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The Spectator., 1915-06-22
Bruin the Huqger.

Mary-Speaking of animals. which is your favorite? :. Hazel-The bear.
 Mary-Oh, yes; of course.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

handy" about the house isn't much good downtown.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

The dollar may not mean happiness but it means comfort, and you cant blame people for loving 1t.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

When there is family reunion the men present enjoy it almost as much as they do funeral.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

How we do love an idle person wno comes along and bothers us when ve are busy!
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

Some prize fighters might as we'll stand up and be counted out.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

Love that survives dyspeptic cook cry will endure forever.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

With "every man his own police man." who'd call the "cop?"
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

Loss of memory is no calamity in case of fool.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

A musical education does not always put harmony in a discordant soul
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

Miss Rachel Butler, daughter of Lord and Lady Arthur Butler and granddaughter of the late Gen. Ansoa Stager of the United States, whose en- gagement has just been announced to Capt. Edward Egerton, Seventeenth Lsneers. Captain Egerton, who is at the front, is a grandson of Lord Brassey.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
GAS, DYSPEPSIA
AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin' settles sour
gassy stomachs in Five
minutes-Time It!

You don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad-or an uncertain
onc-or a harmful one-your stomach
Is too valuable: you mustn't injure 1t.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for Its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
ness; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick. sour, gassy stomachs.
Its millions of cures in indigestion.
dyspepsia. gastritis and other stomach
troubles has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor In
your home-keep it handy-get a large
flfty-cent case from any dealer and
then If anyone should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; II
what they eat lays like lead, ferments
and sours and forms gas; causes head
ache. dizziness and nausea; eructa-
tions of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. Its prompt
ness, certainty and ease In overcoming
the worst stomach disorders is a reve-
lation to those who try it.-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

ia a shame. You have taken advantage
of me, undermined me, taken my busi
ness away from me. Twenty per cent
is little short Of
That is enough" said Henry. 1T
was all very veil for you to do as you
pleased so long as you were in con-
troll, but I'm the boss now. You either
do as say or I'll take over not only
the selling end, but the manufacture
ing"
Darbey went back to Connecticut Il
much depressed man. He was bitter
and hard against Henry. Bat he saw
no way out OF his difficulty. He set
tied down to his factory work. He
plodded along ten or twelve hours a
day and tried to conform himself to
the new conditions. When he need
ed money he advised Henry. That
gentleman made advances. Occasion
ally Henry paid visit to the plant
and looked things over. He tried to
be kindly and gracious. but Darbey
was not to be deceived. He knew
Henry was not satisfied and he also
knew the business was not improving.
AILeT year OF 5u LISHIy ulu re-
spond to money calls SO promptly as
before. When he did send money a
complaining letter accompanied the
check. The cost of production was
too high, he insisted. Darbey must
cut down expenses. Henry could not
meet competition. Darbey got rid Of
a man here and there. saved every
penny he could for the company and
watched every item of expenditure
closely. He reported all these things
to Henry and at the same time point
ed out that the heaviest load that the
company had to bear was that fright
full 20 per cent selling cost that Henry
exacted. Henry's replies on this
score were sharp. He made it plain
to Mr.. Darbey that if Mr.. Darbey
would attend to the manufacturing
end he would have plenty to do. 1t
was not for Darbey TO criticize.
His Scheme Discovered.
One day most unusual thing hap
pened. A silverware dealer in a
neighboring town called Darbey up
on the phone. He wanted gross of
a certain class of goods. and in de-
scribing the articles he mentioned the
price per dozen. $5.75. That particu-
lar class OF goods did not sell at that
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

