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Where is 1t

The Ocala Greenhouse? 1t is To-
Gated on the east side of the old
cemetery, one block north Of the
+. e.. & P. freight depot,
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Carpenter Shop

ID. j. Burnett, practical car
penter. Shop at j. l.. Smoak's
wagon factory. All jobs closely
estimated ana neatly executed.
Contract work speciality.
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The Everett

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Vegetable Crates for
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No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-05-19
DR.. b. HofmeiSter
belt tinen Bprtras Dor Der Wlcbi;inifd)en Geiens
fdaft BON 9pnepn Gber ZEN 6ebrdudb pon
,,garfs6a6er 2SoHer",
rrnnpn RoInenecs an QIus,ua "a.

Snoem id BON ben 2eiOen ipre6e. in oeuen bic
ytibIihteit beg SdrIsbuoer WBafer5 Ith aejet9t bot,
nil i'd mid uur auf bisleni9eu belhranten, mel4e
fir bic beiltraft %6siieIben III eoioenter WeIle 3su9'
uis abIseeu.
.3uerIt Tno bic nnterIeibsleiosn 5i eripdbuer,
unter oieieu uno Dor allen bic droniihE tatarrbatis
i6s Gntjiinouus nit iubitautieuer Berdnoeruil9
Der 5bieimbaut. Geidptiren uno ~@niamlnlung
Don eidem, pftmaIs Idtigem ShIeim.
Die unnutiirlihe Mftion os OldQeus, Glporuden
uno Qufiip6en u~srurinhtn0, Storuraen in ben
Ginasneioen, Die 5um Wa9enfatarrb fIbren, uuo
Gutsinouua Der Shleimbaut rno Die am bant9ittn
o~ortommrnoer Qrten os usbels. Nus olelell lpte=
Der eutIebeu bic meilten glieren= uno Se6erleloen,
bururubr, rhetimatiIhe Beidiperoen uno giht.
so babe aefunDen, baB ourb ben lanaerell 9ebraub
BON GarisboOer gBniier bic unndtlrliae 3bGti9tett
bes Wdaens aufbort, bic iuuereu Netoet osrlnluln'
ben uno Die @tiunbbeit tpieocr b~er9elttlt mirh. Die
barutreibenbe gBirFune bes g9aTers, ieiu Gffstt auf
Sen Waaeu uno ieiue beiltrdft NIT BeJug auf bic
Gineepeiot, tounen gar niht 9enus 9eri9mt ipsr'
ben.
G5ibt ,piro befanutIib benz Gintrefsn bon 8Iaisus
f~sinIGure in's SIut 5u9e'hrteben. Die pobltbattae
Nirfuna nes GarIsbaber Waiiers unteritlibt in Der
That bieIe Tbeorie. Or. &uitiq bon Sepllb bat elm
DambbIet oeldrie6en, in rptl6em er Die beiIfraft
bon GdrIsbaoer Nafier, tDenu tait ~genon1men, bet
@%beumdtismus, nfutem NIB hronIidem, anerfsnnt.
Gum 6hIuB babe id nur nod Der bdrntreIbenoeu
g9irfuna beg Garlsbaoer gDnfers 5u aeoenten, obne
besbalb aue bic Qeiosn auf3Gblsn Ju rnuisH. IN mel'
den ss sur DruOujirun9 elmer itaTtsn 0larsrs nuns
giea.i6f it ,s ui6t HbertHFis, bel eisIer @.'
Ieeenbeit su bemerten. baB 0arisbaoer gSatier IN
feinsr @siIe Elm bIobes 4bfibrmitttl 1T, mie bic
rneiten Qeute aIauben. Gs %beforoert ben StoHs
iuehieI in bobsu1 @raoe, oeranoerl ee SsstelloH'
tpirtt I0ien6 auf iberFafiss Gale unO 5ttt.
EISNER & MENDELSON CO.,
9nsinise asentsn fir bic gsrsinisten Staten,
Apen 0lprE.
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VGRt iidl nift bclhcnfen.

