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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20

pany among the other cottagers. But
when at last he reached the point he
was amazed to find the whole place
desolate and bare. except the single
second cottage, standing fOrlornly
among heaps Of debris. A fire had evil
IDENTIFY destroyed the rest How No.
2 had escaped was beyond his powers
of computation.
He whistled moment, then stepped
up to the door Another surprise
awaited him. Upon the threshold,
wide-eyed in wonder and appeal, stood
the most beautiful girl, in Jimmy's
opinion, that he had ever seen. Jimmy
stared at her
Thank heaven!" exclaimed tho girl.
81 beg your PARDON" asked Jimmy.
Are you going to let me go homer?
the girl demanded.
81 hope you are not being kept here
against your will" said Jimmy.
The girl stared at him again.
Don't you understand" she cried.
Il thought had rented this camp"
SalQ Jimmy.
The girl burst into hysterical laugh
ter What does it matter?' she de-
mandcd. Don't you know that we are
Guaranteed here? Didn't they try to
stop you coming?"
Il believe some idiot did yell at me,
now come to think of 1t" Jimmy re-
piled.
| The girl laid her hand on his arm.
/ Listen to mel" she said Il came here
two weeks ago and my friend was to
come the following day They turned
her back. was just too late. There
had been a smallpox epidemic here.
/ They burned down the other camps.
They left one for me, and | moved into
this because it was the most comfort
able. They bring food every day to
a Mace at the end OF the lake and
leave it there don't know when
can go. thought you had come to
| take me away.
Il wish | had" said Jimmy. He saw
the girl start and look at him intently
! II had only just occurred to her that
this man might be a gentleman.
What are you going to do?" she
asked
Why. | guess we had better take
the next train" Jimmy answered.
oh, it isn't possible" said the girl.
Pack, and well try said Jimmy.
He shoudered her bag and his own
and they tried At the place where
The trail and the road united stood the
.xcited individual, waiting for them
Between them and himself were th'
wo barrels of a shotgun. "KeeI
ack'" he yelled.
4 tell you we're going to the traini'
houtel Jimmy, enraged.
II guess you amt warned you
M; YOU wouldn't listen to me. Quar-
antine amt up for four days yet. keel
hack, The winds blowing from yo1
- me Keep back or | fire. It's tn
state law.
Unable TO move him. Jimmy too
n TWO bags again. and they trudge
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
WILL LOOK ALMOST LIKE NEW
Furniture Polish That Is Said to Be
Invaluable to Economical
Housekeeper.

When highly polished furniture as
sumes blush white appearance. or
the surface is injured so as to show
white marks, 1t should be rubbed with
a mixture of equal parts of raw lpseed
Oil and turpcntinc and then wiped Off
clean II this does not restore the APP
pearance of the furniture, the only
this is a somewhat difficult operation.
a fairly good job may be made of 1t
IL the following directions are care
fully followed The old polish must
be first removed by scrubbing it with
a paste made of finest emery -four and
spirits of turpentine. After cleaning
and before polishing, 1t is good plan
to merely moisten the face Of the work
with raw linsecd oil, for this causes
the old body to unite with the new
one. Where shallow dents. scratches
and broken parts Of the polish present
themselves, carefully coat them two
or three times with thick solution OF
shellac, and when the last coatings
become hard, rub them with soft putty
until they become uniformly smooth
and even. then proceed to polish the
general surface. A very good polish is
made as follows: Dissolve " ounces
OF shellac and one-fourth ounce san
darac in half a pint Of naphtha. To
apply the polish make wad with
long strip of flannel, rolling it round
and round, wet the end Of It well with
the polish, then lay a piece of clean
linen rag over the moistened flannel
and apply drop of linseed oil to the
rag Rub the work in a circular direc
ton, lightly at first. To finish off use
little naphtha. applied the same as
the polish.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
The RED Chimney
BY KEITH KENYON.


