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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Speed Of Bullets.

The rate of fall of the bullet from
the line of projection is fixed by the
laws of gravity, hence the more rap
idly the bullet is made to pass from
the rifle to the TARGET the tlatter will
be this curve or trajectory" the less
accurate the estimation of distance re.
Quired and the less the chances OF
error through an inaccurate estimate
of distance.
The normal vclocities of our sport
ing rifles, in black powder days, were
about 1900 feet per second. The first
of the small bore high power, smoke
less variety raised this to 1000 f. $.
for bullets Of military length and 1900
for shorter sporting bullets. Now it
has gone up to 300 f. S. The burn
ing questions asked again and again
by the riheman are, Where will we
stop?" Twill the 1000 f. S. bullet
come next?"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
How the Trouble Began.

1t was bright, sunny Tuesday
morning and Mrs. Brown was on the
roof preparing to hang out her wash
when Mrs. Jones appeared ON the scene
carrying a basket Of clothes.
"What are you dom here?' demand
ed Mrs. Jones. Monday is your day
for hangin' out Clothes
81 know it is" replied Mrs. Brown
removing the clothespins from her
mouth so she could articulate more
clearly but it rained yesterday. an
I'm hangin' EN- out today instead
Tuesday belongs to the fourth floor
back, an that's vacant, so guess I've
got as good a right here as anybody
else. What is it to you. anyhow
Wednesday is your day"
"Wednesday is my day, al right,
admitted Mrs. Jones, "but the paper
says It's goin' to rain tomorrow. an !
amt takin' any chances. You take
them RAGS of yours downstairs again,
or III throw 'em off the roofr
And that's how the trouble began
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Lock Canals.

The Egyptians had canals before the
days of st. Paul, but the lock canal
which made it possible to cross noun.
tains in a boat came only few years
before Columbus discovered America.
To be told that Raphael in his spare
moments when not painting Raphael
was constructing a locomotive would
scarcely surprise you more than to be
told that Leonardo da Vinci was a
pioneer canal lock builder.
But the hand that put upon the walls
Of that historic church in Milan "The
Last Supper" also designed the locks
for Milan'S canal.
That was just five years before an,
other Italian from the nearby town of
Genoa sailing a Spanish ship came to
anchor at San Salvador. Before the
lock system was born canals had to be
IN level ground, although in China
they had them on slight inclines.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

Mrs. Jas. E. Harper and children
have returned from a visit with
friends in Jacksonville.
Mrs. J. J. McGrady returned this
week from three weeks visit with
relatives and friends at Orlando and
Orange City.
The Knight building on west Cen
trail avenue, is being overhauled and
repaired and made fit for tenants.
This building has been vacant for a
year or two and was last occupied by
James W. Long.
Charley Roam a young colored man
with a record for cussedness and who
has been in several shady transac-
tions, to get clear of which has cost
his mother some of her hard earned
money, was caught red-handed last
week in an attempt to break into the
express office. The attempt was
made in the middle of the nj ght, but
Marshal Moore who lives next door
to the express office heard a suspi-
cious sound and gum-shoed down
stairs and to where Roam was work.
ing. He was arrested and next day
before Justice Paul C. Smith was held
to the circuit court for breaking and
entering. Only one or two nights
before this same Roam broke into
Capt. LaBree's home while the Capt.
/ and Mrs. LaBree were away, taking
all of the captains Budweiser. Roam
had been working for Capt. LaBree.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25

North America has counted as god
producing continent only since the .atG
fortieS. But it might we'll have done
so for about 200 years. According 10
the London Chronicle i'll the voyage
round the world which began in HIS
the privateer Captain Shelvocke founC
in certain California valleys "a ran
black mold which. as you turn it fresh
M to the sun, appears as If intermir
glcd with gold dust. Though we weT-
little preiudiced," he adds, "against
the thought that it could be possible
that this metal should be so promiscu-
ously and universally mingled with
common earth, yet we endeavored to
cleanse and wash the earth from some
of it. and the more we did the more it
appeared like gold. In order to be fur
Their satisfied | brought away some of
It, which we lest in our confusion in
China
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Theft In Ancient Wales.

