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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-01
Music Sweet and Rare.

Miss Gamsby's pupils piano re-
cital given in the Ocala House
parlors last night was one of the
prettiest socia, affairs that our
people have witnessed for many
a day. A large number of rela-
tives and friends of the handsome
young girls and boys of Miss
Gamsby's class assembled in the
parlors and on the verandas to
witness the musical treat. Sid
ney Hitler acted as master of
ceremonies and took charge of
the flowers sent for the young
musicians. The corner behind
the piano was one great bank of
lovely boquets and as each pupil
left the instrument Sidney
marched forth and laid the floral
offerings at the feet of the fair
one, where there was a quick
scanning of cards to see who the
giver was. Miss Mona Hitler,
the charming daughter of Edward
Hitler won the gold medal as
holding the highest rank in the
senior class and Miss Irene Ben
jamin captured the silver medal
for the junior class. We have
not the space to go into detail
and mention each participant as
we should like and which> they
fully deserve. The following pro-
gram was carried out to the let
ter:
Duet-Trot de Cavalerie-Irene
and Rosalie Benjamin.
Solo-Last Idea-Angus Bird
sey.
Solo-A Maiden's Dream-Jo-
sic Hodge.
Solo-Martha-Nathan Peyser.
Duet-Sonatina = Hazel and
Mona Hitler.
Solo-Petitc Serenade-Irene
Benjamin.
Solo-Sonatina Op. So, No. q
Charlie Gray.
Solo-Premiere Mazurka-Ro-
sale Benjamin.
Duet--Redis Encore-Myra and
Angus Birdsey.
So!o-Tarantelle- Mary Ander-
son.
Solo-Last Hope-Gertie Pey-
ser.
Solo-Deuxieme Mazurka-Re-
becca Anderson.
Solo-Sonata Op. 2G-Mona
Hitler.
Solo-Scherzo Valse-Annie-
Eichelberger.
Duet Recommendations
ca and Mary Anderson.
Presentation OF Medals.
The execution of the difficult
pieces by small children in par
ticular was really remarkable.
To close ones eyes and listen to
the sweet strains of the intricate
music, it was hard to realize that
a little child was the author of
the music. One lady remarked
that Ocala was certainly a hot
bed of musicians.
Miss Gamsby is piano instruc-
tor of the very highest merit
and should feel great pride in the
excellency attained by her class.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-01

Base balls, soc, 15c and 81.
The standard league ball for 81.
regular price St5O at the Anti
Monopoly drug store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-01

II. G. Haycraft, travelling pas
senger agent for the Plant Sys-
tenn, is in town.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-01

Frank Anthony is assisting
Mr.. Martin at his news stand for
a few days.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-01

just in,-A new shipment of
yellow and rockingham ware.
The Racket.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
ABOUT THE RAILROADS.

For 5000 vacancies of all kinds on
the staff of the London & Northwestern
railway last year, there were $4,000 APP
plicants.
The b. & o. Southwestern has adopted
new specifications for section houses.
These structures are now being built
with slate roofs and cost about SOS
apiece. The slate roof is found to be a
preventive of fire from sparks.
At Birmingham, England, the pre-
sentation of purse of 100 guineas and
an address was made to Guard Jennes,
described as the greatest railway
traveller in the world. Jennes has
been in the employ of the Great Western
Railway company for 40 years and had
Travelled upward of 100000 miles.
Last year there were issued in the
United Kingdom little over oil, 100000
railway tickets, exclusive of season tick
cts and workmen's weekly tickets. 1t
is not easy to realize such a number.
If they had to be carried from London
to Edinburgh in a mass it would re-
quire 100 railway trucks, each carrying
ten tons.
The adoption Of the tonnage system
for freight trains on the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern has resulted in quite
saving in the cost of transportation.
General Superintendent Rawn states
that locomotives, under this system, are
pulling from two to seven more loaded
cars per train than ever before.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
A Tandem at Last.

