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The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
THE MAMeRTINE PRISON.
Nhsre King Jusurtha and ST. Paul
Were lmmured.

The reputed place Of st. Paul's long
Imprisonment, the Forum, is the center
of the noblest ruin of Rome. Not far
from the center of the busy, noisy,
modern city rise the SCARED ruins of
her ancient glory. Here are the temple
of Saturn, with Its eight columns; the
often copied three columns Of the
temple of Castor and Pollux, the arch
of Septimius Severus, the temples of
Vesta and Caesar and many other fa-
nous ruins, and beyond are the pal.
aces of the Caesars. Not far away is
the magnificent column of Trajan, 147
feet in height. around which run re.
liefs Of the emperor's wars, containing,
it is said. over $500 sculptured human
figures.
Close to the entrance to the Forum,
this most wonderful collection of the
ruined monuments of ancient times, Is
a small church called the Church of
st. Giuseppi del Falegnani. Under this
church are two dungeons, an upper and
a lower. called the Mamertine prison,
and from hole In the upper chamber
prisoners were lowered into the moi.
some hole below. sometimes to perish
miserably OF starvation, as did Jugur,
tha. king of Numidia, with whom
schoOlboys become so familiar in their
first year of Latin.
lnthis dungeon, uncounted thousands
of Christians believe, St Paul and St.
Peter were immured, and every year
ON the night Of the 4th Of July fepre-
sentatives Of all the churches Of Rome
assemble by torchlight and 'in solemn
silence kneel In front Of the tradition.
al pillar."-Christinn Herald.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
WHERE COOKS FAIL.
They Carry Their "Move on" Fever
Into Uncle Sans Service.

lney SarTy ineir WoNo OF FeVef
Into Uncle Sans Service.
Uncle Sam. rich and powerful, good
to his "help." and the surest pay in
the world. can't keep his cooks any
longer or better than the ordinary sub
urban commuter. He offers them good
pay. easy hours and lots Of nights
out" but they simply will not over
look the fact that they are cooks. bred
and born. and so keep moving on.
United States marine corps statistics
covering the last two years show a
greater percentage Of men deserted
who gave occupation prior to entry as
cooks" than any other class that en-
listed during the period.
Desertions from the marine corps are
very light at oil times. The average
marine considers that the service Of
fers better advantages than anything
he could find in civil life. and he be-
lieves the opportunities for travel and
adventure to be unexcelled, and. were
it not for the cooks. marine corH Of
ficials believe that the oldest brA ch
Of the service" would have an almost
clean slate with regard to desertions.
No class of men look so lightly on the
oath of obligation as these selfsame
knights of the frying pan," marine
corps recruiters declare.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
THE UMBRELLA CASE"
A Clever Lawyer and the Raising Of "A
False ISSUE"

A Clever Lawyer and the Raising Of "A
False ISSUE"
A story well known to lawyers Of
the last generation is about the ''um-
brella case" A man was charged with
stealing a handsome umbrella. and a
number of witnesses went into the
box to testify to the offense. The coun-
sci for, the defendant noted that each
witness carried an umJreia the time
Of year VA, ni;dsun!mer which ex-
plains the necessity fer these impedi
mentsl
As il matter of fact. the prisoner he'd
40 defense 10 make. The barristrr.
thrown en- ehs wits. exclaimed Gen
tlenlen Of The J''ry. did ynu hOI no'icc
that each ,f III" witnesses carried an
umbrella into the box: Why is This
gentlemen: 1t is done in order to IN
Feet your minds with the idea of AZ
umbrella. 10 prejudice the prisoner IN
your eyes. To raise a false issue and
| appeal to you to signify your detes
tatiun Of this concerted action by
bringing in verdict of not guilty"
The judge. who imagined that little
attention would be paid to such plea.
took little time and less pains to sum
up the ease. The jury nevertheless
BROUGHT in Il verdict In accordance
with the re.Ourceful barrister'S wishes
and acquitted the guilty man.-London
Telegraph.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
Famous Abductions.

