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The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
TEXAS SINGING WELL,
1T Gives Out Weird Sounds and Rises
and Falls With the Wind.

1T Gives Out Weird Sounds and Rises
and Falls With the Wind.
About three miles west of Cedar
Bayou. Harris county, Texas is a re-
markable well. When it was dug no
one can tell. but it has been in exist
ence for more than 60 years. The well
is known as the Singing Well"
In calm, fine weather a sound like
that of an Aeolian harp comes upward
between the angles of vines below. At
times the sound seems nearer and
clearer; then again it recedes. as if far
away. and reaches the ear very faint
ly. These. changes take place every
few minutes and with great regularity.
With an east wind blowing the water
10 the well gets very low and the mys-
terious musical sound very faint. A
strong west wind causes the water to
rise and the sound TO increase in vol
ume and clearness.
But ii is just before great norther
that the old well plays its widest
pranks. Then. for several hours, the
water rises to within a few feet of the
Top of the we'll and emitS the weirdeSt,
widest noises that ever reached hu-
man ears. AT such times even the
wafer drawn out with buckets means
and walls as if in anguish.
The we'll is about ~ feet deep A
few years ago the land on which it
is located was bought 10y Mr.. Wat
kiHs. who, not liking the sounds that
came from the we'll employed two men
TO ill il up. They shoveled dirt into
the well two weeks. but il did not
effect the depth of water perceptibly,
and they threw up the contract
From the measurements of the eX-
cavations they had made it was cal
culated that the we'll should have been
filled mp little more than twice.
The water is Very clear. with blu
ish tint. and is fairly palatable No
other wells in the npighborhood show
such pranks as are played by the
Singing Well"
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Opals Are Safe

Opals will soon no considered lucky
stones if it is fCHnd that they are
burglar-prOOf, which looks as if il
might be the case from the accounts
gwen OF recent robbery in Spokane,
wash. The burglars there broke in
TO jewellery shop and took a auanti-
ty of jewelry. but left the most vain
able stones. number of opals. which
tney could have taken as easily as the
cheaper and more telltale goods which
they carried away.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
The People who Work Rest.

The people in all lines of duty who
do the most work are the calmest.
most unhurried. Duties never wildly
chase each other in their lives. One
task never turns another out. not ever
compels hurried, imperfect doing. The
calm spirit works methodically. doing
one thing at a time well. and il. there
fore. works swiftly, though never ap-
pearing to be in haste.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
BIRDS SHY OF WlNDsTooc
Tactics They Pursue to E.caD.
Danger. aing

ursue TO Escapa
Danger. uing
The power of the wind,
oy almost all ordinary birds y Dreaded
lhstlnctlFe knowledge seems !. and an
sessed by them that if tbo1 70 De pos
Iehder TO the force of tbo e Uuce sur.
SHOWN dangers will have - "iuds IN.
consequently. when a biob Oe laced
walls, all birds seek sbsIto STORM Pre-,
kinG. The strong winged sea o, u; 1I Some
.1e last to take fright at tba :" o5 olrdS are
ing hurricane. but even tbav rL,y, "P,py,Foach.
~ try 10 escape its fury 6oraIll,n "ll nnal
sHelter OF some cliff ar soS'l ea'l The
DurlnS tremendous windStor-u aune.
may sometimes be seen Arfno. 'liS 0lrds
at a great altitude, When tb; tJba;srnead
nolhenon is observed il may In,S bn phe
Tor granted that the upper o.. " TAKEN
is comparatively quiet and tbot bo-tlo,}Splere
turbance is confined chill, 'ue dls.
lower regions. Many sea bin, 70 Tue
the upper air of common oriata seek
ing tropical hurricanes '''>S dur-
When a heavy wind or o,l,
up the gulls. terms and. Dptror, Irp'llsS
ny back and forth over fb,. VIII
surface, rising and FALLING arI I"dalrrS
ing their peculiar cries of warni,, TI u''er
the storm extends too high nm th,t u
drift gradually with the Mi ,,'V! VIII
away to the edge of tb,. ~. VI ny
Very often they get caught nnar. ,,oaup.
edly IN the gales of wind and rbaapey',
themselves in Il dangerous n,.l lud
Il hen they struggle with mich,
main against the powers of - 'ld
currents. Knowing that danoo, m' d'f
death face them if they ono os aDu
under the dominion of the wind gus ,I
use all the strength and racticy ,E
are capable of to combat the sIo,,.y
n young herring gull. petrpl or nv
thus surprised will bear nm ar..;.i "'u
the wind with powerful aigbr T. ',, ",iT
rise high in the air. facing The cal, oni
making a little progress rorw,rd y,
well as upward. Then it will Sud,I,rIs
descend with rapid flight toward cn'
side of the storm-Swept path bur Fan
ing off at the time i'm the direction =,
the blowing wind. Once more If Win
sweep around and face the Storr, ~,
cendinS heavenwar0 and STRIKING das
perately out toward the direction %
the storm.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Just Like Other PannIs.

