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The Washington times., 1913-07-03

Running the breakers in canoes Is
Newport's most exciting sport this year
and Count San Esteban, of the Spanish
legation. who Is considered one Of the
most daring canoeists. is the leading
spirit. The count and his comrades u.s.
ually paddle far out then turn and head
for the sands, riding the breakers and
sometimes shooting through them.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Kleptomania.

The paragraphist opened his type
writer, adjusted a sheet Of paper, lit
his pipe and sat for a moment i'm
mcrscd in thought. Then he clicked
off II single line of copy He glanced
at what he had written, and a look of
surprise came across his classic fca-
lures Then he gaspcd, shrieked and
went into Il fit of Mysteries.
His colleagues rushed into the room.
hut lie was beyond human aid. In ten
minutes he had laughed himself to
death. Then one bethought himself
to look Mt the last lines those fingers.
now cold and still, had written. At
the top Of the all but unsulIicd sheet
appeared these words: Another shop
litter arrested in one Of our big stores
has been dismissed with a warning
and her name withheld from the pa
pers, What used to he called a crime
IS now yclcpt a manila
That was all. But it had caught the
unawares. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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rolling off'n a log. To them

rolling off'n log. To them
These struggling-tides of Life that
seem,
In hayward, aimless course II tend,
Are eddies in the mighty streaa
That rolls to its appointed end"
To the reporters, the city and news
editors, they are the struggles and
triumphs of actual individuals who
weep and laugh and moan and gloat
and curse and pray and live and die
and are forgotten as the grasses in
the meadows, which today blossom
and tomorrow die-"A sleep, dream
story by Strangers quickly told, an
unremaining glory of things that
soon are old"
This Mondays editorial page of
staff contributions discussed "Indi-
vidualism Gone Mad" "The Punch"
"rhe Living Will" Breaking SIM
pie Laws" 200 A Needed Attrac.
tion,' The Diminishing of Dogs" and
Athletics IN Florida Colleges" And
it was a good, most valuable page,
and the public will watch with pecu-
liar interest for the Monday issues
of the Tribune in order that it may
know what these men who dabble al
together with the actualities of life
would do to suppress the evil and
encourage the good, for it is to be
an every Monday feature of the Tri-
bune
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Curious Standards.

An eighteenth century Glasgow
sweep suspended over the door of his
house the announcement:
Barny Ecir he does live here
Hen sweep your vents, and not too dear,
And should they chance to go on fire
He'll put them out at your desire.
Edinburgh once enjoyed the distinc-
ton Of possessing the most prollx sign
board on record:
John Main, Stationer, Bibles, Tes-
taments, Psalms, Hymns, Prayer
books, Catechisms, Proverbs, Books,
new and old, in various branches of
literature. Money or exchange for old
Books; Papers, Pens, and Ink; Wax
and WATERS; Biacklead, Hair, and
Hair Pencils; Colorej Books, Memo
randum Books, Religious Tracts,
Books neatly bound, on moderate
terms "v-LQpdon Mail.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Antiduity of Naqqinq.

No. if you are nagged you are not
alone in your experience. Nor are the
nagged persons of this age the only
nagged persons Of any age. Nagging
is an old custom. They tell us that
Adam, Job. Socrates. Aesop Leonidas
Machiavelli and many more distin'
guiShed historical persOnages were vic
Tins of nagging. This proves the an
tiquity but not the wisdom or the
responsibility of nagging. And if it
is as old as it is claimed to be let it
crawl away somewhere to die. For
come to think Of it. nagging is just
as hurtful to the nagger us it is to the
nagged. So why injure ourselves fol
the purpose of injuryng some one else:
Samson did that. you know. when he
pulled down the temple of GAIA and
broke his own back Rather poor
example to follow, eh?-Detroit Free
Press.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

