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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24
The Ruined City Suggests a Beautiful
Thought.

The following beautiful sentiment,
suggested by the ruins of Jacksonville,
written to the Savannah News, by
Mr.. J. w. Tench, Of Gainesville, Is
worthy of reproduction
Saturday | went over to Jackson
willie. There was no bridge Of signs
to stand upon, and the palaces and
prisons were no mcre, but over the
/ charred earth signs lin plenty sped.
Over the bosom of the broad river
means were creeping to the sea. The
pines in Riverside were signing a
'Miserere Mel Domino y khamsin
wind blew over the city the dust of
desOlation. Men wept, women moan
ed and children walled, but the stars
came out with their wOnted brilliancy
and the hyacinths drIfted on the
bosom of the majestic river, outward
to the ocean, oblivious to the misery
they were passing. Over the vast
flame swept section hut one thing re-
NAMED to tell of the touch of the
hand of civiliZatiOn-the Conft derate
monument. As | gazed upon the
bronze soldier on top Of the marble
shaft | smeIt the battle smoke and |
saw the form of Pickett on the crest of
Cemetery Ridge, flame wreathed and
thunder shook, defying death, laugh
ing at destruction and reveling in the
carnival of humiliation. There it
stood, dull, insensate thing of bronze,
just emerged from hell of flame, but
calm As Lee, looking with tearmOist-
ened eye upon the desolation beneath,
but not the victor"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24
Mere Gifts by Andrew Carnegie.

\ late dispatch from Edinburgh,
Scotland, says that Andrew Carnegie
has given So, 600, 600 to be divided be-
tween the Edinburgh, Glasgow, st.
Andrews and Aberdeen Universities.
The fund will also provide for free
lunches for the Scottish medical stu
dents and can also be used to Fay the
professional and commercial fees of
students. The English and clonial
students will not share i'm it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24
OLD PEOPLE

Have charm of their own when they
are not weak and feeble, but hale and
nearly, enjoying the sports and pleasures
OF youth though they cannot participate
IN them. The whole secret of a sturdy
old age is this Keep the stomach and
organs OF digestion and nutrition in per-
feet order. The Young man who does
not think OF his stomach will be made to
think Of II as he grows old. 1t is the
weak stomach, incapable of supplying
the adequate nutrition for the BODY,
winch causes the weakness and feeble
ness of old age,
DR.. Perce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs OF digestion and nutrition. II
makes the weak stomach strong. and
SO enables the body 10 be fully nourished
and strengthened by the food which is
eaten.
u suffered for six years with couStiDatior and
indigestion, during which time I eruuIoved
several PHYSICIANS, but they could not reach
my my case' writes Nj. G. Popplewel of Eureka
was no help for me could not retain food on my
stomach mad vertigo and would fall heID1ess 10
me It hooT; Two years ago | commenced taking
little Pellets and improved from The sta-t
Alter taling twelve bottles Of the Discovery I
was abe 10 % light work and have becI i'm,
proving ever >'ace. ! am now in good health
Tor one Of my age 20 wears owe Il All To DR.
Flerce medicines"
DR.. Piercc's Common Sense Medical
ADVISER, IN paper covers, j. sent fee on
reCe'pt OF = 2uc-ccut Stamps to nav
expense of mailing on1t. Address DR..
X. y. Pierce, Buffalo. y. Y.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Mr.. A. A. Persons, formerly pro-
fessor of chemistry at the Florida
Agricultural College, but now of the
University of Alabama, will deliver
the Alumni grafton on June 18th at
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Mrs. Mckinley, wife OF the presi-
dent, who was taken sick at San Fran
cisco on his recent southern and west
ern tour, and as was reported at being
at deaths door and as having crossed
over the mysterious river by some
newspapers, rallied and is now very
much improved. She will be able to
return to Washington in very few
days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The treasurer of the New Bedford,
Mass Christian Endeavor Society
has gone off with the society funds.
The good book says lead me not in
temptation" Moral: There should
De very little money even in church
treasury.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

