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Volume 15, No. 272.
OCALA, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1010.
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Ten next highest a credit $ 1 00 each,
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One hundred next highest a credit of
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CoDgreaman Broamrd of LonUlua
WIkM to Import Hippopotamus,
to Dentroy Water Hyacinth.
Washington, April 12. The rivers
and harbors appropriation bill, which
in all probability will be reported to
the senate this week, will carry be
tween forty-eight and fifty millions of
dollars and in many ways gives prom
ise of being the most scientifically pre
pared bill which the committees of the
two houses, dealing with the rivers
and harbors of the United States, have
ever reported. In addition to liberal
appropriations for the larger projects,
it will carry some interesting Items
affecting the smaller rivers of the
United States, which are sought to be
Improved for the benefit of the com
munities along their courses, and It
will carry in the neighborhood of $73,-0Qufei-
the destruction of the water
hyacinths which grow luxuriantly in
some of the streams of the south, seri
ously interfering with navigation.
These hyacinths originally came from
Florida. When New Orleans had its
exposition in 1884-5 the water hya
cinth was brought from Florida and
sold as a curiosity to visitors attend
ing ,that exposition. They were plant
ed in the states of Louisiana and Texas
and so rapid was their growth that
instead of being a decorative plant
they have almost become a curse to
the people living along southern wa
ters, particularly in the bayous of the
Pelican state.
Congressman Firoussard of Louisi
ana, whose efforts looking to the de
struction and extermination of the wa
ter hyacinth, has been but a drop in
the bucket, contemplates the introduc
duction of the hippopotamus as one
means to bring about the extermina
tion of the hyacinth, and to that end
has introduced a bill in congress ap
propriating $250,000 to begin the prop
agation of this animal. Recently a
hearing was had on the Eroussard bill
before the committee on agricultural,
at which were present Capt. Fritz De
quesne, formerly of the Boor army, Dr.
Irwin and Major Burnham, a natural
ist who has had a great deal of experi
ence both in Africa, in this country
and in Mexico. This hearing has
aroused the very liveliest interest and
the newspapers of the country are de
voting columns to the discussion of
what gives promise of being of the
first importance in solving the prob
lem, or at least going far toward solv
ing the problem, of our meat supply.
Congressman Broussard, in speaking
of his bill, said: "If the government
fails to appropriate the amount asked
for in my bill I am in a position to say
that the introduction of the hippopota
mous into at . least some of the bayous
of Louisiana will be undertaken by a
commercial company shortly to be or
ganized. Their introduction into the
waters of the south is believed to be
wholly feasible, for the climatic condi
tions of my state are very similar to
those that prevail in Africa, the home
of the hippopotamus.
"African streams and African rivers
are kept entirely clean of water hya
cinth by the hippopotamus and other
animals like the water buffalo. The
pictures of the Roosevelt expedition
show the rivers of Africa clean of
aquatic plants like the water hyacinth
and our streams could be cleaned up
the same way and navigation made
possible where it is now Impossible
for steamers to operate, on account of
the rank growth of this plant which
we have been endeavoring to extermi
nate for many years by spraying.
dredging and cutting. Then again the
introduction of the hippopotamus
would go far toward solving the prob
lem of our meat supply.
"The flesh of the hippopotamus Is
highly esteemed and when salted and
cured is known in the Cape of Good
Hope as "Zee-koe-speck," or Lake
cow bacon. The fatty mass lying be
tween the skin and the flesh or" mus
cle is considered one of the purest ani
mal fats and is in great demand among
the Cape Colonists. These massive ani
mals .were to the English settlers in
Cape Colony what our buffalo was to
the pioneers In the settlement of our
great prairies and like the buffalo
were heedlessly almost exterminated,
exterminated. Then again the African
buffalo, the bush-buck and reed-buck
would also be valuable additions to
the state which I have the honor in
part, to represent. Because these ani
mals have not been introduced is not
a sound reason why they should not
be. Seriously we need every addi
tional species that it is possible to
secure before its extermination takes
place. Of the more than one hundred
species whose flesh is both palatable
and nutritious we can find a place
somewhere in our greut country that
will be adapted to the successful prop
agation of each.
