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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-08-11
LOCAL AND Personal
Local Items Of Interest
to Our Readers

to Our Readers
Tuesday, Aug. II.
New Sailors at Mrs. c. a.
Browns.
Fl. L. Anderson returned from
Jacksonville today.
Wanted-a second hand bird
cage. Williamson & Constans.
Stephen Jewett has returned
from Amelia beach.
New fruit lars. one and two cts.
lust received at Pittman & Co. s
Z. NJ. Henderson Of Gambler IS
Ia town on business.
Boys Oxford ties-black and
russeI-aL kowells.
Rev. J. c. Porter returned from
Lake C,ty last night.
Summer ties? lots Of pretty
styles at Rowell's-
Chas. Tydings is out today from
his recent severe illness.
Bows Linen Suits and Extra
Pants Waterman & Co.'s.
Mrs. +. d. Mason returned yes
terday from Amelia beach.
Call at A. F. Burnett's, the jew
eler, and get Bryan button.
John w. Vogt and wife of Dun
mellon were in town yesterday.
The matchmaker, jeweler and
optician is at Us, under the Mon
tcZuma hotel.
S. r. Birdsey and family return
next Saturday from Amelia beach.
If you want a good square meal
for Is cents, go 10 the Champion
house, No. 50 South Main street.
Capt. + b. Richardson is rusti- |
eating at his island home on the
St. Martins river.
Young Chickens! All kinds of
nice fat chickens at Williamson &
Constans.
Mrs. O. c.. Finch and Sc ms, Will
and Chester, returned Yesterday |
from Amel liza beach.
Fresh Northern Cabbage always |
on hand at Williamson & Con.
STAINS.
"Billy" Bangs, chief clerk Ct the
Montezuma, is making things hum
during Mrs. Batty's abserce.
Straw Hats at cost at Rowel's |
the man who leads in low prices |
on seasonable goods.
Prof. Condon's amateur oTches-
ira gave very much appreciated
concert at the armory last right.
Ladies' Collars and Cuffs, latest
style, just received at Waterman
& Co.'S
Wanted, for the Ocala Rifles,
flag. The enc now hanging from
the masthead is past recognition.
Everything needed to furnish a
house going cheap this summer al
Pittman & Co.'s.
]. r. Martin, wife ard baby have
returned from Pablo beach, having
failed to secure accommodations.
New York World, daily, i cent,
Sunday, 5 cents. at Martin & Nc
Connell's.
Z. c. Bird returned yesterday
from Amelia beach. Mrs. Bird
and son Edgar remain for some
time yet
Buy your child one of our Dol
lar Washable Suits. Waterman
& Co.
Bear in mind that the Plant Sys-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-08-11
how about it?

We mean that Sheet Music that
you prize so highly, and still you
haven't had it bound in book form
yet. You can have it done at half
price at the Witness Job Office
during the next
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
Decided by Jury.

1t is not uncommon for an English
Judge to try to raise laugh-and
strange to say, he usually succeeds
by affecting an infantile ignorance Of
all things but purely judicial matters.
Sir Henry Hawkins not long ago asked
in court, What is hay"
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger says that III recent libel suit
a strange affectation of judicial ignor-
ance was evinced by Lord Russell. Sir
Edward Clarke read, from a book Of
the plaintiffs, a description Of Chopin's
"umber-shaded head.''
"What shades" asked Lord Russell.
'Umber," replied Sir Edward.
Eyes, but what is that?" persisted the
chief justice.
At this point the feelings of the jury
were too much for them. With a unan-
Unity reminiscent of the Pirates of
Penzance," they chanted in expostula-
tory chorus: Brown, my lord, brown"
and the trial went on.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
Staple, Barstaple.

