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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-12

First Brick House in America.
The first brick house in America, 1t
ID said, was PENIS Letitia house in
Philadelphia, built OF imported bricks
In 1882
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-12
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE

Ocala Lodge No. 69s. L. o. NJ,
meets every Thursday at $3.50 p. n.
Visiting brethren always welcome 10
the lodge and club house on Mag
noha street, near postofdce.
>. D. Rooney, Dictator.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-12
0CALA FRATERNAL ORDERS
MARIoNDUNN MASONIC LODGE

Marion-Dunn Lodge no. I9. F. &
A. NJ, meets. on the first and third
Thursday evenings OF each month at
7:30 o'clock, until further notice.
A. E. Burnett, w. M.
Jake Brown, Secretary. Ad
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-12

Pillans' Famous Florida syrup in
hotties at the Smith Grocery Co. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-12

A little trigger is dangerous thing.
Life.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

lHE return of peace will not mean
the resumption of international
q travel in the same volume IN
which it flowed from country TO couh-
trv. International travel, or the tour
isl trade, had developed into one of the
imnortant branches of the world $
trade IT is trade that is of especial
consequence to passenger steamship
lines, railways. hotels, shops of many
classes and the automobile service.
Hundreds of millions of dollars change
hands annually on account of the tour
list trade, and better international ac-
sible to compute the influence which
international travel has on the sale of
goods, but it is said by persons who
have given thought to that aspect of
the matter that ii is considerable.
The European war has engendered
international hates and furies, and it
has been the record of history that
such sentiments long survive after the
close of actual hostilities. And in this
war. because of its unparalleled extent
and intensity and the new and hitherto
unthought-of agencies employed in
ternational bitterness is unusually
deep and may be lasting to an unusual
degree The citizens of the countries
of the Teutonic allies will not travel
very much in the countries of the en-
tente allies, nor will British, French,
Russians and Italians travel much In
Germany and Austria. Outside of ma
tionaI and racial antipathies revived
and engendered by the war. there will
be less money in the pockets of the
people of the warning nations which
they will be free to spend in travel
Earnst Lissauer's Hymn OF Hate"
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European Travel After the War

which il is claimed. has been taught
in the public schools of Germany, cou-
pied with the slaughter of non-com-
batants of all the countries by aerial
attacks and the unprecedented destruc-
ton of private property on land and at
sea. have aroused passions that will
probably be longer in cooling than has
been usual with the passions of war.
1t has been reported that DR.. Dern-
burg is inviting Germans to sign a
pledge binding them to abstain from
italian travel for five years after the
and Austrian travellers have not been
exceedingly popular in Italy. and after
the war it is said that in all likelihood
they will be more unpopular+
A writer on this subject has said
that suspicion, rancor and abhorred
Europes the one detesting the other
Inevitably it will mean narrowing
of culture; it will limit the study of
languages; it will hamper the study of
art: it will be a distinct detriment to
the fertilization that has so
greatly benefited music. At the Same
time it will tend to deepen old preju-
dices and foster new ones. as there is
no spring of international dislike more
fertile than international misinterpre-
tation growing out of international un-
There is not one aspect of the case
which is not being overlooked by
students of travel. 1t is certain that
a flood tide of American tourist travel
viii set toward Europe at the end of
nostilities. Reports of tourist agencies
show that this will be the case. The
battletields and shell-wrecked cities
and war-blighted villages will be an
appealing spectacle that will beckon
tens of thousands of Americans to Eu-
rope.
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This is done at this particular time in
order to prevent the deterioration of
about 5000 sealskins which the gov
ernment now has in cold storage for
safe keeping.
Concerning this new venture, to
which such impetus has been given. DR..
Hugh NJ. Smith, director of the bureau
of fisheries, said recently:
TT is but natural that the United
States should sell its own sealsk ms
and dye and dress it's own furs. This
is something which it has never done
We have always sent our sealsk.ns to
London, there We have paid to have
them dyed and dressed and have
brought them home again, paying duty
on their return and other charges on
account of double transportation. All
of these various charges added about So
per cent to the cost of the raw skins i:
SO that by the time the fur came back
to America, ready to be made up INTO
garments, it cost more than one-half
above it's price when purchased as a
raw skin.
With this new plan to sell and pre-
pare our furs right here in this coun-
try We not only establish new indus
try for our people to learn. but we also
expect that it will return greater profit
to the government on the sale of the
skins. while at the same time reducing
lHt expenses lnCluenI 10 the uEelnS ana
dressing. And the finished fur will un-
doubtedly be sold to the American con-
sumner or purchaser at a lower cost
than has ever before been the case.
The recent auction in st. Louis was
the first public auction of government
furs to occur in this country and
marks an epoch in the commercial
history of the land. Two years ago.
however, there was private sale of
a few sealskins that led up to the
plan now in operation. 1t was a sue
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us. 6ovERNrENTs -.
BLUE AND White foaEs; GRADED AND
BUNDLED, ,READY To SHOW To. BUYERS
PUN STEM BROS
g
suHSrEN Bros.