Augustus was nice young man, in style
quite up to date;
Considered an authority in fashions new
and late;
And in the course of time he did as all
young men will do,
He met and loved a charming girl whose
name was Helen Drew.
Augustus had wheel, Of course. and often
went to ride:
He thought he was in Paradise with Helen
by his side.
Until one day his sweetheart said: "As
sure as I'm alive,
my wheel goes just as fast as yours, and
mines '95!''
Augustus nearly had At; how such things
must amaze!
This dreadful breach of etiquette would
haunt him all his daysl
And to his love that night he vowed, by
all his hopes of Heaven,
With her again he would not ride till she
bought 81.
Both lovers lost their temper, and some
bitter words were said
He swore she had no feeling, and she
wished that she were dead;
But finally they compromised, forgot their
words at random,
Got married, and exchanged their wheels
for a % tandem.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
FADS OF PRESIDENTS,


Gen. Grant was fond of fast driving,
and he had some notable trotters in
his stable during his two terms. In the
evening he would play Boston with some
OF his army chums. He cared little for
riding, and was rarely seen on horse
back in Washington.
President W. II. Harrison was not
much of an epicure. but he had great
fancy for doing the marketing for the
family. Every morning he would trudge
to the market place with basket on
his arm and return an hour later carry
ing 40 or so pounds of produce.
President Tyler had deep and abid-
ing love for the good American game of
poker. Surrounded by few chums he
spent many pleasant evenings drawing
to bobtail fushes, filling against four
aces and hosting the full houses, bluff
ing on deuces, bucking ante. The stakes
were invariably small, but history says
that he was bad loser.
George Washington was a great
sportsman. His greatest pleasure was
in following hounds, mounted on tip
toe hunter. He was an athlete in his
youth and his love of outdoor life con-
tinued to the day of his death. When
he was president his chief diversion was
horseback riding.
Thomas jefferson sought relief from
the cares of state in his love for music.
He was a clever performer on the violin
and whiled away many hours saving
away on his beloved fiddle. He had a
taste for mechanical inventions too, and
some of his happiest moments were
those spent in trying to evolve some
labor-saving device.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
FACTS AND FIGURES.

A merchant in Copenhagen was re.
Gently fined ten crowns for having used
the American flag as an advertising
medium.
The Nurnberg industrial exhibitors
report that they made 9,117 sales,
amounting in value to 1,ss1,769 marks,
and that they received s,s2s orders,
bringing in 1,5oo,017 marks.
Official statistics for 1896 of the seven
Australian colonies give their popula-
ton as being 4,323,171. Melbourne is
said to have lost AZ, 1856 inhabitants since
1891.
Queen Victoria in the 60 years Of her
Reign has had to do with II presidents
Of the United States. Martin Van Bu-
rem had been in Office three months
when she succeeded to the throne.
Seven dollars and half is all it costs
to knock down, beat and kick the ref.
cree In q football game in England,
when he decides against your side. That
was the fine recently imposed in a Lon
don police court.
The Empress Queen, the largest pad
die wheel steamer ahoat in British wa
ters, has been launched by the Fairfield
company for service between Liverpool
and the Isle of Man. She measures
1000 tons and will have engines of 10000
horse power.
Emile Arton has admitted shat he re-
ceived 100000 francs to use in lobby
ing for the Panama canal project, and
has handed the books containing the
account of his expenditures to NJ. lie
Poittevin, the Judge Construction in his
case.
thermometer was left near stove
in sleeping room at Dusseldorf recent
ly and the fumes from the mercury poi
soned two children so that their lives
were saved with difficulty. So says the
British Medical Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
IN MANY SUBJECTS.

r,S.rn ia moro snuff used in Boston
..<I, IN any other city in the United
States.
- each other, and not one of them
lives on vegetation.
A French chemist has invented blue
.oan which renders unnecessary the use
~ bluing in laundry work.
urs Susan Stewart, of Wichita, Kan,
80 full set of natural and perfect
18th. -. and her age is %.
lumber to the amount of 100000
,ouare feet was last year imported by
china, most of it from Oregon and
Washington.
The most valuable fur is that of the
Goa otter. A single skin of this animal
sometimes costs as much as thousand
dollars.
A farmer az Strangtield, Ont. while
splitting wood was struck in one eye
nv a splinter. and total blindness in
both eyes resulted.
The largest church edifce in the
world is St. Peters, in Rome; the small
est is a church ten feet square on the
Isle of Man.
A. A. Powell, of Cincinnati, weighs
272 pounds, and stands feet 2sz inches
IN his stockings. He wears No. IL
shoe and No. 10 glove.
Six monkeys in public menagerie
in Paris were lately seen smoking ciga-
rettes, to the horror of their keeper.
Five mischievous boys had supplied the
cigarettes.
Blotting paper was first made in this
country about 40 years ago. Before that
time our supply came from England,
and great many people used sand to
absorb the ink on their manuscripts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16

