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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
UsURPATIoN IN PENSION ORDER.

The war closed nearly forty years
ago. In the meantime many of our
soldiers and sailors long survived the
age of sixty-Uwo, and passed away
without receiving any pension. Skill
ful pension attorneys hunting through
the statute failed 10 find there pro-
vision giving a pension to all who had
reached sixty-two. Many prominent
veterans urged the justice or congress
sIt-.al action giving a service pension
10 all veterans. Bills TO that eHect
were introduced in Congress. And not
until March of this year did any one
ever claim to have made the discovery
that the President had power TO treat
the statute as if it read that when a
claimant had passed the age OF sixty
two years he is necessarily disabled
one-half in ability to perform manual
labor and therefore entitled 10 pen
sion.
The President of the Civil Service
Commission. General John G. Black,
formerly Commissioner of Pensions
and Commander-in-Chi of the Grand
Army of the Republic, indicated his
view of the order when in recent
address he thanked the President for
what he had done, and advised his
hearers to use their influence that a
LAW might be passed to the same
effect. Full confidence after all seems
not to have been placed on the defense
of justification, for it is pleaded In
mitigation that a former Democratic
President did something looking In
that direction. Even if that were so
which is not admitted-our present
duty would be none the less plain and
imperative. Our people must never
tolerate the citation of one act or
usurpatiOn of power as an excuse for
another. The first may possibly be
due to mistake; the second, being
based on the first, cannot be. In ex-
PLANTATION, however, it should be said
that the order relied on simply pro-
vided that the age of seventy-tive years
should be regarded as evidence OF in
ability to perform manual labor. Few
men are able to perform manual labor
at that age, but nearly all men are at
sixty-two The first order is based on
a fact that experience teaches, the
other is based on the assertion of that
which is not true as a general rule.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
rARIFr REFORM Ar ONCE.

Ths ninrlev Tariff is excessive in
49, 81 ts rates. and. as 20 them al
- uufueflv and oppressively bur
49, fhf people lt secures 20 domes-
II manufacturers. singly or IN combi-
100. me privilege Of eXactlng eA-
- rrfree ~ home and prices far
49, fhr level OF sales made regularly
N ffrrl nf.ruaf with profit. thus giving
a launfF 90 foreigners az the expense
Al nnr nur neonIe It's unjust taxation
|IHtrnr fhr people generally, loIolus
- e. uaV excessive prices Tor IOou;
81 riofhInr and other necessarles OF
~ m IeFies duties on many articles
D. nurmallY imported in any consider
49, amount. which are made eNtehs-
80 af home for which the most eA-
IFrrr rrufecfioui-t would hardly yusIl'
II protective taxes. and which IN laIse
$780, arr exported. such duties
- fnrn and VIII continue 10 De
~ ELreutiVe 90 the formation OF
80 fusfrial combinations, WHICH
- from foreign competition are
49, e. sfffe domestic compeIl1lou
81 practically 90 mOnOpolize the NOME
49,
II contains many duties imposed Ioi
- rruress purpose only. as was open
y nrouel ~ furnishing a basis Tor re
49, tv means OF reciprocal traoe
49, Which the Republican admin
Mmuun. implicitly az least proI LlIs1S
AZ nrruflafe Having. on this promise
49, enc increased duties, the ne &c
rGtiran rarfv leaders spurrea on os
- interests. defeated tne 1Iea ,
80 ueruf lated ~ the Executive, a ~
- fhasa same interests cling 10 ILe
80 uf these duties which the peo
ID rrrer intended they shoulG -
- A. uhIch they have no moral risn'
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28

Editor Louis j. Brumby, of the
Florida Farmer and Trucker, pub
lshed at Ocala, is the guest at the
Tampa Bay for a few days aud made
the Tribune office pleasant call last
night. Col. Brumby says THAT Hon.
H. w. Long, Marion county's COM
missioner to the South Florida fair,
is working energetically for a fine
exhibit from his county which will be
a leader at the fair.-Tampa Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
INVESTIGATION OF GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENTS.