cess. and better prices were obtained
than had been secured abroad, the
government thus got more for its fur s
and the process of selling cost less.
Last year there was no sale, because
there was no market, and Congress
authorized the Withholding of it. This
sale. the other month, attracted buyers
from Germany. France, England, Aus
tria and Canada"
A.S
The raising of foxes and the seal
fur production are both enterprises
carried on by the government by vtr-
tue of its ownership of the Pribilof
Islands, which are small scraps OF
land in Bering sea, 800 miles west of
the Alaskan mainland and 200 miles
north of the chain OF Aleutian Islands,
that stretch out in the north Pacific
toward the coast of Asia. These is
lands, two of which are more than
twelve miles long, and two others mere
heaps of rock, comprise the summer
home and breeding place of the largest
herd of seal in the world. They are
also the home of the rare blue foxes,
found elsewhere only occasionally
Although the value of these islands
was appreciated, because of the seals.
in 1867, when Alaska was purchased
from Russia. it was thought best to
leave the seal raising in the hands
of experienced sealers. and the seal
ng ~i@hts We're thereupon leased. For
a number of years this arrangement
lasted, but in 1910 the lease was not
renewed and the government proceeded
to manage, through the bureau of FISH
cries, its affairs on these far-away
seal and fox islands Investigation
showed a tremendous Industry that
needed more rigid manage ment to de-
velop its possibilities.
For instance. under the old leasing
system. they would in 1910 nave pro-
duced s1So,ooo. whereas .hey actually
did turn into the Treasury 100000. A
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placed in the test tubes; these are
sterilized and plugged and may be kept
for an Indefinite time.
After l have checked up the different
media I give it the number to which II
corresponds in my recipe book and set
it away in the pantry. Each medium
has different recipe; each process in
its preparation must be recorded as !
follow it. To date, l have made 1856
different patches of culture media, but
though this sounds formidable mum
Der, it is essential that each and every
process he stated exactly. in case any
one else wishes to reproduce a medium
for the benefit of a scientist VINO IS re-
peating an experiment
Though it may appear. MISS Quirk
added. that l follow similar line of
work every day, yet problems arise
constantly for me to solve. AS with
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the pathol0gists during a year. To be
exact. $500 test tubes full are needed
every month. and al varieties OF
media are employed II is necessary that
Miss Quirk follow the most exact
nefho ods
Her workroom is combination soul
iery. kitchen. pantry. stock cupboard
and apothecary shop. Here. in her
double capacity Of chief cook and head
nurse In this pathological stablish-
ment, she follows scrupulously the di-
rections given in regard to the bac-
terla's diet
A glance al Miss Quirk's pantry viii
reveal d stock Of prepared food, some
Of which differs little in name or com
position from that which appears on
-" table in any ordinary home p cf
agar is one OF the most popular
dishes she prepares Other test tubes
are filled with media made Of corn
meal-which might be considered the
bacteria's bread-potatoes, beans, car
rots and other vegetables. Fruits are
not neglected in this ultra-scientific
bill o. fare o-aug~. apple ana ~
mana agar are but three of number
OF fruit preparations which might
qualify as scientific desserts.
These media are a few OF the thou
sands which are kept at hand ready
for use. OF course. In many instances
purely chemical preparations. as the
iayrnan understands them, are also
made as bacterial nutrients. For this
reason Miss Qulrk's apothecary shop
Is well stocked. 1t fills one entire wall
Of her workroom and contains samples
Of all the materials of high sounding
names which are associated with scien-
tine laboratories.
In Miss Quirks stockroom are found
her imported German cooking utensils
of all shapes and sizes-glass beakers.
tunnels and TASKS, which are blown
especially to resist intense heat and
the solvent action of water. acids and
alkaloids. for. curiously. common glass
is quite soluble and substances dis
Evening star., 1915-12-12

