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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
GOVERNMENT COMPETITION

All this hard work, hurrah and
combined efforts that are being put
forth in order to get a small reduc-
ton in the price of print paper is all
right for the big papers, and of
course would be of some small benefit
to the publishers of the country week
ly. but very little. Now, there is an
existing evil that is causing consider
ably greater loss to the country print
er in one year than he loses in the
price of paper in five. l refer to the
printing of envelopes by the govern
ment If the same united efforts and
combined influence OF the printers
were brought to bear in as much ear
nestness as has been in the paper
matter, we could get this government
business knocked out.
Elgin, Tex, my home town, has
about seventy-five business houses,
and | estimate that they will each av-
erage at the very lowest 5000 envel-
Opes a year, or total of 225,0OO en-
velopes at So per thousand, or 1918
print about 10000 or $4,000, and the
other 100000 are furnished by the
government. In other words, in our
town, one-shop town, l am knocked
out of 5000 a year by the government.
Not only do they furnish these en-
velopes at less than we can buy the
stock for, but they hustle for the
work, advertise, and in fact use ev-
cry effort to increase the business.
l would like to see the press asso-
citation do something more than reso-
lutte. Get up a fund and go after this
thing right, and there is no better
time to do this than right now. o.
Smith, Publisher Weekly Courier.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The rural mail route to the south of
Miami has grown to such proportions
that it is now one of the largest free
mail delivery routes of the kind in
the state. The postal laws require
postmasters of offices from which ru-
raj routes are operated to keep a
count of the letttrs and packages de-
livered and collected on the route I'M
til they shall reach a total of 5000 per
month. These figures were reached
and passed in March, when the deIiy-
cries and collections amounted to
5000 packages, continuing in that Vi
cinity every month since then.-Mi-
ami Metropolis
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MEN WITH Boards

We all know of Samson's great
strength-it was energized in his hair
His whiskers and the hair on his head
were a kind of storage battery, and
when called into full play gave out
as much strength as an electric mo-
tor.
Besides the story of Samson's
which if it were not biblical, would
sound a little fishy, there are other
stories that boards have formed a
conspicuous and leading part, not to
mention the story of Bluebeard.
The New York Press gives the fol
lowing bit of historical information
all Ringing on the cut of one mans
beard.
That paper says:
For ages boards were the delight
of ancient beauties. The sight Of a
shaved chin excited sentiments OF
horror and aversion. To obey the in
functions of his bishops, Louis VII. OF
France cropped his hair a la pOmpa
dour and shaved of his !uxuriant
whiskers. Eleanor of AqUitane, his
consOrt, found him with this uncom
mon appearance very ridiculous and
very contemplate. She revenged her
self by becoming something more
than a cOQuette. The king obtained
divorce. She then married the
Count of Anjou, who shortly after
wards assembled the English throne
and gave him as her marriage dover
the rich provinces of POltou and Gui
enne; and this was the origin of those
wars which for 300 years cost the
French nation 100000 men. All OF
which probably had never taken place
if Louis VII had not been so rash as
to shave off his whiskers, by which
he made himself so disgusting to the
fair Eleanor"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
BOY TORTURED
BY AWFUL HUMOR
Almost Covered with Eczema-Eo
Nights Rest for Nearly a Year
Feared Lifelong Disagreement
All Treatments Failed and Limit
of Endurance Seemed Near.
PERFECT RECOVERY
IS DUE TO CUTICURA

