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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-06-23

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-06-23

sion. Navy and army cooperate
splendidly. The insurgents bore
their share in the enterprise hon
orably and well. Five thousand
of them are in the mountain fast
nesses. They lay last night on
their guns, watching every road
and path leading from Santiago,
making the approach of the
Spaniards impossible.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05
HOME 1RAlNINs FOR GIRLS.
II is Better for a Great Many Girls Than a
College Course.

"a home training for a girl is
a thing not to be despised, '
writes Edward Box in an article,
4shall Our girls go to College,
in the August Ladies' Home
Journal. If that training is of
the best it is an exceedingly fine
question to decide whether it is
not as good in its highest and
truest results as a college course.
That a home training is infinitely
better for great many OF our
girls than the best training pos
sible at a college admits, ! think,
Of very little, il any. dispute. !
saw this, and emphasize the point
because some Of our girls are
prone to feel that they are in q
measure, abused and Handicapped
II they are not permitted by their
parents to go to college. / quest.
ion very much from our present
conditions of society whether
the time has yet been reached in
American life when we can truth
fully say that the majority OF our
girls can be safely sent away
from the home anchorage at a
time in their lives when they are
most impressionable, and when
xlss.narance NJ a careful mothers
training means everything TO
them"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05
BRILLIANTS.

Y
One thorn of experience is
worth whole wilderness Of
warning.
The man who has never been
in danger cannot answer for his
courage.
So far, there has been no col.
lision with the phantom pirate
in the North Pacific.
He who has not a good memo
ry should never take upon him
the trade of lying.
When ill news comes too late
to be serviceable to your neigh:
Dor, keep 1t to yourself.
A mans own good breeding is
the best security against other
peoples III manners.
A friend that you buy won't
be worth what you pay for him.
no matter what that may be.
II people wonld only do half
as well as they know. the world
would be twice as well off as it Is.
1t is not what he has, nor even
what he does, which expresses,
the worth of man; but what he
Is.
The man who shouts the loud
est is generally the chap who has
done the least to bring about an
occasion for shouting.
A man always gives a reason
for the opinion he advances q
knave never has reason to give
and therefore wants you to ask
no questions.
Reading and conversation may
furnish US with many ideas Of
men and things, yet it is our own
meditation that must form our
judgment.
1t is much easier to criticise
than TO perform that people Of
little ability take that way to fool
others into believing they are
smart. When you hear speaker
exclaiming. II want to say you
may safely conclude that what
he says IS not worth listening to.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05
Resolutions Of Respect.

WHEREAS, 1t has pleased our
heavenly Father in His divine
rulings to place the seal Of i'm.
mortality on the wife of our be.
loved Brother j. q. Hall. Be II
therefore
RESOLVED, That while we humbly
bow in submission to the will OF
Him who doeth all things we'll,
we offer our heartfelt sympathy
to our Brother, the bereaved hus.
band, who has SO suddenly lost q
loving and devoted wife, being
consoled by the assurance that
the memory of her whom he es,
teemed so highly will be held in
loving remembrance by his
brothers.
RESOLVED. That by the removal
of the deceased the community
has lost a pure and noble woman
whose memory will be cherished
by all who Knew her for to know
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05
GUNS USED BY SOLDIERS.
Description Of The kIag-Jargsnssn And
the Lee Rifles.

