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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02

The international woman's congress
sitting in Paris, recently witnessed
ludlcrous scene. The ladies were in
solemn conclave when suddenly there
appeared a pair Of trousers on the
scene. For a moment the ladies were
too perturbed TO identify the spectre
but after a moment Of benumbing ST.
ience. the president rallied. and in an
icy tone Identified II is "a man"
Then the apparition relieved the ten
sion by explaining that II was the
mortal presence OF M Legendre. Of
Sens an ardent feminist Il stood. +"
he said. as feminist candidate at
the last elections. and / have to-day
taken IL trains TO appear among you.
! am happy TO enjoy this opportunity
OF supporting your cause" Alas for
enthusiasm when II is OF the male per
suasion and relates to matters femi-
ninel The president rose. and, accord
ing to the London Globe, after ex-
planning TO NJ. Legendre. in tones of
cold, calm severity, that the taking Of
IL trains at a stretch did not confer
the right OF entry to that assemblage.
had him expelled.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02

old cloth-covered mantel. One min
ute, two minutes. Then the husband
spoke slowly.
Dorcas?"
1T had come to that pass with me.
Beecher."
For good and all?"
Eyes, sir"
Cope's feet shifted forward and he
hitched his chair nearer.
"Most ten years ago." he said, sol
emily, II smashed my thumb mendin'
a fence, and | come to you to have it
done up. You done it all right and
kind enough, but there was somethin'
in the way your face looked and your
fashion of turnin' away, disgusted-
like, that hurt my feelin's dreadful.
Twas as II you hated to touch me, or
have me touch you. and 1t bit into me.
Thinks l, If I've got too old for COM
fortin' and being fused over, so be
It, All day, KEEP feelin' in my cock-
cts to see what I'd lost, but things was
all there, What I'd lost wasn't in my
clothes And tried to cuss away the
feelin', but 1t wouldn't leave me.
hated to go in to meals-somehow-"
81 rec'lect that mornin'," rejoined
the woman absently. my nerves was
all on edge with neuralgia. Was that
the day you set readin' your paper
after supper, and | come up to put
my arm around you, meanm to give
you kiss, and you turned Your head
away quick and shrinked from me? II
made my heart stop beatin', | was so
SURPRISE and mad. Says l to myself,
The next kiss comes from him. 1t
never c e."
Funny you should have remem-
bered that" muttered the farmer,
stroking his chin whisker thought
fully
Funny you should have remem-
bered your thumb" Dorcas pulled out
her spectacles, adjusted them careful
ly and looked at him.
"And the next day. and the next, till
IL was weeks, months, years of livin'
in an east wind" quoth her spouse.
"Perlite and respectful we was al
ways, but couldn't shake off the diff
ference. II eat into me. Lately, it's
ben worse. got sick of It, Twas all
through me like a disease. and us
CROWN older and queerer That's
why III borrowed your clothes line"
Were those tears trickllng from be-
meath the spectacles of Dorcas? The
old man did not see. He could not
for the sudden mist clouding his eyes.
Perhaps it's best to let you go. he
| murmured, "but-I-dunno."
"Twas your left thumb" cried Dor
cas-, irrelevantly. Let's see It,"
Cope gave another hitch and their
knees touched. The woman bent low
over the rough, SCARED member
pressed her lips to 1t and sobbed
II take It back, husband" she
choked "The first kiss comes from
me-"
God be thanked" His husky whis-
per broke. "The winds from the south
now. Dorcas. Wen keep 1t BLOWN,
dear, wen keep it blowiu'l"
Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowlss. }
/ Gf1hart Da,.iyov ~.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02
Long-Winded.

