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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10

he thought Of the dinner hour and its
usual oncomitants-dry bread frag.
ments, stale roast, pie. with q soaked
crust. ..,.,...,, ,.,,..,..t,,
by all means must find a new
boarding house," Alvin soliloquized.
I can't afford the hotel. There must
be- some place where l can get clean,
wholesome food, even if it isn't grand
and varied"
Then his thoughts reverted to the
letter he had just ordered returned
to its writer. Well he knew from the
handwriting 1t bore that his uncle,
Gideon Blake, was the correspondent.
Six months previously he had quar-
relied with that self-willed relative. Mr..
Blake wished him to marry a certain
Eulalie Merton. Against this Alvin
rebelled. In the first place he had
not yet learned what love meant. In
the next he knew Eulalie Merton to
be naturally flirt, and by proclivity
a good deal of an adventures.
Il do not want your money" Alvin
had said. Il can earn my own living"
and now he was doing it.
He began calculating possible prog
ress in his sphere of employment to
keep from feeling lonely. for he found
little congenial companionship in the
hard-working, slow-going town. His
shoe became unlaced as he was cross
ing a rustic bridge spanning a ravine
near the river. Alvin set his dinner
pail on the rail. =
Crack!-he glanced up quickly, in
timo to see his dinner pail go flying
from its place, rolling down a steep
incline and striking the river. He no.
ticed two boys rushing through the
yard Of vine-embowered cottage near
by. One carried q sling-shot. They
rapidly got beyond pursuit. Alvin
tried to make out where his MONDAY
lunch and its receptacle had landed,
failed. and proceeded towards the
plant half mile farther on.
Il shant mourn much" he humor-
ously told himself. "A restaurant meal
will be pleasant variation"
It must have been two hours later
when the timekeeper Of the plant came
to him. He carried . tin dinner pail
with q dent in one side.
This yours?" he inquired. 81 fancy
SO, for your initials are scratched on
the cover.
Why, yes." replied Alvin, inspect
Ing his missing dinner pail. Where
did you get it,"
Two boys brought it, said It be-
longed to a man working here, and
described you. Then they scooted
away as If scared into a hurry"
"Remorse or genuine good.hearted-
hess,' smiled Alvin. Thanks" and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Sound.
What We call sound has ,r

What We call sound has two n.,,
iags: subjectively. it is the sans 'an
preston on the organ Of heanpe :" -
jectively. it means the vibrator "
ton Of the air which produce =
sensation. The fall OF tree q, ~
explosion of a gun starts Success
waves of air vibrations, but if NV
Go not reach some ear hun,g =, ~,
nal, the .'ubj ,ctiye s5nss i'm +. -
experienced. Tho physical cundi,io.'
of scurd are there. but 70 BAN 70 =
tcrprGt it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10

