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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06
OUR GREAT AMERICAN CROPS

The great American crop is com
ing in. Here's what the United States
does:
Annually produces more corn than
all other countries of the world com
bined-2,92ZO00,0O0 out of 3,SSS.000.-
600 bushels.
Annually produces more wheat than
any other. country in the world-634,-
100000 out of 3,10S.000,000 bushels.
Annually exports more wheat flour
than all the other countries of the
world combined-15.000.000 out of 20
100000 bushels.
Annually exports more wheat, in
Guiding wheat flour. than any other
country in the world-146,000,0 out
of 646,0OO000 bushels.
Annually produces more oats than
any other country in the world
754.000000 out of 3,582.00O.00O bush
els.
Is the third largest annual prOduc-
err of barley in the wOrld-153. 000. 900
bushels-Only 100000 bushels less
than Germany, with Russia leading.
Annually produces more cotton than
all the other countries of the world
100000 out of 20.0OO,O0O bales.
Annually produces more tobacco
than any other country in the world
100000 out of 2,201 100000 pounds.
Annually produces more faxseed
than any other country in the world
p. 0OO. 900 out of 100000 bushels.
Annually produces more hops than
any other country in the world-57.-
100000 out of 211.000O00 pounds.
Annually exports more oilcake and
oilcake meal than any other country
in the world-2.06 100000 out of T.
100000 pounds.
Annually exports more rOsin than
all the other countries of the world
717,OOO,OO0 out of S64,O00OOO pounds.
Annually exports more spirits of
turpentine than all the other countries
of the world-16,OOO0O out of 24.OOO.-
600 gallons.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06
TO RAISE SUNKEN SHIP BY COM
PRESTON OE AIR

John ArbuCKIe. FOUNDER of the Del
Sea Hotel for working girls and young
men. has explained how he hopes TO
save the United States cruiser Yam
kee, which ran aground on the Hen
and Chickens reef.
In Mr.. Arbuckle's own words. The
method is this:
We will brace the different decks
so that the pressure Of air will not
disrupt them The matches and other
points will be made air tight IN |
then the compressors will force air
into the hold of the vessel. The al is
lighter than the water. so the water
Will be forced out. We turned on The
compressed air into the hold Of a
steamer that all The other wrechoIs
had abandoned after spending $780,
GOO, and had given up as a hopeless
job, and in thirty minutes We raised
the $1,50O,0OO steamer of 10000 tons, -
Mr.. Arbuckle suggests that the tine
will come when every passenger
steamer will be equipped with air
cOmpressOrs, and will be so con-
structed that they can be closed and
made air tight Immediately, the air
cOmpressOrs started, and the vessel
saved. no matter how large the hole
in her hull"
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THE REELFooT LAKE TRAGEDY

The murder of Capt Quentin Ran
kin at Walnut Log, Tenn. and the
booming of his partner, B. Z. Taylor.
TO the same fate, which he narrowly
escaped, reveal an ugly state of law
lessness in which the right is not
all on one side. Reelfoot Lake the
bone OF contention, was formed by an
earthquake in 1913. Rankin and
Harris bought up for a song the title
10 the lands that had sunk beneath
the water. got the legislature TO vail
date their title and proceeded to Dust
the men who for years had made their
living by hunting, fishing and acting
as guides.
The murder of Orlando Dexter in
the Adirondacks was due TO like
causes. His aged father asserts that
the murderer is we'll known and that
the local authorities dare not or will
not arrest and try him. There are one
or two great proprietors OF whom the
local saying runs: Yes, he owns the
land-so he says-but he don't walk
across il alone"
The trouble in the Adirondacks &c
due TO manifold causes. Nayigah1e
ponds and streams are closed which
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06
O'RELL;

