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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25

with an old lawyer. Cyrus Dcane, and,
incidentally with his daughter, Mabel,
From the first moment his eyes rested
on her sweetly beautiful face ne never
forgot it's charming outlines. HAD IL
been the old struggling Talcott that
had thus come across this gentle crea-
ture. his heart would have been wholly
lost AS it was. the lure of the only
life. the fascination OF the slrenllKe
Beatrice Winston held him IN bal
ance, swaying variously
He had finished up his business at
Rushton and had arranged to leave
the next day. During his stay he had
been given a room back of the hotel
office, provided with desk and chairs
for the convenience of those VINO hau
dealings with the estate He had Just
finished writing a letter as there came
a timid knock at the door. 1t stoon
partly open and framed VISION OF
grace and loneliness that brought MN
instantly to his feet
"uiss Deane'" he exclaimed, ms
face alight with genuine pleasure
MAY | intrud,.?' she spoke IN a
rIoasant nut half-emharrassed way as
She glanced about the apartment ana
found il untenantcd except for them
selves
You are very welcome. ne an
swcrrd heartily. and drew up the nest
oboir in tho room fer her and saw h"r
seat.d Thcn ne stood before her u"
oorr.ao,.s ccntle.@on c0rpl"te
I oxpccted TO find others here &c
gan Mabel lamely.
"1ndepd?" he sr2iled encoHFasi''S'H
IN fact. quite an onslaught VIZ
uoaftated upon YOU by our Httle mar
" .Ton me all about it. h. invited
,....ansfvalv. ana seated himself So
80 n her and looked into her eve
n.itb his den blue own so mi ~
maj her color rose slishtly
U.bel eyrlaina4 tn, phl'anthr"pl
| ii, ,y her friends and herselt-th'
sonnaipp OF a vacation nom" lor 'irf'
n,a1s.rz and ai.ins babies from lN
~. 3grias the pestilent summer W
con he Kept her talking, hei s",s
- s..med to charm him. As u
80. ,ohilirv Of her lifcyork vas d"
,1o o IN his impetuous mind ne fo5G :,
~ ,.ea,tbv Miss Winston. He leaned I,
w. vs. uabel. the words upon h's a
warns ,or.,a mat would nave mar
her MS lie helpmeet' "hen 'ne's
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
WOMEN IN MANS SANCTUM
Daring Invasion Left Mere Males Lit
tie to Do but Gasp in Sur
prise and Indignation.

At last the chronicle of woman's IN
vasion and occupation is complete.
Two charming members of the gen.
tier sex the other day penetrated to
the innermost recess OF q sanctuary
which man had set apart for himself
as his very own. relates the New
York Times. This is the club car on
the Pennsylvania which is attached to
the train that carries bankers and
brokers to their summer homes along
the Jersey coast The club car Is
fitted with low easy chairs. with
small tables and other comforts OF
home. Woman has long known OF the
comforts, the idlcness, the restfulness
of selfish man in this car but never
has the swish of skirt been within
earshot. Yesterday when two smart
ly dressed youn@ women swung
aboard ana sat down i'm two Of the
easiest chairs the invasion struck the
ear occupants like blow. They mad
expected to see the women turn IN
dismay and flee through the smoke
filled atmosphere. Not they. They
settled themselves comfortably and
began to chat Just as If there wasn't
a man within mile. But the wonder
was vet to come. lt came after the
train started One of the young WON
en- produced a gold cigarette case
Won't you have one, dear?" Yes
| dear would have one and a match, too
4 The tired business man watched and
watched and the women pulled anc
I puffed and chatted 1t was com
( plete invasion. NO longer was th'
club car the sanctum sanctorum o.
4 the male
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
TURNING
THE TABLES
By
GEORGE E. COBB

Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.l
James Rose was "a gray-haired old
reprobate!" He did not believe It
himself, but his wife had called him
SO that very morning. She was forclpie'
often convincing, and he rubbed his
head obviously as he wondered II,
after all, she might not be right.
II haven't amounted to much, that's
a fact" ruminated Rose. but repro
bate!' She don't mean that. She's in
one of her tantrums and says anything
that comes to her mind when she's
cross
Cranky, diabolical would have best
suited the case, for Mrs. Rose was
possessed of a veritable demon that
especial morning. She almost recog-
nized the fact herself, but felt that she
had due provecation for being irritated
and snappy. Rose had let loose pack
| age of tobacco fall all over rug just
| swept clean. He had stumbled on
! leaving the kitchen and had tipped a
| platter to fragments. Done on pur
pose!" she had declared, and then she
had "let loose at him in hcr charac
teristic way.
Mr.. Rose started for town to gel
the mail, trying to devise some plar
whereby he could get Mahala down tt
fairly rational average as to temper
and outbreaks When he got to thu
post office, besides the weekly newspa
per, there was letter. He studied
the superscription and postmark.
From Henry-well!" he solilc
quized, and wondered that it was &C
dressed to himself. Mrs. hose cor
sidered it a gross infringement on he
privileges for any of ner family to d
rect their missves to anybody bu
herself. Mr. Rose wondered no longe
as he opened the letter.
It Informed that Henry, who ha
been absent from home for nearly tw
years in the city, had taken wife
himself BY rare good luck the fri
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25

he worked for had decided to have
him establish a branch of their bust
ness at Durham. His plan was to come
on within u week. He and his wife
would like to spend a month or two
at the old home, while they looked
around for permanent quarters for
themselves.
Why Henry wrote to his father was
that, in addition to the letter, he in
closed written slip for his own read
ing only. 1t ran
You know how queer mother Is.
She never liked it when Nell got mar
ried. NY wife is lovabic timid little
thing. and If mother should begin on
her. | believe it would break her dear
little heart Sort of feel around and
see il mother is likely to get offish. Ii
so, we will change our plans.
HIM" commented Rose thought
| fully-"H M
He did not go directly home. In
stead. he meandered on till he came
to secluded pasture lot, where he
sat down on a tree stump to mediate.
Yes. Henry had it right. His moth
I er's habitual prejudices and whims
we're well worth considering at the
outset OF a welded career. All Rose
had to think about to substantiate this
fact was the marriage OF their daugh
ter. Nell five years before. She and
her husband had remained at the old
homestead for onth. II was Dit
ter period Tor Ncll husband. Mrs
Rose made il n point 10 instruct Tho
new husband ia the way ne should
go When he took her injunctiOnS
pleasantly she fancied he was derid
ing her When he got serious. she
imagined he was pugnacious and tried
TO egg nm on to an open quarrel.
The result was that. after Nell ant
ne mad got settled in their own home
no rarely went 20 visit the Old folks
a.!d the relations Of the two families
nae been quite strained ever since.
Mrs. Rose had made this outIand
ish treatment a bone oil contention
She had caught ner husband sneakinl
some bouquets TO Nell and her nus
pand. in her autocratic way she hal
taken the MOWERS away from him.
No overtures, James, she had dc
cided until that rebelnous HUSBAND
J OF Nells shows the right respect TO
us ola folks, and Rose vas mum an,
docile, knowing that nc dared not re
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Made a Mistake.

II ism always the correct thing to
be extremely polite especi. lily IN
subway car. whore good manners are
never looked for in the hustle for
seats. saws the New York Times. The
other day a man and woman entered
a subway car and seated themselves
on either side of a woman who was
absorbed in a newspaper. Instantly
sb,s arcs. 80 that the couple could sill
next 10 each other But neither the
nan or woman showed any mclina'
ron to sit together. nor did theG q
qoge in conversation In fact, the
,roran VIII. cama in with the man
ro,,. t,.. Aoiean t-ho moved up a
2.-o sta~r Two stations down the
nm. thr nan got up rather hastily
,..t ,trro ,~i,E~o' much as raising
sis rat &c the woman with whom he
entered Then it must have dawned
p,or the woman who was so polite
mat sne had made faux pas. for she
i.ia her embarrassment behind hef
upv r.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Foolish Pessimism.