he thought no more of the incident un-
til noon-quitting time. !.
Then as he removed the cover Oh
the dinner pail, in profound bewiidef-
ment he stared A napkin spotlessiy
white came first. Beneath was a
heap of dainty meat sandwiches
layer of lettuce leaves. and there mes
tied a square of pie nudging harmon
ously a thick slice of raisin cake.
My original lunch must have spilled
out, and those two msehievous iaos
in a spasm of contrition must have
recovered the pail and had it rehiled
at home" reasoned Alvin. Home
oh, somewhere in this town there Is
famous cook! My favorite dainty,
too-raisin bread!'
The toothsomeness of the unexpect-
ed repast fingered like after fragrance
Of a rose. as he passed the spot Where
the catastrophe of the dinner pail had
transpired. Alvin had never before
noticed the sylvan beauty of the little
cottage standing back from the road
amid a nest of greenery and flowers.
For the first time. too, he observed
a written card nailed to the fence
post. 1t read: Can accommodate
one or two boarders.
IF the food they dispense is any
thing like what got today" Illuminated
Alvin. Il can't do better than make
the change"
Which Alvin proceeded to do the
next day. The comfort and coziness
Of the place delighted him. There was
an added charm. He found that the
widow who owned the house had a
daughter who assumed the duties OF
hostess in a way that made him feel
at home.
Meta Day was beautiful girl. She
was musical and so was Alvin. Two
pleasant evenings surrounded by real
friendliness and culture gave Alvin
new spur in life.
The third evening as he sat down
to supper there was raisin bread. He
could not help but praise it. Then
naturally in his usual good-natured
way Alvin recited the episode of the
disappearing dinner pail. He COM
mended the worthy restitution made
by the two mischievous boys.
why" suddenly spoke up Mrs. Day,
Meta made them return the dinner
pail"
Mother warned Meta, flushing
deeply.
Yes, and it was Meta who filled
the dinner pail" proceeded Mrs. Day.
Its original contents had gone into
the river. She made the boys recover
the dinner pail"
Alvin glanced gratefully at Meta.
Amid her confusion she seemed love-
lier than ever to him.
One evening two months later, COM
ing home from work, Alvin was con-
siderably surprised to meet his uncle,
Gideon Blake.
"Ah, have found him at last. dear
boy" exclaimed the old man effu-
sively. Hunted you up, to suggest
that bygones should be bygones. Miss
Eulalie Berton-"
Regarding that estimable young
lady" interrupted Alvin forcibly, that
devoted hope of yours ia farther away
than ever"
Good" cried Uncle Gideon. 1--WE
found her out-a mercenary match
maker
"You see," continued Alvin, IT am
engaged to another"
mot the pretty girl just saw at
the cottage yonder?"
"The same" nodded Alvin proudly.
Lucky fellow!' commented Uncle
Gideon: Il would feel it an honor to
make her Joint inheritor with your
self of the fortune SO meanly denied
ysu."
And then Alvin invited his en-
thusiastic relative to tea, and Netta's
raisin cake made the old fellow more
in love than ever with that charming
young lady.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
THAT Dinner PAIL
BY AUGUSTUS GOODRICH sHER-
WIN.
Copyright. 1915, by ". G. chapman)

Copyright. 1915, by W. G. Chapman)
Return to the writer" spoke Alvin
Prescott, and an expression crossed
his face that looked strangely out of
place for one SO young and hand
some.
1t was indignation, resolve and grim
ness combined-naught of regret. He
handed back a letter, just delivered
by the postman and brought to him
by the slovenly maid of the third
class boarding house. the fare and dis
order Of which constituted one of the
many hard crosses he was compelled
to bear.
Il won't break, won't give in"
he said between his set teeth" II
won't truckle. Gideon Blake and his
dollars-that!" and he snapped his
fingers airily. '1'll earn my own living
and work my own way. Thanks" he
added, arising to leave for his daily
task and taking up the filled dinner
pail brought to him by the kitchen
slavey.
He swung down the street not one
whit ashamed of carrying the badge
Of the artisan. It was pretty big fall
from the lnxurious theory Of engineer
ing, to begin at the bottom to learn
the practical end Of mechanics. Two
dollars a day looked mean and little
to the recent prospective heir to for
tune. The worst Of 1t was that the
factory town did not boast decent
boarding house. The charge was
cheap, the fare abominable. Even now
Alvin made slight grimace and then
resignedly shrugged his shoulders, as
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Avoid Controversy.

Controversy never convinced any
man; men can be Influenced oy man
ing them think for themselves. BY
seeming to doubt with them or oy
leading them as if by the hand with
ont their perceiving it. A good book
lent to them. which they read al
leisure. produces upon them surer
effects because they do not then oiush
70 he subiu gated by the superior rea'
SCI Ct an antagonist
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
MILLS tteErd From.

subscriber who has been much III
tere sted in the long words that the
COMPANION has printed reminds Us
tb The full name of the little village
oi i,anf4ir in the north Of wales is
netting less than NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ueerth,rco bvilygerthwirymympllyg
gerbwvllygo,, acknowledgements we
hope he is mistaken.-Youth's Cen-
Da1iOn
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
On the Matrimonial Sea.

1t Is said of Nathaniel Bowditch,
the distinguished mathematician and
navigator. that he made 1t a rule of
bis life never to allow his wife to
come into his presence without his ex
pressing in some way his pleasure in
her being there. And that. as another
mas said, was very good rule of nav.
acknowledgements.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
No 0ioputIno IL

"lntrospection," says Boston min.
lister. is more profitable than retro
spection." OF course it is. RETROSPECT
ton merely reveals to the average man
what tesselated fool he has been; in
trospection. If he is honest with him.
self. reveals to him what blossomins
jackass he is.-Houston Post
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Much More Literal.

