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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
CREDULITY COMMON TO ALL
No Rumor So Unreasonable That
Somebody Cannot Be Found Who
Will Believe 1t.

Credulity is characteristic OF
more people than one would believe at
first thought about it, Not rumor can
be so unreasonable but someone gives
it credit. However well known man
may be for his uprightness and ability,
let a hint of something derogatory be
made and there are those to believe 1t
and enlarge and spread the tale.
These are the people on whom I'M
scrupulous promoters grow fat. They
believe the best story told them about
1.-The grandest investment known, the
sure thing" and all their savings go
into it. When all Is irretrievably
gone, they cannot understand how IL
could be. when "he told me so and
So" 1t is these people who buy goid
bricks or put themselves out of their
way to change a $40 or a 500 bill for
a stranger "in trouble" For, in spite
of all warnings, there are those who
still do this
Credulity is exhibited in the belief
in myths, in omens and prophecies, IN
dreams and visions How many intel
ligent persons refuse to be one OF thir-
teen at table, tremble if they spill
salt, see a sign in it if they ind PIN
or a horseshoe on their walks Many
profess not to believe in signs, yet act
as if they did. Few have not some pet
sunerstition or individual belief In
the supernatural. Why do we go on
putting some things beyond the pale
of our experience and common sense
believing the same kind of thing we
think others foolish for thinking off,
Milwaukee Journal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
NIoht Jobs for the Jeweier.

Under the jewelers. letter box and
door bell was second bell labeled
jewelers. night bell" Kindly ex-
plain" said the visitor. rs the crav-
ing for diamonds and wedding rings
so Unsuitable that you have to get up
at night to meet the demand"
1T Is not the prospect of making a
sale that gets me out OF bed after
midnight" said the jeweler, but the
misfortunes OF my fellow-man. About
the only people who ring me up after
working hours are those who have a
piece of iewelry on that they can't
gst off and don't dare to wear until
morning for fear of blood poisoning.
These accidents happen pretty often.
Every doctor and police officer in this
part of town knows that l can be
routed out in an emergency case, so
all rings that must be filed of swollen
fingers, all earrings that must be re-
moved from inflamed ears, all neck
laces and bracelets that must be taken
from bruised necks and wrists without
delay are brought to me-"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21

and needed only sight Of you. Com
ing from Ladies' Aid?" He turned
to walk with her, his quick sense
aware that something troubled her.
his intention being to find what 1t
was and to help her.
Her straightforward eyes met his
and she half smiled. In running
away from chatter she had run into
the very love-making she wished to
avoid.
Cynthia" said the man, II have
to take the few chances ! have to
speak to you. I have to tell you
that | can't take refusal from you
not yet! You know how l want you.
You know that it is real love.
think you know it isn't simply that
want to marry again-you know
my marriage wasn't happy. My lit
tie folks-I couldn't give them up
even for you, but they could go to
their grandmother for a year if you
felt they would be too much for you
at first. It is asking great deal of
you 10 lOOh dllsf b"o thiiui eli hOe
your own-but IL you loved me-
Tell me, could you love me--if 1t
wasn't for them?"
They were just coming into the
fields again, and he stopped short, his
hat in his hand, waiting for an an
swer. For the first time a resisting
something within her gave way be-
fore him. He somehow warmed her
heart-she was a normal woman. It
was something just to be loved like
this and perhaps she could learn to
love him in return-as for the chill
dren. they were her temptation. She
wanted them.
1t's-not the children" she said,
flushing deeply. 'T-you know how I
love them"
He snatched at her hand eagerly.
"Then it is l whom you must learn
to love-" he went on with his plea.
and she listened, not seeing where she
was until they had almost reached
the road upon which stood her home.
Then she raised her eyes and in spite
of herself stood blushing like a girl
of sixteen. A half dozen Of the WON.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
CYNTHIA's new FLAME
How the Old One Was TAUGHT a
Lesson.
BY JOANNA SINGLE.

