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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-01-24

Loose clothes and doWny cush-
ions bring only negative sort Of
comfort to the woman who is
suffering with some disease Or de-
rangement Of the organs distinct
ly feminine. Some clothes and
some positions make the pain and
the discomfort seem less. Per-
hapS the nerves are most affected
and this in turn disturbs the d.
gestion. Nothing will ever COM
pletely relieve but a radical cure.
The start of sO-called "female
complaints may be q very slight
thing indeed. 1t may be that in
the beginning some small hy-
giene measures would stop the
trouble. Certainly at this time,
a little bit of the right medicine
would stop it. When the trou-
BILE becomes worse, it IS harder
10 cure, bat still can be cured.
DR.. Piercc's Favorite Prescrip-
ton will positively cure any trou-
ole Of this character. it may be
absolutely relied upon. Ii affords
lasting relief to a woman whose
natural modesty has kept her
from consulting a physician.
Send 2l cents in One-ccnt
stamps to Worlds Dispensar.7
Medical Association, Buffalo, n =.
Y. and receive DR.. Piercc's zoos
page Common Sense Medical
ADVISOR" profusely illustrated.
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Desirable Property to Rent.

A large, commodious house,
containing all modern improve
ments, large, shaded yard, good
barn; also a good servants cot
tage, situated on Buckalew
Heights, known as the N1cCon-
nell Homestead, for rent to a
good tenant at reasonable rent.
Apply to Mrs. Mcconnell, Ocala,
Fla.
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+. {. & =. Special Rates.

Key Weston account Pro
testant Episcopal Church Con-
vention tickets Will be sold at one
and one-fourth fares to Port
Tampa, plus SIS for the round
trip; limited to Jan. 81, 1898.
W. II. HOPKINS, W. W. CONDOR,
Travelling Pass. : vt. Ticket Agent.
JOHN DOZIER. Agent.
Ocala, Florida.
90. NACDONELL. Gen. Pass. Agent
Jacksonville. Florida.
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The Sale Sustained

Judge Hooker has sustained the
sale Of the Merchants National
Bank property to Munroe &
Chambliss, and the order sustain
ing the sale was recorded IN the
county clerks Office today. The
new owners are hard at work
getting everything III readiness
to open their bank, which will be
within the next few weeks.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-01-24

This country in 1897 exported
80, 532 horses and ,4,3 mules, the
total value of which was s., 314,-
600. The exports are due to the
decline in the value of horses in
this country resulting from their
displacement by cables and cleo
tricity on city street car lines and
the use of bicycles.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-01-24

Having moved my harness and
saddle shop to Toph & Liddon' S
livery and sale stable, I am now
prepared to do all kinds Of har-
ness and saddle work. Harness
and saddles built and repaired.
All work guaranteed. Prices
lower than the lowest, and | will
give you good hand made work.
b. II. DENNARD,
Harness and saddle maker, Ocala,
Fla, Main street.
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For Sale.

Household and kitchen furni-
ture, two bed room suits, kitchen
and dining room furniture, drap-
cries, etc. Will sell at a big sac
ritice. Apply to G. II. Patterson,
No. 145, North Second street.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-01-24
Dress Making.

Dress making and plain sewing
in all it's branches. Apply at As
East Second street, Mrs. A. NJ.
and the Misses Leslie. I'm
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The Kindergarten Association

VIII hold its regular meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 25, at p. m., at
the residence of Mrs. r. l.. Ander-
son. Subject: 'TGhe Importance
Of obedience and means Of obtain
ing it." SECRETARY.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-01-24

j. A. Perkins, of Antiquity,
O., was for thirty years needless
ly tortured by physicians for the
cure Of eczema. He was quick
~ cured by using DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve the famous
healing salve for piles ard skin
diseases, Anti-Moropoly drug
store.
House for rent with OF with
out Kitchen, dining room and bed
room furnished. Apply 10 Mrs
I. j. Owens, North Magnolia
St, Ocala. l y Ut
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anted.