price. but much below, and Darbey
thought the dealer had made a mis-
take The dealer said he had not;
that was the price he had been paying.
Darbey told him that all the product
of the factory was handled through
Mr.. Henry in New York and he would
wire him to forward the goods at once
but meanwhile he, Darbey, would like
to see the dealer and he would go to
the dealers town that afternoon to
have n personal conversation with
him. The dealer said he would be glad
to see him. Darbey made the visit.
He had a confidential chat with the
dealer and the dealer showed to him
the bills he had from Henry. The
goods were sold to the dealers for
$5.75. Tho return made by Henry to
the Darbey Manufacturing company
was SO dozen. Darbey got all those
bills from the dealer and took them
home with him.
A little later he met one of the
former statesmen of MIR. Henry. The
salesman was none too well disposed
toward Henry. When Darbey, in the
course of discussion about business,
remarked that things were going
none too well, the salesman blurted
out the statement that they couldn't
go well; that Henry was selling the
Darbey product only to such dealers
;.s would pay prices much above those
of the trust, and that Henry was real
ly an agent for the trust and handling
a lot of the trusts goods.
Before those two men parted, Oar
hey got a lot of details OF the prices
at which that man acting for Henry
had sold the Darbey products. The
man gave names. dates and figures.
Darbey made a memorandum of each
and every item.
Darbey Had Whip Hand.
Thereafter, when Mr.. Henry. as
usual, complained about the factory
costs and insisted upon further and
further economies. Darbey very blunt
ly declared he could not make the
stun any cheaper He had cut things
down to the bone. He told Mr.. Henry
he thought his criticisms were unwar-
ranted. The real economies ought to
be introduced in the selling end.
This brought some sharp retorts
from the New York office. and sharper
ones from the Connecticut end. Mr..
Henry lost all patience with the man
ufacturer and summoned him to New
York. Mr.. Darbey refused to make
the trip. He was too busy in the fac
tory. he said. If Mr.. Henry wanted to
see him he could go to Connecticut
Mr.. Henry did so promptly. He was
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
wrathy when he entered Mr.. Darbey's

wrathy when he entered Mr. Darbey's
Office
Mr. Darbey," he said, Il do not like
the tone of your letters to me and
do not like the way you have peen
handling my business. You never
have seemed to recognize the fact that
you have been dislodged from the con
troll of this company | thought you
were good manufacturer. think
so still. but | consider that your efii-
cheney is impaired by reason of the
feeling you have toward me. Now
this thing has to end have come up
here to make proposition to you.
This company cannot succeed under
present conditions. II you want to
sell your stock and get out. | will
buy your shares. | will pay you ten
cents on the dollar If you want to re-
main here as my employee. as a sort
of supervisor, I will give you twenty.
five dollars a week. What about IT."
Mr. Darbey hesitated for nearly half
a minute, then he asked:
rs that the best you will do?"
Yes" said Henry.
tie for shares OF this company that l
have been bound up in so long" re-
marked Darbey.
Well do you accept, or do you
not?" Henry demanded
- do not accept" said Darbey.
Then" said Mr. Henry. although
am reluctant to do so, will have to
dispense with your services and put
one of my own men in here. man
who Will do what | want"
No" said Darbey. you won't put
man in here. won't sell my shares
and won't get out
You WON'T" exclaimed Henry.
NO" said Darbey.
Turning the Tables.
Then n hard look came into Oar.
bey's face.
Look here. MIR. Henry" he said,
the time has come for me to talk
very plainly to you. You are thief. :
Henry started to jump up. but Oar.
hey, who was a powerful man. pushed
him back in his chair.
Don't get excited" he said. Il am
ready to prove everything / say. You
are thief. You have robbed the Oar.
hey Manufacturing company from the
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
ONE ON SECRETARY DANIELS
Head Of the Navy Evidently Not an
Expert as to the odor Of
Alcoholic Liquors.

