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Evening star., 1918-02-18
Declined With Agony"
From London Answers.


British editors do not. as a rule. waste
words in rejecting would-be contribu--
tors masterpieces. But in China it n
even more delightful to have rejection
than to receive an acceptance. If the
story, article or poem is accepted. httls
or nothing is said: but if the MS. is re-
iected, the editor will write a letter with
the rejected screed something like this:
We have read thy manuscript with tn-
finite delight BY the sacred ashes Of our
ancestors, We swear that never before
have we reveled in SO enthralling mas
terpiece. If we printed it we should
henceforth be obliged to take it as q.
model. as standard of quality and
achievement. and henceforth never print
anything inferior to it, As it would be
impossible to find its equal in 10000 years,
and we have to go to press with our poor.
uninspired paper once a day, we are COM,
pelled. though shaken with sorrow and
blinded with tears at the necessity, to re-
turn thy divine manuscript, and for doing
SO we ask thee thousand pardcns.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Ranker to Matron.
From London Tit-Bits

From London Tit-Bits.
The unique distinction OF having
served for two years with the French
army without having been once off
duty for leave or through illness be-
longs to Nine. Gerard-Mangin, who
was recently appointed matron-in-
charge of the Edith CaveL Hospital at
Versailles 1t was owing to.a mistake
on the part OF the French military au-
thorities that this daughter OF France
first became connected with the army
Of our gallant ally. Under the i'm
preston that she was a man, they
sent her, in August. 1914, orders to
join the goth Infantry Regiment, and
it was not until she had reported to
her regiment and was examined by a
medical officer that her sex was dis
covered. She was. however. biIleted,
and received the pay of halfpenny a
day, with tobacco allowance
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Mate and Coffee.
From the London Chronicle.


From a great number OF letters thne
have reached US relative to our remarks
on mate as a substitute for tea, the fol-:
lowing is selected: Il have just re-
turned from South America, and can
assure you that mate is like beer. Ae
first taste, because you are not used to-
it, you wonder why people make such
a fuss. about it. but when il tastes
more-ish' there is nothing like it. The
present price in Argentine is so to 70
cents a kilo. or Is. to Is. I'd. a pound"
Coffee stalls run by women are q re-.
vival rather than a war eXpedient For
it was a woman who nearly a century
ago started the first coffee stall outside
the London docks to supply workingmen
with early breakfasts And for many:
years women had a monopoly in thfs.
kind of catering until the early morning
stall developed into an all-night insttta-
ton, which required a man to look after
it
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Post Mortems Make Golf "
More Popular Than Tennis

A real argument as to the
reason why tennis never gets q
grip on ones affections In the
same manner as golf is con-.
tained I'm the fact that there are
NO post mortems in tennis. In
golf the game does not end with
sinking ones putt on the home
green. 1t really In only half over
mt that point. In the hours that
follow that and other rounds
are played over and oyer again,
and there In just as mach fun.
just as much pleasure In the post
mOrtem as there Is in the physical
play Of the match. cne can ioox
back and recall every shot and
figure ont how he lost; that's
the post mortem I'm golf. In
tennis, a player has either won or
lost When a man fs beaten he
never is heard to say 1t yva. won
by luck or q fluke.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
D|S0BED|ENCE Of men
THWARTS STEEANSSON
Explorer, Marooned on Melville Is
land, in 1916, Unable to Navi-
gate Northeast Passage.

SEATTLE, Wash, February 1s.-Capt.
Alexander Allan, an arctic trader, has
arrived from the north with word that
yilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer.
now in the arctic, failed to realize his
hope Of navigating the northeast pas
sage to the Atlantic because two men,
bers of his party disobeyed orders and
left their chief marooned on Melville
Island in 1916 without ship. The two.
Capt. Gonzales and Mate Seymour of
the schooner Mary Sachs, one OF
Stefansson's feet. were instructed in
1914 to take the Sachs in 1916 to
Stefansson's base on Melville Island.
Beach Vessel at Banks Land.
Instead, Capt Allan asserted, they
beached her at Banks Land, about 500
Stefansson found he was marooned he
abandoned his plane to go east and
made the trip to Banks Land onSfoot
over the ice. From Melville Island to
the Atlantic navigation is compare
lively easy. Capt Allan said.
Capt. Joe Barnard, another arctic
trader. who commanded the Teddy
now endeavoring to negotiate the
northeast passage aboard her, Capt
Allan asserted.
Stefansson and the members Of his
Canadian arctic expedition are winter
ing at Barter Island, off the Alaskan
arctic coast, Capt. Allan said. The ex-
plorer expects to make 100 miles north
over the ice next summer and return to
civilization in the fall by way of Nome,
Alaska
Evening star., 1918-02-18

