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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-10
TO CONCENTRATE ARATY.

Fl Paso, May 1O-GeneraI Persh- ing has been ordered to begin a greater concentration of his. troops Those detachments still operating as far south as San Antonio. it was said will be withdrawn to Colonia Dublan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-10
BANDITS' RIFLE AMMU UNI TION IS
 SEIZED BY U. s.

Million Rounds of Cartridges Taken Border-Pershin Ordered to Make Further Concentration of Troops Rurnors of Coming Raid By Carranzistas Are Denie4 By Aerial Scout
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
ROMANCE SEEN FROM SADDLE
GalIoping Hoofs Constitute an Eternal
Challenge to the Spirit
of Youth.

Romance likes to come on horse
back; the jingling spurs and bride
irons chant a happy pean in his ears,
and from the saddle, as from the
throne, he looks out over the workaday
world, says a writer in Scribner's
Magazine.
Romance always has been linked
with riding; in the playroom mounted
on gallant rocking chair youth rides
into a land of golden deeds; later he
swings in long gallops on the faithful
hobbyhorse into spicy and fugitive ad-
venture. To the page on a prancing
palfrey and to the cavalryman in
khaki the lure of romance is the same /;
the rhythm of galloping hoofs thuds
always in the Imagination, the lady's
favor on the lance and the quivering
scarlet guidon f1utter alike a mysteri-
Gus and eternal challenge to the spirit
Of youth. ''To horse and away" and
all the worlds before one.
Stevenson always wanted to write q
story about a man galloping up to an
inn at night, and the very suggestion
brings a Jingle to the imagination:
BY on the highway low and loud,
BY at the gallop goes he.
He heard him in the sleepless mid
nights of his childhood; and, indeed,
the sound of thudding hoofs always
makes the heart beat faster. The So
ciable gathering of a single footer on
asphalt, the cracking of twigs and
leaves on the quiet autumn trails. the
muff1ed rhythm Of a canter on the turf,
its resonance on a bridge-all these
make music in the ears and bring the
very smell of adventure. To him who
rides there is always something lost
behind the ranges"-and his heart
yearns for it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
KIno Coal and Peat.

Southern gas and power producers
are watching experiments being con-
Quoted in Sweden to determine the
value Of the use of peat powder as fuel
for locomotives. A committee which
has conducted several practical tests
reports that the value of peat powder
as fuel is one-third greater than the
fuel value of coal. The cost Of peat
powder Is estimated at $4.02 a ton
compared with the price of coal $6.03
per ton. The committee has asked
In appropriation from the Swedish
government of $35O,OO0 to be used to
erect a peat powder factory, acquire
peat boys, and convert the locomotives
of one railway line into peat powder
burners. There is an immense guam
tfty of peat in the boys of the South,
especially In Virginia and Florida.
Some firms have been mining the peat
and using 1t under boilers as fuel with
satisfactory results and at a cost far
below that of other fuel. 1t is also
pointed out that the raw peat, cheap
ly prepared, might be used in gas pro-
ducers. The process to be used In
extracting the gas would be very SIM
liar to the process used in the extrac-
ton gas from coal. 1t is thought
feasible to place gas works in the
peat districts and pipe the gas pro-
duced, without loss, for about Is or 80
miles to gas engines where the power
could be converted into electricity for
traction purposes.-Wall Street Jour-
nal.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
Rewardlna Italian Soldiers.

A salary scheme is being worked
out in Italy, which promises to have
good results. Salaries will be paid by
employers to their employees, who are
on active service the continuation OF
which will be regulated according to
the number of years of previous serv.
ice. The first clause provides for the
reinstatement In their former posi-
tons of all employees having served
for at least one year with the firm
for which they were working at the
entrance of Italy into the war. The
clauses relating to salaries during the
war are as follows: All workingmen
with the colors who have been with a
firm for at least five years are en-
titled to a third Of their usual sal
aries during the continuation of the
war. This applies to married men
with families. In all other cases the
employers shall pay the men at the
rate Of quarter Of their former sal
aries. Men with ten years service to
their credit will receive, If married,
with families, one-half of their sal
aries, and If not married third. The
decree only applies to firms employing
at least three workmen.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
MERCHANTS WHO WILL
CLOSE THANKSGIVING DAY