In some ways which might nowadays
be called sentimental" the laws of an
cient Wales were in advance of those
of today. j. e. Lloyd in his His.
tory Of Wales" mentions that in some
Of the codes (Which were. as a rule,
very severe ON theft remarkable
provision exempted from punishment
the starving man who, after begging
for three days and receiving nothing
helped himself to the food which he
needed in order to keep him alive
That every man had the right to live
was principle of the law, and the
sentiment of the country demanded
that every person Of substance should
keep open house not only for ordinary
travellers, but also for the destitute and
the friendless."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25

One Of the most rarely witnessed of
natural phenomena, but one that has
often been discussed at scientific meet
ings and that always awakens wonder
when seen, is the so called green
FASH occasionally visible at the mo-
ment of the disappearance of the sun
behind a clear horizon. The observers
eye must be fixed upon the rim Of the
sun as it disappears in order to catch
the phenomenon. One authority tells
us that he has seen the green fash
although rarely, at the instant of the
setting Of bright star. Among the
explanations offered is one based upon
the optical principle Of complementary
colors. If one looks at the sun and
then closes the eyes green disk will
be perceived. A sensitive eye might
be similarly affected by a brilliant
star
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
SaWse Sawue.

Here is the old King Richard H.
way Of making sausage: "Pyggs in
sawse savage" or pigs with sage
sauce. Take pyggs yskaldid (scald-
ed and quarter them and seeth them
in water and salt; take them and let
them kele (cooD; take parsel parsley),
savage (sage) and grynde it with brede
and yolkes Of ayren (eggs) harde ysode
(boiled); temper it with vinegar some
what thick. and lay the pyggs in q
vessel and sewe onoward the sauce
over them), and serve it forth" Take
pyggs" is pretty good Size or number
seems Of no consequence.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
The Number Nine,

There were nine Carths, according to
medieval cosmoguny. nine heavens,
Eine rivers of hell and nine orders of
angels. The number Icing perfection
since it represented divinity was Of
ten used to signify great quantity
rs in the phrases, "A nine days won
der" ~ eat has nine lives" and Nine
tailors make man" In Scotland a
distemrerel COW was cured by wash
ne her in nine surfs. To see nine
maapies was considered extremely
lucky. Nine knots made in black
wooden thread served as a charm in
the case of a Sprain 1t WAS also be
lievcd and is still by some that if
servant girl finds nine green peas i'll
one pod and lays them on the window
sill the first man that enters will be
her beau. Nine grains of wheat laid
on a four leaved clover enable one,
it is said, to see the fairies,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Eeathered Advisers.

A most remarkable superstition of
the Keuyahs of Borneo is the consul
tatiun of birds. If. for example, a
Kenyah has to undertake long jour
ney he will not risk it without having
first consulted the "hakka," kind of
hawk. If the hawk flies with its
wings spread out to the right side it
is Il good sign, but if it goes to the left
or flaps its wings, then the journey is
not commenced. Next day another
trial is made until the hawk gives the
sign wanted. Thus the continuation
of the journey depends on the flight Of
the birds.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Hate All Around,

The famous English chief justice
Holt and his wife hated each other to
the limit, and when she fell danger
ously i'll he was so delighted that he
became digraccfulIy tipsy. But his
wife was equal to the emergency and
sent for the great DIR. Radcliffe, who
hated Holt. and therefore out of spite
when the case was presented to him
came with great prompmess and saw
ed her fe.-Westminster Gazette.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25

The social grosbecks of South Africa
live in large societies. They select Il
tree Of considerable size and literally
cover it with Il grass roof, under which
their common dwelling is constructed.
The roof serves the double purpose Of
keeping off the heat and the rain, and
400 or 500 pairs Of birds are known to
have the same shelter. The nests in
this aerial dwelling are built in regu-
lar streets and closely resemble rows
of tenement horses.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Cultivatin1 Amusements.

