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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-22

eI5af tTi.;TTrts disagreed with the nrst-
brought out the story Of the buried
dress. which brought out the fact that
NO one could be found who had seen
Mrs.. aackstaff leave Anterior. that
Hackstaff had looked quite as uneasy
as II he had committed murder, and
various other Incidents. all OF which
combined warra nted a grand jury in
finding an Indictment against him.
though the prep0nderance or evidence
of the experts being that the signature
to the check was genuine caused the
charge Of forgery to be dropped.
Hackstaff told his story AS It has
been told here. with few additions
not bearing on the ease. This was
that his wife was a cotton Spectator
and used. with his occasional assist
ance. to examine the crops In the south.
where they were grown. A condition
Of the cotton market had OccasiOned
visit to bombay. and she had gone
there. expecting to bug largely. What
had worried him was that the steamer
on which she had sailed had not been
reported since issuing from the Red
sea into the gulf Of Alden.
There were several missing links In
his explanations. His wife's dress.
which had been exhumed had becOme
de0dorized; the ticket agent at Ather-
ton. who knew Mrs. Hackstaff well. had
no remembrance Of having sold her u
ticket on the date claimed. and owing
to her catching the steamer at the last
moment her name did not appear On
the passenger list.
Opinion which had long been grow.
ing against the accused and the fact
that the prosecuting attorney was
allowing great energy in cOnvictins
criminals previous to a campaign be
was about to make for an important
judgeship prevailed over this dimsy
evidence. and Hackstaff was given q
death sentence.
Mrs. Racksta6. meanwhile having
crossed the Atlantic and traversed tht
Mediterranean and the Red sea. was
wrecked on the Persian coast. Sht
reached the shore with no money and
being penniless In strange land. wen
through various adventures before
meeting fellow countryman wht
helped her out and enabled her t,
reach Bombay.
All this took time.
A few days before Hacksta6 was {,
be hanged cablegram was handel
him from his wife. Presenting that b,
had heard Of the wreck. she announced
her safety and that she had arrived q
bombay. The Information contained
In the cablegram was limited. but 1
was enough to save her husband from
swinging at a ropes end. He wa
not set at liberty. however. till tn
court was satisfied that the cablegran
was. genuine and then only after b.
had been pardoned BY the governor
which was the simplest way out Of tn
difficulty.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-22
Heart toHeart
Talks
TIE WEALTH OF LEARNING.
~ CHARLES N. LURE.

NE WALL " kkAb<NsSNOs
There Is being printed a story. fun
ny in some Of its respects and implica-
lions. about an immigrant who came
to this country with no other equip
ment or property than pair Of strong
arms, with other evidences Of good
health and brains Of ingenuity inherit
ed from long line Of intellectual an
cestors. but no education. He had NO
trade or profession and had worked
in Europe as q laborer. He could not
read or write.
Somehow he got past the immigra.
ton inspectors and landed here with
no money and no immediate prospects
Of job But he had friends who
placed him al a janitor Of small New
York business building. There the i'm
migrant remained few days until the
owner Of the building learned that he
could not read or write. Then the
janitor was "fired" promptly.
Well
For a time he knocked about New
York. working at odd jobs. Then he
accumulated little money-enough to
start him in business as peddler. His
natural business abilities showed them.
selves to such good advantage that in
q remarkably short time he owned a
business and was on the road to
wealth. But he never found time to
acquire any education.
One day a friend said to him:
Its too bad. Mr.. c., that you. with
your natural business ability. never
learned to read and write"
"vell." said Mr.. c.. maybe II I could
read and write would yet be der JAM.
tor" .f
The inference IL that he had done
better without the handicap Of an edu
cation. Perhaps %. from q financial
viewpoint.
But look at the other side Of the
shield
For instance. there are the wonder
ful stores Of knowledge. Of literature
and science. open only to those who
have mastered ut least the rudiments
Of an education. Are they not worth
something. even IN comparison with
business success?
The sunset and the sunrise. with tn,
simmer Of the moonlight on the mid
night waters. the perfume Of the ros,
and the hum Of the bee are this man.
Just as much "a they are yours ant
mine. He shares with us the deligh
Of the landscape which no private own
ership Of the land can take away.
But the great and beautiful lines II
which these have been described 70
US. the treasure house Of poetry. tn
words OF the sages. are not for him
save as he learns them by hearsay.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-22
The Professions

Chiropractor
DIR. ]. Q. SCARBOROUGH,
Lady In Attendance
In Dyches Building Between PARK
and Auditorium.
OFFICE HOURS.
8 to IL 80 a. m. 1880 to 5 p. n.
ZOO to 500 p. m.
Consultation and Examination Free
Residence Phone 240 Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-22
Long Record Of Service.

