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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
(By Associated Press

London, Aug. S.-lTo relieve the
chancellor of the exchequer of some
OF the responsibility for the issue of
exchequer bonds, war leans etc
still another Office is practically GER
tain to be added to the cabinet in
the form of the ministry of loans
according to a political writer in the
weekly Dispatch.
The ministry OF loans will he tho
third new cabinet Office to have beep
created during the war, the other
two being the Ministry of Munitions
and the Ministry of Blockade. In
the ordinary course, the addition
would mean a cabinet Of "a. but in
future it is regarded as certain that
the chancellorship of the Duchy of
Lancaster will be filled by a minister
holding second Office, thus keeping
the number down to %.
McKinnon Wood has always held
that thrift should be the concern NJ
the state. His capacity for the new
office rests on extensive business ex-
perience, he having carried on the
family business as a merchant sue
cessfully. His aptitude was reflect
ed in his work as a member OF the
finance committee of the London
County Council. His business
knowledge is widely recognized. and
ne has contributed papers on com
mercial subjects to various publiea-
tons He would make every effort
TO induce the small investor to take
up war loan and exchequer bond is
sues. He displayed especial interest
n the scotch war loan committees
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
DO YOU FEAR HAPPINESS ?

Remember o. Henry's neuresthen-
ic? The one who, just as soon as he
began to feel normally content with
the world said to him: This won't
do. I'm sick man. What right have
1 to be happy?"
Well, be assured o. Henry took
that character from real life.
There's the business man who
pauses in the midst of unparalleled
prosperity to indulge a fear of a
slump when the war ends.
There's the mother who, with her
children rosy-cheeked and chubby
limbed, shudders at the cold they are
sure to have next winter.
There's the man with good job
who can't shake off the thought that
younger chap will push him out
ten years hence.
There's the young wife who won
ders if John will love her when her
hair turns gray. And there's John,
himself, who is convinced his young
wife will be cheated out Of his life
insurance in case of his death.
The fear of unhappiness is no more
widespread than the fear of happi-
ness. Thousands and thousands of
well-fed, well-clothed, well-housed
folk, fortunate in their work and in
their friends, seem to regard their
we'll being as a sort of charm that
will be broken if for but moment
they give way to rejoicing. They are
afraid to be happy.
Now you can point out an elevator
shaft and say to man: Don't fall
down that shaft" But obviously it
isn't so easy to say don't to a
thought, habit of mind. Resolving
not to thing certain thought may,
serve only to fix that thought all the
deeper in the mind.
And so, if you would erase fear
thoughts from your mind, you must
reject the don't" resolution and
adopt the do" You must entertain
those positive thoughts that, of
themselves, contradict your fears.
You must resolve to have confidence
in the future. You must resolve to
have faith, without which all the
good fortune in the world cannot
make you happy.
The deluge may indeed descend.
If faith has made you brave, you will
build yourself an ark But if on the
other hand lack of faith has made
you a coward, even a ready-built ark
won't help you. In the fear it will
sink. you'll refuse to board it.
Afraid of happiness? Faith, ac-
tive, positive belief that the good of
the present is prophet to the good of
the future, alone can rid you of that
fear st. Petersburg Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
AN ANTI-GossIP CRUSADE