Recent disclosures, coupled with the
rapid augmentation of governmental
Expenditures, show a need of an in
vestigation of every department Of the
government. The Democrats in Con-
greSs demanded 1t. The Republican
majority refused the demand. The
people can determine by their vote in
November whether they wish an
honest and thorough investigation. A
Democratic Congress and Executive
Will assure it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
NO TYRANNY OVER OTHER
PEOPLES

70 ,,danendence. such as the Cubans
u cannot be prudently granted to
80 Eilininos AT this time the promise
~. a. shall come the moment they are
Ia of receiving it will tend TO
C Cei5o,,iote rather than hinder their de-
s s,-IaDn,ont And this should be done
We. INV in Justice to the Filipinos. but
DO. -, -. our own rights; for free
u ~ 49, cannot withhold freedom from
PplI.. neonle and themselves remain
Sno'l The federation Of tyranny over
IT, II ill soon breed contempt Tor
o5o,, and self-government, and
ITe eS-o,, our mower of resistance to in
WsanTH usnrpation Of our constitutional
rights.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
The Best Doctor.

Rev. B. G. Horton, Sulpher Springs,
Texas, writer July 10, 1899: 81 have
used in my family Billiards. Snow
Liniment and Horehound Syrup, and
they have proved certainly satisfac-
tory. The liniment is the best we
have ever used for headaches and
pains. The cough syrup has been
our doctor for the last eight years. 4"
25c. soc. 81. Autobiography Drug
Store. m
See that a negro pugilist named
Johnson is complaing loudly that j..
J. Jeffries, heavy weight champion,
has drawn the color line and refuses
to give him a fight. Inasmuch as
this action on the part of Mr.. Jeffries
involves the fourteenth, fifteenth and
all the other amendments, magma
charta, the bill of rights, deceased
wife's sister bill, Jurisprudence, the
age of Ann, liberty of the subject,
tariff on coonskins, reciprocity and
the pursuit of happiness, we move
that the matter be referred to Colo
mel Roosevelt and Booker Washing
ton for adjustment.-New York Even
ing Telegram.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
- - ERoM sKNATE.

Tsa fuo leading parties have always
49, a. "a the principle Of customs
nnfan. our party has always al,
- fbe theory that the object is
81 rnirirr of revenue for support OF
~ government whatever olleI -
~ Incidentally fiow thereiIoh' LS
EmEtIiCan party. OF the other I ia ~
49, rdE that customs duties shouiu o0
|1Firf primarily for protectlon, -
mrof win revenue IS the suDoIotll s
$780,. thus using the power OF -
80 a. build up the business ano pr ~
80 81 ne few 90 the expense Oh Inv
-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
NATIONAL GOOD FAITH
VIOLATED.

1stbmian canal has long been the
An an Ls o,1- statesmen, and the avowed
nope 70 tbs two great parties, as their
niatforms in the past snow $500. cne f5s
sms route having been seieceeu' INC
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28

IT WILL PAY YOU
TO CONCENT T A 7 Z
YOUR DEALINGS WITH
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
SHIRTS!

Shirts we are selling for 5C
cents cannot be duplicated else.
where for less than 70 cents.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-28
COLLaRS.

Our 10 cent collar is precisely
the same you have been paying
ID cents for.
The cold weather is sure coming
Underwear, at % cents, "
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10
Crusade AGAINST Narcotics.

