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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
THE CALIFORNIA SUFFERERS.
Governor 5roward Issues a ProcIa-
nation.

Whereas, a disaster unparalleled in
overtaken the State of California in
the destruction by earthquake and
fire on the morning of the 18th of
April, OF the City of San Francisco,
the commercial metropolis of the Pa
cific slope, and numerous other cities
and towns of said state. which dis
aster has resulted in the destruction
OF hundreds of millions of dollars in
property values and the loss of thou
sands of unfortunate people stripped
of their earthly possessions, without
homes and suffering even for the nee
essaries of life;
Now, therefore, /. Napoleon B.
Broward governor of Florida, hereby
issue this my proclamation, calling
upon the people of the state of Flor
ida, to promptly contribute of those
stores with which Providence has
blessed them, to the relief of the des-
titute and suffering people of our sis
ter state.
And / especially call upon the may
ors of the several municipalities in
the state, the presidents of the boards
of trade, and the ministers of all de-
nominations, to take Immediately
such steps as may be necessary to
direct local attention to the needs of
the destitute people of California, so
that immediate contributions can be
made and placed in the hands of fit
agents to be transmitted to the proper
authorities in the state of California
He that giventh quickly giveth
twice.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the state. at Tallahassee. the
capital, this Goth day of April. in the
Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Six, and the Indepen-
dence of the United States. the One
Hundred and Thirtieth.
n. Il. BROWARD.
Governor of Florida
BY the Governor: Attest
II. Clay Crawford,
Secretary of State.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27

episodes that must be occurring in all
parts of the ill-starred city. II is
left to the Imagination to picture
grimy firemen, officers and civilians,
who possibly without food since We'd
nesday morning, have been fighting
the fire as best they could without wa
ter, only to find their labor lost and
themselves exhausted. The frenzy
of old and young, their realizing sense
of impotency, of abject helplessness,
the keen physical suffering; the sick
nening sight of dead. charred bodies;
the panic of thousands fleeing to es-
cape danger, yet not knowing whittier
to turn; the clouds of smoke and
masses of flame; the crashing of walls
and the roar of exploding dynamite;
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
ALL SORTS.

If We could but love the living as
We love the dead.
When pain itself leaves. then ali
is az an end indeed.
1t is in the presence Of eternal ST.
lence that We regret so many vain
words.
Never hurt those whom you love,
they will avenge themselves after
death
Regret is more unbearable than ac-
tual pain, because It is generally
coupled with remorse
Disappointment is garden laid
waste. 4 warm spring ice bound, q
smiling face overloaded.
One must not only be no poet: but
one must never have suffered ones
self to affirm that grief l. less poig-
nant when it can be told in a song. AS
Well pretend that they who scream
under tortue suffer No pain.
Struggle with the outer world keeps
up and increases the elasticity of an
organism: internal conflict lanes and
wears it out.
Under the influence of an overwhel-
ming sorrow everyone appears 10 US
to be an immense distance, as if they
were looking at them across some
wide arena. Even the voices sound
faint and duh, as though they reached
us from afar
FROM THE TALMUD
He paid his money on the horns of
a deer
When an OK is down many are the
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
The Living and the Dead.

do not keep the abalaster boxes
of your love and tenderness sealed up
Until your friends are dead. Fill their
lives with sweetness. Speak aprov-
ing, cheering words while their ears
can hear them, and while their hearts
can be thrilled and made happier by
them; the kind things you may mean
to say when they are gone, say before
they go. The flowers you mean TO
send for their collins, send to brighten
and sweeten their homes before they
leave them. If my friends have al
abaster boxes laid away, full of frag-
rant perfumes Of sympathy and af-
lection, which they intend to break
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27

over my dead body. | would rather
they would bring them out in my
weary and troubled hours, and open
them. that 1 may be refreshed and
cheered by them while l need them
would rather have a plain coffin
without a flower. a funeral without an
eulogy, than life without the sweet
ness of love and sympathy. Let US
learn To anOint our friends beforehand
for their burial or cremation. Post
mortem kindness does not cheer the
troubled spirit. Flowers on the cof-
fin cast no fragrance backward over
life's weary way.-A New York Edi-
tor in Our Dumb Animals"
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MAYOR EUGENE F. scHMlTz OF SAN FRANCISCO.

