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

Will Edwards, the colored man who
is charged with killing his wife at
Silver Springs last Saturday by beat
ing her over the head with stove
key. was arrested and had prelim-
mary trial before Justice Sumter A
Bullock Tuesday morning and was
committed to Jail without bail to await
the action Of the grand jury. which
convenes in this city in June.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mrs. W. W. Clyatt and her mother
Mrs. J. II. Brooks, have returned home
from 81 Petersburg, Clearwater and
Tampa. In the latter city they were
the guests of Mrs. w. J. Chambers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs. W ID. Graham went
out 10 Carriers Pond saturday morn
ing 20 remain until Monday with Mrs
Graham's father, Mr.. ]. NJ. I. Carter
and other relatives
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26
The Rummaqe Sale

After a successful three days bus
mess. the rummage sale closed last
night However. the store will be
opened again next Saturday, at which
time the entire stock OF goods will be
sold very cheap. SO everybody want
ing bargains be sure to visit the rum
hage store next Saturday
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Proprietor Of Arcade restaurant will
act as messenger for any one wishing
L. make purchases or have any other
business transacted in jacksonville
next Monday April 20. Apply Arcade
cafe. Commercial bank block.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

TIE Methodist Episcopal church
-aourns the loss of Bishop James NJ.
Fitzgerald. who died in Hong Kong,
China. recently. lie Was making one OF
the quadrennial visits made by the
bishops TO mission stations, al the
time of his death. His home was in
st Louis. No.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy ID. Aver. after
spending ten days in Ocala with DR..
Ayers parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Aver, left Monday afternoon for their
home in Atlanta. The many friends
of DR.. Aver in this city were delighted
at the opportunity of meeting his wife,
and Mrs. Aver has won many warm
friends in this city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mrs SiStrunk returned to her home
al Montbrook Saturday morning. af-
ter A few days visit in Ocala with her
. son and daughter-in-law.M Mr.. and Mrs
r. Sistrunk.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Or and Mrs. Eton g. Lindner, OF
Anthony. and Mr. and Mrs. a. l. Fox.
Of LeeSburg. were visitors 20 ocala
Tuesday and were guests at the ocala
House
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Everybody wants 10 see Mitsu-Hu-
Nissi. the japanese play. which is 10
ne given next Thursday night al The
armory. Get your seats reserved We'd
neSday at the OCala News store.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mr.. j. G. Thompson. the genial edi-
tor of the Dunnellon Advocate. was a
visitor to Ocala Monday. He was the
guest Of his Sister-in-law, Mrs. c.
Z. Peacock.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mr. J. NJ. Barco. Of Sunny Slope
farm. who is temporarily residing al
Tampa. was shaking hands with ms
Ocala friends Saturday. We were
extremely pleased 10 see him looking
30 extremely well.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mrs. David y. Woodrow and litttl,.
daughter are in Jacksonville for few
days. Mrs. Woodrow having gone to
that city for treatment 10y a special
iSt
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

NJ. -. !. Miller. ,1 L-Ruy, was
among th, visiting Marion county elk
.zvu- .u bcaIa Monday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Tacpon Springs for some time past.
has returned 10 p,i:id.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

The Teapot Grocery Store is having
its front reprinted, which il adding
materially 10 its appearance
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Miss Annie Mathews has returned
nom, from few days visit with her
brother. Mr.. John Mathews. at Cand
Ter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

-IS. aas Mrs. j. g. Smith spent sun
day "-th Mrs. Smiths parents, Nh.
and Mr.. J. ". Bryan. al Mart.l
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

AIRS, J. 4. campbell and her Gaush-
ter. Mrs. Lyle. have returned nom"
from a visit To- relatives at sorrento.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26

Mrs :. :. Harris of Citra has ben
spending the past week with friends
d. tppalachicuIa.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

ocala had generous rains on Sat
urday-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