fieading haste to be at home. Cyn.
una ieft the chattering women of
the Ladies Aid of Cloverton and
STRUCK out by herself on the shorter
way across the fields. The babel Of
tongues wearied her, and the endless
taik OF husbands and babies and
cooking. OF the fifteen women she
was the only unmarried one, and felt
like an outsider.
AS she had entered, the meeting a
little late she had heard Mrs. Gal.
ioway's shrill voice saying:
well, why don't she marry Rob
ert jackson? He's the salt of the
earth. and his little girls adore her.
she won't get a better chance at her
age. Cynthia was thirty-two. IF
a woman don't want home Of her
own with a man and young ones in
II, | say something ails her! Per
haps she's fretting over some old
hame!" Then the others saw Gym
thia and tried to silence Mrs. Gal
loway, whose mind was like a rag
bag from which she pulled any sort
OF thought at random and usually
at the embarrassing moment. But
she was not easily silenced.
Sam Galloway" she shrilled on,
was my only chance, an / didn't
throw it away because my eye was
sot on some Teller I couldn't get! !
never was a beauty, but Sam don't
know it" She finally saw Cynthia
standing, tall and quiet, in the door
way and ceased her chatter.
Cynthia got away the moment she
could at the meetings close. And
how did they know about Robert
Jackson wanting her? Surely he had
not told, surely she had not. They
only met casually, and she always
refused to let him come to see her in
the pretty cottage where she lived
quite alone since her mothers death
And-could any one know that she
was still waiting for Mark Carter
who had not even written her for ten
years?
Now, walking across the Septem.
Der fields, still green. she came to a
small bit Of woodland, and turning into
it came face to face with Robert Jack.
son, striding along. tall and straight
and fine for all the gray at his tenn.
pies.
WELL" he said, this is luck for
me! Everything was lovely today
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21

Friendly towards Nelson-I mean Mr..
Wade and Avis hid her face in her
lands for moment, as the overpow-
BRING revelation rushed into her heart
hat she truly loved Nelson Wade.
He was worthy of her in every
tense of the word. Only recently he
bad started in business. His father
bad left him a vacant building on the
main street of the town. There was
loom for another-scarcely directly
there, for one Winsted had one two
doors east Nelson, however. could
pot afford to let his own property
stand idle, so he started up.
Now Winsted had been shining
around Avis, OF rather trying to, for
long time. He was of mean, jeal-
GUS disposition and he hated Nelson
the first time he saw him in the COM
pany of Avis. He hated him all the
more fiercely when he saw the new
store opened.
Nelson was pleasant, patient, accom-
modating, The better class of custo-
mers had already selected him as
their purveyor. Seeing his trade d.
mish. Winsted said hotly:
"l'n put that tenderfoot out Of bus
lness in week."
Then he set to planning and plot
tng He "ha-ha'd!" after a days so
lourn in the rural districts in COW
cred wagon.
I fancy I've got a hot pepper in
store for Wade!" he gloated.
The next morning Nelson went whis-
Ting cheerily about his store, until
letter arrived. He knew it was from
AVIS. He had seen her handwriting
before His heart beat fast, his eyes
sparkled. He opened the envelope
eagerly. He scanned the single line
written on a sheet of paper.
You need never come and see me
again, and Nelson gasped. turned
pale saw life and all its joys sudden
iy vanish. and fairly fell against
sugar barrel, overcome
His helper, Will Daley, a bright
orisk young fellow, wondered for the
next hour what made 1.-The boss act
SO dopey Then came new blow.
II never rains but 1t pours!
sroaned poor Nelson, as going to the
street door and giancing towards the
store of his rival. he saw big blacf
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
pr.nistor,. Man in Australia.

At the recent meeting OF the Brit
,sh association in Australia Profess
sors Edgeworth David and Wilson de-
scribed a completely mineralized hu-
man skull found near Warwick IN the
Darling downs of Queensland IL
nrobahly dates from period when
the great fossil marsupials we're sun
living and is earlier than any othe'
human remains hitherto found in aus
,rala-Scientific American
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21

