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closet on tho first floor. The schedule OF
claims includes burns, presumably those
from cigars or cigarettes, on the ivory
keys and sides Of mahogany plano.
Here is a partial list of the claims!
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Whoever started those stories of Presi-
dent Wilson's sorrowful and haggard ap-
pearance surely must have bad eyesight
or perverted Imagination. He looked
strong and hearty last night. His face
had the healthy flush of a farmland. HE
eye sparkled with the JOY of living. His
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-11

lips did not droop-they were curv.a -.
his good old time smile. He inoS., VIII
anything but brooder. ih
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
his SISTERS CHuM
10y MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD.
RIDGE.

Miss Nettleton will be at the 1920
train. Be . good brother. and show
her every attention."
This was the telegram at which Roy
,Eastburn stood looking with . WY
face.
It had been antedated by various
letters, all from his sister, at Milburn,
Q hundred miles away-his married
sister, Mrs. Nettie Douglas. Roy
knew what it all meant. Miss Irene
,Nettleton was his sisters dearest
school chum. Then, too. she was rich.
Once only Roy had met her. . gawky,
disagreeable, purse-proud girl Of at.
teen. That was five years agone.
Even now the old dislike came to his
mind.
If Irene is bent upon q match. 1t
won't work." he decided forcibly.
miss Nettleton's manner may have
changed, but the old-time selfish heart.
never!"
Like q dutiful brother, he went down
in the depot at the time appointed. On
the way he bought dozen roses at .
dollar apiece, a two-pound box Of the
choicest chocolates, half q dozen Of the
latest magazines and two railroad
tickets to Milburn.
"That will occupy her till deliver
her safely into Sister Nettie's charge"
he soliloquized. Then I'll make my
escape. some way"
Roy reached the depot half an hour
before train time. His sister had for
gotten to post him as to the difference
between Miss Nettleton ut fifteen
and the same young lady at twenty.
He fancied, however, their mutually
looking for one another would bring
things about all right.
Roy found himself all at sea regard
ing this. He spoke to two young
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27

ton. Roy's companion magically
awoke from invalid lethargy to the
utmost animation and talkativeness.
She pronounced her headache and
panied eyes gone. She dazzled him
with smiles, chatting and laughing.
She accepted his flowers with CRATE
full look that thrilled him. She took
to the candy like some bright school
girl. She charmed, she enthralled.
Sister Nettie will be so glad to see
you," he had said.
Dear Sister Nettie!" murmured his
companion, and Roy eyed her strange
ly as he detected the faintest under
tone chuckle in the utterance.
When he told her Of the profession
for which he had recently qualified,
that Of q lawyer. she betrayed 30
great an interest IN the fact that ho
was puzzled.
They reached Milburn as well &C.
quainted as II they had been close
friends for years. She grew suddenly
serious as they left the train, and hesi-
tated as he led her to the carriage in
waiting.
Had I not better-that is-perhaps
I had better not see your sister until
tomorrow" she stammered vaguely.
why, Nettie Is expecting you!" re.
piled Roy. fairly astounded and mys-
titled at the strange remarks.
my dear Irene!" cried Mrs. Doug.
las, ready to rush into the arms Of her
visitor as she was ushered into the
house by Roy. Then she paused.
"Why, who is this?" she asked, vague.
ly.
Her guest sat down In the nearest
chair. Her bonny face grew pale. She
controlled herself in moment or two.
She arose to her feet. All the ANNA.
ton and fun was gone from her sunny
face.
II am an impostor!" she sobbed. Il
hope you good people will forgive me,
but had to do 1t TOTO escape"
ITO escape what?" projected the per
picked Roy.
II was q brief but an interesting
story. It told Of wicked tyrant. Of q
guardian, Of q plot to defraud her Of
a fortune. She was Violet Hayes. She
had been accepted as Miss Nettleton
by Roy, and 1t enabled her to esca6e
emissaries Of her uncle looking fol
her.
you see," she said, with q bewitch
ing look Of appeal at Roy, "you are
lawyer, and I have a lot Of papers tt
be looked over. and So"
"You poor homeless dear!" ex
claimed Mrs. Douglas, and she tool
the orphan and stranger into her Low
ing arms. "But what can have become
Of Irene?"
Irene had eloped with young ma,
her parents opposed. they learned
next day.
Roy actually became the attorney o
Miss Hayes, and Nettie her bes
friend. They soon Strengthened on
the tangle of her affairs.
Nettie wanted her as a sister. AM
Roy as life companion. and Viole
loved them both so much she coul
not say them nay.
Copyright. 1916. by W. @. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
HOMES OF POPULAR PLANTS
Many Introduced From Europe and
Made Very Welcome In the
United States.

