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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
Civil Service Examinations.

How would you like TO work for YOUR
Uncle Samuel? He is an exacting old
dufier but he is prompt pay and has
other advantages as an employer He
wants few more railway mail clerks
who are males and on January 11th next
he is going 10 hold examinations in
several states of which Florida is one.
If you can pass this examination you
will be given a certificate which will
place you among the eligibleS TO fill va
cancicS in the service as they may occur
at $500 per year. Only persons who are
bona fide residents of this State need
apply for examination.
There are some handicaps. Your
Uncle Sam wants men, real men, and
his idea of man is: That he should
not be under Is nor over IS years on the
date OF the examination; that he must
measure feet inches in his stockings
and must weigh at least 1870 pounds in
ordinary clothing, without overcoat or
hat. Ii is said that opportunities for ap.
pointment of qualified persons are ex.
cellent. In the examination you must
know something OF spelling, arithme-
tic, pcnmanShip, know how 10 write an
intelligent letter, and be able to correct
manuscript where there errors in spell.
ing and in SyntaX.
Postmaster Kirby who has always
been the friend of misguided youth
seeking government jobs will take
pleasure in telling you more about this
examination and the requirements,
should you desire TO know.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
Unl1eeded.

"And those long. silent pauses IN
your speech--I didn't quite understand
tbomq" Perhaps not Those we're
Ihe points where had written laugh
ter and applause into my manu-
script."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
An Old SAVING Made New.

More things would come to him VINO
waits if they were not captured on the
wav by the man who won't Wait'-Llp-
nincotfs Magazine.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06

An analysis shows that II per cent.
of tbe street dust in New York city
Is pulverized rubber.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
CT 70 Work.

You can never tell how nara 'ne
task is by standing and looking a' i''
The Christian Herald.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06

Most disease comes from germs. Kill
the germs and you kill the disease.
Conkey's NoX-i-cide mixes with water
and kills the germs. For poultrymen,
Stockmen and HousekeeperS. Guaran-
teed by Kennerly's Seed Store. 1O.11-6t
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06

Send Rowton PaIatka-25c in stamps
or silver for latest music Palatka two
step.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07

tria Is well aware that England and
France, and probably Russia, are all
sainst an upheaval in the Balkans
1t is difficult to believe that Austria
would be willing to see Bulgaria and
Servia, or Bulgaria alone, consolidate
ed as powerful Slav State lying
across the road to Salonica. A sue
cessful Bulgaria would bar the cas-
tern sea road to Austria for all time.
1t is no less difficult to believe that
Austria would calmly view the gath
ering power and progress of COM
pletely independent Albania, or well
come the effect which the examples
of Slav independence and power
would have upon the minds of Monte
negro, Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzego-
vinio.'
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07
GREAT CONFLICT BETWEEN
CHRISTIAN AND TURK

writes Mr.. George Lloyd in the Lon.
don Daily Mail, the distant provinces
Of Africa and Europe have been neg.
lected and now may be lost The
disturbances in the Balkans presents
a parallel to the loss of Tripoli. This
eminent member of Parliament, who
has travelled widely in the Balkans.
both privately and as special COM
missioner, tells US what he considers
to be the fundamental causes OF the
present disturbance. Abdul Hamid,
he declares, ruled Turkey with a
clear and definite policy with regard
to the Christian subject, 1t was the
policy Of the Turkish monarch to
foment quarrels between the Balkan
nationallties. Since the fall OF Abdul
Hamid, says Mr.. Lloyd, these quar-
re's and their animosities have large
ly died out, and the Balkan states
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07

