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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23
WHAT IS DEMOCRATIC

The democrats who have voted
against free lumber have:
Voted TO repudiate the national
platform Of the democratic party;
Voted to encourage the destruction
of our forests;
Voted to tax a material that enters
into a multitude of industries. and
thus to place an unnecessary burden
upon these industries;
Voted to tax the people OF The
while country for the benefit Of a
comparatively few owners Of timber
lands; and
Voted to tax a majority Of their own
constituents for the benefit OF a mt
nority of those constituents.
To cast such a vote a democrat
must have arguments that have not
yet been given to the public and must
be prepared to present these argu-
ments to his constituents.
The Commoner will give space Cup
to two thousand words) to any demo
cratic senator or member OF congress
who desires to present an argument
in favor of duty on lumber. provid-
ed he will in his article answer the
following questions:
First, is a platform binding7
Second, is II wise 10 encourage the
devastation of our forests?
Third, will the country. as a whole.
be benefited by a tarif on lumber. and
If so, how?
Fourth, how many OF his eonstitu.
ents produce lumber as compared
with the number Of his constituents
who use lumber?
Firth, will he give the names Of the
men who have by letter or In person
urged him TO vote for the tarin on
lumber?-Bryan's COmmOner.
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MAKE EN- SHORTER

We surely would not count it i'll if
Jacksonville should drop its willie"
and sporting under shorter name, pur-
sue its certain path of fame.
Authorization is the fad, and jour
inalism has it bad" so why not dare
it do its worst. and "cut" all syllables
save the first?
Let Jacksonville become plain
"Jack"-no knocker dare that name
attack-it's brief and sweet, and
catchy, too-but. what would other cit
les do?
Would Mayes and Taylor chortie
when they saw their city listed Penn"
Would it please Uncle Henry's eye to
see Miami's cut to NIP"
Or Walter Thompson smile in glee
to Lose the West and hold the
'.Key?" 'Twould suit Polk county bet
ter fart has a Law, then why not
"Bar?"
McCreary's burg would save some
pains by shortening its name to
Gaines while-here's a labor-saying
Irap-make Apalachicola ZAP"
The Harris Bittinger town would
grow as rapidly if known as 90" Let
likewise "ahassee'-make it "Tal."
What sweeter name than simple
kiss" for Garden City" home of
bliss? And for a city free from
faint. what more appropriate than
SAINT"
Let Punta Gorda have its PUN,
and Dunnellon be ever Dun" Let
Let Picnic take its own, dear pic,
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,UATIoNs AND VAST coNCERNs..-CowPER.
oCALA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, July %, 1909.
SURGEONS NOVEL THEORY-A
PLAN To LIVE LONGER
Declares Large Intestine Should be
Removed at an Early Age

A London special says as result OF
Investigations in London hospitals,
DIR. Distaso of Paris says he has YER
flied the theory of Professor Metch-
nikoff, that old age can be warded off.
Professor Metchnikoff declared it to
be his conviction a couple of years
ago that the large intestine was the
breeding place of the majority of the
harmful germs in the human body,
and when this was removed, with the
majority of the germs remaining in
the body life was prolonged. DR.. Dis
tasos investigation was directed to
comparing the germs found in the bod
les of normal persons and those
whose large intestine had been re-
moved.
He unhesitatingly says that every
child ought to have its large intes
tine and appendix removed when two
or three years old. He further affirms
that almost every chronic disease can
be traced to the action of these inteS
final germs, among others heart dis
ease, arterial sclerosis and mot kinds
of headaches.
Everybody would get along better
without the big intestine, but those
who are not inclined to submit to its
removal by operation ought, if they
want to live long, to eat very little
meat, once daily being plenty, with
green vegetables and only vegetable
diet with other meals.
Water should be drunk abundantly
Throughout the day, but no tea, coffee
! or spirits, although a little diluted
wine could be allowed with meals
Eggs are dangerous poison. They de
compose within the intestines exactly
as they do outside, and afford an ex
cellent breeding place for germs.
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FARMERS SCARCE, SAYS SEcRE.
TARY WILSON
Crop Acreage Growing LeS Every
Year Because AgricuIt lists
Cannot Get Help

