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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
An Explanation

The reduction in the size of the
Daily Star is not a sign of deteri-
grafton, nor especially of hard
times, but rather of that econo-
my which IS the high road TO
wealth. We have not reduced
the amount of type set, but the
lull that always follows the holi-
day rush Of trade has caused a
temporary falling off Of advertis-
ing to such an extent that we
cannot fill up the six column
pages without expense that busi-
ness does not warrant. We have
so arranged our forms that the
paper can be restored to six col
umnS at q days notice, and have
no doubt such q restora ton will
soon be necessary. Meanwhile
we shall give just as much read
ing matter as usual, and the
smaller size will enable US to
make a saving in paper, ink and
press work that will be of mate
rial assistance to US in these days.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
Reading Circle

The EpWorth League "reading
circle" Will hold a public meeting
in the lecture room Of the Metho-
dist church, Monday evening at
1:3O. The study will be the bio
graphy of Susanna Wesley, her
parentage, her family, her wife
hood and her motherhood at Ep-
worth. Music of the Wesleys'
composition will be interspcrscd
and stereoptlcon views on the
life of the Wesleys will be exhib-
tied. All are invited.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
Enjoys a GOOd Trade

Mrs. Martinot, the proprletress
of the well conducted French
Bakery, through the holidays,
and indeed AL the year, has
enjoyed a splendid trade IN her
famous bread, pies, cakes and
fancy French pastry, as well as
in groceries, Of which she has a
complete stock Of the choicest
varieties. She has a free de-
livery and is prepared to fill any
order.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
Fire Wood Cheap

a big load of stove wood, cut
any length and delivered to your
house for IS cents. \ cord, cut
any length and delivered fol
$40. A two-horse load feet
long, delivered for So cents.
Give me your orders. ! am well
equipped to fill them.
j. G.. HAGOOD.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
MOnteZuma Barber Shop

l have opened in the Monte
yuma shop, a first class Barber
Shop, and ask nay friends
and the public to favor me with d
share of their patronage and
promise them first class service
and courteous trca tment.
7. G. DAVIS.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
Five Dollars Reward

| Will give s. reward for any
information that will lead to the
arrest and conviction Of the part y
who tore off some Of the enamelcd
letters from the window OF my
store during the night Of Jam
uary 3rd, 1899.
CHARLES PEYsER.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
7 w. .TROxLEE
oCAHA. FLA.
ODen All Night

Not literally, but practically
SO, as we have a night phone,
No. 40, and render willing service
at any hour Of the night. Ask
your physician to call US.
GARRETT & GERIG.
Postoffice Drug Store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
House for Rent

The handsome residence Of the
late Sheriff Hodge, situated on
North Magnolia street, for rent
cheap to a good party. Inquire
Of Sheriff Nugent, Ocala, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
Seed Corn

j. B. Sutton has received a car
load OF seed corn, the cheapest
ever offered in the state. Ask
for prices, wholesale or retail.
lm-dW and W II
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
New Stock

Liddon and Stand!ey have just
received a carload of horses and
mules, choice stock, that will be
sold at private sale from their
stables,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
Wanted

Reliable, energetic men, with
small capital, to represent our
business in Marion county. Ad-
dress, J. H. Meyer Paint Com
pany, Findlay, Ohio. dwlm.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
New Mating

Pittman and Mcintyre have
just received a nice line Of Mat
ting iii different designs and
prices. Call and see it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
For Sale

Some choice household furEi-
ture. Apply 10 third door east
OF armory, Fort kung avenue.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
No Household

Is complete without a bottle OF
DR.. Julius Magic Oil. It knocks
out all pains and aches. Pre-
pared only by
GARRETT & GERIG.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07

The best creamery butter in
town, absolutely pure, at the
Alliance Store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
BicYcle Bargains

We now have five bicycles we
want to sell. Four lady's wheels
in the lot. Don't buy a cheap
wheel while you can get one OF
these.
One Sterling,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
One Phoenix,

