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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
FOR NEW FUnCSIS IN CHINA
Movement Under Direction OF Amerf
cans is Expected to Accomplish
Much Good.

During the past few years much at
tention has been given by foreigners
in China, as well as by many thought
full Chinese, to the question of affores
tation. A very practical movement
in this direction, is being considered
by the Nankin university under the di-
rection of Prof Joseph Bailie. an
American citizen.
In reviewing the work Professor
Bailie says that the cooperation of the
director of forestry in Manila has been
secured in the establishment of
school of forestry in the University of
Nankin. The director has offered to
the University of Nankin the services
of two experts sent by the United
States to the bureau of forestry in
Manila to lay out the course of study
investigate conditions. put the school
in working order and deliver lectures.
1t is also understood that the head of
the bureau of forestry in Picking has
enthusiastically Endorsed the project
The forestry fund committee of
Shanghai has sent six students to the
School of Forestry in Manila by the
scholarship method some of whom
have graduated, and has shown its ap-
proval of the School of Forestry at the
University of Nankin by awarding
three scholarships to that institution
this spring
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07

lage," said my father, wnen ne c8me
home that night.
81 know, DEAR" said my mother
smiling. Libby Arliss and VIII Ia
; Dor have made up again"
! Trust a woman for finding out
these things" my father said. Well,
I'd always hoped it would come to
pass, but / never thought it would be
in Just that way. 1t seems that she
had written him a letter two years
ago, when he returned. and he found
it, unopened. yesterday evening,
among a lot of old papers that his IA
Their left"
"Oh, no." blurted out; "she wrote
to him yesterday. and he wrote to her.
At least-I mean"
What do you mean?" inquired my
father, sternly. How do you know
about these things?"
"Oh, l sort of guessed, suppose"
answered, blushing.
The next morning I met Steve
Marks and he caught me by the wrist
What do you think" he exclaimed.
Indignantly Sylvia Temple has just
confessed that those letters never
reached them at all"
What? Why?" / shouted.
Because she sneaked back to the
post Office after we had gone, and
fished them out with a piece of stick
with fish hook in the end, and tore
them up-that's why"
Then how did 1t happen?" I asked.
for my fathers explanation did not
seem quite true.
I'm blessed IL I know" he an
swered, scratching his head, and at
that moment who should come along
but Miss Libby herself. She looked
ten years younger, and she smiled SO
prettily she gave me quite scare.
$50 you boys know all about it.
see," she said, when we blurted out
our congratulations. II can't begin to
tell you how happy am and-and-
well, l guess I've been a pretty crab
bed sort Of woman for a long time.
But now I want you all to come into
my garden this afternoon and pick as
many pears as you can carry away.
They're just about ripe"
Well. you could have knocked me
down with a feather. for had had
those pears on my mind all day.
Pooh, that's nothing!" said Sylvia,
when I asked her opinion. "It's just
what my mother calls mental sugges-
ton. Don't you see? We imagined
those letters and we imagined the
pears. and both came true"
But the pears were certainly fine.
I did all sorts Of imagining after that,
and some Of 1t came true, and some
didn't. The best thing that came true
was when I imagined that Sylvia and
I were sweethearts.
Copyright. 1915 by W. q. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
MUST BE HANDLED TENDERLY
Violin and vioIonceI'o Both Extremely
Sensitive to Changing Atmos-
pheric Conditions.

The violin and violoncello are most
sensitive to atmospheric conditions
and suffer from atmospheric varia-
tions quite as much as the tender 70.
cal cords of the singer.
Those who have attempted to make
the violin an ornament by hanging 1t
upon the wall have had reason to re-
pent taking such a liberty. The vio-
lin loses It's varnish and gradually its
pitch and timbre. The artificial heat Of
rooms In winter makes it's tone rau.
cous when 1t does not obl!terate it en-
tirely
Metal cases, morocco covered, are
equally unfit for it. A strong, we'll
vanished wooden case, even though
It be not especially attractive to the
eye, suits the susceptibilities of the
violin much better. Certain qualities,
sometimes unsupported in the wood.
play an important part in the falsifl-
cation Of notes, causing progressive
deterioration.
There was a time when manufacture
ers appi:oi to their product several
coats of paint e., a concentrated
solution Of bichromate of sodium pot.
ash in boiling water The wood soon
acquired yellow tone, and under tho
action of lights after drying. the color
darkened and took on the aspect Of
the very old paint.
For commercial purposes this was
ell very well. but what happened to
the purchaser was that as soon as he
| began to use his instrument exposed
to the light the bichromate worked on
; the gelatin which the manufacturers
employed to color the wood and pre-
vented the penetrating Of the varnish,
while some element in the bichromate
of soda was converted into stone. The
violin suffered petrification, which i'm.
peded its tones and rendered it use
less.-Harper's Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
WHEN LIBBY SMILED
II Was When She and Will Ia
Dor Made Up
Again.
BY z. r. MOON.

