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gatuidiy MointBf, Ju )9t. THR PALM BEACH POST Pi Five w-f innmiiie whi.h iMily an Hihi hih i ran umleriiand A ritdd ran xrisii iiiiuut ili 14 K. if il i hil'l emmiili dstrtr thii UM 1-4 FARMER'S BANK TRUST CO Uhadnw when 11 cnt t'( the riy thr sun (fun the earth. If a ImhU a Ml Hie nu NOTICES crrifd In thlt column it ttit rait of ent cnt for rack out, paid in aJam hn the copy it bruti.ht in. Initial, lifts rrt.

and aJilirtMra ai ail tcuitied. No notice inwrtvd for left than 25c Capital and Surplus $87,000.00 OWXKD BY HOMK Pr.OPLE Fuity Stmklmlderi In Palm Death County a fimnd hinlnv falls mi I lie If the Imv urie to walk al-ma and mark the hall shadow, it uld leaie a hroad traek mi the idealk. lids alieni'io'i. the iikkhi mil cri-rti mm siops iix T. J.

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I- Criiher Vice-Pre. and Cniuiiy oiitoiy t-iii nif the ia i l'e ill 8 (rare ami will make a uliadow on ihr Ui F.si..Ui I. VH3 I a 11 win mm TO MICH ECLIPSE If the ulail.iw rone hh ih In l' urn rl il larue end and il.e at its mil wire a dime p-un. 11 TO ClASSiriKD AUVKKTISKRS. Oinintj lo iriuinlrrtani-Ing, all Clatkifinl AuSenit inil Mill lie in advance in fniiiif.

Write what you wnni advrrtxe and My I he iitimlrt-r i( iiit-rtiti ai lime a'lvrrti-iin; i ilai-d and pay i it then. Tli will lie rnlurcrd to all. So crplii'ii. PALMS PUBLISHING COMPANY rntlaMil turn IHwl i.l, Mirratnry at (Hddriidale, the failed Slate Naval I Hut-rvatiiry at tle Wiku and MiMlliI Oliervutirii- at Ihiuer, I lie I ake I nivn -ily I lUcrvjitiiry at Math- I1, if mil, the imiil )IiM-rat'iry at mid the SinilliM'iiian A- ii il 1 il.scrvalnry at a miiit in Kan I si.nii.iis are all the line lo ilra l.y the jjreat atral ik-iiciI laud ate siir.aird at all ort id alii-: til. Ii tu vet nil Miildc rffet'K.

IV anted Okeechobee Company Lots In the town of Okeechobee, located nhotit a urn! a linlf north of the north shore of l.uUe OKteehiibec. Ten thousand acres of farming ami land. For information anil literature, apply lo .1. M. Ingralinm, President, St.

Augustine, or McM'II. AUSTIN, Agents, Okeechobee, Florida Ilii eilii-e will heuiu at in the iiMimitiii at a imiiit nf Japan and iv ill end at the Itahniii.l Kal WANT Ml I'anviK ftmr i I In' 1'n'l. 'Illl tilli Tii ('. mill I'loi id.i. at 7 in rvrtiinu.

iiii-in time. The Ikhiiv will rll-tii-r the Tuin-d State at 55 in the I'ai'iiiV Mamlanl time, nr .1:53 1 WWII rnM'. tiivr Jiiin Kit in a. I l.i. I'lnuram Lie nn in eclipse as viewed r.ui tin- earth.

li; I I time, and ill leave nt 5:41, 1 he on a lda di-k attaiusi the miii ami ain.iil it is a halo or corona of held with a red streamer eiiiral standard time, or 6:41 daylight s.iMiif nine. flariuu from the jih-. W'AXTKII- Plain -rttiiiH mid cliiU dri ll's ill nt lv day nr talvi wink Al'lri's l'ii Urvl I li. For Rent I 'I'lie line of Mality will lie fifty mile ui.lc and that nf semi i.iialily 150 mile GERMANY'S GUILT ESTABLISHED. would make a tnecpinv: curve of duk- juule.

I he i liise will lie vimIiIc. Im -li ver in arvin phase all nver North lles across the I mini Suites fii.iu the ami 1 eiitral ami Japan ami a state of Washington to Florida. eivat pnrti.iii nf I'hiiiu and Unvoia. I'ers. standing in this pain, called I'UK UK XT I'l 'u very i ln-ap, fur "iiiiiiiii mm-ihi.

