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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11
THE SPREAD OF BASEBALL

Baseball is invading France: the En-
glish people are dissatisfied with
cricket and are beginning TO look to
the American game as a substitute;
Germany is awakening to deep inter
est in outdoor sports. with the holding
OF the next Olympiad at Berlin base
ball has won Cuba, and is making rap
id strides in Central America. and it
has been introduced with marked sue
cess among the savages OF Northern
Luzon as a vent for their energies
that in the past have been expended
in head hunting and footing. In Eng
land the question is becoming daily
more interesting and the situation
there today gives rise to the question
whether baseball is not to become a
world game instead of an American
pastime. with the logical outcome OF
international contests at the end Of
the season.
England's national game, cricket, IS
facing a crisis. The people are com
planning that it is too slow, and it is
being compared, greatly to its disad
vantage. to the snap, speed and sus-
tanned interest of baseball. Gate re-
ceipts for the county championship
matches have fallen so fast that crick-
ct fans" are worried over the future
of the game. Cricket followers want
exactly what the baseball public oc-
casionally clamors for, more hard hit
ing.
But more radical note is being
heard with considerable insistence.
Cricket not meeting the need Of the
day in England. baseball is being Sc
riouslv considered as a natural sub
stitute. and the question whether the
great American game will not become
the summer pastime of the British
Isles is by no means idle gossip. Pro
posals have been made seriously by
a number of English sporting writ
ATS lildL the sALilCA lNeAA e.etAAAC ~
a trial These men are disguised with
the state OF cricket. and declare any
hope of reforming that game IS eX-
ceedingly remote. with the present au-
thorities in control.
Baseball has already reached some
degree of popularity in Ireland. and a
number of teams are playing ball in
the Midlands. Several teams are plan
ming TO play this summer in London.
Among these is a nine composed ex-
clusively OF the employees OF Lon
don branch of an American firm. and
the Columbia Park Boys Club OF san
Francisco, now visiting England. will
endeavor to introduce the game
among the school boys there.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11
RURAL LIFE

II has been forcibly remarked that
nations have always been greatest and
most virtuous in the periods of rural
or agricultural growth, and weakest
and most vepal in periods of their
city's growth.
We want to make rural life one of
happiness and contentment. We want
to See our rural places dotted over
with good and better schools and
churches. We want to see an accumu-
lation Of grassy lawns and flower gar
dens. We want to see on every hand
outward signs that mean inward con-
tentment. We want TO make rural life
so sweet and hallowed that some bard
will arise and sing with as much truth
and JUNCTION as did Robert Burns, when
he said of Scotland:
From scenes like these old Scotia's
grandeur springs,
That makes her loved at home. rever-
ed abroad:
Princes and lords are but the breath
of kings.
An honest man is the noblest work of
God =:
And certes. in fair virtues heavenly
road
The cottage leaves the palace far be-
hind:
What is lordling's pomp?- a cum
brOus load.
Disgusting oft the wretch of human
kind.
Studied in arts OF hell. in wickedness
refined.
/ o. Scotia, my dear. my native soil,
/ For whom my warmest wish 10 heav-
en- is Sent
Long may thy hardy sons of rustic
! toll
4 Be blest with health and peace and
sweet content,
From luxury's cOntagion, weak and
vile,
Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be
rent,
4 virtuous populace may rise the
while.
And stand wall of fire around their
much loved aisle"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11
DEMOCRATIC UNITY

