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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19
STATE FINANCES.

The annual financial statement OF
the state treasurer. covering the
transactions of 1905, is a paper of I'M
usual interest. The aggregate receipts
from all sources during the year were
$60S,S14.0t. which, with the balance
from 1904. $293.0545S, made the total
funds 1901 .36S.62. The disbursements
were $765.22O64 (s156.se more than
the receipts for the year,, and the
balance on hand Jan. :, 1906, was
$136;1479S. This of course. is ex-
elusive of the several special funds.
and covers only what is known SIS tho
general revenue fund.
Among the larger items OF Income
are those from taxes. $57.4SS.2f: Ii
sences, S296.561.56; insurance taxes
and licenses. $9S6,S7S.S3; interest on
deposits. s9.4S9.S9; tax certificates and
interest thereon, S461.O1O.66; corpor-
ations, S26.144.OO: sales of fertilizer
stamps. $26.6SLS9 back taxes on
Florida Railway and Navigation COM
pany, sS1. $1,000; sale OF supreme court
reports, $4,000
Some of the heaviest items of ex-
pense We're. salaries OF executive and
judicial departments. S76,32192: sal
aries clerks administrative depart,
ments, $26.i93.SO; salaries and ex-
penses railroad commission. $I2.9s9.-
SO; jurors and witnesses. $1O.3f9I3;
collection of revenue, $4S.S6SO0, main
tenance of lunatics. $93.626.43; leg
islature, $79.s6O.2S; state census. $ls,-
9O2.9S; state troops. S1i.SO119: state
aid to schools, S4S,76O.0O: general
printing and advertising. S22.65329:
Florida state fair, S15.OOO.OO; interest
on public debt, slS.047OO. (The pub
lie debt now consists solely OF re-
funding bonds. O1,567.OO) bearing in
terest at the rate Of per cent. and
ali held by the several educational
funds of the state.)
The balance sheet for Dec. 81. 1905,
is As follows.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19

Ex- Sheriff and Mrs. Lane, of sum
ter county, were among the shoppers
in Ocala Wednesday,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19

Mr.. Claude Nelson, of Jacksonville,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Morgan {.
Looney in this city for a few days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19

Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Haisley will
leave today for Belleview, where they
will spend several weeks.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19

Mr.. c.. b. Tankersley, capitalist and
trucker Of Coleman, was prominent
visitor TO Ocala Wednesday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19
SARA ELIZABETH HARRIS,
Local Editor.
REPIEKlKCS ABOUT TOWN.

DR.. w. &. Lindsay went To Jackson
vile yesterday 10 be present at the
meeting of the Mystic Shriners Friday
night.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19

Nessrs. Edward Holder and Godfrey
Meyers. OF Dunnellon. were visitors TO
Ocala Wednesday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19

Mr. b. w. Blount, of Tampa, is in
the city for a few days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19

The famous Buster Brown Blue
Ribbon Shoes for boys and girls at
the Fair Store X
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham.
q builder and real estate operator. and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days 1t
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the paius
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
1t was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief Of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure Of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia <. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as q
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were toe
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
nial year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother. combined forces to
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11
Beware of OiEtmentS for Catarrh
that Contain mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
pc used except on prescriptions from reputa-
PIE physicians las the damage they Will do
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by +. J. Cheney q Co., To-
iedo, o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
Shd mucous surfaces OF the system. In buy
Ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t 10 taken internally and made
~ ~ Toledo. Ohio, by f. J. Cheney & Co.
testimonials free
sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per bottle.
TAKE Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it away freely. They hired job
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success OF
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia z. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
Daring her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms. treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
| world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when it's origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of a large family, took
| it up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work, and
probably from the Office of no other
person have SO many women been ad-
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
mep, this advice is Yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it hears
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11

