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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
BACK TO THE BIBLE

Tie first Napoleon was not thee,
logan; but he was great man and
a profound observer whose vast ex-
perience had enabled him to judge
wha. forces were necessary to pro-
duce greatness of men and to esti-
mate them according to their true
value. One day, in conversation
with Montholon, lie put this ques-
ton TO him, "Who was esus Christi"
Montholon having declined to an
swer Napoleon proceeded: ~ will
tell you. Alexander. Caesar, Charlie
mango and myself have founded
areat empires. But our empires were
founded on force. Jesus alone found
ed his empire on love, and to this
day millions would die for him.
think I understand something of hui
man Lature, and ell you. all these
were men, and l am a man. Jesus
Christ was more than man. have
inspired multitudes with devotion
so enthusiastic that they would have
died for me. But 10 do this it was
necessary that l should be visibly
present with the electric influence
of my looks, my words, my voice.
Who cares for me now, removed as
] am from the active scenes of life
and from the presence of men? Who
now would die for ne? Christ alone
across the chasm of eighteen cen
turtles makes a demand which is be-
vOnd all others diff Guilty to satisfy.
lie asks for the human heart. He
demands it Internationally, and
forthwith his demand is granted.
Wonderful! In defiance of time and
space the soul of man, with all its
powers and facultia: becomes an an
nexation to the empire Of Christ.
This phenomenon is unaccountable;
it is altogether beyond the scope of
man S creative powers. Time, the
great destroyer, Is powerless to ex-
tin guish this sacred flame. This Is
what strikes me most This is what
proves to me quite convincingly that
Jesus Christ is God" James Cardi-
nal Gibbons.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
RUSSIA REPORTS aesak1rY
I'm Associated Press

tBy Associated FresS.)
Stockholm, Dec. 1---Vodaless, Rus
STA j. unbelievably prosperous, even
in the midst of war, writes the edi-
tor of the Dagens NyHeter after a
long trip through the Russian prov
inces, but there is still great dang
er, for the pea: ant has as yet found
nothing to take the place of the sa-
loon as a center of recreation and
amusement. Stories are told OF
cases CT suicide owing to the dull
ness of life now that the dear lit
tie water" has been PUT out of reach.
"In the towns there has never
been &C much prosperity as at pres
ent," remarks the editor. "Beggars
have disappeared from the streets
and the masses are better fed and
better clad than ever before.
81. is, however, in the villages
that the blessings of teetotalism are
most apparent. The hundreds OF
millions formerly spent in the spirit
shops row remain in the pockets of
the peasants. Millions of working
days, formerly wasted in drinking
bouts and their after-effects, help to
line the pockets.
"The net results is that the Rus
sian villages, so to say, roll in mon
ey. Meat, formerly eaten once or
twice year, is becoming part of the
daily fare, and dwellings and farm
ing utensils and decent clothes are
beir.g purchased ont of savings by
the agricultural population.
''The one danger with the in
crease of economic strength is the
possibility of a decrease of moral
strength. Vodka filled a void in
the empty and lustreless life of the
peasant He wonders now how he
shall spend his free time and his
slperhuous money.
"Thc teetotlars are alive to this
DANCER, and already, in certain dis
tritcs of Russia. peoples houses are
bcin2 provided, equipped with IL
brariHs, tea, lecture and reading
rooms and cinematographs
"All this is to the good, but big
cffor is essential in order to raise
the intellectual and moral level of
the nation If Russla's teetOtal year
is to be more than a little episode
in her history"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
NOTICE

