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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

uniformity Therefore uniformity !,
not what he advocates of state unifor
unity want. Shall 80 per cenr ~ ,ho
peopie money all ready invested IN
'clooI DOCKS BE- killed to- enable tbssa.
s'ateSInen TO obtain something ,ho,
us no' appear on the surface? W.
say not--Southern Ary,,s
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

For saie.-Dr. Marean.s Tivor p;r
MADE from DR., Marean's private for
-ua' nave been tested for TWENTY
n'e years; purely vegetable. san,
postpaid on receipt of price. % c,s :.
box. Address.
Mrs. Beatrice Marean
lS East Belmont 81,
Pensacola, Fla.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mr. Braxton Beachan. xhoav.-
r. another candidate for governor
" Is not stated that he is a turpan-
',he magnate but the presuuprio. -
that he one Of EN-.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

We had "A '
day from Ne
O. Turner. W
Brooks, of c.
say that the
extremely low
tionally good
can now cate
possibly cons
that a few da
a hunting and
i'm a few hot
fish. some af u
ed twenty squ
Of the latter
neighborhood-
while tho drnU
severe as At :
enough. hut [
properly prepa
planted their {
ing well enous
careful II thor
before planting
the S;unlpS frC
burns off his Ia
he raises larg
twenty-five yr;
inmea Sureably
is all in knowi
getlcuen were
the Banner anc
their names IN
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

ne Lake City Index suggests that
= the buildings az Lake City ara rot
u lor school purposes that they hsN
USED Tor the supreme court and rau-
way commissioners. \ eo,+ -.
ton.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

The Lake City Index savs ,n,,
u inspector of state printing
oushe 10 be created. We shau ua,cn
.ne Tallahassee Sun to see il IL Ago.
70 this proposition.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

The FernanC
Fernandina ha,
says il in a
beaded editorial
We have been
years or more.
civil war il was
nandina had a
outstrip Jacks
the most dens
Florida, but Il
on her rights.
failed 70 take q
tunitieS and T.,
permitted Jack;
i'm the race. W,
her take On n.
torch with the
state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

D.. J. G. 8aSkia. OF Dunnellon. has
eeeH - Tampa during The week as a
witness before the Untitled States
court now in session in that CITY.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26
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-Four steers.
Ell crop and n
branded Il" AZ
also brand"i "
cushion pnC
tips OF horns
Also two thrT
horn Tipped. brs
and hank. mar
known. Ths Il
near Rutland y
First four near
laWaha river.
IL seen please
q. =
a. e6-aat
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26
a WeddI

Mr.. Ashley
Mack. a well
Fairfield. ca3
very pleasan
noon, accom-
fathers, they
paStoriun. u
marriage 10y
Mr. and Mr.
home at Fai
both quite PC
The OCala
MANY other
CALCULATIONS :
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

We do not =,
has introduced
e ans knife" pl
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mrs J. T. z
hN several otl
spent Tuesday
tiaa I'm Ncala.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mr. John |
drummer on I
Mr.. ]. VI. ia
in Ocala ycSt'
son lives mo:
York. he has ]
admiration foi
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mr.. Otto B
Citrus county
lose his most
18th. and Sh"
care for. He
woman a hon
o. keep house
properly care
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

DIR. j. G. vi
who has bee
days, has
Vincent has {
the Sumner
that place 10
their large n
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Would like n
dry goods Stor"
temperat"- ApI
SoutA LaEa Wei
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26
Runs'

Euna
Runaway frot
Friday night. \
mare. branded
scar on right I
had front part
her on night Of
reward viii De-
10 undersigned
4-26 -
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26
MILL q

MILL q
Fearful Acc
Wednesday
boiler at tbs
conlpanyS IN
kendriCk. OK
gineer. Mr. I
fishing the On
CT damage.
A physical
Ocala. but oi
done for the
was killed ia
Mr.. Bower
years Of ag.-
with the oWT
He was a L.
accident that
greatly dcplc
who Is proSt
tragic death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

sol in the air and shouted:
 Willie Batten, if you care anything for the honor of your school. help your team to win
 Mrs. Batten snever clearly under stood what happened after that. and, as for Willie. 1t took him some time to realize that his mother, who had begged him to give up his favorfte game, had grown so excited over 1t as to shout out to him in public place to disregard her commands and help his team to win.
 Win 1t did, however, and Willie was borne home Tn triumph by his friends. His mother. following. never asked how Willie had gotten into his cos- tune and gone out on the field in so short a time.
 As Willie told his cor science. there was no necessity to confess, for his mother had told him in the end to do just what he had done.
 When Violet and her mother next visited her cousin. Willie. the little girl found that all of willie's friends were most anxious to indorse wfiliess note. you are brick" and to con- gratulate her upon h.: quick recov- cry from the measles.
 JEAN RIDDELL..
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MOTHER SAYS I'VE GOT TO oUIT"'