A young girl recently killed her
self in an English village. The coro-
ner's jury, however, brought in the
verdict: KILLED by idle gossip" The
girl had been guilty of nothing actu-
ally wrong, but 1.-The gossip dissent
mated by the women of the village
blackened her name until she could
bear the suspicious looks and spoken
taunts no longer, and so she ended
her life" The event caused an anti
gossip crusade, an account Of which
appears in Parsons Weekly (Lon-
dom:
"a society has been formed and
rules drawn up. The entrance fee
has been fixed at nominal sum, be-
cause the society desired to embrace
all classes, both rich and poor Our
richer women are just as adept at
robbing others of their character as
are the women of the working class
es who chat with each other from
their respective door-steps.
"The organizers are quite hopeful
of minimizing the number of gossips,
because they are convinced that the
worst offenders talk scandal more
from matter of habit than through
any really malicious desire to injure
another.
Members must take a vow to
avoid either starting or spreading
any unkind remarks about any one
else, nor will they listen to a per-
son who tries to tell them. To re-
peat what they have heard, even if
known to be true, is equally as bad
as to set the ball rolling. For the
first ten breaches of this law a fine
is imposed, graduating from a shill-
ing up to the maximum fine of ten
shillings. After ten slips the women
are to be blackballed as incurables.
IF we pick up mud and throw it
at a fashionably dressed lady and
spoil her clothes she can get redress
through the law; no well-brought-up
woman, however, never dreams of
throwing mud at her friends.
'If, on the other hand, we imagine
that she is too Eighty in her behav-
Tor, and, in order to strengthen our
belief, we repeat all her trivial lit
tie indiscreet actions, we are fiinging
mud at her character, land she can
get no redress unless it should hap
pen to interfere with the earning of
her livelihood, or can be proved
malicious act.
idle gossip does more harm than
anything else in the world, and if
the organizers of the anti-gossip
crusade have only the perseverance
and courage to make it universal
they will do inestimable good for the
general happiness of the community.
Character, like all else, should
begin at home, and those who can
not join the crusade should begin in
their own family circle and resolve
not to think ill of their friends, &C
or those of whom they
have little knowledge. When ugly
tales are told them these should be
forgotten.
Before making a statement about
any one do not forget to let it pass
the three golden gates: is it true?'
is it needful?' and is it kind?'
"These form the motto of the an
crusade"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
FOR observation-disclosures farm. for
improved Lakeland property.
Phone S7S Green. $500
Horse Was There

The drawing teacher recently used a
small toy horse as a model for the
nrst-grade drawing lesson. She was
walking down the aisle and watching
the progress of the pupils when she
came to Bob, who had drawn a differ
emit object. Why, Bob" she asked.
what have you drawn" "A barn"
said Bob" but why didn't you draw
the horse?" Can't you see," said Bob
disgustedly. the horse is in the barn ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
Classified
Advertising
FOR SALE

BIG REDUCTION in prices by Ford
Motor Co.: Touring car $403.75;
Roadster $3SS.75. Complete with
gas, oil, etc., all ready to hit the
road. These remarkably low prices
will mean rush for cars all over
the country, so better place your
order early if you want prompt de-
livery.
LAKELAND AUTOMOBILE &
SUPPLY CO., Distributors.
5677
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
Miscellaneous.

am prepared to do all kinds of
well work from four inches up. All
work guaranteed. Have had years of
experience, and my work has always
given satisfaction.
w. H. STRAIN, Lakaleand Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-One apartment in the
Colonial fiat overlooking Lake
Morton. Six rooms, including bath
room, electric lights and gas
range. Apply to s. M. Stephens.
5644
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
GOOD ROADS MEETING
AT MARIANNA TODAY

