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The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
His Limit.

II understand, Mr.. Rasp," began the
Suave stranger, "that you once voted
for the Hon."
"Yes," admitted old Rupus Rasp. 81
voted for him good many years ago.
Also [ once applied my youthful tongue
to an ice-cold sledge hammer. Like
wise, l once paid tuition to a CORE
spondence school Of growing tall by
mail and thereby becoming irresistible
to the ladies. But it won't do you any
good to produce that flat package which
I observe outlined through your coat
and which l suspect is a simple vol
ume Of Great Flights of Oratory by
American Blatherskites, for while 1
own up to having been a fool in my
time it infuriates me to be called, even
by implication, hopeless durn fool."-
Kansas City Star.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
Evidently Contemplated Visit.

Mrs. Joynson had begun to keep
hens, while Mr.. Joynson cultivated the
back garden. One day there we're
ominous sounds from the cabbage
patch, and Mrs. Joynson exclaimed to
her little boy:
"Quick, sonny! See If the fowls
have got out. I don't know what your
father'll say if they're among his vege-
tables!"
Sonny ran off and came back BEAM
ing.
Eyes, mother they're out!" he cried.
But they're just going in again i;
they are all wiping their feet on the
they are all wiping their feet on the
onion bed -
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
flammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
insuring good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
in the morning. Made and sold in
America for f1fty-two years. A Won
derful prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
ICED eountries.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
Peruna Relieved
My Cough

Mrs. Gertie Ebhardt, 219 East First
St, Kewanee, Illinois, writes:
'I have taken six bottles Of your
Peruna for a cough, and ] am all
we'll. went over to see neigh
Dor ono day and I had a terrible
cough and my eyes were sore. She
gave me half bottle of Peruna last
November, and it did me so much
good that bought a bottle, and then
when ] had finished that ] got an
other, and so on until have taken
almost six bottles and I feel like
new woman. 7 am fifty.nino years
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
Viruln of Fate,

"When I began business" said the
plutocrat wearily, 81 made a solemn
vow that when I had made an even
million I would quit"
"But you've made that many times
over" said the other man, "and still
you are accommodating"
"That's the curse of it. Whenever I
think I've made an even million find
on figuring it up it's either little
more or little less, and I've got to
renew the heartrending struggle"
And the unfortunate man sighed heav-
ily
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
1t Was Mother.

During Bible lesson a teacher was
trying to explain the parable of the
tares.
"Can anyone tell me who is like the
evil one who sowed the tares?'
A hand instantly shot up from a
small boy at the foot Of the class.
swell, John, what person do you
say?"
please, ma'am, my mother"
'Why?" asked the teacher in aston
ishment.
"Well," he answered, eying his
patched trousers, "she sews all my
tears"
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09

Win the War by Preparing the Land
Sowing the Seed and Producing Bigger Crops
Work i'm Joint Effort the Soil of the United States and Canada
LIBERTY
The Food Controllers United asking
food production Scarcely 1 900 bushels of wheat avail
able be the allies before the harvest Upon the
efforts of the United States and Canada the burden Of supply
Every Available Tabe Acre Must ContrIbue Every Available
Farmer and Farm Nand Must Assist
Canada seeded
Short and appeal the United States allies for for seed
ing operation.
canadas Wheat Production Last Year 900 Bushels tho
Demand From Canada Alone for 1918 400 000 600 Bushels
To She the land but
the The Government the United
effectively help do farm work this the land the United
States developed first but also help Canada When
find Candas fields after supplied,
to direct him there.
Apply Employment Service and will tell you you
best the combined interests
Western Canadas help will be required st Wages
help $50 90 month and board and lodging
Those who respond welcome good
good board and find comfortable homes They will
mile from Canadian boundary points destination and
For particulars and places where employment be had
apply IT, S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Department OF LABOR
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
Skin Troubles That Itch

Burn and dis6gure quickly soothed
and healed by hot baths with Cuti-
cura Soap and gentle anointings of Gu
ticura Ointment. For free samples,
address, "Cuticura, Dept. x, Boston" D."
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
%, Ointment Is and 5O.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09

If there is anything in the pot when
a gambling place is raided it may be
applied on the costs and fines of the
owners of the money, Attorney General
McGhee of Ohio rules in effect.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
Talk and Takers.

