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The Winslow mail., 1915-03-20

)OD roads advocates are CIV
ing increasing attention to
the question of the employ
ment of convicts in road
building. Throughout the
country state good roads as
sociations are adopting reso-
lutions favoring the adop-
ton of the convict labor sys-
tenn. Good roads organiza-
tions and advocates are dis
cussing the merits and dis
advantages of the plan. and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
searchIinht,a Use In War.

The electric searchlight is now
Considered as essential to an army as
battleship, says the American Boy.
AL the armies of Europe have port
able searchlights, the French having
brought them to an especially hlgn
degree of perfection. The field search
light is usually carried on one motor
truck and the generator on another,
a quick connection being made by
means of wires. The searchlight may
be placed in most exposed spot and
both operator and generator kept in
a sheltered position. The light may
be automatically controlled from a
distance, and thus though the enemy
,enter their fire on the light the op'
rator is not endangered. These field
earchlights are fitted with 3S-inch re-
iectors and throw beam of 1000
andlepower. These saarchlights will
illuminate objects at distances OF q
nile and over.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05

China's greatest waterway. The junk
seemed to rock on its bosom and
was not the wind whining? And
there was the beat of rain-and in the
shadows beyond the circle of light lay
those dim Asiatic shores.
The helmsman was a tall, wicked
looking Chinaman, and the group of
sailors huddled in the bow; how their
shrill, staccato voices pierced the
storm! That was the captain, that
fieshly scoundrel with the inscrutable
/ face and the heart of devil. He re-
membered the captain.
And the two other men were for
eigners. He noted without surprise
that one was Jim Temple, the other
was himself.
The two white men on the mats
were quarreling over a woman's pic
ture. Without looking now he knew
it was the portrait of the girl he after
ward married. They were quarreling,
and finally the shorter of the two, clad
| in gray, leaped at the throat of the
other and they fought viciously until
at last the little man went over the
side and the beat of rain on the sky
light drowned his cries.
The Yangtze was roaring delight
, over another victim
The tall man in white (himself) re.
turned to the mats and threw himself
upon his face and lay quiet
hn tot Id
helmsman and shrugged his fat Shout
ders
How the river roared!
Suddenly the storm paused. The
| wind stilled and the rain ceased its
drumming on the skylight.
The man lifted his head and brushed
his hand across his eyes.
He sighed brokenly and for the first
. time he looked beyond the shadows
and saw the woman sitting there
watching him.
What is the matter, dear?' she
asked quietly.
The question broke his Keeling
senses to the eLge of an abysmal
tear.
"You-here now" he whispered.
He thought that ne shouted the ques-
ton
Why, yes, dear-had you forgot
ten? she asked calmly. The waver-
ing smile on her face steadied under
his intent gaze
He leaned across the table, mis- shak-
ing fingers touching the junk.
'You-saw?"
Still she smiled at him.
Il saw nothing, she lied.
III you saw you will understand
everything, he went on desperately,
his hungry eyes on hers. In that
moment ne realized that in her an
swer alone reposed his future peace
| Dear. as | love you, / saw moth
! ing! She was near to him now and
! her arms were around MS neck
| And you know that / love you sho
crieu passionate,y
! copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa.
ptl Syndicate.l
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
All That Mattered.

A young countryman staying IN
hotel commenced to write letter and
then went away. leaving it on the ia
BILE. Another came in and. without
thinking, took UP the mssive. He had
it in his hand when the young man
returned That's my letter, mister,
he said. fiercely Well, you can have
it," was the reply Did you read it,
No; that is, glanced over a few
lines of it and noticed that hardly a
word was spelled correctly. 1T is TO
my girl-the girl I'm going to marry :
"Yes?" And ! don't care a cooked
hat about the spelling. What ! want
to impress on that girl is luv-l-u-v-
and lots of it, for there's farm and
seventy cows coming to her."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
CLEARING THE COAST
BY FAITH ROBINSON.