1'iaii'i, rare l'ul. the track of totality, will find the sou Tile news- center nf the universe shins tmlav from Ihe liattlefiehl shut from their view hy the thai is. the miii vv ill be "eclipsed." The ob l.nr..c to the solar reinn almve these I'nited Stales. server will he looking at the tuoon' 1UK KKXT iM' Hill. l-'ivo-iarnmr M.iwull, liy day nr limir; Irivo il i-; nr.

if ilrsirril, wilh careful driver i'vriiiii. aficr mx narK disk laid on tlie lace ol sun. If weather conditions are gmil. neoiih. Ml Auiericii watches the eclipse.

KiiilithiK kik's mi as usual in the (1'xinn'tH from I'rliu-o Karl I.h'liiiiivvuk.v'M "My Ixuuloii Misinn, ropy nt whleli lum Just ri'iielitil thin country. Trlneo I.li liiiovvsky, who wan Ceriiinn to Kughitid when the war hroke nut, wi.va I hut lie wrote the iliMUinent for lilx fiiinlly iir hives, but It was made public In ('rinaiiy mid creulrd t''iat Ktlr, the KaiM-r'a goveiuineiit IiiimiciiIiik tu repudiate und Hupinvwi It.) "(in Aug. 2 when I tnxw In order In make- final r.lleliipl. In wim eoiiipletely broken, mill, nltliouitll iiiile ciilui, tears run ilovvii his fneo," "if I'otirst It would only lmve needed a lilnl from llerlln inuki Count Iti-relitold (Austrian Foreign Minister In August, 1 I -I bliiiM'lf with it illplotuutio KiieeeKM iiml put up wllli ihe Serbian re.ily." "The linpiessloti beeaino ever stronger that we ((lelliuuiy) desired vvur In till clreiuiistiinei'H." "'J'Iiiim I'lided my Loudon iiiIkmIoii. It wan wrecked not by the perfldy of the but hy the perlUly of our policy." "1 had to mipport In Iuidoll a pulley which I knew In be fallacious, I win punished for It, fur it wiw sin ngiilimt the Holy Chost." living in eities and towns of tlu I lilted States will he able to see the I trenches nf I nrnpe.

Ihe eclipse is ii.it visible to the snldiers on the hat- tlel'mtlt. JACKSONVILLE, FLOPIDA Child's famous New York restaurant now open adjoining hotel lobby. The personnel of lhis hotel is especially adapted to Flu Id i family trade. EUROPEAN PLAN Directly opposite the Chamber nf Commerce. In the hcait of the shopping district.

Convenient to all poims of interest. Main street cars from Union Depot pass the door. Headquarters for automobile tourists. Official Auto Blue Book Hotel. Rates from $1.00.

Geo. L. Whipple, Manager. famous corona or halo of light ahoui oVImk and Siindayi. Spli nilid enndi-liiiti, riasniial.il' i hart-.

s. Sf, nr ad-lrt s- Mr. St'iilli, lmir. Store. For Sale the moon, and perhaps a red sireauur I many creduliius people wonder flaring from one side.

wlieilier the eclipse will have any ef I lie mysterious corona and streamer fect mi the wmld war, even though un- which modern astronomers travel miles I'flU SAI.K Mlole Ideal i seen 111 the war zone. lakes it. Conker, as as new. W. K.

I ark -oil, care Tin to study have interested man since the beginning of time. They appear in an Tost. Down the njjes, they recalled, the. list I of famous eclipses is set opposite the list of famous hatttes, I Darkness of an eclipse in years past cient l.gyptian and Assyrian art on tl.i "winged This symbol dcitv HOTEL JACKSON feet undressed I11111-Address U. care 1'ost.

J-OU SAI.I'-her cheap. is considered merely a sketch of a total solar eclipse. I i Has stopped iiatiies ami turned neleat I to victory for the side telling the story. 1 The Meiles and l.ydians called off a Miscellaneous "PLATTSBURGS" FOR joiui eenpses nave always neeii most stupendous spectacles of the skies. ESXukS MAUKKD-IHIWN SAI.K- 1 terrihle 5H.i C.

in order to ilorff Tvncu ro.T full I i watch the eclipse, and the next day TO THOSE WHO FAIL TO GRASP and yet it is seldom that a man has a chance to see more than one in a lifetime. Two of them occur in every year. SCHOOL TEACHERS thev made peace, according to Hero- dotu ai least, nut tue suadow olten tails on cave, il.mi: 1 (liisolnte Move and liven, 5.ll; 1 Kitchen Talde. l'hotie li(l-(ireen. or call at 'the War-renhurst, CarlherK Court.