Chicago Record-Eerald: At the last
session of the Illinois general assembly,
a law was passed prohibiting the sale Of
cocaine in any form, except on physi-
clans prescription, and the state board
of pharmacy Is now engaged in putting
it into effect. AT about the same time
Georgia, Pennsylvania and Texas also
passed anticocaine or anti-narcotic laws
and twelve or fifteen of the states all told
have now placed such legislation on their
statute books. The campaign against
vigor by the American Pharmaceutical
association, and will be waged on a ma
national scale. a stringent law has been
drafted, which has already been intro
duced into congress as part of the gent
eral poison bill by Representative Robin
son of Indiana. Substantially the same
law will be presented for the considera-
ton of every state legislature that meets
this winter. The campaign is to be con-
tinued until by both state and national
legislation the entire country is protected
as fully as legislation can protect it
against cocaine, morphine and all their
illl.
The movement deserves hearty support
and thorough going success. Druggists
and physicians generally are in favor of
it. for they know better than any other
persons, except the victims themselves
the ravages which these drugs can cause
There are black sheep druggists who are
willing to ruin the bodies and souls Of
all their customers for few pennies of
profit. They deserve no sympath thy from
any one, and the more vigorously they are
prosecuted and the more severely they
are punished the better it will be for
the community.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10
Elephant as Nurse

From the Chicago News: A lady il
India tells this story OF an elephants
skill as nurse. Thou are hungry
doubtless. big mother said Remmi.
emerging presently from the hut with
the baby in her arms. .Ishta, beautiful
elephant. take care of baby and 1 am
going to see to your dinner She put
the little restless brown bundle down
on the grotnd between Ishta's two feet,
Then she fetched the earthenware jar
of unglazed red clay and filed it with
live charcoal, settling it down to get
heated through While she mixed flour
and water into dough. With the skill
of frequent practice she spread the
rough mixture three or four inches
thick all over the outside of the lar.
While the dough was slowly baked byi
the heat from the embers inside Ishta,t
patient and docile as was her won't
cared for the baby, gently restraining,
the little truant who would have
crawled away. Now and again when
the baby's limbs moved quicker and
achieved few PAGES of freedom Ishta's
trunk would carefully wind around the
little body and lift 1t back to safety,
between the huge barriers of her feet,
and the tip would gently pet and fon1le
away baby's fretfulness and impatience
vt control"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10
Spiders That Beat santos.Dumont.

II. c. McCook, LID, in Harper's MAG
azine for. May: Given steady breeze
and free course, there is practically no
limit to the distance which ballooning
spider may traverse. The writer has taxi
en- orb-wcavers from their snuggeries un-
der divers sheltering projections at the
highest attainable point on the dome of
st. Peters in Rome, whittier they had
doubtless been carried by the wind when
younglings. One may see flecks of gossa-
mer afloat at far greater heights. Sea-
faring folk often note spider balloons
speeding by them at sea or entangled upon
various parts of the vessel. Darwin, in
his famous voyage of the Beagle, when
sixty miles from Land saw great numbers
Of small spiders with their webs. When
they first came in contact with the rig
cling they were seated upon threads, and
while hanging to these the slightest breath
Of air would bear them out OF sight Thus.
though so far. from land, the wee voyagers
were still moving on over the main.
Captain George H. Dodge of the Amer
lean line steamship Pennsylvania told the
writer, during voyage in the winter of
ASH, of a like observation made by him
While sailing along the eastern coast Of
South America during the month of March
his ship was covered with innumerable
spider webs Tie was then more than 200
miles from land. about 400 miles south of
the equator. The wind was blowing from
the continent. THE spiders seemed like
elongated balls.'' sald the captain, with
a sort of umbrella canopy above them.
They settled upon the sails and rigging.
and finally disappeared as they came. You
know" he added, that 1t is not unusual
for birds to be blown out to sea. How
much easier for spider, provided he has
the means to keep himself suspended In
the air. =
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10
MOST PERSONS RIGHT FOOTED.
Why the Left Shoe Wears Out Before
the Riuht.

