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The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
ARTILLERY DUEL
 GAINS LITTLE

Rome, Jan. 3-AI along the Italian-AustriaD battle front artil- ley duels are still in progress, but there is no marked gains on eith- CT side, although the damage Is be- ing felt on both sides of the fir ing line.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
CARRAHZA WILL SIGN PROTOCOL
 WHEN TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWN

eral troops under General Pershing, now stationed in Mexico were with drawn.
 In order to put the matter direct ly up to the De facto government, the United States may withdraw the troops from across the border.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03

London, Jan. 3-Comments print ed in the German papers yesterday bearing on the reply of the Allies relative to the peace proposals of fered by Germany, indicate that there is no possible chance for peace being brought about at this time.
 The German papers say that the war must go on indefinitely, as the claims made by the Allies will never be conceded by the German government. The claims is made
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03

Valdez, Jan. 3-A fire which is thought to be of incendiary origin started at the same time in four diff ferent places at four o'clock yester- day morning. For the third time in as many years, the heart of the business section of the city is com pletely burned, totaling a loss of more than $3OO,OOO, only partially by insurance. Thus far only ore suspect has been arrest ed bending an early Investigation.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
NEW CHAMBER IF COMMERCE
 AND COMMERCIAL CLUB MERGE

had been made in favor of the merging of the two commercial bUdies, the issue was put to vote and carried almost unanimously.
 By this action a long and bitter fight between the two business mems organizations of this city is brought to a close, and from this time forward there will be unity of action where heretofore there has been petty jealousy, personal fights and pickering.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
FIRE DESTROYS VALDEZ.
Is Thought to be of Incendiary Origin Flames Start in Four Different Places Early Yesterday
 Morning

A careful survey of the city is be- ing made for others who may be imUIicated ill the fire. No enc was injured.
 The following business houses were completely destroyed: Golden North Hotel, Arcade Cafe, s. Blum X Co.,, Empress Theatre, Pinzon Bar Cigar Store, Louis Cafe, Max Schmidt Grocery, Postoffice, Arizona Hotel, Alameda House, Ellis Block, Hatnes Sheet Metal Works, and three rrivate residences.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03

The rotary snow blow went out this morning.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
Knocked Out the Poetry.

james russell Lowell was dreamily
S'rolllhg along toward his home in
cambridge one unusually beautiful
hlsht Slowly, with serene. oueenlv
majesty, a full moon was ascending
ner azure throne" pouring her lavish
iisht over all things and softeninp into
Senlolance of beauty even the uplv
ouIlihes OF the conventional domestic
"ichl'ecture around about DULY ilIu.
minated by the loveliness of the spe,.
,"cIe' the poet as he passed bv the
mousse OF the estimable brother man
"Ho supplied meat to him regularly
tor d SilSht consideration of profit no.
,lced that valuable citizen leaning on
rapt way. Ninu Vi
~ Pleased Lowell to think that the
outChefs immortal soul was hatbing
user in the food of semispirituaI
mIUohllght, .ln.' and, pausing, he remarked
borw II ls' helgn-
les Mr., Lowell, was lust a-think.
IN what a bully night for n sIangh,nn
IN this would be!o
VI course, Of courser' gasnad tbo
poe'' beating a hasty retreat.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
Lord PaImerston's Dinner,

Lord PalmerSton was remarkable
feeder, as is shown by this account of
his table work when he was eighty
years Of age.
He ate for dinner two plates of tur-
tie soup. He was then served very
amply to plate of cod and oyster
sauce. He then took a pate. afterward
he was helped to two very greasy look
ing entrees He then dispatched a
plate Of roast mutton. There then
appeared before him the largest and,
to my mind, the hardest slice of ham
that ever figured on the table of a
nobleman, yet it disappeared just In
time to answer the inquiry of his but
Ter. 'Snipe, my lord or pheasant He
instantly replied, Pheasant thus com
pleting his ninth dish of meat at that
meal"
This was Lord palmerston, who liv-
ed and worked like a horse till he
was eighty-one. and would doubtless
have poured scorn upon the scientific
slops and gruels offered to old men in
our day. Palmerston was one that was
nourished by his victuals and would
fain have meat.-New York Post.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
His Funniest Story.