with the exception 90 MS hand an4
feet nv son CLYDE thirteen years 1raI
was almost completely covered With
eczema. Physicians treated him f1-
nearly a wear without helping MIN arv.
While they We're very kind and DID AL ri
their power, yet nothing seemed OBJ o.
ieve him. And / had tried many rem
edips sent to me by kind friends bur they
aIifailed. His head face. AMI urC1 were
covered with large ScaDs which ha would
rub until they fell of. Then blood and
matter would run out and that would bs
worse. Many a time he looked a. =
his ears would drop oe. Friends COM
inc to see him said that II De- got well h.
would be diSfigured for life.
when il seemed a. it be- could Dos.
siblv stand il no longer, i decided 20
trv Cuticura. / bought cake 90 Cut.-
cllra Soap. a box Of CutIcura Ointment.
and a bottle Of CutlCura kes1.vent i
used them in the evening and that vas
the first night for nearly a year that b.
slept. This NAV sound exaggerated
r. YOU. but in the morning there was a
great change for the better. In about
Six weeks YOU could not have told that
bebad ever had anything wrong with him.
treated him twice a dav for six months
and at present ne has a fine Complexi0n
and not a scar on his body. This story
NAV seem overdrawn. but neither words
nor pen can describe Clydes suffering
and how he looked. Our leading ply
stefan. DR.. -, recommends the Cuti-
cura Remedies for eczema. Mr. tss
Cccl<burn, shiloh, o.. June f'r-.
Frequent shampoo- with Clt.cura
Soap and weekly dressings with Cut.-
cura stop falling hair. remove CrIsts.
scales. and dandruff. destroy hair para
sites. sOOthe irritated. itching -Ifaces.
stimulate the hair fpl.ic.r-. supply The
roots with nOuriShment. loosen Pho scalp
skin. and make the hair grow upon a
sweet, whOlesOm. healthy scalp when
all other remedies fail, g.
Complete External and Tutrrul. Treatment -
Every HumOr ~ Infaut-. children. 1lI AQUA
consists 90 CutlCurl soap f2sr. fI Cleans frn SAN
CutiCura Ointment fj0rI fJ Heal the sam lri
Cuticura ResOIvent t5Oc cor i1 the form 1f lnH1
Coated pills. 25c. per vial % COZ t1 Purify the Bod
Sold throughout the world. Potter DRUG a Chru
Corr. Sole Props. Boston. Mass.
oFMalled Free. Cuticura Book on skia Dtleasel
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
sgREos AND sRIcK7ATs

IF an American heiress isn't a 1901
when she marries a poveTty-strlcken
foreign nObleman she will hardly part
from her money soon enough TO SUIT
him and the match will be unhappy.
We've more money than any ma
ton in all history, and the run we get
for it is unaxampled. Why shouidh
we be a happy people?
A better half is a working majority
Husbands who are accustomed to De-
inc worked know how that is.
Grief is about the only thing some
people will come to and go away Wis
er.
When a boy goes to the bad his pa
rents naturally look around for some
body else to lay the blame on. Who
shall it be, now that the rum-seller Is
going out?
Fine words butter no parsnips. Du'
they spread on an article Of butterint
which fools most Of Us.
woman bringing up her son 10 be
decent citizen but spelling hel
grandson shows what practice and eX
Darience will do toward developing
technique.
Every man is created for something
and to imagine ne is created fol
something better.
A big rascal will come at length Il
! the point where his bigness Oversh1d
ows his rascality, after which h. j.
comparatively safe,-RaEsey Benso1
| in World,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
cINcINNATUs AT THE Pillow

