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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

Boston, over 5000 miles, for less mon
ey than is charged on Florida celery
to the same markets, a distance of
only 1900 miles.
Pineapples from Cuba and Porto
Rico are transported to New York and
Chicago for a great deal less money
than is charged ON Florida pineapples
for a shorter haul
Florida rates have remained station
airy for over % years, during which
time other sections are growing SINH
lar products that are handled at lower
rates: this difference in freight rates
very often constitutes a handsome
profit TO the Florida grower.
This association does not consider
the rates excessive from California or
other sectiony, and all it wants is an
equal show, aSS we are depending on
the interstate commerce commission
to give us the protection we ask for
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
Protective Association, J. c. Chace,
Secretary and Treasurer, in New York
Produce News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
FLORIDA VEGETABLES FAIR

New York. Feb. 30 Receipt. Of
Florida vegetables have been fairly
liberal of late and the market is doing
as we'll as could Dee expected Celery
in particular is looking mp and much %
it is being sold al S2.5oHg. Cabbage Is
on. as will be- noted elsewhere. Good
beans. Of which there are few. bring
as high as 81. and choice peas are
good for s., but both peas and beans
are mainly Of poor quality and most
Of them do not better than $25OG3
Eggplant when good meets a fair de-
mand at $l50G2. Peppers 81 good
quality are active at SIGI.5O. Ro.
maine is here in limited supply. but
as the demand Is not large. the market
is seldom better than SIS There 10
fair call for squash az $50. am
real good tomatoes move in gOOd
shape at S2d2.5O. Lettuce Is In Hber-
al stock. and brings as high "a s2se.
Much Of the lettuce is not worth men-
tiOning. and a lot Of Il has been sold
at 75c. The CauliflOwer coming runs
very irregular with s. as top with a
range as low as 81. There are prae-
tically no Florida cucumbers. Okra aud
escarOl on the market. and there IL
not much call for them.-New YORK
Produce News
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
REMEM 3 Err

That the foolish sometimes get wise
That in April. 1907, eggs we're 100.
That in December. 1907. they were
1G - cents.
That chickens sold for 10 cents to
IL cents in December, 1907.
That the farmer probably kept his
pullets.
That the banks advanced too much
money on eggs in 1907.
That they called several loans at a
bad tins.
That they probably will be shy in
1903.
That there will be plenty of eggs in
1908.
That although some Of the people
will eat eggs all of the time. and all
of the people will eat them some of
the time. you cannot bank on all of
the people to eat them all of the time
they have to leave a little room for
tripe or terrapin-The Freezer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

1t is expected that the completed
route will get large part of the pas
senger. express and light freight traf-
fic between Cuba and the United
States, besides a certain share in the
through freight traffic. Florida tour
lists in particular will be likely to
take a trip to Cuba.
Cuba is only one-tenth under cul-
tivatiOn. and there are great POSSIBLE
tiles for profitable investment there
which would be likely to be taken up
if brought directly to the attention of
Americans. On the other hand, a
large proportion of even the wealthy
Cubans have never left the island be
cause of the dread of seasickness. A
route which requires only FIVE or six
hours water trip is likely to attract
many of these. One great advantage
of the extension will be that deep
draft vessels can be used between
Florida and Cuba. Previously only
light draft vessels could be used on
account of the shallow water in Mi
ami haTbOr.
The Florida East Coast Railway is
the personal property OF Henry NJ.
Flagler. of the Standard Oil group of
capitalists. and the extension is his
personal enterprise Every share Of
stock and every bond of the company
is owned by Nj Flagler. except So
100000 three-year G per cent. notes
dated August I. 1907. secured by all
the outstanding first mortgage bonds
OF the Florida East Coast and also by
the personal endorsement Of Mr.. Flag
Ter. which were ISSUED 10 provide
funds for the construction work.
Note-We are indebted to the Rail
way Gazette for the above article and
use Of the cuts.-Ed. Banner.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