Just as l entered the theater last
night, said Minerva. 81 heard some
one say: Now for the dirty work."
And then suppose the villain car.
ried on the girl" ventured brother
Ben.
NO. replied Minerva, "a comedian
was on the stage and when he said
that he started to black up his face in
full view Of The audienoe."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Cleaning Photooranha.

photographs which have been pro
tected with glass and have become
soiled either by dust or fly specks may
be cleaned very easily by wiping them
on with absorbent cotton dampensd
with pure alcohol.-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Electricity and ljrhfnin,

BENJAMIN Franklin was tie frs. ;.
prove the identity of lightnin. win
electricity. The idea of e.actr,ci,.
dates from the time when the anciar,,
wondered to SET amber. when rub,sd
pick up bits of straw. ana the lods
stone draw bits OF iron
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10

Idlenes, is the badge OF gentry, ana
tn bane OF body ana mind, the nurse
of naughtiness, the stepmother OF DIS
cipline; the Chief author OF all mis-
chief, one Of the seven deadly sins.
th !, cushion upon which the devil
chiefly reposes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Word Of Cation.

May ! say just word before RI,
impose sentence?" asked the s,reo,
railway magEate. We'll. what is IL.
snapped the court. Please renernhs.
your honor, that you are imposing son.
tence and not granting me a fran,
chise." he cautioned. fearing for tina
worst.-Euffalo Express
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Military rtIaa

The titles colonel" major" car
tain. az applied to officers Of the
militia, are perfectly proper and quite
legitimate. and those holding such Do
sitions are clearly entitled to use the
titles that 60 along with them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Swat the Fly.

Would you enjoy your dinner II you
saw bedbugs. fleas, reaches or spiders
crawling all over the foodstuffs. Yet,
this form Of vermin Is comparatively
clean in comparison with flies. Swa'
the first fly You see
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Sad.

There is hack-work and hack.
work." said the literary man. Think
Of what get for mine and what the
hackman gets."-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
Sees Carry Own Weight.

Tive thousand bees Viii weigh
pond as they leave the hive, but
wtan they return load { with honey
thu ~c'cht is do ','c7
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
New York Verdict.

The North Dakota man who spent
his last dollar for a taxi to take him
to the poorhouse Is the champion
game sport of the western world
New York Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10

.-ny Diseases Of Humanity.
The human family is subject IN
about 1900 different kinds OF disease
and ailment
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10

Where erutes Have Advantage.
1 envy the beasts two things-their
ignorance Of evil to come and their
ignorance Of what is said about them.
Darwin.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10

That's the First Requlsits.
Yong man, don't take q girls hand
IN yoars and tell her you could die for
hr unless you are willing to earn a.liv.
t1g for her.-Exchanee.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10
The Professions

ChiropraCtor
DR.. ] Q. SCARBOROUGH,
Lady In Attendance
In Dyches Building Between PARK
and Auditorium
OFFICE HOURS.
to IL 80 a. m. 1880 to s p. m.
700 to 500 p. m.
Cusultation and Examination Free.
Residence Phone 240 Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-10

ne thought of the dinner hour and its
usual oncomitants-dry bread frag.
ments, stale roast, pie, with q soaked
o.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-21
S4HSOW AZTD ZzZE LODI