If we look back into the dawn of
the world we see that from her first
appearance woman has always been
a great power. Indeed she has the
| leading part in the first great drama
of which the literature of the world
gives any account. A snake and
poor. weak man. had the minor parts,
the snake playing the villain and the
poor man the fool. I have never read
the story without feeling ashamed of
the first representative of my sex. If
l had been Adam I would have stuck
to Eve through thick and thin. To
save. even only TO shield, a woman
/ ESPECIALLY one | loved, or one who
would have been as kind to me as Eve
had been to ADAM l would tell lies
by the yard and by the hour. and
admire that English judge who, being
told so by a male correspondent in a
/ divorce case, replied: And | would
too"
How I prefer that story of our first
! parents as related in the sacred books
of the Buddhists, There. as in the
version that We know, man is tempt
ed by woman, and, as in our version.
and as he has done ever since. and
as he will do for ever and ever. he
succumbs. But when he is found out
and sentence is TO be passed over him.
what a difference. He does not turn
around and say: Please, it was not
l who tempted her; il was she who
tempted me- No, he acknowledges
his guilt, atirms that he alone DISC
beyed and that he alone should be
punished. Then Eve intervenes. and
she, too, cOnfesses her guilt. There
is a regular attempt each at shielding
the other Then both fall on their
knees and beg to be punished to-
gether and their request is granted
and they go forth. hand in hand. into
exile. This is the first record Of love
and devotion, not as in our version.
a first record of cowardice.
From that memorable day TO this
her royal highness. woman, has been
the greatest power for good and evil
that the world has known. for ever
since Adam and Eve there have been
men and women-especiaIly women.
A beautiful woman was the cause
OF the Trojan war. The cause of Da-
yId's single sin, woman: the cause
OF Solomon's decadence. a woman. or
rather many women. A woman was
the mStigatOr of the greatest crime
ever recorded in history, the terrible
massacre Of St. Bartholomew. 4 wo-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06

happiness as mere .amusements can
ever furnish.
Few things are sadder than to
observe how frequently the inheri-
lance of great wealth or even of easy
competence proves utter and speedy
ruin of a young man.
The secret of a good or bad temper
Is our habitual tendency TO dwell up
ON or TO fly from the irritating and
the inevitable.
One of the most fatal mistakeG ~
education is the attempt which is
often made by the educator to impose
his own habits and tastes on natures
that are essentially different.
In careers of riot and vice the
thought of death may have a saIutary
restraining influence; but in a useful.
busy, wellOrdered life it should have
little place.
The great building landmarks OF a
wise life are indeed few and simple:
To do our duty, to avoid useless sor-
row, to acquiesce patiently in the
inevitable.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06

were highways from Indian times
down; no trespassing" signs are
posted at carries" which are properly
highways by usage; fshy claims dug
up by professional "land-sharks" have
been bought and established by the
vast power of the long purse and the
laws delay. One of the early hotel
keepers not many years ago sent this
word to a Plattsburg lawyer; Il
bought my farm once of the state:
sou found an old tax claim and I
bought it of you over again. Now
you have got another claim, but my
rifles title enough. The rife title
held while the old man lived: then
his son sold the farm TO man rich
enough to defend it in court.
The New England states have
managed these matters better. There
great pond" usually one of ten
acres or more is public; even if one
man owns all the shores he must per
nit general access. In New York
the extinction of public rights is not
closing of public roads through priv
ate estates and the constant encroach-
ment upon beach rights in such towns
as Oyster Bay reminds us that a pro
! cess has begun in this country COM
parable to the gradual absorption by
the lords of the manOrs in England
Of many ancient rights Of way and
old common lands.-WOrld.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06

dltion Of happiness, it is also true
that the healthy mind depends more
closely than we like to own on the
healthy boay.
Anther consideration in the cuIti-
walton of happiness is the importance
Of acquiring the habit Of realizing our
blessings while they last.
One of the strongest arguments Of
natural religion rests upon the fact
that virtue so often fails to bring its
reward.
Character plays agreater part than
intellect in the happiness of life.
The parent who shrinks from infict-
ing suffering on his child is not Law
ing the foundation of a happy life
Few men have enough imagination
TO realize types of character altogher
differing from their own.
Passions weaken but habits
strengthen with age.
Manly tastes and one hobby" is no
bad ideal to be aimed at.
The young man who starts in life
with keen literary tastes and also
with a keen love of out-of-door sports.
and who possesses the means of graft
Tying each, has, perhaps, provided
himself with as many elements Of
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06
MISS ELKINS' TROUSsEAU