Marriage by abduction was by nt
means uncommon In the early ages
The daughter Of the king of Argus
was abducted by PhoenicAn The
Greeks carried off Europa from Tyre
and Medea from Colchis.
Next to the abduction Of the fail
Helen. perhaps the most remarkable
in its political consequences was tn,
king Of Leinster's taking away Of thu
wife of neighboring petty sovereign
O'ROurke, of Breffni
The king Of Connaught avenged the
insua and drove from the throne his
brother Of Ieinster. who appealed tu
Henry IL. of England for aid to recov
er his lost sovereignty. The Norman
conquest Of Ireland followed, with cen
turtles Of war and devastation.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
Nelson Won the Elqin Marbles

Lord Elgin. whose name has become
so inseparably associated with the ia
nous sculptures. never saw them liz
their original places in the Parthenon
He employed artists to make him
drawings of the sculptures. and 1t waS
they who urged him to have the won
derful relies of ancient Greece remov
ed to England to save them from de
struction. Elgin repeatedly appealed
to the porte for permission to remove
them. but the request was refused un
til Trafalgar AS soon as he heard OF
Nelson's victory the sultan said, "lon
may take them now as soon as you
please. London Mirror.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
THE BIBLE IN AFRICA.
II Is Read There In 14s Languages and
Dialects.

u 10 Nedo inere III ITO Languages ano
Dialects.
On the continent Of Africa alone the
New Testament or parts of 1t have
been translated into l4S languages and
dialects. The two latest additions are
Dabida, language of British East
Africa, and Limba, the language Of a
tribe in the hinterland Of Sierra Leone.
Parts of the New Testament have
actually been translated into pidgin
English, that strange lingo, half baby
talk and half slang, which is the chief
means of communication through alT
the east.
The difficulties presented In translat-
ing the New Testament into this bar
barous hotch-potch must have been
tremendous, but they have been sur
mounted.
Another language Of the same sort
Is Chinook. This consists of about
two-fifths Chinook, two-fifths red In
dian tongues and the rest English and
Canadian French. 1t is the tongue Of
barter on the Pacific coast of Alaska
and the Dominion. At least $4,000 In
dams speak it, and lately st. Johns
gospel has been issued in this jargon
for their special benefit.
There is also version of the Scrip
lures translated into the primitive Ian
guage of the head hunters Of Borneo.
1t was made by German missiona-
ries, printed in South Africa, paid for
with British money and circulated in
Papua.-London Answers.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
LAFAYETTE DOLLARS.
Nhy They Were Issued and What
They Are Now Worth.


In 1899 congress ordered $4,000
Lafayette dollars to be coined in aid
Of the fund for the erection Of the
Lafayette monument IN Paris in 1900.
The first one of the issue was struck at
the Philadelphia mint Dec. IA. 1899, on
the one hundredth anniversary Of the
death Of George Washington. This
coin was set apart for presentation by
the president Of the United States to
the president Of the republic of
France.
The Lafayette dollar Is a legal tender
dollar and bears upon Its face double
medallion of the heads OF Washing
ton and Lafayette and on the reverse
a miniature reproduction Of the eques
trian statue Of Lafayette, with the In
scription, I'm CQmmcmorS, ion Of Mon
ument Erected by School Youth OF
United States to General Lafayette
Paris. France. 1900"
The Lafayette memorial commission
was authorized to dispose Of them al
50 apiece, the profit going to the mon
ument fund. The whole proceeding
was to honor the memory Of Lafay
ette, and there was but one issue Of
the coins-viz. $4,000 They have be
come widely scattered. mostly in the
hands of collectors. and are worth
$1.1O to $1.25 apiece. - New York
Times.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
woman's crownins Glory.

You never saw woman with rep
tation for good looks who didn't know
low to fix her hair, remarks Arthur
Apll Make women clip their hair like
he men and cut out their soft, filmy
pstumes. their fluffy rufiles and the
areful manner of accentuating the
lips and bust and you would hear very
title more about female beauty. Even
Tith every other aid but that of the
few women can pass
buster as beauties. No amount of
ressing and very few faces and fig
res would be enough to offset the ef-
kct Of peeled onion do up on the
air.-Kansas City Journal.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
SITE OF THE CAPITAL.
Washington In the Days When John
Acams Was President.