Tallahassee, Aug. 1O.-Hon ]. ID.
Smith of Mariana, secretary OF the
Florida state road department mas
extended invitations to each of the
boards of county commissioners OIL
the counties of western Florida, from
Escambia to Madison county inclu'
sive, to attenl the good roads confer
ence to be held in Mariana today.
The conference of county commits
sioners and members of the state
road department which will meet In
special session will be one TO the
greatest Importance to the develop
ment of the counties Of this section
of the state 1t is hoped some con-
certed plan will be agreed to by which
a connected system of highways Will
be- constructed entirely across north
ern Florida from Pensacola to jack
,sonville.
The program is as follows:
Thursday, August 10, joint confer
ence of state road department and
members of boards Of county commits
sioners.
10000 a. m-Called to order by Hon.
John Nj. Calhoun, mayor of Mariana
and president of the West Florida
Highway Association, who will de-
liver an address of welcome on behalf
of the city.
Address of welcome on behalf Of
Jackson county by Hon. T. w. Conely,
chairman of the board of county com.
missioners.
Response on behalf of the state
road department by Hon. Ed. Scott of
Arcadia, chairman.
Response on behalf of the visiting
boards of county commissioners by
some member selected by those pres
ent.
HOO a. m-Address on Good Roads
as an Investment, by Hon. ]. d. Smith
of Mariana, secretary of the state
road department.
11:15 a. ANNOUNCEMENT of
special features and general discus
sion, limited to five minutes each, on
Good Roads and How to Get Them.
1880 p. m.-Adjournment for din.
ner.
Afternoon Session.
2:3O p. m.-Address, Convicts for
Public Road Construction and Main
tenance, by Hon. F. o. Miller OF Jack.
sonville, member of the state road
department from the state at large.
2:45 p. m.-Address on A Connected
System of Highways Across North
ern Florida, by Hon. w. A. McRae,
commissioner of Agriculture Of the
State of Florida.
3:1O p. m.-Address. A State Main
tenance System; A County Mantle.
nance System and Cooperation Be.
tween the Two, by Hon. William F.
Cooke, state road commissioner of
S:45 p. m.-Address, Florida's Oh.
in Road Building, by Hon.
NJ. M. Smith, of Orlando, member of
the state road department from the
Fourth congressional district.
400 p. m.-Address North Florida's
Natural Road Materials, by Capt. W.
]. Hillman of Live Oak, member of
the state road department from the
Second congressional district.
4:1O p. m.-Address, County Road
Finances, by Hon. Ed Scott of Ar.
'adia chairman, and member of the
state road department from the First
district
4:25 p. m.-Address by a represen-
alive of the county commissioners
present on subject to be selected.
4:4O p. m.-General discussion,
'pen to all.
5:15 p. m.-Automobile drive over
he sand-clay roads. of Jackson coun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

WORK and some time ago limited that
lreSn taxation would follow any
siackening in the taking I'D Of war
issues. wal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms
on bath floor, with or without
board. Phone 354 Blue. 6649
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

WILL SELL NEW PIANO and will
take as part payment good type
writer. T. P. BERRY, Box 131,
Lakeland. 1878
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
FOR SALE

The buildings and lumber at base
ball park, which were used by the
Polk County Fair. Will sell whole
or part. For price and other infor-
nation apply at Evening Telegram
office. 5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

FOR SALE-Good piano slightly
used, at sacrifice. Cash or terms.
Phone 225. 1901
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11
FOR RENT AT SUMMER RATES

Several desirably located resi-
dences in different sections Of city.
6503 D. H. SLOAN.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

FOR RENT to 10 acres trucking
land in city limits. Address H. E.
Pritchett, City. 567S
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

Having purchased and subdivided
the Jesse Keen estate OF $50 acres
one-half mile west of city limits, we
are now selling in 10 and 20-acr
tracts some of the finest truck anC
farm lands in this section at the right
price and terms. For particulars see
@. G. Rogan, Rooms / and Q, Deem
& Bryant, Bldg. Phone las.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

WILL EXCHANGE Huppmobile
touring car for land on lakes or
Tot in town. Address Hupp, care
Telegram. 1882
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

THE KEY RENTAL AGENCY
! Ne are the key to the situation
Room 8, Elliston Bldg.
r. y. BOX SOS, Lakeland, Fla.
6006
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

II you have q room, apartment.
Itore' cottage. office or anything
else for rent. list them with us and
watch the result.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-11

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-04

nave D66H Iulnhl0S muCu over
what you have written me, Dick, and
have come to the conclusion that
you are right in one thing A man
tries to make his wife an angel while
only very human woman will salts
fly his human nature.
have come to the conclusion also,
that the theory of the oneness" of
a welded pair is very beautiful, but
that reality can never work it out to
a perfect conclusion.
Dick, wonder if a man ever finds
the woman that you say man al
ways adores as his wife has the ira
ditional feet of clay. Sometimes he
does and then l think he feels quite
as hurt as 1 do.
Today after read your letter for
the third time my thoughts seemed
to resolve themselves into the form
of the following rhyme. l do not
know whether you will be angry or
will laugh when you read it. call it:
HER IDOL.
She crowned him with a laurel
wreath
And gazed into his eyes beneath
To see his soul arise.
She laid her trusting head upon his
heart
And hoped that it might heal the
smart
Of grief in joys disguise.
She held to him her suppliant hands
And said: HE always understands
That good within me lies"
Blindly she worshiped and adored
And brought to him her whole great
hoard
Of love that never dies.
She never knew his feet were clay
Until one sad heartbreaking day
She dropped her eyes
And found a laughing little maid
Who all unconscious there had
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-04

