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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-26
TAIL OF OSSEWETZ AND K0VNO
FREED LARGE AMOUNT OF
uEAVY ARTILLERY WHICH
WAS CAPTURED BY GERMANS
(By Associated Eress. }

Berlin wireless to Sayville), Aug.
% The capture of the Russian
fortress of Brest-Litovsk has been
announced by German army head
iparters. German and Austro- Hun
garian troops stormed the works on
the western and northwestern front
and succeeded in entering the center
fortress yesterday. The Russians
then gave up the fortress.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-26
Arms Factory Shelled
nv Associated Press,

Paris, Aug. ga flotilla of six
ty-two French aviators threw 1'o
shells on to a German arms factory
north of Sarrelouis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-26

The State Of Montana has co.
600, 900 acres Of free public iand
awaiting settlement.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-26
mn NELSON GOES TO CHINA

San Francisco. Aug. s5'mDs. -.s.
o,ssr sar @. Nelson of Mobile q sra''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-14
WHY GEN. UOFFRE is CONSIDERED NKMEST MAN I'M FRANCE TO

present great work. Recently, he said:
Napoleon won his battles by the legs of
his soldiers, but nowadays il is rail-
roads" In 1892. when they sent him 10
the Sudan he was professor of fortitica-
tons at the Officers School of Fontatne-
bleau.
His triumphs at Tinbuctoo gave him
the grade of lieutenant colonel. Re
turning to France, he was made secre-
tary to the inventions commission. He
gained his grade of colonel at MAZDA
gascar Later. he remained to fortify
the port of Dieso-Suarez, and became
general of brigade.
His luck never stopped.
Four years later he became genera
of division and married the present
Nine. Joffre. daughter of the rich col
lector, penon.
He became military governor Of Lille.
chief of the I'd Army Corps at Rheims,
and in 1910 entered the high war cout'-
ell, where during four years he was
to prepare himself for the supreme role
which destiny reserved him.
No one in France calls him a genius
He is, rather the average man. en-
larged." AS such he towers a giant
in French confidence
Young man, hear the average man.
enlarged.
Cork up your luck. Let it accumu-
late. It's tendency is to escape by the
mouth For those who find the rule
cllum of Joffre suggests a palliative
or half-measure which. in itself, is ca
pable of winning for any young man a
happy reputation for taciturnity: say
what you have to say. and then shut
nm STERLING HELLO.
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How Pig Iron Got Its Name.

NNT HY pig iron is called pig iron is a
Wv question which very probabl~
stumps most men II has been said
that the reason pig iron is SO called is
because il bears no resemblance and
has no relation to pigs. This explana-
tion is based on the fact that is well
known that many things are named
after absolutely different things. ap-
parently for the reason that they are
SO different. Another explanation
which does not carry with il much en-
lightenment is that some iron is called
pig iron because the rough bars or
pieces like ingots are called pigs, but
why these rough blocks or bars should
be called pigs is not explained
A veteran workman in an iron fouD
dry has given an explanation which
seems to have the merit of being plau
sible. He said that in the part Of the
world where he has worked nearly all
his life, which is the Cleveland hills
district in Yorkshire. England, iron
stone, out of which iron is obtained.
has a greenish silvery color. Truck
loads of this ore are dumped into
kiln, where it is calcined, and this
product, with a proportion of coke and
limestone. is then dumped into fur
mace. Out of this furnace, through an
ground, pours a steady stream OF hot
liquid This is but the dross that rises
from the molten mass and passes out
to the Stag heap. 1t is known as Stag
In the furnace RACES a rosy red liquid.
the molten iron. A hole in the furnace
kept sealed with fire clay is opened
and the molten iron PUSHES out. To
receive il are numbers of little trenches
made with river sand. There is a main
run in the middle and smaller bitches
called "sows"D running off from it at
right angles. Each SOW has ten trib-
utary little bitches tcalled pigs. and
here the molten iron lies until it cools
into pig IRON
Why the larger bitches came TO be
called "sowS remains unexplained
but when they came to be given that
name it was easy to think of the still
smaller bitches, lying close against
them III groups of ten. as pigs aud
hence it came i'll a natural way to call
the iron that lay in the little pig ditch
es pig iron.
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persisted. He rendered them the hon
ors, collected the documents and sent
back to France the mutilated corpse of
BONNER de la Chapelle. Then, con-
tinuing the expedition with his own re-
sources, Joffre calmly penetrated to
the mysterious city in the heart of
Africa, to Timbuctoo-and methodical-
ly began his work of fertilization and
surveying.
Now for the luck. The whole column
depended on Joffre- And every one has
noticed, in his photographs. that Joffre
has something strange, slightly alb
the left eye. It's origin was ID poison
GUS fly bite in the midst of this ex-
petition. The doctor of the column,
fearing he would lose his sight, or
dered d bandage. but Joffre answered;
Il cannot exercise my command with
the eyes banded Then, said the
doctor, protect yourself. at least. with
blue glasses. But wear fine blue glasses
in the desert There was none. and,
risking to go blind, his eye always
worse, Joffre continued his command.
Now for the luck. The day after they
had Cleaned out the attacking Tou-
aregs couriers from Algiers arrived.
with letters and divers small packages
destined to soldiers of the column,
among others, little box sent by Gen.
Loyre To his nephew. The latter young
soldier being retained at the back by
sickness, Joffre's old intimacy with
Loyre permitted him to open the box.
BY a hazard inconceivab1e. it con-
tanned "A pair of blue glasses
All the same, this man of luck had
vegetated thirteen years captain.
He had graduated second in his class
from the Polytechnique. He was to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-14
On His Dignity.

