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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25
HIS VOICE is FOR WAR!

Florida's big "bull mooser" has
broken loose in print again.
Like Pretonious' his voice is
still for war. He is as
fiercely militaristic as the kaiser. He
compares Woodrow Wilson's back
bone to a spinelass cactus. This fe-
rocious "bull mooser' would have our
democratic administration send its
army and navy against poor little
Mexico in her present troubles.
Would not that be heroic. 1t would
be as humilating spectacle 1t seems
to us as to have John l.. Sullivan
battling against General Abe Sawyer.
Colonel Anderson almost tearfully
laments the fact that the present adj
ministration is lacking in practical
sense. Having already in its pacific
policy spent on our navy alone in the
past sixteen years more than one
billion six hundred and forty-fiye mil
lion Of dollars he would have us fort.
fly our coast with big siege guns and
he tells us that Florida alone has
more sea coast than the tight little
ISLE" meaning England. That's cor
rect, but just imagine what a coast
line we have: From the st. Croix
in Maine to the Rio Grande in Texas
and from Sebastin's bay in lower
California to Van Couver's Island and
on up to Alaska.
My! My! it would cost billions
upon top of billions and when COM
pleted would be about on a par with
the wall around China. Before their
completion these siege guns and forti-
fications would be antiquated. They
would be the laughing stock of future
generations.
The militaristic spirit would do for
this country what it is now doing for
Germany.
The better sentiment of this coun-
try applaud the wise and pacific policy
of Woodrow Wilson and more and
more it will be endorsed by the bet
ter sentiment Of the nations of the
earth.
There is scarcely doubt in the
minds of thoughtful, rational men
but that the allies will win in the
present struggle and if happily that
be so it is the concensus of opinion
that the last great war will have
been fought and hereafter the bet
ter sentiment will prevail that will
cause swords to be beaten into plow-
shares and spears into pruning hooks
and the arts of peace will multiply
themselves over the face of the whole
earth.
National disputes will be amicably
settled by arbitration and the prin-
ciples of the prince of Peace" will
at last triumph for the nations will
not learn war any more because the
churches will battle against war as
they now battle against Satan who
for all these years has been disguised
in the panoply of war!
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

The British are having their troub-
els feeding the East India soldiers.
The Mohammedans, Sikhs and Gurk-
has have to have mutton killed ac-
cording tho their peculiar religious
rites. The Indian troops mutinied
because the British government re-
Quired them to grease their bullets
with animal fat. which is forbidden by
their religious precepts. The Brit
ish substituted vaseline and every
thing became serene.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

Hon. Henry j. Williamson, stats
ticnan of the government serving in
the department of agriculture, is re
ported to have said recently that
meat in the United States will be a
rarity before the war in Europe ends
because of its drain on our supply
Floridians had better hold their cat
tie and raise more hogs.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

God bless the flag! Let it float and
fill
The sky with its beauty; our heart.
strings thrill
To the low, sweet chant of its wind
swept bars.
And the chorus of all its clustered
stars.
Embrace it, 0 mothers! and heroes
shall grow,
While its colors blush warm on your
bosom of snow.
Defend it 0 fathers; there's no sweet
er death
Than to Scat its fair folds with sol
dier's last breath!
And love it, o children! be true TO
the sires
Who wove 1t in plain by the old camp
Samuel L. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25
THE BIG DOG GETS THE BONE

