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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-04

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-04

=. j. Knapp. OF Terre Alta. received
by parcel post Tuesday a three-year-
old grandson. sent by his son. Charles
The little fellow weighed thirty one
pounds. and was sent in this manner
that be might attend the circus.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-04

Drilling for OF has begun on Dutch
Bottom. on Williams river. Pocahon-
tas county
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-04

The biz Gin plate mill a. sabraton
was operated ~ FUN capacity tast
week. FOR the first time tn months
fof me past several werks. however.
Chronicle
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-04

The Business Mems Association OF
Iarkrrs burg has declined 70 merge
with the Board Of Commerce OF that
CITY
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-04

When about fO load coal into an
empty baltimore A. Ohio coal car on
the company siding az Wendell. Tay.
Tor county employees ~ the Maryland
Coal company discovered the dead
body Of male child. not more than
lWcuty-four hours old lying In the
bottom n The car. wrapped in some
Din muslin and coarse brown wrap.
ping paper.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-22
MILITARY TRAINING
FOR U. S. SCHOOLBOYS

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The enact.
ment of laws providing for the mill
tary training of boys in high schools
throughout the United States will be
urged in Congress in connection with
the army bill This was made plain
by Congressman Sydney Anderson Of
Minnesota. ~... .=..< ...
He declared himself strongly in fav-
or of the plan and has been making
speeches on the subject in his district
He proposes the federal government
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

very likely that theblades on the
water pump would break off.
could take pages to tell of the i'm
passable roads, the misery of winter
driving in biting cold wind and of
motor troubles.
Motoring possibilities is what
brought me to Florida.
am simply telling this in pass
ing.
Human nature is the same the
world over.
There are one million people in the
north who have the motoring bug.
1t is mild form of insanity the
first two or three years after one
buys car.
One million people would like tc
go to a country where they coult
! motor over good roads, mid pretty
scenery the year around.
! Many of them go.
, Many are going.
But Florida gets a small percent
age of these. We ought to get Z!
per cent, but | doubt If we get L
per cent.
You can ride for weeks over dif
ferent routes in Southern California
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Compulsory
Attendance
School Law

August 31st is the date fixed for
the voters to decide whether Dade
county shall have compulsory school
attendance, and, should the vote be
favorable to the proposition, Dade
will be the first county in the State
to adopt this system, as it is the first
county in the Stateto take up. the
circulating of petitions to call the
election.
This step was taken principally
at suggestion OF R. E. Hill, coun-
ty superintendent of public instruc-
tion, who for several years has been
enthusiastically in favor of forced
attendance on the schools, and was
largely instrumental in lobbying the
bill through the recent legislature.
The petitions circulated through
out the county have been signed by
almost everyone to whom they were
presented, and the patrons generally
declared themselves in favor of the
law to enforce attendance on the
! schools, and with one voice declared
they were proud to sse Dade county
take the lead in this as in many
other movements for the better
ment of the race and theprOsperity
and advancement of the state.
Professor Hall seemed very much
pleased over the outlook when seen
yesterday afternoon, and said:
II am very proud of the fact that
: Dade will be the first county in Flor
ida to hold an election to determine
whether we are to have compulsory
education. | believe large majority
of the voters will cast their ballot
in favor of the proposition, as this
county is settled by wide-awake and
progressive people"
/ in behalf of the passage of the bill
Mr.. Hall admitted that he had been
working with this end in view for q
number of years, and felt well pleas.
ed at the outcome of his own and
others efforts in this direction.
Inspectors and<lerks of election
have been named and the polling
places DESIGNATED, and the schoo
board is enthusiastically awaiting the
outcome of the first election of the
kind in Florida--Miami Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
HOT BREAKFAST MEANS MUCH
Success or Failure Of the Day De-
ponds to Large Extent on
First Meal.