Since 1890 the regulation rifle
OF the United States army, sup.
planting the former weapon, the
Springfield rifle, has been the
Krug -Jorgensen magazine rifle.
1t was adopted upon the recon.
mendation Of board composed
of Lieut.. Coils. r. q. Hull and J.
P. Farley. Maj. II, ID. Freeman
and Capt. S. E. Blount and Geo.
S. Anderson. The result of one
of the tests in competition with
other weapons follows
For accurate aim the Lee show.
ed 40 shots in two minutes. the
Krag-Jorgensen 10, the Spring
field. No. 1, SO and the Spring
field No. 2. IS. In the firing at
will for one minute the results
were as follows Lee 90, Krag-
Jorgensen 90, Springfield No. "a
and Springfield No. 2 II shots.
Upon the result of the tests
approved by Gen. Schotield, the
general commanding the army.
the Krag-Jorgensen was adopt
ed. 1t has a magazine chamber
for five cartridges, which can be
dropped by the simple pull of a
bolt. 1t is possible to load single
cartridges, and fire one after an
other, reserving those in the
magazine for time of need, when
the five shots can be fred with.
out pausing to reload. The
cartridges are of an alloy of tin
and lead in steel case. In pass.
ing through flesh and bone. or
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05
From Cherry Camp.

Miss Genevieve Collins, of
Pennsboro, is visiting at the
home Of her uncle Capt. Rufus
Raymond.
Mr.. Jas. w. Samples. the vet
eran pedagogue from Romlne's
Mills, was in town Monday.
Mr.. Will A. Lowe, of Robin
sons Fork and Miss Minnie Car.
rico, were married Sunday at the
home of the brides father near
here, Rev. S. Gamer officiating.
Jno. H. Billingsley is suffering
from an attack of typhoid fever.
DR.. S. T. Bogges is treating the
case.
Mrs. r. q. Grim visited friends
at Parkersburg last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Moran, Of
Grafton. have been visiting here
recently.
Twenty eight persons here
took advantage of the excursion
rates to Oakland, Sunday.
o. 10.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

est mining camps in California.
where whole mountains have
been washed away by sluice MIN
ers in search of tie alluring gold.
From mere we round a promonto-
ry called Cape HAVE. the side Of
which is SO steep that no man
has ever yet been able to climb
it. And then down the beautiful
valley OF the Sacramento to San
Francisco, where we arrive at 8
o'clock Monday evening, cross.
ing the bay on the Solano, the
largest ferry boat in the world.
having completed one of the most
instructive and pleasant trips it
is possible for the traveller to
make.
glenn R. BELL.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

any solid substance, they make
only a small wound, but in semi
fluid matter they explode, SO that
man shot IN the intestines or
brain is practically blown to
pieces. The reason for this
property of the bullets has never
been satisfactorily explained.
The gun the marines are arm
ed with is,the Lee rife; magazine
gun, with a CALDER of 0.236 in.
Its range for point blank firing
is between 600 and 700 yards.
Smokeless powder is used with
it, and q hardened lead bullet.
which has copper jacket plated
with tin. The gun has a maya
zine for five cartridges, which are
put in at once, being fastened to-
gether with a metal clip. The
gun can be used for firing and
re.loading after each shot, orthe
five shots can be fred in quick
succession, and the gun reload
ed with five more while it is
at the shoulder. The chief adj
vantage claimed for it is that the
cartridge chamber can be open
ed by a straight pull and without
turning up the gun. The gun
without the bayonet is almost
four feet long, and weighs eight
pounds and six ounces. The
bayonet adds about eight inches
to the length and a pound to the
weight. The cartridge is about
three inches long, and 100 rounds
weighs eight pounds six ounces.
The Mauser rifle, which the
Spanish troops are mainly armed
with. IS of much the same CON
struction as the Lee, but it is de-
clared that its effective range is
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05
From West Milford.

Mrs. c. W. Lynch and daugh'
ter, Nina, are visiting Mrs. 3. +.
Ramage. of Fairmont.
j. r. Maxwell returned from
Wheeling Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Holden.
Of Harrisburg, spent Sunday
here.
Mrs. Mcmillan, Of Wheeling,
is the guest Of Mrs. NJ. w. Rider.
Mrs. Clarence Maxwell and
daughter are visiting relatives
here.
r. E. Reynolds. Of Clarksb urg
was here Friday.
Rush Ward, Of Weston, was
here the first OF the week.
Rev. Stillman and daughter,
of Lost Creek Station, spent Sun
day at W. o. Kennedy's.
Miss Shada Ladwig, is visiting
friends near Cherry Camp.
H. +. Smith, of your city, was
the guest OF his parents the first
of the week,
o. W. Ladwig attended the
picnic at Cheswood Park Thurs
day.
Vance Lynch has returned
from Braxton county where he
has been for few weeks.
carlyle.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

