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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-01-18
"A, '''s pLANT SYSTEM For F,,a All
Schedule in effect Dec. 20, 1896
Arrival and Departure of Trains at Ocala, Fla.

Train leaving Ocala I35pm Gainesville and High
Springs Sold Train Without Change making direct
ton at Wycross with Pullman Sleeping Cars for New York
Pullman Seepers for Macon Atlanta Chattanooga and Nashville
also for Montgomery Birmingham Nashville and St Louis with
change connecting with Pullman Sleeper for Louis
ve Cincinnati MemDhis Kansas City and all principal points
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-01-18

Between
AsheviHe
Mountain
tDailyexcept Sunday. +Daiy except Monday.
Tampa for ST. Petersburg
River
for al points At Starke Lacrosse
Waldo Meroe Tallahassee
Apaachicola Junction Chattahoochee
At Ocala for Ecmosassa.
All baggage will be checked from Union Depot Tickets still sold
city Office Hogan veil Union
Depot ticket Office. J. + MARSHALL, Ticket Agent
West Bay ST, Cor. Hogan, Jacksonville, Fla.
R w. CAMPBELL, WALTER O. COLEMAN,
Passenger Agent, General Travelling Agent, Jacksonville
N S. PENNINGTON, A. D. MACDoNELL7
Traffic Manager General Passenger Agent.
John DozIER Ticket Agent, Ocala, Fla
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-01-18

These time tables show tie times which trains lie expected
and depart from the several stations but their arrival and
departure stated
bold itself responsible for any delay consequences arising
herefrcu
I'D RAINIER, Assistant General Passenger Agent
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T shop from the Ocala house to
: Montazuma where he will be
eased to serve his many Gus
ners. Keeps only the very
st BARRIERS and guarantees per
It satisfaction to all call at his
ICE. He also ask thu patronage
the travelling public.
Pretty styles in dancing shoes
Rowelrs.
The Rack e5, lamps, IS and
:; mirrors, zoe, CSC, soc, 4oc, 50
i Csc; handkerchiefs 3 for Joe;
ms drawers, I6c; coffee mills
T; slop buckets, 80 and $50;
nblers 6 for 2oc; table plates 0c;
ma pie plates, &C; china oatmeal
hes, &c; china cup and saucer
!; large yellowware, p and CSC;
ssWare, 5 and I3c; II lead pencils
:ents.
o1of. Northcott's dancing acad-
Y for ladies ard children Tues
IS, Thursdays and Saturdays,
aTnoon from 3 70 5. Gentlemen,
ndays, Wednesdays ard Friday
nings from s to 10.
concentrated, distilled, ex,
ct witch hazel a. the Anti-Mo-
poly Drug Store at 20 cents a
T.. for wounds, bruises and
aims.
COR Rsnt-Two furnished rooms
b fireplaces. One block from
bic square, on Main street
ply at this office.
stamping for needle work or
ep, cotton, flannel or velvet done
e with every 25 cents purchase
the Anti Monopoly Drug Sto c
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-01-18
Through Sleeper to 81. Lauis
VIA Il. q.

VIA Il. g. & r.
Leave-Jaeksonville. 6 As p. M.
ATLANTA, 5 30 a, m.
Arrive-St. Louis, 10 a. m.
The leader., 1897-11-17
COLONY OF WILD HERONS.
birds That Do Much Good in Mod
est WnN.

Somewhere in the hills about four
miles back of Holbrook's Station, on the
Northern Pacific, and about II miles
from this city, there is heronry, where
hundreds of herons have their nests and
raise their young. The place is in
deep rayine, not far from n public road,
and would be visited by numbers of per-
sons if they only knew where it is. The
herons build their nests away up in the
tall fir trees, and sometimes there are
several nests in tree The heronry, as
such colonies are called, covers about 20
acres of land. There are, without eXag-
Seration, hundreds of nests in this tract,
and some say thousands. The herons so
down to the ponds and sloughs on
Sauvie's island and catch frogs, carp
and other reptiles and fishes to feed
their young. They have regular fly
vav," and person who knows where to
post himself can easily get shot at
them.
The heronry was several miles distant
from where it now is a few years ago,
but some one took to shooting them, so
they moved. A few days since two or
three dozen of herons were sent TO this
market from that section, and it is
probable that the same fellow is modest
ing them again, and will doubtless drive
them out of the country.
There is no need of this. The heron is
not fit for eating, and is only bought by
Chinese, and the man who shoots them
gets only trifie for them. They are
harmless birds, and destroy only rep
tiles and carp, or other no-account fish.
and the heronry should not be molested.
1t is on a tract of land owned by Mr..
Poole, of this city
In Great Britain heronries have long
been protected by law and custom, and
there were many years ago immense
ones, but the draining of swamps and
fens reduced their food supply, and they
had to scatter about more, but they are
net molested wherever they go. The
reason for the herons collecting in the
place above mentioned is that the
sioughs and ponds on Sauvie's island
furnish plenty of food for them. They
will do something toward keeping down
the carp. and, as the heronry is a Curl
osity and attraction, it ought not to be
broken up.-Portland Oregonian.
The leader., 1897-11-17

