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V" PALATKA DAILY NEWS PAGE NO. 4. Service To Grocers Continued and increasing business proves appreciation of the service we are rendering the retailers in our territory. We are now handling all standard goods at margins that are a surprise to other dealers. Our stock is fresh and up-to-the minute. Prompt shipment, accurate con signments and fair treatment, our motto. The Atlantic Grocery Co. Palatka, Florida Lee Puncture-Proof lires- PALATKA MSTRlllUTOll VULCANIZING DONE KIGI1T CENTRAL VULCANIZER P. C. O'HAVER jJS BARLEY'S BEARD Frofi Dnrfnrmc Coaf gooui iciiuiiii i Benefit to Farmers. of University of Alberta Agronomists Remove the Barb From Whiskers of Grain. Edmonton, Alberta. Trimming ttu beard of barley is the accomplishment claimed by the agronomists at the University of Alberta this summer. Specifically what they did was to at tempt to remove the beard altogether, succeeding only in taking the barb out of the beard. This, it was de clared, Is of immense potential agri cultural benefit. It is the barb in1 fcirley that makes all the trouble in handling and feed ing the grain, it is said, and unsuc cessful efforts have been made for years both in Canada and the United States, to remove the beard. But with the barb gone the experts say the beard doesn't particularly matter. If the claims made for the improved barley are borne out authorities hold It may become a staple variety of western Canada. Two varieties of barley are grown in Alberta the two rowed and six-rowed. The former Is used for beer-making, but six-rowed barley is the chief crop of central Alberta for feeding purposes. It Is a sure crop, favored in mixed farming regions, and yields from 40 to 00 bushels to the acre. DRUG OF MARVELOUS POWER Bayard Taylor's Description of Sensa tions Under the Influence of Hashish Is a Classic. Hashish may he reckoned one of the most classic of all intoxicants. Herodotus, the "Father of History" speaks of its use among the ancient Scythians, and it was doubtless the drug referred to by Homer as "the assunger of grief" in the house of Menelnus. Pnynrd Taylor's account of his sensations on first taking it at Damascus is memorable. It put him in a state of mental exaltation where in all sensations as tiny arose sug gested more or less coherent Images in a double form, one physical, the other spiritual, and the latter reveal ing Itself in n series of indescribably brilliant metaphors. A few minutes after taking the drug ho found him self at the foot of the f,:-.-s:t Pyramid. A wish Insfintly transported him to its smr.mp, far nhp'-e th" p'lm groves and wheat nobis of Kgypt. Then, look ing down, he observed that the pyra mid was not built of stone, but of gi gantic blocks of "plug" tobacco! For a moment ho v.tI'.I.i d In a perfect par oxysm of intulit'T at this ludicrous discovery, 'l ien bis .-vases were rav ished with delicious perfume, and there came to his ears divine melodies and harmonies -ivh :i lieethoven might have dream, d. Time and space seemed vastly IN SCRAP OVER MAUSOLEUM New York Woman Objects to Having Uncongenial Company in Her Last Resting Place. New York Miss Mathilda Carlsor, Is sixty years old and has no present Intention of dying, but, according tt ' her own story told in supreme court w hen her time does come, she does no' want to await the Angel Gabriel's ; trumpet in uncongenial company. For upwards of forty years Miss ' Carlson told Justice Greenbaum, she and her sister, Sophia Carlson, toilec as domestic servants In various New York households and saved the!: money with a view toward providinj themselves with "suitable last restii'i places." With the accumulated sav ings a mausoleum in Woodluwn ceme tery was built. j At the time the purchase was mau( the Carlsons i provision for tin interment of thi.i nephew, Nils Fegel gien, ana nis wue ami uuuguier " the same vault. The two families were then on good terms. Itecentlj there was a falling out between tlis relatives and now Miss Carlson is seeking to have the names of thf Fegelgrens stricken from the mau .solemn deed. The plaintiff said site and her sis ter paid $7,000 for the plot of groum and the mausoleum, which she testi lied, was built with a window in il and large enough for a person to wait about inside. The body of Sophii Carlson, who died a short time ago. If pow entombed there. ate s year, room tho"!' Wllil, Willi !i Ir an Ills liln U lvverseu te'e tended, so that a niln hour and en hour a fri.'iids in the same , -r. mile away, as !ng tlii ni through ope. HAVE SIMILAR FINGER KAF.,.: Important Discovery Made by Cali fornia pYofessor as to Peculiarities of Family Groups. Prof. J. A. Larson, instructor of physiology in the University of Cali fornia, announced a new discovery in connection with linger prints which is likely to have a remarkable Influence on many important cases that con cern the law courts of California. Briefly, Professor Larson's discovery indicates that a similarity of linger prints among members of a family is sulliciently marked to enable scientists to trace family groups and determine positively whether a given ludivlduhl is really a member of the family to which he claims relationship. The importance of the discovery in probate cases such as the Sllngsby ease Is obvious. Should Dr. Larson's new discovery be accepted By law and science, the Sllngsby decision may be reversed, as well as many other analogous cases. . Dr. Larson's Investigations began in 1913 at the Boston university. "Sines that time I have examined prints of members of approximately 100 families," he said, "and l am satis fled in my own mind that such a means of identification is possible. I am preparing detailed reports of my work now In order that science may be benefited' by my discovery. Before I complete this, however, I expect to Investigate