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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
The impatient
American
B, VA TER BARTLF I

An American. accustomed in hi>
own country to the free use OF eleHI
Tors. lHvnturluS and such like, whrE
Gp goes to Italy Is somewhat taken
ahark at beng rhlrgpd every time ht
Is lifted to IN upper story or washes
HIS hands I had paid Il couple of SOi
iii when used the elevator in the Vic
lorna galleries at Naples. though ! aS
ended tol the purpose OF buying
something from Il shop facing on on"
IT the galleries | had also paid n
suIdi aud WAS handed ii slip to sign fo
riding to the upper ti"nrs in apart
menl buildings When. therefore. /
reached Rome and was about to take
the elevator ut my hotel to go to my
room and was given printed slip /
was not surprised But there was a
detail III this case that broke down
NV American patience. was asked
to give my age. the place of my birth,
nationality of my parents. my profes'
character
See here" said Indignantly
Take that thing away. If I've got
to pay and sign such paper as tina,
for the purpose Of riding on an eleva
TORN any city in America ! can ride
to the thirty fifth story for nothing
and no questions asked-I'll sail fol
home on the first ship that goes"
The hotel official, who had handed
me the paper and who did not under
stand a word said, bowed and with
drew with simple Isl, signore."
was elevated to my room and went te
bed
was awakened in the middle OF
the night by sharp rap. Tumbl1ne
out of bed Il feared the house was or
fire and was being aroused to go dow1
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
SIBILANTS AND SONG.
A Combination That Does Not Produce
Satisfactory Results.

A Combination That Does Not Produce
Satisfactory Results.
Writing verses ior the printed page
and writing words to be set to music
and sung" rema .ked gentleman who
has won laupels in both departments
of industry. are two very different
matters You can take liberties in the
first case which you cannot in the case
of lyrics lis with these you have
to consider the 'singablensss OF the
words used.
ITO avoid sibiIauts like pestilcnce
and to use open vowelS such as A ana
o wherever possible are the two gold
en- rules. English has been called an
unsingable language, and certainly
Italian and French are more lquld
and easier to vocalize in. open vow
els are very important. Compare, loi
instance. the word thee which is
breathed out between the teeth. with
ifs plural YOU which enables the
singer to open the mouth widely The
relative singableneSs is apparent at
once.
IAN excessive use of sibilants pro
duces ludicrous kissing sound. (keao
the last sentence aloud. and note the
effect.J Nevertheless well known
dramatist was once careless enough
to give an actor speech in which he
described Dick sitting still as stone
and steering the horse splendidly.' -
London Answers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14

with mine. A young Teller was stand
in alone up there. and | knowed 1t
was him that was attrartin her. lie
was purity enough, hut. laws. there
wasn't no stuff in him pale little chsp
with big eyes. They was bigger than
usual when he watched Miss Markham
kind O. wistful. like as though IN
wished he was swimmin beside her
Every morning after that the mite
beggar would stand On the dock watch
in for the gal to 80 in. One day cali
ed up to him. 'Hain't you eotn In sirEt
And he said. No And ! said. Never
learned to swimT and he said awful
melancholy like, Yes, | know bow ou'
! can't
well, one mornin' when Miss Ahrs-
ham was a-steppin' into the water VITA
her dainty little feet, sort o ssFlnkih
cause the ocean was cold|t w"sn
more than go degrees-a lot o boys
was a-skylarkin' on the dock, ana one
on EN-, tryin' to dodge another, push
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14

ed the little chap off into twenty feet
o. water. You'd ought to seen the gal
skip the breakers and, after gettin' be-
yond EN-. go for him. The bathin'
master didn't happen to be about. |
sheet the water was so cold he didn't
look for bathers. So | run the life
boat down in order to help. launched
II and rowed out to the scene @ the
accident
when | got there saw the con-
sarnedest sight ever clapped eyes on.
There was Miss Markham strugglin'
with pair O. legs The little chaps
head was down In the water, while the
lower part Of him was afoat The
gal couldn't do nothin' with him. Once
she succeeded in gittin' his head above
the surface. but his legs wouldn't go
down, and that spoiled the game. She
cast a pitiful look at me. ! was bur-
ryin to pull up beside her, and as soon
as came into position catched a-hold
of an ankle and pulled the drownin'
man out, his head comm up last and
got him into the boat. Then | helped
the gal in and. takin' the oars, pulled
for the beach.
Them two creatures hadn't never
spoken a word to each other, and yet
she hung over him as if she'd growed
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
A fisherman S
Story
By MARCIA BEVERAGE

