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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
~ Find It Hard to Occupy Myself"

noble grove of walnut trees on the
other half. No one had ever dreamed
Of leasing, buying or occupying it.
But Ralph resolved now to make
his home upon It, Was It not prop
erty, and his own? BY diligence might
he not wrest some return for his hard
work? The prize, Myrtle, seemed far
enough away, for Allen Bruce had a
decided advantage over him. Still he
must live. he must make a beginning,
and the end of a month saw a rude
but comfortable cabin erected at the
extreme north end of Lonely island.
At the end of another month Ralph
had cleared a five-acre stretch of it's
underbresh, preparatory to doing
some real farming the next season.
One day he received a visit. 1t
was from a man Familiarity known as
Quaker Wilson. The latter was an
intensely religious and Industrious
man, an old bachelor, odd in some of
his ideas, but thoroughly honest and
dependable
"Dering," he said, in his quaint,
open way, Il want you to set me at
work"
Ralph smiled at the mere sugges-
ton.
why, Mr.. Wilson, l find 1t hard to
occupy myself"
Il know that" nodded Wilson, but
I've got contract to bring you that
may change conditions. You know
they are building levee down be-
yond Millville.'
I heard so, yes
"They are looking for material to
fill in Rock is too scarce and ex-
pensive. ! got an idea. Nothing is
better for a base between the piles
than willows | have convinced the
contractors of this They have agreed
to supply a scow and pay well for
every boatload we supply. The cut
ting is epsy and will stick right with
YOU and live here for twenty-five per
cent of the returns.
II was a better bargain than Ralph
had at first calculated. At the begin
hing of November, after thirty days
! lard work, he had the satisfaction
Of having cleared over five hundred
dollars from this unexpected windfall.
Then came second seeming stroke
Of fortune. A stranger rowed over to
! the island one day and introduced him
self to Ralph as the agent of for
eign government He wished to buy
all the standing timber on the island.
Ralph was puzzled and amazed at the
extravagant price named and said SO.
ITS simple" was the prompt ex-
planation. Our hardware factory
has a big war order-for guns. We
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
To Make Metallic Mannesiunn

factory has been established at
Niagara Falls for the manufacture of
metallic magnesium. which is the
lightest metal known, and is said to
have many qualities superior to alum
mum. The output of the factory has
been contracted for by the French
government until the end of the war.
the material to be made use of in the
manufacture OF aeroplane parts. After
the demand for this purpose has
ceased the company will engage in the
manufacture of household utensils,
and some interesting novelties will be
brought out, il is said.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Recoanlze Superloritx-

In Yellowstone park, the brown
bears retreat hastily from the hotel
garbage piles when black bears cave
In sight. and the latter. In turn.
get themselves gone at the
approach Of the silvertips. II is an in
teresting little social system. estab-
lished on the primordial basis Of fear.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Ideal Metal for Yachts

Monel metal, an alloy resembling
nickel, will probably replace steel and
bronze for the construction of yachts.
1t is tougher than nickel steel. does
not corrode, and retains its bright
ness. aluminium. the lightest of
yacht plates, lasts only a short time
in contact with salt water.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Presidents and Soldier.

WASHINGTON, Monroe and Jackson
soiolers in the Revolutionary
T war; jackson. W. H. Harrison, Tyler
iayior and Buchanan in the War of
.0io; Lincoln in the Black Hawk
war; Taylor, Pierce and Grant in the
me1ican war; Grant, Hayes, Garfield.
arthur b. Harrison and Mckinley in
the Civil war. and Roosevelt was in
the war with e
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
AZ = stannstiIl-

Mr.. Henry Cay Pinckney, an Afro
American OF deepest ebon hue. lay
very ILL., The mistress of the planta-
ton called TO ascertain his condition.
How is your husband this morning,
Marinda?" she asked. Mis- Jane, dey
hain't no improvement one way or de
yudder."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Goethe and Burns.

Goethe and Burns were both sin the
font rank" of great men Goethe
lived to a venerable age, while Burns
died in the thirties, but both were first
class artists, and proved it. The name
of sScotlands Darling" win live as
long as that OF the German olympian-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
British Dislike Innovation

When interviewing first became a
feature Of Journalism in Great Britain.
English leader writers denounced it
as the most dreadful form which
american impertinence had yet as
sumed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Chime and Chimes.

1t is not positively incorrect" to
use the word chimes. I'VE have heard
the chimes at midnight, Master Shall
low" exclaimed Falstaff; and the
Chimes of Bruges' is an expression
that has been used correctly" enough.
too a thousand times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Look for Matches

Don't put away mems or boys cloth.
ing Tor the winter or summer without
hrst searching the pockets for
matches. Mice will gnaw matches for
the phosphorus. Bad fires are often
started by them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Pines Purify Air.