"After ALL" said Attorney General
Gregory at a dinner in Washington,
''was there ever a great talker who
wasn't a great bore? Look at Cole
ridge.
II said to a man the other day:
""The judge is a splendid talker,
isn't he?
"The finest said the man, I ever
escaped FROM .'"-Case and Comment.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
All, Me!

He-Each hour 1 spend with you is
like a pearl to me.
She-Aw, quit stringing me.-Jester
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09

1t is estimated that 100000 horse
power will be obtained from Scot
lands waterfalls.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09

IF you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
rood grocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09

Nobody ever got anything by nurs-
ing crouch, but the crouch always
gets bigger. Be cheerful!
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09

It's a great pity that some animals
can't talk and some men can.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09

Getting Even With Grump.
''This certainly is a hard winter"
'Huh. Any fool knows that"
"Then I needn't have told you"
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
! Feel as
| Did
Twenty
Ago.

old, and since have taken the Pc
runa, I feel as 1 did twenty years
ago. ] will always keep Peruna in
my house,"
Those who object to liquid medi.
cines can secure Peruna tablets.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
q Enquire for the
y Wilson Never Break Trace ] sApDkERYc !. d: M co.
Guaranteed DENVER
ALWAYS Before Him,

Sloth wears out the body and con-
Sumes the mind.
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MALLORY LIDDON

Mallory Liddon, a well-known trav-
cling salesman, son to Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Liddon, and a young mar
well known and highly esteemed here
died at his home, 800 West Church
street, Jacksonville, last evening aft.
er a brief illness of pneumonia.
Mr.. Liddon passed his boyhood ano
young manhood in this city. He was
an upright and kindhearted young
man, and very popular among his
friends. About seventeen years ago
Miss Nellie Potter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. ]. Potter, became his
wife, and few years later they left
Ocala to make their home in Jack
sonville. They have often been here
since on visits to Mrs. Liddon's sis
ter, Mrs. Fl. A. Waterman, and al.
ways kept in touch with their Ocala
friends.
Beside his wife, Mr.. Liddon leave,
one son, bright boy aged thirteen.
The funeral services will be held al
the home of the deceased in Jackson.
vile tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. II. A
Waterman will go to Jacksonville on
the early morning train to attend the
funeral and comfort her sister in hel
great aff1iction.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
BuaIness Killed by War.

Lost through war are many once
familiar and picturesque London char-
acters. The old apple woman, fea-
ture Of the itinerant street life Of the
city and the West End, Drowned by
exposure to all weathers, has disap-
peared with the little go-cart on which
her stock was arrayed. The times
are cut of joint for her trade. When
apples, with well-polished skins, could
be retailed at a penny each she
flourished; even when, under the stress
Of war prices, they rose to two pence
each there was living for her. To-
day, with apples selling at six pence
each, she has been forced out Of bus
mess. The orange woman has followed
In the wake Of the apple woman. There
is no casual trade for oranges at
from three pence to six pence each.
The chocolate woman has given up.
because chocolate is unpr0curable
while the woman who sold penny
worths Of '1ollipops'' to errand boys
has found her trade killed by the
sugar shOrtage.-London Times.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
Alien Property Custodian
Is Title of New Official
Created Since War BEGAN