\ tenant for the Weston and
Fisk places. Terms liberal. Adj
dress DR.. H. 0. Weston, Dunnel-
Ion, Florida. l-1-lm- DIV.
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To those who don't KNOWS that we
keep all kinds of game in season, be-
sides in addition 10 cur fresh and
choice supply OF everything in meats
nd poultry. We carry nothing but
the best fed, fat and juicy meats, which
we prepare for the table in good style.
Our ham, sausage and bacon make a
tempting morsel these mornings.
I S, k5I.IGK.
Stalls and E.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-01-24

Trains 32. p, 81 and -, between ack-
50. Vile and b. Augustine daily.
Train 2J3, between Miami and Fort
Pierce daily, except Sunday
Train 20, between Fort Pierce and
u an! 1aily, except Monday.
Trains - and - south az st. AuguS
tine daily. except Sunday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-01-24

THE WEEKLY STAR
Is Published Every Thursday. Subscrip-
ton, 81 Year; so Cents for Six
Months.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

The new Dutch Cabinet is com
posed of statesmen whose names cln
only be described as singularIv appro-
pirate to theirrespective offices. Thus.
the Minister OF War rejoices in the
patronymic of Van Dam: the Minister
of Justice is a Professor Drucker
("drucker" being the Dutch for some
one who presses down heavily; the
Minister of Finance is q Baron Gold
stein, while the Minister of Foreign
Affairs goes by the peculiar name Of
Van Oldnailer; the Minister of Canals
and Waterways is q Mr.. Lily; the
Minister Of the Interior is q stout
nobleman of the name of Jonkhee-
van Roll; the Minister Of Marine is a
Scotchman, an Admiral Macleod. while
the Premier rejoices in the exceeding
ly English name OF Pearson.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

Mr.. Armstrong; Yet perhaps de-
serve that Won should know the truth.
| could not pcrlure myself III You y
nltar. Loving one man, ! could not
swear to love and honor another. |
chose poverty, loneliness and my own
sclf-rcspcct.
'sAnd the man you loved-you have
ceased to love him?' !,
Sh, made no answer, but her lleaa
bowed lower, aud he could see the
great tears rolling silently down her
face.
Suppose he could offer you today
little more than he offered you then,
Irene, what would your answer be-
Harry, Harry, don't mock me,
she cried. You cannot know the
emptiness of my life or you Wonld not
hold out to me the semb]ance OF ITS
rich fullness. [ deserve my fate.
Let me accept it
"Only in accepting me, Irene. AL,
my darling, it wa4 your true self /
loved, after all. You strove to wear
indeed been xii a to us, my love. |
.came on this bhip a lonely, drsolate
NxpefSlgh fortune has smiled upon
me, and can offer you, irene, Il home
worthy of YOU. The old days of toll
and struggle have ended; but after all
they We're the rich days, dcar-rich Ill
hope and rich in love. | have been
poor ever since in all that makes life's
real wealth until tonight. Irene, You
have loved me nlways?'
And over the wide ocean the winds
swept and whispered answer. al
ways"
And into two human souls crept
perfect peace. Saturday Night.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
4 An1A
A CHOICE.
by BENNY Rf\
BY BENNY WREN.

Alone in a large, comfortably. but
somewhat sparsely, furnished room
sat a young and beautiful girl.
Somehow she and her surroundings
did not seem in accord. The carpet
on the floor was somewhat worn the
paintings Oh the wall gave no evidence
Of a masters touch the upholstery
was gaudv, rather than refined.
But the girl herself was attlred IN
the latest fashion. Her dress was at
once quiet ana elegant. and but that
she wore no hat. and leaned back the
little head heavily on the cushions OF
her chair. vou would not readily have
imagined that this room and the one
adjoining made the only home Irene
Hutton aud her widowed mother could
boast.
Nor would one suppose that on this
very morning, in the small, white
hands which lay i'll such seeming list
l~essness in her lap, was the momen-
tous scale which should decide the
question of her whole future.
1t was the old. old question. after
all--love versus money-aal alternate
ly it balanced with her thought. She
looked about the room. and her lip
curlel.
"Sentimentunder these conditions.,"
was her mental reflection. And what
else could Harry offer me? What
would his life and mine become in the
ceaSeleSS struggle to make both ends
meet: Have | LOT seen enough Of
this wretehed. genteel poverty? Poor
mother. All goes that | may make q
creditahle appearance before the
world: and now no wonder she thinks
it hard that, after the long struggle to
gain me a proper footing in the matri-
monial market, [ look coldly upon the
first presentable bid. What matters
it that the man is older than my father
would have been? What matters it
that I can neve love him? / should
wear diamonds; [ should ride in my
carriage. The dear mother would
once be happy, and only Harry
and I would be miserable. Harry and
[! Two paupers! What voice have
we in the world? None-none."
And then, with all a woman's incon-
sistency, down went the scale in favor
Of money, and down went the little
head in the hands which tiguratively
held it, in a great burst of sobs.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

Many inquiries are being made as
to the possibility Of getting into the.
Klondike country during the coming
fall and winter, states the New York
Tribune, The answer may be unhesi-
tatingly given. It would be folly to
attempt to get in at such times. Those
who are now on their way may get in,
though it is believed that not mora
than half Of them will. To attempt
the trip after this month would be al
most as hazardous as a journey to the
North Pole.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
Satisfied the Russians.

