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Army and Navy
ARMY.

ARMY
First Lieut. WILLIAM c. p'HITENER,
Twenty-fifth Infantry. ia detailed as
Observation-Disclosures of the Organ zed
Militia of Hawaii, May l. vice First
Lieut.. ARTHUR L. BUMP, Twenty
fifth Infantry
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marriage OF Miss Alice NJ. White.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter H.
White, of Norbeck, and William Barns
ley, OF Avery, Wednesday afternoon at
Oakdale
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and John and Charles G. Smith. OF
AnaCoStia
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Mrs. George A. Mushback fell on the
ice. near King and Pitt streets, Friday
afternoon and fractured her left arm.
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The mid-winter dance of the AleNan-
dria German Club, was given last night
in the Elks' Auditorium.
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MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO.

MERtIENTHNLER LINUIHFE Gu
New York. February IL. 1874.
At a meeting OF the Board OF Directors held
this day a regular quarterly dividend Of two
and one-han per cent and an extra dividend
OF one-half of one per cent were declared.
payable on and after March 81. 1914. to the
stockh olders OF record on Saturday. March
:. 1914. at one o'clock p. NJ. The Transfer
Books will not be closed.
FRED'K J. wARBURTON. Treasurer.
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and Miss Zola Loverne Vance, Of West
Lafayette, Ohio, were married Friday
afternoon at the parsonage of the First
Baptist Church, by the Rev. w. F. Wat
SON
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South Dakota Indians inspected the
Government Hospital for the Insane
yesterday.
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The funeral of Robert N. Crook will
be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from 226 South Washington street. r.
will attend
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The body Of Montrose ". Houck,
forty-three, a former resident, who died
in New York Friday afternoon. will be
brought to Alexandria tonight for in
terment. He Is survived by a widow
and one son.
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Eliza Ann Dutton. who died on We'd
nesday. was buried this afternoon from
Wheatley's chapel.
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In the corporation court today. suit
for absolute divorce was filed by Nellie
Smith Kelly against James F. Kelly on
the ground Of desertion.
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Louis n. Duffey, commissioner IN the
suit of Victor F. Emerson against the
Emerson Engine Company fled a report
in the circuit court today awarding
Emerson $500 from the engine company
for services rendered.
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Mrs. ]. w. Pavne. of Laurens, S. c..
formerly Miss Maggie Muir, of Alexan-
dria, is visiting the Misses King on
North Payne street.
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Methodists will end their revival cam
paign in the Anacostia n. Z. Church
tomorrow night
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Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett. president
of the National Council of Women, AMI
miss Lila Barrett are Ia New York for
a few dayS
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tCOpyright. 1914. BY Harold Macarash)


Braine was frank enough to admi,
the truth of this statement, however
much he disliked the admission. He
nodded.
Il have authority to take hand in
this affair. We cannot waste all sum
mer. Those government plans of the
Notifications of the Panama are wait
ing. There's your millions. But the
fact remains that 1t is the law of the
Black Hundred never to step down
till absolutely defeated. The hidden
million is but half; we must find and
break this renegade Hargreave."
IF he lives" said Braine.
Who can say one way or the
other?" brusquely asked Paroff 1.-THE
fact that all your plans and schemes
have come to naught should prove to
you that you are not fighting a ghost.
There is but one way to bring out the
truth"
And that Is to make captive of
his daughter" supplemented Braine.
And we have worked toward that end
ceaselessly We are quite ready to
listen to your suggestions. count"
And so am l." thought the man
with his ear to the little hole in the
ceiling above. And some day, my
energetic friend, I'm going to pay you
back for that bullet"
Count Paroff cleared his voice and
laid his plans before his audience.
"To act frankly and in the open,
to go boldly to the Hargreave home
and proclaim myself Hargreave. I
can disguise myself in manner that
will at least temporarily fool the but
ler."
who has been with his master for
fourteen years. knows every move,
habit. gesture, infection" interposed
Braine. "But proceed, count, proceed.
You will remember the old adage;
too many cooks"
"Ah," flashed back the count, "but
a new cook?"
Olga touched Braine's arm warn
ingly.
You mean, then, that there has
been talk in St. Petersburg of dispos-
ing of some one?'
"A good deal of talk, sir" haughtily,
forgetting that he had bent humbly
enough but few moments gone.
Very well: go on
Thought the man at the peephole
above: There's another adage. When
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would not write. All, when would
she see that father of hers, so myster.
ious, always lowering near, always
unseen?
1t must have been an amusing ad-
venture for the countess. To steal
into the summer house and wait there,
not knowing If Florence had advised
Jones or the reporter If caught, she
had her excuses. Paroff, the conf
dent. however, appeared shortly after.
MY child" whispered the man.
And Olga stifisd a laugh; but to
him it sounded like sob.
Il am worn out" he said. II am
tired of the game of hide and seek"
You will not have to play the game
long," thought Olga.
The money is hidden in my office
down town. And we must go there at
cnce. When we return we will pack
up and leave for Europe. I've longed
TO see you SOL"
You poor fool! And they sent you
to supersede Leo!" she unused.
She played out the farce to the very
end She permitted herself to be
pinioned and logged: and for what
unnecessary roughness she suffered
at the hands of Paroff he would pres
emily pay. He took her straight to
the executive chamber of the Black
Hundred and pushed her into the
room. exclaiming triumphantly:
Here is Hargreave's daughteri"
Indeed" said Olga, throwing back
her veil and standing revealed in her
mask.
"Olga!" cried Braine. laughing.
And that was the inglorious end of
the secret agent from Russia.
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FINDS BUSINESS GOOD AT ocALA
AND ORLANDO

