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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-08

nifty so long as the earning capacity
of the individuals composing 1t is 10
greater than the cost of necessary
food and clothing.
Z. 1t takes resources to build and
maintain a high civilization.
s. 1t is estimated that there is a
possible gain of five-fold above his
present income in the earning capac
ity of each farm laborer.
8. In the ratio as the farmers
earning capacity increases above the
necessary cost of food and clothing
will be his progress to higher and
better things.
10. Agriculture is not science
and it has but little science in it
That little science can be taught. The
remainder must be acquired by OBJ
servation, experience and business
methods.
H. Agriculture may be defined as
being about one-eighth science, three
eighths art, and half business.
II. Farms are simply an outward
indication of what kind of brains the
farmer mas.
IS. The agent in the Farmers Co
operative Demonstration Work
should be farmer, practical, honest,
earnest and energetic, and imbued in
a large measure with the missionary
spirit.
H. Your value as an agent lies
not so much in what you can do, but
what you can get the other person to
do
IS Do not undertake too many
things. Success with one or two
lines of work makes more certain
success later with other needed re-
forms.
Is Do not publish what you are
going to do. Simply tell what you
have done.
II. An agent of the Farmers Co
operative Demonstration Work should
never worry about the credit that
may be due him for his share of good
work done The matter of credit will
adjust itself rightfully re-
CARELESS of the claims of anyone.
Is. In general, it is not the man
who knows the most who is the most
successful, but the man who imparts
an implicit belief with his message.
10. The power which transformed
the humble fisherman of Galilee into
mighty apostles of truth is ever pres
ent and can be used as effectively
today in any good cause as when the
Son of God turned hi S steps away
from Judea's capitol and spoke to the
wayside children of poverty.
(Note-Dr. S. A Knapp was born
December 16, 1888, and died April l.
1911, in his 18th year. The last sew
en- years of his life were deyored
wholly to the Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration Work)
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-08

Pedro Del Ospina, Colombian min
lister to the United States, has been
recalled by his government. He plav-
ed IN hard luck. Even most of the
people IN this country sympathized
with him, and believed in the truth
OF his statements.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-08

wANrrp-s8o bushels Of Nancy
stai IA pnmnkln Yam SEED sweet
fsssfneat mnnt be rue 20 hAnls.
1870 amannt zen have End lowest
49, asiea' Address. n. LAghtIooI
NsafAe. ia $500"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-08
DO YOU WANT

= knma o. rarm In FLORIDA. or q pay
- 4rmnNa Grove. or land Tor Coaonf
-. 49, TfmhnF iandT Write 70
a Il. LIVINGSTON.
ocala. Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Overeating Kills.

From the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette.
It is now believed that one OF
the main causes-some investigators say
mature death. apart from accidents and
the acute infections. is overlooking the
digestive organs and the consequent seri-
Gus overtaxing OF both these and the
equally important excretory organs which
have to get rid of the surplus by casting
1t out of the body, if possible. before il
ferments or putrefes, and thus poisons
the system. The writer points out that
while many diseases are being eradicated
the complaints largely attributable to
overindulgence In the pleasures of the
table are decidedly on the increase. DR..
Reed disagrees with the popular view
that the appetite is a safe criterion to
the use of highly seasoned foods and APP
petite stimulants Of every description. He
is also of the belief that excess of alco
hol is not more harmful that eating too.
much and predicts that the day will
soon come when ii will be considered a.
disgraceful to be bilious or to have acute
Indigestion as it is now to be drunk.
As a remedy for overeating DIR. Reed
suggests the advice of Punch to those
about to marry, Don't" He likewise
thinks that poverty is a useful means for
effects of overeating DIR. Reed holds that
the weight should be watched. If this
were lowered by restraint in this direc
ton there could not have been overindul-
gence. But II the weight should remain
the same or even increase on a restricted
diet 1t would show that previously an
excess Of food had been taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Oldest Man in the Country.

