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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-09-09
CAMp5El.l vs.. CAMPBELL.
0c@la Not Dead, Bat Keeping Right
Up with the PrOcessiOn-Gris
And Other Hills i'm Plenty.


Editor O;ala star:
y person would imagine from
reading the article in the Ocala
Banner Of last week written by
my namesake and friend, Major
e. w. Campbell of Campobello
Plantation, that all the business
Of Ocaia was about to be trans
fcrred to Citra because an enter
prisjng firm styling them selves
the Oriental Mills, had esta blished
y griat mill ao that point, and l
want TO join my esteemed friend
iu sagIuG God speed to the new
enterprise, but while saying nice
thing, about the new mill which
steps in for business, it is wrong
Lo leave the impression upon the
public that Ocala is mot in it" in
tbe grist mill business, and that
Cltra is the only place in Marion
county where corn can be ground,
cotton seed crushed, cotton
@inncd, etc.
Major c. w. Campbell says
''OCaIa must be up and stirring or
She may regret it. Prosperity
won't come by waiting for it; you
must go after it,
Wei, well, let us analyze that
proposition along the line that he
sets up, and see if the major act
cd wisely in writing such an arti-
Gle to the Banner, and if
the Banner used good judg-
nent in printing the same to be
read by the large number of non
resident subscribers they claim
TO carry on their list.
| Icannot reply to Major Camp
bell in the tlowery style he is so
apt in using because am not sur
rounded by pleasant, poetical
fields Of verdant grass and the
melodious sounds from waving
pines and oaks, but l have few
facts "up my sleeve" that will do
Ocala more good by letting the
world know it than to complain
because Mr.. Taylor is without a
boiling cloth at his grist mill.
Ocala IS up and stirring on the
grist mill question, meal, cotton
seed, cotton ginning, etc, and /
regret our erstwhlle friend has
been dreaming all this time and
did not discover the fact.
Ocaia is alive with grist mills;
you can't go around the corner
without falling into one, and am
glad to know that the grist mill
fever has become infectious, and
spread TO our thriving little coun-
ty town of Cltra, and | hope the
Oriental Mills will prove a finan-
Cial success and be the fou ndation
OF other enterprises to follow in
its wake at Cltra. | am loyal in
my devotion to Marion count y
and Jealous of the interest of both
Ocala and Marion county, but the
impression should not so out how
ever that there is only one mill in
the county, when | can point tC
SIX III Ocala alone, and | don't
know how many more at other
points in the county besides the
one at Cltr2.
Ny friend Major has dug up not
a hornets nest, but a nest ol
grist mills, and | will try to point
out a few to him:
There is Taylor's mill, Hay
goods mill, Fausett's mill, Giles
mill, L. w. Mann's mill ant
Browns mill. How is that fol
grinding corn, my dear Major:
think with this array OF mills, we
could have a hog killing time with
corn dodgers for dressing on tht
side.
Now what do these mills do
In connection with Taylor's mil
we find a splendid equipment fol
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-09-09

The finest line of candies just
received at Whaley's.
, 1897-11-26
WHALE HUNTING.
First American Whaier Was Accused Of
Sorc-ry-valuabie Catches.