Golumbt ia. S.>9., Is. Wfdl. -
General 0aoe 6ampton bat in einem
ofFenen 8riefe an bic 8ep0lterung Oe5
@taute8 Die ibm 3ugsoa6te S6entung
zines sigenen 9eimS gum @riaB fir
isin tiir3li9 n;eOergebrannte8 Saus-
oanfenb u~bgeGe6nt. Gr ertldrt in benz
8rieFe, Die 4nsrtennunq ieiner Mitz
burger, bic Inn gu She'll ~geporben,
lei inn mebr tpertb als Die @brengabe.
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Qns sEerrissMnh.

G6icd9o, Is. Mai, - Dd8
ferris Rao Don Der Wtltdu5Itequnq
piro entfpebsr nu6 Ct. Qoui5 ooeu
Tepsgort geben; Die bs3u8!i6tn I'M
ter6dnollnqen nit btioen StdoRn
limb i'm @drge. ct. Quui5 m06tc
ou8 Rub ais Qttrattion fir feline
Subildums : Qu8itenung BADEN; elm
gergHigun9s : GtIbliFemtnt in Der
IGbe BON Mtanhdttln Ssldno bat
inOeR,n auaebli9 Elm beferes 4ngebpt
Qsmd9t.
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Irnteif aeaeu Sutton.

&anfos Gitp, Mo., Is. Wdt.
- Oas rationale Sraanifations>Soz
mite rer nWtibble Of tbe Roab" go
pulitzer bat an bic 8opuliiten bes
Qarr5en 2arubes elm et6arnifdtes Midz
niftft gsgen bic Sulions : 9etpe9ung
qeri9tet. 0as Manifeit 1T Der 4usz
brud ppn 8ei9lifen bic na6 beiben
0isfufIionsn BON ben yl1nenttpegten"
ongenommen tpurben. Gs 6eiBt, baB,
pO INNER in Sountn=, Staats< uno
Vatipnul : 9onbentsn bon SsuIion bic
Rebe lei, Die v{trammen" 9opuliIten
9ib BON ben onOeren losiaeen unb cine
eioere eneraii9e Champagne fii6ren
iplen. Quf ben 8orIiBen0en beg Naz
jional4@pmite's. 8unbesienatpr Maz
1iou Butler bon Norb : Carolina, lit
Elm Q6fdnitt %gemin5t, tpel9er bas
n%otipnale ORGANIZATIONS : Gomits err
mGdtiqt, einen Nutipnul : Gonbent
einsuberufen, tpenn es gu Der lleber>
aeuaunq geldngt, bub bus Ndtionulz
gpmite ooer fem 8orTiBenoer ben
Ju1ioniItsn in bic 5dnOe fpielen.
Tragtdie DaSSslbeW Was lhr Fuaher Gskauft HABIT
sss.ii; EWlzE
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CASTORIA
fur sauglinge und Kinder.
DaSSGIbG Was Ihr FruGh9r GGkauft HABIT
Tragt die -" USZL-A
Ser Gurters SfanOal.