Dick, wasn't it? For me the laurel
crowned head in the clouds, the ado
ration and the trusting heart.
For "the other woman" the run,
the Responsiveness, the childish
joy of making mud pies"
Perhaps Eleanor Fairlow was r1gnt
Dick-no one woman can be all right
to any one man. am not going to
believe it yet, however.
But if that is so, don't hug to your
heart that any one man can be all
things to any one woman. If l have
disappointed you, Dick, because you
found your idol cold and irresponsible
and somewhat hard to reach on the
pedestal on which you placed her,
your disappointment is nothing to
mine who found 1.-The feet of clay"
Ito Be Continued)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-04
UTILITIES COMMISSION ASKS AN
INVENTORY OF GAS co.

VII VI OENO W.
Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Co. has
been ordered to furnish complete in
ventory on all its physical property
to III. public utilities comm within
the next four months.
This explains why Sam insult told
the city council committee that COM
plete new inventory was being made
Ito settle for all time question as to
whether or not the gas company was
overcapitalized." Aldermen received
impression that gas company was
making this $250,000 inventory vol
unfairly, but fact is, they just had
an advance ''hunch" on the order of
the public utilities commission.
Gas Company wants to make coal
instead of oil gas. More profits.
SIX DEAD IN NEW YORK FIRE
New York, Feb. Ask persons
burned to death, one missing and two
injured was toll of an early morning
fire which destroyed $4,000 home of
Mrs Casimir Tag, widow of president
of German-American bank, Brook
Ign.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
Directors Arc Chosen

Agent Hugh Gallagher. of the Ad- miral Line here, yesterday received advlces that at the meeting of the directors of the Pacific Alaska Nayi- gation Co.,. last week the following officers were reelected:
 President, Fl. r. Alexander; vice president. T. B. Wilcox, of Portland and S. A. Perkins of Tacoma; treas urer. William Jones and secretary, Admiral E. B. Rogers, retired.
 Aroline Changes Name
 Mr. Gallagher also received word that the House of Representatives of Washington. D. C.. had passed the Senate. bill, authorizing the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company to change the name of the steamship Aroline. Following is passage by the House the bill will go to the President for approval. Following out the Admiral line policy the Aroline will be changed to the Admiral Good rich
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
rosEs A FINGER

William Fcls, of Thane, while testing a motor last night met with an accident with the result that he lost one of bis fingers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
Yale and Harvard Are To Be Operated with the Other Boats of
 the Fleet.
DIRECTORS REELECTED
Change in Officers Is To Be Made at the South end of the Di-
 vision.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.-Presi- dent II. F. Alexander of the Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.,, has closed a deal whereby his company takes ov- CT the large passenger steamers Yale and Harvard and will operate them for term of years. The deal was closed by Mir. Alexander with Goodan and Bennett, as the Pacific Navigation Company, a holding con cern for Gn eastern railroad. The acquisition of these steamers will now give the Admiral line a fleet operating on route from San Diego to Anchorage.
 The vessels will be taken over September 1st and Mr. Ringwood will transfer his headquarters from Seattle to here and J. D. Amos. as- sistant to the president will take charge Of the office at Seattle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
PROJECT FOR A
 SHELTER TO THE
 WESTWARD IS ON
Continued from Page 1)

here Go make good. and there is no doubt that he will carry out his in- tention. He is accompanied by Mr.. Rex. Townsend. mining engineer for the Reynolds-Peabody interests. Mir. Townsend is Harvard graduate, and is the son Of Lawrence Town send. formerly minister from the United States to Belgium and Por- tugal. Although a young man, Mir. Townsend has gained an enyiable reputation in his profession, and has for some time been engineer for the International Nickel Company Of Sundbrry. Ont. Mr. Townsend will go to Port Wells first continuing to that place on the Watson, Co exam inc the Peabody gold properties at that place and will then go Co La touchc and then return to Valdez. He will make a thorough examina- ton of these properties and make an exhaustive report to the com pany."
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
BARGE LOAD OF STEEL
 FOR THE ALASKA-JUNEAU
 ARRIVES ON A BARGE