ful terminus at Key West. On Febru-
airy 5. the first train for which tickets
were sold was run. and on February
6 regular passenger service was be-
gun. with through connection 10 Cuba
by a new steamer service from
Knights Key 10 Havana. rs miles
away. the Havana service of the Pc
ninsular d Occidental Steamship Co,
from Miami being at the same time
abandoned. Passengers leaving Mi
ami az II a. m. are due TO reach
Knights Key at p. m, and Havana
al $50 a. M. the next day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
WANT SQUARE DEAL ONLY
Florida Shippers Want No Advantage
Simply an Equal Show

Simply an Equal Show
The writer's attention has been call
ed TO the reports that appeared in your
ISSUES of February y and 10, covering
the bearing of the associations com
pIaint before the interstate commerce
commission. We do not think the as
sociation's side has been properly or
clearly represented by your reporter
and feel sure YOU viii be ready and
willing To correct same.
please understand that this aSSOcla-
ton rs not asking from the transpor-
tation companies an undue advantage
IN the way OF lower rates over sec
tions of the country growing and mar
keting similar products at the same
time We feel we are entitled, and
have a right 10 equal rates into com
petitive markets and will then take
our chances of profits or loss on that
basis As matters now stand Florida
rpupducts pay more money per pack
age and per bundred mo al Hls-A nv -
OF the country than the same products
from other sections that are sold at
the same time. For instance, Loulsi-
ana and Mississippi lettuce, cucum-
bers. tomatoes and beans are moved
into Baltimore. Philadelphia, New
York and Boston for less money per
crate and per hundred than the same
nSoducts from Florida in spite OF the
fact that Florida is several hundred
miles nearer said markets.
Orange from Cuba, Porto RICO ID
maica and even California are shipped
q longer distance for a great deal less
money than Florida orange via all ran
..pr via rail and water.
California celery is shipped INTO
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

longest of the viaducts on the whole
extension is from Long Key to Grassy
Key, 5 1-2 miles over the bed of the
ocean. This is on the road already
in operation. The rails are carried
81 feet above the mean surface level
of the water on a reinforced concrete
viaduct. on this viaduCt trains go out
of sight of land. The accompanying
map shows the route of the extension,
the steamer connection from Knights
Key to Havana, and the proposed car
ferry connection from Key West to
Havana
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

with the standard guage railroad sys-
tenn of Cuba. The accompanying
Photographs show typical scenes along
the line of the extension, and the tenn
porary terminal at Knights Key. from
which the boats for Havana start. The
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

keys. On the two miles of Long Key
viaduct passengers pass out of sight
Of land The whole extension is a
highway of steel and concrete and
spans the shallow seas-a marvel Of
engineering architecture. Now. the
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

The remaining A. miles to Key
West are to be finished within a year,
Key West is so miles from Havana,
and it is planned eventually to con-
meet the two points by a car-ferry ser
vice which will take trains straight
through, making direct connection
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

April % 1906. April 20. 1907: August
so. 1907; October II. 1907.
About the middle Of January track
was laid on the extension as far as
Knights Key. l09 miles south of Nj.
ami and A. miles short of the event
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
FERNANDO GETS FIRST PRIZE


The awards for county prizes at the
Tampa fair have been announced.
fernando captured the championship
prize of $3.50, and also the best exhib-
it from any South Florida county Of
$500. making a total of $2250.
Manatee won second prize.
Columbia county, for the best west
Florida county, $500.
St Lucie county. for the best east
florida county, $3.50.
Alachua equity. for theinnn shrd uuu
Alachua county, for the best middle
Florida county. 500.
Hiusborough county. of course, did
not compete, nor did Marion, having
won the belt at previous EXHIBITS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
MR. HENRY M FLAGLER'S GREAT WORK FOR FLORIDA
The SEARCHING
"A Narvd odun Engneuin rhhctue