When a singularly successful busi-
ness man was asked the secret Of get
ting on in the world, he modestly said
his wife deserved most of the credit,
as she always had a good breakfast
ready for him every day in the year,
served punctually and piping hot, He
further said that poor food, especially
in the morning, was responsible for
many business failures, for the man
who sets out on q cold morning with
cold, Indifferent food in his stomach
Is ill-prepared for the business battle.
II takes time and planning, but it pays
ID serve GOOD breakfasts. II means
getting Up early enough to insure
against rushing about and frettIng
when things go wrong, but the wise
woman counts It k6 sacriAce to send
her husband OF chesfy Ind well {ed.
There are plenty OF ways In which
Z womah without help may manage,
Ind even Y she Keeps a maid she
will find plenty to oversee and cor.
rect day after day. The women who
| rise early to get breakfast for their
husbands unite in saying there are
possibilities in the early morning
hours realized later in the day. When
| other women are sleepily getting up,
the thrifty housekeepers have their
morning work done and are ready to
get the children of to school There
would be fewer failures in school work
II all children were sent to the school
room we'll fed in the morning. II
they were aroused in time to dress
leisurely and eat hearty breakfast
there would be fewer cases Of nervous
prostration among teachers. A cur
OF hot cocoa, poached egg, good
toast and well-cooked cerceal served tc
the entire family in the morning and
eaten in a leisurely manner would rot
hospitals Of many patients and give
doctors and surgeons extra vacations
every year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
DADE CITY TO THE GULF
BY WATER ROUTE

I'm connection with the drainage
nroiect plans for which are now I'M
der way, there is another iprooosl-
tion that has long been advocated
nv some who, although accused OF
dreaming by the more prosaic, have
nlan that is well worth consider
ing and not at all impossible. IT is
tho digging of a canal to connect
the Withlacoochee river with THIS
citv the city's terminal for the can
al being located near the A. Z. l..
DEPOT In the event of draining this
section, it is thought the stream
will necessarily be deepened and lts
course straightened to better carry
of the water. This being done, there
remains only to connect the city and
the iyer with boat canal, and the
stream will be navigable for river
boats and small pleasure craft from
Dade City to the Gulf.
The nature of the land east OF
town would seem to favor the pro-
iect Between the city and the
river is a Grain of small ponds that
are practically connected, and the
digging of a canal would be the fol-
lowing of this natural water level,
which by connecting and deepening
could be easily made navigable, and
it is thought at not too great eX-
pense.
River boats now run up the river
as far as Groom, a place about ~
miles north of here. So it is seen
that by deepening and Strengthening
the river between this place and
that, and by connecting Dade City
by canal to the river. it would not
be impossible to establish a navi-
gable water route connecting this
city with the Gulf.
While it is not the intention that
any large boats would use the river,
vet the mere fact of this city's being
connected by water route with the
gulf would bea decided advantage,
with incalculable possibilities. In
time the river could be further i'm
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
WASTED WEALTH
By Walt Mason

A man indignant wakes, when he
beholds the wasteof coin he pays
for taxes, all squandered or mis-
placed. Our on the Western prai-
ries thetOiler's wealth is heaved
at robbins and canaries, and he, of
course, is peeved 1t goes for pew
ter bridges, which break beneath a
load, it goes for blowing ridges
and grading up the roads. 1T goes
for bum repairing of highways and
of hills, and SO we hear him sweat
ing, the man who pays the bill. He
seeks the county fathers, the mon
who spend the change, and veXes
them and bothers their souls with
questions strange. why don't YOU
grade the ridges with permanent in
tent Why don't you build us bridges
of granite or cement? We all
would be in clover if lasting roads
were made, but over, still and over
you pillow and scrape and grade, you
make your culvert wooden, ant
build your bridge of tin, contract
ors have a puddin', the strongbo,
wadin in" But useless is his kick
ing, the poor tax paying man, thu
county dads are sticking to theil
old futile plan, still building brid
ges rotten, and roads that wasl
away, all but the bills forgotten, tn,
bills the workers pay.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Iheories About Rainfall.