of the activity Of the now extinct
volcanoes that are scattered over
this region. We stop at Wads-
worth for breakfast where we see
quite a lot of Modoc Indians !;
they seemed very friendly and
number were willing to talk /:
one old chief, who said his name
was Starving Child" and that
he was 200 years old. shook
hands with US and pointed out
over against the mountain where
he and his followers had once
massacred an emigrant party. I
asked him if he thought he had
done right IN so dong, he repli-
ed Indian think do right then,
no think right now At 9:1o
we arrive at Reno the largest
town iu Nevada, where are stu
ated the State University and
Insane Asylum, also a Govern
ment Experiment Station. And
thence up the valley OF the
Tuckee, which is SO clear that
you can see the trout swimming
about in it's waters, past an iron
post on the right and we are in
Tuckee City. We get lunch and
see the famous California Rocky
stone weighing 16 tons, but SO
nicely balanced that a child can
rock it. All /! now we are going
up the Serrieas, the most beauti.
full mountains of all, past Dower's
Lake, a beautiful little sheet ly-
ing in amongthe pine clad slopes
of the only Serriea Nevada, 8
miles long by II wide and25 feet
deep. 1t was named from the
Dover party, which left Spring
field, ILL.,. in the spring of '46,
but becoming snow bound here
thirty four of them starved to
death, the remainder only keep
ing alive by eating their dead
comrades. An expedition sent
from Suffers Fork on the other
side of the mountains finally res
cued the remaining ones from a
similar fate. At 2:30 we reach
the summit of theSerrieaNe yada's
N,o17 feet) and then down
through a snow shed AZ miles IN
length to Blue Canon, where if
YOU are so minded you can see
the famous Red Bat of the Ser
rieas, the only one in captivity.
known from San Francisco to
New York as the greatest curiosi-
ty to be seen on the entire trip.
Just before reaching tho station
the conductor so announces it,
and as soon as the train stops
every body makes rush for a
glimpse of the famous Bat, in a
closed cage with a labeled door,
which on being opened discloses
a lonesome "brick-bat" lying
peacefully within, where it has
lain for the past 6 or 8 years
selling travellers and atfording
the station agent many a good
laugh, and it is just as much OF a
curiosity now as when first put
there.
We next come to Dulch Flats
and Golden Run, two of the old
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

a little greater. 1t has the cart.
ridge inserted in clips of five and
single ones cannot be used. The
Mauser has an s'up.turn" and
"back, pull" for re,loading the
cartridge chamber.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

her was but to love. That a copy
of these resolutions be furnished
the family of deceased and acopy
be furnished each of the county
papers for publication.
]. /. ALEXANDER,
Z. X. STOUT,
@. j. STEALEY,
Committee.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

Dr.. ]. 1. Terry, Of Trimble,
Tenn, in speaking Of Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy, says: ''lt has
almost become a necessity in this
vicinity" This is the best rene.
dy in the world for collie, cholera
morbus, dysentry and diarrhoea,
and is recognized as q necessity
wherever it's great worth and
merit become known. No other
remedy is so prompt or effectual,
or SO pleasant to take. Sold by
Cunningham Bros. & Co. Clarks.
burg. 39.1m.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

tive Rromo Quinine Tablets. Cunningham
Bros. 4 Co. Refund money II 1t fails TO cure
M cents, lt-bIm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

No other preparation has ever
done so many people SO much
good as Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Americas Greatest Medicine.
The times., 1898-01-05
City Brevities.