We, the undersigned merchants of
Ocala, Florida, agree to close our
places of business from II o'clock
noon, until 5 p. M, on Thanksgiving
Day, Thursday, November 30th, 1916:
Rheinauer & Co., open at 4:30 OF
5 p. m.
Haycraft Millinery, afternoon.
H. B. Masters Co., by E. J. Crook
open 4:30 or p. m.
McCrory Stores Corp.
Marion Hardware Co., all day.
Marcus Frank, by Max Israelson
open at 4:30 p. m.
Hayes & Guynn, by ]. B. Hayes
open at 4:30 or p. m.
McIver & MacKay, all day.
NJ. M. Little, afternoon.
Affleck Millinery Parlor, afternoon
E. T. Helvenston, open at 4:30 OF
Gerig's drugstore, p. m. till dark.
5 p. m.
G. A. Nash, open 4:30 or 5 p. m
J. Malever, open 4:3O or 5 p. m.
B. Goldman, open 4:30 or p. m
Pawn Shop, open 4:3O or p. m.
Knight & Lang, afternoon.
The Book Shop, open 4:30 or
p. m.
M. A. Bostick, afternoon.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

We did not have the locomotive, the
aeroplane, the submarine, dread.
naught, electric lights, telegraph OF
telephone, wireless or automobile
These are all recent inventions. TWEEN.
ty years ago when the automobile
came out, we did not have electric
lights, top wind shield, demountabIe
rims, electric starters, multiple cylin.
der, perfected springs and a hundred
and one other inventions which make
it what it is today. 1t was nothing
more than four wheels and a single
cylinder engine, and box for a body.
Compare, if you will, the highly per-
fected automobile of today. Those q
the better class adopt necessities, but
only after the public demands it. The
public has shown that it's wants the
oxygenerator on its cars, and it is only
by public demand that it will be fur
nished by the manufacturers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
A. G.. T.. SCHEDULE

Trains of the Atlantic Coast Line
will arrive and depart in Ocala at the
following times:
No. 81, Jacksonville to st. Peters
burg, 2:18-2:25 a. m.
No. SO, st. Petersburg to Jackson
vile, 2:25 a. m.
No. 10, Leesburg to Jacksonville,
$40 a. m.
No. Isl, Ocala to Wilcox, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, 6:10 a. m.
No. 35, Ocala to Lakeland Sunny
JIM, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, $40 a. m.
No. 141, Wilcox, Gainesville and
Palatka to Ocala, 11:15 a. m.
No. 40, st. Petersburg to Jackson
vile, 12:54-1:14 p. m.
No. 48, Homosassa to Ocala, 1:05
p. m.
No. 40, Ocala to Homosassa, 2:25
p. m.
No. 80, Jacksonville to ST. Peters
burg, 2:36-2:40 p. m.
No. 140, Ocala to Palatka, Gaines
vile and Wilcox, 4:10 p. m.
No. 9, Jacksonville to Leesburg,
9:05 p. m.
No. $50, Wilcox to Oca1a, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, 5:45 p. IN.
No. 80, Lakeland to Ocala (Sunny.
Jim), Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, $3.50 p. m.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
CITY OFFICIALS

Mayor. D. Robertson.
City Clerk and Assessor-H C
Sistrunk.
Tax Collector and Treasurer-W
w. Clyatt.
City Attorney-F. R. Hooker.
City Physician-Dr. Fl. F. Watt.
City Marshal-R. L. Carter.
Chief Fire Departmental. S
Chambers.
Superintendent Street Depart
ment-Robert Marsh.
Sanitary Inspector-G. w. Cleve-
land.
Superintendent Light and Water
Department.. G.. Caldwell.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

