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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20
KILLED A MAD DOG.

I. A. lancey had an encounter
with a mad dog yesterday morning
near the slaughter pens. The ami
NAL tried to bite him and succeed
ed in biting his horse in the nose.
After firing six shots at the dog he
was killed. The dog was probably
not full fedged mad dog, but
just out of temper.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20

A local item in a Jefferson City
paper, suggesting that working
girls be uniformed to distinguish
them from their society sisters,
has raised a little sheol around the
ears of the editor. An editor who
would make snCh a suggested de
serves all the criticism the genuine
men and women may choose to
make Labor is dignifed and
honorable, and if a distinction is to
be made between the girl who
works and the girl who does not,
the uniform should be placed on
the latter to denote that she is a
parasite on that large industrial
class who have made the country
what it is. This is a country of
workers, and therein lies its great
ness. Labor in the United States
is honorable, and common sense
has made it dignified and respect
ed. The old countries of Europe
may initiate royalty and fawn at
the feet of wealth and position, but
such condition will not obtain in
this country long without endar
gering the life of our government
The working people constitute 90
per cent of our population, and if
there is a designation to be made
in dress the snobs and toadies
should be branded and ostracised.
Roscoe Niblack was called to
Lake City Saturday t. ftt end the
funeral of lis brother, who died
there Friday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20

NI n >oIld" VI lIS w IlIlldSOC-
chez Lumber Company arrived in
the city yesterday and will remain
with his family for some time.
Lost from the truck in going to
the fire at MART the other night,
one of the rubber buckets. Please
return to the station.
Mrs. G. +. Williams has been
quite ill for week, but under the
skilful treatment Of DR.. Thompson
is now improving.
w. Z. Sinclair, who has been
staying a month at the mines near
Newberry, came down to the city
Saturday.
Rev. !. G. Porter returned from
Tampa and Inverness today. He
preached at the latter place yester-
day.
w. NJ Brooks of Floral City,
one of Citrus countys heavy phos-
phate dealers, is at The Ocala.
Will Hooker, our bright young
legal light, has returned from a
business trip to Icesburg.
The Plant System Pay car was
in the city today and the railroad
men were ali made happy.
Mrs. J. B. Carlisle is quite sick
at her home in the southeastern
portion of the city.
We noticed great many
strange faces at the different
churches last night.
M. A. Richie of Savannah, a
popular knight of the grip, was in
town over Sunday.
Should you fail to set the STAR
notify us and we will see that it
comes regularly.
w. l.. Vaun of Florence was in
town yesterday, registered at the
: Montezuma.
w. w. Clyatt and wife have re-
turned FROM a visit to relatives at
Cotton Plant.
The worlds population II
creases at the rate of l per cent
per annum.
Jas. +. Knapp Of New York is
among the late arrivals at The
OCala.
ID. L, Sternberger of Savannah
is in town and is stopping at The
Ocala
Chickens and ducks at Constans.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20
LOST.

Tuesday, Jan. ii, fancy work
ed center piece with table cloth at
tached, embroidered in strawberry.
Was lost between Capt. Finch S
and Capt McConnell's. The
finder Will be suitably rewarded if
the article is left at Martin & Nc
ConnelS or the Merchants Na-
tional Bank. 2S
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

Sereral days ago little girl of
J, w. Duggans, in the southwest
portion of the city, found some
cartridges of large callber which
her father had placed on the man
tel, and dropped one into the fire
1t exploded and burned the child
quite painfully, setting fire to the
bedclothes, in the room.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20
IN TIE NEAR FUTURE.

