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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29
INCENDIARY BOMBS.
Terrific Heat Of Thermits, the Stuff
With Which They Are Filled.


lneendiary bombs are one of the
most fearful engines of modern war.
fare. The reason they throw out such
a terrific heat is because they are filed
with thermite.
Thermite Is so hot when it is fred
that 1t will melt iron and steel with
the greatest ease and even burn its
way through granite.
This marvellous substance was dis
covered in 1902. 1t is really mixture
of coarsely powdered aluminium and
oxide of iron. 1t cant be fired by it.
self, but has to be started by another
mixture consisting of finely powdered
aluminium and barium peroxide.
The wonderful heating power of this
terrible substance has been made use
Of all over the world in iron and steel
welding. Steel joints are welded solid
ly together in few moments by plac-
ing little thermite round the Joint and
firing it
The thermite mixture is as safe TO
handle or store as sawdust-safer. in
fact. Only the special mixture or a
very high temperature indeed will set
1t on fire. If necessary the two sub
stances from which thermite is made
can be taken separately and mixed
when required, and there is no danger
whatever in aluminium powder or OK
ide of iron. which is, practically speak.
ing, iron rust, yet the mixture makes
up one of the hottest substances
known.-Pearson's Weekly.
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THE YoLK OF AN EGG.
It Is Good Predsested Food, While tne
White Is Not.

WUntC 10 iNSs
1t has long been known that many
persons cannot eat even perfectly fresn
eggs without suffering all the symp-
toms of violent poisoning.
The egg has two PARASITIC yolk IN
side and the white outside. The white
is the part of the egg that the chicken
is made of-the part that makes the
bones, the feathers and the flesh. The
yolk, however is what the chicken
lives ON. 1t Is a dinner basket placed
there by nature for the infant chicken.
1t is little lunch put up for the young
life within the egg to support 1t until
it gets out of the shell. for the chicken
must eat inside the shell as well as
outside, and the yolk is little bundle
of predigested food that nature mas
prepared for the chicken to eat before
it energies into the world.
Thus we see that the yolk Is food,
whereas the white Of the egg never
was intended to be eaten. Really 1t Is
not fit to be eaten. 1t has some FOOD
value, 1t is true. 1t can be utilized I'M
der some circumstances. but 1t is not
good food. The yolk is the only part
of the egg that really is wholesome
food. 1t is digested very quickly, too
recent Investigations showing that the
yoIk is digested entirely in the stom-
ach. There is some fat in the yolk'
there is some protein in the yolk and
some carbohydrate in the yolk, and all
are digested in the stomach.
The fat Of the yolk is Of peculiar
kind. 1t is more readily digested in
the stomach than any other fat, al
though other emulsitied fats are also
to some degree >digested in the stom'
ach.-Dr. J. FL. Kellogg in Good Health
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29

kind or size Of stump can be given,
since different conditions govern all
cases. Two stumps Of the same size,
kind and age Of cut, when one is grown
on well drained soil where the roots
must penetrate great depth for water
and the other is grown on soil where
there is always water near the surface,
will demand different treatment for
extraction. The older stumps, especial
ly II from timber free from resin. re-
quire less powder. The exact amount
necessary for set conditions can. how
ever, be readily determined with lit
tie experimenting.
Few tools and supplies are required.
A one and one-half inch wood augpr
with shank about four and one-half
feet long, medium sized crowhar. a
round pointed shovel and wooden
tamping stick, together with the pow
der, fuse and caps, will serve to fill
the bill.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

U. s. LAND OEFICE at Gainesville.
Florida, october 23rd, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Julia sutton,
widow OF Fred. j. sutton, Deceased, OF
Palatka, Florida, Box IL, r. F. D. No. l, who,
on January 7, 1910, made Homestead Entry,
No 0626O, for North half of Lot 8, Section
80, Township 9 South, Range rs East, ITALIA
hassee Meridian, has filed notice OF inten-
ton to make Five-year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described. before
Clerk of Circuit Court, at Palatka. Florida,
on the 9th day OF December, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
W. A. Williams, OF Pslatkn, Florida, RED.
MOL
L. NJ. Upchurch. of Palatka, Florida, RID.
No. !.
j. W. Cannon, Jr,. OF Palatka. Florida,
r. #. d. No. !.
j. D. Johns, OF PalBtka, Florida, X. #. d.
MOL.
ROBT. W. DAVIS,
Register
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