the army of men struggling against
fate, striving To keep back the inevi-
table advance of desolation: the
threat to the living of death on one
side or impoverishment on the other
the sickness, the WEAKNESS, the eX-
haustion which take hold of the toiler
in the desperate crisis-all these go
To make up the terrible picture which
San Francisco presents to the mag
nation. The impotency of the people
that is the one great, grim tragedy
of the situation. They are fighting
hard but they are pigmies compared
with the power they seek to subdue.
One touch of nature and men are
nothing. atoms of nothing!
As the news comes from San Fran
cisco more and more do the sympa-
thies of the rest of the world go out
to the stricken people. And more and
more the rest of the world hail the
men who are standing courageously
at their posts and are battling for their
homes and for their neighbours lives
against such tremendous odds.
They are undertaking in an almost
superhuman way a superhuman task.
In their loyalty, bravery self-abnega-
ton. grit. contempt of peril and spirit
of sacrifice they are giving an exhi-
bition of nobility which is strong and
gnificent.-Louisvlile Courier-Jour-
nal
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
Is the Moon Inhabitated?

Science has proven that the moon
has an atmosphere. which makes life
in some form possible on that sate-
lite; but not for human beings. who
have hard enough time on this earth
of ours; especially those who do not
know that Electric Bitters cure head
ache. biliousness, malaria. chills and
fever, jaundice, dyspepsia dizziness
torpid liver, kidney complaints, gem
Onequalled as ageneral tonic and an
petizer for weak persons and espec-
laily for aged. 1t induces sound
sseeD- Fully guaranteed by Tydings
q Co., druggists. Price only soc. no
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
Health is Youth.

Disease and sickness bring old age.
Herbine. taken every morning be-
fore breakfast, will keep YOU in ro-
bust health, fit YOU to ward off di-
sease. 1t cures constipation. bilious
ness dyspepsia, fever skin. liver and
kidney complaints. II purifies the
blood and clears the complexion
Mrs. ID. W. Smith. of Whitney Tex.
writes April 8, 1902: Il have used
Herblne and find IL the best medicine
for constipation and liver complaint.
IL does all you claim for il.
! can highly recommend it, soc.
Sold by alldruggists. nm
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27

butchers.
one bird tied is better than hun
dred flying.
When the calf kicks it is time to
thresh the COW.
If thy friend is homeiy DO not lick
him up together.
Better eat onions all thy life than
dine upon grease and chicken once
then long in vain for ever more
QUIET THOUGHTS
\ woman's vanity is never due
to the compliments of other women.
If a man lives beyond his income
the outcome is sure to be unsatisfac-
tory.
\ shapely girl hasn't much use for
& wrap 5hat doesn't enable her to show
of.
a girl isn't an old maid until she
begins to worry for fear she viii never
get married
\ woman's idea of true fortune
teller is one who tells her only what
she wants 10 hear.
FENCE RAIL PHILOSOPHY. F.
a pretty girl can teach man any
thing but common sense.
Half the people after going 10 law
think that justice is blind
When a widow is around little
yearning is a dangerous thing.-Farm
Life.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
A lucyk Postmistress.

Is Mrs. Alexander. Of Karey, Me-.
who has found Dr. Kings New Life
Pills TO be the best remedy she has
ever tried for keeping the stomach and
liver and bowels in perfest order You
viii agree with her if you try these
painless purifiers that infuse new life
Guaranteed by Tydings & Co, drug
giStS. Price 25c m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27

Politics are beginning TO get act
i've politiciacal sensation has been
sprung in Dade county, and the Ed
itor of the Banenr OF Liberty has
nailed lie" up in his office for the
inspection of the public in general.
We suppose there viii be something
doing in old Morton after a while.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27

The ladies Of Tallahassee gave the
prisoners in the jail in that city an
Easter breakfast last sunday morn
ing. The bible says something about
that for moi religion being the purist
kind
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27

1t seems TO US a good scheme 10
drain the Everglades would be to have
all the candidates who throw mud"
meet down there and challenge each
other TO a mud battle" Rid it of its
mud and it would drain itself.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27

There is paper in Polk county de-
Tending Governor Brnward with bass
drum and cymbals. This paper must
appear to the governor like great
rock in a weary land.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
LIFE INSURANCE WITH
LIBERAL GUARANTEES
AND AT LOW COST.

