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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10
MEN OF PROGRESSIVE IDEAS
SHOULD BE CHOSEN

A year hence the state legislature
will meet. 1t is not too soon for pro-
gressive men, voters, tax payers. to
organize, to put in the field men of
business ability and progressive ideas
as candidates. and then take OF their
coats and secure their election. II
will be an all-summer job, but worth
the while. 1t would be bad policy to
elect all railroad men all business
men, all farmers. Lawmakers should
be men who think and keep up with
the times-who see that this country
has a glorious future and is advancing
toward it. If Florida wants to be in
the procession. she must have fair.
honest laws protecting every class of
business; must not overtax produc-
ers; must hold out inducements invit-
ing settlers who will build up the
state; not look upon men of means as
fair game to be taxed out of it.-Or-
landO Sentinel.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

hibitiontsts, of TIE local opt:onists,
the Christians and the Jews and of
the gentiles, the ''publicans and sin.
ners-" He would even accept the sup
port Of the Pharisees.
The corporations cannot do without
the people, and the people cannot do
without the corporations. Neither
should be allowed to Cypress the 9TH
er. Capital is organized; labor should
organize.
The icense-tax licensing each lit
tie enterprise should be amended in
order that taxation should bear more
evenly.
Article XIX of the constitution pro-
vides for local option. The qualified
electors mot the govemor) approve
or veto constitutional amendments.
He is not on the recently construct.
ed band wagon"
He commenced life working in
Quincy, Florida, at a salary of SIS
per month, and boarded himself. He
has himself been a Woodworking,
struggling man and he knows what
1t means in others. He has never mar
ried. He has always had obligations.
His life has been spent more in
thoughtful consideration of other peo-
pie than of himself. He feels sure he
will be elected, ''if he gets enough
votes" He does not propose to trade
off a single office. There is honor in
being governor. If it is tainted with
dishol-Jr he does not want the office.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10
"GoING BACK TO THE FARM"

ga Reader" referring to the prob
lem Of the unemployed, says: Men
and women that have failed really to
sustain themselves in the city. those
that cannot hold a job will fail, as
a rule. to even a greater extent on
what is usually meant by a farm, even
if they could be induced to go to one
which they can not. Experience
has shown that such families cannot
be thus helped, even if given a farm
and its necessary tools. without mon
ey and without price. They do not
know what to do with the land. and,
having no taste. in most cases, for
the life, they have no desire to learn.
They get discouraged, and drift back
to the city. They would rather fight
for a crust, or starve in a crowd than
enjoy plenty in the loneliness and
steady work of the farm. They have
never learned to think, or to plan
for themselves, and they cannot di-
rect their work to any success; they
are like children. in many respects.
and they are even more helpless in
the country than in the city. The
idea of relieving the city of its con-
gestiOn by transplanting its surplus
people to the farm will work only
when applied to those who belong to
the soil, because they were bred
there, and know what to do with the
SOIL and who are tired Of their mis-
take in giving up the life they were
fitted to enjoy for the struggle in
which they find they should have no
part. As TO those having no family
ties. the life on the farm holds little
attraction for them. for the farm peO-
pie are strangers to them, the farm
ways are not their ways, and the
wage, great or small, does not COM
penSate them for the loss of cOmpan-
ionship with their own class, to be
found only in the city's bustling
streets. This class would not profit
the farm employer. even if it could be
induced to work in the fields-which
it can not. They must work out their
own salvation; they have their own
inches to fill: they are, probably. the
straw without which bricks" can
not be made They have their uses
though we may not know what it is
e. L. in the COmmOner.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10
SAYS cAPPs rs AN ANANIAs

