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The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

Senator Clapp of Minnesota was sit
ting next to Senator Hoar, recently
when a telegram was delivered to him
He opened the message, read it and
chuckled to himself. Turning to the
dignified and deliberate senior, the
Senator from Massachusetts, the
breezy Minnesota Senator exclaimed:
"Hoar, that's pretty latitudinal,"
and he handed Senator Hoar the tel
egram which read: do everything con-
sistent but use your own discretion. :"
Mr.. Adee, Assistant Secretary Of
State, is the jolly joker of the admin
istra ton, and also an enthusiastic bill
lard player. A few evenings ago, at
the Metropolitan Club, he was playing
p game of billiards with Rear Admiral
Walker. The latter was playing in hard
luck, and he frequently complained Of
feeling dull and heavy. On the other
hand, Mr.. Adee was winning and nat
urally felt playful.
Finally Admiral Walker said, "he
would have to stop, as he was so tired
he could hardly drag one foot after the
other"
To this remark. Mr.. Adee replied:
you should thank God you are not
centiped, for then you would have in
Vulnerable feet to drag one after the
other"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

Senator and Mrs. Asbury c. Latimer
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Mamie, to Mr.. L. Martin
Heard of Georgia, the wedding to take
place, tune Is.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23
The Football Game Chaistmss.

The Ocala and Jacksonville foot
ball teams will play a match game
in Jacksonville Christmas day. In
speaking of the game Wednesdays
Times-U Union has the following to say:
There is to be a magnificent game
of football at the baseball park in
this city on Christmas day, and it
also signifies that there is to be a
crowd to see the game. Wheni it was
first announced that Ocala had signed
for a game with Jacksonville there
were a great many who were of the
opinion that the seasoned Jackson
vile team would have a walkover,
but with the second team in the field
and the Ocala team strengthened by
the acquisition of some stalwart
players from other places, as Jack
sonviIle has done in order to main
tain her first team, there is reason to
believe that the game on Christmas
day will be a hummer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23
Bought on ocklawshs Avenue.

Mr.. Chas. Peyser closed deal yes
terday through the real estate agency
of Mr.. w. c. Jeffords for one of the
beautiful Gary lots adjoining the
residence of Mr.. John Dozier and
fronting on Ocklawaha avenue.
Mr.. Peyser will at once erect a
very pretty residence upon it and
again become one of Ocala's house.
holders-bone of our bone and flesh
of our flesh.
Here's hoping that he will live long
md prosper.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23
DAVID S. WOODROW
Room ZAP. q. Block, oeala.
,-a- rs-ATE. LOANS. INVESTMENTS.
Ill,oer,hate Lands a Specially.

Thave the following properties HI
Oca,a and vicinity for sale;
House and lot on OcklaWana
avenue. between the residence u
AZ Tvdings and Mrs. Howse' laUely
vacated bv DIR. w. V. Newsom'
Two story house and lot on
south Orange street, belonging 10
H. Annie Martin and next door
10 residence of ID. s. WOODROW
All Of block p, CaldwelPs aa-
dition 70 Ocala zone acre. being tne
property Immediately north Oh MI
JR. Moorehead's home.
The Alfred Davis house ana ioo
on south First street next door -
I A. Pituman & Sons iuriii''n'
store.
Lewis Platter workshop on 0oOOi
Second street.
The Campobello Plantation i
miles southeast of town, conslS'lls
.t-s acres cleared and fenced lano
and 1s5 acres of mixed oak hichorg
sn5 nine land of first quality 0
~oon bouse. outhouses, ETC. Inc
property is right on the a. =. - -
ra;lwaE and has a fine deposit OF
lime on il.
The Rogers place on the soueh-
west edge of town. consisting o. :, q
two story house and so acres Oh
land.
The Wade Hoard property con
sisting of small house ana loU w.
soptb of ID. E. McIver's residence
l-2 acres of land on oouCn t
Tenth street adjoining properly u
IN. Meffert, suitable forsuoo
inc into lots, known as the GamOie
place. z.oet
N 7Ox14O foot lotion Wniona street
next door to residence OF h. "
Blake.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23
a CHRISTMAS EXAMPLE.

