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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

and disappeared, and the dead clus-
tered thickly about him.
1t Is all over now" said the doc
tor, as Abner Green stretched out his
limbs and lapsed into a coma.
Abner did not hear him. He found
himself in strange place. void,
timeless and spaceless. looking into
the eyes Of his first sweetheart,
Miriam Goddard, who had died long
ago, soon after their first quarrel
She stretched out her arms, and
Abner bent his tired head upon her
breast like child.
You will be better soon, Abner,"
she said gravely. 1T always requires
short time to adjust oneself to the
new life"
Am dead, them" asked Abner in
awe.
Your body is not dead. You your.
self have not yet wholly freed your
self from it. But you will suffer no
more. How you have suffered, letting
your brain control"
MY brain?"
Instead Of your heart. Abner. That
poor old clacking machine that is
| called the brain. 1t goes its weary
round-and now you will rest and let
everything CO."
But my wife, my daughter. Jim
! my business"
"Abner, the souls of those you love
will be in touch with you even here
even while their bodies are on earth
But the rest is a dream, Abner. Dc
you remember our heartpreaking quar-
rels? What nonsense! And all the
while our souls were free, only We
didn't know it. | shall leave you now
but l shall come to you when you
need me, Abner.'
Abner was conscious OF the voiC
again, and then he saw a face look
ing into his-one that he had not seer
in forty years.
My SON" murmured the sweet
middle-aged woman.
Abner felt like little boy again.
YOU" he whispered. Unchanged
mother"
The spirit never changes. You Sc
me as you knew me. What l appea
like is what each person who see
me here wishes in his heart. What
poor life Abner, How glad you mus
be that it is ended. Here one doe
not worry about phantoms."
But they are not phantoms." Pre-
tested Abner. My daughter want
to marry Tom Rogers. He isn't carr
ing enough to support her. And jim
who l hoped would grow up to mar
age the farm-he's painting picture!
And so it goes. The cares"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
THE LAWS DELAYS

That portion of the charge to the
fedora! grand jury of Judge Lamb
din Monday in which he spoke of the
prevalence of crime in this country
as compared to the countries of Eu-
rope was very interesting The
court referred to the fact that where
we have thousands of homicides in
tn United States, in Europe, where
the population is denser and where
the people are crowded together
more closely than over here, there
are only a few hundred such crimes
in a similar period of time.
Judge Lambdin seemed to think
that we are in a measure a lawless
nation and he is in large measure
correct, but we are lawless because
Of the laxity Of the courts in provid-
ing prompt punishment for those
who are guilty Of lawlessness. The
man who commits capital offense
in England, for instance, is on the
way to his execution or to begin the
serving of his sentence at time
when, If his crime had been COM
mitted in this country, his lawyer
woulC have begun leisurely to pre-
pare his first appeal There are too
hnl NJ
inals escape punishment altogether or
by which they put off the paying of
a penalty for period of time that
tries ones patience and makes law
abiding man wonder if the criminal
statutes are not joke.
The men who make our laws and
those whose duty it is to see that the
laws we have are enforcd are toe
prone to encourage delay. No doubt
the trouble is with the manner in
which the statutes are drawn. Al
times we are almost led TO believe
that laws are made more for tn,
purpose of delay than for that o
prompt execution of a courts de
cree.
Another trouble il the country il
that we make heroes out of Grimm
ais Witness the recent execution o
a murderer in Utah. A nation wa
aroused in this mans behalf. 1t wa
a useless. needless and harmful agi
taticn which served no good purpos
and which gave the man who wa
eventually executed an opportunit.
to pose as a MARTYR. He SHOULD
have been promptly shot or hange'
Gin that state condemned man ma,
choose the method of his execu
tion) and forgotten. That is tn
way England did DR. Crippen an
the way It does others of even NOR
note and Importance than he whel
they commit murder over here W
convict a man of the crime of muir
der and then begin a campaign I
show what a great wrong we ar
doing to commit by hanging him
We appeal to the sympathies O
every class, and especially TO tn
women. We send the slayer Of hi
fellow man flowers and delicacies an
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
THE ROPE OF LIFE
BY J. p. MUM.

