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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08

Strangers arriving in the city over
the Coast Line get better impress
sion when they walk up Broadway
than formerly. With the Ocala House
Lunch Rooms, the Affleck Millinery
Parlors and Lattner's music store oc-
cupying the store. rooms on the north
side of the street, it is far more pro-
gressive looking.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08

1t is reported that Won Hindenburg
was present on the Somme front this
week, and saw the German lines
driven back several miles by the
French and British. General Won
probably realizes he isn't playing
against bush league clubs any more.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08

1t took Germany forty years to
prepare to conquer the world. In
forty weeks she was sick of the job,
and in forty centuries she will not try
again.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08

trouble would use
DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription there
would not be SO many
of my sex so UNI
happy, disconnected
and discouraged; my
condition was such,
and | am happy to
say the 'Favorite
Prescription made
me q well woman
My health was quite
L.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08

First Lieutenant H. C. Campbell is
at present in command of Company
A, at Black Point, with Second Lie
tenant Marsh second in command.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08

Senator Fletcher is opposed to the
Owens corrupt practice measure. The
senator has seen the same thing on a
small scale fail in his own state.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08
PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTING

When you have plumbing or cleo
trical contracting let US furnish you
estimates. No job too large and none
too small. If Fl. w. Tucker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08

Don. G.. McCullen announces he is
for Cats. Should naturally suppose
he would be.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-08

able to do my own homework; was ex-
hausted, with tired nerves, which inter-
fered with my sleep at nipht. just got to
whore l was restless and gloomy, and
wanted nothing 10 eat. Everything In
my i'll STATE was char ed with entire sat-
isfsctio2 II the use Of Favorite Prescrip-
ton. Minis. S. Hoy..A RD, GIG Date St.,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
UNCLE; SAM HAS REMOVED
GREAT AVIATION HAZARD
Governments Experts Have Eliminat.
ed Danger Of Bursting Propel.
levs, Il. 10 Announced.

Cncle SANS experts have succeeded
in removing one of the paramount
hazards in aviatioD,cit is announced.
The bursting Of aerial propellers has
been the source Of large part Of
aviation accidents and the danger of
this has. now been eliminated, 1t Is
said. i: -, 49,,
Under the new $13,O0O,OOO congress.
sional appropriation, the foremost
minds of the land are now combining
!. to make aeroplanes rs nearly perfect
as can be done. and to place this coun-
try's air fleets on a footing with those
of European nations. =
The executive committee Of the
newly-appointed advisory committee
for aeronautics is in charge of the ex-
perimentation. This committee con-
suits with the best engineering talent
the country provides, as well as with
experts from the bureau Of standards.
The chairman: is DR.. s. w. STRAIT
ton, director Of the .bureau of stand
ards. The other members are Prof.
J.. s. iAmes, Of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity Prof. Charles c. Marvin, chief
Of the weather bureau; Prof. c. ID.
Walcett, secretary Of the Smithsonian
institution; Lieut.. Col. George o.
Squire, U. s. a., and Commander Mark
L. Bristol and Lieut.. Commander
James o. Richardson, both naval Of
ficers.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
TOBACCO OUTPUT HUGE
Annual Value of Products Passes
Half Billion Mark.
Uncle Sans Census Figures Show
Gain Of 17.6 Per Cent in Five Years
Capital Of $so3, e4o,0oo In.
vested.

The United States is manufacturing
approximately half billion dollars
worth of cigars, cigarettes, chewing
and smoking tobacco and snuff every
year, according to figures compiled by
Uncle Sam. The value of the tobacco
products of the country in 1914, accord
ing to census figures just made public,
amounted to $3.50, 165, 600, and as the
output increased 17.6 per cent in the
five-year period between 1909 and 1914,
1t may be assumed that it will be con.
siderably above the half-billion dollar
mark for the present year.
There was in 1914 $3O3, $40, 600 CAPT.
tai invested in the industry, which gave
employment to 21O,S94 persons.
While there were big increases in the
number of persons employed in the in.
dustry and the value of the output
there was a decrease of 11.6 per cent
in the number of establishments en-.
gagged in the manufacture Of tobacco
products, and the number Of prOprie.
tors and firms engaged in the business
decreased 1873 per cent. The number
Of salaried employees increased 27.5
per cent and the number Of wage.
earners in the industry increased -
per cent. H.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
INDIANS NOT DYING OUT;
NUMBER NOW is GROWING
Health Campaign Made by Uncle Sam
Reduces the Death Rate While
Births Are Increasing.