have guessed? And while he fully in- tended to confess, he felt that the proper moment would not arrive until after he had guided his team to victory on the 20th
 'Sa" his mother was going on. T wrote your Aunt Rachel and asked her to invite some of violet's friends to the house on the goth. and make a party for you. Because I felt that fin another city. where you could personally know nothing about the defeat or victory. you would not feel so badly
 Once you start using subterfuges when people won't let you have your own way without resorting to them. 1t is remarkable how many you can think of. and how quickly.
 Willie did not argue with his mother. He thanked her politely for making up a party for him and went upstairs to his own room as quickly as he could go.
 Once there. he seized a pen and wrote to his cousin Violet. Although they Sid not see each other often. there was a chumminess and an un- derstanding between these two that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

done without her knowing 1t, and you've got to help me-"
 "Of course we will,'' chorused dozen willing boys, nothing delighting them so much as a chance to get even with one of those despotic elders who strive to keep a boys spirit down.
 If was arranged that Willie should leave his baseball rig at Jimmie wynries, and go there to dress on the days when the team practiced. To leave them there he was obliged. or course to 20 home in a suit of Jimmie's' wnicn he explained to his mother by saying he had lent his clothes to the new cap tain. whose suit was very threadbare. until after the great match with Scnooi No. IS.
 Mrs. Batten approved of his generos- ity. of course, and hoped, cordlaly enough. that School 45 would win the coming contest She was. indeed. very mnch interested in school affairs. and at every game played by Wiilies'school' had been an enthusiastic "rooter. although not understanding the game at a''' A LETTER TO VIOLET
 When M-. Eaten heard what his wife had done. he did not approve at all. "It gave the boy a little harmless ex- ercise, and kept him out of other mis- chief" But as the days and even weeks elapsed and Willie grew wiser and his appetite larger, MT. Batten was forced to admit that Willie must have found other and equally healthful exercise.
 Willie had faint twinges of conscience at times, but he made it all right with that uncomfortable member by promis- ing that the day after the great bat tie with School No. 15 he would "con- fess.,,'
 willie said Mrs. Batten. in her very best mothers darling voice one morning, "T am going to take you to see Aunt Rachel and your Cousin Vio- let on the goth of next month"
 Willie started violently, as the owner of a guilty conscience should start. and unintentionaliy said:
 Why, that's the day of the game be- tween our school and No. 15.'
 T know it." replied his mother. ''and I want to take you away. so that you will not feel badly at seeing another boy in your place.
 But I won't feel badly, mother. hon. est I won't" he appealed, perfectly frightened at what his mothers plans might be and how they might interfere with his.
 My dear boy" his mother, shaking her head, went on. "allow me to know a little more about human nature than you. You gave in so quickly and so beautifully when I asked you to stop playing baseball, that 1t would have been very unl1ind of me, knowing as do, how fond you are of the game, if I had not watched the effect of this self-denial upon you. And I have mo- ticed that you seem as much interested in the game as ever, and have. I am sure, been watching the team prac- tice"
 willie's guilty conscience made him gasp. If his mother had guessed as much as that, what else might she not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

ped to rest for a minute on the top of a rosebush.
 Determined to have one last look around. he flew out into the path. when what should he see, just inside the summer house. but a little gray mouse!
 "Oh" said Hoity-toity. "oh!" And he blinked again to make sure he wasn't mistaken.
 No. there it stood. quite still. in a patch of moonlight, and within easy another second the baby owl had bounced down upon the mouse and sue ceeded with some difficulty In carrying off his prize.
 "Is that you. Hoity-toity?" cried his mother, as she heard him whirring through the air toward the elm tree. Come and see what a nice fat cock roach I have found for your break
 "oh. I've something far nicer than thati" cried Ho.ty-toity proudly. Lock, isn't that fine?" And he laid his cap tive down.
 "A mouse!" cried Mother Owl. Well. I never! You clever boy to find it!'
 But alas for poor Hoity-toity's pride! No sooner had Mother Owl set eyes on the mouse than she turned away, blink ed first one eye then the other, and said slowly, in mournful tones:
 Alas my poor boy! How greatly you have been deceived! This is noth- ing more than-than-a clockwork mouse!'
 So poor Hoity-toity had to eat the breakfast his mother had brought him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Day Dreams

"XNTHENs I'm ..,.,, a man." said said bold, And I'll sail the mighty ocean in search of wealth untold. And I'll build myself a castle with fearful donjon keep. And I'll have ten thousand vassals who will guard me in my deep. Then I'll rescue some fair princess from a robber. don't you see? And she will thank me sweetly and say she'll marry me; And when I wed the princess I'll be king, you know, And I'll have a million subjects who will bow before me loww But while he was a-dreaming of the time that was to be, The teacher asked him gently the sim pie rule of three; Then his castle and his kingdom faded into air at once, And the crown that Fate decreed him was the tall cap of a dunce.
 -St. Gichnla&>
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
<<- Ew1r. tewoo. tewit-tewoo!

