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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Real stroke of Genius.

A renius has invented "A piano that
weighs only 1870 pounds. The tired
papa who wants 10 rest and read can
throw that sized piano into the back
yard when Julie 81. persists in pound
ing t-Milwaukar ntinel
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
The Zinc Part Of II.

The man who can adapt himself to
circumstances soon finds that the CIR.
cumstances cease to be- disagreeable
Chicago Record.Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
unceserved Reputation

Sometime 5, said Uncle Eben. "a
man gifts de reputation of bein' ter.
rible Industrious when he's cnly fdg.
ety"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Outraoeously Funny,

I'll never again invite that profess
sional humorist to dinner" exclaimed
Mrs. Newlyriche. Why, he made our
English butler laugh. Philadelphia
Ledger
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Diplomatic

MA owens-"Mercy. John, there
1nnt . thing in the house At TO eat
0veng-'T know IT, Kate; that's why
4 broosht him home TO dinner. ] want
him to see how frugally we live He's
ny pf1ncipaI creditor. Boston Tran
n<xluf-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
New York,s Modest Governor

New York state has $1,000 uni.
formed and equipped citizen soldiers,
yet Gov. Hughes nanig.s TO get along
with a STAFF OF Is us.cers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Traveii@- Expenses.

"A speedometer indicates how last
one Is going so does Ones bank
balance. -9oston Transcript
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20
BIOLOGICAL PERIODS.

Scientists hesitate to estimate geo. logical time in terms of years. Such estimates have. however. been made, and one published by Prof Charles Schuchert In 1910 states that about I2,O00,000 years have elapsed since the close of the carboniferous age. an age, as the name suggests. in which great deposits of carbon, In coal, were being formed In many parts of the world. This age has been divided by seolo- gists into the Misslssippian, Pennsyl- vanian and Permian epochs. of which the MissIssippian Is the oldest and the Permian the youngest. The Pennsyl- vanian epoch alone is estimated by Schuchert to have covered 2,16O,O0O years, and animal life Is supposed to nave existed on the earth for over h. 100000 years before that time.
 Geologic periods are recognized prl- marily by the animals and plants tia' lived In them, so that the study oi fossils plays 0 very real and important part In the progress of geologic | knowledge.
 Rocks of carboniferous age, a' shown by their fossils have wide dis tribution In the United States, an' they are apt to abound in these re mains of plant and animal life. Tn
 fossil shells which are found in them
 however, may vary greatly from poin
 to point. because the animals the!
 represent lived In different periods o
 geologic time or In different region
 In the carbonlferous ocean.-Argpn' out
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

In calculating the gross tonnage the whole interior capacity Of the shu below the tonnage deck is found, in- eIadIng tnat of all covered in spaces on deck used for stowage and the re- sult in cubic feet IS, divided by 100.
 The net register tonnage |. the gross tonnage minus all the spaces used for the accommodation of the crew and instruments and the work Ing parts or the ship It is on the net registered tonnage that almost invar- lably dues are paid
 The deadweight tonnage is the measure of the exact amount of cargo that ship can carry without sinking too deep in the water.
 The displacement tonnage is he space occupied by the ship in the wa ter The amount of water displaced by ship Is, of course, equal in weight to the ship and all 1t contains As. one ton is equal to thlrty-five cubic feet Of water, the displacement ton mage Is found by dividing the mum Der of cubic feet of water displaced by thirty five when the ship Is in aersed up to it's draft or load line. London Standard
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20
couNTERFElTiNG A LOST ART.
 (Pittsburg Dispatch.)

