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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-13

Folsoms own make assorted chips.
thin crisp and delicious. five flavors.
and e lot in e pound at only lie Gold :
en- Rod popcorn for today only, sc. a
dozen
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-13

Wellman says his special gun metal
cloth top shoes for women are worth
1925 but ne sells them for s219 For
nisses he has t low-heeled Shoe for
S115
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-13

Cadarettes Sample Shoe Store has
had q week Of smart selling according
to Mr. Cadarette who is well pleased
with his opening days. For today, the
new gypsy boots. button or lace with
velvet tops, s298. Infants shoes csc.
pair. Misses gun metal lace shoes
s1.24. Opera House Block, up one
flight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-13

Stylish. newly arrived gypsy boots
al York's S275 and $3.50 per pair.
Notice the display in the north win
COW.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-13

Johnson's cocoanut caramels are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-13

At H. J. Merricks big lot Of wo-
mems black velvet hats, regular s. so
TO 81 values, choice csc. Misses IS, Ia.
Is year size, heavy f1eeced vests and
pants. 39c value and because Of an
over stock on these sizes now reduced
to csc. Ten pairs of big gray blankets,
SO value, now S249 and S2.69, and over
so childrens coats, all greatly reduced
in price.
The collection of suits which Bus
sell & Weston have marked SIS would
do credit TO a much higher figure.
There are a few samples in the lot.
Values are splendid. Any size to AZ
and all good colors. A fur trimmed
model is s10.75. On the second floor
also a rack of dresses representing an
over supply of a standard manufacture
er for s7.95. fair wholesale price
On the first floor only q few of the
flower stands Or taberettes remain The
ACC size is entirely exhausted For a
few early corners there will be s9c
and CSC ones.
Only S1.45 for 25-pound bag sugar at
L. S. Young's, four hogs here lac to
20c. pound, fores lamb lac, kinds 28c.,
chops 24c., fowl 20c., chicken 23c.,
hamburg steak. two pounds 25c.. heavy
salt pork. lie, tripe SC. sirloin steak,
Csc, picked pigs feet &c. H., Nodhead
apples Csc. peck, baked beans 15c.
| quart, strip bacon Use. pound. CLAIMS
and oysters.
Saturday is the only day in the
week on which you can buy Sterling
CONNECTIONS at Willis Partridge's, I'M
der Opera house, for 39c. Every other
day they are soc. pound box. For q
gift box, an over-Sunday box or a
family treat they are certainly good.
You will like every piece.
Webber & Hewett have just receiv-
ed an assortment of Rudd's Sunshine
candies. the hard candies that suit
40c. pound. Assorted glace nuts. 60c.
pound. Squirrel brand peanut taffy
1oc. pound. Squirrel brand peanut
caramels lie. lb. Fancy peaches 15c.
can, cans string beans 25c., cans
corn Csc. Choice cuts venison. Ripe
tomatoes, green string beans, celery,
Brussels sprouts, spinach and mush.
rooms
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
FOUND SOUND He SOUGHT
Found . Place In Authentic
Records OF His Life.

Beethoven was -gnashing his vest
buttons with vexation. (See Aubrey
Yaniger's Great Musicians and What
They Did When Peeved.")
Bonner and horseradish!" he cried.
Il cannot think of sound to repre-
sent the calling of angels! know,
will hearken ITO the birds!"
And, for inspiration for the angel
chorus Of his new opera, "Das Vinegar
Bowl" he walked to the back window
Of his study and hearkcned to the TOM
wizzies and the shcetinches. (See
Alec Woortossels Birds of Ger
many."C
But their warbling only aggravated
his headache.
II will listen to the gurgling of little
children!" he thought, and did so, but
their prattle gave him the willies.
(See Enoch Amesworth's. THE ALL
ments of Great Mea')
BAH" he thought. Il will 20 Ga1
eat at Tony's wcp restaurant.
And soon he was trying tc ~ ~ =
howl of buttercup soup, Su..den5y re
sat up stiff, and his spoon flew to TIE
ceiling
"The sound ] have been praying
for!" he mWterod. Snatching paper
and pencil he iIamortahscd the heav-
emily music and then turned to see
what it was that had saved his opera
Behind him two gents we're eating
spaghetti.-New York Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31

