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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30
BIG LUMBER PLANT
AT LUkENS BURNED

Bronson Times-Democrat: Satur-
day morning about } o'clock fre
completely destroyed the planning and
pine saw mill Of the Tilghman Cy-
press Company at Lukens, also a
large amount of lumber in and
around the mills. Two log fat cars
that were standing loaded at the
mill and could not be taken out help
ed to increase the damage. Through
the heroic efforts of the mill crew
the dry kiln, pump house and water
tank which supplies water for the
large saw mill nearby were saved.
The loss. which is fully covered by
insurance, is estimated at approx
mately $4,000.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30

Fletcher's excuse for defending
Lorimer is that Lorimer is good to
his family Well, we'll, we'll. Lots
of old scoundrels have this redeem
ing feature '-Chas. z. Jones in
Dixie.
The Star regrets to see this in
Dixie. Two years ago, the Star
wouldn't have believed that Charlie
Jones would write such a deliberate
untruth. Fletcher has indeed said
that Lorimer was good to his old
mother, and had taken good care of
his family, but he did not give this
as his reason for voting against
his expulsion. His vote. he says,
was because he could find no evil
dence that Lorimer consented or
even knew of the corrupt practices
that secured his election. This 500
good citizens of Ocala heard him
say in his speech here.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
FLEW WITH LANGLEY'S FOLLY

At Hammondsport, \. Y, Thurs
day, Glenn Curtis, one of the most
famous ayiators of the day, vindicat-
ed DR.. Samuel Langley, the father
of aviation.
Langley, who died several years
ago, proclaimed to the world that he
had solved the problems of the air
several years before the upper ele-
ments had been successfully navigat-
ed by heavier-than-air machine.
The crude flying machine, which
fell into the Potomac river when DR..
Langley attempted to fly in it and
which later was consigned to the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington,
had every requisite for flight and re-
manned in the air long enough to
demonstrate the practical sense of it's
maker, who had been ridiculed by
his incredulous contemporaries.
The old relic was wheeled from it's
hangar Thursday, the pilot climbed
to his seat and was away under much
the same conditions as would pre-
vail in flight of the latest model
aeroplane. The fight was a short
one but successful.
The Langley machine but little re-
sembled the trim and powerful fly
ers of to-day, but in it's crude state
it combines the basic principles of
aviation, and after many years of
neglect the s.old junk" came into it's
own giving its inventor his deserved
place among the recognized pioneers
of aviation.
But for an untimely accident, and
what was termed the "miserliness of
the government" Langley undoubted-
ly would have won fame during his
lifetime. Instead, he died broken
hearted man, after devoting twenty
years of his life to the study of avia-
ton. Years later others received the
fame and credit for which he should
have had a share.
Langley made the fatal error of
trying to catapult the flyer into the
air with the aid of ponderous springs,
but he only succeeded in wrecking his
machine. Had he tried the method
pursued to-day, of running the mach
inc along the ground and allowing it
to rise gradually in the air, there is
little doubt he would have made the
first flight in a heayier-than-air ma
chine.
The antiquated machine was sent
to Hammondsport about two months
ago. Scarcely a change was made in
it's parts. The surface of the wings
which had suffered from long storage
were replaced. Other minor parts re-
paired were duplicates of the origi-
mails. The machine was driven by the
old motor built by Charles Manly.
DR.. Langley was the secretary of
the Smithsonian institute. He was
satisfied of the possibility of flight in
heavier-than-air machines and spent
years in working on the problem. In
1896 he flew steam driven model
distance of about mile over the
Potomac river.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Dunnellon Advocate: Miss Lou
Markham treated her friends to a
surprise last "wednesday morning
when she and Mr.. T. ]. Hutchinson,
of Plant City, were united in mar
riage. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. s. S. Mathis, and the happy
couple left on Sunny Jim for Plant
City, where they will make their
home and where the groom is engag-
ed in truck farming
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30

John Stockton must buy stamps,
but Fletcher is sending out bushels
of campaign stuff under frank. Is
this a square deal?-Chas. E. Jones
in Dixie.
all of Senator Fletcher's campaign
literature. Every piece Of it paid
postage. Not single piece of it was
franked. This statement OF Charlie
Jones is another partisan untruth.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30
HALF LIBERTY FOR HARRY

The sojourn in Concord, n. H., of
Harry X. Thaw ended yesterday when
he left for Gorham, in the White
Mountains, where he will spend the
summer at hotel. He was accom-
panied by his mother and his Gus
todians, Sheriff Holman A. Drew
and Deputy Clark D. Stevens.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30
OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Tarpon Springs Leader: The Ocala
Star of Tuesday had the pictures of
SO many beautiful young ladies in it
that after looking through the pa
per we almost felt as if we had been
walking down Tarpon avenue in the
late afternoon.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30
L. ID. C.. DINNER
FOR THE VETERANS