The members of the Catholic
church will give, some time in the
near future. concert composed of
their we'll known talent. There
will be vocal and instrumental
solos and duets, and many attract
i've features. 1t will be remem-
bered that their last concert was
pronounced to be second to none
ever produced in the city, ...-
We hope that they will meet
with good success, as the church is
badly IN need of money.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20

invitations are out Tor the mar
-riage Of Morgan c. Looney of this
city to Miss Bertha Nelson of 3o5
Trade street, Charlotte, n. c., at
the residence of the parents of the
bride elect, on Tuesday morning.
Jan. 2S, at Q o'clock. Mr.. Looney
is clerk in the dry goods depart
ment of c. Rheinauer & Bros
store and is very popular in this
city.
Ten nice hardwood stained
suites, good as new. Make d Sc
lection before they arc gone At
J. A. Plttman & Cos.
Mrs. G.. r. Burt Of Homosassa
was in the city Saturday. Mrs.
Burt has built a home on her island
"Beulah Land" on the St. Mar
tins river, one mile from Capt.
Wheeler's, and across the river
and opposite Capt. Richardson S
place, "Paradise."
The many friends of George c.
Davis, formerly collector for the
Merchants National Bank of this
city, will be panied to hear that he
has gone almost totally blind. He
is staying with his mother in Jack
sonville.
The latest in the way of an &C
ceptable newspaper mention is a
"roast" instead of puff. Then
everybody reads it to see what the
poor fellow has done. He knows
it wasn't paid for and is glad it
wasn't himself.
The pupils in the primary de
partment of our public schools are
thoroughly in love with their
teachers and their methods, and
the little ones are learning very
rapidly.
r. A. Burford and wife will give
"a "salmagundi party" at their
hospitable home on Fort King
avenue Tuesday evening, Jan. Fl,
al pm, in honor of the Misses
Murphree and Miss Brightman.
Eugene Oberdorfer and wife Of
Atlanta arrived in the city yes ter
day and are visiting Mrs. Ober-
dorfer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Israe'.
Maurice Richie left today for the
mines near Newberry and will re-
turn tonight.
w. T.. Wendt went TO Jackson
vile yesterday on important bust
ness.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20
ANNOUNCEMENT. I.

Prof. K. l.. Northcott will opo n
his Dancing Academy at Ocala
Rifles Armory on Monday even
ing, Jan. 20, 1896, at 8 o'clock.
Gentlemen and ladies' classes on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings from to 10. Children,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
afternoons from $50 to $50.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20
LOCAL TIME CARD, +. c. & p.
sou I'll BOUND.

SOUTH BOUND.
Train leaving Ocala 2:I3 pm.
Arrive Tampa 600 pm, Orlan-
do Jas am.
NORTH BOUND.
Train leaving Ocala II:o4 am.
arrives at Jacksonville $40 pm.
Leaving Ocala zig am. arrives
at Jacksonville us am. =
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-01-20

M A. Shaw of the \Nithlacoc-
chee Lumber Company arrived in
the city yesterday and will remain
with his family for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03

the act Of teaching his young son the
elementary principles in the manly art of
self-defense, while the mother looked be-
nignly on. None of the family seemed to
be in the least put out by the sudden
flashing of the bulls eyes, but when the
little chap got in short-arm jab square
on his fathers chin the old gentleman cid
not appear to relish the idea of being HUI
INFLATED thus before strangers, and he de-
livered his son and heir a clout behind the
ear that sent him sprawling and whimper-
ing to the grass.
The lantern light made the alligators
uneasy and excited. There was an intense
stiffness around their pool before the light
was made to glimmer upon its surface,
and all of them were undoubtedly sound
asleep. But there was a great splashing
and tumbling of Shiny bodies at the first
ray of light, and nearly all of them instant
ly rolled off the stony platform into the
water.
Those fellows instinctively seek safety
in the water when there is artificial light
around" explained Mr.. Blackburn. Down
in Florida, where these came from, alli-
gators are generally hunted by the light
of torches, and, although nearly every
one OF these alligators was born in cap
tivity, guess traditions bearing upon the
matter Of safety have been handed down
to them in some old way, SO that they
take to the water when they catch the
flicker Of yellow light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
An Enterprising Peach Grower.
From Forest and Garden.