Counterfeiting Is a lost art. There are no more good counterfeiters trying to beat the government in the money game; they have either died or are inI Jail serving long terms. This Is &C., cording to Chief Flynn, head of the secret service. who Is here investi- gating a counterfeiting case which came to light the other day
 The men who are trying counter feiting these days,' said the chief. are so incapable and our system of detection Is so perfected, that they cannot get away from us. Some of the bogus money put on the market In recent years Is 8 poorer imitation than stage money. Why some persons are Induced to receive 1t Is mystery to most of us.
 There are still few clever men trying to make paper money, but they are few, and they never do any harm. We always get them before they do any harm. All of the romantic ele- ments that have entered into counter citing have passed. The woman once
 in allience with the counterfeiter seems to have passed, too.
 There may be a counterfeiter busy in the next fiat and the neighbors know nothing of his business until we take him away. We find more at- tempts to counterfeit money here In New York. and In the other large cos mopolitan cities. because in such cities the culprits are safer from de- lection. Counterfeiting Is a crme against the poor. Those who could better afford to stand Q loss of real money In change for bad bill seldom are affected.
 Tt Is the poor tenement dweller or the neighborhood shopkeeper who al- ways suffers. counterfeiters do not mako coin or bills In large denomina- ton. The largest coin attempted Is a 59.cent piece, and this coin Is always distributed in neighborhood where the residents are of small means. Once the poscessor of a bogus coin finds he mas bad money, and Is appraised oi the fact. he Is liable to arrest and of 1t: hence the money must be turns
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20
TONNAGE OF A VESSEL.

To find the tonnage or displacement of ship Is rather puzzling. The ton- mage of ship Is the measure of Its cubical or carrying capacity expressed In tons. At the present time there are four methods in use of expressing the tonnage of & ship. known respectively as the gross tonnage, the net register tonnage, the dead weight tonnage and the displacement tonnage.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

Charles Gilbert and Jack Stein, ot Anchorage, have been arrested and held under bonds of s2,000 each on the charge of having beaten and rob bed John Teresin. It Is believed the men were actuated by spirit of re venge as they are reported to have been doing a profitable business in pddling whisky, when they were put of commission by the activities Of the federal officials. Teresin is reported GO have been witness against the pootlegers. The men were tried be- fore the commission and were founa not guilty on the charge of peddlins whisky but were convicted of assaui, and battery and fined S100 each.-. Chitna Leader.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20
ALASKA NOTES

were properties located in the BerinR river district. Frances Gzella, and katinka McD. Ross, both claimants in the Homer Field on Cooks inlet. were reimbursed to the amount of Sl,374 and $l.498 respectively
 These reimbursements were made pursuant to relinquishments that were filed as the result of proceedings in sometimes fraud. and always failure to open a coal mine In the cases men, tioned. RelinQuishments were made by the claimants to the government without any admission of the charge of fraud
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

Notice has been received at the Ju- neau land office of the return of the purchase price for coal lands In AL askan fields to persons who pur- chased coal lands in the territory.
 The endorsements have been made as follows: Fannie T. Wheeler, ss96;
 Roy J, Kinar, s1.576; Chas. A. Kinear, si.67S; Jas. Campbell, s1,566; Anne M. chilberg, $l,6s7. All of these claims
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

The shipment of Cook inlet coal form Herbert's mine at Katchemak pay to Seward, which was announced as expected several weeks ago was not delivered owing 10 misunder- standing concerning the rates, and the steamer Alliance. owned bv Sew ,,a 0p,v, will transport the coal. A barge of coal belonging to Herbert with one hundred tons aboard, was was hit by storm, causing 1t to drag anchor and strike the beach where the bottom was pounded out of the barge and the upper works drifted ashore.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

The Fairbanks News Miner reports that United States Marshal l.. T. Er- win Is trying to get Judge BunneA to resign from the judgeship and be- come a candidate at the next election for the delegateship. It Is said that Erwin favors c. Ellis Gardner for the judgeship and the latter is reported Q have gone back to North Carolina to line up his home state congress sional delegation. Judge Bunnells $ friends assert that he will lay his own plans and If they do not happen to coincide with those of the marshal 1t will be up to latter to find the solu- ton.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

Now when the United States mails are unable to bring magazines and other reading matter, is the most op. perfume time to keep posted on what is happening throughout the world, by subscribing for the Nugget and have t delivered to your home every evening.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

Col. w. c. Whorf, of Seldovia, re ports that the natives of English bay. who were reported to be in a starving condition earlier in the season, are grateful to the whites who sent them donations of food and clothing. He says there are about 1000 natives in the district. and as they depend al- most entirely on securing work In the canneries. they are in bad shape as they ewer unable to secure em- ployment during the past summer owing to the failure of the salmon to run for the usual time
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20
THE LAST BOAT OF THE SEASON
 IS GONE.

