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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20
STIMULATING

Brother j. H. Benjamin of the
Ocala Evening Star, doesn't use the
same kind of spectacles that are
worn by Brother Frank Harris of the
Ocala Banner, as is attested by the
following:
The ST. Augustine Meteor came
last week as an all home-print. State
Senator Louis W. Zim, editor and
proprietor of the Meteor, is a brainy
and Independent man, and his paper
is always interesting and outspoken. -
Thanks, brother. 1t always makes
a fellow feel better to be compliment
ed than to be jostled by a seemingly
uncalled-for knock from an old friend.
st. Augustine Meteor.
Whom the Lord loveth he chas-
teneth" 1t was like pulling eye teeth
but we felt like it had to be done
Brother Zim was not doing himself
nor his readers Justice We knew
that he had it in him, and that it only
required little stirring up to put
the medicine" had the desired eff
feet. We at once notice an improve
ment. The Meteor is now all hand
set, is neatly printed and a credit 10
our good and esteemed brother, and
The community in which it is printed.
There is another publication thar
We think is also deserving Of q gen
lie little jolt at the hands OF someone.
and as we are friendly to it and 10 its
editor, we cannot refrain from at
tempting to put a coal of fire on its
back in order to wake it up.
It's friends are deluging it with le-
gal advertising, and from the amount
of patronage it receives it ought to
be a great state paper, even more so
than Dixie, but week after week il
reaches our exchange table carlessly
printed, and with scarcely enough
reading matter in it to pass muster.
1t is not creditable to its owner, its
friends, nor the city in which it is
printed, and unless it can muster up
little more snap, increase its size
and improve it's topography, its
friends should quit it cold
Now, this is said in all good humor
and under the same text that we are
commanded to chasten those we love
1t matters not what line OF bust
ness man is in, he owes it to his
friends, his community and himsel:
TO give out the very best that he pos
sesses.
The newspaper should always give
forth its best efforts
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

Hon. Whitelaw Reid, United
States ambassador to the court of st.
James since 1905, died at his London
residence quite peacefully last Sur
day. Before his appointment to this
important post he was editor of the
New York Tribune, succeeding Horace
Greeley. Before that time he was
its Washington correspondent. Soon
after the civil war Mr.. Reid went to
Alabama and planted a large cotton
crop, but it was attacked by the cat
erpillar and resulted in a disastrous
failure. He married a daughter of
Mr.. Ogden Mills, a very wealthy wo-
man, and as he was very aristocratic
in his habits the post as minister to
England harmonized with his tastes
and suited him exactly.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

State divisions and county divisions
are in the air. West Florida wants
to set up housekeeping in her own
behalf. California is agitating di-
vision, and the same sentiment is
prevalent in some of the other west
ern states. Under the act admitting
her into the union, Texas is permit
ted to carve herself into four states
whenever her population justified and
her people desired it, but she is am
bilious to become the great empire
state" wrestling that title from New
York, and has no sentiment fol divis-
ion. In Florida Washington county
is speaking of dividing; a new Hall
fax county is proposed. and the San
ford section wants a celery" county
We hope that this sentiment does not
find expression from a lust for the
spoils of office, but from the benz fits
that are Supposed to go to the great
body of people by smaller states and
counties.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20
JUST A LITTLE TOO SENSITIVE

The New York Herald says that il
is remarked in the Washington dis
patches that there is great unrest
among the democratic members of
the house of representatives because
Mr. Oscar w. Underwood of Alabama.
who is chairman of the ways and
means committee and of the commit
tee on committees, was the guest OF
Mr. Thomas F. Ryan at dinner in this
city last Wednesday night, and ate
the dinner in company with Mr.. E. H.
Gary, Mr.. Nelson w. Aldrich, Mr.
George j. Gould, Mr. Stuyvesant Fish
and other prominent men. What of
it? Suppose Mr.. Underwood had din
ed with Mr.. Thomas w. Lawson. Mr.
Maurice Untermeyer, Mr.. George W
Perkins and Mr.. William J. Bryan,
would there have been the same
amount Of criticism? And if not, why
not? We fear that some of our dem
ocratic friends in Washington are
getting into SNUG condition, some
what resembling cold molasses.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