At q meeting Of the Executive
committee, held Immediately follow
ing the general meeting in Lakeland,
September 8, 1915 notice was or
dered sent out, in ne call for the
meeting. at Gainesville, that there
Soult. be up for discussion a recon-
sideration of the name of the high
way endorsed by this association,
known as the Paradise Loop, extend
ing from Tallahassee to Ocala,
thence toward the vest coast and
down to st. Peter.hurg, through
Tampa to Sarasota, thense east to
arcadia, and north 10 Orlando, San
ford. Palatka, Green Cove Springs
TO Jacksonville, and thence west to
Tallahassee.
Various names haze been suggest
ed, such as Piney Woods Trail, Sun
shine Curve, and Sunset Route.
There will be up Tor discussion
the question of changing the name
Central Florida Highway Associa-
tion. Some think the name is too
long. and some th'rk that the Or
ganization is not getting the support
that il should get, :nd mi ht get,
if the name stood fer all of Florida
instead of one particular section.
On.y one name suggested and that
Is "Tne Florida Highway Associa-
ton"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the board Of
bond trustees for the city Of Lakeland. Flor
ida. will receive sealed proposals for the
furnishing of materials and labor and to
erect abrick and frame hospital building on
Missouri avenue In the city Of Lakeland,
Florida. in accordance with plans. specif-
| cations and proposal blanks as prepared by
A. J. Poteet, architect Lakeland, Florida, un-
I'll 10 o'clock a. M, December l4th at which
time said proposals will lie opened
Each bid must be accompanied by certi-
fled check In the Of five hundred
$500 OO) dollars. made payable To N. A.
higgins chairman Of the board of bond trus-
tees. as a guarantee that the successful bid
Ter will enter into, and furnish surety
bond Of fifty $50 per cent? per cent OF the
| amount of his bid
Work must be commenced within fifteen
| u5l days after the contract is let
| The board reserves the right to accept or
| reject any. or all proposals submitted,
Plans and specifications can be obtained
| from the architect upon payment of certi-
| fed check In the Of twenty five ts25 OO)
collars such check to be returned when plans
and specifications are delivered In neat
condition,
BOARD OF BOND TRUSTEES.
4564 ]. r. Boulware. Secretary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

The days of the good old ''shop
early slogan have again arrived,
and as it is one of those eternal
truths that never wear out we don't
hesitate to again give it space in our
col'imns. Also it Is pleasant to think
that the time is near at hand when
Mr.. Dana's immortal editorial in
which he informed the little Girl,
Virginia. that there was indeed a
Santa Claus. will again make the
rounds Of the newspapers. 1t is good
reading, but the Virginias of today
are more sophisticated than those
of yesterday. and how old Santa
will fare with the children of the
next generation is question open
to debate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
We Go BIunde rinq On.

The whole universe goes laundering
on, but surely arrives. Collisions and
dispersions in the heavens above and
failure and destruction among living
things on the earth below. yet here
We all are in world good to be in!
1t is as If the creator played his right
hand against his left-what one loses
the other gains. John Burroughs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
George Adams, late of the Zolfo

George Adams, late of the Zolfo
Truth, proposes to start another pa
per in Wauchula, where Goolsby
holds the fort with the Advocate,
one of the best weeklies in the State.
And this reminds us to say that 1t is
about time for Hugh Sparkman, who
recently sold the Daytona Journal,
to reappear on the surface of Florida
Journalism with another paper in
another town That is Sparkman's
speciality and he docs it so well that
we want him to keep up the habit.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

The Ocala Star reduce; the ques-
ton to its last analysis and gets at
the very kernel of truth lying at the
heart of it when 1t says that pro-
hibition is "a cold business PROPOSE
ton" In the old days of the trav-
cling temperance orator, when we
had John B. Couch on the lecture
platform and "Ten Nights in a Bar
room" on the stage to portray vivid
ly the evils of drunkenness, we were
all saturated on our sentimental side
with the horrors of the liquor traf-
fic, but beyond a reformed drunkard
here and there the traffic was not
hurt and actual prohibition made no
progress whatever. But when the
country woke up to the economic
view of the case and the tremendous
damage to the community from a
material instead of sentimental
standpoint, inflicted by the open sa-
loon, John Barleycorn stopped laugh
ing at the staggering drunkards and
the weeping wives and mothers and
got badly scared, for he saw that
society at last has found the heel of
the liquor Achilles and the begin
ninS of his end was probably in
sight. The Star is right; prohibit
ton ia purely business proposition,
and the liquor traffic is surrendering
to il because it has no answer to
make to that view of the case.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

lers. philosophy of life. Are the
people of the city. its city officials
and its school board to adopt this as
The rue of their actions?-Jackson
iMicl, Patriot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
DeductIve Reasoning.

