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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30
OUR CORRESPONDENTS AND the
BOND ISSUE.

the improvement and enlargement of |
the court house, cites as bad exam |
pies the counties of Duval and Hills |
borough where bonds have been is
sued.
Those counties are the most pOpu-
Ious and f1ourishing in Florida. The
streets of Jacksonville are all paved
with vitrified brick and her people
are growing rich in trade and traffic
and are enjoying the comforts and
luxuries that always and at all times
go hand in hand with wealth.
And Jacksonville, too, is developing
into a great and beautiful city, and
its fortunate and enterprising people
are erecting stone and marble and
iron buildings four and five and six
stories high, and Tampa is growing
with marvelousness that has no
parallel in the south's history, Atlanta
not excepted.
God seems to help those who are
disposed to help themselves, and if
they expect to get on in the world,
if they expect not to stand still but
to make progress, to use and not bury
the talents God has given them, they
must do things. They must at least
make the effort. If they wait for
things to turn up; if they wait for
things to come to them, they will get
left and go begging. The man who
goes after things is the man who gem
orally gets them. The old darkey
who night after night prayed for
turkey never got one until he prayed
the lord to send him for one
Marion county, if she wants to keep
along with the procession, must
be up and doing-she must do things.
Ii she had fine court house and fine
system of hard roads ramifying all
sections and all neighbnrhoods, all
the people would catch the spirit and
the glimpse of better things, and thus
| become benefited and would grow
| up III a better and less sluggish at
| mosphere.
Let us do things or at least help
| hold up the hands of those who are
| making al effort to do things. Let
US put ourselves in line with the new
| activities that are approaching us
from SO many directions
Let's stop crying poverty and rele-
gate all doleful lamentations to
jeremiah.
| The extension of Flagler's railroad
to Key West and the construction of
the Panama canal mean much for the
development of Florida.
Let's get out of our old selves and
catch a new spirit by putting ourselves
in touch with new activities
Even the snake that crawls on his
belly and grovels in the dust, crawls
out of his old shed once d year and
clothes himself in richer, brighter
and more beautiful colors.
Let us put ourselves in touch with
the quick and vitalizing throb of the
nation and leave a record to posterity
that we appreciated the fact that we
were free born American citizens and
realized that the stars and stripes
stood as an emblem for push, pro-
ress, enterprise, thrift, culture, re-
! tinement, civilization.
Let's try the example and the rem
edy of occasionally getting out of oul
old selves and leaving our sheds Oh
the roadside for the croakers to dis.
pute about while we sip the fresh nee.
tar that is always to be found by those
who go i'm search for it.
Three Pretty Sprays.
The Ocala Banner celebrated it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

A piece of property recently sold
for $59S.20 per square foot, or $26,
OOO, 900 per acre; nearly four times
the price we paid for Alaska.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

The New Jersey supreme court up
holds the acts against live pigeon
shooting.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

Bradford county has been added
to..the dry column
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

Factionalism seems to be very ef-
fectually buried in Jacksonville.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

The Lakeland News, always in
teresting, is particularly so just at
this time.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

1t is claimed that the most con-
frmed cigar smoker cannot smoke a
cigar to a finish without taking it
from his lips. To do SO, it is claimed,
is an impossible feat.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

General Linevitch's wings are
again reported to be in trouble. The
Russians always do seem to get the
worst of it when they don't rely ex-
clusively on their legs.-New York
American.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

Florida has SO many attractive
looking and brightly edited papers
that it is often a difficult task to
pick out a favorite among them.
Tampa Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30
TO. wArso. Aso rae AMBASSADOR

