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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
THE FARMERS POINT

Governor Hoch of Kansas tells a
story that always strikes the right
spot with the farmers. One time a
merchant put up a blackboard in mis-
store and asked his customers to write
their names on ii and opposite tell
what they were doing for humanity
A lawyer wrote. I plead for all" a
doctor wrote. I prescribe for all" a
preacher wrote. 4 pray for ALL An
old farmer walked up. wrote his name.
scratched his head and then wrote, Il
pay for all"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
A CHOICE AS TO BULLETS

A veteran of the civil war used to
tell this story of war times: A young
Irishman named Thomas Smith was
in his company. They had been sew
eral days without sighting the enc
my. but one morning the rebels sur
prised them. and the bullets were fly
ing thick and fast.
Tom turned and started to run as
fast as his legs could carry him. The
captain of the company shouted. HALT,
or l will shoot"
Shoot and be id" cried Tom;
what's one bullet to a basketful?7
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section s Of Chap
ter ASS, Laws Of Florida

Notice is hereby given that Henry H.
Polly, purchaser Of tax certificate No.
72O. dated the End day Of June, A. d.
1902. has filed said certificate in my
office, and made application for tax
deed TO issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Marion
county. Florida. to-wit: Lots Is and
Il, blk D. Belleview. The said land
being assessed at the date Of the is
suance Of such certificate in the name
Of parties unknown. Unless said GER
tificate shall be redeemed according to
law, tax deed will issue thereon on
the 18th day Of February, A D. 1906.
Witness my official signature and
seal this the 18th day Of January, A.
D. 1906. s. T. Sistrunk,
Clerk Circuit Court, Marion Co, Fla
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
MAKING 1T PERSONAL

A brother Universalist. having call
ed to demonstrate with Horace Gree
ley on the omission Of the Tribune to
cOntrOvert those orthodox Christians
who were filling the religious press of
New York with revivalist sermons and
denouncing damnatiOn TO all but the
elect found the great editor busy,
writing He kept on writing while his
caller said: do you mean 10 let those
awful doctrines go unchallenged in
your newspaper-that all but a few of
the people Of this great country are
going TO hell-is that your idea Of
duty? Finally. Greeley's patience
was exhausted. He lifted up his voice
and spoke: Not half enough people
go 70 hell now; go there yourself" -
National Magazine.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
FENEQUE

Don't use lime as a disenfectant It
is valueless. except that it looks we'll
and in a limited extent is an absor-
bent. Dry dust is equally as good and
much cheaper. Use FeneqUe powder
for disinfecting. II being an anti
sceptic powder. will retain its strength
when exposed to the air. Useful for
outhouses. musty cellars, damp places,
chicken houses, hog pens and dog ken
nels. or insects. mites or fieas. Sold
at the Anti Monopoly Drugstore.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
FIRE AT STANDARD

son OF Capt :. R Pyles. bought the
mercantile business from Mr. W B.
Lawton at Standard about two weeks
ago. and the building and stock Of
goods were totally destroyed by fire
about daylight this morning. We did
not learn how the fire originated. The
stock was partially insured.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
A MYSTERY SOLVED

How to keep off periodic attacks
of biliousness and habitual constipa-
ton was a mystery that DR.. Kings
New Life Pills solved for me-" writes
John y. Pleasant, of Magnolia, Ind.
The only pills that are guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction to every
body or money refunded. Only CSC. at
Tydings & Co.'S drugstore.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
Fl. KING CAMP gMs,! i5
NO. "a F

YOnge's hall last night and attended
10 their regular monthly work Three
new members were elected and FIVE
applications received Dr.. L F. Bia-
lock was initiated. Doc" stuck 20 the
goat like a postage stamp TO a valen-
tine. but says it will surely be a sor-
rowful day for CapricOrnus when he
wants his teeth filed. Next meeting
March g.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
A GOOD BUSINESS FOR SALE

Stock Of general merchandise. all
good and clean; located on railroad
and near two large sawmills and tur-
pentine still Fine stand for cash
trade. Good reason for selling. Apply
at this office.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
NEW MILLINERY

