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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26
STILL THROWING FLOWERS OUR WAY

state superintendent to succeed Mr..
Sheats. If he should run, the prOba'
bilities are that he would be elected.
-Punta Gorda Herald.
50
The newspapers of Florida are al
most unanimous to have the Hon.
Frank Harris, of Ocala, consent to
run for state superintendent of pub
lie instruction. Mr.. Harris is an able
gentleman and would be an Orna-
ment to any office within the gift of
the peOple.-Tampa Tribune.
-
From the way the newspapers in
Florida are booming Editor Harris of
the Ocala Banner for state superln-
tendent Of public instruction, it looks
as though the present incumbent,
Mr.. Sheats, will not even get a smell,
IN fact he is defeated before the CAIN
paign opens up.-Tampa Tribune.
The state press is favOrably men,
tioning Hon. Frank Harris name in
connection with the office OF state
superintendent of public instruction.
We do not know whether Mr.. Harris
would give up the high position which
he occupies as a "moulder of public
opinion" as editor of the Banner, or
not, but if he would consent to be
state superintendent We would be
glad to see him elected, for We be.
lieve he would do honor TO the state
in that capacity -Sumtervile Times.
-
The Record joins the state press in
booming Editor Frank Harris of the
Ocala Banner for state superinten-
dent of schools. An accomplished
scholar, broad minded man, a live
progressive citizen, deeply interested
| in the education, culture and refine.
ment of the youth of Florida, he
would make an admirable superinten-
dent of the public school interests of
the state. Now let all the papers of
the state lend their efforts for the
nomination and election Of the Ocala
Editor to this position.-DeLand
Record.
Editor Frank Harris is being favor
ably mentioned in the Florida press
for the very important position of
state superintendent of public in-
struction, to succeed Hon. w. n.
Shests. AS editor of the Ocala Ban
ner, Mr.. Harris has made an envia-
BILE name for his paper and for him
self, and if he should make as good a
superintendent as he has made sue.
cess Of the newspaper business no
more could in reason be asked of him
by the people and the vOters.-Lees.
burg Commercial.
-
A large number of the state papers
are mentioning Editor Harris, of the
Ocaia Banner, as candidate for state
superintendent of public instruction,
and as the Banner copies these with
out denial on the part of Mr.. Harris
that he is prospective candidate, it
is probably true that he is in the field.
If this is the case, when the votes are
counted in the next primary, w. n.
Sheats will more likely be aware OF
the fact that there is such county
as Walton and that her people have
some things in their note books
eFuniak Breeze.
-
Frank Harris, the Ocala Editor
didn't want to be governor and we
don't know that he wants to be state
superintendent, but he is being wide.
ly talked about in that connection
and if he consents to hunt the office
there is no doubt but that the state
press will help him out all it can
Mr.. Harris is an accomplished schO
lar, broad minded man and live
progressive citizen, and if he wants
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26
Bryan on the ServIa Affair.

If this had occur
red in q South
American republic
it would have been
heralded by the
lovers of arbitrary
power as an evil
dence of the inca
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26

MORGAN Is SLOW.

MORGAN Is SLOW.
The Florida Railroad Commission
seems to be dandy nursery for spout
ing embryo governors. 1t is up to Nor
gan to announce, and in the mean
time the railroads are singing glory
hallelujah !-MOnticellO News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26

MUST NOT REPUDIATE.

MUST NOT REPUDIATE.
So, Mr.. Wales will have to wait
another two years for money earned
while in the services of the state.
Florida is too great state to have re-
pudiated an honest debt.-DeSOtO
County News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26

UNLESS

The citizens of Marion county are
pleading with the governor to respect
the unanimous recommendation of
the county executive committee of a
candidate for the vacancy in the
office of collector. Judging from the
experience of Escambia and Hamil-
ton counties, their wishes will hardly
be needed, unless Mr.. Jennings has
no favOrite of his own To name for the.
plaee.-Palatka Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26

flow of red lemonade will b. uno6.
structed.-PensscoIa Pres.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26

DOUGHERTY'S OPPORTUNITY.
1t would be an easy matter for the
Tall Cypress of the Halifax TO sweep
the field in the second congressional
district as :ainst the present candi.
dates in the field. Charlie DOugherty
was never defeated before the people,
and should he enter the race the peO-
pie will rally to him with an enthus-
iasm that means victory from the
start.-DeLand Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26

SEE "BOOG ERs" IN EVERYTHING.
We regret to learn that the State
University has been left again in the
hands of the Talliaferro-P Parrot ma
chine. We were in hopes that poll
tics would be left out for awhile, and
that the presidency would go accord
ing to merit.-MadisOn Recorder.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26

LOOKS LIKE LIDDON.