Objection was made by f. L. Tur-
ner of Buffalo to the report in the
News, which made c. R. Caps. traf-
fic manager for the Seaboard Air Line,
say in his testimony at Jacksonville.
before Interstate Commissioner Prou-
ty. that it would cost S211.5O for his
line to refrigerate a car from Florida
to New York. He testified to those
figures. saying that Armour could do
it for $67.75. A clipping from the
Jacksonville Times-UniOn was sent TO
Mr. Turner to verify the report of the
News. Mr.. Turner comes back with
the following caustic letter:
Il note clipping from the Florida
Times-UniOn. Perhaps Mr.. Caps did
say that it would cost his road $211.50
to refrigerate a car from Florida to
New York. If he did he is a liar, pure
and simple. and his own evidence of
the cost of ice. and the number of
icings. prove him to be just what l
say he is.
"As for Menzies. I have known him
for over 20 years, and anything that
he might say carries very little weight
with me or with anyone who has ever
had any business with his road. 1t
matters not whether the rates from
Florida were made by the Florida
railroad commission or by the inter
state commerce commission, or both,
they bear evidence right on their face
OF being extortionate in the extreme,
when compared with rates collected
from other competing sections. 1 wish
that could have been present at the
hearing in Jacksonville and given my
testimony. Think that I would have
stirred up the railroad attorneys a
few."-New York Produce News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10
Watch Your Tongue
If Furred and Coated, 1t is a Warning
of Trouble to Come

II Furreo and Coated, 1t is a Warning
Of Trouble to Come
When it is the morning after the
night before, you do not have TO look
at your tongue to know that the stom-
ach is upset, the head is aching with
a dull rhythm and that all the world
looks dreary.
The real time TO watch the tongua
is all of the time. If it is coated with
a white fur or possibly with dark
trimmings, even though the stomach
does not tell you by the acute pains of
indigestion that it needs hedp. yet the
coating shows that you are getting
into a bad way and that there is need
of Mona.
Mona is so positive. so sure. so re-
liable in its curative action upon the
stomach that the POstofice Drug
store. the local agent, give an abso-
lutte guarantee with every so cent box
it sells to refund the money unless the
remedy gives absolute and complete
satisfaction.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10
ALBERT W. GILCHRIST
Candidate For Governor Of
Florida

No faction, machine or ring brought
him out. He came out as a candidate
alone and single handed. He will be
glad to receive the support OF the
corporations, of the anti-corporations
the prohibitionists and the anti-pro-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10
Foa COUNTY JUDGE
10 the Democratic Voters of Mario

To the Democratic Voters of Marion
County:
Having confidence in the purity OF
me, and rectitude of character OF
Hon. H. W. Long of Martel, Fla. and
being satisfied that he is eminently
qualified TO perform the duties of
county Judge of Marion county. and
II elected to that office he would in a
painstaking manner faithfully and i'm
partially give his undivided time in
the administration of its duties. we
the undersigned. take pleasure in
nominating him as a candidate for
that Office, subject to the action of
the ensuing democratic primaries of
Marion county:
Signed-W. r. o. Veal NJ. D.. John
L. Lewis, A. L. Eiehelberger. John NJ
Martin, P. H. Norris, W. NJ. Richard
son. NJ. L. Payne, JnO. H. Brooks. NJ.
I. W. Christian, F. w. Bitch. r. A.
Kelsey, c. c. Priest.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

I accept the foregoing nomination
with thanks, and respectfully submit
the following declaration of principles
as my platform;
l. Public Offices were not created
for the benefit of their encumbents.
but for the transaction Of the peoples
business.
?. A public office is a public trust,
which carries with it solemn and bind
ing obligations to give personal and
faithful attention to all the duties
Of its requirements provided for by
law.
3. A public officer, who by neglect
OF duty or INCOMPETENCE, fails to per.
form all Of the official duties required
of him by law in an efficient manner,
should be promptly removed from
Office.
If nominated and elected to the Of
fee of county judge of Marion county.
| pledge myself to conform to the let
ter and spirit Of the foregoing plat
form. TO familiarize myself with all
the details and legal obligations of the
Office, so as to enable me to aid all
persons having business with the of
ice, by answering proper questions as
TO the mode of procedure to be pur-
sued, TO give legal advice to admins
traitors and guardians in all matters
not requiring the assistance of an at
tOrney. and to keep and maintain a
watchful oversight in the protection
of the interests of minor children. and
all others involved in estates of real
and personal property. by requiring
good and sufficient bonds of admins
traitors and guardians. and such an
nual returns by them as are required
by law n. W. LONG.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

