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at the headquarters of the club in
Philadelphia. that Mr.. Robin greatly
prefers house OF his own structure,
while Mrs. Wren, or the Martins, will
look in upon. new bird house built
with much care and decide not to take
1t at all, or II they move In, they will
stay little while, then suddenly leave
without notice or apparent reason.
Some older members OF the club
who are patient bird lovers and stu
dents, have found out that bird resi-.
dents like individuals. have decided
tastes in the matter of homes, which
must be catered to. It has been dis.
covered that the blue jay. who has es-
tablished her independent, economic
status by the number of grasshoppers.
caterpillars. bugs. beetles. cutworms,
&eeylls, ticks and plant lice she con-
sumes is q fierce little militant who
demands separate establishment far
removed from any neighbors, with
which she refuses to associate. On
the other hand, the beautiful purple
martin maintains a dove-like disposi
ton In spite OF a steady wasp and
other aggressive insect diet. and must
have company or she will move. She
is happiest In cooperative establish
ment of some thirty-or more apart.
ments. She lives up to the nonre
sistance theory q such an extent II
not protected she is easily driven
away by the quarrelsome English
sparrow.
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- ROM what source did the Poly
nesian race originally spring?
This is question which has
yexed the minds Of learned stu
dents of the origin Of races and
one which has never been satisfactor-
lily answered. says Stuart 3. Dunbar in
the San, Francisco Chronicle. The
Polynesian race in the accepted sense
of the word is that race OF people
which inhabits the Tonga, Samoan.
Ellice. Cook. Society. Marquesas and
Hawaiian islands. In former times,
however, all brown skinned peoples OF
the islands Of the Pacific were errone-
ously included in the classification. de-
spite the fact that their physical and
mental characteristics differ radically
from the Inhabitants OF the islands
mentioned.
The Hawaiians. that branch of the
Polynesian race with which we of the
United States are most vitality con.
cerned. and which can be taken as
typical representatives of the race,
show upon first inspection characters
tics not to be found in any of the prim-
tive peoples of the world. Appear.
ance, customs. intelligence. the ready
adaptability to civilized conditions all
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There is NO better way Of interest
ing the boys in farm life than to get
them started in some part Of the
work. Let them form clubs OF diher-
ent kinds. Clubs for the protection
of birds; clubs for growing pigs. corn
and other products. It should not be
dinicult to get them interested in
club for the purpose of securing an
ample supply Of wood for the winter.
The illustration shows a boys club
in Pennsylvania, actively engaged In
pulling stumps. There is nothing more
CHEEKY than bright fire in the CRATE
on . cold winters night and the old
stumps scattered around the average
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The Zulu Trick.

The English soldiers who had
served in South Africa quickly. taught
the allies in France how to sleep com
fortably on the ground
To sleep on the ground In the ordi-
nary way, without the aid OF this
South African trick, which the English
learned from the Zulus, is so painful
as 10 be almost impossible. Sleep, In
stead of resting. fatigues.
The Zulu trick is to dig little mole
to hold the hip bone. The soldier can
then rest on back or side with, equal
comfort. He rises from his slumber
=, the hard ground as refreshed as II
ho had silent on a feather bed.
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Wb.t 10 Learn.

There are Ave things in life which
we ought to learn. Here they are: 81
1. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is
better than medicine.
2. Learn how to tell a helpful story.
A well-told story is as welcome as a
sunbeam in sickroom.
8. Learn to keep your troubles to
yourself. The world is too busy to
linger over your ills and sorrows.
4. Learn to stop croaking. If you
cannot see any good in this. world, keep
the bad to yourself. ~
s. Learn to greet your friends with a
. smile. They carry too many frowns
In their own hearts to be bothered with
any Of yours.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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farm are excellent for that purpose.
II II good thing to get up the
supply Of wood for the winter. before
the deep snow comes ON. Skid the
logs out and haul them down to the
house. Roll them in good sized snug
piles handy to the sawmill, II you
have one, or to the skidway. IL you
cut them up with q cross-cut saw.
It's nice to have the log.way near the
woodhouse. SO you can throw the
blocks in and split them up in there.
II the house is behind the barn or
some other building. 1t will help to
keep of the hard winds while you
are at work.
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The canny Scot.