Uncle Sam is authority for the state
ment that the Indian rdce no longer is
a dying race. There are more Indians
in the country now than there has
been at any time since the bureau of
Indian affairs. was established years
ago. ~
The death rate has been reduced
among the red men and the birth rate
Is increasing. There are approximate
ly $4,000 Indians on so reservations
in "a states. The wealth of the In
dams is estimated Mt about 5000, OOO,-
600, which includes 10000, 600 acres Of
land. - a... -. ."'
"The Indian problem has changed
and the red men are looming up as
race that will hold it's own" said Cato
Sells, United States commissioner of
Indian affairs, after recent inspec-
ton trip through Western Indian reser-
vatfons. "A vigorous health campaign
was begun among them three years
ago and has brought amazing results.
The Indian is rapidly becoming a pro-
Queer Of wealth instead Of mere
consumer
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
SMALL PART Of COST
No Burden in Free Text Books,
Says Uncte Sam.
Exaggerated Ideas Prevail, Il Is De.
elared, a. to Amount Spent for
This Part Of School Equipment
in the United States.

Uncle Sam does not believe that the
Introduction of free text books in the
schools would add greatly to the cost
of the public school system or increase
the rate of taxation for school pur-
poses to any extent. He cites figures
to show that the cost Of text books Is
relatively small item in the total
expenditure for school purposes.
Officials of the United States bureau
Of education declare that exaggerated
ideas prevail concerning the total
number of text books sold in the Uni
ted States each year. 1t is said that
confidential data obtained by the
bureau from so textbook publishers,
who handle 80 per cent. Of the total
textbook sales of the country, show
that their aggregate sales annually
of text books for use in public schools,
elementary and high, aggregate about
$15,OOOOOO.
According to figures which have
been complied by experts Of the bu-
reau, the total enrolment in public
elementary and high schools amounts
to about 1S,5OO,OO0.. Excluding the
elementary school enrolment of Cali
fornia, since California prints Its own
elementary books, the. number becomes
18,250,OO0. For each child enrolled in
the public schools. in the United
States, therefore the total annual sale
of textbooks is about so cents. 1t
has been figured that the total expendi-
ture per child for III school purposes
is approximately 1881. The cost Of
text books is therefore approximately
per cent Of the total Cost of main-
tenance, support and equipment The
cost per. child. on the school popula-
ton basis-fve to eighteen years Of
age-according to officials Of the bu-
reau, is. 56.6 cents; the annual per
capita cost Of text books on the total
population basis is less than Is cents.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

proves irksome to them olis ondfy
shattered Tommy lifted BIS head from
the stretcher, few days ago and
hailed the chauffeur. Il say, would
you mind driving bit faster; this
amt no bally funeral" 49,.
There is also the story OF Tommy
Dodd, the most cheerful and indomita-
Bile little fellow in his command. Tom
my was badly laid out day or two
ago with four or five nasty shrapnel
wounds. He was arranging some
barbed-wire standards along toward
evening, and In the enthusiasm Of his
work got bit nearer "Whizz Bang
Corner" than he should. A shell burst,
low overhead and Tommy Dodd went
down in cloud Of dust.
Looks almost like a Blighty for
me, sir, don't it?" he said to an officer
who ran to his rescue. Then the
stretcher men came along to bear
Tommy away to the dressing station.
Tommy gave grim little smile as they
Strengthened up. "Home, James," he
sighed.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
BIG TUNGSTEN BELT FOUND
Prospecting Following First Develop.
ment in California Shows Deposits
Cover Strip Fifteen Miles Long.