Washington, July Id Pat
ten and his wheat squeeze MChicago,
Secretary Wilson said:
THAT is gambling, and while it can
do the country no good it cannot have
any permanent effect on food prices.
The real trouble is, that the farmer
cannot get help to raise crops"
He added:
While the population of the Unit
ed States has been steadily increas-
ing through the usual additions at
home and from immigration, the cul-
tivated area of the country is decreas-
ing. Thousands of acres formerly
raising products that made the food
of the country have gone back to
pasturage. The farmers simply can
not get the men to raise the crops.
"The city draws not only the labor.
er who might go to the farm, but the
boy raised on the farm. Outside the
fascination of bright lights, amuse
ment, and the excitement of mingling
with people, there are the shorter
hours and the better pay. The farm
er has doubled his wages in the last
fifteen years, but the farmer in this
busy season must work sixteen hours
day, while in the city eight hours
mas become the rule
THE government bureau of infor
nation, under the department of com
merce and labor, is valuable and capa
BILE of great development. 1t would
seem to be a wise policy to get the
immigrant away from the large cities
and out into the country, where his
services are needed, and where he has
chance TO grow into property own
er. So the government employment
agency as it has been called, is g
good institution.
con the other hand, many of the i'm
migrants arriving would be of no use
in the western country. They are
from cities in Europe and have farmeC
in a primitive way, and would moi
know what to do with our modern ma
chinery.
1t is a pity that our laws will MOI
allow American farmers to import rea
farmers from Europe who know how
! TO do the work.
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CAPTAIN TRIPLETT's SOUVENIR

Captain John Triplett Of Thomas
vile. one of General Lees most gal
liant veterans, and former editor of
the ThOmasyille Times Enterprise.
has a 25-cent silver piece that he has
been carrying for more than A years.
It is a part Of the last money paid out
by the Confederate government to its
soldiers, and Captain Triplett prizes
It very highly. When Captain Trip
lett came down with Jefferson Davis
and his party on his memorable trip
south, when Mr. Davis was captured,
all Of the money belonging to the
Confederacy was brought along, and
before the party separated at Wash
ington it was divided up, the share
$3.50 As money was a pretty
scarce commodity in those days, he
was obliged to use most of it, but
held on to one 25-cent piece, which he
says he will never spend.-vaIdosta
(Ga.) Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

Mrs. Trusten Polk Drake and her
handsome little son have been the
guests of General and Mrs. Charles p.
Lowell, en- route to Daytona Beach,
where they have taken a cottage for
the summer. Mrs. Drake will have
her fine horse, Ada, at the beach. and
expects to enjoy some delightful rides
and drives A little later Mrs. Lowell,
Miss Gertrude Lowell and Master
Charles Lowell. Jr, will join Mrs.
Drake for a visit Mrs. Drake wiz be
delightfully."- remembered here as Miss
Alice Enthusiastically Coat OF
Arms.
Mr.. Drake. after spending a couple
Of days in this city, has now joined
his family at Daytona eBach.
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MARTEL w. C. T. U.

National independence day was
celebrated by the Martel w. c. T. u,
with an interesting and well rendered
program on the evening of July 18th,
as follows:
Song, America, Sung by every
body.
Devotional-Rev. ]. w. Nease.
Loyal Temperance Legion Song
L. T. LIS.
Recitation, Our Christian Lead
ers'-Miss Laura Kemp.
Quarter, Were Out for Prohibi-
tion''
Reading, THE Saloon or American
Liberty; Which ?"-Mr. Allen Pouch
er.
Song, "The Home Guard'-Choir
and L. T. L.
Recitation, Counting the Cost
Miss Ruby Ray.
Quartet, Fly Your Banners"
Address, Personal Lberty"-Mr. P.
A. Ausley
Solo and chorus, "In the Name of
Christ as King"
Address-Rev. J. w. Nease.
Quartet, 'Woman's Cause Shall
Win"
Pledge cards were then passed to
the audience and four names were
added to the roll book, namely: Mrs.
W. H. Byrd, Mrs. Ethel Beck, and
Misses Carrie Barco and Maggie
Smith.
Two hundred and fifty pages of lit
erature were then distributed. This
consisted of "One Year of Prohibition
in Georgia" by Mrs. Harris Armour,
and 1.-THE License System" by Hon.
Seaborn Wright.
Announcements were then made,
and after singing the Temperance
Doxology," benediction was pronounc-
ed by Rev. Mr.. Nease.
All then repaired to the chapel
green IOI q SOCIdI muir, WuSIS TtlIcSu-
ments were served, under the super
vision of Mrs Mollie Smith, social
superintendent, and a neat sum real
lied for the treasury.
The Martel w. c. T. U. was organ
lied in April, 1907, with ten charter
members. and has grown since to thir-
ty-flve active and twenty-eight honor
airy members, making total of sixty
three members of this union.
Two years time has made many
changes, and twenty-five of our mem
bers have moved away, leaving only
thirty-eight to respond to roll call.
This union is doing a great deal to-
ward educating public sentiment in ia
vor of prohibition, as is well attest
ed by the large and growing attend
ance on the monthly meetings and the
number of pledges signed.
REPORTER.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23
TSETSE FLY CLEARED Of ILL.
NESS BLAME