Gal1audet meet in the contest which
decides the championship. GalIaudet
and Maryland State also play the same
night. No more ideal condition could
than to have the final game Of the
season break a tie and decide the title
winner
Catholic University is to play two
basket ball games this week. Wednes-
day night it meets ST. Johns College of
Annapolis in the boys department. of
the Y. NJ. c. A. and Friday afternoon
plays Lafayette. st. Johns is net as
strong as, in. reeeat seasons. but La
fayette is said to possess one of the
strongest combinations of the year in
collegiate ranks. =.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Here is the record of the teams:

Penn thinks il has almost an even
chance to get through its season with
out defeat. The only game in which
IL regards another team as having an
even chance for a victory is with
Princeton The Tigers are said to be
the hardest quint in the league to de-
feat on a home floor
Prof. c. Edw- Beckett, physical di-
rector of L)fe Y. NJ c. A. and president
pf the District intercollegiate Basket
Bail League. has an idea in regard to
the rule allowing free throws from the
foul line, which is worthy of consider
alton. Here is the way Prof" puts it:
Il think it would be a good idea to
have the man on whom a foul is COM
nltted make the attempt to throw the
goal from the foul line, instead of al
lowing anybody to make the toss I'm
Ter present conditions a lot of fouls are
committed unintentionally, and if one
~. the teams has an excellent basket
bhooter 1t gets a great advantage which
10 my mind does not go with real good
er viii decide a game in which the
ltiler team really has put up the better
brand of play If the man fouled is
forged to make the attempt to shoot
tfra basket the scoring betweeh two
suints would be more equalized There
may be some radical objection to such
plan as this. but if so l have not
thought of it. I'd be glad to hear fur
thar expressions of opinions in regard
:osthe idea"
No college league basket ball games
are scheduled this week. The final
soptests of the schedule take place
March 2, when George Washington and
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Good Boxing Program for Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Md, February 1s.-It
will be boxer against fighter when the
American Athletic Association presents
it's all-star program at the Lyric this
evening. Eddie Wallace, the Brook
Iyn lightweight; Pal Moore. the Mem
phis bantamweight star. and Young
CLANCY, the local bantam, are gradu-
ates of the clever school Of pugilists,
while their respective opponents,
George CLANCY, the knockout king;
Jack Sharkey of New York and Bat
tfing Reddy. also of New York, are OF
the real battler type.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Grand Circuit Events Announced.

KALAMAZOO. Mich. February 1s-
Six early closing events for the grand
circuit harness meeting at Kalamazoo
in July have been announced. The
events comprise the paper mill purse of
$4,000 for EOS trot; 2.13 trot, purse
$4,000: 2-o5 pace. purse, $4,000; 2.0s
stakes events.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Maupome Beats De Orc at Billiards

CHICAGO. H.. February 1s.-A1fredo
de Orc was defeated by Pierre Maui
pome of Cleveland. 43 to SO. in 72 in
nings last night in the American bill
Hard players ambulance fund tourna-
ment. Joseph Catron of Chicago de-
feated Charles NORM Of Chicago, 80 to
43, in 76 innings.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
John L. Got $5s for One Fight.

The late John L Sullivan received Just
s5S for defeating John Donaldson in
1850. Compared with the big coin
copped by present-day scrappers the
old-time boxers must have owed them
selves money after fight.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
A Summer Engagement.

