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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
Gospel Meetings.

The various churches in cur
city were wei entertained y@ster-
day by tn. Christian church min
isters who have been attending
t1e c2nventioa. G1sp.l revival
meetings wils bcgia this evening
at the CHRISTIAN church and will be
held every afternoon at 3 and
evening at 7:3o during the week.
They will b. coadu>tsd by Rev.
z. B. Mseks, state evangelist, of
Tenn. Tae public Is cordially in
vited.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08

Mss Lura Thompson, of
Springfield, I'll, the eloquent lee
ture- aod state organizer Of for
eign missions, delivered an inter-
estir T address to a la1ge audience
at tie Methodist church last
night.
Mr.. Jake Brown, the populsr r
and enterprising erooer, ief- today
f2r DaYtona whsre he vii repre-
sent the Knights Of Honor l,dge
cf this city st the state conven-
lion that is bs;rg held at that
place this W. ek.
NoTIcE-Al persons indebted
10 the Evening Star Or Witness
job Office during my mananenaent
Of same, are requested TO make
imme late s>ttl; meut to F. r.
Carroll. A. L. HARDING.
). ". Davis, sshe city mar
ket, las today two.hurdred
pound quarter of western beef.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
Mayors Matinee.

There appeared before his honor
this morning one, Oscar Myers,
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly. He was fined S. and
cost and warned OF the danger Of
a second appearances. Two
women, Martha Morgan and Lula
Small for breach of the peace by
fghtiog, were faed S. and S and
costs respectively. Al parties
were colored.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
Presented With a Bicycle.

Miss III ona Hitler, the accom-
plished daughter Of Eluard Hill
Ter, of Fort King avenue, was pre-
sented last week with a Hartford
bicycle. She is now getting the
necessary number OF tumbles pre-
paratory to taking her place
among the expert riders of cur
city. She has one of the finest
wheels IN the country and in a
few weeks will BE one OF the best
cyclists in the city.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
Stolen.

From the Knights Of Pythias
hail during the past week. Three
lenses belonging to a lantern, any
perse n that can give any imforms :
ton that will lead to the recovery
OF the above. or to the party or
parties that stole the same will be
literally rewarded. Ocala Lodge
No. 70. h. of ?. wk.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
STATE OF OHIO, }
CITY OF TOLEDO, SIS.
IuvcAS COJINTy

STATE OF OHIO, }
CITY OF TOLEDO, SIS.
LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath
that he is the senior partner of the
firm of F. ]. CHENEY & Co., doing
business in the city of Toledo,
county and state aforesaid, and
that'said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrb
that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to and subscribed in my
presence this Oh day of Decem-
Der, A. D. 1886.
"A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials
free. +. J. CHENEY & Co,
Toledo, Ohio.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75-
Tire d, nervous and weak n en-
and women fnd new life, nerve
strength. vigor and vitality in
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which puri-
fes, enriches and visalizes the
blooi.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
Death Ct N. N. B0uiWaa.

NJ. NJ. w. 2oul van, aged u
sears, father Of Mrs. Milling. died
It tie home Of his daughter in
this ely at s o'c:ock Yesterday
morning Of Brisats' disease, after
several ve=ks' illness. The
toiy was bu'iel at 10 O'Clock this
a1orning in the eli cemetery.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
Tent Meetings.

w. P. B. Kinard is holding evan
galistlc revival services in the
large tent on Ft. King avenue.
The services are on the union Or
der and are TO be held through the
week. The hours are 10 a. m
and 7:3o p. n. Everyone is in
vited to attend.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08
F. c. & p. SCHEDULE.

