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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

The Ocala High School will open
next Monday morning at nine O'Clock.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Special embroidery sale this
week at the OcaIa Bazaar.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mr.. E. c. Smith has gone to his old
home in Illinois to spend fewweeks.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

The following Ocala people were
recently registered at the Jacksonville
hotels, viz: r. L. Anderson, S. w.
league, II. II. WhitwOrth, Gertrude
England.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mrs. w. H. Lipscomb and children
have gone to Femandina to visit rela-
ariVPS
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mr.. Joe Davis and little daughter,
of Summerfield, spent Tuesday IN
Oeala.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

The ball team which will cross bats
with the Ocala team in this city on
Gala Day are now practicing regu-
larly every afternoon and expect
to put up an interesting contest on
that day. The Ocala team is a good
one and composed of the best players
to be found in the Brick City, and the
Gainesville aggregation will have to
hustle to keep up their well earned
Repatriation. -Ganinesv Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23
lara zLIzAsETz HARRIS, Local Editor
HAPPENINGS ABOUT TOWN.

Mr.. H. A. Ford has returned from
2 business visit to Alabama.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Miss Mamie Eliason has accepted
a position with the Helvenston-Bhtch-
Pasteur-COmpany.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Lege, who have been
at White Springs for the pat ten days
returned home Wednesday afternoon.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mrs. J. F. Williamson, who has
been spending the summer at Warm
Springs. Ga. with relatives, returned
Tuesday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mrs. Robert L. Anderson returned
home Wednesday morning from
visit of several weeks to Louisville,
Ky. Mr.. Anderson accompanied his
wife home from Jacksonville.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

The Ocala sub-schOOl district trus-
tees have filled the first assistants
position in the person of Prof. R. G.
Cantrell, of tallahassee. -Talahassee
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mr.. Will Dunn, who for several
years has been with the firm of H. B.
Masters, is now with w. w. Carman
& Company, having accepted posi-
ton with them a couple of days ago.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

A boy in New York returned $500
to a woman who had lost it and was
given 20 cents. The moral of this
little children is that had the little
boy not given the kind lady the $500
he would not have been given the
nice 20 cents. The generosity of
some people is Earring.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mr.. Harry r. Carman, of Palatka,
and Miss Bertha Riefenberg, of Miami,
were married at the home of the bride
on the eighteenth. The groom is a
brother of Mr.. w. w. Carman, a
prominent young merchant of this
city.
Mrs. ID. w. Davis and children re-
turned home Tuesday afternoon from
Seabreeze, where they spent the
summer. Mrs. Davis sister, Miss Mary
Piatt, who has been with her for
cOuple-of weeks, has gone to Ken
lucky to visit her mother.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Coin and Mr..
S. A. STANDBY, of this city, Mr..
and Mrs. w. j. Smoak, of Fairfield,
Capt. J. B. Martin, of Daisy, Mr..
Louis Lang, Dexter, Messrs. Stucky
& Tilley, of Spring Park, all left
Tuesday for the big fair at ST. Louis,
where they will see the sights for
two weeks.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mr.. and Mrs. c.. V. Roberts and
baby, who have been visiting rela-
tives in Indiana for a couple of
months, arrived home Tuesday after
noon. They stopped for a couple of
weeks at st. Louis and took in the
wonderful fair.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mrs. J. NJ. Meffert and children,
who have been at Seabreeze for sew
eral months returned home Tuesday
afternoon. While at Seabreeze the
stork visited the Meffert home and
added another little one to the family
nest. The little girl is now seven
weeks old and met with a warm well
come in Ocala by the friends of the
family.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23

Mrs. Minnie Bostick has returned
home from the northern markets,
where she went to purchase a hand
some stock of goods for her millinery
store. She was accompanied home
by Miss Owen, who is an expert mil
liner of Richmond, Va, and will re-
main in Ocala during the winter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
. DEPARTMENT OF GRAFT.
University Of Michigan Plans to
Train Graduates to Withstand
Boodling Spirit.