8aI6trqtor, D. 6, IS. mai.
O6erH Barr, pslder fem 3eat5s
ouia6ien in Dem 6erii6gjgIsn Safe
8es GapitdnB GarIsr a68e5e6en BAT,
feBEe ben 9eneraIarpalt DaDOn in
aenrtniB, oaB er in Der Qngeltgenbeit
fefne miinoli6en QrgumenIs Dorbrinz
oen. 1on0ern 6eute duT ieinen BOItsn
3uriidfi6ren tperOe. 5n TejnemHea!sz
0uIa6tn ldBt lid Barr gar nidt erIt
6arauf Elm, bic Qrgumsnte i'm 9utah@
ten bes gr : Senators GomuroB, oaB
aeniiqenO 8apejsma!erial e~riItire, UNI
biz aaTirung be5 Capt. Garter gu
re6lTeriiqer, a6er oaB bic 3ulafurg
uepiFer 8epeiie ungeIeBli4 gepeIsn
lei. 3u 6eantporten. gomunO8 tommt
in Teinem @utu9tsn 6s".anntli6 baruuf
6inous, baB Dem &Qpitdn Garter
@erobuBe unO 3u6!6ausf rafe erlaEz
Zen per0en mIBten.
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sFromm. WIni6e I'm ben Grfolg DER
N6ru Eua9sSg onferer5. - SO:nz
tf6s SnTtraftionen fir BE osats
76en uno Bic mIIiiaen 0sle8oten.
- Ia6psEsn bss 8rouO 3pis
f8:nfQnss i'm 9sidstu8e. - Ser
liner Msinunqen u6er Die Dor
gGnge i'm SransouuI. - 8rano@
R~ataRrop6:n in S4sTien uno
8ruun1hpeiQ.
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@eaen bic 9ennialpanicr ,goOOler.

6urris6urg, 9a., Is. W|ai. -
Oia 8eprd tntunten Son uno 8oorz
bees Don &6ilobeIpbia. MitgIisosr Oes
Gomite8, pel6es BON Dem RsprdIsnz
tantsn6aufe in Der leBtsn 6iBung erz
rannt mar, um Die 8eItedungsn in
@~er6inoung nit Dem 8abitampf I'M
bic 8unoesfanatoren@Steq uno bic
McGarrelzSurp6ia gu unteriuaen,
bat benz OiRriftsunpult Miaar beute
od8 BON Der gommiTion aufgenommes
ne 8eipeismaterial nit elmer 4bihrlft
Der bic geri6tli6e @erfolgurg dnoros
nenoe 9tIolution 0es 9uuIes iibermItz
tslt. Dire 0iftrittsanpaIti9aft ptro
Oa8 9epsismateriul iOrgfdltig priiFsn,
bebor er gegen bic e%in5elnen Ssl4ulz
oiaten neiter porqebt.
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Sffi5tnfe 8efopitu.Gution
bes iingfsn @orz
tones.

- ! ~ ! = W. X va To-. Htui'
Die grrungenI9aften Der 8enerdIs
MacQrtbur uno Qapton BIG 5ur gez
itrigen ginnabme bon San SIiOro
DerOen 6isr Offi3iOs ME folgt rstapitus
lirt:
Die OipIIipn Mac Nrt6ur bat Die
5tlipinps Lungs Der bon M2anila na4
Oagupar, an Der BAL bon 2ingapen,
fibrenbs @iienbubn Big mad Galumpit
Dor fi9 bergetrieben. QGe 8smii6unz
gen Der Sniurgsnten, ben 8prmurI6
Der 0ipiIion bur4 3erItDrung pon
8riden auf3u6aIten, BADEN fi9 alS
pergs6Ii9 ertpieisn - bisSniurgenten
purbsn au9 aus ibren ftdrfIten Stelz
lungen 6erauSgepprfen. @lei63eitig
mu4te 2apton, UNI Den 5einO gu umz
ge6en, ben peitsn umpsg ii6er Nor3uz
9orup, benz 0itIi9en 9unfte Oe5 ebenan
Serrains. Wsnn ou9 bic umgeRung
ni9t gelang, 10 mar bod Der 5einO ge@
nDt6igt, feline 3iid3ugslinie lungs Der
GiIenbabn auf3ugeben unb Den 8lo
@runbe uuftpGrts gu retiriren. Die
SnIurqenten bepieTen Our4 bieies
ManDDer aiemli4 bebeutenOes tattiz
f6es ge56id, ba bic Qmeritaner gez
spungen tparen, ii4 cine neue 8ef0rs
berunaslinie fir ibren PrOOiant gu
berT9offen. @uf Der Gifenbu6n mar
bic 9robiant5ufu6r 5iemIi8 Isiat gu
6eperfIteqigen, ba bic Srupptn 10
I6neG, ME Tie b~orbrangsn, beinaRe
aud bic 8abn gu reparirsn permo6ten.
Die Qenbsrung Der Riid3ugslinie Der
GtbeQen mar, ME man permutbet, Der
QnluB Der %msbrtdgigen 8er3Ogerung
i'm 8ormarf9 2uptpn's. Mittlerlpetz
Il, glaubt man, puroa Prppidnt aut
benz Rio @runbe in Ganoes unter So
forte Der BON Maior &obbe beftbligtsn
8anonenboote itrpmaufpGrts gefdnot.
Der 2eRtaen1nnte hrinnt. pie ass
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ca. 90 Ia = -.
rragtdie DaSSeIba Was Ir Fuahsr G8kaut HABIT
'o 155 G1HZAZZzM
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
THE PARROT AND THE WATCH.
PART I.
Watch and Parrot Gone