In the subjoined table will be found the premium rates and
guaranteed cash values of life insurance companies
life policies 900 each age IS, with total prem
iums and cash guaranteed, on 20-year settlements.
The less in the Washington Life Insurance Co.,
New York, than in any other company the list.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
A Dandy for Burns.

DR.. Bergin. Pana. H.. writes;
have used Billiards. Snow LinimenI
and always recommend it to my
friends. and am confident there is 10
better made. 1t is dandy I9f
burns. Those who live on farms are
especially liable 10 many accidentd,
cuts and burns. bruises, which neaa
rauidly when Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment is used. IL should always %
kept in the house for cases Of eEner,,
gency." Csc, soc. and Sl.00. sou
by ali druggists. m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
OAaaAM or San FRANCISCO AND The AREA sWEPT BY FRE

opn sr @haeccba uiGn iPnhn
Claus building rn G
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27

The saloons closed last night at zen
O'Clock and remained closed as ugn1
as a drum.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-12

Mrs. Jones. I'VE must consider no.
only the musical ability OF these appli-=
cants, but their social standing must
be above leproach. Every one con-
nected with this church in any capacits
must oe, or ought 20 be, of at least
respectable antecedents and I am sure,
that you viii agree with me on refus-
ing to entertain for moment Miss
Dodson's application when / tell you
that her father is a circus rider, her
brother is a variety actor and her sis
ter is a chorus grill"
Mrs. Stiles said "Bosh!" under her
breath.
Mr.. Lawrence" continued Mrs
Jones in tone that plainly asked for
and expected a CoIrObOTatiye reply
I'VE would like to hear from you on
this point" OH
Frankly" said Mr.. Lawrence, Il.
think your contention is absurd. I
know Miss Dodson to be a young wo-
man of lovely character and q most
accomplished artist That is enough
for me. My vote is for Miss Dodson."
Il am for Miss Dodson," said Mrs
Stiles
Il vote for Miss Dodson, said Miss
Cuthbert.
Miss Dodson by all means" said
Mr.. Flint, rubbing his eyes and blink
ing hard.
"Oh, very well said Mrs. Hethering-
! ton Jones frOstily. Then lin a loud,
commanding voice ''Will Miss-ah-ah
| -DOdson kindly sing for us again?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-12
Certainly Now Is the Time to Bup Panof Ever And the
CLAYTON Music CompanyS Club Sae-109
Main Streets the Place.
$40 SENDS ONE HOME
A GOOD STOOL AND COVER FREE
Opportunity Good quality Little Money
May Not Come Again in Your Metime-DOnt De-
lay Another Moment
COME ToNIGHT-ST0RE OPEN TILL 1O-MAIN ST..
109-11-13

This extraordinary Club sale offers
remarkable opportunities for money
saving, and for wide variety in selec-
ton. One customer tells another. Close
buyers are satisfied. The immense va
riety OF stock is something no customer
believes until he has actually seen it.
There's a piano here to suit every taste
and every purse. You should no longer
be without a piano in your home. Every
day brings new offerings from our
warehouse. The following are a few
Of the very special bargains in splen-
did pianos. Your favorite make is like
ly represented. III we TO not happen
to mention it's name, come and look
over the Immense stock. You are llnst
certain To find your hearts desire.
Note the makes Of used pianos and
the exceedingly low prices;
a $500 Knabe upright grand, at $225.
A $3.50 Everett upright grand, at $3.50.
A $3.50 Willard upright grand (Slnith
& Barnes make), almost new, at 1857
A $3.50 Fischer upright grand. at $3.50.
$3.50 Lindeman upright grand, at
S225
A $500 Kimball upright grand, used,
but in fine condition, at $3.50.
A $3.50 Schirmer upright grand, like
new, at $l57.
- HO-o cAllCN OClAtf OtlA NdoCf AOOho
like new, at $146.
$40 will send one home, andSS, 81 and
So a month settles the bill.
Every piano fully guaranteed, and
our guarantee means another lilno at
any time you're not satisfied, or your
money back if we can't please you.
Best Makes to Choose From.
You have choice here of many Of The
worlds best makes of pianos, SO ac-
knowledged and accredited by the most
famous musicians.
1t is not possible to make any better
pianos for the home, the voice or wear
! ing quality than the Steinway. Kim
BALL Vose, Estey. Schaeffer. Winter &
Co., Knabe, Everett and other makes
we have in this sale.
Beautiful new upright grands. that
! sell regularly at $500, $3.50, 1915 and
/ S400 are being sold on easy payments
Ia 1851 1857, S195 to 1929.
! Terms $40 or more down, and So to s.
/ monthly, or all cash. as desired.
Highest class upright grards Of vari
Gus makes. in pretty plain. colonial case
! designs. Brand new pianos worth reg
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-12
CHOOSING A SOPRANO.
The Severe Trials Of a Music Com
mittee in Filling Vacancy.
(Chicago News.