Following the persistent rumors OF
Miss Elkins' approaching marriage 10
the Due dAbruzzi. a New York paper
claims to have located the trousseau
in course of wonderful construction
in a famed Fifth avenue establish
ment.
Included in this collection of prin-
cess wardrobe are a wedding gown
of white satin, a court gown studded
with pearls, number OF travelling
dresses, and no fewer than two boU-
dior gowns of rare Italian lace.
From the establishment it was
learned that the Iaces supplied for
Miss Elkins were especially matched
to suit the periods which her wonder
ful wardrobe represents. says the
New York American.
The empire and direct0ire styles
and a revival Of the famous "Eugenia
lift" are the distinguishing character
istics Of Miss Elkins' trousseau. The
! extensive preparations of the bridal
suits, the fame of which has travelled
abroad, and is already calculated to
arouse the envy of a princess, have
been under way for months.
The result is that Miss Elkins will
have the most costly and beautiful
trousseau ever designed for a prin-
cess or a milIionaire's daughter.
1t will be a feature OF the bridal
suit that every stitch OF the lingerie
is trimmed with real lace The de
sign of every gown is empire, from
the ivory satin court gown fashioned
after the style made famous by the
Empress Eugene to the two boudior
gowns not yet completed,
The Princess Marwherita, who
prides herself on her pearls, will mar
vel at the trimming of priceless seed
parcels which. it is rumOred will
adOrn the court gown.
The wedding gown. classic in its
simplicity, will be made of old satin.
The point lace is Josephine design
to be in keeping with the period
which the costume represents.
The Eugene lift" is a fashion
which is the result of a caprice Of
the famous French beauty. Eugene
had every gown designed with little
train in front as we'll is in back, which
occasioned the necessity of lifting the
gown that whirled in eddying folds of
silk about her feet as she walked.
DirectOire afternoon toilets, morn
ing robes, automobile coats. and mar
velously planned gowns, anticipating
every social event from the presenta-
ton at court to the smallest function
of the year, are being completed.
AS to the title, it is already bestow-
ed upon Miss Elkins by the employees
of the company making the rousseau,
who speak of the trOusseau as belong
| ing 10 Nine Ia Princesse." The flu
ture bride of the Due d'Abruzzi. in her
pearls and laces, bids fair to Outshine
the Princess Margherita, who, as the
Pearl of the Savole, has the distinc-
ton of owning the rarest collection of
| laces and pearls in EurOpe-Atlanta
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06
"a Would Tell Lies by the Yard .
Shield a Woman"

man. who has dearly paid for lr since.
was the cause Of the Franco-G--man
war. On the other hand. France -.
saved in the fifteenth century bv y
sweet peasant girl at a time when
king and people had given up all hope
Of ever again seeing France free
and Independent uatiOn-but that vas
a long time ago.
There is no country where the IN
fuence of woman over man IS so
great as France, and the famous
phrase 'Cherchez Ia Femme" seek
the wOmanl emanated from the Hps
of the greatest jurist consult France
ever produced. President Dupin in
the reign of King Louis Philippe
And il is a fact that among French
prisoners who belong to the better
classes. there are 80 out of every 100
who have committed murder. forgery.
enlightenment, theft. for the sake OF
woman. The English people (andl
the Americans. too. / believeJ say that
drunkenness is responsible for the
great majority of crimes committed
in Great Britain. The expensive WAYS
Of French women are responsible for
the majority of crimes and offences
committed by men in modern France.
as these expensive ways OF women
are responsible for their own down
fall nine times out of ten.
On the other hand. a man owes all
his best qualities to the influence Of
the first woman he has known. his
mother. a man will be what his
mother has made him A man does
not learn how to be a gentleman al
school. at college or at the university.
There he may improve his manner.
out his mind is formed at home much
earlier than that.
Ii is woman, and woman alone. ~
makes society polite. Men together
can talk or chat. but it is Onlv when
women join them that they can eau
ser. an equivalent for which the Eng
lish language does not possess-and
why? Simply because Englishmen DO
not. as a rule. care for the restraint
that results from the presence OF wo-
men
Thanks to the tact. the briIHancy
and the high intellectual attachments
Of American women. who can eau
ser in America, and the vocabulary
OF the language used in the United
States ought 10 be richer by one
word. a good equivalent for this
French verb which both ITO talk" or
TO chat must imperfectly translate.
for "causer" means ITO chat with Wit,
humor, brilliancy and great ref4F
ment"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06
A SENECA OF THE XIX. CENTURY

