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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-09-03
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Well" she said in a gay voice,
here l am again! Is it a surprise?'
She advanced into the room. and
the old man, almost unconsciously,
rose from his chair.
Yes. sort Of" he said. dryIy.
She stopped by the desk, looked at
him sidewise, and said:
do We shake hands?"
His glance on her was hard and
cold. Berry met it and could not re.
strain a sinking Of the courage that
was her most admirable characteristic
and that she had screwed far past its
ordinary sticking-point that morning
She sank down into the same arm
chair that she had occupied on her
former visit and said, with little
languid effect of Indifference:
ooh, well, never mind We don't
have to waste time being polite
That's one of the most convenient
things about oar interview. We just
say what we really think and there's
no need bothering about humbug."
$50 glad to hear It," said the ole
man with his most ironical air. Sup
pose then you let me know what
you've come down to say"
Cant you guess?" she answered
with an expression that was almost
one of fiirtatious interrogation.
'Nup," he answered, looking steadi
~ at her. 81 have to have 1t said IL
that plain style with no politeness
that you say is the way we always
talk
"All right" she answered briskly
Here it is as plain as A B c. I've
decided to accept your offer and take
| the money"
She looked up at him, smiling gal
| lantly. But as her eye caught his he,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-09-03

Crockery sale at Fishers.
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Dairy supplies at Fishers.
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ment- Her voice nad an unQer note
of vibration in it, like the voice Of
one who breathes quickly. The orchid
on her breast trembled with the trem-
bling OF her frame.
Look here" he said quietly, 81
want to understand this thing. What's
made you change your mind so sud-
denly? a few days ago you were all
up on fiddle-strings at the suggestion
of taking that money. Here, this
morning, in you pop. and you're all
of a tremble TO get It What's the
meaning OF it?"
81 can't stand II any more" she
said. When you said l couldn't the
other day, that I'd break down, you
were right. I can't stand It Nobody
could. It's broken me to pieces. l
want to get away from II all. / want
70 go somewhere where I'm at peace,
where the people don't hate me and
hound me"
Her voice suddenly grew hoarse and
she stopped. He looked at her in
surprise. She bent her face down.
biting her under lip, and picked tremu-
lousy at the leaves of the purple
orchid as If arranging them.
You've beaten me-" she said in a
suddenly strangled voice; you've
beaten me. l can't fight any longer.
| Give me some money and let me go.
I'm beaten"
She lowered her head still farther
and burst into tears. So unexpected
were they that she had no prepare.
| tons for them. Her handkerchief was
in the bead purse that hung on her
wrist, and, blinded by tears, she could
not find the clasp. Her fumbling
hand tried for possible reserve sup
ply in her belt, and then In despair
went up to her face and lifted her
veil trying to brush away the falling
drops. The Bonanza King stared al
| her amazed, as much surprised as II
he had seen a man weep. Finally he
felt in his own pocket, produced q
crisply-laundered square OF white
linen and handed 1t to her. observ
ing soothingly:
Here, take mine. You're all broke
/ up, aren't you!
She seized his offering and mopped
her cheeks with 1t, shifting and gasp
! ing, while he watched her In genuine
solicitude.
What's wore you down to this
state?" he said. You're the nerviest
woman I ever saw"
'Tt's-it's-all this thing" she an
swered In a stified voice I'm jus,
worn out. l haven't slept for nights
"a memory of those miserable nights
Of perturbation and uncertainty swep
over her and submerged her in a wave
of self-pity. The tears gushed ou
again, and she held the old mans
large handkerchief against her eyes
uttering small, sobbing noises, sunl
in abandoned dependence In the hol
low Of the chair.
The Bonanza King was moved. The
facile tears Of women did not affec
him, but the tears Of this bold, hard
unbreakable creature, whom he hat
regarded only as an antagonist to BIZ
vanquished, stirred him to a sort o.
abashed sympathy. There was some
thing singularly pathetic about the
completeness of her breakdown. She
who had been SO audacious an adver
sary, now in all her crumpled flnery
weeping into his handkerchief. wal
SO entirely and utterly feeble
crushable thing.
Come, brace up" he said cheer
ingly. 1--WE can't do any talking whil>
you're acting this way. What's tn,
proposition again?"
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Population Of the Ocean.

