot be improved?
Look yourself straight in the face
this morning, in your minds looking
glass. Ask yourself whether 1t Is
what people say about you or what
YOU are that hurts Analze your own
conduct in all matters.
Put yourself in the other feilow D
place and try to see your actlohs
through his eyes. Imagine that you
are your employer instead OF your
self Answer honestly whether II ne
knew as much about you as you kho"
about yourself he would discharge you
or would raise your wages. IL you
do this conscientiously there are many
things you will do differently,
Remember this, too. Other PEG
pies opinion of you is based on your
own opinion of yourself. Are you
self-respecting? Other people VIII re
spect you. Are you truthful? Inc
world will believe you. Are you non
est? Everyone will trust you
"But weigh yourself frequently
Weigh yourself carefully, BE certain
that your own opinion OF yourseh
Is justified. Be satisfied Win your
Golf"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14

and you cannot guess how shrinking
ly write down these words which
my hand is powerless to stay. love
you-and now I have told you all.
The rest is with you.
LIBBY ARLISS."
Yes, It was q gem of composition,
and elected screams of laughter
among US all. Only one girl protest.
ed
Il think it's a mean shame" said
Sylvia Temple, turning upon US. 1t
must be just awful to be an old maid"
Perhaps it will bring William to
the point, though l suggested, and
that gave us an idea. Why not send
Libby q letter by the same post? No
sooner thought of than acted upon.
Williams letter ran In this way:
MY Dearest Libby Arliss:
Because my tongue Is weak and
falters in your presence, would fam
write down the words long to say to
you. Libby, l love you. May l call
to see you and tell you Of the fatal
passion which you inspire in my
heart? WILLIAM TASoh.
We dropped these epistles into the
letter box and waited with bated
breath. metaphorically speaking. We
didn't know whom to watch. but hna[
" decided that it would certainly be
William who would go to Libby and
not Libby who would visit William.
So. having calculated that be might
be expected to arrive the following
afternoon. we ensconced ourselves
some half a dozen of us-behind the
hedge across the road and waited.
Presently We saw, sure enough, MI.
Tabor's buggy coming at breakneck
speed down the road In cloud OF dust.
He pulled in the horse outside the
gate and hitched 1t to the fence. Then
he got out and went in, walking very
quickly. He rang the bell and MISS
Libby came to the door.
But | had never seen Miss LIBBY
look as she did then. All the sourness
had gone out of her face, and she was
dressed like q young girl, In that ab-
surd old-fashioned dress with the
hanging sleeves. There was color In
her cheeks too, and she was smiling.
! And as she stood there looking at
him and smiling up at him, he
took her in his arms and kissed her.
That was enough for US. We were
all thoroughly scared. We took to
our heels and ran as hard as we could
60 We couldn't go anywhere AFTER
reaching the village without attract
ing attention, so we separated ana
went to our homes.
We'll, lady. there's news In the VII
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
WHEN LIBBY SMILED.
II Was When She and viii Ia.
Dor Made Up
Again.
BY e. r, MOON.

we all looked upon Libby Arliss -
an old maid. absurdly old, although
her age could not have been more
than thirty-five. But after her mother
died she ceased to go about much in
our village society; and by the time
she was out of mourning she had set
tied down into lonely life in her lit
tie home. She had a fine garden, and
we boys and girls used to steal her
pears and mock at her when she came
out and threatened US.
I'D like to get even with Miss Libby
lot being SO mad about our taking her
wormy old pears" said Steve Marks,
the bad boy of the village.
None of us liked Libby. She was
certainly as sour as those early Bart
let's that We used to take with the
more gusto because we knew that our
discovery would let loose a storm of
lmprecation on our heads. That was
how we came to concoct the love let.
ter.
Why We hit upon William Tabor l
can't quite remember. The Tabors
had once been the most respected
family in our village, but William was
wild when he was a young man and
went West, returning broken down in
health, a year or two before. l think
some one suggested that he had been
Libby's beau long before, when she
was pretty girl in the widesleeved
gowns then in fashion, and did heI
plentiful hair in q jar handle. But
since he had come back he had never
to our knowledge, visited at Libby's
house, and if he had done SO village
gossip would certainly have found II
out
Three of the high school scholars
concocted the letter. 1t ran like this
My Dearest William:
May dare l, one whom the worlt
calls sour old maid, avow to YOU
something against which l. have Tough
for many months in vain? William,
love you! There, have avowed it
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
u.tortunats Resemblance.

20. Uncle Henry, I'm mortlhed az
uost 70 death. You know one OF the
naners said the other day that tnere
wore 900 persons in the city VINO
could read Sanscrit, and wro'e u
the editor that was in the 5Vo.
We'll, Millicent? .,.,n &c
.well | wrote it Just as plain as
could be, and he printed 1t tna' was
in the zoe!'"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14

Jeff de Angels met New York
newspaper man DO you remember,
asked the newspaper man, "one time,
while YOU were playing in Kansas City.
Won offered $40 for the best original
verse for your Women song? i
do" replied the comedian. i won
that ten" According to the laws OF
fiction. Mr.. de Angels should have
said: 1--WE been looking for you for
vears Here's $1,000 as retainer. !
want you to write me comic opera
But he didn't What he did say was:
"UelI that's so long ago / guess We
can be good friends, nevertheless.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
RK Of GOOD man
|nce and Humane Love Of
|ohbor Wrought Wonders
in an Enemy

