Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 12, 1914, Page 2

PAGE TWO ® By W, F. Blackman, Ph. D & FEPEEGPPEEFPPEOPRPPRPPIPPD BTODEDDIEDDBEPDE b I'or weeks, in my busy office, | had been hearing the insistent call of the woods and birds, and May Day brought me the oppor- tunity to answer it. In the early morning, accom- panied by my friend, Stanley Hanson, and by Tom Hand, l chauffeur, woodsman, hunter, fisherman, cook and all-round good fellow, I set out irom Fort Myers in an automobile loaded with camping equipment and eat- ables—about the only thing left behind was guns and cartridges —for the Okaloacoochee Bird Rookery, forty miles distant, Ours way lead through flat woods and across prairies bedecked with in- numerable flowers, yellow, blue, red, purple, pink and white. From the edge of some of the shrunk en ponds—ior the winter has been dry-—stretched wide areas of mud, wholly covered like a carpet with small blossoms, which I, being no botanist, could SUPSEEESLEIPPRP PIODIIEEEDPI S IEIDIPIIDDIPIISEDddddde | OF other of my companions, 3“d| : MAY DAY IN THE BIG CYPRESS & College and the Florida Audubon Society kA '§' EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., MAY 12, 1914. " perhaps the influence on nerves #!unaccustomed to this beverage. of the delectable coffee which %|Tom had brewed and which I| :g liad thrice during the day some- what copiously and very joyfully partaken of, forbade sleep, but ,they gave me a night I can never| srowing everywhere, and a grear forget. . 'LLD., President of Rollins varicty of beautiful and precious' 1€ next day we floundered e Sl ; somewhat similarly but more orchids, many of them in bloom,‘,”_ic‘h, throueh. tha | Cotlkssrew J t=] bedecked the trees. I was told Rookery, to reach which we were that the cypresses here are the obliged to walk six miles beyond lorgest and finest in the State,|Where we left our automobile, | much of the time in water, and to wade a wide sawgrass marsh. (In this rookery, we found small-| i realm, mcasurul‘” cypresses than in the Okaloa- thirty-two feet in circumference ‘coochee, fewer ferns and orchids | ‘five feet above the ground, if one i any, more coarse and cuttingi <an speak of ground where therz grasses, and more briar-like was none. To this particular growths. Mr. Rhett Green, who “strand” of the Big Cypress, the is guarding this rookery for the Seminoles largely resort for mak-' National 1\ssociation of Audubon | ing their canoes; the tree is fell- Societies, and who piloted us cd in the dry secason and the through it, estimates that some | tcanoe is fashioned by fire and five or six hundred American| [tool and left lying in its place un-'cgrets are nesting there, certain til the rains have filled the v we saw a larger number of| swamp, when the Indians return | these superb birds here and wad vand drag it tto heir camp. ing in the adjacent swale, than | Of the birds whose nests, oc- at the Okaloacoochee Rookery, teupied now by young and hali-'and one snowy heron, grown fledglings, filled the tops Of the birds which we identi- jf the cypresses, the major pari fied in the two rookeries, and by | and I can well believe it, for one which we spanned, the king of this murky not identify, but which were of 'W¢r¢ wood ibises, “flint-heads,” the loveliest, softest, l)riglllc.\l.}]"”,l there were also many white yullow. A rain the previous day ' iPises and other species of water had filled the sunken road for fOWL OF the American egret and miles with water, through which the pink curlew or roseate spoou- we splashed, bumping over sub- | ill we saw, alas, very few, and merged roots and into concealed 0f the dainty and charming but holes, and developing appetite as NOW rare snowy heron, none here,’ we went along. A curious fea- #1d only one the following day We in the Corkserew Rookery. the way, there were fifty-seven| some of our commonest | Lirds not being seen, to my sur- | namely: the Florida| grackle, boat-tailed grackle, Flor-| ida red-wng, and cow-bird; the | \ | quail, meadow lark, species prise bluebird,! IFlorida bluejay,kingbird, downy woodpecker, pileated woodpeck- er, and flicker: the bull-bat and! SCRAPS Why She Changed. “Yes, I've changed doctors.” “But I thought you placed so much confidence in Dr. Healem!"” “I did, but he’s getting old fash- foned. You know I told you how shiv- ery I was when the cool weather | came on?" “Yes."” “Well, 1 Healem and went to Dr. {told him about it and he sald ‘flan- "nels.""” “Yes." “Then I went to Dr. Nicely and he said ‘sealskin’ That's why 1 | changed.” Where Do They Go? “When I grow up I'll be a man, won't 17" said a very small lad, in conversation with his aunt, one day. “Yes, child. But if you want to be a man, you must be industrious at school, study hard, and learn to be- have yourself.” “Why, auntie, do the lazy boys turn out to be women when they grow up?” We keep up with the very newest ti only store in Lakeland that ues the 122 Ky. Ave. DUTTON-HAR BB B oo o550 §oe§ 3 s pleasure to show our goods, nd our aim is to fit you. We arey, BPOPEGPEEPIHEEOPEPEDN FEEESEDEIEPPEIEIIED T4y FOOT FITTERS We Repair Shoes While You Wait. SELPBBPEBERESEDEDITIFIPIIIEPEIIEF PR PIBIREEDE4 The Loss by Fire in the U, hings in fancy footwear. Ity custom fitting methods. Store f Quality RIS CO. During a Recent Yeur Amounted to Almost One-Half the Cy Of All New Bulildings Constructed turce of the prairie were the fre- Outdoor, indoors, any time, anywhere, any occasion, Sheio.Coley Satisfies A delightful flavor all its own. 5¢ LOOK FOR THE @fgew—@’g(y LABEL ARRANGE TO HAVE ONE OF OQUR RANGE L IN ICED BOTTLES ANYWHERE — WILSO] HARDWARE cO. PHONE 71 BOTTLED BY CHERO-COLA BOTTLING CO. LAKELAND, FLORIDA . ¢ : 3 5 PR ARt g IS G . A k for a Woman. (Uit excavatio: . path, ~w in the mud tracks of deer, chuck-will's-widow; the ball Hard Worl ! ; : e tions in the path, il il S i S ! "You say this comedienne receives During the Entm which the small and scrawny but 0tter, coon, wild turkeys, alli-'cigle, crow, fish-crow, turkey $1:000 4 weaki1hivaudeviar valiant range bulls had scraped Sators, and T am afraid, plume- Tuzzard, and black vulture; the’ “Yes, but not one woman in a thou- loWine san-: unters, areat horned owl, Florida arred| gand envies her.” ; . | out, belowing no doubt mean o ; sreat horned owl, o ‘| sand envies her. We represent the following reli- Twelve Months! ‘. time, and proclaiming their mas-| Foward evening we returned owl, and Florida burrowing owl; “Why not? 1ble companies: Ei | culine encrgy and militant chal- to camp, soaked with water, plas- [the red-shouldered hawk, marsh! “Because part of her business is to | -8 7 Tl B o 4 al- o camp, so: ater, plas: GNOSRUBI ed . | Fidelity Underwriters }f i lenge to the earth and sky. As tered wih mud, weary of lc;;,‘llll\\k. osprey, ]uj.:;cl‘cll;ld shrike, ! :1|.|lul l'urslnllf }I(Hh‘ h;aum’ul than na capityal y 4750000 When Buying or Bulilding : L { 3 % % e | b 1 e o snde 1 ) ) - Rl R e ) (1 ) ) e §i e Piog for human habitations, we S;I\V'I.nnglr_\' and happy. A change of and — swallow-tailed kite; the, ST R Philadelphia Underwriters, L Provide the Means 4 ! hardly any in all the two-score, clothing, a frugal supper, a blaz-{white ibis, limpkin, sandhiil! Romance and Reality capital $4.500,000 : ’ miles. _|ing camp-fire, some friendly .t.nlI\I«I.lm_, least bitten, water lul']}t)v “What's become of the young fellow | German American, capital 2,000,000 g i | ~We lunched near old I‘ort‘z:uul the woods and the birds,' Florida gallinule, \\:Uh't. Kint | who used to sing ‘Love Me and the | gpringfield Fire and Marine Or c ul mfl [ i Simon Drum, on the Okaloa-'and then we turned in for the rail, and plover (semipalmated o* World Is Mine' to the Jonesby girl capital 2.000.000 | coochee Slough, a mile or so from'ni;;ht, I on a comiortable pneu- Wilson); the pine curlew, the next door?” _ i { the edge of the Big Cypress' matic mattress, and bencath a' long-billed curlew; the Ward's ; ()_h-d I”“” affair s ““S‘:" f“f N D ~\\ amp. l, g o i . ,| . T ) ] | T I % i g n I, LI showe her common sense by marry- Fii N \“u l\L tr\ i\(l{ll,\ Itll[(] ul‘tutmo]nlcl Hllu\qll:l-(l Il».u. [ But Il,mul_d l{mt I T n], little bluc Iu;ul, ] u\::;‘i ing a man who already owned two de- il ere, we traversed the mterven- sleep, tired as 1 was. Reminding|iina heron, snowy heron, and oy eoener jors. i 2 ing prairie, plunged into thf:’nmcll’ that I had all cternity to!*merican cgret: the wood-duck. EHEhT Ao ROOm 7\ Ravmondo Bu“ding | morass Indian-file, Tom ahead, rest in but that another oppor- and the Florida dusky ; the mock- | EFFECTIVE. 