There are so many of US who are
inclined TO look on the darkest side
of things II is rather hard to say
that the majority of persons are pes.
simists brit II certainly seems to be
true Perhaps they do not really out
50 much OF how hard luck is. and wor-
~ so constantly that they make a
far wider impression than the opti-
nists Who go along the bright paths.
serenely confident that the morrow
will be just as bright as the present.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
THE
Only Life!"
Hester Worthington

Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Cham

copyright. 1915, by W. G. Chapman,)
Rich, eh?"
"A regular Croesus. they say-just
inherited something like three mil
lions
What is he doing in this dead burg,
them"
Why. a part of the estate of his
uncle is located here Young Talcott
has come here to settle it up. Closed
up most OF it. You remember Colonel
Ransom? Used to live here-big
house on the hill. Regular barracks.
empty for years Talcott wants 10
sell it"
The object of all this discussion,
Lysle Talcott had appeared at Rush
ton in the semblance of Young nabob.
There was no doubt that he was a
most fortunate heir. for the Ransom
estate was conservatively estimated at
over a million.
Talcott had found little difficulty in
disposing of two farms and some cen
trail business property, for he was will
ing to give bargains His wealth had
come to him Unexpectedly and it haC
dazZled him. When at his home il
the city the first word of his heavy
inheritance had become known h,
had been taken up by certain fashion
able set who worshiped Mammon
! The Winston family had especially Sc
| about to make him welcome into the
! social circle. Beatrice Winston, hand
some as an houri had made court t
him and he was ilattered
Talcott was anxious to get through
with his business at Rushton and It
turn to the city and its rare whirl G
excitement. He had been always poo
Now, with unlimited means at his cal
he thought of the one feature of 'ha'
ing a good time
He was not quite so anxious, afte
the first week of his stay at Rushtol
Business had brought him i'll contat
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Nutmeas as Medicine.

A drowsy state after meals is what
we should welcome, for it is the most
favorable condition for good diges-
ton. Nutmegs may produce IL be
cause their effect is to increase the
flow OF gastric juice.
The nutmeg is mucn used by doc
tors as a remedy IN weak digestion
If one has a keen appetite he does
not need nutmeg. for appetite is the
most powerful stimulant OF the flow
of gastric JUICE. II the appetite Is
not good the digestion will be feeble
and then the addition OF little not
meg will be found OF Deneht.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25

EQUINE luSuries.

Shower baths have been provided
for horses in certain of the larger
cities through the kindness Of the hui
name societies, remarks an exchange.
Arrangements have h"en made with
the municipal fire departments by
the fire plugs and attach hose and
spray. 50 that transfers and others
may give their steeds bath by merely
halting for "A moment and turning on
the spray. Water for drinking pur-
poses may also be drawn.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Or. Why Not pramatize the Name,

I'D like. a trihe mordaciously said
Grout p. Smith. to see the name OF
Imri 1umNalt. the able Bonner
Springs editor. set to music. 1t would
be Immediately snapped up by all the
cheap dramatic aggregatiOns in the
country. for Use in playing the villain
of the pi'c. a-sSs the stage. Just d.
vide il a.. $50 lU.r syllabies and re-
peat j, n II. and note the appropri-
ateness. Kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25