There are several classes Of immi.
grants of which no records are kept
by the department over which the
United States commissioner Of immi.
grafton presides; but they are immi.
grants that, in their own quiet way,
have done much to make the new
world more like the old. These are
trees and plants; and II the new
world has drawn somewhat heavily
on the old in this particular, It has
paid its debt in kind, as may be seen
by the following list:
Peas are Of Egyptian origin.
The gourd Is an eastern plant.
The ounce came from Crete.
Celery originated in Germany.
The chestnut came from Italy.
The onion originated in Egypt.
Tobacco is q native Of Virginia.
The nettle is a native Of Europe.
The citron Is a native Of Greece.
Oats originated in North America.
The poppy originated in the East.
Rye came originally from Siberia.
Parsley was first known in Sardinia.
The pear and apple are from Eu-
rope.
Spinach was first cultivated in Ara
bia.
The sunfiower was brought from
Peru.
The walnut and peach came from
Persia.
The mulberry tree originated in
Persia.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
NOT LIKE THE POLITICIAN
Statesman Well Said That Horses Re-
qulred Something Solid for
Their Sustenance.

Representative F. w. Mondell Of
Wyoming 10 something of an orator.
and when he gets to describing the
glories Of his state he lets himself
out q link or two more than for ordi-
nary occasions. OF course, Wyoming
10 q great state and the only one in
which the cowboy 10 preserved alive
in captivity. the species having be.
come extinct elsewhere. But Mon
dell claims for his home all the glories
Of America and Europe, with several
acres of the Garden Of Eden Clipped
in for good measure.
One day when he was Grating about
Wyoming the matter got on Repre-
sentative Swager Sherley's nerves.
Sherley did not object to Mondell's
praising his own boundless prairies
and his nne climate, but when he
came to making claims about fine
horses, the soul of the Kentuckian re-
belled.
Il would like to interrupt the gen.
tleman from Wyoming for q moment"
exclaimed Sherley. Il have no doubt
that the climate Of his state Ia all
he claims for 1t. With horses it 10
different, however. In this case l
must remind him that horses, unlike
politicians, cannot live on air"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
Only Slightly Feared.

A party of New Workers were hunt
ing in the "piney woods" Of Georgia.
and had as an attendant an old negro.
whose fondness for big words 10 char
acteristic of the race. One OF the
hunters, knowing the old negro's bent.
remarked to him:
Uncle Nose, the indentations in
terra firma in this locality render trav-
cling in a vehicular conveyance with
out springs decidedly Objectionable
and painful anatomically. Don't you
think so?"
Uncle Nose scratched his left ear Q
moment and replied, with a slow
shake of his woolly head:
"Mistah Gawge, the exuberance oh
you words am beyon' nah jurydic-
ton"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27