But we still remain and will be pleased 10 meet our old friends and make new ones. Give us a chance to prove to you that we do the best work in Nome.
 
 We make and repair furs. We clean, press and repair both ladies and gentlemen's clothing. We guarantee all work and our prices are reasonable.
 NOME TAILORING CO, Between Sergerstrom X Hagen and
 Zehner's jewelry stores.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

ed over to the federal authorities, and the person who receives 1t In ex- change is the loser"
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

Hot chocolate, beef tea, clam juice, foe cream and soda water at the Rose Candy Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20
AT THE NEW EAGLE.

Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fla nous Atherton Bourbon whiskys, Dis titled spring 1904 1905, bought in bond and reduced to 90 per cent. by U. s. government by the bottle or gallon.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS

D.. Third Ave. and Lanes Way ,. Engine House. Phone Main 97 ..
 whistles. water. 8, fire out
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20
(From Our Exchanges

John Clark, of Centralia, Wash, who spent the summer in southeastern Al tunities believes there is fortune waiting the man who establishes a shipyard and marine railway on the coast of Alaska, and has announced that he will enter the business al Ketchikan next year He plans put ting In a plant capable of handling boats up to 12O feet long
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

Fresh salted peanuts and almonds Rose Candy Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

The steamer Kansas City. recently puarchased by the Alaska Steamship Company. will be the largest vessel engaged in the Alaska trade in point Of gross tonnage. and she will lead in indicated horsepower. The North western and Victoria only lead her in length. and the Northwestern In net tonnage. The Kansas City is Is feet longer than the Mariposa and exceeds her in tonnage by more than 500
 The Kansas City was built at Chest CT. Pa.. In 1889: is built of iron; reg isters 3.S7s gross tons and 2.163 net tons. She Is 327 feet in length, has beam of 45 feet and depth of lSS feet. Her engines are capable of de veloping 4.oo0 horse power. and her required crew Is 7s.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-20

Chairman Edes of the Alaska en gineering commission IS quoted as saying that if money is granted by congress, and he has no doubt but that 1t will be, we will make things move" Just what. when and where the moving is to take place Is not stated. It can't be possible that the commission intends moving the gov or some other point, although strang- CT things have been known to happen in this northland.-Cordova Times
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
LARGE FEES AWARDED
Caldwell Will Case Kings Harvest TO
Interested Attorneys.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 1. - The
celebrated Caldwell will case involv-
ing an estate Of $780, 900 which was
recently compromised. probably will
be reOpened. A few days ago in the
Benton county court the plaintiffs,
who were suing to set aside the will
accepted a compromise in the form
of $780, 00 which was to be paid to
them in installments. DisSension has
ariA1 among the plaintiffs and there
is talk of making a move to set aside
this judgment.
The court today awarded large fees
to a number Of the attorneys in the
case. ]. ID. Chancellor of Fowler,
who effected the compromise, re-
ceived a fee of $4,000 Kumbler and
Gaylord Of this city, received $4,000
in payment for services to the plain
tiffs. Stuart, Hammond and Stuart
received S34.50 for services to the
estate, and Frazer and Isham Of Fow-
Ter, received $23, 100 for their services.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
NEWS OF INDIANA and MICHIGAN
RACING CAR LEAVES ROAD
Two Young Men Entangled in Barbed
Wire.

