The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-08-16

porarily, bliss reigns supreme IN your
hearts palace of live, but there will
come a time, young man, an end that
will create mournful memories, heart
aches, remorse Of conscience and a
burning desire 70 blot out the past.
Remember, the influence of a good
woman is the greatest force for good
in the world. Her visions are straight
and undehling.
Now, says an exchange, that the
government is going TO sell fOOdstuffs
| hy mail, we may expect this: "No
eggs for breakfast this morning, dear,
the postman is late"
What you pay the cook in ffty-cent
dollars these days isn't a marker on
the cost of food that he or she con-
Sumes and carries away.
He who trips the light fantastic toe
with the Terpsichorean maid must
contribute coin to the man who ex-
tracts music from the violin strings,
CT in other words. that pleasure must
| be paid for with the coin of the realm.
The Ohio State Journal states that
cuckle burr oil is the latest transfus-
ion of their chemists. Well, if any
thing good can be obtained from those
| iripish freaks Of nature which almost
from the beginning of time have riled
humanity, we are glad of it. They
say the oil is clear, tinged yellowish,
has a pleasant odor and an agreeable
rutty taste and it is likely to become
Popular as a food as well as for paints
aid varnishes. However, full tests
along these lines have not been COM
pleted. Don't all speak at once, but
how many cuckle burr oil millionaires
will Marion county have within five
years or less?
Bread is said to be selling in Rus
STA at one hundred rubles. Oh, well,
who should worry; rubles are not
worth much, either.
If Burleson is a subscriber to the
New York World. we guess he is leav-
ing his out on his front porch these
mornings.
Why not luxury tax on tight
shoes?
And there's no luxury tax on whis.
Ecrs. If there was, we know one per-
son who would be leading man in
poverty row.
A man with nothing but a nickel in
his pocket, is almost as bad off as tho
he hadn't anything, and owed some
body else a nickle. The only thing a
fellow can do with nickle these days
is to buy a bag of peanuts and go
home, and if he has to walk very far
he won't have any of them by the
time he gets there.
The clevereSt gardener in the world
cannot grow an oak tree out of a rose
bush. But the stupidest pipe smoker
can make the lash" grow inside the
l"briar."
! Love isn't what keeps a married
couple together for twenty or thirty
years. 1t is mostly common sense.
The man with the "foot rail limp
Is not conspicuous in the church pa
rade. Neither has the pretzels beer
made straight instead of bent in the
old fashioned style to avoid reminis-
Cences. But Brandywine, n. Y, has
been changed to Cold Water, N. Y.
: # there's anything in that to help.
A gentleman residing within tine
city limits, and a Baptist, says he
will have to quit milking his dairy
COW because the milk streams into the
pail and produces 'froth" that is as
foamy as anything Milwaukee ever
produced in her palmiest days. He
just nearly pops. He simply CAM
stand the pressure of such a sight
Do you blame him?
Men and Ford cars are mighty
/ muchly alike. They start out on 6
good road and with good intentions
but before they have made any con.
siderable distance they turn turtle
and there they are.
Uncle Sam seemed to know al
) about running the war. But, bless
your heart, the old -gentleman's ability
is pretty well taxed in looking afte1
the H. C. of L.
Is it possible, do you think, for tn,
bathing suits to become any webbier
OF the ''V" waists any Yer? We dom
/ A certain court has decided that {
: widow needn't pay her debts incurred
2 before she became a widow. There i
4 goes again. Poor hubby is discrimi
2 rated against, even after he is gone.
An automobile man says most O.
= the increased demands for motor car:
are from wage earners. We can al
remember when an automobile wa!
regarded as the symbol of plutocracy.
Henry Van Dyke said: "Be glad Of
life because it gives you the chance tt
love and to work and to play and t.
look up at the stars; be satisfied with
{ your possessions. but not contentec
with yourself until you have made the
best of them"
The three "D's' of the soldier stanC
for "Deloused, Demobilized and De
lighted"