All creditors, lesatees distributes.
and all persons having claims or de-
mands against the ESTATE of A. "a.
Purdom, deceased, are hereby notiffsSe
to present their claims or demands to
me within Two Years; and all persons
indebted to said A. B. Purdom, deceas-
ca are notified to pay the same Ina
mediately
MAY H. PURDOM,
EXecutrix of the last will of A, B.
Purdom, deceased.
This 18th day of Oct, A. D. 1919.
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that the stroke is short. The advan
tage Of the long stroke motor lies in
the fact that for given piston dis
the short stroke motor, the pistons are
smaller and lighter, and the motor
may be run at higher speed because
light pistons and connecting rods do
not vibrate as much as heavy ones,
and 1t is by increasing the motor speed
that the small bore, long stroke motor
is made to give more power than the
large bore, short stroke motor of the
same size.
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proof AGAINST Wasp Stinss.

A Scottish naturalist in paper on
the habits Of wasps tells how black,
bird will stand at the side of hang
ing wasps' nest and deliberately tear
It in pieces in order to get at the lar
vac, apparently undisturbed by the
swarm of angry insects, whose vicious
stings instantly put to fight the human
curiosity seeker who ventures llear to
watch the demolition.
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SPECIAL MASTERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of decree of forecle-
sure and sale rendered in the Circuit
Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit
OF Florida, in and for Putnam Coun-
ty. by the Hon. j. T. Wills, Judge Of
said Court, dated the 18th day IA
May, A. D. 1914, wherein W. H. Cole
is complainant, and Wanda Jefferson
and his wife Josephine Jefferson. are
defendants, and wherein the under
signed was appointed Special Master
IN Chancery to sell the property here.
matter described, I shall offer for sale
at public auction for cash to the HIGH
est and best bidder, at the front door
OF ne Court House in the CITY of Pa.
latka, Putnam County, Florida. on +ba
FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER
a. D. 1915, the same being the first
day Of said month, during the legal
hours OF sale on that day, the follow
ing described property, being the
same property mentioned and descr;h1
Cd IN the bill of complaint herein
and lying and being in said Putnam
county, Florida, to-wit:
beginning at the Northwest cor,er
OF Lot 4 IN Section "a, Township y
South Of Range "a East. and running
thef ce South 56 degrees East 400 fapt
10 corner of right of way 80 feet wiJe
Ftserved by 0. H. Ewing; runniny
nerce North along line of said rigbt
OF way 30 feet North on South Inc s
OF property of said Ewing. and 10 de-
gees Norm Of East 665 fee To
81 thence North 1920 feet ,Iora
west, Ems 81 feet wide right of wasl
", water edge of Lake Grandin. tban,(
" " esterly along the edge Of Iats
t Hrahdln + about 900 feet to a stake.
t thence South 400 feet to a stake:
ShenGe west % feet to stake; thence
south $50 feet to a point of beginn i,,ce
ron sixteen acres more or less
anu 9elng the same land decided ~
josephine Jefferson by 0. H Ew;n ~
ana Emma V. Ewing. his w;f E"i h
Iced dated March 20, 1909 and oy
corded forded in Book 50, page 595 of re- re-
Florida. u'nam county i
A. H. ODOM.
rou Special Master in Cbancoru
ail6 burn & Merryday
solicitors for Complainant
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A. H. ODOM
MORGAN. = Special Master in Chancerv.
Hilburn & Merrydav
ooIlcltors for Complainant.
Under o. DUPLICATION for Ia. Ds..
Laws Of Of F,O Chapter ASS,