Expert Endorse Cottolcne.
"Marion Harland." Mrs. Janet M.
Hill, and Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer, are
three cookings authorities whose names
are familiar to almost every house
wife. Each has her own distinctive
methods of work, but it is Interesting
to note that on the all-important ques
tion of a cooking fat. they are unan
imous in recommending' COTTOLENE.
"Marion Harland" says of COTTO
LENE: "It has given complete satis
faction. Mrs. Hill says: "Very satis
factory; glad to recommend it." Mrs.
Rorer says: "A much more healthful
product than lard."
With such authority behind it, every
housekeeper will be safe in giving:
COTTOLENE at least a triaL It is a
vegetable oil shortening.' purer and
more wholesome than lard and it is
cheaper, too, one-third less being r
iuired.
AEROPLANE VERSUS AUTO
Man's Two Latest Speed laveatlona
Collide at Memphis With Dls
aatrona Result a
Memphis, Tenn., April 12. Losing
control of a Curtiss bj-plane, which he
was operating1 at a height of seventy
five feet, J. C. Mars plunged downward
with terrific speed into the infield of
the aviation course here late yester
day, alighting on top of a seven-passenger
touring car in which were seat
ed three women and two children. The
canopy top of the touring car saved
the lives of its occupants, only one of
whom was slightly injured. The bi
plane smashed into bits and Mars was
caught under the wreckage, but es
caped with no injuries worse than a
badly bruised and wrenched knee and
a slight cut on his chin.
In the automobile when the aero
plane crashed into it were Mrs. Ed
ward Ritter, Miss Edna Ritter, Louis
Ritter, Mrs. Wilmersmith and child, all
of this city. Mrs. Ritter was the only
one injured, receiving a slight cut on
one shoulder.
Women Scream la Terror
The accident brought to a close
Memphis' first aviation meet in a
thriling manner. Thousands of per
sons followed the aviator in his flight
across the mile course, saw the ma
chine caught in a sudden gust of wind,
spin around like a top to an angle
right of the line of his original course
and then plunge downward. Screams
of terror from frightened women were
heard on all sides when it was seen
that the bi-plane would land squarely
on the automobile.
Its flight was too quick for the oc
cupants of the car to jump and they
huddled on the floor of the tonneau.
The bi-plane struck squarely on the
engine-hood of the automobile and
then crumpled over on the canopy top.
In a few moments scores of specta
tors were dragging the wreckage from
the automobile, first taking out Mars
and then the occupants of the touring
car.
A few minutes after the aider.t
Mars explained it by sayh. that his
airship was swung around in a gust
of wind striking him at right angles
and causing him to descend. He said
he would have landed safely if he had
had a clear field.
FORCED TO LEAVE HOME
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SOUTH AMERICANS
PREPARING TO SCRAP
E. C. TAYLOR,
Sales Manager.
Contest Department,
OCALA, FLORIDA.
PIANO ON EXHIBITION AT OUR WAREROOM.
Tbla Content Will Close Saturday, April 23rd. All anwers must be In the Of
fice by 6 P. 31. of that Day
A. R. HARPER PIANO CO. $10,000 GIVEN AWAY CONTEST
Ocala, Florida .
Name
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Have you a piano? Yes
Have you an organ? Yes
Is your piano square? Yes
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War Seem to be Inevitable Between
Peru and Ecuador
Lima, Peru, April 12. Excitement
here over the stoning of the Peruvian
consulates at Bogota, Colombia, and
Guayaquil, Ecuador, because of the
feeling over the dispute about the
boundary between Peru and Ecuador,
in which Colombia is upholding the
latter country. Is on the increase.
Thousands of young men are offer
ing their services to the government
as volunteers in the army and navy.
Both services are making prepara
tions for an advance by land and sea
on the Ecuadorian frontier.
The recent attacks on the Peruvian
legations and consulates in Colombia
and Ecuador have brought all the po
litical parties in Peru together and
they are now united in defense of the
country.
The Peruvian cruisers detailed for
the service, sailed for the River Guay-
mas, on which Guayquil is situated,
some forty miles from its mouth.
