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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, lit
pears to me like de public was composed
Of people hangin' round wantin' to be
fooled. An dars allus mo- or less COM
petition among de smaht men of de coun-
try bout who's gwineter hab de pleas
ure Of tendin' to de job
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Superior Skill.

why is it that American youth is sc
lacking in reverence for mature people,?
Perhaps" answered Miss Cayenne
Its because mature people permit them
selves to be lured into trying these new
games which youngsters play so much
better
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
TURPENTINE OPERATORS TO
cURTAIL PRODUCTION

Thursday in the parlors of the Ar
agOn hotel the executive and ways
and means committees of the Turpen-
tine Operators Association of GeOr-
Gia, Florida, South Carolina and Ala
bama, held a very important meet
ing.
The meeting yesterday, which was
also attended by a considerable num-
Der of operators, besides the mem
bers of the two committees, was call
ed by President J. G. Boyd of the as
sOciation for the purpose of consider
ing and providing for a curtailment
of the output of naval stores products.
This is a long felt want in naval
stores circles, and with the organiza-
ton of the big Naval Stores 5Iarket-
ing Company, will eventually lead to
increased prices of naval stores pro
ducts, and will materially assist in
drawing a great deal of the naval
stores business from the control of
the American Naval Stores Company,
which practically monopOlizes the en-
tire output at present, so it is claim
ed.
Turpentine operators have suffered
for a long time from low prices, and
il is expected that they will agree
In work pnprgpfica1lv IN b1,i0o abOut
a change of the present unsatisfac-
tory conditions.
The entire association will meet in
this city on October 14th, in the
board of trade auditorium, to receive
and act upon the report of the exec
utive and ways and means commit
tees.-Friday' Times-Union.
Those present at this meeting from
Ocala were Messrs. A. P. Stuckey
and r. S. Hall.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER

The Fort Myers Breeze has sus-
pended publication. The able editor
gives several reasons, which are no
doubt valid, but in severe truth there
is but one reason why any paper sus-
ponds publication-it does not pay.
If a paper is a paying proposition, it
may be bought for consolidation pur-
poses, or it may change hands, but it
never just simply quits. The weekly
press of Florida is able and strong in
all that pertains to the inside OF the
various offices whence it is issued,
but it is sometimes thought that there
is too much inside, too much brain,
too much devotion to work and duty
compared to the knack and tact for
money which is unfortunately a more
or less necessary accompaniment to
the publication of newspapers.
And then it may be true that the
people upon whom a live and active
newspaper must depend for support
are not sufficiently appreciative and
10 not give il the patronage it de
serves. And then there are doubtless
cases in which the community is fair
ly we'll disposed but in which the
publisher Overestimates the resOurc-
es which the community ought OF
right be asked to bestow. There is
perhaps no calling more complicated
than the publication Of a weekly
newspaper. One of the first things
the average publisher is sure 10 do
is to push his paper to a point where
it calls for every dollar that comes
in during rush and prosperous times.
When things slack up he takes cour-
age and keeps up his scale OF eX-
pense, hoping to make good when
things turn-and sometimes they DO
not turn soon enough.
And again, it is seldom the case
that good, live newspaper in a small
town is valued by the community at
large for what it is worth as a unit
and factor in the general prosperity,
as a representative of the community
as a whole. A town is judged by it's
newspapers more than by any and all
other of it's institutions, and quite
rightly. There is no duty more i'm.
perative upon the people of Florida
than a liberal and sufficient support
of their newspapers. The patrons
get their money back twice-in direct
return of reading and advertising
and again in the impression and in
fluence the live newspaper has and
makes upon the outside world-Tam.
pa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
TANPA NORTHERN FLoURIsHINe

