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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

The Star has received a communi-
gaElUn from Interlachen, testifying
that the people of that pretty town
highly appreciate its efforts in behalf
Of the Palatka, Gainesville and Ocala
train
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

with other fighting men, which goes
to prove that what Carlyle termed
that damnable prejudice called pat
riotism" yet rises superior to most
other feelings. Men will not be
much account when it doesn't.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

My country, right or wrong" is
the sentiment of many brave and
kInd-hearted man in Europe this
morning. A sentiment that most
Americans can understand.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Board of trade needs you at its
regular meeting tonight.-West
Palm Beach Sun.
Every member of every board OF
trade is needed at every meeting. No
one of them need ever think he
won't be missed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

a little point of land, $500 miles
Er0m east to west by 1000 from
north TO south, that is, the United
States of America, is the only place
ON This planet where the dove of
peace has a sure resting place.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

The F1emings used to be among
the most sturdy fighters in Europe
gHonder if their Belgian descendants
have much of the old blood left.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

In twenty years, at least, Germany
Win be the most liberal and enlight-
e.ned republic on the face of the
earth She is having her final dose
NJ autocracy now.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

A seven-room cottage, with all
conveniences, well located in desira-
bic section Of the city, is now for
rent. Apply to Mrs. Jake Brown,
North Tuscawilla street. Slit
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

The Star hopes that the Be1gians
will stand up to the Germans better
EEan they did to the French at Wa
Eerloo.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

1t is pleasant ITO stop reading war
bulletins for minute and record
the fact that Marion county will
aerve a bumper crop of hay.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Either Germany is the only first
class power or her emperor ought
~ re shut up in a mad house
Times Union.
Assured1y the latter. Germany
might crush France and stand off
Russia. but Great Britain will never
mutt till Germany is whipped.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Now is the time for British suf-
Fragettes to raise a regiment. There
viii be work for them all as hospi-
tai nurses.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

The Mexicans at Tampico were
sassy TO the Germans Monday. A
Rnundh ago, they wouldn't have
dared ito crook a finger at them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Belgium isn't a big country, and
1T the British don't hurry the Ger
mans may meet them on the coast
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

If a violent attack of sanity was
xzs strike the people of Europe this
Ezzurning, they would all so home,
go about their business and tell their
rulers TO go way back and sit down.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

In the meantime, you needn t
Gnink your Uncle Sam has forgotten
10 keep an eye on Mexico.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Mexico has dropped out of sight,
which suits Mexico TO a dot.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

In five minutes Tuesday, the Brit
ish House of Commons voted $500
100000 for war purposes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

The AngIo-Saxon is hard to push
into a fight, but when he begins he
doesn't quit till he gets ready.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

II was proclaimed that the social
ISIS of Europe would prevent another
war, but they are going to the front
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

In his usual, damphool, splendid
way, the Irishman will go forth to
Sight for the British empire.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

1t has filtered thru the press cen
ss1Ts that the unwashed Serbs licked
q nice, clean Austrian army Sunday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

There Is one good thing about all
Che big powers being at war. They
will get sick of it sooner.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Harry Thaw is reported missing
He's only missing from the front
page.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

1t is better to have tried and fail
ed than never to have tried at ALL
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09
WIFE OF MINISTER FROM THE NETHERLANDS

topics for discussion. Lastly. they are
intensely progressive. This quality
is undeniably the link which win bind
them closely to their American asso-
ciates.
After stay in America of only
three months, they were able to an
swer in no uncertain fashion almost
every question put to them concern
ing their impressions of American
habits and institutions with a prompt
itude that revealed keen, ready intelli-
gence
From what l have been able to
judge said madame, when asked to
tell what she thought of US, Il am of
the opinion that the American mind
is especially inventive. You excel
the world in wonderful invention. 1
think you are more capable along that
line than in art
Now, l do not say" cautioned
madame, that you are lacking in artis-
tic perception. / am not qualified to
speak of that, for | have not studied
your art; in fact, l have not yet been
able to visit any of your galleries. But
it seems to me, with my limited oppor-
tunity for observation, that invention
is the pre-eminent American accom-
plishment."
The last post which NJ. van Rappard
held before coming to the United
States was situated at Morocco.
Before the period of their residence
in Morocco they lived at Brussels,
Berlin, Paris and st. Petersburg. Mad
anne is enthusiastic about all of these
cities. She would return tomorrow
with pleasure, she said. to any of
them.
Apropos of her gardening ability,
madame was asked if she was an ex.
pert tulip grower, as are SO many of
the Dutch ladies'. She replied that she
knew how to take care of tulip bulbs
as well as any of her countrywomen,
but that she must admit they were
not her favorite flowers. Roses and
carnations are to her much more beau
tiful.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09
LONG BEHIND THE SCENES IN WORLD POLITICS

