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The Washington times., 1915-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Evans Browne have
leased the house which Cant. Hugh
MacIean walker. L. $. n. and Mrs.
Walker are building in Edgewood. near
Bethesda. They will take possession
in the spring.
Mrs.. william C. Middleton. who is
The Washington times., 1915-12-06

Hartwen Mccartney. of Brooklyn. for
merly of this city, is making a short
stay in Washington.
The Washington times., 1915-12-06

Mrs. Louis A. I.aGarde. who has been
visiting in Kentucky for several months.
returned to Washington saturday and
ioined Colonel LaGarde at their home in
WoodleY place.
The Washington times., 1915-12-06
The Table of 75c Gifts

Ash Receivers
Bon-Bon Dishes
Condiment Sets
Tea and Toast Sets
Celery Trays
Salad Bowls
Plates for Plate Rails
Mayonnaise Dishes
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-05-26

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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-05-26

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
WHEN A NAME MEANT MUCH
Old ENGLISH Law Made More Than
Two Applications illegal Royalty
Only Excepted.

People have not always been allow
ed the pleasure of having as many
names as they wish. Four hundred
wears ago not even a middle name was
allowed in England. 1t was illegal
The old English law was definite and
admitted of no infaction OF It's ruling
The only exception made TO this
regulation was in the case OF persons
of royal rank. If they wished they
could boast middle name, but woe
to the person Of ordinary rank VINO
was sufficiently unwise or obstinate
10 insist on having more than two
appellations. ,,.,,.
For the first offense he would ikeiy
be tied to whipping post and severe
" dashed. For a second ofense ne
would endure some more lasting pun
ishment. perhaps the removal OF MS
thumbs or his ears And if ne sun
nersisted in his stubborness he would
be hanged.
There is a case on record OF man
who insisted on singning four names
every time he wrote his signature ne
nassed through all the legal stages ol
punishment until he was hnahS
hanged.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
CRICKETS SING FOR JAPANESE
Males Are Kept in Cages to Furnish
Amusement for Their
Owners.

One of the most curious things to
be seen In Japan, alike in the houses
of rich and poor, is small cage Of
bamboo fbers which houses the sing
ing cricket. The male only has the
voice." which can hardly be called a
singing voice, because the sounds
emitted are much more metallic than
those which ordinarily proceed from
the throat of bird.
The westerner who hears these
sounds for the first time starts up un-
der the impression that he IL hearing
an electric call bell an exchange
states. In order to execute his song
the cricket goes through very anus
ing performance. He raises himself
on his front feet, grasps with the 9th
ers a kind of platform" arranged in
the cage for his convenience. expands
his wingshells and rubs them against
each other with great rapidity. The
rhythm of the movement varies with
individuals, and this explains why the
sound produced offers a certain varie-
ey in meter as well as in pitch.
The Japanese have reared this in
sect from time immemorial For a
long time the expectation of these
crickets was prohibited under severe
penalties, originally because relig-
ious superstition against it existed
among the peasantry, The imperial
family has cultivated the most tuneful
species, but no one but member Of
the royal family has heretofore been
permitted TO own specimen. The
recently d ceased emperor was a de-
voice O! -; .ural history, and it is said
that he sometimes amused himself by
taking the key from the cricket and
evolving musical exercises from its
pecularities These little insects pass
the entire day in song II care is taken
to maintain their food supply, which
consists of lettuce leaves, with those
of the tomato, carrot and cucumber
Salt puts an end forever to the song
of this little insect
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21