In the full flush of summertime
foliage you could not see it from
Burton's camp, but when the Septem-
Der winds began to send the leaves
dancing 1t stood out plainly, one RED
chimney far up the valley of Little
Creek.
The house of the red chimney had
been untenanted for many years, he
had been told at the local country
store.
1t was the only other house in the
valley besides his own rough lodge
and he had not resented sharing the
solitude until the morning when
smoke rose leisurely into the ar
from the red chimney.
Burton watched it with unbelievlng
eyes. He waited until afternoon ana
then whistled his horse up from the
lower meadow where 1t grazed ana
saddled it grimly. II any tramps or
loiterers had taken up their ABODE
there he made up his mind 10 Dust
them with short shift.
1t was gallop of three miles around
the bend of the river road. AS ne
drew near, he caught a hutter OF
white from a clothesline in the yard.
So the occupant was evidently feml.
nine, which deprived him OF some OF
the Joy of retaliation. Still he looKeu
decidedly stern and aggressive as ne
mounted the wide stone steps anu
knocked on the front door.
There was no answer, and after Tue
second knock the very prettiest lace
he had ever looked upon appeared a'
the window beside him.
I'm awfully sorry, but we maven
found the key to the front door yel
Won't you come around the slue
way?"
He strobe through the grass DOUBT,
FULLY. On the side porch, in an oiu
split-bottom rocker, he found another
tenant, a little older than the hrsl'
but very nearly as distraetihglS
pretty, and this one was pairing po'
tatoes.
How do YOU do?" she said cheer
FULLY. Are you one Of our nelgn'
bors?"
I rather think | am your onlS
neighbor in the valley" answered bur
ton gravely. Il have lived here three
Years in the summertime. Burton Is
my name"
Ours is Colby. I am Beatrice Col
by, This is my sister Nan.
Nan smiled at him and handed ou'
another chair. Before he knew 1t
Burton was thawing and telling thein
all about the valley and Of his cominE
10 it when his own health had oroAeu
down back in New York. He had Cd
tanned tenting rights first IRON lne
trustee Of the land, Prohs9ly tne'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
Dixie Highway Bunch Nav
Reach Jacksonville Toda-,

Jacksonville, Oct. 2O--Traveling
about "a hours behind their
scheduled time, the party of promi-
npnt highway enthusiasts and news
napermen making the first official
otHcial tour of the Dixie Highway
,ssociation is expected to reach here
today or possibly tomorrow.
officials of the Jacksonville Cham
mr. of Commerce have no definite
word from the party as to the ex-
act hour of their arrival, nor have
any one at the Seminole Hotel,
where they will be located during
the stay in the Gateway City.
The following received over the
Associated Press wire shows it to be
the intention of the tourists, or
"uotorcade," to reach Miami, their
Estimation, by Sunday:
Macon, Ca, Oct. 1S-Declaring
mat Georgia's roads are the best en-
conferred so far on their trip from
chicago, the Dixie Highway tourists
after spending the night here, lie
This morning on the last lap of their
tourney to Miami, Fla, which point
they erpect to reach Sunday. Ameri-
Gus entertained the party at coun-
try club dinner at noon. ihe party
will spend tonight in Albany"
According to information here, the
Marty is being urged by the people
nj Live Oak to spend day or night
in that city, but whether or not an
alteration of the original schedule
in this connection has been agreed
to is not known Should they make
= stop at Live Oak after leaving Tai
lahassee they will probably not ar
rive here until Thursday afternoon
IN the event that no stop is made
there and the tourers leave ITALIA
hassee during Wednesday morning, i
is expected they will reach Jackson
Vile during Wednesday night.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
Newspapers as Buffers.

Nothing fills the place of buffer
in a trunk like newspapers; they are
so unyielding that wrinkles and pro-
tuberances cannot make themselves
felt. 1t is useless to try to arrange
heavy articles at the bottom of the
trunk and light ones on top-the bag
gage handlers know no top and no
bottom Convenience in handling is
all that concerns them. BY keeping
an even, smooth surface for each sue
cessive layer one is doing ones best
to protect the contents.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20