We take great pleasure in repro
ducing the following letter:
NASHVILLE, TENN, DEC. 10, 1904.
To the Editor OF the ocala Banner.
Four or five years ago, (it was real
ly nine) I asked you to send me the
Ocala Banner. only wanted it for
one year, but you continued to send
it for two or three years Il do not
recall which, and 1 enclose my check
for $500 in full settlement of the ac-
count. I should have paid you at the
time, but simply neglected it from
time to time, and, perhaps, this will
come in good time for Xmas.
Yours truly,
w. H. COOPER.
This reminder is certainly APP
precisted; it comes in a good time,
and we hope it will add as much to
the Christmas joys of the sender as it
certainly does to the receiver.
1t is rift in the Christmas skies
which we hope betokens a flood of
sunshine to this office and it's at
tacheeS
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23
Yours truly
w. H. COOPER.
tachees.
The 0csla Banner
Christmas Stocking


Christmas Stocking
s.s. :. ~ 4 4 4 i .. y =
We wish to make the
announcement that a
pair of Banner stock
ings will be hangingup
until after Christmas
for the reception of
silver dollars COR their
equivalent). We ex-
pect large number of
our subscribers to do
the act of Santa Claus,
on subscription. A dol
lar sent in viii be cred
tied to your address. The
Banner expects to furnish
better news service next
year than it has ever
done. We are receiving
new subscribers every
week, and for this
we feel grateful. A
word of praise for
the paper comes
to our ears fire.
quently,-such
comm nd a.
tions aid us in
the effort to do
better service to the
public. Don't wait,
send us a dollar,
get the Banner for
a year and at the
same tim you
make the editors
heart leap
with joy.
Banner of Liberty
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Master Willie Sellars, of San An
tonic, is visiting his sister, Mrs. H.
G. Jones.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Mr.. ]. A. Reynolds, of Lynne, was
a pleasant caller of the Ocala Banner
Office Yesterday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Miss Donnella Griffin, of Anthony,
who teaches at Sutherland college,
came in yesterday and will go to An
thOny today.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Mr.. Anthony G. Finzel is up from
Lake Weir and viii spend the holi-
davs in Ocala.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Mr.. John c. Lusk, of Jacksonville,
the popular division passenger agent
of the Southern railway, was IN
Ocala Yesterday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23
SARA EIIzGsETx HARRIS. Local Editor
HAPPENINGS ABOUT T0WN.

Mr.. Herbert L. Anderson is now
convalescing.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Rev. L. B. Warren is spending the
holiday season with his mother at
Macon, Ga.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

A suitable Christmas present for a
dear friend would be a bottle of per-
sumery. Tydings & Company handle
the best manufactured. X
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Tillis will leave
in a few days for Columbia county,
to spend the holidays.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Are we 90 have a New Year of
''frenzied finance?''
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Mr.. Bethel Gallahager, a popular
travelling salesman for the Bently-
Gray Dry Goods Company, of Tampa,
spent Yesterday in Ocala.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Mr.. Jas Lewis, of Gainesville, was
in the city yesterday on business.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Mr.. o. w. Mead, of Boston, Mass
one Of our regular winter visitors az
rived Yesterday and has taken rooms
s+ the Central. Time Is treating nm
o,antlv and he wears his years lightly
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Mr. and Mrs. George Hough, VINO
s;,oa their marriage a couple o.
months ago have been visiting at the
s,-r,ar home of the groom in Ala
hama returned home Wednesday
NJ Hough was Miss Lena Halsey
before her marriage.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

Rev. L. w. Moore left yesterday
for Island Grove, where he goes to
spend a part OF the holidays with ms
,,..,+,,ar Rev. T. E. Bridges will oc-
o,nv the Methodist pulpit DUNG ms
ohspnpp
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

VOL. xxx. NO o.
Sara ELIZABETH EARRIs. LEGAL Eaisc.
HAPPENINGS ABOUT T0WN.
Mr.. Herbert L. Anderson is now
convslescing.
Are we 70 have New Year of
''frenzied finance?''
Master Willie Sellars, of San An
tonic, is visiting his sister, Mrs. H.
G. Jones.
Rev. L. B. Warren is spending the
holiday season with his mother at
Macon, Ga.
Mr.. Anthony G. Finzel is up from
Lake Weir and viii spend the holi-
days in Ocala.
Mr.. ]. A. Reynolds, of Lynne, was
a pleasant caller of the Ocala Banner
Office Yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Tillis will leave
in a few days for Columbia county,
to spend the holidays.
A suitable Christmas present for
dear friend would be a bottle of per-
sumery. Tydings & Company handle
the best manufactured. X
Miss Donnella Griffin, of Anthony,
who teaches at Sutherland college,
came in yesterday and will 60 to An
thOny today.
Mr.. John c. Lusk, of Jacksonville,
the popular division passenger agent
of the Southern railway, was in
Ocala yesterday.
Mr.. Bethel GaIahager, a popular
travelling salesman for the Bently-
Gray Dry Goods Company, OF Tampa
spent yesterday in Ocala.
Mr.. o. w. Mead, of Boston, Mass,
one Of orr regular winter visitors, a.
rived Yesterday and has taken rooms
s+ the Genital. Time is treating him
gently and he wears his years tightly
.
Rev. 1. W. Moore left yesterday
for Island Grove, where he goes to
spend a part OF the holidays with his
brother. Rev. F. E. Bridges viii oc-
emmy the Methodist pulpit DUNG his
absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hough' VINO
.;,oe their marriage a couple OF
months ago have been visiting at the
so-rar home of the groom in Ala
hama returned home Wednesday
Nrs Hough was Miss Lena Halsey
before her marriage.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-23