A Scotchman recently returning
home from Russia would now be IN
German Jail had he not written Brit
iah after his name on the passenger
list. The naval officer who stopped
the ship he was on carefully removed
all English, but British escaped the
German eagles eye. An eminent d.
vine said some 200 years ago: in all
my travels ! never met with any one
Scotchman but what was a man OF
sense" II he we're alive today he
might say It sgaih.-Baltimore Sun. ,
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given to the marriage relation Itself.
Such marriages. are not to be treated
as common law marriages. but as legal
marriages according to the customs Of
the tribe, when such customs are rec
ognized by congress as concerning and
regulating the domestic relations OF
the tribe.
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VEL COMING TIE NEW YEA]
I'M DUE EAND PROPER FQRfdaa

HE seeing of "the Old
Year out and New
Year in" throughout
the world is generally
accompanied by much
merrlment and some
times with much
noise. But whereas
in some countries the
wild" night has dis
appeared and has
been replaced by cele-
brationS more In
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Generous Consideration.

Have you said your prayers?
asked the mother
"Of course" replied the child.
And did you ask to be made bet
ter little girl?"
Eyes. And put in word for you
and father. too"
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Ltne,., pe,eendant.

PA, what is a lineal descendant"
IA lneal descendant is a person
who has to fall back on some praise
worthy ancestor for his own import
arce." :
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Johnny Knew Them.

Johnny" said the minister. can
you name the three graces?'
Sure" replied the little fellow.
breakfast, dinner and supper"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-14

K,rg Charles reign. The world Is
marked OF into zones, each one OF
which occupies fifteen degrees Oh
longitude. and is numbered according
to its position in relation to Green
,wich In the United States four OF
these zones exist, the country having
. breadth of fifty-fve degrees All
tbe clocks in a zone register the same
hour according to regulation adopt
ed in 1888. This regulation was pro-
mu,gated to overcome the seventy
one different sets of time preyaiilng u
he country heretofore. Today an
s,ther mighty evolution in navigation
and the universal time system is In
process. 1t is proposed to use the
wireless telegraph to verify time. IL
l. suggested that the United States
Naval observatory fash its signals OF
the hour to ships at sea so that tue
navigator can accurately determine
his distance from land by setting his
cbronometer. Another scientist sug-
gests that the government radio sta
lion at Arlington fash its signals TO
Eiffel tower in Paris, and according
TO that Europe and America can set
their clocks accurately.
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LITTLE BELGiUM-THE WORK
SHOP OF EUROPE"

Belgium is called "The Workshop
of Europe" Rich in internal resourc-
es, and situated on the Continents
western coast at a gateway of world
commerce, it has prospered wonder
fully. It's people are thrifty, progress
i've, and enjoy a liberal measure of
self government. Owing to the fact
that they have had no burdensome
war tax to pay, they have devoted
their revenues to productive enter
prises, and consequently have grown
in wealth and culture.
Deposits of coal and iron, lying
close together, constitutes the coun-
try's richest natural treasure and are
the base of great industries. Liege
which has been the object of the Ger
man attack and which has been so in
trepidly defended in a center of fire.
arm manufacturers. There are also
hundreds of plants where implements
of iron and steel are made and others
where wares of glass and pottery and
textiles of wool, cotton and linen are
produced. Great quantities of cotton
and petroleum are shipped to Belgium
from the United States.
1t is said that of the country's to-
tai number of farms nearly two-thirds
average only five acres in extent and
comprise nearly one-fourth of the en-
tire cultivated area. The remainder
OF the agricultural land is divided into
tracts ranging from twenty-five to a
! hundred and thirty acres. Intensive
methods of cultivation have been car
ried almost to perfection in Belgium.
The country, though one of the small
est in Europe, is the most densely
populated in the world, it's inhabitants
numbering some seven millions.
Belgium's neutrality is a matter of
keen concern to England as we'll as
France, for German control of this
territory would be grave menance
| to British interests. England very
naturally protested against Germany's
violation of the international agree
ment-Atlanta Journal.
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When the present emperor of Ge--
many was a small lad he is said to
lave ELECTED fron FRINGE Gortscha-
koff, the Russian chancellor, the fol-
lowing pr ,dictiou: This young HI
henzol' EN- will consider ably outshina
all his predecessors Tn the throne
He will be the handspring of Ger
many, and his influence will be felt
throughout the world. When the
time comes he will astonish Europe"
He has not only astonished Europe,
but he has astonished the whole
world, but not in the line of the Rus
sian chancellor's prediction.
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The way to prevent wars is to quit
preparing for them. Stop manufac-
tur powder. Stop building battle
ships. Stop fnventing and perfecting
engines of destruction. Preach
against war and the spirit of war.
Quit sowing the winds and there will
be no gathering Of war clouds. Quit
fostering and nursing the things that
breed war, and peace with the bless
ings of plenty will diffuse itself over
the earth.
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NO WAR SCARE AT FORT MEADE