Go on" he said, and he himself paus-
ed and watched the carriage as 1t rolled
down the street.
He was yard or so away from Ben,
and his presence there was at once re-
marked.
Two young fellows of a genus hitherto
unknown to Ben's simple manhood were
smoking and chatting together, evidently
waiting for some of the theatrical element
to join them.
See that chap" said one to the other,
Indicating Stanton: that's the Castellas s
latest admirer. He just haunts her. You
know the fellow / mean-Stanton, he's
called, or something like that. Secretary
to that awfully rich chap, Tenby. There
he goes, following her carriage. Good
looking fellow, too, isn't hep
Ben stood moment or two listening to
few more words, but the conversation
had changed, and the name of Tenby was
not mentioned again. He had heard
enough however, to make his heart beat
wildly.
Acting on an impulse of the moment,
he turned and followed George Stanton.
He took careful scrutiny of the man in
front of him, and once, as Stanton paus-
ed under the light of lamp, Ben gazed
eagerly at his face, as though hoping to
gather some clew from this.
Ben watched Stanton go forward and
stand little in the background. There
was an expression on the mans face
which he did not quite understand it had
something Of desperate look upon ii.
Suddenly the swing doors were held
open, and woman passed out into the
street. She moved rapidly toward her
carriage, but before she could enter it
Stanton had touched her on the shoulder,
and as she turned to look haughtily at
him her face was fully disclosed to Ben.
He bent forward with strange thrill at
his heart to look at that face, and then
he drew back and stood, feeling that kind
OF faintness that comes when one has had
a great shock.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11
DevelOped the Jury.

A little girl whose father was q
photographer was taken for the first
time to courtroom while a case was
being tried. On returning home she
was asked concerning what she had
seen and heard. Her description of
the judges charge was this:
'The judge made a long speech to
the jury Of twelve men and then he
sent them into a dark room to de-
yelop."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11
CHAPTER XIX.

Gerald Tenby was sitting in his cham
bers at breakfast the next morning when
a note was brought to him. He was wait
ed upon by his new servant, the man who
had replaced Stephens.
Sometimes there came across Gerald's
mind kind of dread when he remem-
bered for what light reason he had dis
missed the other man, and he wondered
vaguely where Stephens was, and what
he was doing; but this morning, as he
gazed at the writing on the note that was
brought to him, he lost remembrance of
all that troubled him, and let loose the
flood of delight that only the thought of
AEsonia could bring.
1t needed only the sound of Stanton's
voice speaking in the passage TO recall
him from dreams to hideous reality. The
two men met without a word, and Stan
ton sat down to the breakfas table and
began to eat as though he we're the mas
ter. Suddenly he leaned across the ia
BILE and looked into Gerald Tenby's eyes
II am here now," he said roughly, ito
tell you that the journey we discussed
yesterday must be taken By you. l find
1t impossible to get away from town. l
have my own life to live, you know, and
imperative matters will keep me here for
the next few days"
Il refuse. How dare yoG come to me
like this? Do you suppose ! would have
let you rob me, as you have Gone. IL had
not expected you to keep to our bargain"
For answer Stanton pulled one of the
newspapers lying on the table toward him,
glanced at a certain column, then sdvanc-
ed to Tenby. and held the paper out.
The paragraph was headed Missing"
and went on TO describe Hubert Tenby's
appearance, giving details c. HIS las.
known movements, with n substantial re-
ward for any information that could be
given that might lead to the discovery Of
his present whereabouts. The advertise
ment was signed by firm of solicitors.
IL it could have been possible for Ger
aid Tenby to have turned palcr, he would
have done so. but his face was already
as white and nerveless as though be had
just risen from e bed of sickness.
"Who-who can have done this?" he
asked.
what does il matter who han done
thisr said Stanton. curtly. 1T is enough
Luz us lHdt we stduu now III dCllVe Odnger,
and that il we would save ourselves we
must not lose moment. Tenby, you
must start at once. You know every step
you must take. The way has been made
clear for You. With coolness you can
work out the end on the lines ! have laid
down"
Great beads of perspiratiou stood out
on Tenby's face; he trembled like leaf.
II can't do this" he said, hoarsely !:
you know / can't do It." he repeated,
wildly. II am a changed man already
with what has gone"
"Hush !" Stanton gripped his wrist like
iron and silenced him as the door opened,
and the new servant came in to clear the
table. Obeying a sign from his confeder-
ate, Tenby turned and sat down at his
desk again, pretending to be busy with
letters, while Stanton picked up the
newspaper, and seemed to be reading 1t
carefully. He was watching the valet as
he did 30. and he saw enough curiosity
in the mans face to warrant any amount
Of caution.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11
Not Com Portable.

