Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 19, 1913, Page 7

DLLEGE MEN SEE SNAKES epy Feeling Comes to Those Who Are Present When Curator Fondles Rattles. ew York.—Two hundred members the University club, Lafayette ave- L and South Oxford street, were gent at the reception tendered the mni of Lafayette college, Wiscon- university, University of Maine Hobart college. President Edward rd McMahon, in a brief address, ended a cordial welcome to the iting alumni. ne entertainment provided was an resting lecture, illustrated by liv- gpecimens, delivered by Raymond | pitmars, curator of reptiles and istant curator of the New York blogical park. Mr. Ditmars ap- ached his subject, which happened be “Snakes and Lizards” with all' ease and abandon of a man algn-l an ordinary check. The careless ! y in which he handled such deadlyi kes as the rattler and the water casin was enough to make the i chills run up and down ome'’s e spoke of the reptiles as one! bld speak of a friend. in terms of est affection, and sald that! kes were greatly mallgned and | some of the attributes accorded | reptile were based upon popular; erstition and were not warnnfed' he actual facts. | s a matter of fact,” rald the; ker. “the snake 1s not cold and | fter telling of the various species \lzards, which number over 3,000, snakes that number over 4,000, | jator Ditmars affectionately exhib- a Gila monster, which was not so gerous, he eald, as its marking Id paint it. quick succession the speaker h exhibited a glass snake which d Keeper of the Bronx Zoo Charles der dexterously took from a white This snake,” sald the speaker, “gets name because, if struck a blow a walking stick, it would break nto bits.” r. Ditmars then produced an in- boa constrictor. ‘““There fs a aln art in handling snakes” sald ! speaker as the reptile turned | it his wrist. “The snake has an | tic temper and should be allowed | ave its own way. Very often it is | ted by the nervous condition of | person who handles it. and it gets | mad if the handler is not in the frame of mind toward it.” Ir. Ditmars then picked up a milk e, which, he sald, despite the fact It Is a frequenter of barns, does nilk cows, according to the popu- belief. It is of economic value te | farmer, because it feeds on mice, h are a pest to the agriculturist. v pe—— ey Fi ——— rm That Sends a Sample Flask to | SEENENNSERN L. NS SC I | side, a glance full of (Miss) M. B, Chisholm, w, Ueade; m W.C. T. U, Gets Sharp Reply. Cannljoharie, Ny — Judge of whiskys ¢ | mit that our XXX lowest and best you are eending yoy und & sample flegk, Hke it. To cyst fore April 1 we paid a $5 demijo the inclosed org Thus read a | Chisholm of 42 ciplent of the le a little gasp of smiled. The address was looked at again. Plain as typewriter could make ft: “M. B. Chisholm, 42 Ma; le St . aljoharie, N, v ik And here {8 the re recefved: “Your letter promptly burned. €r8 sent out might Demon & Dev name on your letter head, disrespectfully yours, (Miss Chisholm, president Woma: tlan Temperance union.” “Are you a It so, you will ad- brand is the mel- ever tasted. We €r separate cover er blank and return.” I am, very S AN ARMY PRISON NO MORE Alcatraz (sland, Knn-;n‘u “The Rock,” to Be Used Now as a Federal Penitentiary, San Francisco. — Aleatras island, known as “The Rock,” throughout the army, {s to be abandoned as a military prison and turned over to the depart- ment of justice as a place of Incar ceration for civil oftendars agatnst the government. Alcatraz has been a military prison ever since {ts usefulness as a stafion of the coast defenses passed with the coming of high-power cannon. No prisoner, it is sald, has ever escaped from “The Rock.” 1t s situ. ated fn the channel a little more than a mile inside the Golden Gate, where swift currents make it almost impos- sible for a swimmer to reach the main land. | MIRROR AS A LION PACIFIER Cleveland Officials Take Odd Action Followlng Death of Female Animal at “Zoo.” Cleveland, O.