A story is going the rounds IN
Washington about Secretary of the
Navy Daniels which may or may not
reflect credit on that Official, accord
ing to the point of view. According
to this story the secretary was one
morning comforting with an officer
and in the middle of his conference
interrupted the proceedings to say:
"This is the second morning that
have smelled whisky on your breath,
sir!"
To which the officer is said to have
replied: Il beg your pardon. Mr.. Sec
retary. 1t was whisky yesterday, but
1t Is gin this morning" tgs
No name has been allowed to leak
out in connection with this story, and
it may be that there is more fiction
than fact in it.-Boston Transcript.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

day you became the selling agent.
have the evidence. have been col.
lecting It for nearly a year. / have
all the reports that you made to this
Office and have many of the bills
that you rendered to customers.
There is a wide diffFence between
the amounts you reported and the
moneys you obtained You were not
satisfied with your 90 per cent, out
rageous as 1t was, but you have
swindled this company out of many
thousands of dollars and have done 1t
coldly, calmly and methodically for
the purpose of bringing this company
INTO a position where you could get
the remaining stock at your own price
and then, | suppose. sell the concern
to the trust at figure that would
give a handsome profit tc you. May.
he YOU have been acting for the trust
all through this don't know
Then he told of the incident of that
dealer who telephoned the order TO
the factory instead of to the selling
agent-the order for the $5.75 goods.
Next he told of what he had learned
81 placed all this evidence in the
hands of one of my young friends. a
lawyer named Davis" he said. He
tells me can put you behind the
bars If ! am SO disposed. The fact
that you own a majority of the stock
of this company does not warrant you
in robbing the company of its funds
Ny friend Davis has interested some
persons in this affair and between
us we have made up our minds that
we are going to take over the control
of the Darbey Manufacturing COM
pany. Mr.. Davis Is in the outer room.
He has all the bills. all of your state
ments, all the evidence. He also is
ready to swear out a warrant for your
arrest. do not want to go so far
unless 1t is necessary. | want to be
very fair and decent with you.
want to make a proposition will
buy the stock that you hold in the
Darbey Manufacturing company at 10
cents on the dollar. Do you accept,
or shall call in Mr.. Davis?''
The Darbey Manufacturing concern
is doing business today. II Is not a
hundred-thousand.d dollar corporation
any longer It's capitalization is
s25OO0O Mr.. Henry Is not among the
stockholders. Mr. Darbey looks after
both the manufacturing and the sell
ing end. He visits New York two or
three times year. At the Hard
ware club he sometimes sees Mr.. Hen
ry, but Mr.. Henry has business else
where as soon as he catches sight of
Mr.. Darbey of Connecticut.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
NO Wonder.

"Do you think the world is getting
better, Mr.. Gadson?'
"Surest thing you know! It's get
ting better every day.
In spite of the WARP
oh. yes"
I'm surprised to find you so op-
timistic."
You wouldn't be If you knew what
| knew.
"And what is that?'
I've already cleaned up half mil
lion in wheat and expect to make
more"
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
Find Live Duck in Fish.

A strange specimen OF the angel
fish was caught by Captain Palmer at
Sound Beach, who removed from 1t
two ducks. The wicked fish had
stolen the ducks from J. Kennedy
Tod's 1nnis Arden estate. One was
alive.
The fish was struggling in the wa
ter when seen by Captain Palmer.
and was landed with pair OF ice
tongs.
The fish is yard long. and its
mouth is 6 by s inches. 1t was frozen
in n cake of ice at the Maher ice
plant and is exhibited in the window
of a market here. - Greenwich.
(Conn.) Dispatch to New York World.
Riches may have wings, but poverty
never flies very high.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
The Only One.

There goes Rev. DIR. Fourthly, one
OF our most prominent ministers. He
stands OH pinnacle alone"
Because OF his great sanctity?"
No He's the only minister in
town who hasn't preached an antitan-
20 sermon"
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Straw hats shipped abroad from
British factories in 1913 numbered
nearly S,OOO.000, value S3,50O.OO0.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
Speaking Of the War,

SPcdN''TS Ut e''e W.T.
Patience certainly am a foolish
girl.
Patrice-What now?
why. | followed that advice, See
America First and now there's bard
ly anything left in Europe to see!'
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Ee happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue Delights
the Iaundress. All groccrs. ADV.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Stubborn Colds and irritated Bronchial
Tubes arc Gnsily relieved by Deans Men.
tholatcd Cough Drops-5c at Druggists.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
PerpIexed.