Small Tommy was interested in a
callers gold-filled tooth. Finally, he
said; Mamma, | know what makes
Mrs. Blanks tooth so shiny; she talks
SO fast her tongue keeps il polished"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
LETTUCE PLANTS CHEAP

Iiu1dred thousand thrifty plants
at so cents per thousand. Sylvester
& IIoughton, just north Holdings
WORTH school house. 1872
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

The Tallahassee Democrat is max
ing war on Comptroller Knott. can
didate for governor, and refers to
him as extending the glad and
CHEEKY hand to the deluded editors.
who are supporting him" That's
putting it rather strong. isn't it?
Extending the glad and CHEEKY hand
is a part, and an important part, Of
the /. business of every properly
trained candidate. but we doubt II
any Florida editor will be "delud-
ed into supporting Mr.. Knott or
any other office seeker for such a
reason as that. The Telegram is
neither opposing nor supporting him,
nor any other candidate for cover
nor at this time, as It is more than
six months yet before the primary,
but as we love and revere the Gus
toms and traditions of the good old
past we are opposed to any innova-
ton that will discourage candidates
from extending the glad hand and
speaking the CHEEKY word when they
are cut after votes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

WANTED-Some one to give private
lessons D.. in shorthand. Greggs
system. Phone 1856 Red. 1902
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

A St Petersburg evangelist said
from the pulpit that the editorial
page of a newspaper was poor read
ing end seldom read. What the
Lakeland Telegram said about this
declaration was pretty good reading,
in our notion, and we will wager
that the evangelist read it. If he did
he thought he was eating an oyster
cocktail on a blazing desert with the
nearest water Is miles distant as
the crow flies. CLEARWATER Sun.
Not so bad as that. we hope, but
we did want to penetrate the under
standing of the gentleman with 'the
fact that the press, on it's editorial
mage, was a pretty good ally of the
pulpit in conserving and promoting
the welfare of the world; also that
it was woeful mistake in judg-
ment, to say nothing of it's exceed
ing bad taste, for man who talked
to hundreds to disparage the labors
of those perhaps as wise and we'll
meaning as he, who talked to mil
lions every day in the year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
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ADJUSTMENTS
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The six reel Essanay feature, The
Man Trail, featuring Richard Trav-
er:, 70 be shown at the Majestic, is
the story of young red blooded
American who is sick Of city life and
makes good in a lumber camp. Like
all the features run by the Majestic
this one is full of interest.
Those College Girls, a special
Keystone comedy in tuo parts, at
the Majestic tonight, will leave you
in a pleasant frame of mind.
Don't miss seeing Zelda, the Wom-
an of Mystery, at the Majestic Fri
day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

weekly newspaper giving q resume
- local matters. crop con ditions,
.ounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

With no expert kno wedge on the
subject, we nevertheless believe with
such artists in hay as Earl C. May,
of Auburndale, and Clarence Woods,
of the Eustis Lake Region, that Ma
tai hay is a mighty fine form of
stock provender for the Florida
farmer to pin his faith to and adorn
his farm with. Hence we are glad
to note that Leesburg bank thinks
80 highly Of it that it will lend
money to the farmer with that kind
of farm produce as security. Argu-
ments like that are more convincing
and do more to stimulate the grow
ing CT such hay than all the printed
matter that can be sent out from the
department of agriculture. One
reason why the southern farmer has
stuck to cotton so faithfully,
through GOOD and i'll report, is that
he rculd always borrow money on
it at the bank, and with Natal hay
serving the same purpose, the same
enthusiasm in growing it should fol-
low
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

An up.to-date North Carolina dairy
farm puts its milk on the market
mainly in the form of ice cream.
Four men milk the IS cows with
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

The newspapers and an army OF
contributors are still harping on the
subject of that defective baby born
in Chicago recently, and are either
AFFIRMING or denying the duty of the
doctor to perform the operation that
would have saved its life, although
with the practical certainty that 1t
would have grown up mentally and
morally deficient beyond cure. The
doctor cut the Gordian knot by re-
fusing to perform the operation,
thus permitting the infant to die.
One of our exchanges, indignant at
this, juNifies its attitude by saying
that mature makes no mistakes.
This is true only to the extent that
the laws of nature are immutable
end play no favorites, but the pro-
ducts of nature, from the defective
fruits on the trees, and corn in the
fields and in innumerable other
forms with which man is constantly
combating. prove that nature is in
cessantly making mistakes, and IL
the uman race didn't spend a large
mart of its time in correcting those
mistakes and guarding against their
repetition there would be no i'm
provemcnt in this world and living
conditions would long ago have been
miserable. Among the many cap
sules of alleged wisdom our simple
ancestors swallowed without protest
was the preposterous dictum that
nature makes no mistakes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-01