c. Jones.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
Improve the Canals.

A movement has been started in
several centers in Europe to improve
the canals, which have been neglected
through the influence of the railroads,
just as they have in many American
states.
There are in France 5000 miles of
canals. Belgium has 1,242 miles of
canals and other waterways. In Hol-
land the canals are put to more gen
eral use than they are in other Coun-
tries.
In England there are 1907 miles of
canals, and it has been pointed out
that the railway companies own 1876
miles of these canals. The railroad
companies keep the canal rates so
high that there is no competition be-
tween the canals and the railroads.
There are few canals in any country
that are not fifty years behind the
times.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
How Success Succeeds.

Col. Weis was once at Carlsbad with
the treasurer of a Cincinnati brewery
There is a system of "Kur tax" in
Carlsbad You pay from IS to $40 if
you stay over a week. the fund going
to defray music and improvement ex-
penses. 1t is plain robbery, but cant
be avoided. The tax is graded &C
cording to your wealth or income, and
the willy Bohemians generally know
who's who. They came to Weis and
asked his occupation.
I'm in the express business"
"Vats dat?"
"Oh. We deliver packages, you
know"
So they put Weis down as wagon
driver and assessed him the very
lowest, although he draws $4,000 a
year. The brewery employe gave his
occupation and was hit for the high
est tax, although his salary was but
$1,000 year.-Philadelph Ledger.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24

than her companion, and her face
was a wrinklcd parchment whereon
Time had written some terrible les
soRs.
She said gently, I'VE are one with
thu dead, beloved sister. Those who
lie under the chancel lay no safer than
We, last night, though the Pagans'
passing tread shook the ground we lay
on. and their songs broke our slum-
befs."
The shadows deepened in the eyes
Of Sister Wynfreda as she turned them
back toward the lane, for her patience
was not yet ripe to perfect mellow
ness
THE peace OF the grave can never
be mine while my heart is open to the
sorrows OF Others" she answered with
sadness. 'Sister Sexberga, that was
an English band which passed last
night. ! am in utmost fear for the
Danes of Avalcomb."
"'They that take the sword shall
perish with the sword the old nun
quoted, little sternly. "An English.
man was despoied OF his lands
when Erode the Dane took Avalcomb.
If now Frode's turn has come"
Her companion made gesture of
entreaty. 1T is not for Erode that
Am timorous, dear sister. nor for the
boy, Fridtjof; it is for Randalin his
daughter"
Sister SeXberga was some time 81
lent. When at last she spoke it was
but to repeat slowly, ''Randaln, his
daughter. God pity her.
Sister Wyrfreda was no longer lis
tening. She had quilted her hold
upon the gate and taken a step for.
ward straining her eyes. Out of a
tall mass of golden bloom at the far
ther end of the lane, an arm clad in
brown hOmespun had tossed itself for
one delirious instant. Trailing her
:obes over the daisied grass. the nun
came upon wounded man lying face
downward in the tangle.
When the united strength OF the
four arms had turned the limp weight
upon it's back, a cry of astonishment
rose from each throat.
THE woodward of Avalcomb!"
The hand of the Lord hath fallen."
After a moment the younger woman
said in a trembling voice, The whis.
per in my heart spoke truly. Dearest
sister, put your arm under here. and
we Will get him to his feet and bring
h.z1 tn, and he will tell us what has
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
Romance of the Danish Conquest