and gratitude towards Alice Last.
who was busting about the room and
cheerily making 1t more comfortable.
oh. you are breaking my heart,
you are 80 good to mel" sobbed the
woman on the bed Here for a month
you have cared for me, stranger.
half-starving yourself. and at last part
ing with a lost love memento, the
locket-"
Better times will come, DEAR" in
terrupted Alice comfortingly. 81 shall
surely get work, and you, too, when
you are we'll We shall redeem my poor
cherished token of happy past" she
added sadly. "for l would not lose 1t
for anything. Be brave, dear. there
will yet come to your patient soul
showers Of blessings"
Two discoveries overwhelmed the
mind Of the watching Thurston at that
moment. The first was that Alice
Lisle was loyal to his memory The
next was that she was sacrificing
herself for . poor invalid fellow crea-
ture. He reached within an inner
pocket and drew forth q dozen or
more bank bills that represented Q
part Of his legacy. 1t was vivid, ir-
rational impulse that caused him to
fling the precious money through the
transom-a shower of blessings, in
deed!
Somehow q rare Joy took possession
Of his soul as he fed from the spot.
He wandered about the streets, think
ing, thinking. All! here was an object
In life at last: to watch over in secret
this devoted first love, to see that
she did not suffer. He would never
become known to her-ah, no! with
the convict stain upon his life!
A hand touched his shoulder and
Thurston turned to confront q police
man. The latter was scanning a
photograph in his hand. Thurston
recognized 1t as one of himself, taken
when he entered prison.
II believe you are Mr.. Thurston?'
spoke the officer. quite respectfully.
YES" answered Thurston, his heart
sinking. On the threshold Of new
hopes. was he to be hunted down by
the police as he had been by criminals
Would you step to headquarters
with me, sir?" pursued the officer
1T is something important-had or
ders to locate you for . week."
Detected, anticipating all kinds Of
direful trouble. Thurston entered the
presence Of the chief Of police q few
minutes later
"Mr. Thurston," spoke the onicial
Il have some strange news to impart
to you The son Of the banker who
sent you to prison has just confessed
dying, that he, and not you. was the
guilty criminal. His father has writ
ten a statement generating you. He
has also placed in my charge thirty
thousand dollars, which is the amount
you would have earned during YOU
ten years unjust imprisonment
"Give me the statement" Grief
Thurston excitedly. AT last, at last
light, hope, happiness"
There was nothing to hide from hi
love now! Back to the poor attic
room and its bewildered inmates Johr
Thurston FASTENED. Its bare WALL
/ seemed those of a palace az her los
lover renewed with sweet, patien
Alice Lisle the broken troth OF tn
dreary years agone.
Copyright 1915. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27

ladies by mistake. He grew confused
and anxious as ten. twenty. twenty-five
minutes passed by. Then he moved
out to the gate and scanned every
young lady who passed through It
'she hasn't come" he declared, as
the conductors sonorous. All
aboard" rang out The guard clicked
the chain of the gate to hasten some
late corners. The train was moving.
the guard had pulled the gate shut.
when . young lady in . terrified tumult
rushed towards It.
"Ah. It must be Miss Nettleton at
last!" Roy decided, but he traced no
familiar features in the eager. excited
face. He grabbed her arm.
"Quick!" he said simply, the train
IL Just pulling out. I have the tick
cts"
Breathlessly, the girl allowed him to
rush her through the gate. They just
caught the last car. Then the door
locked against them, they stood on
the rear platform of the coach and
looked at one another.
As to Roy, he could scarcely real
lie that this dancing-eyed. jolly-faced
girl beside him was the dowdy, sour
visaged Miss Nettleton to whom he
had taken such an aversion five years
previous. The conductor came and
let them into the coach.
TT you please. let me take . seat
in the shadow here" prettily pleaded
the young girl. II have a headache
from hurrying 80. The light hurts my
eyes. too"
"Why, certainly" answered Roy, az
he turned a seat and sat down oppo-
site to her, laying aside his light over
coat and hat.
Dear! / am quite chilly" shivered
his companion. 1T will pass away If l
can rest for little. May II" and as
he nodded promptly, she took up his
overcoat and wrapped it about her.
Then she asked him to place her hat
in the rack overhead. When he had
done this, he was surprised to see that
she had appropriated his own broad
brimmed hat.
1T shades my poor, suffering eyes so
splendidly," she explained, looking for
all the world like some pretty boy as
she snuggled into the corner of the
seat.
well, she is an original" COM
mented Roy. a little wonderingly.
He passed the tickets to the con-
ductor as he came along. That official
was accompanied by two men. They
looked like detectives. They scanned
the various passengers sharply.
WELL" remarked one of them, as he
reached the end of the coach, she's
not aboard this train. Well get on
at the junction and wait for the next
one"
Abruptly, as the train left the juno.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
Famous Rivers.