The tsetse fly, the insect that jump
ed from scientific obscurity to public
notice on the eve of Theodore Roose
velt's departure for Africa, has re-
ceived a certificate of character from
the Rockefeller institute. DR.. S. J.
Meltzer, one of the affiliated special.
lists, announces that the dreaded sleep
ing sickness is carried by the tsetse
fly only incidentally; that is, from
one already infected to fresh sub
ject, as the common house fly may
carry typhoid.
His bite is not venomous, says the
physician, while the real offender is
the only disease germ known to have
the power of locomotion-the trypan-
esum. This microscopic organism has
the disease bound up in his system
and has been exclusively used recent
ly by the Rockefeller Institute in all
the NEGOTIATIONS of mice.
The institute is at work with a new
serum for the cure of the sleeping
sickness, for which it has high hopes,
but no announcement of its nature
will be made before next winter.
Since the sleeping sickness first
made its appearance in Uganda in
1901, two hundred thousand have died
by it in one district alone, and its toll
in the Congo Free State has been a.
most unbelievably heavy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23
ATTACKED BY SHARK
A Young Man Almost Loses His Life

A young man by the name of Mum
son, while in bathing near the beach,
about four miles from st. Andrews,
on last Saturday was attacked by a
man-eating shark in twelve feet of
water, and he would have been de-
voured by the fish if his companions
had not stood manfully by him and
beat off the vicious fish who had Bit
ten his victim, tearing out piece of
flesh from his right hip. The wound
was s inches in length, inches deep
and 2 inches in width. When struck
by the shark the victim screamed, and
four young men went to his assist
ance. Two of the rescuers carried
Munson to the beach, while the 9TH
ers stood guard and warded off the
vicious and repeated attacks of the
hugh fish who was crazed by mouth
full of human flesh and blood. Munson
had to be carried for 300 yards before
the beach was reached, and almost
the entire distance the shark follow
ed, seeking to get at the wounded
man to devour him.
One hundred and ten stitches were
required to sew up the wound made
by the shark.
At last accounts Munson was rest
ing easy, although he was very weak
from loss of blood.
The shark is described as IS feet
In neth-Analachicola Times.
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PROFESSOR LooNEY AT FAIR.
BURN

Professor George c. Looney. a vel
known and successful southern odu.
Gator, formerly principal Of the sun
ny South Institute OF this city. has e.
tablished at Fairburn. Ca. a co-edu-
cational institution known as thc PM
Sigma Literary and Military College
The Phi Sigma has been vel or.
ganized and splendidly equipped by
Professor Looney for the great work
of preparing young men and Young
women for life work OF for class iu
any literary college or technical
school
Professor LoOney regards this en-
terprise as bis one best effort an bis
long educational career. and youth OF
both sexes viii find az Fairburn
home-Bke atmosphere, thoroush and
efficient training in every department
OF a broad culture. a loyal and .e.F-
full school spirit.
Associated with Professor L.o0ney
will be Captain Samuel r. Shi. grad-
uate Of Alabama Polytechnic Insii-
tute, who as commandant viii main.
tain strict discipline over the cadets.
Mrs. George G. Looney viii be- prin-
cipal of the department for young NO
men.-Atlanta Georgian.
Professor LOoney Is the father a
the late Morgan c. LOOney Of his
city.
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Mr.. THAeARD A soNIFAcE.

Mr. E. P Thagard is, We under
stand, full fledged boniface. having
assumed the management Of the
Park hotel. Jacksonville.
Polite, popular and altogether pleas
ing in his manners, there is no rea-
son in the world that he should not
make a successful landlord. OF
course. the Park viii be headquarters
for OcaIa people. Lord Byron's toast
10 Tom Moore we express for Mr.
Thagard. We trust also that under
his administration the Park will be
eminently successful.
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popNuTt'a' JoEame'uogsg hrdlu rdul
and Micanopy shrink to ''Mic?"
Why use the whole blamed alpha
bet? Why make the postal experts
fret? And as for US, why, call US
"Tam"-we wouldn't care a single
cent.-Tampa Tribune.
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Local and Personal