wrote all the truth to Myra, with .
heavy heart telling her that he must
begin all over again, and they must
wait.
Two days went by but no word was
received that explained the sudden
departure of Dale Vernon. Percival
went around to the mercantile house
for which Vernon had worked. Its
head was disturbed, almost anxious at
the summary disappearance Of val
ued employe.
Percival did not have the heart nor
will to expose his friend. He simply
left the impression that Vernon must
have had a sudden call home.
Il guess it is my fate to meet with
disappointment in my friends" he
wrote Myra. You remember what l
have told you about my brother, Ru-
pert could never restrain him In
his wild speculative ways, and | have
still the mournful memory Of his In
ducing me to invest my share OF the
little money father left US. He lost
1t all in some worthless oil well. This
makes two bad inroads on my money
homes. as you see. Next time ! shall
make you my banker, and shut out
from my life every bit Of human love
except for you"
"A telegram, sir" announced a mes
senger boy lust as Percival was seal
ing up this letter.
In wonder Lane Percival read q
brief dispatch 1t was dated at a point
in Michigan and 1t was signed Duke
Vernon. II ran:
Better than left you word. we
have made It..
What word-made what? In be-
wilderment Lane Percival sought
yainly to read the riddle. A score OF
wild theories as to what might be
crossed his thoughts all that night.
Had he made a mistake? Had he mis-
Judged his tried and trusted friend, or
was this some effrontery on the part
Of his missing chum?
He slept little towards morning
He arose dull and oppressed and
bothered. There was a knock at the
door
Come in" he directed
ITS me-" announced the man who
cleaned the halls and washed the win
dows and kept the place generally in
order 81 found a letter, and a check
I guess It lie, IN the court Just now.
IN mot much OF a scholar but spell
ed out your name
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
M~SN~~~~~~xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HIS FALSE FRIEND"
lime Proved Him to Be All Good.
but Very Easily In
fluenced.
BY GEO. ELMER coee

VIII never trust a friend again."
~ was broad and bitter declaration
Nor . man, young. ambitious. in love
WIN lie and all its pleasant promises
Nuu rewards to come; yet at that su.
pfeme moment Of disappointment and
loss Lane Percival meant every word
he spoke.
ne stood In the room where he and
luxe Vernon had spent many q hone.
lul' happy hour during the past year
They had been like brothers. Each
nAo come to the city from a country
nome 70 carve a way to fortune. To
one OF them, Lane Percival. had come
as well the glory Of youth-love. deep.
tranquil. abiding. Even in that the
faithful Vernon seemed to share his
Joy and take Myra Little to his hearts
thoughts as cherished sister.
And now-this! An opened disor.
oered drawer in the bureau, an over.
turned tin box with its strong lock
oroken-and empty. Two days before
II mad contained $500, the savings of
TWO years. Percival had got leave of
absence for day to escort Myra to a
town forty miles away, where she
was to spend week with an old
scnooi friend. and he had returned to
nnd Duke Vernon faithless.
He has taken 1t ALL" muttered Per.
cival, dark browed. and his heart for
the moment was filled with cruel hate.
couldn't have believed it of him.
lie knew that drew the money out of
the bank yesterday to pay on the little
nome Myra and had decided to pur.
chase. | suppose he has also drawn
MS own funds from the bank. He
has sold his friendship, his honor, his
future for a paltry four hundred dol.
lars"
On the sill of the open window was
an overturned ink bottle, and Percival
concluded that the false friend had
been writing there a check to draw
his own savings and disappear with
everything in sight That night he
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21

Jeff de Angels met :. New YORK
newspaper man DO you remember
asked the newspaper man, "one time,
while YOU were playing in Kansas City,
Won offered SO for the best original
verse for your Women song? i
do" replied the comedian i won
that ten According to the laws OF
sction. Mr.. de Angels should have
said: I've been looking for you for
years Here's $1,000 as a retainer. l
want YOU to write me comic opera "
But he didn't What he did say WAS
well. that's so long ago | guess Ws
ran be good friends. nevertheless.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21