From the Boston Transcript
DO you mean to say that your daugh-
ter hasn't told you she was engaged to
me?"
Eyes. I told her not to bother me
with those affairs unless she intended
to get married"
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Rides !, 200 Miles Behind Dog Team

Capt. Allan, on his trip to Seattle.
made 1.200-mile "mush" behind a dog
team over the snow trails from Her
schel Island in the arctic to Chitina, the
head of the Copper River railroad. He
carried dispatches to the Canadian gov
ernment at Ottawa from Stefansson and
flied them at Fort Yukon, Alaska, tele-
graph Office. AS they were signed by
Stefansson the Canadian government
announced recently the explorer was
on his way outside and had reached
Yukon
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Local Pitchers Have Famed
!; Speaker 13 Times in 3 Years

In the last three year. iris
Speaker Of the Cleveland Indi-
ans has struck out only forty
eight times, this being the list
of the men who have had the
honor Of breezinE him:
Boston-No. Boston pitcher has
rs yet famed Speaker.
Chicago-WiIiInms 4; Scott, I;
Russell. L; Faber, 1; Cicotte, 1.
Total s.
CIeye4.nd. Morton. L; Walker.
/. Total. ..
i Detroit-Ehmke, =; Erickson.
u. Total. 3.
e Newt York-Caldwell. 8, Nc
Hale. 7, Heating, 1; Tipple, 1;
Fisher, 4; Russell, I. Total. 10.
81 PhiladeIphia-Bush 2, Majors,
3; shawkey. I, Kaowlson. 1.
Total. @.
IL st. Louis-lVeilman, 2, Sisler,
ID; GsUOm, I, Soth0roa, 1, Molly.
theaux, I. Total. q.
= Vashisgtsn-Jehns B, Cal
49, 8, shaw. M .HasDes. o.
HDanl1nGs I. Tetnh u
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Tidy Sum for Red Cross.

So far more than $4,000 has been
received by the United States Golf AS
sociation from clubs that held Red Cross
tournaments on July last. AS there
are several hundred clubs yet to report,
it is expected the grand total Will reach
100000.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Tigers Sign Up Lefty" George.

The Detroit Club is attempting to
bolster up it's pitching staff by the
signing of Lefty George, the Column
bus American Association pitcher.
George won nineteen and lost fourteen
games last year.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Harry Wills Knocks Out Sam McVey

PANAMA, FEBRUARY To- Harry
Wills. American negro heavyweight
pugilist. was awarded knockout deci
sion in the fifth round of his bout with
Sam McNey here yesterday. McVey
took the count in this round. claiming
Wills had struck a foul blow, but the
referee declined to allow the claim.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
said the guard. They know the Swfsu
are weak and 80 they bully u.s."

are weak ana 30 tuey Duliy US.
One might go on giving instance aft
er instance in which individual Ger
mans showed the same unpleasant
streak that the government has show
the world. If any one fancies that the
German Of today regrets the Be gian
loot or the atrocities of northern
France that one is mistaken. Neither
the individual nor the German pres
denies or arologizes for these crimes.,
Germany takes the attitude that:
sit served 'em right. Next time they'll
get out of my way"
France and England know the Ser
man inside out now. That is why tho
man in the tramcar and in the restau-
ran. turned to his neighbor and ap-
proved Mr.. Taft's statement that:
I'VE afe lighting the German peopW
as well as the German government.
LAT last" the Englishman and the
Frenchman say. America is watkins
up"
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Matty Wants Reds Vaccinated.

Manager Mathewson has ordered all
members of the Reds to report vac
cinated. Evidently Matty is trying to
prevent the Reds from catching that
tired feeling after starting the season
like world beaters.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
The Fly in the Ointment.
Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Caller-How pleased you must be to
find that your new cook Is a slayer.
Hostess-Ny dear, don't mention IT.!
She's a slayer all right, but unfortu-
nately she's not cook.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Swiss Fear Germans.

I watched the smuggling going on
at the border at Basel" certain man
told me. until I was observed by q
Swiss guard.
"'For Heavens sake, go away he
begged DO you want to get me into
trouble with the Germans? They have
seen you watching them"
"Are you afraid Of the Germans"
"'We are all afraid Of the Germans
Evening star., 1918-02-18

Next year, when the Thanksgiving
dinner of the Yanks Gas exclusively
predicted in the Tripod viii be eaten
in Berlin. the company Is going to set
'em UP to the captain in the choicest
liquid products (fire excluded) of the
fatherland."
The paper was christened the Tripod
because a machine gun uses tripod
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31

The chief of the German admiralty
staff, Admiral Won Holtzendorff, has
explained to the Cologne Gazette, to
the best of his ability, the reason why
German U-boats are not sinking
American transports. The admiral
says that owing to the many points
of debarkation that are at the dis
posal of the Americans from the
north of Scotland to the Mediterran-
can, the irregularity of the coming
of the transports and the strong de-
stroyer guards which accompany
them, it is inexpedient for the u
boats to Turk off these harbors on the
chance of getting a shot at them. The
real object of the U-boats, adds the
admiral, is to reduce enemy cargo
space, for on this depends the ability
of the Allies to continue the war.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31