Cloth All Wool and Paint All Paint,
is cheaper than shoddy cloth or shod-
dy paint The L. & NJ. is Zinc Metal
made into Oxide of Zinc combined
with White Lead, and then made into
paint with pure Linseed Oil in thous-
and gallon grindings and mixings.
Wears long; actual cost, only $120
per gallon. McTver & MacKay, L. &
NJ. Paint Agents, la.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10
Mules and wagoa for Sale Or EE-
change for Lumber

One pair large. heavy. sound mules
and good two-mule wagon. new. VIII
sell for cash or exchange for Ium-
Der. Also secondhand 3O-horse DOW
er steam boiler. c n. earn. Red
dick, Fla. Aim
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

A man robbed a gas meter in Tam
pa. Theft is never justifable, but II
there are exceptions the Tampa man
knew where to look for them.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

FOR SALE-A number Of fine bred
Jersey COWS and heifers. They will
be sold at reasonable prices. E. D.
Boyer & Co., Boardman, Fla. 2-21-4t
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

Use Plank's Chill Tonic, Csc. per
bottle; guaranteed. Sold by all drug
gists. K
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
he PuE.d Out Cheat


 he pufled out chest is d delus,, *nlch has succumbed to scinntiti, .nowledse of the human body" said [, oriil officer. 1t came into existeuc purely for show reasons or from fals, ahaiogy. IL was seen that men dee, ID the chest were strong men, and tn. "1o drill serSeants probably imagined tnat by making men throw out the!' chests they would make them strona as well as make them look stronc which Is complete mistake. Instear or strengthening man, pufins hi. chest tends to weaken him. as |, tnrows a strain upon tfe heart w.. now tell men to be sure and not pu.: ooe their chests. If you pnfr out youl chest and do dumbbell exercise yo, are to hold the breath. That strain. tne heart. Any exercise tbat prevent breathing freely Is bad Knotted mus cles are also wrong. You see a ma With immense chest muscles and per haps you think he is really an ideall trained man. but such muscles simrl bind the chest and tie the heart down Reader Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
Former instruments of Torture.

Instead of gymnastics or games. in
 strumentS of torture were used for modelling the figure of the young lady of 1S3l An English writer of that year says that "could the modern schoolroom be preserved it would pass for q refined inquisition. There would be found stocks for the fingers (the cheiroplasb and puileys for the neck. with weights attached" Fanny Kem- ble, to whom nature had been by no means unkindly. was found wanting in department, and she. writes that she wore a "back board made of steel, GOV. cred with red morocco which consist
 ed of flat piece placed on my back and strapped down to my waist with belt and secured at the top by two epaulets strapped over my shoulders
 From the middle of this there rose q steel rod or spine with steel collar
 which encircled my throat fastened behind" The machine proved fail
 ure, and she was put under the tuition of drill sergeant, who did for her all that was required.-"Social England"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
How to Stop Runaways.

The policeman had stoin'eh the r!a away very neatly. Now. thnlgh p'f> ing littlc. he Was lu'r calm.
 "1ts nothing to step 4 r,lnaway." !, said as he iped k's foam c"ve". hands. "lt is like jumping "n or -. moving car-drn'l ,'aS,"' wEcn },or n:a... how. What you MaHi Ia ln w1,n.' V" see q runa WAY tenl H., t,fN:1.1 ,rr lot to stanl a;iii H'!! to run sl. '.- might ln ihe same rsav tha t,'.y yS Il. ';,g Then. hs,. : ,aic,les up te s.s Jou gr.p ti.e Ll.,..e and Eec:, a-.u.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
The Epit- !, of Mary Lyon.

In the groU:.s,s of Mount Ho!yo, seminary, ove:,okn= the beantrs' valley through which the Connectie.. flows seaward. is monument to A,.;. Lyon, <ne Massachusetts teacher H.!!i, founded the college. On it Is inscribc;i a>sentence of her own. There is moth. ing in tue ,lni'.erse that I am afraid vI but that shall not know and do al' my du',.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Capt. N. T. Roberts will have en- tire charge of our abstract books and will be glad to serve our patrons.
 KNOX-ROBERTS ABSTRACT co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
Four Bad Snakes.

