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crossing the Big Bridge at Mem
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at that point with Arkansas and
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through Pullman sleeping Car is
run daily from Jacksonville, Fla,
via Macon, Atlanta, Birmingham
and Memphis, and from Jackson
vile, Atlanta and Macon to St.
Louis and Chicago via Holly
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Vestibuled sleeping car also
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without change, via Washington,
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The Kansas City, Memphis and
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Try the through car line; it's
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Through tickets via this route
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| JOHN A. SCOTT,
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NOTICE.

Bids are solicited by the city of
Ocala for the purchase of the
building known as Reel House
No. :, situated on the lot of DR.. A.
III. r. Frederick. Bids to be adj
dressed to r. G. Blake, city clerk,
and to be in his hands on or be-
fore the
1st day CT October, 1896.
BY order of the city council.
r. G.. BLAKE, City Clerk.
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your WORDS OF love. uSSS VIZ NS
and deeds and influences or yours
are living seeds, and not one OF
them shall perish.
The same is true Of the evil
things we do. They, too, have in
them the quality of life and repro
ductiveness. If only our good
things were seeds, this truth would
have unmingled encouragement
for us. But it is startling to re-
member that the same law applies
to the evil things. The man who
writes a bad book, or paints an un-
holy picture, or sings an impure
song. sets in motion a procession
of unholy influences which will go
on forever. He, too, will find his
evil words again in the hearts OF
men long afterward, or see his IN
clean picture reproduced on mems
lives, or hear his unholy song sing
ing itself over again in the depths
of mems being. The evil that men
do lives after them. BURY my in
fuence in my grave with me" said
a wicked man, dying with bitter
remorse in his soul. But that is
impossible. Sometimes men who
have been sowing evil wake up to
the consciousness of the hurt they
have been giving to other lives,
and go over their paths, trying to
gather up the seeds of sin which
they have cast into human hearts,
but the effort is unavailing, as no
one can take out of mems minds
and hearts the seeds of evil he has
dropped there.
We ought to lay this truth seri-
ously to heart and remember it
! continually. 1t would make us
more faithful while we live. We
are apt to speak heedlessly words
whose influence is not good, and
to do things which touch other
lives and do not leave blessing.
There are many people moving
these days among the debas ed
fallen, we call them-fallen from
purity, from honesty, from So
briefly. We should never forget
that all of these were innocent,
unstained, unfallen, and that there
was first yielding to temptation
and a first tempter. Somebody
offered the boy the first drink. 1t
seemed little thing, but the act
was a seed, and if you would see
its harvest, look at the poor, mis-
cradle drunkard, who staggers roW
about the streets, a pitiable ruin OF
life which might have been noble
and godiike in its strength anc
beauty. Somebody whispered into
the cars of the innocent girl the
first word which suggested evil t.
her, It was only word, but il
was seed Of wrong, and if yol
would see it's awful harvest, lool
at the wretched creature who nov
walks the streets, sad wreck o
the womanhood which God made
to wear the beauty and the radi
ance of pure and holy motherhood
and be a center of benedict ion IN
happy home.
When we think of this quallt,
in all our words, touches, acts
looks and influences, how seriou
a thing it is to live and mingl
with others! No act is more so
emn than the taking into our llt
of a new friend or companion-on
who is to listen to our words, t
see the things we do, to receiv
| instruction, advice, or counss
from us, to be Influenced by on
life. When God sends a ne
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-.You shall not press upon the
brow of labor a crown of thorns. You
shall not cruelty mankind on a cross
