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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-12
Varieties of Carbon.

The diamond. the graphite of my
lead pencil. the plumbago with which
polish the stove. the SCOT Of my Chin
ney and of my lamp are all chemically
the same All are variations of eur
bon. BY analysis the diamond reduces
to pure carbon and a little iron. But.
given pure carbon and Il little iron.
can the chemist. by synthesis. pro-
duce the diamond? Science says that
he can. though the diamonds made In
laboratories by the capitalization OF
carbon are. us vet. minute In size and
commercially vaIneleSs Nevertheless
they are true diamonds. and the proc
eSs Of their formation il in miniature
that Of old Mother Earth when. with
volcanic basin as SETTLING cruclbIe
and toppin" mountains as pressure
force. the magic mystery of crystalIi-
2atiOn of carbon went on silently and
successfully in what are now the dia
mond beds If RornpO Brazil. Colombia.
California and Kimberley. Pittsburgh
Dispatch
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A Horses ToenaiIs.

Few persons realize that horses
hoof Is really the same thing as the
toe nails Of human beings or of ami
mails having toes The horn of Il hoOf
grows just as toe nail does. The
hoof grows more rapidly in unshod
horses than in those wearing shoes.
and 1t grows faster in horses which
are well groomed and well fed. But
on an average the horn grows about a
third Of an inch a month Hind boots
grow faster than fore hOofS. The toe
Of the hoof being the longest part. ii
takes longer for the horn to grow
down there than at the heel For In.
stance, the toe will grow entirely down
in from eleven to thirteen months
while the heel will grow down in from
three to five months As the new horn
grows out any cracks or defects in the
old gradually work down to where
they can he cut off. just as with human
finger nails You can watch the progress
of bruise from the root to the tip.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-12
How He Learned Enqtish.

Wing See some years ago came to
New York from San Francisco to see
the big city before returning to his ma
tive land. where he hoped To live on
the money which lie mad saved. He
wanted to learn little English and
rented room on the east side over II
store. He was II quiet man of good
habits and soon made himself useful
in the store. where he gave his time in
exchange for the mnguage experience.
After six months he was ready to go
to China. and after all arrangements
for his trip had been made he went to
Chinatown to show his English. He
was surprised to find that his English
speaking cOuntrympn did not under
stand him and finally learned to his
horror that he had lived in IL German
district and had Iearned German by
mistake New York Tribune.
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Proud OF HIM.

Sandy Mcpherson started to build ii
small clubhouse of bricks. After the
usual fashion of llrlrklayers. he work
ed from the inside. and. having the ma
tcgia close bpSi,.e him. the walls were
rising fast when dinner time arrived
ana with II his son lock. who brought
his fathers dinner.
With honest pride in his eye Sandy
looked N Jock over the wall on when
he was engaged and asked:
Hoo dye think I'm geltin' on. jock.
man."
Famous, feythur But hoo dhe We
get DOT? You've forgot the door,
One glance around him showed Sandy
thai his son WAS right; but. looking
kindly AT him. he said:
Man. Jock. you've got gran held
on We! Yen he an architect yet. as
shure's yer feythur's IL builder"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-12

They are telling story of very
smart business man who recently
hung up Oh the vail of his waiting
room notice in black lettering on
white ground that read:
Tell Us What You Want.
We Like to Do Something For Somebody
Occasionally he heard laughter com
ing from the waiting room. but 1t WAS
only the other day that lie discovered
to his horror that some wicked person
had carefully scratched out the If" In
for" -Pearson'S Weekly.
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Wanted a Treat.

A man may be rough looking and yet
have a touch of sentiment about him.
A ragged i'll kent looking man ap-
peared Mt the door of woman's home
and in a pleading tone asked:
Have you piece of cake, lady, to
give to a poor man who hasn't had a
bite for two days?"
Cake" echoed the woman in sur
prise. 'lsn't bread good enough for
you?"
Ordinarily, yes, ma'am. But this Is
my birthday" explained the tramp
New York Journal.
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CRITICS AND GENIUS.
Carlyle Denounced Spencer, and Rus
kin Ridiculed Whistler.