one Man Tells Honestly Of HIS rossf'
. teal Experiences.

81 didn't have much luck in the leeisla.
ture," sighed an aspiring young man VINO
Is now in the insurance business. That
old Skinley from the Hawbush district kept
tipping me up every move ] made. 4 want
cd TO 90 at him hammer and tOngs, but he
never appeared to know that there was such
a member as /. He never used my name
when speaking, never looked at me and
never openly opposed any OF my bulls. But
every time I bobbcd up he knocked IL to
me. When | introduced my bill to do away
with high hats in the theater, he offered
one making il a misdemeanor for woman
of Is years or upward 10 appear bare
headed in any place Of public amusement.
The only way of keeping even was by drop
ping both OF these proposed measures
Having a large prohibition constituent
cy, offered a bill in which a penalty was
fixed for selling or drinking any malt or
spIrituous liquors, except under certain re-
strictions which would make It impossible
TO maintain saloons. Old Skinley at once
prepared and presented a measure making
it a crime for any man, woman OF child to
have or to indulge a thirst for anything
stronger than tea, coffee, water, milk or
what are commonly known as soft drinks. |
was laughed off the floor when ! attempted
to urge my bill.
when / offered a bill forbidding any per.
son to marry before he or she had attained
the age of II, Skinley was soon on deck
with another bill prohibiting any young
man or woman from falling in love without
first procuring a license from the county
clerk. That's the way the fellow squelched
me at every turn. You can read my legisla.
tive record on a sheet of blank paper, and
that's why I'm out of politics. But if Skin
ley ever comes up again Just watch my
smoke detroit Free Press.
The leader., 1897-11-17
FIGHT WITH THEIR FISTS.
How British Army Omcers settle Lit
lie Polnfs of EfInueIfc.

| In view of the recent duel between the
duke of Orleans and the count of Turin
we publish the following article which
GERS settle disputes.
Officers have their disagrecments, of
course, like other men. and they have to
he settled. Dueling is forbidden by law,
MS well as by modern ideas and common
sense. Complaints respecting infrac-
{ tons of mess etiquette, or of ungentle-
manly or unsoldierly conduct, may be
Submitted to the mess committee, the
punitive powers in which are extremely
far-reaching. The life of an officer
'.sent TO Coventry" by his fellows is I'M
endurable, and his only chance is TO ex-
change.
But all this is moral suasion only, and
in the end disputes are frequently set
tied by resort to first principles-the
rule of fist; while redress is sometimes
obtained in ways as drastic as they are
novel.
a gentleman joined n crack cavalry
regiment. lie had no pedigree or fam
lily to recommend HMM fact, his ia
/ tier was retired brewer, and by scions
of nobility among his comrades he was
rather coldly received.
Are you the son of Dash, the brew
err" inquired one of these.
lam"
"Then why don't your father bring
you up to his trade?"
"Oh, well; you're the son Of Lord
Blank, aren't you?"
Eyes"
"Then why didn't he bring you up a
gentleman"
The upshot of this was rough-and-
tumble, wherein il was demonstrated
that, in the army, a plebeian is the equal
of a peer-if he can box as well.
Another gentleman from the ranks of
trade came home one day to find all the
crockery and breakable articles in his
rooms smashed, the same being intend
ed by the wreckers as n delicate hint
that his presence among them was OBJ
jcctionable.
lie was late for dinner that evening,
and apologized to the president of the
mess for it, explaining what had hap
pened-that he had been to the rooms of
the three he suspected and returned
the complaint; if he had wronged any,
lie would apologize and restore the ar
ticles; if he had hit on the right ones,
they could have satisfaction in the rid
ing school after dinner.
Accordingly. after dinner, two of
them received satisfaction in full, a la
Corbett, in drill time; but the third
proved tougher nut to crack, and the
hig-hearted pIebeian (who. by the by,
is now general) weakened by his exer-
tions, was getting worsted; so another
OF the same social status, who was an
expert boxer, took up the running.
He soon finished off the third man,
and obliginglv offered to take on any
one who sympathized with the trio. BY
this means-appropriate to their pro-
fession-these two officers opened the
door in that regiment to others than
offshoots of the peerage, by whom it
had previously been regarded as pre-
serve-Pearson's Weekly.
The leader., 1897-11-17

