Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 24, 1915, Page 8

e A dvertising _DESIRABLE HOME in Lakeland about 2 acres in nice variety grove, mostly bearing, about two acres best truck land, now in strawberries and garden truck, 5 room house, barn, cityw ater on hard road 3.4 mile from the de- Canny At & time when the Scots had con- siderably less love for their southern neighbors than in these days a father, taking leave of his son, said: “Sandy, ma bairn, ye're aboot tae gang up tae London. Tak' a’ th’ siller ye can frae FOR SALE 1 have put in city water and sewer and will have LIGHT and TELE. PHONE connections to the Evelyn subdivision residence lots, $100 up. Terms easy. Epps Tucker, Jr. 3927 PARK HILL LOTS FOR BALB ON EASY TERMS—AI streets clayed, cement sidewalks, electric lights, city water, shade trees. See G. C. Rogan or 8. M. Stephens. 839 e e— Havirg purchased and subdivided the Jesse Keene estate of 560 acres one-half mile west of city limits, we are now selling in 10 and 20-acre tracts some of the finest truck and arm lands In this section at the vight price and terms. For particu- lars gee G. C. Rogan, Room ! and 3, Deen & Bryant Bldg. Phone 146. 2996 ————————————— For sale, at a big bargain, new bungalow just being completed- Small cash payment, balance like rent. D. H. SLOAN, owner. 3069 ' FOR SALE—At a bargain, or will exchange for reai estate, a 1909 Cadillac automobile. Lakeland Auto & Supply Co. 3687 it e SACRIFICE SALE—2 lots in new Dixjeland, 3 lots on East Orange St.; 6 acres citrus land two miles from depot. If you want a bar gain come and talk to C. I. In- man. 3797 FOR SALE—The two Lakeland floats can be bought cheap. See secretary Board of Trade at once. 5000 B —— FOR SALE—$125 cash and $25 per month will buy -a-five room bun . galow in New Dixieland. For a short time only. Samuel F. Smith, M. D, 3919 FOR BALE—Fallshlas mop and bot- tle polish only $1.75. Lakel Furn. and Hardw. Co. ~'3932 i V.. il MUSTRELL — Party leaving city on account of death in family, offers house of 4 rooms and sleeping porch, two nice lots, plenty of shade, good barn, &arage, 15 large orange, grapefruit, and tangerine trees, now full of fine fruit. Place is well fenced, has city water, etc. Only 7 blocks from pas- senger station. Price $500 cash, and easy erms. ff not sold at once, will rent reasonable. Address M. W. G., care Telegram, or phone 76 or 398 Green. 3933 DSOS FOR SALE—Two story house of 7 rooms and bath, lot 50x140, in fine location in Dixieland, for 91,900. The John F. Cox Real- ty Co. 3363 S ————————————————— FOR SALE OR TRADE CHEAP— One 1912 Rambler, one 1912 Cadillac, one Little roadster. All in first class condition. See Grady Deen. 3943 S —————————— FOR SALE CHEAP—One horse, four mules, two 2.mule wagons, two double sets of harness. See Grady Deen. 3943 e — FOR SALE—Milk cow at a bargain. For particulars phone 132. 3944 WANTED—Razor blades to re. sharpen, 26¢ single edge, 35¢c double edge. Durham Duplex, 50c dozen. Lakeland Furn. and Hard - ware Co. 3982 —_— FOR SALE—Nice two.story bunga.|SELF. low in Dixieland on Success Ave. Phone 76. 3970 FOR RENT FURNISHED ROOMS with private bath and light housekecping fa- ellities. 1011 South Ficrida Ave. Phone 387 Red. 3439 FOR RENT—Ten._room house, mod - ern improvements; garage. Close in, on Gilmore and Bay. A. Biewer. 3986 ————— | FOR RENT—Entire lower floor, fur_ | nished, after Apr. 1st. Next door New Tremont, 217 So. Massachu. setts Ave. —_— ELBEMAR for rent as two separate | cottages. TInQuire at 301 Sou(h! Tennessee or phome 122. FOR RENT Warehouse on side track. A. Riggins. See N. 3766 | | FOR RENT—Modern five-room cot- tage, with garage; $16. Apply to Waring & Edwards. 