ALLEN property custodian" is the t.
tie of a new official created by an act
Of congress Of October 6. 1917. known
as the trading with the enemy act"
1t relates to the handling and dispo-
sition of productive properties in the
country previously owned and oper-
ated by companies or corporations Of
a country now at war with the United
States. In effect, it confiscates such
properties, temporarily, leaving their
final disposition for future settlement.
Section 6 of the act says:
THAT the president is author
lied to appoint, prescribe the duties Of
and fix the salary (not to exceed
5000 per annum) of an official to be
known as the alien property custo-
dian, who shall be empowered to re-
ceive all money and property in the
United States due or belonging to an
enemy, or ally of an enemy, which may
be paid, conveyed, transferred, assign
ed or delivered to said custodian un-
der the provisions of this act, and to
hold, administer and account for the
same under the general direction Of
the president and so provided in this
act"
Every corporation incorporated
within the United States, and every
unincorporated company doing bust
ness here which issues stock certifi-
Gates is required to send the alien
property custodian a list of its officers
or stockholders residing in q country
with which we are at war, together
with the amount of stock owned by
such person. The alien property GUS
todian Is vested with all the powers
of a common law trustee in respect
of all property which shall come into
his possession in pursuance of the pro-
visions of the act, and may manage
such property and do anything in re-
spect thereof necessary to it's control
and operation during the war. its ulti-
mate disposition to be settled after
ward. There is reason to believe that
personal representatives Of the Ger
man government, perhaps even the
kaiser himself, have become stock
holders in certain business concerns
In this country and the "alien property
custodian" has declared his intention
to root them out.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
LABELS HAVE ARRIVED
May be Obtained from Red Cross
Headquarters for Attaching to
Parcels for Shipment to
COldiorS 0vorooae


Soldiers Overseas
Miss Mary Mcdowell, secretary of
the Marion County Chapter, Ameri-
can Red Cross, has received from the
war department a supply of labels to
be used in shipping Christmas parcels
to soldiers with the American Expe-
dictionary Forces in France. These
labels will be furnished by Miss Nc
Dowell to parents or next of kin of
soldiers who have not received labels
direct from their relatices in France
The Red Cross secretary also fur
nished standard size cardboard box
in which to ship the Christmas gifts
that will be delivered to our boys on
Christmas day.
These boxes have to be in the
hands of the Red Cross chapter by
November 3d. Do not mail the box
yourself. When packed, the box un-
sealed and unwrapped, ready for in
spection, should be taken to the Red
Gross. headquarters. Parcel post zone
rates will be charged. The parcels
are to remain in custody of the Red
Cross until delivered to the postal au-
thorities.
Nothing should go in a Christmas
parcel which will not keep fresh from
the time of packing until Christmas.
Hard candy, including chocolate,
would probably be safe in tinfoil or
heavy cardboard, but no sole choco-
late nor anything that could possibly
be crushed should be used. No liquids
nor articles packed in glass should be
placed in the package.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
HookWorm.

This desease is so common In warm
countries that probably today several
hundred millions of people are Its vic
Tins. In some parts of China 30 per
cent Of the population are afflicted by
1t, while among farmers and gardeners
the proportion is sometimes 80 or 80
per cent. Northern Siam has just as
much hoOkworm, while certain parts
Of India, Java, the Malay States, Japan
and Korea are similarly afflicted. It
is widespread in some of our own
Southern states and in Central and
South America. The International
Health board Of the Rockefeller
foundation, working with the United
States government and the govern
ments of fifteen foreign countries, is
accomplishing miraculous results in the
relief and control of this scourge.-
World Outlook.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
THE HOUSE OF SUCCESS.

cess,
And the stairs are long and steep,
And the man who would climb
To the top in his time
Before he dare walk, must creep.
OF carpets there's none in the House Of
Success,
But the floors are hard and bare.
And you're likely to trip
And slide and slip
In the pitfalls here and there.
There are no lounges or easy chairs.
Nor places to rest your spine,
But after you've won
To the roof-there's the sun,
And. ali, but the view of it is fine.
The Optimist.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
"Autochir," Name for a Truck
Train Carrying Special Loads

The word "autochir" has been in
vented by Americans in France to de-
scribe a truck train carrying special
type of load toward the front. The
first syllable of the word Is easy
enough to understand; the second is
from the word "chirurgical," the old
way of spelling surgical. The Red
Cross motortruck trains, which have
been given the name, carry complete
tent hospital of 200 beds. One of the
trucks transports an operating room
and another steriliZing room. The
other trucks, of which there are usual
Iy Is. carry. double tenting, sturdy
framework, floors in sections, window
frames, heating stoves and full equip
ment for diet kitchens.
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your BONDS AND STAMPS"
WILL STILL HELP UNCLE SAM