Though the German emperor has an
annual income of about three-quarters
of million sterling, the empress, who
dresses like a gOOd-clasS woman.
is most economical The childrens
clothes are repaired in the workroom.
where her own wardrobe is rhendcd
When the clothes are Outgrown they
are cut up for the smaller members
OF the family, which can very we'll be
done. seeing that six out of the seven
children are boys.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Activity of Baby CrocodiIes.

The moment a young crocodiI,,
breaks its shell it is TO all intentS ana
purposes as active as it is al any time
during its life. 1t will make straghl
for the water, even if it be out Of Sight
and a good distance off, and II VIII
pursue its prey with eagPrneSs anu
agility during the first hour OF 10
free existence.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Poor Field for Invant,-

Ihe patent laws of Japan afford
little protection to foreign mannfact-
urers or inventors. A native NAV
patent any trademark of a foreigner
IL the patent be taken out before the
real owner has moved in the matter.
Ihen the only course open to the own
er is to buy from the native the right
10 use his own trademark in japan.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
All Mnsclo

The elephant has more muscles I'd
its trunk tnan any other creature pos
sesses in its whole body. the number
being. according to Cuvier. not fewer
than 10000; while i'm the whole of his
body man can only boast of J2I. IhIS
is why the elephants trunk is 50 OK
ceedingly strong. and at the same
time so extremely delicate in its move
mpntS
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Cutting of Diamonds.

Diamonds are cut in three dlH'T,
ent fOrms-the rose. the brilliant, ahu
the table, of which the second is the
prettiest. 1t is a double pyramid oI
cone, of which the top is cut oil %
form a large plane, and at the bottom
directly opposite to a small plane.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Forged Autographs.

The trial Of a German for swindl-
ing by the use of forged autographs
OF Martin Luther recently. brought
out the fact that the ink used by
Luther $50 years ago is so good that
copies can still be taken from it,
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Spider Stops q Clock.

A spider that had woven web
around the pendulum. after infinite
trouble and many failures that would
have discouraged one less persever-
ing, succeeded at last in stopping an
old reliable clock at Nantucket.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
A Grated Ear.

An enterprising veterinarian u
Bristol. Pa. has successfully 2Tdllr'
an artificial ear on a horse. IL eAd,'
ly matches the ear on the other slgr ~,
Of the animals head and IS equdn!
under control.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Frightening Wolves in NORWAY

1t is believed in Norway that wolves
are frightened away by telegram
poles. On one occasion a village voted
money TO help in the construction of
line passing near them for this
reason alone.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
The Oueen'a Health y,

Every night. in every ship in Her
Majesty's Navy. the Queens health is
drunk by the officers of the vessel.
but is is curious fact that is is al,
ways drunk sitting, the officers never
rising, as is usual on land.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
PriRafPering.

Letters of marque and repriSd"
which really meant the commisN'u
ing Of privately owned vessels as "d..
ships-the old privateer. in fact-"s..
first granted in 1875. They are Ao'
permitted now.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Wooden Legs.

Wooden legs, according to statis-
ticians. are used by over 1.0000 900 Eng
disappearing men. and this accounts
for the enormous trade in limbs of this
kind.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
The Girane,s Hide.

For the hide of a full-grown giraffe.
greatly sought after in Africa for whin
and sandal making. the native hunters
get from Sl5 10 SO.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Enuligh WnrdS

There are now over 10000 words in
the English language. acknowledged
by the best authorities. or about TO-
900 more than in the German. French,
Spanish and Italian combined.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Peel of Knnr Ezra

An English writer. who for fifteen
years or more has been a student of
criminal anthropology. says that large.
voluminous ears are the most marked
characteristics of the criminal.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Ancient Custom

In ancient times to eat salt with a
man was held by most people to form
a sacred tie of brotherhood This
custom still holds among Orientals.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Inndnn Slnns.

