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Evening star., 1915-11-14

lessly up and down in distant Texas
The news burst upon kenilworth at the
breakfast table; and the men who had
kindly volunteered advice to Ewing looked
at the figures, and wiped their glasses, and
tried to visualize flow of four hundred
gallons a minute-or was it a second?-
from single well. There were already
six gushers, the paper said, and the Cac-
tus crowd owned leases and concessions
over tract not appreciably smaller than
the State of Rhode Island.
The kindly advisers who stopped at the
Inn to congratulate Ewing found him
pale and a bit hysterical, and they all
shook their heads incredulously when he
showed them the gaudy certificates worth
twenty thousand dollars in any mahogany
finished office where ticker drones in the
corner and plain English is comprehended.
Twenty thousand to-day before the mar
ket opened! Heaven knew how much to-
morrow! The worst of it was that they
all had to listen to anecdotes of Bell, and
Morse, and the man who invented the
safety-pin.
"Now, the thing for you to do" said
Henderson, when the others had gone, ais
to salt that away in good bonds. You
can get pretty nearly five per cent. these
days, and in less than seventeen years"
Ewing laughed gently but irritatingly.
"Twenty thousand isn't anything.
"Twenty!" said Henderson dts likely
to be hundred and twenty before you
get through with it. It's twenty on the
first report!"
"That doesn't make any difference
I'm satisfied right now. You see, my idea
is to take profit as soon as there's one to
take"
"But the people you mentioned" said
Henderson weakly, didn't act like that!
Why, suppose they'd taken one little
profit-and qut?"
"That is different. Patents do run for
Evening star., 1915-11-14

danced as many miles and tipped as many
Wallets as any bachelor of his age-his age
was twenty-seven-in the active COM
munity. And, of course, nearly every one
who knew him liked him; for he was very
boyish and impulsive and ingenious, no
less attractive to this seasons debutantes
than to the mothers thereof, and still ex-
cellent company in the smoking-room.
People liked to have him around. For
one thing, he was a crystallization of all
that is young and refreshing and unsecured
by too much experience; nor was he
spoiled by lack of enough to furnish him
with poise.
He had come to Kenilworth direct
from college, and he had brought with
him the chronic imagination of sopho-
more. Life, he thought, is a problem in
angling-it's all matter of fortune who
gets the fish. Sometimes it's the man who
rises earliest and doesn't stop for break
fast; and then again it's the man who can
spare only half an hour, and intends to
give the basket to the guide, anyway.
That is to say. Ewing believed in the SOW
ereignty of luck; but he worked just as
hard as if he didn't. He played the game
both ways, so as not to overlook a
chance.
Hence according to his system, he
toled diligently for firm that increased
his salary every June and December; he
saved his money; and when he had ac-
cumulated five or six hundred dollars, he
cast about for an unparalleled oppor-
tunity-an acreage of mullen stalks
through which the Subway must inevita-
Of e,rlI-
assessable cumulative and guaranteed
seven per cent. stock at twelve and a
half, plus interest; an option that would
Evening star., 1915-11-14