Going north-Leave 0 ca'a II:y5
4. m. I:45 a ID; arrive Jacksonville
4:J5 p. IN. 7:35 2. m
Going south-Leave o. ala 1872
p n., 2:3o a. m; arrive Or)anco
AT p. m, $50 a m; arrive Tampa
$50 P. m;7:3o 4 m.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08

How many young men and
young women are cut off just as
the fu'ure seems brightest and full
est of promist Tney are taken
away by the disease which causes
over one-sixth Of Ill tee deaths in
the wcrlG-the disease which doc
tors call consumption. There is
absolutely no reason in the world
why consumption should be fatal
why it should be even serious. 1t
is disease Of the blood, and can
be cured absolutely and always by
purifying and enriching the blood.
The only exception to this is the
case where the disease has been
neglected and Improperly treated
until it is stronger than the body
until the body has become SO weak
as to have lost the ability to re-
cuperate. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will cure oS per
cent Of all cases Of consumption if
used according to directions. 1t
also cures all lingering coughs,
bronchial aud throat affections.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-03-08

Send 2I cents in oae cent
stamps to Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
and receive DR.. Pierce's 1908 page
common sense medical adviser, II.
lUstrated.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25
CHRISTMAS AND CHESS.
Fiction and Fact Concerning the Origin
of the Game.

The Oldest game known is associated
with the season we now designate as holi-
day week. According to the Brahmans,
chess was invented in the second age of the
world about the time of the shortest day
of the year, by the wife of Ravan, king of
Lauka, then capital of Ceylon, in order to
furnish him with amusement by an
imagery of war, it being supposed he was
personally unable to participate in its ex-
elements and dangers while his chief city
was closely beseiged by an enemy.
Similarly the Chinese annals relate that
an inventive mandarin, 1000 years ago,
while on military expedition-when the
sun shone the fewest hours-whose labori-
Gus effects undermined the endurance and
esprit de corps of his soldiers, devised the
game of chess as an exercise which would
at the same time not only amuse but in
spre them with martial ardor.
The oft told story of Paamedes is but
repetition of the mandarin anecdote, only
that he was then at the seige of Troy and
piesu'haply, Ha't many SPARE ihoiHtutS
dury those weary ten years. But it is
wholly impossible for chess either to have
had it's beginning in the manner purported
or to have been accepted enthusiastically
and ntelligently by a camp of ignorant,
barbarous soldiery. Like friendship, ii
must have been "a plant of slow growth"
and in its infancy represented the attacks
and strategems of two or three opposing
forces. These tales are fables-cr creation Of
the fancy while the veritabe history Of
the game may be divided into three epochs:
(1) That of the ancient Hindoo game called
chaturanga, which is coeval with the most
ancient period of Indian chronology and
extends to the beginning of the fifteenth
century; (2) that lasting but 100 years,
| ending in the sixteenth century, up to
which time the moves and powers of the
chessmen remained principally as in the
chaturanga, though the men were ranked
in two armies instead of in four and two
of the kings were transformed into queens;
| (3) the modern epoch in which the moves
of the queen and Of the bishop have been
greatly extended and the privilege and
The game has consequently undergone q
gradual improvement and extension as
skilled opponents have brought to bear
upon it their ingenuity and experience.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25
CHRISTMAS in ENGLAND.

fancy an English Christmas is too well
known to need much description. English
novels have described it fully, and the
English illustrated papers at Christmas
time give good idea of the festivities
Every one who has a country place goes
there for Christmas. There is generally a
large house party, and dancing and skating
help to pass the time. The houses and
churches are decorated with holly and
greens, and "mistletoe hangs on the castle
wall"
The tree is almost as universal an insti-
tuition in England as in Germany, and the
evening is given over to amusing the child
rem, who play blind mans buff, snap
dragon and hide and seek. The proverbial
English Christmas dinner always includes
roast beef and plum pudding. Every self
respecting Englishman goes to church on
Christmas morning and in some country
parishes the waits" still sing their carols
from house to house on Christmas eve.
In other respects it is kept very much as
the American Christmas. British Consul
in Chicago Tribune.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25
CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA.