oil gold. "--Wm. j. Bryan.
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All the members of the household
soon become Sewers also on this
field, as the life begins to open,
every one dropping some embryo
in the mellow soil. Hands out |
side the home In little while be-
gin to scatter seeds in mind and |
heart. TIE street, the playground,
the school; later, books, papers
and pictures contribute their por-
ton. AS the years advance the
experiences of life-temptations,
tasks, trials, joys, sorrows-bring
their influences; and thus the char
acter of the mature man IS the
growth of seeds sown by a thous-
and hands in the life from infancy.
All our thoughts, words and acts
are seeds. They have in them a
quality which makes them grow
where they fall, reproducing them
selves. This is true of the good
we do. The mothers teachings
enter the mind and heart of her
child as mere germs, but they re-
appear in her life of the son or
daughter, in later years, in beauty
and strength, in nobleness of Char
acter, and in usefulness Of life.
Not only is this strange power In
the mothers words; her acts, her
habits, her tones of voice, the in
fuences that go forth from her
life are also seeds, having in them
vital principle. Where they
lodge they grow. You can never
lose your mother. She may die,
and her body may be borne out Of
your sight and laid away in Gods
acre. You will see her face and
hear her voice no more; no more
will her hands scatter the good
seeds of truth and love upon your
life's garden. But you have not
lost her. Your mind and heart are
full of the seeds which fell from
her hands along the years. These
you never can lose. No hand OF
death can root them out Of your
life Thew have grown into the
very tissues of your character.
They reappear in your habits, your
dispositions, your feelings and
opinions, your modes of thought,
your very phrases and, forms of
speech. You never can lose your
mother; the threads of her life are
woven inextricably into yours.
The same is true of the forth
putting of every life. The good
things that fall from your hands
as you 60 along the way are seeds,
and will not die. The gentle poet
found his song, from beginning to
end, long, long after he had sung
| it, in the heart of his friend. The
song had not merely lain there
along the years, a melody of must
cal words remembered, like a piece
of gold wrapped in napkin, kept
safe and undimmed. All the while
it had been a thing of life in the
friends heart. The influence OF
it's sweet thought had been like a
holy perfume in the friends life,
pouring out into every nook ard
Granny, permeating all his spirit
So it is with whatever good things
we do, with the true words we
speak, the faithful example we
show, all the Influences of our life
that are Christlike. They are liv
ing seeds. They will not fall into
the ground and perish. They will
stay where they drop, and you viii
| find them again after many days
Not only will they stay, they viii
terminate and yield a harvest
Faber has said: "When men d.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President:
WILLIAM ]. BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
For Vice-President:
ARTHUR SEWALL,
of Maine.
Presidential Electors:
r A. BUKFORD, Marion.
w. 8. JENNINGS, fernando.
GEO. P. RANEY, Leon.
F.B. CARTER, Jackson.
Congressional District:
r w. DAVIS. Putnam.
For Governor
w. D. BLOXHAM.
For Secretary of State g,
John L, CRAWFORD.
For Treasurer
CLARENCE B. COLLINS.
For Comptroller:
w. II. REYNOLDS.
For Attorney General:
w. b. LAMAR.
For Justice of the Supreme Court:
MILTON H. MABRY.
For Superintendent of Public In
struction:
w. N. SHEATS.
For Commissioner of Agriculture
L. B. HONEYWELL.
For Representatives in State Leg
islature:
w. K. ZEWADSK1.
ALFRED AVER.
For County Judge:
JAMES HILL.
For Clerk Circuit Court:
SIMEON T. SISTRUNK.
For Superintendent OF Public In
struction:
w. d. earn.
For Tax Assessor:
7. c. MATHEWS.
For Tax Collector:
F. d. POOSER.
For Sheriff:
B. D. HODGE.
For Treasurer:
A. K. GRIFFIN.
For County Surveyor:
J. r. MOOREHEAD.
For Justice of the Peace, FRS
District:
7. J. Clary.
.sYou shall not press upon the
brow Of labor u crown of thorns. Yot
shall not cruelty mankind on cross
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02
TEA AS A BEVERAGE.
It's Use Originated Through the Gift OF An
infatuated Lover,