The late Father Stommel, of Doyles-
town, Pa, who died recently in Phila-
uelphia, was something of wag, and
many instances of his wit are told by
his friends. One of his neighbors, it is
related, who was not of the same faith
as the reverend gentleman, once pre-
sented him with a very pretty kitten,
being very emphatic in her avowal shat
II was good Catholic cat" A few
days later, when out for a walk, she
was hailed by Father Stommel after
this fashion: Mrs. B, thought
Gou told me the feline you gave me was
kgood Catholic cat. 1 beg to assure you
that you were mistaken. It is blue
stocking Presbyterian, and eats meat
on Friday!"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
THE GRAY MANS PATH.

across the chasm, forming a rude nat
ltral bridge. Few, however, would
care to attempt to pass over it; even
to pass under it is enough for the
nerves of most people.
From the natives of this wild coast
you will hear none of the quaint and
dainty fairy tales so often met with in
other parts of Ireland. 1t is not that
the people of the coast are less super
stitious but their legends are like
those of the old sea kings, awful and
terrifying in their character. Ghosts
rise from the waves in the pallid moon
light, stalk over the cliffs, and stand
upon those mysterious pillars of rock,
calling to each other. Then the fisher
men say: 1T thunders." And then, as
they believe, the Gray Man" issues
forth, and stalks in silence up his dark
and fearsome track.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
CARE FOR THE EYES.

Keep soap and dust out of the eyes.
Never read or use the eyes for fine
work during twilight.
When the eyes are weak sleep all that
is possible.
Shade the eyes from the full glare of
the sunlight.
Let the light come to your eyes from
one side or from above, not from in
front.
Have an abundance of good, steady
light for any work you may have on
hand.
Do not work In poor light, and avoid
glazing light, as it may be as bad as
too little light.
Do not use Pickering light for read
Ing or sewing. Use lamp with large
burner, and use good oil.
When the eyes are hot and heavy
battle them in cold or tepid water, and
do not confne them too closely to any
sort of work.
Whenever the eyes ache or are easily
fatigued use them as little as possible,
and look up frequently from the work
to rest them.
When reading hold the head erect and
at a distance from the light, and do not
bend the head over the needlework.
Avoid poorly-printed books with poor
paper and poor type, and do not read
when riding in cars or carriage, nor
when convalescent from protracted
illness, nor when the whole body is In
q weakened state.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
FRONT ELEVATION.

PKG; plates. 2x10; double floors, cedar
shingles, American glass, Georgia pine
finish, grilles between cased openings.
Two-coat plaster work; exterior
painting, three coats. The first story
is 10 feet; the second, 9h; basement,
feet. Cutters, downspouts, flashing and
hips are to be of galvanized iron. Art
glass is used in transoms of large Win
dows and composition carving in apex
of front gable. The doors are feet 8
inches by feet by 1ss inches. All
closets are to have three shelves and
case of drawers. The kitchen floor
is of maple and dining-room floor red
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
A SCIENTIFIC MEDLEY.

The largest mammoth found In the
Siberian ice fields measured II feet in
length and was ten feet high.
Taking it year in and year out, the
coolest hour of each "a is five o'clock in
the morning.
Some naturalists are of the opinion
that the whale was once land animal,
and that 1t was forced to take to water
as a means of protection.
The eye of the vulture is so construct
ed that it is high-power telescope,
enabling the bird to see objects at an
almost incredible distance.
Jupiter performs its journey round
the sun in a period of II years, 10 1-3
months. It's average rate of travel is
a trifle over eight miles second, less
than one-half of the earth's rate-1s
miles a second.
Three more small planets were, 1t ap-
pears, discovered by NJ. Charlois, of
Nice, on December 81, making, if all
recent announcements are verified, 20
discoveries for 1896, and total of 429.
Twenty years ago only 1859 we're known.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16