The first recorded eclipse is that of the ocean or some itnfrciictitcd part Mill years an, which is celebrated hy To Be Held by National Security the ancient lonnercl Here lie the bodies of Ho and Hi League Throughout Country NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Whose fate though sail was visible Heine; handed because they could not During Coming Summer. spy Th' eclipse which was invisible Teachers riiittsbincs." at which Ho and Hi were Chinese astronomers who failed to notify their emperor of oOfl.OiH) public school teachers will be We Write Your Title Clear FLORIDA ABSTRACT CO. H. S.

Fairchild, President W. R. Lawlcy, Sec. J. W.

Comstock, Treas. First National Bank Building, Phone 73 West Palm Beach, Florida By ELIHU ROOT, Honorary President of the National Security League. There are doubtless some who do not understand what this struggle really is. isoiuu who were born here resent interference wilii their comfort and pros- noi-l IV Jllli! lllf" Irs- an approacnuiK eclipse. 1 Heir untor-tunate traeedv emphasizes the sad fact Ivon pnietienl training In nntrlotie education, will bo held (luring the com that it has alwavs been the custom to Drawing of "winged disk." ancient symbol of deity said to be derived from the sun in eclipse.

ing summer in practically every Mute Sealed liids will he received hy the Hoard of County Conunissioners of I'alm I'each County at the Clerk's office at est I'alm Uracil. up to twelve o'clock noon. June 22, l'-IIX, fc.r furnishing all material and lahor and coiisiriictinjr an annex to the County Poor I'arm Hospital, accord-inu lo plans and specii'icatioiis for said work on file at the Clerk's office, where the same may he seen. Karh bidder will accompany his hid with a certified check payable to the order of the County Commissioners in a sum ciiial to two percent of his bid. as a imaranly of f-ond faith, ami that! I 1 In the union by the Xiitloniil associate an eclipse with bloodshed.

Historians generally have preferred blodshed in quantities as in war. The mysteries of nature account for mil T3 "SLai mauds for sacri- of the earth. Sections of eight total eclipses were visible in the I'nited lire, wlliell si'i'Ml to IK Jr5 States in the nineteenth century, and yrj them unnecessary I the same number will be visible Lhis nnd they fail to century. the linn- bus most myths and sonic religions. To savages today, as to primitive man of yore, an eclipse means either that his fjod is wroth with him, or else that a dragon is eatiiiK up his tod.

Savages scare off the devouring beast with the noise of gongs and drums and hideous i League. The scheme of this elithnrutc new division of the League's Patriotism Through Education campaign is conceived on Ihe same basic idea along which the Loaguo has boon working for some time, concentrating on the teachers of the youth of the hind find hereby reaching the children through the teachers and the people through their children. Tin? objects of tho Tongue's enm- Eclipses have careers and play return come 1 engagements. "Ihe same eclipses run their steady cycle." The eclipse of 1'ofJ belongs to a series which gave a performance 18 years ago. May 28.

190(1. Americans tire to keep the independence and liberty which their fathers screeclnngs. As late as me eenpse 01 187H, an Indian at Fort Sill fired his md which will plav a return engage i won hy sullci-ing revolver at the sun, while he mumbled and gestured in the greatest terror. and saerilice, they In their turn must Cveti the unemotional men of science IS: ment 18 years hence, June 19, Last time, it was staged on the Atlantic, the ends touching Mexico and Africa. Next time it will be pulled off lie will enter into contract tor said work and complete the same in the lime required by him as stated in his bid.

and nice a and sufficient bond therefor. The Hoard of County Commissioners reserves the rivjit to reject anv or all bids. liy order of the Hoard of County Commissioners, L. TK KVF.TTR LOCK WOOD, hairman. GEO.