That was strange visitation that
befel the metropolis. All but two
barroOms, the roof garden, the shacks,
the houses of bad repute, were all OF
nearly all saved, the schools, converts,
churches, armOry, market, and tenn
piles of justice were all destroyed.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Maaion county is now in Hon. Steve
Sparkman's district. The distinguish
ed gentleman should begin making
our acquaintenance. We like an
official who does not permit the grass
to grow under his feet.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The bill appropriating $4,000 for
the enlargement of the capitol build
ing has passed both houses of the leg
islature and will receive the governors
signature. The plans adopted will
make il most attractive building.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Adolph Ochs has three newspapers
and trade publication. Neither is
as bright as the Tampa Tribune. Ii
Wallace StOvall Were in a big city he
would make fortune in a little while.
He could give Ochs points TO burn.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The Pensacola Journal asks the
question: which would you rather
be the governor or the governors
father.in-law?" and intimates that it
would rather be the latter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Miss E. Nellie Beck has been unan-
imously elected editor Of the Barlow
Courier-Informant by the board of
trustees. This is a compliment to
merit
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Hon. 5. NJ. Sparkman delivered the
address at the commencement exer-
sises at the Leesburg Conference Col
lege Tuesday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The Richmond Times believes that
valuable oil deposits will be discover
ed within a radius of twenty miles of
Richmond.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The yellow fever money, about
which almost a scandal has been rails
ed, will be used for the jacksonville
calamity sufferers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Since the discovery of oil at Beau
mont, Texas, the number Of real es.
tate transfers filed for record since
May llth, amounts to Sl0.2l6. liz. So.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The greatest city in the world will
De found in the United States before
the end of the present century.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The United States has more gold in
its treasury than any other nation.
and perhaps more in its mines.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

A man was recently arrested ia
Jackson, Miss, for murder com.
united twenty-eight years ago.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Our only regret in being promoted
from the second to the first district j.
in parting company with Hon. Robt.
w. Davis. But there is nothing
10 prevent Col. Bob from be-
coming citizen Of the first.
Ocala would be proud of his citizen
ship.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Mrs. Lyman g. Gage, wife of the
secretary Of the treasury, died last
Saturday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The Times at 1t. Petersburg j.
most excellent printed and readable
paper.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The two Shamrocks, the yachts 0e.
longing to Sir Thomas Upton, We're
disabled in a squat Tuesday. Both
vessels We're badly wrecked, King
Edward VII was on Shamrock num-
Der two and had a narrow escape
from being killed. The news Of the
disaster caused great excitement il
London.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

A new bank has been organized at
Pensacola. 1t is known as the Amer
lean Savings Bank and Trust Com
hany
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

Forty thousand Italians are booked
FOR the United States this month.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

All the schools in jacksonville Will
be rebuilt.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24
The OCALA BANNER.
FRAME Ea55:S, E5::::

Gen. Fitz John Porter is dad.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24

The oil fields of Kentucky and Ten
nessee are the oldest in the south, they
were drilled many years before the
war. While the output is small COM
pared to the great oil geysers of Tex.
as, the oil is of a very superior quality
and has always been pumped at a
good paying marginal profit. The
wells are now being enlarged.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-24
Another Feather for Funston.

a cablegram from Manila under
date of May 20 says that Gen. Lacuna,
one of the most prominent of the
Filipino generals, with his entire force
| of 81 officers and 245 riflemen, sur
rendered TO Gen. Funston yesterday.
They were liberated after taking the
oath of allegiance to the United
States. With this surrender not an
armed insurgent remains in Bulucau,
and only thirty rifiemen remain in
Neuva Ecija, and it is expected the
latter will soon surrender. Gen. Fun
ston says if an investigation shows
that any of the rebels were Implicated
in any of the violation of the laws of
war or have been guilty of murder he
could easily find them.
Gen. Wheaton telegraPhs AS fol-
lows: "All the insurgent leaders in
north Luzon have surrendered, thus
terminating the war in a part of the
country so far as concerns armed re-
sistence to the United States"
General Mexica, with four officers
and thirty men, surrendered to Major
Gilmore, of the FOrty.third L. S. In
fantry, at Baybay on Saturday.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07
She Waited.