SELMA LILLIAN HIGGINS.
In David Barry was elected to
xn board Of Creston, everybody
a pleased, except John Ward.
Inc reason, Ward ALSO ran"
before he had been elected du-
he past four years, but he had
med a grouchy. cross-grained
1 thinking and acting, and even
ends had become antagonized.
! idea of that upstart taking my
" rallied Ward. why, he's hard
N here long enough to be a cit
| m drive him from Creston, or
self
homes of the enemies. if such
b,ay be called, adjoined. 1t was
all pleasant for the women and
er members of the families,
Ward threatened all kinds of ret
In if his wife or children spoke
bry looked at the Barrys.
I has got on his high. horse too
or me-" young Elmer Barry ad-
his father one day. "Cecille, his
ter is the dearest girl in the
We have become engaged, and
We get ready We are going to
s." assented Mr.. Barry, 81 do not
a more estimable young lady.
though, that you will have some
6tion 10 encounter.
hat is the matter with the man
w." questioned Elmer. Il have
thence with him. Last week he
killed our dog for chasing bal
by was rolling. Last evening he
me and said the dividing fence
tx feet over on his yard. I asked
ghy he didn't get his landlord to
it. 1t seems that he is fighting
him, too
right" said Mr.. Barry. I'll at
to that myself" and he went te
derable trouble and expense
got up one morning to see his
Dor had given him the yard room
veted, but he only snorted, ant
days later shouted wrathfully
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
Passing Of Youth.

To me the passing Of youth was es-
Gaping from torment of passion, strife
and trouble into placid content My
griefs and joys grew less violent.
ceased hunting those who had wronged
me, and, in lesser degree. grew calm
er 10 my attachments. Undisturbed
by passions ] found / could think
more clearly, be more liberal and un-
derstand better.-American Maya,
zine
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
Identified.

The men who give the excuse 'n 40.
. tom but are buying to plea ,ss
.poiu wives. are perhaps the same anne
o one., who borrow hoy to take 70 'ne
one o,,sNsontb Bond News-Trioune'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
ri.inn Machine.

.. me n Of years old, but the reai
. .n.sas If the heavier-than-air aero
plane was Professor h nataaIlv fly
though g,a the first to ao'ua chimes
. ,sUup the air in such m ,ona
. .lasa tbs Wright brothers IN lsO''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14

w V'dtUuty USUOot Tic TSuSSs
IS the fence that Mr.. Barry had
7 give up some chickens he
I'D.
erhaps," said gentle Mrs. Barry,
strayed son of his has soured his
Fe. They say he has got into all
Of trouble"
E drove him away, as I get It," ex-
Jed Mr.. Barry. IF it's anything,
Femorse. Just think, If we had
harsh with poor dead Willis, how
|uld rob US OF the sweet memories
|e pleasant life we gave him, for
is waywardness. It's a memory
makes me feel more careful and
er to all humanity every day"
ou are a good man. David" said
NE, earnestly, "and q patient one,
fear you will never make any i'm
lion on our quarrelsome neigh
rd soon after that found out
Elmer and Cecille. Then she
Kept practically q prisoner in the
never going out except with her
or mother, and the threat made
Elmer attempted to meet her
would be sent away to q relative
thousand miles across the con-
j.
Eat on the heels Of this came q
Pa secret known only for the
70 Mr., and Mrs. Barry. At the
oi their yard was a small, unused
1t adjoined the chicken yard.
several mornings Mr.. Barry had
early. He made hasty and GOV.
lSl's to the barn, carrying a bas-
nu padlocking the door strongly
10 had been unusually pestifer'
late. His milk of human kind.
seemed to have become com
soured. He wrangled daily
.ne Barry children. He com
eu OF the hose water streakins
'ueWaik. He would have come to
With Elmer more than once, but
le great patience and forbearance
e latter.
evenings he sat on his front
0aWllng out an indirect accusa'
'saihst his neighbor concerning
uozen fancy chickens that were
s' From his own porch Mr.
neard him say:
He stood it long enough. If those
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
Inc Power Of Toxins.

~, tnoasandth OF a gram OF
aockjaw) toxin is enough to
Iofse Weighing 1900 pounds or
Adfed million times its weight.
'enarkable still. one-thousandth
",ihsram of tubercular toxin
% olace action on a man weigh
\, po''hds-six,y triIlion times it,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
Helped by Everybody

Every great man is always being
helped by everybody, for his gift is to
get coed out of all things and all per-
SONS Ruskin
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
Optimism, Pays Best

In bus LESS the one who assumes
that thc world is honest will often do
beer than the man Who believes it to
be i6ple d with rogLes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14
hurSerous psvli plant.

"ufserous Devil Plant
1. seed pod Of the devil plant o.
Gus droves of animals BY get
- iorr-inch claws" secured u
sOsuils of a grazing animal and
up fatal inflammation
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14

olive Tree Live LsRSss1
Olives are declared to be the No.
est-lived fruit trees, some in Syria
having borne abundant cror3 for more
than four hundred ysars
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14

On the Curve.
In going quickly around a sharp
curve the inside wheels OF a vehicle
naturally leave the ground fret.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-14

and you cannot guess how shrinking
ly write down these words which
my hand is powerless to stay. love
you-and now l have told you all.
The rest Is with you.