Of all the funny stories l recall at
the present moment think can work
up the best laugh over the tale of the
two 1riShmen who We're arguing about
the relative merits of New York and
Chicago. You know there is a type Of
person who when he knows nothing
about a thing and finds you don't
know, either, will start In and explain
1t to you. These two were both Of that
kind. Said one:
why, in New York we have grass
growing right on the roof, Just the
same as down on the ground. You can
have your front yard on top Of your
house"
That's nothin'," declared the other.
In Chicago we play golf on the roofs"
Golf? You mean that game where
you knock ball back and forth across
metz"
Yes, that's It,"
You dommed idjut, that's not golf!
You're talking about croquet."
well, meant to say croquet."
Yes" said the other one "I knew
you couldn't mean golf. How could
they get the horses up on the roof for
a golf game"-Senator ]. Ham Lewis
IN Everybody's Magazine.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
HATCH CHICKENS EARLY.
Fresh Eggs Will be Scarce
Next Fall and Winter
Remedy is in Hands
of the Poultry
Man.

Did it ever occur to you that nature
requires her children to take an an
nual vacation? She does, and no
where do human beings puzzle their
brains over this fact more than when
the hens begin their yearly holiday.
This vacation is technically called
the "molting season." 1t begins dur
ing the late summer. The hens stop
laying, and change their suits of
feathers for new ones. Usually they
consume three or four months in the
process. Most of us know this per-
| fectly well, but are apt to overlook the
fact that a very important feature OF
the molting period is that egg laying
stops. We are unreasonable and eX-
pect the hens to lay all the time.
When the hens take this vacation new
laid fresh eggs are scarce and remain
scarce until the pullets hatched during
the precedings spring begin to lay.
The remedy is very simple, and is
under the control of the poultry man.
The first step is to have chickens
Matched early, so that the pullets be-
gin to lay when the hens begin to
mott. This is not difficult. PulletS
Of the American breeds begin laying
at about 7 months of age. Leghorn
pullets begin when about months old.
North of the Ohio River this means
that all Matching must be over by May
at the latest. The best plan is to
have the chickens coming at intervals
during March and April. The earli-
est hatched pullets will, of course, be-
gin to lay first. If any Of them be-
gin to molt, their places will be taken
by the later ones and a steady supply
of eggs will be more certain.
The difficulty in the way of the |
practical application of this matter is
that so many poultry keepers are de-
pendent on hens for Matching. As
long as we have late hatched chick
ems we will have late sitters. The
poultry keeper who wants to change
from late Matching to early Matching
must therefore either get broody hens
from some one else or use an incuba-
or. After he has changed the !
lates" on his flock he will have no
.rouble, especially with the Ameri-
AN breeds.
Every progressive poultry raiser
Who has tried it, every agricultural
ollege and the Government, have data
moving that early Matching will pro-
luce fall and winter layers. In the
Government flock during the past WIN
er the pullets of the entire flock av-
ragged over 20 per cent in egg pro-
uction, and some pens made 35 per
ent That means, in plain language,
hat the egg production for all the
'ullets was one egg daily for every
We hens, and for some pens one egg
ally for every three hens. This.
90, when fresh eggs sold up to Is
ents per dozen in Washington. This ]
ould not have been done except by
arly Matching. :
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
PROHIBITION KILLED KANSAS
{ JOPLIN JOURNAL }

The grape industry is not the only
thing ruined by the prohibition in
Kansas. In fact, prohibition has
killed about every industry in Kan
sas, excepting the raising of wheat
and corn, alfalfa, and fruit, and live
stock, and potatoes, and peas, and
cabbage, garden sass, and chickens,
and ducks, and geese, and horses, and
mules, and blooded cattle. 1t busted
up quite all of our fourishing saloons
and beer gardens and paralyzed many
of our prominent gamblers. 1t alb
solutely killed the bartenders' union.
Where once the thriving saloon sent
the clamorous ordor of its prosperity
out upon the sidewalks and clear
across the street we find nothing but
shoe stores, dry goods stores, meat
markets, clothing stores, grocery
stores, and other sordid activities of
an unhappy people.
Where once you saw the long strides
Of men on Saturday night going joy
fully into the rooms where the doors
were locked securely, where there was
odNuuoI Oll llc llUOl anu u merry
crowd at the mahogany bar treating
all around, and man could get his
salary check cashed and spend it all
right on his boon companions and go
enthusiastically home and break up
the furniture and give his wife a
black eye, instead of all these mani
festations of a prosperous and thirs-
ty citizenship, as in our saloon days, /
we see men go quietly into butcher
shops and grocery stores and then 90
home Juggling great bundles of sup
plies for their wives and children
beef steak for supper, Sunday dinner,
etc.
All, what a sad result of the BAN
ishment of saloons. Prohibition has
left little of Kansas except her fields,
and factories, and schools, and stores,
and pens of fat cattle, and her sober
and happy and prosperous people.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02