The whale fisheries pursued for MANY
years with great profit to the wLalers Of
Massachusetts, and Long Island are now
but a shadow of their former proportions.
Forty years ago nearly 600 whaling ves-
sells sailed from New Bedford, Mass,
and returned with oil and w%halebone
worth nearly $1,000. 600. Whale oil
then sold for $40 a gallon and whale
bone was wcrth So Il pound. Now that
the whaling grounds have been denuded
of their riches, the docks of New Bed
ford are almost deserted of whalers. for
few fishermen are hardy enough to ven
ture into antarctic waters, where the
remnants of formerly vast schools Of
whales fled for security.
The whaling industry is one of the
oldest i'll America. 1t was established
i'll 100. 1t reached its most profitable
period ?N years later. Since 1860 it has
been decreasing in Importance and profit.
Today it adds very little to the wealth
of New Bedford.
\. writer in The Fishing Gazette says:
zone William Hamilton was the first
person who killed whales on the New
England coast. He was born in Scotland
i'll 1913 and, coming to this country in
the early part of his life, took up his
residence at Cape Cod, where he was
prosecuted by the inhabitants for killing
whales us one who dealt with evil spir-
its. Whaling was aftcrward carried on
by IA Mr.. Paddock, who went To Nan
tuckct about the middle Of 1850 for the
purpose of instructing the English i'll
the art If whaling i'll boats from the
shore. which business continued good
and profitable till til" year 1860, when
it diminished i'll consequence" OF the
scarcit, of whales. In IT'S whales were
pursued on the ocean in small slOopS
and schooners Of from 30 to 80 tons.
The blubber was brought home and
tried or boiled in try houses. \ few
years later vessels Of larger burden We're
employed and the oil boiled out i'll try
works at sea.
'Thc most valuable catch ever made
by a whalcship WAS that of the Onward,
Captain Allen. which arrived III New
Bedford after Il II months cruise with
a cargo worth over $4,000, of which
tllc Cdptilu ) snare "uS SDb. WV. lNt
total value of the whole product of the
whales brought into New Bedford dur
ing the - years for which Il record has
been kept is more thnn $lI. 700, 600.
eth" average ship, carr tlng crew
of 80 hands, used to cost about 81, 900.
The ships Were owned by companies,
which supplied provisions and clothing
and all the n"CrSSaries of the voyage
and advanced certain sums Of money for
the captain and his crew to leave for
the support of their families while they
We're away. No waves We're paid to
either the officers on the sailors, but
each had his share in the proceeds Of
the voyage, and the balance was divided
among the stockholders when they re-
turned. The captains and mates were
hardy New EnglandCrs. but the crew.
We're mostly Portuguese from the Cana
ry, Madeira and -AZorc islands,
, 1897-11-26
A Crusl,er,

An amusing story is told Of the crown
princess of Italy, who excited so much
interest during her recent visit to Lon
don. The Montenegro royal family is
one of the Oldest in Europe, but also one
Of the poorest, and the court is not large.
Vixen Princess Helene arrived i'll Rome,
IA distinguished lady in waiting tried to
p%atrouiZe her, but the crown princess
effectually put II stop to this at once.
''Your royal highneSs must find the
court life a great change. The etiquette
and stiffness mast be very novel to your
royal highngss," vas the remark made.
hut the princess replied, with sang froid,
''On the contrary. l think it is wonder
full how well things are done at court
Notwithstanding it is SO very new. y
Exchange.
, 1897-11-26

The whole economy of nature would
undergo a startling change if water
never troze. The worlds climates would
be revolutlonlzed The icebound polar
seas would cease to exercise their chill
ing influences. and consequently the
currents of the ocean might either cease
or be turned aside III different direc-
tons.
Thus the gulf stream would seek 9th.
climate there might be subject to the
extremes of heat and cold noticeable in
other countries of the same latitude.
The icebound rivers of the north, not
ably those of Russia and Siberia, would
be open for navigation, and Kussia's
activity as a sea power and Il CONNER
cial nation might alter the whole world
of commerce
Canada would become another coun-
try altogether. An immense tract of land
would be available for %cultivating hardy
plants, and Greenland might be what
its name indicates. The absence of ice
bergs off the coasts of Newfoundland
and Iceland would result in Il much
warmer climate i'll those islands, where
now the crops often fail
Ice. too. plays al important part in
the economy OF nature. Thus. if water
never froze, SHOW. hail and hoar frost
would cease. The loosening of soils and
the disintegration of rocks by the frost
and many other nov vital effects would
lp lost In short fhr nhSpDrn IF ica
would be on the one hand an incalcul-
able disaster, on the other hand Il great
boon. -Loud0n Globe.
, 1897-11-26