They are fixing to give Frank Clark
some rough shedding in his next race
for congress. The Pensacola Journal
remarks, the new district is decided
ly progressive. and the Honorable
Frank is decidedly the other way"
To which the Ocala Star adds: We
don't know about the entire district,
but we are willing to bet that any
progressive democrat can beat him in
Marion county" Still, the Honorable
Frank will fool you. IF you don't
watch out. Lakeland Telegram.
This leads us to say that the demo-
cratic party is making too good rec
ord to brood a semblance of a division
to weaken its strength or to mar its
harmony.
SO far as this paper is aware there
are only a few out of harmony with
its general purposes. and are unwill-
ing to support its policies. conspicuous
among whom is Congressman Robert
F. Broussard of Louisiana, and one
or two others who are tied to the
apron strings of the sugar planters
and refiners of that state.
The president. the secretary of
state the speaker of the house OF rep
resentatives and the floor manager of
the house are all pulling together in
perfect harmony and are making a
record for the party that makes its
present career the most illustrious in
its history.
This is a consummation devoutly
hoped for. and over which there
should be general rejoicing in the
ranks among all who are really and
truly patriotic, and who are inspired
by something above the mere spoils of
office.
We are glad that the spirit of fac
tionalism is being rooted out in Flor
ida-it should not be given standing
room.
Our senators and representatives in
congress are standing right behind
every democratic measure, and are
not only holding up the hands OF the
administration. but are doing their
full part in adding to its brilliancy
and reputation for a continuance in
power.
Frank Clark is one of the admins
trations warmest supporters. and
Aaron never held up the hands of Mo
ses more Loyalty.
In this state. without any consulta-
ton or preconcerted effort. and with
out the knowledge OF the other. the
Tampa Tribune and the Ocala Banner
both named Frank Mayes for governor
on the same day, and if there is what
is termed a progressive in Florida
Frank Mayes is that man. but besides
being a progressive" he is a man OF
sterling worth, and is splendidly
equipped for the chief executive Of
flee of the state, and more and more
because of his strong personality
.sss.Gzzzzs
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11

Editor WattersOn. speaking on the
subject of too much government.
says: Clearly seeing the evils OF too
much legislation. we call for more
Through chance majoritles. stable III
nothing. we would regulate the last IS
morals and habits cf the people oy act
OF assembly. That We perenn:ally re-
proach congress. yet. nevertheless
augment its powers. We are creating
a system OF centralized bureaucracy
and supplementing the civil service
with multifarious commissions We
have a standing army of officials. Col
lectiyism. robbing man of his individu
atty. trusts nothing to the force of ma
mre. the genius of our institutions or
the providence of God. Yet" he con
tinues. I'VE disdain alike experience
and forecast. We are threatened with
government by hysteria. displaying its
excess on the one hand by the vainglo-
.rious assertion OF our grandeur our
puissance; on the other hand. ex-
pressing its humanity through the ex-
plotation OF visionary schemes of i'm
possible relief"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11

H~"~@ AAOli AlS dELlOU III
days of war.
May we break camp low and be at
ease Are the forces that fight for
the nation dispersed. disbanded. gone
20 their homes forgetful of the com
mon cause Are our forces disorEan.
ized, without constituted leaders and
the might OF. men consciously united
because We contend. not with armies,
hui with principalities and powers and
"lchedness in high places. Are We
content 70 lie still? Does our union
mean sympathy our peace content
ment our vigor right action. our ma
urlty selfcomprehension and a clear
confidence in choosing what We shall
DOE War fitted us for action. and ac-
Non never ceases
have been chosen the leader OF
'he nation can not justify the
choice by any qualities Of my own. but
50 d has come about. and here stand.
Whom DO commando The ghostly
hosts who fought upon these battle
fields long ago and are gone? These
gallant gentlemen stricken in years
whose Gehtug days are over. their
glory wouo What are the orders Tor
them ana who rabies them / have
VI ms mind another host whom these
-ot free of civil strife in order that
they might work out in DAYS Of peace
and settled order die life OF great
nation That host is the people them
selves the great and the mall, with
out class or difference of Kind or race
or orisin and undivided in interest.
Il We have but the vision to guide
and direct them and order their lives
Alright IN what We do. Our cOnstitu-
tjous are their articles OF enlistment
The orders OF the day are the laws
upon our statute books. What We
strive for is their freedom. their right
10 lft themselves from day 10 day and
behold the things they have hoped
for. and so make way for still better
days for those whom they love who
are 10 come after them. The recruits
are the little children crowding in
The uuartermaster's stores are in the
mines and forests and fields. in the
shops and factories. Every day some
thing must be done to push the cam
paign forward: and it must be done
by plan and with an eye to some great
destiny.
How shall We hold such thoughts in
our hearts and not be moved? | would
not have YOU live even today wholly
IN the past. but would wish to stand
with YOU in the light that streams
upon us now out of that great day
zone bv Here is the nation God has
builded by our hands. What shall we
do with it? Who stands ready TO act
again and always in the spirit of this
day OF reunion and hope and patriotic
feryor2 The day of our cOuntry's life
has bur broadened into morning Do
NOT nut uniforms by Put the harness
of the present on. Lift your eyes to
the great tracts OF life yet to be con-
ouered in the interest OF righteous
peace. of that prosperity which lies
N peoples hearts and outlasts all
wars ana errors OF men Come, let US
b, comrades and soldiers yet TO serve
our fellow men in quiet counsel where
Inc blare of trumpets is neither heard
nor needed and where the things are
done which make blessed the nations
of the world i'm peace and righteous
moss and love
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11