Two hundred thousand families. It
has been calculated. are living in
London on about Il a week.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Onick Eonnki.-

a machine has just been completed
ina tnat on VIII count and bind in packages
ooo'oOO postal cards In ten hours.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27

Politicians ought to tell the truth
Put a small man in big posi-
uop and he will forget himself.
Why is justice in Washington
ike the weather?
Because it is changeable. Th
Justice that is meted out to th
white man not given to the negro.
There is but little hope for th'
negro in the South.
The BEE editor is not looking
for an Office and neither does he
want one,
Unhappy is the man who hangs
On official fayOrs.
Abolish the Office of justice Of
the peace.
1t is better that they are abolished
All offices in the District of Co.
Iumbia should be filled by election.
The negro vote will divide
IN 1900.
Our new leadership Is made out
Of that which cannot be seen.
In union there is strength.
Z. NJ. Hewlett is the most manly
negro attorney before the District
bar.
Be is lot the man to cater for
favors.
If there was more manhood In
negro attorneys they would sue
ceed better.
Be truthful, it will pay always.
There is too much treachery
among certain negroes to succeed.
This world was not made for the
white man alone.
1t is not well to tell all you know.
Be careful ot what you say and
to whom You say it.
Don't be too hasty in coming to
conclusion.
The Maryland politicians have
not been cared for as yet.
Will the negro vote ever become
factor in American body polite?
Be what you say you ar
nothing mora.
Deception is sooner or later
detected.
An honest man is a truthful man.
You should do nothing that is
dlstasteful to good society.
1t is not the person who grins in
your face, that should be regarded
Ms your friend.
Don't place too much confidence |
in the person who pretends friend
chip.
Be honest with your fellow man.
The best policy is when you can
not do thing say so.
1t will never effect you to be
truthful.
ont be altrme d at ~ littl e
noise.
The try daily has been struggling
hard since It's publication.
1t came out one day and has been
trying hard ever since to make its
appearance daily.
Can any one tell the difference
between the old school and new
school of politicians?
Well out of the great number of
ficers appointed in the army not
one negro was appointed
What has become of the repeal
the civil service law?
Don't forget how the negroes
fought on San Juan Hill.
General Miles thinks well of the
negro soldiers.
And yet not negro officer has
been appointed in the regular army.
The man who speaks the truth is
the man TO trust.
Don't be too impetuous in yonr
deliberation.
The man who thinks he knows
it all is generally affected with the
big head.
There was tyranny in the schools
on the part of certain school officers.
There are some school officials
too much on the old woman order.
The Washington bee., 1899-05-27
Chinese Yea.

China exported 50 100000 pounds Oh
tea the past season.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30

To be bound hand and foot for
years by the chains of disease is
the worst form of slavery. Geo.
d. Williams, of Manchester,
Mich. tells how such a slave was
made free. He says: "My wife
has been SO helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in
bed alone. After using two bot
ties of Electric Bitters, she is
wonderfully improved and able to
do her own work. This supreme
remedy for female diseases
quickly cures nervousness, Sleep
lessness, melancholy, headache,
backache, faintiDg and dizzy
spells. This miracle working
medicine is Il godsend to weak,
sickly, run down people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only so cents.
Sold by Garrett & Gerig, Drug
piSt
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30
Lowell

George w. Leonard of Hast
ings and his brother, +. NJ. Leon
ard of Boston, Mass, visited their
Wetumpka orange grove last
week.
r. M. Long, postmaster at
Hartshorn, visited his uncle, g..
NJ. Long, last week.
Mr.. Grover of Reddick has gone
to work IN Meffert's mill and has
moved his family into P. L. Bill
ingsley's house at this place.
Moulton Christy. a Plant Sys-
tenn carpenter, is home with chills
and fever,
Kelley Richie is about again
after four months of rheumatism.
The rain last week has started
the vegeta bles. Some reported
bean blossoms four days ago and
others had cukes ready to run.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30
CIRCUIT COURT