There is no war scare" in this
town. The Charleston mine people
have issued orders to continue oper-
ations without a single stop. P. Jum-
eau, who is on business in New
York, sent wire this morning to his
superintendent to start up activities
at the new Pembroke mine, work
having stopped there temporarily
pending advice from Mr.. Juneau.
Agent G. d. Goodwin says that bar
rels and barrels Of fine sweet pota,
toes are being shipped daily and
that the war in Europe does not az
/. feet trade at all-not 50 he could tell
it, at least.-Fort Meade cor. to
Times Union.
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A WAR THAT IS MADNESS

Germany has run amuck. There L
no other explanation of the kaiser:
policy in forcing a general Europear
war.
| Fortunate it is that Great Britain
F.! is compelled to cast her sword into
the balance without further loss OF
time.
The issue is now coined. Either
German autocracy must be crushed
or European democracy will be oblit
Grated. There is no middle course.
IF the forces that the kaiser has loos
ed are victorious, the map of Euro
pean republicanism may as well be
rolled up, and the American people
prepare TO make the last great stand
for democracy. Ill of Continental
Europe that is not RussianiZed will be
PrussianiZed. France will be reduced
to the status of third-rate power
Belgium, Holland and Denmark wi
fall successfully into the NAV o.
German Imperialism. Italy will be-
come vassal state, the sun will have
set upon the British empire as well,
and the mailed fist of the conqueror
will make ready to strike the final
blow at democracy in the New World
The course of the German govern
ment during the last week cannot be
reconeiled with any theory of political
sanity. Wantonly and deliberately
the kaiser has plunged his sword into
the heart of civilization. The whole
world is paying the penalty of his
madness, neutrals as well as belliger
ents. Upon the American people
alone three thousand miles from the
scene of conflict, is levied a tribute OF
millions of dollars a day in disor
ganized commerce, disorganized in
dustry and disorganized finance, ana
the final reckoning that must be paid
for this maniacal onslaught of Ger
man autocracy defies ejaculation. The
human imagination is staggered as it
faces the inevitable consequences or
this supreme achievement of para.
noia
1t is still possible to sympathize
with the German people in the great
| tragedy that has overtaken them,
with their backs to the wall fighting
more powerful coalition than ever
| Napoleon faced. But there can be
! only one answer to the kaiser's chal-
| lenge to Europe. German autocracy
has made itself the enemy of man
kind. It's destruction will be the
emancipation of the German people
| themselves as well as the salvataion
of European republicanism- World.
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ALA PosToFFIcE FLAG
At HALF MAST

ice the death of Mrs. Wood
on. Postmaster Rogers has
az on the postoffice building
lst, In honor of her memory
mark of respect to the pres
he nation. Mrs. Wilson was
lesday at Rome, Ca, the
.er girlhood days. The pres
) been deluged with tele-
d letters OF sympathy and
e. and the press of the coun-
Contained many beautifully
ibutes to her memory. She
been in every way a sweet
lie character.
the most beautiful that has
er our observation is the
from the pen of Henry Wat
the Louisville Courier-Jour-
which spares not, loves a
ark and comes with deep
W and darkest contrast to
ag Of the great. Coming to
of the president it touches
of all the people. The
lovely and beloved wife
l-friend, dearer than all-is
low which crushes the soul
It seems irrecoverable. To
ould it be more crushing
Woodrow Wilson, to whom
lady was all that one being
another; wise and gracious
+; for nearly thirty years
life Of aspiring toll; crown
by respondent fortune to
to earth and shattered by
catastrophe. She was sprung
zee of gentle-folk-the Ak
he Hoyts people who unit
ding and culture those gifts
which make life best worth
ay God give the stricken
strength to meet this, the
grief which Heaven can
whilst the passing OF her
as a personal bereavement
pie, the taking of his life
a national calamity. The
irnai tenders him and his
lters the assurance of it's
ympathy and heartfelt ser-
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DeSoto county is going to spend
one million dollars on god roads. It
is q big county. 1t is bigger, Mr.. II.
2. Anshutz, highway engineer, says,
than the states OF Rhode Island and
Delaware combined. When it shall
have expended this vast sum of mon
ey on her roads, Mr.. Annshut says
that the tourist will glide over the
new roads, over safe bridges and cul-
verts, and beholding the finest citrus
groves outside of Eden. will feel that
he is surely in the garden spot OF
the world.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-14