The suggestion of Hon. Benjamin
s. LiddOn's candidacy for governor
has been received with much more
serious consideration than has been
accorded to the mention of any other
name than that of RObt. w. Davis
The warmest friends of "Our Bob"
recognize in Judge LiddOn a fOeman
worthy of his steel.-Starke Tele-
graph.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26

DOUGHERTY WANTS THE PLUM.
The idea prevails in VOlusia county,
that, at the proper time, ex-COngress-
man Charles Dougherty will announce
himself as a candidate for Bob Davis
seat in the lower house DOugherty
is saying nothing, but saving lots of
wood, just at present.-DeLand News.
. THE OTHER BOB STILL "LAFFs."
Gen. Robert Bullock, of Ocala, has
announced his candidacy for the gov
ernOrship. He is strong man, and
will make a good race, but he can
hardly hope to win with such tre-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-06-26
MUST WAIT.


So, Mr.. Wales will have to wait
another two years for money earned
while in the service of the state.
Florida is too great state to have re-
pudiated an honest debt.-DeSOto
County News.
OUGHT To CARRY HIM PART OF THE
WAY.
Robert Z. Davis, of Alachus, has
been launched as congressional cam
didate to succeed the original Robert
w. His name ought to carry him
part of the way.-St. Augustine
Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
ANDREW LANG a WORKER.
Environment and Rapid Literary
OUTPUT of the EnuIish Writer.

Environment and Rapid Literary
Output Of the English Writer.
Andrew Lang held at one time what
must have been very nearly worlds
record in literary output. His regular
weekly work was six leaders for
morning newspaper, two humorous
sketches for an evening journal, two
long articles, two book reviews, and
contribution to weekly illustrated
paper. In addition to this he devoted
four hours every day to what may be
called pure literature. He turned out
books at the rate of three a year, or
even more. In 1890, for instance,
there appeared from his pen the RED
Fairy Tale Book" Life, Letters and
Diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote,"
"How to Fail in Literature" and "Old
Friends" For weeks together his
work would average $4,000 words a
week. iy...Gs:.. T., =.
Sir Edward Russell's record in the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
LAWS 1850 YEARS OLD

Light upon the age of human laws
is furnished by slab of black stone
unearthed at Persepolis last year by
J. de Morgan, an antiquary working
for the French government, says the
New York World. The monument con-
tains a picture of King Hammurabi
receiving his laws from the seated
sun god Samas.
Hammurabi has been 4,500 years
dead, but his code doesn't seem so
old fashioned. It recognizes the
widows thirds" of her husbands real
estate The custom of making Wills
was already established. A man could
not directly will his property out Of
the family. If he wished to benefit a
stranger to the blood" he had first
to adopt him.
The husband could leave his proper
ty to his wife, and she could leave it
to such of her children as she chose,
but net to her brothers, Moreover, a
father could leave a marriage portion
to a daughter vowed to religion, and
her brothers had no /claim on the
property
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
WOODS OF THE NORTHWEST

Nowhere else in the world is there
such forest as this. A few steps in
any direction from the roads Of the
loggers bring one at once to the pri-
meval wood.
Turn to the north. A thousand and
five hundred miles you may wander,
it you will, and never escape the en-
closing si1enccs of this wood. Across
the British possessions, through end
less reaches of mountains, snow
capped, inaccessible, and onward to
Alaska, nothing but trees and trees
cedar, fir, hemlock, pine, spruce.
Turn to the south. For thousand
miles of Sierra, through the heart of
California, where grows the sequoia,
the monarch among trees, to the very
deserts of the Mexican border, and
you will find this forest still covering
all the hills, thick, silent and all but
undisturbed. A continent long is this
wood, facing the Pacific, here 200
miles wide, from the waters edge
across the nights of the Cascade and
the Sierra, there narrowing to thin,
struggling, yet persistent growth
along the mountain tops.
This tree before you, rising $50
feet in air, straight and strong, thick
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
MYSTERY OF WILD ANIMAL