IA TAYETTE. Ind, Nov. .
90 Kirkpatrick, a young auto
mob racer, had a narrow escape
from death when his big racing car
left the road north OF the city and
plunged into a barbed wire fence Only
the fact that kirkpatrick was wearing
a heavy coat with the collar turned up
about his neck saved him from dccapi-
tation. The machine was travelling so
miles an hour and was driven by FAY
Stong, a friend Of kirkpatrick. As the
car plunged into the fence the wire
wound itself about the two youths.
Stong was saved by the steering wheel
although his face was badly cut. Kirk
patrick's throat was cut in five places
and % stitches were taken in the
wounds. one cut just grazed the jugu-
lar vein The boys were on their way
home from LoganspOrt when the acct
dent occurred.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
TO HAVE HOSPITAL
VIII OF Physician Leaves Lansing
Free Institution

MASON. Mich. Nov. According
20 the terms Of the Will OF DR.. julius
A. Post. Lansing is 10 have a free
public hospital. DR.. Post dropped
dead on the streets OF Lansing Thurs
day. and his will was filed in the pro-
bate court. 1t provides that the in
come from all his property, about
1000. is to be used TO establish and
maintain a public hospital as a me-
mortal 10 his wife. Ellen A. Post, 10
be known as the Ellen A. Post me-
mortal hospital. The Will. consisting
of four closely written sheets. was
drawn in 1897, and provides that he
should be buried in his family lot at
Bethany Center, Genesee county, y.
e. and that a monument 20 cost from
$500 to $500 should be erected.
Charles 7. Davis. BENJAMIN F. Davis,
Horatio Il Larned and William Dono-
van. all prominent Lansing business
men. were named as trustees in DR..
Posts will.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
WORMS DISCOVERED
IN DRINKING WATER
Fort Wayne Citizens Aroused
at Finding WrigglerS in
South Side Mains.

FORT WAYNE, Ind Nov. q
Wriggly little fuzzy worms. lively as
crickets and as inviting as half worm
IN a bite of apple, are inhabiting the
city water in the mains on the south
side. according TO r. y. Dibble, 237 r.
DeWald st. The worms are not phan-
toms but realities. Mr.. Dibble had
three of them safely bottled this morn
ing and presented them TO the health
department as souvenirs.
John Rose. the construction super
intendent Of the water works, was
called in and after viewing the ZOO
logical display. arranged to blow out
all the pipes in that district to free
them from the wrigglers. This work
will be undertaken this evening by
opening fire hydrants and allowing the
water to flow through the big aper-
lures.
1t is believed that the worms found
their way into the mains through the
big reservoir, which CT course is open
to the sky. F'iltering devices in this
reservoir are so coarsely screened that
worms Of small size can find their way
through readily. A new meter will
be installed in the Dibble home and
an effort made to free all the connec-
tiOns of the animal exhibits in them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
TRACK INSTRUCTED, SIX
MEN HURLED INTO DITCH
Interstate Commerce Commission En-
gineers Hurt When Motor
Hits rap Iron.