We all looked upon Libby Arliss q!
an old maid, absurdly old. although
! her age could not have been more
than thirty-five. But after her mother
died she ceased to go about much II
our village society; and by the TINT
she was out of mourning she had set
tied down into lonely life in her lit
tie home. She had fine garden, and
we boys and girls used to steal hel
pears and mock at her when she came
out and threatened us.
I'D like to get even with Miss Libby
for being SO mad about our taking heI
wormy old pears" said Steve Marks
the bad boy" of the village.
None of US liked Libby. She was
certainly as sour as those early Bart
let's that we used to take with the
more gusto because we knew that our
discovery would let loose a storm OF
imprecation on our heads. That was
how we came to concoct the love let
ter.
Why We hit upon William Tabor
can't quite remember. The Tabors
had once been the most respected
family in our village, but William was
wild when he was q young man and
went West, returning broken down In
health, a year or two before. I think
some one suggested that he had been
Libby's beau long before, when she
was a pretty girl in the wide-sleeved
gowns then in fashion, and did her
plentiful hair in a jar handle. But
since he had come back he had never,
to our knowledge, visited at Libby's
house. and If he had done 80 village
gossip would certainly have found 1t
out.
Three Of the high school scholars
concocted the letter. It ran like this ::
my Dearest William:
MAY I-dare I, one whom the world
calls a sour old maid, avow to you
something against which I have fought
for many months in vain? William.
love you! There. have avowed it,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
;one!" calculated the Professor In

"Gone!" calculated the Professor In
surprise.
Gone home to Baltimore by the
night train" she answered, looking at
him significantly. But the Professor
only murmured his surprise. and If he
thought about Miss Marston subse-
quently he kept his reflections to him
self.
But the work of mapping out the
new craters proved Unexpectedly dull.
The young fellow who succeeded his
employee was utterly incompetent and
quickly vanished. The Professor be-
moaned his ill luck to Mrs. Higgins.
I'D give anything in the world to
get Miss Marston back" he said. She
was the best assistant l ever had"
well, why don't you get herr" in
quired the housekeeper.
Get her!" calculated the Professor.
"why. she wanted to go home; she
was tired of the work.
Mrs. Higgins smiled sourly and
thrust her elderly features within a
few inches of the Professors.
do you know why she left?" she
asked. Because people were talk
ing about you and her and thinking
you were going to be married. No
lady could stand for that"
BLESS my soul! No lady could stand
for getting married." inquired Profess
sor Blythe.
mo, stand for talking about it when
it wasn't 80. There!" said the house
keeper.
The Professor went away in deep
thought.
do you think she would come
back?" he inquired the next evening.
II mean if-if-"
TRY her." responded Mrs. Higgins,
grimly. So that night letter went of
to Baltimore and, ten days later, Miss
Marston appeared, respondent In a
new hat and gown.
well, I'm ready" she announced.
II feel very guilty to have left you
Professor; that is, before we finished
the craters."
They went up into the observatory
together But somehow neither OF
them could work that evening. And
as he sat beside Miss Marston Profes.
sor Blythe felt the strangest impulse
to keep her there. His right arm
which seemed to have acquired an au.
tomato motion independent of his con.
troll, gradually moved out until Profes
sor Blythe found that it was encircline
Miss Marston's waist.
DO you think. you cOuld-er-marry
mel" he blurted out. You know, we
must work on those craters together
"Oh. bother the craters!" said Miss
Marston. alfred, dear, l think
could. only-do you really want me for
myself or for the work."
For yourself. darling!" exclaimed
the Professor with sudden rapture
when sit here and look at that old
moon, why. he just seems to be watch.
ing US and telling US to be as happy
as we can. the dear old fellow!"
And the man in the moon saw two
people kissing behind the telescope.
Copyright. 1913. by W. g. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07