are prose at its utmost The rhapsodies Of
Isaiah. the grace of the Psalms, the majestic
sweep of Job-there are written words that
are liner. But they quarries of truth.
They not the truth that sets free. I have
been criticized for not allowing that they have
divine authority. How can l admit book to
have divine authority that contradcts itself.
that tells impossibilities. that lays down
Gods law conduct that is cruel and immoral
l have been accused of desiring an eXpurgated
Bible. ! dare any of my critics to deny that
he himself finds it necessary to expurgate
from his reading in the family in the pull
pit, passages from this book, that are terribly
indecent.
| am Christian. and the Christian religion
is the religion of Jesus, who knew nothing in
his teaching of a fall in Adam atone
ment necessary for the forgiveness of God
He required his disciples to teach only his
commandments The earliest creeds, like the
Apostles Greed, made no mention of the He
brew scriptures as part of Christian doctrine.
The Nicene Greed is silent on the fall and the
atOnement The canon of Hebrew scripture
was not completed until seventy years after
Jesus death and resurrection. Not until the
Reformation period were Christians called
upon to subscribe TO doctrine of an infallbe-
Old Testament, and the New Testament writer's
never laid claim to infallibility or to writing
at the command of God.
have been criticized for saying that the Old
Testament never converted Notwithstanding.
of course, that they never converted any one
10 the acceptance OF Jesus christ as Lord and
Master. How such n statement be contra
dicted? The Christian religion grew up in
spite of persecution by the leaders of the
Hebrew religion. The Hebrew Scriptures have
been read in the synagogues of Jews for two
thousand years, yet how many have been
turned by that reading to the Christian life?
have great respect for the Jew and for his
splendid tenacity to the things he holds DEAR
But if his life and history have been shaped by
the Old Testament. it is an argument against
its social and human value. man of remark
able qualities, but inefficient in accomplishing
results whole. Only by cooperating with
the Christian has the Jew ever achieved i'm
portant social or political results. His Scrip
lures have held him fast to a system of thought
and feeling that belongs to an age that has long
passed away. 1t has made him exclusive self
conferred and backward looking. and filled his
noblest souls with pessimism.
The orthodox Christian, of course holds
this to be the fulfllment of prophecy and the
Zionist Jew longs for a promised return of a
golden age that never existed in fact. The ra-
tonal thinking man will say that the Old
Testament has been a milestone about the neck
of the Jew, at least, and in more or less degree
it hao hindered the progress Of Christianity, in
the manner in which it has been used. and held.
as the exact and perfect word of God. The
Bible must be judged finally by human reason,
and human reason pronounces it two groups Of
books, each Of which constitutes the founda-
lions Of distinct religions
The Washington herald., 1915-03-21

that some of the moral principles he uttered
had been uttered by Hebrew prophets. They
had also been uttered by Buddha and Con-
fucius. But back OF all these precepts of mo
rality He puts the motive that We may be the
children of your heavenly Father This en-
phasis the fatherhood of God is unique and
distinct. The Hebrew rarely spoke of God as
father-and when he did it was as father of
the Jew, he could never get away from the
tribal Jehovah. Jesus told all men to pray
to Our Father in heaven. and commanded
his disciples to teach all men that prayer.
Jehovah OF the Hebrew jealous god.
revengeful. exclusive. loving his own, and hat
ing all others. That was the dominant note,
though the prophets and Psalmists indicate
noble exceptions. He a god that must be
appeased. He forgave after a proper atone
ment and satisfaction had been made The
Divine Father of Jesus forgave before the par
don was asked for. The contrast is striking
and substantial.
If Jesus owed much to his Hebrew back
ground, he owed much also to his Greek back
ground, his Latin background. and the Per-
sian background, through the later Hebrew
writings. All these civilizations were repre-
sented in his environment. The language in
which the stories of his life were told was the
language of Socrates and Plato. The idea of
universally in the world of his time was
Roman. not Hebrew. The conception of alb
solute justice was not Hebrew. it was Roman.
Nothing was more in contrast with Old Tes-
lament ideas than his story Of the Good Sa-
marian. AT every turn he 1lOuted hebrew
prejudces. and denounced laws said to be
given by Moses himself, at the mouth of God
His great doctrine of the resurrection of
the dead. if derived from any source, was GER
tainly not derived from the Sadducees, who
represented Judaism, and who denied angel
or spirit. But Cicero had left monumental
argument for immortality. and the great
Greeks even before Cicero had asserted it,
while the Hebrews were silent.
The Indebtedness of Christianity to Juda-
ism has some substance. but it has been pro-
digiously overestimated. If Christianity has
any weakness today, it is because it is carry
ing too heavy load Of Judaistic ideas and
philosophy along with the teaching of Jesus
If we fail to remember that God is Spirit.
and they that worship must worship in spirit
and TRUTH" it is because a doctrine of mate
REALISTIC atonement thoroughly Hebrew has
been carried along with that spiritual ideal Of
Jesus.
One who desires to emphasize a much neg
lected truth may find himself liable to min
imize other truths. 1 realize that in thus con-
trasting Christianity with Judaism, seem to
take all value from the Old Testament. / do
not underestimate those books. As a source
of study OF the natural history of religion they
are Incompatible For exalted poetic feeling
and passion, for patriotic fervor. they have no
parallel. Moreover these old stories, without
fragment of historical truth, are works of
art. The Elijah and Elisha stories, the stories
of Joseph, the tragedies of Saul and David.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-21
CREHVZQZT
Tbe CHRISTIAN Religion AND THE
OH Testament.
Testament.
By REV. DR.. DAN F. BRADLEY.