Mr. John Il Jenords. one OF Clear
waters leading citizens, spent the
rourth 81 july visiting Ocala rela-
tttes Mr.. Jenords formerly HNeu IL
ocala. and during his visit here he
MA. certainly kept busy meeting and
srertiug old friends
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11

Under the decision of the postmas.
ter general which causes owners to
publish under oath the ownership Of
their respective journals, it turns out
that neither Claude L'Engle nor Cas-.
f. Jones owns one cent of stock in the
publication known as Dixie
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11

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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11

Governor Sulzer lays his breach OF
promise case at the door Of his enc
m..s II was different with the lale
senator blaine He said that II was
IA. friends. those at least whom ne
had befrieuded. that generally khlteu
him.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11

County Commissioner Joseph W
Davis, one of the very best farmers
and all-round hustlers in the county,
was in Ocala for the Fourth.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11

Mr.. Sandford Jewett is up from
Lakeland to spend the fourth with
mis- brother and sister He came up
especially to witness the ball games
of yesterday and today.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13

Western officials rule over Shanx.
hal began more than fifty years ago.
At the suggestion of the British con.
sui a narrow strip of land about one
mile long and about half as wide was
set aside for foreigners. This be-
came the British and French settle
ments, bounded by Suchow creek and
the Yangking canal. Later the Ameri.
cans were given a concession across
the creek. For time the settlements
were governed by the British, French
and American consuls. AS the foreign
city grew and foreign interests de-
veloped. so the administration of its
affairs became systematized. Manage
ment of public business was later
vested in a municipal council elected
by the taxpayers. For reasons of
their own the French withdrew from
this plan several years ago and estab-
lished their own little government on
a strip of land separated from the
main settlement by a baby canal.
Over there Shanghai is wholly French
in architecture, customs and people
and is we'll worth visiting. A NUM-
cipal council elected annually is in
charge of the foreign settlement. The
British usually control the council
Modern Shanghai Is Imposing.
The area administered or Influenced
to the point of control by the western
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
GET BUSY WITH Chatting DISH
Many Delicious Connections May 80
Prepared for the Late or Sum-
day Night Supper.

A light, but fairly substantial edible,
served piping hot. directly from chat
Ing dish, adds immensely to the in
formal Sunday night supper. Dreamed
salmon is delicious and is easy to pre-
pare In chatting dish. Use the hot
water pan first, brown little butter
and sprinkle crumbed bread into it,
turning over until crisp. Set these
crisped crumbs aside and proceed.
with the blazer pan, to make sim.
pie bechamel or cream sauce, first
melting tablespoon of butter, stir.
ring In tablespoon of -four and add
Ing scant cup of milk. Season this
fairly-thick white sauce with salt, pep
per and few drops of lemon Juice.
Stir in can of salmon and when
steaming hot and ready to serve, shake
over the top the Drowned crumbs The
creamed salmon may be served with.
out the bread crumbs, but they add an
appetizing flavor, suggestive OF the
Drowned crust over a hot dish pre-
pared in the oven.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
Cream Of Celery.