Having found that France and
Britain cannot be crushed, Germany
is now trying to build central en-
pire thru Europe. With Poland and
Russia's Baltic provinces in the hands
of the Germans, Serbia and Montene-
gro in possession of the Austrians,
and the southwestern corner of Rou-
mania about to share the same fate,
Bulgaria and Turkey in actual and
Sweden in prospective alliance, the
Teutons have plenty of reason to be-
lieve they can make an immensely
powerful military alliance from the
Arctic to the Indian Ocean.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

Germany seems to be trying to nag
Norway into war If Norway entered
the conflict on the side of the Allies,
Sweden would almost certainly join
Germany. Sweden is a much more
powerful country than Norway, and
with the aid of Germany could prob
ably soon crush the latter country. A
Swedish army entering Finland naight
also be able to wrest that province
from Russia, and this would lengthen
the barrier that has already been
built between the car and his allies.
There is no telling however what may
happen in war The Norwegians are
sturdy fighters, and instead of crush
ing, Sweden might be crushed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
HIRAM MAXIM

Sir HIRAM Stevens Maxim, Ameri-
can-born, who died in London Friday,
was one of the most famous inventors,
civil, mechanical and electrical engi-
neers of Great Britain. He was most
widely know as the inventor of the
Maxim machine gun, which makes the
recoil Of the weapon serve as the
power of reloading, and which is the
weapon largely used in the European
war today.
He was born in Sangerville, Me-,
February 5, 1910, the son of Isaac
Weston and Harriet NJ. Maxim, and
received only a common school educa-
ton, but he acquired scientific know
ledge by reading and attending lee
lures. He went to England in 1881,
ard had resided there ever since. He
was knighted by Queen Victoria in
1901.
His son, Hiram Percy Maxim, is
we'll known inventor in the United
States, known particularly as the in
ventor of the Maxim silencer.
In addition to his gun and aero
plane he patented many electrical in
ventions, including incandesent lamps,
self-regulating current machines, sew
erals pieces of ordinance and smoke
less powder.
He was chevalier of the Legion of
Honor, member of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, the Royal
Society of Arts, the British Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science
and numerous other scientific bodies.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

The expected almost happened at
the Broadway crossing of the Sea-
board yesterday afternoon. An auto
driven by young lady, and with an
other girl in it, missed the Sea
board limited by only few feet. PEG,
pie who saw the occurrence said they
could hardly see daylight between the
car and the locomotive. If the engine
had struck the auto and one or both
of the young ladies had been mangled
out of all semblance to humanity,
whose fault would it have been? Not
that of the engineer, whose job de-
ponds on his making good time, but of
the city council of Ocala, which has
the power to safeguard the people
against such danger and will not use
it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

Everything indicates that Germany
will attempt a submarine blockade of
American ports. Such blockade
would do the Allies an immense
amount of harm, and, if successful,
might bring them to terms. 1t would
also do the American people an i'm
mense amount of harm. 1t would make
them direct sufferers of a war that
they are by no means responsible for.
1t will then be seen whether we shall
meekly suffer like China, or do as
Americans should do-announce that
this is our side of the Atlantic and
hostile nations of Europe must do
their fighting on their own side.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

1t was authoritatively announced
this morning that new steamship
line would be inaugurated from Tam
pa to Havana, Cuba, on December g.
and that enough tonnage to make the
line paying proposition from the
start had already been assured. The
vessels on the new line will carry pas
sengers as well as freight, and two OF
them will be delivered to the company
on December 5, coming through the
Welland canal from the Great Lakes
wher they have been in service prior
to their purchase by the new company
Jacksonville Metropolis.
These boats will be put on by the
Florida Soft Phosphate & Lime COM
pany, manufacturers of "Phos-Lime, y
with headquarters in Ocala. The COM
pany will use the boats to carry its
products from Port Tampa to Cuba
and will carry other freight in addi-
ton. "Phos-Lime" is a much bigger
enterprise than many people have any
idea of.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

An American correspondent who re-
Gently visited Belgium and that part
Of France in control of the Germans
makes some interesting observations
He says that while the German rule
over those territories is severe, it is
just; that care is taken that the peo-
pie do not suffer, except by their own
fault, and they are given every en-
enlargement to help themselves. He
says that while the Belgians are much
more amiable toward the Germans
than the French are, that the Ger
mans have a great deal more SYM
pathy and respect for the French than
they have for the Belgians.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
CORN THE STAPLE
OF MARION COUNTY