operations, ne sees nothing remark
able in what he has done or in his
own personality.
With genuine concern he expressed
his regrets to an American inter
viewer recently that he was so I'M
Interesting personality" and that he
could furnish so little material for
an article concerning the British am.
bassador He didn't seem to realize
that he has lived the things that
romancers and playwrights have, by
their art, made colorful and thrilling:
that the melodramatist and the writer
of tales of modern romance can find
in his career a veritable mine of
material.
His vision of himself is that of an
earnest servant of the empire, doing
as well as he may each days task
i'll the world of diplomacy inspired
by an intense loyalty and the spirit
of high service.
He comes of line that has so
served. His progenitors for genera
tons have figured large in the gov
ernment of the empire. His house
today has numerous representatives
in the diplomatic and other services.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

Dutch. l go out shopping in the early
morning and see the young American
ladies' who have been dancing the eve
ming before equally as much as my
daughter looking so wide awake and
active that l marvel at them. Our
women at home could never do this
They seem to require more rest than
the Americans"
Perhaps" suggested Mile. Ernest
inc, the charming young daughter of
the minister, who happened to be in
the drawing room at the time her
mother was speaking, the difference
is due to the climate. American air
seems to be so much more stimulating
than that of Europe. l myself have
felt the difference"
Both madame and her daughter are
two of the most interesting acquisi-
tions that diplomatic society in Wash
ington could ever hope to meet. In
the first place, they speak charming
and fluent English. sprinkled here and
there with a French bonmot.
Secondly, they have had unlimited
and enviable experiences which pro-
vide them with interesting, original
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

Sutherland, in his room in the city,
worked up fine speech and memor-
lied 1t perfectly. He would stay up
at night for weeks declaiming to an
imaginary audience. His first assign
ment proved to be Stubbsville, and
he did not get there till late at night
with this one speech.
But promptly at eight he mounted
the stage, drank the customary glass
of water and started The subject
was the panic of 1898. Tearing up
his hair and hammering the table till
one leg broke, he poured out torrent
of Niagara-like eloquence.
Gentlemen and ladies'" he shouted
in winding up his mighty effort You
all remember the time of terror that
reigned then-how the engines in your
factories were stilled the wheels of
your industries rusted and how along
your broad streets swept the workless
man, the empty dinner pail hanging
on the languid arm of labor. as your
hungry crowds surged down these
handsome avenues"
Just then he took look at his
audience-it consisted of seven men.
woman asleep with a baby in her
arms, two dogs fighting in a corner,
and the broad avenue" was only a
steep, muddy trail down the mountain
sidei
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09
STUDIED GREEK BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON

ply him with the needed illumination
1t happened to be the time of the
month when the moon was full and
the air very clear, SO the bashful boy
sat out on the roof adjoining his
room, studying his Greek for several
nights.
AT last some one of the faculty dis
covered the young Spartan and sup
piled the needed chimney. Demos
themes, speaking to the sea waves. was
not in it with Pomerene studying
Greek by the light of the moon.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

and a vast amount of experience.
Sutherland worked in a government
position in Washington for many
years, then went out to cast his lot
amid the wilds of West Virginia. He
offered his services to the campaign
managers. and they were accepted,
but the managers took the precaution
to send him out in the sparsely settled
districts to "cut his teeth"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

man, bul nOl ah
especially bashful
one. In this re-
spect he h a 8
bravely overcome
a youthful failing
which beset him
at b o ardi n G
school.
1t seems he was
at an academy
where lamps were
in use for the
boys to study in
their rooms at
night. By acci-
dent young Pom
creme broke the
chimney to his.
He was too timid
to go to the ma.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

ABOUT fourteen ne
d e C / d e d o n e
spring. to start
out on a tramp
like the boys in
the Alger books.
SO W i t h I W o
friends he began
a hike which COM
pr 1 s e d m a n y
weary miles and
a good deal of
beating his way
on trains till he
landed way up in
the northwestern
states. There he
remained for the
next six months.
and came back
home with SIS
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