From the Caterer we take the fol-
lowing recipe, and for family use each
can reduce the quantities to suit.
Even in using the leaves and poorer
parts of one head only the recipes OF
the best chefs will he a good founda.
ton for experiment and adaptation
Remove the outside stalks from -
heads of celery, keeping the hearts to
be eaten raw. Cut up these stalks in
small pieces, wash we'll, drain and set
In pan with piece of butter; cover
the pan and cook over a slow fire.
When the celery is nearly done,
moisten with one gallon of lightly
thickened chicken or veal STOCK al
low to cook for Is minutes, and then
rub through fine sieve; pour the
soup into clean pan, let boil and
clean from scum. Season with salt,
pepper and pinch Of sugar, and be-
fore serving bind with one pint of
cream, six eggs and four ounces OF
butter. Serve small fried crusts OF
bread separately.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
"Of the Middle Class? Not ~"

"Of the Middle Class? Not ~"
George Bernard Shaw has just
made another of his terrible discov-
cries. He says Nobody likes to be
called member Of the middle
classes" The discovery surprises and
perplexes good many people, but no.
body has taken it upon himself or her
self to say "Pshaw" to Shaw. Be-
cause 1t is the truth. England has
got away from the England of Dick
ems and James Payn. Everybody ig-
nores the middle class" seeking the
''heaven" above it or dilating on the
hell" below it. Where the British
bourgeois has any consciousness at
all, he and she affect to be better
than they are. $50 it is all world
Of make-believe," says Shaw. We
have turned our backs upon the truth
and tread along in trooping traves-
ties"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
FRENCH PASTRIES. IN DEMAND
First Served by Fashionable Hotels,
They Have Been Taken Up by
Hostesses Who Are Up to Date.

The increase in the number Of good
patisserie shops where really delicious
French pastries can be purchased
probably accounts for the serving OF
French pastries for dessert at the
home table just as they have been
served for years in the big hotels and
restaurants. There special boy goes
about with huge silver platter filled
with connections that make the mouth
water and the purse strings open.
When the diner or luncher chooses the
sort he desires the boy deity removes
1t with wide bladed silver knife.
Nowadays the home hostess has the
maid pass French pastries at luncheon
and dinner. They are passed on big
platter and naturally each guest
chooses the particular sort which ap-
peals to him.
Many of them are simply boat
shaped shells of puff paste filled with
fruit of some sort. Grapes, covered
with rich syrup, are sometimes used
for filing; and Strawberries, luscious
and ripe, combined with syrup, can
also be used. Some of the pastries are
made in layers of puff paste with an
appetizing and delicate cream or al
mond paste or fruit filing between.
These interesting pastries really
help to solve one of the housewives
many worries, for they constitute a
dessert which is easily procured and
which ie a welcome relief from ices
and creams and the more usual sweets
served.-New York Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13


Vtomes devoted to China's history. its
people, its peculiarities and its posi-
bilities. A survey of all this might
make one think that western workers
in the celestial empire" have done
nothing there, are nothing there. For
every twenty writer's who serve up
musty lore there is hardly one to tell
the vivid story of occidental influence
in that old but not Interchangeable land.
Whenever such rarity appears he
gets his inspiration from Shanghai,
the hub of foreign activity in China.
writes F. J. Haskin, in the Chicago
Daily News.
Pekin has it's matchless treasures.
Soochow it's grand canal, Marking its
relics of the Ming emperors, Cheefoo
it's missions and its laces, Canton it's
curios and Hongkong it's peak. but
Shanghai is just Shanghai, and there
is none like it. Shanghai has refresh
ing bits of the wonders the others
display to the extent of safety, with
plenty of additional attractions dis
tinctly Shanghaiese. Its rivals cannot
even do it the compliment of imita-
ton. Shanghai is oriental Shanghai
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
Instead of Potatoes.