1t was toss.up whether old Abner
Green would get we'll or die, and the
sick man, lying in his bed, had seen
this reflected in the faces Of those
about him. He saw the hope upon
his wife's. Mabel loved him in spite
Of his crankiness; but Julia, the
daughter, whom he had forbidden to
marry Tom Rogers. could not restrain
the secret hope beneath her look Of
distress. It was her fathers suffer
ing that panied her, not the POSSIBLE
ity of losing the cross-grained old man
who had ruled his household with q
rod Of iron so many years.
Then there was Jim, the son, whom
he had turned out Of the home I'M
tremendously five years before, be.
cause he wanted to study art. Jim
had earned living somehow, and was
on the verge of success. He had come
back, when he heard his father was
dying, to ask forgiveness.
And to get share in my money!"
Abner wondered.
Secretly, Abner Green had not dis
inherited Jim, as he had announced
that he would do. The old man loved
Jim, had always loved him. But his
mind was a machine with cogs. He
set it one way; it would only go one
way. When anyone opposed him it ir.
ritated him into anger. He had moth.
ing against Tom Rogers, for example,
only he had not thought Of Julia mar.
rying. When she announced her en-
gagement it upset the mechanism OF
his mind.
Abner Green was very low. Lying
in bed, he seemed to hover upon the
borderland between two worlds. Some
times, without surprise, he recognized
the forms and faces of people who
had long ago died; and then he would
gradually come back to consciousness
of the human faces about his bedside
So he alternated throughout a
period that he could not measure. But
at last the human faces became din
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
The Easiest WAY.

We'll, Thump," said Squire Ricadoo
you are charged with assault and bat
terry on the person of Gin Johnson
How do you plead-guilty or not
guilty."
"Uh-well, sab, dunnuh." frankly
confessed the malefactor "Dunnuh
which | is. yo honah, uh.kaze why:
Dis yuh spin lin lookin' lawyer OATS
offendin' me says he's gwine to git me
quilted so swift twill make nah head
swim; but, 'twixt me and yo', sab, is
plenty s'picious O desc yuh sappy
young 'torneys OATS so f1ddln' sho'
bout things. Desc joovenile lawyers
means all right, but dey sho' does
love to practice on a pusson So |
says, yo' honah, | dunnuh whadder Is
guilty or not; and 'scusably axes yo',
as man to man, which yo' reggin' will
be de easiest for me in de long end?"
Kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
First idea Of Steam plnu.Inn

The idea of the use of engines ana
machinery to pillow the ground seems
TO hav originated with David Ram.
sey and Thomas .Wildgoose in 1915.
but the motive power they proposad
TO use Is not quite clear. Francis
Moore in 1859 first attempted to use
the steam engine for this uurrosa
The history OF practical steam pillow.
ing dates from the invention of Fowl.
er. assisted by Smith. in 1855.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
Righteous Inclination.

There is an innate sense of justice
in human beings which rebels at see
ing one person punished for anothers
fault.
A little girl who made too much
noise in the early morning in her sick
mothers room was put out into the
hall, and soon after a miserable rag
doll. of which she was very fond. was
tossed out TO her
This was the last straw.
Snatching up her beloved. and hug.
ging it tightly in her arms. with
streaming eyes she sobbed out 10 her
grandmother
Il wouldn't " tared for myself. hut
what has Judy doneo?"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
A SHERIFF SHOULD FERRET
OUT CRIME AT ANY COST