And at the same time HELP FLOR
IDA'S YOUNGSTERS IN NEED. Ar
rangements have been made by the
Home Society with the Atlantic Ma
tional Bank of Jacksonville, to take
over the Bonds and Stamps at par
so that the Society can secure the
funds, and yet keep the money in the
service of our Government, so your
Bond or Stamps will in this way serve
two great causes, the cause of the
Allies, and the cause of Florida's chill
dren.
OF COURSE REAL MONEY WILL
BE GLADLY ACCEPTED
While the aim of the Home Society
is to raise the $4,000 through Liber-
ty Bonds and War Savings Stamps,
the main thing is to get the money,
therefore, of course the Society would
be delighted to accept contributions
of money--fronl the children's pen
mics up to the la gest possible amount.
SUBSCRIPTIONS CAN BE MADE
PAYABLE MONTHLY
Any person who does not own a
Bond, or who prefers to buy another,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
STRASBURG is FRENCH AGAIN
Especial to the New York Times)

Especial to the New York Times)
Strasbourg, Nov. 23.-Strasbourg
is like the climax of a grand sympho-
mic poem of deliverance. 1t is full of
sort of quiet madness of pleasure.
/ A long torchlight procession, includ-
| ing half dozen French army bands,
has just passed below my window. All
the central streets of the fine city are
packed under hanging flags and fes-
ICONS, with just such crowds as the
almistice brought out into the streets
of London.
Prominent among them are large
numbers of soldiers of Gen. Gouraud's
army and hundreds of girls dressed in
! immense bows and many-colored
gowns of the old Alsatian gala CO.'S
tune. Soldiers and girls link arms
and make little professions of their
own, while lads leap upon the foot
boards of the motor cars of officers,
and their elders gaze smilingly upon
the throng from windows of cafes
and restaurants.
The cry "Vive la France!" rises
continually, irrepressibly. There is
no disorder. Weary looking men in
the gray coats of the German army,
who, perhaps, are Alsatians return
ing home, pass through the jolly
crowds. We have met others during
the day along the country roadsides.
They are not welcomed in this garb,
but neither are they molested.
no. ~ of fhn lot
lif it does not fully enter into the
general rejoicing, seems well pleased,
or at least offers no dissent.
Food has suddenly and mysterious.
ly become cheaper and more plentiful.
In parts of the provinces where there
had been particular suffering, the
French army has brought in relief
supplies. But this could not touch the
situation in the large city. Probably
sidden stores of food have been re-
leased, partly under the happy feel
ings of the moment, partly because
the free introduction and exchange of
goods is expected under the new
regime. 1t is clear that Alsace and
Lorraine have not suffered so severe
ly as other parts of the German en-
pire, in that or in some other ways.
There are good military reasons
why, since the first autumn of the
war, the battlefront south of Verdun
changed very little. There was also
this moral reason, that neither side,
without clear prospect of success,
wished to ALLEVIATE the Alsatians and
Lorrainers by destroying their vii
lagos and towns.
The result is curious. One passes
from belt of devastated territory in
France into country that shows
scarcely any marks of warfare. Be-
tween Nancy and Metz, one crosses a
double line of gunpits. trenches and
wire fields, and comes out into smil-
ing fields and hamlets half deserted
but practically uninjured. East OF
Metz, except for the site of dis
nlantled aviation camp, l saw no evi.
dence whatever Of the passage Of
great armies.
The men forced to fight in cause
most of them detested are still away
They will soon be home. Alsace anC
Lorraine have good reason to rejoice
If there is any word of gratitude they
have not yet spent, it will be for Mar
shall Petain on his entry on Monday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
SUMMER SMILES
siIencing 4 Bore.

