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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14

~ am sIsnor Muzzlnl," Said Joe.
Miss Dale, this is pleasant surprise
What brings you back? Looking pros
porous, amt you. now?"
Yes. thank you. Papa Warner" an
swered Cynthia. and the blacksmith
roared with delight.
But l guess you're married now,
he suggested.
mot yet" said Cynthia.
Really. now? Well. that's a pity
I'm sorry for someone. Miss Dale"
He beamed and smiled after her
and she found the welcome of the lit
tie town grateful to her after the hol
lowness of European cities. II
could really be a girl again." she
thought. IF hadn't signed that con.
tract with Muzzini. ibid settle
down here and--and perhaps get mar.
ried," she ended, with a blush.
Somehow Cy's words had reminded
her OF her earliest sweetheart, Joe
Byrnes. How many times she had
promised to marry him when they
swung upon the gate together. or, boy
and girl, strolled down the lanes,
abloom with wild roses. Joe Byrnes,
who also hoped to be a singer, and
had never succeeded in anything!
Unconsciously her feet were lead
ing her in the direction of Joe's old
home. Suddenly she stood still and
gasped in amazement. Leaning
thoughtfully over the gate, dressed in
stylish clothes. was Joe himself,
Their recognition was mutual. Joe
lifted his hat, not with the old awk-
wardness. but with flourish redolent
Of fashionable society.
And Cynthia. shaking hands with
Joe, found herself positively blushing
again, like schoolgirl.
II was odd. too, but after their first
embarrassment wore OFF. they found
themselves chatting in much the old
style, as they leaned over the gate
Joe had al last succeeded. He was in
business, according to the impression
he gave Cynthia, and he was in a fair
way TO become a rich man. He laugh
ingly admitted that ne had abandoned
his musical hopes forever.
No. Miss Dale. ne said, I've
mixed a good deal with musical peo
pie. but ] had sense enough to see
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
|Cynthia's
Contract
~
By HAROLD CARTER
Copyright. 1915. by w. q. Chapman)

Copyright, 1915. by W. q. Chapman.)
The hotel register had her name
Madame Alloni, but the hotel stood
two miles from the village, and the
moment she had passed the patch OF
woods that separated its grounds
from Meadowdale she became Cynthia
Dale again. Insensibly she seemed to
shake of the cosmopolitan airs that
had attracted attention at the hotel
the moment she set foot inside it.
Her gait grew free. her step assumed
the elasticity of girls. And, in fact,
at thirty the famous opera singer had
resolved to become a girl again, lust
for one day" as she phrased it.
Nobody in the little village would
recognize in her anyone but the Gym.
thia Dale who had gone to New York
and then to Munich to study music
ten years before
But a year later her father had
died. a bankrupt; his wife had fol.
lowed him within three months, and
Cynthia had found herself upon the
world, helpless.
She had never permitted herself to
think of those dreadful days of pow
erty and temptation. Gradually she
had won out. For two years she had
been one of the most famous of Muz-
zinis opera singers. His companies
were already famous throughout Eu'
rope. Muzzini she had never met
but he had persuaded her to come to
America, at a fabulous salary. The
contract had been signed abroad, and
she was to meet him in New York in
two days time.
Suddenly homesick, the girl had de-
cided to pay visit to her native
town. 1t had changed little. How
every recollection came back to her
as she set foot within its limits. Cy
Warner, the blacksmith, was still al
his forge. He looked up as the styl
ishly dressed woman passed him, hes
itated, and then beamed on her at
she stopped to shake hands with him
ITS Miss Dale" he roared, grasp
ing her hands gently in his huge
hammer-hardened paws. well
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
Poor DIAGNOSIS.