Andrew Jackson has filed a libel gainst
the schooner George II. Ash for 81 wages.
Claud Bennett, " ho was private secretary
1 TO Hoke Smith while the latter was
! Secretary of the Interior is In the city.
Caroline A. Wheeler yesterday filed
/ bill for divorce against John H Wheeler
charging cruel treatment and desertion.
! c. II. Wells, a Iaborer at the Municipal
! Lodging House. has resigned, and Justin
| A. Harwood yesterday was appointed in
| his place.
| Miss Virginia Taylor, of the Washing
| ton public schools, has returned from her
! holiday vacation, which she spent at her
| home in Loudoun county, Va.
Policeman Frank Hill, Of the Second
precinct, has been transferred to the First
| precinct, and detailed to patrol the beat
! which includes the transfer station at
| Ninth and f streets northwest.
! Levi Woodbury. yesterday filed suit
against George K. Sheriff and Others TO
! adjust and settle rights in lots 20 to 44
in square so, and for the sale OF the lots
! to pay membranes and liens.
In the Belt Railway case s s, Daish, ole
of the creditors, has appealed to the court
of appeals from the decision OF Justice Cox
ordering a sale of the road, and making
the bondholders preferred creditors.
James Willis. the conpositor in the
Treasury branch of the Government Print
ing Office who sustained two severe 1acera-
tons OF the skull while boarding NOV
ing car on street, near Thirteenth, on
Monday afternoon, has recovered from
his injuries.
Patents were granted to citizens of
Washington sterday as follows: Ira
Brashears, fire-extinguisher; Charles E.
Foster, vestibule car; Carrie S. Hamilton,
door and window fastener: John b. ken-
dali, ballbearing; John C. Meow an,
sewer, James A. Shfppard, detonating toy;
jefferson D. Thompson, waste-chute; w Abra-
ham T. Welsh, apparatus for generating
gas.
The times., 1898-01-05
A Fayorite Calendar

With the approach of a new year most
people discover the need OF new calendar.
This fact accounts for the great number of
these articles that burden the mails at this
time. A mong them all the one which suits
us best is that published by N. w. Aver &
Son, Newspaper and Magazine A dvertising
Agents, Philadelphia. The S98 edition has
Just arrived and been put in commission.
Perhaps its chief attraction is that the
figures are clear enough to be read across
a room. 1t is, however, most handsome
specimen of the printers art. while it's
business talk always interests business men.
We are not surprised to learn that the etli-
tion has been doubled In recent years. It's
price (25 cents) includes delivery by mail
TO any address in perfect condition..
The times., 1898-01-05

Judge James Bell Of Gainesville, Fla, who
is an applicant for the postmastership or
that place, is a guest of the National.
While postmaster under President Harri-
sons administration the postoffice was
burned, but Judge Bell succeeded in saving
everything in the office. How the fire
originated has never been known, but there
was considerable feeling against him
by some of the colored people on account
OF his refusal to appoint colored clerk.
The man who received the Endorsement
of the Republican committee for postmaster
at Gainesville was caught in several dis
graceful and criminal acts, and withdrew
from the race.
The times., 1898-01-05
REvoLUrIoNARY REFLECTS.
Sixteen Pensioners Handed Down
From 1875.