Charles L. Howard, New York manu-
fucturer living in Greenville, N j., be-
fore leaving for his place of business one
morning last summer placed his watch
a valuable one with a long, thin gold
chain attached, on his dining room table
and requested his wife 10 send it to the
Jaweler for repair. A parrot was in the
room at the time, and after Mr.. Howard S
departure servant opened its cage and,
as was her custom, gave Polly the free
dom of the dining room while she was en-
gagged in cleaning its domicile. Returning
from tour of the kitchen a. little later,
the servant was Mortified to see the par
rot with the watch chain twisted round its
strong beak and the bird using its claws
to unlooSen it, in such a way as to en-
danger the Wilderness of the time keeper.
oh, you wicked Pollyi" cried Mrs. How
ard, who entered the room just then, eX-
tending her arms and rushing at the
mischiefmaker You bad Polly, give me
that watch"
Polly, defiant and irritated. flew round
the room a few times knocking the watch
against all manner Of things, and finally
escaping through an open window took
refuge in a tail, thickly foliaged maple
oVerhanging the roadway. Mrs. Howard
followed after and found it high up on a
branch trying desperately to divest itself
of the glittering chain, which by this
time. had managed to get round one of
its legs 1t was deaf to the pleadings of
Mrs. Howard TO come down; on the con-
trary it went higher and higher
Mrs. Howard turned back to the house
in search of some one who could climb
trees. but when she returned the bird
was gone. So was the watch and hus-
band and wife mourned their loss until in
the fulness of time their grief was soft
ened and poor Poll had almost faded from
their memory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
WATER AND SAND CLOCKS.


1t is very easy for us to have
watches and clocks to tell the time of
day or to note the passage of the min
utes; but in the olden time before the
invention of clocks and watches there
were others just as important to their
owners if not quite so accurate as ours
At first the ancients had sun-dials by
which it was easy to tell the hour OF
the day by the shadow that they cast
In the night time this was impossible
and so water clocks and sand clocks
were invented. The water clock was
nothing more than a vessel of water
with small hole in the bottom,
through which the water leaked away
An upright rod in the vessel was mark
ed by the hours registered on the sun
dial in such a way that as the water
flowed out, the figures remaining above
water showed how many hours had
pessed since it was filled. But this was
rather inconvenient, for the vessel had
to be re-filled every day, and it was
rather damp clock at best, not we'll
adapted to stand on a mantle piece
Working on the principle used in it of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
ANIMALS CAN COUNT.
Some That Show Ability AS Expert
Calculators.