The Bee line OF steamers should
o. operating from our terminals at
Hookers Point and New York City
mo- later than December 1st." declar-
81 President %. b. Atkinson of the \.
IA A railroad. and the Tampa
Northern rilroad. Thursday.
They are just waiting for the com
rlefi0n of our terminals az Hooker's
puiuf and ae soon as O. can be COM
pleted they vlll enter this port. We
ar rushing the work now. and the
steamers should be- operating here not
lafer than the date have mentioned"
President Atkinson has been up the
me of me Tampa Northern railroad
ou tis reEular tour OF inspection.
Viii him on ~ Atlanta were Mr.
Hewick. n prominent northern capt.
fnusf AMI Captain Denham. general
manager of tho road The party had
very pleasant trip. and left last
uiEhT Cor fhe north. Accompanying
fhcm urs Captain Denham. who goes
throuEh to NeW York on some mat
trrs of business.
The Ariueka saWmill properties, at
Fltny. in which Q am interested. are
iu hnC share. and by November LIST
they should De- turning out TWO mil
non fegf of lumber per day. I do not
think that these mills can be sur
passed in the country" continued
President Atkinson. 4 found condi-
tons very good an over the line and
7 am pleased with my trip."-Tampa
Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
EDISON AFTER NEW SECRETS

Thomas A. Edison arrived in Den
yer, Colo, Monday from a tour of the
west. In his spare hours, away from
the laboratory, Mr.. Edison is putting
through tht mental crucibIe, prepare
tory to physical experiments to be
undertaken later, two inventions, the
last of a commercial nature which he
will undertake. One is the develop
ment of power direct from coal; the
other the artificial manufacture of
black diamonds to be used for drill
ing purposes.
If 1 do not reach it myself / will
live to see the day when power will
be utilized from coal without the aid
of steam,'' said Mr.. Edison. I'VE are
working in that direction, and some
morning the world will be informed
that the discovery is a fact. Electric
ity is many times more efectual than
steam. In a few years a steam rail
road train will be novelty.
Il have been experimenting to
get black diamond, which is better
for drilling purposes than the white
diamond. So far l have not succeed
ed, but have not given up. Imagine
the impetus that will be given to the
mining industry through the discovery
of a cheap diamond for boring pur-
poses"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
THE FIRST DAY

Heretofore her life had been an i'm
pressionistic one. Impressions, pleas
ant for the most part, but merely i'm
pressions-occurrences which were
disagreeable or otherwise, and always
feeting and evanescent. Now all
that was changed. The changing of
the big bell in the brick school had
sounded a new note, and the first
event, important, gigantic, epoch
making had marked the change.
The first day at school had been
the shadow which dawned on the hor-
lion of her sixth birthday shadow,
vague, fascinating and alluring in its
.remoteness and magnitude.
Monday, with thousands of other
little girls and as many boys, she an
swered the call of the school bell.
Father had gone with her; in fact, the
first day there were almost as many
fathers and mothers as there were
children. He only stayed, however,
long enough to explain that she was
a nervous little thing and had never
been in school befOre-few of them
have in the first grade.
Then he had left her in that huge
room, full of strange little girls and
boys and a fearsome creature who
was going to teach her, who could keep
her in, give her dement's and Who
most dreadful of all thOughts-could
even expel her, whatever that may
mean, Before leaving her father had
kissed her and said: Now, daughter,
when you come to the street car
track. be careful and look both ways
before you cross" Suddenly, in the
mixed sensations of admiration for
her brand new school bag and pencil
box, fear of the teacher and her pow
er, and curiosity of the other round
eyed scholars, there came the thought
of her fathers parting words, when
you come 10 the street car track be
careful and look both ways before you
cross Look both ways before you
.Cross-suppose while she was looking
one way the car should slip on her
from the opposite, and then suppose
II should fly over the hill and swoop
down upon her while she was looking
the other way, and it was clearly ev-
ident that she could not look both
ways at once.
Throughout the morning the words
obtruded themselves between her and
the wonderful things called figures and
letters.
Now that the first day had been fol-
lowed by several more the car track
has become the dangerous frontier
of two distinct countries-One a coun-
try of captivity, wherein the impor-
lance and dignity of a prisoner of war
is marred by imposed tasks and an I'M
surmOuntable wall of hard-to-learn,
easy-tOfOrget rules. The other is a
land of play and freedom, of games
and toys grown new again-a teacher
less kingdom wherein ones own self
rules and where there is no necessity
of looking both ways at Once.-M. D.,
in Atlant Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
WHERE BULLETS FLEW

David Parker of Fayette y Y, a vet
eran of the civil war, who lost a foot
at Gettysburg, says: The good Elec-
trio Bitters have done is worth more
than five hundred dollars to me. I
spent much money dOctoring for a bad
case of stomach trouble, to little pur-
pose. / then tried Electric Bitters
and they cured me. l now take them
as a tonic and they keep me strong
and WE'LL Soc at Tydings & Co.,
Drug Store. m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02