rom WATSON AaD rHE AMBASSADOR
1 wish somebody would tell me, in
plain, simple language, what an am
bassadOr does to earn the salt which |
goes in his victuals.
Ignorant body that 1 am. the am
bassador is, in my eyes, the most
pompous humburg, the costliest sham,
the absurdest pretense, the veriest
impOstor now extant.
What does he do?
How does he earn his salary?
In what way is he Indispensable to
nations?
No mortal can say
He is an nstitution-handed down
from ancient times, and we accepted
and pay for several other worn-out
institutions.
For instance, Mr.. Joseph ChOate
has been ambassador from the United
States to Great Britain these latter
years.
1~n Il 10 sol
doing SO. Of course, the salary was
not large enough to suit our pluto
Gratis who pay none of the taxes, but
it was large enough for the plain peo-
pie who do.
Now what has Joseph done that
could not have been as well done by
letter, by cablegram or by special
messenger?
Will somebody please tell me?
Eagerly perusing the newspapers, L
learn that Mr. ChOate has been d
guest of the Duke of So-and-So, the
Marquis of Tom-and-Jerry and the
arl of Chuckaluck-but what good
does that do the plain folks who pay
the ambassodorial salary?
Further, | learn that Joseph has
been received" by His Majesty,
King Edward VII, and has been feast
| ed by the Lord Mayor of London All
this is delicious, bat what is it worth
to the plain people who pay the sal
AIRY?
Keep up the good relations" you
say?
| Well, is there 10 other way of
! keeping up good relations?''
| Can't | keep on decent terms with
nv neighbor without sending an
| agent to squat on his hearth and eat
a hole in my pocket?
The time once was when resident
ambassadors may have been a neces-
sity; but that time has passed.
! Under modern conditions, the am
bassador is as much an incumbrance
| as a tail would be to a man. Tails
are nice things for monkeys-an am
bassadors my have been useful before
mankind evolved the condition which
we live in at present.
All the nations have ministers or
ambassadors at Washington.
What good do they do for the ma
tions which send them and pay them?
| What actual value has the Russian
representative at our capital been to
| Russia? What value to France, Ger
many and Spain have been their rep
resentatives?
What have they said OF written
that could not have been as well said
or written over the wires or through
the mails?
They have lived in fine houses have
dressed like lot of gorgeous savages
who delight in feathers, beads and
gold braid; they have danced and
toasted; they have shown Washing
ton society how it is done abroad
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

The Buchanan educational law has
hit 'em hard at Tallahassee. One of
the alumni of the state college there,
after partial recovery from the s'blow
that almost killed fAther' breaks out
in poetry" This is one OF: "a series
of nine ''verses" in the "poem:"
"Cruel hands have stabbed thee,
mother,
Cruel hearts have cut the tie
That to thee bound us, thy children,
Would that we could with thee die. y
---Palatka News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

A Philadelphia paper says that we
once free silver cranks, at is to L,
are now chiefly interested in free
lunch," at II to 1. But a Philadel-
phia paper ought never to say a
word.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

How easy it is for a man in office to
get flowers and bouquets in the shape
OF compliments. He gets them
whether he turns to the right or to
the left. goes straight ahead, turns
backward or stands still. But when
he is out of Office. Oh, my!
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

MOTTO: The BANNER, BELIEVING
THOSE AT THE TOP WE'LL ABLE I'D
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, HAS
TAKEN ITS STAND IN THE BARkI-
CADES WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE
ANN ITs FIGHT WILL BE MADE FOR
TIE BETTERMENT OF THOSE AT THE
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30
FRIDAY, JUNE 80 1908.

The Georgia cantaloupe now has
the deal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

Ocala wants Jacksonville, Tampa,
Pensacola, Gainesville, Live Oak and
all progre ssive lows to join with her
n the celebration of the Fourth.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30

Consuls, commercial agents abroad,
are perhaps worth keeping and pay
ing for. Even this is doubtful.
But as to the ambassador, my mind
is clear and my faith strong: He's
fraud, humbug, a sham, an inter
national parasite, a costly political
loafer, an elegant high-priced fribble,
an imposition upon the taxpayer,
belated relic of standardization who
should be abolished, consigned to the
limbo of the spinning-wh, ;, the
hand-loom, the tallow dip, the wooden
pillow and the mail-clad vagabond who
used to be called knight-errant.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-30
The OCALA BANNER
FRANK HARRIS, Editor.
P. Y. Lsavengood, Business Manager.