O. JiUTLKR, Clerk. (Seal Co. Com.) -i. fight again for the i fil WJ speak feelingly of the weird effect of an eclipse at totality.

stop singing and sometimes fall to the ground, chickens go to roost, and i preservation of that independence and liberty. across southern Kussia and Asia. The entire circuit of a family of eclipses covers about 1000 years. The Elihu Root. interval between appearances, 18 years some horn abroad who There are lmign are two-fold active combating of (ieriutiH propaganda and awakening a more responsible American citizenship.

At Summer Schools. The League will conduct these "Teachers' Phitlsburgs" through the medium of the summer schools for teachers that are held 'throughout the country every year. It has not yet been determined how many centers will bo used. The matter is being taken up with all of the 700 summer schools of tho country and probably horses and cows move restlessly aooui the meadows. Hats fly aimlessly, fish rise to the ton of the pond, sensitive flowers close huvo come to this land for a great and 11 days, is called a saros.

I lie saros was used roughly by the ancients often to prophesy confusion to an ene freedom and broader opportunities and FANCY GROCERIES G. G. Strohm Co. TELEPHONE 20. WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA have sought find received the priv leges of American citizenship who are NOTICE FOR BIDS.

swayed by dislike for some ally or by the sympathies of German kinship and full to see that tho time has come for their petals, and dew sometimes falls. The landscape darkens swiftly with an uncanny violet light. A storm seems to pause before breaking. "N'ature stands aghast." Total solar eclipses have never been adequately described. Now astronomers use a camera to catch what the human eye cannot see.

The photographs taken of today's eclipse will actually he the my, hut modern astronomers have figured it out so exactly that they can verify or discredit ancient historical dates. They have proved that "tlie darkness of the Crucifixion" was not an eclipse. While ancient astronomers could foretell the date of an eclipse. they could not, like astronomers today, lav-out its plan on earth. them to make good the obligations of their sworn oaths of naturalization This is the oath that the applicant Scaled bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Palm I'each county, Florida, at the Clerk's office, at 'est I'alm .1 leach, Florida, up to twelve o'clock, noon, Saturday, June 21, 1918, for furnishing one Ford Automobile Truck for use of the County Poor Farm.

Fodder will state what can furnish, price, and date of delivery. The Hoard reserves the right to re for citizenship makes: Tlutt he will support the Conslitu tion of the United States and that he between and 75 of the training camps will ho established, the schools selected being chosen after careful In-vostigulioii as to attendance, breadth of influence and convenience of location. Tho training camps will he conducted hy lending educators whose co-operation will he enlisted by the League. Tho actual Instruction will bo under the direction of Dr. Iiobert M.

McEl-roy, educational director of 'i the most marvelous moving picture ever staged in the solar system. Congress has appropriated $2500 to assist naval observers in taking motion ABSTRACTS of TITLE GENERAL INSURANCE "That's Our Business" absolutely and entirely renounces all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate or sovereignty; that he will support and defend-tho onsti Cocoa Soldier Boys Make Coodin France pictures ot tins tremendous spectacle The naval observatory party is working in Oregon. tution mid laws of tho United Slates against till enemies, foreign and do Security Abstract and Insurance Company West Palm Beach, Florida T. M. Rickards, Jr.

Frank G. Lewis mestic, nnd bear true faith and alio ject any or all bids. liy order of the Hoard of County Commissioners. L. TREVKTTF.

I.OCKWOOI), Chairman. GEO. O. IIUTLF.R, Clerk. (Co.

Com. Seal) Sat glance to the same. "False to Their Oaths." (Special to The Post- iocoa, June Locoa is Eclipses in the Drama of War. between Medes and Lydians stopped hy eclipse of May 28. 585 I.

C. Eclipse of Aug. 3, 431 marked first vear of Peloponesian War. Persians defeated near Cnidus immediately after eclipse of 394 C. Alaric, the Visigoth, appeared before League, and the members of the "National Patriotic Education Faculty" which bo lias organized.

The League already has over 1,000 experienced patriotic speakers on its Speakers' Bureau list. A groat many of these men and women will be detailed to the "Teachers' Pluttsburgs" and their number will be augmented by volun All these naturalized citizens who are taking part in obstruction to our government in the conduct of the war 9 0 9 9 0 are false to their oaths, are forfeiting proud of her sons, thirty-five of whom are fighting in France and sailing the seas in the war zone. Franklyn Young, who only recently received his commission as an aviator. has already their rights of citizenship, are repudi Rome a great gloom, probably tlie ating their honorable obligations, are "DELATOUR" FOUNDED 1808, Club Soda, Ginger Ale, Sarsaparilla, Lemon Soda ACKLEY C. SCHUYLER 331-335 West 3Cth St.