iettered sign on a glarine bacr.-ou,s
reading, Stock up now-eees twenty
cents dozen!"
Now eggs were a luxury inst ,hon
ana thirty cents would he chear
mere were half-a-dozen great tubs ont.
sioe OF the Winsted store. filled IN tho
orim with fresh looking hen fruit
. twenty cents!" stared Nelson.
What does it mean?"
ne soon guessed, when Daley told
MIN that he had heard that Winsted
had made the boast publicly that "be
was going to run that interloper ont
Vi business, if it busted him."
nelson reused up. His apnarent
turn down from Avis made his heart
einh ike lead, but he was a fighter.
how many eggs have we got in the
store! he asked of Daley.
Thirty Dozen" reported his belner
a lew minutes alter.
And Winsted has endless HIM.
oreds!' muttered Nelson. All the
same put them outside and stick up
a fifteen cent sign"
why, that's ruinous." cried Dalv.
Never mind. Well keep up the
night while there's any ammunition
left" declared Nelson
II took his mind off from Avis. the
active battle of the ensuing few hours.
and that was good thing for Nelson
The whole town was excited. Every.
body came to buy eggs. Daley came
to Nelson finally.
Mr.. Wade, he said, were all sold
out but six dozen. I've a suggestion
TO make. You know I'm the deputy
drillmaster of the Boy Scouts? They'll
do anything to help me-whisper!'
and Daley divulged a bright scheme
under his breath.
Now what Daley did was to provide
every able bodied comrade in town
with the money to buy dozen of
eggs OF Winsted. These replenished
Wade's stock SO rapidly that Winsted
was soon sold out Nelson kept on
selling until closing up time. while
his rival. Infatuated over the cheap
trick" had probably learned a costly
lesson that he did not care to re-
peat.
But what was all the world to Mel
son beside Avis! The briskness of
rivalry over and done with, his mind
returned to the old misery
But fate was weaving a new chain
of circumstances for relief. Ruth had
received note. 1t said: Il shall be
very glad to see you. All, a reconcil-
iation! Avis was astonished at the
appearance of Ruth, and then out
came the note. Avis blanched as she
comprehended mistake. Then, as
In the old times anew she cemented
their old confidence and friendship by
bursting into tears and telling how
she had mixed the letters.
"Oh, my dear. I'll soon adjust that"
pledged the sprightly Ruth.
Nelson was up at daylight next
morning. He could not sleep for his
woe. Destiny must have led him past
the Blinn home. Ruth rushed out.
"Oh, Mr. Wade!" she cried, I've got
letter for you"
She thrust the right" letter sent
to the wrong person into his hand.
why, what does this mean?" STAN
mered the heart-broken swain.
Cant you read it?' demanded
Ruth.
Yes, but"
ut was intended for you and sent TO
me. The one you got-but that wasn't
meant, for Avis and had little tin"
And then Nelson Wade went home,
his step lightened, his heart throbbing
with sore happiness.
And that evening he told Avis what
he thought OF her, and the next day
sent to the city for diamond ring.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
NOTES
" VICTOR REDcLIFFE.
Wright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman.)

byright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman)
will never speak to Ruth Blinn
never!" resolutely, almost spite
declared pretty but impetuous
Morton. II don't care If she
|been my best friend. She scan
ed me when she spread the news
I was trying to catch Nelson
J for a beau. I'll write her a few
ling words that will settle her!"
/ Avis Morton hastily dashed OF
one line. 1t read: you need
r. come and see me again."
st then the postman came. There
a letter for Avis. She opened it..
eyes frightened, her fair face
he'd with pleasure. 1t was from
self same Nelson Wade of whom
was in fact thinking good deal
h of the time. 1t read: Il have
|ething of great importance to say
|you. May / call tomorrow eve
- and Avis flutteringly guessed
q the something Of great impor-
V" might be, and with little thrills
heating even the tips of her slim
pr fingers, wrote the single line:
hall be very glad to see you"
ust then from the kitchen her
hers voice called her. Avis was
hurried-and happy-to think of
ision of her informal two notes,
even of signatures. She hastily
died the brief missives into en-
,pes, sealed them, addressed them.
sister came through the room.
Here, Alice" she called out, 'just
] these, will you, dear? and buy
rself some bonbons with the
nge," and she gave the letters and
twenty-five cent piece to her spoiled,
ing younger sister and hurried to
her mother, singing to herself.
wish | hadn't sent the letter to
h. she reflected a few minutes
r. 1--WE got all over my tiff. l
pose it's-it's because | feel so
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Raumaalana Fond 81 prsaa.