NOTICE is hereby s,,,o.
y y. q; Burce purchaser of raS that
bo. o. uS'ed the 4th day of july rnSlnc Sa,e
s1S h hIed said certificate In -, ny
to issS Ss IN application for tsx ONE me-
Said certi aiesfPd smSs with law. Ds'a
Ing described prone eraees the follow
Can m county, Florida, to-wi T.eo In
u U Tna ~ a, OF W. of swIl of Nal
The said iS Ia q Range p E., i6 Ae ass.'on
the er name of F. W. Coneinx 'incate in
Unless said certifcata s,r
isspa tb. @eeoruing to law. tax deed u rei
A. D., 1915. Ne Hth day of Noyember
seal this the s,S my Official slsnatur. ana
lSEAL) HESS,9Dt,Oc october A. d.. leik
JRs, ar Court. Putnam r1N ~
d. Hutchinson. Jr.. b ga
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crank lives in Eastern avenue. A
rev days ago his companion George
rappbt his clothing on picker renee
He was held fast. his feet TOOL OF
,vo from the ground. He pleaded Win
rank to release him or run lor neip,
out Frank refused. IN
"Why don't you go and help Georgefs.
his mother inquired from the front
porch.
r'm just too tired" said Frank
YESTERDAY | wanted him to shoe my
dog out of his yard, and he wonldnt
do it cause he said he was tired. I'm
Just as tired as he was,"-lndianapois
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29
Recommends Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.

'Last winter I used a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a
bad bronchial cough. l felt its ben
eficial effect Immediately and before
l had finished the bottle l was cur
ed. l never tire of recommending
this remedy to my friends" writes
Mrs. William Bright, Fl. Wayne, Ind.
Obtainable every where.
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ABOUT 4OO,ooO,OOo acres of Ian,

ABOUT 40O,OOo,OOO acres of land
"a included In farms throughout
"a the United States are unin-
proved. Figuring that each
acre could be made to produce at least
$25 worth Of produce per year, there
is approximately $100O0,0O0,OOO pro-
duction being lost annually. Quite
tidy figure. And when we take into
consideration that In many cases it re-
quires only the removal Of sundry
stumps and boulders to make this land
profitable, it certainly looks as though
something might be done to save the
waste. "Stumping with dynamite" is
both an economical, quick and labor
saving method as well as one that is
growing in popularity daily.
The method involved in the blasting
of stump is to confne a quantity of
explosive in such a manner that when
exploded she expanding gases will lift
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29
A CRIME AGAINST CHILDREN

1t is a crime against helpless chill
dren to give them bitter, nauseous
chill tonics that purge and cause seri-
Gus inflammation of the stomach and
bowels that frequently proves fatal.
QMck's Chill Tonic does not weaken
and physic. Children will take it and
never know it is medicine. Try it
once on a guarantee to be better than
any other. Price 25 cents. Sold by
]. H. Haughton, Druggist.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

All creditors, legatees, distributeesH
and all persons having claims or deN
mands against the ESTATE of Samuel
] Kennerly deceased. are hereby no.
titled to present their claims or de-
mands to me within Two Years; and
all persons indebted to said Samuel ].
* ennerly, deceased, are notified to pay
the same Immediately.
LEILA A. KENNERLY,
Administrative of the estate of Sam
uel J. Kennsrly, deceased
This 18th day OF Oct, A. D. 1915
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29
Will cure vour Rheum..:

Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps.
Coke, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in.
ternally and externally. Price 2sc.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29