We have just received a beautiful
advance line Of spring millinery. which
we will be pleased to show to our GUS
toners, and the ladies of Ocala espe-
cially. Mrs. Minnie Bostick,
Ocala House Block
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
EGGS FOR SALE

1 have Silver Wyandotte eggs for
sale. My chickens took the prize at
the State Fair. and the eggs 1 have
now are from the same birds. L. H.
Willis, Mcintosh, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
r. D. FULLER. L. BLALOCK.
FULLER & BLAL0CK
DENTAL SURGEONS
ONE Over MulfOe & ChambIiSS' Bank
OCALA, FLA.
Terms, Cash.
NEW STOCK OF MATING

We have just received an immense
line Of new designs in Chinese and
japanese mating. in graeds ranging
from I5c. 10 soc. per yard. McIver and
MacKay.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
THE ELKS CAFE

Is now serving regular meals at 81
cents. also board at S6 per week. and
viii continue serving orders a Ia carte
according to bill Of fare.
G. r TROXLER, Proprietor.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10

IF you are going 60 put down mat
ting, we would like to show you what
we have in that line. Oeala Furniture
Company.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
AUCTION, FEBRUARY II. 1906

Our weather thermometers are cor
rect, both as to quality and price. The
PoStoffice Drugstore
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
DRESS MAKING

I desire TO say TO the public that I
am prepared 70 make dresses Of all de-
scriptions and kinds. Can be found at
113 South Magnolia street. Mrs. y. E.
Wilson.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10
X. OF p. MEETING

The Ocala Knights of Pythias will
have a district meeting Monday night,
and all members are urged to attend.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-10

Post Card Valentines, all kinds, at
the Ocala Bazar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
From the Baltimore Sun.

XNJ AUX down any residence street in
 NN Baltimore at this season Of the
 year between the hours of and 10 D. m, and you will see naring lights in every third parlor. Do the same thing two months hence and you will find the lights somewhat dim. Repeat the peram- bulation toward the end of March. and you will find them almost out Thus the course of true love gradually robs the gas company. and the stage is set for the grand hymeneal fiesta of the merry month of June
 Even in Baltimore, where all young wo- men-and nearly all older ones-are petri- fyingly beautiful marriages are not ar ranged in a day. The customs of the hu- man race. however fatuous, require a pc riod of doubt, misgiving, hesitation and negotiation. Before he may decently lead Angeline to the sacrifieial altar Clarence must dance attenance upon her. buy her chocolates, take her 10 routs and the play and sit in the parlor. Hence the nnani- nous illuminat ton these depressing au- tumn evenings It reminds one of the
 
 to light on Christmas eve. It is the first warning and signal of the impending mat rimonial rush. In the summer they meet: in the fall they discuss Shakespeare and the musical glasses; in the winter they hold hands, in the spring they buy raj ment and borrow money: in June they are we'd
 A bulginG- browed statlstician in the west estimates that the average period of court ship in the United States is now seven months, two weeks and three days. Two thousand years ago it was much less. In those days when a young man happened upon maiden who pleased him he grabbed her by the hair. dragged her off 10 some holy hermits cave and married her out of hand. But civilization eoun- sels delay and meditation in all things: and so it happens that the matrimonial game has grown slower and more intel lectual. Love at first sight is out of fash ion Your modern young man. before he espouses his charmer. wants to learn something about her views of things, her skill at cooking, her theories of domestic finance and her political. social and spif- itual preiudices. So he woos her deliber- ately and decorously, and the proceedings occupy her more than half year.
 Observations extending over forty years convince us that in Baltimore more court ships are begun about the middle of Oc- tober. when the evenings grow chilly and sitting in the parlor becomes comfortable. Just before Christmas there are often hats-due to a certain reluctance costly to vendors of Christmas gifts. But after the holiday season there is commonly q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
First Train Robbery.
} St. Louis Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Dispatch.
 ''The conductor who punched train robbers face up in Missouri the other night reminds me of the first train rob bery," said the old telegraph operator. "It occurred when I was a young operator down on the Iron Mountain conductor rushed into my office one night and told me to tell the chief train dispatcher that his train had been held up and robbed.
 q thought he was joking. but he as- sured me that he was not I sent in the message, and the train dispatcher thought l was joking It took me some time to explain that I wasn't. That was the first train robbery. Or, at least, I was told so at the time. Nobody up in St. Louis could believe it, and I almost wore the wire out trying to convince them Even in that day Missourians had to be shown, and I don't believe the officials of the road ever did believe that story until they were shown the empty treasure box in the ex- press car.
 We always thought that job was done by Jesse James, but it was not the sort of invention that he would have cared to patent. so we have naturally lacked abso- lute confirmation of that suspcion.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