solved from II may affect the quality
of the culture media.
The appearance Of these brilliant
glass utensils they are arranged on
the shelves might excite the envy of
even old fashioned housekeeper.
whose orderly kitchen. with its rows
or polished pewter plates. was chief
sonrc" Of pride.
Further carrying out this idea of ex-
quisite cleanliness, Miss Quirk uses
glass tubes spoons and glass test
tubes are preserving Jars. The latter she
plugs with tufts of cotton after they
are filed with media to keep out all
communicating air and arranges them
In orderly fashion in he set OF shelves
which she calls her pantry. And here
is another strange thing-a tuft of
cotton will filter out the germs float
ing in the air.
The scullery is one of the most inter-
esting parts of her rnenage. not from
il appearance-which differs little from
any other room used for similar pur-
pose--but for the process which is fol-
lowed there in washing the soiled
dishes
When the test tubes of media are dis
carded by the pathologists after they
have served their purpose in the ex-
periments with the bacteria and fungi
they are sent to the scuilery and wash
ed with solution OF acid. which cuts
away and disinfects all bits of food ad-
herring to the sides and bottom OF the
tubes.
They are then washed in alcohol to
remove the traces Of the acid and final
ly are rinsed with distilled water to
remove the alcohol. The fourth step in
this intricate dishwashing process Is
by no means the least important After
each test tube, beaker or petrte dish
is rinsed and dried 1t Is wrapped in
brown paper and baked for an hour and
half at $50 degrees centigrade to
complete its sterilization.
The reason of such exact care. Miss
ouirk explains, is obvious The organisms
Evening star., 1915-12-12

every other housekeeper, I find that
two ways exist for doing nearly every
thing So l am constantly on the look
out for the right way and better meth
DDS or easier systems.
Miss Quirk was asked if she had any
hints to pass along to housekeepers
that might be of help in kitchen work.
Il am afraid that any advice l could
give along these lines" she replied.
must be very general. | am sure that
successful cooking and housekeeping.
as with other things. depends on the
individual However, three things ap-
peal to me signposts on the house
keepers way to success. They are clean
illness, care and attention to small de-
tails These are vague terms. l know.
but even a novice should realize that
they are the most important requisites
to domestic and culinary success.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

10" would you like to be such
Il an exacting housekeeper tina,
you would wash your dishes
q twice and r{fse than q, 5fs
Evening star., 1915-12-12

