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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-24
OATS.

The oats market felt the influence Of the
decline in wheat and corn. and final prices
vere D.. n &c net lower Tn" local can mar
ket was steady. standard quoted SOC No
3 white. $50 n 4ac 80 white. g. D.. '' - &c
fancy clipped white. SOFAS ordinary clipped
white, = Ni9c, all elevator.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Kissed His Own PLAY.

Baron de Frenilly, who figured prom
inently in France during the days of
"the terror" must surely have been the
only author who ever Kissed his own
play. This was entitled LES Trois
Tantes' and was produced at the
Vaudeville theater, Paris.
Before half of the first scene had
been played | said to myself, oh, but
this Is execrable! The public was of
the same opinion and, while my friends
kept applaudirg, Kissed with all its
strength. | ended by heartily kissing
myself, for the further the play pro-
crossed the more convinced was that
the people We're right
ION leaving the theater friend who
was not in the secret of the authorship
said to me. What a piece of extrava-
gance, what a wretched farce De
testable, | replied, and whatever he
said | went one better. 1T is said to
be by Comte de Segur,' he continued.
No. rejoined l; it was written by me.
The poor man was fixed with amaze
ment. From Baron de Frenilly's
"reminiscences
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
To Use Small Oriental Rugs.

The abuse of the small oriental rug,
no less an object of art than of utility,
Is an especially common mistake By
all logic any rug used for floor cover
ing should emphasize the function of
the floor as solid foundation under
our feet To do this it must honor and
obey the lines Of the floor, at least that
part which it decorates. Yet time and
again, where several small rugs are
used for the carpeting of room, we
find them all thrown down on the
bias, often at different angles. With
none of the sides of a rug parallel to
the bounding lines of the floor, we are
made conscious of a new decorative
idea, one built on top Of and at cross
purposes with the original one. Chairs,
tables and other pieces of furniture
must then be placed either to conform
with the position of the rugs or with
the structural arrangement of the
room; both sets of lines they cannot
follow. So, at best, we have a con
fusion of ideas, room which seems
to rest on an insecure foundation
Agnes Rowe Fairman in Good House
keeping
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Chicken Talk.

The chickens were gathered together
in the farmyard conversing with one
another, as is the custom among all
self respecting chickens who have
been brought up by careful and ju-
diciOus, mother hen.
what would home be without a
mother" asked one little fellow, look
ing tenderly at old'Mrs. Hen. who was
searching among the neighbours fresh
ly planted seeds for some dainty NOR
sci with which to treat her brood.
IAN incubator, l guess" answered
his small sister. who had inherited her
old mans unseemly sense of humor-
Pittsburgh Telegraph.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20

dynamite. Huge quantities Of the ex-
plosive liquid are kept in casks, and
the wood of these casks becomes so
highly explosive through being soaked
with the liquid that kick will blow
them to pieces. 1t is not safe to use the
empty casks again for refilling them
with the explosive, nor can they be
used in any other way, even for fire.
wood. There is only one thing, indeed
that can be done, and that is to ex-
plode the casks. They are placed on
waste ground and usually exploded by
means of Il rifle bullet fred into them
Very little of the cask remains after
the eXplosion.-LOndon Standard.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Riddle Making Epochs.

There have been epochs at which rid
die making has been more especially in
vogue, and such epochs would appear
TO occur at seasons of fresh intellec-
tual awakening. Such an epoch there
was at the first glimmering of new in.
tellectual light in the second half of
the seventeenth century. This was the
age of Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne
the first in the roll of Anglo-Latin
poets. lie left considerable number
of enicinas in Latin hexanSters Aid
helm die, in 100. Before his time
there was a collection of Latin riddles
that bore the name of Symphosius. OF
this work the date is unknown. We
only know that Aldhelm used it, and
we may infer that it was then a recent
product. The riddles Of Symphosius
were uniform in shape. consisting each
Of three hexameter lines.-Cornhill
Magazine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Citrus Canker Will Soon Be
A Thing OF The Past