and going to work with me In the
ONCE next week. There he sits at that
desk over yOnder, reading up on book
keeping.
That's Leila at the piano only two
years younger, and see what a tall
slip of girl she is. Helps mother
with half Of the work now.
Mary Is ten. She's crocheting a
Christmas present for mother on the
sly.
And baby Willie-named after mo.
He's the flower of the flock and. the
pet of the household. What is it,
my boy? Want me to help you build
these blockhouses? All right" and
William, SO vivid and real seemed his
picture dream. actually half arose to
move over to join his imaginary fam
lily.
The action brought him back to the
realities Of life. He sighed as he drove
away the vision influence. Then he
smiled whimsically.
Dear old world, love everybody"
he aspirated. 1T can't ever be true,
but they are my shadow children, just
the same"
f was bleak and cold outside, but
William was lonely and sleepless He
put on his raincoat, pulled a warm
cap down over his face and confront
ed the clustering elements, setting out
for a brisk night stroll.
Eic ~ u,o a n ~ - Al,
days before Milly would be back. He
wondered If she, too, did not long and
dream as he. Be began to calcu-
late if he could not afford the care of
couple of adopted mites from the
orphan asylum, and then. deep in the
woods surrounding the town, he let
down on his broad swinging pace, at
the sound of juvenile voices and q
fire glow.
Well, WELL" he commented, near
ing the glow and discerning four lit
tie forms within sheltered nook of
greenery.
There we're two boys and two girls,
the eldest perhaps fifteen. the young.
est not more than five. They were en-
joying the blaze and toasting pieces
OF ham on the ends of sharpened
twigs. All four were chattering ami
matedly. William listened, amazed
and then enlightened.
He cleaned from their talk that they
were young waits who had been trav.
cling with a circus. They had been
srA - kh~A - - d a.
both dead. One of them could per
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
HIS FAMILY
~ ELSA WILSON aEERE.

Eighteen years married and never
a cross word" Wanted william DeY.
ter. "A model wife and a mod9l
home"
1t was his birthday. and an old-time
friend was congratulating him over
the fact. He slapped him on the shoul.
der and told him he considered him
the happiest man in the world.
William sighed as his friend went
on his way. The boastful smile
faded from his honest, sympathetic
face. In fact. he looked rather dole
full and he shook his head sorrow
fully.
But no children!" he spoke to him
self, and that was the secret burden of
his existence.
1t was glory in life to realize what
q wonderful wife his gentle. patient
lovely Milly was. The home. was a
neat nest of comfort and cleanliness.
Milly was intelligent and interesting,
and the evenings never palled. Neither
ever referred to the lack of childish
voices, but when alone Milly often
cried and William planned how, a few
hundred dollars more ahead, he would
make wholesale raid on some or
phan asylum and fill the quiet home
with boyish laughter and girlish glee.
I'm going to mothers for two
weeks, William" said Milly, one day.
Don't you think you had better put
up at the hotel while am gone and
be comfortable?
mot l." protested William definite
ly. Why, I'd be so homesick away
from the haven of luxury your busy
hands have made of the old home
stead, that I'd be down to mothers
after you inside of two days.
1t was pretty hard to miss her dear
presence, and William was terribly
lonesome the first night. The next he
sat lulling himself into delightful
dreamland, building a gladstone air.
castle that was his constant ideal.
YES" he unused, there's Rodney,
the first born. l always faYlcied that
name. He's sixteen, just out of school,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
Another "Drcam Joke"

A correspondent who has read in
the Companion the two amusing cases
Of puns' deliberately made in the
course of dream, contributes third
example:
Some time ago l dreamed one night
that met friend. who Immediately
turned away, crying bitterly. said
to her:
what are you crying about? AS the
Scotch would say, this is a strange
sort of greeting"
Greeting" is Scotch word for
weeping. as l knew very well in my
dream. made the pun ON purpose!
Youths Companion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
AN ENGINEERS STORY
Why the Veteran Driver Stopped
Drinking After Saving Pres
ident's Special.
BY FRANK FlLSON.

