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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

that Cheat mountain slope is enough
for any man don't see how Billie
could have been so thnughtless of him
self when he always was 10 thoughtful
of others,
oval, sir, when he rot TO Durbin it
was high noon. hey say it was snow
ing hard ana he VAS covered with the
soft flakes. Iic never tarried, but as
soon as he could get sack full or
dolls drums, candy, oranges and a
sled he started for the hills. 1t was
showing hard when he came INTO town,
aud drifting under light wind when
he turned ba,k And it got awlully
cold 20 dc"rccS hollow
You know the rest, they fonu'i
him at the foot Of the prcciBice, lean
ing. smiling, with the sa.K on his
back no more than quarter Of mile
from the widdcrs home. ! believe, as
the parson read 'lnsomnca as yc have
done il unto ono 81 these
The lumbcrjacks are not much for
sentiment. hat let me tell you. when
old SAM had finished his story you
could see that it bad affected every
one OF them. Philadelphia North
American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
FINGERS AND THUMBS
They Got Crossed With a Goutv
Hand in Giving a Secret
Grip.
BY ELlZABETH BENTON


So you're the young man 49,.
LINKS he can act as my secretary
ney INQUIRED Mr. Pagan, swinging
round in his swivel chair and staring
at Blake under a pair of bushv srav
EYEBROWS Nine and twenty I've
turned down today, but il YOU think
you can shake hands,"
Inc transition from sternness tn
suaVity was entirely disconcertins IN
the young college man. 1t was his
nrst application for position, and the
salary as secretary to the owner of
the Dig chemical works was fifty dol.
lars week. Blake had flown az
high game for youngster Of twenty.
five
lie gave Mr.. Pagan his hand and
ieit peculiar pressure Of the fingers
which his own leaped to meet Then
l left college last year, sir" he
began. Il can"
Tut. tut, young man" replied the
eccentric. Consider yourself en-.
gagged 1t warns my heart to me ct
you NO. no explanations. | don't
want to know what you are or what
you can do. I'm a judge of men and
were both lrishmen, amt we?"
Indeed We are, said Blake enthusi
astically. And so he went to work
and proved highly efficient. In fact
before the month was out Pagan hac
become so attached to him that he
was constantly requesting his pres
ence al his splendid home on tn,
outskirts of the manufacturing town
Blake had two troubles about thi.
time One was his inability to dis
cover how it could be that man o
Fagans apparent limited education
had gone through college The othe
was Fagans daughter, Muriel. It wa
a case of love at first sight with boil
the young people When Blake hell
Miss Muriels little hand in his an,
looked into her eyes he knew that h
had met his destiny.
But how could lifty.dollar wee
man, with an uncertain future, aspir
to the hand of the daughter of PITT
ston's wealthiest citizen If he ha
known it, Pagan could have bee
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
y. +,ss+.gy +.ys OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A Frozen Santa
Blu Harry Boehme

Il was in a Cheat mountain camp
last Christmas eve when someone men
toned the name of Billie Burke.
There was an instant stiffness in the
cabin; the boys dropped their cards,
and the words poor Billie were on
almost every lip. was somewhat
puzzled. Who was Billie Burke? !
inquired. For a moment no one an
swered One OF the boys called on
old Sam-'Uncle Sam they called him.
You tell him, Sam; you knew Billie
longer than any Of u.s.
"The boys all drew their chairs near
the fire and Sam told the story.
"'Yes, l knowed Billie from the time
/ he was a wee shaver; me and him
used to pelt each other with stones,
tree coons and steal whisky together.
You know Bill and his pop were in
the moonshnin' business before the
revenue officers copied it.
"a bad cuss was that young Billie
Burke before he was sent to the re-
form school, But what chances did
he have? He knowed no better; the
whole blooming family were in that
one-roomed log house; the old lady
! digging ginseng in the summer to get
enough to buy the winters supply OF
snuff and chewing tobacco, and the
old man running his still in the ravine
using the corn for whisky that shoult
have made pone cakes for the kid
dies.
oval, sir, l never seen such
change in a youngster as Billie whel
he came back He read; he wrote
he wore good clothes and fine shoes
and he was a gentleman. His people
didn't know him at first. Then Billie
said he was going to meet it on tn
square.
"'While he was at home the las
time he met the schoolmarm OF tn
Red Sulphur Spring school and he fel
in love. suppose, though, he neve
said anything to no one but me; h
said it to me real earnestly. Any ga
would have been proud to have Billie
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
COSTLY ARTICLE OF RAlMEMT
Many Reasons Why Astrachan Capes
May Only Be in the Wardrobe
of the Wealthy.