The extension Of the Florida East
Coast Railway southwest along the
Florida Keys TO Key West has often
been described in the Railroad Ga
Eette. Articles describing the nature
of the work or the progress made
were published on October 6. 1908.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

Lieut. General StoesseI of the Rus
sian army, was sentenced TO death,
but court recommended Communication
Of sentence to ten years imprisOn-
ment in the fortress.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
KEEPING OPEN HOUSE

Everybody is welcome when We
feel good. and We feel that way only
when our digestive ORGANS are work
ing properly. DIT Kings New Life
Pills regulate the action Of the st0m-
ach. liver and bowels so perfectly one
can't help feeling good when ha uses
these pills. 25c. 40 Tylings & Co.'S
drugstore m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION

Why not use Chamberlain Pain
Balm when you have rheumatism
We feel sure that the result will BE-
prompt and satisfactory. One appU-
cation relieves the pain. and many
have b IN permanently cured by its
use. 25c. and soc. sizes. For sale By
all druggists m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

did dream. The "sea-going" train has
made its first link from Miami to
Knights Key. 1t passed over thir-
teen miles of water and nineteen
miles of submerged swamps The
whole length of the line is 1O9 miles.
About forty miles more will bring the
terminal to Key West, whence great
ferry boats will carry whole trains TO
Havana, ninety miles away.
The new railroad will use as step
ping stones fOrty-One little Off-cOast
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
THE EAST COAST EXTENSION

Henry NJ. Flagler has just complet-
ed the first span of his great enter
prise, and as the New York World
says, sees the fulfjlIment of his splen-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

next thing is 10 build a tram across
the ice foes of Behring Strait Mr.
Flagler will not live to do it, but some
daring civil Or military engineer will
complete the work. It will be hard to
travel twenty-five thousand miles
when the journey can be made in
three thousand, but lots of people do
not care 10 risk the ocean and would
prefer 70 take the overland express
connecting the New York subway and
the Seine.-Savannah Press.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

Ocala is the wonder of interior cit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-29

purely scientific and eliminated in the
dash for the north pole In 1927,
with the aid of sledges, Parry reached
81 degrees As minutes. Nearly so
years later MarkhSm raised this rec
ord to SO degrees 20 minutes In 1888.
as member of the Greedy expedition,
Lieut.. Lockwood succeeded at SO de-
grees "a minutes in coming within
45O miles of the pole. The year 1895
marked the attainment of Sc degrees
IA minutes by Nansen who had
adopted the drift method of attack.
The Abruzzi expedition came in 1900,
when Cagni raised the figures to Sc
degrees 33 minutes.
Farthest north is now 200 miles
from the pole. 1t was attained by
Commander Robert E. Peary in his
last expedition of 1866. Leaving civ
ilization in the Roosevelt, Peary spent
three weeks in boring through the mar
row ice-swept channel between Green
land and America, only to have his
ship driven ashore into winter quar-
tiers at Cape Sheridan. In a subse-
quent sledge trip over the ice, the ex-
plorer was cut off from his support
Ing parties The final dash, with eight
men and six teams of dogs, enabled
him to reach 81 degrees 6 minutes,
where the condition of the ice and
lack of food compelled immediate re-
turn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-29
COWBOY PREACHER
PECULIAR BUT FETCHING METH
obs HE EMPLOYS.
Uses the Blunt But ForcefuI Language
OF the Plains to Bring Hard
ened Sinners to Repent

