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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-09

assisted in driving the red men
from that unsurpassed fertile
valley: ending with tie four
Robinson brothers whose phi>iQuc
and health can't be matched the
world over as ideal specimens of
physical manhoCd-all TO the
manor born
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-09
Albertus OIL the WithlacOOchee

Several weeks ago Albertus
Eo@t, the Duke Of Dunnellon. a
title conferred by virtue Of his
being the discovcr"r Gf phosphate
in Florida and Marion county,
wrote as only he can write, a
letter showing that 4 railroad
from Cove Bend on the Withla-
C0ochce river, built in a north
westerly course to the Gulf Of
Mexico, would pass through a
fertile, we'll tinnbered and Iich
land productive phosphate belt.
Length Of road 5, miles: cost
= 600, 600 and to thirty feet deep
water, making easy and cheap
transportation, besides a valu-
.abI" investment for capital.
In the Dunncllor Citizen Of
December I'd, Mr.. Vo9t las an
.Other interesting letter dcscrib-
ing the fertility Of With!acoochfp
valley and some Of the men WHO
have made that section famous.
We have only space to note 4
few Incidents:
WahOo Hammock, at Hayes
Ferry was the scene of the hot
test Indian battle fought in
Florida. He says this ham
mock ard Cove Bend are the
ljncat and richest lands in the
state.
lie then touches Gum Springs
III Marion county, spread out i'll
rich saW grass and muck lands,
followed BY phosphate deposits
only exceeded by DunnelIon.
Ih"n he tAroWs the magic Of
his pen over the RHsS and Heldts-
Vile settlement, Tic most sue
ccsstuI, self sustaining and law
abiding people in the county.
The section from Gum Springs
to the Levy county line contairs
the best and richest natural p0r-
tj"n Of earth, nearly n atrctch of
twenty miles of almost sold
phosphate, from which in many
instances more than s-!UD eco
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-09
House For Rent

A comfortable six room house,
both hot and Cold water cOnncc-
tions, fire places, conveniently
arranged; nice shade, only three
blocks from the postotiicc. Every
thing in good repair. Will rent
for Sc per month. Apply at this
office.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-09
Toys fDr Children

We have just received q very
handsome assortment of Christ
mas toys for the little ones that
we can sell at exceedingly close
figures. Klein & Campbell.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-09
Wood for Sale

Fire Wood, cut any length and
delivered to any part of the city.
Cheap for cash. Otto Mcntr,
Phone No. 2S.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Round-waisted bodices are promised
for hot-weather dresses. These are
finished with cpaulettes and sashes.
With the small sleeve has come per-
feet mania for bretelles to give to the
shoulders the breadth formerly af-
forded by the big sleeve. We have
slashed, gathered and plated bre-
telles. One style is intended to give a
pretty sloping effect; another the
broad look from shoulder to shoulder.
The sleeve beneath the cap is only a
close coat shape devoid of wrinkle or
puff. Shoulder arrangements of some
kind seen equally becoming to both slim
and stout figures. A silk reception
gown is noted with half dozen tiny
frills forming the sleeve cap, while
another has three successive caps
each slashed in the middle and faced
with plain silk,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
The Use of the Great Toe.

The negroes of the West Indies use
the great toe constantly in climbing.
Several years ago, while spending some
time at one of the famous resorts in
Jamaica, / had an opportunity to OBJ
serve the skill with which the black
women, who do a great part of the
menial labor, carried stone, mortar and
other building materials on their heads
to the top of the five-story tower in a
part of the hotel not then finished.
Much of the unerring accuracy with
which they (women and girls chased
each other up and down the long lad.
ders, with heavy loads skillfully poised
on their woolly pates, was due to the
firmness with which they grasped each
rung of the ladders with the great toe,
They did not place the ball or the hol.
low OF the foot on the rung. Dut the
groove at the juncture OF the great toe
with the body of the foot, and they
held fast by making the back of the
other toes afford the other gripping
surface. In much the same way the
Abyssinian native cavalry grasp the
stirrup. And have seen a one-armed
Santo DOMINICAN black, astride the
near OK In wheel yoke, guiding n lead
mule with a rein held between his great
and second toes, while his only arm
was devoted to cracking his teamster's s
whip.-Overland Monthly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