In making CLOAK or cape OF me
1uality the center of the saddle only
is used and very large number OF
such strips, perfectly matched in curl
and degree of blackncss, are stitched
together to make a complete garment,
The rest Of the skins, the legs, sides
and other inferior parts, are used for
less important purposes, such as I'M
ings for gloves, shoes and other ar
ticles. In chasing the various skins
the ietblack ones are considered the
hest The gray ones are also used
in their natural color, but the fa"n-
colored skins are generally dyed black
and used in Persia though now large
number of dyed skins are also pre-
pared for export. Prices are so high
that even inferior skins fetch good
sums from the dealers,
BESIDES the first cost of the SKINS
as thew come from the lambs backs,
/ several other items go to increase the
| cost TO the wearer. There are, Tor
instance. the expenses of preparing
! the polts for transport and the mnl'
freight from Shiraz to R"sht. some
! 60 to 20 days journey by caravan, q
very heavy item. The continually IN
. croasing taxes levied by the Persian
government for permission to export
he skins must not be forgotten II
calculation Every now and then th'
vily Persian government puts an EN-
Eargo on skins, II" ostcn+ible reason
hriug tho embarrassing price Q
mra, for food, but this is only an *
cnya tho real object being 70 squeeze
as much money a possible out OF tn
.d.glsrs, Tor brtber, plays very lars'
r.rt IN liz as'rachan tradc.-Christ!al
tfa-slJ
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

taken bv storm during thos" first Two
or three weeks 4 seli.madc man,
he admired the young collesian I'M
mensely and had secretly considered
him in the light Of MurieIs suitor.
But Blake did not know that laGhh
education had been derived from read
ing the newspapers he sold IN front
OF the chemical works, before thcse
became his own property Anu as
a supposed college man who had ue-
liberatelv cultivated rough ways ana
coarse Language. Blake looked upon
his employer with something OF awe
II was about two months after ms
introduction TO the manufacturer
bouse that he found himself seated De
side miss MurieI upon the piazza II
was moonlight night, the view was
sunerb the noises Of the city souhdcu
far away and remote; and Pagan was
snoring in his library. The comma
ion nroyod irresistible And besides
that hand that hung near ms was 'ho
nrottiest hand that he had ever
ran,ed to take in his He took IT,
and seeing that no dramatic ou'ourSI
:, anger follow ed he drew the glrl
to him and kissed her.
For after all. that is the way ID
which it is ALWAYS done.
.y,rrjel d. arest" be said, do you
know have loved you ever S'i'''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

Wedding customs have varied with
changing periods but the wedding ring
has always been used Its earliest
form was iron, then, in turn. copper.
brass, leather, sedge and adamant;
and. after this. the precious metals.
The first record OF lis use IS in Gen.
esis T. The old G.mmal ring was
cunningly fitted in tao sections, so
that one went u ;h= b:ide and the
other to the brio E.u--., a4d It Is
often copied for raaiern -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

The idea Of the use Of engines and
machinery to plow the ground seems
to hav originated with David Ram
sew ard Thomas Wildgoose in 1918,
bu, the motive power they proposed
to use is not quite clear. Francis
Moore in 1863 first attempted to use
,h4 scan engine for this purpose
Tho hs-,ery OF practical steam plow-
Ing DIES from the invention of Fowl
er ASSISTED bv smith, Ia 1854.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
Rememhrr Only Today.