guns, would have defeated their enemy.
Typhus is an undignifed disease, in
that personal uncleanliness alone causes
it. No person given to even occasional
baths and cursory attention to his phys-
cal tenement, will ever acquire it. A
parasitical organism, injected into the
blood by the bite of a mosquito, causes
malaria; a similar organism, injected by
the bite of the body-louse causes typhus.
In wartime, these vermin cause probably
more discomfort than whizzing bullets
and shrapnel. For considerable periods
no soldier, from the commanding general
down, is free. A country like Servia,
without sewers, running water, or the
most primitive conditions of sanitation,
furnishes an ideal breeding-ground for
this pest. Whatever virtues the Servian
peasantry may have, bodily cleanliness
is not one of them.
These facts indicate the nature of DR..
Strong's problem. The cure of sick people
was not his prime consideration. Many
became well in the course of events, and
others no human ingenuity could save.
But his real duty was to check the dis
ease-to prevent its spreading. And the
way to accomplish this, theoretically at
least, was simplicity itself. Typhus can
never prevail in the absence of the con-
veying parasite; it can never exist, that
is, in people who are clean. The vast
majority of Servians, because they were
dirty, became infected. DR.. Strong's
problem was to make them clean. His
sanitarian's job was to give whole ma
ton a bath-something that it probably
had not had for centuries, if ever. Such
prospect would have appalled, most men
not, however, this Yale graduate and
Harvard professor.
Giving a Whole Nation a Bath
nR. STRONG divided Servia into four
teen sanitary districts, so arranged
that each contained a railroad center.
He covered these districts with railroad
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trains of three cars each-caravans that
might probably be regarded as bath
trains. One car contained facilities for
hot baths. The next had shower baths.
The third was travelling laundry. At
robing of the villagers. Long before the
train arrived, an advance sanitary squad,
assisted by local Servian officials secured
the country, bringing to the station, at
the appointed time, practically all of the
inhabitants. There were thousands who
had not had their clothes off for months;
there were many M Mohammedans, whose
religion made disrobing before the infidel
a mortal sin.
When the bath train arrived, however,
there was an animated scene. Hundreds
of naked men would leave the tents, de-
posit their bundles of clothes in the laun-
dry car, and enter the perambulating
bathroom. After the hot bath, they
would pass into the next car for shower.
When this was over, the doctors inspected
them and then gave them sponging
with petroleum. substance in the pres
cnce of which vermin can not live. The
victims then passed into the last car,
where they received their clothing, which
had been thoroughly washed, disinfected,
and steam dried. In the evening the
women and children received the same
treatment. Having bathed one region,
the train would pass on to the next field
of operations. Meanwhile sanitary squads
covered each district, fumigated all the
houses and huts, and taught the people
the object of the expedition.
This is the homely process that has
driven typhus out of Servia. In August,
four months after DIR. Strong's arrival,
there were less than dozen cases in the
whole country. Not single new case
had been reported for weeks. Nor is it
likely that it will return, as the Strong
bath trains are constantly waiting for the
first sign of activity. American medical
science has conquered one more disease
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A Thousand for Incidentals

F course, every one in Kenilworth
knew ThaXter Ewing; for, after
six years of residence at the Inn,
he had lost as many golf balls and
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
DON'TS ISSUED TO
PREVENT FOREST FIRES
Public's Cooperation Sought
to Stop Blazes Which
Are Causing Big Loss
es in the East.

Washington, June 2nd.-To obtain
the cooperation of the public in
preventing forest fires which are do
ing a great deal of damage in the
east this spring, the U. S. forest
service has prepared ten "DONIS
to be observed in the woods. 1t is
hoped that these rules may have a
beneficial effect during the fire sea-
son of the southern Appalachians,
which is not yet over, and that OF
the north woods, which is just begin
ming and which, from present lndi-
cations, promises to be unusually Sc
we're.
The "DON'TS" follow:
I. Don't throw your match away
until you are sure it is out.
2. Don't drop cigarette or cigar
butts until the glow is extinguished.
8. Don't knock out your pipe ashes
while hot or where they will fall into
dry leaves or other infammable ma
terial.
A.. Don't build camp fire any
larger than is absolutely necessary.
S. Don't build fire against tree,
a log, or stump, or anywhere but
on bare soil.
6. Don't leave a fire until you are
sure it is out; if necessary smother
it with earth or water.
7. Don't burn brush or refuse in or
near the woods if there is any chance
that the fire may spread beyond your
control, or that the wind may carry
sparks where they would start a
new fire.
8. Don't be any more careless with
fire in the woods than you are with
fire in your own home.
8. Don't be idle when you discover
fire in the woods; if you can't put
it out yourself, get help. Where a
forest guard, ranger, or State fire
warden can be reached, call him up
on the nearest telephone YOU can find
10. Don't forget that human
thoughtlessness and negligence are
the causes of more than half of the
forest fires in this country, and that
the smallest spark may start a con-
flagration that will result in loss of
life and destruction of timber and
young growth valuable not only for
lumber but for their influence in help
ing to prevent flood, erosion, and
drought.
Many thousands of acres of forest
and suburban woodland from Maine
to Florida, and from the Atlantic
coast as far west as Arkansas, have
been burned over already this spring
by fires which started for the most
part from preventable causes. Or
the national forest purchase areas
alone, 49 fires occurred in March
burning over more than $500, acres
while "A fires starting on private
land near or within government
boundaries damaged nearly $500
acres. Fires in April were even more
numerous and severe, but rains in the
latter part of the month helped tn,
situation somewhat. Fires statistics
for April are not yet available.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
SAVES DAUGHTER
Advice Of Mother no Doubt Pre-
vents Daughters Untimely End.