3826 I ———————————————————————— FOR RENT—Furnished rooms for 3990 |ing only seems hard. MISCELLANEOUS Kimbrough Supply Co. has the largest and most complete undertak- ing department in the county, and are the most reasonable in prices. Licensed embalmer in attendance at all times. Day phone 386. Night phone 224. Calls answered at all hours. WANTED — Second - hand eingle farm wagon and harness, good condition; price remsonable .Lock box 479, Lakeland, Fla. 3968 WANTED—In Lakeland neighbor. hood, an experienced fruit grower; one not afraid to work; furnish reference and experience; no booze_fighters need apply. T. J. Hammill, 106 Main St., Jackson - ville, Fla. 3987 NOTICE ral Society, payable at our office, No. 213 So. Kentucky Ave., Brighten Up Folks Premiums not called for by April 1st, 1915, will be forfeited to the Association. Please call early, POLK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, INC., Per Edwin R. Schurman, Secr 3 3% C., are now Are you going to set citrus fruit trees this season? If so, write the Rockdale Nursery Co., Titusville, Florida, for prices at once. It will pay you to do this before placing your orders elsewhere. ‘We have more than 125,000 trees available for market in varieties as follows: Pineapple Orange, Indian River Sweets, Valencia and Hart’s Late, 3 to 7 feet only; few Parson Brown, Jaffa, King, and Homosassa. Dun. can and Excelsior Grapefruit, 8 to 7 feet. Siclly and Everbearing Lemon, Tahiti and Mexican Limes, 3 to 7 feet. Our nupsery inspected Nov. 21, 1914, and ' fy&nd to be absolutely tFom- Wit §ly, other pest and disease. We guaraiitge our trees to well grown and true ‘to name. A ten.acre grove (properly planted in Rockdale Nursery trees and intelli- gently cared for) should in full bear_ ing make an ordinary family absolu< tely independent. 3686 S ——— L ST AL HOUSE—SIx roomg and dath, shades and screens, woodshed, ' 11.2 squares north of school. Louse on Florida avenue. Inquire at house. 604 North Florida or G. D. Stoner 8860 | ac: e o ————————————— We are preparea to furnish Ford Trucks say style body you may de- side. Lakeland Automobile and Supply Co. 3069 e Mot it PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER—Accu - rate work done promptly. Room 200, Drane building, phone 6. 3685 e e i WILL THE PEOPLE of Lakeland never learn that when Bartlett does 1t, 1t s correct. Ask “Bart. lett, the Sign Man.” 379¢ e e i s s T am prepared to do all kinds of well work from four inches up. Al work guaranteed. Have hadq years of experience, and my work has always glven se*'sfaction. W. H. STRAIN, Lakeland, Fla FUMED OAK PORCH SWING— Complete with chains $2.75. Lakeland Furn. and Hardw. Co. 3932 LAKELARD SAVING-LOAN (0. 0 AND & Co, 18 OWNE!| N _B ALt H .%IPV THE PEOPLE— FITTED IN EQUAL orenee N IN UNLIKE Co-oparation dose” Tor_ AL NNER doss for EACH more than EACN ALON| 4 - # s E can do for MIM- It costs more to spend all \I‘h-n to do':l" n(lm.u o Indepent 3 Costs wasied life, which ong Your L Better say WILL DO the same road. Which sh WILL can decide tha IT NOW. . Safety first” s our alm and working motto. (WIWV and SKILL in this lne of work come next. 8o your savings are safer and our profits Smore profitable than ordinary are poor, independent or rich, we more SATISFACTORY SERVIGE to you than can any other medium, You, Running Stoekholders, are sure of the periodic payments made and of 6 per cent dividends compounded semi-annually, and you, Pald-Up Stockholders are sure of the 8 per cent dividends declared and paid in cash semi- annually. | INFINITELY better than not sav- far more SATISFACTORY than loan- rwise, for both, for the good of your- selves and others, for you are then enabling us Loan Stockh who will buila more homes or dwellings to rent, and pay back in small installments on long time,— which bullds up the city and increases all lines of