1t is not enough to screen our
houses and ourselves against her.
We must fight her in her breeding
places. With an incubation period of
ten days from one generation to the
next fully developed and ready to
tackle her mission in life, one healthy
mosquito in April may become several
billions by September. The same
healthy lady can deposit enough eggs
in teaspoonful of water to actively
populate radius of 500 feet in two
weeks, and breeze may carry the
progeny mile with the wind.
A Jacksonville physician, DR.. NJ. B.
Herlong, has recently advanced in the
daily press a splendid suggestion to
lessen the mosquito crop this year,
and his idea should be given the wi
dest publicity. He urged housekeep-
ers to have the cave troughs of their
homes cleaned of all accumulated re-
fuse that could hold stagnation wa
ter, and to have the uneven places
Strengthened so that water might flow
away naturally and not remain stand
ing in the hollow places, to afford the
mosquito a breeding spot, and he in
sists that now is a good time to do it.
The house should be looked over for
such defects every year (several
times a year, in fact) and spring is a
perfectly good time to have it done.
But why stop with the cutters un-
der the roof? See that there is no
place or chance for standing water
anywhere on the premises. The mos
quito will find it quicker than you will /
anyway, but that's no reason why you
shouldn't make every effort to break
up her nursery, and if some time dur
ing the season you should suffer from
an epidemic Of these insects, it's fair
ly good reason to suspect that she
has beaten you to it, after all.
The doctors and health officers in
Florida, or in any other state for that
matter, can't undertake to keep all
your surroundings disease proof, fool
proof and sanitary. They can try it
f they have the hearty cooperation of
all the people. They will tell you all
hey know about preventing diseases.
They will tell you how things ought
% be and why, but it's too much to
expect them to keep you healthful if ,
you are not at least willing to do your
'art, and especially if you think you !
inow more than they and won't do
hing for rself.-State Board of
Health Bulletin. !
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
ThoughtIess Words.

Just what is happening every day:
A gathering cloud on a sunny way,
All the fault Of a careless word,
Lightly spoken and dumbly heard;
Feathered shaft with a fatal art,
Winging it's path to a tender heart.
Little it matters which was wrong
If the disCord drop in the tuneful song.
Little it matters which was right
If the shadow blot the household light.
When both are hasty, and each Is proud
Both are to blame for the passing cloud.
Then let 1t pasJ. 'Tis the wiser way
To kiss and be friends, nor mar the day
With the evil blight of bootless strife,
To stain the spirit and dim the life
Let the lips that breathed and the ears
that heard
Take heed henceforth of the thoughtless
word.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
+ + + + + + j. i. j. !. + j. i. j. j. !
MOSQUITOES.
+ f. + + + + + + + j. j. j. + j. j. j. i.

In time of peace prepare for war.
Winter in Florida is the peace tine
with the mosquito, but he, or rather,
she, declares war, active, aggressive
war, within a few minutes after the
latest chilly spell in the spring and
never hoists the white flag until
about the time our winter visitors be-
gin to crowd our hospitable hotel piaz-
zas.
There is no use denying the fact
that Florida is rich in her mosquito
fauna, and they are about as voraci-
Gus as their relatives in a Chicago
park on summer evening or in that
famous resort known as the Jersey
Flats. But we, in Florida don't have
to suffer from their attentions if we
really don't want to. Honestly, we
don't ask or want the sympathy or the
pity of our northern friends who
might think we are entitled to either.
By carefully screening our homes,
our sleeping porches, our bedrooms
and our beds, we manage to keep the
mosquito at a distance--on the out
side looking in and buzzing her dis
L IIe IllOSuulIO IlldU us
tributes the germs of malaria doesn't
begin work until just before sunset,
and remembering this, we protect our
selves accordingly. Very few of these
summer insects are active at midday
or under the summer sun, so we don't
really need to take any extraordinary
precautions during daylight hours.
And we are finding out new facts
about her ladyship, the mosquito (the
man mosquito is necessary link in
the chain, but he doesn't bite nor car
ry disease germs) and we are begin
ming to appreciate her Importance in
relation to health matters. She has
risen from the rank of a mere nuis-
ance calculated to inculcate patience
and cultivate profanity, to be respect
ed as a first class power that never
sues for peace. We have much still
to learn, but we know enough to
make successful battle against her.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02