Seattle, Wash.-In the course OF an
hours preaching at the Volunteers OF
America mission, Samuel 8. Bettes,
the Cowboy Preacher" roped.
throwed and hog-tied Baptists. Meth
odists. Presbyterians. Catholics and
quite number of other religious
bodies After getting his rawhide Sc
curely around the orthodox denomina-
tons he proceeded to brand them with
marks not exactly familiar to the cat
tie ranges in Texas. where the cow
boy preacher used to ride the round
up.
Bettes, who says the prefix Rev"
is the grease some ministers use to
slide into heaven with, faced q mixed
but entirely receptive audience when
he launched, or rather rode, full speed,
into his discourse. There was the
usual shouting coterie of Volunteers,
but the rest of the hall was packed
with men from the streets, who were
attracted by the faring signs outside
the basement entrance, advertising
the Cowboy Preacher" and by the
uproarious chorus of cries that varied
the singing.
The preacher got some enthusiastic
yells when he delivered himself of
especially caustic epigrams. A few of
his choice ones were as follows:
You never hear of a man back
sliding from the Presbyterian church
because he had to backslide to get
there"
Some people talk about the Metho-
dists converting sinners. Why, l can
hog-tie any Methodist in catching sin
ners'
I'D rather be a religious fool than
a devilish sharp"
THE hard shell Baptist may get to
heaven, but If he does he'll find out
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-29

what an awful old fool he was on
EARTH
Religion is a good cure for dyspep-
sia- The man who curses generally
has a stomach ache coming to him.
NO true Christian will smoke Gig
arctic. A cigarette is a fool at one
end, a fire at the other, some paper
and dust in between"
Some Seattle ministers let thar
hobbies run away with them. They
need a religious bronco buster
Long hair don't let a preacher
through the eye of the needle any
easier than long legs"
Incidentally, Mr.. Bettes wears a
good deal of hair himself, which he
losses back on his forehead when he
gets well under way with his pictur-
eSque sermons. He took for his text
who is she that looketh forth as the
morning, beautiful as the moon clear
as the sun, and terrible as an army
with banners which he said was
from the Songs of Solomon, Clio.
Before the sermon began one of
the Volunteers arose and asked for
contributions. When the plate came
back to the platform, Bettes arose and
remarked that he needed II more dol
lars to pay for a new suit of clothes,
but the s12 were not forthcoming
His sermon dealt chiefly with the
glories of unorthodox religion. He
calls himself a free-will Baptist, and
frequently broke off short in his talk
to hand out some scathing denuncia-
ton of certain aspects of present-day
religion. Striding back and forth on
the narrow platform, his long iron-gray
hair falling in disorderly masses
across his brow, his face flaming red
and perspiring, his arms waving fists
often clenched, he poured forth a tor
rent of words, at times ascending to
heights of uncouth eloquence, at 9TH
er times dropping back into slang or
the grotesque language of the plains.
Once he stopped short in the mid
die of talk about the beauties of
the story of salvation, leaned forward
over the edge of the platform and
shouted at two girls on the front seat,
who had been Whispering Shut up
I want you to ailut up as long as I'm
I've got something to say,
and you, old curiosity box addressing
the girl vino apparently had started
the conversation, you want to know
how your hat looks, l suppose"
The cowboy preacher has been in
Seattle for week, and it was stated
that he will be here week longer.
He has preached all over the United
States. He used to be cowboy in
Texas and herded cattle for six years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-29

Leone. and the knowledge of it was
advanced further stage when in the
nfteenth century Portuguese explor-
ers, including Vasco da Cana. rounded
the cape In Africa, exploration has
followed the flow of the great rivers,
and will ever be associated with such
names as Livingstone, Mungo Park.
Bruce, Baker, Stanley, Speke
Schweinfurt, Du Chaillu. Serpa Pinto.
Wissmann and Donaldson. The Niger
had its course determined in the early
part of the nineteenth century. TO
day., says geographical expert. .the
Nile has been scientifically explored
for its entire length of 3 400 miles: the
Niger, with the exception of a small
portion of its middle course. for 500
miles; the Zambesi for 1,5GO miles:
and the Congo, which in volume is ex-
ceeded only by the Amazon. for near
ly 5000 miles" In Africa. where vast
areas are still dark" for geography.
the politician has sometimes followed.
has now and then accompanied the ex-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-29
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED
All the Time-Covered with Tortur>
ing Eczema-Doctor Said Sores
Would Last for Years-Per-
feet Cure by Cuticura.

