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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
Mathews Hou.e.

Some years ago a San Francisco
banker maintained a country house
upon what were supposed to be en-
tirely original lines. 1t was, how
ever, a poor imitation of the estab-
lishment of Mr.. Mathew of Thomas
ton, Ireland, who lived in the ear
lier years of the last century. MI.
Mathew inherited an annual income
of about 1925, OO0. For many years
he lived abroad in a very frugal
manner in order to accumulate an
amount that would enable him to
indulge in a form of hospitality in
his W country in harmony with
the plan he had devised. His house
in Ireland might be compared in
size with a modern hotel. Each of
those he wanted to visit him had a
suit of apartments and ordered his
meals at the hour that best suited
him. He could eat alone or he
could invite others to join him. All
the visitors hunted, shot, fished.
played billiards or cards at will,
and all brought their own horses.
There was a regular bar where
drinks were served without stint.
Mr.. Mathew as host completely
effaced himself. He mingled with
his visitors as one whose stay was
as definitely fixed as theirs. In fact,
he conducted his house as if it were
a hotel, with the exception that all
was without charge. No servant
was allowed to accept a tip. Viola
ton of this rule was followed by
the instant dismissal of the offend
II. This establishment, unlike other
country houses of Ireland of the
period, was conducted with perfect
order and method and without
waste. His hospitality was lavish
and attracted to Mr.. Mathew all of
the more famous men Of the time.
The great sum that he had put aside
during his residence abroad enabled
him to indulge his hospitable in
stincts until he died New York
Sun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
The Man who Was "white.r

The only man to be seen on the one
single street of Prairie City as Tom
Haynes cantered in at sunrise one morn
ing on his broncho was a half starved
and wholly discouraged tenderfoot who
had slept out in the open and was jump
ing on his hat to get some feeling into
his legs. Tom pulled up before him
with a smile on his face and courteousiy
inquired:
"Stranger, mebbe We hev bin in this
town long huff to know the lay OF the
ground?"
81 reckon I hev," was the reply as
the man pointed to the spot where he
had rested for the night.
"And thar must be a place whar they
bury their dead, and ye could pint II
ont to me?'
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
Not So bad After All.

The great merchant came home at
night and sank into a chair. He was
the victim of some terrible misfortune,
and the wife of his bosom sought to
comfort and sustain him. Charles, I"
she said, perhaps it is not SO bad aft.
er ALL"
$50 bad? 1t is worse. I am utterly
ruined. l am bankrupt"
SIS it true?" replied the wife of his
bosom. "Then there is nothing to pre-
vent me and the girls going abroad this
summer I was afraid you would be
saying you couldn't afford it. "-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
SKETCHES BY M. QUAD
The Man with an Opinion.


All day long, as the stage rolled over
the plains of Kansas, one of the passen-
gers, who had the look of a schoolteach-
er, kept giving the rest of US his opin-
ion Of this or that. 1t was his opinion
that Kansas was pushed up from the
ocean bed; that the jack rabbit was de-
scended from the Kangaroo; that the
Indian had come from Peru, and that
alkali lands would grow .watermelons
from which brandy could be made. Ev-
cry ten minutes he led off with:
Gentlemen, I & don't want to put my
self forward, but it's my opinion
and so forth.
The thing got to be tiresome after
awhile, but he kept it up until we had
eaten supper at a stage station and were
waiting for the horses to be changed.
Then he had an opinion on some distant
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14