1t is strange that the conflict be-
tween Christian and Turk, which has
colored history ever since the cru
sades, down through the days Of
Sobieski and the Crimean War,
should leave the reader of today's
news in doubt about the underlying
conditions Of the present situation.
In all the struggles between Greek
Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Moslem,
the motive and incentive have been
the same since Paris ran off with
Helen. 1t is Europe against Asia.
The East is still at war with the
West. One of ironies of recent chron
icles appears in the fact that the
very reformation, or attempted re-
formation in Turkish politics has
brought weakness to her. While
Constantinople has been occupied in
an attempt at better government,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07

have united in a common hostility to
Turkey.
These States have a war strength
nearly or quite equal in fetal to that
OF Turkey, and in addition have the
active sympathy of the Christians in
European Turkey, who actually out.
number the Moslems in this division
OF the Empire, according to THE
statesman's Year Book" Hence the
danger Of the present rItuation. As
Mr.. Lloyd says.
while the last three years In Tur.
key have been spent in factionaI, in.
ternal dissension, and in the crush.
ing Of distant rebellions, the Balkan
States have strengthened their ar
mics, Increased their equipment.
speeded up their mobilization, ard
at the same time have been careful.
by their bomb outrages and by the
activities Of their bands, to maintain
that misery and unrest In Macedonia
which should serve them as prctext
for war when tho moment WAS rIre.
Aggravated by the recent Kochana
massacres and fired by the Salonica
and Kuprili bomb reprisal, the Mac.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07
ADVERTISED LETTERS

Logan, Utah. Nov. 6, 1912
Allen, VIM.
Bowen, Miss Mamie.
Clark Louie.
Christensen, Orson A.
Fletcher, Chas.
Griffith, J. s.
Peterson. N. P.
Reeves, Robert II.
Richards. Samuel e. Jr.,
Smith, Miss Laveda.
JOSEPH ODELL Postmaster.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07

Pasadena, Calf, G. l.. Parsons of
the Chas. H. Ward Drug Co., writes
I'VE have sold and recommended
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
for years and believe it to be one of
the most efficient medicines in the
market. Containing no opiates or
narcotics, it can be given freely to
children" Coop Drug Company.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07

What's that you say?"
Il say our ancestors didn't know
beans"
We'll, If prices. keep going up,
our descendants will become very
well acquainted with them" Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07

WANTED - Horses to pasture
close in; good fences and feed. Ar
ply to c Balling, phone 618.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS

PLENTY OF money to loan on farms
or good city security. ]. 2. Stew
art. Il
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-07

FOR SALE Hyacinths, Tulips,
Narcissus, China Lilies, Peoneas.
and other bulbs for fall planting at
Ola Larsen's, 212 East Third South.
Phone 497R. NJ
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-22
SPLENDID,

But you ride, of course" the girl
insisted.
NO; that is, haven't for years, you
see."
He suddenly became aware that the
girl opposite him had beautiful hair
and a wonderful red in her cheeks
good, healthy outdoor red.
oh, and why did you give it up?
/ could never do that, give up ridingl'
1T wasn't easy. 1t isn't easy now.
but one can't practice law and ride
now, can they?" he appealed.
But why practice law?" the girl
laughed, and then, ooh, I'm sorry /
said that, it sounded silly. OF course
you were right. Men can't just ride
some one has to practice law and build
bridges. I daresay the world wouldn't
go very far if men only rode horses -
Striving frowned. 81 don't know,
he went on, half to himself, I'm not
so sure 1t makes much difference"
The girl looked out the window.
ut is pretty country, isn't it?" she
asked, land we rarely draw a blank
We're not very smart perhaps, but we
have nice little club, and one really
does have to ride to get over the fences
about here. And then, too, we don't
have such large crowds out and that's
rather nice. Everybody knows every.
body else, and we ride our own lines. -
The train was running more slowly
Both were conscious of it. Striving
looked at the girl and smiled little
disappointedly. She seemed to under.
stand.
II get off here. I'm awfully sorry.
II yfr-E,
then she laughed spontaneously. but
it's good you're not. You never could
have ridden Darlington Brook there
by the fallen tree
81 could" said Striving doggedly,
and the girl laughed again.
The brakes ground on the wheels
The train slowed up and stopped be-
fore tiny station. Just around the
corner Striving had a vague idea he
caught sight of a scarlet coat The
girl got up and put out her hand.
Pm sorry" she said again, that
you can't be with u.s."
Striving took the gloved hand and
shook ii vigorously. 1t was not so very
large, but it was quite firm and strong
and responded.
Good luck!"
He followed her to the end of the
car.
Were strangers" he went on. 81
won't be seen speaking to you. Your
friends might not understand"
Again came the delicious ripping
laugh.
sit wasn't exactly according to the
rules, was it, but" she held out hel
hand again, Goodbye"
Striving watched her disappear
around the corner of the station with
greater feeling of regret than he could
understand.
Jove,' he muttered, "Jove. III be
she can ride. too. | haven't seen cir
like her for years.
He sprang down the steps ant
walked to the end of the platform. TIL
conductor and the engineer were talk
ing heatedly with the telegraph oper
ator who had run out from his Office
Evidently they were being held I'D t
! let some faster train by. No doubt h,
had a minute or two He walked To
ward the corner of the station. VIVA
luck! There they were, the jack jus
coming down the road, and a dozel
: men and women nearby. some mount
, ed, others tightening girths and fuss
ing with stirrup feathers. She wa
| there, too, on big-boned thorough
: bred gray. He looked as if he coul
t gallop, Striving thought, and the gir
sat as if only fall could bring her on
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-22