During the year non draa na as
close the Canadian Pacific Ha
Company spent foftfeFhf
dollars In rolling sfocs a. fn
nous sum OF money for onr
ton TO appropriate ln tee.te n
for equipment q IS daHat
amount ever ordered ht af
railway system lu Norh Ame
the same period and Is
dence that the q = b
pace with the developmea
da-no matter hoa asr M
be.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

Editor Hush Sprs ar
rianna Leader called h
on the carpet ahon fhe
walks and now taef enaea
that Hugh De- knockna ae ~
Keep it up. Hueh $50 e#
that can please al tae ae
ime. and when sou maae ~
they usually get busy an.
their premises whether fhef ar
or NOT KNOCK them q HIe haf
and get brick streets far fHe
est city in the sesi saufara ll
aid
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

We are told that tbe uase
men have raised gIaH nf
ing in northern and
calls for The present .aaat fEe
Ocala newspaper a. t.s
her hotels and do u usH
kept full an the year r1ua
advertising would neeeH
hotels
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

We do not object to the Jackson
vile Metropolis appropriating our To-
cal and society items without proper
credit, but we do object to having
them labeled with the government
mark, adv"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

Los Angeles, Cal, has had a cab
bage patch" wedding, and is ready to
share honors with Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

Florida is following the old strate-
gic advice of recoiling in order to
leap the further-Fruitman's Guide.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

aA. DECEMBER 20. 1912
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
Subscribe
A Wide Acquaintance.

A nouvelle richie dowager has afford
ed much amusement while clambering
up the slippery rounds of Washing
tons social ladder. One day after she
had returned from acknowledging
the globe she essayed to entertain a
drawing room with boastful account
of her travels. She had been every
where. and her flow of slaughter house
English was augmented by frequent
wavings Of her bediamonded hands
and forceful holdings Of her tiaraed
head.
"Did you see the DardanellesT ask
ed a sprightly debutante.
"And the HimalayasY inquired an
other fair young bud.
81 dined with them In Paris" replied
the dowager triumphantly.
And she wondered why everybody
smiled.-Chicago. Tribune.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
~ IN Louisville Evening Post
X All and Breckenridge News
YOeOV one year So. so.
COURTSHlP IN SPAIN.
A Difficult Business In Which Speak
ina Tubes Play Part.


In Spain. as is well known, rigorous
etiquette governs the business of love
making A young man cannot inter
view his sweetheart without her par
ents' consent. and indeed all conversa-
ton openly carried on between the
couple must be in the presence Of the
fair ones mother.
Many subterfuges are adopted by the
lovers to overcome this difficulty. and
the "reja"-the ornamental ironwork on
the windows of Spanish houses-has
become one of the favorite trysting
places. Modern life, however, has i'm.
posed fresh barriers. If a young mans
sweetheart lives on the third floor of a
city building he cannot very well meet
her at the ''reja."
In this as In other spheres of life
necessity il the mother Of invention,
and some ardent lovers have brought
speaking tubes to their assistance. The
senorita. at the appointed hour. lowers
this to her lover below. and they are
thus able to carry on their love affairs
with the assurance that they are not
overheard by the people on the inter
vening flats. as would be the case If the
conversation were carried on without
such aid.-London Answers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
Ihaeksray,s Eavorits Books.

In her Introduction 10 the Round
about Papers" In the centenary edition
of Thackeray. Lady Richie speaks OF
her fathers favorite books. .Thackeray
had an old Montague, which he al
ways kept ON the table by his bed. He
had second copy. still older, bound in
white vellum. on the book shelves In
his study. Lady Richie cannot re
member that he had any particular
feeling for special editions. He used
a cheap. battered old Boswell with dou'
BILE columns. the companion with
whom. as he said. he could have been
quite contest TO dwell for a year upon
that predetermined desert island. He
loved his Don Quixote.' He also liked
his shabby. worm eaten copy Of John
sons poets They had been TO India
and back. and bookworms ARE very
common out there Millions sonnet
TO Shakespeare In Johnson's poets was.
Lady Richie adds. one of the last
things Thackeray ever read.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
Retardina Home Influence.