With the exception of the St. Pc
tersburg Times, not a paper in the
State which has commented on the
State census, the report of which has
just been published, has expressed
any faith in the accuracy OF the
enumeration or satisfaction with the
result as it pertains to its particular
town Miami Herald.
And right here is where we put
one over on the Herald. The Tele-
gram, as well as the St. Petersbur
Times, has commented on the State
census and we beg to assure our dis
tinguished Miami contemporary that
we have a beautiful and unquestion-
ing faith in the accuracy of the
enumeration" and satisfaction with
the result as 1t pertains to our par
ticular town" 1t will be remem-
bercd that the enumeration makes
Lakeland the leading interior city of
Florida, with only Jacksonville,
Tampa, Pensacola. Miami and Key
West ahead of us in population
Yes sir, we pin our faith to them
figgers f" They are almost holy in
our eyes and we propose to maintain
them inviolate.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
IDEAL FOR SUMMER HOUSE
Most Attractive Table is One Covered
With chlntz and Fitted With a
Plate Glass Top.

For the well-appointed summer
house, a table covered with chintz and
lifted with a plate glass top is exceed
ingly attractive. This is very expensive
If ordered from a professional decora-
tor; but If you buy the chintz yourself,
fit 1t to your table and have the glass
cut to measure, the cost will be much
less and the effect quite as pleasing.
Another device for an ~inexpensively
furnished country house is the trans
formed kitchen table. A cheap kitch-
en- table can be treated in a variety Of
ways to make an attractive bedside or
writing table for the guest chamber.
One that | have seen, for a green and
white bedroom, had the legs sawed off
to a convenient length and was painted
an apple green. Over the top was
stretched-and tackled on the under
side-a cover of green denim; on the
top of this was set a large green writ
ing blotter, a rack for note paper and
a green pottery ink well. The result
was a pretty and original writing ia
BILE at a cost of two dollars and a half.
A kitchen table painted white and
decorated to match the chintz or wall
paper is attractive; but this demands
some skill with the brush.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
PANCAKES ON SUMMER DAYS.
Made in the Right Way They Are Just
as Welcome as Those Popular
in the Winter.

Very tempting griddle cakes may be
prepared without a soapstone griddle
or in fact any griddle-if o have
an ordinary frying pan and a good hot
flame from an oil or gas burner. Sum
mel pancakes should be thin, delicate
ly Drowned and rather small, for the
appetite is not as hearty as on a crisp
winter morning. For two people, mix
a cupful of flour, a pinch of salt, a tea
spoonful of sugar and a level tea
spoonful of baking powder. Beat up
one egg in about a half cupful of
sweet milk and add this to the batter.
II it is not thin enough to pour easily
add a little water or more milk. Have
the griddle-or frying pan very hot
and well greased-and pour a little OF
the batter from the tip Of a spoon to
make each pancake. Turn with a
knife as loon as the batter bubbles in
the pan. If the cakes brown without
cooking through the griddle is too
hot; If they refuse to brown, it is not
hot enough.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Prevent solled comforters.

1t spoils heavy bed comforters to
wash them, and besides they are so
heavy to handle when one tries to
was then that it is Flmost too much
for a woman to attempt. So here is
my plan for keeping them clean; The
end used at the head of the bed and
which always becomes soiled | cover
with a width of the same goods as the
comforter is made of, allowing half the
width to come on top and half on un-
der side. BY cutting the edge in seal
lops and binding with wash ribbon
they are quite pretty. These strips
can be taken off snd washed when
soiled and replaced again. thereby
saving the washing of the comforter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
10 Save Work and Fuel.