sent the strong will of his resolute
helpmeet.
by heck, I'll do it!'
Up from the tree stump with re-
markable activity Rose leaped. His
eyes danced. his face flushed, he
pounded the air with both fists. He
danced about in a state @: tremendous
excitement.
Then he laughed Then his face
grew serious as he grappled with
mighty problem He straightenPd up,
practicing dignity. sternness. indifer-
ence, silent rage. He stalked home
with new bearing. He burst in upon
his wife with a chilling. austere bear
ing that made even her marvel.
"Mahala," he observed, read that
letter"
She did So Her lips set. Here was
q family marriage. and she excluded
from the knowledge until it was eff
fected! She was about to break out
in her usual TRADE, when Rose artfully
anticipated her
"I've something to say" he began
grimly. Il don't propose to be sat on,
J and won't! | shall telegraph Henry
that you've got about enough to do,
Shaving yourself to death, without any
added burdens The cheek of that
Henry! foisting himself and some silly
noodle of wife on us. 1t can't be
done-no, street
Mrs. Rose listened in establishment
| no
press an independent opinion until she
had her say.
ooh, that 5 your decision, is it," she
exploded We'll, James Washington
Rose, as the mistress of this house
fancy things shah so as | say. loa
stop Henry from coming here and III
go after him and his dear little wife
and fetch them!"
Dear little fdrlesticks!" growled
Rose "Oh. go ahead. Be imposed on
, but scant treatment they'll get from
me, | tell you'll" and he strobe away
an apparent volcano OF wrath Shes
: got to 20 by contraries, sure as
live!" he chuckled glecsomcly. once
outside of the house, and alone. Nov
: to keep it up!
l. Rose did keep it up. He was glun
/ and dlsagrceable all that week. WheI
II Henry and his wife arrived he wa
! positively savage. He barely spok'
y to the pretty little creature he woul'
u like to have taken into his arms in
warm fatherly hug. When she got hin
u alone his wife berated him to no avail
y He refused to talk, while she empha
% sized her opinion of the soulless oil
III villain who was driving his kin fror
- heart and home.
: Rose maintained his role nObly. On
U day he nearly chucaled outright whe
he entered the sitting room to find hi
! wife holding his son weeping wlie I
? her bUsoal, Consoi.ns Nor poor dea
lamb, who was hcartbrokcn at tn
cruel treatment OF father"
"It wo,ns -Iyc hi, IT," G!oated tn
II "gray-headcd old rcprobate.' and s
Il he had Mahala began to act NEE
n, One day as ne was leaving The nous
nj she came to him with great bouqu'
Hin OF her choicest flowers.
'III Take them to Nell she spoil
4 weakly, and ask thcm to come al
| spend the day with us-ploaso!'
Hill One day later Henry and the o
I'M man danced hilarious Jig behind Il
INV barn. changed woman, Mrs. Ro
IIN had at last gathered loving flock u
NIN der the home roof. Old sores we
NN healed, old enmities forf ,tten and t
MI new Mahala put up new motto ov
INV the parlor mantel, reading: Its 10
wv that makes the world go round!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25

"a" Taw mai't!,a g.. .nelass IS the
air bladdors or sounds of fish. and il
not of value EXCEPT for this one pur-
pose In Russia, where the finest ism
glass is made. the sounds of the stur-
geon are cut open and stepped In wa
ter until the outer membrane seps-
rates from the inner. tksc the latter
is washed and dried In the sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Would Hardly Call Il a Privilege.

81 noted a new meaning OF the word
privilege the other day., said J.
Fuller Gloom The article said II
was a mans privilege TO ray for
woman strangers meals on short rail-
road trips. Personally | do not see'
with the customary high prices on
dining car. how anyone could consider
the paying anything more than ar ex'
IRENE ort."-Kansas City Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
MIaIeadlna Audience.

why doesn't young Bliggins make
more progress In his studies" He
doesn't get the proper kind OF en-
enlargement His father doesn't take
any interest in what the boy knows
about the classics but is enthusiastic
about the wav he can nay accompani-
ments on the b-nip Washington
Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
The Professions

CHIROPRACT0R
/, .. SCARBOROUGH.
Lady in Attendance
,os building, Between Park
and Auditorium
OFFICE HOURS
az m 1880 to 5 p. m.
700 to $3.50 p. m.
,.,;on and Examination Free.
uasidence Phone 240 Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
ReaI Stroke Of Genius.

A genius has invented piano that
weighs only 130 pounds. The tired
DADA who warts to rest and read can
throw that sized piano into the back
ward when lulic AtI PERSISTS in pound
ing il Milwaulio' ntinel
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Quite a Description.

monocled Caller making CONVERSE
,,on1-"Last year, y know, came
.cross a most extr'o'd'n'ry book all
sso,,t-er-things = don't remember
tbe title-can't recall the author
nana but-aw-perhaps you've reaa
r. ?'-Life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
ou,rsoeously Funny.

I'll never again invite that PROBES
,,onal bumorist to dinner exclaimed
Ms Sewlyriche Why, he made our
rearl3sb butler NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ledger,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Which?

When a man insists on classifying
all women as fools. the evidence is
Wtighty that either he or his wife
married one.-Washington Post
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
m. Who Knew.

cravford-"Did he tell you -, s,t@, -
r.S going TO marry the Rlao"
crabshaw-"No; the widow lo, -, -
G.ag aas going to marry him -Juos~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
EASILY in the Majority.