Snakss are much maligned creatures although they are, for the most part, of considerable value to man. as they live almost entirely on insects and the small rodents that are injurious to crops. Of all the snakes that inhahlt North America there are really only four that are dangerous. These are the copperhead, the moccasin. the rat tlesnake and little snake of southera Georgia and Florida known as the coral snake. Of course there are g number of different species of the rat tier (about thirty. but they inhabi; different parts of the country and at all to be known from the fact that the. rattle when approached All t!'' rest of our snakes are absolutni. harmless and their bite is to be le> feared than that of g mosquito. -Scrs Book
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
An Ancient hash Custom.

In the district known as "the baror' of Forth" in County Wexford, Ireland, Is to be found 8 race of hardworki:.a Z industrious peasants living in thatche cottages with clean. whitewashed wal which by their perfect whiteness once arrest the Attention of the visitp' These people differ in many rcspec. from the inhab bitants of the other par, of the same county and have habi; and customs peculiar to themselve, When a funeral takes place two woo; en crosses are provided. On the W" to the cemetery halt Is made at certain spot by the side of the roas' Here prayers are said for the decease'> after which one cross is deposited iii hawthorn bush or under 1t. The pr. eession then goes on it's way, and atdS the interment the other cross Is fiXt at the head of the grave, This straAa custom dates from time immemori,i as tne great pile of crosses by the road side indicates.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05

The most scientifically conducted milk plant in the state. ideal Dairy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
RAPHC 1908

Becoming a mother should be d
 source Of j7y, but the suffering to the ordeal makes it's antitiNation one ot dread.
 Mothers Friend is the oilvrcm- edy which relieves women of much of the pain of maternity; rial, is not only made less pain Those Who use this remedy are less. nausea and other dlSir eSs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05

They were choosing name for th new baby.
 "I think Esmeralda is too swer said one of the infants aunts.
 "Alfreda is better and more uncon mon," said another
 "How would Alvina do?" asked third.
 Hardly said the fond father. "Ya seem to be getting away from the iie that this .s a baby and not new kin of cigar. ."-London Graphic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-05
A Catch Question.

Of Bishop Short. who held the see L.. St. Asaph. many curious stories are told. Occasionally he put questions {. candidates for ordination that appa: netly had no connection with the dis charge of their parochial duties. The testtd probably their wit or tact, tN, nec4ssary qualifications to public men but nothing more. One such luestio1 proposed by the bishop : .s the fr. lowing: (Which has tbt greatest n,,1 Der of legs. q cat or no cat?"
 As might be expected, this created litter, but the bishop would not take { laugh as the answer. and consequent. he repeated the question and desire some one to solve the problem. At las' one of the candidates, smiling, said. II should think, my lord, a cat.''
 "No," retorted the bishop; "there yoa are wrong. for cat has four legs, arl DO cat has ."-London Telegraph
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-16
p5.rl pI..... and SUDDEN b..th

A man rushing to catch a train the
ether day fell dead In this Instance
1t is fair to assume that ,h, strain on
n weak heart might fairly he held re.
sponsible. In view 81 iaa Er.re com.
petition In life and M lntiy.. s;rain 10
which the masses of sucn are subjected
ii is of the higfcs, Importance that
people known TO be affected with heart
disease should exercise the greatest
care as to orertaNing their phrsica,
strength in view of the danger of sud
den death, instances Of which are go
common today. Inasmncl, rs few peo.
pie are aware of l,avin:, weak hearts,
a safe rule for all MEN over forty Is tn
nvoid the perils of haste and undue
strain. as in lifting. rushing. etc. An
other important factor many people
over forty indulging in excessive eat,
Ing are in danger of arterio.sclerosis,
or hardening of the arteries, which re-
suits In sudden death from apoplexy,
kidney or heart disease. To sum the
matter up, people over forty must lin.
1t their table indulgence and avoid
sudden and undue mste or strain II de-
sirous of attaining a ripe old age
New York Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-16
A Eicture Romance.


