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The Delta independent., 1912-08-23
FARM PRODUCTS AND poLIT1os

A well known Democratic editor
said early in 1908, that nothing ex-
cept a crop failure, a panic and
pestilence, would enable his party
ito beat the Republicans in a presi-
dantial year. 1t will be noticed
that none of these calamities is in
sight now. and the election Is less
the country Is in a rather salubrious
condition, hygenically. Not only is
there no sign of a panic. but busi-
ness of all sorts Is improving in a
degree which has gone beyond all
expectations. This is true of every
important branch OF acvtiity. Nor
over. government crop reports in
dicate that this will be year o
great abundance. In the aggregate
the grain crops will break all rec
ords. For the first time in the
the farms will pass the 100000
900 mark.
According to all the precedents
this ought to be good year for
the Republican party. The party
which is in power in n year of
plenty, as this is, usually wins.
When the people find all the ply
sical conditions favorable they gem
ments in politics. Only in periods
of calamity, when everything seems
to be going wrong. and when worse
conditions threaten. do the masses of
the public turn from the party
which is uppermost in the govern
ent They want a change, believ-
ing that change of any sort could
not harm them, and might. possibly.
help them. The strike in the Car
negie works at Homestead. Pa, in
1892, and the prominence OF the
Pinkerton guards there on the side
OF the Carnegie interests aroused a
popular prejudice against the iron
master, and, as there were labor
employers in all cases being pre-
sumed to be Republicans. wave of
popular prejudice was created which
defeated Harrison for reelection
and gave Cleveland second term.
But the physical outlook In 1912
is pleasing. Nobody will assert that
the Republican party deserves all
the credit for the big crops of this
year. Nor will any Republican say
that his party is entirely respon-
sible for the favorable condition OF
the public health. 1t will be re-
memberad, however. that the nation
al government few years ago. as
sumed control OF the quarantine ar
rangem enAs at the country's ports.
and an improvement in conditions set
in Immediately. The wisdom OF the
Republican party in conducting af-
fairs OF the government has had
much to do with the trade rally
which is seen on all sides. All Of
these conditions will help the Re
publican party on November 5.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Wanted-Clean Cotton Rags At
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23
WORD OF THANKS.

We desire to thank our friends
and neighbors who SO kindly ex-
tended their assistance and sym
pathy in our late bereavement. May
rich blessing rest upon all of them.
MRS. MARY MUELLER and
CHILDREN
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Mrs. Harvey T.. Bonnet. Adelaide
Del Mar. Frank Fisher. John Hal
ford. s. T.. Harding. Miss Cora Howe.
Alberta Maxon. Lee Rowell. Geo. II.
Webb. Jacob wilhelm.
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23
BORN.

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Comfy Gillespie. who reside nine
miles southwest of this city. on Mon
day. August 10. 1912.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Moore
head of Ash mesa. was born a son
on Thursday. August /. 1912.
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23
How 9adi

How Sadi
"Mrs. Filters doesn't 90 about -
much AZ she used to-"
mo. Family cares are keeping her
at home"
"She hasn't any children"
"No, but F1do 10 in failing health"
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23

PEOPLE SAY 1T DIFFERENTLNl.
Ever notice how people ring the
changes on the pronunciation Of
certain words-apr cots for instance?
A woman was doing her marketing
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23
A Natural Student.

''Hello. Bobby! hear that tho
stork has brought you q new baby
brother"
cit outi De nearest thing to a
stork in des diggin's is a sandhill
S.-a5."-Ju1-..
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23
ona 70 Ihouaands

There dwelt q farmer, old and gray.
Beside the Mississipp;
A leves crumbled-and today
His farm would float a ship.
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23

For Sale-Milch cows. ]. D.
Greathouse, California mesa.
miles south of Delta. At
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23

Wanted-Clean Cotton Rags. Al
this office.
The Delta independent., 1912-08-23
CONCERT AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, FRIDAY AUGUST 80.
PROGRAM

PROGRAM:
Auspices of the Ladies' Aid.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
SCHOOL OF AVIATION SCHEME