Happiness, indeed, like health, is
one of the things of which men rarely
think except when it is impaired.
Men continually forget that happi-
ness is condition of mind and not a
disposition of circumstances.
II it be true that "a healthy mind in
a healthy body" is the supreme con-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06

Newnan's Lake. about FIVE miles
east OF Gainesville. is one Of the most
beautiful clear water lakes in the
state, while the surrounding scenery
10 simply grand.-Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06

Yes yes! Henry Clay. the idol Ct
the wings, was defeated by FrankH6
Pierce.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-25
ALAMANACS TELL.
 OF 1909 EVENTS
"Ffe VIII be Four Eclipses, Two hach ot the Sun and Moon-Dates |" Fixed and Movable Feasts of the Year Are Enumerated.

fhe 1909 alamanacs are be;na re- eelyed by Pine Bluff druggists from tae various medicine concerns, and eohtain much of interest to the pub- Ac' Next year there will be four ecilpses, two of which will be a total o'Sc afatlon of the sun and a total lunar eclipse will be visible in the United States.
 Ihere will be a total eclipse of the "ooh June 5, visible to South Ameri- ea ana Africa, and ill part of North America, Europe and southwestern Asia.
 4 total eclipse of the sun will take hsace June II. visible to North Amer ea as far south as a line drawn from San Francesca to the mouth of one Rio Grande river, and from the northern and eastern portions of Asia.
 on November 26 and 2 there will .s'e 6 total eclipse of the moon, visable 10 North America and the Atlantic ana Pacific oceans and in part to south America, the extreme western portion Of Europe and Africa and the eastern portions Of Asia and Austra- lia.
 There will be a partial eclipse of tne sun December F and 13, but in- VicEhln fn f1,o 1Y,;to1 cxcxo- De seen from the southeastern tip of Australia, the southern portion of New Zealand and the polar regions.
 The fixed and movable feasts of 1909 will occur as follows: Epiphany January $; Quinquagesima, Shrove Sunday, February 21; Ash Wednes- day, February, 24; First Sunday in Lent, February 2S; St. Patrick's Day, March IT; Annunciation, March %; Palm Sunday, April A. Good Friday, April g; Easter Sunday, April Il; Low Sunday, April IS; Rogaton Sum- day. May 16; Ascension Day, May 20; Pentecost, White Sunday, May 30; Trinity Sunday June $; Corpus Christi, June 10, St. John Baptist Midsummer Day, June 24; Michael mas day, September 29; First Sunday in Advent. November 2s; St. Andrew. November 90; St. Thomas, December. 21; Christmas, Saturday December %; ' Decoration day and July fall on Sunday
 The year 5670 of the Jewish Era commences on September 16, 1909; the year 1927 of the Mohammedan ;, Era commences January IS, 1909.
 Mercury will be evening star about January 26, May 29 and September F and morning star about March 3, July : and October 2S.
 Venus will be the morning star un- til April 2S, then evening star the rest of the year. Jupiter will be morning star until February 2S, then evening star until September IS, and then morning star the rest of the year
 Spring begins March 21, hr., l3 III. a. m.
 Summer begins June 21, 9 hr.. m. D. m.
 Autumn begins September 2S, l hr., A. m. a. m
 Winter begins December 22; 6 hr, 20 III. a. m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-25
SERVICES AT THE
 TEMPLE TONIGHT

The regular weekly services at the lTample will be held tonight ana rabhi Fmsch will deliver the sermon The musical numbers will include the following selections:
 Organ prelude, Andante lMosKoW- szki) Mrs. F. E., Renfrow.
 Seprano solo, before sermon ..pahv1on,' (Watson) Mrs. F. l.. D1lley
 Quartet after sermon, "Consloel and Hear Me" (Pfulueger).
 Closing Hymn, faunel Choir and Congresa.ion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-25

Quick climatic changes try strong constitutions and cause, among other evils, nasal catarrh, troublesome and offensive disease. Sneezing and snuffing, couging and dijcult breath ing. and the drip, drip of the foul discharge into the throat-all are ended by Ely's Cream Balm. This honest remedy contains no cocaine mercury, nor other harmful ingre' dient. The worst cases yield tc treatment in a short time. All drug cists. 5Oc., or mailed by Ely Bros. 56 Warren Street, New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-25
NOTICE.