What you need" said the eminent
medical man. is more bodily activity.
You should exercise your back and
limbs and feet. What's your business :"
81 am the leading tango expert on
the champagne floor of the elite lob
ster palace" replied the unhappy
patient-Clevel,ai F,o.n Dealer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
Will LIN

Now in the course OF this play"
said the manager. you do several fun
ny falls. How are you on falls?" II
come next to Niagara" responded the
other. with that confidence not an
necessary to a comedian of rank
Puck.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
Modern Children

In describing the children who -.
moved In next door little Helene said.
They're not troublesome cbjldraH.
they don't do anything you tell ,ben
NOT to do but they do everything Won
DON'T say anything about.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
The Greater Need

I am very busy" said the inyen,o,
oe'isins range finder which -
uood Lord. man." said the suburban
ite' what a waste of time, what ~.
world needs is not a range 6naar - ~
coax finder that win stay wbsn
sona BY the ranges already located : :
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
Importance Of Diet.

How you succeed is according to
how you work. How you work is &C.
cording 10 how you .aink. How you
think is according - how you eat
Not always, but ~ enough to make
II a rule.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14

Shaving was introduced among the
Romans about b c. soc. The first
shave was deemed the entrance 10
manhood and celebrated with great
festivities Answers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
Lemon Juice for Headache

Lemon juice and water will very Of.
ten give great relief In the case OF q
sick headache. A wineglass of lemon
juice in a little water taken three
times a day is also recommended for
rheumatism.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
New Source of Prnfit

Ted-"Smere sold his sketches OF
city life for five thousand" Ned
Well, he's the best artist | ever knew
who made money painting the town."
Judge
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
Cost

Friend OF the College President
What did this beautiful dormitory
cost your" College President-"Three
doctors degrees. One for the man
that put up the money and the others
for two friends of his."-Life
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-14
More Sensible.

The reason the motion picture sun.
rise is so much more popular than the
real article is that it has the good
sense to come at a more reasonable
hour
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
An Old Larch Tree.

Italy can boast OF larch tree the
age Of which is estimated TO be 1000
years. Ii Is situated on the northern
flank of Mont Chetip in the direction
OF the huts Of Plan Veni. above COur-
mayeur. few steps from the footpath
that skirts the limits OF the meadow
land. Due allowance being made for
the extreme slOwness with which the
larch grows, for the altitude above sea
level Q.650 meters) at which 1t Is root
ed and for its northerly exposure in
the near neighborhood of the glacier,
where the cycle Of its development is
barely FIVE months every year, this
venerable larch, untouched alike by
woodman'S ak and thunderbolt. cannot
be less than 1900 years old.-Scots-
man.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Old Time Coininq.

In the fifteenth century IL skilled coin.
sr. of whom there were but few. might
be able 10 turn out by hand fifty OF
sixty coins a day. n result totally in
adequate to cope with the vast guam.
tity of treasure. chiefly silver. that
shortly began to arrive from America.
To multiply coiners was TO multiply
forgerS, and thus the coming machine
became q necessity OF state. A laminat-
ing mill and screw coming press was
invented in Italy 1547, Spain 1913.
France 1858 and England 1861. reign
of Elizabeth. After several trials and
abandonments the mill and press were
established permanently under Charles
IL, whose golden guineas. struck in
1862, were the first regular issues of
machine coins made north Of the chan
nel.-Argonaut
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Quicksilver.

The ore from which quicksilver is
obtained is brilliant red rock known
as cinnabar When of high purity T.
Is actually vermilion in color. Cinna
bar is the original source Of the pig
ment known commercially as vermii
ion. 1t is a compound of sulphur ano
quicksilver, and in order to separate
the latter from the sulphur the rock IS
roasted. Passing off in the form Of q
gas, the mercury is afterward con
densed and flows out in a fine stream.
like a continuous pencil Of molten sill
yer. Like gold and silver. mercury is
occasionally found in a native or pure
state. Sometimes the miners pick
penetrates cavity that contains a
cupful or more of the elusive and beau
tiful fluid. Miners suffer much from
the poisonous effects of the quicksilver
fumes. Extreme cleanliness is the best
safeguard for workers in this danger
GUS occupation.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
chrysan. s-.-n,s q 1870