The proposed aviation schoop
racket has been worked on number
OF towns in Florida, as in other states.
With a great flourish of trumpets, of
the press-agent variety, the enterpris-
ing aviators, usually those who are
interested in some particular airship
company, announce that they are
"favorably inclined" toward a certain
town for the purpose of establishing a
flying school. The town mentioned.
of course, swells with local pride and
is ready to offer all sorts Of induce
ments.
The newspapers are filled with the
press stuff for two or three months
and the results usually are that one
OF the aviators takes a machine to
the place and gives a few exhibition
flights, receiving a large sum there
for. The school project is Immediate
ly abandoned, the aviation concern
has received lots of free advertising
and the aviator a good-sized roll of
money
Lake City, we note, is now in the
throes of aborning one Of these avia-
ton schools. The papers there are
giving liberal write-ups and we wait
the announcement that Mr.. So-and-So,
the famous aviator, will give an exhi-
bition there, "to test the esirability
of the site"
Then Lake City and the surrounding
country will contribute a big crowd to
the test and the promoters will
gather in the coin.-Tampa Tribune.
1t might be a very good thing for
our Board of Trade to make sure that
some such a scheme isn't being work
In w he r1a1
to have the aviation school, If it is a
genuine proposition, but we have no
time nor money to spend promoting
fakes
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
French-GroWn Havanas.

The world of smokers in France is,
to Judge by letters and paragraphs in
the newspapers, seriously agitated by
step recently taken by the govern
ment department which superintends
the tobacco monopoly. 1t has ordered
a supply of Havana and Maryland to-
bacco seed for plantation in France;
and it openly proclaims its intention
Of selling tobacco raised from this
newly imported seed as genuine Ha-
vana and Maryland. 1t certainly seems
to be proceeding of dubious CONNER
cal morality; and the assumption that
the peculiar fascination Of a Havana
cigar or a pipeful of Virginia tobacco
IS due merely TO the fact that it is
grown from a certain seed, and not
to any unique conditions of climate or
manufacture, seems equally question
able-but the final word is with the
monopoly.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
Puritan Verse,

Among the offenses of the Puritans,
for the most part left behind them
when they came to this country, was
that of turning bits of the Bible and
parts of the New Testament into Eng
lish verse. They were much given to
the printing of objurgatory and de-
famatory pamphlets, for which from
time to time a scribbling offender
would not find repose at mine inn,'
but in the stocks to the amusement
of all the idlers Of the town.
1t was soon after the Reformation
that this spirit of versifying the
Psalms and other parts of Scripture
began, and most Of the collections
published with quaint titles are now
worth several times their weight in
gold to gatherers of curios. Allitera-
tons artful aid was much in evidence
in such titles as Seven Sobs of a
Sorrowful Soul for Sin," which COM
prised the seven penitential Psalms
In meter, and Handful of Honey
suckles," in which were collated vari-
GUS blessings out of the book of Deu.
teronomy. William Hunnis, chapel
master to Queen Elizabeth, turned the
entire book of Genesis into rhyme un-
der the title of "a Hiveful of Honey"
and Christopher Tye, a contemporary
Of Hunnis, rendered the Acts Of the
Apostles in English verse. But these
were before the Puritans, the chief
offenders, especially In pamphlets, had
arrived.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
PRACTICAL POLICY

Our British cousins are wrestling
with a problem that would offer no
difficulties to minds not fettered with
precedent. For more than hundred
years, Ireland has been striving for
home rule, and the liberal party, now
in power, seems on the point of grant
ing the boon. Ireland, however, diff
fers from Gaul in many things, one of
which is that Gaul was divided into
three parts while Ireland is in four.
Three of these divisions, which are
traditional rather than political or
geographical, are Catholic, and desir-
ons of home rule. The fourth (Ulster)
is Protestant, and is strenuously
against 1t. In the days of Cromwell,
Ulster was favored and largely settled
by the English, but during the latter
part of the reign of Charles II, and
all OF the reign of James H., the ma
tives were given the upper hand, and
they certainly made the lives OF the
English in Ireland miserable. On the
accession of William and Mary in
1889, the English regained their supre-
macy, and have held 1t in Ulster ever
since, to say nothing of having more
influence with the British government
than all the rest of Ireland until a
few years ago. Now, the people of
Ulster believe that if Ireland is given
home rule they will have to take
some OF the medicine they dealt to the
Irish outside the pale for 200 years. 1t
hasn't occurred to any of the dis
putants that they might allow Ulster
to continue its present status and give
home rule to the remainder OF Ire
land, but it looks like the proper and
natural thing to do.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26