Bess-So you visited Toms new Of
fees yesterday. Do you like them?
Tess-No. There are threa doors
leading to his private Office, and people
bob in there unannounced all the time
Detroit Free Press.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11
To Wash a Garnet,

To clean an ingram carpet that Is badly
loiled, rip the widths apart and shake.
Have ready tub of hot Ivory Soap suds
and wash width at time on the ma
ehine, using several waters. Rinse and
run through the wringer. Add a handful
Of salt to the last water to set the colors
and spread on the grass to dry.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKFIAM
And True Story of Eow the Vegetable Compound
it to be Offered for Public Sale i'm Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, COM
ing from a good old Quaker family
For some years she taught school, and
became known as woman of an alert
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11

oHUES fOh EvEhIbODf Al ALL fnlCES,
toSle9. Women's shoes. $500 70 3L5o.
Misses q ChAdren's shoes. 90. % 20 a1.oo.
Try w. l.. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Children's shoes; for style, ct and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. land show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made. you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are Of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain w. L.
Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Taks no sabstis
tute. Ask your dealer for w. L. Douglas shoes
and Insist upon having them.
fast Color Fyeiets used; they wH not wsay brassyL
Write for illustrated Cataiog Of Fail Styles.
( W. L. DOUGLAS. Dept. II. Brockton, Masa,
AhNiioS This PAPER vx.s vsm.s ApvlsuxsA
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11

A penny saved is~a penny earned,
but in a FOOLS pocket It's q poekst
burned. S."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-11

The value of King Edwards china at
Buckingham palace and Windsor 10 said
10 exceed $2,0o0, 900.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-18

The 'insensate craving Of book col
lectors is Illustrated in the case OF Raw.
%llnson, an i1ngiish bibllomanlac who
would buy q book though he had twen-
ty copies 81 It. He lived and died
among bundles and piles Of books COW
cred with dust and cobwebs. The Spec
tator mentions two collectors whose
c%oyetousness increased with their col
lection.
Mr.. Heber, the brother Of the bishop.
bought all that came in his way, by
carloads and shiploads and in whole
libraries, ON which in some cases he
never cast his eyes.
Of a similar disposition was the IA
nous Antonio M%agllabccchi. who Is
said to have lived on titles and indexes
and whose very pillow was q folio.
The old bibllomanlac lived in a kind OF
cave made OF piles and masses Of
books, with hardly any room for his
cooking or for the wooden cradle lined
with pamphlets which he slung be-
tween his shelves for n bed. He died
in 1714, in his elghty-second year. dir
ty, ragged and as happy MS a king
London Standard.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-18

Sugar has been known since the dawn
Of history. but not in all countries. The
Chinese appear to have delighted their
palates with sugar for more than 5000
years. and It was known in India ear.
lier than in Europe, being made from
a juicy reed or cane. One of Alexan-
der the Greats generals carried sugar
to Greece in the year 325 3. c., as Sir
Walter Raleigh some 1000 years later
carried tobacco from Virginia to Eug-
land. But oven so late as $50 A. ID.
sugar was still n rarity in Greece. The
famous physician Galen used It rs a
remedy for certain maladies. Recent
experiments show that sugar has re-
markable sustaining power when eaten
by those undergoing great fatigue. The
Invention of the first process for refin-
ing sugar is ascrlbed to the Arabs, and
a Venetian merchant is said to have
purchased the secret from them and
introduced the process in Sicily. The
refining OF sugar was first practiced in
England about 1850.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-18
BY DONALD ALLEN