Carlyle Denounced Spencer, and Rus
kin Ridiculed Whistler.
The good critic must in some way
begin by accepting literature as it is.
Just as the good lyric poet must begin
by accepting life as 1t Is. He may be
as full Of revolutionary and reforming
theories as he likes, but he must not
allow any Of these to come like a
cloud between him and the sun, moon.
and stars of literature. The man who
disparages the beauty of flowers and
birds and love and laughter and cour-
age will never be counted among the
lyric poets. and the man who questions
the beauty of the inhabited world the
imaginative writers have made-a
world as unreasonable in its loneliness
as the world of nature-is not in the
way of becoming critic Of literature
Another argument which tells in ia
vor Of the theory that the best crit
lcism is praise IS the fact that almost
all the memorable examples Of critical
folly have been denunciations. One
remembers that Carlyle dismissed
Herbert Spencer as never ending
ass" One remembers that Byron
thought nothing of Kents-Jack Ketch,
as he called him. One remembers that
the critics damned Wagner's operas as
new form of sin. One remembers
that Ruskin denounced one Of Wits
tiers nocturnes as a pot Of paint flung
in the face Of the British public. In
the world of science we have thou
sand similar examples Of new genius
being hailed by the critics as folly and
charlatanry.-Robe Lynd in British
Review
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Notice of Application Cor Tax Deed
Under Section 8 OF Chapter Ass,
LAWS Of Florida.


NOTICE is hereby given that
I. e. Wells purchaser OF Tax Uertih, ate
No. TT dated the LIST day OF July A. d 1901
has filed said certificate in my office,
and has made application for tax deed
to issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the follow
ing described property, situated IA
Putnam county, Florida. to-wit;
Wa of swk of Sw1<
Section 20, Township III, y. Range ~ Ef
80 Acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of issuance of such certincate N
the name OF A. A. Musgrove.
Unless said certificate shall oe re-
deemed according to law, tax deed VII
issue thereon on the 18th day Of Deceu1=<
A. D.. 1873. =
witness my official signature 4f1
seal this the 18th day OF Noyem b<<. 8 g
1918.
(SEAL) HENRY HuTCIfE<* Il
Clerk Circuit Court. Putnam Co..
BY ii. Hutchinson. 4f+ 81 S
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SONG OF THE CARROT.
Where Is the Poet Who Will Glorify
This Neglected Vegetable?


This Neglected Vegetable?
Why does no poet arise to sing the
song of the carrot. the hardest worked
vegetable In the kingdom? Much IL
said in favor of the plethoric pumpkin.
the gathering of corn is a common.
place theme. but the poor carrot has
been neglected-yea. even scorned.
For diversity of use the carrot has
pumpkin and corn backed over the
garden wall. Men feed carrots to cat
tie, increasing the dairy output; they
feed them to other stock sometimes,
improving its temper. carrot art-
ficially followed with knife makes an
elegant Japanese vase. Sufficiently
hardened by harsh contact with the
world. carrot may be used for
weapon. either operated like mallet
with handle or hurled like Russian
bomb
Carrots are sometimes even used for
food by human beings. They are
chief ingredient in vegetable soup.
Mixed with butter, they improve its
color They make better pumpkin pie
than pumpkins themselves. Served as
hubbard squash. they make one wonder
why squaShes were invented.
The answer to the high cost of living
cry is carrots. johnson had his BOs-
well Whom will the carrot haye?-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Ones Own Company.

One of the tests Of character Is the
ability of man to find satisfaction
without egOtiSm in his own society.
One who cannot be alone without a
miserable restleSSness must he the vic
tim of structural defect in his per-
sonality. The well stored mind pro-
videS company enough for an occasion
al interval of solitude He who has
read we'll and thought much and care
fully observed has Introduced himself
to society which will afford him en-
tertainment when none. in the flesh.
is present If a man is afraid to be
alone ii must he because he Is afraid
of his own thoughts or because his
thoughts are few and scattered and
cannot fill the vacuity. Some of us
cannot afford to think. when. as the
poet puts it. but to think Is to be
full of sorrow" AT such II time we
catch eagerly at any diversion that
puts to rOut the shadows. -PhiadeI-
phia Ledger.
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PUZZLES TO SCIENCE.
Familiar PrnbIems That Mans Mighty
Brain Cannot Solve.