IA days journey, as tho expression
is used i'll the Scripture, means from
10 to 20 miles The sabbath days
Journey" frequently mentioned III the
Bible, was 1000 PAGES. or about three
quarters of a mile The Jews were for.
hidden to travel farther than this dis.
lance on their Sabbath, but'Often evaded
the prohibition by taking Il small guam
tity Of food and burylns 1t III the ground
aJ the required distance from their
homes. whereby this spot became tech.
nically IL habitutlon, and they could
proceed from II another Sabbath days
Journey on their way
, 1897-11-26
FAMILY DEPUTIES.
How They Were Once Settled by Fair
Fight In Court.

How They Were Once Settled by Fair
Fight In Court.
In some parts of Germany. when the
relations of husband and wife become
strained, so to speak-in other words,
when each returning day gives birth tt
new squabblcs and the mans hand is
as ready as the woman's tongue-the
couple were brought before the magis-
tratc, who, after listening to rccrimina-
lions, ordered them to prepare for the
ordeal by battle. The man was placed
i'll a cask, which was then nearly filled
with sand, 50 that he was covered up to
the waist. In some towns u pit was
kept handy for the purpose, just as the
ducking stool was kept OF Bankside, or.
posite st. Paul's. When he was thus
half buried. the man received a short
stick for his right hand, while his lcii
hand was tied up across his chest. He
was thus one armed and could only de
liver his blows ii his opponent calne
near enough
The lady put on Il Inca garment. the
right sleeve of which was heightened.
In the end was tied up II stone. Tie
sleeve projected about Il inches beyond
her hand. She had thus a formidable
weapon but in order to use it she had
to get close to the enemy Now observe
the situation and the chances. If she
succeeded in bringing the stone down
upon her husbands head, she might
knock him scnseless; she might even
brain him, but in order to do so she
would expose herself to the full blow Of
his stick. The battle might, in fact, he
settled by Il single assault. But mark
the craftinesS of man. 1t was better to
make a woman ridiculous than to knock
her silly. Tie husband, therefore, il he
was u philosopher, did not try to hit
his wife; he wurdcd her blows with his
stick. He tried to catch the sleeve upon
his stick hen the s.onc flew round and
round and the lady was caught. She
could not move, and the victorious hus-
band dragged her unwilling head first
into his ask.-Londuu Queen.
, 1897-11-26

Williston Palmer is the name of a
white man against whom there arc sen
fences Of 2O9 years i'll the Georgia pcni-
Tertiary. Palmer was originally sent up
for II years from south Georgia for bur
slary. Shortly afterward. while work
ing in the mines of Dade county, he at
tempted, with other cunvicts, to escape.
md in the melee that followed he killed
two of the guards. He was tried some
time ago f.. the killing of the first
guard and got 50 years. He was then
put Oh trial for the killing of the other
mar and got 80 years more.-Exchange.
, 1897-11-26

A perfect face of a delicate Jewish
cast was discovered in Il small stone
about is large around as a 10 cent piece
found lyin, on the railroad grade near
Junction City, Ore. Not only are the
brow, hair beard and beautiful aquiline
nose perfectly shaped and distinct OH
the stone, but the neck aud shoulders
are vignet;cd off into the delicate agate
like traccry OF the background as it
would have been done by an artist.
Not only is the face as delicately beau
tiful i'll line as II stamped upon a
Greek CON of the reign of Alexander.
but i'll this stone are reproduced the col
ors of life. The face is white, with IA
blending of flesh tones, growing deeper
i'll the shadows of TIM neck and Shout
ders The hair in the dark shadow at
the back is a rich auburn, Just the color
associated most often with the ~ascctic
Jewish type to which the whole face
belongs. 1t Is perhaps the St"angest part
of this extraordinary coincidence Of
ferns that each feature, from the cav
ernous eye and delicate followed cheek
to the high. narrow brow and wayy
auburn hair. is i'll accord with Il famil-
lar type of the Christ. LII this respect
the Oregon stone Is infinitely superior
as a work of natures art to the ''Stonc
Man of Sorrows about which Il bUOk
was published III London. This head,
i'll Il stone IL little larger than the recent
discovery. was picked up at Oberam-
mUrsau as II mere casual mcmcnto of the
spot, because of its associations with the
passion play, and eight years afterward.
being held III a certain position, was
seen to reveal the face that was some
what sentimentally supposed to rcscm-
bic the face of Christ. Boston Tran
script
, 1897-11-26
ELEVEN HANDS OF POKER
They Ought 10 Have Won Every Time.
but Didn't