Henry 8. Adams, for SO years cash
Ter In the Boston post once. has been
continuously employed In the postal
service for 50 years. having. 1t il be-
nsved. established . record for serv-
Ice In that department Of the federal
government He began a. ONCE boy
at the age Of thirteen years 1t New.
buryport. and In 1853 went To Boston
and obtained IN appolntmsnt He has
served under Is Of ths - postmastsr,
gunerai
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-22
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Scatter Sunshine.

A little thought will show you how
vastly your own happiness depends on
the way other people bear themselves
toward you. The looks and tones at
your breakfast table, the conduct OF
your fellow-workers or employers, the
faithful or unreliable men you deal
with. what people say to you on the
street. the way your cook and house.
maid do their work. the letters you
get the friends or foes you meet
these things make up very much of
the pleasure or misery Of your day.
Turn the idea around. and remember
that just 20 much are you adding to
to the pleasure or the misery Of other
peoples days. And this Is the half Of
the matter which you can control.
Whether any particular day shall
bring to you more Of happiness or Of
suffering Is largely beyond your power
to determine. Whether each ray of
your life shall give happiness or SUI.
fering rests with yourself-George 9.
Merriam.
Cholera has usually found Q use.
full ally In superstition. In the old days
the disease was believed to lie bottled
up In volcanoes and to be released BY
eruptions. The most effectual way to
avoid 1t WAS to sleep in bed with your
head due south. In Russia during the
terrible epidemics six years ago the
peasants would not trust the doctors.
whom they actually accused Of caus.
ing the disease, but drank . fearful
mixture Of tar. resin and petroleum a.
preventives, and fred guns from the
doors and windows to scare the chol-
era away. What spreads the disease
along the caravan routes Of Asia ia
the habit Of washing dirty clothes in
the drinking wells.
Rocks were the birds whose conduct
In connection with the cholera was OBJ
served In ireland in 1882. According
to the contemporary Dublin Morning
Register. Immediately the cholera
came all the birds vanished from the
rookery in the Marquis of Sligo's de-
mesne. one Of the largest in Ireland
For three weeks, during which the
disease ragged violently, these noisy
tenants OF the trees completely desert.
ed their lofty hahitationss In the mean,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-22

W. L. HEATH, D. G.
HUGH D. VIA. D. G.
Doctors Of Chiropratic. Over Post
once. Hours to IL. a. m. and 2.
to and to p. m.
Graduates and Ex-Faculty mem
hers of the Palmer School OF
Chirapratic. Consultation an
Spinal analysis free at ofice.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-22

@. D. & II. D. MENDENHALL
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Suite 212-215 Drane Building
Lakeland, Fla.
Phosphate Land Examinations apo
Plant Designs Earthwork Specialists
Surveys.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09

nection is the experience Of a per
sonal friend Of mine. can, at the
moment, recall nothing more Inn
pressively illustrative of the import
ance OF using spare time wisely.
My friend is a foreign-born citizen.
When he first came to this country
he was without money and without
acquaintances. Working as a farm
hand he contrived to save enough to
open a fruit and peanut stand In a
city of the middle west
After a time he was able to hire
boy 10 assist him. This gave him
a certain amount Of liberty, of
leisure to do something else.
He did not waste his leisure In
idleness or in vicious ways. Instead
he began TO haunt the public library.
where he improved his knowledge of
English. and began the study OF
otter tongues.
Soon language study became a real
passion with him. He studied not
only the meaning. but the derivation
Vi NOTuS. IfN' DOOhS anu uiCtiOu-
aries were his daily companions.
Today his peanut selling expert
ence Is thlng Of the remote past.
He has long since graduated from
the street into the faculty of one of
the greatest OF American univer.
stiles.
There, as professor OF languages.
the magnitude of his learning and
the fertility OF his mind are constant
sources of wonder TO colleagues who
rank among tho best in American
scholarship.
Take care OF the moments, and
your life will take care Of itself
This is something every one of us
will do well 10 take as a personal
axiom
What use do we make OF our own
spare time? Do we massacre Il In
frivolous or perhaps vicious amuse.
ments? Or DO we employ II to try
TO make little more OF ourselves :
Questions, these, which all OF us
should ponder, and should answer
honestly.
The one way makes for incompe-
tency. inefficienoy. unhappiness, and
failure. The other carries with Il q
guarantee OF a continuing and ever
greater success.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
Pointed Paragraphs
A good liar is always considered