Familiar PrnbIens That Mans Mighty
Brain Cannot Solve.
There are many familiar things that
puzzle science. Here are some Of the
problems that are uusOived riddles to
the scientific SharpS:
What steep is
How an eye sees.
What eIpt tlicity Is.
How II freely fights its lamp
How Il seed grows into II tree.
How Il rose makes It's perfume.
Whence the sun gets its heat.
Why the compass points to the north.
What makes bird build It's first
nest
What calI;eS the sex of II baby or
an animal.
What happens when food Is oXidiZed
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-12
ANCIENT MEDICINES.
Curious Drugs Were Used by the Doc
tors of [ aodicea

Curious Drugs Were Used by the Doc
tors OF Laodicea.
The city of Lnodicea was noted for
its doctors and its drugs An especial
and noted school of medicine flourish.
ed in I.aOdicea. We are told that this
school of physicians followed the
teachings of HerOphiIoS. who flourish
ed about 300 years before Chris ana
who. on the principle that compound
diseases require compound medicines
began that strange system Of heterO
genPouS mi%tureS. some of which have
only lately been expelled from our own
pharmacOpoeia.
The fearful and wonderful combina.
ton of drugs given by some modern
doctors would seem to Indicate that
they still belong to this school OF
l-aodicea One of the medicines for
which l.nodicea was famous wns an
ointment for Strengthening the ears.
whateNer that may mean. while nnOth.
er medicine of still more interest to
the student Of revelation was the phry-
gian powder, made in part from Il pc
culiar kind Of stone pressed into tab
Ioids, afterward powdered and mixed
with some unguent to be rubbed on
the eye as Il cure for the various dis
eases which atflict the optics in east
ern countries. The world famous
Galen speaks of both Of these rene.
dies in his pharmacopOeiu.- Christian
Herald
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Badly Timed,

ITS n great pity" said the convict
ed burglar to his counsel. that you
couldn't have made that closing speech
of yours ut the opening of the case"
Il don't see how that would have i'm
proved matters" said the advocate.
1T would, though" explained his eli
ent Then the jury would have been
asleep when the evidence came ON, and
Id have stood some chance"
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Il Sometimes Paws.

New York contractor said. apropos
of a poor man who. after taking ire
mendous risks, had improved his posi-
ton a little:
This fellows case proves to us that
It is sometimes better to try the fire
than to stay always in the frying PAN"
Exchange
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-12
Small Advertisers
Have Good
Chances
BY HOLLAND.

GONE merchants who are
~ doing business in Il small
way argue that it will not
pay them to advertise be-
cause they cannot afford to
buy the space that large ad-
vertiserS use. They forget
that very often the large ad-
vertiSer began buying space
in Il small way and the aid
the advertising did him ell
abled him to increase his
business and his advertising
20 appropriation at the same
time.
1t would he just as reason
able to argue that it would
not pay to start Il small store
because the merchant could
not afford. the big building
that the big merchant orcu-
pies. Everything Is relative
The small business needs
only Il small store and only
a small advertisement. But
a business can lie made prof
table in limited quarters. and
successful advertising can be
done without using pages or
half pages.
The editor Of this paper
knows Il good deal about nd-
vertising. His information
and advice are yours for the
asking. He is interested in
making your advertising pay,
and the fact that the adver-
tisement is small does not
count. Better consult him
and see If you cant hit on a
plan that will be mutually
profitable.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-12

AN ORDINANCE
TO provide for the levy OF ci taxes for the
year 1918.

