Show S A O V. V ss Nearby and Ind Y Yonder onder o s H By nr r T. T T. T MAXEY V x s cx s O V cx VA wa u Silver Spring I TN 1 CERTAIN sections of Florida there thele Is nn on underground In layer er of II limestone melt one Beneath this rock t s rt n number of ot rivers of ot whose who presence prE there Is DO no surface Indication busily work their way woy toward the sea ea Breaks or other openings q In this this- stratum of or tone stone enable some orne of these streams to 10 burst through send come to the surface t they do with a suddenness that Is astonishing In to the form torm of ot great fountains or springs springs producing producing a n strange spectacle spec ns us unusual In character as us It Is la beautiful to behold I Perhaps the most prominent of thee springs Is Sliver Silver spring spring rIng In Marlon county a few miles from tintown tin till town of ot Ocala the the basin of ot which Is several acres In to extent The water contains sufficient lime to settle Ittle nn any substance which might be carried In solution and Is so perfectly per per- clear that the till bottom SO bottom SO feet teet down dowse In one III place place place-is nee nee-Is Is vl vis vis- ible Seen In nn any light nt any time of ot day or year ear this great basin of ot huh hub bUn bling cr crystal clear water Is III a n fascinating fasci frier fluting sight It Is seen to best ad advantage vantage however when a II slight breeze whips the surface Into n a succession lon of dancing ripples and the sunshine Illumines those ripples investing In them with all the colors of the rainbow The sight eight thus produced Is one of ot rare rore and enchanting bra beauty nty The o er overflow uw of ot this ibis spring Is carried car eRr red ried off by a n stream which flows Into the river rl n tropical stream which wield meanders through tangled tangled tan tan- lied vine hung growths to join the greater St. St John Johnq river t dl 1 un N r Union |