Mr.. Adolph Dame has accepted a DO
sition at the Globe.
; Mrs. Sue Frink is spending this
week with friends at Martin.
Mr.. Frank Graham of Lakeland
spent Sunday in ocala visiting friends.
Miss Rutland of Tampa is spending
the summer with relatives in this
city.
Mr.. Louis ]. Brumby has gone to
Jacksonville and other points on bus
mess.
Mr.. William Brooks has returned
home from a short visit with friends
az Morriston.
Mr.. Charles o. Fox has just return
ed from a short visit to Alabama,
where he went to see his little son.
Miss Susie Niblack, of Dunnellon,
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Du-
rand. and her aunt, Mrs. Lanier Rob-
ertson.
Capt Z. L. Carney came home Mon
day from Lake Weir where he spent
several days looking after his orange
grove property.
Mr.. NJ. V. Wheeler and Mr.. Charles
Flippin have returned home from
Tennessee, where they spent several
weeks with their relatives.
Mrs. J. W. Crosby and children have
returned home from Bailey, Ca,
where they have spending the past
month or more with relatives.
Mrs. McMeekin, an excellent train
ed nurse, has arrived in Ocala from
Jacksonville and win assume charge
Of the Marion county hospital
0sNdiss Marie Hubbard has been
nding the last several weeks at
the mines near Newberry with her sis
ter, Mrs. Thomas c. Bailey.
Miss Emma Washburne, one of our
best known nurses, has gone to Fivay,
near Brooksville, where she will as
sumo charge of the hospital.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Nicely and lovely little
daughter, Virginia, came up Monday
from Ocklawaha for ashort visit with
her mother, Mrs. Florence Mayo.
Mrs. ]. B. Willis and little grand
son, John Willis Fox, who are enjoy
ing a visit with friends in Alabama,
are expected home in short time.
Mr.. r. A. Alfred of Port Inglis was
in Ocala Monday on his way home
from trip north, having been called
TO his former home by the illness of
his father.
Master James Chace accompanied
his father, DR.. ]. E. Chace, 10 New
York and New Jersey Saturday, and
viii remain away all summer with
his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Martin and
children have returned home from
Dsytona Beach. where they spent sew.
eral weeks with Mir and Mrs. John
Williamson.
The Mogul, DR. Walter Hoods IA
nous automObile- has changed hands
He has exchanged it for Mr. Louis
Lang's runabout, Mr.. Lang now being
owner of the mogul
Mrs. Charles E. Culbreath and pref
~ little daughter Martha. came
home Monday afternoon from Lake
Weir where they spent a couple of
weeks most pleasantly.
AIRS F. c. staley and little daughter
- have been visiting relatives in
.elrgfa are now the guests of Mrs.
- sister. Mrs Christie, at
Tauni,tv. and from there viii go to
-, .Nreside.
Who IS w&sDdwin, of Standard and
the city Nom vi be N ocaia, was in
ed home frO no mas just return
where he has tn ss'ssiile' n, c.,
weeks most enjoy rPenolng several
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

Have you seen the new bulletin,
Stetson College of Liberal Arts? Send
for copy. See ad on second page
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-20

Glenn H. Curtiss appears to be the
reigning aeroplane favorite. His vic
tory at Brescia, Italy, supplements
that at France, where he won the in
ternational championship. Curtiss also
receives $4,000 of the prize money,
and this, in addition to the sums given
in other contests, makes a total of
$15,0 900 from these sources alone. And
it is added that the Curtiss aeroplane
cost only $1,000. That invention ap-
pears to have been one of the best
investments on record
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-20