.nere,s a few grown folks say
- Fhan dat knows how to man i,
on', .biilpn: but dar's heap mo. emu.
Iun dat knows how 10 manage
folks"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Easy.

Minneapolis music professor has
earned the kaiser.s iron cross by play
;yp piano on a motor truck at the
front.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
n E. Il. D. MENDENHALL

CIVIL ENGINEERS
,.o 2l2-215 Drane Building
LAKELAND. FLA.
..,o Land Examinations and
nosigns, Earthwork Special
surveys.
,once Phone 27S Black.
|. phone 27s Blue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
IInar.erued Renutztion

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben. "a
man gifts de reputation of bein' ter
rble industrious when he's on'y hdg'
sfx
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25

"a s,eedonster indicates how fast
one is going" so does ones OAnA
balance Boston Transcript
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
Daily Thouuht.

The best woman is the woman who
Is the least talked about-old Prov
erb.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25
p SARAH E. WHEELER

M SARAH E. WHEELER
OsTEOPATH
Annex Door South Of First
National Bank
LAKELAND, FLA.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-25

he worked for had decided to have
him establish branch of their bust
ness at Durham. His plan was to come
on within week. He and his wife
would like to spend a month or two
NJ tho old home Whilp they locke ed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-05
DR.. Osler on tuberculosis

Sir William Oslcr, one of the fore
most OF living medical men, formerly
or John Hopkins, HnItimOrc, md now
neEius Professor Or 1Icdfcine Mt on
ford, says In his "Pfncttce OF NIedtcinen
(iSO2D, on pnEe 240,
"The healing of pulmonary tubcrcu-
io.is IL shown eiinicn,iy by the re-
elastic tissue md bncIlli have been
round. In the IsranuIntlOn
products and associated pneumonia n
ncnr tIssue tx formed, while the smaller
cnscous nrcns become impregnnted
with lime salts. TO such Condition.
alone should the term healing be mp
piled"
Many eminent medical authorities
nave testified to the efficacy of lime
salts In the treatment of tuberculosis
and the success of Eckman's Altera-
tive In this and allied throat and bron-
chlai directions may be due partly to
combined with other valuable ingre-
dtents as to be easily assimilnted
Widespread use of this remedy in
numerous cases of MISUNDERSTANDING
Iof which appear to have yielded COM
pletely to it-justif1es our belief that
II is worth trial, unless some other
treatment already Ia succeeding. 1t
contains no opiates, narcotics or
habit forming drugs. We mako no
promises concerning 1t any moro than
reputable Tl,n PHYSICIANS give. promises
or many cases in which 1T HAS
Your druggist has II or can get II,
or you can send direct.
Iickmnn Laboratory. Philadelphia.
sou BY Tragic Drug Co., IkichmOnd, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-05
PRESIDENT AND SENATOR'S
WAR OVER APPOINTMENTS
Inquiry Ordered Into Authority ia
Make Necesh Appointment for Vn-
cnncy During Session OF Conp-rrs.

WASHINGTON. January 4.-Differ-
cnces between President Wilson and
some Senators over Federal appoint
mcNts eliminated tonight in the
Senate Judiciary Committee ordering
an inquiry into the authority OF the
President to make recess appoint-
ment 10 I'LL vacancy created during
n session Of Congress- Senator's Gull
berson, Reed. Walsh. Brandegec and
i!orah were named to conduct the in
vcstigation.
This action followed the decision Of
the committee To recommend rejection
of the appointment of Ewing G. Bland,
OF Kansas city. TO be United States
marshal for the Western Missouri Dis
tr!ct. Bland was given n recess APP
pointment TO the narshalship. After
the present session began, his nominal
tion was sent in, and Senator Reed
has been fighting It's confirmation.
Soon after the meeting of the Ju-
dietary Committee, the Senate in ex-
ecutive session unanimously rejected
the nomination OF Mrs Marjorie j.
Bloom TO bc postmistress ut Devils
Lake. North Dakota, Three months
ago the Senate refused to confirm the
same nomination, and after Congress
adjourned the President made IL recess
appointment. Last month he again
sent In Mrs. Blooms nomination. Her
first nomination was made after the
appointment of her husband to the of
flee had been rejected