Ready, KY" was not able to do
anything for nearly six months" writes
Mrs. Laura Bratcher, Of this place, land
was down in bed for three months.
cannot tell you how suffered with
my head, and with nervousness and
womanly troubles.
Our family doctor told my husband he
could not do me any good, and he had
to give II up. We tried another doctor,
but he did not help me.
At last, my mother advised me to take
Cardui, the woman's tonic. ] thought
II was no use for was nearly dead and
nothing seemed to do me any good. But
took eleven bottles, and now am able
TO do all Of my work and my own
washing.
think Cardui is the best medicine In
the world. My weight has increased.
and look the picture Of health.
II you suffer from any of the ailments
peculiar TO women, get a bottle Of Cardui
Today. Delay is dangerous. We know
II will help you. for il has helped so
many thousands OF other weak wo~ep
in the past so years.
At all druggists.
W,is to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Lsf1
Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn, for .Sts.is
Isnrscffons on your case and 64-pags book. Home
Treatment for Womsn." in plain wrappsr. NC. -
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Why Early Cancer Is Curable.

There is still a widespread misap-
prehension that cancer is a constitu-
tional disease caused by some SUBJ
stance or poison in the blood. Those
who hold this mistaken opinion COM
monty believe that the disease is here
ditary, and in vague way they think
there must be some taint handed
down from one generation to another
which causes cancer to flourish in
certain families. In the minds of
people not well informed on the
subject this belief may we'll cause a
feeling that it is somehow shameful
to have the disease. Such misappre-
hension, combined with the notion
which has long prevailed that cancer
is hopeless, incurable aff1iction, and
that it is of no use to try to have
anything done for it, may well account
for the extraordinary delay of many
sufferers in seeking treatment A
further cause is the fact that cancer,
in the early stages, often causes lit
tile pain. Many surgeon has wished
that cancer, in its early manifesto
tions, might cause the sufferer half
as much trouble as a toothache, for
then the patient would surely be
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The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04

a pig in a pen on the schoolhouse
grounds was rapidly growing as large
one way as the other.
All of the breeders who offered to
sell pure-bred pigs to members last
year at $40 each have renewed their
offer this year, and few new name
of breeders have been added to the
list of those cooperating to place
Georgia on a pure-bred basis. The
State is developing a new standard
of agriculture, due largely to the ac-
tivity of the juvenile farmer. This
new agriculture spells pure-bred pigs
and 100 bushels of corn to the acre.
Last year 5000 members of corn
clubs raised an average of So bushels
of corn on an acre of land, while
the average yield of corn per acre in
the whole State was under IS bushels.
The pig club boys, in some instances,
raised pork at cents per pound.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DISCHARGE

Notice is hereby given, that on the
2nd day of November, A. D. 1915, or
as soon thereafter as | can re heard.
| shall make final settlement of nv
accounts as administrator, of the es-
tate of Luke Parrot deceased, and
present my accounts and vouchers 10
tie Court of the County Judge of Put
nam County, Florida, for approval
and final discharge.
W. S. BURDETTE.
as Administrator, aforesaid.
This 2Sth day of April, A. D., 1915.
4-30-6m.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DISCHARGE

Notice is hereby given, that on the
2nd day of November, A. D. 1915, or
as soon thereafter as | can be heard
| shall make final settlement of nv
account as Executrix, of the last will,
of William H. Cook, deceased, and
present my accounts and vouchers to
the Court of Comfy Judge of Put
nam County, Florida, for approval
and final discharge.
GRACE H. COOK,
as Executrix, aforesaid.
This 9th day of April, A. D. 1915.
4-30-6m.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Warm Weather Christian Endeavfr