but they will not modest you. If they
try to land over here We'll train our
guns on them and blow them out of
the water. AS our neighbor beyond
the iron gate of Glenarm 1 beg that
you look upon me as your man-at-
arms. My sword, madam, I lay at
your feet
''Sheathe it, Sir Laurance; nor
draw it save in honorable cause she
returned on the instant, and then she
was grave again.
SISTER Margaret is most kind in
every way; she seems wholly discreet,
and has assured me of her interest
and sympathy said Miss Patricia, as
though she wished me to confirm her
own impression.
There's no manner of doubt of it
She is Sister Theresa's assistant 1t
is inconceivable that she could pos
sibly interfere in your affairs. I be-
ieve you are perfectly safe here in
every way, Miss Holbrook. If at the
end of p week your brother has made
no sign, we shall be reasonably Ger
tain that he has lost the TRAIL
81 believe that is true; and 1 thank
you very much
had come prepared to be disil-
her small figure had even an added
distinction; her ways, her manner an
added grace. 1 found myself resist
ing the temptation to call her quaint
as implying too much; yet 1 felt that
in some olden time, on some noble
estate in England, or, better, in some
stored colonial mansion in Virginia,
she must have had her home in years
long gone living on with NO ipcrooco
of age to this present. She suggested
peace and gent1eness and beautiful
patience; and l strove to say amusing
things, that 1 might enjoy her rare
luminous smile and catch her eyes
when she gave me her direct gaze in
the quick, challenging way that
marked her as a woman of position
and experience, who had been more
given to command than to obey
Did you think l was never coming
Aunt Pat? That shore-path calls for
more strenuous effort than 1 imagined,
and l had to change my gown again."
Helen Holbrook advanced quickly
and stood by her aunt's chair, nodding
to me smilingly, and while we ex-
changed the commonplace of the day,
she caught up Miss Pats hand and
held it a moment caressingly The
maid now brought the tea, Miss Pat
poured it and the talk went forward
cheerily.
"Oh, Mr.. Donovan" said Helen HoI-
brook, as l put down her cup, there
are some letters 1 should like to write
and l wish you would tell me whether
it is safe to have letters come for us
to Annandale; or would it be better
to send nothing from here at all? 1t
does seem odd to have to ask such
a question" and she concluded in a
tone of distress and looked at me ap-
pealingly.
I'VE must take no risks whatever,
Helen remarked Miss Pat, decisively.
Does no one know where you
are?" 1 inquired of Miss Patricia
My lawyer, in New York, has the
name of this place, sealed; and he
put it away in a safety box and
promised not to open it unless some
thing of very great Importance hap
pened-''
TT is best to take no chances 1
said; so l should answer your ques-
ton in the negative, Miss Holbrook
In the course of few weeks every
thing may seem much clearer; and in
the meantime it will be wiser not to
communicate with the outer world
They deliver mail through the
country here. don't they?" asked Hell
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-20
CHAPTER II.
Condolences.


Miss Patricia received me the fol-
lowing afternoon on the lawn at ST.
Agathas where, in a cool angle of
the buildings, a maid was laying the
cloth on small table.
1T is good of you to come. Helen
will be here presently. She went for
walk on the Shore
You must both of YOU make free
of the Glenarm preserve. Don't con-
slider the wall over there a barricade:
it's merely to add to the picturesque
ness of the landscape
Miss Patricia was quite rested from
her journey, and expressed her pleas
ure in the beauty and peace of the
place in frank and cordial terms.
I could ask nothing better than
this. Sister Margaret is most kind in
every way. Helen and 1 have had a
peaceful "a hours-the first in two
years-and I feel that at last we
have found safe harborage."
Rest assured of it, Miss Holbroolxt
The summer colony is away off there
and you need see nothing of it; it is
quite out of sight and sound You
have seen Annandale-the sIeepiest
of American villages, with curio
shop and a candy and soda fountain
place and picture postcard booth
which the young ladies of st. Aga
tha's patronize extensively when they
are here The summer residents are
Just beginning to arrive on their shore.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-20
CHAPTER III.
| Meet Mr.. Reginald Gillespie.

Meet Mr.. Reginald Gillespie.
AsIneared the boathouse 1 saw dark
figure sprawled on the veranda and my
Japanese boy spoke to me softly. The
moon was at full and 1 drew up in the
shadow of the house and waited. Lima
had been with me for several years
and was boy of unusual intelligence.
He spoke both English and French ad
mirably, was deft of hand and wise of
mind, and 1 was greatly attached to
him. His courage, fidelity and dis
erection 1 had tested more than once.
He lay quite still on the pier, gazing
out upon the lake, and I knew that
something unusual had attracted his
attention. He spoke to me in mo
ment, but without turning his head.
"a man has been rowing up and
down the shore for an hour. When
he came in close here 1 asked him
what he wanted and he rowed away
without answering. He is now OFF
there by the school,
Probably a summer boarder from
across the lake."
rection of the village and acts
queerly.''
1 flung myself down on the pier and
craw1ed out to where lima lay. We
lay by the post that bore the three
lanterns, and watched the slow move
ment of rowboat along the margin
of the school grounds. st. @Agatha's
maintains a boathouse for the use of
students, and the pier Hghts-red,
white and red-lay beyond the boat
man, and he seemed to be drawing
slowly toward them
(TO BE CONTINUED.)