oNsHt ~ law won Livery Time
but Didn't.
It's the b~2wildcring uncertainties Of
the great game Of poker thar make il &,
popular with most Americans. systcms
and the law Of average do not seem 10
Obtain as inuch il the play of this game
as they do Ill most other gar:cs Of charc,
and skill. This point never was more
strlklnsly illustrated than it was one
night not long ago in the short space Of
half an hour.
Inc game Is Il regular institution on
ut OF the late suburban trains ont os
new YORK. The first stop that is made
ny tins train is exactly 80 minutes after
the train leaves New York. The game
always starts on time, and the cards arc
gathered up IL the players jump OF
usually as the train begins to get head
way after the first stop.
This explanation is necessary to fully
appreciate the array of hands that makes
the real point of this story. One p!av,r
with Il good memory held in the -
minutes play the following hands, with
these results:
-Four aceS-wOn,u of course.
Five full on aces-bcatcu.
One fiuSh-beatcn.
One straight-beatcn.
Three a~ccs-bcatcu.
-Four sets Of aces up-alI beaten.
Three sCygns-bpattu.
Queens uP-wOn.
Jacks up-wUn.
Tens up-wOn.
Mines up on fUurs-bcaten.
In this really remarkable collection
OF ii hands only 1 Of them were win
ners, and yet the man who held them
says that he amt out even. He got
scared on his five full and on his ilusl.
and just called. He lost considerable On
his three aces, but he won more on his
queens up that he held only once than
he did on his four aces. His Jacks up
netted him Lore than any other hand.
for he had them pat and played them -
Oh the opening Of Il fat jack pot.
The five full was beaten by Il ten full
and the flush was beaten by Il queen
full. None of the other men i'll the gam"
thought that his hand was especially
strong or weak. and it would be expect
ed naturally that the array Of hands
given above would quit the game CON
siderably TO the good if one did not
know that most Of them We're beatcn.-
New York Press.
, 1897-11-26

For most aches of the head the hot
water bag is a good friend, but when
the face has the flush and the eyes show
q peculiar look which tell of II congest-
i've headache then heat i'll that neigh
borhood is insupIortable. Instead of
this apply cold, If ycu have no ice bag,
fill your hot water bag pretty full Of ice
water, put i'll pieces of ice as large as
will pass the mot til and lay this at the
back of TIE patients neck. Applied to
the armpits and wrists, ice often affords
great relief to the SUI.
, 1897-11-26
MAKING READY FOR A RUN.