MFRS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, who
GVG has equipped a s25o.o00 field ambu-
lance for the allies. told many interesting
war stories during her recent visit to
America
1.-THE new English army is wonderful"
she said at a studio tea in New York.
THE officials themselves are surprised
at the rapdity with which the young
English volunteer can be trained into a
splendid soldier. Of course, though
amusing mistakes often Happen before
the military rules are mastered.
An English officer told me of an inci-
dent which occurred in his regiment
one day the colonel had to reprimand Sc
verey recruit. The next day this re-
cruit was on sentry duty when the col
onel passed by. Noticing that the sentry
failed to give him the usual salute, the
colonel Intentionally passed him a second
and even third time. To his astonish-
ment the salute was each time omitted
"'Do you know who 1 ann the colonel
asked Indignantly.
Yes sir, the sentry answered.
Don't you know you ought TO salute
me. then" pursued the colonel.
AYE, but said the sentry, thee and
me fell out yesterday"
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plants. auinine plants, ny-catcher plants.
red daisies from Africa and white orchids
papaw trees and other strange and rare
flora. There were the lacy leaves Of the
MADAGASCAR plant, SO deceptivey heautj-
fui under water and so frail and lifelesS
when brought above the surface-skei-
The brain fairly reeled. The visitor
determined to end it all. He turned to
the assistant
w hat is the most valuable plant IN
thls place." he asked desperately
The assistant superintendent shook
his head
IT isn't with us any more" he re-
piled. It's dead"
w hat was it,
1t was plant called the double CO.
coanut." replied the assistant superfn-
tehdent. We received II from the Sea
shell Islands, which are, | believe
somewhere in the Pacific. II is proba-
bly, the i.trest tree in the world In
stead of having round cocoanuts, they
came III pairs. exactly as though YOU
had sliced piece from the sides of two
cocoanuts and then pasted them to
gether.
That tree is reported TO be so rara
that the captain of ship once offered
10 trade II for one of the Young spcci
mems, II took the nut twelve years to
germinate-twelve years before the
tree actually started to grow-and then
the tree grew very slowly"
lie paused and added sorrowfully:
II dled when We tranSplanted IT The
moving seemed to kill IT. All Of thoee
double cocoanut trees require a great
deal of care
Later the visitor approached Sups
Hess with the same question. The lat
ter led the way back to the main build
ing and pointed to a scrubby-lookins
tree.
There it u.s." said he
The visitors mouth opened
Double cocoanut'" he inouireA
doubtfully
No. replied supt Hess. That's .
screw pine"
Inc name became plain at rr.t
glance. for the tree grows somethins
after the fashion Of corkscrew.
But" said the visitor, 81 was told
that the most valuable plant in the
gardens was double cocoanut tree
which died two or three wears ago
while 1t was being moved
The rarest, possibly" replied the Sill
perintendent, gently, but not the most
valuable This tree brings life. itself
TO primitive people. II represents al
once. their homes, food. clothing medi-
cfne-all of the essentials of life for a
human being
so your ugliest exhibit is also yolr
most valuable" the visitor remarked
Yes, came the reply. AS they turned
toward The door Beauty and utilti.
don't seem to run together in the plant
world
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of the flower is a brilliant scarlet, and
the downward turn of the tip carries
out perfectly the nonsensical illusion
of a flamingo's beak. The red stem,
protruding at the back of the flower.
is usually curled i'll angles that might
easily astonish the most agile f1amingo.
The visitor passed out into the open.
Supt. Hess pointed to a rather stubby
looking tree which grew near the iron
fence surrounding the gardens.
THE cedar of Lebanon, said he
'"rrees like that went into the making
of King Solomon's temple. They are
used today for incense
The visitor and the superintendent
wended their way among bleak, rocky
paths. Suddenly cry of aStonishment
went up. There. blooming in the bit
ter February sunlight, was a small,
open rose.
That" said Supt. Hess, lis the Christ
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where to begin blooming. 1t is a spe-
cies of pepper-a pretty enough orna-
ment, but utterly lacking in decision.
One of the peppers had begun to bloom
at the end fartheSt away from the
stem. Another had started at the stem
end, while a third-presumably trying
to work out the law of ayerageS-had
started right in the middle
A South African water lily command
ed attention, because of the fact that
during it's entire stay in the Botanic
Garden, 4 matter of over year, it
has yet to be caught without a gor-
Eeous flower rising ma jestically at the
end of it's slender stalk. This lily is a
dark bluish-purple with bright yell
low center. There is but one speci-
men in the Botanic Garden.
Othere plants commanded attention
with bewildering rapidity. Camphor
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south before the war, or in Parma of
the eighteenth century, or any ideal
spot where grace and Sallantry are
not ridiculous.
In Montpelier they sercnadc ladies'
with the guitar.
In Montpelier every one writes
poetry, composes music or has failed at
it. Two firms of Paris publishers are
seeking. feverishly, at this moment to
discover any of the authentic love
songs of Capt. Joffre.
The grand career. which came so
swiftly after. makes that long and
happy dangling of the captain seem,
now, almost an eclipse Ask at Mont
pellier, and they will tell you that
Capt. Joffre lacked gravity. a little"
and that he loved to sing the chan
Sonette."
Everything ends, be it Capua or
Montpelier The charm broke. Sud-
denly, almost without warning. Capt
Joffre lost his beloved young wife fnee
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seventeen-fourteent in competitive
examination among $50. Yet he was
not brilliant student. In his first
year he fell back twenty-one places.
He loved the Latin Quarter.
His luck graduated him No. in the
engineer corps. Il lieutenant at the age
of twenty. He was sent to work on
the new Qualifications of Paris. Three
years later Marshal MacMahon, sur
rounded by his staff. admired ii par
ticular job near Fontaincbeau. Calling
up the silent young lieutenant in
charge, lie said: 81 congratulate you,
captain,' 1t was Joffre, and Joffre S
luck.
Long ago his theory was formed.
Every one is born with equal luck,
he rontended. Only. most youths let
their luck leak. The chief escape is
by the mouth. and having been brought
up Huguenot, he would quote rich
proverbs: He that keepth his mouth,
keepeth his life" The fool tells all
his mind, hut the wise man keeps it in
till afterward" And: "Seest thou "a
man that is hasty in his words? There
is more hope Of Il fool than of him..
If man can keep his mouth mean
his luck-the luck which all are born
with collects in him, as in charged
accumulation The luck pressure rises
But man must talk" they told
him. The young engineer had a sibyl-
line answer ready. Sing song" he
said. The guitar is mans best
friend
An example of, his famous luck is told
of the Sudan campaign, when he first
quit engineer work pure and simple.
AS they needed an engineer to survey
the Hayes Bafoulabe railroad Com
mandant Joffre was sent with 1000
men of the supply column which fol-
lowed the expedition of BONNER de la
ChapeIle, brilliant officer. but impru-
dent, as his end proved.
Bonniers objective was Timbuctoo
the mysterious. One night, the ex-
petition was peacefully camped, the
Touaregs fell on them, heavy with
sleep. and nassacred to the last man.
When the news of the disaster
reached France the effect was immense
and no one doubted for an instant but
that a similar fate awaited the sup
ply column which was following.
But Commandant Joffre continued to
advance, all the same. imperturba BILE
and cautious, establishing his camp
each night according to the rules"
disposed for combat. So, one night. the
Touaregs, deeming the moment propi-
tious to renew their exploit. fell on the
remainder of the expedition, but this
time the alarm sounded and solid
fire so moved them down that few
escaped, and none reattacked. Shortly
after the Joffre column reached the
spot where the main expedition had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-14
THE LENTEN ROSE. FRAGILE
LOOKING FLOWER. WHICH BLOOMS
BENEATH THE SNOW.