An exhibition of heroism was given
at the Spring street railroad station,
Elizabeth, N. j., recently by Frede-
rick Dusterdick, who in order to save
the life OF his son probably sacrificed
his own. There were a number of
people on the station platform at the
time, and the heroism of the father
made deep impression on them.
Dusterdick is young man and
lives OH Meadow street. He started
for visit to friends in Brooklyn, tax
ing his child with him. They
reached the station some time before
the train was due and the child was
permitted to walk about the platform
near his father.
Just as the train slowed into the
station and before the father realized
the boys intention, the lad started to
run across the tracks. Dusterdick
dashed after the boy and caught him
just as the child was in front of the
locomotive, the pilot being only a
dozen feet away.
The father seized the boy with a
powerful grip, and, realizing that il
was too late to save both the child and
himself, turned slightly and threw the
boy off the track. The instant the
child left his hands, Dusterdick was
struck by the locomotive and knocked
down. He did not rise and several
men on the platform ran to his assis.
tance.
They found that the father was un.
conscious, and that he had been badly
injured on the head. Blood was ooz.
ing from wound in the scalp, and il
seemed as though he was dead. A
hurry call was sent for the Genera
Hospital ambulance, and the injured
man was taken to that institution. Al
examination indicated that Duster
dicks skull had been fractured. He
remained unconscious until morning
when he partly revived.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

until at last the blood began to course
freely and vigorously through his body.
Soon he was restored to his old time health.
A reporter for The Monitor recently
called on Mr.. Petch again and was told:
You may say there is no doubt as to my
cure being permanent. l am in better
health than when gave you the first in
terview and certainly attribute my cure to
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
''To these pills owe my release from the
living death, and l shall always bless the
day was induced to take them.''
Such is the history of one of the most re-
markable cases in modern times. In the
face of such testimony, can anyone say
that DR.. Williams Pink Pills are not en-
titled to the careful consideration of every
sufferer-man, woman or child? Is not the
case, in truth, miracle of modern medi
cine?
These pills are sold by all druggists and
are considered by them to be one of the
most valuable remedial agents known to
science.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Study of Household Economics,

The effort to have women urder-
take the study of household economics
in their climbs is still sufficiently diff
cult to indicate the strong hold more
abstract subjects have upon the aver
age club woman. Hours of time are
spent over the most encyclopaedia and
academic work to produce papers on
far-away and irrelevant subjects, while
the vital and practical things of every
day life are indifierently turned away
from. If the matter is brought before
literary club, it is declined as being
too prosaic and not in the lines of cul-
ture and general knowledge. This is
q serious mistake. A study of house,
hold economics can be made as literary
and historical as study of the Cid or
of the Wars of the Roses. If the en-
ergy expended in pursuing these latter
undoubtedly interesting but unneces-
sary schemes of study could be ex-
pended IN an intelligent and persist
eDt effort to understand few of the
principles included in household
economies, the club movement among
women would be productive of more
tangible results. When these organ
izations turn to practical work, it is
then they achieve really important
ends
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

The war fever is beginning to creep
into the world of fashion. Some new
hat pins have for the head shell with
n scarlet fuse, small mortar, cut
lass, or boarding pike. For pins
the same are employed as are also
crossed rifles. a little cannon, can
teen or a musket and bayonet. Cuff
buttons are decorated in similar style,
and the stamped metal ornaments
which are made for pocketbook, work
boxes and the like, bear the same evil
dences of the condition of the times.
In many of the new styles of waists
and jackets there are shoulder straps
and epaulettes and the military frog is
beginning to appear in place of the
more pacific button and buttonhole. -
New York Mail and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Fight With an Eagle,