business is surprisingly good
said J. E. Hay, building material
man, upon his return yesterday from
a business trip to Orlando and Ocala
That general proposition is abroad in
the vicinity of Orlando is proven by
a glance at the building activity there
Private mansions are going up. The
Giles home will cost 100000, and the
Gibbs residence will mean a cash out.
lay of $4,000.
Looks like good times when
men build such expensive homes for
themselves" Mr. Jay remarked.
One of the most unique evidences of
prosperity in Orange county, howev.
er, is the development of the Holden
Steam Laundry. The laundry build
ing, now one story high, is going to
be made a four story structure, with
a roof-garden on the top.
Mr. Jays visit to Ocala was chiefly
for the purpose of making collections,
and he declares that bills were paid
Tribune.
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thieves fall out, then honest men get
their dues. Yes, yes; proceed, pro-
ceed!'
Paroff went on. 81 shall, then, go
frankly to the Hargreave house and
claim my own. Meantime | leave to
you the business of Turing the butler
away. Half an hour is all l need to
bring that child here, to break the
wall that stands between us and what
we seek"
Is that sol" murmured BraineA
Olga, want you to play a trick on
this handsome delegate-at-large. I'm
not very enthusiastic over his talk. /
want him Inundated. All you have
to do, he says. is to walk into the
Hargreave house and walk out again.
Well, let's you and I see that he does
that and nothing else. I'll have no one
meddling with my own game.
Some one sneezed, and everybody
looked at his neighbor. The sneeze
was repeated, but mufied, as if some
one was desperately anxious to avoid
sneezing.
1T came from above!' whispered
Olga. Don't look up!'
Braine was cool. He walked idly
across the room to where Vroon sat.
very well. Paroff; we give you free
rein" To Vroon he said: Some one
is watching us from the room over
mead | thought that room belonged
to u.s.
1t does" said vroon stolidly.
Then how is 1t that some one is
watching from up there? No excite
ment. I'm going to bid every one
goodnight. then I'm going to investi-
gate. When I leave you viii quietly
send men to all exits to the building.
I want the man who sneezed,. and /
want him badly"
Olga denarted with R-aiua. only she
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they dance. If you like, you may ask
Mr.. Norton to go along. begin to
observe that you two are rather fond
OF one another"
%, Mr.. Norton is just valuable
friend returned Florence with a
smile that quite deceived the other
woman. Il shall be glad to go to the
tea. But shall not promise to dance"
mot with Mr.. Norton?" archly.
Reporters never dance themselves;
they make others dance instead"
Il shall have to tell that" declared
the countess; and she laughed quite
honestly.
Then l have said something wit
typ
Indeed you have; and it is not only
witty but truthful I'm afraid you're
deeper than the rest of us have any
idea Of"
Perhaps am" thought Florence;
"at least, deeper than you believe"
When the countess futtered down
to her imousine-F1orence hated the
sight of it-and drove away, Florence
remembered her letters. And when
she came to the one purporting to be
from her father, she read it carefully,
bent her head in thought, and finally
destroyed the missive, absolutely con-
fident that it was only trap, and not
very well conceived at that Norton
had given her plenty of reason for
believing all such letters to. be forger-
les. Her father, if he really wished to
see her, would enter the house; he
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25
NOW, DECEMBER is. 1914