busine in Lakeland. “SAV LOAN’S" security for all loans is on these new dwellings and id for in this way, hence the mort- gages are sure to be paid d the security £row better with every such payment. Membership in our Company starts one on the road to assured success. Why not be your own landlord, instead of lord of a handful You can if you WILL. Start- Let us show you how ing’ othej of receipts ¥ it 1s made easy. One who has money saved with us can take advantage of “A snap for cash.” This, to the saver an ever open avenue to wealth, Is forever closed to the non-saver. Lots of Lakeland’s long-headed Joonh ap- preciating all the above, came In before March 17th to become Charter enjoy fight house keeping. 501, East Oak |ouv? Street. e ——————————————————— FOR RENT—S or 4 furnished rooms cheap. 401 North Florida Ay’o..“ pot, nice oak shade and overlook. | the English—tak’ everything ye c.‘n| ing beautiful lake. This property | frae them. But mind ye, Saudy, they're | can be bought at a bargain by|® braw fetckin’ people so be carefu seeing owner, D. C. Boswell, at | W' them. Never fecht a bald mon, far (Copyright, 1915, by W, G. Chapman.) “Blind, deaf, dumb—that's Marvin Thearle! the Lekalend Feed and Supply | 7 DA catch him by th’ hair. Co. Phone 275. 3931 Roees, Plants and Shrubs of all, kinds. Give your order for your Spring planting to the “Fuairfield” Gardens & home industry. Come and eee what can be done in ome month in this fine soil of Lakeland. “FAIRFIELD GARDENS" Johnson ‘Ave, - On hill above store of H. J. Mathies.: MY NEW BUNGALOW Just completed on South Florida avenue, is for rent. A small family without children is preferred; will lease for 6 or 12 months. Also have a small 5room hotise, electric lights and city water for $10.00 per month, | on Lake Mirror. at night. 3989 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR SPECIAL, orld.” Notice is hereby given that & spe. dim recollection of an encounter with the. worl cial legislative act will be intro -* duced during the 1915 session of the legislature of the State of Florida, ! for the purpose of repealing the present charter of the City of Lake. land, and granting a new charter to comprehend certain useful and nec. essay powers for the governing of the city. the great fire devastated most of Lon- Passing glance. This 16th day of Maren, A:;MDG' don, St, Paul's was wrecked, this be- the boy, who became known as Paul. | 1915, WILLIAMS' BARGAIN COUNTER i GOOD ONE HORSE WAGON and buggy and harness; will sell at your own price. { 10 ACRES excellent truck land un. der good fence and in cultivation, ; @ood crop of vegetables now on. | Only two miles from depot., lt‘ you mean business, will give a fine bargain for quick sale, b NEW COTTAGES, each witn large lot and orange trees at 8 sacrl.| fice, also 4 acre orange grove wlthl fige crop of fruit. This property Hes in city limits and is a fine ' - proposition for speculation. FOR SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE for property nesr or in Lakeland, orl for good automobile, 10 acres of d 800d 1and ag thers 18 In DeSoto county. What. have you to trade? NEW FIVE ROOM BUNGA] | lot, on H“fl”* 8t. H:GN}e lx'l%es land. Am offering this at th, bnr-' t $1.300 for quick safe. —Nice B-room house," 17 1.2 ‘h:,"enulltlv!glon.t 2 1-:1 lcroa @ trees, tangerine Erapetrult £ood "llrrltl‘nt.l& fand. Taio 18 & beautiful piace rl?or_ dering_on city limits of Lakeland . Price $3,800. Terms can be had. 3.