had rented from the same person.
No Nan told him quite frankly,
I'VE Just drove over and stayed here.
Squatter rights evidently, thought
Burton, and he made up his mind to
sneak to old Newton about it. Yet
the days passed and he permitted the
interlopers to remain undisturDed.
II was rather pleasant to see smoke
coming from the red chimney. Every
other day he rode over to be sure his
neighbors were getting along well.
Nan. he found out, was the housekeep'
or Beatrice was the provider for
the family They confided 10 MIN
that she collected antiques for New
York dealer, and that they 1aunted
around to all kinds OF out-of-the-way
places.
II was at the end Of the fourth
week that Burton looking at himself
in the glass hung on his tent pole
told himself that he was in love. lie
looked over at the red chimney and
accused il in his mind. Then he looked
again and saw something that made
him hold his breath. UP from the req
chimney came masses of sulphurous
smoke that stained the deep blue oil
the morning sky.
When he dropped from his saddle
later. the white froth chung 70 us
horses TANKS and breast, but ne ran
on IN to the old house and found the
two girls fighting a chimney nre
Nan had taken ladder and leaned
il against the house and tried tc
roach the chimney with salt bags
hut had missed her footing.
"It,s only a sprain," she called tt
him from the grass, Go ana nell
Beatrice Mr. Newton came over
too ..,,.,
y don't care if the whole thiut
goes up in smoke he SAID huskl y;
kneeling beside her Are you padi!
hurt Tell me the truth, Nan.
I'm all right, truly, truly an
tried to draw away from him. ou
| Burton possesseu He' 80,
we loved YOU ever since l saw yo'
a. the window. Nan You know II
| too Don't laugh at me
shall l cry she asked %nimsl
+ ally You cant. you know. You W
lust hated US for spelling your val
ley" .aia vba,
pootrice and Mr. Newton came aroun'
he corner OF the house bearing mop
'i' VII IT'S out. said the old man
..t5ow do YOU like your two Landlords
Nr. Burton
pnrton looked nonplused.
Won know this whole valley is IN
old Colbv estate. I'm mighty gla
No If them cared enough about
10 come home a.,or.
And he regarded them as inv2uer'
no turned 20 Nan appealingly
shall ! ever pc forgiven
Che laughed and held out her hant
10 YOU think we would nave pu
18th YOU so long, Jack, If v
hadn't intended taking you INTO u
family ,c,.. Nsv,
,ronvright. 1915 by the s. MeSiu'e -"'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
FRS. Use Of Ribbon Medals.

The use of medal ribbons dates
back only 100 years. Military med
ais used to be hung round the neck
by means of chain or cord until the
issue OF the Waterloo medal, which
was attached to red ribbon with n
blue edge In 1886 a similar ribbon
was adopted for the Distinguished
Service order, thus perpetuating the
Identification of the old colOrs with
conspicuous gallant actions. The cor
responding decoration for noncommis-
stoned ranks, the medal for Distin-
guished Conduct in the Field, re-
verses the colors of the Waterloo rib
bon, the central stripe being blue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
q . q . q . . = q {. = {

Governor-Park Trammell.
Secretary of State II. Clay Craw-
ford.
Attorney General-Thomas F.
West.
Treasurer. G. Lunins.
Comptroller-W. V. Knott.
Commissioner of Agriculture-W W.
A. McRae.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-W. N. Sheats.
Adjutant General. c. r. Fos-
ter
State EXaminer-Ernest Amos.
State Chemist-R. h. Rose.
Board of Trustees Internal I'm
provement Fund-The Governor,
Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney
General and Commissioner of Agrt-
culture.
Board of Pardons-The Governor.
Secretary of State, Attorney General
and Commissioner of Agriculture.
U. S. Senators-HOn. Nathan Z.
Bryan, Jacksonville; Hon. Duncan
u. Fletcher, Jacksonville.
Board of Education-The Cover
nor, Secretary of State, Attorney
General, Treasurer and Superintend-
ent of Public instruction.
Board of State Institutions-The
Governor, Secretary of State, Treas
urer, Attorney-General, Commission
er of Agriculture, and Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction.
Board of State Institutions-Thc
Secretary of State, Treasurer, At
torney General Commissioner Of
and superintendent o'
Public Instruction.
U. S. Congressman-First District
Stephen NJ. Sparkman, Tampa; Sec
ond District, Frank Clark, Gaines
vile; Third District, Emmett VIII!
son, Pensacola; Fourth, District, w
j. Sears, Kissimmee.
County officials
! Circuit Court Judge -flon. f.
Whitney, Arcadia. ;.
County Court Judge-Hon. c. NJ
Trammell.
Circuit Court Clerk. A. John
son.
Prosecuting Attorney-R. B. HUI
faker
Tax Assessor. ]. Boynton.
Tax Collector. p. Murdaugh.
Treasurer-W G. Jones.
Sheriff-John logan.
Supt. Public Instruction.. A
Parker
Supervisor Of Registration-P. w
Daniels.
County Commissioners. G
Swindel, chairman; A. t. Mann
Barlow; F.. b. Swearingen, FIT
Meade: r. Fl. Bryson, Winter Haven
J. f. Lancaster, Bradley.
Board of Public Instruction.. {
owens, chairman; c. A. Parker
Barlow, superintendent; e. M. Law
Barlow; J. W. Keen. FIT. Meade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
PLAY Your Own Hand.

