The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-19

up and began reading. They started
doing this in Jacksonville, and
bought the State, the News and OBJ
server, Richmond daily an now
they have others at Washington in
every tongue.
At a. m. We are in the American
metropolis. The Pennsylvania sta
ton is indeed an architectural
dream. Every puzzle OF even stu
pendous traffic mas been successfully
and artistically solved. 1t is a cos
mos within itself. All wants and
comforts OF the traveller are supplied
provided he has the coin. Emerging
from the track floor to the upper
section throngs of waiting, walking
hurrying people are all about and
once out on the 34th street side a
moving panorama of fortune and
| failure, JOY and sorrow, life and
death, splendor and squalor dawns
upon US. The hum of the electric
street cars, the crash of the elevated
trains, which run on steel frames.
by, thru and over houses three or
four stories high, the ringing bells
of fire wagons, speeding cars. steady
lIbeats of horses hoofs and the scream
ing of New York newsboys make a
Babylonish sound that almost gets
upon the nerves of people used to
repose.
| Even at a. m. six or eight thou
sand men, women and children
watch the New York Herald bulletins
for news of Europe. These are for
eigners, English and German, Rus
sian and Austrian, Turk and French
land other nationalities, wedged in
close, elbow to elbow, shoulder to
shoulder, with upturned faces. eager
eyes, to learn from the great tbulle-
tin board if their own had won or
gone down in defeat. A map of the
war zone 20x30 feet with flags of the
nations showing locations of armies,
cities navies, gives the Herald an
ever growing crowd. The German
and Russians talk good naturally OF
the conflict. Near me stood finely
educated man from Budapest, talk
ing to a F'renchman. They are in
I terested, but civil to each other
How the reports of sinking Nof navies
the humiliation of army corps and
armies, the sacking of cities, the ca
pitulation of forts and the daring
heroism of the phantom army on the
map and boards raise joy to ESTATE
: bounds, while N the same throng
misery is forecast, since fathers
+, brothers, home are seen to disap
, pear in the vortex of this "mael
: strom of the ages" The redeemins
feature is the navy is soon ''des
patched-up from the deep-iI
good trim for another battle. The
) army, which was reported dead il
l marching on to capture a city o.
: fort; the city which is supposed tt
: have been sacked sends wireless
3 'fAll is we'll
0 pocketbooks taking out money 70,
''Hextraz! This is the way tn
/ newsboys say extra" Barnum wa
e right-the American people like t,
be humbugged, ION a small scale,
e individually. The war is having
d most depressing effect on business
t especially shipping, and stock mar
S kets. Now is the time for the in
e weston who wants to buy right
T Much real estate owned by foreigl
It interests is being offered for sale
v money will be sent to Europe t
y carry on the war.
: Sugar, meal, navy beans, ETC., hav
: jumped like the 'fbean stalk" whic
|. Jack climbed. The raise will b
S greater if the war continues. Vege
S tables are cheap. From the stand
s one may buy cabbage at cen
d pound, beans cents quart, pota
r toes Irish) % cents a peck, toma
n toes at almost any price, peache
) (large Georgia size) % cents a has
It ket, onions 5 cents dozen, water
melons % to 8 3 cents, cantaloupes
: cents each
The shop windows are pretty an
II there is a mad rush to ''close out
g summer goods at 'unheard Of pric
u es. However, the stores must MAX
= profit to pay the great overhea
expense of rents, taxes, help, etc. ]
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