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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-12-13
OCALA CHORAL SOCIETY.

The Ocala Choral Society has
become one of the permanent insti-
tutions of our city. 1t is well off
cered and has, in its membership O.
more than thirty, some excellent
talent. 1t has been meeting fo1
the past six months in the Baptist
Witness Hall for instruction and
practice. Prof. G. T. Sowden. the
musical dire ctor, is an adept as a
choral instructor, and the society
is highly fortunate in securing his
valuable service Under his lead
ership the society gave a grand
concert in the opera house last
night TO the perfect delight CT the
large and intelligent audience pres
ent. There were thirteen male
and nineteen female voices in the
class. They are among the first
young men and women of our city
and made fine appearance on the
stage. The STAR congratulates
Ocala on having such splendid
array of m usical talent The pro-
gram contained a high order of
music which was rendered with
thrilling effect, the audience show
ing appreciation by loud applause
and frequent encores. The solo
by Miss NJ. II. Gamsby was ex-
quisitely beautiful. Messrs. w.
NJ. Dale, ID. S. Woodrow and F.
H. Clarke each sang solo which
swept the audience. These gen
tlemen possess rare gifts as solo
singers
The Misses M. H. Gamsby,
Maud Reardon, Minnie Nash and
L. Gamsby, the lady quartette,
rendered Spring Song" with
marked skill and sweetness, which
called forth hearty encore from
the audience.
The male quartette, Messrs.
Clarke, Dale, Cullen and Wood
row. scored high mark on the
rendition of ooh Hush thee, NV
Babe" The entertainment was
pronounced brilliant success by
all in attendance. One of the
interesting features of the evening
was the short, but eloquent adj
dress of Mayor Reardon. He
has the happy faculty of knowing
just what to say on all occasions.
He felt proud of the Ocala Choral
Society and urged the people to
give it liberal patronage. The
object of these public entertain
ments is to elevate the musical
tone of our community and pro-
cure funds to defray the Incidental
of the society. The
next entertainment will likely
come off some time il January
and will consist of the rendition
of the "The Pirates of Penzance.
We trust Ocalans will show their
of this home institu-
tion by giving it full house.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-12-13

You are cross. Perhaps your
feet are pinched by i'll fitting
shoes. Get a comfortable pair from
Rowell and be good-natured again.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-12-13

You can carry $1,000 to $1,000
for S24 to $50 per year in the Ma
tional Protective Legion. +. c, w.
Williams, organizer, Mitchell Blk,
Ocala, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-12-13


the Plant System, and is one OF
the best known and most popular
officials Of the System.
He is noted as one of the kind
est hearted and most obligin off
cials on the road.
SIG, 5oo.37 paid to 44 members
by the National Protective Legion
on Oct. I6, 1895. Their coupons
having matured for the first five
years period, They Won While
Living.
Geo. L. Campbell and Tom
Wright of Lake Weir were in the
city today on business. Mr..
Campbell made US a pleasant call,
He is one of our very best mcn.
If any of our readers wish to spend
a few weeks on beautiful Lake
Weir, we refer them 70 Mr.. Camp
bell.
All patrons of the Ocala Steam
Laundry are invited to visit on
Wednesday and Thursday after
Moons and see how laundry work is
done.
Don't forget Col. Hickman's
lecture on temperance in the Bar-
tist Witness Hall next Monday
evening at 7:3o. Let every body
turn out to hear this distinguished
orator. Admission free.
The Covenant Building and
Loan association will pay you per
cent for the use of your money, or
loan you theirs at 6 per cent.
Which do you prefer !? M. NJ.
Little will explain to you.
Willie Finch, Tom Thompson
and Chas. Brown came down yes
terday from the Lake City Agri-
cultural College to visit their
families.
Fine Fresh Oysters every day at
L. S. Blacks, 25c per quart. Stall
1 I, city market.
Mrs. F. P. Gaffney will give
''Faggott party" to the L. T. L.
this evening at her residence in
the southern portion of the city.
The ladies Of the Baptist church
give an oyster supper and musicale
On new years eve. On the even
ing of Christmas day the popular
cantata "Santa Claus and Mother
Goose" will be rendered by the
young people of the Baptist Sun |
day school.
Miss Sallie Whitfield returned !.
ast night from a several weeks
,isit to Misses Nora and Daisy
Dekel in Thomasville, Ga, bring
ng these two young ladies with /.
ler, who will spend some time Wis
ting in the city.
If you want a first class turnout,
either saddle horse, buggy or car
-iage, at reasonable prices, call at .
:. B Richardson's stables, and he .
viii accommodate YOU. i
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-12-13
Temperance Column.
BY the Ocala Temperance Reform Club.