GroOiird as u Race Horse.
Cumming the Fast Express is the
title of an article by George Ethclbert
Walsh i'll It. Nicholas. Mr.. Walsh says:
The engineer comes down to his post
of duty nearly IN hour before his train
is scheduled to leave. III might long in
the roundlousr the engine has been
carefully watched; wiper las spent
the whole night rubbing down the pant
ing. snorting iron horse until every rod
and cylinder shines like gold or silver;
the banked 1ire has been kept going, so
that a little steam has been always in
the boxes, and before he left at night
the fireman put everything in perfect
order inside the cab. The fireman APP
pears first in the morning and inSpccts
the work Of the roundhousc men, and
if any part is not satisfactory he makes
it so. The engineer makes his inspection
after the fireman and thoroughly and
carefully examines every part. All the
bearings are thun oiled, ana the oil cups
are filled with oil. Next the engine is
run on: of tie roundhUuse and tpSt'd
Fifteen minutes before the time to start
the engine is coupled to the train. and
the steam and airbrakes are tested.
No race horse was ever brought to his
post better tiIrd for running the cOursc
than is the locomotive of the fast en-
press. In addition to the tests already
made. IL mechanic goes from wheel to
wheel, and upon every one strikes Il
sharp, Resembling blow to ascertain if
the wheel and axle are sound. Nuts and
, 1897-11-26
,t,pDut;H

me through car service to Denver,
Kansas City. Omaha. Chicago, st. Louis
and other eastern cities, via the UNION
PACIFIC and connections. Is unexcelled
by any other line.
The equipment consists OF Pullman
and Tourist Sleepers, Chair Cars, Din
ing Cars, Buffet, Library and Smoking
Carr.
For tickets, time tables and oh < In
formation call On
O. CLARK. Agent
, 1897-11-26
A Great Authority on Evolution.

There is Il sketch of "A Great Natu-
ralist, the late Edward Drinker Cope,
i'll The Century 1t is written by Henry
Fairfield Osborn Professor Osborn says:
His pioneer exploration came early III
the age Of Darwilllsm. when missing
links not only i'll the human ancestry,
but III the greater Chain of ~backboned
animals. were at the highest premium.
Thus he was fortunate III recording the
discovery in northwestern New Mexico
of by far the oldest quadrupcds known,
i'll finding among these the most vcner
able monkey, III describing to the world
hundreds of llnks-in fact, whole chains
OF descent between the most ancient
q%uadrupeds and what we please to call
the higher types. especially the horses,
camcls, tapirs. dogs and cats. He Labor
ed successfully to connect the reptiles
with the amphiblans, and the latter
with the fishes. and was rs quick rs Il
flash to detect III the paper of another
author the oversight of some long
sought link which he had been await
ing Thus in losing him we nave lost
our ablest and most discerning critic.
No one has made such profuse and over
whelmlng demonstration of the actual
historical working OF the laws of evolu-
ton, his popular reputation perhaps
resting most widely upon his practical
and speculative studies i'll evolution.
, 1897-11-26
ALBANY LODGE No : I q O r.