While we In this country have been
suffering for some years from a lack
OF rain, some parts Of Europe appear,
according to statistics, to be getting
more rain every year.
Observations at the Observatory Of
Paris show that from 1904 to 1924 the
average yearly rainfall was 502 MILL
meters ian inch is about rs millime-
ters). In the next twenty years the
average was 507; then from 1s45 to
1879 there was an increase to S25: in
the next twenty years 1t was $50. and
In the last nineteen years the average
has grown to SS4 millimetes-about
23h inches.
The commonese theory to account
for this is that the smoke and drot
rising from . large city favor the
condensation Of moisture. But ,b,e
theory runs counter to the experience
OF London, the smokiest city Of En-.
rope, where no such increased rain.
fall is recorded.
And In some of the mountainous "a.
g1ons OF France the increase has been
as much as Is per cent, as compared
with thirty years ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
GOOD ROADS OUR
GREATEST ASSET

Ten years ago | was trying to get
some satisfaction out of an automo-
bile which Il owned while living in
an Illinois town. In summer the
roads were either too, dusty, or the
rains made them impossible. In
winter they were badly cut up and
frozen in the shape the last thaw
left them. There were very few days
in a year in which l could take the
car out and exercise it. In winter
the water froZe in the radiator and
bursted the pipes, and when you
thought you had the thing thawed
out, and started the engine, 1t was
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

I am sceptical-wholly sceptical. 1t
sounds too good to be true. II you
had told me that you had discovered
q buried Indian village or . dozen
asteroids I would have accepted your
word Without question. But D STeat
suk.A eyg-66, ny friend. f9u have
Probably mistaken the egg Of Z
crested grebe or tufted pufnn for that
81 the aux"
''But the great aux did range a. far
south as Maine in the last century,
cried the professor.
And the last specimen was shot
in 1874"
mo, Cavendish, in 1919. tell you
it was an aux. l shot the brooding
bird, but 1t fell into the water and
drifted out to sea before could get
q boat But the egg-it was an auk's
egg, and 1t was warm. i took 1t home
and I'm incubating it."
What does Mrs. Brinckhofen think
Of itr'
"She doesn't know anything about
It, of course. don't believe in tell
ing my wife a professional secret.
And the joke of 1t is"-he nudged
Cavendish in the ribs--1t's incubat-
ing with clutch Of eggs that she set
out last week under one Of our hens.
1t couldn't be safer anywhere"
SHOW mel" said Csvendish scep-
tically, and they entered the rowboat
and, Q few minutes later. rounded the
point Of land behind which the Brinck.
hofens had their bungalow
There was where l shot her." said
the professor, pointing to the high,
towering cliff. II didn't mean to, eth.
err but was so excited that couldn't
bear to think Of her getting away
Now, before We do anything else we'll
60 straight to the clutch"
They climbed the hill and entered
the little garden Of the bungalow. In
one corner was the hen house, and, in
the center, seated upon q clutch OF
eggs surrounded with straw, was 9
gray hen. which locked at them with
malignant eyes and half opened hel
beak a. though to protect her trea
sure.
"Shoo!- said Professor Brinckhofen
and the hen slowly rose and retired {
few PAGES, where 1t crouched Will
tapping wings and an irate expires
sion. Professor Brinckhofen plunged
his hand into the clutch and drew GU
the precious egg. 1t was a httl,
larger than that Of a goose.
Good heavens. Brinckhofen, It is
1t Isl" yelled Doctor Cavendish. and
carefully replacing 1t, he seized hi
friend round the waist, and the tw,
graybeards executed q dance.
Mrs. Brinckhofen watched them on
of the kitchen window
II suppose that Ia Doctor Caveu
DISH" she said pityingly. Il wonde
why they are dancing in the her
house"
She sat down and meditated upo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

proved so as to accommo
vessels and become eeno
for hauling light freight
Then, too, are the n
that are presented IL
river for pleasure bo.
banks of the river are
with luxuriant tropical .,
affords some of the most
scenery in the state. Asia
natural beauty of the rive,
FAMED as a hunting and
sort, all manner of villa
fish being y found here in
By deepening the stream
ing if of distractions i,
transformed into a very
the tourists. and made :
beauty spots of this sAct,
City Banner.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
$4,000, 900 BOND ISSUE