In the Franco-Prussian war the
sympathies of the American people
We're almost altogether with GERMANY
because there was a belief that Ma
poleon Ill precipitated the war unne
eessarily. For the same reason nae
the sympathies are turned away from
Germany. There is a general belief
that Germany could have prevented
the gigantic struggle.
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AT LAKE KERR
Special Cor. ocala Banner:

Special Cor. Ocala Banner:
Lake Kerr again resounds
With echoes wild and sweet,
For one of Macon's pupils
Is here for retreat.
A native cracker he"
And bonny youth as well;
In our Oxford used to be,
But doth in Macon dwell.
Because his moral worth
And aspirations high
Have led to a better berth,
He aims toward the sky.
Summer vacation come,
He seeks his old-time home
Finds the watermelon patch
And trees of peach and plum.
His appetite appeas'd,
Other ambitions rise;
So Uncle Henry's pleas'd,
At how the fodder flies.
Fodder-pulling fin1sh'd,
He eagerly demands
A trip across the big scrub
To visit Lake Kerr s2Eds.
Early Monday morning,
When the hours were so small
They did not reach the dawning,
They started on the road.
Joe was fresh and rested,
So trotted gaily on,
And they reached their destination
Before the sun was gone.
Hur-r-a-h! A plunge, a dive
We're almost rested now.
Alligators round we'll drive,
And catch some fish tomorrow.
Here is to Roy Warnock,
The best the lake can give,
Success at school and business
And a long time to live!
LAKE KERR RESIDENT.
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Mr., ". H. Chambers Of st. Angus
tine. comptroller OF the Florida East
Coast railway and Florida East Coast
Hotel Company is dead in London,
according 10 eablegram received
yesterday.
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TELEGRAPH BULLETIN

The Commercial Cable Company's
line via the Azores which was restor-
ed for few hours last night, is again
interrupted.
POSTAL TELEC RAPHlCABLE co.
I A f. Joyner, Mgr.
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How rapidly "old things pass away
and new ones take their places" A
little while ago it was Mexico. the
Frank case, Dorothy Arnold, Mrs.
Panknurst, Madame Caillaux, Ulster,
but the kaleidoscope constantly
brings new things to our attention.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-14

Stoieism, cool lf,possession ac-
oording "a the San Francisco Argo-
nauf, is 3 Characteristic OF all infe-
rior races. The red man and the
bblack man are cooler in the presence
OF danger than the white man because
the nervous system of the white man
is more highly developed than that
Of the Indian or African.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Heating, who
have been living at the Harrington
Nall Hotel for the past year or more,
snaFe moved to No. 16 Watula street.
where they win begin housekeeping
again.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-14

Foodstuffs ought not to be made
contrabands of war. 1t is brutal
enough to compel the youth and flow
er of the land to be made targets of
for rifle and cannon, but to murder
women and children and all by gradu-
al starvation is still worse.
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LINEUP or THE NORTH SEA
FLEETS