III 81
Words never fail a smooth hypocrite.
A funny story gets more applause than
sensible talk
There's always room for a more-at the
the bottom.
It's woman's plain duty to be as hand
some as she can.
Jonah was the first man on record to get
inside information.
Popularity is an article that isn't dis
played on bargain counters.
It's UP to a married man to be a hus-
band-not merely an ex-bachelor.
1t takes a fool to fool himself into the
belief that he isn't foolish.
When society woman attempts to put
on style it looks much like a take-of
No, Alonzo, a man seldom puts n 5 foot
in it when he takes a step in the right d.
rection.
Female suffragists, Cordelia are Just
plain wonderland the palmer they are the
more they suffer.
1t is far better for girl to remain sin
gle than marry a good looking man., for
he will monoDolize the mirror.
Probably nothing ticlxles a fat woman
more than to encounter another woman
who is much fatter than herself
1t depends a great deal on the size of a
mans bank balance whether his ailment is
govt lust ordinary rheumatism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

dared vote against that. Consequently
every one had to vote for the whole
bill, just as the committee on rules
fixed it up.
In other words, the committee on
rules is really the lower house of con-
gress. and the ordinary congressman
really has little to say about legislation,
except as he may be able to do some
thing in some committee.
1t is difficult for the average citizen
to understand why such a condition of
affairs is allowed to exist Almost ev-
cry member of congress objects to it
at some time or other, but the powers
that be keep them from Directing
simultaneously. One man wants a GER
tain committee assignment from the
speaker; consequently he hesitates
about opposing the speaker. Another
has pet measure that he desires pass
ed, and he has to be good or the Big
-Four may rule him out. Nearly all
wish certain local appropriations for
their districts, and a serious revolt
against the committee on rules might
separate them from the pork barrel"
Hence, the committee on rules con-
tinues to legislate for Aroostook coun-
ty, Maine, and Nueces county, Texas,
dAO 4uyO COuulys California, ana
Shawnee county, Kansas, as well as for
the four districts whence come the
four distinguished gentlemen who
make up this committee.
Some day, it is to be hoped, the
power of the house committee on rules
may be broken, so that each congress-
man may go to Washington and legis-
late for his people instead of turning
the job over to Messrs. Cannon, Dalzell
& Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

declared that gas can be made to pro-
duce rain; it can be made to stop rain,
or it can be made into a fertilizer of
the soil. Gas contains sufficient COM
bustion that when mixed with zinc
and turned into the air without light
ing will assemble rain clouds over the
place where the gas flows This brings
rain. The method Of stopping rain
fall is to mix another fluid, the name
of which they could not learn, into
the gas, and turn these into the at
mosphere in great quantities. Rain
will be dispersed and in consequence
no rain can fall while this gaseous
substance is flowing into the air. AS
a fertilizer of old and worn out soil
gas is said to be the best ever. The
most difficult thing about using gas as
a fertilizer is to mix it properly with
the soil. This expert has a plan all
figured out whereby gas can be put
into small tanks and can be permitted
to escape through small drill holes
after the same principal as a wheat
drill. Thus a farmer can load UP his
gas fertilizer with a load of gas and
pillow through his worn out fields
making them as good as new.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
AYHAWKER JOTS
Salina also has a lemon club.