In that portion of imaginatiOn's
realm reconnoitered by the "'mind's
eve" and as bearing upon Roman his
tory. there is no incident better cal
.culated TO cause a. thrill Of admiration
in every patriotic breast than the pic
iture of the grandest character Rome
ever produced diligently engaged in
the manual Cbut not Degrading Cccu-
patton OF guiding the pillow. The fact
that this purest. least ambitious, and
most really influential citizen that
Rome ever boosted. should have, al
most exclusively. devoted his time,
! his talents. and his wonderful ener-
gies whenever the commonwealth
could dispose Of the latter to purely
agricultural pursuits, simply demon
strates the moral grandeur of the
mans nature: implying, as il does
that in comparison with all other hui
imam pursuits. Cincinnatus deemed the
"tilling Of the soil to be at once the
most natural. the most innocent, and
therefore the most conducive 10 man
happiness of all others. In his utter
freedom, indeed. from ambition, and
his lofty indifference to that species
Iof renown which
plays around the head, but come:
not to the heart,
he proved himself the noblest RO
man of them all" and emphaticall!
that immaculate character. in heath
en- times. who carried out, in his dali!
walk and behavior, the precepts anC
practices of Christianity, without be
ing aware that its great Founder was
on his way to promulgate his COO
Itrines to a benighted world. We de
Iduce this general conclusion, there
fore. from his devOtedness to sagricUl
.tUral pursuits. and from the remarka
bic preference he evinced in regarc
thereto. as cOntTasted with has appaT
ent lUkewarmness in the matter 0
state affairs. that Cinciniatus. NOR,
than any other man Of his time. un
IderStOOd in what true happiness con
sisted: and though more capable thar
any of his contemporaries of conduct
ing such affairs wisely and well. Go
was he not ROme's pilot in extrem
ity?") and when "the waves raj
high" was ure to be at his post; yet
the disagreeable task being accom-
plished, he would hasten back to hi
pillow, unmOyed by the plaudits of hi
countrymen, and devoted more thai
ever to his beloved vocation of cult
waiting the ground.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Your flag and my flag. and how it flies
today,
In your land and my land and hall the
world away,
Rose red and blood red its stripes for
ever CLEAN;
Snow white and soul white, the good
forefathers' dream;
Sky blue and true blue, with stars that
CLEAN Alright;
The gloried guidOn Of the day. a shell
ter through the night.
Your flag and my flag, and oh. how
much IL holds,
Your land and my land secure within
its folds
Your heart and my heart beat quicker
at the sight;
Sun-Eissed and tossed, the red
and blue and white:
The one fag, the great flag, the fag fol
me and you;
Glorified all else beside, the red and
white and blue.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The PasteUr treatment, hitherto Civ.
en- in Florida, under the auspices of
the state board of health, has been
discontinued during the summer
months. The board does not think it
quite safe to have this organic pre-
paratiOn sent from New York during
the present temperature conditions, as
it is thirty hours in transit. The
board wants to feel sure that the pre-
paratiOn is pure Patients are now
advised to so to some nearby Pasteur
Institute for treatment
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The reason some candidates were
defeated in the late primaries was be-
cause they undertook too much; they
tried to win both for themselves and
for other candidates. Editor Bittin-
ger of the Ocala Star supported Brow
ard and Stockton; so did Editor Rus
sell of the BrOoksville Argus, and
both editors, good men though they
were and are, went down in defeat.
Each candidate should tote his own
skillet "-Punta GOrda Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

AS a matter of history, it may be
well to remind the people that the
jackass has been a representative of
democratic ideas only since 1896 Be-
fore that it was unknown as an en-
blem.-Lake City Index.
We are quite sure the Index is in
error. But as an emblem the donkey
is not to be despised 1t was the don
key who patiently bore the Master on
his triumphal journey into Jerusalem.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The Starke Telegraph says that
the SeabOard is advertising Starke.
The only way for the railroads to adj
vertise the interior is to put it on a
freight basis with the seaboard. The
interior will then advertise itself We
have had enough immigrants to land in
Ocala to have made it as big as Jack
sOnville and Tampa, but with freight
Determinations competition is impos-
sible. Some of these days somebody
is going to get possession of the rail
roads with a grain of gray matter and
will quit killing the goose that yields
not only soft and downy, but golden
feathers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
TOM WATsoN's big TALKEE"