NOmiu0 Ae 0tSokneCk opeeos
and you cannot guess how shrinking
ly / write down these words which
my hand is powerless to stay. I love
you-and now I have told you all.
The rest Is with you.
LIBBY ARLISS."
Yes, 1t was q gem Of composition,
and ELECTED screams of laughter
among US all. Only one girl protest
ed.
Il think it's a mean shame" said
Sylvia Temple. turning upon US. 1T
must be just awful to be an old maid"
Perhaps it will bring William to
the point, though" l suggested, and
that gave US an idea Why not send
Libby letter by the same post? No
sooner thought of than acted upon.
Williams letter ran in this way:
MY Dearest Libby Arliss:
because my tongue ia weak and
falters In your presence, would fain
write down the words long to say to
you. Libby. love you. May I call
to see you and tell you of the fatal
passion which you inspire in my
heart? WILLIAM TABOR"
We dropped these epistles into the
letter box and waited with bated
breath, metaphorically speaking. We
! didn't know whom to watch, but final
ly decided that it would certainly be
William who would 60 to Libby and
not Libby who would visit William.
So. having calculated that he might
be expected to arrive the following
afternoon, we ensconced ourselves
some half q dozen of us-behind the
hedge across the road and waited.
Presently We saw. sure enough, Mr..
Tabor's buggy coming at breakneck
| speed down the road In a cloud Of dust
He pulled In the horse outside the
gate and hitched 1t to the fence. Then
he got out and went In. walking very
quickly He rang the bell and Miss
Libby came to the door.
But I had never seen Miss Libby
look as she did then. All the sournesa
had gone out Of her face. and she waa
dressed like young girl. in that alb
surd old-fashioned dress with the
hanging sleeves. There was color in
her cheeks. too. and she was smiling
And a. she stood there looking q
him and smiling up at him, h
took her in his arms and kissed her
/; That was enough for US. We were
all thoroughly scared. We took t.
our heels and ran a. hard as we could
go. We couldn't go anywhere after
reaching the village without attract
ing attention, so We separated and
went to our homes.
We'll. lady, there's news in the vii
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07

The name mound dwell.
Of a better. is given To ~
and mythical inhabitants
trail West, who antedatad
The mounds. on which ;,
based, were parts of fo-.
tombs. and their builders -
to have been remote snc@~
Indians. One authority CO
theory that the mound bna.
distinct race of highly -
culturists who had lived ..
antiquity in the regions nj !.
and we're eventually exre,,I
the nomadic hordes comm,
northward. represented to..I
Indians, is no longer sn,,,
ethnologists, who hold tia, !.
are their descendant" n
came from or how they o.
matters of speculation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
CROP WATCHERS IN CHINA
Growing Grain From Depreda-
lions by Thieves.

In China the fields are not protect
ed by hedges or fences; the country
lies quite open and is everywhere cas-.
lily accessible. This is not to be in.
terpreted as an indication Of the pc
culiar honesty Of the people or of
their exceptional respect for their
neighbour property.
As . matter Of fact, thieving
abounds. Large numbers of the PEG.
pie are very poor. and this class in or.
der to subsist have frequent recourse
to stealing. As the time Of harvest
approaches and the fruits and cereals
are ripening orchards and fields are
never safe from the unwelcome vista.
tions Of predatory bands. The farm.
er knows this. and hence everybody
Is obliged to stand guard over every.
thing. Almost every field has it's
watch tower, says q writer In the
Wide World Magazine, and these frail
tenements are never deserted. night
or day, until the harvest has been
fully reaped.
In some districts crop watching 10.
cieties" exist. whose sole business ID
to provide professional crop watch
ers" where and whenever they may
be required. Fields of kaoliang, or ri.
ant millet, are watched by profes.
sional crop watcher" This stall
wart plant grows to . height of ten
to fifteen feet, and q field of it is a
veritable jungle for density and i'm.
penetrability. This accounts for the
height of the watch tower-a light
wooden structure.
The watcher must, If his vigil is to
be of any use, be higher than the
crops he Is looking after. Even 80, 1t
Is difacult to detect the thieves, they
are 30 effectively hidden by the tall
and dense growth Of the kaolianR
The object Of the thieves is to DOS.
sess themselves of the millet heads Of
the plants. and this they can very
easily accomplish. All that is nee.
essary is . sharp knife and q quick
hand.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
About. the Sams :.