~ ttis time ar Bryan can probably
aIrrrriata the dlsinferested counsel
81 a. Worid in warning him that II
a. persisted I'M granting immunity TO
ca RooeeFen administration and in
pasiur a. fhe Roosevelt heir ne was
Assn to bitter Iisillusionment The
snrprf has fallen-twice.
m a. BETTER t0 The president Mr..
nFFan periodically reminds the Little
Faftef fhaf he not only supported
nos1ssFtf measures himself. but "urg-
ed democrats to support such meas
urfs o. seems t0 think. therefore,
49, Eraufuds should have restrained
49, Rockwell from tossing Haskell
49, tHr I.morufIc organization into
"a Standard Uu can along with For
akrr EUI.H.E 49, Bryan vas not
ufn acquainted with Nr Roosevelt
buf Il. .. srlH.ruE Information rap
tdF
a. EHH....r .s fltfine Tor "a pub
D. .r#....H.rr a. his administration
nr.a.H fE. election of Mr TAFT he
a. rm Handicapped by gratitude for
g. #r#.0aI rEor. De wants 90
aiu. r. IL determined fo win. and me-
a. rnr overly particular as 90 the
urftnIs To eaiu his ends b. would
aarHrIa au fEs democrats who ever
suruarfsd him as lightly ar De would
anrnfrf uua Foraker who opposed
an.
To Hrmurnfic opposition has al
rradf ouddIed Mr Roosevelt until it
49, given him his opportunity 20 shift
a. Issue. and pur me democrats on
a. defensive Roosevelt eNtraya-
rnncs. Roosevelt personal govern
meet Roassyef usurpatiOn. Roosevelt
nnroism Roosevelt government by
aeuunCiaron. Roosevelt assaults upon
~ judiciary Roosevelt relations
slfh Hartman. Roosevelt protection
fur favored malcfactors. republican
uauneuhiu with plutocracy-all the
vital lssues of the campaign were
suhordinaied to the question of
uhafher Tart or Bryan Is the better
representative 90 Ny Politics
on that question Mr.. Roosevelt's
Notcs is louder and carries further
than anybody else's The longer he
ear Keep Nr Bryan defending his
claim as the Roosevelt heir the long
~ D. can postpone discussion of the
real issues and the more effectively
~ can muddle the minds Of the vo-
tefa The longer he can keep Has
ken Cor an Issue the longer he can
defer attacks upon his own admins
trafion
Chairman Mack complains that
President Roosevelt Is running the
campaiEn.- and has taken the place
of both Mt Taft and Mr. Hitchcock.
There g. no doubt OF IL and the dem
ucraflc managers should have fore
neen o.. They are dealing with the
shreudest ablest and most resource
ful politician in the country. and the
sooner they realize O. the better Mr..
Bryan hints az gratitude and Mr..
Roosevelt chuckles. Il hit them
hard He viii continue 20 hit them
hard He b. asking for no considera-
fiun from fhe democrats and should
r..nl.fFs nome - NEurIH
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
THE MOSQUITO EATERS OF BAR
BADGES