The value Of the recall is seen by
contrasting its effects with the pres
ent situation in New York. That Gov.
Sulzer is unworthy of the exalted
office to which he was elected last
year seems apparent from the testi-
mony. Yet he was elected to the
office and was proceeding systemati-
cally to expose and put an end to
certain practices Of the most corrupt
and corrupting influence in the
United States-Tammany Hall. In
turn this gigantic grating trust
brought about the governors I'M
parchment, with the chances that he
will be found gully Of certain que5-
tiOnable transactions committed be-
fore his election. lammany is now
recalling Gov. Su!zer through i'm
parchment proceedings before the
nigh court o. the state senate. He
is being tried by politicians who
know and fear the power Of Tammany
Hall. With the recall in vogue he
would be tried b. the people them
selves. They would weigh his sins
in the balance with rammany's mo-
tive and its long history of political
crimes and-felonies on the opposite
side. The voice of the people, the
present theoretical rulers, would be
heard; he would be tried by the pee
pie instead of the politicians.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

In boarding house for bachelors
Amanda. typical "mammy," looked
after the guests comfort in true south
ern style so well that one Of the men
thought he would take her away with
him in the summer in the capacity of
housekeeper. Toward spring he way
laid her in the hall one day and said:
MANDY. do you like the countryT
Mandy reckOned she did.
"Would you like to go away With
me this summer and keep house for
me?'
Mandy was sure she would.
Suppose l get bungalow. Do you
think you could take care Of it nicely
by yourself?'
Mandy gasped and rolled her eyes
"Deed, no. massa! Reckon you all
better get somebody else; don't know
nothin' about takin' care of any ami
mails" -Harper's Magazine
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
MAN EATERS or AFRICA.

The Lions and crocodiles Are In a
Glass by Themselves.
Man eating lions have always been
fairly common IN East Africa. The
most noted but far from exceptional
case was that of the two man eaters
which for Il time stopped the building
of the Uganda railroad by their raw
ages among the wOrkmen until they
We're finally shot by the engineer in
large. Mr.. tafterward Colonel Pat
terson. Another lion after killing sew
eral men around a station on the rail
road. carried off and ate the superin-
tendent of the division. The latter
had come down in his private car,
which was run on siding, and he sat
up ut II window that night to watch
for the lion. But he fell asleep, and
the lion climbed on the platform, en-.
tered the car by the door and carried
off his would be slayer through the
window.
man eating lions took to infesting the
Nasal villages on the plain around the
headwuters of the GuaSo Nyiro, west
of kcnia, and by their ravages forced
the Nasal to abandon the district. and
the native travel routes across 1t were
also temporarily closed A few weeks
later | was hunting in the district.
We kept the thorn bona around our
camp closed ut night. with fire burn
ing and askaris on guard, and were
not mocSt2d.
Near MachakOSbOma white travel.
er was taken out of his tent by Il man
eater one night n good many years
ago. \ grcwsome feature of the incl
dent was that on Its first attempt the
lion was driven off after having seized
and wounded its victim. The wounds
OF the LATTER were dressed. and he was
again put to bed. but soon after he had
been left alone the lion again forced
his way into the tent and this time
carried the man off and ate him.
Every year in East Africa natives
are carried off from their villages or
from hunting camps by man eating
lions. Occasionally one. hears of man
eating leopards. which usually confine
themselves to women and children,
and there are man eating hyenas. but
the true man eaters of Africa are lions
and crOcodiles. Theodore Roosevelt in
Scibner's Magazine.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
A TIMELY SUGGESTION.

Has the governor of Florida,
or the commissioner of agriuGl-
ture, a contingent fund that
could be used to employ COM
petent person to investigate the
clay deposits of the state and
publish data as to their fitness
for the manufacture Of vitrified
brick? Could money be used for
better purpose? Millions of dol
lars are now being spent and
millions more will be spent in
the construction of vitrified
brick streets and roads in Florida
What tremendous benefit would
result to the people generally if
all this money could be kept in the
state instead of being sent to
Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama
and Maryland! The suggested
investigation should be made at
once, and it should be thorough.
-DeLand News.
The state of Florida has provided
for just such experiments as that
suggested by the DeLand News in its
theological Survey department.
department created by an act intro.
duced by Senator E. S. Grill of thi,
county and which became a law in
1907, ever since which time Prof. +
II. Sellards has been the Florida
State GeOlogist.
In this connection the Palatka
board of trade has a letter from
Prof. Sellards in which the state gc-
ologist states that he exects soon to
install furnace to test clays. The
value Of clay for brick making can
only be determined by burning it in
to brick. Prof. Sellards says he
hopes soon to be able to test the
clays Of Putnam and other counties
of the state.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Notice of Application for Tax Deed
Under SECTION y of Chapter 4SSS,
Laws of EIOrido