panied the interviewer through her ktch-
en- "are a bit unusual In addition tc
the Bunsen burners, which correspond to
any ordinary flame, and which l use for
the simple boiling process, l have three
kinds of ovens which are my steamers and
bakers; the autocloves, which can be
regulated to any high temperature and
provide a quick means OF sterilization
one heating being sufficient the dry oven,
mentioned as used for sterilzing glass
ware and the steamers, which give tenn
perature of 100 degrees centigrade. in
these the culture media must be heated
four times at intervals OF twenty-four
hours to make certain that it will remain
sterile"
During her connection with the labora-
tory Miss Quirk has designed piece of
apparatus which is calculated to be a
time saver Her design was executed at
the factory which supplies this line of
material 1t is combination of glass
tubing arranged in such a way to sup
plant tunnels and ordinary tubes for
measuring off amounts of media to fill test
tubes.
I'm order to illustrate how exact my
methods must be-" said Miss Quirk. Il
will give you the steps which 1 follow in
the preparation of one of the media
beef agar. for instance
II use on an average of six pounds
Of beef a day. l proceed to make it ac-
cording to the standard recipe for beef
bouillon, with one part of the minced
beef and two parts of water, giving the
meat a water bath at temperature be-
low so degrees centigrade. This draws out
the blood, but will not coagulate the
albumen in the meat.
Then l put the jar into the steamer
and increase the temperature so that the
albumen may be coagulated and all of
the meat juices be extracted At this
point the liquid corresponds to beef tea
But the bacteria are fastidous in tie
matter of their food, and l must follow
few more steps before the material is
ready for them.
Il filter off the fat by pouring the
liquid through funnel of imported
filter paper and make up the proper
proportions of lost water to assure the
original measure. After standardizing
it according to a scale to determine its
acid and alkaline properties. l am ready
to add chemicals according to the taste
of the bacteria, which completes the
process.
This, then. is my method of cooking
meat" Miss Quirk went on to say. "In
many cases the pathologists desire to
see the reaction of bacteria and fungi
on cooked fruits and vegetables In
such cases I wash the fruit in distilled
water and dry 1t. Then pieces are
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this firm has secured one of the few ex-
perts of the world on the dyeing and
dressing of sealskins-whch ch process,
by the way. is secret at present.
I'm A. to ynt ilian TINS ,ouu,4 Y
and brought over a skilled staff of
NO kers from famous London estab-
lishment, all ready to begin work as
soon as the factory. now under con-
struction, is completed
Evening star., 1915-12-12


q MERICA is to lead theswor1d in
IN furs: Henceforth the United
IN States is to dye, dress and sell
her own sealskins. and with
in her own borders A factory is now
being built for this purpose in St.
Louis. Mo. which expects to be in
operation within month with experts
and trained staff of operatives.
once this brand-new industry is fair
1y launched. st. Louis may proudly
claim the distinction of being the cen
ter of the fur trade of the world. AL
ready ranking third among the fur
markets. circumstances arising from
the European war have conspired to
place the crown of fur leadership upon
the brow of that city. with a yearly
value that promises ten to twelve mil
lion dollars
Soon the lor6ly sealsk'ns. whose pro-
hibitive cost has kept them away above
the reach of the ordinary purse. even
when the Christmas spirit pulls the
strings wide apart. must perforce de-
scend from their dizzy heights as for
tunes favored tag. the label OF wealth
and aff1uence. and be found upon the
gift list of the many instead of the
favored few.
Because of the increase of popula-
tion that has steadily pioneered into
the remotest wooded wildernesses of
the country. enc~oachfnE more and
more upon the natural habitat of the
fur bearing animals and reducing their
hreedine places. furs have steadily
dir,inished and their prices have cor
resnon 7ing1y scared. until the posses
e of of FIVE quality has
becorre the exception rather than the
rule. save among the wealthy
Though the tranpe-s have penetrated
<a~ther and farther into the urinha bit
el -a"iors IF - north aud have re-
6ouh'ed their efforts to increase their
yearly collection OF nelts il has been
lpu~ since the supply met the demand.
and the ~c~ult has been that many in
<Ario~ skins have been used as sub
stttptas
The fact that the natural production
of f~st-class furs WIS ~ dar"ar of ex-
haustinn has caused the pove"nment
TO take drastic measures to conserve
It's seals and to 90 into fu~ farming
upon an eXte"sfve scale as soon as 1t
was de~rnn st~atei that va-ious ami
mails could be sufficiently d"--resticated
for this purpose. THIS has row as
suraed the proportions of q vcst indus
try that is worth mill o~s - dollars
annually to the eove-nF~"It- as was
demonstrated TOst fo-Cif'lv ~ the re-
cent auctior of proverrm"ut *u-s, 0c-
fohe- 81 1915 AZ St ToUis Mo- when
ss1.214 so carne 70 the United States
Trea sury. from 6tS @k'ns al but seven
tv Of which were fox skIuS
Fox farming. ny the wev. Is merely
incidental TO the main Fur industry
fostered BY the government which is
.-o. o@ .t,-ss.l ra;u4,,,, Seya-,+,. rs..,-e-
-
sKins which h'"Hs' sNs--"o' were con-
fscated by the authorities because they
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conducted the recent auction. to sell at
auction to all buyers who may come
IT'S production of sealskins for the next
five years.
A consideration of this contract is
that this company is to see that the
seal skins are dyed and dressed in the
United States before selling them; and
this is to be done according to the best
method known to the fur trade. Hence
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M loo AGNES QUlRK of the Department of Agriculture Has
Some Exacng Duties But She Does Not Keep the Ord-
nary Sort OF HouseFeedng Bacteria Panstang Task-The
important Notwithstanding Dishwashing-Her Methods Ex-
plalned-Bacera Diseases of Plants Studied