A writer in the Boston Transcript
remarks upon the new factors which
antagonize home relations and absorb
so much time and attention that home
is less constant factor and seems to
the child less important than it did a
generation ago.
THE school, not only with its regu-
lar work. but with it's athletics and af-
filiated social interests, demands an
increasing amount of time. The
church, with its many organizations,
calls for many evening hours as we'll
as for a large part of Sunday. In
some communities the children seem
to have about as few hours for free,
quiet home life as the busiest of bust
ness men, and the mother needs the
best methods as well as the finest
of spirit in the ever lessening amount
of time she has to exert those infiu-
ences which are recognized as the
most potent as well as the most up
lifting in life. The church Is making
mistake in pushing so vigorously
missionary, philanthropic and social
organizations for women. while rele-
eating to a minor place that organiza-
tion whose aim Is to strengthen the
very heart Of the social organism-the
home. More attention should be given
to the honoring and helping of mother.
hood"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
WINDOW SHOULD BE
TRIMMED OFTEN
BY A. e. EDGAR.

How many people pass your store
In day7 II the average is ten a
minute In the eight busiest hours OF
the day $500, people must pass your
window This number, $500, repre-
sents what, In newspaper parlance. Is
called daily circulation.
A good advertiser will change his
advertisement In his local paper
often, and for a similar reason the
advertiser should change his window
trims frequently. This is an easy
matter for almost any store. It is not
necessary that every elaborate detail
be changed two or three times
week, but II is worth while changing
some portion of II. The up-to-date
window is trimmed on a unit idea.
except when some one line of goods
is featured exclusively II should be
an easy. matter to remove one or
more OF the central units and replace
them with others. When this is done
the background and display remains
in place for a week or so, while the
central portion, or foreground. is fire.
quently changed.
Price Cards Profitable.
There is not the slightest doubt
that a judicious use OF price tickets
and window cards will pay we'll for
their cost and the time expended in
their making. II has been proven.
also, that a neat, plain window card
is much more valuable than one that
Is glazing and sprawlingly artistic"
The window card is a small thing
in itself, so is the newspaper adver-
tisement. AS the latter is an impor'
tant link in the chain Of publicity so
should the window card be a thing OF
sense and meaning. Such expressions
as, We'll treat you right" I'VE sell
at lowest prices" I'VE have the lar
gest stock in town." while of some
value are not nearly so desirable as
some definite information or sugges-
ton about some line or article on dis
play
1t is safe to say that the messages
sent out constantly through this me-
dunn are bearing fruit every day. A
card that is suggestive will always be
sure of having people who read il
think and ponder over the induce
ments offered The good work these
cards do may not always be easily
traced. but they have done good fol
others and to all classes of stores.
A clothier and haberdasher of Chi
cago has stated that window cards
made out Of plain wrapping paper
with a carpenters blue pencil, were
the means of building up a successful
business for him.
The price card is a salesman
| When a man looks in show window
and notices a saw he likes he won
ders first of all what the price Is. He
feels difident about asking a sales
man what the price may be, so passes
on. If the question of how much
is answered as often as possible by
price cards. more sales will be the re
sult
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
Incident OF the War.

During General Blrney's raid
through Florida. a bright little girl
was found alone at one house. her
parents having escaped. She did not
know whether the troops were union
or rebel Two fine dogs made their
appearance while conversation was
beirg held with the child. and she
infomed one Of her questloners that
their names were Gilmore and
Beauregard. Which is the best dog?"
asked a bystander ~ don't know"
said she: they're both mighty smart
dogs; but they'll either OF 'em suck
eggs II you don't watch EN-" The
troops left without ascertaining
whether the family OF which the girl
was so hopeful scion was union or
rebel.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
OFFER PRIZES FOR CHILDREN
Citizens Of Doueiaston, L. l., In Queer
Predlcament Over School
Money.