Finish every day and be done with
II. You have done what YOU could.
Some blundcrs aud abSardities no
doub, crept in. tc'r'i III ~ as soon az
YOU can Tomorrow Is a new day; be-
pin II wen aud serenrly and with too
high a spirit TO be curb"red with your
old nonsrnsr THIS Gay is al that Is
good and fair II IS too dear with its
hopes and aspirations to waste mo
ment uIon the Yesterday Emerson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

Rlakess shirt-front and narrowed t,
needle lines.
May | ask YOU why you are wear
ing a green tie on this day of all days,
Mr. Blake?" he demanded, with orlin-
Gus calm
Why, said Blake, hesitating, you
see, today is the anniversary of the
Battle of the Boyne, a day abhorrent
to all good Irishmen. and"
.Blakes great grandfather had been
hanged for treason in the days of
Robert Emmet
Pagan leaped out of his chair with
the agility of tiger.
"Scoundrel. Scum Of Limerick" he
yelled. To insult good Belfast man
by Haunting the green flag" He
shook his fist under his secretary's
nose. Il killed man for less in my
young days, he shouted. out Of my
house. You're fired III have your
pay sent you'll"
Come, papa. what is all this
about?' interposed Muriers soothing
her lover to lend him aid if necessary
She had not anticipated such violence
He's wearing of the greenland on
this day. of all days." stormed her
father Molly, | wouldn't have
J minded SO much if it hadn't been for
the deceit of the man. But he let me
think all along he was a good Orange
/ man, and now he comes and taunts
me to my face, presuming upon his
/ claim to love you. Kick him out for
me, Molly, my foots got the govt in
it,"
Father, dear-for my sake listen.
pleaded Muriel. Il am sure that Ar.
thur-Mr Blake can explain every.
thing. Father" she pleaded, I'VE love
each other Think how you and
Mother got married, when you were
earning nine dollars a week in ship
ping office-you'ye often told me so.
But he's a damned rebel, Molly
and-and the Internal impudence o.
it,"
Tell him it's all a mistake, AT
thur, pleaded Muriel,
1T amt mistake, it's JUS
treachery," roared her father Min,
and twenty good men, fine men,
turned down that morning till he CAV,
me the grip
What grp?' demanded Blake
The grip of the United Orange
mems brotherhood" roared the oil
man. Didn't wink at you, AM
didn't | see it in your face that W
understood each ether, and didn't
say tina rs enough between friend
and
The grip I gave you" answere
blake, was that of the Alpha Omeg
Mu fraternity. | had been told
helped man to get position by gi'
ing it | thought YOU We're a colleg
man"
Old Pagan stared at him in stupi
wonder. Them
Give me that grip again" he SAT-
and Blake all against the fraternit
rules, delivereRit
My fault" he acknowledged. "Yo
got your thumb crossed in the wron
place 1t must have been my govt
had made me imagine Well, youI
fellow, maybe I'll let you keep YOU
y job"
And how about Miss Fagan?" !
quired the other.
"Muriel? My daughter! I'll 81
you-I-er-now don't cry, Mol
: dear guess She goes with Il
job !"
4 Copyright 1915, by w G. chapman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

noon; but he couldn't wait. He start
ed over the shortcut trail to Durbin-
six-mile tramp. There was some
thing in the air; thought it was snow.
There seemed a terrible silence over
the whole woods when Billie left at
dawn. That was the last time l seed
him alive Good by, Uncle SAM" he
shouted from the hill as he waved his
hand; land a merry Christmas to you;
and don't get drunk. he sure to make
good resolutions for the New Year.
Good-by!"
"'Ie stopped at the Widow Jones
house on his way to Durbin, and she
| made him drink cup of hot coffee,
which she and the kiddics were hav-
| ing at breakfast. Then he told her
about the Christmas he expected to
spend at home. He was just bubblng
over with joy, and the widow started
to cry At Christmas, she said, the
thoughts of the ones that are departed
are green in ones memory as the
holly leaves that grow on the holly
tree, and like a circle of holly leaves
are they entwincd in a wreath of
memory.
"'Thcn Billie tried to comfort her.
and asked her why she was crying
She said that her kiddies wanted to
know about Santa Claus because the
| Paxson children who went shedding on
the hill, told them what Santa was
going to bring them and they asked
their NAV when Santa was coming to
them. She told them that he wasn't
coming; there wasn't going to be any
Christmas for them because they were
poor.
THAT stuck in Billie's craw, and he
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
Wharf ENGLISH River Rises.

