The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-11-03

witty some of the Florida newspapers
are:
Don't disturb che bow-legged bull
dog that il gnawing at q bone, do MT
disturb sleeping tiger for amuse-
ment of your own, don't disturb a
mule to witness how its hind feet
may be shown; they live longest who
remember to let well enough alone.
Don't disturb the bird that war
bles gay ditty in the tree, and the
bumblebee goes humming. kindly
do not bother me-" when the baby's
sweetly sleeping do not bother it to
see what the Unprecedented condition
Of it's appetite may be.
Don't disturb the gun that's rusty,
but discreetiy shy away; though its
trigger may be missing, let the poor
old weapon stay where your grand
father put it; they live longest who
delay when it comes to hunting ,rou-
bles they find some future day.
Don't disturb it when You find a
peaceful stick of dynamite. do MT
disturb the low-browed bully to see
whether he will fight, don't disturb
the busy burglar whom you hear
downstairs at night, for the world is
full of promise and the future may be
bright.
Only Florida Cigars in the White house
In one of his addresses in Jackson
vile President Roosevelt is said to
have remarked: 1.-THE only cigars
permitted to be smoked in the White
House are those made in Tampa and
Key West," for which expression the
Tampa Tribune expresses thanks in
the following manner:
Well spoken. Mr.. President. A past
master In the art of bestowing neat
and notable compliments. you have
lived up to your reputation in this in
stance.
Everybody knows that the only
"cigars that are cigars'' made in this
country are those made in Tampa
and Key West
That the cigars which are burned
in incense to the gods of statecraft
and diplomacy. that curl their aro-
matte wraiths of good tobacco about
the noble heads of ''the powers that
be-; who bide their hour in the exec
utive mansion, that are pulled in the
deep solemnity of cabinet councils or
at the banquet-board where meet the
wise and great of this and other
lands-that these cigars are eXclu-
sive.y Tampa and Key West cigars
gives the two Florida cities TINS hon
ored standing among the cities of
America that cannot be successfully
assailed.
receive from US tributes showered up
on him at other points upon his tri-
umphal way, President Roosevelt has
waited to us a sentiment that we
| cherish and appreciate
What pity that he does MT smoke
himself.
The widow of Stonewall Jackson,
who lives modestly at Charlotte, n.
| c., says: Yes, ] am sure the presi-
dent is all right-a Iarge-hearted,
good and great man. His noble trib-
utes to Generals Lee and Jackson
proved that he is of the true metal.
! The presidents wife made as favor
able an impression upon the ladies as
any first lady of the land could, being
+, cultured and gracious, womanly and
responsive to all the eager attention
shOwered upon her. 1t was lovely to
see how the ladies and children
crowded round her, and how kindly
and sweetly she received them. My
faithful old cook was perhaps the
most elated person in the parlor of
my simple little home as she handed
the first lady of the land a glass of
that we was the bOntOnest-folks in
town, as nobody else had the presi-