sources of the authorities and give
The disease free hand He appealed
to growers to cooperate in reporting
and in preventing undiscovered cen
tiers.
There is only one protection against
such an outbreak, and that is a con-
,scientious observance of sanitary
, measures by the grower. He should
not employ labor until all clothing
Of such labor has been disinfected
Clothing, tools, equipment and all ar
ticles carried by picking crews from
one grove to another should be SIM
ilarly treated before it leaves the
premises. Farming implements,
buyers of fruit, visitors, should be
Gisinfected before entering the grove.
Mr.. Newell advised growers safety
before courtesy" and they probably
could prevent infection of their
groves.
This is the critical period in the
campaign. Growers are apt to be-
| come less vigilant just when control
seems assured. Precautions should be
observed now more rigidly even than
they were year ago. This is espec-
tally true in properties where the
disease has existed.
Frank Stirling, general inspector
for the board, gave brief review of
canker eradication work in Florida
He said that the Plant Board had
reason to believe that the disease
had been eradicated in twelve of the
twnty-one counties which were in
fected when the work was started in
1914. Mr.. Stirling said: 1T is reas-
enable to expect that, with the pres
ent methods employed, with the nee
essary funds, the number of infac-
lions steadily decreasing, and with
the continued cooperation of grow
crs, it will be only matter of time
until the disease in Florida will be
wiped cut entirely.
H. e. Stevens, plant pathologist to
the Experiment Station, reported
some of his investi2 ations concernin Z
1.-The persistence of the citrus canker
organism in the soil.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20

Gainesville, Oct. 2O.-The COM
mittee which was appointed to select
varieties of citrus fruits reported af-
ter the regular session of the Citrus
Seminar Wednesday. The commit
tee submitted their recommendation
in the form of a resolution. The va
oranges only-Parson Brown, HON.
mosassa. Pineapple. Valencia and Lue
Gin Gong. Owing to the short time
which the committee had for report
ing they did not report on grape
fruit. They preferred to wait until
more information could be had and
greater consideration could be made.
The Seminar adopted the resolution
without single dissenting vote.
This adoption of standard varie-
ties is undoubtedly the most progress
sive step which citrus growers have
taken at any meeting. 1t means the
beginning of a new era. Leo B
Scott reported that dozens of grow
ers had expressed their intentions to
follow suggestions which he made
Tuesday concerning performance rec
ords. If these growers carry out
their intentions several thousand
acres of citrus fruits will be placed
on performance during the next year.
The afternoon session Wednesday
was devoted to citrus canker. That
interest is not waning in this dread
disease is shown by the crowdd au-
ditorium during the whole session.
Wilmon Newell, commissioner to the
State Plant Board, under whose di-
rection the fight against canNer is
being made, complmented the grow
ers on the part which they have
played in conducting the campaign
for eradication and expressed appre-
citation of their help
Will Be INDICATED
Barring unfavorable developments,
Mr.. Newell expressed an opinion that
'canker would finally be eradicated.
The constant fear of workers is that
an undiscovered center of infection
exists, which will wipe out the re-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Tatoosh Island.

The most equable climate in this
country is found in Tatoosh island, in
the strait of Juan de Fuca. between
Washington and Vancouver island,
where the temperature never has been
above so degrees and rarely falls be-
low so degrees.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Musical Note.

well, landlord. how's business now
adays?"
"Oh. purity good, purity good. Had a
whole passed. o. people register yisted-
day. They was five gentlemen, three
ladies and four musicians" Musical
America
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Persons who really wish to become
angels should make start in that d.
rection while they are yet mortals.
Airy Quarters.

Wife, hate those cramped berths
in the sleeper. Couldn't we get fat.
dearf Hub-Who ever heard of fat
on a train? wife-Why, I've often
heard of fat cars.-Chicago News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Full of Dates.

Mamma" queried small Harry, who
was munching the fruit of the date
tree. IF eat lots Of these will grow
up and become a calendarT'-Kansa
City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
His Handicap.

First Golfer Ito clubmate who has
just been trimmed woefully)-Well,
what's your handicap? Second Golfer
-HoneSty.-Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
RIGHT and Wrong.

1t requires something of a hero to
give up when he is wrong and good
deal of family man to give up when
he is right-Puck.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20
Explosive Rarrels.