There are the dreadnaugnl types
probably in the British feet IN OF
near the North Sea and their tonnage:
Tiger, battle cruiser, $4,000.
Queen Elizabeth, 1880.
Queen Mary, battle cruiser, $4,000
Lion, battle cruiser, 1850.
Princess Royal, battle cruiser, 20,
$50.
Ajax, $4,000.
Audacious, $4,000.
Centurion, $4,000.
King George ", $4,000.
Conqueror, 22,5OO.
Monarch, 22.500.
Orion, 22,500.
Thunderer, 22,5Ge
Colossus, 10000.
Hercules, 10000.
Neptune, 10000.
ColIingwood, 10000.
ST. Vincent, 1920.
Vanguard, 1920.
New Zealand, battle cruiser, 1S,S0u
interchangeable, battle cruiser, $4,000
Bellerophon, $4,000.
Temeraire, 1850.
Superb, $4,000.
Dreadnaugh, 1890.
These are all big gun ships com
pleted, except the dreadnaught, since
1908. They are the chief support OF
the home feet. Such other vessels
as the King Edward VII, the Domin-
ion, the Commonwealth, the Hin
dustan, the Zealandia, the Hibernia,
the Britannia, the Africa, the Indomit-
able, the Invincible, the Agamemnon,
the Lord Nelson and the CORVALLIS,
which have been used in the Mediter-
ranean feet, may have been recalled
to the North Sea, although, of course,
some protection must be left ct home,
at Gibraltar and in the Mediterranean.
The British North Sea feet also has
about seventy destroyers.
The more important German war
vessels concentrated at Kiei and Viii
halmshaven, but principally at the
latter place, to meet the British feet.
are:
Odenburg, 22,5O0.
Heligoland, 22,500.
Ostfriesland, 22,500.
Thuringen, 22,500.
Friedrich der Crosse, 24,310.
Kaiser, 24,310.
Goeben, 22,600.
Won der Tam, 1890.
Posen, 1920.
Rheinland, 1920.
Westfalen, 1920.
Nassau, 1920.
Besides these the Koenig Albert, the
Kaiserin and the Prinz Regent Luit-
pold probably are in commission, Civ
dreadnaughts to about thirty-two for
England.
ALI the above German vessels are
big gun vessels lad down since 1907
In destroyers the Germans are very
strong, having al, mostly in the
North Sea- and these can be modified
better than the larger British fleet Of
destroyers. The Germans also have
forty-seven torpedo boats and thirty
submarines, so that in the first attack,
which is also certain to be torpedo
attack, the Germans should make a
good showing.
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AT THE PANAMA EXPO.
SlTfON

: that the state of Florida
e foolish enough to appro-
hundred and fifty thousand
any other like sum for a
the Panama-San Francisco
!.
} been Inundated so often
gnifican Florida displays at
national and international
5 that they have made the
Florida visiting them hang
IS in very shame.
e no reason to believe that
San Francisco will be any
rent from the rest of them.
.ame, save us from any fur
liation along this line.
proposed two hundred and
sand dollars. or like sum
n to aid the home county
light do a world of good
would applaud any effort
e that line.
30, the war in Europe viii
most of the foreign nations
ticipating in the exposition
fair on that account will be
crippled, not only in foreig-
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The big Bull Moose quenched his
thirst at the River Of Doubt.
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HISTORY OF OUR STANDARD
TIME

Two hundred and thirty-nine years
ago, on August 10th, the foundations
were laid for the Greenwich observa-
tory, which gives the world it's stand
ard time. A year later it was COM
pleted and approved by King Charles
II. It's erection marked new epoch
in the worlds navigation. Before it's
establishment a nayigator's voyage
was haphszard and exceedingly dam
gerous undertaking. The astronomi-
cal tables b. which the navigator fig
ured his position in mid-ocean were
so erratic al shat time that ship
headed for ace Virginia colony in the
New World was just as liable to land
on the coast of New England There
was no universally accepted first me-
ridian of longitude by which the nayi-
gator could sail his course accurate
" until the early explorers adopted
their own The Latin navigators
used the Peak ii Taneriffe in the Ca.
nary Islands, until Richelieu called a
scientific congress in Paris in 1890
and decided upon the Island OF Ferro
as the first meridian. This island re-
NAMED the guiding mark for the Lat
in races for many generations. The
EngHsh-speaking races established
Greenwich time and meridian. One
Of the first acts Of the first royal as
tronomer was to compile all the
known statistics relating to astrono-
my, and to work out reliable table
for mariners. Then it began to set
the clocks OF England and the United
States.
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If there is anything worse than
hell, the war in Europe is It.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-14

Today all the clocks of the impor-
tant countries Of the world are tick
ing in accordance to their distance
from the Greenwich observatory. All
the worlds navigators are sailing or
steaming over the seven seas on
courses laid by Greenwich observa-
tory. The people of the United States
are rising from their beds, opening
the days business and eating their
meals according to regulations laid
down by the British astronomers of