Don't provide inducements to get a
child to love Gmusements. 1t may en-.
courage a habit that will sadly inter
fere with O. S,u ere and useful life,
Don't m"j." . hoy feel that he cannot
waste ton 10y Il time in having fun
and cafe: 90 his senses. Life is
real an .f and amusement is ad-
missile nos, but should not be
the r"'" mHnly youth is for fua,
but lr fl ..!ways engaged in striv-
inw 'H' -g22Sure- He Shoull
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Paste This on the Family Tool Chest.

The idea of this cabinet is TO furnish
amusement to the family when they
have scratched up all the furniture and
done all the damage elsewhere they
can think of; therefore
Do not replace Or put back anything
that you take out of these drawers.
Try. if possible, to select and remove
from this cabinet some article or tool
that is absolutely Indispensable. eav
ing it preferably out in the back yard
If you have anything hanging about
your room that is of no earthly use
you might store it in one of these
drawers.
Remember that the main idea of hay
ing this cabinet on the premises is
gradually to fill it with utterly useless
things.
And remove from 1t at the same time
all the useful things.
Patience! Keep at 1t and you are
bound to succeed.-Life.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Matrimonial Mixup.

He Women have no real intelli-
gence. They show the worst judg
ment in the most important matters.
She-That's perfectly true, but l think
you ought to be the last person to call
it to my Observation-Disclosures Times.
DtSnatcb
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25

What is it gives a cold, cures a cold
and pays the doctor bill? A draft.
What is the difference between an
accepted and a rejected lover? One
kisses his misses; the other misses his
kisses.
What is the most modest piece of
jewelry? A watch, because it always
keeps its hands on its face and runs
down its own works.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
u IL If

not be educated into that flea Of life.
He should not he furnished with in
clinations away from what is true and
real in life. 1t is serious matter
tempering with youths nobler aspir-
alton. Providing amusement is apt to
prove an unnatural adjunct in educa-
ton. Columbus Journal
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Not NecessarilY.

we wife too many" exclaimed Mrs.
4 0.y us She glanced at the head
VI RoF husbands paper. Il sup
'4at IS an account of the doings
some bisamist?"
W, necessarily, my dear" replied
nu>pahi without daring to look
buffalo Courier.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Her Endorsement.

AZ heard that you are to marry Tom
my"
Yes; he asked me last evening"
LET NE congratulate you. Tommy
is all right; he is one of the incest fell
lows to whom have ever been engag-
ed."-Puck.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
RUB-MY-TE M

VIII cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Coke, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. AntiseptiC AHodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
VI Course She Doesn't.

h. VI Course She Doesn't.
s%se Is such a nice chap" said
| S Shl III pink. Il always enjoy hav-
u,n call on me-"
[oss Ou l. snapped the other.
Nurse you don't, dear. You'o
h. nave him call on you."-St
My foSt-Dispatch.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25

Suffering becomes beautiful when
one bears great calanities with cheer
fulness, not through insensibility. but
through greatness of mind.-AriStotle
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
Love.

r.. s,ea'eSt happiness to be known
Eod' IS the conviction that we are
r..t .uot We are loved for ourselves,
kn.a "e'' loved in spite of ourselves
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25

E |. K. RENT-Haskell House, Cres-
uty' Furnished, with use of
h NV; =, inquire of Mr.. Lucas, Cre6-
v Vlty, S-1S-3t.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25

Jos. J. McGrady made a trip laSV
week through Volusia, Seminole, Or
orge Lake and Marion counties in
his motor car and made a pretty
thorough observation of grove condl-
lions. He says the people of these
counties will have to hand it. to the
Crescent City section as having the
finest. best kept groves and crops OF
fruit. Mr.. McGrady says that IN
many sections of the country ne went
over the groves have been ne
elected. The best looking groves ne
Saw away from home were those Csc I ITom
DeLeon Springs to DeLand. On Mon
dav Mr.. McGradv went to JACKSON
vile to arrange with the Arnold Fruit
Companv if possible for the opening
of the Hardee & McFarlane paacKmlg;
house at the junction. The Arnolh
Company has an option on the house,
and Mr.. McGradv wants to secure II
for Mr.. Nve of Orlando, who has al
ready purchased some fruit here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13
Old Public Lotteries