In Anglo-Saxon the word 'stapol,'
"stapel' Or "stapul'' denoted post OF
pillar of wood Or stone. In local names
it has various Specifications. Such posts
or pillars were often erected to mark
places where markets were held, OF
where merchandise could be exposed fol
sale. Such probably were Dunstaple,
in Bedfordshire, market on the chalk
downs, and Barnstaple, in Devon.
Sometimes the stapel was post mark
ing the place of the hundred moots.
We have hundreds called Barnstaple
and Thurstable in Essex, and one called
Staple in Sussex. There are seven places
called Stapleton, but as none of them is
a market town they were probably
merely farmsteads marked by post,
one of them, called Stapledun in Domes-
day, being hill with a post. So of the
nine Staplefords none is marked town,
and they were probably fords marked
or protected by piles OR posts. Stall
bridge, Dorset, called Staplebridge in
Domesday, was probably trestle bridge.
Whitestable in Kent must have taken
its name from a white pillar, erected
either for market Or as a guide to
ships entering the harbor, or to which
boats could be moored. Staplehurst
must have been wood marked by a
post, or, like Stockwith. wood where
stumps or posts were left standing. -
Notes and Queries.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
KILLINGS BY WHOLESALE.
Four Thousand Murders a Year In Italy
Most Violent of Civilized Countries.

Four Thousand Murders a Year In Italy.
Most Violent of Civilized Countries.
A homicide occurs every two hours IN
Italy. This was one Of the many star
Ting statements made by Baron Caro-
falo, distinguished Italian criminol-
ogist, in a lecture delivered on Grim
inality in Relation to the Education of
the People, in the Roman college. His
audience included Queen Margherita.
In Italy the annual loss of life by
homicide usually by lethal weapons)
numbers about 1000 souls. Compared
with France, for instance, she has 10
homicides a year for Frances l, and
35 for Denmark's 1. The Latin popu-
lations, indeed, in both hemispheres
have bad pre-eminence over the leu
tonic in crime generally, and Of these
Latin populations the Italian is the
worst.
Baron Garofalo proceeded to give the
reasons why. In the first place, vendetta,
which in Greece was heroism and in
medieval Europe laudable custom,
has fingered longer in Italy than in any
other country; dueling, also, is more
frequent in Italy than elsewhere. To the
religious instruction given in Great
Britain and the United States of Amer
lea he attributed the fact that these
countries have in 40 years diminished
by one-half the annual proportion of
their delinquents and mendicants, while
in Italy the want of similar instruction
has resulted in the positive increase of
delinquency and mendicancy since 1862.
When to these considerations we add the
increased hardness of living in the young
kingdom, the strain put upon the moral
resisting power by crushing poverty,
the squalid dwellings, the defective ali
mentation, by which the brain is starved,
when it is not actually poisoned, by the
stimulants in which relief from misery
is sought, and the depreciation of life as
it exists under such conditions. we ar
rive at an enSemble of causes which
quite accounts for these sad statistics.
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troubles. For the latter Paine's celery
compound has succeeded again and
again where everything else has failed.
Sufferers from neuralgia, neuralgia
headaches and rheumatism should stop
short their morphine, qninine and such
pain-killing drugs. No cure can be
hoped for from these temporizers. There
is one way of getting rid forever of the
causes of all this suffering; that is by
taking Paine's celery compound. In
this great modern remedy the real
means to health is attended to; sleep is
made sound and refreshing, the appetite
improves and the nerves stop complain
ing, because they get the nutriment that
nature requires. This is the funda-
mental, rational way that Paine's celery
compound takes to be able to cope sue
cessfully with diseases of the liver, kid
neys and stomach, and to guarantee
complete return of sound sleep, good di-
gestion and quiet, we'll regulated nerA-
Gus system.
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implicated.

A real Mr.. Malaprop was discovered
the other afternoon in the person of a
Broadway cable Car conductor. The car
was on down town trip and had few
passengers until it reached Fourteenth
street. There half dozen people, five
women and one man, got aboard. Three
of the women and the man found seats
together, but the other two went to an
other part of the car, thereby leaving it
doubtful as to whether they were men,
bers of the party or not. The man with
the three; instead Of giving the exact
change, offered half dollar in payment
of the fares, and the conductor was as
much in the dark as ever. To inquire
was plainly the only way to arrive at
the truth. With a polite wave of his
hand toward the two women in the
farther corner he asked blandly, "Are
those ladies implicated? "-New York
Tribune
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
How a Business Man Missed 1t.

