Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 10, 1912, Page 6

e [ ! dds happiness toyour wedding Money adds peace of mind to your married life after. With money in the bank you need not worry about being out of work, about sickness or other misfortune. Start a bank account toda; and add happiness to the futnre. Ask ““HER.” ; ANK FIRST NATIONAL B OF LAKELAND Under Control of U. 8. Government LOOR AND WINDOW SCREEN TIME here again. Don’t wait until the house is filled with flies and other insects before in putting your screens. Come now and get what you will have to have anyway. We have screens of every size and in many patterns, Come today and choose your fly excluders. d Hardware & Plumbing Co. =) R. L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Will furnish plans and specifications or will follow any plans and specifications furnished. BUNGALOWS A SPECIALTY, Let me show you some Lakeland homes I have built, LAKELAND, Phone 267-Graen. FLORIDA THE VERY BEST WHEAT enly is used to make the flour which goes into our bread. And the very best methods only are employed to produce both the flour and the bread. You'll like the looks of our bread when you see it. You'll like its taste still better when you try it. The Modern Bakery Barhite Brothers R S e A T R e e Pt Live Where You Will Like Your Neighbors We are exercising great care to sell our ROSEDALE lots only to the best class of people. Thus we give you desirable neighbors in addition to ROSEDALE'’S other attratcions. Wide streets, shade trees, fertile #all, bullding restrictions, Inside the city, one block east from Jake Mor- ton. SMITH & STEITZ wd G. C. ROGAN Deen-Bryant Bullding, Whatever you want in rea lestate we have it. 5 The Newsboy Crpple “Cheese it, fellers, cheese it! cop!” There was a scurrying of feet and a confusion of grimy hands in the st{uggle to recover the dice and pen- nies scattered within the snug circle of excited newsboys gathered far up D— lane enjoying, apparently heed- less of consequences, a midday game of much-forbidden “crap.” In the wild scramble to save their “gambling implements” and neverthe- less escape the bluecoated official striding upon them, nobody thought of poor Billy, But, with his papers un- der one arm, his crutch resting be- neath the other and an empty trous- ers, leg dangling in the breeze, Billy, with his companions, sought self- | preservation, { D— lane, for the surefooted was , none too good walking, and a treach- | erous spot. found Billy in his mis- | fortune and brought him heavily to | the ground, his papers in an untidy | pile beside him and the crutch quite {.beyond his reach. | The corners of his mouth drooped | ever so little as he looked up from | his uncomfortable position and beheld , the officer towering above him. | “Well, my lad, you seem to be the one to go along with me., All the rest have made good to get out of the way., I'm mighty sorry I've got to take you—one of the others would have suited me better—much better. But the sergeant detailed me especial- Iy to stop this crap shooting. He says it can’t go on.” | The policeman spoke not unkindly, but Billy, from his seat of earth, heard, and knew that a plea for re- lease would be wasted. “Here's your crutch, my boy, Come on.” “Aw, let him off, can’t yer?” Billy and the policeman wheeled about at this unexpected interference from the rear. There, crawling from beneath an empty barrel set forth by one of the many restaurants along the lane, his face and hair generously streaked with a covering of flour tak- en on in his place of refuge, came a boy not much larger than Billy him- self—one of the circle of former “crap shooters.” “I say, Billy ain’t done nothin’. He warn't shootin’ with the bunch. The last I see of Billy he was settin’ there eatin’ his handout. Weren't you, Billy?” Billy nodded complacent- ly. “Yer pinchin’, a ’'nnocent man, boss; straight goods. “Now,” the boy went on pushing his hands deep into his pockets and broad- ening his base, “now, I'm one of the bunch. TPve got a pull with the gang, if I do say it myself, and if—if—you— could only let Billy off—'cause he ain’t done nothin” enyhow—T'll use my 'nflooence with the erowd to stop the shootin’—after—I—get—out—of the The | lockup.” For an instant a gleam of merri- ment beamed in the officer’s eyes, and it was with difficulty that he re- strained a burst of genuine laughter. “But I can’t do that for you; I can’t let eiter of you off,” he said, at last. “You know right from wrong and—ah, here comes the sergeant— we'll let him settle it.” Billy shrank closer to: his champion as he felt his own tiny atom of self completely overshadowed by this for- midable giant with shining buttons and chevrons. The contact lent the intercessor strength for a final appeal. “Sergeant, can I speak to you for Billy? I don’t mind for myself, but Billy just can't go to the lockup.” Nervously the child’s fingers locked and interlocked, but his gaze met that of the stalwart officer of the law un- flinchingly. Breathlessly, he rushed on. “Billy’s mother is home sick in bed. She's what you call an invalid. Some- times she can wosk and help out and sometimes Billy’s got to do it all him- self ’cause he ain’t got no brothers nor sisters, nor no father—just his mother. So we fellers found him a good stand up in the square, but he can’t run after trade since he's lost his leg. Some swell guy run over him with his auto and never stopped to say howdy or good-by, and Billy's been up agalnst it ever since and— and—shall I tell it, Billy, 'bout slingin’® the dice?” Billy hesitated. Billy? It's up to you.” Billy tried to grasp the significance of this sudden bestowal of responsibil- ity and bowed a bewildered approval, “Well, then, 'bout this game o’ crap, sergeant.” The boy lowered his eyes and poked the dirt with the toe of his muddy boot. “About this game of