Antiquity was shocked when Cleo
ued at 100000. Historians empha-
size the scandaious luxury of LuCul-
lus. who spent $500 on a feast. When
one of our American millionaires
throws open a grand ballroom for
night of revelry the floral decorations
alone cost more than the feast of Lu-
cullus And when one of our Cleo
patras is fascinated by some rowing
Marc Anthony, English duke, Italian
sneeze-weed, she thinks nothing of
spending from one to FIVE million dol
lars on the pearl In Cleopatra's
case the gem was merely a valuable
product OF nature. In the modern in
stance every dollar that goes abroad
to pay for foreign titles and minister
to the depraved appetites of aristo-
cratic debauchees is the product of
the American laborer's toll
York City Ryan and Belmont have ia
ken greater amounts of plumber than
Warren Hastings wrung from the
princes of Hindustan. Hastings de-
spoiled the idle rich of India-gran-
dees who had themselves plundered
/ their own people. Ryan and Belmont
did not plumber the idle rich. No:
! they put their greedy hands upon the
scant earnings Of millions of workmen
and wOrkwomen of Greater New York
and amassed fortunes for themselves
! by robbing the industrious poor
They talk to us of foreign foes, and
some of our statesmen wildly clamor
/ for billion dollar navy But tell me
what greater harm a foreign foe
could inflict upon us than We are sui
fering from the foe within our gates?
: The entire loss of France in the Ger
man invasion in 1871 was not greater
either in money or in human life. than
our losses every five years to preda
tory corporations.
Count up the victims in mine. mill
and factory: count up the human
I wrecks of the sweat-shOps; count up
the victims that have strewn the lines
of our railroads, the victims of the
stock yards, the sugar refneries and
the smelling works; count up what
you have lost to those who exploit
child labor; count up all these four
years and you will reach a frightful
total which exceeds the losses of our
civil war.
For several years a big stick
president has been engaged in the al
legged work of trust-busting. Where's
your busted trust? Which one of them
has been put out of business? You
cannot name it. How can a president
who has been standing pat with the
tariff stand-patters do any effective
trust busting? You might as well try
to purge the gulf of Mexico without
diverting the Mississippi.
'In mine. mill and shop, in field and
forest, the workman brings forth ev
cry year the immense sum of four
and a half billion of dollars. Yet
when we come to examine the official
reports published by the government
the terrible fact appears that the spe
ctally privileged have taken practical
" the entire amount"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

non. 5. J. Milburn states thar De-
VIII not be a candidate for the sneak
ershlp oil the house of representat.v-s
l MS leaves only two avowed cauf.
ua'eS Tor the honor. Messrs. Paris 20
Du'al and Nicely Of Leon. Hon ~
H. Malone OF Key West NAV enter the
contest but has not yet made anv
puOHc announcement Of his candida.
cy.-Lake City Index.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The Montgomery (AlaJ Journal
says that the democrats are looking
to the west" The democrats had bet
ter look in all directions. They have
received less encouragement from the
west than from any other section.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
sUSPENCS PUBLICATION

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The Live Oak Democrat has sus-
pended publication as business did not
warrant its continuance. Live Oak is
fighting for place with Miami as the
fifth largest city in the state That it
does not support its daily is a sorry
blow to its prestige. The Democrat is
d corporation and has many men of
wealth behind it, but they could not
stand the drain. The paper did not
give telegraph news.-St. Petersburg
Independent.
Live Oak claims to have 5000 more
population than Ocala. and the Dem
.Ocrat actually used to poke fun at
Ocala and make sport of the Banner.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Capt. George Johnson, who left
Florida in a frail bark built of news.
papers, has reached New York, and
finds himself quite a lion in that big
city. Just how the boat is built we
cannot understand, but we know that
a newspaper is a good thing to swear
hv
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The press dispatches do not say so,
but it is safe to say that the sage of
EsOphus' still takes a plunge in the
Hudson these July mornings. At any
rte, he has buckled on his democratic
armOr and will do valiant battle for
the national democratic ticket.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

That was a nice thing the vice pres
ident did out in Indiana. He intro
duced the vice presidential nominee
on his homecoming and made the re
ception nOn-partisan and genuine. Mr.
Kern did the same thing for Mr.. Fair
banks four years ago, so it was only
return of a courtesy. but these Cour-
tesies show the true spirit of genuine
democracy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

If Hearst endorses Bryan. watch
out for the World ranging itself in
the Taft column, but if Hearst puts up
a separate ticket the World in all
probability will give Bryan a hearty
support.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Mr. Bryan denies that he had dis
approved the administration course
in the Brownsville case, as was stated
n his interview by Bishop Walters,
Of the rO-Methodist Episcopal
church. Mr. Bryan said he had care
fully refrained from discussing the
casa l~ g
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

In his book entitled the Comics
5ions Of an Opium Eater" DeQuincey
says: AT no time OF my life have |
been a person to hold myself polluted
by the touch or approach of any cIaa-
ture that wore a human shape" If
We all felt that way how different the
world would be.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
UNCLE REMUs