MY Manner repeated Percivai
vaguely.
There they are and the man
handed Percival . sheet Of paper and
Q check.
The latter was made out for $500
and signed by the missing Vernon.
The letter bore the initials Of the
same signature. and ran:
Dear Lane.
Il have q hurry call for funds, ready
cash. Urgent. A big thing. / have
taken your money and leave you
check. Expect great news"
Slowly the truth began to dawn on
the startled Percival He had cruelty
misjudged Vernon, for there was the
check, which with the letter had been
left on the window sill and had been
blown into the court. And that tele-
gram? What could have induced the
steady-going Vernon to plunge into
some venture Of speculation?
There was another summons at the
door of his humble room the next eve
ming. Some one tried the knob. Lane
Percival sprang to his feet with Q loud
ly beating heart He had recognized
q familiar footstep he had begun to
miss sorely.
He flung the door open widely. Then
he drew back. The open happy face,
the bluff hearty tone of his friend, re-
turned, were a reproach that made
him shrink from the extended hand.
Il can't do it. Duke" he said. Il
have wronged you"
"Wronged me?" rang out the CHEEKY
tones Of Vernon. when? How?"
Il believed you had stolen my mon.
ey."
I'D have done it II there had been
no other way!" cried Duke Vernon.
I've made it. No more scraping and
saving and creeping along. Look
there!"
He drew forth and Haunted before
the eyes of his bewildered friend a GER
titled check.
Ten thousand dollars!" we're the
words that dazzled the eyes of the
astonished Percival.
See who it's made out to-
Duke Vernon and Rupert Percival;
my brother!"
"Yes-the er-do-well, the wild
rover, the poor fellow lou lost faith
in. But had faith HeWas all good,
only impulsive and easily influenced.
He lost your money and his in an out
and out swindle. But that was educa-
ton. | didn't tell you, but for a year
| have been stalking him, off and on,
up in the copper mining district-as a
partner"
Lane Percival swallowed bitter
emotion tinged with shame. A strang-
er had been kinder to his wandering
brother than himself.
You wouldn't see him year ago
| when he called here" said Vernon
Hes made good-won't you see him
now"
Yes" said Lane Percival humbly
land ask you both to forgive man
who needs to begin the study of hu.
man nature all over again, to make
himself worthy of being called friend
and brother"
And Vernon went out and brought
the wanderer back with him. 1t did
not take long, even after his abject
confessions. for Duke and Rupert to
cheer up their repentant companion.
And they spent that evening in plan.
ming what a lot the $4,000, received
for a claim that the $500 had come
just in time to secure, would do for
three young, ambitious fellows and the
bonny girl who need not now wait
longer for Lanes start in life.
Copyright. 1918. by W. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
Passing Of Youth.

To me the passing of youth was es-
Gaping from torment of passion, strife
and trouble into placid content My
griefs and joys grew less violent.
ceased hunting those who had wronged
ne, and, in lesser degree, grew calm
er 10 my attachments. Undisturbed
by passions / found / could think
more clearly, be more liberal and I'M
derstand bettcr.-Amercar Iaga
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
pusbear.s Help Lower Living Costs.

The special aIdermanic committee
nnnin,od 10 investigate markets has
found that "pushcarts are an ecoholn,
=. 80 nooessitv as they tend greatly to
reduce the high cost OF living onse.
auantly the committee fayors hndlng
aarmanent markets for them owing
PEI -" longtb of time required to ac-
o az land and erect market buildings sr
the committee has selected open
snoces in the city in which to seEre
gate" the pushcaT's 'eh'p0'"
New York T!i5una'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
Fake Care! Take Care!"

soulful remorse that he had
to love Neva and had taught
love him.
never chided him when they
She told him frankly that the
they had lived was worth to
the suffering it's future men,
Ut entail. Dolph had gone to
He had confessed his mis-
their engagement. There was
IN that stony heart. Just one
ruel curl Of those proud lips,
ph Merrill knew that this siren
would never release him.
that same afternoon Neva
nt with her work basket be-
a. The sad tears fell, she be-
lost in a dreary reverie, and
y aroused when a hand stole
he porch table and seized the
aafp scissors.
Margaret" she exclaimed,
up with a start and recogniz-
poor demented woman who
% about the district, cared for
my in her lucid spells and kept
eek and key when violent.
Margaret had been crazed
the death Of her only child.
she fancied her little Nellie
u alive.
get frightened, dear" spoke
f.. quietly enough, but Neva
mat her eyes were more than
NY wild looking. II just want
Os your pretty scissors for a
Ihutes."
shat do you want them for,
w inquired Neva, doubling
suehce Of trusting what might
as a weapon in such unsafe
"a mind" answered the de-
creature, with a crafty smile.
my chance to get what I've
'Or a long time. I must get
ADDED, a sudden determined
ner eyes, "or pink, pink blood
and she waved the scissors
Adcihg way. II wouldn't harm
a!' never fear that. You have
good to me. Besides, your
uark' and here is just the
pressed Neva, eagerly
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
|lLD loves SAKE
Is of Strange Fate
.spd the Tenor Of Three
| Young Lives.
.,srus GOODRICH SHEER.
WIN.