We'll, how did you like my SER
mon?' asked DR.. Gasaway.
We'll" replied Mr. Kandor, "thepe
was one part of it thought you might
have brought to the 'front.'
"And what was that?"
THE conclusion"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02

The unsecured paper money OF the
South American republics amounts to
face value of s1.7OO.OOO Nearly
everybody who touches on the subject
is particular TO mention that this is
the face value.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02

II they will put sawdust in the
breakfast food. let the consumer in
sist that II be clean sawdust
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02
Still Death

The wages of sin have not material.
~ changed in some thousands OF
years.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02

The English railroad wreck imita
tion Is the sinsarest hattery to Amer
scans.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02

Sir Gilbert Parker. the novelist M.
r., does most of his writing nowadays
while standing up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-02
A GLANCE AT CERTAIN
CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES

Guatemala and Various Efforts
EsrIy History and Present Conditions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-01
TRUE AMERlCANISM.

For what is true Americanism, and
where does it reside? Not on the ton
que, nor in the clothes, nor among the
transient forms, refined or rude, which
mottle the surface of human life. True
Americanism is this:
To believe that the unalienable rights
of man to life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness are given by God.
To believe that any form of power
that tramples on these rights is unjust.
To believe that taxation without rep
resentation is tyranny, that government
must rest upon the consent of the gov
erned, and that the people should choose
their own rulers.
To believe that freedom must be safe
guarded by law and order, and that the
end of freedom is fair play for all.
To believe not in forced equality of
conditions and estates, but in true
equalization of burdens, privileges and
opportunities.
To believe that the selfish interests of
persons, classes and sections must be
subordinate to the welfare of the
commonwealth.
To believe that union is as much
a human necessity as liberty is divine
gift.-Henry Van Dyke, in Harper's
Magazine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-01
THR LEON REPORTER m URsDAY. Il WEBER I. 1905.

years ago refused to go to Wiscon.
sin, although personal friend was a
candidate against him, and l gave my
reason for it when l told him was
not willing to oppose LaFollette when
there were SO many other Republic.
ans that needed opposing worse. This
year LaFollette tried to defeat the
nomination o. Mr.. Davidson, but Sen.
ator Spooner and the stalwarts won a
victory and Governor Cummins was
willing to go there and assist the can.
dates whom LaFollette opposed. Not
satisfied with speaking for Candidate
Davidson, Governor Cummins praised
Senator Spooner. If in praising Sen.
ator Spooner, Governor Cu1mm1ns was
serious, then Governor Cummins is
not reformer, for Senator Spooner
does not stand for one single reform,
and never has, and Governor Cum.
Minis is too we'll informed on national
politics not to know that. If, knowing
Senator Spooner to be LaFollette's
political enemy, he praised Senator
Spooner in the interests Of harmony,
he ought to know that harmony is the
club with which reform has always
been attacked and the man who be.
gins reform is always charged with
disturbing the harmony of his party,
and the man who puts harmony above
principle is not likely to accomplish
much in the way Of remedial legisla.
ton. If Governor Cummins wants
Democrats to vote for him as re.
former, he should fight for reform
and not for harmony"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-01
II. A. WRIGHT
OFFICIAL BALLOT


Voted at the General Election, Tuesday, Novem-
Der 6, 1906. Polls open at 8 o'clock a. m.
NOTICE TO VOTERS affirmative
upon question submitted upon this ballot
XXI mark the after the word "YES"
For negative vote make similar n square
following the 'NO"]
Shall the Following Public Measure be Adopted?
Shall the Board of Supervisors
county, Iowa, contract for and erect and fully
plete a New Court House in the public n
Town Of Leon, Decatur county, money
for the erection Of said building
the payment thereof in the of $40. 0O0OO
said bonds to interest
Four "a payable semi-annualy
provided by law in addition o
sufficient pay said bonds with principal and
interest within period of Ten q0) Said
building fully al
1 no to the
of $40 100000.
Those n the ton
. Those will "NO"
Shall the proposition be adopted? u
qualified elect
Of the several townships precincts Of Decatur county Iowa.
i (-( In testimony whereof have heeunto
Decatur 10
Il NV Wednesday, October "a, 1906 800 =
hzsA<}zs@z61
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-01

The Trust Question.
"The Democrats have also dreamed
on the trust question. and in their
vision they saw eighty millions of
people burdened by conscience.
less band of monopolists. They trans
lated their dream into platform
which demands the humiliation Of
the prevailing monopolies, root and
branch. But the Republicans have
not yet reached point where they
are willing to accept this solution.
They still stop at regulating and re-
restraining, although experience has
shown that the trusts regulate the
Republican party more effectively
than the party has been able to regu-
late the trusts. There was a time
when the methods of trusts were I'M
known to the public and when it in
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13
IN MEMoRiAM.
Mrs. Ursula {. weathersbee.