Talking about the town helping the
country, there are lot of small boys
and girls in the towns in the south
that might go out in the country and
help pick the cotton crop. A couple
of ten or twelve year old boys or
girls can pick more cotton in a day
than grown man. They are just the
right size to pick cotton without un-
duly fatiguing themselves. We speak
from experience, because we picked
many long row of the fieecy when
we were kid If the enterprise
was properly organized and carried
out, thousands of town boys and girls
in the south could go out in the
country, pick lots of cotton, make
some money and have good deal of
fun beside-for it's good for for two
or more youngsters to compete in
picking cotton, and also increases
their pay.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31
PEDRO

Pedro, July 3O.-Rev. Martin
preached here Sunday, afternoon and
night.
Miss Hattie Proctor and mother
were shoppin gin Symmetrical last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Will Akin and children of
Jacksonville spent last week here,
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Perry
Mrs. A. D. Proctor, Mrs. Rodney
Stuart and babies and Mrs. Alfred
Proctor were guests of Mrs. Will
Perry of Oxford last Monday.
Mrs. T. C. Connell and little sons
returned home Sunday after a week s
stay at Anthony, the guests of rela-
tives.
Robert Shaw and family went fish
ing at Lake Weir Wednesday and
spent the latter part of the week
there.
Mr.. ]. D. Proctor visited Jackson
vile last week, combining business
with pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Lanier visited
Long Hammock Saturday night and
Sunday. They were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Caruthers.
A small crowd attended surprise
party at Mr. and Mrs. j. M. Lanier's
home Saturday night.
Mr.. Marion Crimson of Eureka was
in our burg again Sunday visiting
friends.
Macon Rutland went through here
Sunday afternoon en- route to Shady
Mrs. M. M. Proctor and daughters
visited Charter Oak last Friday, the
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. AISLE
Redding.
Miss Edna Lanier spent Saturday
night with Miss Hazel Lanier.
Mr.. Cecil Nichols of Long Ham
mock was visitor in our community
Sunday.
Mr.. Clarence Lawton of Summer
field made a business call here Mon
day.
Robert Brinson and the Misse.
HARRISON of Oxford passed thr,
our neighborhood Sunday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Lanier were
visitors to Summerfeld Monday
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31
BALLAD OF THE PROFITEERS

Short shrift for the common rogue,
perdie,
And the voltage swift or the gallows.
tree
For the simple fools
That break the rules
La the common way with the common
tools:
Burglars jimmy, or bullet or knife;
Thirty years, or a life for life.
Not for them are the laws delays.
Not for them the long-drawn ap-
peal
Too crudely did they kill and steal,
And took such antiquated ways.
Why had they not large office suites,
Like fashionable thugs and cheats?
Wringing from war and widows tears
Immunity as-profteers!
Brave musketeers
Are the profteers,
With their boarded wheat
And their rotten bread,
And their sinking meat
To the soldiers fed;
And no aeroplanes,-
And the money sped:
And nothing to fear but some distant
date
When Congress may investigate.
Yet, if truth were told. the foulest
Hun
That pollutes the all-enduring sun
Is not so vile as this carrion thing
That gorges on human suffering
And rubs his hands. as the nations
bleed,
| Cold to all other dreams but-greed
While your honest knave has no shred
of hope,
But he needs must swing on yon
hempen rope;
| There's something wrong, something
mighty queer
That we have no rope for the prof
teer.
| Richard LIE Gallienne, in Life.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31

The Star has received the follow
ing dainty note:
Tallahassee, July %, 1918.
Editor Star: thank you most sin
cerely for the copy of your last edi-
ton of the Evening Star. and also
the sentiment expressed in your edi-
torial. Cordially,
Ruth Cats.
Now, then, if equal suffrage obtains
in Florida, the Star is going to vote
for Miss Ruth, no matter what ticket
she runs on.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31
BELLEvIEW