Today the whole enlightened world
lis arrayed in defense of its children.
Statute books fairly bristle with for
midable laws that offer protection 10
their moral. mental and physical wei
fare. With the pioneer society as al
inspiration, children's aid societles.
humane associations. founding hos
pitfalls and their like have sprung ~
all over the world. In the United
States today there are about $50 50
cieties whose purpose is the preven
ton Of cruelty to children, while il Il
estimated that there are at least loo
more such societies scattered through
the civilized countries. Even Asa
tics and Africans are now PROTECTING
their youth of both sexes from b.
human explorations and abuse. d.
ring its forty years of benevoleak
work, the New York Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to ChIldru
alone investigated, about $50. 900 CON
plants that involved the welfare Il
about 100000 New York chiIdrsn
under the age of 16. Nearly 20001,
of these were rescued from immorz
surroundings, physical cruelty. me-
lect and restitution. Every state 81
the Union has its labor laws which II
feet the 100000 American workin<
boys and girls between the ages OF IL
and 1S, which the National Child "a
Dor Commission is endeavoring b
make uniform throughout the natio1
There are children's courts to d.
pense justice TO a large part Of CO
$4,000 Juvenile delinquents reports
annually in this country. There af<
homes for the crippled and the del
and dumb. and there are greene
where the working mother may lear
her children during the day while Sc
Is outside of her home earning a lly<
lihood.
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS or pEAcI

One of the most interesting fe1.
lures of the celebration Of peace %
tween Great Britain and the United
States today is an oil painting Of ih<
plenepotentiarfes who concluded fhf
Treaty OF Client one hundred year
ago Observation-Disclosures "A. 1874.
This undertaking in group portraIiurs
was executed by Amedee Forestier
the Anglo-French painter, whose
work, especially as an illustrator IL
black and white. is well known.
The figures of the plenepotentiaries
have been painted from extant por'
traits in this country and Americz
with the exception OF the figure Is
William Adams, one OF the Britis1
representatives. who in his llfetIue
absolutely refused to have his por
traint painted. The penalty Of thaf
obstinacy is that in this historicz'
painting Mr.. Adams is relegated q
a shaded corner in the background
where he might be anybody. The q
terror in which the plenepotentiarie
stand is that of the old CarthusIs1
convent at Client, in which the treai{
was signed.
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CHAPTER XIII.
An AGENT From Russia.

.
The Black Hundred, not as individu-
ais but as an organization, began to
worry. Powerful, and often reckless
and daring because 1t was powerful.
it began to look about for some basic
cause for all these failures against
Hargreave's daughter and Hargreave's
ghost. They had tried to put the In
quisitive reporter out of the way; they
had laid every trap they could think
OF to catch the mysterious visitor at
THE Hargreave home; they had thrown
out a hundred lures to bring Har-
sgreaye out of his lair, and failed; and
they had lost a dozen valuable men
and several thousand dollars. This
unjust end somewhere, and quickly.
The one ray of hope for the conspi-
rators lay in the fact that Florence
had never seen her father and knew
not In the least what he looked like.
They determined to try again in this
direction.
Give 1t all up" said the countess
to Braine. II tell you, whatever is
back of all this is stronger than we
are. He knows the organization, and
for all we know he may be ghost"
81 never go back smiled Braine.
There's something more than the mil.
lion. There's the sport of the thing.
We've been bested in dozen bouts,
and nearly always by fiuke. They
have the breaks, as they say out at the
Polo grounds"
But the time and expense when
we might be getting results elsewhere!
I tell you, Leo, I'm afraid. It's like
always hearing some one behind you
and never finding anybody when you
turn. have. told you my doubts. I
have also asked you to trap that but
Ter. but you've always laughed"
You are seeing ghosts, Olga. A
new man from holy Russia shrug-
ging. 4'is coming tonight. Evidently
the head over there thinks our contri-
buttons of late have not been up to
the mark, and they are going to stir
us mp. am willing to wager my soul,
however, that that box is simply a.
hoax to befuddle u.s. Either that or 1t
holds the key. But the rest of them
insist that the box must be recovered
When leave this room tonight am
going over to Riverdale and stalk all
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25
WHAT HAS BEEN WROUGHT
FORTY YEARS