LIST. If what some say is true that,
times are hard" nothing will do
more to alleviate this condition and
stimulate business than the distri-
button of 100000 in our county
for the labor and material in con-
structing our roads. Now is the ac-
copied time to build them.
I'd. 1t is not CONSTANT to tax
the county wide for roads without
extending the road system over the
whole county, and this cannot be
done for less than 100000. 1t
will cost on an average over $4,000
per mile for sand asphaltum roads,
varying from to 16 feet and it re-
quires nearly 400 miles to cover the
county to give every district main
roads.
3rd. 1T is estimated that the
tourists will spend -30,O0O,000 per
annum in Florida after the Dixie
Highway is completed. With good
roads Polk county has the attrac-
lions that guarantees us our share
of this great fund to help our hard
times.
4th We want good roads because
we cannot afford our present expen-
sive system of roads. At our pres
ent rateof taxation for road tax on
the present valuation of property,
we collect and pay out 100000
in thirty years and in ten years our
property will more than double pres
ent value, which will give us bore
than $4,000 in thirty years to build
and maintain our roads and pay off
our bonds, without increasing our
present rate of assessment.
To do this injustice to taxpayers
who arecalled on to vote for this
bond issue.
LIST Lay out a good system that
will give every district good hard
surfaced main roads and equalize
the distribution according to taxes
paid in each district Show maps
of roads to each tax paper.
End. Make roads of material fol
economy as well as good service
Stating to tax payer how much the
roads cost per mile and the width OF
the various roads.
3rd. Appoint or elect five of oul
best men as trustees to work in con
junction withour road commission
ers for the judicious expenditure o
our road fund Again don't let any
one dope you with the idea tina
Polk county cannot afford $4,000,
600 bond issue, she cannot affort
less because we all want good road
and system to give all good road
cannot be built for less.
II you don't vote bond issue an,
expend your money annually undo
the present wasteful system Of road
and of costly building you will new
er have a good road system Gu
money is wasted because of materia
psed and of poor material to build
!, Few if any one in Polk cccy.nty kr
iso unsophiscated that they don'
know the greater practical utilit
of good hard roads and that the
are economical. Convince thevoter
of Impractical plan to build thel
right, of good material and spen
the bond money for roads and 81
OOO, 900 bond issue will carry.
LUXURIOUS BURNS.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

admit it is fine going after you
get there, but only the very rich
can enjoy it. An overland trip to
Southern California is expensive
and taxes the nerve of the driver.
The dangers in driving are numer-
Gus. A desert, mountain passes and
Continental divide have to be cross
ed The rich ship their cars through
about $3,350 for freight alone
and others buy or rent cars in Los
Angeles.
Notwithstanding this Southern
California is the mecca for motorists
because it has the roads.
Is it not worth while to build up
system of roads in Pinellas county
to connect up with that Dixie High
way which will touch Tampa
Clearwater Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

the subject until the men came IN
Then she welcomed Doctor Cavendisn
with smiles.
Come. Cavendish, l want to sno"
you my laboratory" said Brinckhoieh'
dragging his friend away as soon as
he decently could. They went INTO
the professors little bare room ana
began discussing the great discovery.
"Of course 1t goes to the museum
Brinckhofen," said Cavendish. III
will be worth a thousand dollars to
you"
"A thousand dollars!" exclaimed the
professor. You are joking, Cavendisn.
Why, the egg alone would bring that
at auction"
Yes, yes, I'm speaking about the
egg" said Doctor Cavendish irritably.
What are you speaking about!
why, the aux, Of course. Don't
you know that / put 1t there SO that
it would hatch? Why, we'll have
real live bird, Cavendish. / shall sell
It to the Geological society, and I'll
patch up the egg after 1t has Matched
out, and I'll let you have that for q
thousand. And the bird will lay more
eggs, and I'll get thousand apiece
for those too. and"
Il say" interposed Cavendish, re
member 1t isn't Matched yet. II l
were you I would tell Mrs. Brinck'
hofen about it,
Tell Mrs. Brinckhofen! Why, she'd
tell the neighbors and they'd steal 1t
or do something to it! Never. trust a
woman. No, 1t Is safest just where 1t
is"
They argued with some lack Of
equanimity until dinner time, when
Mrs. Brinckhofen elected them into
the dining room.
Hum. I'm hungry as bear" said
Doctor Cavendish, pulling his napkin
across knees What have we here?
! Scrambled eggs? Fine!"
II don't know whether you like
scrambled goose eggs" said Mrs.
Brinckhofen. They say they're very
nice. ! found one under our biddy-it
must have been laid by one of Mr..
CHESS geese, for 1t wasn't there last
time I looked So | thought that as
we hadn't many eggs I'd try what 1t
, tasted like"
Woman" gasped the professor.
! springing to his feet, do you mean to
/ say you-you scrambled that egg"
yes, dear" said Mrs. Brinckhofen
sweetly.
(CopYright 1872 by W G. Chapman.l
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
GREAT AUK'S EGG?
Maybe, but Nevertheless, It Ar
rived at the Breakfast Ia
BILE In a Scramble.
BY MARGARET MANNING.