NAoHA e1e Hheueipuio HItss
The oldest man in the United States,
the census bureau discovers and pub
fishes, is an Indian negro OF Grand juno
ton, Col. known as Cherokee Bill His
age is given as ia. He was born one
year before Washington was appointed
commander-in-chief for the apparently
inevitable war with France, at the begin
ming OF the administration Of John Adams.
He was eighteen years old when Waterloo
was fought, and q man Of twenty-three
when George III gave place to GeorgeIV.
He now announces that, having complet
ed round century of labor, he intends
to retire.
The one regret of the old man is that
he has not quite succeeded in laying aside
1000 for each year Of the 100 of his
active occupation, for not until he had
reached the mature age of ninety-nine
did he strike 1t rich.'' Then he found
paying ore and gravel at Leadville and
Cripple Creek and along the Grand river
and In fifteen years he had laid aside 3UD
pounds of gold, valued at $4,000.
Bits affluence. albeit rather tardy in
the arrival proves again what persistent
and sedulous industry will accomplish.
eighty think of selfish indulgence and a
life OF ease grow weary in we'll doing.
They are young yet, as compared with
Bill. Sir Joseph Hooker, the botanist.
who has just passed away at ninety-four.
was a STRIPPING beside this veteran. Lord
Strathcona, at ninety-one, and Sir Charles
Upper, at ninety, are eight and nine
years behind the age at which the peren-
niaIly youthful Bill began to accumulate
his fortune. Let them not be discouraged
IL life has not yet brought them all that
heart could wish-there are still twenty
years to the retiring age OF their fellow
plutocrat in Colorado, and much may
happen in two decades. Let any loafing
near-centenarians take notice and profit
by the example Of one who thinks a cen
fury is not too long for q man to keep 1T
work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
A National Crime.
m the New York World.

From the New York World.
What is it about the watermelon that
kills the moral sense? Is it its color, its
curves or it's contents that turn men to
criminal thoughts? Or is it force OF habit
contracted in early youth?
At the convention Of the Western Fruit
Jobbers' Association the opinion prevailed
that ideas of private property nowhere
applied to watermelons. They were like
wild game: they were -anybodys meat.
only there was no closed season except
natures. According to q large Texas
shipper. man whose honesty will stand
any other test will steal watermeions.
Other speakers were ready to convict
Of theft any railroad employee who had
come within arms length of a melon.
This is a fearful indictment to bring
against the American nation. 1t amounts
to saying that thievish strain runs
through the whole people. Railroad men
have the same sense of touch, taste. smell
and color as other men. They use their
eyes and hands in much the same prac-
teal way. Is it to be supposed that
they were created different from others
in being born criminals, or were they
first launched upon q career of felony
when they went to work as conductors,
brakemen and yard hands? Has any one
really taken the trouble to see as a mat
ter Of fact whether q crime wave follows
in the wake Of a trainload of water
melons from Texas or Georgia to New
York?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
The Binet System.

From the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette.
The system was originated with view
to ascertaining the average age at which
certain intellectual faculties may be ex-
rected to develop. If they develop later,
the child is considered normal: and the
difference between the normal and the
abnormal age of manifestation is taken
as a rude measure Of the child's degree
of mental deficiency. Whatever the years
of an abnormal child may be, the 'Binet
age is that of the normal child with
whose intellection, as measured by the
Binet tests, the intellection of the alb
normal child corresponds. Thus, q child
have a Binet age of two or three. The
Binet ages of one and two are classed
as those Of idiots; from three to seven,
as those of imbeciles; from eight to
twelve, such children are 'morons.
nearly equivalent to the English fool.
Children are tested by simple questions
corresponding to age and graded accord
ingly. II child of eight does not know
his right hand from his left, his mental
ity Is two years behindhand, and his
Binet age is six. When found to aver
age more than three years behind, he
is considered mentally defective. These
tests are now being largely used, SO
that merely backward children may be
Disseminated from really mentally de-
fective children and idiots, and whenever
possible diagnoses are made of the causes
of mental deficiency and suitable treat
ment instituted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Unrest and Progress.
From the Omaha Bee.