William Beth has lived in Bourbon
county for 81 years. When he first
came there the streets of Fort Scott
were buffalo pasture, and he re-
members when Indians once scalped
woman where the Knox house now
stands.
IT have noticed" says Tom Thomp-
son, of the Howard Courant, that the
man who addresses me as Brother
sooner or later gets the harpoon into
me- When new acquaintance comes
at me with Brother 1 begin to shy
away from him.
when you see a bunch of men
headed into an alley. led by a young
man who was never known to work,
where do you think they are going
and what do you consider they are go
ing after?" asks the Arkansas CITY
Traveller. We never could guess.
"Bill White having declined the
nomination for governor rendered
him by Tom Cordry, Tom has pro-
posed Grant Hornaday for that Of
flee" says the Hutchinson News.
tom wants fat man and will in
sist on it, Which will bar out the
editor of the News.
Atchison Globe: This is the kind of
a woman Mrs. w. J. Bailey is: Yes
terday evening she went to call upon
Mrs r. G. Walters and found her sick
in bed. She went back this morning
took charge of things, and insists that
she is going to remain until Mrs.
Walters mother arrives from Chi
cago.
when you talk about there being
better land than there is in Graham
county, every potato slyly winks its
every beet gets red in the face; every
onion feels stronger: every grain field
is shocked; every cob of corn sticks
up its ears; and every foot of land
L fol &c 1la
Era speaks, in defense of Graham
county land.
The Wichita Eagle is responsible for
this: There is one feature of auto
mo billing in western Kansas which is
unique. 1t is also exciting. There is
rabbit which will make him get out in
the bright path of the auto headlight
at night and keep him there until he
is exhausted. Nearly every autoist in
town has chased jackrabbits at night.
One night last fall Charley Davidson
took after "a jackrabbit and chased
him four miles. At the end of the
four miles the jackrabbit was so tuck
cred he could hardly fall out of the
way. 1t has been found in this way
that the greatest speed of the average
jackrabbit is not over thirty-f1ve miles
an hour.
julius Wolff. of Saline county. who
came to Kansas fifty years ago, has in
Kansas territory money. The bill was
issued by the City Bank of Leaven-
worth. November 10, 1856, and Mr..
Wolff has had it for forty-eight years
Until a few days ago Mr.. Wolff had
not seen the bill for a number of
years and he had forgotten all about
it. Recently Mrs. Wolff was going
some of her husbands old
clothing. and in one of the pockets
she found this piece of currency. The
bill is yellow with age. On the face
of the bill is the figure "2' in each
corner, and in the center two men
are cutting grain with cradles, and
under each man is the word two"
In size it is about as large as the cur
rency in use today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

CT was not down there this AFTER
noon," she said Indignantly.
The doorbell rang and Howard was
ushered into the dining room Dy the
maid. He came up to the table ana
put a little packet down on the cloth.
Beth" he said, you don't mean 1t,
do you? 1 can't let you break our en-
gagement like this without telling me
what is the matter. What have
done?"
Beth stood up looking like a fawn
at bay. Her eyes were dilated with
fear, her hands clenched. She looked
from Howard to her uncle, but did not
speak. Finally her uncle went over
to her and put his arm around her.
What is it, little girl?'' he said. as
one would speak to a child.
ITS all so funny" she sobbed. IL
guess it's mostly my fault. / gave that
gray suit away, and the hat, too" The
men glanced at each other and then
ward, but Beth ran behind her chair.
"And 1 was at home" she said to
him; IT was at home, and you did not
stop-when you had asked me to go.
put, Peth, 1 met that gray suit
downtown. I was sure 1t was you
and 1 didn't know what to do. I didn't
by your house. Don't you see, dear
But this time he came around behind
the chair, too, and Uncle John sat down
and pretended to eat his cold dinner.
When Uncle John reached home the
next night he found the old smoking
jacket and slippers laid out for him.
He smelled the sulphur with which
they had been fumigated and asked no
questions, though he didn't really need
to be told where they had come from.
He had seen Beth and Howard in the
big green car steering toward the sec
ond-hand district in the morning. And
he had had his hopes aroused.
Not long afterward while Beth was
busy with her trousseau, her uncle
came in softly and heard her saying
to q caller: But there's nothing so
unwise as indiscriminate giving-I had
a lesson and 1 know."-(Copyright
1907, by p. c. Eastment.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Never abuse the man who is dishing out
the beans.
A good listener is about as hard to fnd
as q good talker.
The dirtier a man keeps his hand the
more apt he is to wear rings.
The water bucket never looks right to
an old-fashioned person unless it is full.
A circus is always more satisfactory to
a boy If he doesn't have to pay to get in.
but If allowed to be his own cashier he
will wreck It in time.
1t is right to start out in life with
ambition but don't overlook the impor-
tance of enjoying the scenery on the way
There is one advantage in being spin:
No man has a right to look at her new
hat and say: WELL you shall NOT wear
that thing"
write with someone reading over your
shoulder, but If you stand for it you
may become door mat.
A woman may defer to her husband in
let's him decide when company is to come
or when company is to go.
There had dwelt in Shadeland for many
years a meek little man whom all the
Importance when ON earth, humility at
tended him when he no longer existed. But
one day a new Lady Shade, with the air
of having been somebody, blew in from the
other world, and asked for this neglected
Shade. He was found in a corner, and
when the important Lady Shade fell upon
tants couldn't understand You are my
beloved ancestor" said the important La
dy Shade, who fought in the Revolution
war. Had it not been for you l could
never have been a Daughter of the Revolu-
ton. / owe all my Importance while on
earth to you" Whereupon the Lady Shade
exhibited D: A. r. pin that cost more
than her Revolutionary ancestor had ever
had to spend in all his life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
THE MENTORS.