81 7OW would you like TO be such
lEt an exacting housekceper that
jC you would wash your dishes
. o twice and rinse them in dis
titled water. use glass cooking uten-
sis because they may be kept cleaner
than any others; measure all OF the in
gradients OF your food to a portion Of
a grain or gram. and keep q detailed
account OF all your cooking so that
YOU could tell without fail how many
ounces OF heat or drops OF water were
put into yesterdays beef bouillon?
On the face OF II this seems so both
ersome that it Is difficult to believe
that any one would possibly have the
patience TO keep house In such way
Yet Miss Agnes Quirk of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture follows a proceed
ure Of this kind every day in the pa ms
taking manner that IT requires, and
thinks little about its extraordinary
features. a.5t
AS scientific housekeeper par excel
lence OF the National Capital Miss
Suirk has charge, under DIR. Erwin F.
Smith of the commissary department.
of the laboratory Of plant pathoIo :y.
and II is her duty to supply the food
material for the bacteria which this
laboratory studies. She has three as
sistaDts, who aid her in running her
kitchen. nevertheless she personally
buys all of the cooking materials and
prepares All of the bacterial media
as this kind of foodstuff is scientin-
cally called.
Bacterial diseases OF plants are
studied in the laboratory OF plan,
pathology. and all sorts of expert
ments are made IN each of the indi-
vidual cases to determine the nature
of the organisms which cause the dis
eases. For this reason, an enormous
amount of bacterial media is used by
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SIXTH ANNUAL BANQDET Or The
STLCUIs Fur TRADE IN HoNOR
OF THE VISITING BUYERS TO
HEPUBLIc AUCTION g
FUR, SALE

ing market for furs, will scarcely, for
a long time at least, care to market in
London for her fur supplies, because Of
the animOsities engend red by the war
relations of the two countries Leipzig
has also been q large purchaser direct
from Russia. which is also L great fur
producing nation.
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the value of the products and increase
the Industries of the United States,
has gra ped at this logical moment of
commercial disruption to establish def
initeIy at st Louis a market for It's
own furs. Moreover, it has concluded
t. see to it that all profit remains in
the country To this end 1t has entered
into a limited contract with Funston
Brothers & Co. of st. Louis, who
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-22
ELIMINATING GAMBLING TIPS.

Christmas piety has reached Wall Street. The charity It is supposed to extend a will embrace, for the time ng the lambs that really to enjoy shearing in tempered winds The stock exchange has notified its mem that they must advertise their ps" in newspapers l magazines.
 Wall Street long has had sharp rules against this prac e. but violation of them has been winked at in recent bnhs. And the wink has enabled brokers whose uples not dscenbe to unload lot of stocks and stuff that may be worth much after while they now.
 The rule is valuable and its strict enforcement very desr e Any by which the present tendency toward nsan
 in stock buying be checked is godsend to the sound osperty of the country Recent weeks have witnessed ous reversion to Wall Street gambng-and thousands loaded themselves with the ingredients of almost certain saSter.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-22

Gun barrels, not pork barrels, the thing this year national capital
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-22

To date of them has been able to get Switzerland tat goats.