One Of the executive officers of a
certain Florida county is reported to
have remarked in a conversation re.
Gently that unless somebody makes
an affidavit against an offender the
sheriff should not arrest and hold
! him. He said further that "the place
of the high sheriff is in his office"
and that he ought not to leave there
to attend to any outside business.
The assertion was so full of error
that for it to go unchallenged would
perhaps mean a general misunder-
standing sooner or later of the real
duties of the sheriff and his deputies
Therefore The Journal hopes to
throw some light upon the subject
and assist the public to get a clear
er view Of the matter Most officers
have better understanding of their
duties, no doubt, than did the one
in question.
In the first place, it is just as
much the duty of the sheriff of a
county to ferret out crime and follow
up clues which promise to lead to
the unearthing of a crime as it is for
policeman of city to do SO.
We all know that policemen often
have to bear the blame of the public
for not ferreting out crime.
What is the need of a policeman
if warrant Is necessary before an
arrest can be made?
If the warrant is sworn out by
some civilian any deputy or consta-
; bic could make the arrest and there
would be no need of keeping high
salaried uniformed men on duty sim
ply for the public to look at, be they
, ever so beautiful.
What is true of the policeman in a
city is true of the sheriff of coun.
ty.
If one is only to stay in his of
: fice," as claimed by the officer re,
ferred to above. why not let the po
licemen stay in an office, too.
( If what the officer above referred
to claims were true, who would hav,
"cleaned up the wild and WOOL,
Il West years ago? There the sheriff
d elected for that specific purpose
A went out after law breakers an,
. continued to "hunt EN- up unit
they were either placed under ar
rest or forced to leave the countr.
q under cover.
i In doing this work the high sheriff
p of the county often took his owl
p life in his hand, and in too many in
4 stances he was brought home on
n shutter as consequence of his de
termination to ferret out crime an
4 arrest the offender.
;, There should be a clear under
standing of the various duties of a
office by the person seeking it befor
SlcSlluu. IL ludl pSESUu dlleI Hld
= ture elaboration on the duties re
quired does not feel that he is abb
to measure up to every Requirement
of the office he should refuse the
and there to stand for election to i
Every sheriff's Office is a sort c
detective agency to bring offender
: to justice and to prevent the com
mission of crime. SO is the polio
Il department of any well-regulate
city.
n The general publie seems to full
understand this. Why shouldn
e every officer in the country under
/ stand it? The ignorance of an
II sheriff or deputy on this point is in
: excusable and well-nigh criminal
Pensacola Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
,or,cr TO CONTRACTORS

yo,ice is hereby given that me ooArr , "
nond trustees for the city OF LaSeiana, -.
IA will receive sealed proposals ioI ~, ,o
,nrnisbiur Of materials and labor anu
,rect abrick and frame hospital ou,luns "a
Missouri avenue in the city OF eoa,s
rlorlda. in accordance win pans, sp,' y,
,o,fons and proposal blanks as p,epa.eu ,, ~
!, Poteet. architect Lakeland r,,oh
iii 10 o'clock a. m, December lf'ii, ."
.,,re said nroposals will he opened
Each bid must he accompanied py celu,
aed check in the sum OF I'VE
- .bai,rar nf the hoard OF bond trus-
.,.. &c guarantee that the successful bid
-, will enter into and furnish surety
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

make a hero of him. We court
mauGlin sentiment aud when the law
is finally vindicated-if it is-the
officers who have to carry out the
wishes of the trial jury are criti-
cised and condemned as heartless
and vindictive individuals. 1t is a
penalty they pay for doing their
duty.
When the laws are freed from
their technicalities and the lawyers
quit trying to undo the will of the
courts through hair-splitting meth
DDS, We will have more respect for
law in this country than we do
Savannah Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
MIoht Do Better.

1t may be supposed that two women
kiss each other when they meet be-
cause one imagines that she is ex-
pected to do so, and the other hasn't
the moral courage to disillusionizs
her.-Albany Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
He Has None

When Mr.. and Mrs. Twobble quar-
relied yesterday. I'm told that Mr.
Twobble threatened TO blow his brains
out.
Did Mrs, Twobble fainto"
No, indeed. She smiled in a su.
percilious manner and said Mr.
Twobble. you always were a conceited
man."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

bond Of nifty $50 per cent? Der ,...
amour: Of his bid 'sas 4
work must be commenced with.
u5) days after the contract ia Ia, ih I'D
The board reserves The right ~
reject any. or all proposals subm,,.ssser
Plans and specifications can =.
from the architect upon payment :, Ooais
fed check in the sum of twenty. a.. c
collars. such check to be returned ,' Ws 1
and specifications are delivered IN 'a w
condition. u
BOARD OF BOND TRUSTEE,
4564 ]. R. Boulware. Ssos.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
Scdptursl Reckoning.