The Duddon, one OF the most pic
turesque Of the English rivers. oozes
up through a bed Of moss near the top
OF Wrynose Fell. desolate solitude,
yet remarkable for its huge masses of
protruding crags AID the varied and
vivid colors of the mosses watered by
tho stream.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

said he would go
% Burhin and get
something for en-,
aud could still
make No. 8 train
in the afternoon
for home.
" That trail is
bad enough in
summer, to say
nothing about il
in winter. One
trim "A day over
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

a straight, strong,
clean and good
hearted boy. Why,
the presidents
daughter wouldn't
say no to him.
81 can see him
yet as he left this
camp the last day
l ever seed him.
l done told him
to wait for the log
train that went al
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
The End of All Thinus.

Man with Paper Here's preacher
In Syracuse, n Y, who declares that
the time will come when there win be
no liars in the world Pessim!st-
well. the world is due to end some
time. Canadian courier
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
Secret Of Good Memory.

The secret Of good memory is at
tention, and attention 20 a subject
depends upon our interest in it. We
rarely forget that which has made
a deep impression on OR minds -
Trvcu Edwards
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
Telephone Record.

The French language has been
found much better adapted &c long
distence telephoniag than ;hc English.
and expert operators in Paris aayo
succeeded IN Transmitting messages to
london at the rate Of 800 words mln.
ute
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
Ancient Jokes.

De a man ever hold stakes ASS
e stchison Globe. without making
lark about running away ~"
L e. reyo' And ID one O: The PEI,
Is Glowing SOM aae's oter 10 n.y. ~,
s stakes. eyo1 Ill % counter Win
PEN hcld yuu
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
Aprisusc at a Concert.

You seem TO enjoy the heavy Wag-
ncriaE numbers or. the program? i
don't Then wny do you applaud so
strongly Il want to hear the pretty
little pieces they always play for en-
cores.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
praWiru the Line,

rcmdix Is it true that Young
Grconrs engagement is ,G?" Hoax
eyes TGmdix Whit Was tn" trou-
bic did the girl d""lin" to livr IN a
fla; Ilujax No. with one.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
The Professions

CHIROPRACT0R
oR J. z. SCARBOROUGH,
Lady in Attendance
o.,bes Building, Between Park
and Aud torium
OFFICE HOURS
,,.Qo a m. 1880 to s p. m.
/ 700 to $3.50 p. N.
,o,ion and Examination Free
cadence Phone 240 Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
conntinn the Cost.

yeast-He SAYS he thinks his child
hood DAYS were tho happicst.
rrimsonbeak-Of course he does. 1t
only cost him half as much 10 get into
. circus and on the street cars,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21

Guard Against Infection.
The Argentine national health de-
srnent has posted signs along tne
'nncinal streets OF Buenos Aires zen,
ls what animals and insects shoulu
Z avoided to lessen the dangers OF
rectious diseases.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
Optimistic Thought.

Arm, are worth little without wis.
dcg 81 lGm"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-21
, aH n. MENDENHALL

I'D. MENDENHALL
CIVIL ENGINEERS
.o 912-2l5 Drane Building
LAKELAND. FLA.
,.,e Land Examinations and
l., Designs. Earthwork Special
! Surveys. 80
.,,rca phone 278 Black.
Zee Phone 27s Blue
The Spectator., 1915-03-19
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
 STILL SUCCESSFUL
VIGOROUS ATTACK BY GERMANS REFUSED AND MANY PRIS-
 OVERS TAKEN.
PROGRESS IN CAkPATHIANs
Teutons Bring Batteries Closer to os. sowetz Fortress, But Without
 Results.