—6-room_cottage, southern ex- BToeK ot athool Ceisetrom, datot, one 9 8chool. ela ), bath. Rents for $2 “per 2o tl!L tglrl’r: ed. IAMS, $1,600. T\ . J. WILL) Phone 242 Red | | —— Catty Trick. When a family moves to a new : Bouse it nat infrequently happevs that | the cat disapproves of the change and returns to its old abode at the first op- portunity. Now cats are very careful about their feet, and mauny county folk will tell you that if a cat's feet are thrust into butter on the first night of its arrival in the new quarters, it will take #0 long to lick clean the sensitive surfaces that it will become accustomed to its new surroundings reconciled to the change before the butter. ¥ — Hibugin. ppent half the winter in hingten endeavoring to get a pri- Heé ‘Bid’ Was % Horace Dayton, See M. G. Waring, ; Yate bill"through congress, and re- " owner. Phone 249 day, or 231 Black ' tuthed ta'the bosom of his family a been heard from since. sadder and wiser man. Shortly after his arrival he was met by a friend, who greeted him warmly with: “Glad to see you back again. “Why, the man seems to possess all his natural senses.” “I mean socially and morally.” Thus, two men at the club discussed the member who performed his social functions as though they were a pen- ance, and cast a chill over all those with whom he came in contact. “.I first speaker went on: i “It was 15 years ago, when he ar- rived at age. He lived in a town sev- eral hundred miles from here, and was engaged to marry a beautiful girl. | Her name was Elsinore Dayton. There | was another suitor. His name, too, ! was Dayton—Horace Dayton, but he ? flancee. Young ! ui.z‘fm are free from all traces of W88 DO relation to the flan Thearle had inherited some money. He had bullt a rare nest of luxury for | his bride-to-be. It was filled with the | costliest furnishings. Life never ' seemed more roseate to a man. Onai‘ night Elsinore Dayton disappeared, | too. They have never | “Eloped ?” “Presumably so. From that hour of ; perfidy and heart-break Marvin | | Worthless, wandering Neal Blmtt; opened a package done up in & news- paper and smacked his lips in ;lov-i ing anticipation. Then as the con-' tents were revealed his rugged face ' broke into a smile. | “A right royal hand-out!” he gloat- ed. “Chicken and cake, and biscuits —all buttered, too. Must have(hld a nquet at that house last night.” nN:ll sat down on a pile of boards and started in to discuss the tempting viands that lay before him. In his grateful mind was a memory of the | pleasant little housewife who had so sumptuously provided for him. “It's been hard grubbing for a day)l or two,” soliloquized Neal, “but this: H bout Thearle has been as you now see makes up for it all. It's better than ow aboul | 5 — v t the tempta- your bili?” “Bfll—bill?" said the dis. him—shunningall womanklndi;ty;ll;':‘ !’Ir;; l':“;:n::?ck“;t:‘::“ch WORK. l;mt LEGISLATIVE ACT ®Ppointed soliciior contusedly, with a 38 an employer, not a real frien I'm in a ‘dry’ district. That's my-only the hotelkeeper. “I left it unpaid.” —_— Cathedral's Vicissitudes. St. Paul’s cathedral ot London has had a strange association with fire, The first edifice on the present site was erected in 610 by Ethelbert, king of Kent, but in 1087 this was de- stroyed by fire. Finally in 1666, when ing the fifth fire. In 1675 the pres- ent church was built by Charles II at & cost of more than $7,500,000. s I will only sell a limited number of my lots at the present prices. 1 will give easy terms. EPF8 TUCKER, Jr. 3958 —————. NOTICE I have in my Possession one gray 80w with white face and white ring around shoulders, marked as follows: Right ear under half crop with split, left ear swallow.fork under crop. Owner can get same by identifying and paying ull charges. T. J. Fraley, Phone 390 Red, 8983 o No tnatter how bad they are bring them to me. 1 can repair them, Lakeland Vulcanizing Plant ciry carace All Work Guaranteed | “And the residence he built?” { _“With all its rich belongings went > up in smoke one night, and the next day he left his native town forever.” | Into the store of this