"Look nlherc, Betty Spooner, ! should
like to know what on earth has allied
you for the last two weeks. You've
gone around actin as sulky as n coon
with a sore foot, and you've got men
father so upset we don't know what's
gcin' to happen"
1t was the wife Of Farmer spooner
and the mother OF tho eightecn-ycar-old
Betty who spoke as above II morning
while she was washing the dishes and
Betty stood with her back TO her in the
open Kitchen door.
1.-TWO weeks ago" continued the
mother, as she wiped a, yellow platter,
'you was slngln' around and walkin'
on your toes and plannin' what was
eoin' TO happen when you and Reuben
got married. Then all to once you be.
gin to sulk, and from that time on no.
body's been able to say whether YOU
had the toothaehe or the henrtache
It's my opinion that that barbcd wire
fence man who stayed here overnight
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-18

way for supper. but after That she
went OF down to the barn to be alone
and think.
The NOW had been filed with new
hay, and she climbed a ladder and
found n nest back against the end OF
tho barn. There in the semLtwilight she
not only thought all kinds OF thoughts,
mostly about Reuben, but sometimes
she sighed and sometimes she grltted
her teeth. In this way she succeeded in
getting UP considerable emotion and
IN firing herself out, and by and by she
fell asleep. One Of her last thoughts
was that Reuben was no chevallet, but
only an old poke who would live and
die without wen falling down a well.
When she awoke it was dark. and
there was n grumbling Of voices on the
floor below her.
Miss Betty had sulked and slept for
hours. When she did not appear at tic
supper table she was supposed to be Mt
a neighbor's, and night fell without
anybody being alarmed about her. At
s O'Clock Reuben started out to see her
home. but stopped first ut the barn to
see to the horses. Ten minutes before
he left the house the girl ON the hay
NOW carefully dragged herself for
ward until she could hear what was
being said below, and she soon made
out that n gang Of four or five tramps
had slipped into the barn and was plot
ting robbery.
Her heart began to beat In Il way to
choke her, aud she couldn't have cried
out to save her life. she hoard Deu-
ben shut the Kitchen door after him and
whistle as he came down the path, and
she heard the tramps getting ready to
attack him as he opened the door. 1t
was only when the door swung open
and n match was struck to light a Ian
tern that Betty rolled over and yer on
the hay and managed to shrek out:
"Oh, Reuben, look out! There are
robbers here!'
There was a rush for the hired a
There were shouts and oaths and blows
from below and screams and shrieks
and calls for help from above. but the
battle was over before Farmer Spoon
er and his wife got there. Reuben had
found Il neck yoke at hand and gone
in to break heads, and five tramps who
had thought to find him an easy prey
had gone down under his rain of blows
and were doing a good deal Of grooming
and begging.
Land o. massey, what was it," asked
the farmer and his wife in chorus.
IL guess Betty's up there" replied
Reuben as he looked upward.
"Y-yes, I'm here" humbly replied the
girl.
"And what have you been dom up
theTei" asked the mother.
Getting over the sulks."
"And have you got owe emf"
Il guess So"
TThen you come down here and quit
actin like a goslin'. That fence man
may have captured fifteen canno in
the last war, as he Dragged about, but
Reuben has licked five monstrous big
tramps without goin' away from home
or rufilin' up his hair. If that don't
make him one o. them shevaliers you
are always talkin' about then 1 don't
know pumpkin pie from gooseberry
bushes"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-18
DRY Wnter.

at has been so wet for the last three
or four years" remarked Truthful
james, that n good many people have
forgot how dry it used to be. l remem
Der one year when the Missouri river
was dusty all the way down from Kan
sas City to the Mississippi. OF course
the river was running all the while,
but the water in 1t got 80 dry hat 1t
turned to dust and blew away. / took
a boat down the river at that time, but
it was so dusty on the boat that you
couldn't see the hind end of 1t when
you was standing on the front end. 1t
was a little the worst l ever see. My
mouth got so much grit and dust In it
that l could strike n match on the roof
Of it any time. One day the boat got
stuck In fifteen feet Of Missouri river
water. 1t was so dry and dusty that
the wheel couldn't turn. What did we
do? Well, sir, we went out and hired
n farmer to haul fresh well water for
fifteen miles to mix with the river wa
ter until 1t was thin enough to run the
boat through."-Kansas City Journal.