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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20
M sIlory to Call.

Hon. Wilkinson Call, Jacksonville, Fla
Sir-I am in receipt of your printed
communication addressed to me un-
der date of April "A, 1902, werein you
request me to meet you in a canvass
before the people for their choice of a
senator of the United States from
Florida, and notify me that you will
contest my right To reelection on four
grounds, therein set forth.
In response thereto, beg to say that
a careful perusal of the alleged reasons
assigned by you for my rejection and
your election 10y the people of Florida
at the coming primary, fails, in my
Judgment, to disclose the present ne
cessity for, or ACCESSIBILITY of such a
Joint discussion as you propose.
For me to consent to your request
would only lend possible coloring Of
truth and a semblance of dignity T."
the assertions on which you base
your claim 10 prcferment at the hands
of the people of the state, when IN
fact every Floridian of average mtelli-
gcucc knows that those assertions are
founded on nothing more substantial
than the vagarieS of Nonr own dis
torted imagination and the demands
oi your pressing political necessities
For this reason am quite sure that
such discussion that YOU invite
would toe conducive neither 10 the
ciiiication nor instruction Of our fell
low citizens and could serve no publ"
purpose whatever, and | Their, forc de
cline to engage in it.
Your 1hrditnt servant,
:. r.. MALLORY.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20
Not a Melon BUYER.

This" said travelling man at the
Ocala House last night, "is the worst
season of the year for the knights Of
the grip. It is true that there are
countless thousands of drummers who
are at This very moment separating
the docile merchant from his cash
and keeping the railroads in business,
bat at the same time it is between
seasons in a number of lines Of bush
ness, and the travelling man is the
sufferer. The summer trade is all
over and the fall trade will not begin
until next month. In the meantime
the travelling fraternity will have to
suck its thumb, look pleasant and
wait for something to happen"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20
At the Churches Sunday.

vt the Presbyterian, Mrih"d.-',
Christian and Baptist churches SUI
day morning the regular service Atrf
held at ;he usual hour.
Sunday night Rev. Il. X. 'iori.,
pastor of the Presbyterian church,
conducted the union services n the
Methodist church.
Mr. Morris preached a very inter-
esting and eloquent sermon, using as
his sermon the thirteenth chapter of
Corinthians
The union services next Sunday
night will be held at the Presbyterian
church and Will be conducted Ivy Rev.
l.. b. Warren of the Baptist church.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

When the writer of this article first
visited Lake city some years ago as n
trustee of the Florida Agricultural
College he was almost appalled, at the
Struggling and ragged appearance of
the town, and could scarcely keep
back the feeling that a grave mistake
had been made in locating the college.
There were but one or two brick
buildings in the place, and they were
unoccupied and had a most forlorn
and desolate look.
The wooden buildings were mostly
single story ones and dingy and
weather-beaten in appearance.
There were a few plank sidewalks,
which had seen their best days and
were in state of galloping decline.
There were no paved streets, and
the trash from the stores were swept
out OF the front doors to be blown
hither and thither by the winds,
which gave the city a most unkempt
appearance.
Electric lights, a system of water
works, banks, and similar modern
convenience were thought to he some
distance in the future.
The court house, public school, post
office, hotels and church edifices, were
all very primitive structures.
Today Lake City presents very
different appearance.
The citizens have taken on spirit
Of enterprise that is in every way
commendable and has borne results
that have given Lake City cOnspicu-
Gus place among the progressive and
up-to.date cities of Florida.
In less than decade Lake City has
more than doubled her population, and
today numbers on her census register
a population of more than five thou
sand, making her the largest interior
city in the state.
She has an excellent electric light
system, water works. several miles of
paved streets, two banks, a magnifi-
cent public school building, hand
some church edifices, and twO-stOry
brick buildings are crowding rapidly
upon the heels of one another, and
the unsightly wooden shacks are rap
idly disappearing.
The Columbia County court house.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

now nearly ready to be turned over to
the commissioners, while not the larg-
est public building in the state, in
style of architecture and beauty Of de-
sign, stands distinctly first,
With a well-kept park in front Of it,
and beautiful lake nesting immedi-
ately i'm the rear of it, it will make
when completed most picturesque
and pleasing picture.
a Mr.. Brown, prosperous farmer,
who has made his money from CO.
Iumbia county's rich soil, is erecting
fifty thousand dollar three-stOry
brick hotel, which will be fitted
throughout with the latest furnish
ings, and when completed will fill a
lOng-felt want and contribute very
largely to the beauty and needs of the
College City.
Nature has been lavish in her gifts
to Lake City.
The climate is mild and equable.
The physical formations are gently,
undulating; the surface is dotted over
with beautiful lakes, and the soil is
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20
Wanted