cepted idea, only the poverty OF the
banzai empire has kept it from max
ing war on the United States. The
Savannah News says: perhaps Japan
is not so poor after all 1t is said the
funeral Of the late emperor will cost
81 zoo, 900, and now comes the news
that the Japanese building at the
Exposition will cover
four acres and cost 100000. After
the exposition the building viii be
gift to the people of the United States.
1t is said the structure will be Of pure
ly Japanese architecture and that the
garden surrounding it will contain all
the rare plants that under the pres
ent restrictions compelling fumigation
may be safely brought to this coun-
try. This does not look as If Japan
was hard pressed for money or had
any war-1ike feelings towards Uncle
Sam"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
Intrinsic LIGHT of Stars.

NJ Nordmann of the observatory of
Paris has made some interesting cal
culations Of the intrinsic light of
number Of stars, based on the results
he had previously attained in regard
to their effective temperatures. The
brightness of a star, as seen from the
earth, does not depend wholly upon
its size and distance. Thus NJ. Nord-
mann finds that Sirius and Vega emit
light, the brightness Of which Is six
million C. p. per square centimeter,
while at the other end Of the scale
the light of Aldebaran amounts to
only $4,000 C. p. per square centime-
ter. The intrinsic brightness of Vega
Is, according to this calculation, nine
teen times that Of the sun. If Vega
were Of the same size as Aldebaran
and at the same distance from the
earth, the former would appear to us
over 200 times as bright as the lat
ter.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
Bio Canadian Tobacco Farm.

What is believed to be the largest
individual tobacco growing farm in
the world Is located in Essex county,
Ontario, 1t is not an uncommon sight
to see fields ranging from one or two
acres up to twenty-five or thirty acres.
The largest covers $50 acres. The
plants are raised from the seed in
beds under cotton or glass till they
are ready to plant in the field, which
Is usually about June Is. If the sea-
son Is favorable it requires about
three months for the tobacco to ma
ture and ripen before cutting and har-
vesting.
Most farmers hang the product in
barns to dry, while a few dry by heat
in barns specially constructed for
the purpose. The actual expense
of growing an acre of tobacco in On
tario, outside of supplying the plants.
which any farmer can raise for him
self, is estimated to be G10. The
crop yields from one to two thousand
pounds. The price varies from year
to year; in 1909 it averaged 71z pence
a pound, and in 1910 So pence.-The
Field.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
Writer'S cramp a MIsnomer.

Medical authorities now claim that
writers cramp" and other similar
states OF apparent muscular paralysis
are actually due, not to the firing Of
the muscles, but to brain fag It ap-
pears that the particular part of the
brain which controls special combina-
tons Of muscle action, such as the
movements Of writing or the working
of telegraph key, tends to become
more quickly exhausted in some indi-
viduals than in others. Such exhaus-
ton leads TO a state in which the
brain Is actually unable to send out
its necessary messages to the hands
and fingers to write, tap a key, hold
a violin bow, etc. Furthermore, once
the nerve cells, the batteries" of the
brain. get thoroughly run down, 1t is
not easy TO restore their energy Here.
tofore It has been supposed that all
troubles of the kind were due simply
to overuring OF the muscles con-
cerned.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
oBEDIENT TO NATURES LAW
Constant Change Goes On, But Amerl-
can Race 10 Not Threatened
With Extinction.