On the morning of the twenty-ninth
of June, nineteen hundred and six, the
death angel came and bore the tran
quill soul of Mrs. Ursula E. Wethers-
bee into the beautiful and mysterious
beyond, where the soul lives eternal
ly and all is joy forever. All that was
mortal of Mrs. Weathersbee was laid
to rest in the Anthony cemetery and
a large number of friends and rela-
tives assembled to be present at the
solemn obseQuies.
The death of Mrs. Weathersbee was
"a great surprise to many, as she was
sick for only short while. Since the
death of her husband she had devoted
herself to the care of her seven Iowa
BILE children, and the duties of a moth
er she always performed most cheer
fully. She was good Christian-heart-
ed woman and she will be sadly
missed.
To the seven orphan children and
other grief-stricken ones we offer our
deep sympathy.
Fallen asleep in Jesus-at peace, SO
calm, SO sweet
At last LIES fitful fever ended, thus
content to rest;
May the earth lie lightly on thy
breast.
And, when the day dawn greets the
waking hours
Thou, too, shalt walk amid the flowers,
A-b1oom in Paradise.
With smiling lips and light within
thine eyes
In Paradise: its perfect bliss
Thou shalt enjoy.
For this thy kindly spirit passed
away.
Lies endless peace with those
In mansions bright.
Good night, loved one, good night"
ONE WHO LOVED HER BEST.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13
City Council Meeting.

A session of the city council was
held Tuesday night. Those present
were Messrs. Gates, Chace, Owen,
Sage, Robonson, eWathers.
After struggling with a batch of
bills that would stretch part way
around the public square, the election
of night policeman was in order, but
on motion was indefinitely postponed.
The levying of the millage for the
next ensuing year then engaged the
attention of the aldermen.
Alderman Weathers moved that it
be fixed at seventeen mills. Mr.. Rob-
inson moved as a substitute that it
be fixed at fifteen mills.
After some discussion, the matter
was postponed until the next meeting
The next matter that engaged the
attention of the body was the election
of a superintendent of the electric
light plant.
Mayor McConathy recommended
the election OF II. M. Dearborn, OF
Fernandina. Under the ordinances, it
is the duty of the mayor to make the
recommendation, and If the person he
recommends is not elected on the FIRST
five ballots, then the council is to vote
for some other candidate, if there be
any.
Three ballots we're taken on the
mayors recommendation without Sc
curing majority vote of the council,
to-wit: five.
After the third ballot Alderman
Weathers moved that the matter be
deferred until the next meeting of the
council, which was carried.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13
THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA
Bought Lumber in the City Of Chicago
for Dredge Boat.

The governor of Florida, according
to Chicago contemporary, has lately
been in that city buying lumber Of the
Edward Hines Lumber Company. This
looks like a mighty strange thing for
the governor of lumber state to do.
The Journal always knew that the
Hines outfit was about as smooth as
they make 'em, but never dreamed of
anything like this. The story goes that
Governor Broward was in Chicago for
the purpose of buying lumber, need
ing some stock for state purposes
which could not be conveniently Sc
cured at lumber market nearer by
He actually bought, the account goes
on to say, ''two cars of white pine
ceiling, floor and other stock, some OF
which was intended for use on a
steamer owned by the state OF
course, when his excellency comes up
for office some time again he will be
particularly strong in the lumber cir
cles of his state.-New Orleans Trade
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13
The End Of a Noted Case.
A late Marianne special says:

A late Mariana special says:
The noted case of Hoskins VS.. Cal
houn and Boone, conspiracy suit, in
which Hoskins sued for $4,000 dam
ages, was terminated Saturday just as
the attorneys were ready to argue be-
fore the jury, by a compromise in
which Hoskins agreed to accept $500
and the defendants pay all costs. The
court had been busy with this case for
the past four days.
This Hoskins matter has been the
subject Of several very noted law
suits. 1t was one ct thc principal
counts offered against Judge Swayne
in the impeachment proceedings at
Washington last year. 1t is said to
have caused the suicide of the son of
Mr.. Hoskins and is believed to have
been responsible for the death of the
referee in the bankruptcy suit. 1t has
been the subject matter Of three noted
dirbarment proceedings in this county.
Lastly the ten thousand dollar dam
age suit above mentioned.
After the compromise Judge Palmer,
who has been presiding in the suit,
owing to the fact that Judge Carter
was disqualified, asked that all papers
in any way connected with the suit
from the beginning be burned, saying
that such suits, causing so much bit
ter feeling, should be buried out of
sight. After some elaboration it was
decided to have the Judge seal all the
papers in this and the previous suits,
AMI they are never to be opened ex-
Sept by order of the court.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

It seems to us that the esteemed
Pensacola Journal has gotten itself in
to a hole. It has been calling loudly
for the names of the parties who are
furnishing the "wherewithal" for the
establishment and continuance of the
'anti-drainage bureau" at Jacksonville
and has persistently stated that it's
call has never been answered. Re-
Gently it printed card from one T..
B. King, denying, that he was con-
tributor to this fund with the state
ment that he was one of the mem
bers of the list furnished it." II Mr..
King was one, give US the other names
on the list, Mr.. Journal? And by the
way, the Journal it still mum" as to
who is putting up the funds for His
Excellency," as his friends are pleas
ed to call plain Governor Broward.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

Hon. JOS. C. sibley. ex-democrat,
but now a republican congressman
from Pennsylvania, may be politically
all wrong, but is dead right in what
he says hereunto appended:
I'VE have located our winter home at
st. Petersburg, Fla.,which has the soft
est driest and the most nearly even
temperature that I have ever found
anywhere. There intend to follow the
natural bent Of my tastes and inclina-
tiors in the cultivation OF the soil.
One OF my most ambitious hopes pos.
sessed was that some day I might be
able to save enough money to become
a farmer. / aim to produce on nv
place every tropical fruit known TO
our country"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

The best man we have in our town
for the general good of the town is
the one you will always see on the
front seat in the progressive "band
wagon" He is the first one to extend
an open and warm hand to greet the
stranger and welcome him to the best
town in the state. He will resent
an insult to our town as quickly as
he would slur at a member of his own
family. He very politely invites the
chronic ''croaker" to move on. He is
ever ready to give his just proportion
to every public enterprise. He talks
up our town at home and abroad and
believes it is the best place upon Gods
green earth in which to live and de-
sires to be buried here when he dies.
Let us all try and be like this man
for one year and our little city will
take on new like and improve as never
before in its history.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

Mr.. j. H. Brinson, who is travelling
for Rollins College, was in. Ocala last
Thursday and paid this office a very
pleasant visit. He says the college is
making excellent progress. Mr.. Brin-
son went out to Eureka to join in
the celebration festivities of his grand
father, ]. s. Brinson, who celebrated
his eighty-sixth birthday. He is one of
the pioneer settlers to this county.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13
BRYAN's ANNOUNCEMENT CON
cERNING HIS CANDIDACY.