misanthrope there came two days later a tall, slen- der boy of tender age. He was neat and clean, but his shoes were patched and his well-brushed suit was thread- bare. Mr. Thearle gave him a mere | The manager hired A week later the lad was called into the office of Mr. Thearle. The latter | barely nodded to him. | | “Hang those pictures of the new fac- tories,” he ordered gruffly. Paul obeyed. As he stepped from the chair after hanging the last plc-; , ture, however, he stumbled. His pen- | ell, & knite and a cheap silver watch ' ! he wore fell from his pocket. With a , murmured apology of embarrassment, the lad started to pick up the scat- ' | tered articles. | The case of the watch had opened. , It had landed directly against the foot | of the employer, who stooped to pick t up. As he did 8o, he could not help but notice the photograph of a wom- an’s face pasted inside the case. ‘With a start, with a thrill, almost . ‘with an involuntary ery, i safety zone, and I'll stick!” i | 1 He was a good-natured and a good- looking fellow. Too good-natured by far he had been in the past. It had led to his grieving a sweet fond glrl.} It had ended in her father forbidding him the house. That was & good many miles from Neal's present town—of temporary residence. Neal saw the ‘ustice of his dismissal, for Mr. Par- sons was poor and Neal was spoiling ! the chances for marriage for his! daughter, Florence ! Neal had lost his position through | being too easy-going with a reckless, di-<ipated set. He left town and -cnce. Work was not easy to pick ; Marvin ' Thearle stared askance at the facs bo: [ fore him. : "Who—who 1s this?”" he ground out hoarsely. l “My miother, sir,” answered Paul, | “You live with her.” i “Not here, not now, sir. She s in! another city, but as soon as I earn ! enough I hope to have her with me.” ' | “And your father?" | “I have no father, sir,” replied Paul sadly. | “Very well, you can go.” { Marvin Thearle sent for his man- ager. Briefly, he gave his orders—to discharge Paul at once. H Two weeks after that, as Marvin Thearle was turning a corner, he al- most ran into & woman coming from the opposite direction. He came to a standstill, his face turning almost ————————————————— ghastly. It was Elsinore Dayton. He e e S $EL00000 000000000004 § OFFICE ROOMS FOR RENT In Telegram Building Coolest and Best Lighted i the City Rnnningiw—-ler in Each Room Call at TELEGRAM OFFICE aasl ] i MOVED AGAIN!! 1 am now! ocated in the room formerly occupied by the White Star Market on South Florida avenue. Thanking all my former pa=- trons for past favors and so! liciting & share of your trade in my new location, I am Fours truly H. O. DENNY PHONE 226. Prompt Del. “mmm Grove Supervision § Lands Examined Grove Cultiuation Spraying e L GEO. W. PE HORTICULTURIST Phone 388 Black Films CHANNELS CHANNELS ANGLES and ALL SHAPES BOILER PLATE Phone 201-Red or 18 We will do the rest. TANK STEEL GALVANIZED COPPER and ZINK SHEETS STAY BOLTS STRUCTUAL IRON WORK OF ALL KINDS OAK, CYPRESS W.J. WARING : BRIDGES’ Wood Yard For good Stove and Fireplace WOOD CHEAP. Apply Fernleigh Inn, Cor. Missouri Ave.and Main St. PHONE 144 | { | HAHOGANY CHERRY WHITE PINE and ALL HARD WOODS LAUNCHES DORIES SKIFFS BUILT TO ORDER BOILERS AND TANKS TO ORDER Competent workmen for road work at all times would have passed on. his arm. She grasped | “Wait,” she spoke tumultuously. “1 should have found you elsewhere, so I may speak here and now. You are the man who employed my boy, and cast him adrift without a character, ' and broke his courage, and he is dying. But that his kind-hearted land- lady sent me word, I should mever have seen him again. He constantly | raves of your inhuman treatment. | ' Why was it done? How you must bate me and mine—but why?” Why! Even on the open street | Thearle burst forth with his soul bur- | den of years. In amazement Elstnore Dayton listened. He almost cursed | ! her openly. | | “T eloped with Horace Dayton!