NOTICE is hereby given that
Z. $, Hubbard, purchaser of fractional Tax
Ger tlhcate No AlO dated the 9Th dnv Of JnIv
AID. 1871 has filed said fractional certificate
II my office, and has made application for
Tax Deed to issue In accordance with law
Sald fractional certificate embraces the
Ioliowing described property situated i'm
PUTNAM County, Florida, TO Wit
~. OF CoufaciO Grit, Rec. Bk IA, u 6Sl (except
part 10 James Robertson. Tx. 20, pg. tsl
section "a, Township 9, y. Range "a E., 1884
The said land being assessed at the
GATE OF issuance of such certificate in
Mitchell Rentz
unless said fractional certificate shall he
redeemed according to law, Tax Deed will
issue thereon on the 9Th day. of October.
A ID 1913.
o. witness my official signature and seal this
2tth day of September, 1913
GSEALl HENRY HUTCHINSON
clerk circuit Court, Putnam Co Fla
BY II. Hutchinson. Jr, ID. G.
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LUCKY BASEBALL FLUKE.
Think of player Making Home Hun
on an Infield Fly!

"In MI the years ! have been attend
ing baseball games-and they are more
thnn would care to number-there is
one play which stands out in my mlnd
as the greatest have ever seem" says
q, contributor to the American Maya
zine.
There was no wonderful skill en-
bodied in the play. 1t was. | suppose.
nure luck. But the fact remains that |
hnye never seen it duplicated nor APP
preached. and it is, so far as ! know,
unique in the annals of baseball.
"The game was one between wash
ington and Cincinnati back in the days.
when Washington was>in the National
league. The score was to 0 in Gin
cinnatis favor in the last half OF tho
ninth. Two men were out, and wash
ington had a runner ON second, WIN
Wilmot at the-bat On the first ball
pitched Wilmot swung hard and knock
ed an nfeId fly. the highest ! have
over seen. The ball went up and NJ
until it was visible only as tiny
speCk
with the crack of the bat the run
ner Oh second had started for home.
and he crossed the plate before the
ball began to fall. Buck Ewing, Gin
cinnati'S first baseman; McPhee, who
played second. and Germany Smith.
the Shortstop. all gathered between
first and second awaiting for the ball
to drop. WiImot sped around the
bases at top speed and passed third as
the bail fell just inside the triangle of
waiting infelders
1.-THE ball struck the hard earth of
the base line and bounded high in the
air. Ewing having to wait for it to de
Scehd Il second time before he could
make the throw home WiImot slid
around the plate and was safe, having
won the game with II home run on an
infeld fly. Il feat which has never been
duplicated in professional baseball"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
MEPHISTOPHELES.
No Satisfactory Proof as to the Origin
of the Name Exists.

There has been much discussion con-
corning the origin Of the word Meph-
istopheles in the past which has,
moreover. as yet ended in no very sat
isfactory conclusion. Some very bi-
Zarre explanations had been PROFOUND
ed before the time Of Goethe, who was
himself forced to own to the musician
Ielter in letter of Nov 20. 1929, Il
cannot give any definite answer TO the
question. Whence comes the name
MephiStopheeST
According to one theory it was a by
brid Greco-HeDraic formation of me-
phis and tOphel 1.-THE liar: according
to another its etymology was entirely
Greek very dubious Greek-mephos-
tOphiios, 'he who does not love the
light" Though this derivation is hard
ly acceptable, ii appears that this was
he original form Of the name, the sec
ond vowel being replaced by at first
n England. whence it was taken into
he popular German mysteries.
In the Goethe .Jahrbuch" Herr
Oelhke gives an entirely novel deriva.
ton which, if farfetched, has at least
the merit of originality. 1t is based on
two names found in chapters and
10 of the second book of Samuel.
PephibOschetu and Architophel. He
reminds us that it was customary in
the middle ages when giving names to
evil spirits to refer to the Old Tesla
meHt; hence the combination "Meph-
lstopheles."
The explanation is not perccptibly
more absurd than others Goethe him
self had trick of using the abbre-
waited form MepLsto when it suited
the eXigencies of his meter. 1t may he
remembered that this particularly ir
ritated Schopenhauer. who wrote in his
pamphlet "On the Murder ,Verhun
zung) Of the German Language" THE
foolish desire for brevity goes so fan
as to cut off even the devils tail by
writing Mephisto for MephistopheIes.
Westminster Gazette
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To Move Pictures,