GOING TO Dor"
hills, another ON the river close at hand,
a third of a herd of cattle and a fourth
on a petrifaction which some one had
picked up. One Of the passengers on the
front seat was a little man who had
hardly opened his mouth all day long,
but all had noticed that ne was put out
by the man with an opinion. He had
stood it just as long as he could, and
when the opinion of the pe~trifaction
came he advanced upon the school
teacher and said:
i. "See here, my friend, there's one
thing you have forgotten today"
whats that?" was asked.
"To give your opinion ON this" con-
tinued the little man as he pulled his
gun and touched the others nose with
the muzzle.
"That, my dear sir" replied the
schoolteacher, without a wink; "that is
a species of deadly weapon termed a re-
volver. 1t was invented by Colonel
Colt, 1 believe"
"You know what it's for, do you?'
81 do, sir. 1t is a weapon Of offense
and defense. In the hands of a skillful
man it can. do great execution"
Have you any opinion as to what
I'm going to do?"
81 think l have. I think I've made
you tired and that you intend to shoot
me rather than hear any more of my
opinions. You needn't proceed to ex-
tremes, however, as it is my opinion
that I sha'n't open my mouth again un'
til we get to Deadwood."
"Sure you've got through"
81 know I have"
"Then there's no call to shoot"
1t was a further ride Of four hours t.
Deadwood, and the schoolteacher only
opened his mouth once to speak. Aftel
two hours of deepest silence he fishet
up a flask from his hind pocket ant
said:
Gentlemen, I have nc opinion OF
the subject, but 1 think some Of you ar
splitting cotton, and this stuff is war
ranted to make it easier"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
From His Point of View.

"Did you see the account of the new
submarine boat?"
eyes, but I didn't read it. 1t doesn't
interest me, you know"
"It certainly indicates extraordinary
progress"
"Of course, but in the wrong direc-
ton. Enough boats go down now.
What I want to see is one that is guar
anteed to stay p."-Chicago Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
Hard Luck.

Dusty Rhodes-Say, boss, can yer
prison?
Mr.. Touched-Ain't you the same
man that stopped me yesterday as a
sufferer from the Mississippi floods?
Dusty Rhodes-Yes, sir; I'm havin
an awful run o. hard luck. New York
Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
Wall of Severus.

The wall of Severus, separating
England from Scotland, was 36 miles
long and protected by 81 forts. 1t
was 20 feet high and "a feet thick
and 70 the north was protected by a
moat 40 feet wide and 20 feet deep.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
Lapse of Memory.

She-Did you bring me that COM
plexion powder?
He-Er-my dear, it slipped my
memory entirely.
She-And yet before we were married
you said my face was one no man could
orget.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
Lady Tennyson's Sisters.

Of Lady Tennyson's sisters, it was
the youngest of three daughters of
Henry Selwood who married Alfred
Tennyson's elder brother Charles,
who took the name of Turner from
an uncle. Lady Tennyson's other
sister married Charles Richard
Weld, author of 1.-The History Of the
Royal Society" and of many other
works. Lady Tennyson survived
| both of her sisters.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
An Acute Attack.

II don't see how Ledger can find
time for SO many secret societies.
"Well, what I don't understand is
how he finds time for his business. -
Detroit News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
The Old Order Changes.

The old Scots parliament decreed
that ''golf and football shall be ut
terly cryit dune" and today the
Scots parliament does not exist,
while football and golf have inner
tied the earth.-Edinburgh Dis
patch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14
Not an Authority,

Nagsby-Do you believe the entente
cordiale will last?
Jagsby-Don't know. I never drank
any.-Yellow Kid Magazine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14

fortunes that befalI a man in this
life and blessing the lucky chance
that led me to purchase a post
dated paper. London Tit Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-08-14

driving rain. Passing beneath the
light of a street lamp, a man &C.
costed me and begged for aims.
It was the man who had sold me
the post dated paper.
Full of curiosity, l took him into
a public house nea at hand, and,
having ordered some refreshment, I
turned to him.
do you remember" l asked,
~"selling me, six months ago, a post
dated paper giving the winner of
the International2"
perhaps I did," he answered.
1--WE sold lots of them"
Explain"
well you see, sir, it is this way:
There I a lot of fools in this world
and there is no fool like a sport
ing fool. A man can be persuaded
to back anything in a race. l had
a friend who had a printing press
and / hit upon the idea of printing
a paper to resemble The Evening
Moon, dating it a day in advance
and filling in the sporting column
with a few outside horses at long
| prices, Then / haunted the hotels
and drinking bars until l spotted
t my man, got into conversation with
him, put on a mysterious air and
t generally finished up with dispos
ing of a copy for half a sovereign
But how did you come to place
Blackfriar as the winner of the In
: ternational?"
I Pure luck, sir. pure luck.
knew no more about the horse thar
a babe unborn"
Giving the man a sovereign Tide
parted, rejecting upon the strang'
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
1 Lock Through South Missouri Free

The Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Memphis railroad company
has just issued a magnificent
book of sixty or more photo
engraved views of varied scenery
in South Missouri. From these
views an accurate knowledge can
be obtained as to the productions
and general topography of that
highly favored section that is
now attracting the attention of
home-seekers and investors the
country over.
The title of the book is "Snap
Shoes in South Missouri" 1t will
be mailed free. Address
j. E. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, Mo.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
Sleeping Car Service.