Gals is gals" said the old fisher.
man as he went on mending his nets.
whether they're poor fisher folk SIGH
as we have here the year round or high
flyers from the city. You never can
tell what one of ems goin to do. 1t
seems sometimes as II there was a
wireless telegraph apparatus that
sends a spark from a mans eye into
one on 'em when he looks at her and
she drops like skeeter into plate o
coal oil.
Now, there was Miss Markham.
who come here first seven years ago.
as purity a little thing as bran new
schooner yacht, She wasn't more'n
seventeen years old and wore the neat
est dresses of any gal on the island
You'd ought to seen her swim! She
didn't tie up her hair in a lump on the
top of her head when she went into
the water, but let it trail behind her
like mermaid Never in my long
life did ! see anything so likely as
Josephine Markham puIlin herself
along on her side in water so clear
that you could see the whole OF her
the sun shinin' on her and the ripples
she made and sparklin' at the same
time from IA jewel she wore ON one OF
her fingers.
81 had nothin to do then, waitn
for my boat to come ont o drydock,
and used to go down to the beach on
purpose to see her in the water. Some
times she'd go in right about here with
the other bathers. and sometimes she'd
90 out yonder on to the end OF the
dock and take header. But wher-
ever she padded she attracted
crowd. One day while was watchin'
her swim off from the beach ! saw
her lookin' up at the dock at somebody
and followed the direction OF her eyes
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14

up with him. As soon as ! got him
ashore | set abUht bringin' him back
to life, for he was UNCONSCIOUS. and.
calm fG ii barrel, put him Oh 1t ana
rolled him to cit the water ont OF nina
What 10 yoH think happened! Fnst
oHe Of his legs come Oft and then the
+Drr Ons
Hes falin' To pieces screamed
wemau who WIS Iuokin' on. scared
ula q heS wits.
"'Ev.t retIer. ~aid another. Did
rAIagk Mts en- Of:
Yes. n man 10 the crowd answer
.d "'rupS WIS nHngir by the skin
''Jist tReu urin come mp who sala
hs WINS d,s1sr He picked up one
the legs AMI throwed it down. then
pirks,l .4 the other and throwed that
dUvA
cork" nv >Sid
The ittD- ,hap opened his eyes and
teoIt,sl alr-r tor >umepin. When De
sav rhe ya n" ,nukcd relieved ana
! plISAgl en- * vi = Ab''Nh nm ~
his notrI. auL he WAS soon all right
ag'in
what In yittin' at Is the on arness
O. gals. found out afterward tha'
Miss Markham married the little fellel
she'd savel from drownin. That's tn
way they always do in romsncss' on
in romancPs the heroes have legs. InA
chap hadn't any: they'd been shot OF
In the Spanish-American war.
The gal she's Mrs. Major spinHe
pow-comes here still every summe
with her husband. and sne seems q
fond Of him MS II half Of him WASH
cork. but real flesh and blood. like tn
other half. But. laws. ! never Si
help larfn' when think of his lee
Aoatin' the wrong end of him.
And think OF half cork man gittil
3. Ejch q uurtv galr
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
Ramned by a Shark.

The strongest shark story which ever
came to the writer's ears was of a
shark that charged Il steamer. This
was in Qnrrn CharIotte's sound, and
an account Of the incident appeared in
II Vancouver paper The captain Of
the steamer which WAS Il small craft
OF only fifty tons or so, saw the shark
Oh the surface on the port bow and
could not resist the temptation OF TAX
ing shot nt it with his rifle. He hit
his mark wherr1IpOn the monster, said
to have been fully twenty feet in
length. deliberately charged the steam
er. Tbe boat luivered from stem to
stern. and the captain said afterward
that it was like striking rock. After
this display of temper Master Shark
had had enough of it and sank out of
sight-T. C. Bridges in Chambers
Journal
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
Curious Epitaphs.