One Phoenix,
One Crescent,
Two Ideals,
Regardless Of cost, to make
room for 80 models.
OCALA Music COMPANY.
Next door to PoStoffice.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-07
NEW ARRIVALS

California Prunes quality fine; price, per
pound pounds for 25c.
PEACHES-15c. a pound , pounds for 23c. They are
nice too.
We Just received another shipment Of
Fresh Soda and Snowflake Crackers Pecan and English
Wauts, Loose Muscate Raisins, pound; they
are large and 1neaty too
Also have the 1-pound package Seeded R0isiHs and
Cu11uutS. 7-fi0Avd Can hR4 1T
At THE TEAPOT GROCERY
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

onion and the useful but homely po-
tato. The bulbs are shipped to New
York in great quantities during the
autumn and winter, and placed in our
greenhouses to be developed into the
lovely plant which has become symbol
ical of Easter.
For years, as the Easter lily crop has
failed or become troublesome, an eff
fort has been made to turn the tide OF
popular favor toward the azalea, but
with little success. The azalea stood
like giant tree above the Easter lily.
but the lily reared its proud head and
outshone its gaudy rival.
And now it comes to pass that the
Easter lily, instead of being foreign
err, has consented to become a natural
lied citizen of the United States and to
dwell among us in strength and beauty.
Within the last two years very success
full lily farms have been growing in
Georgia and Florida, but more especial
ly in Georgia. In California whole
acres of lilies have sprung up. Yet the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
WE NEVER GOT OVER IT.

81 began paying gas bills when / was
earning a salary of only S12 per week, !"
said the man who was using a gold
toothpick, land far the last fifteen years
my check has been good for half mill
ion any day in the week. I've been using
gas right along and pay the bills monthly.
but DO you know that I'm just as mad
about it as in the old days? I don't care
what my cigars cost, and ! never beat
down the Vine merchant nor kick about
my tailor bills, but when ii comes TO gas
I always raise a row. There IS no doubt
that burn all the gas charged up to me,
and that the bills are absolutely correct,
but .t's the one bill of all that / linger
over. I've even spent SO worth Of time
to go down to the gas office and blow
around and try to get 30 cents knocked
off a bill Of Sc.
Il think it's human nature" continued
the man by way of explanation. I've
talked with dozen rich men about it,
and all seem to feel about it as do. We
never give the slightest heed to our water
rates or the amount of coal consumed,
and the grocer, butcher and baker can
wiring in on US every week or two with
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

Consider the lilies of the field, they
toll not, neither do they spin, but say
unto you that Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one Of these"
So the Bible in precise and. inspired
language tells us of the flower which is
synonymous with our ideas Of Easter
tide-the lovely blossom which finds it's
way at this season into all drawing
rooms, churches, and even into the
humblest rooms where token OF il
spiration and new life are desired.
These lilies certainly deserve all the
praise they get, but the people who
grow them and care to have them about
as a reminder of Easter and the Resur-
rection have to spin great deal.
The demand for Easter lilies has
grown to such an extent that the propa-
cation of these lovely spring flowers
has become a lucrative business to hun
dreds of greenhouse men and growers.
The lily bulb fourishes best in Ber-
muda, in narrow patches often along
side of the wholesome but unsmellable
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

out row being raised, but we all draw
a line at the gas meter. / believe that
ninety-five customers out Of every hun
bred have feeling that they are being
cheated by the meter to start with. Then
they doubt the honesty of the man who
reads it. No one has correct idea of
the amount he's burning, and the bill
may be ever so honest and correct and
We are ready for a row. Ny bill last
month was $40. l know / burned the
gas: know the meter Is correct. / know
l have no excuse for kicking. I'll ven
ture to say that the plumber who tin
kered the kitchen range charged me 50
too much and divided with the cook. and
that my coachman in buying a new har-
ness for my cob, put al least 3 in his
pocket, but those things have not dis
turbed me. It's that $40 bill that I'm
mad about. Tomorrow / shall go to the
office and ask them why they don't 80
into the highway robbery busness. and
III pound on the desk and get red in
the face and tell 'em I'll take Il to the
Supreme Court before I'll pay. Then
III hand out a check for the amount and
go away feeling that I've done my duty"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