selected from among what are called pre- liminary suggestions. Each of these pre- liminary suggestio must be made in writing, signed by at least ten voters and accompanied by the written assent of the person named. These suggestions are filed with the town clerk six days before the caucus and the list is published in the local papers
 In local politics there is comparatively little reference to ordinary party lines, there being more of a desire to see the best man for the place get it regardless of partisan success. Women vote for members of the school committee.
 So far at least there has been no cry of graft to disturb the good old fashioned government of Brooklne In spite of the big sums which the town annually spends if is claimed that the citizens get better return for their money than in any other place with the same expenditure.
 There are good many things in the survival of the old form of government there which seem strange today The moderator, the sealer of weights and measures the fence viewers, the field drivers the pound keepers, the seleetmen somehow they seem by their titles, at least. echoes of another generation
 But they do their work well Brookline is satisfied to remain, in her form of gov ernment, like the smallest cross roaos VII lage.
 Twice her citizens have voted on the question of annexa ton to Boston and each time they have rejected the idea with the emphasis of big mapority. Meanwhile the place grows steadily. in population while it's wealth increases by leaps and bounds.
 Pittsfeld. Mass. is about the same size as Brookline. In 1894 Pittsfield had b442 polls. while Brookline had 30S less. let the assessed valuation of Pittsfield was only about slS.0oo.000 while that of Brook line was over $ss. .0o0,OOo
 As things are at present the total wealth of the town averages over S36O0 Tor every man, woman and child included Tn the population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
ACETYIENE GAS.
Fourteen Years Old and Now in Use
 in Every Civilized Country.

The advance in the use of acetylene
 since it's discovery fourteen years ago
 has been remarkable
 Important works for the production or
 calcium carbide are now to be found in
 all parts of the world, notably in Norway,
 Sweden. France, Italy Germany, Spain
 and Hungary; at Niagara Falls and sauit
 Ste Marie in the United States, and, at
 several points in Canada There is no
 civilized country where acetylene is moi in
 use. says Insurance Engineering. In warm
 and tropicacl countries especially the rap
 iditv of advance is taxing the productive
 capacity of the world.
 Calcium carbide is in appearance much
 like anthracite coal. Ii is approximately
 q chemical combination consisting of two thirds calcium and one-third carbon. In present manufacture lime and coke are utilized melted by the heat of an electric arc of enormous potentlality in an espe- cially constructed electric furnace. When calcium carbide is placed in water the lime deserts the carbon. with the pro
 duction of considerable heat, to become slaked lime, while the carbon forms new alliance with hydrogen and becomes the hydrocarbon known as acetyene, whose formula is C2i2
 No other gas which has been produced on d commercial scale is capable of giv- ing, volume for volume. so great yield of | light as acety1ene. Calcium carbide will l yield with the addition of water, five feet of acetylene to each pound of carbide. the acetylene having approximately ten times | the Illuminating value of ordinary city | gas.
 | Weight for weight, the ultimate illuml- hating power of pound of calcium car | bide is considerably in excess of the illu- | minating power of oil, candles or other | means Because of the facility with 1 which it can be transported, and the sim 1 plicity and safety with which 1t can now be utilized by means of modern apparatus for generation an extraordinary field is opened.
 Calcium carbide is now packed in 100 pound sheet steel drums. hermeticaily sealed and is thus transported with safe ty and without danger of deterioration. and at low cost. to the most distant coun- tries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
COST OF MINING IN NOME.
Two Dollars Spent for Every One
 Taken Out of Ground.
.From the Portland oregonian.