Old New England graveyards are
not the only ones which contain curl.
GUS epitaphs. The old time dweller of
Maine who died Of falling tree" as
his headstone asserts, had fellow In
misfortune in faroff Austria, as Is
shown by W. A. Baillie-Grohman's
THE Tyrol and the Tyrolese."
A wooden slab, painted with the rep
resentation of a PROSTATE tree under
which lies man in spread eagle atti,
tude, bears testimony to the violent
death Of Johann Lenberger, aged
ffty-two and three-Quarters years
This upright and virtuous youth was
squashed by a falling tree"
The record Of Michael Gerstner Is
even more succinct and convincing
He climbed up. fell down and wa:
dead"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN, TALLAHASSEE.

College of Arts and Sciences; Mo-
NAL School; School of Music; School
of Expression; School of Art; Exten-
sion Division; Graduate School. Mod
ern Gymnasium with swimming pool;
basket ball and tennis courts; new
and modern buildings; beautiful CAM
pus; dormitories have all modern con-
veniences; new dining room and kitch-
en- most hygienic in Florida; 4lS
Young women from 40 counties and
| IL states last session.
Normal School. Board and entrance
fees for the year S124,0O. For cata-
EDWARD CoNRADI, President.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14

clothes, pantomiming for me to put
them on.
Satisfied by this time that | was In
a scrape. | tried to bride them, out II
was no go.
Well | was taken downstairs In the
elevator by the gendarmes. ! was yer!
mad. "Why don't you sign a descrlp
ton of yourselves" said tartly to my
guards, land hand out. a couple OF
cents each for the ridet A people small
enough to divide a cent into five parts
are capable of charging man for ar
elevator trip and making him sign
description of himself to see that he
doesn't ride twice on the same fare"
The gendarmes simply raised theil
hats, took me out of the hotel, called
a cab and, lighting long thin cigars,
told the cabman to drive somewhere
We alighted in front OF big building
| entered it between my guards latter
| had paid for the ride). and the next
thing | knew / was behind bars. !
never was so mad in my life. Say,
| called to the gendarmes. you popin
Jays. You've forgotten to collect foI
letting me stay in here I've 2 solid
for the privilege, and I'm ready to give
you a passport to prevent my stay
ing here twice on the same ticket
they turned, took off their hats and
went away. 1t is needless 20 say that
my broken slumber was not renewed
In the morning | called an official and
said to him:
Americana consulate AlleZ Nite
Tell him I'm Americana has got into
scrape, to venito and get him out"
| showed two Ira piece into the
mans hand. He went away ano
brought an official who spoke English
Through him secured writing ma
terials and sent note to the Ameri
can consul, and before noon he came
to see me | had little difficulty II
convincing him that was an ihofen
sive American citizen (travelirs TO
pleasure) and he went off to find GU
what was the matter When he CAM
back he asked:
"Why didn't you give your LANDLORD
description of yourselfT
"He didn't ask for one.'
He says you were handed the print
ed slip he must turn into the polio
describing every person who comes t
his house and you refused to fill 1t eut
He then reported your arrival. a dc
scription of you and your refusal t
give him the required Information
They are looking for an anarchis
about your size and thought perhap
you might be their man. They al
rested you partly on account Of you
refusal to give information of yourse
and partly on suspicion. You shout
have accommodated them"
well, I'll be jinged" l exclaimed
"A hotel official handed me a paper
sign when ! arrived and was about
go to my room. bnt supposed II wa
, a part OF the red tape they have owe
> here connected with riding on elevi
! tors"
signed a statement, giving full II
D formation of my progenitors as fl
2 back as knew about them, my ag
l. profession and gave an explanatio
: why | had refused to conform to II
q usual requirements on my arrival
= Rome Then after much consulate
y among the officials and many arg
ments on the part of the consul Wi
y released.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
Baseball Versus Cricket.

We have known only one big league
ball player to partake both of baseball
and cricket as pastime. He was the
late Harry Vaughn, who played cricket
in his early English days and later on
became one of the star catchers Of the
Cincinnati Reds Remember Rhines
and Vaughn?
We asked Vaughn one day what he
regarded as the main difference be
tween baseball and cricket
His answer was the keerest we have
ever heard to this query
THE main difference. he wphed
might be summed up in the difference
between the war cries Of the two
sports-between We'll tried, old top
and Slide, you bonNhead. slide! Col
Var'a
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14

an ESCAPED threw open the door
There stood two men In military claw
hammer coats. cooked hats and big
swords by their sides. l knew them
at once for gendarmes in the national
service. They stepped into the room
turned on an electric light and began
to examine my personal appearance
critically. noting my height, hair, eyes,
ETC., and comparing them with some
thing written on paper one of them
held in his hands. Then they jabber'
ed Italian to each other and at me till
said Non cNpiscO" q don't under
standI. when they pointed to my
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
WHERE SHALLIGO TO SCHOOL?
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE.