Rev. J. P. !tilburF and Isaac Stevens, EDITORS
The Club meets every Sunday afternoon at $50
o'clock III Temperance Hail. The Public
are invited
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20

Tuxedo people smile at Mrs. James
Brown Fotter's assertion that Pierre
Loriliard presented her with the house
N which her husband now lives. Mrs.
Fotters further assertion that her hus-
oand FAMILY is Of the shabby-genteel
order is met with the fact that their
home in New York cost them $4,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
THE SOARING OF BIRDS.
A Scientific Explanation of This Sur
prising Achievement.
Hiram S. Maxim. in the North American



Hiram S. Maxim. in the North American
Review.
The soaring of a bird may be compared
with boy sliding down hill on a sled. If
a hill is. say 100 feet high, and the sides
slope off in a horizontal direction 1900 feet
from the summit and if the snow is
smooth, a boy can mount a sled and ad-
vance 2.00O feet while he is falling as re-
lates to the earth, 100 feet; that is the sled
with the boy on it in falling through a dis
tance of one foot develops sufficient power
to drive the sled forward twenty feet, but
when the boy is at the bottom of the hill
and can develop no more power by falling,
the sled soon comes to a state of rest. Sup
pose, now, that a hill could be made in such
manner that it would constantly rise at
such velocity that the sled would never
reach the bottom Of the hill, the boy would
then be able to Slide forever, and this is
exactly what occurs with a bird.
A bird places its wings in such a position
that, as IL falls in the air, say one foot, it
moves forward through the air twenty
! feet; that is, ii slides along on the surface
OF the air underneath its wings in the same
manner that the boy slides down the hill.
suppose, now that the velocity of the bird
should be about thirty miles an hour, this
would account for the whole phenomenon
OF soaring on an upward current of only
one and one-half miles an hour. With an
| upward current of two miles an hour the
bird would rise, as relates to the earth
one-half mile an hour while actually fall
ing through the air at the rate of one and
one-halt miles on hour. There is no doubt
that bird, by some very delicate sense of
feeling and touch, is able to ascertain
| whether II is falling or rising In the air
1t is Well-knOwn that fish have this pew
er. If a surface fish sinks TOO deeply in the
water the compression of its swim blad-
der produces a sensation or impression
upon its brain. which causes the fish to
change It's course, and relieves the press
ure by coming nearer to the surface, and
similar thing is true of the deep sea fish.
| If they approach the surface their swim
| bladder becomes enormously distended,
and no. doubt produces sensation which
| the FISH know Is relieved by again sink
ing into very deep water. If these fish are
caught and rawn to the surface, the dis
tension Of the swim bladder becomes so
great that It dispaces all the other or
gans of the body.
! In all probability the numerous air cells
which are found in the body of a bird are
! provided with delicate nerves, which oper-
ate in a similar manner to those of the
swim bladder of fish, so that as the bird
is moving forward through the air it is
able to take advantage of a rising column
OF air. As a whole, we may consider that
! the rising column of air would be half of
! the total area of the earth's surface so
| that soaring bird would always have ris-
| ing columns of air which would serve as
a support.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
DISLIKE NEW CLOTHES.
Trainers of Animals Run Risks in
Appearing in Them.

Nlneleentn century.
ut is a strange thing" said a well
known trainer of animals. chow many
outbreaks and accidents have resulted
from trainer wearing a strange cos
tune. Quite recently a lady performer
who had made many alterations in her
dress had a narrow escape. The tiger
with whom she usually appeared turned
sulky from the start, and at last abso-
lutelY refused to do one of his tricks
Its mistress urged and threatened to no
purpose, and finally attempted to use the
whip. The moment she attempted to do
so the lnfuriated animal few al her, and if
1t had not been for a boarhound which
was performing with them, Miss s.
would probably have lost her life. The
brave DOG snapped at the tiger and dis
tracted its attention until his mistress
had succeeded in making her escape. I'm
fortunately he was injured by the tigers
How do you account for such out
bursts"
THE tiger evidently did not recognize
his mistress in her, change of costume.
AS rule, very few alterations are made
Inc same dog always appears in the same
act and so on. the idea of acquaintance
snip ana familiarity thus being main
famed. Why, even if a hat or a wrap
happens TO lie within reach outside the
arena the animal is sure to see it at once,
ana If II can get at it will promptly tear
II to pieces"
Have there been any such accidents
York wore full-dress suit instead of his
usual military costume at one of the per-
Iormances. AS soon as the lion saw the
change OF clothing he made direct at him
Now lions do not, like tigers, try to kill
instantly, but strike out with their paws
70 knock their enemy down. In this case
the lions claws caught the trainers face
INJECTING severe injuries. But he is still
at the business though the scars of the
struggle are very plainly visible"
DO these outbursts ever have fatal re-
Sults?'
Sometimes. Another lady. performer
made an alteration in her dress that dis
pleased the tiger with whom she was act
ing whereupon the savage beast pounced
upon her, killing her instantly This ami
since" -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
lottesville, Va. The rest of the family will

