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T eomns 1| THE BORNED APPLE —_— Cnhiropractor DR. J. Q. SCARBOROUGH, Lady in Attendance i pyches Building Between Park Auditorium. : OFFICE HOURS. 1911:30 & m. 1:30t0 5 p. m. 7:00 ¢o 8:00 p. m, tation and Examination Free, Residence Phone 240 Black Ww. L. HEATH, D. 0. HUGH D. VIA. D, 0. Doctors of Chiropratic. Over Post | By ESTHER DEANE WALWORTH. “I hope you're all satisfied,” Und: Ben Lewis, othzrfl::' s..wu:: Ben,” and he beamed on his sister's §Town up family benignantly, “Ob, brother Ben, you've simply done too much for us!” declared Mrs, Waters, his sister, effusively. “Y; surely know how to scatter l:ll'll.ll:: “It does my old heart good to hear you 80,” declared Uncle Ben, The room was a babel of confusion and excitement. After his fortieth “You can have young Owens,” scornfully told Mary, and gentle l::y.. Dot resenting the taunt implied, only m.‘,‘.“ sweetly and said to herself: ‘ ve got him—he told me so only last night, dear, brave, loyal Dale!” The inherited fortune did not turn out so grand as was expected. Hor- tense, however, set about living up :‘I::to:h:;u f:."mil She influenced the e y with a high hand. She married a high fiyer of fashion with more pretense than cash. Her mother gave them a fine new house. Within & year it was mortgaged for half what it was worth. Things did not go very well with Mary and Dale. They had married about & year atter Hortense had gone Into her own home. Mrs. Waters had HER DREAMS GAME TRUE By DONALD ALLEN. Okeechobee Farms Will yield big crops of corn, cane, cowpeas, velvet beans, rape, peanuts, kudzu, spineless cactus? Rhodes, Para, Natal and other grasses for hay and pasture. With alf menvdhhhmdqmflhmwhnmhodm:zrm Thousands of Acres of Our Land at the North End of Lake Okeechobee Are Now Ready for Cultivation These lands do not need draining other than small ditches necessary on any farm. Make a trip Hourg 8 to 12. a. m. and 3, or fiftieth voyage, “ciroumnavigatin’ died and there was a general break- the globe,” as he termed it, the bluft old salt had come to his home ‘town 'b]:n‘:::mp:rnuont port of it. of the room was ‘wooden chest that had wuv.hnl'ed.b::: storm and shipwreck on many a dis- tant main. It was nearly empty now, for the good-hearted old mariner had been distributing the presents he had brought from far away olimes. There were genuine cashmere shawls, Russian sable furs, a string of pearls, toys for the children. Hor- tense, the young lady of the Waters family, was admiring in the mirror a Jeweled breastpin that Ben bluntly admitted had cost him two thousand dollars, “And, Jane,” spoke Ben to his sis- ter, “where is the little girl you adopted?” -'Oh, Mary?” replied Mrs. Waters. “She isn't a little girl any longer. Call her, Hortense.” To the kitchen the haughty daugh- ter of the house proceeded. Her face wore a frown. In the first place she was inteusely selfish—and did not see “what Uncle Ben wanted to lavish gifts on a stranger for.” Next, with- in her breast rankled resentment against Mary Edgerton, because Dale Owens, the best looking young man in the village, had lately shown a preference for the company of the dainty little Mary as against her own. Ungraciously she, arrayed in parlor attire, apprized the modest household drudge in gingham that she ‘“was wanted by Mr. Lewis.” All smiles, and genuine ones, Mary | hastened from her work. Then she : stood, flushed and embarrassed, in- 5and 7to 8 B M. 5 Graduates and Ex-Faculty mem- of the Palmer School of pratic. Consultation and pal analysis free at office, ¢.D. & H. D. MENDENHALL CONSULTING ENGINEERS Suite 212-216 Drane Building Lakeland, Fla. ssphate Land Examinstions and t Designs Karthwork Specialists, rveys. idence phone, 278 Black. e phone, 278 Blue. DR. SARAH P. WHEELER OSTEOPATH uon Aonex, Door South of First National Bank Lakeland, Florida DR. W. R. GROOVER PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON poms 6 and 4. Kentucky Bulldina Lakeland, Florida DR, W. B. MOON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Telephone 350 urs 9 to 11, 2 to 4, evenings 7 to 8 Over Postoffice Lakeland, Florida A. X. ERICKSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Real Estate Questions Bryant Bulilding D.0. Rogers Edwin Spencer, Je. ROGERS & SPENCER Attorneys at Law, Bryant Building Lakelang, Florida B. H. HARNLY Estate, Live Stock aal General AUCTIONEER Balos Maunager INATIONAL REALTY AUCTION CO. | Auction Lot Sales a Speclalty i 11 Raymondo Bidg. Lakeland, Fla —_— EPPES TUCKER, JR. LAWYER ! { ymondo Bldg., Lakeland, Hmdl“ f side the parlor. Uncle Ben's grizzled | tace brightened. He kissed Ler on | both cheeks and stroked her hair | fondly. KELSEY BLANTON, “Do You Know What That Is?” ATTORNEY AT LAW Office in Munn Building Lakeland Florida LEFFERS ' “Mary has been my faithful corre- r::u% SURGEON | ®vondeat, Sister Jane,” ho sald. “The Rooms 2-3, Skipper Bullding | rest of you haven't written me much, but every month there was a page or Over Postoflos ......