Nitroglycerin, though an explosive.
Is rarely used by itself, being mixed
with guncotton to form blasting CELIA
TIN or with certain earth to make
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-20

Recollection IL the only paradise
from which we cannot be turned out
-Richet
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
keep Busy" Advice
To Those Who Would
Reach Ripe Old Age

A number of well-known persons
who have passed the allotted three
score-and-ten period all have
defense against old age. Hetty Green,
the worlds richest woman, says: "The
best advice can give those who live
to an extreme old age and still retain
their mental and physical health is to
keep the mind occupied on some busi-
ness endeavor, walk as much as you
can and chew baked onion between
meals"
Chauncey M. Depew says the reason
he is so we'll at eighty, is because he
keeps busy. "My universal observa-
ton has been that men who have led
active lives and who stopped work
when they arrive at eighty years or
thereabouts, died, while those who
continued at their tasks lived for
many years more"
Mrs. Thomas Whifin, who has
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
Politicians Letters,

President Van Buren had the reputa-
ton Of being the wisest politician of
his day. His political enemies named
him the "Kinderhook Fox" Among
the political aphorisms attributed to
him was this advice to his son, popu-
larly known as prince john" my
son, never write on political matters,
If you can avoid the necessity by max
ing trip of $50 miles," This was in
stage coach days, when journey Of
$50 miles means as much in waste time
and practically in money cost as trip
across the continent means today.
Politicians generally have been popu-
larly credited with having taken this
advice to heart and followed 1t as
closely as possible; but every once in a
while something crops up to show that
the popular impression on this subject
is delusion. Politicians, like other
people, continue to write letters, and
letters written in the past continue to
appear, occasionally to the confusion
OF writer's, even when the precaution
has been taken in writing to attach
the Injunction: Burn this letter."
Often it is the letter which should have
been burned which is the one and only
one to be retained and to reach ulti-
mate publicity. !;
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
Here and There.

It is estimated that one seed of cot
ton, given the application of all pos
sible care and skill, would produce
40,000,000 seeds in six years.
To enable physician to carry medi-
cines without using customary case
a cane has been invented in which
there is tubular metal slide to hold
Walls.
Air sirens for short distance signal
ing have been invented by a French
man and. mounted on the masts of
ships have been heard as far away
as two miles.
Glass that will not splinter when
broken is being made in France by
pressing together under heat two
sheets Of glass with sheet of cell
luloid between them.
An ingenious new guard for finger
rings is worn inside ring and presses
against the finger to prevent it turn.
ing, at the same time being almost
invisible.
It costs Paris nearly 100000 a year
to care for the trees on it's streets
and boulevards and in it's parks, more
than 1000 new ones being planted
annually.
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
PoUrTRYNoTFS
lNW6& 81 3aoao

Do not be continually disturbing the
sitting hen or turkey, or duck or goose,
but leave them pretty much to them.
selves and they will make better job
of Matching.
Turkey roosts should be located to-
ward the roof, allowing only ample
space for the birds to stand erect.
Don't be afraid Of overfeeding the
ducks. They should be fed four or
five times day.
Good water is a necessity at all
times in the poultry yard, and don't
forget the loose, dry earth for the dust
bath.
Ducklings and goslings should never
be allowed to swim, even In warm
weather, because it will set back their
growth
Be sure that the hovers in the brood.
ers are cleaned every day and disin-
fected once or twice a week.
After the chicks are few days old a
run out on clean green grass in the
open air every fair day is necessary
for their health and growth.
Chicks with hens or in brooders
should have ample indoor run so that
they can secure plenty of exercise dur.
ing bad weather.
Ten turkey eggs may be set under
a good five-pound hen.
All portable chicken houses should
be elevated to keep out the rats.
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
4 New Remedy for Kidney,
Bladder & all Uric-Acid Troubles