Sixteen Pensioners Handed Down
From 1875.
The Commissioner of Pensions has pre-
pared a list of the surviving widows and
daughters of revolutionary soldiers. OF
these there are sixteen. Their names, with
their ages and places of residence follow:
Juliette Belts, ninety-one years of age,
NorwaIk, Conn susannah Cha dwick, eighty
two, Emporium, Pa; Nancy Cloud, eighty
four, Chum, Va; Esther S. Damon, eighty
three, Plymouth Union, Vt: Sarah c. Hurl-
burt, seventy-nine, Little Marsh, Penn;
Nancy Jones, s,eighty-three,J ,Jonesboro, Tenn;
Hannah Lyons, age unknown, Marblehead,
Mass: Rebecce Mayo, eighty-four, ,Newbern,
Va; Eliza Sanford, age unknown, Bloom
field, y. j.; Ann NJ Slaughter, eighty
seven, The Plains, Va Mary Snead, eighty
one, Parksley, Va: Rhoda Augusta Thomp-
son, seventy-slX, Woodbury., Conn.,; Augusta
Tuller, age unknown, Bridgeport, Conn;
Nancy a. Weatherman, eighty seven, Elk
Mills, Tenn; Hannah n. Bartlett, ninety
seven, Boston, Mass; and Lovey Aldrich,
ninety-seven, Los Angeles, Cal.
There are seven survivors of the war
of 1872 on the pension rolls. Three OF
them are centenarians. Hosea Brown, who
served with the New York troops and
lives at Grants Pass, ore, is 10o years
OF age; Elijah Glenn, who served in the
Maryland line, and lives at Newark, n. J.,
is 1o1, and Eleazor Smith, who fought
in New Hampshire regiment and lives
at Danbury. N. H.. is also 101. The
names and ages OF the other -four sur
vivors are: Hiram Cronk, ninety-seven,
North Western, \. Y; James Hooper, ninety
four. Baltimore; John Lumherson, ninety
one, Baltimore, and Isaiah B. Smith, ninety
two, Sparta, Mich.
The times., 1898-01-05
Only One a Day.

The Phoenix bicycle is one Of the very
highest Of the high grades. This year
r. r. Burr, 72T Fourteenth street, is the
agent, and he has adopted novel scheme
for advertising IT. The list price is $75,
which will be rigidly maintained, but
purely for an advertisement he is selling
to the first customer each day this week
a Phoenix special or racer at 500.
Only one day can be bought at that
price, and the purchaser has to get up
early to secure 1t. This morning the first
two applicants arrived at the same time,
before the store was opened, and the toss
should be the lucky one.
The times., 1898-01-05
Court of Appeals Decisions.

In the case of Rich & Co., and Steinem
& Co., appellants. against Dodge Bros, the
Chesapeake Shoe Company ana others, the
court OF appeals yesterda handed down an
opinion reversing the decision of the
District supremecourt. III the case Of Lucy
T. Davis. Willard p Mccormick aud the
Virginia Alabama Company, appellants,
against Louis Coblens and Martin Lauer.
the Judgment of the court beiow Is af
firned.
The times., 1898-01-05
DYSPEPSIA.

Remember that GROVER GRA-
HAMS remedy is GU ARANTEED
TO remove oil distress FROM The
FIRST DOSE. 1t is folly to suffer
when n soc bottle, procured from
your druggist, viii correct H.
stantly- all unpleasant symptoms
An infa1Iiblo Specific for Dyspepsia,
Heartburn, GaStritis, AMI all dts-
eases arising from an impaired
Digestive System. Write to- Grover
Graham Co., Newhurgh, y. T., for
IJaulphlet.
The times., 1898-01-05
The year 1898 promises to be one of

The year 1898 promises to be one of
improved business for Washington. A
new enterprise has JUST been started at
636 G st. NV. Brice, Peck & Co. have
put in q laundry plant fitted up with the
very best and latest machinery. They
have secured the services of expert help
and have every facility for turning out
first-class work. A bright future is pre-
dicted for these young men; they have
had experience in the business and are
quite capable OF carrying it to success
ful issue. 1t
The times., 1898-01-05

moraIized and torn up negro shanty. oc-
casionally results are fatal, but as the
colored deacon would say, ''whaI did dat
stick er wood cum frum?' Another hoodoo
trick is to put strychnine or fpecac III
plugged watermelon While on the vine'
and this almost always leads to detecting
who has been making midnight depreda-
tions on watermelon patches. In this line,
too, the coroner sometimes gets a job.
Just how TO catch up with infringers on
chicken roosts we have never yet learned.
The times., 1898-01-05