Russia has experienced some diff
Guilty in reversing her standard of
value by simple decree, as shown in a
report to the state department by
United States Consul Keenan, at
Odessa. He says:
"The change inaugurated about two
years ago in the currency of Russia,
from silver to what is supposed to be
a gold basis has had a somewhat de-
pressing effect upon the mind of the
peasant farmers. By imperial edict it
was made known that a tive-rouble
gold piece would, until further notice,
be equal to seyen roubles and fifty
copecks paper currency, and a check
drawn on any Russian bank for
seventy-fiveroubles mustb be considered
paid should the holder receive fifty
roubles in gold.
''The masses of Russia are said to
be uneducated and ignorant; never
theless, when they were offered a
five-rouble gold piece in payment of a
debt due them for even roubles and
fifty copecks they refused to accept it
and pointed out that stamped on the
gold piece in plain Russian characters
were the words GIVE roubles," and
they furthermore demanded to know
why it was that they were expected to
believe that twice two and a half made
seven roubles and fifty copecks in
money or anything else.
The government officials we're equal
to the emergency aud recoined the
same five-rouble gold piece and
stamped on it seven roubles and fifty
copecks, which illustrates the old
adage that there are more Ways of
killing a cat than by choking it with
butter Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Chechaco is Alaskan for tenlerfoot.
The Portuguese first brought tea
from China and the East i'll the six
teenth century.
The first solid head pin wa made in
EngIandin 1924 by an American, Lem
uel W. Wright.
In 1850 the cultivation of tea began
in Brazil, and a considerable quantity
was exported from that country.
Paper flooring is in use i'll Germany.
1t is laid in a pasty mass, smoothel
and then pressed. Footsteps on it are
n~oiseless.
Massachusetts is one Of the richest
of the states, having a valuation of
real and personal property amounting
to 81, 5S4, 756, 500.
The finest human hair is blonde, and
red is the coarsest. The thickness of
human hair varies from the 250th to
the 6OOth of III inch.
Only twenty-seyen per cent. Of the
capital of this country is owned by
men holding between 500, 600 worth
and 81, 900, 900 worth of property.
The largest mass of pure rock salt
in the world lies under the province
of Galicia, Hungary. Itis known to
be $50 miles long, twenty broad and
$50 feet in thickness.
The smallest horse in the United
States is owned by Colonel Harvey
Bolts of Carroll county, Missouri.
The animal is five years old, thirty-two
inches high, and weighs only 145
pounds.
A break in the main w%aterpipe in a
street in Tombstone, Arizona, in No
vember, was foundto have been caused
by the roots u 81 tree, which had
grown around the pipe and crushed it
so that it burst.
The cook working for a farmer who
lives near Portland, Oregon, found a
dollars worth Of gold in the Gizzard
of a goose the other day. Perhaps
this goose was of the same breed as
the one that laid the golden egg.
A nervous bridegroom in Auburn,
n. Y, became so excited while dress
ing for the bridal, that he inadver-
tently put on two Numbered shirts,
and did not discover his blunder until
the reception was i'll progress, after
the ceremony.
M. Berthelot, the chemist who was
foreign minister in NJ. Bourgeois's
government, reports to the Academic
de Sciences that the copper objects
found at Negadah and Abydos, in
Egypt, by NJ. de Morgan are of pure
copper and not of bronze.
At Indianapolis, Ind, Il street car
conductor was just about to take up a
fare when the trolley wheel slipped,
the pole sprung upward and a loop in
the rope caught the conductor under
the arm and lifted him over the tail
board. He was landed in a heap on
the pavement.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