out foliage i'll the accepted sense of
the word. Instead. its long branches
are covered. as is it's trunk. ~ it'll long
Spiky leaves. The older the tree. the
harder and more dangerous these
spikes. Hence the name. The monkey
confrontS this tree and finds that ma
ture has created at least one specimen
that he can't climb.
There the Para quay tea tree.
said to possess leaves which furnish
the strongest non-alcoholic beverage in
the world. And thcn-the Staghorn
fern. This is the plant which has aid
ed in solving the high cost of living.
IT is one of the few plants which are
PAL sites, yet which do not injure the
tree to which they cling. The stag
horn fern lives only on air and sun
shine. The name of this plant is de-
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49,. ,,J,,+ which has filed MANY
columns because when YOU take a bite
of it you get the lockjaw for nine days
and the visitor was iea oeioie 'iis
braZ'ian u ii,', ~ III. tree is :,
,,iIi;n, ,.e,1ou. aud closely resembles
the long-stemmed trumpet, pictures of
which are found in the illustrations Vi
heroic dolnSs curing 'ne ii.o
le" saspH
Here said Supt. Hess. sis the bird
of paradise tree"
Mounted upon a thick stalk was II
wonderfully beautiful flower, sugges-
rive of the bird of paradise. The body,
sb.ned 50 that the two wings seemed
90 he .t rest was a brilliant blue, and
hshind il rose :, gorgeous red and yell
-, ,;I TLi. nIant is the aristocrat of
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n Of the Curious at Botanic Garden