TT is beyond the bounds
of possibility to answer
promptly the mass of Gu
riosity telephone calls that
threaten to swamp our ex-
changes every time there is a
large fire.
Calls for physicians, the am
bulance or the police, held up
at such times might result in
the loss of human life.
For your protection, as we'll
as for the protection of your
neighbors, we ask you not to
call the telephone operator
merely out of curiosity. After
all, she has no more informa-
ton than you have.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02

an and 1t has helped me in every WV Wav uioi
am not nearly so nervous No baogy. way. l
P;nfan G Pain, l must say that lydia r
bast : tatihnam nam vegetable Compound is the
pest Mur remedy any sick woman can take al eie ''
WITS, WIFE,. MARGARET QUINN, Rear 25q
Worthen St, Lowell, Mass. 'i @oS
- e.ner warning, symptoms are a sersa
tp.acik,a.ches, dread of impending dia,nes' mes
timidity, sounds in the ears naip;. exll,
OF the heart, sparks before b.'a.,on the a,,Oa
irregaarlties. constipation, VS. var;sSis, i;ses,
dizziness. "i4uieluoe, and
tba IL you sg;I need e special advice, write to
fco,fidnns;E. 5ne kydia p. Pihkhsm Medicine Co %
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
A Horticultural PuzzIs

ord ~ 81 no USE sighs the nature wiz
"Ir, .n,, l may as well give up"
Nnat Is bothering your we ask
sympathetically. VIC ASK
wbin so' started few years ago on n
hoao " ol nine took a head of cab.
oase and crossed it with wb;to no
croOso anu grew eyes on it; then I
,Osseo orOH that with a cornstalk and
w,,S " ears on 1t; then I crossed that
W." .n a squash and grew a neck ON II.
@ .neh l crossed that with a cocoanu,
c.u u grew srew hair on IT, but hanged II I
and ure r", out what to do for a nose
anu m0uth"-st Louis Republic.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
Just Wanted to Know

say pop, is it true that a shark has
to turn over before it can biteT"
Yes"
And do you think it has to turn over
to drink, too?"
Il don't think so. Why do you ask?"
L was just thinking of Uncle
Henry" 'o
what about Uucle Henry?"
i have often heard you say he drinks
Ike fish, and was just wondering
II II Is because he throws back his
mead until he nearly lies on his bacl, =
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Teegrapn.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02

When the child is subject to attacks
OF Group, see to it that he eats light
evening meal, as an overloaded stom-
ach may bring on an attack, also
watch for the first symptom-hoarse-
ness, and give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as soon as the child becomes
hoarse. Obtainable everywhere.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
Counter Case.

Upon being called in the police court,
enarged with an assault upon a clerk
at a soda water fountain, the defend
ant arose and said, Your honor, 1 am
guilty but plead counter case"
Nhereupon the aforesaid clerk hast
lily arose and replied: Your honor. the
counter didn't have anything to do
with 1t. l walked around the counter
oelore l struck him" Case and Com.
ment.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
No Chance For IL.

That sensation. said to be the finest
In the world, of finding a two dollar bill
in an old vest never happened to US
and never will. When we are through
with a vest there are no pockets or
any lining.-Kansas City Star.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
Sign of Good Digestion

When you see cheerful and happy
cid lady you may know that she has
good digestion. If your digestion IS
impaired or if you do not relish your
meals take dose of Chamberlain's
Tablets. They strengthen the stom-
ach, improve the digestion and cause
a gentle movement of the bowels. Oh
tainable everywhere.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02

Change of Life and
the bad feelings
common at that
tlllle. l was in a
very , nervous condi-
ton, with headaches
and pain a good
deal of the time so I
was unfit to do INV
3 work; A friend
asked me to trV
lydia E. Pinkhamss >
' eg t a BILE Com
DnI1n1 -.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
- The -
Scrap Book
Cause of the Assault.