Two business men were talking so
loudly at lunch the other day that no one
within ten feet could help overhearing
them:
TX. called on you week or two ago,
didn't he?'
Eyes"
"You didn't hire him."
emo"
"Why not?'
Because he asked for a job. My idea
is that if a man is as good salesman as
he claims to be he doesn' t need to hunt
for a job. Plenty of jobs will hunt him. !"
"I'm glad you didn't hire him."
"Why?"
Because did"
"You did?'
eyes"
"What do you pay him2"
"What he asked. -
'Does he earn it?''
"Bet your life! The fact is he is
working like tiger. He is making a
big drive for your customers. He says
you insulted him just because he was
poor and out of job, and that he will
work nights and Sundays to get even. I
think he will. You made mighty bad
break
And then silence fell Exchange.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
The Blind Slave Girls of Canton.

Passing down the streets of Canton at
night, my attention was called to num-
bers of blind girls from IA to IS years
of age dressed in brilliant outer gar
ments, with their faces rouged and
their hair ornamented with flowers. A
woman, carrying a musical instrument,
led several Of these girls, and have
since learned that they were owned by
this mistress, who conducted them, by
night, to the lowest parts of the city,
and by their playing, singing, and in
most disreputable ways, she secures an
income through them that enables her
to live in ease and comfort. I have met
no class Of persons that seemed SO pitt
able as these blind singing girls 1t is
regarded an affection for girl to be
born in Chinese family, and when the
girl is blind, her life is one of ceaseless
neglect and cruelty, and often, if the
family.is poor, she is sold for small
amount to one of these dealers in human
bodies, who plies her nefarious business
until death snatches her victim from
her. -Baltimore Sun.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY.
The Experiment Suggested by Franklin and
Performed by D'AIibard.

The Experiment Suggested by Franklin snd
Performed by D'Alibard.
To Benjamin franklin belongs the
merit of having perceived that direct
experiment was needed to prove what
so far was only guess. In an article
entitled "Opinions and Conjectures
Concerning the Properties and Effects
of the Electrical Matter Arising From
Experiments and Observations Made at
Philadelphia, 1749," the following pas
sage occurs:
"To determine the question whether
the clouds that contain lightning are
electrified or not, would propose an
experiment to be tried, where it can be
done conveniently. On the top of some
high tower or steeple place kind OF
sentry box, big enough to contain man
and an electrical stand. From the mid
die of the stand let an iron rod rise and
pass, bending out of the door, and then
upright 20 feet or 80 feet, pointed very
sharp at the end. If the electrical stand
be kept clean and dry, man standing
on it when such clouds are passing
low might be electric Fed and afford
sparks, the rod drawing fire to him
from cloud.
eff any danger to the man should be
apprehended, though / think there
would be none, let him stand on the
floor of his box, and now and then
bring near to the rod the loop of wire
that has one end fastened to the leads,
he holding it by a wax handle, so the
sparks, if the rod be electrified, will
strike from the rod to the wire and not
affect him."
The experiment. suggested by Frank
lin was successfully performed in Marty.
France, by D'Alibard, on May 10, 1852
in London by Canton, in Spital Square,
Oh July 20, 1862, and by Wilson in
Chelmsford, Essex, ON Aug. 10 of the
same year. Franklin himself described
having used kite in Philadelphia in a
letter dated Oct. 10, without giving the
date of his observations. But this must
be supplied in some passage which !
have not been able to find, for Rosen-
berger ("Geschichte der Physik." vol
ume 2, page 316) mentioned that it was
done in June.
Franklin's disbelief in the dangerous
character Of the experiment must have
received severe shock when he heard
of the death of G. w. Richmann, who,
in the year 1863, was killed by an cleo
trio discharge drawn from the clouds
by means of a kite. Mature.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
PRAYERS BEFORE BATTLE.
Curious Invocations by Famous Historfcs
Personages.