London.--The Russians are even more active than their Western allies. The German offensive against Przas- nysZ having failed to materialize, prob ably owing to the thaw, the Russians have undertaken the offensive and. advancing successfully along both banks of the Orzyc river and have oc- cupied the village of Stegna, which is on one of the main roads leading to Przasnysz from the northeast. At this point they repulsed determined counter-attack.
 The Germans, however, say that the Russian attacks have been repelled and that they captured 1000 Russians.
 Along the ridge of the Carpathians and in eastern Galicia, the Russians report series of successes against the Austro-G German armies, which, de- spite the deep snow, have kept up al- most continuously attacks in the Boli- tral passes in the hope of relieving Prsemysl. The Russians are closing around the fortress, and their infan- trymen are within rife shot of the northern forts.
 From unofficial sources it is learned that the Russians have resumed the offensive in Bukowina and battle is now in progress near the Bukowina frontier along the Sanislau- K Kolomea railway.
 In the Caucasus, too, the Russians are again on the move and according to all accounts from Petrograd are pushing the Turks back along the coast of the Black sea and are threat ening the safety of the Turkish army at Olti, on the Russo-Turkish border.
The Spectator., 1915-03-19
STATE WARRANTS
 PRICE GOES DOWN
FAILURE OF LEGISLATURE IN FL NANClAL CRISIS CAUSES
 SLUMP.
DEFICIT IS ABOUT $4OO,OOO
Estimated Receipts For Two Years $3,00o,000, With Expenditures
 of $3,75o,0oo.
Little Rock

Lttlie ISOCh.-
 Failure of the Legislature to proper ly guard the states finances and pro vide for the already large deficit caus- ed state warrants to sell at 90 cents on the dollar with but little demand at any price. That the warrants will be selling as low as 60 cents on the dollar by August was the prediction of Lit. tie Rock bankers as a result of inves- tigations into the amount of money ap- propriated and the failure of the gov ernor to provide financial plan. War rants are quoted at about 90 cents, with few transactions, whereas a year ago they were selling around 97, 9S and 99 cents. One bank, which last year at this time was carrying more than $600,000 in state general revenue fund warrants and creating market for them. reported but $240,000 worth of state warrants on it's hands. Future transactions in state warrants will be confined to dealings with patrons of the bank who were patrons. before warrants depreciated to such an ex- tent, or in funds where the deprecia- ton Is not so evident
 Approximately $3,75O,ooo was ap, propriated by the Legislature for gen, eral revnue expenses. The estimated receipts for the next two years will be about S3,O00,000. An item of about $377.000 for the maintenance of the state penitentiary can be eliminated from the list, as the penitentiary Is selfsupporting and can take care of it's expenses. The approximate deficit would be $40O,000
The Spectator., 1915-03-19
TO ASK STATE FOR SUPPORT
Colonel Holenber9 Says He Will Make Appeal to All Parts of
 the State.

Little Rock.-The Supreme Court of propriation by the Arkansas General Assembly of S40,000 for the Arkansas exhibit at the Panama-Pacitic EXposi- tion at San Francisco Is illegal, and directs the auditor and treasurer of state to issue and pay no warrants on account of this appropriation.
 The decision was handed down by Justice Hart, and was concurred in by all the members of the court. It resulted from suit filed by Repre- sentative J. C. BeIote of Hot Spring county and other members of the House, who voted against the appro- priation, which they claimed must have two-thirds vote in each house The Senate gave the bill two-thirds vote, but the House didn't hence the court holds that the appropriation is illegal.
 In announcing the result of the bal lot fin the House, Speaker Sawyer held that the bill had carried It lacked
 
 thirdG but Speaker Sawyer held that fnasHuch as the appropriation was necessary to carry out the plans for an Arkansas exhibit at the World s Fair, 1t was a necessary expense of the state government and required therefore only majority of the votes cast. The Supreme Court decreed, however, that there must be a line somewhere between the necessary and unnecessary expenses of government and that the legislature had exceeded it's right in declaring this to be nec- essary expense that the state had previously through its legislature re fused to make an appropriation, and any liability which may have been oc- cured by individuals in this case could not involve the state.
 According to Colonel Hollenberg, the Arkansas building. one of the finest on the grounds, has been com pleted and is waiting to be opened The structure was built at an actual cost of $16,000, more than S5,000 
 except for the aid lent 1t by the Ar kansas Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association, which made the reduction as a gift to the cause.
 Every one who Is interested 1T property in this state and fin the vel fare of the state, in my opinion, should grasp this opportunity now before them and with a ready purse offer the amount to their full extent so that Arkansas will make a creditable ey hibit among her sister States of tho United States and that we will bene fit largely thereby.
 "I ask you, through the columns o your paper, to call upon the many progressive and liberal citizens of oul State to lend their aid and send wore to the Arkansas Commission. Hollen berg Building. signifying whether the, will contribute, upon the understand ing that s2000O is raised by April I and how much they will contribute"