It is rumored that negotiations have
been reopened between Peru and Chili
regarding the disrupted territory of
Tacna and Arica, and that there is a
f.iU BY A L1ADL1AII
Two Mlaaloa Workers Unexpectedly
Called oa to Make Good Their
Claim to Martyrdom
Pittsburg. Pa., April 11. A sermon
on "Martyrdom," in which Frank
Skala. an editor and prominent mission
worker had declared himself willing to
lay down his life for the Christian
cause, was followed yesterday by his
assassination in a highly sensational
manner, and the shooting down also
of a fellow church leader, John Gay.
Arm in arm the two missionaries
were leaving the little Congregational
Church in Woods' Run. a suburb, at
the head of more than a hundred for
eigners. A raggedly dressed and col
larless man poked his way through the
'crowd and when he was but a step
behind the leaders, he pressed a re
volver to Skala's head and fired twice.
Skala fell dead.
Cona;reKatloa Fleea
Gay, who threw up his right hand as
if to ward off the weapon, was struck
first in the thumb and then a second
bullet was buried in his head. He fell
unconscious across the body of his col
league. For a moment for several moments
the assassin stood over his prey in
amazed contemplation of the deed,
flourishing the revolver while the
panic-stricken crowd fled to shelter
behind posts and doorways.
The man was JIan Radowitch. a
character known to most of the mis
sion for his shiftless habits, slovenly
dress and radical opinions. A moment
before he had meekly read from ju
venile leaflets in the Sunday school led
by Skala: previously he had sat in a
back pew of the church during the
regular sermon and at the commence
ment of the services Skala had shaken
his hand in greeting. In all this Rado
witch had given no warning of his
murderous Intent.
Stamp on Victim
There was no policeman in sight
when the murder was done, the church
people were too frightened to grab
the assassin, and after flourishing his
weapon and stamping his foot on the
bodies, he made off down the avenue
to the Fort Wayne Railroad tracks and
disappeared.
A large armed posse of police, de
tectives and church people was soon
in pursuit, but up to a late hour last
night they had found no trace of him.
After the madman's disappearance
the mission crowd reassembled about
its fallen leaders and passionately
mourned their loss Skala's body was
removed to an undertaker's room and
Gay was taken to St. John's Hospital.
His wound Is dangerous, but it Is be
lieved he will recover.
Skala was prominent locally as a
mission worker and as the editor of
the Bohemian Christian Journal which
he and the Rev. James Losa published
at Corapolls He was a Presbyterian,
but had filled the pulpit at the Congre
gational mission house as a substitute
yesterday as he had often done before.
The Rev. Mr. Losa was summoned
to the undertaking rooms soon after
the tragedy and in violent emotion he
delivered a discourse over the body
while a hundred followers wept.
None of the church workers believe
there was any method in Radowitch's
madness. He was a man who had lived
at the Salvation Army barracks and as
a charitable parasite elsewhere, but
was always at variance with the
teachings of his Christian leaders. It
is doubtful if he had ever seen Skala
before today.
It is believed by some of the con
gregation that the sermon Skala
preached, with the emphatic declara
tion that "any moment God would
want my life I am ready to lay my life
down." had stirred the foreigner to
test his Christian fidelity. Skala had
taken for his text, "I am the bread of
life," and had preached upon the old
time martyrs.
THE SOl'XD SLEEP
OF GOOD HEALTH
The restorative power of sound sleep
can not be over estimated and anv ail
ment that prevents it is a menace to possibility that this will be settled.
health. J. L. Pouthers, Eau Claire.
Wis., says: "For a long time I have
been unable to sleep soundly nights
because of pains across my back and j
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi
cians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo. O.. contains no mercury, and Is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. It Is ta
ken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &. Co. Testimo
nials free.
bold by druggists. Price, 75c per
bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for
constipation.
1897
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Choosing Your Bait
When you choose a bank, consider the men who
manage that bank. YOUR bankers should be men of
experience and ludgmeht successful in their private
affairs and interested in the bank and the success of
its customers.