I always cook enough vegetables to
last two days, preparing them in some
different way the second day, 1t
makes things easier when you have to
do your own cooking, and it is easier
for the servants If they do it.
In winter l cook potatoes for three
days. 1t takes no longer than boiling
a smaller quantity, and when you have
a potato cooked in its jacket you have
the foundation of most of the potato
dishes. | do as mush of my cooking
as possible in the morning, and | pre-
pare the Sunday meals on Saturday so
that | will have nothing to do on Sun
day but to reheat them. - Woman's
World.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Rich Oranue Cake,

Yolks of five eggs, two cupfuls gran
ulated sugar, two cupfuls bread flour.
one-half cupful cold water, one-half
teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful
cream tartar, whites of three eggs,
grated peel and juice of one orange.
Beat yolks until thick, sift sugar
three times and add. Beat the whites
of eggs stiff and add to first mixture,
next the water and soda, then -four
and ream of tartar sifted twice. Last
ly, add the orange Juice and grated
rind. Bake in a dripping pan, and
when done cut in halves and frost
with orange frosting.
Frosting-Whites of three eggs one
orange juice and grated peel and
powdered sugar to make stiff enough
TO spread. This cake is not good un.
til the day after making. Be sure to
use bread flour. Frosting nay be made
without whites of eggs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
47r@!bifZgInd
tVheAznCigInt

- YpEARSl Yearsl What are years?
M Only 365 days! What are 365
days, or any combinations of
365 days, compared with the
unutterable past, whose dust is
being stirred by Europe's war, says
Walter H. Main, in the Utica Globe.
1t was a mere pebble in a mill pond
that assassination of a petty ruler
last summer-but the ripples it start
ed have not yet begun to lap the
shores of the sea of time along which
shades Of the past hover, nodding to
one another that humanity is ever
the same, always seeking, always
avaricious, always as ready to kill as
was Genghis Khan, who slew his
5000, 900 or 100000 and wept for
more.
Take that single city of Trebizond
there on the Black sea, of which we
have hardly heard, of whose past we
know nothing, and for whose trade
Turkey and Russia are struggling.
What is the commerce of New York
for a single century compared with
LILO COLuulClCG VI 11GplLOhu " SOuhb
less ages?
We look with veneration on a build
ing a century old; the Magma Charta
we look upon with it's 700, years as Of
unspeakable antiquity; but here is a
city whose past trails off into the dim
realm of myth, to the tombs of
Pharaohs, to antiquity that ends in
fancy.
1t was 1892 when Columbus stun
bled on San Salvador and marked the
beginning of our four centuries of
continental history, four centuries that
seem an interminable past to us, but
which are as a dream which passeth
in the night for Trebizond and its him
terland. In fact America would not
have been disclosed for many years
had it not been for the trade of Trebi.
zond. For Trebizond has been the
outlet to the western world of the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

Two cupfuls cornmeal, two tea
spoonfuls salt. two eggs, one and one
half cupfuls buttermilk, one teaspoon.
full soda, one and one-half tablespoon.
fuls butter.
Scald the cornmeal with enough
hot water to make 1t the consistency
of mush. Add salt and butter. and set
it aside to cool; then beat in the eggs
whipped light; dissolve the soda in
the buttermilk, beat into the mixture,
and bake in a rather deep buttered
pan in a quick wen for thirty-tive OF
forty minutes. Good Housekeeping
Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
FASHIONS AND FADs

The newest petticoats are made OF
tulle.
summer fashion favors the trans
parent sleeve.
White skirts for tennis favor the
wide pocket effects.
Rose pink is a good shade for q
lawn country frock-
The all-black hat of velvet Is fash
ions latest caprice.
There are huge taffeta roses placed
1t the waist line.
Knitted silk sport coats in stripes
are very effective.
Even bathing suits have skirts
formed OF a series of ruf1es. (
Boned 5rassieres are now being
made expressly for bathing.
Beaded gate-top bags are made OF
black or navy blue MORE.
Circular skirts are finished with
bias bands OF plaid material.
Carry a parasol OF gorgeous hue
and a small handbag OF brilliant
taffefa-
Tiny h~and-painted pearl buttons
and dyed pearl buttons In odd shapes
are 70 appear on autumn waists.