People Who stand their family por
traits against the walls while packing
and unpacking their household good
cause great deal of broken glass
scratches and dents. The first thin,
to be done when moving into your new
home should be to hang the pictures
any place in order to get them out OF
the way without waiting to choose a
scheme of arrangement This will
prevent great deal of breakuge and
other damage.-New York Telegram.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
BRITAIN FEARED NAPOLEON.
And Lamb, Who Thought Him a Fine
Fellow, Famed the Flame.

And Lamb, Who Thought Him a Fine
Fellow, Famed the Flame.
1t was on Aug. 8, 1915, that Gen
erar' Bonaparte, as his English cap.
tors insisted upon calling him, was
transferred from the Bellerophon TO
the ship Northumberland, to begin the
journey to St Helena. There was
much protest in England against the
transportation of the distinguished
prisoner, but the government remained
firm.
Official England could see nothing
but danger in keeping such dynamic
force as Napoleon within its limits,
and, harsh as the actions of the gov
eminent seemed, the position thus TAX
en- was not without logic. Napoleon
had been placed on his honor at Elba,
but honor did not weigh with him
when ambition was concerned.
Charles Lamb spoke for those who
favored Napneon's detention in Eng
land when he wrote tc SOuthey: AFT
er ALL BonHparte is a fine fellow, as
my barber says, and | should not mind
standing barehended at his table to
do service to him in his fall. They
should have given him Hampton court
Of KenSington. with tether extending
forty miles round London" Lamb
Whmsically suggested that if Napo
icon remained in England the people
might some day eject the Brunswick
in his favor. and the government took
the suggestion seriously.
Now that Napoleon is safely dead
such Il fear seems absurd. but Napo
leon was then alive. and. in view of
that fact, no government was safe in
saying. 81 should worryw-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
FOR PALATKA'S
CONSIDER ALTON.

Sooner or later all the cities
that expect to develop ports will
be compelled to own the termi-
mails
1t seems a little difficult for
the citizens of most cities to un-
derstand that the government of
city is business matter and
that municipalities can and should
make business investments that
are not only essential but can be
developed profitably. Sooner or
later the terminal facilities Of
any atty that makes any pretanse
portance as shipping point,
can by securing control of the
water front make an investment
that will in time not only net Il
material return on the investment,
but what is more important
serves for all time a guarantee
of an open port, which means
ever-increasing business.
1t matters not what it costs
today to establish and make OPP
erative a plan Of this kind, it
must be considered worth while.
The Tradesman. Chattanooga,
Tenn.
H. H. Richardson in AN address
before the Palatka Board of Trade
last June, said:
'In front OF Palatka will one
day pass the commerce of the
Gulf of Mexico, with the opening
of the TRANSITIONAL ship canal.
Palatka at present does not own
foot of the water front, not even
all the ends of the streets lead
ing to the river Now is the time,
and the city should get busy be-
fore these water front properties
become so valuable as to make it
more difficult proposition"
Last week the secretary of wal
recommended to congress an appro
priation of $14,00O,000 for the Allan
tic Deep Waterway Canal. This is I
part Of circuit of canals to run from
Boston along the Atlantic and Gull
coast to New Orleans, up the Missis
N,pF and through the Chicago Drain
age Canal to the Great Lakes, thence
to Buffalo, and via. Erie Canal to Al
bany, Hudson river to New York
then to Boston by the Sound ant
Canal
The st. Johns river is on the rout,
Of this great waterway, and PA
LATKA is ON THE ST. JOHNS.
1t is a greater project for thi
country than the Panama Canal
many times over.
These important and necessar,
Improvements to meet the growing
traffic Of the country will be discuss
ed at the National convention of thu
Mississippi to Atlantic Inland Water
ways Convention to be held in Pa
latka Nov. 1919.
The railroads OF the country cannot
properly handle the traffic and it mus
be supplemented by improving thu
waterways. Every country of Europe
is doing this with great profit. The
rivers were once great highways
Can they come back? Yes.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
NEWS CATERERS
WILL THEORIZE.