Belleview, July 30.-Mr. J. o.
HightoWer went over to his Lake
George hog ranch last Wednesday
after another load of hogs. Twelve
porkers filled his big truck.
Miss Cliffie Goode of Gainesville i.
visiting with Miss Minnie Tremere.
Rex Nichols left Monday night
for Savannah. Ga, by order of the
rehabilitation department of the
army board. This department has to
do with men who cannot qualify for
oversee duty by finding some place
in the big machine where they will
fit in and be useful.
While homeward bound from Silve,
Springs Sunday noon, as Miss Min
ME Tremere with her friend, Miss
Clifie Goode, neared the turn from
the Silver Springs road into Okla.
waha avenue, she saw a Ford ca,
coming at rapid rate, apparently
beyond control. Pulling out to the
right side of the road and stopping TIC
give the car plenty of room, it came
on and crashed into the car driven by
Miss Tremere, bending the RICH,
axle, smashing the radiator lamr
and other FILINGS in a frightful man.
ner. Through sheer good fortune nc
one was injured. The party causing
the damage expressed regret and
after giving his name and number
stated that he was in the wrong and
would do what was right in the mat.
ter.
Miss Ellie Tremere writes that she
will be home about Aug. to spend
her vacation.
(Tremere, you did not use that
good black pencil we give you. The
lead in your pencil seems to be mud
| dy blond.)
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31
THE WEEKLY STAR AND
WEEK NEW YORK
WORLD ONE YEAR SIPS

The value and need of newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. We have
been forced to enter the great world
war, and large army of ours is al
ready in France. You will want to
have all the news from our troops or
European battlefelds.
No other combination of newspap.
ers at so small price will furnish
such prompt and accurate news OF
these Notwithstanding events. 1t is not
necessary to say more.
We offer the Weekly Star and the
Thriee-a-Week New York World to-
gether for one year for S2.25. DOM
ask for credit on this proposition. AID.
dress Ocala Weekly Star. Ocala, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31

We guess Ernest Kreher, born in
Germany, but now president of the
Tampa Shipbuilding and Engineering
Company, and who was accused of
disloyalty few months ago, has
made good with his fellow-citizens A
fine ship, the Everglades, was launch
ed at the yards of his company Tues
day, and we see nothing but praise
for it in the Tampa papers. A Ger
man who has been here number OF
years and has all his interests in this
country, would be a most absurd fool
to want American to lose the war,
and it is more than likely that most
of them know it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31
NOTICE
of Application for Leave to Sell Minor,
Land


Land
Notice is hereby given that on the
Bird day of August, A. ID. 1918,
/ will apply 70 Honorable w. z. Smith,
county Judge in and for Marion county,
state of Florida, at his office in Ocala,
in said county, for an order authoriz-
ing me, as guardian of the minor heirs
Of the estate OF Gilman Williams. de-
ceased, to sell at private sale the fol-
lowing property belonging to said
estate, to-Wit:
Beginning at a point at the center
Of the line dividing the Alvarez Grant
east and west, thence east sfxty-six
and eight hundreths chains (66.0s),
thence north twenty-five and thirty
three hundreth (25.33) chains, thence
west ifty-five and twenty-eight hun
dreth f55.2s) chains, thence south If
teen and twenty-five hundreths t15.z5)
chains, thence west ten and eighty
hnndredth )10S0) chains, thence south
ten (10) chains to the point Of begin
ming and containing one hundred and
fifty and six hundreths t150.06) acres,
more or less Said described land lying
and being in township fifteen G5)
south, range twenty-five l22) east, In
the county of Marion and state OF
Florida.
said lands belonging to the estate of
the said Gilman Williams, deceased, to
be sold for the best interest OF said
minor heirs
This Sd day Of July, 1918.
MINERVA HYAAN WILLIAMS,
7-3-wed Guardian.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31

Newspaper headline writer's are
having the time of their lives
Times Union.
Some of them are making large
gray mules of themselves, too. One
of them Sunday headed his review OF
the war with German Hordes in
AFFECT Retreat" when the article it.
self and the dispatches for the day
showed that the Germans were max
ing most stubborn fight. That sort
of camoufage damages our cause.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31

A preacher over at Lauderdale
preached an hour and a half "to con-
vert an editor" If it was George
Mathews, the only editor we know
over there who needs conversion, the
Rev. might as well bring his lunch
and knitting with him, because he has
a regular iob.--Lakeland Telegram.
We can't understand why any SEN
sible preacher wants to convert an
editor. If they should fill Heaven up
with editors. the preachers would
have to move