From the Omaha Bee.
A great deal has been said recently
concerning the unrest which marks the
life of nations. Uneasiness is manifest
in all directions. Apparently satisfactory
conditions are being broken up The So
cial strata are being upheaved and the
whole face of affairs is being altered
SO rapidly at times that the changes are
almost Kaleidoscope So general is the
disturbance and so widespread Its effects
that it is needless to particularize. No
matter which way one turns, the same
spectacle of changing social, political and
economical conditions are confronted.
This situation may frighten timid souls
or displease those who are temporarily
prosperous. but the unrest Is the best
possible indication that progress in all
directions is being made. Content implies
stagnation, and stagnatfon presages
death. The history of civilization is q
continual succession of these waves of
social unrest. Every step forward taken
by man in his upward progress has come
from the pushing necessity Of escaping
from the disturbances that surround his
daily existence. 1t is born from the
ambition Of the individual to do more and
be more than those around him. 1t is
the desire to accomplish. to create, to
achieve-the divine leaven working In
mans nature. Its stimulus is imperative.
It is opposed at all times to settled con-
ditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Leap Year.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Perhaps st. Patrick permitted the
women to propose marriage in leap year,
and thus established a tradition which
survives as a subject of idle jest. Per-
haps the idea OF leap year proposals orig
mated in Scotland in the thirteenth GEN.
fury. 1t makes no difference. Women
have never offered themselves as wives
to the men of their choice oftener in leap
year than in any other year. When a
woman wants to marry man she fire.
quently-we had almost said usually
accomplishes her purpose. If it suits her,
as 1t generally does, to compel him to
make the formal proposal, she knows
how to accomplish that purpose, too.
Leap year, in that respect, is a humbug.
AS matter of fact, it has no singnif-
icance at all. 1t is a makeshift to cor
rect. in clumsy way, an error in the
accepted calendar. The only thing it has
to brag about is the 10Th Of February,
which generally comes and goes without
notice. The inferiority of the male sex
on that day Is not accounted more con-
spicuous than on the other days. The
superiority of woman in many impor-
tant respects is freely acknowledged
throughout the civilized world every day
OF every year.
We doubt If it would increase her at
tractivenes or magnify her social i'm
portance if she should take the leap
year tradition seriously and pop the
question" instead Of inspiring the act Of
popping. Every offer of marriage is
made with a chance Of rejection. We do
not now recall the exact estimate Of the
statisticians as to the application Of the
law of chance in this matter, but we all
hnow that men are sometimes rejected.
If that were not the case, and had not
been the case since the institution of
marriage, the body of the worlds poetry
would be much smaller than it is.
Blighted affection has inspired tones Of
verse Few women would care to place
themselves in the position Of rejected
suitors. even if they could thus acquire
poetic inspiration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
LOAN SOCIETY.
Reform of the Almanac.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Reform of the almanac, like the Brit
ish proposal for the shifting of the hours
in summer and winter in order to insure
for the worker longer daylight hours for
recreation, is apt to arouse rid1cule
among the unthinking. because 1t involves
an overturn of routine with which we
have been long familiar and forces us to
face a change in deeply rooted custom.
Nevertheless, the modification of the cal
endar is project which has occupied the
minds of many men in many lands in re-
cent years, and an international confer
ence is to be held during the present
year, at the call of Switzerland, to see
If some agreement cannot be reached
upon the subject. A change in the cal
endar is not such novelty in the his
tory of the world that We need shrink
even to be considered. 1t has been tin
kered with many times, the wide dis
crepancieS in existing syStemS-that be-
tween Russia's calendar and that of the
rest of the civilized world, for example
being a standing stimulus to the industry
and the ingenuity of the reformer
Suggestions for the correction of ex-
listing anomalies and Inconvenience of
the calendar have been almost without
number, ranging from the complex and
absurd to the severely practical. The
primary aim of the reformers has been
to concoct plan by which the months
shall be equalized so that the same day
of the month shall invariably fall upon
the same day of the week. This would
save a deal of trouble. undoubtedly. But
another aim which has actuated the re-
constructors has been the simplification
of business calculations based upon
monthly periods. and one scheme to
which they have returned again and
again has been the month of four weeks.
This would mean, of course, q month of
twenty EIGHT days, and would necessitate
the creation of another, thirteenth
month, to fill out the year, in addition to
a special provision for the odd day and
for the extra day required for leap
year."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Growth of the Cinema.
om the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The growth Of picture palaces continues
unabated. There are now over 1900 OF
such places OF entertainment in Great
Britain and ireland.
The rapid extension Of these popular in
stitutions suggests the growing demand
by the people for light and pleasant en-
tertainment, the ability OF the people to
pay for It, and the development OF the
spirit of business enterprise.
Fully E1.000.0o0 n said to be invested IN
the provision and working of halls alone.
and over 1900 people are employed.
This leaves out of account the people en-
ployed and the large sums invested in
the development OF auxiliary branches
or the industry.
approximately the daily audiences at
these picture shows, where the average
price or admission is I'd. Even q bishop
is among the patrons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Old Diet Rules.
from the London Chronicle.