During her recent and serious i'll
ness. Mrs. Edith Krook Gates OF Lake
Como was presented with beautifui
Friendship pin" by the Congrega.
tional society in Pomona, which she
had served loyalty, many years. :.
Did YOU ever notice how natural IL
is when things, either for an mdi-
yidual worker or an organization, go
wrong, to place the blame on some one
else, and if possible on"those hlghef
up" in leadership?
Kindly greetings have just come
from Miss Mamie Golden, lntroduc-
tion superintendent for Alabama
She invites us to her state which sne
thinks is a fine one excepting that II
does not raise orange blowsoms. For
two annual conventions in Alabama
our Sunshine department has volceo
fraternal greetings in the perfume
and beauty of orange blooms, sent to
the convention city. Please let us
know when Endeavorers go to Alaoa-
ma or any where else, so that our
Florida Introduction denartment can
send the word along that they are
coming, and welcome be ready.
The state union officers, mostly re-
elected ones, have been waiting before
getting out circular letters, for the
years supply of stationery, when
Mr.. D. B. Curry, president, is look
ing after this year. He has just dis
tributed call to the Chicago conven'
ton, with a printed "all-about-it' cir
cular gotten out by these unions, Ten
nessee, Georgia and Florida. They
are to 90 on the "Big Four Route,
l.. and N" railroad, via Macon, At
lanta, Knoxville and Cincinnati. Fare
round, but not including sleeper
from Jacksonville is $43.5O. Those
wishing to join this delegation shoulc
write D. B. Curry, Box 910, Jackson
vile soon. He is hoping that at least
forty from Florida, will go.
:, Have not heard of new society
for at least ten days. Are you moi
forgetting to tell the Press depart
ment something which would look
good and cheerful displayed in prin
ter's ink. Please think this over.
We ought to have 1875 societies fol
seniors, and fifty of the children be-
fore April 1916. A few days after
this year began our list showed eigh
ty-one Young Peoples organizations
more than for a long while. And Of
this eighty-one, hardly any were ii
the least doubtful as to whether
they were really alive and happily al
work. Let us keep it up.
The Daytona Halifax Journ@l re
Gently quoted from The Orlando Sen
tinel an editori"l about the FIVE
churches in Orlando, and added com
ment about the Daytola ores. Re
minded US of the self-sacrifice CT thu
Christian Church society which gave
seventy-fve dollars toward new con
crete church in that beautiful city by
the Halifax river.
"Bcdy Under, Soul On Top" is ne
novel topic for next Sundays meet
ings. 1t means we should rot worN
so hard on Saturday as to be unified
for the obligations of the Sabbath
1t means more than that and is a sub
ject worth thinking over seriously
and then not forgetting it.
GRACE A. TOWNSEND.
Interlachen, June 1st.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Indigestion and Constipation.

about five years ago l began tax
ing Chamberlain's Tablets after suf-
fering from indigestion and constipa-
tion for years without finding any
thing to relieve me- Chamberlain
Tablets helped me at once and by
using them for several weeks | was
cured of the complaint" writes Mrs.
Mary E. McMullen, Phelps, N. Y. For
sale by all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Get Rid of Your Rheumatism.

Now is the time to get rid of your
rheumatism. You can do it if you
apply Chamberlin's Liniment. w. A.
Lockhard, Homer City, N. Y, writes
Last spring l suffered from rheu-
matism with terrible pains in my
arms and shoulders. | got bottle
of Chamberlain's Liniment and the
first application relieved me. By
using one bottle of it | was entirely
cured" For sale by all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Afrlca's Potential Wealth,

For its future industrial develop.
ment Africa is remarkably fortunate.
Already coal deposits to the value of
more than three hundred million dol.
lars have been discovered along the
Cape to Cairo route, while more than
five thousand waterfalls offer wonder
'ul possibilities for the establishment
4 watcrpower centers.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Only One Entirely Satisfactory.