1t is said that one of the most beau
tiful ladies in French society today
was first revealed to her husband on
the walls of the salon. 1t was while
visiting the salon in 1878 that the
youthful Marquis de c. was struck BY
the childish beauty of young girl,
one of the prominent figures in pic
ture of Il village fete. Her tumbled
golden locks, her dancing blue eyes
and the freshness and graceful ADAM
don Of her figure so fascinated him
that he sought out the artist and learn
ed from him that the 'little witch"
was the daughter of poor peasant
near Avranches, where the picture was
painted To seek out the peasant and
to make the acquaintance of his fas-
cinating daughter, child of nine sum-
mers was soon accomplished, and the
marquis lost his heart even more COM
pletely to the real than to the pictured
maid. With the fathers approval he
had the girl educated at one of the
best schools In Paris, and nine years
later, on her eighteenth birthday, the
maid of the village fete blossomed
into the still more lovely Marquise
de G..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-16

"WOe to them that are at ease in Zion"
exposure to wind and sun, at the fash
ing eyes, the impassioned earnestness.
He paused ut the curb and listened
curiously. for Hallelujah Jones with
his evangelism mingled spice of the
zeal Of the socialist. In his thinking
the rich and the wicked were mingled
inextricably in the great chastisement
He was preaching now from his ia
vorite text, "Woe to them that are at
ease In Zion.'
Harry smiled grimly. He had al
ways been ''at ease in Zion" He wore
sumptuous clothes. The ruby in his
ring would bring what this plodding
exhorter would call fortune. At this
moment Hede, his dapper Finn chauf.
feur. was polishing the motor car for
him to take his cool evening spin. That
very afternoon he had put into the
little safe in the chapel study $1,000
in gold which lie had drawn, part for
his charities and quarterly payments
and n part to take with him for the
exigencies of his trip. The street evan
gelist over there preaching paradise
and perditiol 10 the grinning yokels
often needed square meal and was
lucky If he always knew where be
would sleep.
The thread of his thought broke.
The bareheaded figure had ended his
harangue. The eternal fires were bank
ed for time, while. seated on a camp
stool at his melodeon, he proceeded to
transport his audience to the heavenly
meads of the New Jerusalem,
Two, three verses of an old fashioned
hymn he sang, and after each verse
more of the bystanders. some In real
earnestness, some in implous hilarity.
shouted In the chorus:
Palms of victory!
Crowns of glory!
Palms of victory I shall wear!"
Harry walked on in n brown study,
the refrain ringing through his brain.
At the chapel gate lounged his chauf.
feur awaiting orders.
Bring the car round, Hede," said
Harry, "and | sha'n't need you after
TINT tonight. I'll drive her myself.
You can meet me at the garage"
The study was pitch dark. and Rum
my halted on the threshold with a low,
eminous growl as Harry fumbled TO
the electric switch. AS he found ant
pressed 1t and the place flooded Will
light, he saw a figure there, the figure
of man who had been sitting alone
beside tho empty hearth, who rose
shrinking back from the sudden bril-
liancy.
Il was Hugh Stires.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-16

As an orator Demosthenes was head
and shoulders above Cicero the Ro-
man. The great Athenian stands in a
class all by himself, If we are to be-
lieve the consensus of learned opinion,
Cicero, 1t is said, prided himself on his
faculty of extemperizing at need. but
probably trusted little to 1t on great
occasions, while with Demosthenes 1t
was the rule never to speak without
the most careful preparation. The
speeches of both were spoken without
manuscript. They would never have
made the reputation they did IL they
had been tied down to their notes.
New York American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-16
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Gave Him All the Lot.


$50 that is your final word?' said the
rejected one. Very WELL then, Ara-
bella. In yaur presence will end the
life you have blighted."
He drew forth a sman bottle la
beled Poison drank off the contents
and fell seuseless at her feet Did she
sink beside him sobbing with remorse?
No. She hastily left the room and in
two minutes had returned and was
kneeling beside him. Then she forced
between his lips the following: Half q
cup Of tnrpentine, one pint of milk, a
cup OF warm soapsuds, a tablespoonful
of aromatic ammonia, cup of black
coffee, Il glass of mustard and water,
gill of vinegar. the juice of lemon.
the beaten whites of six eggs and. one
cup of -four and water.
".Algernon.'' she observed coldly as
be slowly opened his eyes, "it is evil
dent YOU had forgotten that l am u
graduate of correspondence course
in first aid. My one regret is that, as
l could not OIL the instant ascertain
whether you had taken an acid or an
alkali, was compelled to administer
all the antidotes had learned."-Lon-
don Scyaps.