1t is passing strange that there is
not more fraternal spirit prevailing
among the farmers and the consumers
and between the two classes.
Because of their lack of organiza-
tion they are being plundered by the
robber middlemen and trusts-scien-
tifically picked to the marrow.
Did you ever throw bone out to
a little dog and then watch a dozen
big dogs pounce upon it? And did
you take notice of that little fellows
panied look as he watched his meal
fade away?
The consumer and the farmer are
in much the same position as the
little dog and it's master
There are too many big dogs
aroundl
In other words, instead of having
farm products take a short cut from
the producer to the consumer, either
direct or via the retailer, they pass
thorugh the hands of numerous mid
dlemen, all of whom slice off abnorm-
al profits and boost the price sky
high before the consumer ever gets
a taste.
Middlemen will have their pound
of flesh whether the producer and
the retailer get anything or not. And
often produce junkets around from
one big dog to another until the price
mounts so high the robbers must get
their additional plumber by looping off
legitimate profits that are due the far
mer.
Too much big dog and not enough
bone!
The average farmer is keen upon
chasing the big dogs away from his
little one but through force of habit
he just about lets the middlemen
and trusts rob him of even the socks
and gouged and fieeced so often and
| SO much he would feel lonesome if
some one didn't hand him another
wallop.
And he will continue to be gouged
and f1eced and swindled and plum
| dered until some one comes along
with sane plan for kicking the buzz
yards into the discard and marketing
his products without trebling and
quadrupling their cost to the consum-
| er.
Down among the Florida fruit
growers the big dog got the bone for
a good many years, until some fellow
with brains advanced the idea of a
fruit growers organization. OF cours
like everything else new, it was poo
hoOed at first, but now the members
of that organization are getting good
prices for their fruit, their crops are
marketed by the organization. they
are sure of their money, and the con-
sumner gets his fruit at reasonable
price.
Many little dogs can lick a big one
and in like manner consistent organ
ization can do wonders for the farm
er and the consumer.
Middlemen and trusts ara hig
dogs!
They are hungry-ravenously nun
gry-and will continue to gobble ev-
erything in sight suntil the farmer
arises in his might and thunders a
mighty moi"
With the right kind of organization
among the farmers the big dog will
cease to exist. But until such an or
ganization is an unaccomplished fact
he will continue to get the hone
Anonymous.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

Pecan growers around Albany, Ga,
are making small fortunes with the
best nut in the world. Pecans are
being shipped to the eastern markets
in carload lots and a carload of fancy
paper shells is worth about $4,000.
The nuts are bringing forty to fifty
cents in Albany and from seventy
five cents to ons dollar in the markets
east.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

Our Mexican neighbors continue
in their efforts to temp Uncle Sam to
invade Mexican territory. Such an
act, no doubt, would unite the Mexi.
cans. Uncle Sam wo1ld have done
so long ago, perhaps, but the colonel
is no longer in the saddle.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

The Tampa Tribune says that the
fernando county Judge who issued a
hunters license for a marriage
license did not make so much of a
mistake as the applicant was hunting
trouble.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

In Louisville, KY, the men can vote
for all officers and the women only
for school officers, yet this year the
mems registration fell off 20 per cent.
while the women's increased 13 per
cent.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

A special has been sent out from
washington saying that President
Wilson will not appoint Charles Bry-
an, Secretary Bryan's brother to a
place on the inter-trade commission.
1t carries with it salary of $4,000
a year.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

Both in Germany and France men
from Is to 20 are subject to military
duty and are sent to the front The
eyes of the poor mothers they leave
behind them are drowned with tears.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

John l. Martin of Missouri, who was
recently made federal revenue agent
at salary of $1,000 year, has been
a familiar figure at the democratic
national conventions for years, offic-
iating as sergeant-at-arms. He has
held various offices under different
democratic congresses.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

contention that the proper appellation
for that great conflict is The War
Between the States"
The petition is signed by Mr.. J. N.
Whitner on the part of Florida.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

The Petroleum Iron Works and
Pennsylvania Tank Car plants at
Sharon, Pal. have gone on double
turn. The latter plant will turn out
six complete cars daily instead of
three.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

One CT the valued subscribers Of
this paper paid for his subscription
last week with wood another with
chickens, and still another with eggs.
Just as good a. the money.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

A bronze reproduction of the first
railway postal car used in the United
States is being exhibited by the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railroad.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

The United States and Great Brit
ain and her colonies are the only
countries among the large nations
that do not hold elections on Sundays.
The practice may be abandoned in
France after the war.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

The winner among 20 entries in a
contest for military areoplane engines
that will last several months will re-
ceive $4,000 from the British gov
eminent.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

It is estimated that the Florida cab
bage crop is fifty per cent short this
season. We hope that the price will
be fifty per cent better.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

Malaria causes more sickness and
deaths than any other single disease
in India
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

Springfield, Mo-, has in Mary Boyd,
a teacher who has taught steadily 81
years and is still in harness at rs.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-25

Columbus, Ca, now owns its water
supply system at cost of $325,000.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
Lappinq Up the Land.