AGams Was President.
Wban Adams came into the presi-
deDcy the stately observances Of
Washingtons day were not allowed to
lapse. Even iransplanting the seat of
government from Philadelphia to the
unfinished town ON the Potomac had
served only TO joif and rather humor-
ously distort them With the chill OF
new plaster pervading the executive
residence. Mrs. Adams despaired Of
getting sufficient wood cut either for
love or money from the growing trees
surrounding it to ill its yawning fire
places and dispel the dampness. She
put the great audience room to the
only use its unfinished condition per
mitted-dryins the presidential linen.
Looking from its ung.a2cj windows
over the small aid scattered groups Of
houses. all that had yet materialized
of L'Enfants imposing plan. she re-
1ected that their Inhabitants must
subsist like fishes. by eating each 9th
er. But she played her role of presi
dents lady with spirit, maintained her
hours for levees and answered the
fishes" when they came to call that
she thought the new capital had q
beautiful situation
1t had indeed. Half way between
Maine and Georgia. at that time our
northern and southern boundaries; IN
land, but at the head of tide water
on noble stream; planned along gen
erous lines to cover a succession of
hills upon which a city once built could
not be hid, 1t was and seemed likely to
remain fairly central. Even the most
optimistic patriot could not foresee
how far that mythical reality, the CEN
ter of population. was to travel west
ward decade by decade during the next
century. unimpeded by war or misfOr-
tune, until the city on the Potomac
was left upon the edge of our great
country.-Helen Nicolay in Century.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
Anthrax Father of All Germs.

The anthrax germ is the father of
germs since 1t was the first dis.
vered by the weak microscopes of
llf century ago. That was because
e germ was so big. The microscopes
uld not show the smaller germs. II
Is the anthrax germ. therefore. that
/ to the development Of the microbe
cory which has caused such an ad'
nee in medicine.-Boston Globe.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
There IA a Difference.

What Is the difference between a
Idle and two cats sitting on bunT
ked a lad of his father.
What an absurd question: said the
rent. well, give it up"
The one is a conundrum. the other
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
Fixed.

Super No, sir, the ghost hasn't
walked for two weeks. Crittick-I
saw the leading man with wad to-
day. He must have got his salary.
Superior. yes: he's the star. Crit
tick-What you might call a fixed
star. h?-Philadelphia Ledger
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
The Microscope,

A spectacle maker, Jan Leippersheim
by name. living in Holland. invented a
crude magnifying glass in 160S. Anton
Won Leuwenhoek, born in Delft in 1852,
improved this clumsy toy and evolved
"a compound microscope which has be-
come the most valuable sanitary tool
yet devised by man. That first micro
scope was as far removed from the
high powered instrument of today as
Is the modern American from the orig
inal cave man. Yet by this faulty
means Leuwenhoek. naturalist. physi-
clan and botanist. discovered certain
minute bodies which he called little
animals" He made drawings Of these.
and today they are known for those
useful friends and malignant enemies
of observation-disclosures.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
Practical way,

Gladys-I wonder which is the cas-
lest way to acquire fine sweeping
gait? Mother-.Just go over there and
take that broom. Baltimore American
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
Garnet Facts.

May Carpets are curious
ANNA. Mamma-Why SO? y
though they are bought by T
ey are worn out by the f
go Herald.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
raIkina Bio.

Marriage. sir. is a failure
FAre you in a position .
II am, sir, and in a post
I've just been divQn1
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-11-24
PURE.BRED BULL,
THEN PROSPERITY
Story of What a Cumberland
Mountain Farmer Has Done
to Improve His Farm
BEST ANIMALS BRING PROFIT
Experience Of One Man Indicates What
Can Be Done on Any Tennessee
Land Where Farm and Farmer Are
Properly Equipped for Dairy Work.
(By c. o. Meltzer, University of Ten
nessee, Knoxville.)

(By c. o. Meltzer, University Of Ten
nessee, Knoxville.l
Eight years ago a Cumberland Noun
tain farmer was debating with himself
the future OF the dairy cattle business
for him and his section. 1t was a ques'
tion in his mind whether or not liv-
ing could be made on the poor land
about him. Today he does not ques-
ton for he is securing 1920 each year
for bank account. besides making his
farm better and his living better.
While testing his herd the other day
H / noticed the wonderful milking COWS
and heifers he has He told me that
several years ago he was persuaded
to buy a superior dairy bull whose
dam was a pure.bred COW OF high milk
ing quality, and whose sire was bred
in the butter line for many years. Sew
eral years ago his stanchions were
filled with cows milking twenty pounds
of pure milk Today the offspring from
i these cows sired by this bull are each
milking from thirty to fifty pounds oil
5 per cent milk each day.
/ This pure-bred dairy bull is dead, but
he has left behind heifers and COWS
which are bringing prosperity.
To me, this one farm answers al
questions as to the value of pure-breC
sires in dairy herds.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-11-24
GETTING EVEN