New York.-Having failed to find
more than fifteen children in Douglas.
ton, Long island, one of the outlying
villages included within the limit of
Greater New York. of the proper age
to attend kindergarten. the citizens
of the place will offer prizes to any
one who will furnish three more chill.
dren to attend the school. that the
salary of the teachers may be paid
by the board of education OF New
York. A state law provides that q
city kindergarten must have at least
eighteen children.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
NAY PR0L0NG LIFE
Or. Metchnikoff, coIaborer Of
Pasteur, Is Praised.
humble ToiIer IN Field Of Science
Has Made Discovery Accusing In.
tense interest-Took Serum
From Dog.

Paris, France.-The hero of today
in Paris is DR.. Ellie Metchnikoff. His
name Is upon every tongue. Stimu-
lated by his discoveries. Parisians,
male and female, all have a vague
hope of living to be as old as Me
thuselah.
Since Metchnikom presented the re-
suit of his Investigations on longevity
to the Academy of Sciences his glory
has Increased tenfold. So also has
respect for mans faithful friend, the
dog. For the serum which is to rev.
olutionize our length of days comes
from the dag. This lionized, gold
specialized, long haired, grizzly beard
ed, unkempt man has forced his name
into every study and every salon.
The name of professor still clings
u him since those distant days when
ne taught biology In the University
of Odessa. About 80 years ago he
took up the study Of medicine, par
ticularly that part Of 1t to which BIZ
ology naturally led UP. He came to
Paris In 1888, or "a years ago. Since
that time he has been connected with
the Pasteur institute, the immortal
founder of which took him at once to
his bosom.
For Pasteur had already read and
admired the works of the learned
Russian. Pasteur paid this savant
the small salary Of $500 year. But
I'VE must remember, says a Paris let
ter to the st. Louis Republic. that
the world famed institute which has
grown to be mighty force was then
only such tiny concern that DR.
lMetchnikoff declined for time to &C
cept even the pittance which Pasteul
could i'll afford to pay.
Only since 1910, when legacy left
by the philanthropist Osiris-the
same who gave the Chateau de Nal
Imaison to France-came into opera
ton, has Metchnikoff begun to re
ceive salary of $4,000 year. He
was then, and is now, assistant man
ager Of the Pasteur institute.
AS vice president Metchnikoff's
habits are of the simplest; he can af
ford to spend what he earns on phil
anthropic causes. His clothes cost 6
minimum.
During the day, while occupied II
his laboratory at the Pasteur institute
he wears overalls. When he sallies
forth to go home he is dressed In 6
shiny black coat, which at its bes
did not cost more than $40.
.Metchnikoff's publications have
raised tempest on the other side o.
the Rhine. German science seems t.
have formed coalition against them
In France his triumph Is complete
and Frenchmen, respecting the laws
of hospitality. pay tribute to him.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
LITTLE DEMAND FOR LEEcHEs
Almost Nothing Compared With What
II Used to Be Only Few
Years Ago.

Forty years ago there were In
Paris alone 10 wholesale dealers In
leeches, each of whom sold between
3OO,O00 and 100000 leeches monthly.
for which they received on an aver
age about $50 a thousand.
Today there is only one dealer In
the capital and he gets from six to
seven francs ($l.20 to sl.40) hun.
dred. His name is Leya and he han
dies about 10000 per month, his best
market being the United States. lie
has sometimes half a million in
stock.
In former times the Paris poor law
administration purchased $4,000
francs ($l6,O00) worth a year; this
was in the '30s and 4Os Of the 10Th
century; the administration now find s
itself amply supplied with $40 worth
annually.
The great breeding ground for
French leeches was the marshes
around Bordeaux. A poor peasant
named Bechade was the creator of
the industry. He rented a tract of
marsh land for about 500, and tnis'
when properly stocked with leeches.
became worth $4,000.
Bechade collected the leeches by
buying all the worn out horses he
could get hold of and driving them
into the marshes five or six times
a month, especially in April, May,
June, October and November. Be
chades business flourished, and when
he died he was worth 1.000,000f
After a while the French leech
trade was ruined, not only on account
OF the great decline in the demand,
but on account of the accessibility OF
other sources of supply brought about
by the improved facilities OF trans
port, fast trains bringing them in a
short time from Turkey, Bohemia and
Dalmatia, and to more limited ex
tent from Algeria and Russia.-Medi'
cal Brief.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
GOAT vANQUISHES POLICE
Strips Of His Uniform Oficer
Sent to Quiet Him.