What Becomes of Those That Die
Natural Deaths in the Woods7
"The forest has many mysteries,
said an old Pennsylvania woodman,
''but none deeper than that of wild
animals that die vaturaI deaths.
"The four-footed dwellers of the
woods certainly do not live forever.
Age and disease must carry them off
regularly, as human beings are carried
off, but what becomes OF their bodies?
4 never heard of any ones coming
across a wild dead bear or deer or
wildcat or fox that had died from
natural causes. I found the carcass
of a big fve-pronged buck in the
woods once, but rattlesnake, also
dead, had its fangs buried in one of
the deer's nostrils. There had evil
IDENTIFY been a fight to the death be-
tween the reptile and the beast.
Another time I followed the trail
of bear from clearing where it
had stolen half-grown lamb. came
upon the headless body of the lamb a
mile or so out on the trail, and a half
mile further on, near the edge of
swamp, l was surprised to find the
body Of the BEAR
cts jaws were open, and it's CLASSY
eyes were pushed far out of its head
held post-morten examination Of
the dead bear and found the lambs
head lodged in it's throat. How or
why the bear ever permitted it to
get there I am unable to explain.
II have many times found other
dead animals in the woods, but never
one that did not show unquestionable
evidence OF having died from violence
Of some kind. Every woodsman will
the dead wild animals that die nat
ural dea tbs.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29

coated with brown bark, it's mighty
base setting firmly in the earth, its
roots gripping deep, was growing be-
fore Columbus saw America. Five
hundred years has it been standing
there raising it's head to the sky.
What storms has it Oent before;
under what ages of sunshine has it
gained strength; what lightning
strokes have threatened it, what
sweeping fires! And still it stands
with the sublime majesty of age and
strength, fearful of nothing-and the
sound Of axes knocking In the valley
below!
But long before the seed of this
hoary giant was sown in the wind
forests were old on these hills. For
$4,000 years and more have these
mountains been forest-clad, one for
est rising in 500 years from youth to
maturity, sinking away in ripe old
age, and giving room to another gen.
Grafton of trees. Deep in the earth
to-day lie some of these ancient for
ests, changed by slow chemistry
Of the ages into coal, and now at last
beginning to give out for men the
sunshine which they stored up cen.
turies before the beginning of his
tory.-Century Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29

"Would you believe that the nature
of beasts is softened by distress and
suffering?" asked a man who has
spent most of his life in the Delta.
1T is a fact. More than once I have
had remarkable instances of the truth
of this assertion brought under my
very eyes. BY our own feelings we
know that men, when a great calam-
ity befalls a community, forget all
differences of race, or creed and go
into the rescue business with a whole
soul Just in the same way animals
lose their savage natures, experience
a change Of feeling as to other ami
mails and become softened when
brought face to face with almost in
evitable doom. 1t is a somewhat curl
Gus thing, but even when starvation
is one of the chief sufferings which
beset them they have been known to
refrain from feeding on weaker ami
mails, which under ordinary circum-
are some instances: In 1882, during
the flood Of that year, l had a good
many cattle in the lowlands that were
hemmed up on a ridge. I paid as
high as $50 day for a fatboat to
ferry them out. This ridge was about
two miles long and 300 yards wide. It
is no exaggeration to say that some
sort Of an animal occupied every ten
foot square Of that space. Horses,
hogs. cows, calves, wolves and rab-
bits were so crowded on the ridge
that you could hardly walk for them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29