The Russian Christmas is ten days later
than the English one, but is celebrated
very much in English fashion. Families
all meet upon that day and country house
parties are many The tree is Christmas
yew and is beautifully decorated The
gifts are placed on small tables near the
tree. The churches are decorated with
greens and so are the houses, hut no mis-
tletoe is used. Two or three days are
public holidays at Christmas time and the
people greet each other with "Happy feast
to you" A huge pyramid of rice, with
raisins in it, which has been blessed at the
church, is served at the Christmas dinner,
and the meats are goose, duck and sucking
pig. A great delicacy at Russian Christ
mas dinner is veal which has been fed
entirely upon milk for that special day.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25
CHRISTMAS AT DENMARK.

The tree is always lighted on Christmas
Eve in Denmark, and the family all meet
together then. The older people get their
presents on plate at their places at the
table, and the children's gifts are on the
tree. Roast goose is always the chief fea-
ture of the Christmas Eve dinner and a
dish Of rice is eaten on Christmas Eve be-
fore dinner is served. Apple fritters ale
eaten instead o! plum pudding. Christmas
Day itself is observed strictly as a religious
festival, but the day before and the day
after Christmas are holidays. The theaters
are open, and the young people give dances.
The little Danish children do not know
about Santa Claus. They have instead
what they call a Nissen, meaning a Christ
mas brownie in the shape of little old
man with large gray beard who is sup
posed to live under the ground. Another
Danish superstition is that at midnight
Christmas Eve the cows in the stable rise
and bow in salutation, and on Christmas
Eve young maidens tell their fortunes by
breaking the white of an egg into a glass
of water and watching the shapes it as
sumes.
"Glagelig JUL" is the Danish greeting
for 'Happy Christmas" -Selected.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25
FUNERAL OF FARRA.
The Former Cecil COuntlan Who Was
Murdered Laid to Rest.

The funeral services over George ID.
Farra, a former Cecil countian, who was
murdered on Tuesday night last, near Will
mington, were held on Sunday. They
were conducted by the Rev. DR.. Ezra
Tinker, assisted by the Rev j. d. e.
Hanna, at the home of the murdered mans
sister, No. 204 East Sixth street, Whining
ton. The house was crowded and the
street in front was blocked by hundreds of
people anxious to look at the body.
The crowd in the house became so large
that before the time for holding services
came the doors had to he closed. The
curious people tried to force thcmse>, $
into the house and would probably have
succeeded had it not heen for the police,
who drove them back.
The Rev Ezra Tinker took as his text,
'Be We also ready, in such an hour as we
think not, Son of Man cometh." During
his remarks he referred to the horrible
said that during the past week there were
four or five violent deaths, but that Of
FaIra, who died at the hands of an assassin,
was the saddest
Interment was made in Rivervew Gem
terry. A large crowd followed the carriages
to the cemetery
SUSPECT CAUGHT.
Harry Paxton, colored, who said that his
home was in Media, Pa, and who had
been acting suspiciously at Delaware City
late Sunday night, was arrested on the Pord,
ham farm, near that place, by Bailiff
Cleaver, who suspected that he was Charles
Thorn, wanted for the murder of George d.
Farra. He was taken to Middetown and
locked up. revolver and razor were
found on him, and Monday he was sent to
New Castle Jail for carrying concealed
weapons by Magistrate Money. Willard
Farra, son of the murdered man, accom- pan
led the officers to the Jail Monday after,
noon, hut Paxton was not identified as
Thorn Detective McVey went to Darby,
P,., NJ 'ndly afternoon to investigate the
report of a strange negro seen in that
neighborhood.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25

Why is it that one man is old and de-
crepid at Is, and another hale and hearty
at so? 1t depends on the care he takes OF
himself. Often a mans body gets out Of
repar-the trouble grows until it lays him
out in bed. Whenever man feels that he
is not as well as he ought to be, whenever
he is listless, without energy and without
vitality, whenever he finds he is losing
weight and that his ordinary work gives
him undue fatigue, he needs DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. If he keeps on
working with his liver inactive and his
blood impure-he keeps his nerves and his
body under a constant nervous strain. He
will not be hearty when he is old. The
Golden Medical Discovery" cures many
so called diseases because nearly all illness
springs from the same thing-bad digestion
and consequent impure blood. The ''Dis-
covery' makes the appetite good, the di-
geston strong, assimilation easy, and the
blood rich and pure.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25

Blow, hugles of battle, the marches Of peace!
rel cease.
Sing the song of great Joy that the angels
began.
Sing of glory to God and of good will to man.
Whittier.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25

Again at Christmas did we weave
The holly round the Christmas hearth.
The silent snow possessed the earth.
-Tennyson.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25
DECEMBER.
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 80.
PENINSULA NEWS.