mas of Lenten rose. It blossoms in the
winter. / have seen those roses in
bloom after ] have removed snow from
the top of them"
The thing was certainly unusual. for
the fragile flower looked as though a
breath of harshness would instantly
destroy it.
Another greenhouse door was opened
and they entered room containing
many tall, graceful. green stalks. sur
mounted by lacy plumes. This was
the papyrus. or Nile grass. and it was
from the pithy insides of the stalks
that the ancient Egyptians made their
paper
And not far away was the plant
which is called the foolish plant, be
cause it can never make up its mind
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,ao - DUNG man" said Joffre.
SIS w would you be lucky? Do
N not let your luck Leak
q Gen Joffre IL considered
the luckiest man in France today. The
silent generaiissimo has been lucky all
his life but does not go about telling
his one best bet, So you are lucky,
already, to read these lines.
The secret was given. more valU-
able than PROMOTE to the son of an
old friend Of Montpelier. Had any
one in Montpelier. around 1880. been
told that Capt. Joffre would become
comma nder-in chief, with all France,
pet-eyed, reading poetry about him,
they would have been no more sur
prjsed that he should get il than that
he should want IL He was considered
the happy man. the lucky man without
ambition.
He was thirteen years in the low
grade of captain. He played the guitar
and loved to sing the chansonette."
But Joffre knew.
II you have enough luck. il will push
sou higher than You want to go
-.
Four years later. when Admiral
Courbet undertook the China campaign
in Tonkin. he had only marine artil-
lery officers to plan Notifications Send
me an engineer" he cabled Paris "a
real one" Paris sent Capt. Joffre. The
admiral, who knew men, discerned his
value. 1t was the real starting point
of the obscure mans grand career.
And, packing at Montpelier. he
knew IT.
ct had TO come" sighed Joffre. THE
luck pressure was too heavy"
Young man. go and do likewise. Jof-
fire says II Is easy.
He got the idea boy in the stone
fights of Rivesaltes. his native town of
the Pyrenees.
We went through Rivesaltes two
summers ago. in an automobile. Sell
dom do you see such rundown. dirty,
miserable town of unpicturesque
square houses in the bright south of
France. Everybody knew the Joffre
house-the general was. and is. their
only great man. Here he was born. No.
II Street of Oranges. squat two-story-
and-attis. ancient. moldy. ugly stone
house, very solid. like the others. His
father was a cooper. wine grower and
buyer, village well of. His mother was
a saint
The boys were having a stone fight
as entered-dangerous, heather
play, as in the days of young Jofre-
a pandemonium of yelling orders and
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Marie Amelie Pourcheiroux) after year
OF marriage.
And Admiral Courbet, at Formosa,
asked for an engineer. "a real one"
The man who can keep his mouth has
only to wait
The luck pressure. rising in him.
perhaps slowly, is bound to produce its
happy results.
.Joffre never stopped rising after
that
The campaign with Courbet ended, he
remained at Hanoi, to organize the for
titication of Upper Tonkin. He even
directed an artistic and industrial eX-
position there.
In 1888 he is in Paris. attached to
the engineer headquarters. The next
year, promoted comma ndant he passed
to the railroad section of the engineer
corps, as II to prepare him for his
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that Bloom Under 1otento Poison eeA
Flower Which Has Leaves Wheeon Are Painted the Other PnThe Birds
Mhern-aw Plant-Paguy Solving
LNnghe Cedar Lebanon-The Foolish Plant and the
South Lly-Doube Coonu
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COPPER PLATE PORTRAIT OF GEN. JOFFRE