Even ScOtchman cannot always be
humorous, II he would. Like other pe0-
pie, however, he is sometimes funny
without meaning to be. The Scottish
American thinks that the message sent
by u young man in Peeblesshire to his
waiting bride may have kept her from
worrying over his non-appearance, but
that she must, after all. have received
1t with mixed feelings.
The bride elect lived In q village some
distance from the home Of William the
bridegroom. The wedding was to be
at her home. On the eventful day the
young man started for the station. but
on the way met the village grocer, who
talked so entertainingly that william
missed his train.
Naturally he was in what is known
as a Estate of mind" Something must
be done, and done at once. So he sent
the following telegram:
Don't marry till come. William"
If the bride elect knew her William,
she probably knew how he felt when
he sent the message. and forgave the
mental confusion which resulted in
what she must have looked upon as a
needless request.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07
durand. who ACCOMPANIED Sir Wilfrid

durand. who accompanied Sir Wilfrid
(who was then plain Mr.. Laurier) on
that tour. tells the following tale:
Zone day when Mr.. Laurier was suf-
fering from frightful cold, but had
made two speeches. he was nearly In u
state of collapse. He was to be ut St.
Therese in the evening, and. 1t being a
joint meeting Of Conservatives and
Liberals, his best efforts were needed.
We arrived at St. Therese at 5 o'clock
In the evening, and, as l was busy
with other things, left Mr.. Laurier
to 60 up to his room and rest. was
away perhaps half an hour. and, upon
returning, started to go up to see
how he was getting along. felt my
way along the dark passageway lead
ing to the stairs, and was about to go
up when | saw a dark mass crouched
just to the right. 1t was our future
great Premier. He had dropped there
exhausted. We got him into bed and
called in n country doctor, and when 3
o'clock came we had to carry him to
the meeting. The Conservative speak
ers had their first say, and they fiayed
Mr.. Laurier and the Liberals unmerci-
fully. MIR. Laurier sat there in a great
fur coat. not moving muscle. The
minute his turn came, however. he
jumped up, threw Off his coat, and
began to speak. 1t was one of the
finest speeches of his life, and he car
ried the meeting by storm. He spoke
with magnificent vigor for over an
hour. and when he was through fell
back into our arms exhausted. Two
days later-the day before the election
he appeared at Lachine, nine miles
from Montreal. His voice was gone.
he could not say Il word, but it needed
only his presence and smiling bows to
create the greatest enthusiasm among
the audience. "-Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07

sister to make an immediate triumph
in art, to study which she went to New
York. She realized in the great city.
as she never could have III her rural
Southern home. that talent for art Is
too general to leave much hope for spe-
cial distinction. and wisely concluded
to turn to something that would bring
more speedy results. Being an OBJ
servant young woman. Miss CARTRIDGE
noticed that holly and mistletoe brought
extremely high prices. and bethought
her that on the 800 acres ut home in
Georgia both grew in wild abundance.
She returned home. and she and her
sister began to prepare for making the
neglected luXuriance of marketable
value. In the months of January and
February following they set out ten
acres of young holly trees with their
own hands. Their colorcd farm hands
would not plant a holly tree for worlds.
as they believe that if they did they
would die as soon as the tree became
tall enough to cast Il shadow the meas
ure of their graves. Last Christmas
the sisters found the trees so grown
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07