—To console Colum- bus, the biz lion in the Brookside zoo, for the loss of his mate, park officials i will place a mirror in the side of his cage 80 that he will gaze at the re- flection of his neighbor, the leopard, and believe a new companion has been sent to cheer him be practiced on (‘olumbus to prevent him dying from griet over the loss of | (i) req restlessly. With a final effort | his mate. etter recelved by M. B, | Whose eyes, Maple street. The re- | Were fixed upon him in the blankness. tter read it again, gave | Of despair. The old, gray-haired sur- astonishment and then | 8eon glanced pityingly at the hollow on the envelope | cheeks, the toil-hardened fingers—the There it was, | contracted chest. THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., MAY 19, 1913. WHEN THE SWORD FELL By NELLIE CRAVEY GILLMORE. The head surgeon passed noiseless We are sure you will ly down the long, padded corridor of omers who order be- | th® hospital, through the great en- will send express pre. | trance door, and out into the dimly hn for §3.88. Pl out | shted street. Outside was an illy-clad woman, strailned and sunken, “What is {t?” he asked, gently. “You—you are the surgeon at the hospital? Tell me; is—is he dead? ply the company | The man who was injured this morn- ! ing—crushed between L cars on For- duly received and|ty-fifth street; Dick Endell, you know. ' Would that all oth-|I saw it in the papers—all the whole ! meet the same fate. | horrible story. Il should be the firm|he is—my husband!” He—merciful God— “He is not dead—yet. But the end ) Mary B.|{s near, I fear, and—inevitable. I am 'Her volce was harsh with pain: n's Chris- | glad you are here at last. for you right at once, but it seemed you were pot at home and the mes- sage was delayed. Come with me. There fsn't any time fo Tosa.” Her heart was beating with the first Joy it had known for ten long years. He Bad wanted her to ¢ome—to be with him at the last! The years of They sent ! PAGH SEVES mute agony | {and appeal. . “Forgive!” he whispered thickly. A glazed light stole slowly over the pleading eyes and another soul was with its Maker. In a daze, the woman released het 1hand from that other one, fast grow- Ing cold in death. She rose mechan- .leally from where she knelt, and for | the first time turned her eyes toward ithe newcomer. A wave of sickening apprehension swept over her at a con- ifused realization of the wretched truth. This other woman, then—this child with the flowerlike face and fragile form, with an infant in her arms—this was the wife for whom he had sent, and the child—his child! There was a terrible stress of si- {lence. The older woman noted the ;spasmodic clenching of the hands | that crushed the baby to the mother's breast and the piteous question in the eyes which her lips refused to frame. For a moment she was torn by bat- i tling emotions. A wild impulse rushed . over her to denounce him, his treach- sry—three ruined lives the forfeit. After awhile the younger spoke. Hunt For "HUNTS” No Lie on the Can No Lye in the Can Peaches Apricots Hawaiian Pi — e Pears Cherries ne Apple Pure Food Store W.P, Pillans & Co. PHONE 93 { “Tell me—for God's sake—are you l-—was he anything—to you?” i For ten seconds the other woman's face was as waxen as that of the dead man’s lying near. Into her face had come a new lightand her voice sound- !ed low and sweet and full of pity. “No,” she sald, “there was a mis- take, - ‘The name was the same. I loneliness and misery that had lona.fhenrd rumors on the street tnd wad the empty, aching years that were to, trightened—alarmed, and ran up here. come—all were forgotten—swallowed Your—your husband was dying and up in the one thought that he still |—he was expecting you. He thought The deception will ! cared, after everything! Together they passed noiselessly through the long, deserted corridors, and up the heavily carpeted stairway that led to the accident ward, There was a haggard, leaden look mbout the face that rested so motion- lessly against the pillow and the pale lips were already smiling to meet the kiss of death. Slowly, falteringly, the woman stole forward and knelt down by the cot. She laid her hands on the injured man’s cold, inert fingers. “Dick,” she called, softly. The eye- lids quivered for a second, then raised | themselves heavily. A faint look of | recognition passed over the pallid fea- i tures, followed by one of infinite de- !sp:\ir. The fast dimming eyes lin- gered tenderly on the woman's worn iface for a long time, then roved !around the room as though in search {of something, and closed wearily (again. There was an unbroken si- lence of several minutes. Presently the door opened and jclosed quietly, and the sound of iquick, soft footsteps echoed through the room. The sharpened ears of the dying man caught the sound and he his glance shought that of the wite at that it was you who had come when I entered the room. We—we knew [that he was dying and—and had not I the heart to undeceive him.” She went down the stairway as one in a dream, and on out into the dim, deserted street. (Copyright by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Thinking 0f |Building @ Home Our proposition will interest you, _— — e Tiny Electric Dynamo. 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