A very handsome specimen Of the
gray eagle family, which has been in
the possession of r. L. E. Simmons
and DR.. Holcomb, of Albina, Oregon.
since Sunday, has attracted much at.
tention, and has also aroused the
curiosity of their friends, as they de-
clined to state how they became pos.
sessed of the bird, and both declared
that they were at church on Sunday,
and so could not have had anything to
do with the killing of it.
A gentleman who resides out on
Columbia slough came to town, and
told a story which has let the cat out
of the bag. He said that on Sunday
two men, whom he knew to be resi-
dents of Albina, but whose names he
did not know, were out hunting along
the slough, and had desperate en-
counter with a big gray eagle, which
he witnessed with much interest un-
til charge of shot came pattering
around him. When he first observed
the hunters they were making sneak
under cover of fence, trying to get q
shot at some geese. Just as they were
within shooting distance large gray
eagle swooped down and fastened his
talons in one of the geese.
Without offering to shoot at the
other geese as they flew away, the two
hunters and their dog rushed forward
to attack the eagle, which was endea-
voring to carry off the goose, but was
not able to rise into the air with it on
account of its weight. The dog reached
the eagle first, and, not having had
any experience with this sort of
"game," boldly attacked it. The eagle
at once abandoned the goose and
turned its attention to the dog, fixing
its talons in the sides of his head and
beating him furiously with its strong
wings. The hunters arriving at this
juncture, the eagle released the dog,
which ran off yelping, and faced its
more dangerous antagonists.
In their excitement they discharged
their guns without taking aim, and one
Of them came near shooting the inter-
ested spectator. They then clubbed
their guns, and did their best to beat
off the eagle, who was desperately en-
deavoring to fasten his talons in one
or both Of them, with the amiable in
tention of pluciins their eyes out.
There was hot time on the slough for
while. The eagle, having apparent
ly lost all fear, founced around and
seemed to have more beaks and talons
than any doubled-headed, double
breasted Prussian eagle ever seen.
The hunters made lively play with
their guns, but the eagles solar plexus
could not be reached. The hunt
ers called and called for their dog. but
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
How TO Treat soiled Dresses.

Women's street dresses should re-
seive proper attention. On muddy
days health and neatness demand that
they should be taken off when the
wearer reaches her home, brushed
and hung away to air, as it is not
economy to wear street dress in
the house. A gown worn exclusive
ly for the street, if it is carefully
shaken, brushed and cleaned when
necessary, will outlast two or three
gowns that are carelessly treated
Dresses that are not thoroughly
aired after being worn soon acquire a
close, unpleasant odor.
A dusty dress requires an entirely
different mode Of treatment from a
muddy one. After coming in from q
dust storm it should be removed with
the other wraps and bonnet, and ell
should be shaken thoroughly in the
air, and then brushed off carefully
with stiff clothes brush which will
reach into the seams. The velvet, if
there is any, should be cleaned with a
velvet brush or a clean piece of fan
mel.
A linen cloth so firm that it will not
shed lint. wrung out in mixture of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Lavender Perfume in Fashion.

fashioned lavender perfume has
come back to favor among the many
other reyivals of nearly century ago.
1t appears in the list of French eZ-
tracts and sachets, and its delicate
fragrance exhales from the petals OF
choice Parisiau-made artificial flowers.
The odor of lavender is agreeable to
many people who do not like other
perfumes. In imagination it is al
ways associated with freshness, sweet
ness, and housewifely daintiness.
Poets have sung the praises of laven-
der, and IN kgeneral estimation the
odorous gray-blue-tinted spike ranks
next only to the regal rose and the
modest violet. Lavender produces a
sense of refreshment, and the modest
color of the flower seems in perfect
unison with its scent. The lavender
plant was formerly considered an en-
biem of affection, and, sweet and
fresh as it always is. has become from
association the synonym of anything
carefully laid by for future use.-New
York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

A knowledge of the existence OF
petroleum at Baku, Russia, is SO
ancient that we find there the ruins
of temple to Zoroaster. The wor-
ship of fre-so easy to obtain that it
was only necessary to prod the sell
with stick and set fire to the vapor
that issued out of twas continued
until sorecent time as twenty years
ago, when several Parsee priests were
in Baku for the purpose of worship
ing that which We of this iconoclastic
time buy in the corner groceries to fill
our lamps. -Harper's Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Fashion Notes.