The antiquity of tea rs Il beverage is IA
favorite subject of discussion by confirmed
tea drinkers. China claims the origin Of
the use of tea as drink.
OF course there are various stories con
nected with IT, among which, perhaps, the
following is quite as interesting and be
lievable as any. AS the tale runs, one of
the daughters of IA reigning sovereign was
hopelessly ehamored of "A young nobleman
whose caste did not permit him To aspire
To her hand, hut they exchanged glances
and occasionally he gathered few bios
SONS and took means 10 have them con
yeyed 10 her
One day Tie princess met her admirer
in the grounds of the palace, and as the
attention Of her attendants was attracted
in another direction the, young man tried
To put few flowers into her hand but all
that she could grasp was little twig with
green leaves.
This she treasured, and when she reach
ed her apartments she placed the twig in
goblet OF water here To remain for some
hours, the object of her tenderest care
Toward evening she was seized with II SEN
timental attack, during which she drank
the water in which the twig had been kept
Ii had II most agreeable taste, and then
she ate the leaves ard stock.
The flavor pleased her greatly, and every
day, in memory of her admirer, she had
punches of the tea tree brought to her and
ate them or put them in water and drank
the infusion
The ladies of the court observed her and
were moved To try it themselves and did
So with such pleasing results that the prac-
tice spread throughout the kingdom, and
one of the great Industries of China was
thus established.
1t Is claimed that the date of the senti-
mental origin of tea drinking was nearly
1000 years before Christ.-New York
Mercury
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02

There is an almost Puritanical simplic-
ity about many of the old inns and ale
houses, often In keeping with the old
world names Of their proprietors, as, for
example, Amos Gale, Sbadrach Meade
Samuel Ward or Mary Ann Mulcook The
names Of tho inns would require q paper
to themselves The Three Horseshoes has
for its rival across the road the Four
Horseshoes. At Peters Green the sign of
the Half Moon mods cOmplacently across
the heath To the Bright Star. A favorite
name In many village is derived from
the number Of bells in the tower OF the
parish church. Thus there Is the Six
Bells at st. Michael's, where Lord Bacon
lies buried, and Hatfield and Luton have
each their Eight Bells. The Bull, the Bell,
the Plow, the Rose and Crown, the George
and the Dragon, the Red Lion, are old stag
ers to be found everywhere, reminding one
OF Joseph Addison s delightful essay in the
earlier Spectators on the sign posts OK
London, in which he says that 'our streets
are filled with blue bOars, black swans and
red lions not To mention dying pigs and
hogs in arnor. Temple Bar.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02
shark Worship In Hawaii.

The shark has been, perhaps, the most
universally worshiped Of all the Hawaiian
animal gods. Strange as it may seem, the
islanders formerly regarded the shark as
being the friend and protector of all those
who pay him devout attention. Each To-
oality along the coast of the main islands
Of the Hawaiian group formerly had its
patron shark, whose name, Place Of abode,
history eto., were all well known to his
superstitious worshipers. The biggest and
most celebrated of these shark divinities
was male whose mouth was so large that
he could easily swallow any other shark
known to frequent those waters Accord
Ing TO the Hawaiian folklore stories, the
bulk of this "god Of the sea" was so great
that he could not pass through the mar
row channels which separate the different
islands, but spent his time swimming
around the whole group and looking after
the welfare of the people.-St. Louis Re-
public
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02
QUEER lOVEMAKlNG.
A South American Bird which Wins Its
Mate by Dancing.

There is bird in South America that
makes love with its feet. IL Is "a handsome
creature but walks elumsily, and the only
sound il can utter is hoarse cluck. IL
dances, however, in a way that wins ad-
miratiun from the females OF its sex,
though its antics only serve as an incen-
tive TO laughter to human beings who see
them.
This bird. known as the cock of the
rock, lives i'll the northern mountainous
portion of South America. IL Is about
the size of large chicken.
The entire bird, body, head, wings and
tail is blood red in color with the excep-
ton Of the tail feathers, which have mar
row band of brown across them near the
ends, which are tipped with buff On the
head Is crest of feathers like great red
ball, which contracts or expands at the
pleasure of It's owner
When the mating season comes, seven
TO ten males seek some secluded spot,
where there is u level patch Of ground, and
clear il of any sticks, stones or leaves,
stamping down the dirt till IL Is hard and
level
Then they call the females, who stand
at the ed yes of this novel arena one at a
time the males then perform q most Curl
Gus dance. Each dancer will first strut
up and down few times and then To the
apparent delight of the rest, commence TO
caper around I'm an extremely ludicrous
manner spreading his tail and wings,
putting NJ his crest, bowling 10 the others,
anu AT the same time keeping up "a hopping
gait until he is exhausted
When all the males have danced each
female will choose "a mate, and Tho happy
pairs depart 10 begin housekeeping New
York journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02
Told of Greek shuffiers.