Old Lawyer-Hov did ],
start? Well. shortly ate,
my shingle a rich uncle i
came into possession of
Of money.
Young Lawyer-Then VI,
success to a relative.
Old Lawyer-No, he nal
tive; 1t was a clients upcl.
Boston Evening Transcr,,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
MAN IN THE MOON
Again Witnessed a Scene Which
Probably Is Old as
Himself.
BY GEORGE MUNSoN.

Il am sorry, Miss Marston, that you
have decided to sever Jour connection
with the observatory" said Professor
Blythe, rather sternly. But at your
age can understand that the isolation
Of life in these parts is not wholly
congenial. In fact, if | may be per
mitted to say SO, | have often won.
dered that you could endure year in
, such town as Emerald. You wish to
get back to the world of men-er-l
beg your pardon. Miss Marston.
didn't mean it in that sense"
Despite his five and forty years the
Professor fairly quailed before the
young woman at the recollection of his
faux pas. The Professor was as exact
as the charts he drew, and some said
that his heart was as dry. But any
old bachelor at forty-ave is apt to be
that way.
Il mean, Miss Marston, that at your
age one naturally desires congenial So
ciety."
1T isn't that, Professor" answered
the young woman. almost as embar.
raised as the savant. Il have enjoyed
my time here immensely. But have
decided to CO." ...
And tonight" said the Professor re
luctantly, must be our last view Of the
heavens together. then. The legend
that locates Paradise in the celestial
regions is a singularly fortunate one
One loses, IN contemplating the heav-
ems, the sense Of the pettiness OF
earth. / can imagine no greater felic.
ity than watching the stars with a con.
genial companion"
Then he broke off abruptly, for
the second time he had been about to
make a break"
In fact the Professor felt singularly
disconnected at the approaching resig-
nation of his assistant. In the big
Arizona observatory he had expert.
enced great difficulty in obtaining a
satisfactory assistant. Men had come
and gone; but, until Miss Marston an.
swered his last advertisement from
Baltimore, he had been unable to
make any advance with his work at
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Green FInt.

An Irishman who was too old for
active work was offered the position
Of crossing tender at . small railroad
station. He looked dubious a the
duties Of the once were explained to
him and the meaning Of the various
nags was clearly stated.
In the case Of danger with q train
coming. Of course. you wave the red
nag" said his friend. proceeding with
his explanation. A hard old hand
grasped his arm.
Man, dear. lt'll never do" said Pat.
rick. shaking his head solemnly. "l
could never trust meself to remember
to wave a red flag whin there was n
green wan handy."-Current Lttera.
ture.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07

all. And now she was going, too, and
the great work Of mapping out the
two new craters which he had discov-
cred would be greatly retarded. And
he could not afford to disappoint those
who were expecting his report at the
next meeting of the Astronomical soci.
ETY..
They were seated together in the OBJ
servatory few hours later. The moon
was full and the clear atmosphere
made observation extremely easy. De-
spite this. however, the work pro-
; ceeded very slowly indeed. Miss Mars.
ton seemed as preoccupied as the Pro-
fessor
Il don't know how ever shall cuu,-
plete the chart without you, Miss
Marston," said the Professor. 81 must
say that for woman you have an ex-
tremely scientific mind. Most young
women, looking at the moon, are, l am
told, apt to take foolish and romantic
notions. For instance, the outline OF
those areas which we call continents
Is foolishly compared with the face OF
a man, who is popularity considered, ]
understand, to watch over the sicken-
:, ing sentimentalities Of lovers. AS
though the pure and exact science of
astronomy could be compared with
such idiotic philanderings! Do you not
| agree with me, Miss Marston?"
Yes" answered Miss Marston in a
low voice.
Not that have anything against
| love- Professor Blythe continued. 1T
Is. l presume. a necessary evil. But 1t
should be faced with eQuanimity and
serenity. like death, not made the sub.
1ect for senseless comparisons and
flights Of unframed fancy. Were you
ever In love. Miss Marston?"
| Il can see that you weren't. and
couldn't be-" exclaimed Miss Marston,
rising suddenly and speaking with
something approaching anger. Good.
night. Professor Blythe"
An instant later she was gone, leav.
ing the Professor quite astonished at
her sudden departure.
Why" he ruminated, Miss Mars.
ton was almost-almost feminine to.
night" And this started him upon a
new and strange course Of cogitation.
| Miss Marston has gone, Professor. I"
said the elderly housekeeper when he
descended from his observatory later
that evening.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
The Leading Nation.