The men of Roumania are very fond
Of dress. and they have popular say
ing which runs, The stomach has no
mirror" Its meaning Is that rather
than be shabby q Roumanian should
60 hungry. The peasant costume of
Roumania Is very artistic, every VII
lage having its own set OF colors. BY
the hue Of his dress a peasant shows
the locality he halls from.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Childish ingenuity.

Small Ellsworth was returning Dor.
rowed book.
Now. be sure not to get 1t dirty"
said his mother, as she wrapped 1t in
paper and knotted the string.
When he returned she asked: did
you keep the book clean?"
YES" answered the boy; 81 dropped
It in the mud once. but I took off the
paper and turned it,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Doing Her Share.

Gotham. that you New York society
women DON'T give up more OF your
time to raising money for the poor"
MY dear Marjorie, how can you say
such q thing? Haven't I sat up until
two O'Clock for three nights now play
ing charity bridge r'-Life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Curse Of idleness.

Idleness is the badse OF gentry. and
the bane of body and mind, the nurse
of naughtiness. the stepmother Of dis
cipline; the chief author of all mis-
chief. one of the seven deadly sins,
the cushion upon which the devil
chiefly reposes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Sarcastic Married Man,

YES said the bachelor, with the
conscious pride Of sacrifice. Il make
q point Of giving up certain pleasures
during Lent" Huh" snorted the
married man You bachelors have Q
cinch on that sort of thing. What arc
forty days to three hundred and sixty.
nvs?"-Town Topics.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Penalty She Had to Pay.

irenes mother is a woman Of ad-
,soced ideas. A few days ago when
'nere came bad weather Irene went
" 10 neighbours porch and looked
Trough the inviting window where
aeggie was comfortably engaged with
@ paintings. why don't you come
I'm just having a dandy time
i'n my Nose ark, NO" soboeo
healthy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Exnenaive Wood.

One of the most expensive woods
used regularly In an established IN
dust,y in the United States is box
Won. the favorite material for WOOD
carving. II has been quoted at Tour
cents a cubic inch. and about $1,000
by the thousand board feet
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Daily Thouqht.

Much of the charm of life is ruined
BY exacting demands of confidence.
=. Those who wish to destroy all
mystery in those they love to have
everything revealed, are unconscious
~ killing their own happiness.-Stop-
ford Brooke.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Strain on Ticket Office Man.

A man in the ticket Office on busy
day has to conceal his real feelings
10 much that he gets to be a better
actor than some of the people on the
stage
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
Best to Earn Ones Own.

Persons industriously occupying
themselves thrive better on little of
their own honest getting than lazy
heirs on the large revenues left unto
them.--T. Fuller.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
49,. Remarkable Strength.

An ant can carry grain OF corr
,.r times the weight OF its own BODY
While a horse and a man can carry
burden only about equal to their own
weight
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
To Cure Hysteria.

wrap mustard plasters on hands,
wrists, soles and palms. and allow pa
Dent 70 rest.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-21
c.u.. o, Waterfalls Roar.

The roar Of q waterfall Ia produced
almost entirely by the bursting Of mil
ions Of air bubbles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-06
lama Twice Defeats Noun. Vernon.

Special to Times Republican.
Tana, July 6.-The Mount Vernon
baseball team met their second defeat
at the hands of the Talna boys Mon
day afternoon at Electric Park by the
score of to 8, having lost TO the same
team here on Sunday by the score Of
TO ,.
Batteries for Tama were Swain and
Conway, and for Mount Vernon, Ben
esh and Albright. In the Sunday game
Benesh was knocked out of the box in
the first inning when Tanla ran in sew
en- scores Manning replaced him and
held the heavy Tama hitters in good
shape Monday afternoon Benesh came
back with some good pitching. Mon
days game was enlivened by pugil-
istic encounter on second base when
McCarty, Of Taula, was tripped by a
Mount Vernon runner. McCarty was
unable to curb his Irish temper and
proceeded to pommel his opponent I'M
til pulled off by other players. He was
promptly ordered from the grounds by
Marshal Crone and the affair probably
will open the way for some other play
er player to I'LL McCartys place a:
second
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-06
Three Autoists Injured.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Iowa City. July 6.-Three travellers,
TWO men and girl. narrowly escaped
death when their automobile went
down a four foot embanknent, shot
across the intervening space TO barb
ed wire fence, ploughed thru that bar
rler tearing down five posts, and col
lapsed in corn field.
The autoists were Charles Neck
w!nder and sister Mary, and Wesley
Zamistal. all of Fairfax. They were en-
route to Walford. About IA miles
southwest of Fairfax the car struck
stone in the highway, and front
wheel broke. The auto made the plunge
and. after the smash thru the fence.
went to pieces. the other three wheels
spreading and coming off. The girl was
thrown about ten feet and was
wrenched. bruised and cut; Zamistai
plunged thru the wind shield, cutting
his head. and Neckwinder was shaken,
bruised and lacerated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-06
eoTcH DEFEATS oRDEMAN.
Wrestling Match Is Feature Of ceie'
hration At HUMBOLDT