2 - !
- |
MoTrO: THE BANNER, BELIEVING I
THOSE AT THE TOP WELL ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, HAS
TAKEN ITS STAND IN THE BARRI-
CADEs WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE
AND IT'S FIGHT WILL BE MADE FOR
THE BETFERMENT OF THOSE AT THE
FRIDAY, JUNE 80 1905.
The Georgia cantaloupe now has
the deal.
Bradford county has been added
totthe dry column.
War clouds continue to dominate
the stock markets.
Factionalism seems to be very ef-
fectually buried in Jacksonville.
The New Jersey supreme court up
holds the acts against live pigeon
shooting.
Running turpentine and running a
newspaper seems to be two different
kinds of proposition.
The Lakeland News, always in
teresting, is particularly so just at
this time.
The lightning bug finds sorrow scant,
With economic skill
He runs private lighting plant
And never gets a bill.
Merchants are growing rich in At
lanta. A recent issue of the Atlanta
Journal contained sixteen pages of
advertising from a single firm.
1t seems as if the legislature has
but few mourners left-not even a
decent, respectful epitaph has been
written up to date.---Times-Union
Short Talks.
A number of consumptives sailed
this week from Halifax, n. S., for the
artic regions where they expect to
remain for several months to try the
climate as cure for consumption.
Governor Douglass says he doesn't
care to hold office another term, but
that doesn't mean that any man can
have his shoes.-Nashville Banner.
A piece of property recently sold
for S59S.2O per square foot, or $26,-
600, 900 per acre; nearly four times
the price we paid for Alaska.
1t is claimed that the most con-
firmed cigar smoker cannot smoke a
cigar TO finish without taking it
from his lips. To do SO, it is claimed,
is an impossible feat.
Florida has SO many attractive
looking and brightly edited papers
pick out a favorite among them.
Tampa Herald.
General Linevitch's wings are
again reported to be in trouble. The
Russians always do seem to get the
worst of it when they don't rely eX-
clusively on their legs.-New York
American.
A Philadelphia paper says that we
once free silver cranks, at Is to l.,
are now chiefly interested in free
LUNCH" at II to 1. But Philadel-
phla paper ought never to say a
word.
How easy it is for a man in office to
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21
,pREvENrIoN or PNEuMoNIA.

The pneumonia season Is again at
hand and we may expect the usual
large number of deaths from this
cause. And yet the disease Is, in
lSrge measure, a preventable one.
Recent Investigations conducted by a
commission of the most eminent med
ical men In the country, headed by DR..
William Osler, late of Johns Hopkins,
now OF Oxford university, have shown
las has been neld by doctors and the
public Tor generations-that a chill or
exposure to cold and a rundown con-
dition of the body are the immediate
exciting causes. Anything that de-
creases the vitality; notably, over
work, be IL physical or mental, too
much food or too little food, Insult
Gent ventilation, alcoholic drinks or
dissipation of any kind, improper
clothing, in short, any thing or pro-
cedure that will have an ill-effect on
the general health Is an invitation to
an attack of pneumonia.
The commission agrees that a GER
tain germ is always present in pneu-
monia, and that this germ IS also
present in the majority Of healthy
throats. All that Is necessary for It's
development and the consequent
symptoms, known as pneumonia, Is a
lowered vital resistance from expos
ure or bad hygiene. Under ordinary
circumstances, 1t does no harm, for
the vital powers of the body keep 1t
In control.
AS there is no specific medicine for
the cure of the disease, 1t is the more
important that every precaution
should be taken to avoid 1t. The ordi-
nary measures to this end are ventila-
ton, moderate temperature, moderate
clothing, and the avoidance OF any
practice that will reduce vitality. II
these are observed the danger will be
materially 1essened.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21
Il IOWA