owner of the earth in which the metal
was found. The bulk of this silver
came from these provinces. When the
proverbial dishonesty of Spanish otii-
cials is considered, this estimate may
be at least doubled. Spanish records
and statements of travellers, the records
of missions and the histories of families
who have been ennObed through rich
discoveries, verify these facts which con-
vey with them a tinge of oriental ro-
nance. The Sierra Nevadas, which
traverse Nevada and California, and
which have electrified the world with
their richness, reappear-MeXico as the
Sierra Madre, and forms the boundary
line between Sonora and Chihuahua.
Sonora is the richer of the two, because
it contains not only silver. but also
gypsum, sulphur, pumice stone and
salt, the latter of which is necessary
for the extraction of silver, and it has
an equable climate and soil equal to
that of California. On the Sonora side
of the mountain is the long-since aban-
doned mine of AraZuma, or Avishe, not
far from Chihuahua-the most wonder
full mine in the world, from which was
taken one piece of silver weighing 2,7OO
pounds, the largest piece taken from
any mine in the history of the world.
This is proven by mining records in
the City of Mexico. This famous bo-
nanza was discovered about two CEN
turtles ago, and for about 100 years it
produced such immense masses of vir-
gin silver that it seemed for a time as if
the white metal were to be debased sure
enough. Not content with his one
The leader., 1897-11-17

At this distance an immense cavern was
found. recently. in which was found
primitive mining implements.
There is great deal Of American cap
ital invested in mines in these two rich
provinces; also, considerable English
capital, yet it is by no means scarce be-
cause of the Apache Indians who live
by plundering others. The Mexican
government gives little or no protection
to these provinces, and the wealth OF
the foreigners is also tempting TO Next
can robbers and inscriptions officials.
But, with an increasing population,
consequent upon rich discoveries. the
foreigners will soon become powerful
enough to settle the Indian and other
questions, when capital will be safe
and mines can be worked under more
advantageous conditions. In this man
ner, but under different conditions,
Texas was settled, and finally threw Off
the Mexican yoke. Annexation fol-
lowed. succeeded by the Mexican war,
and the conquest of California.
Considering the crude methods of
mining in those days these mines GER
tainly must have been wonderfully rich.
The ore was carried up by the poems in
leather sacks by means of wooden lad
ders. The shafts were not prospected
to depth beyond 20 or 30 feet, and
when they became filed with water or
caving earth. or when a rocky obstruc-
ton was struck, they were abandoned.
These silver mines greatly aided
Spain in her conquests of territory and
wars with other powers. By their dis
covery a large part of her nobility was
created, and with their riches cathedrals
and churches were built and furnished
with affairs of silver. golden crosses and
silver ornaments emblazoned with ru-
bies and diamonds. In learning Of the
richness of the FL Dorado she sent an
army to conquer Mexico and destroyed
a civilization superior TO her own.
After the Spaniards had thus proven
the almost inexhaustible richness of
these mines the Apaches, smarting I'M
der the butcheries and burnings at the
stake of their ancestors, arose and drove
their oppressors out of the country
| their chief source of revenue.
y half century later the Sonora min
ing fever broke out, and capitalists
The leader., 1897-11-17
Diamonds.

There are few researches more inter
esting than those which touch upon the
discovery or manufacture of diamonds.
An explorer in the mountains in Natal
came upon the crater of an extinct vol
cano. There was very stable lake at
the summit. and an examination of the
shore and soundings taken brought up
sand which held small diamonds. There
is a good deal of interest manifested
as to whether an actual diamond mine
is discovered or whether these gems
were there by accident, being lost or
thrown into the water. As the noun
tains of this region are not supposed
to be diamond-bearirg il is suggested
that volcanic action may have had some
thing to do with the formation of these
precious stones.-N. Y. Ledger.
The leader., 1897-11-17
! SWEET REVENGE.