The great Hale peach orchard, in Georgia,
covers LOIS acres, 600 of which are in
bearing trees, and the remainder in nursery
stock. There are avenues running north
and south through the orchard 500 feet
apart, with a cross road every LOCO feet.
There are two large packing houses 100
feet long and 40 feet wide and two stories
high. and a lodging house or hotel has Just
been built for the help. Last year some 400
helpers camped in barns. wagons, tents,
etc. At picking time about 500 men and
women. chiefly colored. and IS horses and
mules, are employed, while 80 men and 80
mules are employed the year round. At
the lodging house rooms and beds are free,
and board costs $3.50 week, while fami-
lies and parties can furnish their own food
and have it cooked for themselves, if they
choose This year the curculio alta cked
the peaches, and Mr.. Hale waged prompt
war upon the insects. jarring the trees and
catching the insects in sheets tackled to
light semicircular hoop frames. Two of
these were brought together about tree,
which was struck by a rubber-padded club,
and the insects which dropped were then
thrown into buckets and carried by boys to
burned with the stung fruit which dropped
with them. Fifty men were busy for near
ly two months. from early April onward, at
this work, which cost $4,000. But while In
other orchards from 60 to &c per cent Of the
fruit was lost. ard in some orchards the
entire crop. the Hale orchard alone had a
full crop, and many Of the trees were so
overloaded that they required severe thin
ming by hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
MckINLEY'S EDUCATION
fouthfuI Trials md Triumphs of the
Presidential Candidate.

T. " Smalley I'm the Review Of Reviews
10 Poland Seminary came ambitious
young men and young women from the
helenborlng farms, eager for the book
iedrning or the schools, and believing that
lis possession would open broad highways
10 success In life. Some engaged rooms
and board at the rate of s. week and
others reduced this very modest cost of
living by taking rooms alone and eating the
Vlctuals sent In to them weekly by their
parents None of these bright young peo-
pie felt that they were poor. They were
All accustomed to the close economies OF
the farm life of that period. and were not
In the least ashamed of them The richest
man In Poland at that time was not worth
slo.ooo. A man with 5000 worth of prom
erty and no debts was thought to be well
on Mrs. Mckinley helped out the narrow
income OF the family by taking boarders
ana herself did the cooking with the helm
or her girls. Young Mckinley was an ar
cent student. 1t was his mothers ambi
ioIi' as Wen as his own. that he should go
through college and then study law but
whether this aim could be accompIished
was always rather doubtful The father
was frugal, Industrious and self-denying.
put ne had a large family to provide for.
ana ms earnings We're small. William dij
what he could to help out the family in
come by one sort of work and another in
vacation times. At one time it was almost
decided that the plan for his education
must be abandoned. but his elder sister.
annie, came TO the rescue with the money
she mad saved as a school teacher AT
seventeen he left the seminary, so well ad-
Nanced In his studies that he was able to
enter the Junior class in Allegheny College,
at MeadNille, Pa. Illness obliged him 10
return home during his first college year.
however, and the way was not clear finan-
cially for going back. so he taught a conn
try school in district near Poland the
next winter. The little school house is stiIl
standing-a wooden box, with door and
two windows in front, three windows on
each side, and in the rear a dead wall
against which the boys toss their balls In
his study years Mckinley was very fond
OF mathematics, but for Latin he cared lit
tie. although he always passed his examin-
atoms creditably. In the colleges and acad-
amies at that time mathematics, grammar
and the dead languages constituted pretty
much the whole stock of instruction He
showed no fondness for the debates of the
literary societies or the orations of the reg
ular Saturday school exercises, but he was
known as a good essay writer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
Pay Of English Orgnnists,
rom the New York Sun.

from the New York Sun.
The average pay Of an organist in Eng
land appears to be only $ a week, II the
computations Of a certain English musical
critic are to be relied on. but it is said
that places at this compensation are go
much In demand that there Is not likely to
be any increase in the remuneration. In
Italy the pay is comparatively greater and
the opportunities for outside employment
are more frequent. A cathedral in small
Italian town offers the organist the sum
of $3.50 annually, and for this he Is ex-
pected to play for at least two services
every day and spend some Of his spare
time in teaching the children in the church
school. Three hundred dollars Is the SAL
airy which an English church advertises for
an organist for a daily service. Some Of
the churches in towns of average size pay
only $500. and others offer as little as SlO0.
The best Of the English salaries are those
paid at the cathedrels, and sometimes
residence Is furnished also. These pla cos
are worth from s.. 900 to s., 400 year, and
are scarce.
In comparison with the pay Of good Or
GaDists here these salaries seem absurdly
small. and 1t Is a curious thingAthat Eng
land should compensate it's church mus
clans at lower rate than Italy. The
actual figures may not be lower than the
Italian salaries. but the cost Of living 10
30 much less in Italy that tho pay there
L. proportionately highsa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
from end to end Of their cages when the
bull s-eyes We're flashed upon them. It was
We have been with you a yearl