The Committee of Ten from the
great colleges, which is appointed to
consider standards OF requirements in
entrance English, and to secure, if
practicable, uniform entrance examina-
tons in that subject recently appoint
ed, to further its work, a sub-commit-
tee OF fifteen, headed by DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler. This committee, in
order to ascertain the opinions of well
known English masters on the best
books for additional reading in Eng
lish, sent out a list OF forty-three
books, to which was appended this re-
quest: "Please mark with O cross the
books in the following list that you
have found desirable, with a double
cross those that you have found espe-
cially desirable, with q circle those
that you have found unsatisfactory,
with a double circle those that YOU
have found especially unsatisfactory"
Those who received this list replied
readily, and as q result this committee
has indubitable expert testimony on
the best books for preparatory read
ing. The balloting resulted in the
ranking of the books as follows: /,
Merchant of Venice; 2, julius Cesar:
3, Vision of Sir Launfal; 4, Sketch
Book; 5, Silas Mariner; 6, Ivanhoe; 7,
Evangeline; 8, As You Like It; 9, Sir
Roger de Coverly Papers; 10, Macbeth;
II, Lady Of the Lake; -, Bunker Hill
Grafton; ID, Ancient Mariner; Il.
Courtship Of Miles Standish; Is, Mar
uion; Is, L'Allegro; II, II Penseroso:
Is, House of the Seven Gables; 10,
Cancellation With America; 20, Twice
Told Tales; 21, Essay on Milton and
Addison; ~, Vicar of Wakefield; %,
Princess; "a, Midsummer Nights
Dream; rs, Comus; 26, Life of Sam
ael johnson; ~, David Copperfield;
%, Paradise Lost, Books I. and H.;
20, Sohrab and Rustum; 80, Lycidas;
81, Tales Of a Traveller; 80, Twelfth
Night; SO, Essay on Burns; 81,
American Scholar; IS, Last of the Mo-
hicans; So, Pope's Iliad; 81, Wood
stock; SO, Second Essay on Chatham;
49,, The Abbot; 40, Life of Nelson; Al,
Flight Of a Tartar Tribe; ~, Palamon
ard Arctic; 4s, History Of the Plague.
O9 these books Merchant of Venice
alone received no unfavorable ballot.
The History of the Plague ranked low
est in favorable ballots, and at the
same time received 1913 double crosses,
the largest number Of negative ballots
cast for a book. The low ranking Of
the Second Essay ON Chatham, which
always seemed to be q favorite with
the masters, will no doubt surprise
many.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
How stolen Rice Thrixea.

Senator Vest recently told this story
OF the origin of South Cardinals
greatest industry: Jefferson, while
Minister to France, visited Italy, and,
finding there a very superior quality
OF rice, filed the pockets of his
Virginia overcoat, the old-fashioned
Virginia coat, with capes to it, which
our grandfathers wore-with it, and
TO use plain language, Struggled it
out OF the country. He carried it to
Paris, put it up in small packages Of
i've and ten grains, and sent it to
Charleston, S. c., and that was the
basis of the South Carolina rice, the
finest now in the world"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
THE DAYS.

There's a murnur in the naples a whisper "Goolhy.' the valleys echo :"G'Hlhy,' tho
in the vines. nils repeat:
A subtle sense If sorrow in the sbalowo IF "tiooibv" from laIel meadows from gar
the pines: denS yotetSwttt;
And the stream in music flowing has the And bells in deHs oftwlshtt 'ntath n mhNS
echo Of asgh, sky
And rippks: Summer sgoing Goodby- Seem singing in their rnSins; "t''''ns
goodby! Sooiby!'
The lily seems to anguish the rose is ghost And all the hills sing "linE'r. anaa at
Iy white the valleys: stay
he eodep unfover droops and dreams And all the gardens: Hest thee here" on
through the enchanted night: jeweled beds of May
The wind is singing round the caves. and But a sigh is thrilling filling 1.-THE" Earth and
ever wtha sigh weePmES sky:
That thrills and suMt the listening leaves it Ad love with lm unwilling kisses "Good-
sings "Goodby-goodby! b.! goodly!
F. |. Stanton, in Atlanta constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

Russia will have a new labor law
after January l. The working day is
fixed at a maximum Of eleven and Il
half hours; for Saturdays and the days
preceding holidays it is ten hours, and
on Sundays and holidays there is to
be no work. Workmen who are not
Christians will net be compelled to
work on the days held sacred by their
sects. For night work eight hours
will constitute a days work.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
Martin Luther's Body.