did you see that old, gray.headed
fellow that went into the cab of No
24?" asked the engine driver. That's
Joe Egan. How old should you say
he was. now? Fifty-five? Joe's sew
enty-two, come next July, friend, and
in spite Of his age, there isn't a man
that can handle his engine better than
Joe. or that's more looked up to by
the men and better thought of by the
company. And It must be nigh on
thirty years since what I'm going to
tell you happened to Joe.
Thirty years ago-that brings US
back to the early eighties. don't It?
The companies wasn't SO particular
in those days as what they are now.
Nowadays. II q man wants q drop be-
fore going ON duty he's got to take
the bottle out Of his pocket when no
body amt Watching him, and eat q
cough drop afterwards, or else. likely
as not. he'll be hunting q Job next
morning. But in the times I'm speak
Ing of, the company didn't care wheth-
er man drank or not, as long az he
looked sober. and spoke sober, and
brought his train in on time. And.
drunk or sober, Joe never made any
mistakes with his engine.
Still, there wasn't many nights
when he didn't come in to Tapham q
little soaked, and it got to the super
intendent's ears. The company didn't
want to get rid of Joe, for he was a
pretty steady man, and although the
new ideas about drinking had just be-
gun to come into use, still. everybody
made excuses for Joe. You see, he'd
been through the fire and done what
1t amt given to many men to have to
do.
Joe lived by the line, about half q
mile this side of Tapham, In q little
brick house situated just where the
trestle across the Mohegan begins to
rise out of the swamp lands. He used
to take his engine, with eight cars
attached to it. over it on the return
trip and run her into Tapham on the
stroke Of nine. Then he'd walk back
home till his turn of duty come
again. 1t was a ticklish spot, because
the 8:07 from Waynesboro had the
right of way few minutes after the
Tapham local got past.
"One night Joe was behind time. It
wasn't his fault, I guess; anyway, just
Is he approached the trestle he heard
the whistle Of the 8:07. You know
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31

trafflc was, inconsiderable In those
days and. whereas they'd have held
her now, at that time one just took
chances. 1t wasn't much Of q risk.
Joe saw that he could make the tres
tie, with half minute to spare-only,
just as he opened up, he saw his little
girl on the line; just speck of white
in the night. Well, you can guess the
rest. 1t was one life against a hun
dred, and Joe paid. The company
buried her and voted him Ave hum
dred dollars; and that's why the su-
perintendent didn't look too close into
Joes drinking habits. didn't men-
ton that the shock drove the mother
crazy, did 1? She recovered in time
after what I'm going to tell you had
happened-and they're living in Tap
ham now, although they never had an
other child.
1T must have been two years after
the accident. Joe had been going
from bad to worse He was drunk
nearly every night. and once or twice
if it hadn't been for mel was his
fireman then-there'd have been an
other and worse accident. l used to
talk to Joe about it, but Of course
that didn't do no good. At last
saw that 1t would be only matter Of
weeks until a smash occurred, and
resolved to speak to the superintend
ent myself
1T was the night after I'd come to
that decision that Joe was taking his
engine. as usual. into Tapham. There
we're only three cars that night, but
they held the president Of the road
and his wife and daughters. and q
party Of guests. They were running
through to celebrate the opening Of
some branch line or other. spoke to
Joe and he climbed into the cab.
Joe I said. give me that stun
see sticking out OF your pocket.
They'll come along and shake hands
with you at the end. sure as fate, and
thatll be your finish. Hand 1t over.
Joe'
HE was in an ugly mood that night
and swore at me. The more / tried
to put reason into his head the uglier
he grew. He didn't care II the train
went to smash and the president and
directors, too. he said. He cursed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31