The ultra fashionable coat has O
semi-tight-ftting front with almost
tight back, and no fulness in the
basque.
Popular materials for walking
dresses in England are the new black
alpacas with the fine white hair stripe
in them.
A dainty and beautiful effect in sum-
mer costumes is produced by combin-
ing white lawn with many insertions
Of black lace.
Velvet boleros, shaped to cover the
whole upper portion of corsage, but
variously shaped below. are to be q
feature of early spring gowns.
A neat walking gown of turquoise
gray face cloth, with diagonal trim
ming of black cadet braid. The waist
has slight blouse effect, with white
moire revers, and o collar and tie of
lace.
The pretty and picturesque neck
and shoulder effects, and the new way
of adjusting the fronts, render the
NeI lusHiphuDie l,lluCeSSO ureSS one
of the most attractive models of the
season.
Edgings and founcings made in all
styles of lace are shown. Among the
most popular are Brussels, Chantilly,
Valenciennes, Venetian, Genoa,
Flanders, point, duchesse and point
de Paris.
For women with high foreheads the
correct way to dress the hair is to
have few curls over the temples.
This softens the face considerably and
is exceedingly becoming when the hat
comes far over on the eyes.
Dog collars of pearls, and coral
beads of the old-fashioned irregular
shape fastened with jeweled buckles,
are still worn with dressy afternoon
gowns, as well as with the square
decollete theatre waists, and they are
sometimes made of filagree silver and
Jet.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

The following case was printed originally
in The Monitor, newspaper published at
Meaford, Ontario. Doubts were raised as
to its truthfulness, consequently a close
watch was kept on the case for two years
and the original statement has now been
completely verified.
Mr.. Petch had been n hopeless paralytic
for five years. His case has had wide at
tention. He was confined to his bed, was
bloated almost beyond recognition. and
could not take solid food. Doctors called
the disease spinal sclerosis, and all said he
could not live. The Canadian Mutual Life
Association after II thorough examination,
paid him his total disability claim OF
81 $50, regarding him as forever incurable.
For three years he fingered in this con.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.

an African Hunters Narrow Escape Prom
Death in an Encounter With an Eie-
phant-A Hot Fight With a Gray
EagIe-Father Braves Death For Son.
II. s. III. Cavendish, in paper that
appears in the new volume of the Geo
graphical Journal, describes narrow
escape he had from death in an en-
counter with an elephant near Lake
Stefanie, in Somaliland. The animal
had already been wounded in two
places, when, says Mr.. Cavendish,
'We saw that he was very angry,
swaying his trunk above his head, and
throwing up sand every now and then.
saw that he was certain to charge if
I did not kill him with the first shot,
and thought that we had better leave
him alone; but I followed up to the
bush, and took as good shot as I
could get below his ear at distance
of about forty yards. The bullet
seemed to have nc effect, for the ele-
phant just turned round facing us, and
walked straight for the bush by which
we were concealed. He then stopped
a second, with his trunk scenting the
wind along the ground, and we could
see that he knew exactly were we were.
Unfortunately, my left barrel had only
an empty cartridge-case in it, which
had jammed, and which 1 was unable
to remove.
"My gun-bearer then said we had
better make run for it, and at that
moment the elephant charged. The
only way back to the bushes was over
plain about 100 yards wide, so Civ
ing my gun to the bearer, we started
off in different directions; but the ele-
plant had caught sight of us, and
made for me as straight as q dart.
was unable to run very fast on nc.
count of the terribly rough ground,
which had been broken up by the
elephants, the holes being concealed
by the grass. I tried to dodge him
but he was too quick for me, and as
neared the thin mimosa bush I saw
HIM just over me with his trunk il
the air, so threw myself to the lef
on my face and kept still, thinking
that the elephant might go on; he
however, stopped Immediately, and
spinning round, knelt down behint
me, with his head right over me, and
took drive at me with his tusks
which L luckily avoided by rolling il
closer under his chest. He the1
pushed me under him with his trunk
and tried to pound me with his knees
but, as luck would have it, I was jus
out of his reach; kept lodging hi
legs as they came down. At one mo
ment he lay on me, and I expected
every moment to hear the bones crack
but suddenly his weight was lifted of
me, and 1 pretended was dead, and
not wishing to see the coup de grace
coming, closed my eyes and remained
quite still.
"The boys told me afterward tina
he got up and backed off my body
and knocked his leg against log o
wood lying close behind. Mistakin,
the log for me, he vented his rage o.
it; he must have been badly woun ded
After time he moved away, and OF
my return to camp went to bed, an,
sent out twenty boys to finish off tn
wounded elephant. This they sue
ceeded in doing after putting thirt
bullets into him; he charged in ever
direction and died hard"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Dramatist Gilber,'s Joke.