<f~ EwIT. tewoo. tewit-tewoo"
 called old Mother Owl as she
 \ flew out of the ivy. and set tied herself on a branch of the elm tree.
 "Tm coming! I'm coming" piped little Hoity toity. as he also flew out of the ivy and fluttered down beside Mother Owl in the moonlight.
 They had been asleep all day. put now Hoity-toity was very wide awake. He was hungry too; for owls, you know, only begin their day when the was wondering what thered be for Now, dear" said Mother Owl. set ting her feathers, you stay here whilst l go and search for something to eat. Wait patiently, and will soon bring back a few dainties for our breakfast" said Hoity -toity to himself. as Mother Owl flew off. T am quite able to look after myself now, and I'm sure l should find something just as nice as mother could"
 No sooner thought than done. and off he flew, crying in his squeaky behy voice as he went. "Tewit-tewoo! tewit- tewoo!
 Now that was foolish, for, of course, that owls think nice to eat of Hoity- toity's coming, so they all disappeared in a twinkllng. It was not very sur prising then that the little owl looked everywhere without finding even a This Is terribly disappointing. said poor Hotty~toity mournfully, as he stop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Optical Illusions

RE these four vertical lines par- ~ ailel7 The eye says no. bat t4 "A the sketch is looked at edge- ways with the eye at the bottom of the page. they will be seen to oe psr- fectly parallel.
 When you look direct at them they appear to be themselves irrsgularAy curved. but in reality they are per- fect1y straight.
 Here is another optical illusion. When a beam of light passes through a dark room, you think you see the light, but light is invisible. You see always floating in the air, and if those dust notes could be removed, as in a vacuum. for instance. you would see no beam.
 To prove this. take a red-hot poker and pass 1t gently through a beam of light on some sunny day; and dense black shadow will be seen for a mo- ment where the poker has passed. The heat consumes the dust particles. and the light becomes Invisible. having no solid matter to reflect it.-Star Monthly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

grew, perhaps. out of the fact that each had mothers who were a little too strict.
 The letter which Willie wrote to Violet was a queer one. considered from any viewpoint. and aqueerest of all was the way 1t wound up:
 Now, be sure. Violet, and have something that breaks out. You can do 1t easy enough by watering red ink and splashing 1t all over you. Let them sink in well, and then hold your head over the kitchen stove to get 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

~ NE of the company gets him.
 self up to represent the oid O Man of the Woods, the rest take the names of the various animals such as lion, tiger, leopard. etc.
 The players seat themselves around the room, and the old man, stand ing in the centre, tells them that some of their number have committed a crime and he Is about to question them, in order that he may discover the guilty ones. :-- He then begins: Now. MT. Lion, where have you been hunting. and what have you eaten todayT
 T hunted in the forest and caught an antelope"
 Then you are twice guilty and must pay two forfeits," says the old man: and the lion must pay his for felt without being told the crimes he has committed.
 The old man passes on to Polar bear.
 Where did you hunt and what have you eaten?" he asks .. q hunted in the water and had fine fish to eat"
 The Polar bear is pronounced inno- cent. Why?
 Because the secret of the game is that no animal is to bring in the let- ter 70" either in their hunting ground
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Doggie in Church

TNHERE was once a little doggie
 Whose ideas were somewhat foggy, For he thought to go to church he
 was permitted, So he walked sans invitation Midst a pious congregation, And their efforts to remove him quite
 outwitted. And in dogged aggravation He indulged in meditation, Whilst a-sitting on his launches in
 the corner, Till his bright black eye alighted On his mistress, when, delighted, He resolved of his small presence
 there to warn her. So around her chair he bounded. But his feelings were quite wounded. When. perceiving her embarrassing
 position, She seized him by the collar Ere the rogue had time to holler, And expelled him. spite bis glance of '~ mute scontrition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Game of Guilty or Innocent

or the food they eat.
 Forest and antelope" both have an ''o'' in them. SO the lion has to pay two forfeits. Water and fish" having no ''o'' in them the Polar bear was declared innocent.
 The great fun is for the old man to keep the secret to himself and let the players puzzle ovct why some are pronounced guilty and others inno- cent. Even those. however, who know the secret are very likely to make a slip, as the answers must be given promptly on pain of a forfeit.
 When the game is over, the players must pay for their forfeits in any way the old man decides.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Perhaps Penn Was!