The lily, as raised in Bermuda, Is
grown in the open air in great beds in
which the lily farmers. generally poor
people, work as though they were hoe
ing potatoes-raking, cutting, wedding
and watering all the livelong day.
When the bulbs are taken from the
earth and shipped north the ground is
again planted and the lily farm grows
over again. The hardest lilies are
those that grow two, or even three
years in the soil without being dis
turbed. These are hardy enough to
bear digging up and transportation in
a growing state.
The lily farms of Georgia produce cut
flowers by the hundred. These are
carefully packed with wet moss around
their stems, and are laid in tin boxes to
tie taken to the nearest city. New York
has ever been the readiest market for
the Easter lily, for the New Yorker
has little outdoor space and Graves the
beautiful sweet thing of the fields.
The Easter lily, more than any other
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

Easter lily is coy, thinking it best per-
haps to bloom seldom and sweetly than
to surfeit the air with heavy fra
GRANGE.
The Bermuda crop is always large
and abundant. Last year there were
between twenty-five and thirty millions
of the bulbs brought north to the
United States. These were planted in
pots in the hot houses and carefully
nurtured until they brought forth the
waXy flower.
The culture of the lily, after it has
grown in the pot, is an interesting one,
more SO perhaps than the actual grow
ing when the bulb lie side by side in the
rich sod. The point with the florist
who has the pots in his keeping is not
to make the lily bloom. but to make it
bloom at the right time. The forward
lily is as worthless as the belated one
But the lily that shows its white flower
Easter week is the one that has not
grown in vain, for its flower is the re-
ward of the husbandman.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
The Lovely White Flower of EaStertide.

flower, is the flower OF the home. It is
too large, too stiff, too frail to be worn
by any lady, nor does it adapt its proud
petals easily to the folds of her bodice;
and so the Easter lily is allowed to
bloom upon the parent stem as it stands
in the front window springing from its
terra Gotta flower pot, or is recognized
as the proper ornament of the tall glass
vase.
The Easter lily sells in most cities
for a quarter" The American TWEEN
ty-five cents is an equivalent for one
blossom of the flower, no matter wheth-
er it be cut or upon the stem. The ia
vorite way of selling is in the pot, when
a charge of an additional twenty-five
cents is added for each flower of bud.
The buds open and disappear, then the
lily lies down and can be set aside
until fall, when it will bloom again.
In the spring there is no traffic as
spirited as that of the Easter lilly, and
none that as well repays the grower of
the same.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

81 had got so used to being engaged to
you that 1 had almost become satisfied
with there being nothing different. But
now that am going away and will not
see you all winter long-I wish we could
be married before ] co.
But there is so little time she said,
thinking of the pretty things she had
hoped to make if this time ever came.
II know" he answered not understand
ing her. Il know you could not leave to
go with me, but we could go to house
keeping when l got back. I wish you
would do it, he cried wistfully.
Il WILL" she consented, "if it will make
you any happier.
On the appointed day Ezra set forth on
his way to Florida, leaving his bride be-
hind him to face the New England winter
alone. AT first she was lonesome, but
when long letters began to come from En-
ra she felt happier. He was asgood letter
writer. and before winter was passed 1t
seemed to her that she had had more COM
partnership with him than usual.
Ezra liked Florida and the climate
agreed with him. He found work there
and when spring came he decided to stay
there. He proposed that Janet should join
him in the fall. She agreed at the time,
but when fall came she began to be
dreadfully homesick. She finally wrote
that. as Ezra would probably come home
by another spring, she would wait for him.
But the next summer he spent in Florida
also. and when fall came again and they
had been married two years, nothing was
said about his returning or her joining
him.
Janet, however, began to have a desire
to see her husband. She determined to go
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
GOING A LONG LANE.