Mrs. Lawrence read over the note
again with little smile of under
standing.
Poor old boy she said. And l
did want him to come so much"
Who, Anne?"
"Fennimore Diggs.'
There came sudden movement
from the hammock Bah threw her
book across the veranda and sat bolt
upright, eyes sparkling, color rising
In her vivid, changeable, young face.
When did he come back?"
oh, lately. l believe her sister
answered with sigh. do you feel
like having storm on the spot over
1t, Bab?"
Bah sat irresolute and mute for the
moment.
L wish the world were not round"
she exclaimed passionately. "They
never go away forever. They just 90
round and come back again. They
ought to tumble off the edge"
My dear Bab,'' said Mrs Law
renee firmly, and in her very best
elder sister style, Il don't see why
you should feel anything at all over
Fenn's return. He's nothing at all to
you. You threw him over without the
least provocation"
That's nice thing to say: a nice.
loyal thing, Anne, when you know the
whole circumstances He didn't even
4
deny that he had visited at the RAY
monds the same time she was there. !"
They We're only tacitly engaged.
and it was four years ago when he
came out of college. Any girl with any
charm at all and tact can make col
iege boy propose to her. They simply
Deg you to encourage them, and she
really was very pretty, Bab'
Il hate her. Bah declared with dig.
nifty to the adjacent atmosphere. Il
had no idea that you would invite
him either while | was staying here.
But if you really want him so much,
Anne, shall go straight over to
Olives and stay with her till your
house party is over
And all Anne's coaxing availed not.
She would go, and Olive welcomed
her gladly, sympathetically. They
had been chums at Bryn Mawr to.
gether and debutantes together
She knew the whole affair over Fen
nimore; had even known the girl
Marion Wallace.
And, dear, she's married a perfect
NVx II
i've grown children. So if she had
cared for Fem, she could have had
him, when you broke the engage
ment."
IF Fem had wanted her." Bah
corrected tearfully. I'm afraid I'd be
little idiot and forgive him the min.
ute he asked me-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05

Maybe he wouldn't ask you
goosie."
/ Bah flushed, her dark eyes wide and
indignant.
Yes he would, too. He never
gives up"
Sunday morning she slept until
seven. Dressed in a pink chiffon
morning negligee, with pink lace
cap, laced edge, she stepped down.
stairs and out on the veranda with.
out warning before Fennimore, drink.
ing his second cup of coffee leisurely
with Olive.
Il want to speak to Murray just a
minute, please" Olive said hurriedly,
setting the cup down. "Bab, dear, will
you pour for me?"
Bah took her seat with ominous ST.
lence. Then slowly, almost perforce,
she raised her lashes and met Fem 8
eyes full of suppressed enjoyment OF
the situation.
You did this on purpose, she said
haughtily.
Il did not. didn't know you were
here"
Il left Anne's so she might have
you at her house party"
Most sweet and thoughtful of you.
| came here so that you might stay
with Anne without fear of my com.
pany."
Silence. Bah poured herself a cup
Of coffee.
You look adorable Bah. II you
had expected me you could not have
dressed prettier, deare."
Babs eyebrows raised slightly.
is this necessary"
Very. | only have two minutes,
! and you'll escape me. You may even
! make a getaway In the car before |
can stop you. Bah do you really
want to escape from me?'
Bah hesitated. The old woo5ng
charm of his voice swept over her
again. She closed her eyes to keep
/ from looking at him. And slowly the
| tears came.
How could you go there when you
knew she was there?" she said, "Af-
! ter-after you had been engaged to
her."
Il never loved her.
You must have asked her to mar.
ry you. You must have kissed ner-
often. And you always call her Ma
riOn.'
Bah, listen to me. Stop that cry
ing. He held her hands closely. "A
boy of twenty does foolish things.
Let's thank God | didn't marry ner.
We'd have been wretched and IN inc
court long ago. want you tor lIfe,
sweetheart do you hear? You :ent
me away a year ago and / went, a .
chump, but | won't go this time.
| VIII you stop or must | call Ollve?"
She married an Old mummy with
five children, Bah told him content,
eddy few minutes later "Aren YOU
glad, Fenn?'
Delighted, answered Fem fer
vently.
Copyright 1915, by The Mcclure Newspa
per SyndicateD
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
THE LIE
BY CLARfSSA MACklE.