The celebrated ornithologist, Ander-
son, after many experiments on per-
fots, holds that they can count up TO
four. A Russian physician, DR.. limo
fieff, extended Anderson's experiments
to birds, dogs, cats and horses. He
concludes that crows can count up to
ten, dogs up to twenty-four, cats only
to SIX, but horses carry off the palm
as calculators.
In village of the government of
Pokow, Dr. Timofieff studied a horse
belonging to a peasant, and found
that the horse always stopped at the
end of his twentieth furrow. 1t did not
stop when tired, but only after every
twenty burrows. He was so exact
about this that his master reckoned the
number of burrows that he had made
by the number of times that the horse
halted. The animal counted for the
man. In another village. Dr. Timo(ieff
saw a horse that calculated the versts
CRussian miles, by the number of posts
on the road, and the time by the .trik
ing Of the clock. One day this phySi-
clan was going to Valdai, when at the
twenty second verst one of the horses
hftched to the troika Ca three-horsei
carriage) stopped suddenly. The driver
got down from his seat, gave some
provenier to the horse and drove on.
ter when very young to get food at
every twenty-five versts.
There can be no doubt that the horse
kept count by the posts along the road.
He had made a mistake this time of
three versts, but it was not his fault.
Along the road there were three other
posts besides the telegraph posts which
looked very much like them Hence
the error of three versts.
This same horse was accustomed to
get his food in a stable near which
the town clock rang at noon. DR..
Timofieff himself saw the horse prick
up his ears and listen, but droop his
head, dissatisfied, when less than
twelve strokes sounded. On the con-
trary, he manifested all kinds of salts
faction when he heard the twelfth
stroke of the bell, neighing for his
provender. If the horses can count. is
it not also possible that other animals
can count as we'll?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

should hold the attention with the
chance, however, and the right to I'M
limited and unrestricted betting. has
carried it swiftly into popular favor,
and so it remains today
In Porto Rico, Laurie, now moved to
Havana, has for years been the po-
tentate of kites He used To sit in the
sun there under the soft blue sky, way
up on the hill near old Cristobal Colon
and he had his colored paper spread
about him, with little heaps of long
slender sticks, carved from the big
redwood tree. His pastepot stood be-
side him, as he whitfield with a long
keen blade like a machete. The goats
of the hillside below the fort. smelled
the paste and came stealthily up to
daub their noses. Dirty little much
achos," stark naked, stood in bold ar
ray and watched the alternating
While old Laurie mumbled to himself
in quaint foreign Spanish that was not
Porto Riquan.
From the hands of the old Cuban
there has come many 81 prize-wirner.
saw one a day or two ago. It was five
feet in height and three feet wide, and
it was covered over with the flag of
Cuba, and it bore itself haughtily in
the wind. Its flyer tossed it w from
one of the flat roofs of the Cerro, and
it drew chattering crowd. bigger than
a Gomez parade, and it felt it's import
ance, for it tugged hatefully at the
string and struggled with emotional
jerks to be free. 1t was so symbolic of
the spirit of Havana that the mob went
wild with cheering, and a little Cuban
police officer. in the brand new reguld-
ton blue uniform, with silver decOra-
tions, tried to assert his authority i'll
vain.
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= =
saSp 49,
AT THIS SECOND ILL OMEN THE
RAJAH HALTED ABRUPTLY.