The Munroe & Chambliss Bank
Ocala. Florida
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TIIK ISt'AL RESULT
All the land forces In the republic
are under arms, ready to march upon
receiving the order. Colonel Alvarez
has been put in command of the troops
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soreness of my kidneys My appetite) in ine nonnesi oi i eru. Doraenng
was very poor and my general condi- J on Ecuador.
tion was much run down. I have been j The government has formed a naval
taking Foley s Kidney Pills but a short 1 diversion consisting of three cruisers,
time an! row sln as smin.l as a I Peru's army consists of 40,000 men.
rock. I eat and enjoy my meals, and
my general condition is greatly im
proved. I can honestly recommend Fo
ley's Kidney Pills as I know they have
cured me." Sold by the Court Pharmacy.
OUTBREAK IN ALBANIA
New Turks Having Trouble with
Abdul Harald'H Pets
Constantinople. Turkey, April 12.
Four Turkish cruisers and eight tor
pedo boats steamed for the Adriatic
sea yesterday to assist in supressing
the Albanian revolt. An entire army
corps is also hastening to the scene.
Dispatches say that several thousand
rebels are tearing up the tracks of
the Uskuk MItrizitza Railway, caus
ing the delay in arrival of loyalist re
inforcements. Rebels ambushed
equipped with Mauser rifles, twenty
four machine guns and twenty-four
li?ht field pieces. Her navy consists
of five ships, the newest being two
cruisers four years old, and small
compared with those in the American
navy.
Ecuador's standing army Is small,
but she has a reserve of $0,000 militia
men. She has practically no navy, a
torpedo launch and a transport being
her only sea strength.
Federal Court Decision Againat the
TrufttH Knocked Oat by m
Technicality
Washington, D. C. April 12. On ac
count of the fact that there are only
seven members of the supreme court
now sitting. Chief Justice Fuller an
nounces that the appeal of the Stand
ard Oil Company in the dissolution
suit brought by the United States will
be restored to the docket and the case
will be reheard. It also ordered that
the tobacco cases be placed back on
the docket for a rehearing.
This decision means that there will
be no final determination of the big
anti-trust cases until next falL The
general belief is that the court is ir
reconcilably divided on the merits of
both cases.
REACHING TOE TOP
In any calling in life, demands a vig
orous body and a keen brain. "Without
health there is no success. But Elec
tric Bitters is the greatest Health
Builder the world has ever known. It
compels perfect action of stomach,
an j liver, kidneys, bowels, purifies and en-
entire regiment of government troops , riches the blood, tones and invigorates
near Bessina, killing most of the sol
diers and blinding and maiming the
prisoners. Albania was the province
from which the deposed sultan, Abdul
Hamid, drew his most staunch sup
porters, and is in active rebellion
against the new order of things.
the whole system and enables you to
stand the wear and tear of your daily
work. "After months of suffering
from Kidney Trouble," writes TV. M.
Sherman, of Cushing, Me., "three bot
tles of Electric Bitters made me feel
like a new man." 50c at all drugstores.
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with many victims. But Dr. King's
New Life Pills kill it by prevention.
They gently stimulate stomach, liv
er and bowels, preventing that clog
ging that invites Appendicitis, cur
ing Constipation. Headache. Bilious
ness, Chills. 25c. at all drugstores.
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Also carries a Complete Line ot Dnlldtrs and StZl
Hardware, Carriages, Wagons, Doggies, narcess, Scddljs, E&
Look over oar Stock and get oar prices, before yea
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Ocala. Florida
KIOTO!
Crystal Ice, Cold Storage smd
Canning Company trill pay
Loss on Meat caused by fib?e
January 4th, i9i0.
MRS. IDA B. RICIIARDSOX
New Orleans, April 12. Mrs. Ida B.
Richardson, a well known Southern
philanthropist, died at her home here
yesterday at the age of 80 years. Mrs.
Richardson had been a liberal con
tributor to educational and religious
causes In the South.
THE TERMS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
1st: Will pay on green weight. y
2d: Will charge no insurance premium.
3d: Will charge no cold storage rent
4th: Will pay eight (8) cents straight
per pound on all meat destroyed.'
There will be no exceptions whatever,
regardless of whether the meat was in
sured or not. Every one holding re
ceipts for meat is urged to bring receipt
to the office of the Ocala House April
16th, Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.
AMOS W. BRASELTON,
President Crystal Ice, Cold Storage
& Canning Company.
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