The tug Richard Holyoke arrived from the south yesterday after noon with tho barge Washougal in tow The barge is fully loaded with cargo of structural steel and building material for the Alaska Juneau Cold Mining Company. The load consists of 10 tons of steel, 300 tons of coal and other freight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
BIG MINNESOTA
 WILL MAKE RUN
 TO THE ORIENT

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug D. The Great Northern steamer Minnesota will finish discharging the remainder of her large cargo this week and go on the drydock for a thorough clean ing; the remainder of her new boilers will be installed by early october. when she will load for the Orient on a special trip charter for the Toyo Risen Kaisha. The vessel has not been purchased by the Jap anese. as was reported by the press here. From the Orient she will probably proceed to Europe, where it is hoped to dispose of her.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
wEDDED LAST NIGHT.

A very quiet wedding was cele- brated last night at the home of Mir. and Mrs. F. B. Harrison, in the Casey Shattuck Addition, when Miss Jessie Reed became the bride of M. B. Raub. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. w. W. Bat cheller before only the most inti- mate friends of the bridal couple
 Mrs. Raub is from Emmet, Idaho, and is a recent arrival in Juneau, while the groom is a well known contractor. and has been in Juneau for about four years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
MRS. LowLE ON VISIT.

Mrs. F F. W. Lowle. accompanied by her son arrived from the south on the Princess Charlotte last night and is at the Gastineau hotel Mrs. Lowle will make a trip to Dawson with Mir. Lowle within the next few days and will then return to Victoria where her son is at tending school Mir. Lowle is the travelling agent for the Canadian Pacific S. S. Co. and is stationed in Juneau.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
WHEN WHITING TO FRIENDs

NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-The $3,OOO,- 900 accumulated by Bishop Lawrence for the Episcopal Clergy Pension Fund came largely from Wall Street
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
LIQUOR SEIZED IN
 SEATTLE LAST MAY
 WAS DONE LEGALLY

SEATTLE. Aug. 2.-Police John B. Gordon this afternoon ruled that SSO. .OOO worth of liquors seized last May at the Eyer's Warehouses were legally taken. Part of the intoxi- cants seized at that time were dumped into the gutter. Judge Cor don made his ruling on the evidence that the shipments were in the state Illegally.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
MecAUL'S Safety First
 AUTOMOBILES 1.17.tf Efficient SERVICE

'pionc it to The Empire. No. a7l.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02

Our Daily Special. The Best Liars Make The Best Husbands.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
WILL
 NOW HAVE ANOTHER
 DAILY NEWSPAPER

FAIRBANKS. Aug. 2.-The Mon day Morning Citizen will enter the daily field about the middle of this month and while Democratic in pol tiles it is understood will support Wickersham for delegate.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-02
Buy Your Own Home.

Do not pay rent when you can get two small houses completely furnished and lot for $500. This rents for $2O a month. Inquire Hanson Meat Market, Willoughby avenue, or phone 14S. Ag
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-16
Bering Field Closest to Market.

There is good reason why line should not be built to the Boring field The coal the best and there IS the greatest demand for it. It will be of the greatest i'll developing the other resources of the territory.
 There are available coal fields in Alaska namely the Berinp river the Matanusa and the Nenana The distance from the various fields to market is as follows:
 Miles Bering River to Cordova oo Nenana to Fairbanks lof The Copper River X Northwestern railway reaches 3o miles of the distance CorOva to the Beng eld so that only 30 miles of new track necessary to bring ts coal to market These 30 miles are of easy constmcton Twenty miles further would tap the Kataa oil fields Thus with oO miles of new track the coal oil and copper would all be as senbed at Corova easy grades and at the lowest cost It estimated the first 30 miles to the nearest coal could be built in 90 days, or at most i'll six months.
 The estimated cost in round figures, and time for compe- tion of railroad facilities the different fields IS as follows: Distance Estimated Cost and Time of Completion Berng river to Cordova, 30 miles lOOOOOO six months Matanula to Seward l84 miles, $7OOOOOO; three years Nenana to Fairbanks 1O4 miles $300O000; three years
 (Te be Continued Tomorrow)