* she cried. “Why, after he had provea to i me by written evidence that you were alrady wedded to another and I fled from my misery, T never saw him again.” “How!” cried Thearle sharply—"the boy, Pault” I “Is a poor, homeless child I adopted | to assuage my loneliness and banish- | ment.” Marvin Thearle trembled, a strong man unnerved. The woman, still fatr, 8tood humbly by his side. He stood beside Elsinore two days later, listening to the low, ' musical humming of a sweet home tune from the lips of the lovalid in an adjoining room. “You have brought my boy back to life,” she sald gratefully. “But for your timely, generous ald he wesld have died.” “Elsinore,” he sald, “can you forget?” “My wicked lack of faith in you? she faltered—"oh, never, never!™ “Then let me teach you to forget,” he sald, and his arm eneircled her, and she could not resist. She was erying softly. ! | “Ihave the present, and i is price. | | less,” he added. “Give | —of trust, of love!” | “OM, it was always love—tt win ai. ways be that!” she sobbed, and thelr | lips met, and the new and grander | compact was sealed. I | — As Scciety Sees It “I thought you were going to move I Ih!n 2 more expensive ! ol |"nn landicrd saved us the 'tmfi' ‘nplhd Mrs. Flimgilt. “He Taised the | i | | | rent nf the one we have bees occupy- | ing."—Washington Star. e | meal, which 'm: — o 3 S " He Looked Invitingly at Neal. up and idleness killed his ambition. He became a wanderer, then a tramp. He was one now, as a matter of fact. For a month, however, he had bet- tered in one respect. A drinking bout had got him in with a criminal crowd, and had he not abandoned them he would have landed where they did—in the: penitentiary. The experience scared him. He took refuge in a local option district. He had not tasted liquor for a month. With sobriety had come sane saddened thoughts of the girl he had left behind him. He had faithtully sought work, but did Dot find it to do. So, hand-outs had | become his portion, “Hello!” ejaculated Neal in a sud- den sprightly way. There had come bus! of lunch a paw. “Shake, old fellow!" hailed Neal. “Hungry? 1 see you are. All right. w.;ll make it fifty-fifty, and there you are!” It did Neal 800d to see the half- famished ani: mal enjoy the toothsome he divided evenly with bim. It was getting on toward dusk. Neal had tramped a good many miles that day He chose a Soft grass plat Just off the road and stretched him- self out. The dog made no demur, more than content to stay with his new master s long as the latter smoked and Spoke to him. As Neal closed his eyes for a nap, however, the animal &0t up near to him, pulleq his sleeve, Pbranced about, showed Plainly that he d‘lld lu;t ;onnlder it bedtime, nor the site of e siesta favi ! S s, orable for rest “What you trying to ¢, fellow?" queried Neal “Want me to go right—march aliead. The animai at once methods of a gyige ell me, old whimsically, Somewhere? Al adopted the Down the road hay on its floor to comfortable beg “Well, well, - ay, ghed Neal—“tit for I share m ¥ meal and you piigy To Ciean Claes Bottles, An easy way to clean glass bottleg ?. to cut lemong in small pieces, drop o the bottle, half fil the botty, with | Water and shake well. Pear] Ornaments 'Move the -"l:'-‘h:u SDpearance, i all his keen scuses shr long bench invited him 1, then unconsciously to slumber It must have been tire, pe hours later when Nea) awoke ser was pulling at his coat ) up and then sprang to his fegf from the inside of the house a5 ing scream of terror or Pain ragg “Somethinz ‘vrong,” uttereq eWdly ale an instant, “aud Towser knows The dog, with