An effective argument against the
theory advanced once In b while that
Americans are becoming degenerate
and are bound to die out, complaint
also made by the English concerning
themselves, is advanced by Lieut.. Col.
Charles E. Woodruff, Medical corps, q.
S. army, who is now stationed in the
Philippines.
There is no ground for such absurd
pessimism," says Woodruff, though
as a matter of fact there is plenty
of evidence that certain types in each
nation british and American) do have
a higher death rate than others and
that there is a constant slow change
In the general average. Both civiliza-
tions have been built up by immi-
grants and it is law of nature that
change Of racial residence is always
followed by extinction or alteration of
for the new environment.
Moreover, there has been a con-
slant immigration into the British is
lands from the beginning of things hui
man, and the influx of new blood has
always kept civilization humming,
even If each invasion in olden times
did destroy part of what 1t found
The same phenomenon is being re-
peated in America with the sole diff
ference that the invaders, except in
Mexico and Peru, have not destroyed,
but are constantly building up. The
process of decay of certain types is
also quicker in America and the new
blood comes into prominence sooner
than In England.
Very few of the descendants of the
signers of our Declaration of indie
pendence are in public life and most
of them are nonentities, while immi-
grants and sons of immigrants are in
the seats of the mighty. The descend
| ants of the signers of Magma Charta
controlled England for many centuries,
though none of that stock is in evil
dence now, while the present control
| ling elements date back some CEN
turtles and very few are recent arrivals
from the continent.
ct is high time that we find out who
are the fittest in each part of America.
| Every bit of evidence is of some value
and that is the reason why the ire
mendous victories of the American
Olympic athletes have such a scientific
and popular interest"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
SUNNY JIM AFTER
4 NEW SCHEDULE

Our attention has been called to the
efforts that are being made by Mr.. NJ
f. Robinson, sunny Jim to have the
Seaboard Air Line make a change in
the schedules of lis trains Nos. $50 and
343
For years it has been a cause of
regret to the citizens along the route
of the Seaboard between Orlando and
Oca1a that the schedules were such
that it was impossible to make the re-
turn trip to Ocala in a day and Sunny
Jim has our best wishes in this effort.
which would result in much good to
the merchants and travelling public
This change of schedule was inves-
tigated by the Ocala Board of Trade
at it's last meeting. II is the opinion
OF the board that this is change that
has long been needed and it has sent
a request to the general passenger
agent of the Seaboard that he make it.
The idea is to have a train leave
Orlando at or Z in the n morning, and
on arriving at Wildwood, back down
to Coleman, and then come on 10
Ocala, arriving here about 10 or II
o'clock The same train to leave
Ocala about 4 p. m, giving everybody
from that country a chance to spend
four or five hours in Ocala.
This train would be a great conven-
fence to the people of that section.
and would help the trade of Ocala
greatly. 1t would be wise in the rail-
road company to put it on. 1t is true
that the railroad may believe it is
making all the money it can out of
that section now. 1t has two trains
each way daily, and may figure that
there is no use in accommodating the
people by giving them another and
more convenient train. However, the
Atlantic Coast Line might have made
the same argument four years ago
in regard to the early trains to Jack
sonville and Tampa. Instead Of doing
so, it put on the trains, and they are
paying the railroad as we'll as proving
convenience to the people. The Sea-
board will be wise to take a leaf out
| of the Coast Lines book.
Mr.. Robinson is going ahead in the
matter with great energy. He has
| had drawn up a number of petitions
to the railroad men, some for travel
| ing men, some for merchants, and
some for other callings. He is having
them circulated with great diligence
and they are receiving many sigma
lures. Trust Sunny Jim to keep a
ball rolling when once he starts it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
CAT is RAISING RABBITS
Tabby, In Fargo, N. D., Some Time
Ago Stole a Pup and
Reared IL.

Fargo.-Fred Haffner's house cat Of
abnormal maternal instincts again has
created sensation along Second ave-
nue. south. Three years ago the fe-
line stole a puppy-no one knows
where-and reared it with her kittens.
Several days ago dogs broke into a
rabbit coop in the vicinity and killed
the older ones, leaving eight tiny rab-
bits. These were placed in box and
carried into shed where the house
cat had kittens.
Tabby Immediately adopted them as
her own. Since then she has been
working overtime rearing both fami-
lies. She seems to care more for the
rabbits than the kittens. The Dummies
also have taken to their foster mother.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26

The work that is being done by
the Dixie for the people of Florida
should cause every one in the state to
subscribe for it. Claude LEngle and
Charlie Jones rank with the best
writers of the country. They are bold
and at great risk to themselves dare
to tell the truth. The good work that
they have done for Tampa should ap-
peal to every one who upholds law,
order and morality. The Dixie should
go to every home. 1t is worth twenty
times the cost of subscription.-Fort
Lauderdale Sentinel
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26