lottesvlle Va. The rest of the family will
return later.
Mr.. and Mrs J. w Talley returned last
Friday to their home in Richmond, Va,
after a visit to Mrs. Henry SchWeickert,
at $50 Huntington street
Miss Tiny Roberts is visiting in Beau
fort. s. c.
Mrs. Rauers and Miss Elise Rauers will
leave this week for Atlanta.
Mr.. J. Randolph Anderson has returned
from Atlanta.
DR.. L. Z. Wech has returned from AL
bany, Ga.
Miss Bessie Coburn is visiting friends in
North Georgia.
Mrs. f. c.. Black and daughter have re-
turned from visit to Chicago.
Mr.. Lewis W. Haskell is in Atlanta, at
tending the exposition.
Miss Pauline Kulman is visiting friends
in Atlanta.
Mr.. Hal Johnson is in Hagerstown Nd.
Miss Laura Lester has returned from
New York.
Mrs. Elise Chapeau has returned from
a visit to friends in Guyton.
Miss Christie Goerz has returned from
the north. While there she visited in
New York, Brooklyn, Washington and
stopped two weeks in Atlanta on her way
home.
Mrs. Henry Schweickert entertained last
Wednesday evening at her home on Hun
tingdon street in compliment TO her
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Talley of
Richmond, Va
Mr.. and Mrs. S. e. Theus were the
guests, during their visit north, of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, at her summer home,
bungalow on the coast. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilcox entertained very much during the
summer months, and many interesting
guests are numbered among their friends.
Mrs. J; NJ. solomon and sen viii re-
turn to-day from New York.
Mrs. Sophie Helmken and Miss Sava-
reese have returned from Europe.
Miss Mary Whitehead has returned
home from Augusta, where she was the
guest of relatives.
Miss Maize Ferst is improving after a
severe illness.
Mrs. c. b. Woods and children have
returned from the north
Mrs. Robert Porter Paul and daugh-
ters of Darien are the guests of Mrs
Pauls mother, Mrs. Mary Carruthers.
Miss Emma Hazehurst has returned
from a visit to her sister, Mrs Elliott
Matthews of Atlanta.
Mrs l.. Mohr is at home to her friends
on Tuesday afternoons
Miss Sarah Newman has returned from
New York, where she spent several
months.
A dance was given last Friday evening
at the Armory hall
Mrs. S. f. Wilson has returned from
Alabama and Tennessee.
Mrs Barlow Wise of Richmond, va.
was the guest last week of her aunt, Mrs
I. S. Wayne.
Miss Sallie Charlton has returned home
Mrs. A c. Read and her daughter. lit.
tie Elizabeth Lawton Read, are guests OF
Mrs. w. s. Lawton, on Lafayette square
Mrs. W. -. Simkins and two children
nave returned from three months trip,
pleasantly spent in WaynesVille N C.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
our CLOAK DEPARTMENT

VIII interest you, the correct style and
the right prices are here.
Ladies Plush Capes, $50 to 5000.
Ladies Cloth Capes, our leader, $3.50.
Ladies Refers, ripple back, new sleeve.
all wool bOucle, at 500.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
AN ODD NEGRO COLONY.
Thirty Bachelors who Dwell i'm an
OId-Time Pennsylvania Town.