A striking proof of the vastness and
variety of the population Of the sea
is furnished by the results of explo
rations made by committee of the
geological department of the British
Association in that part Of the Irish
Sea surrounding the Isle Of Man.
Out Of one thousand species Of ma.
rine animals collected 224 never be.
fore had been found in that region. 3s
were previously unknown as inhabi
tants Of British waters and II were
entirely new to science: indeed, they
were animals whose existence had
never been suspected.
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Counsel Fees.

Georgia Lawyer Ito colored prison.
er)-Well. Ras, so you want me to de-
fend you. Have you any money?
Rastus-No; but Use got a mule
and a few chickens and hog or
two.
Lawyer-Those will do very nicely.
Now. let's see; what do they accuse
you of stealing?
Rastus-Oh, a mule and a few
chickens and a hog or two
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Continued Tomorro7
The Best Gift.

The best gift is the one that shows
thought-an appreciation of what will
be pleasing and useful to the recipi-
ent-that is what counts for value, not
the price in money
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II you knew OF the real value OF
Cham berlain's Liniment for lame back,
soreness OF the muscles, sprains and
rheumatic pains, you would never wish
to be without it. For sale by dealers.
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MARION-DUNN MASONIC LODGE

Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 19, F. & A
NJ. meets on the first and third Thurs
day evenings of each month at 7:3C
o'clock. until further notice.
c. z. Simmons, W. NJ
Jake Brown, Secretary.
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When IN Jacksonville stop with Mrs.
E. l. Maloney, at the Girard, No. IL
East Duval street. just of Main. Best
75c. room in the city.
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The implicit confidence that many
people have in Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is
founded on their experience in the use
Of that remedy and their knowledge of
the many remarkable cures of collie.
diarrhoea and dysentery that it has eff
fected For sale by all dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-05
ADVER Using Talks
BY WILLIAM C. FREEMAN

The get-together-spirit among the bust
ness men of the smaller communities
throughout the United States is more
noticeable than it is in the larger cities,
tionship among people in the smaller com
munities-they are more neighborly-they
know one another better.
was impressed with this spirit at two
meetings held in Albany and Troy, n. y,
during December last
citation of Albany Can association formed
for the betterment Of Albany there were
at least one hundred representative bust
ness men present
tor in their deliberations. They know they
cannot boost their community without the
aid of advertising.
The newspaper forces in Albany have
also united with the business interests
to boost their home town.
AT the Troy meeting, held in the Cham
her of Commerce, there were one hundred
or more representative business men pres
ent.
Their purpose in getting together is to
promote the business industries OF Troy
1of which there are many. The business
men there show a broad, progressive
spirit They think that a community
policy which benefits all will benefit each
Individual
who are working primarily for the bust
ness square deal.
Both in Albany and in Troy the bust
ness men stand for the straightforward.
truthful word between them and the pub
lie in advertising copy.
There was great enthusiasm displayed
at both meetings and both associations
are determined to do all that can be done
to boom their respective communities
Such a spirit makes business grow and
develops towns in both power and in
fIuence
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POINTED PARAGRAPHs..
TFroYn the Chicago

IF,ro1n the Chicago News.I
Will 1t be the same old story on the
new leaf?
Probably Adam never forgot his first
New Years Eve
Charity covers a multitude of sins
when it begins at home.
The wise leap year maid will keep both
eyes on the young widows.
Resolve not to mistake a demijohn for
the fountain of youth in 1872
Water cannot extinguish some mems
burning desire for something stronger.
Remember. girls, good cooks will be the
leading ladies in leap year dramas.
There is more than one brand of smoke
less powder that is dangerous to man
kind.
In Adams day woman was merely a
side issue, but during leap year she poses
as the whole show.
Right here and now. pause and consider
the fact that there are people in the
world who never even heard of you.
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q Preiudiced Witness.