In Holy Scripture the day is always
reckoned from the sunset Of the prevf-
Gus e'--
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23

was taken before his uncle, the Rus
sian general. The general looked his
nephew over, but said nothing
At once Git was but six in the morn
ing and still dark he summoned
court-martial There were five-he
himself as chief, Captain Stchukin,
Captain Fyedotoff. Lieutenant Tau and
Sergeant Major Yevseyenko. The &C
cused was called in, then the wit
nesses. Among them was the man
who had bayoneted his former lieu
tenant, and two others who identi-
he'd him. The facts were plain, indis-
putable. Jan Radymno was questioned
He admitted everything a thick
voice, for the thrust had lacerated
his tongue-but without fiinching.
Two of the five in the court-martial
were in favor of having the prisoner
taken to headquarters, some ten miles
off; two others, including Captain Eye
dotoff, wanted sentence pronounced
and executed at once. The decision
rested with the general. He said that
inasmuch as responsibility regarding
operations in the woods had been con-
flded to him he was in favor of imme-
date sentence The two captains nod
ded their heads Jan Radymno had
been gallant officer, good comrade,
but this was a plain case.
General Pronounccs Sentence.
So the general in a cold, infiexible
voice pronounced sentence. Then he
said, as an afterthought: Have you
some wish to express?" Jan Radymno
took on0 step forward, leaned hard on
the table and said: Il have a little
boy. Piotr, six years old l ask,
command, implore, that he be
brought up as a Pole-to remember, to
love his people and his native land.
and to be informed how his father end
ed. That is my last wish. My ever
lasting curse on you, uncle. if it be
not carried out"
Then they took him away behind
the house His uncle leaned against
the wall and shaded his eyes, but he
said nothing. This had been his ia
vorite nephew. He sank into a chair
and hid his face in both hands. he
waited Outside six men we're digging
a grave in the sandy soil. Jan sat
motionless near by, his head on his
breast. gazing at a faded photograph
of his little boy, At last he lifted his
head He stood up, removed his torn
blouse, and that showed his shirt in
shreds as we'll He slowly moved to
the wall and put his back against it.
The sergeant of the firing squad came
up with handkerchief. Jan motioned
him away.
the shot that meant his nephew's
death.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23

sum for writing. 1t was description
OF cane rush at the university. and
sent 1t to a local paper 1t was pub
lished, and few days later l received
check for the large sum of $3.50.
have received larger checks since
then, but the biggest of them never
gave me the thrill that one did.
Just as soon as / cashed that
check sailed out to buy something
with it'll had no idea what-and In
my search l found two very nice-look-
ing candlesticks which, think, were
about the price of the story had sold.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23

He turns to the speaking tube be-
side him, when he has sighted the
enemy's ship, and orders the engineer
to cut off the power for a moment,
while he verifies his observation. A
moment later he gives the order TO
submerge to the desired depth. This
depth is seldom more than from twen-
ty to forty feet, for the pressure of the
water against the sides of the vessel
is terrific even then.
To submerge the vessel, the en-
gineer turns valve, and the water
tanks at the bottom of the ship be-
gin to fill. With an easy motion the
boat drops we'll below the surface.
Then the electric engines, driven
by storage batteries and subsidiary to
the powerful heavy oil motors, like the
are started at the command of the
man who until moment ago was at
the periscope. Now his hands are on
the steering wheel, and by the aid of
the compass he makes his way toward
the vessel which he hopes to send to
the bottom.
Occasionally he will rise high
enough to use his periscope for fur
Their observation and calculation.
Then, when he is within a thousand
yards or even less of his mark, he
wip order the boat stopped. He will
turn to his speaking tube and direct
the crew to slide one of the torpedoes
into one of the forward tubes.
Before it is loaded the safety attach
ment on the torpedo's nose Is re-
moved. The compressed air engine
which operates the miniature subma-
rine-a torpedo is just that's start
ed, and the torpedo is shot out of the
tube by compressed air.
The most modern type of automatic
torpedoes can be adjusted by gyro-
scopic device so that they will t''rn
as desired in their course as far as
80 degrees and with IN accuracy of
direction which is nothing short of
uncanny.
A moment after the explosion the
periscope is again brought into action
to see how badly the ship which has
been struck has been damaged. IL
desirable, another torpedo will be dis
charged.
When its gruesome business is at
an end the submarine sinks to safe
depth to avoid disaster from an enc
my's destroyer. The electric stove
cooks the food for the crew; the
automatic exhausts take care of any
waste material which may accumu
late in the ship, and the oxygen Is re-
newed chemically.
In emergencies the dozen COM
pressed air tanks at the bottom of the
ship can be used to supply oxygen TO
the crew. When the boat is miles
from the scene it rises 20 the surface,
| where it's speed is almost doubled.
The latest submarines go even one
better. They have wheels below the
keel, which make them, in fact, deep
sea automobiles. They can slip slow
ly over the bottom. displacing mines
and steal unframed into an enemy
harbor.
When the work Of destruction il
complete they can make their getaway
with all the calmness of holduI
man with a friend on the force.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23
Uncle Condemns Him.