From the Philadelphia Times.
No one passing along Germantown ave-
nue. where it crosses Broad street can fail
to observe the dilapidated old building
which stands some distance back. from
the street on the southwest corner Of
Broad street and Germantown avenue.
The house presents striking appearance
on account of it's pretentiOusness. 1t is
built of stone, three stories in hight, with
a wide spreading porch extending the full
length of the building and carried around
on the side.
The old mansion was built between sew
enty-five and hundred years ago for inn
purposes. From the time Of its erection
and for forty or fifty years afterward IL
was the only hostelry between the city
proper and GermantoTn Rpd, consequent
~, very popular roadhouse. Its con-
Yenience to Broad street made it one Of
the greatest resorts in old times for
sleighing parties. from the city, who would
drive out there on cold winter evenings
for a gOOd supper ana something hot and
strong to quench the thirst and warm
Several years ago the property was
purchased by +. G. Palmer and George
A. Rice for $685. COO 1t was given out at
the time that Messrs. Palmer and Rice
intended to construct a large manufac-
tory on the property, but up to the pres
ent date this has not been d0nes and Tho
house IS now occupied by about thirty
young cclored' men, who have formed a
kind OF community among themselves IN
this old building.
These men rent their rooms separately
from the owners of the property. Some
club together to pay this rent, three or
four living in one room, while others who
are more prosperous occupy and pay for
a room for themselves. The men are all
employed in various occupations in the
vicinity of the building where they re-
side, and the majority Of them earn good
wages. If one man happens to get out
of work, if popular with the rest, he is
usually assisted by the crowd to pay his
hoo f-A mt hn 20 81
when he is expected to reimburse those
who have helped him.
AS a rule the cooking for the crowd Is
done by one man, who is delegated by lot
or some sucn arrangement to cook for
the household for a week. The men all
buy their own food, which is prepared
for them to their liking. Among the ap-
pointments of the house is a chapel, where
service is held every Sunday, a colored
preacher being brought out from the city
for the purpose. There is a barber shop
also in the house and an oyster saloon,
where the men, when particularly flush.
can regale themselves on a stew made
of the choicest bivalves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
SEE OUR LINE OF EVENING
GOODS.

See our line of Dress Trimmings,
AllOver Beaded Nets and Buttons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
M l30 B
Mzznzuzz5
Easyvery easy to do your shopping at store every
thing marked in plain figures, only sell reliable
goods and your money back if you not satisfied.
What more you ask?
DRESS GOODS.

DRESS GOODS.
Have You seen our goods2 If not do so
and you viii surely say as others have
how nice and how cheap.
Novelty Suits. No two alike in the
right shades at $4.9S a suit
All Wool Cashmere IS inches wide, the
75c quality, this week SOC.
Black and ColOred Fancy Suitings, new
and stylish goods, at $l.9S a suit.
PLAlDS.
Are all the rage. See our line at soc,
75c and Csc. the handsomest and cheap
est in the city.
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
Black Storm Serge. all wool. a inches
wide. should be zoe. our price SOC.
Black French Serge, - inches wide,
good value at soc. our price 39c.
Black Figured Serge, Mohair finish, 46
inches wide latest designs, at 75c.
Black Figured and Striped Brilliantines,
must be seen TO be appreciated. at 75c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20

See our Tine OF Ladies Neckwear.
Feather Collars and Fur Boas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
A DOGS PASSION FOR DOLLS.
He Finally Developed Tendencies of
PiraticaI Character.
From the St. James Gazette.

From the St. James Gazette.
The latest sensation in Birmingham IS
the doll-snatching dog. The animal is the
property of a lady VINO resides at Small
Heath, and some time ago one Of her little
girls was very fond of inducing the dog
to carry her doll, and the animal ACQUIRED
quite passion for relieving the child Of
her precious charge The dog would carry
the coll about for hours, and oftentimes
take 1t TO his kennel and lie down beside
1t Tor the greater part of the day He
never harmed the doll, always grippina .
sllgntest. Up to a certain point its ten
denotes were productive of Unauthorized
fun, and so popular did the dog become
that the children of the neighbOrhOOd fire.
quently came to its owners house with
the query. Please Mrs - can Vorr dorr
come and take my doll a walk ?''
But by degrees the animals healthy at
lection for dolls developed into an ALSO
lutte passion, and now a more unpopular
quadruped does not exist in the whole
suburb. Not content with carrying a doll
Wnen requested TO do so, the animal com
ana forcibly deprive stray children of their
treasured pets. Whenever and wherever
he saw doll in child's arms he would
stealthily walk up to her, seize the prize
ana run OF with il to his kennel In a
single day he has been known to briDes
TOUR capuVes home and the maternal in
dgnation Of the neghborhood is some
JhlnS terrible to contemplate If thar doc
does not mend his ways shortly his career.
VIII be prematurely closed. The animal
should be engaged at Christmas time IN
the interest of the Children's hospital he
mates. "a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
FORGOTTEN HER MAIDEN NAME.
Curious Exhibition of Absent-Mind-
edness shown in the surrogate's
From the New York Tribune