Harvard was aided by lottery in
1889 by special act. The scheme was
to buy Joseph Popes orrery for the
college. Three thousand tickets at
500 each were sold. The plan was
successful, and after all expenses had
been paid Harvard had the orrery and
$500 in the school treasury. Among
the public buildings erected in Amer
lea by the aid of lotteries Faneuil hall,
in Boston, has the most historical in
terest. The hall burned in 1861 and
then the selectmen of Boston were
instructed at town meeting to petit
ton the general court to empower a
suitable person to raise by way of
lottery such a sum of money as would
be sufficient for the rebuilding Of the
hail. The legislature granted the
petition, and the profits of the lot
teries, which extended to 1894, were
applied to the erection of the second
Faneuil hail. which held the town
meetings of the Revolution and still
stands. In 1883 an act was passed
which put an end to the sale of lottery
tickets in Massachusetts,.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13
Carrier Pigeons in Anoien, Times.

Pigeons. as commonplace as they ap
pear. are characters of antiquity
Dove is the Anglo-Saxon name; pig
con, the Norman name.
During the fifth Egyptian dynasty,
5000 years before Christ, it was the
fashion to domesticate pigeons and to
train them as carriers and messengers.
The promptness with which Caesar
was informed of the rebellion in Gaul.
and thereby enabled to cross the Alps
before those uprising could possess the
entire province, was due to the use of
carrier pigeons. In the Crusades, these
birds were skillful and faithful mes
sengers
The price of a handsome pair of
pigeons in ancient Rome was not a
trifle, for Axius, a Roman knight. once
sold . pair of pigeons for 40 denarii--
about $75 AT that time. too, they were
by lar the swiftest conveyers OF news,
and were mnch in demand at the cele.
bration of the Olympic games
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13

rily. Wen need it soon Ocatawa's
booming"
The senator believed her Next year
he built the life saving station, and
the new summer hotel. And Hos
kins sold more peanuts.
Courtney went Dack to college, but
often between his eyes and the real
world, there would steal vision, the
face of the girl as she had leaned over
the edge of the dock and thrown the
buoy to him. the leok in her hazel
eyes later when she held his head for
one brief minute on her lap, and
smoothed back the wet, dark hair
from his forehead. Courtney had d
good memory. He wished he knew her
name
Five years later Lon" Hoskins own.
ed the controlling interest in the
Ocatawa Beach stock. There were
Hoskins' peanut roasters all over the
resort, The handsome cottage along
the shore was Hoskins' home And
yet, there was in intangible aggrauat-
ing line that Hoskins never crossed.
Not that he cared for himself. 1t was
only for 10 he bought Sometimes
he would look at her when she came
home for holidays, note her growing
beauty, and thoroughbred ways. and
whistle softly to himself, hoping fer
vently that the peanut trademark
would not handicap her in the race
with other women when she took her
plunge into the big swim.
80, girl do you ever wish your dad
was somebody besides the peanut
mann" he asked her one day jocu-
larry, yet with the undercurrent of
earnestness that 10 we'll knew.
Better peanuts than watered stock.
Dad" she would say They're good
peanuts"
The fifth year 10 came back ready
for the big swim. She was 20 and
even the casual visitors at the beach
vowed that Hoskins' girl had the 9th.
ers relegated to the background.
Almost childish she looked in her
black satin bathing suit, with its wide
Irish lace collar and iaunty little cap.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13
SUED THE PAPER FOR
REFUSING HIS AID

To show that newspaper au'e' To
IN, is absolutely necessary 10 carr!
business a Wisconsin clothing
merchant ha sbrought suit Tor dam
,oo, AGAINST a newspaper which re-
.oa n carry the advertisements
he desired inserted in the columns.
Tha clothier declares that the paper
,,as rorced to refuse his announce
n,onts because Of threats OF with.
drawal of the PATRONAGE of all other
NOR, hants in the place if the adver-
tisamept appeared He sues LOT
az OOC-which indicates that ne
considers the space was worth con-
siderable to his business.
All of which goes TO show that the
newspaper is not now luxury-or
ever a charity; it is stern neces-
sity. Without it but little business
can he assured. The merchant VINO
faiIs to announce his wares is like
man pairing his fngernails in the
dark: he may know what he is doing
but it is certain that no one else
is aware of the work. Advertising
is becoming a science. Millions are
spent each year in this country Tor
the purposes of presenting the mer-
its of the thousands of subjects
which bear evidence of the in
ventors' skill and the peoples needs.
The daily paper well proves the
belief in efficiency of publicity be-
cause of the array of announcements
which are spread before the people
ca h day-and there is mutual
gain made by the investor-as well
as by the reader of the publication
And the fact that the advertisement
of the clothier was refused brings
all this matter before the public
most emphatically. The publisher
was placed in a peculiar position
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13
COLLEGE GIRLS AS JOKERS
Don't Always Get the Best of the Sit
uations. as Witness These Two
Episodes.