4 { Stanley following, and [ bring- tunity like this might not be ing bird, Kentucky warbler, palni — 1 R ing up the rear, and for some|vouchsaicd to me, I gave myseli, warbler, cardinal, Ilorida wreti, - three hours floundered through all night long to rehearsing the|[purple martin, mourning dove, . ! it, a distance of perhaps seven'experiences, of the day and to'cround dove, chewink, and Y miles roundabout, observing drinking in the sights and sounds'loh-o-link, | through field glasses the throng oi the wilderness night (Continued on page foury 5 i cf birds nesting high overhedd in I'or a while the crescent moon ‘I_H'“ o \,Sa man by the name of La Gra.ng«‘ | the tops of the cypresses, The kept nie company, and the stars . M . > Vhose wife, badly needed a Range I black slimy mud was cverywhere! shone with the lambent splendor MI_O."a rlrst Ald / A | knce-deep, and often much deep-[which they secem to have no- / 1 4 | ers dense growths obstructed the | where else than in the skies of ] H k S h | Y ; Bt way, tangled our feet, caught atiI‘lorida. The fireflies flashed 0 lC Dmac S 1 - : / i « | our clothing, pierced our fingers;' their wondrous dark-lanterns | s0 they camet B big but harmless flies buzzed everywhere. Crickets chirruped pigpross after cating, belehing ot 4 | 0“" stom b ‘ nlnfut our ears; moccasing lay {in the grass. \ligators bellowed gus ang undigested food, that lump A I . & lazily in the lime or \\~_|gglt-«l and frogs croaked in the SWamp. of leag feeling in the stomach, sict Ard that they i IR away as we approached—of thesz i Outside my bar the mosquitoes neadache, and biliousness indicate hadn’t come | i we \Ir\\" twenty-two - with lhvb\;m;\-_ hungry but baffled. A great dyspepsia. Now-—at once - is the . : ( ‘ i sl_lwl‘t \_In‘lw which we had pro-{horned owl in a nearby tree time to remove the cause and stof 1 { vided for the purpose and as alevery now and then baved, some- the distress. 18 help in wading. \We clambered thing like a hound, one of the Mi-o-no is the remedy. Surely cet First Waiter — Did that Anmn:x'i R/ O | over logs or made use of them!piost arrestine and im]\rux\'i\‘c a box of these hecaith restoring (ah | MaRchman give you a tip? W g\\ e g as bridges for crossing the .]pgll_} voices of the Florida night, and lets from Lake Pharmacy today. Be ‘H:((:)(l‘:d W ‘f;‘“]'l l!'.”““]d say he did! | \‘(wrum\\‘=‘==" b 1 \ ; : ! me i ste ly he' BB er pools. We sank suddenly leg-1his mate—at least 1 surmised it sides quickly stopping the distross, | blow off the ml'i::l'“1'11)'\‘1::)"1!11"kl} ot They 7 think, i i : A deep o soft places; We bal+|was shé—seplied more volulily, Mi-oag soothes the toritated wells of | he top of my head! y now think, is exceedingly strange. ! anced ourselves on the sub-{as it the habit of her sex. [ the stomach ang strengthens ti Quite Soft. merged roots, slipped on them,! thoueht that all the small birds ric siands so that they pour out theiy Molly was a lady, falling forward, hands and el-{and other creatures of the woods , daily Tupl\l_\v of digestive matcrials \.\,I; ,],;‘\‘\“H :"phfhul:,l‘\mn =5 N | bows in the slime; we pulled our-{ st have trembled when they|your foad is promptly dizesteq and Greatly molitfied. i selves out by laving hold of lh!‘luntlnl his call, so regal impera “ similated, the entire system js £ h —— s ko stout and friendly cypress|tive, threatening. A voung Flor Ll Il’\v npLenas \[‘ 2 ll i i &htm(lde\w:'?'rrxnngel ?‘r:kefs. u One Of ur ew % “ s takine care firs seel 1 R At ~om- | ‘nergetic, and perfeetly wel | Bl ery mush like to marry ; l‘\vm l.l[jl.lv\ care first 'I'H H" la hun‘ul »\\]‘« nstantly Al-ml I ME0eHd g oL i oXRetimiante u. | BRI, but the memory of my first TR that we were not - putting our{plained in querulous tones, \H\\nI‘Y“\' a cureal —it's a scientific rem. | Musband, who was so good, would not ‘ bands on a moccasin; and all the |y the slough where we had seen: "% \ il M- | teave me."™ Oder { A N \ A > . jedy recommended ounly for indizes L an es while the crowd of birds over-{him in the morning. Hundreds| . A Be assured, madam, by the side of ( . : {tion distress and out of-order stom this sec % head looked down at us, not{,f ¢croaking voices came from the 61k hess Healbliogivine ahd hars "“k‘“(”"'l one you will always be | I ey 5 i { 5 GEETR b L ese hes g & and harm-1 thinking of the first.”—Borsszen Jan- } much alarmed but curious andj gistant rookery All these va-| szen Jan ’ AL Sy \ . { lesg tablets are a household remedy ko (Rudapest) nd vou “ | U;«Illnuruu\‘. PR rious ;«lun\l?]lllw lvnvmlulusx.'l the oot thew Katidy whether &t howm oo ’ Wonder hOW you got along uge ferns, rakes,” were (qy, the audible slumbers ot one o coine E i ity A A with that old steve so long i i 7 : | THE Favo :; { e s ;. E AND THE LIBERTY are splendid makes, bavis 4 every osi > o \ "% ; ¢fy desirable improvement. The varying styles and sizes me¥! 4 A o » | ) - ~ / ¢ | a RANGE of pri Suited t \ N 7 \ { prices suited to all pocket books. B AN | \ i OPPOSITE DEPO e