Aldeburgh. which annually holds its
feast of sprats, has run considerable
risk in recent years of providing n
feast for the sprats themselves. Fierce
gales in the eighties and nineties did
very great damage and almost complet-
ed the ruin begun by the sea that swal-
lowed up ancient Duuwich. At one
time the land went quarter of a
mile farther out to sea. and an old
map preserved in the venerable Moot
hall shows that the church had at
least ten times more land toward the
sen than it has now. The market place
and the cross are among the trifles
which the sea has stolen. while in
1899 eleven houses disappeared. The
arms of the borough were selected
with some sense of humor. "A ship in
the waves Of the sen. all sayles bear
inge." london Chronicle.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
Sens In Verse
THE coRNsTALk FIDDLE.

Nv YHEN the corn's all cut and the
bright stalks shine
W Like the FURNISHED spears of
w field Of gold:
When the field mice rich on
the nubbins dine
And the frost comes white and the wind
blows cold
Then it's heigho! fellows. and hi-diddle-
diddle,
For the time is ripe for the cornstalk
fiddle.
And you take stalk that is straight and
long.
With an expert eye to its worthy points.
And you think of the bubbing strains OF
That are bound between its pithy joints;
Then you cut out strings, with bridge in
the middle.
With a cornstalk bow for a cornstalk
fiddle,
Then the strains that grow as you draw
the bow
Ger the yielding strings with a prac-
ticed hand
And the music's flow, never loud. but low.
Is the concert note OF fairy band
Oh. your dainty songs are a misty riddle
To the simple sweets Of the cornstalk
fiddle!
Salute your partners" comes the call;
"All join hands and circle round;"
Grand train back" and Balance ALL"
Footsteps lightly spurn the ground.
Take your lady and balance down the
middle
To the merry strains OF the cornstalk
fiddle
So the night goes on and the dance is
DER.
And the merry girls are homeward gone.
But see it all in my sleep once more.
And dream till the very break of
dawn
OF an impish dance on a redhot griddle
To the screech and scrape of a cornstalk
fiddle
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
DINED ON JAcKALs.
But There Was Other Food the Arabs
Simply Would Not Eat.

But There Was Other Food the Arabs
Simply Would Not Eat.
Describing the Mohammedans of Al
geria in his book. THE Barbary Coast"
Albert Edwards says he discovered
that with the exception of the obvious
difference in clothing they seemed to
be very much like other men. although
they do not care for the same things
at least not for the same reasons"
or this he had striking example dur
ing his first winter in Algeria:
81 had asked my host about the
jackals which howled the night
through in the brousse about his home.
| was curious to know how much they
resembled the coyotes of our western
plains. a few days later he called me
from my desk with the news that some
OF his Arab workmen had trapped a
jackal. | followed him out Into the
patio and found half dozen natives
squatted about an earthen pot. Two
of them We're holding the animal while
another skinned it. A jackal looks like
hOthihS put very SlCh anu ulunSE
dog. | can not imagine anything less
appetizing. was surprised and rather
nauseated to see that the men were
preparing the beast for cooking.
"'Do the natives eat these things?
disgustedly asked my host in French.
The man who seemed to be the
chief cook understood the language of
the conquerOrs. He looked up surliy.
YES he growled. but we don't eat
pig
II thought of our slaughter house
scandals and the doubtful cleanliness
of our food supply and felt very much
like the owner of glass house who
had thoughtlessly begun to throw
stones
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
IN THE VAN.


7 WOULD march in the van of the
thinkers.
Bear the brunt in the front of the fray
That is waged with the dogma tinkers
Whose thought is the Vhought of Cathay.
EOR to me are the roar and the rattle
OF the conflict of error and truth
AS the thrill of the din of the battle
To the fiery spirit of youth.
YEA. and sweet are the clash and the
clamor
When the new thought throttles the old
AS the ring of the ArgOnauts hammer
On a new found mountain of gold
I WOULD march on my mission attended
With the soul Of the Christ and the
wraiths
or the dauntless martyrs and splendid
Who have died for the deafness faiths.
FoR the faith that the man is supernal:
For the faith that the purpose. the
plan
OF the father inerrant. eternal.
Is the growth and the glory of man.
60 march in the van of the marchers-
~ Bear the brunt in the front of the
fray
In the thick of the fight. with the archers
Whose darts are the doom Of Cathay.
-Robcrtus Love.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
FOR SALE-COntinued.