They we're trying sopranos for the va
cancy in theAduartet choir.
The members of the music committee
sat in the last pew. and the choir loft
was at the other end of the edifice,
high up over the pulpit The only light
i'm the church was there, and the rest
of the interior was shrouded in dark
ness. In the middle gloom were the
four candidates, generally miserable
and eXpectant. No. l had finished and
was evidently listening to suggestions
by the organist.
do you remember that picture of an
incident i'm the French Revolution? %
asked No. 2. unrolling her music nerv-
ously. where the bunch is in d dun
geon, waiting to go to the guillotine?
A soldier stands at the door and reads
off the names of the Victims
No. 3 was hummiDg her solo over
hurriedly, but stopped long enough to
say: Never saw it." Then she re-
sumed her hunming.
Well" said No. ?. my head is to
go next, and you may judge how
feel"
"Oh. DON'T groaned No. g. This is
already bad as a funeral"
LAS far as that goes remarked No
a. there are worse things than q
! funeral The last one ] attended was
In my professional CAPACITY and it was
| good for ten"
By this time No. had been sum
moned and in a moment the first
strains of her accompaniment were
| heard
Shades of the immortal George
Frederick calculated No. 1, who haC
rejoined the group. IF she isn't goinE
/ 10 give us Angels Ever Bright anC
Fart HelDi'
But as No. ? finished her solo anC
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-12
ais PERPETUAL oFFIoE.

My old black auntie,' said Repre-
sentative Robertson Of Louisiana, the
old black shepherdess who raised me
and who still looks on me as a lamb
of her rearing, grows at times very
congratulatory -.t
Deed / is proud o yo' Marse
Sam, she said on the occasion of our
last meeting. I takes de vas est pride
in you, honey, an de way yo' does hol"
office. Yo is des lax yo' OF father
Marse Sam He was, alters holm of
flee. same as yO' honey-hor office all
de time, yo' paw did, an yo' minds
me O him SO much. Deed Use proud o.
bofe o. 20"
why. what office did my father
hold?' I asked. l was a bit astonished
for, while | had a dim recollection OF
the old gentleman running several
times, l never knew OF any office he
held
'Sho', Marss Sam, Is yo' done gone
an forgot de office yo' father hol'.' the
old auntie replied. reproachfully. Use
'shamed O. yO'. He was a candidateg
Marse Sam. De whole neighbOrhOogS
remember il we'll All his life he holF
dat office, yo' paw aid never I know
him when he warn't a candidate. Yes
sir, yo' an yo' father des de same dat
away-bofe alters holm office"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-12
PEOPLE ARE TO DECIDE.
Whether or Not Provo City Shall
Purchase the Power Distrib-
uting System.

Provo Sept 1.-THE purchase of the
electric company's distribution system in
this city was up again in the city council
last evening, and it was decided to ask
the mayor to call a mass meeting Of
the citizens for the purpose of letting
them decide whether they favored the
purchase of the plant, with the conditions
of certain rights being granted the Tel
luride Power company relating to the
transmission of power over the system
after it is bought by the city, and with
out which ii cannot be bought. The ma
pority of the council are opposed TO the
purchase, but want to get the opinion Of
the citizens, and will be guided by that.
Before the meeting inquiry Will also be
made as to the cost of obtaining electric
current for light from American Fork
and from Springville.
Mrs Margaret Sperry Leavitt, wife Of
Charles Il. Leavitt of the Second ward,
died this afternoon, after lingering ill
ness of some months. The deceased was
born in Nephi twenty-nine years ago. She
leaves her husband and two children and
numerous relatives and friends to mourn
her loss.
Mrs ]. w. Swsher. formerly Miss Mel
lie Harrison daughter of the late William
Harrison of this city, died at St Anthony,
Ida. yesterday. The cause of the death
is not known. She leaves husband AMI
two daughters. The remains will be
buried at St Anthony tomorrow.
N n. Olson of this city died this morn
ing at his home in the Sixth ward, after
a lingering illness from consumption. The
deceased was a native Of Sweden. but has
resided in Utah for about twenty-five
years, part of this time in Frisco. He
leaves wife and numerous relatives and
friends Funeral services will be held
Thursday at the Sixth ward meeting
house. beginning at . o'clock. Members
of the X of P, of which the deceased
was a member will act as pail bearers.
d. c. Condland and John D. Dixon OF
the state land board, with John Glenn as
clerk. were here today to dispose of l5,O0C
acres of land in Cedar valley, which was
sold at auction. The grazing land brought
$50 an acre and the farm land as a rule
! $3.50 although some of the farm land
| brought as high as $3.50. Most of the
| $1,000 acres, which has been advertised fol
| some time was sold. Many people from
! Lehi and American Fork attended the
| sale and several Provo people and people
| from other parts of the county secured
land
The stockholders of the Provo WooIer
/ Mills company will hold its annual meet
/ ing for the election of directors in this
/ city Monday, Oct. l.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-12