To provide for the levy of ci taxes for the
year 1918.
BE 1t ordained by the Mayor and city
council of the city OF Palatka, Florida,
That for the purpose OF securing an
equal and uniform rate OF taxation and to
pay the appropriations forthe current ex-
penses Of the city, and for paying the ex-
penseS OF the Fire and Water Departments,
there shall be levied upon the real estate and
personal property in said city tax of IL
mills upon The dollar, distributed as fol-
lows:
General Revenue Fund, Eleven Q1) mills.
Fire Fund, One ~ mill.
Sinking Fund, Three (3) mills.
Water Fund, Two (2) mills.
Paving Fund, One "a mill.
Passed in open council this 7th day OF
October, A. u, 1913.
Attest: ]. H. YELVERTON, JR.
President City Council.
A. T. TRAY,
City CLERK.
Approved this 9th day of October, A. D.
A. USINA, Mayor 3
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Cured of Liver Complaint.

Il was suffering with liver COM
plant" says Iva Smith of Point
Blank, Texas, "and decided to try a
25c box of Chamberlain's Tablets,
and am happy to say that l am com
pletely cured and can recommend
them to every one." For sale by all
dealers.
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Notice for Hire of Convicts.

Sealed bids for the hire of convicts. will
he received nv the Board OF County Com
missioners of Putnam County, Fla. at a
regular meeting to be he'd by said Board
n Tsnuary 9Th, 1914.
Bids to be opened at ten O'Clock, the
Board reserving the right TO reject any Or
all Bids.
HENRY HUTCHINSON, Clerk.
Palatka November ssth, lpis,
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Judne1s Two Rules.

Judge Hans Hamilton, at the Black
pool (Eng) county court, replying to
an expression of regret at his forth
coming retirement, said that, in order
to expedite business and save time,
he always had in front Of him, written
in large letters upon a piece of blot
ting paper, the words: do not talk.
Do not make jokes"
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

u. s. LAND OFFICE at Gainesville.
Florida November %. 1913.
NOTICE Is hereby given that Bose
ember "a, 1907, made Homestead Entry No.
1918 Serial, No. 0Id94, for I " OF SwL, Sec
ion IS, Township South. Range 20 East,
Tallahassee Meridian, has. filed notice of
stablish ia m to the land above descrihed
'efore Clerk OF the Circuit Court, at Palat-
"a, Florida, on the 9th day OF January,
9l4.
Claimant names MS witnesses:
tom johnson, OF Palatka, Florida.
:obert Wright, OF Palafka, Florida.
Henry Minor, OF Paiatka, Florida.
alvin Lemons. OF Palatka, Florida.
HENRY 8. CHUBB,
Register,
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Not Dead.

The big red touring car struck a
pedestrian. rolling him in the mud
and maltreating him in general. The
owner ran back, gre excited. after
stopping his car.
rs he deAd?" he asked anXiuuSly of
the medical man who was attending
the victim.
"Oh. no." replied the doctor cheer
fully He's not dead He's, merely
run down" Chicago News
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Vaccinated Cattle.

The natives of Senegambia vaccinate
their cattle against tuberculosis with a
serum drawn from the lung of a beast
in the ncipient stages of the disease.
They inject this on the forehead. and
what looks almost like a third horn
grows there.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-12
Bids for Road Machinery.

Sealed Bids will be received by the Board
of County Commissioners of Putnam Coun-
ty Florida. for the purchase OF Tractor
load OUTFIT" subject to approval as 10
efficiency and terms.
Said bids to be opened at the regular
meeting ofthe BOARD on Monday, January
tn, 1914, at 10 O'Clock a. m, reserving the
right to reject any or all bids.
HENRY HUTCHINSON, CLERK.
Palatka, November oath, 1918.
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Thouqht Alike.

81 sometimes wonder if my life is
worth living"
$50 do l."
"Ah. then Won have found your life
a disappointment"
mot mt all: it is your life we were
speaking off, Houston Post.
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Sedentarv sorro.s.

First Hen-What ridiculously gid
dy creature that young Miss Dorking
Is! Second Hen-oh, she's young yet.
Wait till she has known the sorrow of
sitting for three weeks on a china
egg and two door knobs--sheIl sober
1ovu then.
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Task for esoaranhara.