The long studio was dim with the
grayness of a wet afternoon. Outside
the windows the November rain fell
steadily. The man paced the room
restlessly, lighting one cigarette after
another. only to toss each one un-
smoked into the crate. He was tall
and gaunt, with prematurely gray hair
and haggard face in which burned
deep-set blue eyes.
The woman sitting beside the fire
watched him with grave, injurious
eyes. The freight shone on her fold
ed white hands and touched brilliant
ring into hot flame. Sometimes the
same flame burned in her eyes.
The man, accustomed to her quiet
presence, had forgotten her.
Once he passed beside the great oak
table and looked at large package
stamped with many foreign labels and
sealed with a curious splash of green
wax.
1T is Temples private seal, and
yet" His mutter died into silence
And yet-Jim Temple had been dead
for ten years and the seal with its
owner was lying in the muddy depths
of the Yangtze river.
Why should this package come to
me out of Chinatown" he questioned
himself as he resumed his restless
tramping to and fro.
What horrible night that had been!
Black and storm driven, and the wind
had whined around the Tapping sails
of the junk
Suddenly he went to the table,
switched on the electroier and sat
down before the package. His jaw
was set grimly and bitter smile edged
his lips.
For while there was no sound
within the room save the twanging
of several strings and the rustic of
papers.
At last box and wrappings were cast
aside and there was revealed before
him the perfect model of Chinese
pleasure junk-the replica of that 9TH
er craft on the Yangtse river.
How perfect it was in every detail!
What cunning artisan had contrived
the miniature craft with it's hull of
fine bamboo, its awnings of gauze, it's
sails of silk, and in it's tiny cabin were
carved and inlaid tables and lockers
And in the stern, behind carved doors,
was little shrine containing an idol
before which stood four ivory votive
candles. There was pervading smell
of incense and there was an acrid
tang of opium.
AS one watches dim shadow pic
ture, the man crouched in his chair
and stared with Mortified eyes at the
junk.
The length of the table appeared to
be the turgid yellow stream which is
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05

1t is reported that the latest thing
in wedding invitati ms is an engraved
map showing the way to the church
and to the house Grinding perplex
ity is the mother of innovations. 1t
is not so stated, but unquestionably
this helpful scheme originated in Bos
ton, where wedding guests have been
known to lose themselves and wan
der around for hours through the tan
g4ed highW aJo not reaching the scene
of the fest;tel r.4tl ,hp rice and old
shoes had betn ;ir VA ID Everyone
else was on lAe way Aome.-Provi-
dence Journal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Wanted to Be HOSP

When | went to Pari, n
Iorace Porter, | told ay II
my of them who got %.
Of the embassy must come
The latchstring, | told tAeM
there was always a si;,re
ew at church. The lato.
often pulled; the seat ii
manned vacant One Ct n,y =,
visited me stopped III
to the Christian Chser
W didn't want'any obs !. ,
vas in Paris.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Estimating Cnesetf

The proper way . w Ky
mate Of ourselves l. e. 4
ously what we vall, III
Others
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05


Fame is nothing more or less than
disinfected noturiety
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Asbestos Of Great Value.

Asbestos is a potential lifesaver.
Its incombustbility and its fibrous
structure make it one of the most use
full minerals for such 1t is-for
many and various purposes Nearly
every theater curtain is now made of
asbestos. Though it primarily is OF
rock substance it is converted into
soft and pliable condition, as easy to
work with as cotton or wool The
material is used in making lumber,
roofing, plaster and stucco. Aside
from it's incombustibility, asbestos has
another virtue in it's power as a non
conductor. and persons living in
house wherein asbestos forms a part
of the material are assured of comfort
in extreme heat or cold
Anger
Hiram Stanley rather absurdly de-
scribed the dawn of human history
as an epoch when primitive man first
became angry and fought, overcom.
ing the great quaternary carnivora
and made himself the lord of crea-
ton. Plato said anger was the basis
of the state, Ribot made it the estab-
Usher of justice in the world. and
Rergson thinks society rests on anger
at vice and crime, while Stekel thinks
that temper qualities should hence
forth be treated in every biography
and explored in every case that Is
psychOanalyzed
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-16
OAK PARK HAS JlTNEY BUS

A motor bus with a seating ca
pacity of 20 people viii begin to run in
OakPark on next Monday morning.
The route used will be on Oak Park
av. between Thomas and Twelfth SITS.
The fare will be five cents. The dis
lance is 2 miles.
ST. Louis.-East St Louis national
stockyards again guaranteed by. or
der of federal government.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-16
MERELY COMMENT