an eager i pyf glance back at his master, haq ed for the house. Neal followeq, front door was open. Down the the dog stole to where 5 door partly ajar. Beyond it Nea] DPeered the moment, horrified anq spellbo Across a table in his night dregg| the hermitlike occupant of the —old Jacob Wise. He wa: it. There was a fire in the stove, stuck between its red hot bars m poker. A rough-looking man standing over the aged Wise “Now then, I've got yo safe sound,” he was saying. “y ou've g fortune hidden away in some odd ner of this old house ang | wan| understand?” Jacob Wise made no response, robber drew: the poker from the std “Tell where that money is," he spg “or I'll give you a touch of this” The intruder waved the red poker menacingly. He moved it ag the bare soles of his victim's feet | “Ill tell! It burns! |y tel shrieked the tortured old man Just then Neal pushed open door. The intruder turned quicl Neal sprang at him. They grappl Then the robber pressed a revo) against the side of his opponent. The last thing that Neal pan saw as he sank unconscious to floor was the dog, hia teeth at throat of the wretch who had dowy bis master. The waking moment came g later, although Neal did not real that fact when he first roused In amazement he stared. Old Jad ‘Wise sat at his bedside in a comfo able room. Through an open do Wway, moving about engaged in dom tic dutles, Neal saw Florence P sons! “Ah! better!" chuckied the old mis *“Good boy! I've been awtully anxiou Know her?” and he nodded his he towards the tidy, graceful figure the next apartment, “Yes,” whispered Neal weakly, b his face aglow with tenderness delight. “She's true blue,” declared the o man fervently, How “true blue,” Neal Barrett knef after a little explanation. The faith ful Towser had driven the robbe away, terribly lacerated. Jacob Wis grateful to man and dog who h saved to him a part of his hoarded fo tune, had given Neal the best possible, Some memoranda found on Ne had advised Wise of the existence o Florence. He had written her. Shi had come to nurse the unfortunat man she still loved. “T'll call her in now,” advised Wi “She knows I'm going to start you ou on a mew life, with plenty of capi You're a brave man, and that do shall have a real silver collar. Astd the young lady—don't miss you chance to get a good wife.”" Which Neal did not, and Towser, loyal, vallant Towser! was not shi out from guestship when the happ wedding took place. SHE TOURED WORLD AT & Eiderly Lady Enjoyed Trip, and Lived| Two Years to Talk About It Mrs. Mary J. Scroggs, who enjoyed the unique distinction of having trav eled around the world and enjoyed every mile of the tour when she was eighty-five years old, died at the re# idence of her son, Dr. G. A. Scrogss &t Los Angeles. Particularly free frod {liness throughout her life, she was §l but a short time before death. She Was eighty-seven years old. years ago Mrs. Scrogss decid: ed to take a trip around the globe. Many friends had known that sbe to make the tour, but weré amazed when she annmounced that 53¢ bad completed arrangements. Rugged and with & mind particularly receptive aad alert, she traveled through tbe alien lands with the greatest enioy- ment, and gathered an unusuaily large fund of information. She was accompanied by her daug® ter-in-jaw, Mrs. Doctor Scroggs, and her niece, Miss Elizaboth P. Pailey. Tbe oldest woman ever to make such 8 trip, according to the records of &l transportation companies, she was 1t 11l from ocean travel, and did not mi day from sightseeing. " Mrs. Scrcges weni to Los Angels 12 years ago from Beverly, Pa. e ing lived the greater part of ber Lf® in that community. Better Than Riches. 3 A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them et than by giving them a fortune.—ArH bishop Whately.