The Iowa corn crop this year
amounts to 345, 1871, $40 bushels.
This crop is worth 1921, 055, 144.
The average yield Of corn per acre
was 37.2 bushels.
The average value OF corn per bush.
ell on the first day of the present
month was 35 cents.
The Iowa corn crop this year is
$4,000 bushels greater than the great
est previous yield.
Iowa raised 146,a39,2 40 bushels OF
oats, with practically the same yield
per acre as corn, which was worth rs
cents a bushel on the first day Of De
cember, and representing a total value
Of $50, COS, $40.
Iowa raised a total output OF spring
and winter wheat of o,408, $50 bushels,
representing a value Of $4,614,321, or
70 cents per bushel.
Iowa raised 1888, 500 bushels OF
rye, Is bushels per acre; total value,
Se67,420, or So cents per bnshel.
Iowa raised 15,568,77O bushels OF
barley, 27.5 bushels per acre; total
value, $51,137oSS4, or SO cents per
bushel.
Iowa raised 173,77O bushels OF
faxseed; total value, $156,S93, or 30
cents per bushel.
Iowa raised 9,352,190 bushels OF po-
tatoes, with an average OF 81 bushels
per acre; average value, so cents per
bushel; total value, $4,676,045.
Area harvested of tame hay, $685.
500 acres; total output, 6,447, 900 tons,
or 1.S tons per acre; value OF crop
$35, 626, $50 at $3.50 per ton.
Amount Of wild hay harvested, 31S5
$40 tons; an average OF IL tons per
acre; value OF crop, $5,900,S95, at
$3.50 per ton.
What a magnificent showing! The
prosperity Of this great state contin-
e to be told In figures which the
mind can scarcely grasp. They bear
testimony to the fact that there Is no
richer spot in the Mississippi valley,
or no more desirable spot In which
to live in all the habitable universe.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

hlhdA "a pfoteetiun. ~ protection lfuhn
I've seutceh pueh ~ they now pnics,
~ ue hfsi place they uAht ptusee.
slon fruln Canadian hema ana cowA ii
the end that their products may nol
he undcreoid IN isestnn, New York,
Buffalo. Toledo. cleveland, Chicago,
Milwaukee y a nnmber ~ other
large cities. nat Coz the protection
Afforded by che Mneluy tafln law
these markets would be flooded with
egga, chickens, butter aud cheese
from Canada, Secondly, they want
the protection which ~ now theirs
through dincflmlnative freight rates
20 the eastern markets. Under the
railroad rates now In force eggs and
butter can be sent from Iowa 10 New
York aud Boston about as chsaply as
a the eggs and butter produced IN
the eastern and middle states. It IL
desired by every western producer OF
butter and eggs that these rates be
continued. They aiford a degree OF
protection WITHOUT which there would
be nc eastern market for these staple
products. The declaration that "tho
Iowa hen asks no protection against
any hen in the world, and the Iowa
COW asks no protection against any
COW In the universe, is quite grand
Eloquent, and its utterance may have
fed the governors inordinate vanity,
but 1t isn't true. However much 1t
may tickle the ears, it is nothing but
bombast.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21
HapnY surprIse Party.

A very pleasant surprise was plan
ned and carried out on Miss jessie
Burrows at the homo OF her aunt,Mr
OConnor, on South Market gtreet,last
evening, bidding her adieu before
leaving for her homo In Beaumont.
Texas. The evening was passed by
the girls taking possession OF the
house and enjoying themselves Inn
mensely, after which light refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
Miss Burrows was presented with a
beautiful Bible in remembrance OF the
occasion Those present were: Misses
Clara Moore, Marian McKclyie, Hazel
Taylor, Lena Hebus, Ellen Hediand.
Nell Hall. Lizzie Liebus, Agnes Ritch-
ie, Clara Lutz. Jennie Randolph. Myr-
tie McGregor. Arie O'Connor, LILLIAN
and Jane Il. stringer and Jessie Bur-
rows.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21
Stu. " euNcoMeE.