Special to Times-Republican.
Humboldt, July 6.-Humbold. had a
glorious celebration Saturday. The
Gotch- Ordeman wrestling match and
the fact that there was no big ceie-
bration nearby, drew. to- Humboldt, the
largest crowd ever gathered here.
The wrestling contest was the prin-
cipal attraction for most Of the crowd
to whom Frank Gotch, OF Humboldt,
worlds champion, demonstrated that
he is still in the wrestling game by
throwing Henry Ordeman. American
champion, in straight falls of twenty
one minutes and seventeen minutes,
respectively.
The only feature to mar the day
was the heavy rain which came up
late in the afternoon and caught thou
sands distant from home, all the way
from a few to more than a hundred
miles. Many were forced to stay over
night on account of the storm. Some
slept in their autos and few men
stayed up. but hundreds were enter
tanned in the homes of Humboldt
which were thrown open to them. On
account of the storm, the evening pro-
gram Of fireworks, music and vaude-
vile had TO be abandoned. but the
crowd was good -natured and seemed
satisfied to merely find shelter wher-
ever they could.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-06
NEW LEAGUE ORGANIZED.
Five Hamilton County Towns to Play
Twelve Week Schedule.

Special to Times Republican.
Webster City, July 6.-Five of the
smaller towns of this county have
formed the Hamilton County Baseball
League. A schedule Of thirty games
10 run thru twelve weeks has been
prepared. The towns forming the
league are Jewell. Ellsworth, Stanhope,
Stratford and Williams.
W. A. -Allinson, of Williams, is presi-
dent of the new league: F. Q. Satter, OF
Ellsworth. is secretary, and E. c. Far
dal, of Stanhope. is treasurer. The
board OF directors is composed of the
officers named and NJ. ]. Severson, Of
Jewell, and A. l. Beverley of Stratford.
outside players are barred from this
league, only home men being used.
Each team will play six games at home
and six abroad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-06
Three 1ama Men Injured.

Special TO Times Republican.
Tama July CAS- an auto LOAD OF
Tama men was returning from Clutter
Saturday night they were run into just
as they were leaving Clutter by JACK
Gilmartin. Of Clutter, who recently pur-
chased his car and was not yet COM
petent driver. Both were going at a
good rate of speed, as is SHOWN by the
fact that the cars were both teiescoped
until the rear seats touched each other.
Of the Tama men, County Clerk Rus-
sell had three ribs broken and received
a cash in the head. James Mulligan
shoulder was thrown out OF joint and
Ralph Fife escaped with slight bruises
The driver of this car, Henry HartwIg.
of Clutter, was not much hurt. Mr..
Gilnlartin received several cuts about
the face but was otherwise unhurt. All
the participants feel very lucky to be
alive today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-06
Aged Man Probably a Suicide.

SpeCidl 10 1 NlSS-1SSpHb1lCaA.
Iowa City. July 6.-Mystery sur
rounds the death OF Henry Sizzling. a
pioneer. who was found dying at the
foot Of his cellar stairs when his niece
returned home last night. He died a
few minutes later Without being able
to speak.
The possibility Of suicide exists, and
Coroner Charles K. Hurd is investigat-
ing. A suggestion OF arsenic poison
has made the coroner believe a post
norton ought to be held.
A strange circumstance is the
presence Of woman's ring on the
breast Of the dead man, who had
seemingly carefully placed it on his
bosom, and folded his hands peacefully
over his chest, before he prepared to
def he took poison. 1t is believed
to be his wife's, and, as she committed
suicide by taking arsenic last year, the
fact adds weird interest TO the tragedy.