,.ntly luxuriating in a shad-
|. arbor. reveling in all the
lido and disdain Of a siren
p,rtia Manville sat with clos
She was immersed in a tri-
vet bitter day dream that
.,guorous June afternoon. To
.,slyst of womanly character
"A not have appealed. yet no
ever denied that her 1.-THE,
form. exquisitely modelled
and. above all the rare glory
|.,eliness. her long magnificent
and cleaning like shredded
s,de of her a magnetic, queen.
rs thinking of Dolph Merrill.
,sll worth thinking of. she told
Her mind went back a year,
,itb one chapter Of her life
dark and stormy one, she
I,nb Merrill, just returning from
Roth belonged to families of
md position. The fathers and
had encouraged a love match.
Nd played her wiles we'll. She
mated the bright, open-heart-
as she had entrapped others.
happy in the meshes Of her
sons until her true character
disclosed to him. Too late he
nd that he had taken interest
,ly woman for love. He doubt
that she cared for him down
heart. But they had become
Wretched to the point of
rsak he felt his word and his
Involved. In a dull state of
he saw the days and weeks 60
must end with a mockery of
\ at the altar.
then, one glorious love-filled
when Portia had been away on
came to Dolph a full measure
kuess. First as acquaintance,
friends, and then as unspoken
Ne and Neva Throop had drift.
hours when the sight of one
was bliss complete. Then the
rskening-the return of Portia
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
80 Etvlno Machine.

The idea of the Tying m@ tsa real
thousands of years old but .. ,ns . .sa
. .atssr of the heavier-than-air acre, 70.
la ,ana was professor Langley a. a.
though the first to ae'u aacb,nes
through thUus the air =, such m ,aaa
ln ae~ The wright brothers in isV''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
Horriblel

Patience: 81 see England reports
an output of 264 volumes Of verse
yearly"
Patrice: Mercy! What won't these
suffragettes do next"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
Identified.

The men who give the excuse 'na>
nv don't care anything about an au-
tomobIle but are buying 70 pleaSe
LON ives, are perhaps the same
anea Who borrow boy to take TO 'ne
one' co,,.b Pea Ncws-Tribune'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
M, !, Power Of Toxins.

|, nousaDdth of q gram OF
.ockjaw) toxin is enough to
lss. Se weighing 1900 pounds or
- million times its weight.
IND afSable still. one-thousandth
istam of tubercular toxin
e action on a man weigh
fOulas-s. ~ trillion times it,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
Helped by Everybody.

Every great man is always being
helped by everybody, for his gift is to
get good out OF all things and all per-
sons.-Ruskin
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21

uerous Devil Piane
M pod Of the dsvfl plant q
us Groves Of animals By get
.oufinch claws" secured IN
sls Of a grazing animal and
va fatal Inflammation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
Optimism PAYS Best,

In business the one who assumes
that the world is honest will often do
better than the man who believes 1t to
be peopled with rogues
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
Olive Trsss Live Lsesssl

est-lived fruit trees. some in Syris
having borne abundant crops fer more
than four hundred years
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-21
And NoW-Thisi

wrote all the truth to Myra, with .
heavy heart telling her that he must
begin all over again, and they must
wait
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-25
Oldest Man in
Baseball Has Not
Even Seen Game

Cleveland. O.. Jan. 24.-The oldest
man connected with baseball has never
seen a game. He Is David Riblet, of
Cleveland. For twenty-five years he
has been present at every game In
lCleveland's baseball park, and on such
terms OF intimacy with the stars of
the diamond that they have called him
Dad" and Uncle" but David refers
to the stars as Mr. That's how
much of fan David Is.
If Riblet lives untl March 10 he
will be ninety years old
For the past four years he has
been the Waterman in the club rooms
Of the Maps. He says he has reached
the century mark
| But ! don't ever epect to see a
ball game" adds Riblet, quickly you
see. I'm one OF this kind of men who
always stick at their post. no mat
ter what Is happening near by them"
| For eighteen years Riblet operated
the turnstiles at the bleacher gate. He
says he sometimes grew a bit currou.
to learn what was happening wher
the thousands Of fans shrieked their
applause at some great play, but he
never deserted his post Of duty.
And now Ribiet can't tell three
base hit from a strikeout.
And I never got a chance even to
think about such a thing as baseball
until was past sixty years old" says
Rtblet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-25
Committee to Continue Work Today
MACKMEN ARE OUT
Of PEMhAMT RACE
HUGHEY JENNINGS, DETROIT
PILOT, THINKS LOSS OF coll
IINs IRREPARABLE