Anyhow, why have the Hearst pa
pers laid down on Harrison? Are
they playing the game with Lawson?
Call that war off.
Neither side can lick the other bad
enough to put it out of business.
Been enough good men killed on
both sides now to suit the most blood
thirsty.
We're for calling it a draw.
In the meantime, let Uncle Sam
refuse to ship anything to anybody
in the war zone.
If they're going to starVe each
other for war, let's starVe 'em all into
peace.
Anyhow, the money we get for
arms, ammunition, etc., is blood
money.
Of the street railway situation, the
Daily News says:
"The public is in command of the
situation and knows it"
Gee whiz, Vic, how do you figure
that out?
If the public is in command of the
situation, why'n thunder does it
strap-hang?
Might as we'll say the cattle at the
yards are in command of the situa-
ton.
Or that pedestrians on crowded
streets are in command of the auto
situation.
Or that the man in Jail has the
cops at his mercy.
Why, doggone it, Vic, the strap
hanger hasn't even got command of
fOOtroOm.
BY the way, how long has it been,
Friend Lawson, since YOU rode in a |
street car?
. Guess you're sore at Harrison be-
cause he's for ttney buses.
'Smatter, anyhow? Do you own
street railway stock? Afraid of the
jitney bus?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-16

Shanahan, Republican, through a
combination of wet" Republicans
and Democrats, was elected speaker
of the Illinois house of representa-
tives this afternoon.
The switch to Shanahan started
when Browne Democrats lined up
with wet" Republicans, Shanahan
receiving 81 votes. On a subsequent
ballot enough legislators joined the
bipartisan alignment to break the
seven weeks deadlock.
vgountho,i. = and an dandluaoinaOi
-O-0-
B.,& o. WORK DELAYED
City council deferred action on
B. & o. and Chicago & Western In
diana terminal ordinances till Friday.
Local industries committee to hold
more hearings. Anti-HarTison al
Ten jockeying to hold back action
ork won't open up. They figure
the fewer jobs in Chicago the lower
the Harrison vote. Letter from Pres.
Turner, Union Terminal Co., said
work begins when agreement is
reached between the city and rail Of
fieials. Said rail officials vii lca1 on
city officials soon. Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor etter urged city have
surface and elevated railways buy
cars made in Chicago. This would
pet more work for Chicago men.
Asked national government to pre-
vent industrial depressions. Asked
state government to start free en-
ployment agencies.
Nothing doing on the proposition
to have the city start public works
and employ surplus now on the labor
market.
-O-O
OAK PARK HAS JITNEY BUS
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-27

Just one hundred yeals ago me first day or the present month. a lat ntlo middle-aged man. who had es' caped from prison, landed in France. And as was his custom. he brought trouble along with him ln whoies .ie quantities.
 The man was Napoleon Bonaparie. Emperor Of the French. who. after gripping an Europe by the throat for twenty years. had been beaten down by sheer force ot numbers. and had been packed oft to captivity on che island of Elba.
 He had turned the whoic continent Into an armed camp. To gratily his own ambition he had thashed or but He'd every country but England into cringing submission He had drained France ot men and money to carry on his wars He had regarded his fellow mortois merely as common meat or as pawns in Che iron game he was piaying He had lived entirely for his own selfish ends And. Ike most people who live wholly for sell be had no, only made every one else thoroughly miserable but had at last come to grief
 The Allies overcame him. and then imprisoned him safely as they sup posed-on Elba. Then exhausted Eur ope made ready for period of badly needed rest Louis XVIII. was pro claimed Kins of France. And people decided ,hat the distressing Napoleon Incident was closed. But in @ few months the people began to lorset the horrors ot the Napoleonic wars and to remember onIy the Emperor'a gen. jus and his almost hypnotic charm.
 Then, when the English warship
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-27
INCIDENTS IN HISTORY--- TIE RETURN OF NAPOLEON FROM fLBA