happened. See. He is shaking OF
his swoOn. After he has swallowed
some OF your wine. he will be able to
speak and tell u.s."
1t was muscle-breaking work for
womens backs, for though he tried in
stinctively to obey their directions.
the man was scarcely conscious; his
arms were like lead yokes upon his
supporters shoulders. Just within the
gate their strength gave out, and they
were forced to put him down among
the spicy herbs. There, as one was
pulling of her threadbare cloak to
make him a pillow. and the other was
starting after her cordial, he opened
his eyes.
MASTER" he muttered. Master?
Have they gomez
In an instant Sister Wynfreda was
on her knees beside him. "Is it the
English you mean? Did they beset
the castle?"
Slowly the mans elouded eyes
cleared. "The Sisters" he muir
mured 81 had the intention-to get
to you-but fell" His words died
away in whisper. and his eyelids
dropped. Sister Sexberga turned again
to seek her restorative. Sister Wyn-
freda leaned over and shook him.
Answer me. first. Where is your
master? And young Fridtjof? And
your mistress?"
He shrank from her touch with
gasp of pain. Dead" he muttered.
"Dead-at the gate-Frode and the
boy-the raven-starvers cut them
down like saplings.'
and Randalin?"
Il heard her scream as the English
man seized her-LeOfwinesson had
her round the waist-they knocked
me on the head, then-I-I-" Again
his voice died away.
Sister Wynfreda made no attempt to
recall him. Mechanically she held his
head SO that her companion might
pour the liquid down his throat. That
done, she brought water and band
ages, and stood by, absent-eyed and
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24

in silence, while Sexberga found his
wounds and dressed them. It was
the older woman who spoke first.
The fate OF this maiden lies heavy
on your mind. beloved she said ten
derly; land would have you know
that my heart also is sorrowful. For
all that she is the fruit of darkness,
1t was permitted by the Lord that
Randalin, Frode's daughter, should be
born with light in her soul 1t was
in my prayers that we might be en-
abled to feed that light as it were
sacred lamp. to the end that in Gods
good time the spreading glory of it's
brightness might deliver her from the
shadows forever"
In the chapel four feeble old voices
raised a chant that trembled and
shook like a quivering heart-string.
TREMENDOUSLY sweet it drifted out over
the garden and blended with the aroma
in the air. The wounded man smiled
through his pain.
The chant ceased, the wavering
treble dying away in hote of haunt
ing sweetness. The man moaned and
clutched at his wound: and the bowed
figure by his side reused herself to
tend him. Then grating of rusty
hinges made her turn her head.
Under the crumbling arch, relieved
against the green OF the lane beyond,
stood the figure of slender boy
wrapped in mantle Of scarlet that
bore strangely familiar look.
Sister Wynfreda rose and took a
step forward, staring at him in bewild-
erment.
"Fridtjof?" she questioned
At the sound of her voice. the boy
turned and hastened toward her. Then
great cry burst from Sister Wyn-
freda, for the face under the black
locks was the face of Randalin.
She made a convincing boy this
daughter OF the Vikings Though she
was sixteen, her graceful body had re-
tained most of the lines and slender
curves of childhood: and she was long
of limb and broad of shoulder. A life
out-of-doors had given to her skin a
tone of warm brown, which. in a land
that expected women to be lily-fair,
was like mask added to her dis
guise. The blackness of her hair was
equally unconnected with Northern
dreams of beautiful maidens. Some
fair-tressed ancestor back in the past
must have qualified his blood from
the veins of an Irish captive: in no
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
CHAPTER !.
he Fall Of the House Of Erode.

The Fall Of the House Of Erode.
As the blackness OF the midsummer
night paled. the broken towers and
ed up dim and stark in the gray light.
Through a breach in the moss-grOwn
wall, the first sunbeam stole in and
pointed a bright finger across the
cloiser garth at the charred spot in
the center. where missals and parch-
ment rolls had made roaring nre to
warm the invaders blood-stained
hands.
As the lark rose through the bright
ening air to greet the coming day, .
woman in the tunic and cowl OF a nun
opened what was left of the wicket
gate in the one unbattered wall She
struck note in perfect harmony with
her surroundings, as she stood under
the crumbling arch, peering out into
the Towering lane.
Like the struggling hedges that
were half buried under a net OF wild
roses. red and white, the path was
half effaced by grass; but beyond,
ucl eye SouId lOIlON OIL dlsHl llut
of the great Roman road over marsh
and meadow and hilltop.
Between the dark walls of oak and
beech, 1t CLEANED as white as the
Milky Way. The nun was able to
trace it's course up the slope of the
last hill. Just beyond the crest, a
pail Of smoke was spread over burn
Ing village. Shivering the nun turned
her face back to the desolate peace
of the ruins.
Now is it clear to all men why a
bloody cloud was hung over the land
in the year that Ethelred came to the
throne" she said. Il feel as the
blessed dead might feel should they
be forced to leave the shelter OF their
graves and look out upon the world"
Rising from its knees beside bed
Of herbs, a second figure in faded
robes approached the gate. Sister
Sexberga was very old, much older
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
The Value Of Bulbs.