1.-The farmers of South Carolina said
Col. P. d. 0gIetree. of Charleston, at the
Raleigh, ARE in fairly prosperous condi-
ton. They have, to a very large eX-
tent, quit buying farm and household sup
plies on time, and simply do without If they
do not have the coin to plank down. OF
course many of them have necessarily had
to live hard, but they are coming out on
top by so doing. l fear the farmers VIII
do the same this year as last-plant too
much land in cotton.
The times., 1898-01-05

advertising pays remarked S. NJ.
Petty, of Jacksonville, Fla. at the Airing
ton, '.but when a hotel like the Ponce de
Leon, in our State, is simply kept open
for its magnfiicence and at loss of
several thousand every year, 1 think it
a poor investment. The same amount of
money invested in legitimate newspaper
space would bring about much better re-
suits. 1t is one of the grandesfShotels in
the country, but during the few months
it is kept open it is at very heavy loss"
The times., 1898-01-05

Congressman E. Il. Lewis, OF Georgia,
returned 10 Washington yesterday, and with
Mrs. Lewis and their daughter, Miss
Pauline, have taken apartments at the
Metropolitan.
The times., 1898-01-05
b. s. O. BULLETIN.

Tourist sleeping car through to the
Pacific coast on fast Western express, via
B. and o., leaving Washington at $40
p. M, every Tuesday. Item
The times., 1898-01-05

Mr.. Queen, Metropolitan cigar and news
stand: For thirty years or more l have
been in business, but the past holiday trade
was lighter than ever experienced. There
is no profit in postage stamps, and we sold
more of these than anything else The
wave of prosperity seems to have forsaken
this part of the moral vineyard"
The times., 1898-01-05
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

E. Moz and j. Langdon Hooper, of
Brewer Nine, 5. c., are registered at the
Ehbitt.
The times., 1898-01-05

Col. A. j. Trunkley one of the foremost
lawyers OF Ohio, and who iv es at
Genoa, is at the RIGGS. He is rock-ribbed
Democrat, and says that Mr.. Bryan and
free silver VIII win in the next national
contest THE silver sentitne nt,' said
the colonel, lis grow ing in Ohio every day.
1 see no earthly chance to defeat Mr..
Bryan in the next campaign. Yes, ] be-
lieve AIr- Hanna ill be defeated for sena-
tor, and his defeat can be attributed to the
action OF the Toledo convention, In adopt
ing q resolution indorsing him for re-
election to the Senate. The young blood
of the State rebelled against this, and the
result VIII lie his defeat. / regard Sena-
tor Hanna, however. as a very broad man,
and true friend TO the laboring class
The times., 1898-01-05

Bad bills collected or no charge. H. ID.
Gordon, lawyer, moved to 1885 F ST. 1t
The times., 1898-01-05

Mr. L. c. Hunt, prominent business man
of Rochester, Mimi, is in the city.
The times., 1898-01-05

Representative r. Z. Lester, of Georgia,
has apartments at the Cairo. He has
almost entirely recovered from his illness,
which came near resulting in the loss OF
the power OF articulation.
The times., 1898-01-05

officeseekers are coming in on every
train anu from every State, and the
hotel Hobbies present a busy scene.
The times., 1898-01-05

Ernest Caldwell and Lee Brock are ap-
plications for the berth of United States
attorney for the middle district OF Ten
nessee, and their friends are hard at work
for them. A large delegation from Ten
nessee will reach Washington in a few
days.
The times., 1898-01-05

'The Times hotel chairw arming story
yesterday has had a good effect" said
the manager or one of the larger hotels,
''and we miss several familiar faces which
adorned the lobby. Some of the warm
ers' took the matter right TO themselves
and have come up shy
The times., 1898-01-05

Mr l.. W Ellis, Of Mobile, Ala, was
at Wizards yesterday. He said the yellow
fever plague was a heavy setback to
the business interests Of his city.