We would like to ask, through the
columns of your paper, if there is any
person who has used Green's August
Flower for the cure Of Indigestion,
Dyspepsia, and Liver Troubles that
has not been cured-and we also mean
their results, such a. sour stomach,
fermentation Of food, hahitual costive-
ness, nervous dyspepsia, headaches,
dependent feelings, sleeplessness-in
fact, any trouble connected with the
stomach or liver? This medicine has
been sold for many years in all civil
lied countries, and we wish to CORES
pond with you and send you one Of
our books free of cost. If you never
tried August Flower, try one bottle
first. We have never known of its
failing. If 50, something more serious
is the matter with you. Anti-MO-
nOpoly Drug Store.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

quickly responsive To- the touch of in-
dustry
Giant live-Osks, OF a century
growth, throw their majestic bran,he-
over the well-paved streets, and the
example Of the college agri-
culturist, horticultural and bptan-
ist are seen i'm the increased attention
given to lawns and Hover gardens
throughout the city.
Lake City il centrally located, aud
is approached by the ~eahoari Air
Line, the Plant System and the Dror-
gia Southern and Florida railway.
and is rapidly developing int a lily
of commercial importance. aud The
influence Of the college b. giving o. BE-
a tone Of culture and a spirit % refine
ment, and a. years come and ~ DO Wiii
more and more become an educa-
lonal center and Ice selected a. a place
Of abode.
To show that We have not eXagger-
ated in our statements Of Lake tity'-
growth, we give few picture- % some
Of its new and more notable build
ings.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20
rnr nsmber County School Board.

The -ranv friends Of NJ. =. Moscr respectfully
.--.rn.s hirn a. a candidate fOr member Of
t.. H1a-a ol I-rl'lc Instruction from the second
district oi Marion county. believing has past eN-
,...iseuce aud high character eninently qualify
hirn iat thi~ position.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20
FOR representative.

hereby announce rny-elta candidate ior the
t.r-, af r,prc-, u,ative> from Marion county,
-.,r..r., o. ,h, action os the democrats PrimaT-
Ions 3. FLOYD.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

The Tampa Tribune says that the
demand for bouquets to toss at our
senators and congressman has caused
shortage i'm the Florida flower
market.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20
FOR Representative

lr.-..,. a--.Hne, rnye,'t candidate Tor the
....-. .f -,-r,-.u.atv,s tsorn Marion county.
-,..... .. t,.. action cd th- Democratic prlma-
DraEerG. MATTHEWS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20
For Renresentstive.

r.-.r.. announce myself a candidate Tor
H..a-. et s-rt,~oujstives from Marion county,
...-.rtta ,ne action of The dcnooralio primar-
RAn,-o~n b. nyJLocE.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

9
HAS SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT MERIT
/ KEACHEp THE Tor OF IIIT IrII; NoK
Will II KICK rUH MAN WHO is GOING
DOWN IT.
SARA ELIZABETH HARRIS. LEGAL Editor.
/ Oeala Greenhouse, Florists. Phone
/ No. =.
! Mrs. II. {. Jones and hahy nave rr-
turned from visit 10 relatives at san
/ Anjonia.
/ Miss Gertrade Clifford, of EuSlis, j.
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert
/ TaN Tor, on FIT King ave.
Miss Miriam PaSteur left Monday
/ fer Chicago where She goes To take a
/ post graduate course in the University
! of Chicago.
/ Mr.. NJ. r. Simmons, of Arlington,
spent Sunday i'm Ocala with the family
of Mr.. b. J. Potter. Mrs. Simmons
has been in Ocala for the past week
Miss Daisy Bell has returned from a
visit To her sister. Mrs. Hardy G.
/ Groom, at Tallahassee. She was ac-
comranied home 10y Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Groom.
/ Rev. and Mrs. Robert II. Morris left
+ Monday for Boston, Mass, where
/ they will remain for three months.
/ Mr. Morris will attend the Emerson
! School Of Oratory.
/ Ina the criminal court at Del.and
/ last Saturday, James Dawkius, Willie
/ Knight and Minnie Edwards, colored
eXcursionists from Ocala, were fined
! - or So days in prison for engaging in
"A riot.
Mrs. Thomas Sexton is visiting her
parents at Martel for few days.
About July first she will go to New
] York to spend; the summer with her
grandmother,
The base ball season in this city
will open on June II, when Ocala and
! Palatka will cross bats on the Ocala
diamond The base ball season is
eagerly looked forward To by all.
For hiliousutSs use Chamberlain
stomach 4 Liver Tablets. They
cleanse the stomach ami regulate the
liver and bowels, eflecting quick and
permanent cure. For sale 10y Anti
Monopoly Drug store. IN
MISS -NtlitC - t'AS IL iNlA tThAtiiNttS
for Tallahassee, where she will be
principal of the primary department
of the central summer school of
Florida, which opens in that city on
the 10th. Miss Stevens Is an excellent
primary worker and her selection Ia
the position was wise one.
g WK-
This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO=Quinine Tablets
the remedy that cures n cOss. I'm one day
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