them all. from Mr.. Hartman down te
the local trafnc manager. Bill Swayne
who'd always been Joe's friend and
stood by him. I cav there wasn't nc
use arguing with . man In that condi
ton. and as he was . match for two
of me, and fighting would only have
made things worse, I couldn't do
nothing but stand by and hope for the
best. And wasn't altogether sorry.
because 1t saved me from having to
speak to Mr.. Kitchens, the superin.
tendent. myself.
We made the run on good time.
Joe was . good driver, however
much he had been drinking. and had
seen him taking more than few swigs
at that bottle he carried. We weren't
more than half q minute to the bad
when the grade began to dip down
into the mud ffats five miles this side
Of the trestle. Joe put on speed here,
meaning to slow up before we started
ON the upgrade toward the trestle
again. l could see the line Of trees
across the river soon.
Slow her down, Joe! I yelled at
him, and he turned and cursed me and
looked out on the line and began NUT
tering something. There wasn't much
danger. but knew If Joe made the
trestle at thirty miles he wouldn't last
overnight as q driver for the Chesa-
peake and Excelsior. Then, all at once,
he staggered back into the cab and q
second later the brakes were down
and the train screeched and whined as
it came to halt fifty feet from where
the trestle begins.
"'Joe!' I yelled, but his face was
whittier than paper. Bill JONES' he
said slowly, turning his eyes on mine,
as I'm man ] saw Nellie on the line
Again!'
Hooked out. Icouldn't see nothing.
You're dreaming, Joe.' said. But he
wouldn't touch the throttle again; Just
stood rocking and moaning and NUT
tering, 'Nelly!' Then / thought may
be some other kid had got under the
wheels.
"A minute later the president was
climbing along the footboard, with
some of his guests. I wanted to save
Joe. I told them he had seen some
thing on the line. They looked, the
whole party Of them, but they couldn't
find nothing. When they come back I
couldn't keep them from seeing him
no longer, and one look was enough.
Joe was blind drunk-and in charge Of
the presidents train.
"'Can you take her into Tapham!
he asked me. could, but at the words
Joe was at me like a mailman. It
would have been as much a. my life
was worth to try. And nobody want.
ed to tackle a drunken giant like Joe.
So, as 1t was only half mile, and the
line would be clear for an hour to
come. the whole party started to foot
1t into town.
well, friend. the trestle was down.
There was a piece twenty yards long
nipped clean out Of the middle by the
freshets. That's all. II Joe had run
that train onto the trestle the whole
party would have gone sheer into
Kingdom Come. No, I'm not drawing
any enthusiastically. that's how 1t
come that Joe quit drinking and still
drives his engine"
Copyright. 1918. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
"Nero" Was Only a Pun.

Mr.. Raymond appeared at his neigh
boris one evening at dusk in a tower
ing rage and uttering fierce threats
against his neighbours dog Nero. Vain.
ly the neighbor tried to explain that
Nero was only a puppy. "He belongs
to Johnny" he went on. land it would
break Johnny's heart IL anything
happened to him. I think" hopefully,
that his manners will improve"
Manners" repeated Raymnod.
I'm not complaining Of his manners.
but his nature. After he has jumped
all over me he bit the back of my
leg"
That's as far as he can reach, IS
broke in Johnny In a wounded tone.
You don't expect little pup like
him to bite a big man like you on
the neck. do you, Mr.. Raymondf"-
Youths Companion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
PROBING SECRET OF NATURE
TO Ascertain How Gold 10 Com.
paeted Into Nugget.

How do nuggets Of gold originate?
Sometimes mass Of the precious
metal worth q thousand dollars or
more ia found. BY what process
was 30 much gold compacted into q
lump? An attempt was made not
long ago to answer this question. An
Investigator in Australia cut and
sliced and polished gold nuggets with
the sole purpose Of finding out just
what is their structure. The first
thing he discovered was that there IL
one curious point Of resemblance be-
tween gold nuggets and meteorites.
Both. when polished and etched with
chlorine water, exhibit . crystalline
structure. In the case Of meteorites,
the lines thus exhibited on the etched
surface az called Widmannstattian
figures. and their presence Is said to
re one Of the most invariable charac.
teristics of those metallic bodies that
fall from the sky to the earth.
But it is not meant to be implied
that gold nuggets have fallen from
the sky because they exhibit q crystal
line structure recalling that of meteor
ties. The resemblance is apparently
only superficial. and the crystals Of
the nuggets differ in form from those
Of the meteorites.
Another curious fact is that when a
nugget is heated in Bunsen fame ex.
plosions take place on its surface.
Blisters are formed which continue,
to swell until they burst with a sharp
report and bits Of gold are violently
scattered about. 1t is evident that
the nuggets contain either gases or
some liquids or solids which are cas-
lily converted into the gaseous, form,
the expansion of which produces the
xplosions.-Harper's Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
The Bilious opt,mI.t

When q man with noticeable bilious
eyes and liver spots ON the projections
OF his lace lays himself out" to talk
optimism to u.s. something seems to
whisper to US that he is blufing him.
sen Tor us) for some little purpose Of
MS own. Because when a bilious per.
son taiks optimism. his conversatton
suggests q supercrescence of expssi-
tory motivation. 30 to speak.-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31