In Barbados there has been found
a fish called the million-because of
the size of his tribe, let us hope
whose favOrite diet is the young mos
quito. Science expresses the hope
that by stocking mOsquito-producing
waters with millions it may be pos
sible to exterminate the pest. The
undertaking, like that of greasing the
surface of the water with petroleum,
seems to be a large one. How many
trilliOns Of millions would be requir-
ed, and whether they would breed in
rain barrels or other small containers
of stagnant water is a question Of i'm
pOrtance. The Boston Advertiser. at
ter a partial investigation of the dis
covery, proposes that aquariums in
our piazzas and bed chambers should
be established to encourage the mil
lion to rear Roosevelt families and
suppress the anOpERles and stegomyia
and others OF a lesser breed. But in
view of the fact that the Barbados
wonder is not winged he would be of
no use in the bed room. His field
or should We say pOol?-of activity is
that in which the mosquito is Graded,
and not the theater Of the full-fedg-
ed mosquitoes activity as a forager
and a trOubadOur
The million is about an inch and a
half long and brilliant in color. In
other words he is about the size Of
a mosquito of the old guard at a New
Jersey summer resort hotel, but
somewhat more pleasing to the eye.
He is described at being marvelously
voracious. This trait of character can
be we'll understood when we reflect
that a diet of mosquitoes would be
likely to develop a radical tendency
to batten upon the helpless.
The discovery of the mosquito eater
of Barbados fully explains the an
cient, and until now cryptic, saying:
There are as good fish in the sea as
have been caught" Evidently the
formulator had met the million. His
failure to mention him by name as a
better fish than had been caught is
"a particularly exasperating evidence
of the cussedness of human nature
Up to now the idea that the saying
was intended as a bit of optimistic
philosophy, general in it's application,
has prevailed. OF course the million
is a better fish than the brook trout
or the pOmpanO. He is humanitar-
ian, while they are merely food
If the million is up to his advertis-
ing the propagation of the little fish
in government hatcheries and his in
PRODUCTION into the mosquito nurseries
of the world should become an inter
national project. Possibly he might
become numerous enough to eat all
of the mosquitoes, and by getting up
in the middle of the night and follow
ing them around with a lamp and
smashing them with the palm of the
hand, the human family might kill off
the old Ones.-LOuisville Courier
Journal
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
THE MERRY-Go-RoUND

Oh, hear the brass band braying!
1t makes a cheerful sound.
See the grown up children playing
Upon the merry-go-round.
Crane follows Enthusiastically
Foraker's out of the swim.
After Haskell there goes Teddy,
With Bryan after him.
But while they all go fyin',
Remember this one thing:
That only Taft or Bryan
Can capture that brass ring.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
CIRCUS MAN WEEDS

John Robinson, the veteran circus
owner, was married Wednesday in his
private car at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, to
Miss Mary Baud Logan, a profession
al nurse, who has been travelling with
him for some time.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
FOR cHAPPED HANDS

Chapped skin, whether on the hands
or face, may be cured in one night by
applying Chamberlain's Salve. 1t is
also unequalled for sore nipples, burns
and scalds. For sale by all drug
gists. m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02

Twenty-three people were killed in
q northern Pacific wreck near Twins
ton. Mont. Friday night A heavy
EnoW storm prevented the engineer
az the passenger tran seeing the rear
nghts 90 a freight train which was
ahead % him.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
a HEALTHY FAMILY

our whole family has enjoyed good
heaifh since ne began using DR.. Kings
New Lite pills three years ago" says
H. A Rartlet. 81 Rural Route l, Gull
furd. Maine They cleanse and tone
the system IN a gentle way that does
you Eood. sc. az Tydings & Co.,
Drug Store. m
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
MANY KILLED IN BLIZZARD.
At Least Six Men Lost and 10000
Sheep Perish in New Mexico.