+- |1y, from this faithful little friend. ! I've not forgotten you, Mary,” he went W. 8. PRESTON, LAWYER on, diving into his chest. “Do you oe Upstairs East of Court House | know what that is?” and he produced BARTOW, FLA. an oblong rough-appearing object. ramination of Titles and Rea, K¢ Mary shook her head in doubt and tate Law & sp.fl.'"’ wonder. Then a whiff of spice crossed her senses. “It's a Borneo apple,” explained Uncle Ben, “and there isn't a spice that grows there that isn't stuck it. I hope you'll keep it for my 5 Hang it up in your room and 301 Blue it will keep strong just as it is for years.” DR. H. MERCER RICHARDS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON pMce: Rooms 6 and 6, Ellistor Blag | Florida ones: Office 378; Resid. “Oh, Mr. Lewis, how kind of you to remember me!” burst out Mary spon- taneously, and she kissed his bronzed o cheek in real appreciation of his thoughtfulness. Neither she nor the Oftice phone 402. Res. 312 Red | o 04 how closely the old ial attention to drafting 188} | gaior watched her, to.see how she papers. took the award of a simple gift, con- arriage nd abstracts trasting strangely with the rich pres- . “::::I:l ents scattered among the others. “She’s true gold, sister!” said Uncle Ben to Mrs. Waters a little later. “She has well paid her way,” an- W. HERMAN WATSON, M. D. |gwered the latter appreciatively. *“I sometimes chide myself for letting ephiones: Office “'l‘; Res. 113 Red | her bear the burden of household toil, Lakeland, Floride but Mary insists she loves it. I really believe it is to spare me. She loves everybody, I think.” “] won't forget her when I come to make my will. She deserves some- thing for her kindness to you.” Poor Uncle Ben! Planning fondly how he would become the lord bounti- ful to a whole community, he who had | braved unknown salty depths, stum- bled and fell along a little stream the next day, was stunned and found drowned in two feet of fresh water. | His fortune went to his sister. Thereupon Hortense took to herself new airs. She looked higher than Dale Owens for a lover now. ——————————————— H. THOMPSON NOTARY PUBLIC Established in July, 1900 DR. W. 8. IRVIN DENTIST oom 14 gnd 15 Kentucky Building LOUIS A. FORT ARCHITECT 2 Kibler Hotel, Lakeland, Florida e SSRGS DR. J. R. RUNYAN oms 17 and 18, Raymondo Bldg. I neceasary druge furnished with- out extra charge Resldence phone 303. Office Phone 410 ICK? %8, Virtue of Gooo Manners. Good manners, while costing little, accomplish much. They may perhaps be among the “little things,” but who will not agree that it is just these little things that makes the big dif- ferences in our pleasure or pain, com- fort or discomfort? They oil the wheels of life and cause them to run ing up of the family. Mary and Dale began their new life in a modest way. Bright employment prospects for Dale had been suddenly blighted by the failure of the firm with which he had taken service. Always was the cherished Borneo apple hung from a hook in the wall in the dining room. It continued to diftuse its rare spiciness. Just as last- ing was Mary’s memory of the kind old wanderer who had truly loved her. There were harsh, pinching times, but Mary was brave and Dale reliant. He laughed one night as they sat down to supper and he noticed a new addition to the family, a maltese cat. “Have to take in all the blind, crip- pled and homeless, eh, little woman ?* “Oh, I will eat a little less,” smiled Mary sweely. “Oh, dear “The cat is going to have a e shouted Dale in some concern, spring- | ing from his seat. In true feline style their new guest whirled about the room. Mary jumped to a chair in dismay as it upset a vase of flowers. Dale captured the animal and put it out of doors after it had climbed the walls' half a dozen ' times. He came back to the dining room to find Mary in tears over the wreck of the cherished Borneo apple. The maltese had torn it loose and the dry pulpy mass had parted in ruins. “And I treasured it so!” sobbed gen- tle Mary. “Look here, see what was inside—a little porcelain box,” spoke Dale, pick- ing it up. “And look here!” he shout- ed, as he opened fit. Mary almost screamed with sun prise. From a silky resting place there looked up at them a dozen bril | liant gems. “Dear Uncle Ben!” murmured Mary. “Wise Uncle Ben,” supplemented Dale. “He counted on your years of patience and provided a due reward.” When Hortense moved from the mortgaged home, Dale and Mary moved fo. That Borneo apple had supplied the means to make a new business start for the one and a new home lite for both. (Copyright, 1915, by W, G. Chapman.) 