A graft department has been organ
ICED at the University OF Michigan under
the name nonathelstic board OF con-
troll" The aim Of this new educational
movement is 10 turn out graduates
trained TO Withstand the boodllng spirit
Of American cities. The department IS
working on a big scale, creating legal
corporations for its boys TO handle. and
buying a newspaper TO serve practically
rs a classroom MODEL
The name. "nonathletir board" ex-
plains the origin at Mlchigan's work In
political business honor The "uonath.
letlc board was created 20 supervise
everything else It looked al the I Il
dent get rich schemes and found IT'S re-
markahIe mission,
Out Of college honor Offices students
were found to be earning from $40 to
$500 each, The most reprehensible OF
these schemes was the two-pfice class
rate, by which a class emblem. the min
perhaps, was sold to the student hin
committee at one dollar and retalled 10
the class al SIPS Manufacturers Sc
cretly offered the rate 10 secure bids. and
the student committeeman pockcted the
extra quarter az pay for hts work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
BOOM FOR JAPANESE SONGS
Created by Sympathy Of the American
People for the Japs at War
with Russia.

The war in the far east" said the
music publisher. according to the New
York Sun. is making itself felt even in
our business.
"Of course, We have not caught the
war fever so badly as the newspapers
and magazines. but still the song writ
ers are beginning to desert the old
homestead and are connecting lyrics
about Acknowledged japanese maidens,
The transition is easy, as all com
posers can palm of rejected Indian love
songs, 80 popular the last year, and put
japanese titles TO them. Still, there are
Jap songs published, because there are
hundreds of pretty lyrics from old Jap
anese comic operas that can be drawn
upon.
Not a single Russian lyric has come
under my observation, and | think that
gauges the popular pulse to be strongly
pro-Japanese. OF course, Japan isnatur-
ally attractive to the song writer. be-
cause 1t Is the land Of beauty and poetry,
incense and geishas; but | hold the
strange theory that Gilbert and Sullivan
are partly responsible for our Jap sym
pathies.
If 1t Is granted that even comic opera
stagecraft will create a sympathetic at
mosphere, why, many Japanese operas
that have followed The Mikado' have
had some weight. Every one OF these
hodge-podges has had poetic environ
ment, like a cherry blossom festival,
and the public has remembered that at
mosphere when the caperings Of the
comedians have been forgotten.
ION the contrary, every play of Rus
sian life revolves around the clankina
chains of frigid Siberia, the cruelty of
the knout, intrigue and Nihilism. Every
n of these dramas Of desolation has
been IN anti-Russian document to the
people OF emotional tendencies. OPP
posed to these, the serious Jap dramas,
A Japanese Nightingale and the melo-
dramatic Darling of the Gods have
been girded with sympathetic stage
craft.
Now, | have seen that the inspired
Russian press are %inveighing against
the American newspapers for misrepre-
senting them and fostering a pro-Japan-
ese sympathy, ! hardly think the news
pers will plead guilty to that charge, for
they have but reflected public opinion
and prejudice,
THE japanese nation has been
blessed with theatrical press agents, and
II the Russians wish to stem the tide
they had better subsidize some of the
playwrights who are now foraging on
the free lunch of Broadway. I'll cheer
fully furnish them with a list of song
writers who will go to work o for a
small consideration"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21

HE [ llNt IN HIS " AIN
think I would have one myself But I
guess ia better give up that idea.
He brushed away the crumbs Of
bread and resumed his journey At the
next farmhouse he stopped ana asked
the woman who came to the door to
give him something to eat. William
was not hungry, but he might he be-
fore nightfall. 80 1t was the part OF a
prudent man to try and lay in a sup
ply Of food, Even II he did not care
10 eat then, he could put It in
ais pocket.
But the woman called him a big.
lazy tramp, and slammed the door In
his face
This did not worry William. He al
ways expected a certain number Of re-
fusals during the course Of a day, but
like many other tramps IN this big land
had found that he was seldom forced
TO the unpleasant alternative Of either
working or going to sleep hungry. So
whistlinG Chcor!ly he continued his
walk.
AS he Hearcd the curve Of the road,
william heard the thnddlng sound Of
horses hoofs. To his experienced a
the EalIopinE sounded louder yet more
uneven than that common to an ordi-
mary team Of horses on a country road,
Either that fellow Is driving mighty
fast or It is a runaway he soliIoQuIzed
Aud he hurried around the curve in
abe road.
Down the highway. swaying from
side to side IN their mad gaIlop, came
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
BAD TELEPHONE MANNERS.
Dignihed MRtron Who Has a Just
Complaint to Make--Inexcusable
Guinness over the Wire.