The following smart example of
repartee is attributed to W. S. Gilbert.
The dramatist was at an evening party,
and CHANGED to be standing bare-head-
ed in the hall, when a guest, departing
in n hurry, mistook him for waiter.
Call me a four-wheeler, will you,"
said he.
''Sir," replied the ready author of
"The Mikado" and a round dozen other
operas, you are four-wheeler."
The guest was startled by this reply.
"Why," he exclaimed, ''what the
But Mr.. Gilbert interrupted him with
an elaborate pretense at apology. 81
couldn't call you hanson, you know,
could IT
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Rights of NeWEbOYa.

The judgment comes from the Dis
trict court at the national capital that
the sale of newspapers ON the streets is
n legitimate business, and that news
boys have a right to enter street cars
and sell newspapers to passengers pro-
vided they behave themselves and
leave the car when their business is
finished. One newsboy was forcibly
elected from car in Washington some
time ago and had leg crushed by car
running on the other track. He has
just obtained an award of $1,000 dam
ages from a jury under instructions to
the above effect by the judge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16


Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer has been
chosen President of the College Club
of Boston.
George Augustus Sala's widow has
gone into bankruptcy through taking
upon herself her late husban Is debts.
Miss May Scraggs, young South
ern woman, not yet twenty years old,
has been made teller of bank at Way
Cross, Ga.
At the recent town election IN Natick,
Mass, 624 women voted, and Mrs.
Anna l.. Goodnow was elected to the
School Board.
Mrs. Minnie Williams, of Marquette,
Big Horn County, will succeed Mr.. J.
A. Williams as Register of the United
States Land Office at Lander, Wyom-
ing.
There is woman's club in Roches-
ter, N. Y, which exists avowedly for
the purpose of giving the members an
opportunity to show how little they
know.
Miss Louise Porter Haskell, of Rad
clitfe College, has won the prize offered
by the Massachusetts Society of Co.
lonial Danes for the best essay on
colonial history.
Women druggists are legalized in
Russia, and many ply their "new
woman" vocation in the apothecary
shops of inland towns as we'll as in
the large cities.
Miss Elise Mercur made the de-
signs for the new buildings of the
Woman's Seminary at Washington,
Penn, and Mrs. Clara Meade, of Chi
caSo, was the contractor.
Mrs. Roger Wolcott, wife of Cover
nor Wolcott, of Massachusetts, is
erecting monument to the memory
of her ancestor, Colonel William Pres
colt, one of the hespes of Bunker Hill.
Mrs. Barney, the round-the-w world
missionary OF the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, has returned
after trip around the globe, and is
now at her home in Providence, r. I.
Two women have been elected on
the standing committees of the Boston
University Corporation: Sara e. Sher-
man for the Medical School and Sara
A. Emerson for the College of Liberal
Arts.
Mrs. julius McAfee, daughter of
the late General Humphrey Marshall,
of Kentucky, died in Washington
suddenly of heart disease. Mrs. Nc
Afee was poetess and authoress of
some note.
Maryland has O bank whose presi-
dent is a woman. She is Mrs. Evelyn
S. Tome, of Port Deposit. who sue
ceeds her late husband, Jacob Tome,
as President of the Cecil National
Bank of that place.
Mrs. Laura Smith Haviland, who
died in Grand Rapids, Mich, the
other day, was one of the originators
in the famous Underground railroad
system of passing slaves to the North
during the Civil War.
A little colored girl only thirteen
years of age, Isabella Horton by name,
is doing evangelistic work at Pitts
burg. She breaches in semi-scholas-
tic, semi-clerical dress. From the
proceeds Of her work she intends to
educate herself for further and more
advanced labor.