Thomas Cogan, in THE Haven Of
Health" published 1853, discusses the no
breakfast question at considerable length
Touching breakfasts, whether or no they
are to be used, 1t may be some question.
because they are not mentioned I'm Galen
and other ancient authors of Physicke.
neither are they appointed by order OF
the universities. but only two meals of
the day spoken of, which be dinner and
supper. But the temperature of this, our
country, is such that 1 think 1t good for
Eng. ishmen not to be long fasting. Yet
some may better bide without than
t'others. Children and young men until
they came to the age of thirty-five may
not be long fasting without inconveni-
ence. Men OF middle age, that is from
thirty-five to forty-nine. may better beare
it. Old men. being not decrepit, that is
from fifty to seventy, may best or all
abide fasting, but after seventy they are
to be dieted as children"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
WORLD GROWS BETTER.


From the Chicago Record Herald.
London has gloomy DEAN DR.. Inge.
who denies that civilized nations are pro-
crossing morally In our era. II seems
that there are other moralists who
share DR.. Inges grave misgivings.
correspondent, disturbed by these, asks
for the Record Herald's view Of the sub
ject. That view has been presented many
times. but II will bear further reiteration.
and q new year makes such an expression
appropriate.
Frankly. We find II dihicult to account
for the attitude or mood of those who
see no evidence OF moral progress. or
even see evidence OF moral retrogression
Everything In politics. legislation. social
relations seems to us to attest genuine
and substantial moral progress. What
are the tests given by historians OF
civilization, by philosophical teachers oil
ethics? They are well known-the posi-
ton Of woman, the treatment Of the I'M
fortunate. the criminal. the insane, the
unemployed; the general ideals and ideas
OF society; the distribution Of wealth.
opportunity and means Of culture and ed
ucation. Judged by these tests. can our
era be declared wanting reactionary?
Woman's position has vastly improved.
Who will now seriously defend the sub
JcCtlOu OF WOmdn. w omen are eTldnct-
pated industrially and are gradually at-
quiring all political rights and privileges
Charity never was more humane, broad
far sigfted than now. Charity concerns
itself with causes of misery and idleness.
1t not only relieves, but seeks to redeem
and reclaim. Charity is being raised to a
scientific plane.
AS to labor, wages, hours, unemploy-
ment, Industrial accidents and disease.
when did these questions receive more
earnest or general attention than they
are receiving today? The trend in child
| labor legislation, in insurance legisa-
ton, in factory legislation is too mani
fest to require elaboration.
Prisons. asylums and poorhouses are
being reformed and humanized.
Social and political ideals are high and
noble Equality of opportunity, justice,
honesty, democracy underlie all our agi-
tations and movements. Education was
never more popular. never more vital.
never more democratic than now. We
complain of and denounce our schools.
but only because our educational ideals
have outstripped our achievements.
Privilege, snobbery. caste are disap-
pearing. Thrift and sobriety are increas-
Ing Dreaded diseases are being attacked
and the general health fostered by meas
ures of prevention. instruction and cure.
Art and beauty are being democratized.
II all this Ia not evidence OF moral ad
vance, what Is moral advance? The in
dictment Of our age on moral grounds u,
In our Judgment most superficial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04

A. FREE LOT IN CALIFORNIAN SO
s soas q s.rs o wr9s sca5 MA aS
COAST LAND CO.. 32s Phslaa tldy, San
francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Some Other Time.
From Tit-Bits.

From Tit-Bits.
An announcement in a provincial Jour-
nal ran:
1.-The lecture on How to Be Always
Healthy announced this evening. cam
not be delivered. owing to the fact that |
the lecturer is confined to his bed with a /
severe attack Of govt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Some Years Hence.