forty-fve minutes to New York. He
shut his watch with a snap and bolted
out of the station. He saw the groom
on the second horse nearby. 1t was
more than up to his weight. but, he
couldn't deny the fact to himself. he
felt little shaky. He hadn't ridden
for years and to get on horse he had
never seen before and ride over that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-22

of the saddle His breath came ran
idly as hounds drew near and his
heart pounded as it hadn't done for
years. The girl turned and saw him.
He thought he could see the half twin
kle in her eyes that he had noticed on
me train, but she looked swiftly away
again. He was afraid she was offended.
perhaps he shouldn't have come, it
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-22
BY PHILIP

This is your country" Striving
asked.
: Yes, get of at Weston. that's the
next stop. you know. Hounds are
meeting there
Striving's face expressed his chagrin.
I'm sorry. I'd like to have you tell
me how it feels to ride over country
like that"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-22


saw II had once been deep reddish
bronze
Striving yawned again, then opened
the leather case at his side and ex-
tracted a bundle of papers and a print
cd brief some hundred and twenty
pages long. He glanced at the latter
casually, disinterestedly at first. and
then gradually, with an effort. forced
himself 70 final careful perusal.
Suddenly he became aware that the
train w2s running more and more
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
CAUSE and REMEDY.

Uncertainty of the immediate
future is looked upon by many men
Of affairs, as a blockade to enter
prise and business prosperity, and
this blockade is now quite apparent
throughout the channels of trade.
The Presidential Election; the
efforts of Congress with no fixed
purpose; Organized Labor as a new
factor in politics; together with
other matters of greater or less
import, represent at this time a
chaotic conflict of separate inter
ests, to harmonic which is now the
problem before the country.
All want Prosperity, Peace and
Plenty. Read with care the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, a journal that
prints all the news each day from
every commercial center through
out the world. A barometer of
causes and effects that points out,
as Beacon Light, the danger and
the safeguard therefrom.
As well known, the Daily En-
quirer is the largest in size and
highest priced paper in the United
States, yet cheapest, measured by
quality and quantity.
The Weekly Enquirer, with the
cream and digest of all the news,
able and conservative editorials,
market reports, methods and re-
suits from Government and State
Experiment Stations, veterinary
matters, Peoples Forum, choice
literature, short and continued stor-
les, non-sectarian sermons, general
information, ETC., with the exclusion
of all matters of scandal and inn
morality, is today the Cleanest
Weekly Family Journal obtainable.
Each issue is alone worth the price
of years subscription.
Solicitors for subscriptions make
a handsome profit and increase the
good influence of The Enquirer in
the uplift of morality andindustry,
and for the betterment and welfare
of the community. For terms write
Ito The Enquirer, Cincinnati, G.. D.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN.
Neither Original Nor Enlightened, Is
Helen KelIer's Verdict.