From the Portland Oregonian.
 More than double the amount of money taken out in gold in the Nome district was expended during the last season in the purchase of supplies and for develop ment work. In other words, two dollars were expended for every dollar that was taken out of the ground in the form of mineral wealth. The Nome district pro- duced about $6OOO,OOO in gold, and $12OOO.- 900, or even more, was expended in the district.
 This is, according to a conservative esti- mate made by John Rigby, chief engineer of the Nome Improvement company, who has returned to Portland for the winter
 Last season was a poor one," MT. Rig by said, 'because of the dry weather, the consequent low water interfering with much of the placer mining. With plenty of water the output would have been much larger
 Much of the money expended in Nome this year was in development work, from which the investors will not realize until later, if at all. The men who took out the money are not the ones who spent the most money. Those who are after the gold are the ones who spent the most The history of nearly all mining camps is thai more money is spent than is taken out ' gold
 Nome is still the camp of the sm9l miner The big companies have pt grabbed up everything as yet, and Yli not until the rich pay-streaks are N- hausted When the rich pockets haveall been found and only the low-grade ore and sands remain to be mined, the DE companies will have to do it, and tnat kind of operating requires big initif m vestment. There are hundreds of infvld- ual miners near Nome who are wfklng small placer claims.
 There are hundreds of claims round Nome which are tied up in litigatitl, ana because of the many lawsuits the troduc- ton of gold is not as large as 1t would De if all the claims were free. ne federal co1lrt is crowded with work and a year behind.
 During 1900 and 1901 there wa a great rush into Nome. People were wild Tn their pursuit of wealth, and theyhad been led to believe that all of the and near Nome for miles around was goo. So they staked out thousands of clairs Event ualy they drifted back to the ttates and, for the most part left their chims in the hands of others to whom thy gave the power of attorney.
 But little development wok was done on the claims and in later vars many of them have been relocated. tich deposits were overlooked by the fist locators. Learning that the old claim. were of val ue, many of the original locfors, or those
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
HINDoo LABOR IN CANADA.
People of British Columbia Do Not
 Offer Objections.

The people of British Columbia do not object to Hindoo or any other kind of coolie labor because it is cheap. It's cheap ness remains to be demonstrated The experience of most people who have em- ployed Hindoos is that their labor is costly. The daily wage may be lower than white people are willing to accept, but their labor does not pay anything like as well white labor at the higher price. That is one aspect of the case Another is that the Ilindoos are unfitted for the country, says the Victoria (B. O Colo mist. The other day two Hindoos were working in a garden in this city, and when it came time to eat their lunch they asked for a cup. One was given them: it was taken from cupboard where such things are kept. and it was perfectly clean; vet the Hindoos would not drink out of it. They secured it for five or ten minutes with mud The incident is trfing one, but it illustrates how the pe- culiar racial characteristics of these peo- pie exhibit themselves in every phase of life. Two men of different eastes will not work side by side, nor eat together. They will not eat the same food as white peo- pie. They are a caste more apart even than the Chinese: Their habits of life are unsatisfactory.
 They do not bring their wives with them and will not make homes and rear fan1i- lies. They are totally unfitted for a white mans country, and we use the expression only to indicate country in which the very great majority of the people are white. For the Sikh in his home we have every respect, for the Sikh in Canada there is no proper place, and it is a great unkndness to a well-meaning people to bring them here.
 As the Colonist has already pleaded for fair treatment of those Hindoos who have come here under false idea of what To expect, and has pointed out the danger which may come from the circulation of stories of fll-usage through the bazaars of lndia it need not add anything upon that point While Hlndoos may legally come into the country to seek for labor, they ought to be treated decently, and they will be so treated in British Colum- bia; but if the tide of immigration is not checked the result will be exceedingly serious We have the greatest sympathy for these people. They i, want to earn something better than the trivial wage paid in the Orient, but they are unsuitcd to the country, and the country is un- suited to them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Animal Wonders.