There is nothing spectacular about
Tuskegee. 1t endeavors to train its
students so that they will go out and
engage in some industrial pursuit.
While the school has received a large
share of the money gifts of our phil
anthropic millionaires, this money can
not be said to have been wasted or used
extravagantly. The work of Tuskegee
in training negro youths and in in.
creasing their earning capacity has
been of great value to the South in
dollars and cents. The Tuskegee
teachers are up-to-date in their work
and methods. and are a well-dressed,
intelligent looking body of men and
women.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

dor to the United
States, has been
behind the scenes
in world politics.
Few men have
the knowledge he
possesses of the
unwritten history
of the nations in
this last third of
a century. He
has an intimate
acquaintance with
t h e individuals
who have directed
the urs e of
events; often he
has pl a y ed a
large, though ST.
lent, part in that
directing.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

A Kentucky humorist declares that
for simplicity of living his people de-
serve the blue ribbon. Discussing the
matter of breakfasts, he says: "The
standard Kentucky breakfast has been
from immemorial times fixed by Lex.
ington. 1t is simple. manly, stimulat,
ing, and, above all, free from ostenta.
ton: Rise at $50 a. m; three cock.
tails; a chew of tobacco; coffee"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

AC - -
minister from the
Netherlands, lis
their wonderful
activity. Such a
vigorous nation /
have never seen
before! And With
1t all, the young
women are as
fresh and beauti-
full as 1owersl
My daughter
goes to dances
and balls in the
evening. comes
home late and re-
mains in bed un-
til late the next
day to get slept
ont as we cnv in
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

In class of 10S pupils in Brook
lyn public school. according to the
Crisis. two colored girls. the only col.
ored pupils in the class, took the only
prizes offered, bronze medal for pro.
ficiency in spelling and a silver medal
for excellent work In German.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09
,IuStlHabla

Justlfiable.
why did you beat this man SO ter
ribly?" said the judge, indicating the
bebandaged figure of the plaintiff.
Il asked him why horse had run
away, your honor" explained the
prisoner. "and he told me that it was
because the animal had lost his
equineimity."
Him. said the Judge. DIS
charged" ed."-Lippincott's.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

w. NJ. Crawford. railway conductor
of Jackson. Ca, has a curiosity in a
$50 bill, which was offered him for
fare. The bill was issued November
2, 1776.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

quiet, modest figure of a man.
charming of manner, approachable,
frank. kindly, putting on no side"
having no use for the mask Of mys-
terry with which the higher diploma
lists are presumed to cover their
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

For several months" l.. A. Hal
bert, in charge of the board of well
fare at the hospital at Kansas City,
said, the Provident Hospital for
Negroes has been conducted by re-
sponsible negroes and little disap-
pointment has been felt by them be-
cause their hospital was not included
in the list of charities indorsed by
the welfare board. This came about
because the Provident Hospital for
Negroes and the Phyllis Wheatley
hospital have been combined, SO as
to have only one negro hospital in
the city. The name of the new hos
pital has not been selected. The new
project represents a desirable devel-
opment for negroes and should have
liberal support from all people inter
ested in the welfare of the negroes. "
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

In Germany the number of persons
without religious profession has in.
creased from 1900 In 1907 to nearly
two hundred and six thousand.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

For nearly thirty-two years Sir Cecil
Arthur Spring-Rice, British ambassa-
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio is
regarded as most serious states
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

BettlS academy at Trenton, 5. e.,
has 500 students, who come from far
and near. One-third of them walk,
some coming five miles, and return
Ing to their homes every night, gladly
making these trips in order to get
an education. The balance OF the stu
dents are fed and lodged on the prem
ises. and all hands must work, for
here education has no frills. With
out going into details. it may be said
that intelligent industry is the ap
piled purpose of the school, and thrift
and economy is the characteristic of
everybody about the place, from Mr..
Nicholson and his wife down to the
smallest Kindergarten, who is begin
ming the act of intellectually and NOR
ally rising
Much more interesting than the
school itself is the land buying and
development which has been going on
for quarter of century under the
leadership of Mr.. Nicholson. 1t
should be said at the beginning that
the land purchases were, and still are,
made largely on credit. in the case OF
each effort at expansion OF ownership
Like all real credit in this case. it is
based on confidence. Necessarily,
this means confidence which respon-
sible southern white men have in Mr..
Nicholson, and the men who have be-
come or wish to become land owners.
Travelling from farm to farm we
examined some of the results OF this
land experiment within a radius of
ten miles of Bettis academy In this
section colored men own and operate
about fourteen thousand acres of
land. In the main, this land was
bought in considerable tracts, often
by Mr.. Nicholson assuming the orig
inal responsibility. Then it was di-
vided to suit the buying capacity of
the colored people who now own it.
Along a stretch of country ten miles
in extent the farms, with only an oc-
casional holding by white men, are
owned by negroes Half of the LOCO
acres is paid for, and by the practise
of economy and industry that would
be a credit to any race
The reputation of this colored com
hiuhlty IL OF tne pest NO reputable
white man has anything but the high
est praise for Mr.. Nicholson and his
land experiment. Crime is practically
unknown among the men and women
on these farms. White men of char
acter rather seek to buy farms on
the border of this settlement. By so
doing they insure themselves against
Cirnh 10 nj
not hard to find in South Carolina.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