The merchants of Wilmington have
taken steps to fight the trading stamp con-
Germs. A meeting will be held by num-
Der of merchants who will organize under
The object Of the Exchange will lie to have
the Legislature, at it's coming session, pass
law that will prevent trading stamp con-
Germs from operating in Delaware.
AS an inducement to still greater
eff ,rts for the success of the supper for the
benefit of st. Denis Church, Galena, Md,
to he given on the evenings of December
30 and 81. and January /, Father McManus
will present to the person selling the great
st number of tickets crayon of rar3
artistic merit of the Rt Rev. A. A Curtis,
d. d. Father McManus is acting upon
the suggestion of some of the prominent
tzens of Galena, and volunteers are being
llirly enrolled in the already spirited con-
est.
Mayor Boyd, of New Castle, has dis.
covered what he believes to be "fenc,'
tor the disposal of stolen goods in the Jail
at New Castle. He received word that
Eugene Burns, burglar, who is serving a
sentence in jail was holding rattle for a
watch. The rattle was to be conducted in
a store at New Castle, and the watch for
the prize had been secured by Burns.
Mayor Boyd Immediately forbid the rattle,
and started an investigation, which showed
that friends of the prisoners have been
using the men behind the bars as agents to
dispose of watches, which are supposed to
have been stolen. 1t has been found that
as many as three watches have been sold
within one week.
Maxwell Dukes, a farmer living in
Baltimore hundred, Sussex county, con-
siders himself the most lucky farmer in
that part of the State, as he has Just found
on his farm pot containing $500. While
cutting timber few days ago Dukes axe
struck some hard substance. which blunted
the sharp edge of the weapon. He started
to dig at the place and unearthed arge
stone, which he removed, and found al
iron pot beneath it. Dukes was not Ions
in digging out the iron pot, and found tina
it contained $500 in silver coins. 1t is
thought that the money was buried there
during the late war by the man who owned
the farm at that time. This man was sup
posed to have considerable money, ant
whom he died his heirs could not find it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25
COUNTY LIBRARIES.
Plans to Put Good Reading Matter With
in Reach of the People.

meeting of the committee OF the State
Teachers Association having in charge the
movement to secure the establishment of a
free public library in each county of the
State was held Saturday, at the Enoch
Pratt Free Library, Baltimore 1t was
proposed to ask the Legislature for the
passage Of an enabling act to permit the
counties to vote on the question of a special
tax to establish and maintain the libraries.
The plan is to have the library located at
the county town and managed so that its
contents can be circulated through the
county. Already considerable sentiment
in favor of the movement has been aroused
roughout the Slate, and the committee
has received the assurances of support from
number of leading educators.
Another bill which is to be submitted
to the Legislature appropriates 500 for
each county in the State as a nucleus for
the starting of fsee public library, and
provides for a commission of seven to have
general supervision. This commission is
to be composed of the State Librarian, Sec
rotary of the State Board of Education,
President of the State Teachers Associa-
ton and four others to be appointed by the
Governor.
The members of the committee who were
present at Saturdays meeting were, DR.
Bernard Steiner, DR.. Thomas Fell of An
napolis, Prof. f. B. Prettyman, principal
f. Raddatz of the Baltimore City College.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25

Christmas.
SS~
Heap on more wood,
The wind is chill.
But, let it whistle as it will.
Well keep our merry Christmas still
Walter Scott.
Lo! now is come our ioyful'st feast
Let every man be jolly.
Every room with ivy leaves is drest
And every post with holly.
-Withers.
For little children everywhere
A joyous season still we make.
We bring our precious gifts to them,
Even for the dear child Jesus sake.
Phoebe Cary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-25
TO ATLANTA AND NEW ORLEANS.