Inquisitive Incubator Chick = Say.
do they figure your birthday from the
day you're laid or the day you're
Matched PUCK
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

The man who knows himself knows
how selfish other people arc.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Some men refuse to take physical
exercise for their health because 1t
doesn't come in bottles.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19
Esae. Copy Of Wrapper.
At La,t M. Reaehed.

Father Vaughan tells good story
OF a certain minister who was preach
ing on Perfection" Did you ever
know anyone to be perfect?' he asked.
did you ever read of any man or
woman who was quite perfect"
AS he paused and looked around
among his audience. a pale-faced wom-
an rose up and said: Yes, from all
accounts, my husbands first wife was
perfect"
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Ever see an onlceholder with re-
firing disposition?
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Keep hammerins away while await
ing results.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Weeks Break Up-A-CoId Tablets
A guaranteed remedy for Colds and
La Grippe. Price 25c Of your druggist
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Having for years been af-
flicted with Catarrh of the
Head I was finally induced
to try Peruna. 1t effected
a cure. Think Peruna the
best tonic ever put on sale.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

Riches may have wings, but poverty
never flies very high.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-28
HEALTH Benefit OF YAWNlNG
Expert Advises Regular Exercises as
a Measure for Doing Away With
Throat and Ear Troubles.

Yawning Is said to have an exceed
ingly healthful function besides having
salutary effect in complaints of the
pharynx and the eustachian tubes.
According to Investigations yawn-
ing is the most natural form of res
piratory exercise. bringing into ac-
ton all the respiratory muscles OF
the neck and chest. It is recon-
mended that every person should
have a good yawn with the stretching
of the limbs morning and evening for
the purpose of ventilating the lungs
and tonifying the respiratory muscles.
An eminent authority asserts that
this form of gymnastics has remark
able effect in relieving throat and ear
troubles, and says that patients suffer
ing from disorders of the throat have
derived great benefit from it He says
he makes his patients yawn, by sug-
gestion or imitation, or by series OF
deep breaths with the lips partly
closed
The yawning is repeated six CT
seven times, and should be followed
by swallowing. BY this process the
air and mucous in the eustachian tubes
are aspirated.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-28
New plants for America.

The bureau of plant industry re-
ports that its agricultural explorer,
f. N. Meyer, who already had many
remarkable finds" to his credit, has
recently sent in an unusually interest
ing collection of new fruits from the
Tibetan border of China. These in
elude the Tangutian almond, the Pc
tanin peach, and a notable series OF
wild forms of the ordinary cultivated
peach. Mr.. Meyers latest expedition
succeeded in reaching Lanchowfu,
when further progress was prevented
nv the desertion OF the interpreter
Recent collections have largely aug
mented the agricultural departments
stock OF juiubes and persimmons from
western China.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
@GOlden|
Bantam
By
Eva Morse HenrickS
Observation-Disclosures

Copyright 1915, by w. G. Chapman.)
And then you pulled his pigtail!"
Yes, dear, and then all three scam
pered."
And the cute, little yellow man."
Wang Fo? He dropped to his knees
and kissed my hand, and said l was
his preserver, and gave me the golden
bantam
Little Flora Ward sat in the lap of
her great friend. Alvin Prescott, i'm
mensely interested in quite a tragic
recital. He was telling her of an en-
counter in a dark side street the eve
ming before with three sinister China
men. They had backed another yell
low-hued countryman against a brick
wall. One of the assailants held his
throat in talon-like clutch. A sec.
ond had imprisoned his arms. A third
was advancing to dispatch him with a
glittering steel knife, when Prescott
interviewed.
And what was the golden ban
TAM Mr.. PRESCOTT" lisped the inter.
ested little one.
Prescott fumbled in his pocket.
Eager eyes scanned the odd-looking
pin he drew forth. 1t represented q
bantam rampant, with curious script
characters on its outspread wings.
81 think the three wicked men were
highbinders. my DEAR" explained Pres
cott-"that is. men belonging to a
cruel society who make a business of
killing people they don't like. Poor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-28
Error Easily Accounted For.