'AMPLY PROVED THEIR SKILL According to This Story, Russian Workers in Metal Had Marvel- ous Abllity. The Russian peasants, of course, are neither scientists nor technologists; but even they think that they can do & few things—and especially work metals—as skillfully as anybody. A century or two ago, according to folk tale current in Russia, the gossudar (the czar) called together a dozen or more peasants who had a reputa- tion for skill in the working of met- als, and exhibited to them a steel flea, of natural size, which had been “made in Germany,” and had been sent to him, partly as a gift and part- ly to show the delicacy of the Ger- man smiths’ work. The gossudar hand- ed it to the peasants on a plate and said: “Look at that! You think that you can work metals; but I don’t belleve there's one of you can duplicate that steel flea.” The peasants said, “Perhaps not, batushka (Little Father); but if you will let us take the flea home, we will see what we can do.” The czar consented, and they re- tired. A day or two later they reap- peared, and with low waist bows pre- sented to their monarch on a plate the same German flea, but without the ex- pected duplicate. “Ah!" sald the czar. “You couldn't make another. I knew you couldn’t!” “WIill your majesty deign to look at the fiea through a magnifying glass?” replied the peasants. A glass was brought, and upon close inspection it was found that the Rus- sian metal workers had shod the Ger- man flea with steel shoes.—George Kennan in the Outlook. New Stare. Some of the phenomena presented by socalled “new stars” at a late stage in their history have been re- cently investigated. It was generally thought that these stars, in their last stages, presented a nebular spectrum, but in 1907 Hartmann directed atten- tion to the case of Nova Persel (1901), the spectrum of which, in its later stages, no longer presented the chief nebular lines. It is interesting to de- termine whether all novae behave in this manner. As the result of a num- ber of observations it is suggested that this is indeed the case, a close correspondence being pointed out be- tween the stars called Wolf-Rayet stars and temporary stars in the later stages of their history. The hypothesis that the phenomenon of a temporary star is due to a star entering a nebula is deserving of some attention, since with the emergence of the chief neb- ula lines is coincident with the emer | gence of the stars from the nebula.— Scientific American. Aeroplane Testing. | Ina French seroplane factory wings are testing by turning machines upside down and loading them with sand, | evenly distributed, until a weight ex- ceeding the pressure the wings must | withstand is reached. To those | i 1 | (Copyright, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) | Mrs. Matilda Fletcher was wash- | ing windows, mopping the floors and doing a general cleaning up for the ! widow Perkins. Mrs. Fletcher was a . married woman who went out by the day at a dollar a day. Mrs. Perkins lived on a small in- come, and 8o far as the people of the town of Mason had settled the mat- | ter in their minds, she did not in- | tend to marry again. She had been | asked time and time again by Mrs. ! Shoemaker, Mrs. Schofleld, Mrs. Kirk | and others if she didn't feel it better | to take & husband to bulld the fire in | the morning. | “If you were Mr. Perkins up in | heaven and saw some other mnl building the fire and filling the tea- kettle for breakfast wouldn't you be ! mad about it?” she had made answer. After Mrs. Fletcher had stood on & chair for an hour and washed win- dows she entered the house. “Mrs. Perkins, would you be mad if I rested my back for a few minutes?” “Why, of course mot.” “BEver since that California earth- quake I have felt a weakness in the knegs and back. It was the jar, I suppose, though I did not wake up. Are you affected by earthquakes?’ | “Not in the least. The only thing . that affects me is my dreams.” “You don't say? Do you have bad dreams?” | “Sometimes, and sometimes very | happy ones. You clean house for the | Widower Jackson every Saturday, don’t you?” | “I do, and a nice man he is” | “Mrs. Fletcher, if I should tell you ' something could you keep it to your- self?” ! “You ought to know, Mrs. Perkins, { that T am no blabber.” | “Well, T have dreamed that Mr. Jackson rescued me from a ferocious bull, at the risk of his own life. I awoke calling him a brave man.” “Mrs. Perkins!” 3 “Then 1 dreamed that Elder Bas- combe’s horse ran away, and was i about to run over me when Mr. Jack- ! gon caught him by the bridle.” “Did 1 ever!” “And 1 was so weak in the knees | over my narrow escape that he had ' to put his arms around me for a few | minutes.” ! “And he was saying that he loved you?" “I think he was.” “Good! Mrs. Perkins, you are a widow and Mr. Jackson is a widower. Fate is trying to bring you together.” “It may be 80, was the quiet re- sponse. “Do you suppose Mr. Jack- scn would be interested to know that 1 1 dreamed of him?* “Surely he would. It is a great compliment to a man to be dreamed of by a woman.” “You could manage it somehow to tell him that I had dreamed of him?” “I could. He is quite a man for | mysteries.” “If you could manage it, Mrs. | Fletcher, and say that I have told no | one but you, and be sure to remem- | ber what he says.” “I can.” “My cow is getting rather old, and i my brother over in York is going to send me another, and I will give the old one to you.” | ‘“May heaven bless you! I shall ' bring it about or die In the attempt.” Mrs. Fletcher swept and dusted and baked bread for the widower on Sat- urday, as usual, and after her day's work was done she hastened to the | house of Mrs. Perkins. { “I told " him,” explained Mrs. | Fletcher as she entered the house. “I found out that he belleved in dreams, and T went at it and told him all that you had told me.” “And what did he say?” “He heard me all through and then says: ‘Mrs. Fletcher, there's much in dreams.’ . ““There surely is, sir,’ says I. “ It wouldn't be so queer if T should dream about her.’ “‘Not so very queer, sir’ That's what he sald, Mrs. Perkins—the very words, and he sald them kindly.” “Very well, Mrs. Fletcher. Just as soon as the new cow comes you shall drive the old one home.” There were two things Mrs. Fletch- er wanted right bad. She wanted to help out the widow, and she wanted that cow. She knew it was an old cow, and that her milking days were over, and that the best thing about her was her fly-switcher, but it would be the first cow she ever owned. Mrs. Fletcher was born with a gift of gab and imagination, and | she had related that dream with such ! unction and dramatic effect that it ! lifted the widower off his heels. At any rate he appeared at the Widow Perkins' house before midday. “I think 1 want to borrow your rake—I think I do.” “Why, with the greatest pleasure,” was the reply. “And if 1 don't want to borrow your garden rake I sure do want to talk about dreams.” “Oh, dear me! Did that foolish Mrs. Fletcher go and tell you about | my dreams?” “She did, widow.” “But you don't believe in them?” “Most firmly—most firmly.” And Mr. Jackson proved that he did. Plump Wild Geese. Seven wild geese caught on an is- land in the Platte river, Nebraska, weighed 74 pounds. Teacher Disagreed. “Mamma, when you speak about three things you always ought to say ‘are, oughtn't you?" “Yes, dear. Why?* “’'Cause the teacher said it wasn't right when I wrote on the | blackboard: “The grand old red, white and blue are waving over Cuba’™ to Okeechohee on the new division of the Florida East Coast Railway without delay, and see for yourself just what these lands are. journey from Jacksonville. Note that Okeechobee is now only a trifie ever twelve hours’ Investigate This Wonderful Country While You Can Have a Choice of Locations for Your Farm You will find it unexcelled for general farming, livestock and poultry raising and for growi kinds of vegetables common to Florida as well as the finest citrus fruit. This town and will n. County especialiy av.,.. .