l have seen wolves crouch at the ap-
proach of men, and barring a surly
growl and the display Of white teeth,
give no other sign of their savage
nature. I have seen a rabbit, shiv-
ering with cold and nibbling at the
stub of green cane, squatting with
in fifteen feet of hungry, gaunt
wolf, and under ordinary circum-
stances the wolf would have pounced
upon the rabbit and devoured him.
And I have seen young calves within
several hundred yards of whole
pack of hungry wolves, and yet not
one, to my knowledge, was ever de-
voured. The wolves even approached
near our camp fires, either coveting
the warmth of the fire or the food we
had, and instead of lusty, frightened
howl. they offered us only a whine.
They were half tanned by their suffer
ing, by the helplessness Of their situa-
ton, and evidently realized that they
were at the mercy of some power
over which they had not the slight
est control. The natures of these wild
beasts had changed under the weight
of distress that was common among
them. l have seen rabbits jump into
the boats from floating logs as we
passed through the cane breaks, and
tamely crouch at mems feet, whereas
greyhound could scarcely have
caught one had there been room for
a race. AS strange as it may seem
these things are true, and any one
who can explain them is welcome to
the task"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
JUST A MATTER OF NUMBERING.
The Great Detective Explains the De-
lay In a Murder Case,

nc 1Teat OeteCtlve Explains the De-
lay In a Murder Case.
mo, we haven't made any arrests
yet," the great detective told the re-
por.er. 'You can say this much, how
ever: We know who the murderer is
'tIe is one of four men whom we
have been watching from thu first.
The fact that only one man committed
the crime has been sworn to by wit
nesses.
Neither the first nor the second of
these four men was present when the
shot was fred. The third man was
also away at the time.
1.-THE fourth man is the one we
want, and we can lay our hands on
him whenever we're good and ready"
''Then what are you waiting for?"
asked the reporter. ''Why don't you
arrest him noW?"
WELL" said the great detective,
''you see we're not yet sure as to the
proper numbering Of these men. We
know that the fourth man is the one
we want, but which Of these four is
the fourth man? That's what we're
working on now."-New York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29


The only crematorium In the Domin-
ion of Canada is the one in Mount
Royal cemetery, Montreal, which has
been> opened g little more than year.
In that time there have been five
cremations. It is q significant fact
that In the city of London during the
first year Of the existence Of the Gre
matory, there were but three crema-
tions. ... - = ...t.>:t.s - ,
The crematorium is of the English
gothic style of architecture, with mas
sivea oak doors and constructed of
Montreal limestone. It. Is fireproof
throughout. A stately porch is passed
on the, way to the large conservatory.
with its sides lined with plate. glass
windows, and the floor beautifully de-
signed In different colored marbles.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
Shadows.

Ah honey-bee! ah, honey-bee! how eager
is your song!
And how the flowers are trembling to
see you swing along:
All! surely as a lover you are come, or
do you roam
Only for honey-then home?
And ivyweed, and ivyweed, how tenderly
you grow!
It is an oak that lifts you from many
a year ago.
Do you, then, love the shade so that you
should never roam,
But only there. and home?
Shall I, then: as the ivy be, or be a
honey-lover?
And live lover in the shade, or rover
in the clover?
The Shadow to the Sunbeam says, "A
little you may roam,
Only a little-then home!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29

The complexity of the law of mar.
riage settlements point to state Of
civilization like that of modern so.
ciety. Save in exceptional circum-
stances only one wife was legal.
Slavery existed, but marriage between
slaves and free women was recog-
niZed; and if the slaves wife lived
under the roof of his master, that
master acquired no rights over her or
her property. The issue Of the mar
riage were apparently free, and en-
jOyed all rights of citizens.
Adopted sons gained rights only to
personal property. Votaries or vesta1
virgins were allowed to marry by dep
uty and had wives property rights.
So in Roman law vestal virgin, in
order to enable the temple to receive
legacies, was assumed to have three
children.
This 4,500 year old code has an
elaborate law of agency and provis-
tons for" labor regulations, but did not
recognize murder as a crime. 1t was
merely a question of damage, payable
to the relatives.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29