Chicago.-John Boland of 100 West
Twenty-second street was thousand
miles from Chicago In his dreams
sleeping on a chair on the back porch
when q large Angora goat. with q
snowy beard and a determined ex'
preston. butted him on the chair and
into wskefulness.
Boland ran q marathon to the wood
shed Just In time to feel the impact
of the goat against the door. Mem
bers OF the family. aroused by his ap-
peals for aid, telephoned the police
and Charles Hickey. brave patrol.
man. responded.
Hickey learned with ease TO distin-
guish between both ends of a healthy
goat. AS he CROPPED about In the dark
yard something went amiss. He be-
lisves that he collided with the goat.
At any rate. he sustained a terrific
shock where the high cost of living
is most felt.
Neighbors notified the police again.
this time that riot was In progress.
They also suspected a Mexican in
vasion and decisive battle In the
Boland back yard. Policemen who
crowded a responsive patrol wagon
deduced the fact that the goat had
disappeared. as they failed to sus-
tain the shocks that almost sent
Hickey TO the hospital.
Boland. who has forsworn the chair
on the porch for sleeping purposes.
told the police he did not know what
kind Of an animal he had to deal with.
He almost suspected that a white ele-
plant was loose.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20
MOST HUMAN OF BIRDS.
Not Only In Talking, but In Eating,
the Parrot Initiates Man.

Not Only In Talking, but In Eating,
the Parrot Initiates Man.
II is not only In initiating human
speech that the parrot excels most of
the birds. The parrot is alone among
birds In, taking food in Its claws. With
these two characteristics II makes more
or less use of that which distinguishes
humanity from the rest of the animal
kingdom-the hand and the larynx.
The monkey uses its hands and the
elephant its trunk in feeding. Various
animals have a habit Of paving their
food. Rodents have serviceable toes.
Still. the parrot is pre-eminent among
birds in this regard. The secretary
bird is said to attack reptiles with its
claws, and some observers have said
that owls make partial use Of their re-
markably flexible perching toe some
what more than does hen in scratch
ing for food However. there Is no
other bird which. when given piece
of food. will accept II In its claws.
Parrots. of course, do not talk, as
we use the word. In their wild state
and are not known to be initiative Of
neighbormg sounds nor to possess the
repertory of the hooking bird. 1t Is
therefore question whether or not
their use Of the claws is largely imi-
tative also. The shape Of the parrots
beak would indicate that some assist
ance in eating has always been a part
of tho hird'Q cha rae tpriSticS.
Like man, the parrot makes its APP
pearance in the world naked and help
less.-Harper's Weekly.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh OF
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement OF the kidneys and
better health in that organ is obtained
quickest by proper treatment OF the kid
news. Swamp-Ro0t corrects inability to
hold urine and sealding pain in passing it,
and overcomes that unpleasant necessity
of being compelled to go often through
the day, and to get up many times during
the night. The mild and immediate effect
of Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy
is soon realized. II stands the highest be-
cause Of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A trial will convince anyone.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
Ianlple bottle and a book that tells all
about il, both sent free by mail. Address,
| d.. kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Xh3n writing mention reading this gen
|ods offer in this paper. Don't make
/ any mistake, but femember the name,
/ GHamp-Root, and don't let dealer sell
YOU something in place OF Swamp Root
= you do you will be disappointed.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20

81 have been somewhat costive, but
Doan's Regulets give just the results
desire. They set mildly and regulate
the bowels perfectly. Geo. B. Krause,
Altoona, Pa.-Adv.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20

So, 80 nes from %ef irTnR,S Snst %s
watered: lays well; good young orchard; good
timber on rural route school house few yards
fro n house; improvements; good four room
dwelling with kitchen on back porch; two
good barns; barn and tenent house and els
tern back In the field meat and hen house
wood shed; will sell on easy payments; plenty
OF small fruit. Further particulars az 1ress
Jno. ID. Babbage, Cloverport, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-20

For dysI epsia, our national ailment,
use BurdoclS Blood Bitters. Recon-
mended for strengthening digestion,
purifying the blood. At all drug stores
81 90 a bottle. ADV.