Eight Colleges and Divisions; Lib
eral Arts; Law; Engineering; Agri-
culture; Teachers College; Expert
ment Station; Extension Division;
Graduate School. Ten new brick
buildings, besides gymnasium, SWIM
ming pool and many subsidiary build
ings, 81 officers, instructors and as
sistants. S54 young men frsm Al
counties and "a states and foreign
countries last session.
TUITION FREE, BOARD AM
ENTRANCE FEES, S1S2.50 per year
Write today for catalogue to
A A. MURPHREE, President
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
The Leqs In Swimming.

The correct stroke Of the legs Is ex'
actly like that Of frogs hind legs,
Watch one of these frogs and copy his
style. You cannot do better The legs
are drawn up together slowly, not with
a jerk. until they are gathered in close
under the body. Then with sudden,
quick spring they are shot out behind
the ankles being turned so that the
soles Of the feet present as fiat sur
face as possible to the water and so
offer more resistance from which to
make progress AS the kick is made
the legs should be spread out IL the
shape of letter V, but not allowed
to sink far down under the surface OF
the water If they kick downward at
an angle instead Of out straight be-
hind much Of their energy is wasted In
unnecessarily forcing the body out of
the water instead Of forward.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
The Twenty Year Test.

"Some twenty years ago l used
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy" writes Geo. w.
Brock, publisher of the Enterprise,
Aberdeen, Md. 81 discovered that it
was a quick and safe cure for diarr-
hoea. Since then no one can sell me
anything said to be Just as good Du-
ring all these years have used it and
recommended it many times, and il
has never disappointed anyone" Fol
sale by all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14

If you sit i'll a cool draft when YOU
are heated and get a stiff neck or
lame back, you will be looking for
something that will ease the pain.
Fix your mind on BILLIARDS.
SNOW IMMINENT and don't be talk
ed out if it because it is the best pain
relieving liniment you can get any
where. Price 25c, SOC and s1.0O per
bottle. Sold by Ackerman-Stewart
Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14

"Tn have to ask you to pay In ao'
vance" remarked the hotel keeper.
isn't my luggage good enough Sc
curity?"
81 fear it is little too emotional"
"Emotional?"
Eyes: easily moved" Mail.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
Result of Rashness.

"Out of job. are your asked the
first girl. "Boss catch you 1irtingF
mo; caught the boss. Say, what
sort of a wedding dress do you think
I. "ooI swellP" Philadelphia Ledger
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
II JoIted Huxley,

Mr.. Macmillan, the publisher. had a
good story to tell Of the late Professor
Huxley. He was asked to write "Ele-
mentary Lessons In Physiology" and
he submitted the first sixteen pages
and then refused to continue the work
on the ground of overpressure. Eventu'
ally Mr. Macmillan had these sixteen
pages made up in dummy" copy
and sent it to the author, who opened
the parcel and. without examining the
book. rushed to a colleague and said:
Look. That - Scotchman has got
some one else to finish my work
After that" said Mr.. Macmillan, II
was not difficult to persuade the great
scientist to complete the work QUICKLY
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
SECRET OF THE PARIS HAT.
The Magic but Deadly Needle That
Holds Its Spirit,