II can of gasoline is exposed to tn,
air long enough for noticeable part o.
it to evaporate will the remaining gas.
oIne be any weaker than it was al
first7
When gasoline is exposed to the all
and allowed to evaporate the specific
gravity Of the remainder of the liquid
increases, and, while the fuel value re
mains about the same, 1t Is harder to
start motor with it. Gasoline Is q
mixture of great many petroleum
oils differing slightly in their specific
gravity and when this mixture is al.
lowed to evaporate slowly a greater
proportion of the light oils Is taken up
by the atmosphere, and thus what is
left becomes heavier and heavier, and
as the specific gravity increases 1t
makes starting harder.
Is there such thing as a high COM
preston or a low compression motor?
If so, what is the advantage Of low
compression motor?
Motors have been constructed with
compression pressure varying all the
way from nothing at all up, to several
hundred pounds. Roughly. motors with
compression of over seventy pounds
are generally considered to have high
compression and engines with less than
fifty-ive pounds low compression. Yet
the terms are purely relative and have
no exact meaning. A low compression
motor will run slower and more smooth
ly at slow speed than high compress
sion one 1t is not so likely to knock
when the cylinders are carboniZed, nor
will it everheat so readily. The pres
Sures generated are not as great. and
therefore the parts do not need to be
made so strong. The high compression
engine. on the other hand, is more eff
clent and develops a greater power for
a given piston displacement.
Which gives more power, long OF
short stroke motor?
Within the limits found in ordinary
practice tlse short and long stroke mo-
tor will develop the same power, pro
vided the piston displacement and
speed are respectively equal. Let us
consider two four cylinder motors with
three hundredlnch piston displace
ment The long stroke motor has a
small bore. and the explosion pressure
acts on piston of small area, but this
is offset by the fact that the pressure
acts throughout the long stroke. In
the short stroke motor the explosion
pressure acts on piston Of large
area. and this cOmpenSates for the fact
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My plate clutch slips. Tried washing
il with kerosene, but with no results.
Also had the crank case taken off, but
both kinds of oil, but have met with no
success. What is the eause7
Probably the clutch is being held dis
engaged by the sticking of the pedal
shaft in its bearing or other members
of the operation mechanism are stick.
ing due to lack of fabrication, thus not
allowing the clutch to become fully ell
gagged when the pressure is removed
from the clutch pedal. II the mocha
nism Is found to be In good shape the
next cause would be insufficient pres
sure exerted on the plates. This might
be caused by weak clutch springs or
springs that have taken a permanent
set after few thousand miles of serv-
ice.
Automobile manufacturers can test
springs for their tension, and, while
great care Is exercised In the strength
of the steel wire which goes into them
and the heat treatment Of the same,
nevertheless occasionally springs will
pass by inspector, no matter how rigid,
that have not been carefully heat
treated, and after some little service
they will take permanent set and
fail to exert sufficient pressure on the
plate to transmit the power.
The third and most likely cause is
dirty and gummed plates due to neg
lecting to change the lubricating oil in
the motor
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29

When you begin to notice mans
name in the financial columns of the
newspapers, it is time to look for his
wife's name in the society columns.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29