1t has recently been ascertained that
the body OF Martin Luther, contrary
TO general belief, was never removed
from the palace church at Wittenberg,
where it lies seven or eight feet below
the floor of the nave, in a coffin of
wood lined with Tin. Close by is the
coffin Of Luther's friend and associate.
Melancbthnu-
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

"You mean you've decided to give
me up, Irene?"
No one could dream the speaker,
Henry Armstrong, could look 50 grave
or speak SO sternly, IS when, a few
hours later, standing i'll the same
room where Irene had fought her fight,
be thus addressed her.
His eyes, blue as heaven, seemed
fitted only for laughter !; his mouth,
though it was marked by no lines of
weakness, held wonderful sweetness
in its Orners
He was a man, young and handsome,
we'll calculated to win and hold a
woman's love; and yet the love of the
one woman in the world which was
precious to him was slipping from his
grasp.
81 can't help it, Harry" she an
swered, YEARLY. II I'm selling my
self-you and I both know that; but
it must be done, dear. L haven't a
cent in the world to bring you, and,
poor as I am, L love luxury, Harry;
and it would break my heart to see
you grow old and gray in trying to
make the income, not enough for one,
answer the needs of two"
"But we are both young, Irene.
With the incentive Of your love I will
soon double my income. Besides,
one Of these days | shall have plenty
you know that"
dead mems shoes, Harry. We
don't either of us want to count on
that, and there's no reason why YOU
Uncle Richard shouldn't outlive you.
Besides, he may change his mind about
making you his heir. It's very strange,
rich as he is, he won't allow you a
penny now, and as to the incentive of
my love, dear, it's only in romance
that it has the desired money-making
effect"
The girls words were harder than
her heart; but her listener could not
look into it's depths to discover the
bitter ache which lent them their
seeming GOODNESS, and his own love
and misery made them the more diff
cult to bear.
cit all comes to this, then-that
you throw me over?" he said.
And somehow the question, quiet as
it was, held such repression of feeling
that Irene looked up, startled.
ooh, Harry, don't be too hard on
me-! Don't doubt that my love was
true-is yet-though my heart is
breaking!"
your heart!" he echoed.
And then he laughed, but such
laughter! It was more painful than
any demonstration of grief.
do stones break" he went on.
'You have worn your mask we'll.
Until tonight 1 never dreamed what
lay beneath it. I wish you all Joy in
your new life! I shall doubtless live
to congratulate myself that you tore
off the mask in time. You have given
me a cure for my folly, though for the
moment it hurts. But the girl I
loved is dead. In you / do not recog-
nize her. Therefore I can say to you,
not to her-goodby."
He bowed and left her. Needless of.
or ~unhearing, the one choked utter
ance of his name, which was her sole
Six years later, Harry Armstrong,
little changed in outward seeming,
paced up and down the deck Of a
steamer, three days out from Liver
pool.
The weather had been stormy, and
passengers for the most part had
been confined to their ststerooms.
Only today a few of tic ladies' had
yenturAd nraa fst (Aao ag thaaa
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

OpelOusas Courier
Is the advocate Of Democratic
principles and the friend of the
people.
Their welfare is its welfare, and
it will ever be found defending
their rights with all of its
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
The Test.

Her Father--You wish to wed him:
Herself do.
Her Father-Are you willing to
give up your bicycle for him?
Herself (firmly)-I am.
Her Father Then you, indeed, love
him. You have my consent The
Yellow Book.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
Its circulation.
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation OF two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"mhe St. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with The Opelou.
sas Courier" The adyertisiny
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 50 a year.
TILE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
lsh OF St. Landry 10 therefore The
sheanssk
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
MONEY TO LOAN.

cyyroE OF 81. LANDRY HOMESTEAD AND)
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
OPELoUsAS, Sept. 18th, 1898.
The undersigned is authorized by ths
Board OF Directors OF the St. Landry
Homestead and Loan Association to
efer to its members loans at eight per
For particulars apply to
Z. ID EsTILETTE,
President St. Landry Ii. & l.. Assn.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
ACADEMY
OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

Under tho Direction of the Sisters Marianitei
Of Holy Cross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring a thorough christian ed
ucation. Constant rttention is paid to
home and social GU ure. Lessons are
given i'll music, paPting and other
useful arts. The tisters also have
charge of the boys school. The course
o. instruction is two-fold-Preparatory
and Commercial. French is taught jim
the two courses. For particulars, adj
dress SISTER 1UPER1oR.