/ doubt if the women In Shake
speare's comedies are to be taken Sc
riously. They are pretty creatures in
tended to be played by boys. They are
the vehicle Of any more or less fitting
strain of poetry which happens to
please the poet Alice in Wonderland
is q very real little girl, but one would
not make a grave, scholarly analysis of
the traits Of character which she dis
plays in her encounter with the mock
turtle. Neither should we press too
heavily upon Shakespeare'S poetry to
extract his beliefs about women. The
unrivaled sonnets voice the praise and
also the petulant dissatisfaction of 4
man in love or pretending to be in love
for the purpose Of poetry. The woman
worship in the sonnets and in the glow
ing passages of the plays spoken by
galIants In pursuit OF their ladies is
only the conventional romanticism com
mon in medieval and renaissance liter
AZURE.
Shakespeare's phrasing outflies that
of all other poets. But his ideas OF
women are neither original nor en-
Iightened. In studying the social ideas
of a writer and his time we often learn
more from his unconscious testimony
than from his direct eloquence. POrtia
Is wise, witty, learned, disguised as a
man: but she is disposed of without
protest through her fathers will and IFS
Irrational accidents to a commonplace
bankrupt cOurtier, and the tacit impli-
cation is that she is happily bestowed.
Where Shakespeare brings Portals ca
reer to an end a modern comedy would
begin. In the other plays the delight
full heroine is hurried off at the close
of the fifth act into the possession Of a
man whom she would not look at if she
were as wise and strong and witty as
the situations have represented her
Helen Keller in Metropolitan.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
Punsters.

Douglas Jerrold, when challenged to
make pun on the zodiac. replied, by
Gemini I Cancer"
Theodore Hook, when he was lmpro-
vising at a party, and a Mr.. Winter, a
well known inspector of taxes, was an
nounced, went on without a moments
break in his performance:
Here comes Mr.. Winter. inspector Of
taxes.
I'd advise We to give him whatever he
axes.
I'd advise We to give him without any
fummery.
For though his names Winter his actions
are summary.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
Gould Shout for Low

81 want to thankSou from the bot
tom of my heart" wrote G. B. RAIDER,
of Lewisburg, w. Va, "for the
wonderful double benefit L goo from
Electric Bitters, in curing me of both
a severe case of.gtomach trouble and
of rheumatism, faom which L had been
all almost helpless sufferer for teu
years. 1t suited my case as though
made just for me-" For dyspepsia,
Indigestion, jaundice, and to rid the
system of kidney poisions that cause
rheumatism, Electric Bitters have nc
equal. Try them. Every bottle is
guaranteed to satisfy. Only so cents
at PAUL Drug Co.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
GET WHAT YOU WANT.
You Can Finally Grasp IL if You Are
Persistent and Patient.

Persistent and Patient.
Get what you want in this world
It's here waiting for you. All you have
to do is to reach for it. If you reach
hard enough and far enough and long
enough you'll get it, no matter what it
Is you want
Suppose you are foolish enough to
But to get il you must make up your
mind that you want wealth; that you
want it above everything else in the
world.
Observe an industrious alien with 4
Fpushcart. He wants $1,000. He sleeps
On cellar. He rises at 4. He works till
10 at night. He denies himself food to
Save. Some day he will have his thou
sand dollars.
"But," you protest, 81 can't sleep in
q cellar. I'm above running a push
cart" Very well, then. There is little
likelihood that you will ever be rich
There are other things that you want
more than wealth-your comfort, your
social position.
Suppose you are more sensible. Sup
pose that it is success you want Good!
There are few joys in this world that
gcan compare with the joy of achieve
kment. Set your mark and start climb
Ing toward it. You'll reach it If you
keep at it. Be persistent and be pa
tent If you are in Maine you can't
wish yourself in California. You can't
get there overnight, either. But you'll
get there some time If you start and
keep going, even if you go on your
hands and knees.
But remember this: No man ever
climbs higher than the mark he sets
himself. No man ever reaches the top
walking sideways. No man achieves
who keeps turning back.
: nd one thing more:
Pick your apple carefully before you
start to climb the tree. Some apples
are sour.-William Johnston in Amer
lean Magazine.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11