was 1c the pockets Of his children
were light. had enough for an annu-
ity of $50 sunk all my capital to
make it certain" He made two little
piles of salt upon the tablecloth, and
cOughed.
England" he said. land particularly
London. did not suit my chest. couldn't
work; simply dragged on for ten
years. On a fraction under pound a
week a man can only be spectator.
I watched life and !elrnt my phil
os0phy."
You have had what people call bad
luck" said.
His eyes shone. and he waved his
hand again.
mot at ALL" he said. Indeed. I've
had the best of luck
involuntarily glanced at the steam
ing windows, the speckled linen, the
polyglot waiter.
you doubt me-" he said; but I've
not quite finished. fear my story
must stop now. l must go"
II, too" said must make a move"
"May l ask" he said. whether you
are going to be here later on?"
I'm afraid not" said; I'm just 60
ing to look in at The Folly
Then he did grasp my hand: I'm
going there. too" he said. MY story
can keep for time"
We went out together. noticed
that the attendants passed him In. He
was evidently known at The Folly.
The performance was such as l was
YEARLY acquainted with. The same
tricks of voice, the same dead level of
humor, the same atmosphere Of musk
and stale tobacco smoke. My COM
panon affected no interest; he sat, for
the most part, with his eyes closed.
But when the sixteenth turn came he
pulled himself together and laid his
hand upon my arms.
"Now." he said, you'll see some
thing really graceful-the true artist
at work." glanced at my programme.
The name of the lady was entirely
unfamiliar to me.
She came on to the jigging of the
OTcueStTd. Cuc StliS d utllc SeHtiilcH-
tai song in voice that had some sweet
ness, a song that was not vulgar. The
audience appeared Indifferent. Then
she danced. AS my companion as
sured. me, she certainly had grace, and
beauty of that kind which is mainly
pathetic; pathetic by reason Of incon-
gruity with its surroundings. The au-
dience applauded the dance. and insist
ed upon an encore. My friend leaned
over to me, shaking with excitement.
"That is my wife," he said. Il mar
ried her when l was at the end Of
everything. She knew me ut my worst
and married me in spite of it. come
here every night to watch her. She
knows I'm here and it gives her cour
age. It's hard life. You understand
now why I'm happy?"
II do" said. II understand per-
fectly."
ceased to pity him. If envied him
it was a painless envy. The conditions
of his life passed beyond the common
place. l doubt If London contained a
happier man.-C. X. B., in Black and
White.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07
AMERICAN QUEEN OF IRELAND
A Baltimore Belle Shared the Vice.
Regal Throne Of Dublin Castle.

Regal Throne OF Dublin castle.
Writing of Mary Cation Patterson,
In the Ladies' Home Journal, william
Perrine recalls that 1.-The Americans
read with wondering eyes the stories
magnificence with which one of theii
c0untrywomen was dazzling the Brit
ish people; how she had become the
wife of the brother Of the Duke of Wei
lingt0n, and how the court Of the
newly welded pair at Dublin Castle
rivaled the brilliancy Of royalty itself
She was called The American Queen
Of the Irish Court and in no capital
of Europe would her hatterers allow
that there was a woman who surpassed
her in the elegance of her bearing and
in the accomplishments of a sovereign.
Indeed, she was only one of Il
group of sisters whom Europeans
hailed as The American Graces.
Their mother. n daughter of Charles
Carroll. had married Richard Cation
n poor English gentleman of handsome
face and presence. who settled in Bal
timore Mary. the most famous of the
three daughters. married Robert Pat
terson. II brother of BETSY Patterson
the first wife of Jerome Ronaparte
After the death of her husband. in
1890. the Baltimore belle revisited Erl-
rope. Hardly less eminent than the
Duke OF Wellington before the battle
Of Waterloo had been his brother. the
Marquis Of Wellesley. In the spE lg
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07
SIR WlLFRiD lAURiER.

a Campaign Story About the Premier
of the Canadian Government.
Sir Wilfrid I.aurier who has recent
ly been returned to power in Canada
with big majority Of Liberals at his
back. is scarcely the steady campaign
err of the Roosevelt or Bryan type, al
though he made IL tour of the province
of Ontario. and on one day, just pre-
vious to the elections, made fifteen
speeches from his special train.
Wilfrid did his hardest campaign work
and. just previous to the elections of
five years ago, he made an average Of
three speeches day. Senator Dan
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07