According to Finnish scientist, the
air around pine trees is purer than
that around others because their
needles disseminate electricity into
the atmosphere.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Under the OIIctotb

Oilcloth when used to cover tables
will last much longer il the tables
first be covered with paper, well
rubbed with machine oil to keep tho
under side of the oilclo h moist.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
The Aspect.

MY family has very high de-
scent"
Yes, | understand 1t took a big
tumble"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Daily Thouuht,

Mankind is always happier for hav-
ing been happy. So that IL you make
men happy now you make them happy
90 years hence by the memory OF IT.
Sydney Smith.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-28
Sharks Fear the sni,sh

II man falls into the water and
s ss' a shark will wait until he
him. o'ihs u ear
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
villa Marches On.
{ Boston Transcript

If Paneho Villa keeps on growing
strategically as fast as he has been
growing in the past month he will soon
settle the fate of our protege Carranza,
and will put up a new governmental
problem to Mr.. Wilson-to be not set
tied, no doubt, in the usual manner
Villa is proving himself to be regu-
lar Mexican Hindenburg in the matter
of taking towns. Chihuahua was taken
and abandoned-merely raided and loot
ed, but thus serving the bandit s pur-
pose better than any attempt to for
tify and hold it. The plumber of Chi
huahua enabled Villa to accumulate
supplies and recruit men enough to take
Parral and finally Torreon, which, be-
ing very much more central and a great
er railway center, was more to the ban
dit S purpose. And now we have him
300 miles away at San Luis Potosi,
which is in the very heart of Mexico,
and at the rate~at which he seems to be
advancing is next door to the Carranza
stronghold and governmental seat at
Queretaro. If he can hold San Luis and
the country around it Villa can raid
/ Tampico, on the gulf coast, at any time
which means that he can hold the oil
business in his hands. 1t is probable
that the conquests of Villa are being
conducted only on a raiding basis-a
basis of pure banditry. But they prove
at least that there is no Carranza force
i'll northern Mexico that is capable OF
resisting him. Nothing but the weari
mess of the population of the well-set
tied part of Mexico will ever enable
Carranza to get upon a de facto basis
in that part of the country, and if the
poems of that region once make III
their minds that Villa is the coming
man they will flock to his standard an(
turn Carranza into a refugee in very
short time. What then? A period OF
watchful waiting upon de facto Villa
Probably.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

The fact that every cash register
in use in the country would have to
be rebuilt or newly designed cash
register substituted in order to provide
for the proposed 2H-eent piece is one
of the strongest arguments that is being
used against the adoption of the new
coin. There are said to be more than
100000 cash registers now in use and
the number is being added to at the rate
of about 800 daily. If there seemed to
be a genuine and legitimate demand for
a coin Of that denomination to fill some
pressing need the effect on the cash reg
lister situation probably would be mat
I ter of secondary consideration, but sc
/ far as can be discovered such demand
as exists based wholly on the theory
/ that 2I2-cent coin would effect a saw
ing of a half cent for the purchaser il
some eases. Tie public has not as yet
begun to howl for it, and it is much tc
be doubted if public convenience woult
be greatly served or any public advan
tage accomplished by the coinage of thu
freak piece.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
Gets More Mail Than President.

In the January American Magazine
a writer says: Spillman is the chief
of the office of farm management in the
bureau of plant industry at the depart
ment of agriculture It all sounds in
conspicuous enough. But Spillman gets
more mail than the President of the
United States His province is u an
swer questions. He knows more than
any other man in the country about
how to make the farm pay And so he
doesn I run farm, but tells others how.
There may be others who know just as
much as Spillman about how to run
a farm in a given locality, but Spillman
knows Just what to do in any part of
the whole United States. Take a map
of the Whole country, shut your eyes.
and jab pin into any place on the map
at random. II You happen to stick it
into farm land, Spillman could go there,
take charge of-the place, and make it
pay a profit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
SeIf-ControI Iackino

Sometimes the girl who excuses GER
tain shortcomings on the ground that
she is nervous, only needs more self
control. Most people who never put
the brakes on could easily form the
habit of crying when disappointed or
scolding when vexed. Before you call
on the doctor for those. fiy-away
nerves, be sure that the whole trouble
is not that you are failing to exercise
the constant self-control necessary for
all but the most phlegmatic.-Girls
Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

Admiral Dewey celebrated his 10Th
birthday anniversary this week. Yer
monters felt great pride in Dewey at
one time, and it is recognized now that
he was the hero of Manila bay battle,
that he showed rare judgment in con
Quoting the battle and in cutting the
cable wires so that the office men in
Washington could not interfere with
him. When it comes to sentiment for
his native state, however, Dewey shows
about as much red blood and tingling
nerve as q white turnip.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