defiances Young Joffre. in his day, was
not so. When captain, he gave orders
by signs. He never explained de-
feat or Dragged victory. He was
already Joffre the silent, So much
that when he was captain his side
won. but 1t was less fun
Luck flies out of the takers mouth.
So runs the local Catalan proverb. but
only Joffre observed it,
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BILE of sudden and unexpected contor-
lions of the neck In this respect it
has nothing on the Hamingo flower,
which was the next exhibit. The leaf
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pecisl Correspondence Of The star.
PARIS. March ], 1915
, ~ - DUNG man." said Joffre.
SIS w would you be lucky? Do
If not let your luck Leak
q Gen. Joffre is considered
New Britain herald., 1915-01-28
Household Economy
How to Have the Best Cough Remedy and Save S2 by
 Making It at Home

Cough medicines, as a rule contain a large quantity of plain syrup. A pint of granulated sugar with F pint of warm water, stirred for ? minutes, gives you as good syrup as money can buy.
 Then get from your druggist 21s ounces PineX $50 cents worth pour into 8 pint bottle and fill the bottle with su gar syrup. This gives you, at cost of only 54 cents, full pint of really better cough $2.5O-.a clear, saving of nearly $2. Full directions with Pinex. It keeps perfectly and tastes good.
 It takes hold of the usual cough or chest cold at once and conquers it in A hours. Splendid for whooping cough, bronchitis and winter coughs.
 It's truly astonishing how quickly it and heal Is and soothes the inhamed mem It also stops the formation of phlegm in ing the persistent loose cough.
 Pinex is a highly concentrated com. pound of genuine Norway pine extract combined with guaiacol, and has been used for generations to heal infamed membranes of the throat and chest.
 To avoid disappointment. ask your druggist for "2k ounces of Pinex," and don't accept anything else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction, or money prompt ly refunded, goes with this preparation. The Plnex Co.,, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-28
KAISER DELIVERS ADDRESS. Lauds Cologne Troops For Maintain ing Reputation of Rbeine Corps.

London, Jan. 2S, 12:45 P. Mel ezra phing from Copenhagen the cor respondent of the Star transmits an address delivered by Emperor Will liam to regiment of his Rheinland soldiers. These men came principal ly from Cologne and, according to the version current at Copenhagen the emperor addressed them as fol- lows
 "I expect you Cologne boys to march into your famous old city again with your heads high so that your girls can be proud of you. When the infantry is attacking with the bayonet and driving the enemy in front of them, it is a fine deed; but to endure artillery for months re- uuires a special kind of courage. You have proved your bravery in this re- spect,; and l am happy that the Cologne boys have justified the high military reputation the Rheine corps enjoyed in the olTen times"
New Britain herald., 1915-01-28
The Kind You Have AIway'

~HIS is the caution applied to the public announced
 has been manufactured under the supervision of ' over 30 years-the genuine Castoria We respectf{ of fathers and mothers when purchasing Castora
 his signature in black When the wrapper removed h| both sides of the bottle in red. Parents who n their little in the past years need warning agaI mutations but present duty is to call the attention oI ation to the great danger of introducing into their fam
 It IS to be regretted that there people who areI nefarious business of putting and selling all sorts off should more properly be termed counteret for medicl only for adults but yet, for chdrens medicines. the mother to scrunze closely what she gives her that for themselves but the child has to rely on 7 the mothers watchfulness N Genuine Castora always bears the signature of C<xI