Nov, what do you want?" asked
the sharp-tempered woman.
81 called to see if / could sell YOU
some bakin' powder, ma am" said the
seedy gentleman with the staggery
whiskers.
well, you can't sell no bakin' pow
der here, an | amt got no time to
waste on peddlers, anyway"
Come to think Of it, ma'am," said
the seedy gentleman as he fastened
his bag, 81 wouldn't care to sell you
any powder. This poky little kitchen
of yours is so low in the ceilin' that
the bread wouldn't have no chance t.
rise. Dallas News.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-11-24
REM I'VE USELESS FENCES
(By C. Z. Alfred, Division Of Exten-
sion. University of Tennessee.)

(By C. Z. Alfred, Division Of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
For every dollars worth of live
stock kept in Tennessee another dol
lar is spent for fences to restrain
them, say men who make estimates.
In pioneer days there was tempta-
ton to split the tender logs into great
rails and construct fences with them.
Each winter few acres of land were
cleared and each years clearing was
surrounded by a ten-rail fence, which
served to discourage some Of the
larger wild animals and the loose farm
animals from destroying the crops
Sometimes the surface stones were 50
thick they had to be removed to make
room for the plow and these were
put into fences.
In this way our farms came TO be
cut up into many small! felds. each sur
rounded by a fence i}ut now. VII
the use OF modern ma2n.aarg
fences are in the way ard esp as
to keep MP 81 Gloss lcaee aal
be eliminated except those ahs7lGo'
Necessary 70 Eeca the I've s,oek Il
their pas,dfes.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-11-24
CATTLE DISEASE
REDUCES PROFIT
Contagious Abortion Exists in
Tennessee and Must Be
Fought Vigorously
SANITARY MEASURES ARE GOOD
Best Of Scientific Skill Has Not Yet
Perfected a cure-cleanliness and
Good Care Are Best Known Means
Of Controlling the Disease.
(By C. d. Lowe, Division of Extension
University Of Tenr essee.)

(By C. d. Lowe, Division of Extension,
University of Tenn essee)
Contagious abortion in cattle is
spreading rapidly. 1t threatens to be-
come one of the most widespread ami
NAL diseases.
At present time sanitary and by
gienic measures Of control are the
only ones which have demonstrated
their usefulness. The drugs and pro-
prietary preparations which have been
advocated for the cure or prevention
of the disease are regarded as inef-
fective. Their use is not recon-
mended.
Recently preparations known as
"bacterins' = have come into use.
These products are still in the ex-
detrimental stage. However, this line
of treatment holds forth the only hope
Of effectually fighting the disease.
The germ which causes the disease
may be passed from COW to COW by
means of the bull, or may be taken
into the system with food and water
All suspicious animals must be iso
lated from the other animals of the
herd The infected quarters must be
thoroughly disinfected.
Many owners fail to observe these
precautions, because they do not real
ize in time that the infection is
present in their herds. The disease
does not reveal its presence by promi
nent warnings and does not appear e
affect the general health of the ami
nlals. Often the entire herd is in
fected before the owner knows it.
All infected animals do not abort
After two or three abortions, cow
seem to acquire a natural immunit.
and many continue to reproduce MOI
mally, although at the same time the.
may be able to give the disease t
other animals.
When unmistakable evidences of tn
disease are at hand the entire her
should be considered infected. AL
abortions, all retained after births an
any tendency to sterility should be re
garded as signs of the disease. In herd
, in which the disease has gained
foothold, a COW that has aborted ono
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-11-24
WHEN DOES CAPONIZING PAYl