A digniicd matrou who has a couple
Of debutantes In her family COM
plaiuod the other day that the phone"
was conducive to bad manners, reports
the Chicago Tribune
Il do not think / can be accused Of
being unprogressiye, she said. but
! never shall become accustomed 10
telephone n This Is what hap
pens to me about every hour In the
day:
Phone bell rings. !, being con-
venient. answer Masculine voice calls
Hello Now | realize that the DOS
SCISSOR Of that voice Is probably a
youth Of 90, and while resent the
familiar Hello | respond. Hello, and
he begins!
"'Who is this?'
"'Who Is this| There is something
so abrupt in this form of question that
! feel like making an explanation that
will not only be considered satisfac-
tory but final. but having identified
myself 10 the young mans satisfac-
ton he proceeds:
"'Oh, this is Mrs. B.! Well. Mrs. b.
i want TO see Miss II. WIN you tell
Miss II. want to speak to herr
He does not apologize, seldom saws
Thank YOU and never by accident
says Please. and allows nae to hunt all
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
SHE HAD A GOOD REASON.
Not Necessary for Her to Explain
Why She Couldn't Marry
the Man.

why don't you like this fellow %
asked the brown-eyed girl of her blue
eyed friend. you say he is very kind,
is making d great deal of money, and
has all the qualifications for an excel
lent husband. Why don't you take him
You're getting along a bit in years and
you can't afford to daily like a girl of
IT,"
well, he's so bashful," complained
the blue-eyed girl, relates the New York
Times.
The brown-eyed one shifted.
What Of it?" she cried. He won't
be chasing after other girls If he's a bit
shy, | prefer bashful men myself"
He's coming tonight and III intro
duce you. and then you'll see why It is
! don't like him"
The mar came and was introduced.
In vain the girls worked to make him
say something besides yes or mo"
Finally the brown-eyed girl launched
into a description Of an accident she had
seen on the street.
The horse fell fiat" she said, "and
Immediately three men rushed out and
sat on Its head"
The nan began to laugh uproarious-
ly. The girls LOOKED at him in amaze
ment Then he choked back his laugh.
ter a minute and said:
"supposln' that horse had got up with
:, - - - -
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
GREAT lARlAT
Men Who Are More Skilled with the
Hawser Than Cowboys With
the Rope.

writing OF a trip over the great lakes
IN Harper's Magazine, Louise Morgan
Sill tells Of the lariat-throwers who
are even more skillful than the western
cowboys:
'one of the most interesting persons
connected with the lake traffic is a sort
OF brother to the l%andlubber COWBOY"
she writes, He is practically the lariat-
hrower OF these prairie-like lakes hut
he does not lasso cattle or ANYTHING so
trivial. His game may be a wharf or
an S,oo0-ton freighter, and he never
misses his cast, He makes no pretense
to anything picturesque, and it is doubt
ful IL he would care to be SO described,
but picturesque he Is as he swings the
rope in the. air from dock to vessel. or
vice versa. He may be In trim sailors
garb, member of the crew of a luxurious
passenger steamer, or merely clothed
In the essy-goipg garments of the man
who wears them merely as a means of
covering.
The lariat-thrower Is OF no particu-
lar nationality. He may be an Amer
lean, or Canadian, or Irish or Swedish,
or German. or almost anything: but
after he has worked awhile on these
vast Inland waters the lakes put their
stamp on him and he becomes a lake
nan He does his work with a certain
calmness and ease. a philosophical mas
terry of things without excitement. II
you talk with him, you will find that
he knows much more than he seems to
know. One of them diseoursed upon
worldwide topics.
Its foolish for us to try to taych
the Chinese anything he said, 'whin
they're thousands of years old and set
in their ways, Better kape our mis-
sionaries home, | say. We need 'em
here, and monny Of EN-, too
THE more rough-and-ready. and SO
more interecdng, of these men are on
nected with the freighters and smaller
steamers"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
One Ahead Of Him.