The annual discharge of thousands of
store girls and extra clerks which takes
place after the Christmas shopping sea
son in most of the cities, viii not oc-
cur TO any great extent this year. The
cause of this is that the shortage of
labor has convinced department stores
and wholesale houses that to replace
their extra help later in the season will
Ice next to impossible, ..-u
~ For this reason the extra help viii be
carried ON the payrolls for a few weeks
ut a comparative loss until such time
as 'thevs ure~needed and needed barly.
The yearly sales come within a few
weeks and then the department stores
send out appeals for thousands of eX-
ira clerks. Those who have worked
during the Christmas rush season are
/ generally available. This year the
shortage of help is so great that the big
houses were barely able to fill their ex-
/ ira lists, and now that this help has
once been secured the heads of the big
establishments are going to hold THEN
help until late in the spring. Many OF
the wholesale houses have carried theil
extra employees during the Christmas
shopping when business in the whole
sale places is practically at standstil
until the spring rush Of goods come
directly after the beginning of the year
This they have done as precautionary,
measure, as they feel convinced tina
once their employees were allowed to g
they would not be able to get them back
owing to the scarcity of help.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

The New Year will bring in the first
week q session Of the Vermont Iegisla-
turc. Some members ought to remember
that "they also serve who only stand
and wait. - One of the great troubles,
productive Of long sessions and heavy
expense to the state, is that every mem
Der thinks he must do something out of
the ordinary to demonstrate to his con
stituents that he has tmade record. "
Unless the member has something of
real Importance which he believes
would rebound to the great advantage
of the state it would be advisable for
him to attend to business all the time,
and especially the meetings of the com
mittees to which he is assigned. 1t
isn't necessary to make spread-eagle
speeches or to introduce a lot Of bills
to be valuable and esteemed member
OF the general assembly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
J BRATTLEBORO DAILY REFORMER,

As the war goes on the development
of the munition industry in Canada in
creases nightly. That country now has
1850 munition factories, 600 of which
are working directly for the Imperial
Munitions Board. Orders for war ma
terials have been placed in every prov
ince except Prince Edward Island. The
amount of money expended for MUM
tons in Canada this year will be more
than two and half times as great as
all the expenditures of the Dominion
government in a normal year before the
war. AS. practically all of this great
munitions supply is shipped from Hal
flax the great Importance of this porr
can be realized.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
The Proof of It.
Boston Post J

1t will be noted by those who see
deeply into such things, that the strong
jingoes on both sides of the European
struggle criticize President Wilson s
recent note to the belligerents in di-
rectly opposing ways.
In Germany such men as Count Won
Reventlow and General Bernhard de
clare that the President s note is moth
ing but a step to save the allies from
disaster. In England such men as
Lord Northcliffe assert that the same
note is clearly an effort to save Ger
many from the beating she deserves.
And If those two estimates are not
sufficient proof of the absolute fairness
and impartial neutrality of Mr.. Viii
son s peace appeal, what could be?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
80. 10 y
Work of Humane Societies.
Barre Times.


Now and then the good work that is
being accomplished by the humane so
ciety of the state of Vermont or some of
its branches is brought to attention
through prosecution of serious cases in
various courts. Prosecuting officers in
many instances are too slow in bringing
action for alleged violation of the law
in this respect, and therefore it devolves
upon the agents of the humane society
to start action. Sometimes, indeed.
the humane society agents work up the
whole evidence in the ease and then ask
the prosecuting officers to put on the
finishing touches III court. Be it said to
their advantage, too, that they are gem
orally so careful in their investigation
that no mistake is made that will need
restifying when the cases come into
court. Probably large part of the good
work accomplished never gets into gen
eral publicity because of the fact that
persons notified of neglect of, or cruel
ty to, their domestic animals prefer to
have the matter kept as quiet as posi-
/ bic and, consequently, promise to do bet
| ter by their animals. In any event
! splendid results are reached The hui
name societies of Vermont deserve
greater support. both moral and finan-
| cial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
IS and Sealin6 uaX : Of cabbaSes- & kings
THE CARD p A r It Y
Howard Liam

Fhe card party is popular form of
entertainment by which people are en-
ahled to get rid OF an accumulation
of excess time which is not worth
more, at the most. than 10 cents on the
dollar.
Owing to the rapid development of
the art of making money in two jumps
III this country. a whole lot of time
which once was hard to keep III storage
is now running around loose, looking
for work. When a man who has always
been accustomed TO working sixteen
hours a day wakes up and finds that
81 200 invested in shrapnel stock has
left him without anything to do ex-
cept hunt first mortgage loans, his spare
time becomes a greater burden than the
| taxes on 4 string of saloons in dry
state.
The card party answers every pur-
pose of consuming large chunks of time
which the owner would be glad to rent
| Tp,p4aa+ad Ivr' Tho
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
Member Of the Associated press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.,
G. W. Cleaveland, d. r. Cutler & Co.
CEsteyyille), Brooks House Pharmacy.
West Brattleboro, J. l.. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. Z. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
NeWfane, N NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, G. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
Jamaica, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. b. Burum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W.
Streeter
Hinsdale, NJ. H., w. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VI, Depot Restaurant
Bertoltno & Bertolino.
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
Enosburg Standard. }

