Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 1, 1913, Page 2

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A Youkers clergyman, whose name not made public, advertised for The miaister said a recent con vert of his church found the timeplece And his consclence was pricking dim. Reformation Sometimes. Habits in youth may be controlled and directed, which in the man be come the confirmed condition of life The reformer of old men and womea bas a profitless and an almost Jess task—Joseph Johnson. With a Frugal Housewife The increasing price of food stuffs to buy cheaper food or buy less, just buy your groceries from us and GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY It’s not necessary E. 6. TWEEDELL Veatestiies weeesne ..5.10 e R e R TR K] L sl S Y R 1k © Have You Ever Stopped to think about the Cream on are eating? Wheth- or the cieam used is PURB, whether the method of anu- tacture would meet with the demands of modern science of sanitation and hygiene? YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK of these tihngs if you demand POINSETTIA lee Cream—it’s PERFECT in ov- ery detall, AND WE CAN PROVE IT. JOR BALE BY - Lake Pharmacy LAKELAND, With you on the buflding job, re- pairs or alterations you plan; see us now about the CONSTRUCTION You get better results—work that will last longest and look best— cost least. Supposy you let us figure with you on the job you plan. | LAKELAND ARTIFICIAL STONE WORKS & S UILDING a railroad through the jungles of western Brazil is a strenuous and often highly dangerous task, calling. for nerves and muscles of steel, the patience of Job, and the best en- gineering skill, as the constructors of the Madeira and Mamore line will tell you. This rallroad will link up the se- ries of cataracts and rapids on the Madeira and Mamore rivers, the most important affiuents of the mighty amazon and Madeira rivers below the Madelira falls with the 2,500 miles of navigation in Bolivia above these falls, thereby providing a quicker and cheaper route, via Para, for the transport to Europe of valuable ex- rts, A. W, Chester, an American civil- engineer who has had considerable experience in railroad work in tropi- cal countries, returned from the Ma- deira region recently, after working almost a year with the survey corps of the M, & M. He was ordered home by the doctor in charge of the | | 1 hospital after a severe attack of black water fever, and was told that to re turn would mean death. “Surveying down there is & pretty hard job,” says Mr. Chester. “The line follows the river bank, never go- ing more than 10 to 15 miles away from ft. Monkeys Good Food. “In a party are usually 10 to 13 Americans, two men for each job, so that the work is not likely to be held up by sickness, and about 50 natives. It is not possible to use more than that number of natives, for their busi- ness in cutting away jungle, and any more would be superfluous. Some- times the supplies are not forthcom- ing. month at a time with no supplies coming up, and we had to live on beans and = crushed manioca root, which looks something like a radish and dried makes a sort of meal. Then you ean shoot monkeys, which make good food, especially the little fel- lows s trifle smaller than rabbits. It they are not cooked 'whole you can eat them, otherwise you get the feel- ing that you are a sort of cannibal. Monkey meat tastes something like squirrel. “They you have wild pig and deer, and there is the tapir, or anteater, which is edible. They also have a beast about the size of a cow, but which swims in the water, and which they call the anter down there. Its meat is like beef. Then there is a wild turkey that is absolutely black, with red comb, which has an excellent flavor. There is another bird that they call the jachoo, which s about the size of a hen, is the color of a partridge and has a big bill, but {s rather tough. “Well, when the trail is cut the pext thing is to make a camp and then you cut trails around in different directions. Exploring the country down there is like feeling in the dark. You cannot get on a hilltop and look around. The heat is intense in the jungle. There i8 no sun and the fel- lows come out of the woods after a few weeks as white as a sheet. The long walks are the worst feature about the work. i “One great annoyance in the jun- gle is that you are apt to run out of tobacco. You can drink a little liquor, in fact, the doctors tell you it is beneficial it not indulged in to ex- cess, but if you drink much it is far worse than in this country. In these surveying parties you have to wear a heavy flannel shirt all the time; it you don’t you will catch a very hard cold. None of the camps is ever at- tacked by Indians, though there have been cases in which one or two men have gone out from camp and never been heard off. Sometimes their bones are found long afterward with an ar row beside them.” Afraid of Guns. The savages of this region fight with bamboo-headed spears and poi- soned arrows, the latter propelled by a powerful bow seven feet long. The arrowheads, of bome, are dipped in snake venom, and inflict a mortal