Perhaps few people know that our ma
tional air. Hail, Columbia" was orig
inally called 'Washington's March" and
was played for the first time on Tren-
ton bridge as Washington rode over it
on his way to be inaugurated at New
York; and during his administration it
was always played ON state occasions, or
whenever Washington appeared in the
box at the theater. twas composed by
Pfyles, the leader of the few violins
and drums that passed for the orchesr
ira. The air had martial ring that
caught the ear Of the multitude and
soon became very popular. When Ad-
ans was president, in moment of great
party excitement Judge Hopkinson
wrote and adapted to the music the ia
mousllnes of Hail, Columbia" Thence
forth it ceased to be known as wash
ington's March," and under it's present
name became the most stirring of ma
tional airs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Lots Of men might have been great
if they hadn't been too lazy.
A business man who plays checkers
before noon hasn't very much to do.
The young man who gets high wages
never wastes much time telling about
it.
Any fool can buy carving knife,
but 1t takes a wise man to carve correct
ly.
1t is mighty hard to hunt up the old
clothes you have thrown aside when
you were prosperous. - Washington
!Ia.) Democrat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
STAMPS AND COLLECTORS.

Newfoundland is to have u new issue
of stamps to consist of seven denomina-
tons.
England will not permit stamp cat
alogues TO contain illustrations of Eng.
lish stamps, but it does permit illus
trated albums made in Germany to be
sold in England. The stamp dealers
think this inconsistent. and SO it is.
An enterprising firm of Geneva litho-
graphers have been doing an excellent
business in counterfeiting stamps. Re.
Gently they had the audacity to attempt
to copyright these limitations, but the
Swiss government would not let them
go that far. ~
Some of the utterances in relation to
philately are very amusing. A writer
comments upon Auction sales OF stamps,
and objects vigorously to them on the
score that the prices realized are not up
to catalogue values. To-day" he saws,
solemnly, zone can buy almost any
stamp he wants at from one-half to
two-thirds of the catalogue price" 1t
would seem to be apparent that this is
proof that catalogue prices are too
high, but the Viter does not see it in
that light.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
FADS IN JEWELRY.


Abroad women are wearing bodices
made of cloth of gold and embroidered
In jewels.
There is demand for the peridot, the
dark, rich olive green color of which
affiliates we'll with diamonds.
There are attractive silver boxes made
especially for holding Irvine, elastic
bands, postage stamps, pens and pins.
A convenient combination is that
which includes silver handled scissors
and knife and folds up for the pocket in
fat case.
Glove boxes of antique patterns are
made in crushed morocco, and receive
their enrichment in applied silver de-
signs.
For golden weddings one has the
choice of golden tableware or gold
plated silver tableware. Favorite ar
ticles are bonbon spoons, coffee spoons
and sets, loving cups, vases and candle
sticls.-Jewelers' Circular.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
THE CULINARY ART.


The princess of Soubise invented the
soup now called after her, while the
princess of Condo gave her name to a
particular mode of serving breast of
mutton. The duchess of Mailly, wing
with her, invented a special way Of
dressing leg of the same animal.
Louise de la Valliere was skilled in the
culinary art.
Nine. de Maintenon became so
alarmed at the delight of Louis XIV.
over the breast of mutton La Condo
that she called in Pere la Chaise and
Pere Douillet, and the trio evolved the
duck au Douillet; this dish is famous in
history as the means of weaving the
susceptible monarch from Princess de
Condo to the triumphant Maintenon.
Some 200 or 300 years ago Italy led
in cooking and France laughed and
Knocked at the italian devotion to the
science of the kitchen. Then came days
in France when masters in the art of
cooking, such as Bechameil, serving
Louis the Magnificent. and Vatel, the
famous steward of Prince de Condo,
ruled over the dinner table, and great
ladies thought it no indignity to pre-
pare a favorite dish.
Moderation in manner of eating and
choice of food has not always charac-
terized men of history. Both Napoleon
1. and Carlyle are said to have ruined
their digestions and tempers by rapid
eating. On the other hand, the care
with which Gladstone partakes of the
viands set before him has been ac-
knowledged over and over again as one
of the greatest factors which has
worked to prolong his life,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
POINTED DARTS.