A tributary Of the Elbe. Germany's
most famous river next to the Rhine.
has been made immortal by great
battle on it's banks. This was the
battle of Hohenlinden. fought in mid
winter between the combined forces
of France and Bavaria under that
great military genius General Moreau
and the Austrians. The latter were
defeated with loss Of $4,000 men.
The victors lost 5000, but captured 81
of the enemy's guns and took 1000
prisoners. Immediately after this bat
tie an English bard wrote one of his
finest odes upon it.
Another famous little river, a tribu-
tary of the Danube, which itself has
seen more fighting, perhaps. than any
other stream in Europe except the
Rhine, is the Nibel. Upon this stream
stands the village Of Blenheim, after
which the splendid palace of the duke
Of Marlborough, gift from the British
nation is called
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
THOSE LOST YEARS
BY EDNA DEANE MERRIAM.

You can't do better. I've handled
dozens of men in your fix. Look here.
you owe society q grudge. The world
has robbed you Of name, fortune. the
best years Of your life. Pay them
back. I offer you the chance"
Thank you, no." said John Thurs
ton, simply, and turned on his heel.
The tempter. man who financed
criminals and made them his slaves,
sneered decidedly. John Thurston
went on his way. detected, unhappy.
hopeless.
A month to day he had been re-
leased from the penitentiary after
serving . ten-year sentence. The man
he had Just left had sought him
out, had tried to induce him to join
his colony Of burglars and petty
thieves whose services he would re-
pay with money and protection.
It was the injustice of his punish
ment that had CALLED the proud spirit
Of John Thurston. Clerk in a country
bank, all but engaged to sweet Alice
Lisle, life all before him, the abstrac-
ton Of q package Of money had been
laid to his charge. He had been ar
rested and sentenced.
When he came out Of prison he
found that q relative had left him Q
small legacy. He secured this and
came to the city to begin life all over
again. He had learned that Alice
Lisle had long since left the little
village where they had once both re-
sided. OF course she had forgotten
him. Even II not, what would she
have to do with a convicted thief?
And now, wherever he had applied
for work his record had come to the
front. Even the criminals had located
him and strove to influence him as
one Of their hateful guild.
II am a marked mani" breathed
lThurston bitterly. II give up the strug-
! gle."
Dark thoughts came into his mind
and they ended in the resolve Of
suicide. He reached a pawnshop and
viewed with grimness its array OF
weapons. A yelled woman was barter
ing at the counter inside. He waited
until she had left. Then he entered
the place.
Thurston was about to state his in
tended purchase Of revolver, when
he happened to notice the article
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
THANK You, No." Said John rhurs-
ton Simply, and Turned on His Heel.

"Thank You, No." Said John Thurs.
ton Simply, and Turned on HE Heel.
upon which the pawnbroker had just
made loan. He started. His whole
being thrilled.
1t was q locket. 1t bore two por-
traits. One was of himself. the other
of the only woman he had ever loved.
Six years ago he had given that keep
sake to Alice Lisle.
The pawnbroker stared strangely as
he noticed his emotion. for Thurston
had reached out and had seized the
locket and was inspecting the initials
upon its outer case.
Tell me-" he spoke. his voice in
a tremor, did the woman noticed
just now leave this here?"
"She did," responded the pawn
broker. What is your interest in
knowing?"
"Because-because-did you see
her face? It is not curiosity. It is
vital that l should know"
Yes, l noticed that she resembles
her picture there. Mine Is a hard busi-
ness. my friend, but we money
leeches, as they call us. have heart
sometimes. l pitied the poor girl.
for she looked poor and sad, and she
kissed the locket at leaving, weeping
and begging Of me not to sell 1t II she
could not redeem it soon."
did YOU get her address,"
Il always ask that. You are inter
ested and you look straight. There
1t is
Hurriedly John Thurston copied the
name and address on the pawnticket.
Miss Lisle." Then she had not mar
ried! He thanked the pawnbroker,
| forgetting all about suicide now, and
FASTENED from the place.
The address he had received led
him to a poor tenement building about
| a mile distant. He made cautious in
quiries to learn that Miss Lisle and
lady friend occupied a rear attic
at the top of the building. Five min.
utes later, standing on a roof stair
way. Thurston looked through an open
transom into a wretched room.
A fire was burning. evidently just
started, and some parcels on table
Indicated that they had just been pur.
chased. probably with the proceeds OF
the loan made from the pawnbroker
Upon a bed lay the wasted form OF
woman. She was weeping, while
her hands were outstretched in lovs
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
Protect the Swallows.