A good liar is always considered
bad.
Stick TO your business with the
glue OF industry
A fertile imagination may pro-
duce rank thoughts.
X takes a wise man TO pick a
fool whose money he can spend.
Youth is going to do things tomor.
row that old age didn't do yester-
day.
Whenever two women begin to
talk things over they are sure to
overtalk.
Love at first sight often causes
the victims to wish they had con.
suited an oculist.
No doubt most OF the happiness
in the world Is due tn the fact that
ignorance is bliss.
A man seldom realizes the worth
lessness Of his earthly possessions
until he tries 10 pawn them.
Inc tVOuUre Wltn 100 many chill.
dren is that the education of their
parents has been neglected.
When a man once thoroughly I'm.
derstands the ins and outs of poll.
tics he may know enough to stay
out.
What may surprise young widow
about mans daring to kiss her Is
that 1t took him SO long to get
around to IL.
II you will trace your bad luck a
few blocks back, the chances are
that you will discover 1t il due TO
your own bad management.
II is decidedly rough on the lead.
ing lady of theatrical aggregation
when She Is compelled TO step OF
the track 10 let train go by.
There's only one way TO acquire
wisdom. but when IL comes to max
ing fool OF yourgelf you have your
choice OF million dir.rent ways
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
Making Pastel Colors

The lack OF permanency is paste
pictures is largely due. according TO
Birge Harrison, to the bad quality
OF the materials employed. I'm
scrupulous manufacturers dip sticks
of white chalk into liquid baths OF
brilliant but ephemeral dyes, and
pictures produced with these soon
fade. Writing in Art and Progress,
Mr.. Harrison says artists should
make their own pastels. a process
that Is very easy.
The materials used he says.
ARE prccipitated chalk mixed with
tie best dry powdered colors In the
proportions necessary to produce the
various tihts desired. This impal-
pable powder r. moistened TO the
consistency Of thick paste by the
addition OF an extremely dilute soIu.
,ion of gum tragscanth and water.
II is then very thoroughly kneaded
and finally pressed or rolled into
sticks OF the desired size" New
York World
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
Business Is Entitled To
Closing of This Stub End

Detroit shippers want better service from the
Grand Trunk and that low-moving corporation
has at last promised 10 get busy on a big new
freight house and team tracks if stub end o;
a street can be closed so that the freight house
can be built across II.
OF course. it is the custom to get up and yell
when IL is proposed to give any part of the
public's property TO any kind OF corporation.
With some IL has become absolute habit TO
yell. on general principles. and without regard
to the merits of the particular case, just because
Il is city property and railroad wants 1t.
In this particular case Hastings-st. extends TO
Atwater where it runs sauarely up against rail-
road property. which the railroad can fence of
any time IL pleases.
The last block OF the street, the one IL is pro-
posed to close has never been but half width
for the greater part of the way. Where now
II leads to Atwater street and stops there. at
railroad property, il would il the request TO
close be granted. lead to Franklin-st and stop at
railroad property
The interests of the whole city are vitality
concerned in whether Detroit business firms can
get their material in and their product out. Bust
ness men much more interested in that mat
ter than they in the question OF whether a
blind alley ends few feet further north.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09

Success in lie depends to q far
greater extent than most people
suppose on the right use Of spare
time. What a man does outside OF
working hours may be OF decisive
Importance to his entire career.
IL is not enough to avoid impair
ment of efficiency by the wasting
of ones leisure moments in dissipa-
ton. Positive as well as negative
action Is necessary.
On the one hand there should be
a certain amount of time devoted to
healthful recreation and on the
other a certain amount devoted to
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
YOUR SPARE TIME
~ n. ADDINoToN BRUCE.
ddie OF Personality Psychology and Parenthood." ct

serious mental occupation OF sort
different from that of the daily rou-
tine.
Rest Is not necessarily synon-
ymous with idlcness. Change of oc-
cupation is itself exceedingly restful
And IL gives opportunity for mental
growth such as the man who rests
by idling can never hope TO obtain.
So true Is this that the wise use
OF spare time often enables man to
progress to heights of achievement
from which the circumstances Of his
life seemed utterly TO debar him.
Strikingly TO the point In this con.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
A Poem a Day
THE SHEPHERD OF KING
ADMETUS.