GONE wears ago / came mighty near
beipg second in a duel, and age
~ ~ NOT vet sufficiently cooled my blood
., make me grateful that the affair did
-not come off. 1t was in the days of
1igh-pressurc prosperity after the war
anJ when human life was not held as
s,cred as before the fatricidal carnage.
1,y,s then in one of the largest eastern
,j,ies and proiitably employed. | am
moi more definite as to the locality, be-
.r,usc those who figure in my story are
stfIl aIiyc. For the same reason | de-
stroy the identity of one of my best
friends by calling him Bob Walters.
Like liberty is taken with my other
chaI actcrs.
aGob was an eastern boy by birth
and bookkecper with me in the same
office. | have yet to see a handsomer
mr. manlier fellow. He came of good
family. though his immediate ances-
TORS had not been prosperous, and had
those unmistakable marks of gentility
that are bred in their possessor. He
was good six feet tall, perfectly built,
had a strong masculine face and was
graceful as tiger. He had the com
mendablc pride that goes with self
respect and sclf-reliance, but had the
broad democratic views of the true
American. No one could ask a better
friend, while even as an enemy he was
as maguanmous as he was fearless.
During the third year we were to-
rcther Fob went to his old home for
vacation. 1t was on an inland lake
in one of the New England states and
the region had become quite popular
as a select summer resort. For Il week
Bob had Il glorious time. He was Il
boy again and revived all his juvenile
capacity Tor en- ioymcnt. He was in
his old haunts and having his old
sports. unmindful of the fashionable
Invaders. more than one of whom cast
admiriug glances upon the goodlook-
ing young man who was having such
d delightful outing all by himself.
One evening Bob happened to be
passing the most pretentious row of
cottages when stylish young couple
We're about to leave the pier in front
of the place in little canoe that was
never intended for anything but
smooth sea, unless in the most skill
1ul hands. Bob recognized the son of
rhe chief man of our firm and lifted
his hat The only reply was a super
rilious gaze that pretended not to
lnow the handsome young native. His
cheeks flushed and he might have
walked on had the young lady not be-
The leader., 1897-11-17
NOVEL IDEAS IN FASHIONS.
Notes on the Latest in Ladies' Cos
tunes.

Lace waistcoats trimmed with fur are
the newest fad. Fine pieces of inser-
ton are joined together with sable tails
and worn with gray tailor gowns and
gray picture hats.
Jet is immensely popular and black
net dresses profusely covered with Jet
are in the wardrobes of all women re-
turning from Paris.
Plaid neckties are still worn and
leather embellished with smoked pearl
and steel. Belts of oXidized steel, set
with emeralds, are also popular.
Parisians are attempting to force on
us furs treated with appliques of col
ored velvet, braid and jet, but they are
not becoming favorites.
Sealskin coats this winter must have
the collars and cuffs lined with ermine
or white broadtail Muffs are long, mar
row, of velvet, trimmed with ermine
and lined with the same white fur.
Blue is worn in everything and in ali
shades, blue cloth gown has the
bodice trimmed with three shades Of
blue velvet and yoke of old lace,
bordered with sable. Red is very popular
also, and red gowns are lined with white
satin.
The question of smart coats is a very
divided one still and will be so while
this fine weather lasts, but the fur
mouiik is a certainty for winter wear,
On slight figures and belted well into
the waist with one of these fascinating
ieweled belts which still go in novelty,
they look very well. Ermine also, in
conjunction with velvet mantelettes.
Long, narrow steel buckles are worn at
the back of waistbelts, but they do not
suit the figure. Little coats with very
rampant basques are smart and appear
on every other well-dressed woman.
Epingline is the name of a new ma
terial. 1t is a sort of ribbed stuff, with
silky effects-repp, only more so, in
fact. A little beige-colored frock is
made of it, the frock being tricked out
with a band of white cashmere, on
which narrow beige silk braid is sewn
six deep. The bodice has vest to cor
respond with this adornment, is pretti-
Nv basoued all around, and fastens
down the left side after popular man.
ner of the moment. Over front OF very
brilliant emerald velvet there is an ar
rangement of open guipure. Inc
sleeves a la Henri ii. are laced with
beige silk laces over white satin.-Chi'
cago News.
The leader., 1897-11-17
Girls Buried Alive.