The editorial page of the TAMPA
Tribune on Monday last was made
up Of some valuable editorial con-
tributions by the horse, religious.
society, and court reporters, the
news and city editors of the Tribune
statt-men who daily have to DO
with the actualities of city life as
1t appears in the streets, jails, courts
and homes of the people and who
get little opportunity to theorize and
draw moral lessons from these every
day happenings. This is the work
of the editor and his associate who
sit at mahogany desks in the car
peted room to the front, and to whom
theorizing and moralizing and mould
ing public opinion is an every day
practice that comes to be as easy as
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Wrote In Bed

Mark Twain wrote nearly all his
later books in bed. So persistent n
"sluggard" WAS he that he had II spe-
tally cOntrived bed desk fitted up 50
that he could write without trouble or
eXertion while propped luXuriOuSly
among his pillows. He used to aver
that most of his best thoughts came tu
him in bed and that the trouble and
worry of getting up. shaving and
dressing dispersed them all and left
him in no mood for commencing his
literary laborS. He was of opinion
that he'd was the very best place for
the author. and he acted upon his be
linf
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
'OOIS 'pIBMsN 0OIS

The readers of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is at least
been able to cure in all its stages an6
that is Catarrh. Hairs Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure .ow known
70 the medical fraternity. Catarrh
Delhg constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Hans
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ACT
ing directly upon the blood and mn
cons surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the d.
sease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing it's work
The proprietOrs have so much faith
IN its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that
u fails 10 cure. Send for list of tes-
timonials. Address.
e J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, use,
Take Hairs Family Pills for constl-
peuoh.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

Congressman Claude |. 'Engle has re-
turned to Washington, greatly improved
in health. His troubles have all been
physical and there was never any di-
minuion of his mental ability 10 say
things through Dixie lie has been
slightly disligured but has still held
place in the ring awaiting the next
bout,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Bovine Siunal Service.

Before the decisive battle at Ishtib
IN ingenious method of signaling on
the part of the enemy was discovered
by the Servians. A cOwherd was TAX
ing five cows out 10 pasture on hill
halfway between the two camps. He
drove them about. sometimes two to
gether then one ut time. then three,
thus conveying information to the Bul.
garianS MS to the position and strength
of the Servian battaliOns.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Checkers,

Checkers is said ny some to be very
old game, while Others declare it to be
of comparatively modern origin
Whence it came is absolutely un-
known. The game is also called
drafts, and there are many varieties
of it-Chinese, English, Polish, Span
ish. Italian and Turkish. 1t Is also
found among the native tribes of the
interior Of New Zealand.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

Uncle-WeIl, Bobby, what did you
learn at school today? Bobby-I learn.
ed that the world is round and turns
on hinges, like that globe in the H.
brary. Uncle-WeIl. what do you think
of that? Bobby think. uncle, they
are asking me to believe n good deal
for a small boy.-St Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Marvellous Resistance of Water.

If it We're possible to impart to a
sheet of water an inch in thickness
sufficient velocity the most powerful
bombshrIls would be Immediately
stopped in their flight when they came
into contact with it. 1t would offer
the same resistance as the steel armor
of the most modern battleship.-Lon-
don Strand Magazine.
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Notice of Final DISCHARGE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on the 10th
daV OF March, A. ID. 1914, or as soon there
after as | can be heard, shall make a final
settlement of my accounts as Adniuistrn-
tor, OF the estate. of Cynthia smith de-
ceased, and present my accounts ard
vouchers to the Court of the County Judge
OF PUTNAM County. Florida, for aDproyal
ana ask for my final discharge
AMANDA LEWIS
,r,,,.., as Administrator aforesaid.
This 9th day OF September, A. d. 1913
lm-6-m m.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

Tickling in the throat, hoarseuess.
loss of voice, indicate the need of
BALLARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP
1t eases the lungs, quiets the cough
and restores health in the bronchial
tubes. Price 25c, soc and $1.0O per
bottle. Sold by Ackerman-Stewa
Drug Co., and J. H. Haughton.