The base ball season in this city
will open on June II, when Ocala and
Palatka will cross bats on the Ocala
diamond. The base ball season il
eagerly looked forward To by all
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

Mrs. Thomas Sexton is visiting her
parents at Martel for few days.
About July first she will go to New
0ork-to spend; the summer with her
grandmother.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

SARA ELIZABETH HARRIS. Local Editor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

Ina the criminal court at DeIand
last Saturday, James Dawkins, Willie
Knight and Minnie Edwards, colored
eXcursionists from Ocal9, were fined
= or 81 days in prison for engaging in
a riot
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

Miss Gertrade Clifford, of Euslis, j.
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert
TaN Tor, on FIT. King ave.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-24

said to be a .well-khown painter, a
warehouses, and the possessor of a gold
medal presented to her by Pope Leo
NH. for her skill as an artist. The
Warehouses; d'Aiuria is an American
woman by birth. While travelling through
Italy many years ago she met the Mar
quis d'Ajuria. A cour1ship followed their
meeting and after her return to America
they were married. A child, which is
now Is years old, was the result of the
union.
Some Of the warehouses miniatures
are said to be of Mrs. C.. Oliver Iselin.
Mrs. Seward Webb, Mrs. George Gould.
Queen Victoria, Pope Leo and herself aud
child.
The house in which Mrs. d Ajuria lives
in Mount Vernon is owned by James
Scarlet, tailor. of 439 Fifth avenue. Mr.
Scarlet said that Mrs. d .Ajuria had come
to him with the best of references, one
Of them the president Of a bank whose
name he had forgotten. Her house was
finely furnished and she had always paid
the rent promptly. She struck him as "a
determined woman
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-24
Largest Collection of Butterflies.

= The largest and most valuable collec-
ton of butterflies in the world was made
by Herman Strecker, who died in Read
ing, Pa, last Sunday. at the age of 65
years. Mr.. ,Stecker was sculptor and
an author. He was butterfly enthusiast
and devoted all his spare time to captur-
ing specimens from field and wood. He
also employed butterfly hunters and made
liberal purchases !: in all parts of the
world. His collection numbers nearly
25O,OOO specimens, for some Of which he
paid form IS to $3.50, and all together
represents a cash outlay of about $685.
900. Missionaries, travellers and natives
of all sorts of countries were in his serv-
ice, and even the government Of Russia
gave him valuable aid. The collection
includes hundreds of unique and extinct
species.
Mr.. Strecker published several scientific
works for which he made his own litho-
graphic illustrations, and was contribu-
tor to American and English scientific
periodicals.. As a naturalist he had a
wide reputation, and in INDUCING his spe-
cial delight he accumulated treasure
representing fifty years of persistent la
Dor done in time borrowed from other
pursuits. - Rochester Democrat and
Chrnnic1o
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-24
Beauties of Nicaragua.

'eThis project Of building canal across
the isthmus of Nicaragua, when carried
out, will open one of the most wonderful
regions in the world and bring to the sur
face one of the most remarkable people.
The scenery about Lake Nicaragua is e.
teemed by all those who have visited
that locality the most beautiful in Amer
lea or Europe" says Charles Roberts Of
Manchester, England. .But the beauty
Of the scenery is equaled by the sim
plicity of the inha bitants. I Travelled
through there some years ago, and when
we reached the level of the lake we
found primitive village, built in Span
ish style, and as quiet place as was
ever seen. There was no doctor, no
apothecary, no lawyer, no Judge and no
headman, no police, no locks on doors o.
windows, and the padre told me that no
one there had ever known a days sick
ness. Most of the inhabitants, accord
ing to the same information, Ii we'd CEN
fury or more without care or trouble
without ambition and without labor
Philadelphia Press. y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-24
Lead All in Savings.

An advertisement in city newspaper
recently asked for information regarding
a certain depositor in savings bank.
The depositor saw the advertisement, an
swered it, and learned that thirty-nine
years before he had placed $3.50 in the
bank; then he had gone to Europe and
forgotten the deposit. The sum had in
creased to more than $1,000, and came
to him at time when the money vas
greatly needed. Recent statistics concern
ing the savings banks or the world show
that the United States leads all other
countries, having over two and third
billion dollars so invested. with an aver
age Of over $500 to each depositor. Such
figures make cheerful reading-for depos-
Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-24
DOCTOR AND COOK,
Their Relations Should be Closer
Chemical Effects Of Dishes.