who having arrived at the mature age
of twelve summers. was considered by
her parents to have remained even too
long without a husband. especially as
they had in view a most eligible parti-
4 venerable rdi3h reputed TO possess
one lac of rupees.
Chumla was a tall. gracefully formed
girl. not without decided DretensiCnS
10 good, looks, n fact which young Mo
tilal. the poor village brazier, had dis
covered to his cost: for, on preSuninS
10 address Chumla's parents with mat
r:monial intent, his advances We're re-
ceiVed not only with scOrn. but blows
"Chumla marry such 4 one, when the
noble Taiah had dei2ned 10 look with
favor in her direction scorn4ully
calculated that young lady's parents.
1t was more than presumption; it was
an insult Beat the fellow well il he
d3res to show his face again"
As 10 what Chumla herself thought
about u matter in which she was So
deeply concerned. that was, II course,
of no consequence. she would give her
hand first, and then. as the case might
De, her hear, afterwards. Such had
been the custom Of her people for ages
reaching back into the days of which
even legends do not speak. Her opin-
ion was neither given nor sought.
1t was. in fact. all well arranged
The rajah having made inquiry into the
purity OF Chumla's caste, which he
found TO be entirely satisfactory, an
uoUnced that re was quite ready 20
make her his wife in the ensuing month
ef May, 1T being an suspicious time of
The year.
II was then that d serious obstacle
drst presented itself To jEe Somans.
They We're not rich, and feared the eX-
pense OF the WCdding-the fine clothes,
Jewels and trinkets with which Chum-
Ia must be adorned as a dowry betit-
ing her new station.
New. for Just such a contingency as
this Ike KadaVa Kumbis have a Gus
tom BY which bIide-elect may be
first married either To another person
upon the distinct understanding that
she viii be released or divorced i'm
mediaGely afterwards. or to q bouquet
OF flowers. which, being subsequently
cast into ditch. is presumed to die.
in either case the girl becoming q widow
in the eye OF the law, goes forth upon
her second marriage without adorn-
ment or display.
Much disturbed over the matter. the
Snmans sought the rajah, explaining
tneir difficulty, when the latter, pre-
sUmably not caring about the few
things Chuial3 might bring as her
dCwrV. so far fell in with their views
that he consented TO her being married
FIRST Of all 10 a bouquet. il would ap-
pear that he was sufficiently jealous of
his future wife TO object to her being
married, even temporarily. TO another
Inais.
OveIjoyed that the rajah had so read
lily acquiesced in their plans, the So
mans thereupon with due form and
ceremony, married their daughter to
a bouquet of flowers culled from the
rajahs garden, and which they subse-
quently cast into ditch at the foot OF
theii compound.
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KITE GAMBLING IN WEST INDIES

On the long slopes of brilliant green
grass that stretch away from the walls
of Cr!stobal Colon and dwindle down
into the city of San Juan, a great
crowd of curious and noisy men, wOm-
en- and children stand every morning,
ges6iculating half nTadly at one another,
breaking up into little groups, more eX-
cited than the rest. Above their heads
there is always a flotilla of big kites.
ducking, diving, floating upward, and
performing queer tricks as they ffirt
and play with the ocean wind billoWing
inward from the southern sea.
There We're women in that eager
crowd, a mob of pretty girls who Wore
badly made French hats, and their
duennas came with rich lace mantillas
over their heads. and hundreds of
street Arabs. besides a group of solid
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lost and the victorious kite flew IN
ward like newly-liberated bird
The knife is d necessary and legit!-
mate burden of every kite that enters
the betting ring, and this seems To
enhance the uncertainty of the sport.
and it requires magnificent display
OF skill to avoid the blade or to at
tack an antagonist. The skill which
men and even boys display in this re-
pect is sometimes almost astounding.
In a country where cock fighting is
a national sport, and where bull-fight-
ing would be in vogue if the American
authorities would permit, where gam
bling is the chief pastime of both men
and women, it is somewhat surprising
that so mild a practice as kite-fTing
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ing carefully trimmed off the sprigs
of the bouquet as would be likely to
take root, he planted them in four little
rows. watered them from a brook near
by, and covered them over with a
! trellis-work of small branches and
leaves to protect them from the rays
of the sun or the feet of any chance
animals. This done, he returned home,
screening his path as he went.
That night the Somans were in high
spirits, for they felt confident of the
remarriage of their daughter to the
rich old rajah at an early date. and with
little expense; but their spirits We're
low in comparison TO those of Mutilal
three days later, for in the taking root
of the majority of his plants he be-
held the success of his plan.
She can never marry the old rajah
now he cried, as he danced with joy
round the patch. She can never
marry anyone as long as all these hus-
bands live, and 1 alone know where
they are. Chumla shall be my wife
yet" Then he spent two days within
himself solving the problem how fur
Their to act.
Shortly a strange rumor began to
circulate in the village to the effect