Algiers is said to have the largest
European population of any city in
Africa. johannesburg comes next,
then oran. VIII the class in geogra-
ply kindly locate the latter town,
with its 100000 Europeans. without re-
terring to the atlaaf
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THE last time | saw you you were
complaining about your servant being
so slow"
"Oh. she's progressing nOw!'
us she really
Yes: she's getting slower and SLOW
r"-Exchange.
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Plausible.

"The tronbIe with this tooth" zaid
the dentist, probing 1t with long
slender instrument. lis that the nerve
Is dying"
at seems to me. doctor" groaned the
victim. Won ought to treat the dying
with little more respect"
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Oldest Flower,

The rose is the oldest flower of
which there is any record. So great
is the antiquity of the rose that all
account of itF origin has been lost In
Egypt the rose is depicted on a mum.
Der Of monuments believed to date
from 5000 to $500 B. c
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loo Much of Il.

Greene How does it happen that you
don't trade ut Cleavpr's any more?
You used to hrag about the nice rutS
Of meat he always sent you. Is II be-
cause he wouldn't give you credit?
Gray ON the contrary: 1t Is because be
did Boston Transcript.
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JUDGING by the Sound,

Asked to explain the meaning of
vis-a-vis, a boy at Elm House school,
Surbiton, wrote: 'Vis-a-vis means the
stuff that comes out Of a champsin
bottle before the champain ITSELF
London Nail.
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Easy 10 GET a Star.

The smallest manufacturer in exist
ence could start by using one news.
paper in one town, and increase his
distribution and sales rapidly and
surely.-Printers Ink
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'In the old days doctors used to
bleed patients for most OF the dis
eases"
They still do it. my boy. They still
do it."-Detroit Free Press.
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Another Male Eailinu,

Every married man believes that the
household expenses could be cut in
two if he only had a chance to turn his
business acumen loose on the job Chi
cagO Eews.
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n wish is Of little account To sue
coed thou must earnestly desire, and
this desire must shorten thy sleep
Ovid.
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To curl feather that has become
damaged with rain or dew sprinkle
1t thickly with common salt and shake
before a bright fire until dry, when
you will find it as good as new
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Easy MaY to Lose Sins

On the last day of each Year the
Korean throws out of his house a
straw image of a man, which is said
% carry sins and bad luck with it.
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Overturned.

us Biggins a shrewd business mani"
He was until he got such reputa-
ton for being a shrewd business man
that everybody was afraid to do bust
ness with him. Washington Star.
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Placing Homer.

"Who was Homer"
1.-THE great sporting writer who
wrote up the Greek Trojan series."-
Louisville Courier journal.
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PLAINLY 10 Fall Back On.

" odSN VIII
I'm afraid my eyes are going back
on me- said the egOtist.
Don't worry" replied the modest
man. You have an inexhaustible
supply. "-Chicago Record Herald.
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Carpet is purchased by the yard and
worn by the foot.
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1t is anothers fault If he he migrate
full. but it is mine If | do not give
Seneca.
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ORDER FOR PUBLICATION.

rOh
IN the Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial Orr
cult, Putnam County, Florida In Chan-
Gerry.
Theodore Slater BIZ ,nl
Rosa Slater Divorce
1t appearing by affidavit appended TO the
Dill filed in the above stated cause that
Rosa Slater the defendant therein named,
residence is unknown. that she is over the
age OF twenty one years, and that there Is
o person known to the complainant,
herein, in the State of Florida, upon whom
the service of Subpoena would bind such
Defendant; it is therefore ordered that said
nonresident Defendant be and is hereby
required to appear to the Bill OF Complaint
He'd in said cause on or before Monday, the
Ind day of February, A. d. 1914, otherwi,e
he allegations of said bill will be taken as
confessed by said Defendant
1t is further ordered that this Order De
published once week for Eight consecu-
i've weeks in the Palatka News and Al.
vertiser, a newspaper published in said
Jounty and State.
Witness my hand and official Seal this,
the Goth day OF November, 1913.
fSEAL) HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co, Fla.
By H. Hutchinson. Jr., d. G.
O. E. Gutteridpe, Esq.
solicitor for Complainant.
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IN the Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial Orr
cult, Putnam County, Florida In Ohan-
Gerry.