The Development in recent months
Of tungsten deposits which were first
discovered in California in 1913, has
greatly. stimulated prospecting and
tanesten has been found in belt IS
miles long. One Of Uncle Sans ex.
perts, who has visited the. field, has
found that the ore bodies have some
remarkable characteristics.
The deposits are eight miles west
Of Bishop, lnyo county, California. On
April Z, 1916, the Standard Tungsten
company began work. Trails and roads
were built, ore bodies were opened up,
a mill was erected, and electric power
was brought in. On June Z the mill
began to crush ore. The Tungsten
Mines company started work on May
4, and by the latter part Of July had
completed a mill Of 800 tons daily
capacity, and was rapidly opening its
main ore body, disclosing lode as
much rs GO feet wide.
The ore bodies, it is found by the
geological survey, are Of kind not
mentioned by the, recognized author
tiles on ore deposits as commercial
source of tungsten. The ore consists
of escheelite associated mainly with
garnet, epidote and quartz. The gen.
eral country rock is granite, but in it
are scattered masses Of limestone,
which became mlneralized at the time
when the granite cooled from molten
condition. The limestones were al
tered to masses of garnet carrying
subordinate ,scheelite by the metallic
vapors then given off, and these are
the. ore bodies now worked. -
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
UNCLE SAM TO BUILD SHIPS
Law Passed by Last Congress Creates
Corporation With Capital
\. Of 100000.

Uncle Sam is now ready to become
a ship owner.
The shipping bill, which has been
signed by the president and is now a
law, creates corporation capitalized
ut $5OOOO,OOO. The law authorizes a
government shipping board to build.
buy or lease ships for commercial pur-
poses in times Of peace, and to be
used as naval auxiliaries In war. The
government will subscribe to. tile con-
trolling share of the capital, the secre-
tary being authorized to sell Panama
canal bonds up to $5O,000,0O0 to raise
the money. After five years the ships
are to be disposed Of to private owners.
The board to be appointed by the
president will consist Of five members,
with salary Of $500. The shipping
board is authorized to employ attor-l
neys, marine architects, appoint officers
and otherwise make rules for the OPP
Grafton Of its ships.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

In Hawaii grows the worlds rarest
plant, called the silver sword. Its
very name is odd and appropriate to
the ,cactuslike growth and the long,
silky gray leaves which give it its Pc
culiar name. The reason for Its rarity
Is that it is found only on the most
inaccessible slopes of the volcanoes Of
the group of islands. From the earli-
est times it has been greatly admired
by the natives, who call 1t "ahinahina,"
gray-haired, because they had never
before the coming Of the white man
seen silver, and therefore could not
apply to the plant a name which well
describes it. Climbers who have found
specimens prize them more highly than
do Alpine climbers the edelweiss, since
1t is far more beautiful and difficult
to obtain than the famous flower Of
the Swiss.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

In Rome used to make my living by
selling oranges from a pushcart. Very
little ,sufficed to keep me alive. by
leisure / devoted to study and to the
observation Of. mankind. Man is a
very interesting study and s.',
Captain Figari's duties called him
away from the stowawny at this point.
He allowed him to work the rest OF the
way over by doing chores In the Ritch-,
en. The man gave bis name al Oreste
San Seyerino and said he was going
to visit q sister l6 Philadelphia.
He was5sent 70 WILLIS island.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
Rivals in Fist Eiuht.

Soldier stories of amusing happen
ings ut the front are many. There Is
considerable rivalry among the Cana
dams and the Anzacs-the men from
Australia and New Zealand. The Eng
lish think they are both such good
soldiers there is little to choose be-
tween them. This incident happened
ut a canteen some time ago when the
Australians first came to the western
front. Several Canadians were within
when they espied the wide-brimmed
campaign hats that distinguish the
AHxacs from all the other soldiers.
The Canadians gave their fellow CO.
lon1uls hearty welcome and an equnl-
ly hearty invitation to "have some
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

thing" These fraternal details hav-
ing been attended to, Canudian
turned to one of the Australians.
"When did you fellows come over!"
he asked.
"Just got in this morning."
''Well, what are you going to dot"
This was too good an opening for
the Amaze.
~"Oh," he said In a "swanky" tone,
I'VE came over to finish what you fell
lows started" >.
'Humph," replied the Canadian, ats
q wonder you didn't first finish what
you started yourself down at CALI
poll"
Then the trouble began. It was a
Donnybrook affair for a time, but
eventually peace was declared with
renewed and mutual respect for CO.
lonial fighting ability. g.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

are entered from time to time. The
book also serves for Identification pur.
poses,. and the last page is set aside
for the making of a will. Some Of
those that have turned up lately have
proved grimly humorous: One said: 1,
Il give everything have to the
Home for Stray Cats, London, provid-
ed they don't take in any more black
cats"
In case I should die-(cheers)-I
will everything to my mother Cloud
and prolonged cheers)."
Both were held to be valid.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