The Magic but Deadly Needle That
Holds Its Spirit.
An American milliner seeking to
learn what it is that makes the Paris
hat so bewitching sought work in
Paris and found it easily enough in
one of the largest exporting houses, a
name to cOnjure with One afternoon
saw her seated upon bench with gay,
chattering companions who radiated
joy and sparkle on every side OF her.
Deft fingers flew with chattering
tongues, confusing her by the bewilder-
ing creations called into being with
breathless haste.
When night came the Loneliness she
dreaded did not come, so filled was her
solitude by thoughts Of all she had
seen and heard. and so hard did her
brain work to digest all the wonders
Would she, could she, in two months
grasp the something" and take 1t
| home to America. and In so doing
reach another stepping stone in her
career? The following morning found
her seated upon her assigned bench
She had been told to come at y o'clock,
and every clock and watch said y
but she was alone. In half an hour
her companions OF yesterday began
to stray in casually. Dull of eye and
listlessly they came No bubbling
laugh. no gay chatter filed the room,
and what was more surprising, no
work was attempted. Some great
calamity must have occurred: The
whole nation must be suffering death
and facing calamity. Questions failed
to bring forth answers. and the puzzle
grew. Were all her dreams to vanish
with the night? The "house" must
have failed was her final thought,
Around 10 or II o'clock the party
broke up for dejeuner. and with their
return came a breath Of the spirit OF
the afternoon before. Increasing gay
ETY. and brilliant ideas grew with the
hours, and the wonder Of it was more
and more fnexplicable. The mornings
were one long torture, the afternoons
a Joy. One day all was revealed. A
tiny hypodermic needle filed with the
stuff that dreams are made Of is the
spirit of the Paris hat!
The workers until sufficiently "dop-
ed" cannot work. cannot produce. and
listlessly idle the morning hours till
hypodermic needle and abslnth Gre
ate the gay. chattering designer, who
brings forth the joy giving Paris hat
Jessie Belyea in National Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-05-27
SENATOR BRAD
LEY Is DEAD
Most Prominent Republican in
Kentucky Dies After Short
Illness.

United States Senator Will
lam O'Connell Bradley, the
dominant factor in the Republi-
can party in Kentucky, died at
his apartments in Washington
Saturday night after short ill
ness. He had been in poor
health for some time but his inn
mediate death was due to a fall
he received few days ago while
running to catch a street car.
Senator Bradley had been the
recipient of many honors at the
hands of his party and was al
ways a most ardent worker, both
in National and State elections.
He was con sidered one of the
best campaign speakers in the
country and was the recognized
leader of his party in this state.
Funeral services were held at
Frankfort with interment in the
Frankfort cemetery Tuesday.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-05-27
BEAUTIFUL
new HOTEL
Will Be Erected by H. Clay
Mckee & Sons Company
on Bank Street.

1t is reported that H. Clay
Mckee & Sons Company will
begin shortly the erection of
modern business block and hotel
on their lot located on the cor
ner of Bank and Locust streets.
The building will be several
stories high with the office and
lobby and several business
rooms on the first floor, the up
per floors to be used as sleeping
rooms. Workmen were busy
the past week drilling to ascer-
tain how deep the Foundation
would have to be dug to strike
rock. 1t is understood that the
estimated cost of the building to-
be erected is $50, and when
completed will be one of the
most modern structures in the
State.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-05-27
MCORMICKS
LOSE PLANT
Large Planning Mill at Lexington
Owned Principally by Mont
gomery County Men.

The planning mill of the Nc
Cormick Lumber Co., at Lex
ington, was completely destroy
ed by fire Sunday afternoon.
Several warehouses, feed barns
and loaded cars were also des-
troyed.
The plant was located at the
corner of East Seventh street
and Hamilton avenue, and the
stock was estimated by experts
to be worth more than $4,000.
About $4,000 worth of the lum-
Der was saved by quick and eff
fective work of the firemen.
The alarm was turned in at
the central station house Sunday
afternoon at 2:45 o'clock and
when the fire department arriv-
ed at the burning lumber plant
practically the entire stock was
in flames. Firemen said after
the fire had been gotten under
control that they had never seen
blaze get such Roadway in only
a few minutes. The lumber, of
course, was dry as dust, and
burned like powder.
The origin of the fire is un-
known. Many people in this
section will regret to hear of
their loss as Mr.. Fred McCor-
mick, Mr.. Sam. Mccormick,
Judge G. A. Mccormick and Mr..
Ben F. Perry, all of this county,
are among the principal stock
holders in the concern.
The loss will reach $4,000
with only $1,000 insurance.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-05-27
PREWITT IN TOWN

Judge Henry r. Prewitt, OF
Mt. Sterling, was a visitor in
Louisville last week, and by way
of diversion, went out to
Churchill Downs to see the
thoroughbreds romp around the
course. Judge Prewitt still
avows that he is all but out of
the political game and the only
interest he now has is to help
his friends. He predicts an easy
victory for Congressman w. J.
Fields for the Democratic re-
nomination in the Ninth district
Referring to Congressman Fields
Judge Prewitt says that he Is
really entitled to endorsement
as he redeemed the district from
Republican control when it re-
quired a real effort.-Louisville
Times.