(By Richard n. Crane, Division of Elk.
tension, University of Tennessee)
On many farms are cockerels that
have escaped marketing and have de-
veloped a STACEY appearance. They
weigh from 21a to pounds. In many
localities buyers pay hen prices or less
for these chickens that are considered
STACEY
In Tennessee we have an exception.
ally good market for spring chickens
weighing ia to pounds, and | be.
lieve it would pay us to market cock
erels under pounds rather than to
caponize them. But when our cocker
els get beyond two pounds, and buyers
are not willing to use them at the
regular spring chicken price, it may
pay us to make capons of them and
carry them through the winter, dispos.
ing of them in the early spring as
roasting chickens, Capons generally
sell for the same price as turkeys
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-11-24
WHAT is A cow
TESTING ASSOCIATION 7
Interest Increasing in Tennessee Sc.
cause Of Increased Profits Where

(By C. A. Hutton Division of Exten-
sion, University of TENNESSEE
The object of a COW testing asso-
citation is that the members may know
lust how much net profit they are
making from their herds, which COWS
are making the profit and which ones
are being kept at loss. A man well
qualified for the work is employed by
the association as tester. He spends
one day each month with each mem
Der of the association. He arrives a.
the members home in the afternoon
Just before milking time, weighs the
milk of each individual COW, takes
samples for testing, and also weighs
the feed. He does the same thing Ill
the morning, after which the samples
are tested and the records of milk
and butter fat prediction for the
month are worked out based upon
the yield for that day, The amount
and cost of feed consumed by each
COW is also worked out and the figures
are all posted up by the tester in a
herd record book furnished each mem
Der by the Dairy Division. The owner
can see at a glance just how much net
profit or loss each COW has made and
the amount of net profit made each
month from the whole herd.
The average cost of this work is
$3.50 per COW per year. The members
of the Jefferson.Hamblen Cow Testing
Association have found the work very
profitable to them. During the fourth
month the total increased net prof
from their herds was $1,01 more thar
It was the first month. The increase
was due almost entirely to instruc
tions of the tester in regard to prope
feeding and management One mem
bers net profit from his herd was in
creased from $3.50 the first month Il
S130.9S the fourth month,
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-11-24
SIMPLE TRICK WILL
PREVENT A COLD
Number Of Sick School Children Re-
duced Where Health Nurses Instruct
the Pupils Relative to Diseases.

Colds may be prevented by knowing
how to blow your nose, according to
Mrs. Lena A. Warner, of the Division
of Extension, of the University of Ten
nessee.
Mrs. Warner has been studying the
question of health for a number Of
years and traces most Of the colds that
hinder school children in their work
to a lack of this fundamental knowl-
edge.
THE first thing boy or girl ought
to do upon getting up in the morning,
saws Mrs. Warner, lis to blow his
nose. Then just before the school bell
rings do this again While the child
is young he forms the habit that he
will not forget later in life.
TO blow the nose properly, the
handkerchief should be held loosely in
the palm and two forefngers of the
hand One should lean forward slight
". Bury the nose in the handkerchief
but do not touch the nose with the
thumb or fingers Draw in the breath
then blow. Wipe the nose, then blow
again. Should one side of the nose no
feel clear, press the thumb against the
clear side and blow, Repeat until eaei
side feels clear and clean
In schools where health nurses ar,
engs led II has been shown that fol
lowing these simple suggestions de
ereases the number Of colds among th'
children.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-11-24
MOON AND SIMS.

One of the gratifying features of
the recent election was the success of
John A. Moon in the Third district
and Thetus w. Sims in the Eighth
district. 1t would have been unfortu-
nate for the democracy and loss to
the country had these veterans been
retired from the national councils
Each as served twenty years in the
house where his ability and devotion
to the public interest has made him
national figure.
Tennesseans are approaching at last
that it pays to keep good public
servant in office. The average term
of service of the representatives from
this state, at the close of the next
congress will be high. At that time
Moon and Sims will have served TWEEN
ty-two years, new records for Tennes-
see. Padgett will have served eight
cen years; Sells will have served eight
and Austin ten years. Hull twelve and
Houston fourteen years; Garrett four
teen and Byrns ten years. Only one
new member, Hubert Fisher, from the
tenth, will answer the roll call for the
first time.
Mcmillan served twenty years in the
house and Richardson has served alsC
twenty years. Isham G. Harris wa,
in the senate twenty years and tire,
months. They have the record fol
service in congress from Tennessee
The state that keeps its public serv
ants in congress for the longest perioc
are generally the states that have tn,
greatest power and influence in tn
congress of the United States.-Co
lumbia Herald.