Mr.. Grantland Rice. I'm the Nash.
vile Tennesseean. pays the following
tribute to Joel Chandler Harris. vho
recently died az his home TN Atlanta.
and is known tbe world over to tr0us.
ands of children. who have reyel,d in
his stories under the familiar name
of Uncle Remus."
There's a shadow on the cotton patch.
the blue has left the sky
The mountain meadows echo With the
south winds saddened sigh
And the gold OF all the sunshine IN
Dixie's turned 70 gray
But the roses and the violets shall
hide his face away.
The Little Boy is lonesome ani hls
eyes are dimmed With tears
Beyond the mists he ONLY see. OBJ.
shadows of the years.
The light all lies behind him With 10
best friend gone away
But the softest winds Of Dixie al bis
heart will kneeI to pray.
The people of the w0odIanIs-rha Or
and feathered clan
Inc bear. the fox. the rabbit VIU
mourn him more than man.
But the rose that sways above him .1
his bOsOm-tented tomb
snail turn its crimson lips OF love OBJ
kiss away the gloom.
Inc shadows on the cotton path tra
light has left the sky.
A world shall bow i'm sorrlw at b.,
message Of goodbye.
And the gold Of all the SUNSHINE In
Dixie's turned 70 gray
0ut the sweetest flowers OF the south
shall hide his face away
Lake City Index
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The Central Labor Times saws that
the Tampa Times seems to be some.
what exercised over the labor vote
Brother Harper has his spelling q lit.
tie bit jerimandied.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Mrs. Lois Tucker has an abiding
faith in the future of Gainesville
She has given out a contract for the
erection Of five store buildings. They
will be built of pressed brick with
glass fronts and in all respects will
be up to date. Mrs. Tucker argues
that things can't grow worse and
must grow better.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

John Kern's sister was riding to
town on a market wagon when she
heard of her brothers nomination. At
any rate it would be a pity to deny as
democratic a story as that.-Atlanta
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

DR.. J. c. Boozer has some splendid
ears of corn on exhibition at the Com
mercial bank. This corn was grown
from seed distributed by him early in
the spring. He is cerainly doing a
good thing for the farming industry of
our county. He is a benefactor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Mr.. R. l. Harper of the Central La
Dor Times of Jacksonville, is for the
Hearst independence League ticket.
1t is loves labor lost" in Florida. Mr..
Hearst had better keep his money.
The time may come when he NAV
need il
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Richard Croker cables that he will
get in line for Bryan. Judge Parker
and his friends have determined 10
pull off their coats and make a
'house-on-fire" campaign for the gen
tleman from Nebraska"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The Prince of Wales is conin., -
the United States on a visit. King
Edward visited the United States
when he was the Prince Of Wales
His visit was in 1860. He was then
10 years old.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Sister Childs Of the Arcadia Chan.
plon sun has the most unbounded al
miration for Editor L'Engle bec,u.s
ne says such cutting things about
MS enemies" And the Coot po,y
says; Love Your enemies" The dear
oIS'er Is not consistent, but bow many
of us are?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Mr.. Robert L. Harper, formerly of
this city, Is now sole owner of the
jacksonville Independent and Cen
trail USion Times. 1t is a paper de-
voted to- srousing interest in organ
lied labor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The man and the hour" seem to
have quit meeting face to face as
they were TO do a few months ago
Something went wrong.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

A special from Montana says that
Judge Parker killed a rattlesnake out
there. The judge will also help kill
the political octopus this fall.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Mr.. GOmpers is doing what he can
10 throw the labor vote to Bryan. If
he does not succeed il will not be his
fault.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The Jasper Times says that the
streets Of Jasper afford the best COW
range in the state. This is a blow be-
meath the belt.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

The press dispatches do not saw
that the president is helping on Mr.
Taft's letter of acceptance. The rros
ident might show his versatility nv
helping both Mr.. Taft and Mr. BRYAN
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

1t is predicted that the Hearst roo.
que ticket will be:
For President
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEApcr
For Vice President
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

There are always summer sea.
where the soft winds blow. Don't give
up the ship.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder
of the Christian science movement is
now in her SSth year, and is in the
enjoyment of good health.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24

A woman in Fitchville, Conn, has
kept her marriage secret for ten
years. Don't tell us that a woman
cannot keep a secret.