From the Dundee Advertiser.
 Unlike most animals. horses have no eyebrow, and hares are minus eyelids. Consequntly the eyes of the latter can not be slut, and a thin membraneous sub- stance overs them when asleep. The eye of the owl is also very peculiar, seeing that fl is immovably fixed in its socket and cannot stir in any direction. To com pensae for this seeming disadvantage it can urn its head almost completely around without moving it's body. If you werl to keep a frogs mouth open many mirutes it would soon die, as, owing to it's pehliar construction. it can only breathe win the mouth closed. On the other hand. fishes are compelled to keep opening aid closing their mouths in order to give tleir respira tory organs full play. A cu- Ious fact about the eel is that 1t has less Ife in it's head than in it's tail, consequent y, when killing an eel, the fisherman smashes it's tail; it also has two hearts. Snakes usually have their teeth in the head. but one variety in Africa, whose principal food is eggs, is provided with substitute for them in it's stomach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
LIGHTS IN THE PARLOR

rapproehement. and along toward January 30 there arrives the period of preliminary and tentative osculation. The middle of February sees Clarence advance to the strangle hold, and by mid March Angeline Is gggling with her prospective brides maids over the details of her trousseau. April and May are spent by Clarence with the money sharks. floating a loan to finance the honeymoon. With the first stroke of -Mendelssohn-"Aln't she pale!'-'Let no man put asunderr -"Lo- hengrin"-rice-od shoes-Atantlc City Niagara Fallsl
 Thus Cupid the little rascal, plays his ancient game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
ConsoIinq.

From the Chicago Daily News
 His Wife-At last my eyes are open to the fact that you married me for my money
 Her Husband-Well, that ought to be some consolation, my dear.
 His Wife-Some consolationi
 Her Husband-Yes. You now realize that | am not as big a fool as you thought l was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Gentle Door-Taps.
om IIarper's Weekly.

FTOm IIdTptT 5 W ethIy.
 A story of extraordinary deafness was unfolded at a recent meeting of medical society in Philadelphia. An elderly wo- man, exceedingly hard of hearing lived near the river. One evening a warship fired a salute Of ten guns. The woman, alone in her little house, waited until the booming ceased. Then she smoothed her dress. brushed her hair back in a quaint manner, and said, sweetly. Come in!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
The indicators.

From the Detroit Free Press
 Smith-Ths is different bread from the usual, isn't it2
 Mrs. Smith-iIow do you know 1t? lri looks just the same.
 Smith-I know il, but the label tastes different.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Modern Instances.
le New Yol,k Times.

From the New York Times.
 Attila had devastated Europe. and the country lay waste. His triumphant march was marked by mounds of human heads. and his horde of savage Huns were then sacking the city of Rome
 Pausing a moment from his work of de- struction, Attila turned proudly to a friend and remarked.
 Am l not the real thing? Today even the Imperial City trembles at the namei of Attlla. and naught remains To add teT-l TOT to my name"
 "Oh. l don't know" suggested his, friends tlmidly You might buy an auto, mobile" ssfi.lAsy 7ll
 Attila followed this advice with such good result that 1t was but a short tinel before his name was held in universall generation from Mlneola to Hackensack, N. J.
 Diogenes had emerged from hs tub and. lantern in hand, was engaged in his fa-l nous quest for an honest man.
 How goes it?' asked d friend oD-, serving the deiected air of the aged phil-i osopher Have you found him yet?"
 Indeed no replied Diogenes sadly IT have searched all Athens, and
 "Athensnt interrupted his friend in af tone of disgust "Your trolley k certanlyi twisted Youse should visit New Yorlci during d political campaign, when every; speaker declares his candidate is abso-a lutely honest"
 Shortly after Dogenes returned fromi his trip to New York he again met hs! friend. IA
 Well" observed the latter. T see yoll3 followed my advice. I make no doubt youl have at last found your honest man."
 Alas noi' returned Diogenes sadly blushing at his nakcdness. T lost myi lantern"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

who represnt them, are now trying to renew possession of them. This is the cause of thf constant litigation.'