The following proceedings took
place in the circuit court yester-
day:
State VS.. n. P. Myers and 9TH
ers. A motion of Robertson
Myers to quash the indictment or
require the states attorney to
elect upon which count Or set of
counts he would be tried upon.
The motion to quash was denied,
but the court gave notice that
the first, second, third and fifth
counts would be abandoned in the
case of Robertson Myers.
The counsel for n. p. Myers
and others moved the court for a
severance, that the several pris-
oners might be tried separately :,
which was denied.
State vs.. Ed Hankston, bur-
glary. The jury found the prls-
oner guilty of breaking and en-
tering with intent to commit
petty larceny. In the second
case, same charge, he was also
found guilty.
State VS.. John Cox, resisting
an officer without force. The
case was mol pressed upon motion
of the state.
State VS.. Albert Gilbert, MUIR
der. The court instructed the
sheriff to summon twenty per-
sons to serve as Jurors in this
case.
Court then adjourned.
THURSDAY MORNING
One hundred and twenty-five
jurors were summoned to appear
next Tuesday morning, from
whom a jury will be selected to
try Nicholas P. Myers, Robert
son Myers, Mack Jamerson and
the two Higglpbothams, whose
trial was set for Tuesday.
The balance of the morning
was taken up with empanellng a
jury to try Albert Gilbert. G..
l.. Sistrunk and Jesse Miller are
his council. Gilbert murdered a
fellow gambler on the 18th of last
February, IN this county.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30

Hon. w. K. Zewadski and
Hon. M. l.. Payne leave tonight
for Tallahassee to be in readiness
for the opening of the legislature
Tuesday, April 4. Mr.. Zewadski
is not at all uneasy over his pros
poets for the speakership. Many
of his friends feel confident that
he will be honored. Both of these
gentlemen will be heard from
during the session, and Marion
county may justly feel proud of
her representatives.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30

The Arlington hotel, under the
efficient management of Mr.. w.
II. Chaile, is rapidly nearing A
place in the front rank as an all
the-year hotel and winter resort.
The rooms are airy, the attend
ance prompt and efficient, and
the table uneXcelled.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30
Fire Wood Cheap

A big load of stove wood, cut
any length and delivered to your
house for rs cents. A cord, cut
any length and delivered fol
$2.15. A two-horse load feet
long, delivered for S5 cents.
Give me your orders. l am we'll
equipped to fill them.
j. G. HAGOOD.
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Restaurant

Go to Ike Tompkins at No. 40
South Magnolia street for your
meals, lunches and Ice cream.
Meals at all hours. Board by the
day or week. Call on me for a
dray to do your hauling.
IKE TOMPKINS,
Ocala, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30

Happy is the man or woman
who can eat good hearty meal
without suffering afterward. If
you cannot do it, take kODOL
DYSPEPSIA CURE. 1t digests
what you eat, and cures all forms
of Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
Anti Monopoly Drugstore, Ocala,
Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30

For quick remedy and one
that is perfectly safe for children
let us recommend One Minute
Cough Cure. 1t is excellent for
Group, hoarseness, tickling IN the
throat and coughs. Anti-Mo-
nopoly Drugstore, Ocala, Fla.
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CINCINNATI AND FLORIDA LIMITED


August
Cucinnat Sleep
Jacksonville and
and
No
via
Jacksonville
Sleeper on No a g p m
Nos nd carr
of the
Iconne ingli Lives w.
L. .SH c.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30

Call and examine the latest
and best machine on the market
and let us tell you why it is so.
THE OCALA Music Co,
Agents.
Next door to the postoffice.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30
Important to Truckers