Of the arts which may be reckoned an
cillary to that of medicine there is none
probably which is so neglected by prac-
titioners Of medicine as that of cooking
Most medical men regard the kitchen as
beneath their notice. and would scout the
idea that any special training in its mate
rails and its methods might be of service
to their professional powers and useful
ness. Such an attitude Of mind is as I'M
warranted as we believe it to be injud-
cious. Not only are there very many sub
stances which are common to the kitch-
en- and to the dispensary. a knowledge
of which. therefore. is justified by their
presence in one if it does not indicate an
acquaintance with the other, but, more
over, rightly regarded. the kitchen and
the cook play almost as important part
in attaining the aims of the medical man
as do the druggist and the dispensary.
1t is obviously Of the greatest impor-
lance that if physician orders medi-
cine. he should lie able to tell that it is
duly dispensed. A similar argument may
certainly be applied to the products of the
kitchen. No medical man would ignore
the Importance Of diet both in health and
in disease, and the cook may we'll be re-
garded as chief officer in the service
of preventive medicine.-Lancet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-24
The GariSenda Tower.

Bologna has been having sensation
in the rumor that its great leaning tower,
the pride Of the city, is weakening, and
may fall. This has caused so large an
influx of visitors that it is said the hotel
keepers may not be wholly guiltless in
regard to the rumor. The city has two
Of these square towers, the Asinelli,
which is 315 feet high, and was erected
in 11O9. and its rival, the Garisenda,
which was built one year later, and was
originally much higher, and is rendered
peculiar by its decided inclination to one
side. It is now only 1853 feet high, the
width Of one side is % feet; the walls
at the base are 6 feet 6 inches thick,
while higher up they are 4 feet s inches:
Its origin is, somewhat obscure, but it
was certainly intended to outdo the Ash
nelli, and both were for retreat in troub-
lous times. Some say the original inten-
ton was to make it lean, but others con
tend that either the ground has settled
OF there was defect in, the engineering.
This unique relic was 50 little thought Of
by one Of its later possessors that It was
sold in 1865 for 220i lire, something less
than $44.--New York Tribune. "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-24
The Help Problem in California.

Housekeeping in California. and indeed
on the whole Pacific coast has such an
emphatic Oriental tinge that the excl1-
sion act has more to edoawith the proper
washing Of Western dishes than one
M t o imagine Many th housewife in
sion act may not be renewed, for the
unrestricted immigration of Chinese
would solve the domestic help problem
of the Wesr. There are a great many
more kitchens waiting for Chinese and
japanese boys to fill them than there
are competent boys, and the maidservant
is growing scarcer and more scarce as
women fnG out how much more useful
than a maid a man is in the kitchen. To-
begin with. there are so many more
things that man can do. Very often
The housewife and her daughters do not
object at all to doing the chamber work,
save on sweeping and window washing
days, but they do object to watering the
garden, which is sfx-months' duty dur
the japanese or Chinese is most handy.
If there is little gardening to do, he
does it after he is through in the kitchen,
a man always looks better than wom-
an as waiter, and often he looks after
the family horse in addition to his other
duties. OF course he is we'll paid. The
cheapest Japanese cooks are nov paid Sc
d
S.. Good cooks in the families where
a second girl is employed and the family
keeps up some style are paid from So to
$40 week. The best cooks are Chinese;
the best walters Japanese. Often the
second girl" is Chinese boy. 4 change
in the last two years is in the substitu-
/ ton of Japanese buffers for the English
or American article. Several fashionable
hostesses' have Japanese in Tuxedo at
the door on. their reception days, and at
least three prominent society, men in San
Francisco have Japanese Wallets.
Young Chinese girls from the missions
sometimes serve as maids at teas and as
some travellers bring back dainty Japan
lem is settled; these valuable bits of
for the highbinder to make the mistress
1t is unpleasant. to'feel that you must
be kidnapped. ''K!ery serving maid or
man in the vest Nowadays has; an after
noon and evening out, and on these days
the mistress almost never attempts to get
dinner at home. Either the family ar
ranges the night on one when they are
invited out, oTselse the entire family goes
restaurant dinner once q week is becom-
ing a. feature of San Francisco and
Oakland life. San Francisco restaurants
are famed fo- their excellence and cheap.
| ness and the restaurant dinner, once a
week, affords pleasant variety of the
usual family affair. Good Housekeep,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-24

Washington. D. c., Jan. 13-AIrs. Ada
Gilbert Dennis the woman who was MUIR
derously assaulted on the night of the
Sth OF December. was able yesterday for
the first time to make a statement.
The police have been hopeful that what
on the motive for the crime or lead to
the discovery Of the perpetrator, but Mrs.
Dennis statement contained nothing that
would give any clue in either direction.
She said she remembers nothing imme
diately preceding the attack upon her, and
said the blow was struck while she was
asleep. Nor had she the remotest idea
who committed the assault nor the mo-
tive for it.
Mrs. Dennis said she had not been out