the prints of fifteen or twenty additional families so as to re move all doubt as-to the accuracy of my discovery." San Francisco Chronicle. AMBER FORMED BENEATH SEA Natural Resin of Pines Turned Into Precious Material by the Action of the Elements. The world's supply of amber, that rare aiid therefore precious substance, the "gold of the north," as it has been called, comes from the coast of Sara lnnd in the eastern Prussian penin sula, between the towns of Burstrort, and Palmnicken, and here the shafts o a famous mine run out under the Baltic and the miners are actually working under water. Ages ago the country was a land of pine forests which the ocean overwhelmed; the pine trees vanished beneath the sur face of the sea, and then, century by century, the wood becume fossilized and the nuttiral resin of the pines was turned into amlier. Millions of years were needed to transform the resin into amber, and the search for amber has developed romantic and picturesque episodes like those that have become part and parcel of the story of gold and diamonds. An amber mine, how ever, is not necessarily o4r water, and there is an open-air mine at Palm nicken, where amber Is dug for in much the snme way as diamonds are sought In the mines of Kimborles In nor mal times tills one mine provides oc cupation for about 3,000 amber seekers. White Rk and Omeg a Flow Bees Raid a' Jam Factory Syracuse, N. Y. While Norris S. Dalley was removing honey from the hives at his apiaries on his farm in Penn Tan, a village a few miles from this city, he discovered that the sweet was pink In color. Upon investigation he found that instead of honey, It was raspberry jam. The bees had carried the jam from a preserving plant about a mile from the Dniley farm. The seeds were absent from the jam. Swarms of bees and hornets have In vaded the plant several times tills sum mer, driving the operators out of the factory and carrying the jam from the uncovered .1ars. This is the Flour the discriminating housewife wants. Quality is what counts. Every Pound Sold With an Absolute Guarantee. Demand it from your Grocer. Distributors for Lee Puncture Proof and Regular Tires If you have never tried a Puncture Proof, do it now. They save tire worries, hot weather-changes and constant care. This firm's unblemished reputation for high-class service f and fair dealing behind every transaction with a retailer. We are growing, and will continue to follow policies which contribute to this growth. SERVICE COUNTS. WE GIVE IT. Merryday Grocery Company More.Than Master of Languages. Wilfred Stevens, one of the chief translators of the state department nt Washington, speaks 33 hingauges. although he has never been outside of the United States and has never been to college. One of the lan guages is un invention of his own. which he says is an improvement over Esperanto. Among his list of lan guages are Chinese, Japanese, Persian. Turkish. Armenian. Arabian. Bulga rian, Croatian, Ilussian, German, Portuguese, French, Spanish. Italian Yiddish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Hungarian. Finnish, Ancient Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Polish and lloumimian. He has also mastered three so-called universal languages Kspernnto. Ido and L'fonn, the latter his own idea. Detroit News. No More Rabbit Fun, Greenborough, Pa. Motorman Roy Michaels Is disconsolate. All the fun or running his car between here anM West Penn has been taken from him. Michaels says that every night when he reached a heavily wooded section of the track two rabbits met his enr and raced ahead of it for miles. The other night one of the rabbits tripped on a cinder and fell under the wheels. The other rabbit has disappeared. Ancient Egyptian Grain. Defiance, O. Samples of corn and wheat which were grown before Christ was born are in possession of Fred Hen Lays Any Place, Woodevllle, Mich. Mrs. O. O. Lay man owns a hen that Is a regular old gadabout. She'll lay eggs most any place except In the nice downy, nest Mrs. Lyman provided in (he most earn tary and scientifically perfect ben bouse. She selected the top of a straw stack to lay one batch of eggs and hatch out a brood of 15 chicks. Then she bad a terrible time getting her youngsters down on the ground. Bird Darkens Town. Eau Claire, Wis. A blackbird roost ing on the edge of an insulator of the Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power S. Stever, cashier of the Merchants' ! company's line resulted in shutting off National bank. The grain was taken of electricity between Altoona and from a granary in Egypt and sent to j Milwaukee for 20 minutes one eve- hlm by a friend. The grain is over ning. The current Jumped the wire, 2,000 years old. The com is very , electrocuted the bird and passed down small. the pole into the ground. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE BIG . CELEBRATION For Repairing Punctured Hulls. The cement for repairing apertures In submerged ships of a Cardiff pat entee consists of five parts toy weight of crude rubber dissolved In naphtha. three of rosin, two of white lead, nine of coal pitch, and one-fourth part of shellac. The heated mixture Is used for cementing metnl surfaces and may be applied to cloth to form an adhe Hlve patch. The material may he thinned with naphtha, when it is suit able for paint. K nTxTSTv DECEMBER 1st to 6th !'' WP ON1WEE i zsEB3 A MIGHTY MIDWAY OF MARVELOUS MAGNIFICENCE jjljj '' CARS SM-atata FURNISHED BY 100 TRAINED HORSES AND WILD ANIMALS EHFOSITIG2Sr SHOWS 11 n 11 ij The Biggest and Cleanest Show Ever Shown in This City Direct From The Florida State Fair at Jacksonville. 3T4 V I 20 Big Feature Attractions 5 Big Riding DevicesJ A It ) All new, up-to-date Special Invitation to Ladies and Children THE! WO 20-pieces 20 R L D. AT H CAY O M El JESPERSON, ALL DIRECTOR AMERICA N B A CONCERTS N D DAILY