They were walking home from evening
meeting.
How long have we been engaged?"
asked Ezra, after a silence.
Janet answered promptly. eth be Is
years the 10th of next month"
"And the day after tomorrow I must
start for Florida"
Yes" she sad. 81 suppose it Is best
It would be hard for you to stay here
through the cold weather when you were
so sick last winter. But you can come
back in the spring" she added. trying to
be cheerful.
81 have been thinking" said Ezra, hest
tatingly, that Is years is a good while for
an engagement to last. Don't you think
it would be a good plan to end it before
go?"
She looked up at him quickly. Do you
mean that you wish to"
BE married. Yes"
Co." she said. 81 didn't know but you
might wish to be released"
NO." he returned emphatically, you
would be the one to wish that"
II never have" she answered.
Everyone knows that have the best Of
the arrangement-that you are smarter
and better than I am. 1 have meant all
these years to get something ahead. so
that we could be married sometime, and
so that you would not have to do dress
making. But I haven't managed right, or
something, and now my health giving out
has spoiled it ALL"
II would have been ready any time,
Ezra" she answered gently. I'VE would
have got along"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
to him and surprise him. So she packed

to him and surprise him. So she packed
her trunk and departed.
AT the same tipe Ezra had longing to
see Janet and he decided to go North and
SURPRISE her. They started at about the
same time, and passed each other some
where in Virginia. When they reached
their destinations it is hardly necessary to
say that they We're both surprised-un-
pleasantly So Each felt impelled to re-
turn over the way they had just come,
but each reflected that the other might
do the same thing. so they waited and
wrote letters instead.
Janet liked Florida so well that she de-
cided to spend the winter there.
AS for Ezra. he declared that he would
never leave the North again if he could
possibly help it. 1t seemed IKE nome TO
him. He stood the winter well. and he
looked forward to seeing Janet in the
spring, but Janet thought she would try
summering in the South.
Ezra sighed. "Oh, deari' he said.
Have we got to see-saw back and forth
this way all our lives? By the time she
gets sick of Florida, 1 shall have TO go
there again, probably
In April, however. postal card came
which made glad his heart.
IF you will stay north till / can get
there, I will start the minute hear from
you 1t is so fearfully hot here that I
can't stand it any longer"
Ezra met her in New York, and they
stayed there a few weeks, seeing the
sights This is cur honeymoon" he sad.
They were surprised to find how glad they
were to see each other. They came home
and went to housekeeping and were
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
WHERE THE TIDE OF BATTLE
FLOWS.

There comes a creepy feeling
When the foremost ranks are reellng
And the light artillery wheeling
To rear position goes.
Though the bullets thick are hummlng
You can hear a distant drumming
Which tells the reserves coming.
Where the tide of battle flows.
The skirmishers may scatter
When they hear the bullets patter,
With the sabers clang and clatter
And the cheers of charging foes.
The raw recruits may waver.
The bugler'S note may quaVer,
But the drums roll louder, Drawer.
Where the tide of battle flows.
The honor Of nation,
Thrilling through its strong pulsauon,
Gives new hope and animation
To the shattered ranks which close
Round the tattered flag still flying,
Round the wounded and the dying,
In long 'blue-clad lines a-lying
Where the tide of battle flows.
So the drum will keep on beating,
While advancing or retreating,
And its stern command repeating
With a subtle power 1t knows
Thrills through all, with hope insp ring.
TIL men never think of firing
And, unfiinching, face the firing
Where the tide of battle flows
WILL e. MAIDEN
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

One evening they were coming home
from church. They had not said much,
but finally Ezra said: do you suppose
we should ever have been married If it
hadn't been for my going TO Flor.da?"
II don't know"
well, l don't believe we would. Just
think of the time we have wasted. 1 have
been an old fool for seventeen years"
Janet laughed. 81 think belong TO that
class too" she sa.d.-Boston Post.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
BLUES BRAVERY.