On December Is, 1874 the wo,.<.
first child welfare society VA.
ganized in the city of New Yort
named itself the New York SOL.
for the Prevention of Cruelty
Children. Prior to its origin child
in the hands of unnatural para,1-
relatives and exploiters, were defen..
less. One summer day in ~.
charitable workers visited a wom..
dying of tuberculosis in the slume :,
New York. She complained that s..
could not die in peace because of s..
almost constant cries of child IN :.
adjoining room. A little waif. Mar
Ellen by name, was found locked i,
bare room. Her head and body wen.
covered with bruises and cuts. ana
in the room were found the rn<,,
shears with which her step-motber
had been in the habit of torturine }bs
child. Stirred to the depths Of thai,
hearts the charity workers appealed
to many officials, organizations ana
influential citizens. always to receive
the disheartening reply: 1--WE can d.
nothing unless the child is broueht
to us legally, and proof offered thar
an offense has been committed.p Il
happened that there existed society
for prevention of cruelty to animals
AS a last resort the charity workers
turned there. and in the dark days
OF the 7O's" the first legal protection
given an abused child was under the
laws that protected dumb animals
That experience set in motion The
movement that resulted in the frat
society in the world for the proven
ton of cruelty to children.
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by myself. I'm going to get a glimpse
OF that mysterious stranger. He car.
ries a scar of mine somewhere. for !
nit him that night"
The door opened and the executive
chamber became silent.
Count Paroff." doomed the voice
OF Vroon. He will present his ere.
fientials."
lnis rormaiity was executed as pre-
scraDed by the rules; and Count Par.
ON was given his chair. He spoke for
q while. rather pompously.
Inc head organization is not sat
isfled with its offspring in this Har-
greave affair."" he said in conclusion.
You are SLOW"
Then you have come with some
suggestions for the betterment of orr
bnsiness?" asked Braine ironically.
Sir. this is not the hour for fin
pancy.' said the agent coldly.
Braine made a sign with his hand.
q sign not observed by every one
Instantly Paroff bent lowly. He rec.
ognized that the speaker was the ac-
tual. not the nominal, head .of the
American branch.
What are your suggestions?n in
Nufred the nominal head from his
chair. anxious to avoid a clash he
tween the newcomer and the trucu-
lent master of them all.
Il have been informed that Har-
greave's daughter has never seen her
father. not even photograph of him"
said Paroff. more amiably.
We are absolutely certain that
this Is the CASE said the nominal
head. who was known as the presi-
dent. But we tried one play in that
direction. and it failed miserably."
4 have the story" replied Paroff.
II was clumsily done. The ruse was
III clt cne."
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Immediately sought the taxi that
brought her and was driven home. It
was always understood that when any
serious exploit was under way here
abouts she was to make her depart
ure at once.
Vroon stationed his men at the sew
eral exits and Braine went upstairs.
The man who had sneezed, however,
had vanished as completely as If he
had worn that invisible cloak one
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reads about in the Persian tales. AS
a matter Of fact, after the second
sneeZe he had gone up to the roof,
got out by the trap, and jumped
| rather risky business, TOTO the next
roof and had clambered down the fire
escape of the second building. He
was swearing inaudibly. After all
these days of care and planning, after
all his cleverness in locating the rem
devious of the Black Hundred, and
now to lose his advantage because
| of an uncomfortable sneeze! He would
never dare go back, and just when he
was beginning to pick up fine bits OF
information! So Florence Hargreave
was going to have new father in a
day or so? There were some clever
rogues among this band of theirs; but
their cleverness was we'll Offset by an
equal number of fools.
Yes. there were some clever rogues,
and to prove this assertion Braine
secured taxicab and drove furiously
away, his destination the home of his
ancient enemy. He dropped the cab
a block or two away and presently
slowed himself away in the summer
house at the left of the lawn. 1t would
have been a capital idea-that is, If
the other man had not thought of and
anticipated this very thing. So he
used a public pay station telephone;
and Braine waited in vain, waited
till the lights in the Hargreave house
went out one by one and it became