Succp FSrtSn IN NEW WS<iSO'
Kansas City, Oct. q. - Blizzard
weather in the Southwest has caused
more than half q dozen deaths, one Of
them in Kansas City.
Hiding behind her umbrella to pro-
tect herself from the wet snow which
was falling. Mrs. Louise Olmstead,
aged fifty-seven, wife of a painter, was
run down and killed by an automo-
bile. The chauffeur asserts that the
snow had so covered his glass front
that it vas impossible for him to see
her.
Twenty thousand sheep grazing on
the Cumbers mountain range, in Rio
Arriba county, New Mexico, are re-
ported to have persisted in the biz.
card which has ragged in that section
during the last three days. The storm
Is the worst in years, and snow is
from five to ten feet deep. Besides
the great loss of sheep, six herders
are missing and it is believed they
were also frozen to death.
Medicine Hat, Sask., Oct. 26.-The
first trains since last Monday passed
through here last evening. Riders
just in from the south tell fearful
tales of hardships caused by the storm.
It is feared that several sheep herders
persisted. A band of 5000 sheep were
driven before the storm into Many ISL
and lake and only 800 were saved.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Passengers and Crew of: Lake
Steamer Are Saved by
Sheer Luck.
PANIC BREAKS OUT ON BOARD
Rafting Tug Comes to Rescue in Nick
of Time-Detroit Man Keeps
Head and Is Hero.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 2S.-Because of
the dense mok that. covered the wa
ters OF the Georgian bay, the Cana
dian steamer Iroquois lost her way in
Mclean channel Saturday. She struck
on West Rock and twenty minutes
later was on fire, as a result of the
o~verturning Of a cook stove.
The twenty-five passengers and five
members of the crew owe their lives
to the luck that enabled a rafting tug
to find the stranded little steamer in
the smoke. The tug heard the distress
signals of the %Iroquois, answered
promptly and stood by until all on
board had been saved.
j. II. Kotcher of Detroit became a
hero in a short time. In the midst of
a e where terror ruled. he kept
his head, caught babies as they were
tossed over the rail Of the steamer to
the tug below, assisted frightened
women and lent a hand everywhere
until the last person aboard the doom
ed passenger boat had been safely
transferred to the tug.
Life Boats All Leak.
When the IroQuois crashed on West
ROCK, ~careening far over as she
struck, the passengers were in terror.
Women were on board, two Of them
with babies. There was a sea run
ming which made the lowering of the
life boats more difficult. The boats
were dry and seams were open, and
when the frantic passengers began to
pile into them as the only means of
escape, the cracking craft filled with
water. Then there was more terror
and every n piled back on the
steamer.
Back in the pail of smoke some
where was a rafting tug, the little
steamer had passed it only a few min
utes before. That tug seemed to be
the only hope. The %IroQuois' whistle
was soon sounding distress signals.
Tie tug, hearing the signals, dropped
her log boom and came steaming
blindly through the smoke to that
whistle. The smoke began to pour
up from below decks On the Iroluois
and the terror WAS trebled.
Babies Tossed Over Rail.
Mr.. kOtciler assisted many down to
the deck of the tug, and when the two
women with babies appeared at the
rail OF the steamer the youngsters
were tossed over to him. Every one
was taken Off safely, but they tool
nothing with them but the clothes on
their backs
Among the passengers were two
commercial travellers. Que has a case
of jewelry, valuable samples, and the
whole thing was left behind. The
contents of the case were valued at
$4,000. The other drummer had sew
eral big sample cases full of silks and
satlns and women's wraps. The entire
lot was worth several thousand dollars
and all of it was lost.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Masked H%ighwaymen Hold Up
Saloon and Kill Man Who
ReSistS.
RUNNING fight WITH POLICE
One Robber Is Fatally Wounded and One
of the Policemen Is Wounded
in the Leg.

Chicago, Oct. 81. Two masked
highwaymen Saturday night held up a
saloon at Huron and Wood streets and
shot to death Henry Kern, who joined
in resisting the robbery. A few min
utes later, in a running revolver bat
tie between the bandits and two po-
licemen, one Of the robbers was fatal
ly shot and one of the policemen re-
ceived a bullet in the leg.
Seven Men at Bar.
Seven men were standing at the bar
drinking when the two masked men
appeared. The thieves apparently
were between twenty and twenty-five
years old.
Hands up!" commanded the des-
peradoes, as they drew their revol-
vers.
A number of the men in the saloon
obeyed the command instantly. 9th
ers demurred. The command was
repeated.
Ohlund, who was behind the bar,
had reached for his revolver. The
bandits saw the move. Without a mo-
ment's hesitation they began shooting.
Three shots were fired. One of the
bullets struck Kern. He fell to the
floor.
AS soon as the other men saw that
Kern. was wounded their hands went
up. The bandits worked hurriedly.
From Ohlund they took $500 which he
carried in his pocket and the revolver
from his hand. Other men in the
place were robbed of their watches
and small sums of money.
With a command to remain quiet
and refrain from giving an alarm, the
bandits backed out of the door aud
then ran down Wood street.
Join in the Chase.
Two of the men in the saloon, after
waiting a moment, followed the thugs
out. The robbers were still in sight
and they gave chase. The robbers
had reached the elevated structure
when a shot was fired. This attracted
the attention of Fitzgerald, a mounted
policeman, and James King, a plain
clothes man, who joined the chase.
FITZGERALD was the first to fire. His
first shot struck one OF the men in
the back, and with a groan he fell to
the pavement. The other bandit, turn
ing as he an, fired n shot, which
struck Fitzgerald in the left leg, just
above the ankle. Then the man dis
appeared under the elevated tracks.
The wounded man was searched while
waiting for the ambulance. In the
mans pockets was found the $500
taken from Ohlund and also Ohlund's
watch and revolver.