form on the trapeze, another on the
slack wire. The smaller ones did a
horseback ride, and all four were anna.
teur musicians.
The circus had gone into bankruptcy
and their manager had deserted them.
For over q week the little quartette,
stout hearted, but hungry, had been
begging their way back to some big
city.
How the heart of William glowed.
All, here Providence hac placed in
his charge the shadow children of his
vision: Rodney, Leila, Mary, little
William! He burst in upon them with
expansive smile and outstretched
arms.
Pack up" he shouted. 81 adopt
you!"
In the hurly-burly Of explanation
William Dexter was not rational be-
ing. It was only when he had got
them under his comfortable home roof,
and had fed them, and insisted on re-
naming them, and had told them that
they were adopted for all time to
come. that the four little waits read
earnestness in his great honest face
and responded to it with love.
Within week each one of the
quartette had settled down to some
simple household duty. The eldest
boy was the man about house. the
eldest girl charming, willing little
,housekeeper william Dexter left the
house with a prayer of fervent graft,
tude in the morning and came home
with shout Of delight In the eve
ming.
Then Milly came home. She was
stunned at the opulent gift a kind
heaven had sent her. She clasped
them in strained Joy to her breast and
then chung about the neck of her hus-
band, crying like happy baby.
1t was unalloycd for month. Then
voted group. The bank in which Will
liam had all his savings failed. The
loss caused him to break down. For
weeks he lay in an Invalid bed. And
then he was crushed, as one morning
his wife told him that the four chill
dred had 'mysteriously vanished
They saw the lean days coming!"
moaned William! ITS human ma
ture, butt loved them sol"
Tho burden of life was harder than
ever to bear now. William got back
to health, but, like the hard-earned saw
ings, his courage was gone. Nights
he and his wife would sit, sad and ST.
lent, gazing at the vacant chairs.
One night a neighbor. poorly sup
pressing an excitement that was un-
duly intense because 1t masked vast
secret, invited them over to supper.
Two hours later, returning home, the
guests were startled to notice their
house all alight. The shades we're
down. They entered in a wondering
maze.
Father"
"Mother!"
"Home!"-and four rapturous souls
surrounded them, and Rugged them,
and laughed and crowed, and cried,
and hurrahed
I'VE left to help you," declared the
eldest boy. I'VE got an engagement
in the city, and we've earned over
three hundred dollars, and it's yours,
and it's our last acting, for we're go
ing to get work here. sister and l,
and work for you, and live with you,
and love you"
Milly was on her knees praying, the
tears of Joy and gratitude streaming
down her cheeks. Reverently the lit
tie ones knelt by her side. And,
striving to encircle them all in his
great loving clasp, William Dexter
knew that his imaginary family had
become real!
copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
The adyblrd 6eetla.

A female ladybird beetle becomes
grandmother to seventy-flve billions Of
her kind in six months. She hays her
eggs on the melon vines. and the whit
ish grubs Matched from them crawl
over the plants. gobbiing up every
aphis they come across. When late au-
tumn arrives the mature beetles ny
mp into the mountains. where they
gather IN clustered masses among
fallen leaves and pine needles to
spend the winter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
The once Seeker.

A man with a deep and steadfase
longing for Office viii run excitedly
around begging everybody he sees to
sign his nomination petitions and
then, when he finally gets enough
signatures. will put on a clean shirt
and announce that IL the call of duty
comes he will not disregard the sum-
mons.-ohio State Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
"eankrupt.n

The discussion on the etymology Of
tns work bank" in Mr.. 5ustice
Dariing's court might have been car.
ried step further by the illustration
OF our term bankrupt" says . Lon
oon paper. Tho old Venetian money.
changers and lenders carried on their
business ut = stand or bench (banca).
and when one was unable to inset HIS
oohsadons his 'banca" was broken
trupta).
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
Hardly Worth the Tina,

"dfuIJ WoFth Inc tIme.
To multiply Is by itself, and the 70
sult (23s) by itself. and 20 bn until
~ products have been multiplied BY
themselves in turn. would take . per.
son writing three figures q minute and
working ten hours day for 900 days
IN each year rs years to accomplish.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31
Use Salt.

To clean willow furniture. scrub
well with . coarse brush and water
that is strongly saturated with salt.
Then dry with soft cloth. Salt not
only cleans willowware. but prevents
It from turning yellow. Straw mat
ting may be most successfully cleaned
In the same way.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-31

PeieeN That oeoefoyo Mind.
The MexioAn Indians derived ffo0
heir ancestors, the Asteos, the method
II making the poison Of Talavatchi Il
Is subtle drug, the constituents Of
which are not known. The peculiar
eject OF the poison is to destroy the
mind, while only slightly affecting the
body.