Professor Ferdinand Brinckhofen
wandered into the kitchen Of his sum-
mer bungalow, on the Maine shore.
His wife was washing the dinner
dishes.
ELLEN. my DEAR" he said. Doctor
Cavendish. of the Natural History
museum, will be here this afternoon.
Can you get up q meal for him? He
has to start back tomorrow morn
Ing"
= II suppose 20, Ferdinand" answered
his wife, . little tartly. you know,
Of course, that we haven't much In
the house to offer guest. However,
I'll do my best, and II he will be salts
fed with 1t he's welcome. Why 10
he coming all this distance Just to
spend the night with us?'
Professor Brinckhofen put his arm
round his wife's waist and kissed
her.
Il know you're busy, Ellen" he
said. Next summer we'll get maid"
And he wandered out, while his wife
went ON washing. She dried the last
plate and set 1t aside.
Il wonder Just why Doctor Caven-
dish Is coming here for one night, !"
she said to herself.
Professor Brinckhofen engaged a
rowboat and pulled round to the rail-
road terminal, where he arrived Just
In time to greet Doctor Cavendish as
his visitor stepped out of his car.
We'll, what did you think Of my let.
ter?" he asked, after the customary
greetings had been interchanged.
Doctor Cavendish took his friend
by the arm. my dear old enthusiast
he answered, Ito be frank with you
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
The Germans Are Again
Resorting to the Inhum,
Warfare of q

And humanity stamps the prac- army of Mosquitoes ri
the other hand welcomes with harmless be safely
the appearance and of the delicate fabric
RUNS EN- which spreads eonster- on the flesh Smells
nation in the ranks of the great all druggists 1Oc.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Art Unadorned.

l like my art unadornel
and skill and the other straI
that Is added thereto to M
beautiful-and nothing mo
things worth of paint and
behold! a thing of beauty
do in Japan And if it shou
the fire--well, it has gone
days sunset, and tomorrow
be another.-H. G. Wells
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Woree and More ~ IL

concord! Concord" shouted tho
brakeman, as the train pulled into
the station during a tremendous ort
burst OF thunder and lightning
The clever woman srasnsa -
umbrella firmly.
Not only conquered" she a,o,,
lated, but taken by stormi'-Yonts,.
Companion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Old Knee joint

Estimated by scientists
100000 to 275.0OO years old
fed knee joint of a MANN,
earthed at Long Beach, Cal
men twenty-eight feet belo
face. The discovery has
scented to the chamber of
by Anton Cheroske, the a
knee Joint of the largest spt
mails that ever roamed III
well preserved. despite its
1t measures 10 inches in lei
inches in diameter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Disease 70 ex.erminate erasshoppers

To exterminate havoc-working
droves OF grasshoppers in Salvador
and Guatemala some virus has been
obtained from Brazil. and a number Of
insects are to be inoculated and
turned loose The disease thus spread
is remarkably fatal to grasshoppers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Another for New vorL

New Yorker Arrested for Act,ng
strangely on Street Car"-probablv
gave up his seat 10 a woman.-pbila.
deiphia North American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Transients, as Il "

DO you keep any servaI
Of course not" But | thoI
one in your Kitchen" "OI
servants on the premises
two at a time; but We
them"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Wanted Point Remenh.,.a

when little Billie was visiting a,
iuncn one day he had strawberr,es
ana mere were but few on each
Que 6 pate; Billie looked at the ,msn
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

Every man IS his own ancestor and