Personages.
One of the earliest records in history
of a prayer before battle is that OF Chill
deric. king of Gaul, a pagan, who before
going into battle at Zuelpich, some 4OO
wears after Christ, prayed to the God OF
the Christians to help him to victory.
His foe was Attila, king of the Huns,
end Childeric vowed if God would give
him the victory he would embrace the
Christian faith.
The prayer of Hungarian officer be-
fore one of the battles fought for the in
dependence of Hungary in 1849 was as
follows: 81 will not ask thee, Lord, to
help u.s. and know thou wilt not help
the Austrians, but if thou wilt sit on
wonder hill thou shalt not be ashamed
of thy children. - This was the prayer
of the Fighting Bishop" Leslie before
one of the battles fought in Ireland: 80
God, for our unworthiness we are not fit
to claim thy help, but if we are bad
our enemies are worse, and If thou seest
not meet to help US we pray thee help
them not, but stand thou neuter on this
Gay anu leave IL W tAlO al IL u eAO ANHAA'
The one offered before the battle OF
Edgehill by Sir Jacob Ashley was
'Thou knowest, o Lord, that I shall be
very busy this day, and if forget thee
forget thou not me- and then the COM
mand followed, "March on, boysP AS
King Edward advanced with his col
umns to Bannockburn he remarked to
his aids, seeing the Scotch on their
knees "See, they kneel. The rebels are
asking pardon" D'Umphraville was
heard to remark: eyes, but it is to the
King of kings. These men conquer or
die on this field.
Oliver Cromwell had public prayers
before going to battle on several occa-
sions-as, for instance, previous to the
battle of Dunbar. 1t is a curious fact
that the English prayer book contains
prayers, or at least one prayer, to be said
before going into action at sea, while
nothing is provided for use before en-
gagements On land. New York Herald.
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R9&!!A!!!!! pss !! :55::$
oct at All Governrne" 900
nlgMLatest " Absolutely Pure
TEMPORARY BLOOD SUBSTITUTE.
Why Saline Solution Is Injected Into the
Veins of Wounded Persons.

Why Saline Solution Is Injected Into the
Veins of Wounded Persons.
Occasionally in cases of serious
wounds where there has been great loss
of blood the published reports state
that "saline solution" was injected into
the veins to supply the deficiency. The
average reader, however, has very
vague if any idea how a solution OF
salt takes the place of blood.
Not to go into complete analysis OF
the blood, it is sufficient to note that of
1000 parts, $50. Is is composed OF wa
ter, albumen 65 parts, sodium and po-
tassium 1871, coloring matter (sup-
piled by the red blood corpusclesA 1873,
leaving only some ID parts to be COM
posed of fibrin, fat, calcium and mag
nesium, etc. Where there is serious loss
of blood a state Of collapse sets in, be-
cause the normal weight of blood being
reduced the hearts action is dimin-
ished, there being less resistance for
that organ to overcome.
To counterfeit the result of shock and
collapse it is necessary to stimulate the
heart by restoring the normal weight,
in other words to get it to work by CIV
ing it something to work on. AS the
analysis shows, Of 1000 parts ct blood
nearly 500 are composed of water and
sodium, and therefore plain saline
solution makes a good substitute. The
heart does not know the difference, and
it goes to pumping away as usual as
soon as this imitation blood gets in the
veins. The saline solution serves to tide
the patient over the danger point. AS
the food is converted into chyle, new
blood is formed, the red corpuscles are
supplied rapidly from the normal tissues,
and the saline solution is thrown off
through the secretions in the usual way.
Formerly TRANSMISSION of blood was
the means employed, but this always
Objectionable method has been supplant-
ed The greatest objection to the trans
fusion of blood from one person to an
other was that to supply the necessary
amount to restore the wounded patient
it was inevitable that the volunteer
should be almost as badly drained, so
that the physician would have two pa
tients on his hands where he had one.
Besides there was always the risk of
transfusing disease to the patient with
the others blood. Dogs and sheep have
been sacrificed to surgery for this pur-
pose, but most people prefer to use blood
of their own manufacture to any JIM
ported from beasts or their fellow crea-
lures. Louis Post Dispatch.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
Cold Treatment For Pneumonia

The local application of cold is now
common in pneumonia. Mortality rang
ing from 30 per cent to nothing is re-
corded for various methods of treatment,
while the natural recovery without
treatment has been found to be about
80 per cent. DIR. Mays of Philadelphia
reports 1876 cases treated by cold, with
S.5S per cent of deaths. 1t cannot be be-
heved that any treatment invariably
cures, and he regards this as by far the
most satisfactory. The action of the
cold consists in reducing the fever,
strengthening the pulse. toning up the
heart. diminishing the pain in the chest
and alleviating the difficulty in breath
ing.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CA.
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY

As mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole system
when enterfngit through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is ten fold to the good you
can pOssib bly, derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo, o., contains no mercury, and Is taken In.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall g
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t is
taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
f. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
Girdled bv a Railroad.