My baby niece was suffering from
that terrible torture, eczema. 1t was
all over her body but the worst was
on her face and hands. She cried and
scratched all the time and could not
sleep night or day from the scratch
ing had her under the doctors
care Tor a year and a half and he
seemed to do her no good. 1 took her
TO the best doctor in the city and he
said that she would have the sores
until she was six years old. But if i
mad depended on the doctor my baby
would have lost her mind and died
from the want of aid. But 1 used
Cut1cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
and she was cured in three months.
Alice L. Dowell, 1859 Easton Ave. St
Louis. Mo-, May and 20, 1907"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-29
Tr1f6 and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanens
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
iaxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co, only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-29

EAf . new eXp0O1L1On TO Jn0
esting field of thought, writes
Edmund Noble in the Boston
Sunday Herald. 1t emphasizes
some of the Inconsistencies of
human achievement. This is an age
of scientific marvels. Man has har-
messed nature to do his bidding and is
daily discovering new forces or new
ways of utilizing them. After pene-
trating to the depths of the sea, he is
already aspiring to the dominion of
the air He weighs planets and suns
in his balances, and writes down their
composition in the unerring formulate
of the chemical laboratory His tele-
scopes and prisms fetch exact infor-
nation from the very confines of the
universe" He has not yet completed
the survey of his own planet. The
night skies have become to him as
an open book, yet there are worlds
at his very elbow which the most re-
cent geographical science is compelled
TO class as unknown"
This delay in mapping the earth
is less surprising when it is remem-
bered that geographical science could
begin only at late stage in the evo-
DOSS1D1l-
1ty, systematic exploration of the
planet needed highly civilized peo-
pies, good at conquering, as well as in
trade and travel. The earliest pro-
motors of geographical knowledge
were thus peoples like the Babyloni-
ans, Assyrians. Egyptians, Phoeni-
clans and Greeks None of them knew
the shape of the planet on which they
lived; many of them believed it to be
a fiat plane. diversified by hills and
valleys: some pictured the territory
OF their known world" as surrounded
at distance by a wide river called
ocean.
Five hundred years B. c.. this nu-
cleus of culture. from which modern
civilization was to come forth. COM
prised a patch of territory considera-
bly, smaller than the United States.
reaching from the confines of the Per
sian empire on the east to Spain and
the coast of Africa on the west. the
whole bounded to the north by the
Hyperboreans." The subsequent ex-
pansion of these limits up to the be-
ginning of the Christian era was main
ly the work of the Greeks, the Cartha-
ginianS and the LatinS. The known
world of the Roman empire reached
from Britain to India and China Ger
many had then come into view. and
Scandinavia was outlined The north
-ern fringe of Africa had widened
somewhat, but the ancients continued
to style northern Asia as "Schythian."
by 1000 A d. Iceland and Greenland
were talked about; Russia" had TAX
en- the place of "Sarmatia !" Mongolia
and Manchuria found mention on the
maps; and there were recorded land
falls" on the coasts of North America.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-29

1t took 500 or 600 years more to
trace out the general features of the
seas, islands and continents The
chief steps in this advance. which in
cluded the brilliant exploit of Magel-
Ian, whose ship, the Victoria, first cir
COMMUNICATED the globe. were the dis
-covery of the Americas and of Aus
tralia, and the partial exploration of
Africa and Siberia Columbus reached
San Salvador in 1892, and his sue
-ceeding voyages revealed Jamaica,
Trinidad and the Orinoco Amerigo
-Vespucci coasted down the continent
of South America in 1901, and Magel-
Ian discovered Patagonia and Terre
sdel Fuego in 1920. Mexico was added
to the map in 1918 by Grijalva and
California visited Il 1882 by Cortez.
For 800 years thereafter the work of
exploring the Americas proceeded by
Heaps and bounds, yet in 1900 more
than half of their territories remain
geographically unknown. The whole
rasion west OF the Mississippi was