Bishop Nathaniel 5. Thomas of Wy
oming visited the state penitentiary
and endeaVored to ascertain what
causes had led to the downfall of the
various prisoners. Almost to a man
they told the Episcopal bishop that
love Of drink had put them behind
the bars This interested him, and he
asked each prisoner for his solution
of the liquor problem, carefully tabu-
Iating the answers for future refer
ence. All but one of the prisoners.
who seemed anxious to get in the good
graces of the churchman, cheerfu1ly
announced themselves advocates of
prohibition as the only solution of the
evil.
One man. lean rugged. leather
prison life. denounced this plan when
the bishop suggested il to him.
The trouble with pro- hibition Is II
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says UNCLE CAV

Jane Adams may be correct when
she says that village gossips are first
aid to the cause of injured morality
but that isn't saying a great deal for
gossips. Cockleburs may serve a good
and useful purpose to the economy OF
nature. but nobody wants to be a
cOcklebur. Nature is Omnipotent ana
she works her wonders with some ex-
ceedingly crooked instruments, but
that's no reason why any instrument
should point to its crooks with pride
That which is crooked is not straight,
and straightness will always be more
popular than crookedness, no matter
or the services of the latter.
The ordinary gossip is a loose
tongued female who stabs with a word,
Stays with a whisper and damns with
a look Her sin is the more vicious
because it is usually INDUCED in only
ster in that she loves to see reputa-
tfons writhe and die. The male gossip
is at once more vicious and less harm
full than the female of the species. :"
He is more vicious because there is alb
solutely no excuse for his Wanton at
tacks upon the reputation of others.
He knows the natural consequences of
as few women can be made to under
stand them. He is less harmful, be-
cause no man pays any attention to
what he says.
The gossip is essentially an assassin
and inherently vile. That he or she
is of any use whatsoever is the mercy
Of natures divine econ"my. which PER-
uits nothing howsoever evil it may be,
to go to waste. The gossip may be an
aid TO morality. but that's no credit to
fine gossip-(C copyright, 1912, by W. E.
Williams)
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GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Quite a few average men think they
are above that.
If you tell your dreams. it is a sign you
should have more to do
We refuse to worry about the wheat be-
fore the year it is to be harvested
No man complains much about the type
of tableware if the grub is good
Only few women ever love any man
SO much they won't argue with him.
Money which came without effort
isn't success; sometimes 1t is ruin
How heartily man laughs at your
jokes, when he wants to sell you some
thingi
Every boy believes he will have pie for
breakfast when he begins selecting his
own menus.
politician should create something
more than a disturbance to prove his con-
structive craftsmanship
Don't let any man higher up tell you
that railroad president works harder
than a section hand
A poor devil derives some amusement
from the talk about the Responsibility Of
Great Wealth
When a man takes good care of him
self 1t proves, generally speaking, that
he neglected that course a long time
Pugilism isn't the only pastime where
if sometimes becomes necessary to go
into chnch to avoid punishment.
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oUAKER NfEDITATIoNs.

JF'rom the Philadelphia Record-]
MANY mans best friends are those
who know him least
Some people won't even lend their
moral support without charging interest
on it.
A bird in the hand isn't worth two In
the bush from the birds point of view
one business that will always bear look
ing into is the mirror manufacturer
Most of US apt to take our own
time but the pickpocket will take any
body's.
Practice makes perfect. The more fault
a man finds the more expert he becomes
at it.
A horse must be broken before you can
drive him, but an automobile isn't broken
till afterward-
A girl may laugh all the time either be-
cause she has a keen sense of humor e.
because she has a dimple-
Nell-Ashe is one of those women who
believe all they hear Belle-"All? She
believes twice as much.
why were Adam and Eve driven from
the Garden of Eden?" asked the Sunday
school teacher. Il suppose because they
they started to raise CAIN replied the
boy at the foot of the class.
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UNDERTAKINGS POPULARITY PASS
ING