Mrs Tinid-Did you ever find man IN
der the bed2
Mrs. Bluf-Yes. The night we thought
there were burglars IN the house / found
my husband there.-Tid- Bits
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
EXPERIMENTING,

"What are yen doing. Tommy
"standin' before the lcokin' glass" sid
Tommy II warted to see how l would
look il I was twins"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
cHRTsr b -.

Risen He f., Oh. sad heart sinF'
In Joy now ask. Where IA Death stinzF'
sSwalicrHed w n victory
Earth answers back triuHp nantIy.
Now life Is given abundantly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
NOT QUITE.

Fr.end-I 9 a ose you make great deal
Of money oGt Of Easter bonnet tokesY
Humorist-Yes. I DO. Aimoet enough to
pay for my wife's bonnet -Nsw YORK
Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
HE KNEW.

Mrs. Jones-MctEser writes from Florida
that the climate there dosen't agree wiki
her.
Jones-Foolish climate,-Brooklyn Life.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
on EASTER MORN.

Hark, All the world with Joy doth sing,
Earth greets her au-victorious King!
II the graves dark realm no more
Seek the living Conquerori
Arizona republican., 1899-04-12

city can make is to provide them with
such facilities for so doing, as are now
siEen by tne roads referred 10. /
would not have the country roads i'm
proved less but the city roads improved
more With such beds of high grade
gravel as are found between Phoenix
and Tempe, there is no excuse for
poor roads in city or country. A little
additional work on the Tempe road
now would be Of almost incalculabia
benefit. Near the city line and for
q nile CT SO eastward there are 2 NUM-
Der CT places where the coating Of
gravel is thin and whore the crust VIII
soon be broken through filing the
road with pitch-holes. A few loads Of
gravel row. as was stated 10y the con-
tractor, MI King, would keep this ROAD
IN coed condition for years.
The crawling OF these roads has
already been a benefit to the city, by
showing the value CT gravel for the
city streets. II we could have the
streets thus paved and then use rubber
wheeled huggiss and broad tired waE-
ons, We would have streets Of which all
vTovld be justly proud.
/. Fl.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-12

r1ent, and his opinion Of the extent OF
good done by this body in preventing,
or not preventing, the extending of
the conhagration in Villa Place on
Saturday, April s, SO, and IS ore
good term deserves another; therefore
be it
Resolved, That the members of the
Phoenix fire department in meeting as
senbled hereby gives expression TO
its views regarding P. L. Kay: We
believe him to be a progressive citizen.
(nit,) as a gentleman Of his whole aJld
ancient lineage should be, as he must
be 2 lineal descendant, in the direct
male line, CT the more or less (in) IA
nous Anar:as. we know him to be
possessed of an the civic virutes, as it
is evidenced by his self-sacrifcing
Willingness 10 organize q complete fire
department in that neck OF the woods
known as Villa Place. We wish him
God-speed with his new organization
and hasten 10 assure linn that The
1l2eIrI0crs. Of the Phoenix fire depart
ment will. with the greatest eclat and
ep,onb proceed il a body to gaze II
cdified wonder upon the sublime spec
tacle Of Mr. Kay with his M-inch gar
den hose xtingui5hing the next con
fagratiCn in the immediate (the
more lnmGC-~-e Jle DecocIJ v
entity cf MI Rays property
(ff he owns any). And we also assure
him that the official photographer Of
the department. will be present with
his camera. and that he will take an
artistic picture CT the striking scene,
which shall be labeled and known to
future ages and TO fame, rs Kay De
flying Progress.
Lastly, we most respectfully sug-
eest that if all she residents Of Villa
Place are as progressive and public
spirited as P. L. Kay, it would be
sheer waste of energy on their part to
organize q fire. company, as nothing in
that nefghborhood VIII ever, under
any circumstances move fast enough to
catch on fire; and that instead they
buy a reindeer, whose keep will COST
but little. ard as a living lessen N
practical economy it will be worth ten
times its original cost each year. The
reindeer lives upon moss, and it would
wax fat feeding eff the luxuriant
growth of that weed floUrishing upon
the backs cf soms. of the citizens OF
that vicinity"