When it was reported two years ago
that Oscar Wilde had been seen alive
at Florence many papers copied the
story At that time a man who bore
a striking resemblance to Wilde was
seen in the streets of that city. But
it was discovered that the man. whose
name happened 10 be Wild. was not
even relative of him who died in
Paris in 1900. The latest report OF a
similar nature came from Turin" says
the Matn. but for this there was an
excuse-a small one, The man IN
Turin was Wildes son Vivante. and
one can well imagine how viyanr can
be construed as living u newspa-
per correspondent should telegraph
from Turin Niyant Garibsldi or Bis
marck' or Gladstone false impress
sions might also follow. The name
was the cause this time"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-28

Wang Fo, as he called himself. must
belong to some other secret society.
suppose the golden bantam is its
emblem, for he kept saying that the
bantam pin would make me friends
with all his people,"
What a sweet, cute little pin it isl"
said Flora effusively.
well, you shall have the trinket,"
replied Prescott, and pinned it on q
band of ribbon at her neck.
oh, how good you are!" cried
Flora ecstatically, and jumped to the
floor and ran over to where a charm
ing young lady was busy at some
fancy work. See, Aunt Lydia-the
beautiful pin Mr.. Prescott has given
me-"
You are spelling the child, Mr..
Prescott" spoke Miss Ward. but with
an indulgent smile.
He did not reply, but his eyes met
sion. She read its meaning-love--
not only for the little one, but for her.
self as well. He seemed about to
speak. The memory of what had fol-
lowed an offer Of marriage caused
Prescott to control his deep emotion.
Soon he left the house.
II was hard to be about daily In the
company of the woman he SO devoted
" loved and refrain from urging her
to reconsider her decision. 1t had been
announced in kindly way, so consid-
erately, in fact, that Prescott half be-
lieved that but for circumstances
Lydia might have favored his plea.
An orphan herself, her life was
wrapped up in little Flora, who hay
| ing lost both father and mother, was
cherished by Lydia as responsibility
to whom she had devoted her life. This
much she had told Prescott in answer
to his offer of marriage.
There was another suitor-leslie
| Shaw. Prescott had never liked him.
/ He was persistent in his attention
| to Lydia. lie was man about town,
! with unknown antecedent~. Prescott
/ had experienced reliei anu satisfaction
when a servant OF tic 31se. ~ III
/ whom he was f3,OrtC. .aa tie oil
! the summary dismi sal ., r'r1l.
Il seemed that SHAW inipor-
tuned Lydia to accept airi q" her nus
band. She had given him the same
answer that Prescott had received;
\ Her life was bound up in little Flora.
Z The enragcd shaw mad ficrccly wished
. the little ore was dead, had let loose
his wicked temper in a way that
I shocked and disguised Lydia. Then
Shaw had sworn that he would yet
win her as his wife, il il took him
ten years to accomplish his purpose,
and had gone away in a tempest OF
wrath.
/ lydia never gave any token of that
stormy interview, but Prescott was
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-28
StolenPlans,
andOthers
By JACK CURTISS |
IHvEHVV.+vvsISyHTsYHSTTH:

Copyright 1915. by W. G. Chapman)
Bramwell, the general manager of
the Lotus corporation, stared with a
white face at Lewis, the treasurer. In
front of him was an open safe.
ITS gone!" he said.
Lewis was shaking as if stricken
with ague. "What-do you make of it,"
he stammered.
Il tell you what make of it," shout
ed Bramwell. THE Neatfoot company
has stolen the plans for our new en-.
CINE. 1t means a difference of about
twelve million dollars. They've been
after 1t for year. And to us it means
bankruptcy"
Lewis closed the safe before answer
ing. AFTER all. it's up to Feggis," he
said. He put the plans in the safe.
He went off on a sudden jaunt to Eu-
rope without leaving any address. He's
the president, not you or l."
But how did it get out of the safer"
demanded Bramwell, when they were
closeted together in the managers Of
fee. "At least we'll trace the thief.
Somebody knew the combination"
Ever hear of the man who opens
safes by catching the sound?" asked
Lewis. Some fellow like that. It's
an easy trick, understand Some con-