We reprint the following excellent
article from the St. Petersburg indie
pendent, and request the reader to re-
member that Marion is a contrasting
county:
Americans scarcely know the viz
tues of corn. 1t is time for them to
awaken.
The Indian gave to the world three
things tobacco and corn.
The magnitude of corn is instanced
best perhaps by the statement that its
yield is greater than that Of all other
cereals combined.
It is purely American and is one
of the greatest foods, and yet Ameri-
cans have only slight appreciation
of its virtue as a food
Corn is cheap, comparatively.
Wheat is high, very high. We have
much corn. We have little wheat. We
have raised three thousand million
bushels of corn in one crop. The
greatest crop of wheat we ever pro-
duced was one thousand million BUSH
els. Of the crop Of this year our yield
Of corn is four and half times that
of wheat.
DR.. Barnard tells US cornmeal at 3
cents pound is equal in value to two
leaves of wheat bread. Based on food
value, corn is the cheapest foodstuff
obtainable today. The South knows
corn. To the North and West it is
little known comparatively. Again DR..
Barnard tells US cents worth of
cornmeal contains as much nutriment
as 81 cents worth of eggs at so
cents a dozen, or Sc cents worth of
round steak for which we pay 80
cents pound.
The high cost of living touches
every pocketbook. If you would light
en- the strain on your purse study the
virtues of corn.
Today the American housewife uses
10 pounds of wheat -four to one pound
of cornmeal-corn of which we have
an ample quantity and wheat of
which there is a scarcity that ap-
proaches famine. Cornmeal at cents
pound is equal in food value to six
pounds of potatoes, for which the
housekeeper today pays 20 cents. 1t
is equal to a pound of cheese, for
which we pay % cents, 80 cents or
more. It is equal to six pounds of
bananas, II pounds of oranges, IA
pounds of cabbage.
The corn that we cook into corn
cakes, that we eat as hominy and
mush, costs only one-tenth as much as
some of our breakfast foods. Corn
meal and hominy contain twice as
much fat as any other cereal except
oats, and the world knows the worth
) of oatmeal.
Think of corn, study corn, talk of
corn. The result will be to your ben
eft and to the benefit of America.
To increase the use of corn is a
work of economy and of national
good. Today, of all times, this is
true, for which little export trade we
had in corn, which went out princi-
pally in the form of lard, has been
curtailed to the point of disappear
ance.
Eat cornbread. Get to know the
cornbread of the South. Have a real
Southerner serve cornbread to you
once and the wheaton loaf no longer
will have it's present appeal.
Know the corn pone, if opportunity
offers. Know hominy. Know the grain
of all grains, corn.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

1t has come to light that the great
Russian army defeated by Hindenbure
at Tannenburg in the beginning of the
war was nothing more than an ill.
prepared mob, thousands of them
armed only with pitchforks. They
were thrust forward in Prussiar
Poland to relieve the strain on France
and Belgium, and to their heroic sac
rifice was partly due the victory at
the Marine that changed the course OF
the war.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
THE UNIFORM