From the New York Tribune.
Inability to remember names is a failing
common to a great many people. There
are varying degrees of the malady, Of
course, but nearly every one has had
the experience of going to call upon ono
of his most intimate friends, and sudden
~, as he assembled the steps and was
about to ring the bell, finding himself ut
terly unable to recall the name of the
person he was to ask for. This perform
ance, however, has been completely dis
tanced by the feat of Mrs. S, who lives
uptown and now holds the palm among
her acquaintance for this sort of alb
on the occasion of the death of a dis
tant relative recently, she was obliged to
go down to the surrogate's court to at
tend to some business regarding the will
In the course of the proceedings it be-
came necessary for her to sign her maid IN
name to the document in question. the
clerk handed her the pen, told her where
the signature was to be affixed, and stood
waiting for her to comply. But Mrs. s.
seemed stunned at the request. She stared
blankly at the young man before her
and then at the paper, but made no mo-
ton toward writing, and said not a word
know" repeated the clerk, thinking she
had in some way misunderstood.
Mrs. s. knew only too well what he
had said, but was no more able to execute
the task than the young man himself
would nave been. She had been married
twice, and it is a long time since she has
had occasion to use the name to which
she was born.
"I-I-really don't remember it." she
gasped in an agony of embarrassment %
the astonished clerk; Il shall have to go
home and find OUT and she disappeared
through the door with all the haste at her
command.
In telling the story afterward she said
that she paced up and down the street in
front of that office for al least ten min
utes, cudgeling her brains in a vain ef-
fort to recall the lost name and was
finally obliged to go home, as she had
proposed, and look it up in an old book
which had belonged to her when a girl
Baron Hirsch has thus far sent about
1000 Russian Hebrews to the Argentine
Republic, and hopes to have a Hebrew
community there of 10000 within ten
years. He sends them out in companies
Of fifty families, each provided with
rabbi and doctor, and he expects them to
settle in villages, giving a special tract for
each company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
BLANKETS.

.DlHNNE D.
The cold weather will surely come -
prepared for it. We will assist Won ~
selling this week: y
Our Sl-00 Blankets at &c.
Our sl25 Blankets at Sec
Our $50 Blankets at CSC
Our S2.75 Blankets at Sls9
Our 500 Blankets at $50.
Down Comforts S59s. worth $50.
SPECIALS.
Table Felt, all colors. 9Sc.
Shelf Oil Cloth, this week &C.
Good quality Outing Flannel &c
Turkish Towels, 24x44, &c
Half Bleached Table Damask, good
quality, 49c.
Red Table Damask 19c, worth. Sc.
&c Feather Tick. this week. l9c.
Fancy Scrim for Curtains, S 1-3c.
10-4 Linen Sheeting the Sl.25 quail
ty. 9Sc.
Ga Chenille Table Covers our price Go
Boys Shirt Waists, the SOC kind. 39C.
Ladies Bicycle Leggins. Brown and
Black. 75c.
Boys Corduroy Leggins, only Si.OO.
Boys Silk Windsor Ties, new plaids 25e
Gents Four-inHand and Teck
Scarfs, 35c.
The evening times., 1895-10-26
OPPONENTS OF THE SALOON.
Mass Meeting Tomorrow Evening Il
He Held in Waugh Chapel

Mass Meeting Tomorrow Evening to
He Held in Waugh Chapel.
A mass meeting under the auspices OF tho
Anti-Saloon League is to be held tomorrow
evening in Waugh Methodist Episcopal
Church, Third and A streets northeast
Rev. E. o. Eidridge pa stor, at z 80 O'Clock.
Rev. George N. Luccock, d. D., pastor of
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, to-
gether with his congregation, uniting with
Waugh congregation and the opponents of
the saloon who may gather for this last
meeting of the license year.
The singing will be under the direction of
James W. Dyre, of Waugh. Addresses will
be delivered by Drs. Eldridge and Luc-
cock on behalf of the respective churches,
by 8. W. Russell, grand superintendent of
Juvenile templars, I. o. G. t., on the rela-
ton of young people to the saloon, and. it is
expected, by Mrs. Mary E. Griffith, late
president OF the District OF Columbia w.
@. T. u.
The executive committee OF the League
will meet in the Washington Loan & Trust
Building Monday at 4:16 p. m, and the
next business meeting ofthe League viii bs
held in its han, atNo. 623 Louisiana avenue.
the evening Of Monday. November 4.