Have the different makes of naenetos
different material for breaker points
than platinum, and, If so, what is IL?
Are there different grades of platinum
points?
The so called platinum points for
magnetos vary greatly in composition
and hardness. Different compositions
and percentages Of iridium are used in
the compositions. the average being
somewhere about Is per cent iridium
or less. In some Of the very cheap
grades no platinum at all is used. nickel
being substituted. These points do not
stand up for any length of time.
Where platinum is used the only diff
ference in actual grade Is In the varia-
ton Of the percentages of alloying sub.
stances used and also In the thickness
Of the points. In some cases the plati-
mum Is very thin.
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think the radiator on my car is stop
Bile with the engine running hot. Have
had the radiator cleaned, but get no
better results. Would you advise me to
take the radiator apart to clean it7
First of all, find out whether the
radiator is at fault by removing the
lower hose connection and then run
water into the filler opening and note
whether the water flows freely from
the lower connection or whether the
passage seems to be impeded and the
water overfows from the top.
Your water jackets may be clogged
with dirt. sand or scale, or your pump
may have broken shaft or vanes.
have valve in the head motor and
find 1t necessary to have the carbon re.
moved about every 200 miles. Is this
excessive?
Your motor carbonizes much too
quickly, but it is not due to the quality
of the oil. Possibly you are using too
light an oil; try heavier one. 1t may
be, also, that your pistons or rings are
worn so that an excess Of oil makes its
way into the combustion chamber, or
the oil level may be too high, or with
certain types of force feed oilers it is
possible that the feed should be cut
down. See that the piston ring joints
are not In alignment.
How can the weight over the front
and rear axles be aseertained?
Drive the car over four scales SO
that each wheel rests upon one of
them. The readings Of the scales I'M
der the front wheels will give you the
weight on the wheels. and the rear
scale readings the rear weight. Thus
If the front scales showed 400 pounds
each the total over the wheels would
be 800 By deducting the weight of
the axles and wheels you have the
weight over the axles.
When open my throttle halfway and
retard the spark for climbing the motor
does not pull any better, but begins to
knock. What is the matter7
The cause of the trouble lies in your
feeding too much fuel to the motor
If your operation Is otherwise all right
your carburetor probably delivers too
rich a mixture. The needle valve of
the carburetor ought to be screwed
down little. trying the difference In
operation after every small adjust
ment. until the correct one has been
reached.
What is the cause Of about half a
pint Of gasoline leaking from my car
ouretor out through the air pipe when
Me engine stops1
The leaking is probably due to the
Of the heavy gas in the
When the engine stops it
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runs out in The manYTold ana PACK
through the carburetor. The use of an
exhaust sleeve or drum around the ex-
haust manifold and flexible tube run
ming to the air bend In the carburetor
will probably overcome this, trouble.
The height of the float should be one
and a sixteenth inches from the top
Of the bowl to the top of the cord
boat when the valve is seated.
II two engines Of the same make and
model were set in the same frame, one
ahead of the other, xpuId the rear
crank shaft be strong enough to stand
the strain?
The rear crankshaft would have to be
strong enough to transmit the horse
power of both motors. This would be
especially true if the timing was so ar
ranged that the power strokes of the
two motors were synchronized SO that
the minimum stress from both motors
fell upon the shaft at the same time
In such case as you mention heav-
Ter crankshaft should be installed in
the rear motor.
My car smokes badly and has used
one gallon of oil in 100 miles. It has
splash fabrication system. What is the
trouble, and how can remedy it?
When a splash system smokes the
trouble can generally be put down to
either too high level in the splash
trough. too deep dipping Of the con-
Meeting rods or bad piston rings. The
first two amount to practically the
same thing, because If the level of the
oil Is too high the connecting rod is
sure to dip too deeply into the oil, and
hence the effect is to splash too much
oil to the cylinders. When the piston
rings are faulty the oil leaks past the
rings, and after it reaches the COM
bustion space is burned in large guam
titles, thereby causing the smoking
and sooting. The proper course for
you to pursue is first to determine the
proper level in the crank case.
The trouble with your oiling system
might be in the leakage of air in the
vacuum tank which controls the sup
ply to the crank case. If air leaks
into the cap at the top the oil will flow
out of the tank into the crank case.
and the result will be such as you
mention. Therefore see that the filler
cap on top of the reservoir is abso-
lutely alright. If you will do this and
also see that the oil level is not above
the plug in the bottom your system
will work all right
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OF late have been putting one GAL
Ion of coal oil to ten of gasoline in my
tank and have found it satisfactory, but
could that be the cause Of the large
amount of carbon in my engine7 The
carburetor is sufficiently heated by the
hot air from the exhaust, and the in
take manifold becomes so hot that it
cannot be touched. There is a knock
in each cylinder when the engine pulls
hard with spark advanced.
You are driving with the spark ad-
vanced too far. Any motor will knock
when pulling hard with the spark adj
vanced, as you have stated. The spark
lever should be retarded as the throt-
tie is opened, but only enough to stop
the motor knocking. If you will ex-
anime the interior Of your motor you
will probably find that there is not
enough carbon to cause knock. We
would not advise mixing gasoline and
kerosene; you are likely to have vapor-
iziHg troubles, as the kerosene is liable
to be left in the carburetor. The kero-
sene will not vaporize as readily as
the gasoline and in a short time your
float chamber will be full of kerosene.
and then the motor will be obliged to
run on the latter until the float cham
Der is emptied. when it will be filled
with the mixed fuel and the cycle will
be repeated. This variation In the quail
ity of the fuel will result in, poor car
h,,r VII hot re-
adding such small percentage Of kero-
sene Is not sufficient to make it worth
the trouble.
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block over the exhaust manifold. II
would also be well to note If this block
is properly in place.
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My motor runs evenly when running
empty, but when pulling along on high
speed, with the motor throttled down.
the front cylinder misses. have done
everything know of to correct this.
Can you suggest something?
Provided you are certain that it is
the front cylinder, we would advise
making a thorough inspection Of the
ignition. Examine the spark plug for
small cracks and see that the points
are about one-thirty second inch apart.
Look over the wiring to this plug once
more for bare insulation and inspect
the timer to see that proper contact is
made. See that there are no air leaks
around the manifold connection and be
sure that the valves are not warped.