Dickson Chapter, U. d. C. will
give it's annual dinner to the veter-
ans at the armory on June Bird. All
the veterans are cordially invited
and it is hoped that all will be able
to attend
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30
OCALA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Open daily except Sunday from
TO p. m. Board of Trade rooms,
Ocala House block
Louise E. Gamsby, Librarian
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30

Dixie prints splendid picture Of
General Robert Bullock, Marion's
revered and lamented soldier states
man. on the cover page OF this
weeks issue.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-30

Its evident that Editor Nisle of
the Dunnellon Advocate Is an invet-
crate optimist.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-24
ChiIdren's Beach Clothes.

yvJIrH beach aprons of linen. made and w stamped at 25 cents, and ronpers of fancy rep or linen, neatly made and stamped for 50 cents, the busiest of mothers can have the children comfort ably and smartly dressed
 A neatly made suit of white linen or fancy, rep for beach and general summer wear has short trousers and long blouse with laced front and long sleeves and dec orations on sleeves and blouse
 A beach apron is made of natural col ored or white fancy rep or lawn. It is short fastening in the back, where there is half bet very short sleeves. and it Is of round length It slips on over the underwear, leaving the child unincum- bered. The short sleeves and front are embroidered in coiors. using cross or very simple embroidery in two or three colors.
 Fancy reps and linens are used to make rompers that are shaped with the upper waist part and romper trousers in one with fancy cotton -belt--
 One-piece frecks and middy suits are of various fabrics. and can be worn with a fancy cotton belt, one of patent leather. or a stitched band of the goods The work is especially quick when the em- bellishing is done in three or four shados of cross stitch. and 1t is durable.
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the butt of one of them.
 MT. Lever is the champion defender of the farmer. He thinks. votes. moves and has his being with one purpose in view. that of conserving the interests of the farmer. The other day he was on the verge of voting for one battleship when a colleague came forward with the inno- cent observation that two battleships would be a great boon to the farmer.
 Lever paid immediate attention, accord ing to MT. Edwards. who had been warned in advance and W sitting expectantly nearby.
 How will two battleships help the farmer?" demanded MT. Lever instantly.
 Why the farmers will have to supply guncotton for em,' replied his colleague. Don't you know the Navy Department already has a bunch of applications from farmers in your district to supply gun cotton for the governments battleships if the Department of Agriculture will send them some guncotton seed?" They left MT. Lever wondering whether the reflection was intended for him or his constituents. Being a serious-minded man. he isn't any too happy over either construction.
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can ways of thinking by the creoles- There are those still left. however. who adhere to the old traditions of the blood. for we are all proud of our French and Spanish ancestry.
 Not so very long ago I had occasion to go into the new residential district of New Orleans. l took with me in my car a relative who was a native and resident of New Orleans-a Creole, like myself. Now, although he was well along in years, he was as much a stranger and exhibited as much novel interest in that quarter of the city as though he had been fresh from a foreign land. He knew New Orleans well: but it was the New Orleans of old, the New Orleans of the Creoles. There are many CreoleS who have lived all their lives there into old age who have never been north of Canal street the main thoroughfare.
 But, whatever may be the fate or Gre ole customs and traditions. certainly they are far from dying out. if Col Estopinai be taken as d type. He has ten living sons, all grown and, every one a mag nificent specimen of young manhood He. himself, endowed with an alertness of mind and activity of body rarely found beyond the morning of life. might well pass as his own son.
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WIN SrON 0AURc CHILL, ENGLISH SECRETARY O| HE NAVY MATCHING "A
 DEMONSTRATION

Also from the admiralty came Sir Henry Jackson. K. c. B.. chief of the war staff. He is the great English expert on cleo tricity and recognized authority on Its uses In company with other officers he spent an hour and half examining every feature of the model.
 