II had occasion to remain under
matches until now" replied the man
."You see" he added, II have just $50
/ shall. need all Of that when ] get to
America. I couldn't afford to spend
any Of 1t for a ticket. I am sure you
viii pot take It aIniss."
Such a stowaway had never been
seen before aboard the Guglielmo.
Captain Figari said the man talked
and acted like philos9 pher.
.sWhat are you going 10 do IA Amer
lea n asked the captkxn .Ss4ss is4s
VI am ! megchsnt : Iwas tlae reply.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
Her Good Reason.

Isabelle was fond Of taking off her
shoes and stockings and every chance
she had she would do SO. On one .oc-
casion she went down the street about
half block ana took OF her shoes
and stockings. When she returned
her mother asked her why she took
them OF and she answered &c, ~
3ust wanted to wsar my bare feet Z:
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

demic work there will be classes In
business, law, bookkeeping, German,
Spanish and music, under competent
directors. Bible classes will open o.
tober 8. 800,
The reports for the month show q
large increase over the nupber of
rooms occupied in the dormit6ry last
September. The work Of the scout
troops under the management of
Charles Stewart, scout master, was
emphasized among other activities of
the Observation-Disclosures News.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

The colored mems branch Of the
Young Mems Christian association re-
Gently conducted membership cam
paign., Arrangements are being COM
pleted for the opening of the various
departments. In addition to the regu-
lar courses in elementary and aca-
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

i, On the shore Of Lake Titicaca, which
lies in the heart of the Andes noun
tains, South America, partly in Reru
.and partly in Bolivia, live an old couple
who have been married 100 years; his
age is one hundred and thirty and
her age is one hundred and twenty.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

Two hundred negro laborers left Mo-
bile, Ala, recently to work on lines
OF the Pennsylvania railroad company.
They will take the place Of Italians
and Hungarians who have gone to the
European war. Men have been hired
by hundreds all over the South, as the
labor situation with the road is serious
according to agents now here.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

that's left behind, helplesslike, in the
South. The old slaves have got TO
have a home and, with the help OF the
Almighty and some prominent citizens,
I'm going to see that they get It,"
The grizzled old Negro drew himself
up sturdily,. with look OF mingled
dream and determination on his face
and the light of faith shining out or
the depths Of his sightless eyes--for he
Is totally blind, and above foprscore
years of age.
Lyrnus Wallace was born slave IN
Louisiana eighty-two years ago, ana
was thirty years old when President
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emanci-
patton proclamation. Lymus didn't
think of learning to read and write un-
til along in 1865, after the war.
From the plantation Of his old mas
ter, Thomas Rutland of Caldwell par
ish, Louisiana, Lymus moved up to
Memphis, acquired mule or two, and
started hauling cotton. He gradually
built up the trucking business which
has made him a respected and well-to-
do colored citizen Of Memphis.
For eight years he was member
of the legislative council Of the board
Of public works-the only Negro elect
ed to that responsible Office. His
blindness came on gradually, beginning
some twenty years ago. 1t never feazed
him.
The Wallace home-for Lymus has
a wife living, and family Of grown-up
children-is- cozy place at No. 613
South Lauderdale street, Memphis.
Three of the daughters are teachers
in the public schools. One son is in
business, another is a student at Fiske
university.
So you see Lymus himself is not one
of the needy ex-slaves-he is rather a
leader and uplifter Of his race, and the
old "uncles" and black mammies have
a childlike confidence in his power to
realize his ambitious dream, which has
become theirs.
! "Lymus am progressive up to de
minute they declare.>
He has come north armed with a
charter from the state of Tennessee
and the Endorsement Of. prominent
Memphians, to see about raising $685.
600 as a starter for the establishment
Of a permanent home for former slaves,
to be located at Memphis.
Stopping over at Washington, D. c.,
Lymus and his guide looked in at the
state department with a letter of in
PRODUCTION to Hon. William ]. Bryan.
But Mr.. Bryan had just resigned from
the cabinet, and that was his busy day,
50 the colOred brethren. came straight
on to New York to present their Gre
dentials to some well-known Southern
ers, including Rev. Doctor Manning
and Fl. D. Caruthers, vice president of
the Tennessee society.
allow many of the old-time slaves ,do
you reckon are living YETI" Lytpus was
asked.
That's what we haven't got figured
out, but there's plenty of 'eln right
round where live. There were four
million after the war, and a consider.
able percentage Of these are surviving
yet, for, you know, we's a lons.lived
race.
You see, the trouble is that the
younger colored people have mostly
left the section and the old ones have
had to shift for themselves. They did
we'll enough, at that, for awhile. But
then the big floods. of 1911 and 1912
came along and drowned 'em out. 1t
was seeing SO many of my generation
Of old slaves destitute that first put
the suggestion of an asylum into my
head.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