Did you ever notice that people are
right footed?" asked the proprietor OF
a shoe store. Watch my clerks, and
you will see that invariably customers
will put out their right foot when going
to be fitted" says the Shoe Retailer,
Now watch that corpulent woman go
ing to sit down oyer there"
The woman with great weight Of body
took Il seat, lifted her curtain of black
yelling, and as the clerk approached
her she polied ner right foot from be-
meath an eXpanse of skirt.
It's always the case, and l don't be-
lievc / ever knew ii TO fail. The shoe
manufacturers evidently are wise TO
this fact. as in the cartons the right
shoe is always packed on top. Once |
had q lot of shoes come to ma with the
left shoe on top, and it caused me such
annoyance that | wrote to the manu-
fncturer, calling his attention to the
matter, SO that it wouldn't happen
again The ma jority of people are
right handed, yet a left handed per-
son has the right foot habit. The right
hand is larger than the left, as il is
used more, and consequently develops
the muscles to a greater extent. On the
other hand, the left foot is larger than
the right In most persons. The differ
encc is so slight that we seldom haze
trouble i'll fitting shoes, however. II Is
the left shoe that wears out before the
right, and probably for this reason"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10
CALIFORNIA LIONS KILL DEER.
Method of Hunting Much Like That OF
Bio Cats in Africa or India,

Method of Hunting Much Like That OF
Big Cats in Africa or India.
Los Angeles Times: More deer are
killed every year in California by the
mountain lions than by the bullets Of
the hunters.
Next to the jaguar, our mountain lion
is the largest cat in the two Americas,
and he is the champion deer slayer Of
the world. Within thirty or forty miles
of Los Angeles he catches the fleet
footed graceful creatures, and wakes
fat on the sweet flesh. He knows no
deer season other than all the time
Wherever there is good deer coun-
try in this or any other southwestern
state there also is the best place to
look for lions, and that is one of the
reasons why the large herds of deer are
restless, seldom staying long in one To-
cality. There is nothing they fear more
than the sight or smell of mountain
lion. Not even the sudden appearance
of a hunter will SO quickly drive them
from a range of hills.
The lions method Of hunting the
deer is not unlike that of the big cats
Of Africa and India in the pursuit Of
the antelope and deer of those coun-i
tries. Having found a spring or pool
where the desired game comes to water
hanging limb or ledge of rock whence
one leap will carry him to the back or
throat Of his prey, and thereon lays
himself out in perfect accord With the
limb itself In the gathering dusk the
imperfect eye Of the deer has little
chance against this hidden terror and
the wind, usually his faithfully ally
can help him none now, for the lion is
far and away too old a campaigner not,
TO lie up wind from the spring.
Inc deer comes; one leap from the
limb or ledge, and the sharp teeth and
powerful paws soon break the tender.
neck; and don't you believe it when
any one tells you that a California lion
can't carry away a deer. The writer
has followed the plain. broad trail of
the heavy pads for over half a mile,
ana then come suddenly on the place
where the killer had stopped to rest.
There In plain outline was the imprint
Of the deer's body; but for that whole
distance the lion had carried it we'll
up and clear of the ground Such
portages' are not infreQuent in the
career Of a hunting lion, as these ami
mails never eat their game where they
kill it, Sometimes they hunt In pairs,
but In six or eight years spent in the
hills the writer has seen but one such
hunting pair.
Like the rest of the cats the world
over, the mountain lions mainstay in
| hunting is patience. He will wait for
hours on narrow limb or on a rocky
ledge In the coolest night rather than
get out like a coyote and scour the
slopes for his supper; with feet as
noiseless as an owls wing he will fol-
low an unsuspecting rabbit or belated
spike buck until favorable cpportun-
nifty for leap presents. and then it Is
generally "all day" for the hunted But
Of all things the lion loves deer meat,
and while he will dare a great many
dangers for young pig, his liking for
deer is even greater than that.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10
,lHALEBONE WHALES.
Their "Ba!sen" the Most vaYu