New York, Jan. 24.-Huehey Jcn-
nings, who sometimes plays as an
actor and at other times acts ~ q
player, Is in New York full Of hope
for the pennant.
II honestly believe the Tigers are
going to cop that flag next year." said
Hughey tonight. And ! don't want
you to think I am kidding. either.
We've got a pretty we'll balanced team
now, and with the youngsters coming
strong / don't see how any club can
beat us, unless 1t is possibly the Boe-
ton Red Sox. And the reason think
We can beat the Sox is because every
body Is picking them AZ the nex1
champion In the winter books"
Maclnson Out of Il
Don't you think the Athletics have
a chance?" he was asked.
NO, don't" he declared. The
loss of Eddie Collins win knock Con-
ME Mack out Of It, While realize
that he Is a mighty resourceful per-
son, don't believe that even Con-
ME can recover from the blow for
some time to come
Hughey is delighted with the ap-
poihtment of Joe Kelley, his old Oriols
teammate. as scout for the Yanks. He
thinks Joe one Of the best Judges of
ball players in the country.
Yes" added Hughey. and I be-
lieve Bill Donovan to be the best pos
sible selection that could have been
made for manager. He worked for
me and with men several years, and
they don't make any smarter baseball
men"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-25
YANKEES TO TRAIN
IN SOUTHERN CITY
DONOVAN WILL STAhr OUT SOON
TO SECURE SOME SUIT
ABLE LOCATION.

New York, Jan. 24.-Manager Wild
Bill Donovan. Of the New York
Americans. returned from Philadel-
phia today to resume full managerial
responsibility duties. Captain Hue
ton returns from Chicago tomorrow.
Donovan wishes to straighten out
with his chiefs corporation q num-
Der of small details before setting out
in company with Scout Joe Kelly in
search of suitable Southern training
camp.
Manager Donovan made the most
of his short respite In Philadelphia
In that city he got in touch with
Catcher Schwert, the University OF
Pennsylvania player, who finished the
season with the Yankees.
'tSchwert has practically accepted
my terms said Wild Bill today. ''and
/ believe the club will have his signed
contract within day or two"
Catcher Charlie Doom has not yet
signed with the Cincinnati Reds. He
Is not hold-out. however, having ac-
cepted Herzog's terms. Doom wishes
to have a talk with the Red leader
before he swings into line. In all
probability Third Baseman Niehoff
will be turned over to the Quakers.
Another player who has the man
agement of the Phillies on the anx-
ious seat, Is Milton Stock, who re-
Gently figured in a trade between
New York and Philadelphia that sent
Third Baseman Hans Lobert to this
city. According to reports from Chi
cago, the midget who played third
base for the Giants last season has
bolted TO the Federal League.
Robert b. Ward, president of the
Brooklyn Federal League Club. was
served in Chicago Saturday with the
papers of suit for damages brought
by the Philadelphia National League
Club. in connection with the loss Of
Pitcher Tom Seaton. This suit was
begun almost a year ago by William
r. Baker. For some reason Mr.. Ward.
the principal defendant. had not been
served. possibly because the plaintin
wishes service in the State Of Illinois.
where the case Is to be tried.
President Baker expects to con-
clude the deal this week which sent
Outfielder Sherwood Magee to the
Braves. MFR. Baker is still hopeful Of
securing the services OF Outfielder
George whitted. The Quaker presi-
dent has james f. Gaffney's permits
sion to treat with the player who has
lust forwarded a signed contract to
the Boston Club offices. The deal
originally consisted of cash consid-
GRAFTON and certain players. In case
these players should not consent to
transfer further equitable cash con-
stderation was to be paid.
The Eastern contingent Of major
league club owners returned today
from Chicago, but none would discuss
the probabla outcome of the antitrust
suit. upon which Judge lands has re-
served decision.
In view OF the fact that Judge Ian
dis has reserved decision in the case
the national commission, out OF re-
spect to the court. has postponed Its
annual meeting indefinitely.