THE sHEfHEND VT
ADMETUs.
There came a youth upon the earth.
Some thousand years ago,
Whose slender hands were nothing
worth.
Whether TO pillow. or reap or SOW.
Upon an empty tortoise-shell
He stretched some chords. and
Music that made mems bosoms swell
Fearless, or brimmed their eyes
with dew.
Then King Admetus. one who had
pure taste by right divine,
Decreed his singing not too bad
To hear between the cups of wine.
And so. we'll pleased with being
Into a sweet half-sIeep.
Three times his kingly beard he
And made him viceroy Ger his
sheep.
Ills words were simple words enough.
And yet he used them so,
That what in other mouths was
in his seemed musical and low.
Men called him but shiftless youth.
In y whom r no ;, t sDSd my in truth
They made HIS careless words
their law.
They knew not how he learned at
all
For idly. hour by hour
He sat and watched the dead leaves
fall
or mused upon common flower.
II seemed the ioveliness OF things
Did teach him all their use,
For. In mere weeds. and stones, and
springs.
Tie found healing power profuse.
Men granted that his speech was
wise.
But. when a glance they caught
or his slim grace and woman's eyes.
They laughed. and called him good
for-naught.
Yet. after he was dead and gone.
And cen his memory dim.
Earth seemed more sweet TO live
upon,
More full OF love. because Of him.
. Md day by day more DIV grew
Each spot where he haG trod,
/ TIN after-pOets only knew
Their hrst-born brother was a god.
James Russell Lowell.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
Upon Which Z. the Joker

To the Editor Of The Times:
Henry Ford's efforts TO bring In
ternational peace may be n world
wide joke, but is not international
ignorance, superstition and selfish
ness a bigger joke on education,
Christianity and brotheIiy love?
Ford's efforts are In accordanc'
with human intelligence. with hui
man energy, with personal expe
fience and wisdom. and not with
the thoughts OF ignorance. super
stition and selfishness. Ford Is not
asking God to help him; he Is go.
ing out over the world asking men
so-called educated men. to use their
reason and come TO an agreement
as educated people ought TO do.
Why don't those who think Ford
efforts are joke. cohe ont and
call education, Christianity. and
brotherly love Joke?
Is II not about time TO call ignor
ance, superstition sad setfshness q
Joke, when education, Christianity
and brotherly love have failed to
harmonic them?
We are all In intellectual slavery
We dare not think OF using wis
dom. Where are the educated PEG
pie who will stand up for truth as
they sec and know II? Everybod,
Is afraid he will lose his job II
ne entertains wisdom.
Every human being on this great
ound world Ia suffering, more OF
less. because he educated people
are Ill afraid to speak up and tel
What they know IL rue.
Let's give Ford credit for his 81
forts. and shame those who viii not
speak and stand up for the inter
est OF wisdom.
Wisdom IL The only thing thai
can not be bought and sold. Wher
wisdom Is AT work. ignorance. su
perstiiion and selhshness work over
time In trying to selrStheir commodi'
ties.
ignorance. superstition and selfish.
ness have n monopoly because thct
teach fear and dish out punishment
to those who dare TO become tnNu'
enced by wisdom.
War may ba hell=-but It's he'll
sure enough. when man must bow
down to the monopoly " Ignorance
superstition and low down selfish
ness.
Wisdom weeps TO Sse educated peo'
pIe bound down to such an influence
EDWARD MILLER. JH
Evansville. Ind, Dec. Z. 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09

ing Of both our bodies and minds.
Whenever We fail to- exercise
them for a period OF time they are
apt TO degenerate. Not infrequent-
ly. owing TO the close association
OF the various parts 81 the complex
human machinery. this results in
the impairment OF one part and re.
fleets upon the others.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
PRAYER AFTER BATTLE.