81 have tried various collie and diar-
rhoea remedies, but the only one that
has given me entire satisfaction and
cured me when | was afflicted is
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. | recommend it
to my friends at all times" writes
S. N. Galloway, Stewart, S. c. For
sale by all dealers. .
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Proper CARVING,

In carving, ham and beef should be
cut thin; pork, lamb, veal ald mutton
a little thicker. When carving a leg
of mutton, take hold of the bone end
with the left hand, then cut thin
slices down to the bone and loosen
each slice by putting the knife fiat on
the barred bone and cutting through.
The slicing should gradually change
direction slightly, SO to always cut
across the grain.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Ts Ossrruis TimIdlty.

Don't believe that you are unable to
overcome timidity. You think you are
not because you have always been able
to control conditions and people in
way to humor 1t. Start the fight
now: for you may some day find your.
self alone, and without the money to
buy yourself an audience for your pc
culiarities.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
For an Impaired Appetite.

To improve the appetite and streng-
then the digestion try few doses of
Chamberlain's Tablets. Mr.. J. H.
Seitz, of Detroit, Mich, says: "They
restored my appetite when impaired,
relieved me of bloated feeling and
caused pleasant and satisfactory
movement of the bowels" For sale
by all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Hand Shaking DANGEROUS.

Psychologists recently found un-
der the fipgernails of men, women and
children no less than thirteen differ
ent kinds of disease germs, including
those of tuberculosis, diphtheria sud
influenza.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Not Really nSentinela !"

All animals. whether quadrupeds
or birds, that feed in herds are said
to place sentries on the outskirts of
their party. 1t is, however, obvious
that wherever there is a collection OF
animals feeding or lying down there
will be members of the group at the
corners who. by Their very position.
become "sentincls"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04

"The legislature, pa" The aver
age legislature. my son." replied ].
Fuller Gloom, lis a debating society
wherein nobody knows what he is
talking about, and does not care any
thing about what anybody else is
talking about"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

All creditors, legatees, distributes
and all persons having claims or de.
mands against the Estate of Mary
Hickman Devereux, deceased, are
hereby notified to present their
claims or demands to me within Tw3
Years; and all persons indebted to
said Mary Hickman Devereux de.
ceased, are notified to pay the same
Immediately.
M. Pansy Devereux Chamberlin,
Executrix, of the last will, of Mary
Hickman Devereux, deceased.
This Sd, day of May A. D., 1915,
Su,le
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Simple Poison Wsrninu,

A good way to mark bottles contain.
ing poison is to push two pins into the
side of the cork at right angles to
each Other
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
Notice of Final Settlement and Final
Discharge.

Notice is hereby given, that on the
goth day of August, A. D. 1915, OF
as soon thel eafter as | can be heard
l shall make final settlement of my
accounts as Administrator, cum tes-
tamento annexo of estate, of Ger
trude c. Bassett, deceased, and pres
ent my accounts and vouchers to the
Court of the County Judge of Put,
nam County, Florida, for approval,
and final discharge.
R. F. ADAMS,
as Administrator, aforesaid.
This 10th day of Feb. A. D., lis.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
MOTOR COAT, MILITARY CUT

Motor coat of white wUolen mix
ture. striped with black. Designed from
the uniform of the German soldier. il
Is belted and buttoned In true mill.
tary effect. The high roll collar is
faced with black silk faille, which also
faces the buttonholes.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
'oEALl
HENRY HUTCHINSON, Clerk.

List of the voters who are freE
holders in Precinct No. 81, Putnam
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04

i, HENS ?eterman, Supervisor a
ihSegliStration, Putnam County. Flor
iua, hereby certify that the above and
rolegolng Is true and correct list Of
REGISTERED l, voters, who are freehold
els p residing in the proposed Special
hoad and Bridge District. as de-
Serl6ed sG in petition presented to and
@ llled ey Board of County Commission
ers : ,S ot Futnam County, Florida, April
and belief. - my N"o"ieusS
This May 7, 1919
HENS PETERMANN.
supervisor of Registration.
futnam County, Florida.