Commenting on an appropriation OF
$2,5O0 made the other day by the Lon
don county council for the purchase of
hover bulbs for the parks, the London
Chronicle says: TT is impossible to
say how many hundreds of thousands
OF daffodils, tulips, snowdrops, crocus.
Iris and hyacinths the county council
Will get for the money. but one may
estimate how few single specim ems
might be bought for that sum. Thus.
II the parks committee put all the
money in the large new white trumpet
dafodil Peter Barr offered for the
hrst time last spring. they would get
only nine bulbs; while If their patri-
otto instinct decided them to invest in
Lord Roberts (yellow trumpet at -
guineas head, they would be lucky
to get forty"
My Quest.
! searched for love in heart Of city's hum:
l searched for love upon the shining sand
OF ocean beach, and then on towering
cliffs l sung
A pleading song that love unto my heart
might come;
But love came not.
l searched for love no more but labored
sore
To ease those hearts whom sorrow'd
touched before;
Faint hope that in sweet work I'd surely
find
Some compensation for the fate unkind-
When. 10. love came.
Bessie l.. Russell, in Outlook
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
Nv Quest.
Reliable Recipe,

A case of toadstool poisoning at
Wichita leads a correspondent to ask
for some reliable recipe whereby one
may tell the mushroom from the toad
STOOL" We believe that the only re-
liable test of these plants was given
by the late Artemus Ward-"If you
eat 'em and live, they're mushrooms
II you eat 'em and die, they're toad
stools" And this is so simple and
reliable that it ought to be in use
in every family.-kansas City Journal.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
TRIBUTE TO HIS LAWYER.
Negro convict's Idea of Who Sent
Him to Prison.

E1iUi " TTISoF.
A joint committee of the recent ses-
sion Of the Louisiana legislature visit
ed the state penal farms at Angola
and Hope for the purpose of reporting
on the work done by the board OF
control. The members of the COM
mittee spent considerable time talking
with the negro convlcts, and presently
one of the negroes recognized a mem
Der Of the committee, who is a rising
youn glawyer in New Orleans. so
you know Mr.. B"?" inquired one
Of the. committee "Yaas, sab. l knows
Mr.. B. mighty well. He's de one
sent me heah," replied the darky.
grin spreading all over his face. The
member of the committee had not
heard Of Mr.. B officiating as a pros
ecuting attorney and he wanted to
know how he came to send the con-
vict there.
He wus my lawyer, sah," explained
the darky.-Louisville Herald.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
Life of Physicians.

the average lease of life of a medical
practitioner is sixty years. Deaths
due to tubercular consumption only
amount among them to Z per cent,
thus showing how careful they are in
taking precautions against infection.
On the other hand, fully 40 per cent
of doctors die of heart disease and
nervous collapse.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
The Practical vs.. The Ideal.

1.-The doctor comes around asking
about the baby's stomach said the
mother Of month, "and mother asks
how about his lungs, and everyone Of
my friends inquiries so often about
the welfare OF some internal part Of
him. am beginning to think so much
about the child's machinery I'm for.
getting to love him"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
Evil Of MjIitarjsm.

AS long as mankind shall continue
to bestow more liberal applause on
their destroyers than on their bene.
factors, the thirst of military glory
will ever be the vice of the most ex.
alted characters.-Gibbon.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
We Could Grow Bamboos,

1t is popular misconception that
bamboos grow only in the tropics.
Japan is a land of bamboos. and yet
where these plants grow it is not SO
warm in winter as it is in California.
Some Of these varieties. says the Ma.
tional Geographic Magazine. could be
grown commercially in the United
States,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
Legacy With string Attached.

A Grabbed old German professor,
who died at Berlin in the beginning
OF the century, entertaining a great
dislike for his sole surviving relative,
left his property to him. but on the
absolute condition that he should al.
ways wear white linen clothes at all
seasons Of the year, and should not
supplement them in winter by extra
undergarments.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-24
Rare Feat Of House Movinq.

In Kansas City recently three.
story brick house was raised 160 feet
mp steep bluff. The house was car
;ed' on a strong framework of tim
btrs and raised by the turning Of 300
jacxs, divided into 80 groups.