Successfully Used by Many Physicians and
Surgeons in Their Hospital Practice.
DR.. Weir Mitchell once said: vWhat
we call diseases are only symptoms of
conditions. Allow the mans vitality to
be reduced to a certain point, and he is
ripe for any of these weaknesses, or GER
tain conditions which we call disease"
Thru failure of kidneys to act, thru
congestion, inflammation, any PERSONS
condition is ripe for disease to fasten
it's hold upon the system.
At DIR. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and
surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, there
has been tested for the past few years
a new remedy for kidney, bladder, uric
acid troubles, rheumatism, gout, and
such ailments as follow, and so many
cases both acute and stubborn have
Welded to this wonderful remedy that
Doctor Pierce decided to name it
vAn-Uric," and arrange for it's dis
tribution to the public through medi-
cine dealers everywhere.
If backache, scalding urine or fre-
quent urination bother or distress you,
or if uric acid in the blood has caused
rheumatism, gout or sciatica, if you
suspect that you have kidney or blad-
der trouble, write Doctor Pierce, at
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, send a
sample of urine, and describe symp-
toms. A physician and chemist will
examine it without charge and you
will be under no obligation whatever.
These vAn-Uric" Tablets cannot fail to
help you, because their action fushes
the kidneys of impurities and puts
strength into them.
Obtain a 50-cent box of these tablets
to day from your druggist here in
town. From personal observation in
large hospital practice, Doctor Pierce
knows these tablets will give you
speedy help if you are suffering from
uric acid trouble, and to show his
sincere faith this prescription is sold
under positive guarantee to any per-
son who has taken a full box and has
not been helped.
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
CALOMEL MAKES
YOU SICK, UGH!
"Dodson's Liver Tone" better
than calome1 and can not
salivate.

Calomel loses you day! You know
what calomel is. It's mercury; quick
silver. Calomel is dangerous. It
crashes into sour bile like dynamite,
cramping and sickening you. Calomel
attacks the bones and should never be
put into your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish, con-
stipated and all knocked out and be-
lieve you need dose of dangerous
calomel just remember that your drug
gist sells for so cents a large bottle
of Dodson's Liver Tone, which is en-
tirely vegetable and pleasant to take
and is a perfect substitute for calomel.
1t is guaranteed to start your liver
without stirring you up inside, and
can not salivate.
Don't take calomel! It makes you
sick the next day; it loses you days
work. Dodson's Liver Tone straight
ems you right up and you feel great
Give it to the children because it is
perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
Mark Twain DANDY"
But Also a Student
In His Pilot Days

Old pilots of that day remembered
Samuel Clemens as a slender, fine
looking man, well-dressed, even dandi-
fed, generally wearing blue serge,
with fancy shirts, white duck trousers
and patent leather shoes. A pilot could
do that, for his surroundings were
speckless, says Albert Bigelow Paine
in st. Nicholas.
The pilots regarded him as a great
reader-a student of history, travels
and the sciences. In the association
rooms they often saw him poring over
serious books. He began the study
of French one day in New Orleans
when he discovered a school of Ian
guages where French, German and
Italian were taught, one in each Of
three rooms. The price was $25 for
one language, or three for $50 The
student was provided with q set Of
conversation cards of each, and was
supposed to walk from one apartment
to another, changing his nationality
at each threshold.
Tne young pilot, with MS usual en-
thusiasm, invested in all three Ian
guages, but after few round trips de-
cided that French would do. He did
not return to the school, but kept the
cards and added textbooks. He studied
faithfully when off watch and in port,
and his old river notebook, still pre-
served, contains number of advanced
exercises neatly written out.
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
BRAZIL A LAND OF PROMISE
Tremendous Possibilities That the
Future Holds for the Great Re-
public to the South.

Brazil is not Spanish America. It
is Portuguese America, and the repub-
lie of Brazil is distinct and separate.
No one unacquainted with Brazil
seems to realize what tremendous
area it represents and to confuse it
with the west coast and even the River
Plate is to make a commercial mis-
take.
In the very first place, experience
with Spanish America does not neces-
sarily carry an intimate acquaintance
with Portuguese America. Brazil by
itself deserves all the time man can
give to it. For instance, there is south
Brazil, which includes the states Of
Rio Grande do Sui, Santa Catharina
and Parana, and the new railroad
which crosses them is opening up q
good territory for future settlement.
Rio Grande do Sui and Puerto Allegro
do not control the whole of this in
terror.
1t must be studied with the same
purpose which was given to Washing
ton and Oregon a generation ago. The
climate is not dissimilar, nor, in a
broad sense, are the civilizing infu-
ences at work very dissimilar. It is
not unlike parts Of Peru, Ecuador and
Bolivia.
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
Making a Room Look Cool.