Among the prisoners was Jan
Radymno, or what was left of him. A
bayonet thrust had split his cheek and
cut his lips. His blouse hung about
him in tat!ers. In this condition he
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23
Tobaeco Growing in Germany.

According to statistics just given
out by the ministry of agriculture. an
area of S4,994 acres in Germany was
planted to tobacco during the year
1918, which produced 25.S34 metric
tons of tobacco, valued at $3,113,579,
exclusive of internal revenue. The
crop of that year for all Germany
was the most unfavorable of the last
ten, being below the average In both
quantity and quality.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23

SUBMARINE
TIE CHllO
OF YANKEE,
REVOLT

:: =: :: !: :: ); 4. s: s; !; !.
EeSS7sxw> tary strength. On the
mlMN other hand, Germany held
tho nrenon daronca 90
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23

l bought them. They were made Of
brass. and seemed very solid and hand
some. One l sent to my mother and
the other kept for myself. They are
still in existence, believe shining
witness to the first fracture made
in my youthful endeavor to break
into print"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23
HOW | BROKE INTO PRINT
Richard Harding Davis, Popular Au-
thor, Tells of His Writing While
at College.

Richard Harding Davis, says the
Strand Magazine. is one of those for
tunate men whose short stories can
always command a thousand dollars
and over. How he broke into print"
is an interesting little history.
1T was while at Lehigh univer-
CITY" he says. that earned my FIRST
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-23
No Exception.

81 hear that the river is very high
Just now"
Well" replied the man with a mar.
ket basket; amt everythinE?"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-31
w. I. T. Y. Girls Entertain

One of the most successful parties of the holiday season was the one glv- en on Wednesday, when the w. l. T.. Y. Club was at home with Miss Pitt man, to their many girl friends. At three o'clock about forty guests were received at the beautiful Pittman home so spacious and we'll adapted to enter taining. Guests were greeted at the door by Miss Pittman and Mrs. Sam Taylor White, President of the Club. The entire lower floor was thrown to- gether, creating an impression of one immense hall done in holly and mis- tletoe, with huge vases of American Beauty roses filling in the hooks. Pro gressive Hearts was played. Miss Andrews made high score and was presented with two sterling hat pins. The booby bucket of Xmas candy was won by VeraBuchanan. At the conclusion of the games, clothes were laid and a lovely plate luncheon was served by the members of the Club. Score cards and favors were signi- ficant of the Yuletide. Invited guests were: Misses Greeson, Scott, Logan, Bush, Gee, McMillian, Nichol, Gordon. Steele, Webb, Cantley, Williams, Eaves, Vaughn, Thorburn, Hale, Couch, Ruth and Linnie Wylie, Lulu White, Vera Jones, Eunice White, Chessie and Vera Buchanan, Leila and Verna Andrews, Authur, (Fayette- vile, Mary Bemis, est. Louis) Shaver, (Texarkana) Milburn, (Gurdon) De- Laughter, and Mesdames Warren Cumings, Emmet Pratt.