Hon w. ]. Bryan has made the fol.
lowing announcement concerning his
candidacy for the presidency in view
of the sentiment crystallizing in his
favor:
Nov that the action of some of the
state conventions has raised a CUES.
ton as to the political significance
of the reception, am glad to say that
it must not be regarded in the light
of an endorsement for the presidential
nomination. While ] appreciate the
compliment paid by the various state
conventions, do not regard their ex-
pressions as binding upon them or
upon the party of their state ! shall
not prosecute them for breach of
promise if they transfer their affec-
tions to another; / will not even pub
lish their letters. To allow the recep-
ton to be regarded as an endorsement
would be in the first place be unjust
to others who may be candidates.
Other Candidates.
81 have seen the names of several
mentioned as possible candidates,
among them Congressman Hearst,
Senator Bailey and Governor Folk,
who have all rendered conspicuous
service to the party and the country,
and their claims should be considered.
The party is entitled to its most avail
able man and the question Of availa-
bility cannot be determined SO far in
advance. Circumstances and issues
may strengthen the claims of some
one Of the gentlemen mentioned and
the list should be an open one until
the time comes to choose.
II may add that it would not be just
to me to be put in the attitude of an
|nouncing my candidacy or admitting
the certainty of my being a candidate
1t is two years before the convention
meets, and / am not willing to sit on
a stool and look pretty that long.
prefer to be in a position to say what
j think oneht to be said, write what
i think ought to be written and do
what ! think ought to be done. am
advancing in years and cannot spare
two years out of my life just at this
time.
II shall be glad to RETURN to Amer
lea, although every day of my trip has
been enjoyable shall be glad to meet
my friends in America, and after
have met them, they will be just as
free as before to do what they think
best on issues and candidates"
When told that Mayor George B.
Mcclellan was in London, Mr.. Bryan
said he had not heard he was here.
He expressed his qualification that Mr..
Mcclellan had escaped fro mthe Sails
bury railroad wreck and said he hoped
to meet him.
Mr.. Bryan will speak at the Ameri-
can society dinner tomorrow night.
Mr.. and RMS. Bryan will spend the
week end with Ambassador and Mrs.
Reid at West Park and then will 60
to Italy. returning here July %, when
Mr. Bryan will attend the inter-parlia-
mentary conference. Mr.. and Mrs. Bry-
an will then make tour of Scotland,
going thence to France and Spain.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

Miss Annie Sharpe will spend the
next six weeks with relatives at Har-
rodsburg, KY. She will then go To-
Atlanta, where she has accepted the
position Of head teacher at Washing
ton Seminary. Miss Sharpe win De
very greatly missed in Ocala next
winter, and it is matter of great
regret that she has decided to give
up her kindergarten school in this
city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

In coming to Ocala on the fourth
from Anthony the horses of Mr.. j. B.
Malloy was driving became frightened
at something and SHE'D so suddenly
that the buggy was tilted so much to
one side that one of the front wheels
was crushed. No other damage, fortu-
nately, was done.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13
What Does This Mean2

You win have to vote for some
other republican was the presidents
reply to friend who expressed the
nope that he would run again in 1908.
There is fear in some quarters, how
ever, that number of republicans
have discovered that there is no law
against their voting for a democrat
next time.-Washington Post.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

The great state of Georgia which
has given birth to such men as VIM
III. Crawford, Herschael v. Johnson
Bob Toombs, BENJAMIN H. Hill, Alex.
ander H. Stephens, Howell Cobb and
long list of other istinguished names.
deserves better fate than the little
peanut" campaign she is now wit
Messing.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

Among the pleasant visitors in Ocala
this week before the Fourth shopping
and greeting their friends were Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Becker, and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Welsch. of Holder; Mr.. w.
A. Brown. of Thelma; Mr.. J. A. Smith,
of Silver Springs and Mr. t. Dale, of
Oak.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

Mr.. H. d. Bassett and family left
Thursday for Tallulah Falls, Ca,
where they will spend the summer.
They will be located at The Lodge,
one of the best hotels in north Geor-
gia.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

The Southern railway is procuring
steel cars, which are claimed to be alb
soiute proof against both fire and tel
escoping. These cars are made of
pressed steel.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-13

Secretary Taft wants to reorganize
the republican party in the south.
Why? The south is prospecting as
never before. so why not slopt the
republican platform and"stand pat?"