We're not ashamed of the uniform,
And If you are friend
You will never say against it
Any word that will offend.
It has covered honored bodies,
And by heroes has been worn
Since the days of the republic,
When the Stars and Stripes were
born.
Uniforms have many patterns:
Some are khaki, some are blue;
And the men who choose to wear them
Are of many patterns, too.
Some are sons of wealthy parents,
Some are college graduates,
Some have many manly virtues,
Some are simply reprobates.
We have many skilled mechanics,
Men of brains and letters who
Loyalty have served their country,
And they are a credit, too.
No, indeed, they are not all angels;
Blackguards Yes, we've some OF
those,
But when they came into the service,
They all wore civilian clothes.
Men of all kinds, when they're drink
ing,
Misbehave, act rough, and swear;
Drunken soldiers or civilians
Are disgusting everywhere.
Grant, us then your forbearance.
Well appreciate it more
Than a lot of noise and cheering
When we're leaving for a war.
We have sat with you in public,
And have smelled your whisky
breath,
Heard remarks insane and silly,
Nearly boring us to death.
Though we offered no objections
When in theaters we have met;
Still you think you should exclude US
When attended by your set.
If you meet US out in public,
On the streets, or anywhere,
We don't merit sneering glances,
Nor a patronizing stare.
For we have an honored calling
AS our garments plainly show;
You may be thief or parson-
How on earth are we to know?
| don't care what your profession,
Occupation, what you do;
When you're looking at soldier
And he's looking back at you,
Who is there to judge between US,
AS we stand there man to man?
Only one: The Great Almighty;
Name another if you can.
Drop your proud and naughty bearing
And your egotistic pride;
Get acquainted with the soldier
And the heart and soul inside.
Test and try to analyze him,
Criticize him through and through,
And you'll very likely find him
Just as good a man as you.
Private Jul. A. Wischer,
Company /, End Infantry.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

our town and surrounding county. The
canal, if cut, will probably help the
city immensely. At the same time we
must remember that Silver Springs
is our pearl of great price-a jewel
that we hold in keeping for Florida
and all America-and no commercial
could justify us in doing
anything that would ruin or even dim
its beauty.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

1t is by no means certain that the
Teutons and Bulgars will overrun Ru-
mania. That nation is quite a good
sized country, as European countries
go, and it is likely that Russia will be
able to spare the Rumanians enough
troops to check the Teutonic advance
before it can reach the Black Sea. But
it is probable that Southwestern Wal
lachia will be entirely conquered and
Bucharest taken. This would enable
the Austro-Germans and Bulgars to
straighten the long loop they had to
form around the Wallachian frontier
which will be very considerable mil
itary advantage in itself.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
BANKS WILL OBSERVE
THANKSGIVING DAY

Thursday, Nov. Both, being a legal
holiday Thanksgiving Day. in the
state of Florida, the undersigned
banks of this city will be closed for
business on that day.
The Commercial Bank.
The Ocala National Bank.
The Munroe & Chambliss Ma.
tional Bank. 11-2S-2t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

The Rumanians have removed their
archives from Bucharest to Jassey,
which is in the northeastern part of
the kingdom. Meantime that portion
which juts out between Bulgaria and
Austria is rapidly becoming Teuton
territory, to be held till the Allies
come back, or maybe until the next
great war.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

1t is very seldom that man
amounts to anything unless he has the
help of some good woman. That help,
however, doesn't always have to be
the constant association of marriage.
Some lonely men live, work, suffer
and remain strong because enshrined
in their souls they carry lovely images
that the world knows not of.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

After an experiment with dieting,
the Chicago health board is obliged to
admit that it can't properly feed any
healthy person on less than 40 cents
a day.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

An advertiser phones us to "kill''
his little unclassified advertisement,
as he can not fill all the orders he has
booked from it. He says in a few
weeks when he is able to catch up
with orders he will re-insert the adj
vertisement. Our unclassified column
soon changes doubling Thomas to a
real advertising booster.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28
Unfair.

Sometimes 1 think Henrietta is a
little unreasonable" said Mr.. Meekton.
Henrietta wears her skirts as short
as she likes and never say a word"
But you silently disapprove?"
mo. All I object to is her calling
me down this morning because my
new summer trousers are too lofty
around the ankles"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

Wonder if Miss Jeanette Rankin
will vote for the Ocklawaha project!
-Leesburg Commercial
'Fraid not Frank Clark says he
thinks woman's place is the home,
which is about what all other men
think, though few of them are brave
enough to say so.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

Congressman Clark and govern
ment engineer will be at the court
house tonight, to talk with the people
about the proposed Silver Springs to
Ocala canal. We hope our leading
citizens will be present to confer with
the congressman and the engineer re-
garding this subject so important to
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-28

The Star has received an invitation
to the Duval county Fair, in Jackson
vile, Dec. to 9. We judge by the
accompanying literature that it will
be great occasion, and all our peo-
pie who want to have a pleasant and
instructive time in joyful Jacksonville
had better attend it.