The swallows OF Europe are about
the only birds which are holding their
own In numbers. The people love
them and protect them ~ their an
cestors protected them back into and
probably through the days Of savagery.
for there is not much doubt that the
swallow shared the home Of the cave
dweller.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
Preparedness.

ME husband says We must look
out FIR this unpreparedness for war;"
said Mrs. Rafferty,.
"An' it's a courageous man your
husband it, commented Mrs. Dolan.
HE ought to know what he's talkin'
about"
ats far too courageous he is. Mrs.
Dolan. He's always got black eye
or a cut lip that he likes to look at
In the glass by way Of remindin' him
self Of what the other fellow got
What Danny needs is preparedness
for reace."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
eubonle Plague Ravaaea

Bubonic plague appeared in Eurcp|
in 1909 It had started in Asia, vhsrl
more than 200,000.000 of human b
ings persisted. After reaching Europ|
the plague lasted 20 years, and durin|
that period It carried OF 10000. 900 ps,
sons. When It began Norway had
population Of $500. 900, when II snds(
this great population had bssa n
duced to fewer than 500, ~.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
Causes Of unhappiness.

The worst kinds Of unhappiness, ~
well as the greatest amount Of it.
come from our conduct to each other.
II our conduct, therefore, were under
the control of kindness, it would be
nearly the opposite of what 1t is. and
90 the state Of the world would be
almost reversed. We are for the most
part unhappy, because the world is an
unkind world. But the world is only
unkind for the lack of kindness in us
units who compose it-Frederick VII
liam FAber.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
We.vIco Called old Al

Weaving ID believed to be an older
art than spinning. Rude looms are
pictured on the tombs of Thebes. and
Il 10 believed that the ten curtains Of
me linen. blue and purple and scarlet.
With cherubim Of cunning work. /"
made for the tabernacle. were tapes
tries, the work Of the loom
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
Probably Missed Il.

Speaking of the old wild days IN
Scotland an aged dame. with her grand
children about her knee, said concern
ing q leader Of her clan who had been
beheaded following some trouble with
the crown: ut was nae great thing
O. q held, tae be sure. but 1t wis a sad
Ioss tae him"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
EIr.. oe.d Found h c.llferrIa.

First Gold Found In California.
The first discovery Of gold in Cali
fornia was made in 1s4s by James
Marshall. who happened to pick up .
glittering nugget In the bed Of .
stream. Since that time the state has
yielded more than one and one-hah bill
lion dollars In gold. Marshall died
poor man.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27

New insects Requisite opse4
Motion pictures Of insects In aig43
dAow that they regulate their sped
by changing the inclination Of thedr
wings rather than by altsring the
vapidity Of their motion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
chlna'e Catsie Industry.

VHtWoO C9SsIO u60uoSfy.
Contrary TO general belief, CAin1
not only raises cattle in large nun
bers, but exports frozen beef in guam
titles which have now assumed
commercial magnitude Of such sis(
that neutrality-suspicious. may be q
pected In time to come. Upward O
200. 900 cowhides are annually export
ed from Shantung.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27

One talking machine plus one M
nanical piano-player plus four Nav.
40 Indians blanket rugs plus a nor.
tait Of whistler's mother plu. two
beer stems equals one refined AmerI
eaa home.-Life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27

When the chimneys OF the royal
min. at Berlin are cleaned about one
thousand dollars worth of gold il TAX
IN from the SCOT.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
National Honor.

That nation Is worthless which does
lot joyfully stake everything on her
uonor. Schiller.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
some,ime. Vary Conversation.

Son,ettnes vary Cvnversatior.
II is a mistake for men :. imagine
women are always talking about their
dresses. Sometimes they are talking
about their hats.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27

Youth comss but once IN . lifse,a
therefore. let US 20 enjoy II a. to b
I'm young when We are old.-LonxfeI.
~.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-27
Daily Thcpcht,

In character, IN manners. In style, In
al things, the supreme excellence is
simplicity.-Longfell