The scene is the Bethune hospital aiter
ma rt,eularly hard battle. The chaplain hurries
into the corridor and ASKS soii'e " 'n'
wounded: oar
Have we lost many, boysT
ayes. sir a great lot" Is the answer.
"Dd we kill any Germansc
Heaps. sir; they went through the min ia'
worse than us" ,.,.
THAT'S good" said the chaplain fervently.
Then ne prayed -, 80,
80 God we thank thee for having spared
these mems lives.
Tie was An EngIishman first and chaplain
afterward
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
etr0it Streets Should
WI. Be Safer BY Saturday


The Littlefeld ordnance which COM
,psls automobiles approaching street cars
''snping in the same direction to come to a
An stop, has been passed by the COM
\ mon council and Mayor Marx says he
viii sign it.
& Seventy-two hours from the time of
!. passage for notice Of consideration must
eIapse before the mayor can affix his
fblonature.
Nj lf . notice of reconsideration is not
2 ~ the ordinance will become effective
1rday Of this week, at which time the
.ts Of Detroit should Immediately
b1ne safer for both pedestrians and
plsta
Ia The ordinance means safe driving be-
Dnp It will compel the autoist to have
N car under control at all times.
{he auto under control is about as
l1sss thing as could be imagined.
Nm 70 this safety regulation
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09

walk the streets or who use street cars
are entitled to protection against the
auto hog and reckless drivers.
II is refreshing to read the announce
ment from Mr.. Jasnowski's office OF
determination to push the case against
a driver with blood on his wheels.
A case of manslaughter against Max
well Humphrey, whose machine Killed
Joseph Musol at Michigan-ave. and
Twenty -fourth-St.. is to be pressed and
the community will watch on with inter-
est.
The community has come to accept
the view this newspaper has held ana
advanced for years as life after HE has
been crushed cut in our streets by autos,
that the carnage will never be stopped
until some one of the fool drivers has
been made TO pay the penalty for his
crime by serving a term in prison.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09

A Detroit wife claims in divorce court
that she was married while asleep. Still
many hold the view that marriage is only
a rude awakening from dream
And, besides. she never had to stand
for this: well, whadjah marry me
for? Yah had your eyes open?"
Bears are reported scarce in the north
woods. By the time Michigan has gone
dry it is probable we will have seen the
last of bruin.
Preparedness.
Tell your wife that if my wife calls
up and asks if | was with you. to tell her
yes"
Food statistics in connection with the
! European war suggest that we are soon
to find out whether those fellows would
sooner fight than eat.
Fido Hubbard was proud
And barked long and loud
When the latest dog collars were
shown.
But, alas, he was busted
And couldn't get trusted
And had to solicit loan.
This natty dog collar
Costs only dollar"
SO loudly at home did he moan,
That old Mother Hubbard
Went straight to the cupboard
And got her poor doggie bone.
i
Frank Tungsten, we note. paid a SIC
fine for being drunk and disorderly. Was
this case Of picked Tungsten or simply
Tungsten lit?
| The president refers to a certain elias,
of hyphenated Americans who seem t.
lose sight of the fact that their bread i,
buttered on this side.
Toy shop visitors find the 1915 Teddy
bear wearing a muzzle. We predict tina
by this time next year il will be founC
TO have eaten its way out of it.
Wonder if Col Roosevelt's byzantine
logothete" found Mr.. Wilson in state OF
preparedness.
More bad news, il true: The English
government has sent Doc Cook home.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
CAlrsE For SUSPICION.

Somebody broke into Hammersmiths hard.
ware store the other night" said the landlord CT
the Petunia tavern. and STOLE a couple OF RI.
zors four revovers. shotgun. lot Of ammuni
ton several butcher knives and broadax. The
authorities claim TO have no clew but 7 can.
help suspecting Lester Piuney. Ne told me yes.
to-day that he Is going to be visite this week
by four brothersinlaw and their families. a1a
didn't seem TO be the least put out about Il,
either. kansas City Star
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09

dolence. IL is
certain that our
bodies were new
or planned for
ldleness. Good
health Is invaria
bly, the result NJ
a continued and
rational exercis-
The Detroit times., 1915-12-09
RAILWAY PENSIONS.

Seven old employees OF the United Railways
company were placed on the companys pension
list The other day on account OF the discontinue
snce nj the trolley mail service. They had lat
terIy had easy employment on the mail cars.
when motor truck service was substituted
Gently Il was decided TO retire them They VIII
receive from $24O TO 1898 year, according to-
their length OF service.-St Louis Post Dis
match.