My table holds a book well scored
simple gift my mother gave;
ABOVE my couch-head hangs a sword,
A sword that helped to free the slave.
MY shelves are bare of costly books,
MY walls OF works that Art would prize
BUT down upon me ever looks
One pictured face with constant eyes.
fRese give me heart to speak to men
nv, w nat truth know; they cheer Defeat
In I1y counsel Doubt; they rule my pen
Ahree mentors, wise and strong and
NO Dltter word dare to trace,
NO craven thought, no phrase untrue.
w nile Book and Sword and your dear face
heep watch and ward on all I do.
arthur Guiterman in The Reader
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Literary note: Among the "six best
sellers" the mileage book continues to
hold first place.
There is a demand floating around
for a candidate for governor who can
not make a speech. We move to
amend by requiring that he shall not
try to make a speech. There are plen-
ty of men who can not make a speech,
but most Of them will try it when the
circumstances are right.
10
If this frosty weather doesn't let up
soon, last winters overcoats won't
bring much when they are hung up
with uncle"
Notwithstanding this scare over the
fruit crop. there is every reason for
believing that the watermelon is still
safe.
We have this bright thought: mas
much as there is no spring this year
there will be no spring fever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
RUFF.

San Francisco's arch-grafter gives
up. The absolute political boss of a
great city, with tremendous power in
state politics, Abe Ruef, pleads guilty
to a felony and will go to prison. In
fuence and position could not save
him.
Yet it has not been many months
since Ruef had unsurpassed nerve and
assurance. He defied justice. When
District Attorney Langdon first started
his graft Investigations, appointing
Francis ]. Heney to conduct the in
QUESTIONS before the grand jury, Boss
Ruef had Langdon deposed by some
sort of bogus procedure and had him
self appointed district attorney, an
nouncing that he would run the grand
jury himself. But there his machine
failed, and now he is a self-confessed
felon, pleading for mercy.
Ruef contends that when he started
in his political career he was honest
That may be true. Many another graf
ter has started the same way, going
wrong one step at a time.
Ruef further says that he intends to
retrieve himself. If he is honest in
this assertion he will help to root up
all graft in San Francisco. Especially
will he expose those higher up" He
undoubtedly knows how to do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
THE COMMITTEE ON RULES.

One thing that ex-senator Burton
attacks in his speeches, concerning
which many other people agree with
him, is the committee on rules in the
lower house of congress. This COM
mittee, it is alleged, has absolute pow
err over legislation, regardless of what
the majority of the house thinks about
it.
Only a few days ago one of the
brightest men on the Kansas con-
gressionaI delegation registered with
the State Journal decided kick
against this committee on rules, by
means of which four men dominate
national legislation. There four men
are Speaker Cannon, Representative
Dalzen of Pennsylvania, Representa-
tive Grosvenor of Ohio, who now re-
tires, and John Sharp williams, the
minority leader.
Through a manipulation of the
rules, after a bill has been reported by
a committee and has been debated in
the house; after its various provisions
have been accepted or rejected by the
majority, if 1t carries an appropriation
the committee on rules can frame it up
in any shape the committee desires,
eliminating the provisions the major
ity wants and putting into the bill pro-
visions the majority does not want,
and in that shape the bill is always
passed without amendment or debate
An instance OF this was the last
postoffice appropriation bill. The
house amended 1t as it came from the
postoffice committee, striking out a
number OF provisions. When the
house got through, the committee on
rules fixed up the bill, putting back
into it all the provisions that the house
had stricken out except Victor Muir
docks mail-weighing idea, and the bill
was no longer subject to amendment
and debate. The bill carried. among
other things, an increase in pay for the
rural carriers, and no congressman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
THE CALL OF KANSAS.