Although the rhr~> rH.>eas'm ha.
reached its hi"hyst fo.I of G.v Ini
ment in Japan. ;uli Is sill; rrv"" -s.-r,.
as the imperial emb.Cn. II u:.& E.: q.
10 Japan from China. where il l. ;
been brought 10 its highest St.t' Cf
cultivation VI the imperial CnrySan
theMum party given by his InI est
the emperor of Japan in November e"
cry year one sees the most Egrv"'uu
blossoms known To the Glr.cDl u~iSt.
The number OF blossoms from one rot
is amazing. In one ease no less shan
700 flowers We're seen growing from,
one plant The festival OF the chryS2n
thcmum dates back TO the Heian era.
when the great ones OF the empire used
10 call at the imperial palace and drink
to the health Of the imperial house
from sake cups III which fioated petals
Of the beautiful flowers
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
THE MALTESE DERBY.
Its Curious Race Course With Go az
You Please Rules.

Its Curious Race Course With Go az
You Please Rules.
Horse racing is u favorite sport the
world over, but it is doubtful whether
any nation can boast Of such u curious
race course or claim more remarkable
ideas of the sport than the Maltese
Once year the road sAirting SIiema
harbOr is reserved as race course. and
the people turn out in thousands
There is no regulation of the course.
The crowd simply clears out of the
way as the horses come along.
The jockeys ride without brides or
saddles, and each carries whip in
either hand-one TOR his own mount.
the other to keep lack any horse which
may try to overtake him. We saw one
Of the spectators deliberately trip a
horse up by putting his leg out. at
grave risk to himself.
: These things. however incredible as
they seem to sportsmen in this coun
try. are taken as quite q matter OF
course, and consequently hardly year
goes by without a fatality Of some
kind All things considered. it is not
likely that the "go as you please" rules
OF this Maltese derby are likely to COM
mend themselves to other turf authori
ties.-Wide World Magazine.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
MILLIONS OF SHOES
FOR ALLIES HORSES.
Factories Pressed to Fill Single Order
Worth $25ooo,ooo.

American manufacturers of horse
shoes are not lying awake nights In
worry about the duration of the war
In Europe. Instead they are employ
ing both their nights and days turning
out their wares 70 keep up with the
foreign and home demand.
One of their welcome burdens Is the
dlling of an order from the warning
nations for 6.OO0.O0O kegs of shoes.
The factories at Providence. POngh-
keepsie. Pittsburgh and Troy are going
at high pressure to make the output
at the order
The normal yearly exports Of horse
shoes, d maker told me. amount to
about 100000 kegs. There are no
factories in Europe comparable with
those In the United States. he said, and
hence no particular reason why the
manufacturers of this particular prod
uct In this country should stamp their
shoes with the Made In u. S. A."
trade mark.
When demand Is we'll distributed
throughout the year, he said, there is
little difficulty in meeting it, but sin
gle order for 100000 kegs necessi-
tated abnormal activity by the makers.
Some of the shoes have been delivered.
others are on the way, and the rest
are being turned out with the greatest
possible speed. 1t Is understood that
the big order came from single firm
In London and that the shoes are con-
signed to Holland as the distributing
country.
Extravaganza.
Extravaganza in thought is as bad as
extravaganza in living expenses.-E
w. HOwe's Monthly.
Their Novelty Wearing Off,
Elderly Sister-So Mr.. Hembridge
said | had teeth like pearls? And what
did you say? Young Brother-Oh.
nothing: except that you were gradu-
ally getting used to them-London
Standard.
Rather Too Light.
The landlady who had not reputa-
ton for overfeedinG her boarders asked
her solitary boarder as he looked dole
fully at his supper, "Shall light the
gasY'
The boarder gazed at the scanty meal
and replied. well, no. it isn't neces-
sary; the supper is light enough!'-
London Telegraph.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
! Experiments to Show the Action of
Sea Water and Frost.