ALBANY LODGE NO. I. /. o. o. F.
Merls every Wednesday evening in l..
usO. o. f. hall. J. S. Netelsr. ". G..
IDuis SodsTsir0m, Secretary.
. WIuIING ENCAMPMENT NO. /. |.
.. o. +. MeG.s first anu third Thursday
evenings in l. o. f. hall.
VIM. johnson. c. p.
John Eek Scribe.
LARAMIE R2BEKAIl LODGE NO.
Thursday evenings in l. o. o. f. hail.
Harriet Dawbcr. Noble Grand.
Kittie Kinnear, Secretary.
WASHINGTON CAMP NO. /, p. o.
5. of \. Meets secoud and fourth We'd
nesday evenings in G. y. II. hail.
f. w. Lee. Pres.
C>rieti Duwney. Il. >.
WASATCH TRIBE NO. =, /. o. of X.
NJ Mee,s first and third Monday even
ings 10 |. .. o. +. hail
John Gilbert. S.
Paul Bath. G. Of r.
CUSTER POST NO. l. G. A. R.
Meets second and fourth Monday even
Ing+ in q. \. X. hall.
l.. S. Bartlett. +. C..
T.. c. Holiday, Adjutunt.
CUSTER CORPS NO. 20. W. r. c.
Meets first and third Monday evenings
"A G. A. r. hall.
Mary E. IngersolI, President.
Mrs. Anna B. Holiday, Secretary.
LARAMIE LODGD NJ. !. A. o. U.
W.-Mee!s every Monday evening in A.
D.. L. w. hall. l.. ". Overmpu, NJ. W.
{. W. Bussard, Recorder.
GEM CITY LODGE NO. 10, A. o. U.
" Meets second and fourth Monday
evenings in | o. o. F. hall
J. J. McCutrheon, N. W.
f. D. Spafford, Recorder.
LARAMIE HIVE NO. 4. L. o. +. NJ.
Meets second and fourth Tuesday even>
inSs III |. o. O. +. hail.
Mrs. w. X. Secord, Com.
Mrs. Mary Buck. X. X.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION NO.
1903. b.. of l.. E.-Meets every Saturday
evening in &. A. X. hall.
VIM. NOttage, Chief ENGINEER.
q. w. DeFOrest, First Assistant.
GEM OF THE ROCKIES LODGE NO.
10, G.. |. A. to the b. of l.. D.-Meets first
and third Thursday afternoon In G. A.
r.. hall.
Mrs. George Harris, President.
Mrs. J. W. Costin, Secretary.
II. w. BANTER, JR., LODGE NO. 81,
B.. OF X. r. T.-Meets first and third
Wednesday evenings in G. A. R. hall.
J. j. Storey, Master.
WIN. Mathcson, Secretary.
BLACK HILLS LODGE NO. sc. B. OF
l.. F.-Meets first and third Friday even
ings in A. o. U. w. hall.
e. ]. Johnson, Master.
G. F. Deckelman, Secretary.
, 1897-11-26

The Republican has received the nm
st catalogue Of society address cards
aver published and invites those desir-
ng anything in that line to call and
rNsmine 1t before ordering. Every 90
ciety is represented In the list and many
fine designs for ball programs are
oown. This catalogue is from the eel
eprated house Of Milton H. Smith, OF
Rochester, N. Y. A new process called
silk lends Q beautiful finish to the
work OF this Justly celebr1ted concern.
, 1897-11-26

Poor old Munnyrich! With one leg
in the grave.
"Yes, but his young wife is pulling
v%aliantly ut the other one. Indian
apolis journal
, 1897-11-26

Any wife says she saw the lights
all burning in your house as she came
home from the ball Mt 3 O'Clock in the
morning. She thought it Il little strange.
B.-A little strange? 1t was Il little
stranger.-London Tit Bits.
, 1897-11-26

Dad-You are IL regular rolling stone,
my sou. Did you know that u rolling
stone never gathers any moss:
Son-iss, but the rolling stone would
like to raise u little dust Just now, dad,
for a change. Boston Courier.
, 1897-11-26

The one who will be found in trial
capable of great acts of love is ever the
one who is doing considerable small
ones. i. w. Robertson.
, 1897-11-26

On June ~, 1855. upward of 2, 400
salmon were taken above the bridge in
the river Tyne and sold i'll Newcastle
at Id. md ! Lad. per pound.
, 1897-11-26

The tailors in Paris make clothes "a
rAuglais lin English fashion,, and
he London tailors "a la Franchise lin
trench fashion).
, 1897-11-26
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, 1897-11-26
SECRET

w. G. I. U.-LAramle Lodge meets the
second and fourth Thursdays OF eacu
mouth, At 2:3U p. III. IL the reading room.
c. NJ. Simpson, President.
Annu d. Holiday, Secretary.
, 1897-11-26

CACTUS LOYAL ORANGE LODGE
40. 232-MeeLs first and third Saturday
evenings in /. o. o. +. hall
d. A. Jones, W. NJ.
David McCnllaSh, Secreury.
, 1897-11-26

PILOT CAMP NO. As WooImeD OF
he World. Meels first and third
Friday evenings. in l. o. o. f. hall.
w. E. Archibald, c. Z.
n I. Rpnpar CIark
, 1897-11-26

Most of the canal barges in the south
of England are worried by IN