When once the lure of the prairie gets
hold of one it is difficult to shake it off.
The individuals who has been imbued
with the love Of these Kansas plains of
ours, who has drunk of the prairie ozone
and been gladdened by the glory Of a
sunf1ower sea will never entirely lose
the longing for Kansas, no matter what
may be the charms of other chimes.
Out by the sunset sea, amid Cali
fornia's floral glory, is a daughter of the
Sunfower state who is responsive to
these longings. She halls from Law
renee, and she voices the call of Kansas
in this gem which she sends the Law
renee Journal:
surfeited here with beauty. and the SEN
suouS-sweet perfume
Borne in from thousand gardens and
orchards of Orange-blOom;
Awed by the silent mountains and stunned
by the breakers roar
I lie on the warm sand beach and hear,
above the cry of the sea-
The voice of the prairie. calling,
Calling me.
Sweeter to me than the salt sea spray the
fragrance of summer rains:
Nearer my heart than the mighty hills
are the Wlnd-sWept kanSSaas pans.
roadside's dusty way,
Than all the splendor OF poppy-neldS
ablaze in the sun of May.
Gay as the bold poinsetta is, and the bur
den of pepper trees,
The sunflower, tawny and gold and brown,
is richer, to me, than these:
And rising ever above the song of the
hoarse insistent sea,
The voice of the prairie, calling,
Calling me.
Kansas. beloved Mother, today in an alien
land,
Yours is the name have idly traced with
a bit of wood in the sand.
The name that, sprung from scornful lip,
will make the hot blood start,
The name that is craven. hard and deep,
on the core of my loyal heart.
o, higher, clearer, and stronger yet than
the boom of the savage sea,
The voice of the prairie, calling,
Calling me.
1t is this call of the prairie that brings
back to Kansas so many of those who
wander away from the radiance of the
SunfiOWer'S glory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Many girl accepts a fellow to keen
some other fellow guessing.
The female detective is apt to wonder
If her disguise Is on straight.
Even the spring chicken is suspicious
OF the man who has an ak to grind.
The fool may lose his reason and still
be happy to think it wasn't his voice.
The rain may not be quick as lightning
but 1t always gets the drop on u.s.
Many man who is the architect of his
own fortune gets no farther than the plans
and specifications.
Hoax-"Bright children don't all deveIon
Of them become women"
The undertaken may not be much of a
pugilist, but when it comes to boxine he
can easily lay his man out 4ie
The more uncles, aunts and grandparents
there are the bigger the row when If
comes to naming the first baby
Nell-'Don't you think Mrs Dasbaxvax,
Keeps her age remarkably well? pr T2eiia1
oh, don't know. She doesn't look q L.
younger than she did five years ago ','
What inscription shall 1 nut on vo,,-
wires tombstone?" asked the 5eaSe-.
We'll" replied the widower, .iher re01,est
was that you. put on 1t I have found e4eTt
nal peace And you might add as a noat
script from noe: so have L !" = A0S'-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
HUNOR OF THE Day
To-day 1 met an irresistible body"
stWbaf ba 7''

To-day 1 met an irresistible body"
What happened?"
'"I followed her for 20 blocks" Louis
VILE Courier-Journal.
Little Fred-Why is It that women are
always complaining about their serv-
ants?''
Little Elsie-Oh! that's just to let peo-
pie know they can afford to have en-
Chicago News.
Little Frank-Mamma, please tell me how
father got to know you.
Mother-One day fell into the deep
river and your father jumped in and saved
me.
Little Frank-WelI, that's funny. he
won't let me learn how to swim.-Harpers
Weekly.
Jones-Come let us and have q. drink:
Smith-No. thanks; it's too early in the
day Besides, 1 promised my wife I'd be
teetotal this year; and, besides, I've had
four already.-Philadelphi Press.