A writer from Maryland in The Amer
lean Field makes some remarks about o
duck which he calls creek shutters, better
known as the ring neck duck. He says
that they fly twice as fast as swans and
swans have flown at the rate of 80 miles
an hour over measured course. Besides
being bulletlike fliers, they are also
"corkers for brains - Instead of coming
TO the decoys, like decent fool ducks, they
have to fly over the top Of the blind in cir
cles far out of gun shot and, of course, see
the shooter then make music for less dan
gerous localities and are out of sight in
four seconds.
The kinds of ducks most likely TO come
to one locality during given migration
cannot be told IL Is so with the creek
shutters, a bird abundant in Florida and
varying In numbers from year to year In
the north. One year oanvasbacks come In
thousands and, thank fortune shutters,
then mallards, then shutters, and SO on,
In way to make the man who likes to
shoot ducks of particular kind quit
shooting. Why the ducks should vary SO
Is not known.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02
MUSIC Rooms.
Devices 81 the Architect to secure sAs
best Resonance.


Architects should keep In mind the gold
en- rule, that resonance, such as Is to be
obtained by thin, elastic Innings, or even
by masses Of air judioiously distributed, Is
thing to he sought In designing rooms
for hearing music or for public speaking
while echo, such as is produced by hard,
unyielding surfaces Is TO be avoided rs
much as possible. Every architect who
has ever designed music room for pri-
vate house knows how greatly the effect OF
music is improved by lining the walls Of
the room, and II possible, the ceiling,
with thin wooden paneling, and every lay.
man who has ever bought piano must
have noticed what depth and richness are
given to the tones of one played In the
dealers warerooms by the sympathetic vi
brations with which the strings of the sur
rounding instruments respond To the play.
ing.
For 90 centuries at least architects have
sought In various ways To secure similar
resonance in large rooms, understanding
thoroughly the advantages to DO derived
from It. The Gewandhaus, at Leipsic, re-
puted to be acoustically the most perfect
music hall in the world, owed its quality
20 the fact that IL was surrounded by thin
partitions, set little distasce from the
main walls of the building, which, by
their own elasticity, joined to that Of the
mass of air between them and the walls
outside, provided the resonance which OK.
perience has shown To be- Indispensable
In the same way LA Scala theater, at Mi.
lan one of the largest and acoustically the
most perfect of all European theaters, was
lined throughout with thin woodwork
The ancient Greeks, To secure resonance
without the use of woodwork, placed under
the seats of their theaters earthen pots
with the mouth turned toward the stage,
the vibrating mass OF air in these serving
to reinforce the sound On the other
hand, rooms in fireproof buildings, sur
rounded on all sides by hard, rigid masses
of masonry, are very apt to be acoustically
bad Even where the large rooms, by
careful study of their proportions, are sue
cessful, the smaller rooms which cannot
be SO proporiio are in such buildings
almost always intolerably noisy .-Ameri
can Architect.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02
The Doctors Extend Their Time.

Services first three months free. A
staff OF eminent physicians and sur
geons from the British Medical Instil.
tutc Of Detroit have opened permaS
nent Office in Grand Rapids, in the Wild
dicomb Building, 81 Monroe st. All
invalids who call upon them before
July 3lst will receive services for three
months free OF charge. This will not
only include consultation, examination
and advice, but also all surgical Oper-
ations. Under no consideration will
remuneration in any form be accepted
for any services rendered therefore
the most humble in circumstances can
avail themselves of the most expert
medical skill and without cost.
The object in pursuing this course is
to become rapidly and personally ac-
quainted with the sick and afflicted.
The doctors treat all forms of chronic
diseases. but will not accept incurable
cases. If, upon examination, you are
found incurable. You will be kindly and
frankly told so, also advised against
spending money for useless treatment.
u Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness, and all dis
eases OF the rectum are positively
cured by their new treatment.
Office hours: 9 n. m. till p. m.
Sundays, 10 n. m. till u. m.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02
Her Argument.