crap—Billy's business hasn’t been rushing lately and so we rather planned to give him a boost with a crap game noontime, till his ma got better. Some o' the orowd got more'n you'd think out of their papers and they have a pocket- ful left for themselves. So they put & good bit of it up in a game o’ crap for Billy, just to boost him along. That's what we was doin’ today, ser- geant, but we got pinched. If you could only let Billy off—If—you—" “That will do, my boy.” The ser- geant's volce was very gentle, “You ! tell the rest of the boys they must Inever throw dice again, never, Tell ! them to ‘boost’ Billy some other way. i Now, get your papers and hustle busi ness.” o chi A et fur especially ar roses has sent up the prices to the highest on record. Attar of roses, which is extremely rare and is perbaps the most valuable perfume in the mar ket, now is commanding almost a pro- hibitive price. Despite the cost, how- e the whim of women has taken ta as the rarest and most delicate of umes. Dealers in Fifth avenue, Yew York, say that they have the -restest difficulty in obtaining emough n supply the orders of their custom- T8 Woman Opposes buffiaga. Mrs. Clark Fisher of East Hanover <treet, Trenton, principal owner cf ti ¢ Fisher & Norris anvil works, who is rnown far and wide throughout the country. conducted the fight for the an’i-suffragists of New Jersey.against the equal suffrage bill. She appeared at the hearing to be held in the state- house, and, with aids, offered argu- ments against votes being given to women in that state. Mrs. Fisher was acked to take up the fight there by the New York Anti-Suffrage Le2gue. tching Woodchuck, dchuck a: the home of ghes of Cascade. Pa., mice and rats with the sue- and agility of 4 cat. It was its iation with a cut that taught the chuck to become a “ratter.” The eye of the animal and its scent appear to be more acute than even a cat's. It will lie for half an hour at a rat-hole and wait for the rat to appear. It is generaly sure death to the rat when the chuck makes a dive. Encwstorms in July, in July there ogcenrred snow- 15 in certain very warin regions, notably about Mount Etna, which at this time beging to seatter the accu- mitlation of snow which that voleano has conserved during the winter. The crater of Etna is 3,279 meters in height, and during the winter months the snow packs into the crevices of the mountain, to be driven out by the summer winds, A Rule for Each Day. Abont the sanest philosophy any woman can have is to aim to make the most of each day as it comes along and not borrow trouble from the fu- ture or bemoan the regretful past. Go through each day with a determina- tion to make it just as useful, helpful and cheerful as vossiblc. If you live out this belief your life cannot help but be successful. The Home Influence. “Henrietta,” eaid Mr. Meekton. “What is i1, Leonidas?” = “Suppose I stay at home and economize in order to facilitate your public career and employ my leisuré heurs in assisting you with your speeches and magazine articles”— “Well?” “When you are prominent in public s*airs. will you be one of those who candidly admit that they owe everything to their hus- bands?"—Washington Star Man’s Own Horn, “I ghould think some of these speechmakers would get tired of hear- ing themselves,’ said the proprietor of the village store. “Human npature’s the same in politics as ’tis anywhere else,” replied old Joe Struthers.: "A man don’t mind listenin’ to the worst noise & cornet can make, provided he’s the feller that’s don’ the praecticin’.” Make One Heart Happy. If each one worked upon the maxim day by day, “strive to make one heart happy,” jealousy, revenge, hate, with their kindred evil associates, would forever leave the earth. Our minds would be so occupied in the contem- plation of adding to the pleasures of others that there would be no room for discord —Richter. “Shall 1, |* Round Shoulders A Sign of Old Age It is possible for every woman to have that erect, commanding, graceful appearance typical of the perfectly formed woman. of cloth, have no metal to rust and break and may be worn with- e 7 sume an o Rexall Shoulder Braces, we believe man, woman . your chest of | | | We Don’t Trail On Behind when it comes to giving exceptional values. On the and let others do the trailing if they can. Our Way ot Selling contrary we Jegg means less profit on each sale, but many more sales. Every time o buy here we made a little and you save much. RESTAURANT ‘ ey RY Cakes and Pies a Specialty Cream Bread and Light Rolls “Like Mother llu‘.. To Make.” Sandwiches 5c. 107 South Florida Ave. ~ Phone 29 N. B.—f'ish Market, Neo. 218 North Kentucky. Mullet, Pompano and Red Bass Rye and Graham Bread on Hand Short Orders Reasonable W. A. YAU N.. Pror. Peacock Bldg. , OHHCHIROCHID O O DOUBLY DAINTY is the sight of a pretty girl buyin a box of our confectionery. The gir and the candy match each other per tectly in daintiness and sweetnew Such a scene may often be seer her for our candies appeal to those dainty taste, It’s surprising you have not yet tried them CONSULT US about those plans for elockrical work—<we will give you “]“""lebie’:: formation besides an estimate on the work that cannot be tered, We ARE experts in electrical wiring and installation of fixtures —we have the right kind of skiiled mechanics, do the work hon- estly and thoroughly and use the best quality materials. It costs nothing to consult us—allow us to aid you. Florida Electric & Machinery Co. DRANE BUILDING @ Everything in auto supplie PHONE 46 g from lamps for the front to license tags for the back, from tires that ¥ the ground to tools that hel your car from going upP in t J Even it you think your C& equipped, better around. There is alway uch p keed he air ris fully come in 80d Jook s somt‘lhmg new to be seen here. Brown & Bonsi’, o < (NION A Main St.k GE €0. s A YA S