ANDERSON, Ind. Nov. ?. - A
party Of civil engineers in the employ
Of the Interstate com merce commits
sion, surveying the Big Four railroad
into the city Of Anderson, reported TO
the police this afternoon that while
their motor car on the railroad was
approaching the station of Alliance,
six miles south. ii ran into a pile Of
scrap iron and cross-ties on the track,
derailing the motor car and hurting
six men into the ditch. None was
seriously hurt. The sheriff, chief OF
police and others are searching for the
persons who obstructed the track.
Persons living in the vicinity Of the
accident said they did not know who
piled the debris on the track. The
civil engineers said the obstacles
placed on the track would nave
wrecked a passenger or freight train.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
DEAD" WIFE COMES
BACK FOR FORTUNE
After Having Been Gone For
Seven Years Woman Finds
Her Relatives.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. Nov. Mrs.
Lille NJ. Devine, divorced wife of
Rev. William NJ. Devine, a former
SchoOlcraft pastor and heir TO the
estate of the late Abraham Fanch-
bOner of that village, who has been
missing for more than seven years,
appeared in probate court and the or
der appointing her son, Clyde f. De-
vine Of Chicago administrator. was set
aside and the woman officially de-
clared alive.
Mrs. Devine, following the secur-
ing of a decree from her husband,
left home and was not again heard
from until by accident, she discovered
that she had lived within two blocks
OF her son in Chicago and she called
at his home. The discovery was
made while she was searching
through the city directory for the
name of a former friend The family
was reunited and mother and son
appeared in court here.
At the time of the death of Abra-
ham Fanchboner. her father, Mrs De-
vine had been away from home more
than seven years and under the law,
she was pronounced dead. Her share
of the estate then reverted to her son
and daughter The son was appoint
ed the administrator. The daughter
who is a nurse. cannot be located. She
was last heard from in Montana.
After the mother had left the home
the daughter-in-law reached the de-
cision that the woman was her hus-
bands mother and after a chase Of
several blocks through the crowded
streets of the city, she finally located
the woman, just as she was about to
board a car, and persuaded her to re-
turn TO the home. while she could
phone her husband and have him
come home from his office. This the
mother, after much urging, agreed
to do.
The son, upon his arrival at the
home, recognized his mother at once
although many years had passed since
he last saw her, and within a short
time the woman had given up her for
mer lodgings and was installed i'm
the home Of her son. The relatives
at Scholcraft were Immediately mott
fed by wire.
Mother and son appeared in circuit
court and a petition to have the for
mer order prOnouncing the woman
dead was annulled by the court. The
estate, which has been held for years
by the county treasurer awaiting the
determination of the heirs, is valued
at nearly $4,000.
Now the two people, mother, and
son, happily reunited, will make a
determined effort to locate the missing
daughter and sister They plan TO
leave for the west for that purpose
within a short time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
AUNT ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT BY HER NEPHEW
Boy. II Years Old, Wounds Maid in
Home OF Ex-Mayor Knots
While at Relay.

GARY, Ind, Nov. 2.-Helen Sorich.
20 years old, a maid in the home of
former Mayor Knots, was accidentally
shot yesterday afternoon by her IA
year-old nephew, whom she had gone
TO visit.
Miss Sorich went to the home of
Steve Sorich, 1916 Jefferson St. yes
terday afternoon. While talking to
the boys mother, Steve wandered
away and took a revolver from the
room of Charles Mullen. Returning
TO the room he snapped it several
times. Finally il exploded. The bull
let struck Miss Sorich on the head.
infiicting a large scalp wound but not
entering her skull.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
ADMITS KILLING MAN
Rex Fowler, Accused OF Murder i'm
Illinois, is Captured.

VINCENNES, Ind. Nov. 2.-keX
Fowler, who is wanted by the authori-
ties at Benton, H., for the murder Of
William Stanley, which occurred on
the night Of oct. Z, was placed under
arrest by the police here. Fowler. who
is a large and powerful man, made a
desperate but unsuccessful attempt
TO escape. While in the police station.
after recovering from the effects OF
the blows received while he was trying
TO escape. Fowler said he killed Stan
lev when the latter attempted to rob
him. He said he had been in Vim
cennes on several occasions since the
Benton shooting and witnessed a sim
liar affair in this city on the night OF
oct. %, when Grover Potter made an
attempt to shoot Lee Firrs TO death.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
WILL READ TABLETS
Ancient Curios ut University to be
Translated.

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Nov 1.-The
university of Michigan owns and dis
PLAYS in Alumni Memorial building
more than 100 Babvlonian and Assyr-
Ian tablets, covered with cuniform
characters.
TIL now. these tablets have been
mere curios. but with the coming
Of Prof. Leroy Waterman 20 the chair
II Semetics. they viii be translated.
Tie tablets vary i'm siNe from a %
cent piece 10 "A brick six inches square
and date from 2OO0 Is. c. 10 about
600 il 4