from end to end of their cages when the
bull's-eyes were flashed upon them. It was
in keeping with their well-known reputation
that they seemed to fear the light, and re-
treated to the far corners of their dens.
their lips drawn back from their wicked
teeth. 80
They sleep pretty heavily all day. said
Mr.. Blackburn, land often growl ansrily
when they are awakened to eat during the
feeding hours of the day. But we don't
make point of pampering hyenas. They're
a bad lot APPROPRIATIONS and treacherous
from the, day of their BIRTH
With the exception Of the owls them
selves. the owl monkeys are the most con
f1rmed daylight sleepers at the Zoo. They
were found ehattering hilar!ously In their
the wrath Of the notwithstanding monkeys
in the adjoining cage over the incessant
noise they kept up.
I'VE have to keep the owl monkeys sep
head keeper explained. simply on account
of their sleeping customs. 1t Is Impossible
for them to sleep at night, and 1t Is just as
impossible for them to keep decently quiet
during these wakeful hours of night. If
they were kept In the same cages with
the other monkeys, and made all of this
racket they would not last two minutes.
The monkeys that want to do their sleep
ing at night would give the owl monkeys
afY instant and eternal quietus. The owl
monkeys seem to know this and they take
a ''mischievoas delight in uniting in these
horrible midnight screeches, solely to gloat
over the impotent anger and disgust OF the
night sleepers. The beauty of the thing
is that they have the bulge on the situa-
ton. for they sleep SO heavily themselves
during the day that the deliberate efforts
of the other monkeys to wake them up
are all in vain. They have to be prodded
at. eating hours. and. as soon as they eat.
they Immediately subside into dead
snooze again." so -..---
Refused to Be Awakened.
Evil as the grizzly bear Is in his waking
hours, He takes a good many chances in
order to enjoy good sleep, and his sleep
is as profound as that Of q human being
ina cataleptlc trance. Lucifer. the colos-
sal Yellowstone Park grizzly. was in
the midst Of one of his famous sleep
ing acts when the head keeper and The
Star man got around to his den, ana 70
may be asleep yet, for all the writer knows
to the cor trary. He absolutely declined
to be awakened, despite objurgations and
prods. ard the glare OF. the two bull s-eye
lanterns full in his closed eyes only SEEM
ed to intensity the depth and ponderosity
of his sno, es. It required the most solemn
assurances on the Daft OF Head Keeper
Blackburn to convince The Star man that
this skri5kly swaS hot .engaged IN his, an
be 5erfeetly safe ana practicable for a
rabbit af q chjpqpnlto walk up to this
sluggish go pound grizzly while he slept
and chew of both Of his ears.
The arnladtllos are peculiar sleepers.
Persons who have forgotten the natural
history Of their school days. and who have
visited the Zoo, will remember them as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
!, III MI nMl MNQENO0T9G S2S=928 9TH,
AOOAdHVAAA NHOHzU\AQ 40 700 k SITS.