ItnosDuFS SLanuaFd.I
In the death of Clarke C. Fits OF
Brattleboro, the state of Vermont
loses another strong and useful citizen,
a man that it can i'll spare. Fitted by
nature and trained to be a leader, Mr..
Fits was one in the best sense of the
term, for in everything that was calcu-
lated to promote good government and
the upholding of high civic ideals he
was Jealous and untiring. Men like
Clarke c. Fits are an honor to the com.
monwealth, and their life and public
service maintain her best traditions
His death is untimely and Vermont
moums.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

room in that office could be utilized 70
advantage for town clerk purposes ex-
elusiveiy if the county agent could be
provided with equally or more acces-
sible quarters elsewhere in the build
ing. 1t is also likely that the board of
trade might be interested in establish
ing permanent headquarters under the
same roof. Certainly it would be advan-
quartered that it could maintain gen,
cral information bureau for the hene-
| fit alike of townspeople and visitors.
| Only a day or two ago Brattleboro
mother asked The Meddler why it was
that a safe and conveniently located
skating rink could not be provided fol
the youngsters of the town, and Tho
/ Meddler was obliged to reply that there
WASH t any reason except that nobody
seemed interested enough in the propo
sition to take hold Of it. While at
tcmpts to food sections Of the rive
have not proved successful, the fact re
mains that other towns and cities con
struct and maintain throughout the win
ter iee-rinks that afford Youngsters ant
grown-ups alike a great amount o
healthful outdoor recreation, and tn
winter weather conditions in thes
+nvvne apd oi+;ac ora ne 9:3Sara,+ Froy
those that prevail here. fa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

1nc u " u L IL =
were especially Happy because they
had new Sleds. Every single one OF
them had a new Sledl And when
Night would come, out the Gobilns
would go and Slide down the Hills. As
they would Slide they would sing:
''Heigh-Ho. Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho,
Down the Fastest Hills we Go.
It's the Time of the Year,
When were all of Good Cheer,
For the Shows on the Ground,
And great Fun can be Found
A good Snowfall Fight,
Is indeed a Delight,
But the Best Fun is Still
To Slide down Hill.
"Again and again the COLLINS Sang
this Song. They went down the Hill
Separately and then they would Join
together and go down. Often they
would Tumble, but they would get UP
again. Laughing and Brushing the
Snow off.
THE Moon came out and Blinked at
them and Grinned as he said, We'll,
this does me Good. An old Fellow like
myself Enjoys giving light TO the Cob
has. They so Enjoy Winters Night
"And the COLLINS turned SOmer-
saults in the Snow, and said, Thank
You, Mr.. Moon
"And Night after Night they met
and Coasted down Hills, and even on
some Evenings they had Skating Par
| ties.
! 'Now and again they had SNOWFALL
Fights, and then old Mr.. Moon would
! Roar with Delight. Now, no one
| could hear the Moon Laugh, but lit
! tie Goblin-or some such Creature
But I am sure if any of US had been
! Looking at the Moon on one of these
evenings we would have said his Grin
was very very wide, and that he
looked as if he were Enjoying himself
| Hugely.
Zone Evening, though, when they
We're having a great deal of Fun, anC
the old Snow King had come dow
from his Home in the Snow Clouds Il
! enjoy the Fun, Toody Goblin said
COLLINS. we have Work to dor
"'What must we do?' asked the Cob
Inns, stopping to Listen to Toody.
cit is very near the time of tn
Year when Children get Stockings
and they are filled with Goodies t
Eat. And there are Christmas Trees
and Parties and Candy and Nuts an
all sorts of things
''Toody Goblin would have gone o
telling of the other things, but he wa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

cut on shares But it also serves an
other valuable purpose in enabling peo-
pie to get better acquainted with each
other, After people have played cards
together during the entire winter they
will learn TO know and love each other
better and appreciate the home life
Of some Of our first families.
In the country the card game is run
for fun, while in the city it often
means new set Of squirrel furs for
the winter. Nobody can play cards for
money outside of the large centers of
population and remain in the church.
but in the city auction bridge is con
sidered as harmless as crocheting a
pair of bedroom slippers ON the front
porch. The most serious objection of
the friendly card game is the loss OF
sleep and temper involved. but this i
probably no, worse than remaining at
home and arguing the woman 5 sui
frage question with a belIigerent and
thick headed husband
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

Instead of swearing off on some petty
habits when you strike the New Year
put your good intentions into one grand
resolve to make 1917 the best year you
have ever lived. And the best you can
make of life is to be of some service to
other people.