The regular annual meeting or tne stockholders of the Simmons Nation al Bank of Pine Bluff will De neio q their office in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on Tuesday, January 12, 1909. pe- ...oan M tba hours of 10 a. m. and F - for the purpose of electing di- rectors to serve for the ensuing vear. and for such other business = may properly come before said meeting. r....,or
 12-13 i'm 10 NicllN''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-25
WHITES Cream vermifuge
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING, The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Pine Bluff Trust Com pany, for the election of directors to serve for the ensuing year and for such other business as may come be- fore them, will be held ill the rooms of said company on Monday, January IS, 1909, at 8 o'clock 9. m.
 ID. c. BELL.
 Secretary and Treasurer.
 
 --use Pneumo Emollient for sore throat Or pain in the chest. g II I'm
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
SMOOTH GRAFTERS 81.
ShERlFI)F'S GUESTS
MILLER AND BURKE WORKED
OLD GAME AND LAND IN JAIL.

Forty days In the county Jail was
the sentence pronounced on George
Miller by Justice Of the Peace Frank
Mann yesterday morning when Miller
and his pal, John Burke, were arraign-
ed on charges Of obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses. Burke being only
an accomplice and not as culpable as
Miller received a sentence Of but 80
days.
Miller and Burke worked a game,
which on account Of its antiquity, in
most cases fails to catch the suckers.
Several weeks ago they collected 81
a head from 80 laborers, by represent
ing that they were employment agents
and had Jobs for all Of them. They
told the men to meet them at the de-
pot the next morning and they would
provide them with transportation.
The victims waited q reasonable
length Of time, decided that they were
'stung,n and a few Of them reported
the matter to the police. Miller and
Burke had made their getaway by
this time. however, and the police
were unable to find any trace Of them.
Yesterday one Of the victims recog-
nized the two men on the street and
fastened to inform the police. Their
arrest was the result.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
CARPENTER LOSES
HIS INDEX FINGER
WAS FEEDING SAW in STACKS
PLANNING MILL.

A. J. Widen, a carpenter Of this
city residing on North Twenty-sixth
street, lost his index finger and re-
ceived painful injury as a result Of an
accident, which occurred In 3. r.
Stacks planning mill yesterday.
Mr.. Widen was operating a ma
chine saw and had just increased the
speed. He placed a board on the Ia
BILE and was feeding the saw, when
on account of the increased speed It
caught his hand, severing the index
finger and cutting his thumb and two
other fingers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
B. & N. TO SEND OUT
AN ADVERTISING CAR
DENVER ASKS CHAMBER OF COM.
MERGE FOR EXHIBIT.

- - EE.E A4@-TTN.&E #E84NA NEzIFN r&3
The secretary Of the Billings cham
Der Of commerce is in receipt Of q
letter from j.. Glen Deever, immigra-
ton agent for the Burlington, stating
that the Burlington will send out an
other demonstration car this year,
which will advertise that section Of
the west which is tributary to the
Burlington.
Mr. Deever asks the Billings cham
,bsr Of commerce to furnish an exhibit
Tor the car.
In his letter he states that the car
VIM cover the same territory In the
east as last year and will probably
tour the state Of Wisconsin In addi-
ton. Last year the exhibit sent from
the Yellowstone valley, for the car,
attracted much attention throughout
the ease and was the subject Of much
favorable comment.
TT is probable that another exhibit
will be- prepared for the a as soon
as possible and will be replenished
every. three or four weeks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
day morning and in a few hours was

day morning and in a few hours was
dead from commissions.
The regular Sunday services are
growing in interest and the attend
ance is good. Last Sunday there
were over so present.
The funeral of the infant son Of Mr.
and Mrs. AZ. G. Turpening was held.
at the family residence Monday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. a. /.
Ferch Of the Congregational church
oficiated. Many of the friends Of
the community were there to partici-
pate in the last sad rites. The infant
was laid to rest near their home. The
sympathy Of the community goes out
to the grief stricken parents.
The Lavina stage which has trav-
eled through this community for years
is o to- be discontinued, owing to
the fact that the Milwaukee will carry
mail to Layina. This will greatly in
convenience the community~ in get
ting their mail until the Billings &
Northern railroad is in operation.