From Puck.
First Woman-Men are getting into ev-
erything nowadays. -. ss...
Second Woman-Yes, sat near to one
at the hair-pulling fight at the garden
last night, though, OF course he was dis
guleed as woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04

FOR SALE-A REMARK ABLE VALUE on
Park road; $3.50 cash; overlooking beautiful
Soldiers Home. Large front por.hes; rDoms
aud bath: bot-water heat. elegant press brick
Price. $4.3J0. Just reduced from IS $50
Terms, $3.50 down and $50 per month, inciud-
ing all interest Looks good. doesn't 1t? Get
or car at Park road and Georgia ave. and
walk short blocks east.
We have beautiful row Of new houses at
2nd and Florida ave- NV. Some at $4915
and others at S4,315. They each contain Z
aud u rooms and bath: hot water heat gas
and electric lights. wash tubs, extra toilets
parguetry flooring, cabinet msntels and all OF
the latest up-to-datc improvements. Owner
going into large building opera ton and has
reduced houses TO low figures. Come out any
time. Houses always open and heated. Eas-
lest Kind Of terms.
5iS, 522. 53J and Sal kenyon ST NV. Each
house trimmed in hardwood; @ rooms and ba tn !;
some have double back porches; furnace and
hot water heated. These houses can be bought
for $50 and $3.50. Worth $500 to $500
FASTEST kind Of terms. An inspection
will thoroughly convince you of their value.
IL is greatly TO your advantage to read each
line Of our advertisement, which appears daily,
as we ADVERTISE bargains only"
WILLETT K REINECKE CO., Inc,
1909 ST. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Badly Put.
From Harper's Monthly.

From Harper's Monthly.
A teacher In a New England school
asked her pupils for compositions on the
poet Longfellow.
One pupil, fifteen-year-old girl, wrote
as follows:
Henry w. Longfellow was born In
Portland, Me-, while his parents were
travelling in Europe. He had many fast
friends, among whom the fastest were
Phoebe and Alice Cary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
Those Birdmen.
From Puck.

Country cousin-Blamed if this amt the
fust time 1 ever saw hrefiies when they
| was snow on the ground
City relative = Those are not firefiies.
They are cigarette butts falling from the
| aerOplanes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04

FOR SALE
Splendid New House at a Sacrifice.
Owing to an exchange the new owner will
sacrifice new. 2-story, S-room brick tiled
bath. double oak floors, hardwood finish both
floors, bot-water heat. large closets and pantry.
very handsome fixtures and mantels, lot 2Ox90
TO alley. located in a refined and exclusive sec
tion NV. Only $500 cash needed. Price s. 600.
III. r. HANDLER CO., 702 18th NV.
FOR SAIE-BY THE OWNER, NEW SOLID
built. perfectly planned Groom and bath house:
hardwood throughout electric lights and every
modern convenience: located In section
near Capitol and Union station. Special price
See this before the rush In spring. Terms
to suit Box 81. Star Office. Sc
FOR SALE-PRICE, s., 600: RENT. sac 80.
TWO NICE SIX-RO0M BRICKS; NEAR
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL: GOOD REPAIR:
ALWAYS OCCUPIED; GOOD INVESTMENTS.
II. L. RUST 400 H ST. NV.
FOR sALE-wOULD You LIKE A s-sTORY
and cellar. well heated home In Mt. Pleasant
for the price of a 2story house? We have It,
PERCY ii. RUSSELL COMPANY.
Russell Corner 9th and N. Y.
FOR SALE-ss SIS; TO C0LORED; on TERMS
$500 cash. balanre monthly; 18th and U
NV: modern Groom aud bath brick. l.. Il. u.
HRNCE. I'll Bond bldg.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1912-05-31

DIR. J. I. r. Neal. Prop, River
side Drug Co.. Greenville, s. c.,
writes recently, ~ have been prae-
ticing physician and druggist for
over 35 years and have sold and adj
ninistered many kidney medicines
but none TO equal Fo'ey
Kidney Pills. They are superior to
any | ever used and give the quick
est permanent relief" Shugars and
Tanner.