Some men are polite merely for bust
ness.
Anybody feels foolish when he can't
answer Bible questions.
A man may not own pocketbook,
and yet have lots of money.
A fellow with new gold watch cares
a good deal about what time it is.
A good many women enjoy telling
how they were once so sick that the
doctor gave them up.
Some folks wouldn't enjoy giving a
party if somebody didn't kick because
they were not invited.
When rich parents have girls who
can't get through the public schools,
they send them away to female
seminary. = Washington (Ia.) Demo
crat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16

inches and the basement floor is con-
GREETED. The front vestibule door
sash has beveled plate glass. There
is a white enameled sink in the
kitchen. Red pressed brick is used
for the chimney. Laundry, furnace
room, coal room and vegetable room
are in basement. The attic is foored
with pine flooring. There are sliding
doors between parlor and sitting-room,
and an entrance to basement from front
hall. The parlor wall and ceiling will
be of straw color. Sitting-room walls
and ceiling an old gold or ochre color;
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
GRAY MAYS PATH.
SuperstitiOns Associated with q
Singular Freak of Nature.

superstitiOns Associated with q
Singular Freak of Nature.
Near Ballycastle in Ireland, cleft
through the massive and precipitous
rocks which wall the coast, is an ex-
traordinary assure called "The Gray
Mans Path" Viewed either from land
OF sea, it is sight never to be forgot
ten. One could easily imagine that
some supernatural power had hewn for
itself private pathway through these
towering cliffs, so that it might at will
visit or summon the spirits of the
deep; it is a grewsome place, particu-
larly at night.
The passage is at first very narrow,
but widens somewhat below. It ex-
tends through . basaitic formation
and the rocks on either side have
something of the columnar structure
seen al the Giants causeway and at
Fingal's cave. At one point a mon
strous shaft of stone has fallen quite
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR.

dining-room walls and ceiling, purple
lake color; kitchen walls and ceiling,
light pea green; hall walls and ceiling,
maroon color; chambers, of various
tints to suit owner.
All hardware will be of good, sub
stantial kind. The entire house is
piped for gas and furnace. Electric
bells from front and rear doors.
All material used must be the very
best of it's respective kind. The con-
tractor must clear out all rooms and
leave the building all ready for occu-
pancy. GEORGE A W. KNIT.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
UVVOD95'99Vs9O0S
Hrt in Hrcbiteeture.
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This eight-room house with rubble-

This eight-room house with a rubble-
stone foundation will cost $1,000.
The size of the rooms is as follows:
Parlor, 13x1Sh feet; sitting-room, 12x
"A; dining-room. 1ohx12; kitchen, 1ox
12; chambers. 13x13h. 1Ox14, 11x12 and
sxs feet; pantry. ski; alcove, 7x1O, and
veranda, sx22 feet. The size of the
house upon the ground is 22x36 feet.
The framework is of balloon construc-
ton, covered with fence flooring, build
ing paper and 4-inch o. G. siding. The
joists are 2x1oi studding, ex4; rafterA.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
Negroes VINO TaIk Irish.

The Irish language still fingers In
the Bahamas, among the mixed de-
scendants of the Hibernian patriots
Danished by Cromwell to the West In
uies. One can occasionally bear, it Is
said, black sailors in the London docks,
VINO cannot speak word of English,
talking Irish to the old Irish apple
women whom they meet, and thus MAX
ing themselves Ineligible without .
tnowledge Of the Saxon tongue.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16

the form its beautiful curves and will
lowy grace; the Incompatible gift is
passing away from its possessor.
tits time. now to act; to arrest the
progress o2. the mischief-worker. 1t
matters not what the complaint is, it
Remember that DIR. Greene's Nerv
but the discovery of DIR. Greene, IS W
famous and successful specialist in {
long standing complaints, and that he
all cases free of charge, personally or
mch. 12-tf 1897.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16

Do Not Use Tobacco.

An authority advises against the use
of tobacco while awheel, stating that
chewing affects the circulating system,
smoking, especially cigarettes, affects
the heart and breathing, making one
short-winded. Concluding, he says: "A
cigarette smoker will find that it re-
quires more exertion for him to ride
a fine, well-geared, well-oiled machine
than it does a noncigarette smoker to
push an old-fashioned, rusty, out-of-
date bicycle"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
iayor's Wife Knls Herself.

E, N. c., July 2O.-Mrs. w. ].
fe OF ex-Mayor Cooke of this
committed suicide at her home
e was Miss Minnie Lyme of
> Ky, and was married to
} less than a year ago.