The experience of Gainesville ought
to be a lesson to other towns-but it
won't be. The electric light works in
that thriving little city is owned by
Chas. w. Morse, a gentleman residing
in Haverhill, Mass, who has about as
much interest in Gainesville as ].
Pierpont Morgan or Russell Sage has
The city council of Gainesville passed
an ordinance regulating the charge
for electric light service. Morse claim
ed that the tolls allowed by this or
dinance were below what they should
be. and his lawyers appealed the case
to the circuit court, which sustained
the city council. But Morse had an
ace up his sleeve. He has now direct
ed the superintendent of his plant to
shut down the plant on August 81, in
definitely, and unless this order is re-
scinded Gainesville will be without
lights. II the council seizes the plant
by law and operates it under a re-
celver, Morse will probably feel that
he has again be unjustly treated. But
II will be better to treat one man I'M
justly than 10000. won't it?-DeLand
News.
The Gainesville city government
certainly has a moral right to do that
very thing, and unless we much mis-
take Ii has the legal right also.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26

r. s. Edling, the man who attacked
Charlie Jones, while the latter was
investigating Tampa gambling places
some weeks ago, was found guilty of
assault in the Hillsboro criminal court
saturday. His lawyers took an appeal.
from the testimony of the witnesses
IL Is very evident that Edling was set
upon Jones by some party who became
wise 10 the Journalists mission. Sem
tence mas not yet been passed on Ed
hng' pending the outcome of the APP
peal Edling is an ex-soldier, and
was In Ocala a week or so ago. He
was arrested on his return to Tamna
though not a moneyed man, he was
defended by first class lawyers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
Wicked, Wicked,

ct suppose your wife was more than
delighted at your raise of salary,
wasn't she?" asked Jones of Brown.
81 haven't told her yet, but she will
be when she knows it," answered
Brown.
How is it that you haven't told
herr"
well, I thought I would enjoy my
self a couple of weeks first"-Judge.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
GOOD KENDRICK FARM FOR SALE

\ first class farm, two miles south
west Of Kendrick and about the same
distance from both the kendrick and
Blitchton hard roads, 100 acres in the
property, 20 acres OF cut-over land
with some timber left VIII sell sep
arate If desired. 60 acres under fence,
30 acres of which has grown up in
bushes and small pine saplings. First
class pine, oak and hickory land. Fine
well Of never failing water. Fairly
good dwelling house, two barns, etc.
Lot of peach. some figs and young or
ange trees. Titles perfect and place IS
clear OF debt. a bargain az $4,000. If
interested. inquire al the Star office.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
OF BRADFORD
KILLED IN JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville. Aug. 25.-Sheriff J. \.
Langford Of Starke, Bradford county,
was shot FIVE times and instantly kill
ed in his room in the Duval hotel yes
terday afternoon by ". T. Andrews,
also of Starke. who was put imme-
diately under arrest. The killing was
the result of an old feud.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
McCOMBS KNOCKED
OUT OF THE CAMPAIGN

New York, Aug. 2i.-WilIiam F. Nc
Combs, democratic national chairman,
may share little of the activity of the
campaign. Seriously i'll with intestinal
poisoning, Mr.. McCombs may be una
BILE to leave his bed in Flushing, L L,
for month Meanwhile Vice Chair
man William G. McAdoO, Will be in
charge Of the campaign.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
SPARKMAN IS A SLAYER
stuck to His Post In Congress When
the Other FIorfdians Went Home

Washington, Aug. 25.-The Florida
delegation in both the House and Sen
ate wants TO get home. Senator Bry-
an left yesterday before the flibuster
started in the Senate. Senator Flet-
cher will remain until Tuesday or
Wednesday of next week.
Congressman Sparkman Will not
leave Washington for several days
after adjournment. Congressman Clark
is in Florida now and Congressman
Mays is in North Carolina.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-26
SOIONS ARE STUCK

On account of a double filibuster in
the House and Senate, Congress failed
to adjourn Saturday. tho it prolonged
the session till 10 o'clock Sunday
morning. 1t is predicted there Will be
no quorum today.