FOR SALE-Five young thorough
bred Minorca roosters, 81 each.
Talent Hotel. 1S-4t
FOR SALE-Homestead relinquish-
ment. For particulars address r.
F. B., care 1idings. 1S-tf*
FOR SALE-A modern bungalow in
good residence district. For par
ticulars address L. NJ, care It'd
ings. 97-tf
FOR SALE CHEAP-Light canopy
top Columbus surrey. If interest
ed call at 405 Liberty st. and see
the rig. 7-tf
FOR SALE-Duroc Jersey pigs to be
delivered at weaving time. l.. II.
Houston, one mile west of Talent,
phone 3-F-12. 19-1mo.*
FOR SALE CHEAP-Spring wagon
fitted for camping, in good condi-
tion. Call at DR.. Bradford's office,
FL East Main. Phone 5S. 1S-tf
FOR SALE-b00 single comb Leg
horn yearling hens, IS per dozen
Best chance to get some fine breed
ing stock for next season. Come
quick. o. .. Helman, Ashland,
Ore. 19-St~
FOR SALE-Bargain! Bargain! Bar
gain! One store building near the
bank in Talent. Also one vacant
business lot. Cash or terms. 100
acres land, $40 an acre. $400
down. A. Y. Lindsey, Palms, Cal.
19-tf
FOR SALE-Part or all of my 15-
acre home, by common consent the
most desirable in Ashland. Would
take smaller home in Ashland as
part pay and give long time on bal
ance, R. d. Sanford, north end of
Laurel st. 2O-tf
FOR SALE-A four-room house,
close in. Has cement sidewalks,
sewer connection and electric
lights. Nice level lot with garden
and chicken run. Price $3.50.
Terms 500 cash, balance $40 per
month. See McWilliams & Edging-
ton, 73 Oak. 6-tf
FOR SALE-Matched team of roam
horses, five and eight years old,
weight about 1900, with breech-
ing harness in good condition, 2 "
in. cut-under, upholstered furni-
ture or drayage wagon, almost new.
A bargain If taken at once. No
further use for them Is reason for
selling. 130 e. Main St., Ashland.
20-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
IVORY CARVING IN CHINA.
Only Six Expert Workers In Forty
Shops In Canton.

oHOPS III SdUIOHs
There are in Canton about forty
shops which make and sell ivory arti-
cles. Each store is small. consisting
usually of a showroom open to the
street and q back room. where the cut
ting is done. Members of the store
also usually work in the showroom.
The industry may be divided into two
stages. cutting and carving. TuSks i'm
ported from Siam constitute the raw
material. These are first cut with
saw to the shape capable of being
worked up by carving The cutting ap-
paratus consists of wooden block or
wise, saw and tub of water. The
ivory is secured firmly by the wise.
moistened with water and cut to the
required shape.
Perfectly fiat pieces of ivory nearly
as thin as paper were shown in evil
dence Of the skill of the cutter. The
cutting finished. the blocks are then
carved into shape with knives of many
different shapes. These have a short
p'"uS anu a 'ohb h"hu'S hi"uS VI D"hh
boo. like penhOlder. Other instru-
ments noted to be in use by the carv-
ers were wire saws and gimlet work
ed by leather twirling apparatus.
The number of expert workers in
Canton is far less than the number of
stores. being only about six in number.
An expert carver seldom works in the
shop which employs him. He generally
works in his own house and can earn
about $50 Canton currency month";
Consular Reports.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06

No. 21O-S0 acres; 33 acres In al
falfa; practically the whole place Will
grow alfalfa; creek through the
place; Groom house with all neces-
sary outbuildings; sranary with ca
pacity of about 1000 bushels OF
grain; barn FOR about so head Of
stock and 100 tons of hay; Z miles
from Ashland, on Pacific Highway.
Price $40 per acre.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
Police In Old Glasoow.