The teacher Of a large Sabbath school
class of poor children was particularly
anxious that every one of them should be
present at the last session before the sum
mer vacation lie especially urged upon
them To let nothing but actual necessity
keep them at home.
The day after the closing service he met
one OF his scholars on the street and said
sternly, why were you not at Sunday
school yesterday, Jenniel"
After twisting In her hands for some
moments obviously clean apology for an
apron Jennie answered with downcast eyes !:
Because my hat was SO dirty, sir -
What of that" said the teacher, still
more seriously. Don't you know that
God does not care for outward apearancesS
He looks to that which is of infinitely
more importance, Jennie-that which is
within.
Eyes, sir, a" said the little maid submis.
sively, "but, she added feeling that she
had the right side of the matter after all
the lining WASH { clean Youth Com
panon
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THE FIRST BATTLE.
. soldier Never Forgets His Introdsctiou
ia Powder and BuIIets.

An al soldier who had seen service for
runy year in the Crimea, India, China.
a frica and Egypt was asked one day I'm
London club whether he remembered the
first time he was under fire.
Certainly, he replied mo soldier
ever forgcts that experience .
"Did you feel like n hero at the times"
"No, indeed Ii was In one Of the great
battles of the Crimea. Was young Off
Ger who had been run out Of the military
school ahead Of time 10 fill vacancy. 1
had hardly been In camp week before the
regiment was ordered To charge "A Russian
battery which was posted In a command
ing position. We went forward on gallop
through a dense cloud Of smoke, swooped
down upon the battery, sabered the artl-
lerymen and captured the guns. We lost
many Of our men, but II was very bril-
liant charge Yet there was at least one
htissar who acknow lodged himself Ia be a
coward from beginning 10 end {"
"Then You were terribly frightened by
your first battle:"
Eyes, that Is the truth went ahead
with the others, but was trembling with
fear and excitement. shut my eyes and
made no attempt 10 guide my horse.
wondered how had ever been so foolish as
TO think of the army when there were com
Portable professions, like the ministry and
the law, which might have followed
~ he charge occupied only few min
utes, hut il seemed an endless time before
we were behind those murderotis guns and
had the cannoneers at our Ltrcy. was
among the first to be with them and
staggered with my saber while the horse
rode down and killed a gunner. But 10y
heart was like ball of ice. A greater
coward never scrambled over an intrench
ment All the time | was repeating texts
from the Bible and sentences from the
Lords Prayer and wishing myself thou
sands of miles away.
The veteran laughed heartily over his
"reminiscences Of his first battle
"The funniest part Of it," he added
twas that they considered it great exploit
and insisted upon giving me n medal for
my heroic and courageous conduct when
was white faced, mean spirited coward
from first To last and my horse did all the
fighting for me, trampling the gunner nm
derfoot "
Probably the veteran exaggerated his
boyish trepidation and panic He could
have afforded 10 do SO, tor he was a season
ed soldier whose courage and even reck
lessness were well known, but he was not
far from the truth when he declared that
no soldier ever felt like hero when he was
first under fire. Youths Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-02
Condensed Testimony.

Chas. Il. Hood, broker and manufac-
turer's agent, Columbus, Ohio, certi-
iies that DR.. Kings New Discovery has
no equal as cough remedy. j. ID.
Brown, Prop. St. James Hotel, FIT.
Wayne, Ind, testilies that he was
cured of "A cough of two years standing,
caused by lagrippe, by DR.. Kings New
Discovery. b. f. Merrill, Baldwins-
Vile, Mass, says that he has used and
recommended IL and never knew it to
fail and would rather have il than any
doctor, because il always cures Mrs.
Hemming, 222 r.. 18th ST., Chicago,
always keeps it ut hand and has no
fear OF Group, because it instantly re-
lieves. Free trial bottles at Holmes a.
COnnell's drug store Z