returned to ,her1 she was greeted with
stage whispers of Fine which put
her in a good humor, however she may
have questioned the sincerity that
prompted them.
Miss Dodson, are you reRdy?" called
the organist. His form was silhouetted
against the gaslight over the organ
bench.
Yes" said No. 3, with just a little
tremOr in her voice.
Il do hope she will do WELL" said No.
4. Between you and ne. girls. she
needs it more than we do. 1t is certain
that none of us is i'm her class, and #
you knew her as / do-ner privations,
her sufferings and how she has won
out i'm spite of all-you would-but
listenl"
Miss Dedson sung unaffectedly, beau
tifully, simple setting of a well-known
hymn.
THAT brought a lump into my
throat" said No. 4, as she applied her
handkerchief to her eyes.
"She wins sighed No. /, starting to
put on her wraps.
Lets wait and see if there's going
to be any chance for the rest of us, p"
said No. 4. Gracious, I'd forgotten
that had to sing. Well, I'll go through
the motions, anyway. He's calling me.
Yes, I'm ready"
! Down in the darkness of that last
| pew the music commit, ee sat in judg-
ment. They were Mrs. Hetherington
/ Jones, one of the leaders of society,
Mrs. Stiles, who played the piano beau
| tifully. and, in the Opion of her friends,
was critic OF the highest order; Miss
Cuthbert, who sung herself in very
! thin and sharp voice and had written
/ a song: Mr. Flint, who was cashier
/ for a prominent firm of organ builders
and Mr.. Lawrence, capitalist and
patron Of the arts
| II don't like her a bit said Mrs
Hetherington Jones, after No had fin
ished.
"A tendency to slurring. which is
most objectionable" said Mrs. Stiles
sentitiously.
"A most distressing Vibrato,' said
! Miss Cuthbert. with decision.
What DO you think of her. Mr.
| Flint?" asked Mrs. Jones.
"Eh-what?" said Mr.. Flint, starting
up. He had been doing. Charming
isn't she?"
1--WE don't think so, replied Mrs
| Stiles, severely "She won't do.at all.
"Dodson? Dodson?" said Mrs. Jones
reminiscently, after No. 8 had sung
"Oh, we simply couldn't have her, YOU
know"
way, pray?' asked Mrs. Stiles.
'Oh, ne,-er. never." said Mrs. Jones
as if that settled it. I'll tell yol
later"
No. sung next.
Now, ther," said Mrs. Jones, SIS {
young woman who would grace an!
choir
Yes. I quite agree with you, SAT-
Mrs. Stiles, with sarcasm, provided
she be seen and not heard
she is of most excellent family,
said Mrs Jones. sharply.
but as a singer she is most com
monplace" reioined Mrs Stiles.
"Oh, most commonplace" echoes
J Miss Cutroert Positively ordinary.
MIR Flint what do you think !?
asked Mrs. Jones.
"Eh, What?' inquired Flint start
: ing up and rubbing his eyes. won
derful unexpectedly won
: "And now, my dear Mrs. Jones'" sal
! Mrs Stiles quickly. 1--WE await you
disclosures. Unless you have a goo
reason my mind is quite made up i
Miss Dodson's favor"
/ My reasons are of the best" sal