 And so 1t happens that this new marvel of transportation finds it's first apprecia- , ton in Europe Already the question of time saved in transatlantic mails is under consideration. With this new system in- stalled. the last post for New York from London would close forty-five minutes before the steamer sails. not the day previous. as is the case now. This would be an immense saving to business men, Again, looking at the proposition from a strictly European point of view, mail from Paris to St. Petersburg that takes only ten hours would be a tremendous step forward for commerce All that has been written about the time saved in mall i service applies equally to the forwarding | of express
 Passenger transportation will be the | last perfection of the levitated system Innumerable experiments will have to be carried out before the inventor wishes to take the risk of sending human freight through the air at lightning speed This new railroad could be erected along | the right of way of existing railroads. While it is a radical change from present systems. yet it is not so extreme an ! alteration as actual flying. , It is idle to prophesy. Every inventor expects discouragements. He knows be- | forehand that despite boasted craving for i the new. nothing takes hold with people as a whole so slowly as an original idea that is revolutionary in principle. And 1t was a. disappoinfment of this kind that drove this grfzzled, mystic-eyed, ex- patriated Frenchrnan from America, the | land of his adoption, to -Engiand's shores. In that country he has found appreciation | instead of neglect There is he hailed as A genius who has discovered a funda- mental idea which will be of enormous service to mankind
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a capital R alone, but with capitals all the way through to the bar on the final T.
 Neither does he hide his views in secret under bushel, nor bury them in a nap kin, nor, yet again, whisper them to the midnight reeds. like Midas courier of old. He tells folks about it; no mat ter what the subject of converse or controversy, he tells folks. And he loves to tell folks, too
 Here's letter I've just gotten from a fellow to whom I sent copy of my speech on the tariff.' he remarked, with a broad smile. Just listen" And he read thus:
 V. Dear Sir: I've just read your speech on the tariff. It's mighty well you label ed it Tariff Speech" I counted 'em up and you mentioned Roosevelt eighty eight times and the tariff twiceI"
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a terrific blizzard struck the capitai lha' very morning. As the committee mem bers, witnesses, reporters and others gathered the blast rattled herceiy at the easements and the swirilnS snow and sleet drifted high against tne Mlh- dow panes- When some remark Was made about certain witnesses not ap- bearing on account of the weather Rep resentative Henry of Texas, who IS an ardent advocate for a change or date' seized the opportunity.
 ssWitnessesw he exclaimed. dramati- calIy. ''Witnessesi There are our wit nesses,' and pointed out through the windows Hear them testify, Boreas, the north wind, and snow and sleet and driving storm and biting cold. They are testifying to their presence here at this season-to their combined attendance upon the inauguration cere- monies of President Taft What better witnesses does this committee ask than these?'
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ones that the extravagant claims for speed are in no wise exaggerated.
 And such is the model. Of course, the idea Is still in the stage of trial and a number of questions will have to be solved before the practicability of the device will remain unprecedented. The first to be asked is that of cost, both of con struct1on and operation. machine may work perfectly, yet may be so expensive that it cannot compete, from the eco nomical point of view, with other ma chimes which perhaps may look inferior mechanically. Or, on the other hand, it may achieve a result which is unattain- able by other means and which it may be therefore worth while to pay for at high rate.
 Granting that the installation of the levitated system would be expensive, the enormous speed attained would justify It's construction, say its adherents. But M. Bachelet has proved by experiment his plan of transportation can be put into operation at a reasonable cost. In the matter of operating outlay the cost to carry five pounds weight one hour would be one cent. Here is a basis worth hgur- ing on.
 It is the present plan of the inventor to construct a full-sized flying train' on a track laid out at some place convenient to London. His first line will be for express and mail only. Already he has designed a car suitable for the latter service.
 * *
 Meanwhile the dusty warehouse down in the Italian quarter of London is the mecca of the great men of the city. En- gineers, electricians, scientists, airmen, financiers, all troop into the demonstrat- ing room to see the wonderful model in operation. They come in a constant stream down the dingy street and climb the narrow stairway to the magic parlor. They all examine it closely. but with typi- cal reserve they venture no opinion.
 It is only when an expert like Sir Hiram Maxim enters the curtained experi- ment room that one hears phrases of en- thusiastic praise. This venerable disciple
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An 0ldzTimer.

R epre e s entative Albert EstopinaI of Louisiana. himself a Creole, says that the manners and opinions of these proud people of the old regime have undergone marked change within the past generation.
 Within the last thirty years there has been wide spread adoption of what may be called up-to-date Ameri-
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What Better, Indeed?

T h @ effort to change the date of the presidential in- auguration fro m the 4th of March to a more seasonable day bobs up in the House of Represent atives from time to time. \ During the present session a hearing upon the matter before com mittee was set for Q day on or near the 4th of March
 It happened that
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as the mystery of the plan was unfolded to him his vivid imagination saw in its completed perfection the application of this revolutionary principle of convey
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On the Job, by Heck!

R epre S entative Charles c. Edwards of Georgia tells a couple of stories a b O ut prom i = nent southerners in Washington which have afforded con siderable merriment around the House cloakrooms, a n d have furnished ma terial for a good deal of chaff1ns. Representative As bury F. Lever of South Carolina is
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Wedding Anniversaries.