Nos mall sleepers
sonve also carries Nashville sleeper and the Cincinnati Sleeper
Asheville.
Nos 81 and So through seepe between Jacksonville
New York connection with and Is and with Pull
sleepers between Jacksonville and Tampa.
through Pullman
is brought Jacksonville q No
Nos through Pullman sleeper Jacksonville,
Orleans. .
Daily except Sunday This train does not Monday.
Sunday and Monday Connections at Tampa PEI
esburg, Manatce and West and Havana steamers
Steamer anatce all Ianatee River At Stare
Lacrosse. At Waldo Mercse Connects ITALIA
Marks Carrabelc
Catahoocece River st Ocala Homosassa.
All baggage will be checked from Union depot. Tickets
the city ticket Office, Hogan street, well
Union ticket Office. j. T. MARSHALL Ticket Agent,
Itr Hogan jacksonville,
r. w. CAMPBELL, WALTER @. COLEMAN,
Passenger Agent Gen. Travelling Agt., Jacksonville
y. S. PENNINGTON, a. o. MACDoNEII,
Traffic Manager Gen. Passenger Agt
DozrE., Ticket Agent, Ocala. Fla
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
To Cure a Cold i'm One ray

Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. CSC.
The Champion house is one
of the most popular boarding
houses in the city, especially so
for railroad men. Try it. a
gooL square meal for % cents.
Pleasant rooms. Cheap weekly
board. One block south OF the
Methodist church.
Mems shirts, zoe, 22c, 2Jc,
45c, 4Sc. The Racket.
Leave your orders for choice
groceries and bread at Nlrtiuot' 5
French Bakery.
Silk patterns for waists II
prices that will please YOU. G.
Rheinaucr's.
-Alapaca coats and vests at
III. b. Masters.
Only the lest meats and Ike
freshest produce At Edwards Eros.
Summer underwear in al
grades, at popular prices. David
son & VanEchop.
just try 4 10c. box of Casca.
rcts, the finest liver and bowcl
regulator ever made.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
SarsapariIla

The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81.
~, n:rr Do not purge. pain or
1OOQ $ HIliS grippe. All druggists. CSC.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31


-4c, +, bars 25c, LenoX soap
b st laundry soap made. Racket.
Buy LenoX soap once and you
will always buy it. &c, .. for 25c
at the Racket.
Court stenographer, Neal M.
Alfred is still in Tallahassee.
You ought to see the line of
night robes at Masters. Call in
before you purchase.
Remember those cool and
nice linen suits made to order at
j. j. Fuller'S will not shrink.
Try that superior lemon
phosphate at the Postoflicc. drug
store.
"A new line of picture mould
ings, big assortment just received
at f. E. Bugbee's bicycle store.
-Negligee shirts in all grades
and at modest prices. Davidson
& VanEchoD.
Silver Churn Butterine, good
as any bu ter, CSC. per pound at
Edwards Bros.
Edwards Bros, the leading
butchers, for anything in their
line.
Best one cent pencil on earth
at the Racket.
-"Bike" shoes, the l.. A. w.
kind at Davidson & VanEchop
The Rackct-Laces, 1c, &c, Sc,
&c, sc. Ice;
City scrip for sale. Apply to
G.. D. Massey. 5-1S-12t.
"A full line of ladies' muslin
underwear at G.. Rheinauer's.
Cedar churns only Csc; cedar
buckts, 12c, 15c, Goethe Racket
Ladies' all silk fancy parasols
at reduced prices. G.. Rheinauer's.
1000 yards of Pacific Mills
cheviottes, new stylish patterns
only sc yard. G. Rheinauer.
-Whitman's SuperextrG Can
dies and Chocolates just received
at Troxlcr's.
To RENT CHEAP.-A nice five
room house on South Second St.;
hot and cold water; nicely fin
ished, in the best of repairs. APP
ply to r T.. Yonge Jr.
-Martinot's French Bakery
for Best Bread and Cake. Free
delivery. Leave your orders.
"A complete stock of fresh
flower and garden seeds just re-
ccived by Martinot's French
Bakery.
"A complete stock of fresh
flower and garden seeds just re-
ceived by Martinot's French Bak
cry.
-Negligec shirts in all styles
and qualities at Masters.
S liver Canrl Butt rine a. Ed
ward Bros.
City scrip for sale. Apply 20
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31