Barnard college girls turn off the
same initiatory stunts that girls in
other colleges do. Now and then
they go other girls bit better, thanks
to the inspiring effect of city life upon
feminine invention. There Is the story
of the girl who met handsome young
policeman. for example. The fraternity
to which she aspired had ordered the
stunt of asking the first copper she
met to marry her. Officer" said she,
getting him by the hand and looking
liquidly into his orbs, IL love you.
Will you be miner"
viii II" said that stalwart limb in
foine brogue. Sure, darlint. we've
come to the right man. III take We
as ye ARE
And before she could get away tho
policeman had smacked a large kiss
right on her ruby lips. Then he re.
leased her, and rubbed his bristling
mustache thoughtfully. III take We,
as said" he remarked. I'm a man
of ME word But used to march a
beat at Poughkeepsie, miss, and I'm
free to say like the vassar kiss bet
ter"
Another kiddie not long ago permit.
ted pay-as-you-enter car to pass her
Then she set up a shrill feminine
scream. tucked up her scanty petit.
coats and ran madly after the car On
the next corner the obliging conductor
halted it. She put one foot on the
step, deliberately retied her shoe and
then looked up at him and smiled.
thank you"
Don't you mention it, miss, SAID
the conductor, who had watched the
shoe-tying operation with ardor. The
favor was to me-
The girl started away. blushing
when against all rules of the company
he ran after her and pressed a small
card into her unwilling hand. That's
the schedule I'm on now, miss" said
he. Il pass this corner every morning
at 8: Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13
HOSkINS'
. GIRL Q
By LEN0RH ADAMS

Lon" Hoskins had landed at Oca-
tawa Beach before its discovery and
development. He had set up his tent
on the pleasant point of land between
the boat dock and the pier, and thence
forth it was known as Hoskins' Point
Also, had he set up peanut stand
and rooster that Kissed merrily in
the ears of the dock hustlers and
peach shippers.
Hoskins' girl sold the peanuts. 10
was Is then; slender and tanned as a
boy, with steady appraising glance,
and smile like the first rift of sun
light after a midsummer thunder
storm.
One day Senator Farlow's steam
launch anchored at the dock. 1t was
filled with pretty. stylishly gowned
girls. and college pals Of young Court
ney Farlow. And they bought peanuts
Of Jo-Jo. with her long-lashed hazel
eyes. signals Of danger. even then i;
her short curly hair, crisp and
golden.
Courtney fingered at the peanut
rooster long that afternoon. until the
rest of the party hailed him from the
launch. 1t was already casting of
its lines. and the boy made a care.
less running leap, and fell short into
the deep treacherous waters of Black
lake.
10 saw the danger first. The great
fruit steamer was loading that day,
and lay at her mornings few feet be,
yond the little gay launch. Court
ney was borne by the current to the
waters. between the steamer and the
piling. Any moment chance swell
might crush him to death.
They tell the story yet at Ocatawa
how Hoskins girl kept her head, and
threw life buoy to the lad and pulled
him out of danger. And just for a
minute she had his head on her lap
just for moment as Courtney opened
his eyes and looked up at her.
whats your name?" he asked
| hoarsely, with boys awkward graft
tude. Say, I'll never forget this-oI
you"
They call me just Hoskins' girl
she told him.
The senator offered her a reward the
next day of $500, and 10 only flushed
and went on roasting her peanuts
/ Better start volunteer life saving
station here. SIR" she had replied mer