Two candidates for office in Mi
souri, were stumping the northern bart
Of the State and in one town they
appearance was almost simultane0us
The candidate last arriving Happened
to stop at a house for the purpose Ii
getting a drink of water. To the llttk
girl who answered his knock at Tia
door he said-when she had given hin
the desired draught and he had Offered
her in recompense some candy: "DA
the man ahead of me give you any
thing?"
"Oh! yes, sir" replied the bright
girl; "he gave me candy"
"Ah!" exclaimed the candidate
heres Ave cents for you. | don't sup
pose that he gave you any money!"
The youngster laughed merrily
Eyes, he did, too! He gave me ten
cents!"
Not to be outdone, the candidate
gave the little one another nickel, and,
picking her up in his arms, kissed her
did he kiss you, too?" he asked.
genially.
Indeed, he did, sir" responded The
little girl, "and he kissed ma, tool
Golfers Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
NEW WESTERN. INDUSTRY.
Chinese Wood Oil to Be a Product of
the California Coast
Region.

Wood oil is rapidly becoming an i'm
portant article Of export In China, ac-
cording 10 l.. S. Wilcox, United States
consul general at Hankau, during last
I season there having been more than
/ $3.50, 900 worth of it shipped from that
port, says the New York Post. Preyi-
)us TO 1899, when the attention of the
United states importers was called TO
its valuable properties. only three small
shipments had been made from here TO
the United States. Now two United
States Arms have located branches here
for the purpose Of exporting wood oil.
One OF the firms deals exclusively in this
article and it has shipped nearly 200,-
GOO gallons since last fall, Previous to
1900 the oil was shipped to Europe in
considerable quantities.
The value Of the oil Is due to its as
trtngent and drying qualities and it is
used In yarnish for the finer kinds OF
furniture. There are two kinds OF this
oil--one yellow the other q dark color,
Only the former has been exported, be-
ing considered Of a higher quality than
the latter. 1t is also reported that in
Europe 1t is used in making soaps. The
price Of the yellow variety during the
past season has varied from 81 % to s6.95
per picul Q33 1-3 pounds. The oil Is
brought TO Hankau in bamboo baskets
lined with oil paper, each basket con
tanning about one picul of oil. The
great difficulty of obtaining barrels to
export the oil is a serious drawback, as
no barrels are manufactured In any OF
the provinces where the oil tree grows.
for this reason an American firm at
Hankau has imported from New York
shocks for 5000 barrels and machinery
for setting them up.
Last year q request was received from
California for 1000 seeds of the oil tree.
They are planted and are growing fine
~. The same parties last fall requested
1000 more seeds and arrangements
have been made to secure and ship them.
As the oil finds a ready market the In
PRODUCTION OF these trees into various
parts of the United States will be a
source of revenue to their owners,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
A Soft Snap.

Ex-senator Mason, of Illinois, was
seated with a party of friends In d
Washington cafe one evening when
the circle vas Joined by the son Of .
big Western capitalist whose aim IN
life seemed to be a continuous Jubilee
He was of that class ineleganty
known as buffers in" and it was soon
evident that his presence was dis
tasteful to the senator. my old man
doesn't put up a cent for me-" said the
young man, displaying a fat roll d
greenbacks. "I'm on my own re
sources"
How did you manage it," asked
n of the party. You must hare
some sort of a snap"
This is my snap said the gql
spendthrift, i~mpressively touching hs
head.
"And there's not a softer snap .
the world" assented Senator Mason
Troy Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
SOME WHlMs ABOUT HATS.
Many Men in a Big City Wear Their
Headgear During Bust
ness Hours. a.