guarding Elba was momentarily out of che way, Napoleon skipped across Co France. landing near Cannes on March ] He wore the old faded uni- form and gray oyercoat and cooked hat that his followers so well remem. berod. And 10 the little band of con. spirators with whom he began his march to Paris he spoke teariully or his joy in setting foot once more on his doar native land (ai,hough Franco did not happen to be his native land. as he was Corsicau by birth and could Deve~ learn to speak French without a s,rong ltauan accentl
 The moment that news Of Napol- cons prescnce in France reached his cid soldiers they began Go flock to bis standard. They had starved and bicd aud suffered and lost their dear est friends in his service. And now
 hey asked nothing better than only chance Go do the same thing all ov- CT again.
 Word of the Emperor's return from Elbo was brought to King Louis of Paris And orders were sent to ar- res, the Corsican. Near Grenobie body of soldiers lined up to bar his advance This was a picked force, made up of men most trusted toy the King. Napoleon rode forward alone to meet che opposing troops. Haltine iu front of their ranks he cried.
 Soldiers behold your emperor. Is there a man among you who will kill me?'
 There was a moment oi indecision. Then some veteran yeiled "ViTe rEmperor," The cry was caught up by thousand voices. The soldiers who he'd been sent to siay or capture the Emperor now thronged about him screamiue his name at the top Of their voices in their enthusiasm, kiss ing his hands. and even the hem of hts coat. yowiug Co tie for him. They ripped cG their white cockades lthe badges og Louis NNilI.1 and ground them mdertoot They were cray with hystericaI ioy~at Che prospect of more hardships and periis
 N2qoleon entered Grenobie unop' aused. There addressing another body os ,he Kings troops. he s2id' Join me and win back those Easles which yoa won at Cm at Austerlitz. B. Jcna at Eyiau at Frcidiand and Wagsam Stand by Che banner oi your chief. His lie is only yours his rights are only yours aud che peo pies: bis interests, his glory and his honor. Victory will march at tae dou0'e che Eagle with the coiors oi tto Nation. win fly from steepie io
 .eeple even to the towers Of Nore Dame. Then you will able Co boast oi your deeds. then you will be the
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-27

liberators of your countryi' And in response rose tho deafening shout;
 Sire. we are here"
 The same feeling burst forth every. where along the llne. officers and men. sent forth Co capture the Eip' peror joined his fastgrowing army. His march was d triumphant process sion
 Poor old Louis XVIII scuttled away into hiding Napoleon rode into Paris greeted by the 'rengied cheers of the people For brief hundred days lasted the secono reign of the Corsi- can. At the end of chat time the Al. lies crushed him at Waterloo and lhis time made certain to imprison him where there could be no chance of escape
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-27
IIINGSBURY'S NEW
 SIGN RERlCE TO 60
 TO CALIFORNIA

E. ]. Kngsbury inventor of thcl Elecfograph, and his associate. G.. E Govegroye. will leave for San Fran cisco early next week to exhibit the advertising invention at the Panama Pacific Exposition and extend it's pos abilities. 0l his Invention Mr. Kinggbury says
 wrho Electrograph is the applica ton of new principle in electricity discovered and patented by myself by means of which any number of cur rents may be made to pass over the same circuit without disturbing each other
 "By means Of this device. one nay sit at the keyboard or am orcin 'ry typewriter and cause whatever may be written to appear upon an electric sign or signs which may be situated any distance away.
 "rhe attachment may be added toI any standard typewriter in one orI two hours and does not affect its operation; thus a record of what has appeared on the sign may be retain ed. In the event of an error having been made 1t may be obliterated without in any way disturbing the balance of the matter already display ed.
 eIn addition to che possibility of writing extemporaneously on the sign. any number of Illustrated ad- vertisements or pictures. In three col- ors. may be exhibited which will change automatically"
 AS to the advantages which the Elecrograph offers over that of any talking sign now in operation, Mr. Kiugshury says:
 zone of the most important features of the Electrograph is the low cost of installation and subsequent opera ton. The most modern talking sign" in operation today is the Edi- son Motograph An idea of the rela- tive cost of the Monograph compared to the Electrograph, may be realized by comparing the number of wires and lamps used in the two signs.
 Whereas, the Photograph used 5SS lamps and 5SS wires to each space, Che Elecuograph used only 2i lamps and l9 wires. or about one-thirtieth the cost Of installation and subsequent current consumption Also the Elec- lrograph can be used in the daytime, while the Monograph will only show a, night. This result is attained by combination of reflectors in a de- sign which concentrates the- light from each lamp SO that Che letter shows as distinct white against a ! black background"
 The Kingsbury Elecrrograph com pany is incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Alaska. and is cap. italized at S250OOO or the plans for display at the Exposition Mr. Kings bury says:
 'rhe sign that We win erect will be approximately 60 by 90 feet. and wil be divided into six spaces chang ing automatically; and space 20 by 20 in which the latest news bulletins baseball returns. etc.. will be exhlb- tied. thus drawing attention to the advertising section