Further cases of living burial by
members of the fanatical religious sect
known as the Raskolniki have been dis
covered in the TransUral region. A
series of small mounds excited the curl
osity of the authorities, and an investi-
CATION of them was ordered. When the
mounds were opened ii was discovered
that they contained corpses of persons
who had apparently been buried alive
In some instances the mounds had been
provided with air passages, which pre-
vented the suffocation of the victims
who had met a lingering death from
starvation. The commission of inquiry
found that 15-year-old girl who had
consented to be buried had broken out
of her sepulcher under the pangs Of
hunger.-N. Y. Sun.
The leader., 1897-11-17

slowed charming smile upon him, as
ii to make amends for the churlsh,
ness OF her companion.
Beg pardon" said Bob, as he again
lifted his hat, but | know this lake
better than any casual visitor can know
1t ana You incur an ugly risk by ven
turing out in that canoe at this time.
ihere $ storm brewing and this water
Is VIGOROUSLY treacherous. Ten min
utes frequently transform it from the
cam OF mill pond to dangerously
oolsterous sea. My advice would be to
remain ashore, and if that be rejected,
al least take stancher boat"
l don't recall having asked any sug-
eeStlonS from you" answered the
young man with a sneer. ut is read
ny conceivable that you wouldn't feel
sale IN this or any other kind of Il
.ral'' but expert boating happened to
oe part of my liberal education and
JUST to relieve any anxiety that you
may have caused this young lady by
your volunteer advice, | assure her that
can manage the canoe in any kind of
tempest on this little teapot. Come
On Mamie!"
1t is entirely for her sake that l
repeat the warming" answered Bob,
s'urdily. 1T is not safe. If anything
happens the consequences will be on
your own head"
% DE 1t, Mr.. Walters" with mock
N's DOW Il accept the responsibility.
iou see that | know you and / serve
aEe notice that l will soon find way
punish your impertinence."
nut, Harry" began the young lady,
Us She hung back.
never mind. now," came the reply
T'sh some heat, do you suppose that
would incur any danger with such
precious freight aboard. I'll land you
's' us safely as we leave. This fell
-" only thought TO curry favor with
e by obtruding upon us in the way
again that smile checked the angry
words on Bob's lips. Every well, Mr.
t"eiis, he replied, in even tones, 81
,: pe mat your experience on the lake
a, an give you no occasion to retract
muse words" He was going to ado
'a' he would see TO having then
~Aeh back later, but that restraining
. e was upon him and he even man
seo 10 return it with fetching bow
he turned away. Swells was NUT
ing ing something that he meant to bs
u'dhg, but his words only reached the
ts .s OF his fiance, the flush on whose
''r p was not one of happiness.
ooo took brisk walk to cool his
~ per and on reaching home scanned
nv M 'ake with pair of marine glasses
~. e gale blowing had tossed the lak'
an. O nyraids of angry whitecaps. Way
T. n IN the center and trying to return
he teeth of the wind was the littl,
!, "oe, tossing about like a cookie shell
n u'a not take ten seconds for Bol
II discover that the occupants wer'
imminent danger aud that assist
The leader., 1897-11-17

from the United States and from Eng
land focked to the new FL Dorado,
which was the old. Then the Apache;
again took to the war path, and almost
dcpopulated the country.
The mining fever died out for quar-
ter of Il century. when American pros
pectors from California, Nevada an!
Arizona began to flock in. There has
heen steady stream of travel TO these
districts ever since, and now chihuahua
and Sonora are largely "Americanzed.
number of these prospectors have
realized fortunes within the past few
years, especially since the mining laws
were made more liberal. Several Los
Angeles capitalists own silver and cop
per mines in Sonora. They are also in
| Producing the system of irrigation
which will supply water for the mines
and also the fertile valleys for Amcri-
can farmers who are seeking that see
tiCn because land is cheap, and they
prefer a frontier life to civilization
Sonora has the best harbor (Guaymas)
on the coast, next to that of San Fran
CISCO bay. And in the Gulf of California
are valuable pearls. Immense fortunes
were also realized by the Spaniards in
these fisheries, the king also getting Z
fifth and the patron saint Lady Quad
alupe" another fifth.
In addition to the influx of miner.
numerous colonies have recently emf
grated TO these provinces. With our
increase of population additional terri
tory is needed, and the present genera
ton may see the rich mineral states OF
Sonora and Chihuahua "TeXanized."
i NJ SCANLAND,