Through the conservatory, banked
with flowers and plants. the visitor
passes through an :ante-room to the
scrematorium hall, which has an arch
ed roof and walls lined with marble,
while the floor; like that of the CON
zservatory, is laid in marble. In this
hall the religious ceremony preceding
the cremation takes place. Adjoining
Is the incinerating room, reached
through large bronze doors. The floor
is paved with white tiles ;. and the
walls lined with white marble. Here
there is space for four incinerators.
They are made Of fire brick with steel
castings. The fuel used is kerosene
;5qil tand the incineration- Of q body re-
qnires about two hours. 6 s.. 5:i. #se
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
There is another serious phase to Il

There is another serious phase to tn,
question, a phase removed from th'
domestic side of the problem and on,
affecting the foreign markets, now be
coming more important than ever t.,
the United States. The cotton indus
try of the United States is imperilet
at time when the government O
England and Germany are making un
usually vigorous efforts to promote tn,
cultivation of cotton in their colonies
and when Central and South American
countries are seeing in the cotton in
dustry a great and growing CONNER
cial opening.-New York Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
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ly estimated by those who have stud-3
led the situation to have been from
fifteen to twenty-five million dollars. s
It was certainly as much as the small.
er sum named, and it is possible that
it may have exceeded the larger. But
great as was the disaster to the crop
of 1902, it was nothing compared to-
that which threatens the crop OF
1903" i
The dangerous thing about the cot-f
ton boil weevil is that it is travel
ing scourge. 1t was introduced into
this country from Mexico, creeping
across the Rio Grande after having
ravaged the cotton regions - Of tfhss the
neighboring republic until the culti-
vation of cotton, which had formerly
been profitable crop in Coahuila and
Michoacan, was entirely discontinued.
Now few cotton producing counties in
Texas are unaffected; the advance
guard Of the post is on the Texas
banks Of the Red river, apparently
ready to invade the cotton regions of
Arkansas and Indian Territory, while
the states Of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi have good reason to fear it, al
though thus far its progress has been
almost straight north rather than to
the, east
In the absence of DR.. Howard, who
is leading the fight against the boil
weevii in Texas, the acting chief of
the division of entomology is Mr.. C.
l.. Mar}att, who regularly has charge
of chronological field work.
While the department of agriculture
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29

is doing good work in Texas there
s1s q strong feeling among the cotton
.planters that their predicament should
1be thrown open to the best scientific
talent of the country outside of govern
kment service. Congress will probably
lat it's next session be asked for an ap-
Epropriation large enough to enable the
government to continue its work, but
also to employ able men outside
ppf the department of agriculture.
eI:s The Texas cotton crop and it's "by-
Eproducts" OF seed, meal and oil is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29

valued at $3.50, 100000 a year. The boil
weevil has imperiled it.
Leaving out China, which is rather
unknown quantity in the cotton produc-
ing world, it is safe to say that Texas
produces one-fifth of the cotton of the
world. Therefore, when in one year.
1902-at least one-tenth of her product
falls victim to the boil weevil the
seriousness of the situation is appar-
ent.
The government scientists are now
trying to find out if the insect or it's
larvae can be carried in the cotton
bale, as it is taken eastward through
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29
Meum and Tuum in Science.

Little Mildred's mother objected to
the freedom with which her young
daughter bestowed her kisses, and
read her. darling a lecture on the
improperly Of the practice, conclud-
ing with the startling information that
there were microbes in kisses.
Next day the young minister called,
and as he and Mildred were fast
friends he fingered in the act of de-
parture.
I'm sorry, Mr.. Hatton, but can't
kiss you any more" she said tearfully.
When he urged her for an explanation
of this sudden change she blurted out:
II can't kiss anybody any more
use-'cause-mamma says there's
you-crobes in kisses-and-I mustn't. "
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-29

To secure cremation it is necessary
for the person whose body is to be ere
mated to have expressed such a de
sire in writing. He must also have
been over twenty-one years of age.
After a religious service in the hal
the body is passed into the ,receivin,
chamber, where incineration begins
The ashes are taken from the furnace
on the morning following cremation.
At one time all the great nation,
of the world, with the exception O!
the Egyptians, Persians and Chinese
practiced cremation, including tn.
Greeks and Romans. NJ. .>>s..-,,s !, !,
i In 1900 the number Of bodies ere
mated in the United States was 2,4t4
an increase OF 41s over the previou,
year. s.. s. ... s. s:s=.. 8 }