Undertaking had considerable vogue
for a time. but its only merit was IN its
novelty. A ripping attack on = public
man gave the reader a sense oFhaNlng y
sudden cold shower bath The muckrak-
ers however spent all their strength In
their false and frenzied reiterations- The
public grew tired OF hearing the same
story told ever and over again, even
though a new villain was occasionally
presented.
The muckrakers cast no new light on
life and made il no more hvable. Inc
consequence was that they were relegated
10 the class of bores and boc=- The eN-
aggeration which was the currency or
their writings first quickened the inter
est then irritated. and finally insulteu
the good judgment OF the reauer.
Some of the public men who seized
upon the undertaking game to jump INTO
the limelight are still at Il, but they Iino
themselves without an audience inc
American public Is capable Of regulating
it's own morals and II will not tolerate
uiIful misrepresentation spread broadcast
under the pretense OF purifying politics
and Observation-Disclosures Post.
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Governor Foss, of Massachusetts.
must be looking beyond the confines
of his commonwealth Advance copies
Of his annual message to the Massa-
chusetts legislature were sent to all
Of the newspapers of the entire eoun-
try, presumably. as one reached this
office. It is an ably written public
paper that concerns matters of i'm
portance outside state affairs. Tariff
handicaps are discussed as is also the
need. for reciprocal trade agreements
with other countries. The prediction
il also made that the contamination Of
a reciprocity treaty with Canada is
only matter Of time
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THE LOVE DREAM.

THE LOVE DREAM
The night may be dark, and the road may
be long,
But star through the shadows 1 see;
Still the rude winds of the world sing q
dear song:
MY sweetheart is dreaming of mel''
That is the dream
Which in blessing is given,
Making the world
Like an echo of heaveni
Oh. the gardens of life are not lost to the
CLEAN,
Though winter is wild in the skies;
When summer has faded afar, like q
dream.
stin summer shines bright in her eyes.
What is the joy
Which in all things I-see:
In wales of loves lilies
She's waiting for me.
Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Con-
stitution.
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DAFFYDHS
~ Z. NOALL.

If YOU occupied apartment 16 in a
swell hotel would you call it suite
sixteen?
Wrap a blanket around the stove,
mother The poor thing has no fire to
keep it warn.)
If cocoa is early is hot chocolate2
make all the noise you ike, Alloy
sius You can't waken your father
He's a poIieeman-)
If the Mississippi is crooked is the
Behring Strait
CHortensel How could you be 50
crueI2A
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HUMOR or THE DAY

Young Lady-Guard. will have time
to say good-by to my frienosf Guafu-
Afraid not, miss. This train leaves ~ Two
hours and a haif.-Sacred Heart Review
sbe-Dfd YOU ever get on a train when
II was moving2 He-Hes-once- She
What was the sensation He-hipplnk-
for the woman.-Woman's Home Com
panion-
shes a prominent worker in the
audubon society. isn't sheE es. sn ne.
lust back from the seashore with "onoei
ful stories OF how many hearts she slew.
The Juggernaut had just been started.
I'VE got the idea from little ... al rem
roller skating on the sidewalks thss ca
plained.-New York sun
"'Tisn't fairi Mummy to send me :., e
bed for telling stories. when dadoy teil.
great, big ones, and everybody laughs ~
them''-Everybody's Weekly
Ibid the play have a happy ending
TT might have been worse. ny We 49,, - y,
forgot her handkerchief ana one glove.
] oflisviIIe Courier-Journal
Paw. what Is the brightest star in the
skye "Sirius. my son: But IAN. an.
paw. I want to know."-Chicago IT'D
une.
vavgide DETERMINATIONS automobile,
sir. viii have to have an oyerha.uii ne
Disconsolate Owner-Yes. but how in the
dickens am I to haul IT over?-Baltimore
American
.s-rhev say there are as many microbes
on a dollar bill as on fly Gee, but "a
like to get near enough to swat rev OF
'eri cleveland Plain Dealer.
you know those early vegetables
promised your" Yes" would you ac-
cept a trip to the theater next winter In
stead 7''-Louisville Courier-JournaA.
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FROM OTHER PENS
Duty OF HAPPINESS.