Sole Manufacturer New York City. pidinse of lune 18. 410 A. U. reaultlng by evil the good that has FRANK A.

PETTIBONE Attorney and Counsellor rostoffice llldg. Phone 318 WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. Eclipse occurred Feb. 24, 453 A. when Atilla, the Hun, was ravaging been done them in tho generous and unstinted hospitality with which the brought down his fifth enemy plane and is now a full-fledged American "Ace." Albert Travis is in the transport service.

He and his fellow-sailors have received medals for successfully dodg people of the United Slates have we4 teers from tlie principal tcolleges and universities of the country, whose academic duties have prevented them from taking active part in the patriotic education work outside their immediate field, but who Will be free during the summer 9 9 9 9 0 0 coined them to the liberty and the op portunities of this free hind. We must believe that in many cases this is done ing the "tin fish" of the enemy for four In Homes, Clubs, Italv. In 733 A. "Aethelbald captured Somerton, and the sun was eclipsed, and all the sun's disc was like a black shield," reports the Anglo-Saxon chronicle. Olav, king of Norway, was killed at the battle of Stiklastad during the eclipse of Aug.

30, 1030. And the famous battle of Crecy was NOT fought during an eclipse, as its historians proudly boast. voyages and breaking the trans-Atlantic record for transport speed. Young Travis is on the "George Washington." Leland Hindle is in the front line Restaurants Hotels because of failure to understand what this war really is. This is a war of defense.

It is perfectly described in tho words of the Constitution which established this nation, "To provide for the common defense" and "To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." The national defense demands not merely force, but intelligence. It requires foresight, consideration of the. trenches in France and is giving a splendid account of himself. Corporal John Patterson is with Battery and writes that his battery-is accredited with being the fastest on Does Your Farm in Florida Pay Eclipse So Simple a Child Can Understand It. the French field.

The accuracy of this artillery unit's gunfire may be judged. War Spirit. Tlie teachers will be given a series of vital interpretations of the war by men nnd women who have given careful study to the situation. In addition to this instilling of the war spirit in the touchers, tlie training 'camps will also ufl'ord them practical instruction in tho best methods of imparting the youth of the land the two war principles on which the Security League's I'utriotisni Through Education campaign Is based tlie menace of Germany to America, anil the necessity of individual service on the part of every man, woman and child in the country in order to prevent defeat. A preliminary letter lias been sent by Doctor McKlroy to tlie directors of 11 the summer schools of the country.

by his statement that it has accounted for more than six hundred Huns during its "strafing" career on the firing line. policies nnd purposes of other nations, understandine of the inevitable or EAPTH suri probable consequence of the acts ol other nations, Judgment as to the time RIGHT location is everythinsr. Not far away may be the right place where your work will bring the results you eek. it a worth while to investigate the many large tracts of good farm land near progressive communities along The Florida East Coast Railway (Flagler Sr.teml who. throuchil subsidiary companies ihe Model Land Per-rine Grant Land Chuluota and Okeechobee Co.

owns and has (or sale suitable area (or both farming and truck growing. Free, illustrated literature on request. Your questions will be proruptiy answered. J. E.

INGRAHAM, Vice-President JAS. D. INGRAHAM. Salas Agent FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY Room 320 Cit? Building St. Augustine.

Florida THANKS SUPERVISOR HUNTER VOTERS i Ginger one of tHe few thing's properly i qualified by the word BEST Cantrell Cochr ane Dublin Belfast when successful defense may be made, and when it will be loo late, and prompt action before it Is too late. entering this war the United States availed itself of the very last opportunity to defend itself. Diagram showing how rays of the sun are stopped by the moon so that the shadow of the moon is cast upon the earth. I am deeply indebted to the voters of Palm Beach County for selecting me as their Supervisor of Kegist ration, and thank them most heartily for their support. JAMES J.

HUNTER. The "total solar eclipse" booked hy Dame Nature today is not a highbrow ADVERTISE in THE PALM BEACH DAILY POST 1.

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