publicity and even to allege that
its cost is loaded on the 'Consum.
err.
This is logic Of about the
same correctness as to say, when
store makes an addition to its
sales force in order to handle its
growing business, that the cost
of the new salespeople is added
to the cost of goods.
For ad lvertising is simply a
form of craftsmanship, and the
most efficient kind.
The growth of business that a
store gets thru advertising
works to the advantage of the
public. In every business are
certain fixed charges usually
called overhead COSTS for rent,
salary of manager, if one is en-
ployed, interest on capital invest
ed and borrowed money, insur-
once. etc.
1t is usually the case that
when business is increased, the
overhead costs do not increase
much. Consequently they be-
come a smaller charge on every
dollar of goods sold. The cost of
advertising is paid from this in
crease of business that reduces
the overhead charges.
furthermore it tends to reduce
the proportional expense of
sales-people. Good advertising
should douole the work the sales
people have to do, but the force
of clerks, is not necessarily
doubled. Much of their time
before was unoccupied and spent
in listless loafng, as tiresome to
the clerk as it is Improbable to
the employer.
If a merchant doubles his
business and increases his sales
people so per cent to get the
work done, a fourth of the ex-
penSe of clerk hire that has to
be charged up to each article
sold is saved. That will pay for
a very big advertising bill and
leave a profit over.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
The Dancer,

A lawyer while conducting his case
cited the authority Of a doctor of law
yet alive.
my learned friend" interrupted the
Judge, you should never go upon the
authority of any save that of the dead
The living may change their minds
Nos LoisirS.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
Cause and Effect.

Mrs. Smythe has a beautiful new
plume for her hat"
4 thought so. | just met her bus
band"
ibid he tell you about it?"
mo. but he looked as if he had just
been plucked."-HouSton Post.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11

French inventors have designed an
automobile suitable for children, hay
ing engines of less than horsepower
and guaranteed not to go faster than
four miles an hour even on a down
grade. 1t would be a mighty gOoG
thing if some grown folks in America
were compelled to use just such a ma
chine
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11

While tendencies to hoof contraction
and some other troubles may be in
herited, it is well to see that the colts
feet are in good shape when winter
sets in. A little work with nippers and
a rasp at the right time may prevent
worse defects that may materially re-
duce the market value of the animal
a couple of years later.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11

Cornstalks make an excellent win
ter protection for the strawberry bed
also for rose beds and tender varieties
Of raspberries. The point in their IA
vor is that they furnish necessary pro
lection from the sun so as to prevent
thawing and freezing, yet do not pack
too closely together and are not easily
blown about by the wind.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11

II the horse that has got well along
in years-from fifteen to eighteen,
not in good physical condition the
chances are that its teeth are in bac
shape These should be fixed by a
veterinarian, and it will be helpful III
some cases if the horses grain ration
is ground before feeding.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
Famous StaGe Beauties

Look with horror OH Skin Erup-
tiOnS, BlOtcheSs Sores or Pimples.
They don't have them, nor will any
one, who uses'Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
1t glOpifes the face. EcQema or Salt
Rheum vanish.before it. ltcures sore
lips, chapped hands, chilblains; heals
burns, cuts and bruises. Unequaled
for piles. Only.25c st PAUL Drug Co
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11
Backhanded.

Bess-I don't like that Mr.. Cutting
Jess-That's unkind of you. / heard
him say something awfully sweet
about you yesterday. Bess-Oh, did he?
What was it? Jessie said he imag-
ined you must have been perfectly
charming as a girL-Cleveland Leader.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11

At the state university at Lawrence.
Kan, some Of the girl students have
formed a sock darning and shirt mend
ing bureau This will relieve the boys
Of a disagreeable bachelors job and
at the same time give the girls some
spending money.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-11

Folks older grown are wont to over
look at times the fact that little people
small boys and girls-have sense OF
fair play and justice remarkably well
developed, and they also forget that
there is no surer or more speedy way
to lose their confidence than to offend
this same sense.