DR.. Hugh Black has out "A new book on
Happiness. in which he holds IL to be the
duty of all to be happy While that is
not, of course, always possible. it IS quite
certain that many are not happy who
ought to be- There are some who take "A
delight in being unhappy. They are il-
grained and naturally peevish But for
normal people-those who still have some
command of their stuaton-Dr. Black
has a prescription. He holds that
1.-The heart of happiness IS peace-the
peace that comes only with unselfish ser
vice to fellow-man and TO God"
DR.. Black gets his prescription for hap
piness from the anthem OF the heavenly
host over the little town OF Bethlehem,
over 1900 years ago-"Glory to God in
the highest. and on earth peace. good Will
toward men" That's happiness. There
is no other kind. Peace-it means har-
mony with the soul OF things pure. clean
noble. unselfish. ANY other sort Of peace
IS spurious, as is the peace that comes
from money, drink. dress. luxury, pleas
ure or any of the pastimes along mere
sensuous lines.-Ohio state Journal
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Out Of the Mouths of Babes.

ssWhat is the worst thing about
riches?'' asked the teacher of small
pupil in the juvenile class.
Their scarcity was the prompt re-
ply.
won't you have an apple. Harry2''
oueried the hostess of a small guest.
mo, ma am answered the little
fellow I'm afraid to eat apples
why are you afraid2" asked the
lady.
Because" explained Harry, my
grandma died of apple plexy."
what is your name, little boy %
oueried the street car conductor Of
small passenger who was travelling
alone.
willie Jones'" was the reply
John Wood" answered the con-
ductor.
wood exclaimed the little fellow.
Why I thought wood was a noncon-
ductor''-Chicago News.
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don't prohibit he said vigorously.
What you want to do is to close UP
the distilleries-them's the boys to go
after
Bishop Thomas, making q note of it.
Your plan is to stop the traffic at it's
very source. Excellent! You seem like
a very intelligent man. May ask
what you are-what you are here
for?"
ooh, me?'' said the prisoner Tn
a moonshiner." Washington dispatch
to New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-05

Wiseacres at Washington arc pre-
dieting a session of congress that will
drag along far into next summer. No
chance Of it, Congressional elections
viii be held next fall, and so many con-
gressional fences are in need Of atten-
ton, that The gentlemen concerned in
keeping them in repair win see to il
tha4 congress adjourns in good season
so that they can go home and get busy
making things as certain as posi- bic
ton again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-05

Not only is Toledo, O.. to have three
cent street car fares with universal
transfers, but the city treasury is to be
enriched by the street car company to
the extent of $3.50 day as rental for
the streets on which it operates In To-
peka a proposed city tax Of SIS a car
per annum brought a successful pro
test from the local street car company
that the payment of any such sum
would so curtan its finances that it
would have to cut down on its ser
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Talk and trouble are closely related.
Few men who try to. be that way are
clever.
Getting ahead of a game is not so
difficult as staying there.
X x X
Most women are as easily pleased
as they are provoked, but not so often.
y 4 =
This is a happy new year for the
plumbers. The weather is fine for
water pipes to freeze
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Mr.. Pinchot has to deny so many of
the r.atements credited to him in the
newspapers that the force of anything
he NAV have to say. even when he is
-.so,1oted" correctly, doesn't amount to
nuch. It's peculiar. too, that of all
4he insurgent spell binders in the lime
light now. Mr. Pinchot is the only one
whom the newspapers quote Incorrect
". Is there Il gigantic newspaper
conspiracy against Mr.. Pinchot?
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Bitten on the hand by a tarantula
while unloading bananas. shipped here
from the South. Leo Sharp, of this
city, died from the effects of the pois-
on The man became delirious and,
despite the strenuous efforts of ply
sicians. his condition rapidly grew
worse.
It was feared that the bite of the
insect would cause him to become
ravinz maniac, and ether was admin
istered to relieve his sufferings.
Mr. Sharp was in the employ of
local transfer company, and the ba-
nanas he was unloading were consign-
ed to a dealer. He is survived by his
wife and several children.=Yor (Pa.)
dispatch to Philadelphia Record.
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The ghost of a smile lighted up his
face. then another sigh and he slept
again.
Vivian folded Elise in his arms and
touched his lips to her hair Thank
God for this he said land we will
nurse him back to life together.''-
copyrighted, 1912, by Associated Lit
erary Press.)