FIRST year. paper wedong: sscond cotton: third. leather; fifth. wooden: seventh, woolen: tenth, earthenwnrss twelfth. linen: fifteenth. crystal; twu- tieth, china: twenty fifth. silver: thir- tieth. pearl: fortieth ruby; fftieth, gold en, seventy-ffth. diamond
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Natural.
Whatever uncer

Whatever uncer- tainties mankind may feel as to the views and opinions of Representative Chandler of New York on religion. science, art or base ball, there's no ex- cuse for it's being in the dark about his politics.
 Hes 9 Roosevelt man; a Roosevelt man yesterday. to- day and forever: RooSevelt not with
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English cabinet the position correspond ing to Secretary of the Navy. was am other distinguished visitor. Beyond doubt he was deeply interested: but he refused to venture an opinion as to the practica-
 bility of the car.
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A Frenchman's In vention, Perfected in the United States, Is Startling England Travels on an Electric Wave Cushion at the Rate of Three Hun dred Miles. an Hour. M Inventor and His Workshop Practical Tests to Be Made Near London.
LONDON, England. June

ONS1EUR EMILE BACHELET, with his new levitated railroad, has as- founded the scien- tific. military and political world of England. The high priests Of science, the lords of, the ad- miralty, members of the house of peers and of conn
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The track of the line, which runs along the side of the room, consists of a series of spools, the current cylinders of the preliminary experiments. The ear used is steel tube weighing forty pounds, fastened to an aluminium bed plate. And it is on this aluminium bed plate that the repulsive force, turned through the spools. immediately acts. lifting the car clear of the track about an inch and holding it there. Try as you will. you cannot force the steel tube back on the track.
 Now that the train is suspended and free from all retarding influences. the pulling current is applied. This is ac- compnshed by the aid of electro magnet solonoids or arches which span the track at necessary intervals The steel super structure of the car responds to this mag netic drag and is pulled toward the arches
 As the car passes each arch it is auto matically de-energiZed and the train comes under the influence of the next pre- ceding one. Thus it is dragged onward from one magnet to another, the speed being in proportion to the number and force of these.
 2 The spools or cylinders in the roadway which lift the vehicle into the air come dium- of live wire that travels with the car Thus the train carries its magnetic field with it.
 One can test experimentally the inn mense difference which is made by the lifting of the car in the air and destroy ing friction and its retarding influences. With no current in the spoolssi it requires considerable effort to move the forty pound tube along the roadway. When it is lifted clear of contact a mere touch of the finger will send it on it's aerial way.
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SIR HfRA1TMAxIrF TRYING bPRESs DOWN cARWH1cH Is SUSPENDED IN AlRS

been known in scientific circles for number of years. This has proved to be serious nuisance to electrical manufac- lures in all kinds of work.
 But the credit of turning this phenom- enon to account rests with M. Bachelet After exhaustive experiments with vari- ous metals he found that aluminium as pure as possible was the best for levi tating purposes.
 Curiously enough, the current has an entirely different effect on steel. This metal is immediately magnetized and con- sequently attracted by the repulsion wave. To show this the inventor lays steel disk on the spool, turns the cur rent and the pitce of metal cannot be pried from its base. But place slip of copper or aluminium between the steel and the spool and the attraction is over come and the heavier metal is raised in air above the non-magnetized d-sk.
 To show that the current will in no way injure and that any number of volts of it. can pass through the body without destroying life bowl of goldfish covered with a copper Id is used for the next ex- pertinent. Placed on the spool, the lid IS lifted by the unseen force which per meates the glass of the bowl and the water where the fish swim about appar- entIy unconscious of their electrified state.
 It must not be supposed that when you see these circles of heavy metal floating in the air the attraction of gravity is overcome. M. Bachelet makes no such claim. Nh fact, he takes pains to demon strate by another experiment that the weight of an object lifted by the current is always constant Two weighing ma chimes, already referred to, are used to show this.
 In each scale tray a weight of six pounds is placed. which registers on the dial of the separate machines. The scale trays are placed one below the other. The mystic stream is turned into the weight in the lower scale tray and 1t ifts the weight above it clear of the weigh ing machine, so that the dial instead or marking six pounds indicates zero. The dial of the other weighing machine now registers twelve pounds. proving that the drag of the upper piece of metal, sus- pended in the air, has not been d1sslpated, but only transferred to the repelhng me dium. All of which is very illuminating. As the concluding one of these prel1mi- nary experiments the musical bells are brought into play. Beneath each bell-aIl of them are tuned to different keys-is an open. glass tube holding a ring of alum1- mum. The tubes rest on repulsion spools controlled from the switchboard and all low the free passage of air. Touching buttons on the board, the current drives the disks up in the glass tube until they strike the bells With a skillful touch the girl at the switchboard gave few bars from .'You Made Me Love You These predatory amusements are given to make one familiar with the principle upon which the flying train" is operated
 By the time your attention is directed to the trainway-it is not railway, for there are no rails-you are no longer sur prised at seeing the laws of physics ap- parently defied.
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i The demonstration of the model in ac1 ton is truly marvellous The heavy tube is placed on the track at one end and you stand expectently. M. Bachelet turns on the switch and the car suddenly rises into the air. For a second it remains so. Then another switch is closed and like flash the train has literally flown from end to end of the roadway. It needs only this ocular proof to convince doubting