ANY years ago / read a statement
by Professor Goodwin Smith, the
famous Canadian scholar, TO the
effect that the Old Testament was
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
CIRCULATION
TIME FOR IMPROVEMENT.

The bill seeking ths ans1d11lsht. q 0Rs clvlI service law Of the state has brought forth n1uc!. discussion Of 2. valuable character. The hearings thereon before the judiciary commit zsg Of tE-3 general assembly promise 70 dsre!op more There are weak nssses 5n the present law that should be eliminated and the operation cf the law for the short time t has been in effect has been sufficient to disclose the impractical features.
 It ts not solely in it's effect upon such positions as the 5uperlnte endent and assistant uperIuLen5eat of the stace capitol that the law IS made to work aEslnat the principles Of civil service. but Ln many other instances where the observance of it's provisions Is reauLEez n securing employees, 1t sbounds TIrl1 azndlcaps.
 Tn his statement relative tc the civil service amendment Senator Lsbe1l draws attention again to Q fact that nzs already been pointed out when he says that the act has operated to retain in o+Hce a1 appoir1ee of two years' experience and to prevent the appointment of one Of s years ez- pArie-ce, whom. for political reasor-s he had supp-a11ted without tests
 The fact 5s that the present law has bssn made ro give protection to polttI- cal appointments, which Is dtamet- r1c2lly opposed to clviI service pr1n- cIples. TThetlze- this was the intention f the hackers o1 the Ia7v or resulted calyr through the haste with which the IegislaIon was passed is not before the committee IL IS the injustice Of the application that has been shown and the time Is ripe for overcoming 2 r
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Shrink ths Mnci.

MT Editor. The Bulletin of Jan. 18th contains a request from Mrs TanderyeI1e for warn or knitting wool' for European knittarz.
 May suggest that the yarn Clf to be used for soldiers or salIors) will be Of much more value If sarunk, accord ing to the directions given by the Wonlzn's auxiliary Of the Boston Sea- mans Friend society. I quote these directions: Before using the yarn 1t should be washed twice in hot water, using soap freely and then thoroughly rinsed; after this, wrung out in towel and hung up to dry. This prevents shrinking of course of the finished garments
 s. L. HUNTTNGTOT.
 Norwich, Jan 20, 1915.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
pEkfANRs FOE MnnT

Wool in the shape of clothing is aae or the important requirements o9 war, 1nasnauch as the. .pEotection it af- lords tn the way oF warmth $ of vital necessity in the maintenance of sn efficient army on the field of bat tle or tE thf trenches. Wool even when vet will keep S man warn, where f cotton Tas depended upon to render SUch service there would De disastrous -SsuIts
 It can thereScrs be readily under stood thar the demand for wooden 5lothes IS bound 10 be :arge and esos- aalIy so when 1t IS claimed that com p3ete outfits are worn out in a Der:od # six weeks because Of the harsh crsatnent that they get. Where 1rlaI- 1ons Of soldiers are involved the wool sG clothing item Is no small matter and Its manufacture draws heavily Zpon the sources of SaW material
 Turing 2 year this country produces
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

and imports about half a billion pounds of wool. That would be sufh- ciert to furnish from one-third to one half of the required amount of cloth ing for the armies engaged in the war. Thus it can be realized what 1t means to. Great Britain to remove the embargo on wool shipments to this country. for while many war orders may be filled here all the nlanufac- tured product will not go to the ar- mics
 With the extensive use of woolen garments 1t IS a time when this coun- try could make good use of as big 3 bumper crop Of wool as 1t was fa.- vored with Of cotton.