the small, ball-lke, shell-hacked creatures,
with pointed shouts, that possess such
great modesty in the matter Of exhibiting
themselves that they have an ostrich-l like
trick of burying their heads out Of sight
in dark corners. When the lantern bear
ers got around to a small concrete floored
den the head keeper pointed to a pile of
hay about two feet high and said There
are the armadillos" AS there was moth
ing but the little mound of hay in sight
and no movement within It, The Star man
thought that he was being '.jollied.''
Mr.. Blackburn reached down and skim
med c # thin layer of hay from the top Of
the heap. and there were the armadilos,
lying In a burch, or rather like eggs pack
ed in sawdust. Buried together in this
fashion, there was no apparent method by
which these shy little fellows could breathe,
but they appeared to be quite comfortable
and rather seemed to enjoy the hand-fond-
ling bestowed upon them by the head
keeper. The armadillos are burrowers and
as no dirt boxes have as yet been pro-
vided for them to burrow in, they philo-
sophically accept hay as a substitute.
Annoyed by the Coyotes.
The buffaloes and elk were found to be
sound asleep. Mr.. Blackburn says that
these amir ais observe about the same rules
with regard to sleep are followed by
human beings, only these especial animals
are good deal annoyed during their hours
Of slumber by the bowling Of the coyotes
in the adjacent Enclosure. These coyotes
set up a terrific wailing at every blow of
the night watchman'S whistle, and pande-
monfum reigns around their patch Of
ground several times a night. The thing
happened cnce during The Star reporters
visit. The lanterns seemed to incite them
to the mournful bowling which. aside from
cowardice. is their chief characteristic.
They had no sooner got under way with
these distressing cries before the wolves
and dogs in the adjoining Enclosures Joined
in the chorus. The serenade was neither
musical nor inspiring. and the young bull
buffalo which recently gored his COM
panon to death. sprang to his feet, rush
ed angrily to the bars Of his den, and
glareS into the coyotes acre.
The beautiful llamas Of the Andes were
found. the entire nine of them, with their
canlel-like heads close together, sleeping in
perfect amity and contentment, while a
short distance away the four South Ameri-
can beavers, with fine large mounds of
good, clean burrowing dirt in their den,
and lot of other accommoda tons, such
as respectable beavers would naturally be
thought to appreciate, were Quarreling
fiercely among themselves. Their wrang-
disapproval by the raccoons from the tall
cottonwood tree, in the branches of which
the latter perch, sleep and have their be-
ing
As n Scrnppef.
The kangaroos-father, mother and SON.
seemed to be quite skittish, considering the
time Of night. The father was trained by
circus people as "scrapper," and is said
to hold the title Of champion kangaroo mid
dle-weight Of the world. He was found in
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Won II Continuance With His Teeth
From the Chicago Times Herald.
A small group of lawyers in one of the
offices of the Ashland Block were dis
cussing old times one day last week when
one of them related a story Of exper-
fence of his early days at the bar.
He was an attorney in case in southern
Illinois In which an Egyptian was charged
with stealing mule. The young lawyer
was arguing for a continuance. At the con-
clusion of what he considered a particu-
larry forcible plea, however, the Judge
promptly overruled the motion and in
structed the states attorney to read the
indictment. The attorney tumbled over all
the legal papers and law books in sight,
but was unable to unearth the document
and the case was therefore parforce con-
tirred until the next session of the grand
jury, which did not begin until the fol-
lowing fall. The day following the ad-
jcGrnment of the case the attorney for the
state st met the other lawyer and said to him:
Il know what became of that Indictment.
l remember I saw you biting and chewing
small sections of a long piece Of paper
which you held in your hand during the
argument to the court After adjournment
l picked up several of these slips and iden-
tilted them as pieces Of the Indictment. I
have heard of people eating their own
words. but never Of one man eating an
other mans words"
The statement of the district attorney
was found to be correct. the young lawyer
III his extreme nervousness having DESTROY
ed the missing document. He made pro-
fuse apologies to the couyt, and was let
eff with a mild reprimand, but could not
help feeling an inward satisfaction, since
ne had accomplished with his teeth what
ne had failed to encompass with his tongue.
When the case came up for trial in the fall
he had so mustered his forces that he won
without difficulty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03

Wrtnfers Jna cfee fifffe se8oof
master Of ooosrfistns), saps:
il is efaim.o for f8e n9as9tnston
Star, ano proBa8fp fruf8tuffp
efaimso, f8af no offer newspaper
IN f8e oosinfrp goes into 50 farse
q percentage Of off f6e 8ouses
wifein a raotus Of ftoenfp mites
from f8e office Of publication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03

The junk Alta has arrived at San Diego
from lower California with Professor f, A.
Anthony, who went there in the interest
Of the Smithsonian Institution. He brings
back a great quantity of shells, MOSES and
sea flora, ard natural history specimens,
many Of them entirely new to naturalists.