A Welshman who was In London
when extensive sewering operations
were in progress lost his watch. He
reported the matter to Scotland Yard.
and the officials said they would leave
no stone unturned to find the missing
timekeeper. Shortly afterward Taffy
again visited the metropolis. and saw
street after street turned up. He was
told in all thirty-six miles of road were
in the same condition. He rushed down
to Scotland Yard and exclaimed to the
wondering inspector: II didn't think
was giving you oil that trouble II yen
don't find the watch by Sunday, l
wouldn't break up any more streets."-
PearsOn's Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07
At eABY'S BEDTIME.
This is baby's bedtime;

dis Is UuDt
My little one comes to me
In her snowy little nightgown,
And kncels down ut my knee:
And | fancy Il sweet child-angel
Is for time my guest.
And she says her little prayer over
With her hands upon her breast.
"Now lay me-" she whispers.
In low voice. down to sleep;
pray the Lord"-and the blue eyes
Half close--'rny soul to keep.
If should tlic"-Oh! the SILVER
At my heart !-"before l wake
] pray the I.ord!'--and the eyelids
Droop low--"my soul to take"
Then lift up the little one. claspins
Her close to my loving heart
And give her warm goodnight kisses
Till the closed lids break apart
As the leaves do folding flower.
And the viocts of her eyes
Look up in their drowsy fashion.
And smile at me angcl-wise.
"Dood- night" she whispers me softly
And sleepily. with kiss
That fingers with me in slumber,
And stirs my heart with bliss,
As think of the little one. dreaming,
With her head against my breast;
Till my sleep is as full Of rapture
AS her dreaming is of rest.
Ebcn Il. Iiexf0rd.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07
GREAT ANTI.FAT REMEDY.
AdipOse Philad lei phian Climbs Stairs
to Reduce His Weight.

Adipose Philadelphian Climbs Stairs
to Reduce His Weight.
Not so very long ago The Saunterer
got off ut the twelfth floor of big Of
flee building not 1000 miles from city
hall instead of the eleventh. as he had
intended. AS it was a case of going
down instead Of up, he concluded 10
walk back to the floor he wanted in
stead Of waiting for the elevator.
At the foot of the stairway he almost
ran into an acquaintance, whose office
is on the twelfth floor, and whose
weight very nearly approaches 300
pounds. The acquaintance was putting
and blowing as he prepared to ascend
the flight of steps leading to the floor
above.
"Makes you blow to climb flight Of
stairs, doesn't IT." remarked The
Saunterer.
"Climb a flight of stairs?" disdain-
fully rejoined he of the 300 pounds be-
tween puffs. "Why, young man. I've
just climbed eleven flights and I'm 60
ing to do another"
~ACdA ~ say yOu 'C ""ANCu al SAC
way up here?"
"That's just what mean. Elevators
are running, too"
II know that. Came up in one my
self a few minutes ago. But how on
earth do you account for doing all this
climbing? You don't look crazy"
Neither am l. Never was more
sensible In my life. Just made new
discovery. that's all. Realized how fat
I've been getting the last two or three
years?"
The Saunterer nodded in the aflrma.
tive.
well, 1t was in spite Of everything
could do to stop the accumulation Of
tissue. was afraid I'd soon do for the
fat boy act in q side show until one Of
my friends bet me bottle Of--of ginger
ale that couldn't climb three flights Of
stairs In this building. l won the bet
and in doing so discovered when I
weighed myself few minutes later
that had lost nearly pound in weight.
That gave me tip and the next day
climbed five flights. the next day six,
and--well, now do the whole blamed
twelve every day, and I'm losing flesh
so rapidly my clothes have to be taken
in once II week ut least. It's great
scheme and it isn't patented, either. so
If you know any other fat men in town
don't mind your letting them into the
secret"
The Saunterer hereby let's them in. -
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-07

John Bangs who will sail for Europe
Saturday would like to find Il purchaser
for his valuable bulldog The animal Is
no care and will eat anything and is
very fond Of children.
A touching incident was noted at the
union station yesterday when an aged
couple babe each other goOd-by. The
old lady kissed her husband fervently
several times and he kissed her back.
DIR. Franklin White has returned
from a trip to Switzerland Speaking
of the robust health Of it's peasantry.
the doctor says: 1.-THE strength of the
Swiss woman Is remarkable. 1t Is
nothing unusual for her to wash and
iron and milk several cows in one day"