Siencing 4 Bore.
He was boring the fair young thing
to tears.
'It costs great deal more than one
would think to become a broad-minded
and intelligent man Of the world" he
remarked.
The young thing saw her opportu-
nifty and took 1t.
II suppose So" she said, "and /
don't blame you for saving your
money"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

The relatives of Donald Knoblock,
of Martin, who was wounded some
months ago during battle in France,
will be glad to know he has returned
to America. He is in a hospital in
Hoboken, and when he is well will
soon after come home
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Ocala Lodge No. 10. Conventions
held every Monday evening at 7:3C
at the Castle Hall, over the G. C.
Greene Co. drugstore. A cordial well
come to visiting brothers.
H. B. Baxter, C. C.
Chas. K. Sage, K. of r. & S.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

The room on the northwest corner
of the Ocala House block is a regular
firetrap. 1t is filled with trash, the
door is unlocked and boys often slip
in there to smoke cigarettes. Since
the man who owns the house won't
look after it, the city should do so, or
perhaps the town will be awakened
some midnight soon by another big
fire.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
HENRY HALL

The Star regrets to hear of the
death of Henry Hall, a young man and
the son of Mr.. j. F. Hall of Spar. He
died early this morning and this aft
ernoon will be laid to rest in the GEM
etery near his home E. C. Jordan &
Co. will have charge of the arrange
ments.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
Paper Drinking Cups rs to pack.
age, ten cents at Gerig's Drugstore.

Mrs. w. r. Freer of Summerfield
yesterday received letter from her
son, Private Jesse Freer, who enlist
ed with Company A and left Ocala
with that company. He is now in
France and serving with Bakery Com
pany 312 in the 31st division.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR

Ocala Chapter No. 20, o. E. S.
meets at Yonge's hall the second ant
fourth Thursday evenings of eacl
month at 7:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Alice Yonce, w. M.
Mrs. Susan Cook. Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
ODD FELLOWS

Tulula Lodge No. %, 1. o. o. F.,
meets every Tuesday evening in the
Odd Fellows hall on the third floor of
the Star Office building at 7:3O o'clock
promptly. A warm welcome always
extended to visiting brothers.
L. II. Pillans, N. G..
M. M. Little, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

Private Chas. N. Nelson is home
from Camp Jackson. He is the first
Marion county soldier, so far as we
know, to receive his discharge. He
left for Camp Jackson Aug. 26, and
was discharged November 26-three
months to a day.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
Where He Got OF.

'That actor is
very pompous. He
says he has ar
rived"
"He has," re-
piled the mana
ger "This is
where he gets
off,"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
HE BELONGS ON THE LIST

The name of Marshall Bowler be-
longs on the list of our young volun-
teers. He was below the draft age
and was at first considered too light
to be admitted to the service. He
volunteered and was rejected three
times, but was finally admitted and
is now doing his duty in the navy
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
r. A. M. CHAPTER NO. 1s

Regular convocations of the Ocala
Chapter No. Is, R. A. M, on the first
Friday in every month at 7:30 p. m.
j. A.. Bowler, n. P.
Jake Brown, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

A letter received yesterday by his
parents from Lieut.. L. H. Chazal an,
nounces that he is now attending offic-
ers' school in France, which means
that he will spend much more time in
that country and probably also means
his promotion.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

FOR SALE-One young eleven hum
dred pound horse, gentle, works any,
where; one smaller iron gray mare,
81 years old. good saddler and works
gentle; 25 head hogs, all sizes, nov
fat; three nice Jersey heifers f
sell any or all of above separately.
Apply F. w. Ditto. Ocala. Fla. 26-6t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

can send the Society check or money
order for one-tenth of the amount of
the Bond, and make the other pay
ments monthly, the Bond to become
the property of the Home Society
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD

Fort King Camp No. IA meets al
K. of P. hall at 7:30 p. m. every sec
ond and fourth Friday. Visiting SOW
ereigns are always welcome.
P. w. Whitesides, C. C.
Chas. K. Sage, Clerk.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

We are now showing pretty line
of IVORY TOILET ARTICLES in
sets or single pieces. Just the thing
for holiday presents. Tydings & Co.,
opposite Harrington Hotel. tt
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

Prompt delivery OF prescriptions Is
the watchword here. Tell your physic-
ian to leave them with us. We allow
no substitution. The Court Pharmacy.
Phone 284. II
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-29

BUY your CUT GLASS early for
holiday presents. We are now show
ing an elegant line. Tydings & Co.,
opposite Harrington Hotel. If