The American firm which finished
the connecting link of so miles in the
chain of railroads encircling the island
Of Jamaica performed a great. feat IN
engineering. The road runs entirely
through mountains and morass. It has
q tunnels, 1913 girder bridges, IS via
ducts and II tower bridges. 1t is said
that no such tremendous obstacles
were ever met by engineers in a 30 mile
stretch. The cost averaged more than
500 900 a mile.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
FROM GOAT TO BOAT.

Even the festive goat in this vernal sea
son has his field sport on the common with
a tin can or the but of log. From the
sport of the goat in the spring to the varied
sports of early and late summer. what q
world of amusement and what a
scene of muscular activity. In all these,
ever so helpful, from the bat in the ball
field to the oar of the boat and the clatter
of the turf, there comes in large amount
of penalty in the shape OF serious spralns
and troublesome bruises, but no man is
good athlete, nor does he develop well from!
such exercises without his full share OF
both. 1t is good thing, therefore, that
there is provided something which, if al
ways kept ready, is always ready to cure
promptly these sudden and painful mis-
haps. st. Jacobs Oil, without. question,
passes among all sportsmen as the thing to
have, par excellence, in all kinds OF sports Is
best cures of this nature, and the man who
would enjoy freely the summer sports
would be almost foolish not to keep bot
tie about him.
Would vo,, COLL RrOhs0n a fool? Fill
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
A Possible Explanation.

Why was st. Andrew selected to be
the patron saint Of Scotland? This ques
tion has exercised clerical and lay curl
osity, but has not been satisfactorily an
swered unless the explanation offered
by the archdeacon of Calcutta at din
ner which he attended ON st. Andrew s
day be confirmed as final "Gentlemen, !"
he said. 81 have given this difficult SUBJ
ject my thoughtful consideration, and
have come to the conclusion that st.
Andrew was chosen to be the patron
saint of Scotland because he discovered
the lad who had the loaves and fishes |"
London Telegraph.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
To Invest q Million In Irrigation.

R. M. Springer of Chicago is in
Pierre, S. D., on tour of the state
looking up the project of sinking arte-
sian wells for the purpose of leasing
the water for irrigation. He says the
projectors will put in 100000 or
more if favorable locations can be Sc
cpred
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MAKES PEOPLE WELL
Most Remarkable Rem
edy in the World.
Far Superior to Ordinary sarsapa.
riIIas, nsryinss or Bittsrs.
The True Medicine for Lost
Nervous Strength.
Without an Equal in Purifying and
Enriehing the Blood.
Great Cures Effected by Paine's
Celery Compound.
What Scientific Research
Has Accomplished.
Without an Equal in Purifying and
Enriching the Blood.
Great Cures Effected by Paine's
Celery Compound.
What Scientific Research
Has Accomplished.
Proved by Success Where All
Else Has Failed.

There is one true specific for diseases
arising from a debilitated nervous svs-
tenn. and that is the Paine's celery COM
pound go generally prescribed by physi-
clans. It is the most remarkable rem.
edy that the scientific research of this
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

country has produced.
Professor Edward f.
Phelps, M. D., LII.
D., of Dartmouth COL
lege, first prescribed
what is now known
the world over as
Paine's celery COM
pound, a positive cure
for dyspepsia, bilious
ness, liver complaint,
neuralgia, rh gu m a.
tisnn and kidnou
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

EITS.-An fits stopped free by DR.. KliDs's
arest Nerve RestOrer. No fits after the first
teys use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and q 90
trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline,
3S1 Arch st., Philadelphia. Pa.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
Not a Comic oner.. sure,v.

Jack the Ripper" is the subject of a
new opera about to be produced at We
roma, music and words by an Italian
named Gioma.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

Is bodily comfort. This unspeakable boon is
denied to many unfortunates for whose all
ments Hostetter's stomach Bitters is prompt
ly helpful remedy. The dyspeptic. the rheu-
matte, the nervous, persons troubled with bill
business or chills and fever, should lose no time
in avsiling themselves of this comprehensive
and genial medicine. 1t promotes appetite and
nightly slHmber
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

South Dakota employs 2.422 hands in
her factories, with s., esq., 48 worth OF
product.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

Riches without charity are nothing
worth. They are blessing only to him
who makes them blessing to others
Fielding.