Be sure to call for ticket via the South
ern Railway. Two trains leave Broad
Street Station, daily, carrying through
sleeping cars.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
FREE CURE FOR MEN.
A Michigan Man Offers TO Send His
Discovery Free.
Claims TO he Bescfactor to Weak
ened Manisind.

There is always more or loss suspicion az
tached 20 anything that - offered free bnt
sometimes man sO Cy riioWs with generosity
that he cannot rest uull ms discovery -
known 90 the world, in order that ms Fellow
men may profit by what ne has discovered.
10 ~ upon this w~ncipal that resident OF
Kalamazoo Mich, desires 90 ma frco 10
pankind prescription which ~lll cure tnem
~ any form Of nervous debility relieves lheii
OF all the doubt and unccr tainty which such
men aie REGULARLY lahlc g and Restores the
organs TO natural size suu vigur. A ~ costs
nOtning % try the experiment., lt would seem
thai any man suffering wan the nervous
troubles that usually attHck men who never
stopped to realize what might be the hnal re-
sui ought TO OO deebly Interested IN rem
edy which will restore thcln 10 health, stro1gth
and vigor, without which they continue 20
1.-Two an existence of untold misery A. che
remedy nm question was the ~ sult on many
wears research as tO what combination would
bc pc ulinrly effective ia restoring To men the
strength they need ~ would seem that an
men suffering with auy fora of nervous weak
ness ought 10 write Tor such rene M once
a request 20 I'll. q. Olds Box 9S1, Kalamazoo,
Micn stating that you Hro not sending for
ths prescription out uf IDLE curiosity, out that
Won wish 20 maze use OF the medicine hv Civ
ing IL a trinl, viii bc answered promptly and
without evidence as 10 whore information
came from.
Tho prescription H. sent free. and although
some may wonder how Mr.. Olds can afford
To give away his discovery, there Is no doubt
about tho offer being genuine, Cut TINS out
and send 10 Mr.. Olds, 40 that he may know
how yor came To write him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20

! reasoned it all out in less time than
II takes To tell il. l went further.
decided instantly upon my course OF
action. and laid what plans were neces-
sary for my designs. The king. was
perhaps in danger. His abduction by
this muscular and strong-minded fc-
male, who probably. even now per-
sisted in believing him TO he her lawful
spouse, would render him an object
of ridicule. Kings have been forced
10 abdicate for less. During the short
time while l remained in power, 1
would be every inch king. L would
rescue Ernest Wilhelm from the ter
magant, and. at the same time, pre-
serve his secret. By doing so / would
best protect myself, for, if the story
came out no one would be in more
danger from his resentment than ].
For alone was privy TO his absurd mis-
fortune, and had. though inviting
~ and invoIuntarily, ascended the
throne from which he had been
snatched.
Hoffman now returned with the cat
nlogue of the new royal wardrobe. IL
was a good-sized pamphlet of dozen
pages, bound in strong board covers.
] took ii from him. opened il ard ran
1t over. Several pages were taken up
with robes and gowns and mantles APP
proprate to different state occasions
They did not take my fancy. There
were then several pages OF military uni
forms. masonic and other regalia. His
majesty must have belonged to every
military compar- and secret societv
IN Europe. would have none OF these.
either. What l wanted was good,
plain, business suit. Finally, i came
10 a page o. golf suits, and i chose one
Of brownish-gray mixture, with stock
ings of rattlesnakc design in black and
yellow. 1t was number IT'S, and bade
Gottfried bring IL for me.
..You will pardon me. your majesty,
for having to mention it, but by some
error in the arrangements. soSse mis-
take in the hour, your majesty's ward
robe for the present month was ordere~i
for four o'clock in the afternoon, and
Il will not arrive at the palace before
then"
! threw the catalogue at his head and
had the good fortune 10 strike him
squarely upon the nose with 1t. lie