Willie's mother had just addressed 6 letter to her father, who was stay ing in a town in Pennsylvania. Will lie, also, had been asked to write to his grandfather. He did so. and be- fore addressing his envelope he scan ned closely the address his mother had written. First there was his grandfather's name, then "Greenville, Pa
 Taking an envelope, he wrote his grandfather's name and under it the address:
 "Greenville. Grandpa"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Babyland

Y TOW many miles to Babyland? E Any one can tell; | \ Up one flight, :".-:..
 To the right Please to ring the bell. What can you see in Babyland2 Little folks in white
 Downy heads
 Cradle-beds,
 Faces pure and bright. What do they do in Babyland2 Dream and walk and play.
 Laugh and crow.
 Shout and grow Jolly times have they. What do they say in Babyland1 Why. the oldest things;
 Might as well .
 Try to tell
 What a birdie sings. Who is Queen of Babylandf -1other, kind and sweet;
 And her love,
 From above,
 Guides the little feet.
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Game of Bags.

To play this game four cotton bags are required. each of them half filled with dry peas, the bags being securely fastened at the mouth.
 The two players take q bag in each hand and throw the right-hand bag to their opponent, immediately pass ing the left-hand bag Into the right hand. SO as to catch the bag the op. ponerlt sends in the Left hand
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Conundrums.

Who was the first whistler? The wind.
 What tune did he whistle? Over the hills and far away.
 Why need a traveller never starve in the desert? Because of the sand which is (sandwiches) there.
 Why is sympathy like blind mans buff? Because 1t Is e fellow feeling tor: &. 6elloNk creat1Te,
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 W O Sure. man., was Will
 lies final surrender, for he was fated like his father to be able to refuse nothing to the fair sutocrat of the household.
 But in this case Willie began to fear that his promise would be harder to keep than any he had heretofore made For Mrs. Batten had been pleading with him to give up baseball, and baseball was as the breath of life to Willie. He played better than the other "feiiers in his school. a fact generally conceded by making him captain. The year be- fore he had pitched his team into vic tory and himself into the doctors hands with a strained wrist. this latter mis- fortune convincing Mrs. Batten that baseball was quite as dangerous as football. and was the cause of her ear nest request to Willie. The occasion of her request was upon willie's appearing garbed for the first practice day of the new season. and he was allowed. reluctantly, by Mrs. Bat- ten to depart in his baseball rig to im- part the news to the "fellers" that they must choose a new captain and even a new pitcher
 It wasn't a pleasant thing to have to do. The boys of Public School No. 45. who practiced in big open lot next to the schoolhouse, have no use for molly coddles And Willie remembered how long and painful had been the process before he had made them understand that, in spite of his soft brown eyes. and gentle voice. he was not one. He did not want any revival of the odious opinion as to his courage which had heralded his coming to the school. which opinion he had thrashed out Of more boys than he could remember.
 So all the way to the lot he tried and tried in vain to think of some good ex- cuse to drop out of baseball. Hang wouen's nerves, anyhow" he growled to himself, repeating pet phrase of his fathers.
 TELLING THE BOYS
 By the time he had reached. the lot and had been hailed with shouts of Hurry up, we're waiting for youP' he had not thought of anything to say, So in despair he called the boys together and told them he had something im- portant to tell them.
 Mother says I've got to quit"
 "Oh. nothing like it." cried Ike Dreen. Always be a mothers boy and you'll never get hurt"
 Willie's face reddened. Here at the outset, sure enough. he saw danger of the boys thinking he wanted to quit of his own accord
 Mother made me promise to quit." he went on, quietly. but I'm not going to-"
 "Hooray. Hooray for Willie Batten" cried the other boys in unison. That's the stuff. Willie. Don't be tied to your mothers apron strings"
 But" said Willie. tits got to be
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Hoity- y-Toity and the Mouse

after all, and Little Boy Blue. of the House-in Garden, is still wondering how his clockwork mouse came to be lying under the elm tree when he is quite sure he left it in the summer house the night before.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Some Puzzles for Your Wits

well-known novelists. See if you can tell what the titles are.
 Conundrum. What word is that which if you add a syllable to 1t will make 1t shorter?
 A Riddle. My first. pronoun often used:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Left It's Trail Behind It.

My sister and her friend were sweep ing their playhouse. A piece of the broom fell upon the floor. Seeing this, my sister exclaimed:
 6Oh. thA hroom is laalSinG."