wrapped in darkness within and moon
shine without
Braine was philosopher He re-
turned to his waiting taxicab, drove
home, paid the bill, smiling grimly,
and went to bed. It was going to be
a wonderful game of blind mans buff,
and it was going to be sport to watch
this fool Paroff blunder into a pit
The next afternoon Florence and
Norton sat in the summer house talk
ing of the future. Lovers are prone
to talk of that AS if anything else
in the world ever equals the present!
They talked of nice little apartments
and vacations in the summer and how
much they would save out of his
salary, and thousand and one other
things which would not interest you
at all If / recounted them in detail
But they did love each other and they
were going to be married; you may be
certain of that. They did not care
snap of the finger what Jones
thought. They were going to be mar
ried, and that was all there was to it.
OF course, Florence couldn't touch a
penny Of her fathers money. If he,
Norton, couldn't take care of her with
out help, why, he wouldn't be worth
the powder to blow him up with.
.'But, my dear, you must be very
careful" he said. Jones and I will
always be about somewhere. If they
really get hold of you once, God alone
knows what will happen. 1t is not
you. it is your poor father they want
to bring out into the open. If they
knew where he was they would not
bother you in the least"
Have really father? Sometimes
/ doubt Why couldn't he steal into
the house and see me, just once?''
Perhaps he dares not. This house
is always watched. night and day
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Mrs. C. E. Jordan and children have
gone to Georgia, where they will
spend the next few weeks visiting
relatives. Mr.. Jordan, who has been
conducting a store on West Broadway
for some time past, has sold his store
and leaves shortly for some place on
the east coast to locate. He expects
to sell his home on South Second
street as soon as he can.
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GLAD TO GET HOME
Atlanta, Ca, Dec. u, 1914.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. IL, 1914.
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
Home again from Europe; and il
feels good to be in this good oil
country, which is at peace with itself
and others.
Please start the Banner again, adj
dress as formerly. S4S Whitehall ST
! want to keep informed as to wha;
Ocala and Marion county are doing
Hope you are well. With kind regards
4 am,
Your friend,
SOL BENJAMIN.
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Speaking OF Mayor swearingen q
Jacksonville, the State" says that be
is honest, that he is courageous. thai
he is clean, that he is upright. Is no<
that a beautiful tribute. and more
beautiful still If it all be true. Would
that we could say that of every state
county and municipal officer in Flor
ida.
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The New York Produce News says
that money is easy, but hard to get.
That the unemployed are forced to
rigidly economic on food products
so the trade languishes, especially the
trade in luxuries, such as oranges
and grapefruit.
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The glass bottle trade in various
English provincial centers is receiy.
ing marked stimulus in the shape OF
orders which have hitherto been filed
by German and Austrian manufacture
ers.
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or not. Thus, she did not dare destroy
it. She first thought of changing
the clock; then she concluded to drop
the letter exactly where she found it
and trust to luck.
When Florence returned she ex-
planned that her absence had been due
to some trifiing household affair.
Said the Russian: Il come primar-
Wy to ask you to tea tomorrow. where
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Misses Isabel Mays. Ruth AtVe|1
Sara Winn and Geraldine Andersen
teachers in the DunnelIon HIs1
School. were In Ocala Saturday, com
ing up to shop and to attend e.
teachers meeting.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-03-21
Bows Should Organize

The local base ball team is in
receipt of a challenge from the
manager of the Central, Arizona,
team for a game to be played in
Snowflake about April 18th, and
it behooves our athletes to get
together and organize. There is
plenty of good, husky yonng
manhood here to make a winning
team. All that is necessary is
the willingness on the part OF
the boys to get out and practice.
Base ball is the best and cleanest
of sports, the American national
game, and Snowflake should be
''in it" with at least one gooC
team. Let's organize.