In every age of the world there has
been leading nation, one of a more
generous sentiment. whose citizens
were willing to stand for the interests
Of general justice and humanity at the
risk of being called by the men of the
moment chimerical and fantastic.
Which should be that nation but these
states Emerson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Primitive Match,

The first matches of whFl
any account were thin n
wood about four inches nj
with sulphur. They were i'll
live Goals or other fire Wei.
able by means Of a finder \
copartner. flint or steel. ~,
communicated to the tinds,
of burning metal struck fro,
by the flint.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
First Safety Matches.

Safety matches did not come into
use until 1853. when Swede by the
name Of ]. E. Lundstrom started to
make these matches at Jonkoping. al
though his process had been patented
eight years previously by another
swede, G. e. Pasch. who. however,
never put into practical use his inven-
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Romanea to Reality.

Girls are such sentimental creatures
that 1t gives romance rude Jolt when
the honeymoon is over and they see
Algernon in his shirt sleeves, chop
ping up kindling wood out In the back
yard.-F1orida Times Union
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Public Opinion In Rus.l..

Persigny once said to Napoleon m:
You can do almost anything with
oayonets except sit on them" So
you can do almost anything with pub
lie opinion in Russia except wholly
suppress 1t by sitting on it.-GeorSe
KEENAN, In the Outlook.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Frlendehlp,

If friend of mine gave feast and
did not invite me to it. I should not
mind a bit. But II friend of mine
had a sorrow and refused to allow me
to share it. | should feel 1t most bit.
terly.-Oscar Wilde.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Improved Reflector.

An umbrella-shaped reflector mount.
% on an easily adjusted stand
ana containing an electric light or
TWO. has been invented by a London
Photographer to bring out all details
OF . subject In portrait photography
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
vuipa.ltv.

Vulsari0 has 4 positive imper,sh.
able charm. II IL sham nobility that 1.
revolving. And sham nobility il the
disease OF our heroes and heroines IN
serious drama or fiction.-John Olive,
Hobbies.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07

Little Jack was found in the pantr,
covered with jam. His father said. .e
mink. my boy. you would better m
ana show yourself to mother" win
Z roguish look Jack replied, mo. dad
dy. think I Deterrent"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07

While You're Making
Do not allow the makiD,
for tomorrow to interfere
what you planned yesterda-
day.-Youth's Companion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Decision,

II you stop to look at the traffic you
may conclude that crossing is impossi.
Bile, but make the start and keep NOV.
ing and you get across somehow
Charles A. Bates.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Lost Opportunltv.

When our physician asked little AL.
Ice II she would come and live with
him she said. Doctor. you had me
once; why didn't you keep me?"-Ex.
change
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
EnemY Of The Anska

Snakes In South Africa fear the e.,
Rotary bird. and will even crawl away
from his shadow. This bird devours
snakes and can easily kill Q reptile
twice its size.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
Good Word for the nv

1000 Word for the Vt
some zen" said Uncle :
~ defr lives kickin' at nothi'
ois much tn be said fob de
he.s Interested enough to J
.iiiin to 60 to de troubls
aim"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07
The Professions

CHIROPRACT0R
DR.. ]. @. SCARBOROUGH.
Lady in Attendance
In Dyehes Building, Between Park
and Auditorium
OFFICE HOURS
g to 1880 a. m. 1870 to 5 p. m.
1900 to $50 p. m.
Consultation and Examination Free.
Residence Phone 240 Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-07

CD HID. HENDENHALL
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Suite 212-215 Drane Building
LAKELAND, FLA.
PHOSPHATE Land Examinations and
Plant Designs, Earthwork Special
lists, Surveys.
Residence Phone 27S Black
Office Phone 27S Blue.