wound. The venom {s said to be pro- cured by boiling snakes' heads to ex- tract it from the glands, and evaporat- ing the solution to almost dryness. The Indians are, however, afrald of anything that will shoot, consequent- ly the constructors of the Madeira and bope H. B. Zill\lll.l’ll'llll. pl'O'. Mammore line always carried a revol- B R e O 2 I have been up there for a- S ver. “If you carry a gun,” says Mr. Chester, “the probability is that you will never have to use it, but if you don’t carry one the Carapunas will get you sure.” The Carapunas do not show thems selves in the white men's vicinity ex- cept when they come out on the river bank to meet the rubber batalaos com- ing down the river. These batalaos are wooden craft covered with an awns ing of palm branches, and can be taken all the way from Bolivia down within 16 miles of Porto Velho, where are the falls of San Antonio, Here the Indians have to get out and shove or pull the boat through the stones on one side. The Indians sell skins, mostly in exchange for cartridges. These they string abcut their necks, not to have ready for use, because they don't use firearms, but as orna ments. Snakes and gigantic spiders are the terror of the jungle rallroad man. “When you are working in the jun- gle,” sald one of them, “you always awake with a feeling of uncertainty in the morning. Of course, a surveying party simply has to hew its path as it goes along, and your camp is usually in a clearing just big enough to con- tain it. About it is a thick wall of trees, vines, and undergrowth that a man canpot pierce without the aid of an ax, which, of course, are filled with every manner of creeping thing. “When you awake in the morning, for instance, you may see A playful snake wrapped around the pole over- head, giving every appearance of se lecting the proper point from which to drop into your month. You may feel something soft and clammy rud up against your ear, and when you grab at it to fling it away, you find ¥’ fs a lizard. Or perhaps a scorpioa may be playing with your hair. ‘“Then, when you have decided to: get up and reach for your boots, yom| are -apt to find that a big tarantuls has made up his mind that one then would make a comfortabl house, and has put himself and legs In there s0 cozily and nice thaf you hate to disturb him. We caught one of these horrors and killed him and measured him, and, without stretching him at all, it was eight inches from the tip of his starboard leg to those he carried on the port side. Perhaps your other shoe has: been appropriated by a family of gh; ant centipedes, which abound in large quantities. “As for snakes, the Garden of Eden wasn't in it at all. Some of the big ones, the anacondas, are as big around as your body, and it was not infre quent that some of our men in chop- ping away at what they thought were | glant roots or vines found they had taken a hack instead of a big snake, and then there was some scampering, One of these big fellows killed by the men of our party measured 2§ feet. You never see the sun when | you are in a Brazillan jungle, but. there is something going on, even if | it is only crawling.” HAD AROUSED HER CURIOSITY | Small Girl Wanted Painter to Divuige Secret 8he Evidently Considered of Importance. A certain painter in New York, though he is still a young man, and looks younger, has a way of winning prizes at National academy exhibits and such. Also he has a studio near Central park. The other day he went into the park with the sort of para- phernalia artists use when they go sketching. He picked out a place to suit him, set up his workshop, and fell to very earnestly. Presently he was aware of something behind him —something with bright eyes. ‘He looked up.’ Theré stood a smartly dressed young lady, aged five or there. abouts, .She was frankly interested | in what he was doing ard met hig gaze without embarrassment “Do you mind if a littie zirl looks over your shoulder?” she said “Not if she is a good litte girl” replied the artist politely—and went on with his painting. It was some time before he looked up again. The young lady of five was still there, She caught his eye and bent toward him with aa eager, coaxing smile. “What do the naughty little girls say to you?" she whispered.—Now York Evening Post. \ | starch or ony adulterant whatever, and han- Hardware 0 % HICKSON| PHONE 1447 * Gowdery- Bloolt; Main Street Florida Steak Florida Pork Roasts Western Pork Chops Stews Breakfast Bacon Bologna Sausage Boneless Ham Hamburg Steak Boiled Ham Frankfurters Fresh Country Eggs I claim the distinction of making the BEST SAUSAGE in Lokeland. | use only good fresh Pork and Beet with the proper condi. ments. 1do not USE artificial oils, cor dle them in the cleanest possible manner. | also carry a complete line CANNED MEATS FRESH 6ROCERIES and FEED 'WHY SAFER THAN CASH Paying by checks is not only more convenient. than pay- ing in cash, but it is safer, beczuse it eliminates risk of loss. Your accountsubject to check--large ‘or small--is cordially invited. AMERICAN STATE BANK J. L SKIPPER P.E. 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