In this land Of opportunity you are
cautioned against merely recognizing
a good chance and stopping there.
Dreaming that there is money in some.
thing doesn't get the money out.
Neither is the plan of playing one
mans capital against that Of another
fellow the best way to set the get
ting rich. You must invest your en-.
ergy as well as money in order to
make success.-I.os Angeles Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
Colds Always Infectious.

Colds are catching; every now and
then the papers tell Of epidemics of
colds. Then look out for the man
who talks thick, and who is constantly
sneezing. blowing his nose and max
ing a general nuisance of himself. Sore
threats should be treated until they
are cured. Adenoids and infiamed ton
sils are d fruitful soil for the catarrh
germs; in children especially they
ought to be removed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
To Kill a Cat.

The most merciful way of destroy
ing cats is to chloroform them. Draw
an old sock over the cats head, so
that the toe is brought not quite to
its nose. Pour a teaspocnful of chic
reform on to the SOCK close 20 the
cats nose Almost as soon rs the
animal begins to be frightened II Will
doze off '.wice more soak The enc,
of the sock, ard the cat will not wake
again
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
Jamaica.

The area Of Jamaica is 4,200 square
miles, and the island has population
of $4,000. The population of Cuba Is
100000 The climate of both islands
is. with few exceptions, fine. No rea.
son why white people from the states
should not live in either place with
perfect safety
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
Cad and BAD lines TO Sleep.

sleep is soundest on cool. clear, dry
evenings. when there is little moisture
in the air and some mild movement OF
the pleasant, soothing atmosphere. on
cloudy. warm. soggy or even snowy
nigbts other things being equal sleep
was ftful, restless and unsatisfactory.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
Real Cause Of Rejoicing.

The reason you laugh when you see
your enemy sit down on a freshly
painted bench in park is not because
you don't love him, but because you
rejoice in the circumstance that the
Justice Of heaven has overtaken him.
Exchange
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
Had Heard His pans.

Mother-Willie, I'm shocked at you
Do you know what becomes of little
BOYS who use bad words when they
play baseball?
Willie-Yes'm They grow up and
become golf PLAYERS.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
The Only Difference.

About the only noticeable difference
between being in moderate circum-
stances and being poor is that in the
former case the things you want but
can't afford are a little more expen-
sive.-Columbus TO- Journal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-20
,,..I. Ehsn Describes . Pest.

de man dat won't tend TO his own
business," said Uncle Eben, lis al
wavs lookin' around foh a chance to
run somebody elsc's.'
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
RELIGION CHECKS
 MARCH ON BAGDAD
Berlin Claims That Indians With Brit ish Will Not Molest Their ...
 Sacred City.

Berlin Nov. 19, by wireless to Say ville.-The British advance against Bagdad has been checked south of Kut, in Mesopotamia, by a mutiny of Indian troops who refused to march further against Bagdad because of the presence in that city of objects sacred to their religion, according to a Frankfurter Zeitunk despatch from Constantinople, the Overseas News Agency says:
 ''The British executed every tenth Indian soldier of several battalions. the quoted despatch states, but the Indians openly refused to march against Sulman Pax and Bagdad. where several holy images are buried.
 "The general situation in Mesopo- tamia is decidedly less advantageous to the British than recently, as their advance against Bagdad has been stopped south of Kut, which is 1O5 miles southeast of Ragdad.
 "The Shiite clergy continue their agitation for a holy war in southe ern Persia and Schat-E -El-Arab, and inn portant events are said to be impend- ing"
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
Move to Add Nation to BelliCose List Instituted
WOULD INSURE PEACE
Great Britain, France and Russia Take Steps Toward Enlisting Her Sympathy-Country Would Take No Active Part in War.