Experiments to Show the Action of
Sea Water and Frost.
One of the largest construction COM
panies in this country is making ex-
periments to determine what is the ac-
ton of sea water and frost upon con-
crete. According to Science Conspec-
tus. the company made twenty-four
concrete columns. each sixteen feet
long and sixteen inches square, re-en-
forced with iron bars near their cor
ners. and in January, 1909, immersed
them in the water at the Boston navy
yard.
At high tide the water almost entire
ly covers them, but at low tide they are
completely exposed. Thus in cold
weather the columns are alternately
thawed and frozen as the tide rises
and falls. The columns are made with
various qualities of concrete-mixed
dry, plastic and very wet-and also
with different qualities of cement Ex-
perts are studying the effects Of the
addition of waterprooing materials.
Clay and other substances are added
from time to time. and the effect is OBJ
served
Many years must elapse before it
will be possible to tell with certainty
what kind Of concrete is most perma-
nent. When last examined many of
the columns were virtually unaffected.
but others were badly eroded. The
columns that contain the largest pro-
portion of cement, mixed wet, have so
far shown the least wear. Of two col
umns made with one part of cement to
one Of sand and two Of stone the one
mixed dry was badly eroded over its
entire length. whereas the other,
which was mixed very wet, was only
slightly pitted
The experiment, It Is expected, viii
throw much light upon problem that
has long perplexed construction en-
Stneer&
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Photo by American Press Assoclat'
DAClA WILL BE STOPPED
English Government Notifies Washing.
tor of Its Intentions.


Washington, Jan. 20.-Notice of
Great Britain's refusal to grant a re.
quest of the United States government
that the former German steamer
Dacia be permitted to carry a cargo of
cotton for Germany to Rotterdam
without molestation was received at
the state department.
The British government declared it
could not consent to waive any of it's
rights in the case of the Dacia and
assigned as one of the reasons for it's
position the fact that such action
might constitute a precedent which
might be invoked to the prejudice of
the British position in regard to
enemy ships transferred to neutral
registry.
While the officials of the state de-
partment are disappointed at the Brit
ish refusal, it was said it is not the
intention of the department to take
any further action in the case.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Why They Don't Hear.

Perhaps the limit of hymnic faulty
was reached by the writer OF hymn
575 in the Ancient and Modern" COL
lection. Here Is the fourth stanza:
They do not hear when the great bell
Is ringing overhead:
They cannot rise and come to church
With US. for they are dead.
The list of things which they" are
unable to do might be indefinitely ex-
tended, and it seems a thing incredible
that the author of the above verse
should have written so beautiful and
moving a hymn as There is a green
hill far away"--London Chronicle.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23

7 as=.:. ,.... .. t..- ..u.ii :
gu: r'p ii ~. a..a -s oAr", not
TIE. e.e ia~. .s -no~v put TWO are
-. q t.sr
Tel .- i.-.-. IL moose >aouM never be
..,csc
gou .aay ind :. one mouse or 4 who.~
.aJ Of u..y-.
sut t!:e plural of mouse is houses. not
II The plural of nlan Is always called men.
Nhy shouldn't the plural OF pan be called
The cow in the plural may be COWS or
But "a bow. if repeated. is never called
b.ne
And the plural OF VOW is vows not vine;
and If | speak of a foot and you show
me your feet.
And l give you a buot. would a pair be
called beet?
II one is tooth and a whole ser are
teeth.
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be
called beeth?
II the singular's this and the plural Is
these
Should the plural of kiss be nicknamed
keese?
Then one may be that and three would
be those.
Yet hat in the plural would never be
hose.
And the plural of cat is cats. not cose.
We speak of a brother and also OF breth-
rem
But though we say mothers we never say
methren
The masculine pronouns are he. his and
him.
But imagine the feminine she, shis and
SHIN.
So the English. / think you all will agree,
Is the most wonderful language you ever
did see.
Springfield Republican
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Canada's Size,