A halter in this city says that more
men wear hats in business hours in
New York than in any other great city
OF which he has knowledge, and he has
mads an investigation of the matter,
a y the New York Sun.
Il do not refer to retail clerks" he
| said, but to men down in the whole
sale and in the banking and insurance
districts, Nor do | NEAR the men who
wear skullcaps at their desks, OF
whom, by the way. there are fewer
than formerly. In fact, you seldom
find a man wearing one now.
81 mean men who wear the tame
hats during their business hours that
they wear in the street. There is a
house in the wholesale leather district
where the head Of the concern rarely
removes his silk hat while he is at his
rdesk. and he is there about five hours
a day.
Whether the habit is contagious or
not | do not pretend to say, but | do
know that nearly one-third Of the EN-.
ployes of the house wear theler der
bies while at work.
~ man at the head of a depart
ment in a house in Maiden Lane has
worn a soft hat, the same that he
wears out of doors, for the last seven
years, and one OF the concern told me
it was the same hat, The man is not
bald, and / am told that he has no
ailment which would explain the
habit.
IF these were the only instances
they would rot be worth mentioning,
but they can be easily multiplied.
THE bookkeeper Of a downtown
hotel never removes his hat while at
work, but when he goes to his meals
in the cafe he removes his hat as
quickly as he would in a church or a
theater. The minute he returns to his
work he takes his hat from the peg
and puts it on his head.
There is another popularity about
wearing hats in New York which my
business has taught me to observe.
That is the affection which some of
the older generation have for their
silk hats.
The average young mar in New
York must have a new block every sea-
son, but some of their dads or bosses.
who are worth fortunes, wear their an
Gent tiles as long as they can be
cleaned or ironed, and a good silk hat
will stand about as much, if not more.
in the way Of renovating than any gar
ment in a mans wardrobe.
There is a good deal of responsibility
in an old silk hat that is properly kept
up. | don't refer to the brand that sug-
gests seediness, but the well-kept
brand.
"One of these old-timers, whose name
you would recognize, had an ancient
tile which he lost through no fault of
his, and he got a new one. But he
never put 1t on until a rainy day. Then
he wore it out into the storm and got
1t thoroughly soaked.
After that he never went into the
street without it. OF course you will
say 1t was a within. Well, maybe so.
Women have fads. Men have wbims."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
The Call of
Already - ~
By EDWIN J. wEBsTLK

INlLLIhN tie tramp wAs seated
wv Oh q little haEE b. lae side u
the highway under the saaat Of a tE
elm Tho day VAS warm bat not EC-
comfortably bot hs was sauEE a f~1-
sal yet satisfying .u1.a ~ bread ass
cheese and nearby raH a brook fgau
which De could gleEra DIS thirst sea
b bad finished eating Whenever Be
might tire a' rural life the ral.nas4
was Oily a shur, distance away be
could Jump On a freight rra-n and e
quickly carried 'ras % charge 90 the
city william tbe tramp MAS content
e. With bis lot Bat as BIS glance te,3
On a little cottage un -ha read a vague
unrest allied his hear. A y0lEE moth
er followed by a child s.igEtHr to her
skirts had just come out Of the cot
tage and IA. feeding RE hens and
ducks who Anra' a, hss call Near
the house a man was pl3wiHE He also
heard Tho young h~owsoWifr's call and
looking up from the Mrrov. threw her
a kiss.
Must BE- sort u nice. after ali. 10
have q home. and a wife, and a baby
like that fellows got thought VIII
liam, the tramp regretfglly Used to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.

=. q.
When ! drank coffee ! often had slcA
headaches, nervousness and biliousness
much of the time but about 2 yeais
ago | went to visit a friend and g~
in the habit of drinking Postum.
I have never touched coffee since
and the result has been that nav
been entirely cured of all my stomach
and nervous trouble.
My mother was just the same way,
we all drink Postum now and hass
never had any coffee In the house Io'
2 years and we are all we'll.
"a neighbor Of mine, q great cones
drinker, was troubled with pains in nel
side for years and was an invalid. Sns
was not able to do her work and coalu
not even mend clothes or do anythins
at all where she would have to benz
forward. II she tried to do a litle
hard work she would get such pains
ina she would have to lie down 10y
the rest Of the day.
4 persuaded her at last to stop
-Ur
drinking coffee and try Postum Fooo
Coffee and she did SO and she has USED
Postum ever since: the result has
oeen that she a now do her wors,
can sit for a whole day and mend afa
can sew on the machine and she neysi
reels the least bit Of pain in her sids
IN TACT she has got well and it shows
conee was the cause Of the who's
trouble.
could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
Dy Quitting coffee and using Postum
N It's place" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Greek, Mica.
Look In each pkg. for the fancul
ntue book The Road to WellviIle."
iH. Et4H4a aHa RN
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-21
WHY He Went.

The 5000 school house had just gone
up in smoke, and the taxpayers in the
crowd looked at n another, and
groaned, for the building was insufi--
GENTLY insured, A small boy gazing
upon the smoldering ruin suddenly
burst into uproarious grief.
why, my little man." exclaimed a
sympathetic b%ystander, you must have
been very fond Of your SCHOOL,"
'Tisn't that" howied the boy. bat I
left a nickel in my desk. and I'll never
be able to find 1t in all that mess!"-Wo-
mans Home Companion.