And how long were you in your last
pIace?" asked Mrs. CroXley, as the
most promising and at the same time
the plainest Of the applicants for the
vacant situation appeared before her.
well. num-" replied the girl. "if l
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
When to Take Chamberlain's Tablets

When you feel dull and stupid after
eating.
When constipated or bilious.
When you have a sick headache.
When you have a sour stomach.
When you belch after eating.
When you have indigestion.
When nervous or respondent.
When you have no relish for your
meals.
When your liver is torpid.
Obtainablc everywhere.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
Don't Make
Curiosity Telephone Calls

Because 1000 idle curiosity seekers 10 Bingham
ton asked Genital where the 6rs was, an emergency
call for ambulance held up for nearly nin-
utes and this delay resulted in the death of--.
Physicians say that had the ambulance been secured
at once--'s life might have been saved" |
-Elrnlra AdVertiser. |
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02

tell the truth |
was no sooner in
than / was out
again"
How eXtraor-
dlnary! Can you
account for it,"
mo, mum, un-
less 1t is that I'm
good looking-not
that l says l am,
but the lady says
to me, Your mas
ter has a liking
for pretty faces
and Is a good
judge Of beau
ty.'
Il should not
think that was
the reason. Come
now, tell me. Did
n o t b In & else
traDSDira ?"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02

"Not another thing. just looked at
her and said that from what l could
see of things her husband had made
at least one mistake When l came to
my senses l was lying in heap at the
foot of the ps.'-Chicago News.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
BY F A. M.

er was blowing in t,,
the waves as they :,
dock shook the s,rr,
There was a teIen
screwed against the n
ly there came a shan
the electric current vi
usual or that Mary Nj
the terror of the ston
ed to call her to apa,
She hurried to the ipna
hooking the receive, |,
ear.
| Mary" came the ua
BOT to whom Mary w
who she supposed y
from Florida in a "
which he was third n
board in the northre.
room at home"
There was a click +
that communicating NJ.
waited for it to be M
tied the hook that t.1
called, did everything
of to attract attentis
break the silence. Al.
by a feeling of awe j
receiver and, trembts
her seat
The George Brewsgp
Talbot was coming M
to arrive till the ner
put into some port onle
She might have done :
storm, for she was n,
not considered very q
what did this frasra
mean? Take up a tgh
west corner Of ny ,ol
Mary and John wer
soon after his return f j
Could the message III
do with the nrepagld
being made for the w
The next morning u
ed of the loss Of tile
and all on board S4ht
at sea off Cape Hate
had been washed a.,
her. ,
Mary Richards whe- st
cover from the shOcs t
membered her tegis
How had her betr0.-.f
communicate with Lr1t
There was no wireAn'
paratus on the BreTS H =,
communicate ,h
the voice Shp III
his. and he addressed a
John Talbot's mOtlgda
be was a little boy. al
married a woman VIE
miserable for her .l. i
stepson. As soon g!rt
enough to earn any nl
that he should 90 70 7ie9
him to bring all he elTi
continued till he SRI !"
when he began to Tt.,o,
de had told Mary Til
nulated several thol%lia
before leaving on bis til
AIKEN the prerautiol If
eaving it to her. BC esI
Ter where either the V-
Y was to be found -
Mrs. Talbot was q
vas saving money
lews came of his del'
an to hunt for it, or
f 1t. She believed ~
'ested his savings IN
nd that he had kept.
ONE instead Of p.aS
afetv deposit com1l'i
he hunted high and j
hat would represent
othing.
Mary fer a long vS.
d by her loss that Sd
lg of the matter Of
essions. One day 81
OF. who said to hei
,arning something az
roperty:
"I suppose John TUT.
lgs to you before be
st time"
Mary replied that D. -
}. and that was al H.
le subject between ~
albot's words and
thinking, In tbs g.
embered the teIe,
Take up Il board III W x
er of my room at h',
Wherever the lle~
ON. whether tran'D
; supernatural ''''"'
,cted it with the .
fter deliberation sue
a wyer and ass -
hat to do. He as'0~~
le to the Talbot nm
'rtunity to take up
It's knowledge the We
the northwest =
ON. This duty Wa a''or
,e, who empIo?ed -
coy the stepmotle' ali
tective went inc
ted and removed '4
One morning Nal!
ge from her attoT-S
ice. and on arrivin.
r a will executed
'u;nc oil his proIt
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
women OF
MIDDLE ACE
Mrs. Quinn's Experience
Ought to Help You Over
the Critical Period.

Lowell, Mass. For the last tbreo
years l have been troubled With zee tee