Their "Ba!sen" the Most Valuabfs
Product Obtained From Whales.
st. Nicholas: a group of whales have
no teeth. but the mouth is provided with
several hundred closely packed horny,
flexible plates or slabs suspended
from the roof of the mouth and hanging
on each side like a curtain, SO that when
the mouth is opened as wide as possible
their ends are received within the lower
jaw. These plates, which in some whales
are nine or ten feet long. have pointed,
frayed extremities., and ere lined vit5
long, stiff hair. This peculiar substance
ii the mouth of whales, which is called
baleen, or whalebone, although it is nor
bone. Is now the most valuable product
which is yielded by these creatures; and
to obtain 1t thousands Of men brave the
dangers of the seas, of the Arctic ice, and
of the chase, killing the whales by hurl-
ing harpoons and shooting explosive bull
lets into them from small boat
Among the various kinds of whalebone
whales is the right whale. which reaches
length of sixty feet and Yields 200 bar
rels of oil and a thousand pounds of long,
valuable baleen; the humpback whale
which is sometimes seventy-1ve feet long
but has short bone and little oil; the fin
back and sulphur bottom whales. of largo
size but comparatively little value, and
the boW-head, Greenland. or polar whale.
the last is at home among the ice fields.
and is now the most sought of all the
whales on account of the excellent quality
and large quantity of its baleen The
maximum length is s.Xty-five feet and its
bulk Is immense; the huge head repre-
Sents a third of the length, and the tail ia
sixteen to twenty feet across. The larg-
est bow-heads produce several thousand
pounds of bone, worth S. or Sc pound,
and G,000 more gallons of oil worth 30
cents gallon.
In feeding the baeen whales drop tho
lower jaw and swim forward rapidly, and
all kinds of small floating annlals--fish,
shrimp, winged molusks-pass into the
yawnng mouth. When the lower Jaw is
closed the plates of baleen arc forced up
ward and backward, the water rushes
through the sieve formed by the hairs, the
food is left behind, and is swallowed by
the aid OF the tongue
Some of the baleen whales are said to
attain length of more than q hundred
feet, and there are authentic records Of
examples measuring between ninety and
hundred feet. The largest species of
whale, and therefore the largest of all
living animals and the largest creature
that ever existed SO far as we know. is
the sulphur bottom whale of the Pacific
coast. One Of these was n.nety-flve feet
long and thrty-nine feet IN circumfer-
ence, and weight. by ca!cula ton, nearly
300O,o0 pounds. The sulphur bottom whale
Is further distinguished by being the
swiftest of all whales and one of the most
difficult to approach; it Slides over the
surface with great rapidty. often DIS
playing its entire length, and when it
spires the immense volume of vapor.,
which 1t throws UP to a great height, is
violence of its colossal proportions.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10
Sweet Wines and Suoar-

LaNCet: It is not always correct to
attribute the sweetness Of a Wine to
sugar. ii may be due to glycerine or to
the formation as age is acquired of
Sweetly tasting others. The presence
of glycerine in wines is frequently ov-
erlooked and yet this sweet body is
always present, but in varying amount
according to the activities of the yeast
concerned in the production of the wine.
sometimes the proportion of glycerine
is as much rs one-fourteenth of the
volume of the alcohol. We have exam
ined Old wines which possessed a Pc
cuiiar sweet flavor, yet which on analy-
sis showed proportion of sugar quite
inconsistent with the degree of sweet
taste. Such a wine would be rejected
by many because the sweetness would
be regarded as an indication OF an UNI
desirable proportion of sugar.
The sweetness Which sometimes de-
VelOpS in old wines may be due to the
disappearance Of the acids, their sour
taste making the natural sweetness of
the wine, While as the acid flavor di-
minishes by thu separation of the acids
in the form OF "crust" the palate more
readily recognizes the sweetness of the
glycerine. Possibly also as age is ac-)
qu;red the slycerine combines with the
acids, forming new compounds which
are sweet to the taste. The others Of
wine dissolved in alcohol are percept-
IDLY sweet to the taste. In the same
way old matured spirits possess quite
a sweet flavor, which, according to an
alysis, is due neither to glycerine nor
to sugar, but to subtle ether compounds.
Sweetness is probably only a matter
of chemical structure, and given the
atoms in a certain position in the arch
itecture Of the moiecule sweetness be-
comes property Of the substance.