What interests me especially about
said Nine. van Rappard,
wife of tha NOW
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

It's a good plan for a man to say
nothing and saw wood. but, of course
1t isn't woman's place to saw wood
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09
HIS CITY MANUFACTURED SPEECH DIDN'T FIT

When Representative H. Suther-
land of West Virginia was a lad of
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

tron and ask for another. SO he adopt
ed a plan by which nature could sup
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

The colored academic teachers at
the Calhoun institute In Alabama are
graduates of college or normal school,
and are accomplished in the latest
methods of the foremost classrooms
Most of these instructors are in the
primary grades, because they can best
sympathize with the childrens habits
of thought and standards of life. in
many instances brought from the
cabin. and are most patient In correct
ing the imperfect language of such pu-
pills and in using pure English com
prehensible to them. Under Calhoun s
conditions the colored force is not only
efficient but also Indispensable The
nurses, graduates of high-grade North
ern hospitals. perform services in the
community which white woman
would indeed be willing to give. but
which the negroes could not bring
themselves to accept, save from one of
their own race. So with the care of
the persons and habits of the children
of the school. and the sanitation.
cleansing and other intimate direc-
tons given in the negro homes.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

The farm at Tuskegee contains 1850
acres. There are more than thou
sand domestic animals and hundreds
of chickens. Last year Tuskegee
raised 10000 bushels of sweet pota-
toes and 10000 bushels of oats. The
other large crops are hay, corn. pea
nuts. peaches and garden truck. On
the farm are 11O buildings. large and
small, some of which are very beauti-
full Nearly all of these buildings,
grounds. equipment and live stock are
worth almost one million four hundred
thousand dollars. and there is an en-
dowment of about two million dollars
The Colorado statesman., 1914-05-09

The output of motor cars in the Uni
ted States in 1912 is estimated at be-
tween two hundred and fifty thousand
and two hundred and eighty-five thou
sand.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-19

} [American women caught in the
maelstrom of war-racked Europe were
treated with every possible courtesy,
even by the active combatants, accord
ing to Mrs. H. C. Ellis, mother of j.
Howard Ellis of the First National
Bank of this city. Mrs. Ellis In the fol-
lowing letter gives vivid description
of her experiences in Europe, begin
ming at Innsbruck, .Austris, and con-
tinuing through remarkable trip to
reach the outside world and America
again. Mrs Ellis is now in Chicago ]
( We had beautiful trip through
France, Switzerland, the Italian lakes
to Milan, then to Florence and Venice
! We saw no papers printed in Eng
lish and only heard rumors of war, SO
went our way without paying much at
tention to 1t, and left Venice on Au-
gust / for Innsbruck, Austria, where
we intended staying several days. Tire
trip should have taken US from 7:30
a. m. to about 6 D. M, but by noon
we began to pass trainloads of soldiers,
and from that time on all was excite
mental every station crowds of
weeping women and children. and sol
diers bidding goodbye and taking
trains We were transferred from one
train to another several times, and
by the time we reached Innsbruck 1t
was wild excitement everywhere. We
could hardly make our way through
the cheering and weeping crowds to
our hotel, where we stayed only over
night, ais the4noise was terrific march
/ ing troops and wild mobs.
We left early the next morning on
an electric road, as the steam rail-
roads were not running except for the
troops, and rode for about an hour.
then had to get off and take wagons
across the border, then another cleo
trio, and finally steam train. We
wanted to go to Oberammergau, but
when it came time to change cars we
learned that all tourists had just left
|, there, and all the hotels we're closed,
so we kept on to Munich, reaching
there at o'clock on the afternoon of
August 2.
Troops Occupy Roada
They told us there that the troops
were being nlobilized and that that
would require tie exclusive use of the
railroads for about four days, after
which we could go on our way as we
wished, so we settled down in COM