The number IF motorcycles in the
Netherlands is 1900, but Of bicycles
there are $50 O00, or practically one
TO every seven persons. The fiat coun-
try and the general use Of bicycles Tor
delivering meat, groceries, dry goods,
etc.a account for the number. J.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

These books have recently been add
ed to the Ferguson library, in SIAM
ford, Conn.,: Lozinski, Czarny Matwji;
Morzycka, Powrotne fale; Ostraszew-
ski, krwawy rok; Ostaszewski, Rok
zludzen (1S4s); rPasek. Pamietniki;
Rejan, Mara; Slomka, Patmietniki
wloscianaa; Walery, Starsza Zygmun-
ia Augusta, szkic historyczny; Wienl-
nwski, Re wspopien Mdrymonckich.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

Frederick A. Card, q lawyer, 81
Wall street, New York, sent wedding
package by express to Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy N. Bailey Of Bristol, Conn.,. The
parcel consisted of silver miniature
ship and a poem, written by Mrs. Card,
Oh white moire silk. On reaching Bris-
tol it was found the package had been
opened and the poem removed.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

Kew, the famous English garden
which Alfred Noyes suggests that one
visit in lilac time, had the distinction
loO years ago Of bearing on it's walls
large pictures Of every British fighting
ship, drawn there in chalk BY an old
and disabled salt who gained COM
Portable living from gifts bestowed BY
those; who saw them. III h 5ts .5s5s
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

A new rainfall record for the United
States is 1922 inches, made at Alta
Pass, in Mitchell county, North Caro-
lima, in the "a hours preceding 2 p. m.
July 20. Lee "A. benson, section d.
rector there Of the weather bureau, an
nounced that fact when he completed
his report. Alexandria, La, previous
~ led the country with 21.4 inches
rainfall In q similar period.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

A New York scientist has built
camera that can be tilted to any angle
to get desired photographs of objects
too heavy or fragile to be moved.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

A woman is the patentee Of dou-
bic at the Carrara quarries, e4b losives
are still used largely. The electric
saws are used only occasionally.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

Five more cities In Hungary are to.
be supplied with natural gas by IL
syndicate to which concession has
been granted by the government, which
maintains q monopoly 81 natural ~,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

To prevent shade Tapping when a
window is opened IN inventor has COM
bined holding clip and rubber W.
cum cup.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES DRINK
32,85O,OOO,OOO CUPS OF TEA IN YEAR

3sOOOOOO0 of ten
ending June 80 1916 At least enough tea was I'M
States that OF the beverage
O90OOOO pounds more tah
child the country About a.
this than during the
preceding Il months.
taking of his evernceasng class OF tea
protect them from Impure or
special of examiners and
direction supervisor located In Washns
the districts OF the
country where there Is no
the nearest port
rejected by the examiners pound sample
Immediately shipped the Office of the supervisor when 1t again
government standard for
fitness for consumption
Engshmen and indeed Of our own
in the rule do not how make
that reaches shores
and Uncle allows here that goods spoiled in the
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20

William Fl. Gannett of Augusta, Me-,
is building a one-room house in Large
tree on his estate. .~"''