We have 100 tons OF we'll rotted
waste moss at our factory, very
fine fertilizer for gardens, that
will be sold cheap.
PITTMAN e MCINTYRE.
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sway, and brother of our w. c..
Jeffords. John, as all his friends
call him, is now a prominent citi-
zen of Clearwater, where he Is a
successful groceryman and or
ange dealer and in spare mo-
ments acts as agent for the well
known New York commission
house of Vessels Brothers. Mr..
j. had been spending the day
among the strawberry growers
of San Antonio In the interest Of
his house. He says there are
thirty persons who are doing the
strawberry act to the repletion of
their pocketbooks, as Monday
night they shipped $500 boxes of
refrigerated berries, for which
they are getting from 80 to so
cents a quart box, and have be-
fore them the promise of a long
and profita BILE season. Mr.. JEFF
fords says that San Antonio is
known as the seat Of the best
lunch stand in the state, and it's
reputation extends even beyond
the state borders. Mr.. j, tfords,
as we have minated, is a dealer
in the fruits of the orange and
grapefruit tree. He showed US a
bill OF sale Of forty-fve boxes Of
grapefruit that reached New
York the day Of the big freeze in
Florida that sold for $500 net, an
advance of exactly Sc per crate
over the prices prevailing the day
before. Mr.. Jetfords is an enthu-
slast on the summer attractions
of Clearwater, a lovely village
on the bay, with commanding
shores and delightful shade trees.
He says that if the Plant System
will give him low rate he will
plant an Ocala colony there this
summer, sure.
At Belleair, Plants new viii
lage, the train backed down to
the noted Bellevue Hotel, one of
the most attractive, architecture
rally, constructed hostleries IN
the South, and is as full of crea-
ture comforts as the most exact
ing and fastidious tourist could
demand. That it is conducted IN
the height of hotel art, the fact
that it belongs to the great
Plant System of hotels needs no
further MENTION.
At st Petersburg we were met
by that prince of gentlemen and
most excellent of Florida editors,
Ira Gore, of the st. Petersburg
Times, who housed the Star edi-
tor most comfortably at the
Overholt Retreat, admira bly,
conducted by Mrs. M. Overholt,
No. 300, Second street.
In our morning stroll over this
really beautiful and attractive
little city, we met the renowned
Billy Price, former resident Of
Belleview, whose name, during
his many years of residence
there, became a household word
with Ocalans, and "Billy Price of
Bell-e-view" was famed as host
and conductor of the best bake
shop in the land, which reputa-
ton has grown since his sojourn
here, and the fame Of his brother
Henry's stomach plasters -
pies-has overleaped the bounds
of local reputation and have be-
come a standard and staple arti
Gle of diet. Billy and his brother
are doing we'll in their business,
and since September their place
has not known a vacant room or
a sad and lonesome pie.
We also shook hands with Rev.
w. E. Bogart of Oca,a, who is
visiting friends and temporarily
preaching for the people of St.
Petersburg.
The business session of the as
ISOLATION will convene at noon in
the Opera House, where the
MAYOR of the town will give the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30

A fresh lot of the celebrated
Diamond G. hams just arrived at
the Alliance store.
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SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ALDERMAN OF
WARD No. !.

Notice i hereby given that the city council
OF Ocala. at its regular meeting on March
1892. ordered a special election in ward mum
Der one for filling the vacancy on said boa ri
occasoned by the resignation Of r. L. David
son. and designated March 81. A. D.. 1889. as
the day for holding such specia! election and
named the h. {. Bird house III said ward a.
polling place. And the following named per
sons were designated by the mayor inspec-
tors Of said special election. VIZ: W. &. JEFF
fordS. J. K. LawtOn and Nathan Crown. and
Louis J. Brumby designated clerk
thereof. All OF which was approved of. In
accordance Herewith said election will lie
held as above ordered. /. DoZIER. City CLERK.
Ocala, Fla March y. 1sss.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30
TIZAKURE
For Dyspepsia and Indigestion

Dyspepsia has been the bane of my life
for sixty years, an of all the hundreds
of remedies, have received more bene-
fit from Tizakure than from any other.
JOHN j. PEARCE, ID. d., Conneaut, Ohio.
A cure for try. 25 cents box. Ask
your druggist, or write for free sample
to Tizakure Co., Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Yours truly, TIZAKURE co.
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READ THIS

Osteen, Fla, JAN. 9, 1899
This is to certify that after many
years of suffering with kidney and blad::
der trouble, I have been very greatly
benefited by the use of one bottle of
DR.. Halls Great Discovery.
II. E. OSTEEN.
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A TEXAS WONDER
Hall's Great Discovery

One small bottle of Halls Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all Irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women. Regulates bladder ,touble in
children. If not sold by your druggist
will be sent by mail on receipt of 81.
One small bottle IS two months treat
ment, and will cure any case above
mentioned E. w. HALL,
Sole Manufacturer, P. 0. Box 21S, Waco
Texas.
Sold by the Anti-Monopoly drug store
Ocala, Fla.
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarcts Candy Cathartic. l0c or 25c
Il c. G. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-03-30

Mosquito bars and nets just ar,
celved at Nj. Fishel's.
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THE WEEKLY STAR

Ii published every Friday. subscription, 81 a
year; 30 cents for six months.
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Hoods Saa4aba, 'M
12a221 slk5l2;l:lz11|

Hoods Pills cure liver ills, the non-irritating and
only cathartc to take with Hoods Sarsaparlla
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Editorial Trip Notes

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