In the eighteenth century the whole
safety and order Of Glasgow, Scotland.
were intrustcd to the unpaid and reluc-
tant burghers. Every citizen who was
between the years of eighteen and
sixty and paid Il yearly rent amount,
ing TO S15 had to take his turn at
guarding the city. "On touch of
drum says the writer, the gentleman
was at his post mt 10 at night and
strolled with weary tread and yawninG
gait along the Trongate and High
street and up the pitch dark lanes Of
winter nights till 4 in the morning.
After that hour the city was without
a police"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06

"The Office ought to seek the man."
said the patriot.
Perhaps" replied Senator Sorghum.
"but when an Office has to seek the
man the salary is generally so small
that it makes the Office look like q
downright mendicant." - Washington
Star.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06

Thirteen acres miles north of
Ashland acres in Newtown apples,
5 acres Comice pears Trees are 3
and 4 years old This place is of a
very heavy black soil and is fenced
with woven wire. Price $6,500,
Might consider trade for Portland
property.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
TO A CERTAIN MAID.

TER eyes are of purple hue;
IL Her nose Is tilted sauclly;
i think she beads her lashes, too;
Her hair is fixed so flossily-
Her charm In only one thing fails
The little girl who bites her nails
,VNlS but flaw that goes to make
i Her beauty the more ravishing,
Lest all the charms by some mistake
The gods on her were lavishing
Who in her fairness Venus pales-
The little girl who bites her nails.
EoR were perfection there displayed
She'd be too fair TO look upon.
a goddess not for mems eyes made.
For bards to write a book upon.
The human touch ones heart assails-
The little girl who bites her nails.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
CAUTIOUS COMMUNICATION.

SPEAK gently II is better far
~ To rule by love than fear;
Besides. a lot OF things there are
That few should overhear.
Speak gently II is more polite
To voice your thoughts that way.
But never telephone or write
The things you have 20 say.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
A FEW
Ranch Properties

No. 211-211h acres, " miles
from town; IL acres in alfalfa, S
acres cultivated; 25 tons of hay in
the barn; milk cows; team 9 and
10 years old, weight 1900 each; har-
ness and wagon, plow and harrow.
Milk from cows is now bringing in
owner $50 per month. All for $4,000.
$4,000 cash, easy terms on balance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
Orchard


Ten acres on the south side of
Winner street, half in fruit, / acre
in full-bearing, small patch of al
falfa, IL acres used for crops;
5-room house, barn and packing
house; y acre of Tokay grapes,
small strawberry patch; city water
Price $G,5OO. $500 cash, terms on
balance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06

No. 204-53 acres; sc acres in al
falfa, balance in barley this year; no
house, but has good barn; all imple-
ments and several tons of hay go with
this place. This place is only l u
miles from Ashland. Price $40, 600.
Part cash, easy terms on balance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06

No. 1S4-57 acres; As. acres of al
falfa, 10 acres of S-year-Old Newtown
apples with peach filters; 5-room
house (modern); irrigation for gar
den; 2 large barns; 1-room house
for help; electric light This place
is one mile from small town, on Pa
cific Highway. Price $4,000. Part
cash.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06

Thirteen acres on Ashland; z acres
of full-bearing apples pears, peaches
and cherries, acres of young fruit,
acres Of timber; 7-room house
barn, woodshed, chicken houses and
parks. Price $500. Part cash.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06
Not Vary Dusty.

Jack-I don't believe you've the sand
TO propose, anyway. Tom You're mis-
taken. I've the sand. but Aaven't
the dust. xchange.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06

Four acres on Beach street, nearly
all in fruit and berries. Irrigation
for this place is perfect. Thirteen
room house, with basement, modern
throughout; piped for gas; good
barn, two chicken houses with sever
al parks. Price $4,000. $4,000
cash, easy terms on balance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-06

Fifteen acres, 21a miles east of
Ashland; ) acres of apples, pears
and peaches, acres cleared and in
garden, acres in brush; good well.
Price $4,000. $1,000 cash, terms on
balance.