The many patrons Of the
narrow guage barber shop will
find it few doors further south
in the Montezuma, where George
Williams, the proprietor, will be
pleased to see you.
Linen crash suits So each at
H. b. Masters.
If you want d cool coat and
vest, Masters can Git you out.
Masters has the newest de-
signs Of negligee shirts in town.
Cold Soda in all the flavors
at Troxler's.
Ice cream and ice cream soda
at the Anti-Monopoly drug store.
Edwards Bros, the leaders in
all kinds of market supplies.
Fish lines, 1c.; fish hooks, 10
for 1c.-The Racket.
Correct shapes in stylish
straw hats, so cents and upwards.
Davidson & VanEchop.
-Lenox soap, best laundry
soap on earth. The Racket.
Fine Florida pine apples at
Troxlers.
The Observation-Disclosures
&c, Sc, &c, sc, 1Oc, 15c.
We Keep q full line of fresh
garden and flower seeds NIarti-
not's French Bakery.
Buy your shirt waists ready
made at G.. Rheinauer's cheaper
than you can make them.
The newest thing in shoes and
the prettiest also, is d pair of
those So. green shoes for men at
Masters.
-Mason's fruit jars cheap
The Racket.
-Watermelons on ice at Lay
mons. No. s. Exposition street.
Anything in fancy groceries
and bakers goods can be had
from Martinot's French Bakery
Madras CLUB ties, the wash
kind, 10c, ; for Csc. Davidson &
VanEchop.
Linen coats and pants at
Masters.
Fine box paper, &C and 1Oc
worth double; 70 sheets paper
and IS envelopes, lOc; Is pens, sc:
best ink, Sc; ink pads, &c; lux
tablets, sc and ? for 5c.-The
Racket.
ga fit guaranteed. Black
or blue serge coats and vests,
made to order for $40. at J. J.
Fuller'S.
The Ocala Wagon Works did a
better business last week than for
many months past, so manager
Morgan informs us.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
EVERYBODY Saw So.

Caecarets Candy CaI'ariic. tie mos wcr-
derful medical discovery or Tire age. y cas-
ant and refreshing TO the taste, Ne: reutiy
and positively on kidneys. liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system. oiSpel colds,
and biliousnesS. Please buy and Try y box
OF G.. G. e. to-day; TO- -. 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed To cure b. all druggists.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31

ever. With the present reduced
price of electrical machinery we
could erect fine plant at a cost
of not over $4,000 and by supply
ing the mercantile houses with
light our city lights would cost
us little or nothing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
Bucklsn'S Arnica SalYe.

The best salvc in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped
hands, chilblains, corns, and all
skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect sat
lsfaction or money refunded
Price 25c. per box. For sale by
+. G.. Alworth & &c,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
NOTICE.

Free copies of the four issues
OF the Ocala Evening Star and
Ocala Weekly Star containing
the delinquent tax sale list for
1896 will be sent to all persons
who will send their postoflice ad-
dress to
j. c.. PORTER, Prop,
Ocala, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
q God

Blood is essential to health. Every nook
and corner of the system is reached
by the blood, and on it's quality the
condition of every organ depends. Good
blood means strong nerves, good diges-
ton, robust health. Impure blood means
scrofula, dyspepsia, rheumatism, catarrh
or other diseases. The surest way to
have good blood is to take Hoods
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31