A dietitian, talking with a woman
who was lamenting the potatoes cut
from her diet list, advised her to sub
stitute macaroni. AS this is usually
supposed to be fattening, directions
for cooking it must be carefully fol-
lowed.
BY boiling the macaroni an hour and
half, the dietitian says, the injuri-
GUS ingredients are converted into a
food that is nourishing, yet without
starch. When used in a diet for obes-
lily, it must not be dressed with milk.
merely with little butter, salt and
pepper.
The woman thus advised ate maca-
roni each evening for dinner, instead
of potatoes, yet lost 20 pounds in two
months.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13

burg, will carry 70 lifeboats, and 70 of
these can be launched from either side
OF the ship, and can accommodate the
whole capacity of the vessel in human
freight. No list of the ship can put
out of commission half of the boats.
The reconstructed Olympic starts on
its first voyage with an outer shell to
take the force and damage of such a
glancing blow as wrecked the Titanic,
and leave an inner shell to keep it
af1oat. It was held unsuitable be-
fore this reconstruction. It is now
called unsuitable, but carries more
than double it's old number of life
boats in Difference to the truth of bit.
ter experience as against the claims
Of marine architects. So passes a
modern myth of the sea. There is no
such thing as an unsuitable ship. But
at what cost to human life has the H.
fusion been shattered!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
Sherlock Holmes MARRIAGE.

When Mr. Gillette was constructing
his drama. founded on Conan Doyles
sherlock Holmes" says A. St. John
Adcock in the Strand, he had thought
of introducing a love element into it
and cabled over to Sir Arthur, asking:
May marry Sherlock Holmes 2"
And, though the notion must have
come as something Of a shock to
Holmes creator, he promptly cabled
back: you may marry him, or MUIR
der him, or do what you like with
him." So far from sharing Dickens
horror Of seeing his stories on the
stage, Sir Arthur confesses that when
he saw Sherlock Holmes before the
footlights he was interested and de-
lighted with what Mr. Gillette made
of him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13

States army as compared with the
armies of the other nations is
doubtless to be found in the fact that
our country, by it's geographical posi-
ton, is practically safe from foreign
invasion. Flanked by the mighty
oceans, the United States does not
need the standing army that it might
and probably would, require If it were
closely surrounded by other nations.
as Is the case with the Europeans.
Nature has thus saved us the terrible
expense of a permanent land arma-
ment. The contention is that all that
we have to look after is our navy.
an army being but little needed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
Gotham Means Place Of Goats.

Gotham Means Place OF Goats.
A learned writer informs us that
Gotham means the place of the goats.
It has been commonly supposed that
Gotham was named after the Goths.
But that is not so, according to the
informant, who has proven that the
name of the village in Nottingham
shire, England, from whence the
originated, was really "Gat-Ham;" and
Cat being the Anglo-Saxon for
goat" Gatham, afterward Gotham,
simply means the home of the goats
So when the title is applied to New
York, it means the place of the goats
This derivation is proved by the
proper pronunciation Of the word,
which is Gotham, and not Gotham,
as it is often pronounced. However.
the only possessor of goats in this
neck Of the woods are THE Three
Wise Men of Gotham"-the mayor,
the police commissioner and the dis
trict attorney.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13

on our hands a sick mana very s;cl
man. 1t will be great misfortune if
one of these days he should slip away
from US bef- the necessary arrange.
ments have been made" He accord.
ingly made proposals to both England
and France for a division of the sick
mans estate, but his overtures we're
declined. Nicholas, however, was onlv
repeating an old illustration. Sir
Thomas Roe, ambassador from Eng.
land to Constantinople. in the time Of
James II. had written home in dis.
patches: Turkey is like the body OF
an old man crazed with vices which
puts on the appearance of health,
though near its end"