The area of the Dominion Of Canada
Is 3.65S.946 square miles. The area of
continental United States is 3.025.O00
square miles. Canada is as big as the
United States with territory to spare
that is as large as three German en-
pires and the state Of New YOrk.-New
York American.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Quite Enouch,

Penman-Did you wade through that
last book of mine?
Wright-Yes. did.
Were you much stuck on it,"
"Only dollar twenty-five" ."-YonkerS
Statesman.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Seeking Information.

Little Wife-How do you like mes
saline and brocaded satin with chilfoa
over velvet? Hubby-What are yOu
talking about-clothes or the platform
of the woman's party?-Chicago News.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23

"Say, Hiram, what do they mean by
a Stradevar'us
"Oh, q Stradevar'us Is the Latin name
for q fiddle."-MuSical Courier.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Common Course,

Hi-What course is Sarah studying
at that boarding school? Si-I can't TO
member. but l think it's cosmetics
Stamford Chaparral.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Sporting Note.

Speaking Cf mollycoddle games. how
would you like to play cricket on the
hearth ?-Judge
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
200 Men Blown Into Bits by Mine.

Cape Town. Jan. 20.-Two hundred
OF the South African soldiers who cap.
tured Swakopmund last Thursday
were blown into bits by mines explod.
ed by the Germans as they retreated.
The water tation and electric lighting
and telegraph plants were destroyed.
Am
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
Roun1anIa Buys $e,65o.0 900 Sun

London, Jan. 20.-According to a
dispatch from Copenhagen the Ber
lin Tageblatt states that Roumania
has purchaFed in the United States
S9,650,000 worth of war supplies.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23

The only failure a man ought to fear
is failure in cleaving to the purpose no
sees to be best.-George Eliot.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
RUSSIANS WIN ADVANTAGE
Three Times Victorious In Series o.
Actions AIonu Vistula. ~

London, jan. 21.-An official Rus
sian statement describes a series OF
actions along the Vistula, northwest
of Warsaw, during Jan. II and Is.
In three of these engagements, 1t Is
said, the Russians won advantage,
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-23
USE YOUR STRENGTH.

In the assurance Of strength there
is strength. and they are the weak
est, however strong. who have no
faith in themselves or their powers.
Lord Bacon.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10
THE VERMONT ASSoCIA.
TON OF BOSTON

The new Year Book Of The Vermont
Association Of Boston, just published,
Is handsome pamphlet Of which the
Association is justly proud II has a
portrait Of the late Judge Edgar J.
Sherman. whose summer home was in
West Windsor, and shows a member
ship Of about I25 Vermonters who live
in and about Boston, and contains the
speeches made at the annual dinner in
January last, among them being one
by Lieutenant Governor Darling which
was exceedingly felicitious and appro-
pirate. Governor Gates is also mem-
ber as are Senators Dillingham; and
Page, and Congressman Greene and
Dale.
During the 20 years of its existence
the Association has done much to get
young Vermonters in Boston together
and make them acquainted with each
other and with the more prominent
Vermonters who reside in Boston, OF
whom there are many Only recently
a new move has been made in that
direction, Wednesday and Saturday
evenings have been especially desig-
mated as times for a gathering Of the
clans so to speak, at the Association
rooms in Hotel Westminster. Every
Vermonter is welcome and is urged TO
visit the Associations home on those
evenings, or at any other time he may
be in the City. All the Vermont
papers are taken there, as well as
many of the best magazines. They
also have library, and the best col
lection of pictures of Vermont's gov
errors there is anywhere. In fact the
collection at the State House in Mont
pelier bias several pictures that were
copied from the collection Of this
Association.
When going to Boston for either
temporary or permanent residence,
make the rooms of the Association
your first and frequent port of call.