Governor Cummins declared In his
recent speech in Boston:
'The Iowa hen asks no protec-
ton against any hen In the world,
and the Iowa COW asks no protec-
ton against any GOV In the uni
verse"
This is buncombe. pure and simple,
declares the Keokuk Gate-City. Both
the Iowa hen and the Iowa cow need
and want protection, as every Iowa
farmer win testify. They want two
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

"A little girl came nome from
church the other Sunday and was ask,
ed what the minister's text was. Il
know it all right" she asserted.
"Well repeat it," her questioner de.
manded. Don't be afraid and / will
get you a bed quilt" was the astonish'
ing answer. investigation proved
that the central thought Of the sermon
had been, Fear not, and / will send
Won a comforter"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

lin an interview given out at
Washington Governor Cummins said
the president and he did not differ
essentially on the tarin question.
What a change Of heart the governor
has experienced since the president
sat down upon him December s!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

The Register and Leader cores
pondent at washington says President
Roosevelt is the most hated man Of
any president for years. The Regis
ter and Leader correspondent must be
a tariff ripper.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

The Rockford Register says that
demoralized homes are responsible
for the ruin Of ten young men and
women where one would be @aved
through the fundamentally of univerl
sal suffrage.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

If printed in book form with the
usual title pages, index and decora-
lions. the presidents message would
make a volume as large as those
which sell for $1.25 and $50. Not
only that, comments the Keokuk Gate
City, but there is more meat in II
than In almost any two volumes Of
that size. a.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

Iowa is well represented at Wash.
ington, observes the ottumwa Courier,
anad Iowans have every reason to be
proud OF the men who r "the gentle
men from Iowa" At the present ses-
sion Of congress they viii be among
the most important personages in
nither house.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21
PROCEEDINGS
County Business Attended te-.An
Adjourned Session.

beard met Nov q 1908 rnFruaut u
Adjournment Members al present
The entire Lay was spent on claims.
Adjourned 70 meet Nov Z. A. y.
1906.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

Congressman William R.Smith OF
Texas represents the biggest district
in the biggest state as well as the
largest family in the world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

Two car loads 81 the finest Barre.
Vermont, granite, enc CT which was
received by j. ~. Easter OF the City
Marble and Granite Works Friday,the
other 20 be here Monday, contain some
OF the most handsome pieces OF gran.
lite for monuments that we're ever
brought TO this city.
Mr.. Easter. VINO Is an experienced
man In marble and granite work, has
been meeting with an enviable uuc.
cess In his business and has recently
contracted for several handsome mon.
uments which are included In tho
shipment. The granite Is from the
famous MARI a Gordon quarries from
which comes the finest granite In tho
world.
Probably the most handsome monu-
ment in the shipment is that 70 be
erected for the late Col. j. w. Ham
mond. II Is one OF the most handsome
individual monuments ever erected In
Forest cemetery, and Is unique in that
II is the only monument to be polished
entirely to the ground. The A. D.
Grace monument, going to New Shar-
on, a fine stone for DR.. Lear at Bussey,
and a monument for the ling family
at Fremont are among the finest
shown.
Mr.. Casters success Is not confined
alone to Oskaloosa, put his statesmen
have secured several fine orders from
Marshalltown, four OF which are in
cluded in the shipment received here
this week. The success is due TO the
fact that only the best workmen are
employed upon the particular work or
marble cutting, and that only the best
materials are sec Mr.. casters long
experience in the marble business
makes his counsel invaluable when
considering a purchase.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

Home, the Peoria Herald-Trans-
cript explains. is where the heart is
and, as a rule, where the hired girl
isn't.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

Between twelve and fifteen
churches a day, or between 1000 and
5000 a year, are built in this country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

The noblest OF all forms OF gov.
eminent Is self.government.- Presi.
cent Roosevelt.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

Boatd met Nov. s, 1905.
Members ell present.
Spent uAy on claims.
Adjourned 20 meet Nov. o, A. ~
1906.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21
OF THE CITY
Funds Running Low With Nothing
Coming Until April.

OF virtually fifty thousand dollars,
the estimate Of the city council upon
the cost Of maintaining the city OF
oskaloosa from April /, 1906, to April
/, 1906, but $11,7S6.12 remains. The
rest has been eaten up by the affairs
of the municipality.
The fact Is shown by the city clerks
comparative report on the appropria-
tions which was read in the council
meeting last evening, and with the
mayors report, treasurer's report,dre
chiefs, and other minor reports sub
mitted, was approved. The reading
brought the council face to face with
the fact that more money must be set
aside for the sewers, the grading, and
the Improvement funds, before the
year is closed. This win probably be
done at the next meeting.
The report Is given below: