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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
DAYLIGHT and Sleep.

Opponents of the daylight saving
bill in England are not likely to go
as far as did those of the alteration
of the calendar, which took place in
the eighteenth century. This change
was made to bring England into line
with most other European countries
who had calculated leap-year differ
emily from them. The result was an
apparent loss of II days at. the begin
ming of September. and in certain parts
of the country riots took place, dur
ing which the war cry of the insur-
gents was "Give US back our eleven
days." Theirs, of course, was a per-
manent loss, whereas those who now
object to being deprived of an hours
sleep on May 81 have the consolation
of knowing that they will get their
own back again in October.-London
Chronicle.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
Horrors of War.

One of Germany's most noted sur
geons, who has spent months at the
front and in hospital service, in writ
ing of the effect of the terrible strain
of war as depicted upon the faces of
those released from the firing line,
says: Physically these soldiers may
be as hard as iron, yet they are not
intact. The officers nearly always de-
velop an uncanny, marble, staring look,
as though they had been accustomed
to gaze shudderingly at all the terrors
and desolating orgies of destruction,
as though they had been obliged to wit
ness this with unblinking eyes and
finally felt that their eyes had become
a mirror of the horrible. 1t is as though
the claw of demon had seized their
faces and made their eyes sink deeper
into their hollows. The more highly
civilized man is, the better educated,
the deeper his feelings, the. more does
he bear the. indefnable something in
his face, the sign that he has seen ter.
rible things. '-Christian Advocate.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
How He Was Caught.

He had no stomach for the army,
but presented himself for examination
with "sure trick" up his sleeve to
work his ticket" He was physically
perfect, but his eyesight was shock
ing-so bad, indeed, that the sergeant
thought the doctor should see him.
First class physically" pronounced
the doctor, but when the medical man
applied the eye tests the would-be re-
cruit's sight appeared much worse than
when the sergeant had him in hand.
s'No, no, my man; with sight like
that you're no use for the army" said
the medico. But you ought to get
glasses. Stay. I've pair like micro
scopes, and if you see with them you
can have them"
The spectacles were produced and
fitted on, and the recruit at once cried,
"Oh, l see splendidiy !"
"Do you now?" said the doctor, with
sarcasm. Take him along, sergeant,
and get him sworn in. There's no glass
in the speetacles. London Tit-Bits.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
Most Wonderful Thing.

81 suppose you see some very re-
markable things?' said the inquisitive
traveller to the sailor on leave.
aye" replied the sailor. There's
some wonderful things. Now the most
wonderful thing to my mind"
He paused to fill pipe, and the
railway carriage held its breath as it
awaited submarine revelations.
1.-THE most wonderful thing about
this war;" continued the sailor, sis the
old cat on our ship. She's got a
'ammock of 'er own, and when our
watch turns in she, ops into 'er am
mock and puts 'er 'ead on little pill
low like Christian. Me and my mate
is goin' to take that cat round the
'alls when the bloomin' war is over. .
Manchester Guardian.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
old FRIEND GONE
ED S. ELLIS, "FATHER OF THE
DIME NOVEL" is DEAD.
No Doubt There Are Many Gray
Headed and Highly Respected
Members of Society Who viii
Remember His Books.

The father of the dime novel died
short time ago at the age of seventy
six. Many of us are old enough to re-
member those Beadle & Adams dime
novels with the salmon-covered paper
covers, not too large to slip inside a
pocket and hide there until favorable
chance came to devour its pages, for
our elders had a strong prejudice
against the yellow backs" and be-
lieved that a boy who read them was
hiking straight down the center of the
road to perdition.
Ed S. Ellis, the man who died re-
Gently, wrote the first of the dime nov
els that made hit, and he wrote hun
dreds of them afterward, and many
other books beside. He was nineteen
years old when he wrote "Seth JONES'"
In 1859, and sent it to Beadle & Adj
ans, New York, who had just begun
to publish their dime novels, but had
not made a success with them. They
saw winner in "Seth Jones'" Before
country with posters, dodgers and
painted inscriptions with the ques-
ton: 'sWho is Seth Jones?' and
when the people had guessed and won
dered for weeks the whole country
broke out in another rush of posters
bearing the picture of frontiersman
in coonskin cap, with the inscription,
the fame of Ellis and the dime novel
and the fortune of Beadle & Adams.
1t was translated into IL languages
and million copies were sold.
A queer thing about it was that
Ellis was brought up to be preacher
and that he was teacher of a Sunday
school class when he wrote this first
dime novel. He used to clothe Bible
stories in imagery of his own, vivid
and exciting, and always closed the
lesson with the tale unfinished and
the remark: Boys, wen continue the
story next Sunday" All the boys in
the village were in his Sunday school
class.
He wrote so many stories for boys
and girls that he lost count of them.
He was the author of the boy Pio-
neer," Log Cabin" "Deerfoot,' = 'sWy-
oming" and Forest and Prairie" Sc
ries and he wrote many serious-mind-
ed books, such as a history of this
country in eight volumes, of which 100,-
600 sets We're sold.
1t is said OF him that he was good
man, Of kindly nature; that children
loved him, and that, in spite of the
preaching that has been done against
cheap novels. there was not an immor-
al situation nor anything that would
tend to influence for wrong in the hun
dreds of novels he wrote. His heroes
were manly and clean-minded, his NOR
ais good and he exalted the nobler
qualities of honor, loyalty and courage.
He said just before he died that he
did not regret anything he had written
and he felt he had contributed to the
JOY of living for millions of boys and
girls. The Star knows from expert
ence that this is true so here's a
wreath to the memory of the father of
Seth Jones' the hero of boyhood
long past. Kansas. City Star.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
SAVED BY HELMETS
MANY SOLDIERS OWE LIVES TO
STEEL HEADPIEcEs.
Bullets From Rifles and Machine
Suns, as Well as shrapneI, Glance
From the Protection, Doing
Wearer Little Harm.


Fame awaits the man who resurrect.
ed the steel helmets. He's saved thou
sands of lives.
The great Anglo-French offensive
on the western front has served to
confirm all that has been limited about
the ugly inverted soup-bowl head
gear, writes a London correspondent.
In almost every London hospital today
are men who wore them in the big
push-men who wouldn't be there If
they hadn't.
1t is safe to say that thousands of
British lives have been saved by the
steel helmet during the last few
weeks. Consequently, thousands of
slightly wounded men in London hos
pitfalls already are looking forward
to the day when they'll return to the
front.
An officer of the Royal Irish rifles,
formerly London journalist, is
thanking his helmet for the fact that
he is merely light casualty instead
of dead one. A bullet struck the
steel hat at the band In front, plowed
q furroW along the slope and bent the
visor over one eye. A few badly
bruised facial muscles were the only
i'll effects.
An officer of the Royal Scots, by
virtue of his helmet and a strong
frontal bone, completely stopped an
enemy bullet. Just before his bat
talon left the trenches he peered
over the parapet. A bullet struck the
inverted rim of the helmet and
thumped against the officers fore
head 1t made a nasty bruise. A
fellow officer near by tested his he'll
met with shrapnsl. A jagged piece
of steel richocheted off one side and
tore half the band off in the opera
ton. Otherwise it would have been
half his head.
An officer of the Lincoln regiment
in big London hospital today swears
that he felt and heard machine bull
lets raining off his metal hat. One
came little low and clipped his
cheek bone, SO he had to come back
to London for repairs.
A lieutenant of an East Lancashire
. battalion had his helmet literally shot
off his head.
1.-TWO German pills must have hit
in the same place." he said, because
one came through and burrowed along
my scalp"
This officer, like hundreds of his coll
leagues of the steel-hatted army, will
be back in the war game within a
month-thanks to the Frenchman who
months ago studied pictures of an
cient warfare and was impressed with
the headgear of sixteenth century
warriors.
Steel hats press the head, are hot
and have to be fastened under the
chin with leather strap. But Brit
ishers Just now-those who know
are thanking their many lucky stars
for having undergone the incon-
yenience.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
Monarch Welcomed Death.

Louis XIII, lying on his deathbed.
wished that the dauphin, then four
and one-half years old, should be chris
tened. When the ceremony had been
performed the child was placed upon
the kings bed, and his father, wishing
to see that his orders had been full
filed, asked him his name. MY name
is Louis XIV" replied the enfant ter
rible. Not yet. my son, not yet" re-
piled the king; ''but pray God it may
be soon"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

my discomfort subsidized. My doctor was
much surprised as / was sick but one
hour. "-MRs. w. G. TOWNSEND, r. T. ID. L.
Arcadia, Fla consider your Favor
tie Prescription without superior for q
woman whose ailments are peculiar to
her sex. No matter what her Ill health is
due to it can be benefited by this medi-
cine-that is, such as come from female
troubles. In my case / had terrible
bearing-down pains with dull pains In
my back to such an extent that could
not stand up long enough to wash dishes.
was tired and weak all the time and had
to lie down the greater part of the time.
My stomach was in such bad state that
could not retain anything took into
it, not even water. The Favorite Pre-
scription' not only brought relief from
these symptoms but / believe it made
childbirth easier o-MRs. T. ID. DRAWDY.
Young mothers who preserve the
charms of face and figure in spite of
an increasing family and the care of
growing children are always to be envied.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
gives the strength and health upon which
happy motherhood depends. 1t prac-
tically does away with the pains of ma
ternity. It enables the mother to nour-
ish the infant life depending on her.
Write DIR. Pierce, Buffalo, N. z, for
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
Cough Medicine for Children

Mrs. Hugh Cook, Scottsville, N. Y,
says: About five years ago when we
were living in Garbutt, N. Y, doc
tored two of my children suffering
from colds with Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and found it just as repre-
scented in every way. 1t promptly
checked their coughing and cured
their colds quicker than anything /
ever used" 0btainable everywhere.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
What's the use2

He-Do you think / ought TO see
your husband about my marrying your
daughter?
She-Dear me. no. He will read all
about it in the papers.-Puck.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

aklEt1 bf0uD1a with
morning 81 kness.
etc, that [ dreaded
the ord cal again ua-
Ill one of my friends
advised me to take
Or. Pieree's Favor-
tie Prescription,
which acted so well
with me that all
fear passed away.
The Favorite Pre-
scription' did me so
much good that all
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
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. tt Fl. w. Tucker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
AUTO SEAT COVERS

/ have complete set of very high
grade auto seat covers for 1867
model Maxwell touring car. These
covers sell for $25 and express. A
customer did not take them and /
will sell at bargain. Never un-
packed. Maxwell Agency, Ocala,
Fla. SGT
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
The Same snecies.

He-My dear, where did this awful
big spider come from?
She-James, you have been drinking
those horrid cocktails. again That's
my new spring hat
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

For sewerage connections, plumb
ing, tin work and repairing, see P. A
Durand, phone 494. 6-tl
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

Layer cake, angel cake and mac
caroons, fresh every day, at Carter's
Bakery. tt
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

The stationery of a gentleman at
The Book Shop. 7-3t.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

The Book Shop has all the Nation
ally advertised PARKER games. Try
some of the new ones. 7-3t.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

United States in 1914 useo 7s, l29. 900
pounds of aluminium, valued at s14,-
523, 1000.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

United States tungsten production
last wear was valued at $2,000,00e.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

Kentucky last year registered So,
SIS births and 28,913 deaths.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
WOMEN OF Ex.ko111DA.

Women Everywhere Endorse this
.'FavoTite''.
Bell, Tla.- nm tne mother of five
children. visa my FIST four [ had SO
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

Malaga, Spain, yearly exports abou
200 tons of dried orange peel,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

In 1910 the United States produced
1921 tons of tungsten ore.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

Write DR. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, for
Tree book. Mother and Babe"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09
BITS OF INFORMATION

New Jersey factories employ $4,000
operatives.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-09

Britain normally consumes 515,0OO.-
900 pounds of wool.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
Bic TENT WILL
HOUSE Al T Is
FASHION WEEK
ALL ARRANGEMENT PERFECT
ED - MANY NOVEL FEATURES
WILL BE PUT ON FOR THE BEN
Eft OF THE PUBLIC.

John Mulkey announces that every
detail has been arranged for the big
auto show that will be one of the
features Of style show week in this
city. The tent has been contracted
for, and the entire Cruce lot at the
corner of west Main and c street will
be under canvas.
Special features will be offered each
day and night, and a suitable prize will
be offered for the best decorated auto
in the day parade, and the best
electrically decorated auto in the night
parade. This feature is putting a lot
of people at work getting ready to win
the prizes, The big pavement ball will
be given before the tent society night
music to be furnished by the fifth ar
tillery band of Fort Sill Director Mon
tin was in the city yesterday and made
all arrangements for bringing the big
band here,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
TEXANS
INDICTED BY
GRAND JURY
TAX COLLECTOR OF HARRIS
COUNTY, FORMER sOOKKEEPER
AND ASSISTANT IN TAX DE-
PARTMENT INDICTED.

Austin Tex, March S.-Karl L.
Druesedow, tax collector of Harris
countyg at Houston, c. c. CULLEN,
formerj jbookkeeper in the tax depart.
ment OF the comptroller's office, and
L. b. Smile Quillen's assistant at
Austin, were indicted by a Travis
county grand jury Tuesday. Druese-
dow is charged with misapplication
of the tax funds. and CULLEN and
Smile with assisting him.
The Indictment alleges that Druese-
dow misused forty-two thousand dol
lars during a threeyear period. He
was released under $4,000 bond,
CULLEN was released under bond Of
$4,000 and Smile $4,000 bond.
Although the indictments were re-
turned yesterday, the names were not
made public until today, when they
were arrested
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
REMAINS Of
PAUL bA6T|NE:
NOT FOUND
LIFE SAVERS GAVE UP SEARCH,
BUT BODY WILL RISE AFTER
CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME. FAM
lLY HOPING AGAINST HOPE.

The remains of Paul Bastine re-
ported to have fallen from the lift
bridge at Galveston and drowned Sat
urday, have not been recovered, and
the life savers have given up the
search. The body if it Is in the bay
will rise to the surface and be washed
ashore, after seven days, and in the
meantime the family is hoping against
hope that the report that he was
drowned, is not true.
Chief special officer Coggins Of the
Santa Fe, who was in the city yes
terday as a witness in the district
court assured Mr. Bastne that he
would make a thorough investigation
into the affair when he reached Gal
weston today. The other boys who
accompanied young Bastine, had not
arrived home last night, but We're cX-
pected today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
HOLDS LODGE NOT
INSURANCE COMPANY

Oklahoma City, March If a man
seeking insurance is turned down hy
fraternal order, it doesn't affect his
standing as an applicant to an old
line life insurance company, in the
eyes Of the law, the state supreme
court held in an opinion by Justice
Hardy Tuesday The court held that
a "fraternal beneficiary association
isn't an insurance company"
When Isom f. Watkins of Musko-
gee applied for a policy with The
Shawnee Life he said he had not
been rejected by any other company.
He had been turned down on his ap-
plication for a second certificate in
the knights of Pythias endowment
rank. When he died, his wife sued
on the policy, the company contended
Watkins had falsified, lost the suit
and appealed. Mrs. Watkins won
again in the supreme court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
FROM BELLBOY IN DENVER
TO GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

Austin, Tex, March S.-James +.
Ferguson. chief executive of the state
of Texas. banker-farmor, once a COW
puncher and later a railroad section
hand and bridge builder, was in his
younger days a bellboy in a Denver,
Colo, hotel.
This portion of the governors in
terestng life was only made known
a few days ago when Mr. Ferguson
replied to an inquiry Of the governor
of Colorado.
Governor Ferguson said he hoped
some day TO return to Denver, where
he was "a bellboy in the Windsor
hotel in 1SSS, and a waiter in the
Arcade restaurant on 18th street"
While Governor Ferguson was at the
Windsor hotel he received a so tip
from Jack Dempsey the prize fighter
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
LAST CHEROKEE LAND
TO GO UNDER HAMMER

Muskogoe, OKLA March during
March so acres of land southwest of
Miami, 40 acres on an island in the
Arkansas near Webbers Falls, and a
lake containing 22G acres nine miles
southeast of Claremore, viii be auc-
toned by the government, and with
these sales The last acre of what
was once the tribal domain of the
Cherokee nation, the first band of civ
iIized Indians who pioneered the west
ern country, Will have passed tribal
title.
None Of the land is valuable. The
22G-acre lake near Claremore is not
far distant from an oil field, however,
and it is expected that some oil man
who wants to take a long gambling
chance will make a small bid on
the lake and perhaps later drain it
and drill an oil well.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
Wanted MusI>ogee.

Lafayette wanted the convention
at Muskogee, for its close to his home
and the homes of his east side fol.
lowing. The fact that he didn't get it,
leads the demos around the statehouse
to murmur misgiyinss for Bens
chances in the race.
That Bob Gillian, Ardmore oil man,
viii be out for the committeemancy
was the report Tuesday With Lafa-
yette, Wade and Gillian from Indian
Territory side of the state, the pos
sibility Of dark horse from the wheat
belt looms larger.
County conventions TO select dele
gates to the state convention will be
held April Fools Day Each county will
be allowed one delegate for each 100
votes cast for president Wilson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
CITY COUNCIL
HELD REGULAR
WEEKLY NEE 7
PASS ORDINANCE RAISING THE
LICENSE FEE ON AUTO LIVERY
AND OTHER PUBLIC MEANS OF
TRANSPORTATION.

At the regular weekly meeting OF
the Board of City Commissioners last
night, aside from routine business a
resolution was passed relative to the
disposition Of the city's share Of the
state auto tax on all livery cars and
livery vehicles Of all kinds, to twenty
FIVE dollars for every vehicle used.
This will either have the effect Of
driving a number Of them out of bust
ness or else it will give the city ample
funds to carry on the work of some
Of the departments, the finances Of
which are at a low ebb. It will like
wise have a tendency to keep out
side livery cars from invading the
city and entering into competition
with local men. Ardmore, in proper
ton TO population, has more livery
cars than any other city in the state.
Attorney Norman, representing ].
r. Sharp, appeared before the board
and asked that penalties on delinquent
paving taxes be removed. The Ques.
ton was referred to the city attorney
Regular bills against the city were
audited and allowed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
;! |
!: BUSY DAY IN
DIST. COURT
SEVERAL CASES DISPOSED OF
AND THE DOCKET is BEING RAP
IDLY CLEARED. ALLEGED PICK
ROCKET GETS A YEAR IN PEN.

Yesterday was a busy day in the dis
trict court and several important
cases were tried and disposed of. The
docket is being rapidly cleared, and
the reputation made by the court this
term is a good one.
Yesterday morning the jury in the
case of the State VS.. +. * Mattison
returned a verdict of guilty and as
sessed his punishment at a year and
a day in the penitentiary. This is
the case wherein three strangers were
captured by the officers at the union
depot the Sunday after the big eXplo-
sion, when it is alleged they were 60
ing through peoples pockets and tax
ing what they could find. One of the
party made his escape during the me-
lee the other after lying in jail here
for some time, made bond and left
This bond was forfeited, and Mattison
was left to face the music alone with
the above result.
Fred Terry who stole an auto from
w. w. Means. at Wilson, was given
one year and one day for the offense
and II. L. Prater for a statutory offense
was given two years. Ed. Sharkey en-
tered a plea Of guilty to larceny and
was given one year
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08
LINEUP NOW is
FIELD AGAINST LAFAYETTE

Oklahoma City, Mar. Tile field
against Ben Lafayette for democratic
national committeeman"
This is the opinion around the state
house Tuesday following the vote Of
the democratic state committee Mon.
day, giving the state convention to
Oklahoma City by % to %.
1t was the Robertson-Lalayette
forces against the Williams-Tom Wade
alliance, others say. However, the
name Of Tom Wade, NARROW, is spoken
with question mark affixed by many,
who feel that dark horse will be
pushed forward and take Lafayettes
goat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-08

Although the Verdun fight
& is still intense, the situation
ERE is unchanged today. The
imax of the battle is expect
| tomorrow or Friday.
The Germans made no infan-
y attacks last night, but their
tillery fire continues.
"A Paris semi-official an
says, the French
I'VE recaptured a portion of
cir trenches in Champagne,
It March 6, in addition TAX
"a position near Forges, six
ometres wide and three
ep,
Alderman official statement
Us, the French were driven
t of the last houses which
ey held in Fresnes village,
xing sixty officers and three
)usand men, also ten cannon.
The heights Of Raben and
nieres woods are now said to
in German possession.