Washington, Nov. 19.-Great Brit ain, France and Russia have united in an effort to add China to the entente alliance in order to prevent possible friction in the future between Japan and China, and to preserve the peace of the Far East. If China agrees to the plan, military participation in the present war is not expected.
 Negotiations thus far are in a con- versational stage at Picking with no indications as to China's attitude. Although the United States is being kept informed it's diplomatic repre- sentatives at Peking and European capitals are refraining from partici- pation..
 This sensational turn in far eastern affairs on the eve of the proposed change by China from a republic to 8 monarchy has been in confidential exchanges between the allied powers during the last week but only became known here today.
 Japan Not Consulted.
 Japan, so far as is known, has not yet been consulted, and if that gov- ernment knows of the plans unoffi- cially, there is nothing here to 'indi- cate what. its attitude will be.
 This latest step by Great Britain France and Russia is understood here to have been considered essential to permanently safeguard the interests of the allies. The impending change in China's form of government has rendered the situation somewhat acute Fear of revolution in China and the possibility of Japanese inter ference to preserve peace has attract ed wide attention among the Euro pean diplomats. Would Keep Out Japan.
 By joining the entente alliance, none of China's operations could af- feet the course of the war in Europe, but the move would effectively guar antee Japanese abstension from in terference in China Japan's atti- tude is not clear as yet, but two pos abilities are considered here as plausible: First that Japan will join in the movement on the theory that her paramount interests in China will not suffer any abridgement through the future actions of the allies or second, that Japan will remain aloof from any agreement viewing even the future entrance of China as an ally as not altering Japan's right to in dependent action in the far east wherever her interests are affected. Diplomats Favorable.
 Some Chinese diplomats are be- lieved here to be inclined very favor ably toward the move as insuring the integrity of China beyond question ana stabllizing national government.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19

RUMANIAN. OFFICIALS
 TAKEN BEFORE KING
Impodtant Personages in Balkan State Receive Secret Information
 to Quell Unrest.

Rome, Nov. 19, via Paris, a. m- in a Bucharest dispatch the Giornale D'Italia says: "On account of dissen- sions which are beginning to arise in the liberal party of Rumania and the unyielding opposition of Take Jones' GU, former minister of the interior and M. Filipesco, former minister of war, Premier Bratiano has deemed it ne- cessary to summon before King Fer dinand certain senators, deputies and others of the more important person. ages of the party. To these persons confidential statements concerning the Rumanian policy are being given.
 The question of Rumanian neutral ity seems about to enter a decisive phase. The rapidity with which events are moving in Serbia is hasten ing decision in this regard, particu- larly as both Russia and Austria are . concentrating troops near the north ern boundary of Rumania."
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
LURE OF GRIDIRON
 HURRIES UP COURT
Deputy Judge and Both Prosecutor Going to the Yale-Harvard
 Game Tomorrow

The lure of the gridiron has upset the local police court. The battle be- tween the rejuvenated Yale eleven and the powerful Harvard football ma chine which is to be staged at the Harvard Stadium at Cambridge, Mass, tomorrow afternoon has thinned the ranks of the professional men in this city, more especially the legal lights This football classic which bids fair to go down in the annals of college athletics as one of the greatest con- tests ever staged, will be witnessed by a majority of the lawyers in this city and Prosecuting Attorney George w. Klett will be among the most ardent rooters for Old Eli. So will Assistant Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods, himself 8 Yale man. Assistant Judge John H. Kirkham is to lend his presence to the cheering multitude, leaving only Judge James T. Meskill in this city to attend to the arduous duties of the police court.
 Accordingly, with the assistant judge and both prosecutors absent from the city it will be impossible to have session of police court tomor- row morning at 8:30 o'clock, the usual time. Therefore Assistant Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods asked Judge Meskill this morning for a re- cess until 7:45 o'clock tomorrow morning. It was granted and court will convene at that time. If it is impossible to conclude all the cases in time to permit the barristers to catch the train for Boston it will be necessary to adjourn until Monday.