- s.wk raising, general farming and fruit growing. Write teday full particulars to grow at an amazing rate during the next few years. We also have excellent land and lots * Ctulwata and Kz:a, eville—the former a fine lake section in Seminole County suited D ‘ ‘ral farming, and the latter a fertile pine land country in Osceola for J. E. INGRAHAM, Vice-President Land and Industrial Department, Florida East Coast Railway Room 218 City Building CHANGE WESTERN STYLES Chiness Women Now Dressing Their Halr Like Their Slsters of the Occident Since the men of China have come generally to accept the new order of things in the celestial kingdom by re- | moving the traditional queue and ar- as its coarseness wiil permit, it is nat- | O ural that the women should follow. E Shanghai advices tell of a general ten- dency on the part of Chinese belles | () of the present day, the “new women,” | [® | to appear not only in the garb of fash- lonable Europe but to adopt the west- ern mode of dressing their hair, ‘The old manner of parting the hair close to the head is rapidly giving way to the modern European method of parting and arranging it in fluffy style. Having dispensed with that sticky substance known as “bowfull,” which is necessary when they dress the hair in the old Chinese style in order to form the rather hard lines, the hair of these Oriental women is found to be surprisingly soft and wavy. It is open for argument wheth- er or not the “new woman” of China Is an improvement in appearance over her former self when she followed the more rigid style. Hints About Steel. To clean articles made of steel, rub with a plece of raw potato, un- slaked lime or powdered pumice. Skates, sled runners, etc., may be pre- vented from rusting, when they are stored away for the summer, by coat- ing them with a mixture of lard, pul verized black lead and camphor. To remove rust from steel, rub with salt wet with hot vinegar; scour and rinse with bolling water. Dry with a clean flannel cloth and polish with sweet oll “From Hoke Smiths.* Benator Hoke Smith of Georgia has | had babies named after him so numer- ously and for so many years that now his mail is interspersed every day with letters from various other Hoke Smiths. He has his morning mall sorted into several classes, which in- clude: “Important,” “Unimportant,” and “From Hoke Smiths.” Even though he has grown used to it of late, it seems funny to sign his Hoke Smith to a letter directed to Hoke Smith Jones or any of the scores of other Hoke Bmiths that keep writing to him. Tuberculosis Death Rate Lower. The whole tuberculosis crusade, in which children are so largely the bene- ficiaries, would have been impossible without the use of rabbits and guinea pigs. By the use of tuberculic it is now possible to make a Jlagnosis so sarly in lite that a large portion of cases are cured. Humpbacked chil- dren and permanent lameness from tu- berculosis of the spine and hip joint are rapldly disappearing. In 20 years the death rate from tuberculosis in New York has been reduced about 40 per cent; in Boston 55 per cent. Study of tuberculosis in animals bas proved also that the disease 18 not inherited. The Young Wife. “My wife got her recipes mixed, and all her hard cooking went fc~ noth- ng.” “How was that?” “She tried to make chocolate fudge out of a formula for cleaning brass work.” Weuld Not Think of Defeat. As to belng prepared for defeat, 1 eertainly am not. Any man who is prepared for defeat would be half defeated before he commenced. 1hope for success, shall do all in my power to secure it, and trust to God for the rest—Admiral Farvagut. e ——— Her First Book. | “Your nevel will be bound W eloth, of ecourse,” e pompous “Oh, how miee!” ‘may 1 seloct the cloth? Id--*!. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA IT WILL PAY YOU TO CONSULT US ON THE ELECTRIC WIRING IN YOUR HOUSE OR STORE We Are Electrical Experts FLORIDAELECTRICEMACHINERY Co THE ELECTRIC STORE Phone 46 Kibler Hotel Bldg. ELECTRIC S s s S e Most all of the Particular Men because our Collar work Satisfies Don’t wear a glossy collor. It's out of date. Shirts und collors laundered by us being worn in three dozen surrounding towns. How about yours? The Lakeland Must Little Homeless Children Suffer In Florida? WE DO NOT BELIEVE that the good people of Flor- ida reulize that there are right now in our State Hundreds of littde children in real need—some absolutely homeless— that just must be cared for. We feel sure—that they do not know that there are hun- dreds of worthy mothers in Florida who are just struggling to keep their little ones alive—and at home. We just cannot believe—that with these facts true—and every orphanage in Florida crowded to the doors—that the people of Florida will let our great work which has cared for 850 of these little ones this year alone—go down for lack of funds to keep it up. Your immediate help—is greatly needed—right now—Please send what you can to-day—to R. V. Covington, Treasurer of The Children’s Home Society of Florida Florida’s Greatest Charity 361 St. James Bildg. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. OTN L0 A "1 A TS S e T |