Everybody has noticed that some
houses look cooler in summer than
others. Upon examination 1t will
generally be found in the house which
always looks cool and livable that for
one thing there is no heavy stuffed
furniture that has to be covered up
each summer. No room looks cozy
and comfortable with all the furniture
shrouded in those tan-and-white-sriped
covers that many people think they
must put on in June.
Nor can room look cool and home
like with long bare windows. Instead
of heavy lace curtains that must be
washed painstakingly each spring,
stretched on frame and put away till
fall, there may be used plain hemmed
or hemstitched curtains made of
cheesecloth. They are as easy to wash
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
Refurbishing the Couch.

Don't be discouraged If your couch
cover seems hopelessly soiled. It isn't
ruined by any means. One girl, who
expected to become a bride shortly
after she received her degree at col
lege. was saving her couch because the
cedar lining was so handy for linens
and frocks. But the bespotted exte-
rior Of faded green denim caused her
much annoyance. A friend suggested
recovering the whole thing in tones to
match the girls boudoir. Now It is o
charming affair in delft blue-and-white
striped chintE, with full, ruf1ed W
lance at the front, and oval pillows,
made from leftover pieces Of the
same.
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
herrxIan Wavce.

Hertzian waves are electric waves,
30 called from Heinrich Hertz (1857-
1894), a German engineer and scien-
tist, who first demonstrated the posi-
bility of wireless telegraphy. In the
course Of his investigations he dem
onstrated some new principles regard
ing the transmission of light and cleo
tricity, and his premature death was
regarded as distinct loss to science.
Wireless telegraphy is sometimes
called Hertzian telegraphy. The pres
ent Marconi method of telegraphing
without wires is by means of "Hert-
zian waves" which pass through the
ether-the medium that fills all space,
and remains after air has been ex-
hausted. The apparatus generates
and transmits these waves, the exis-
tence and operation of which were
first demonstrated by Hertz.
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
Window Washing Science
In This Big Steel Mill

There are 100000 window panes in
the Bethlehem Steel company's mills,
and formerly these windows were
washed at irregular intervals by men
who worked on day wages and did
whatever amount of labor they chose.
Today the company has charts OF all
those windows and, by experiment, has
determined the time and the number
of men needed to wash the glass in
each building. The work is standard
lied. The price set for washing the
windows in one Of the immense ma
chine shops is SAB. The work is now
done on schedule, the windows are
kept clean (for steel mills), and the
increased light inside has perceptible
effect on production. The cost is about
one-fifth what it formerly was, per
unit OF window space.
The Parker post., 1916-08-19
CAMPING TRIP BEATS HUSBAND
HUNTING ON PIAZZA OF HOTEL
BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.
Copyright, 1861

young girls, under the care of genial
woman of middle age, can enjoy sea-
son of camp life just as heartily and
thoroughly as young men can.
The exhilaration Of outdoor life puts
wonderful amount of vim in girls
even languidly disposed. There's
newness in responding to the tin horn
which means up and out at five o'clock
in the morning. The camp is always
pitched near brook and the way the
girls make dash for it for their morn
ing dip makes an experienced sprinter
open his eyes with amazement. Oh,
the joy of dashing and splashing the
face in that cool, sparkling brook wa
ter.
The girl who could only take choco-
late, toast and an egg the first morn
ing after her arrival could eat a whole
chicken and all the good things that
go with it after she has led the exhil-
arating life week. In camps where
money is not considered, a cook Is
taken along, but where young girls
must count their pennies each girl
takes her turn at getting the meals,
showing how expert she is in the
culinary art, and she is pleased to do
it.
There are marching trips to some
good farmhouse every day or so.
which means all the milk they can
drink-gratis usually-and as many
fine vegetables for dollar or so az
they can carry back with them. They
are such fine, healthy, happy girls
when they break camp and come
home! No wonder they get, without
trying, the good, sensible husbands the
hotel girls angled for in vain.