By the terms of a notice sent
out last week to the patrons OF
the Electric Light Co, the street
lights will be turned off tonight
and the incandescent lights will
be turned off on June 10th. This
is a result of the refusal of the
city council to enter into a con-
tract with the company for
year or more. The city council
is willing to continue the lights
at the present price, 25 cents per
light per night from month to
month without contract until
such time as the vote of the peo-
pie shall order it otherwise. They
claim that if the present number
of lights at the prices asked by
the company was placed before
the people it would undoubtedly
be voted down and we would be
without any street lights. The
people as rule want the lights
more generally distributed over
the city and a much better quail
ity than we are now getting. The
matter of price Of course lies en-
tirely with the company. They
have the goods and of course have
the power to charge just what
they please. The council and the
people however are certainly JUS
titled in demanding a better quail
ity of lights. For more than a
year they have been promised
better street lights and still the
same Pickering, suffering lights
continue that is little better than
an ordinary gas light. No one
will deny the fact that we need
lights, but we need better lights
than we have been getting. The
price asked by the company is not
high for good lights but they are
certainly exhorbitant for the
lights we are getting. It seems
to us that to place a proposition
before the people to accept the
present lights at the price we are
now paying would only be waste
of time 1t would be voted down
by a large majority. If the COM
pany would cease it's idle threats
of tearing up stakes and leaving
the country and go to work and
show the people that it is capable
of giving us good street lights
there would be a much stronger
sentiment in favor of a long con-
tract. The city council is certain
~ justified in refusing to contract
for over 20 cents per light for the
present quality of street lights or
for even submitting the matter
to a vote Of the people unless
they be permitted to name price
in keeping with the quality. If
on our refusal to make a contract
the company removes the plant
let us begin at once the erection
of new plant to be owned and
operated by the city and in four
months we will be better off than
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-31
PLANT STEAMSHIP LIN

The steamship Florida has re-
suned service between Port Tam
pa and Mobile. sailing Oh he fol-
lowing -crecie;;e:
Nv. IT. Tampa Saturdays o:3o pm
Ar. Eiob;1e Mondays 500 an.
Lv. Mobile Tuesdays eco pm.
Ar. Pt. Tampa Thursdays 800 am.
The steamship Florida has supe-
ricr Accommodations for both first
and second class cabin passengers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
Haste In Courtship.

Among the many faults of the nine
teenth century is often reckoned haste.
The world, one says, is full OF hurry
and hustle Time is outrageously dear,
yet in the business of counting men are
marvels in patience and leisureliness
when compared to what they were IN
the middle ages. They liked then to
commence courtship by what is re-
gardedsnow as the next TO the last word
in it, "Will you marry me?" and they
had little use for preliminaries. Ii the
gentlewoman was wise and virtuous,
she, of course, knew Immediately what
to say, for she previously had been in
formed of her suitor's fortune, as he of
her dowry, and few minutes only were
necessary for the young people to see
whether they were mutually agreeable
or not Emily Stone in Lippincott's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
ri,e Dance Dictator.

The large private dances given IN
New York afford a means or livelihood
10 q number of women whose work does
not appear conspicuously in the results
as important as it really is. The lists or
many Of the hostesses that entertain I'M
this way are taken charge of by young
women who make a business Of sending.
out invitations, overlooking lists and
generally experimenting the entire dis
tribution of the invitatiors. This neces-i
states a revision of the names and the
omission &C all who happen to be no,
longer available for social entertain
ments from one cause or another. The
women who attend to work of this kind
relieve the hostess of all further respon-
sibility than the delivery to her OF the
invitations. This is a particular relief
TO the people in society who happen to
spend any considerable part of their
time in Europe and are unfamiliar with
the changes that take place In New
York. One young woman and her moth
er have for several years made very
good living out of work Of this kind,
and there are half dozen or more who
devote their time to it. At many OF the
large balls hostess never expects to
know personally all the people she in
vites. Some of them play no more i'm
portant part in her acquaintance than a
place ON her visiting list, and, that dis
tinction having once been gained, 1t is
likely to be secure until something very
serious happens. One of the duties OF
the women who make a business OF this
sort of thing is to see that invitations do
not go to people whose friends would be
grieved by the suggestion Of their at
tending a ball.-New York Sun.