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Heir 20 Millions.

name, sought an attorney. who gave
him a letter of introduction to a brother
lawyer in Philadelphia, at which place
it was necessary to enter the suit. The
letter was delivered to the lawyer. and
while he was reading it he was called
out OF the room. leaving the letter on his
desk. Mr.. Aston let curiosity get the
better of him. and he read the letter,
which closed with the information that
Mr. Aston is a fat goose; pluck him
heavy"
That was enough for the old farmer.
and seizing a pen he wrote, ''P- s., No. ,
The goose has flown. feathers and al"
II took him about three seconds to
amble down the stairs and into the
streets, and he has not had anything to
do with lawyers from that day to this,
preferring to pluck his own geese.
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Made Him Own Up.

Representative Gambler of Mississippi
belongs 20 the good old Gambler stock
of Georgia, and is a fighter from in
heritance-it runs in the blood. For
generations the Gamblers have believed
in heroic treatment when necessary.
When Mr. Gamblers uncle, the Hon.
Allen d. Chandler. an eX-Congressman,
and afterward governor of Georgia,
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"A-Comin' and A'Gwine."

Representative Adamson of Georgia
takes a peculiar pleasure in showing his
constituents around when they visit
Washington, and one of the judges IA
vorite places for sight-showing is the
Congressional Library. A few days ago
he had one of his friends in tow. and
after plotting him through the private
reading rooms of Representatives and
Senators, the Georgia marble corridor.
reading room for the blind, he took him
into the main reading room and hat,
one of the gentlemen in charge explain
the mechanism of the chutes for send
ing and receiving books The visitor
was greatly interested, and after a time
said:
''Wen. judge, this machine beats the
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The CasteIlane Children.

devil, don't It? Why. dinged If it hasn't
got more sense than any man in Car
roll county"
As Carroll county is the judges home
county. the left-handed compliment TO
the chutes by his constituent hit the
Judge as a Georgia negro would say. "a
comin' and a-gwine"
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FolIowing the colorsd brother.

when It comes to voting in the South
ern States" said a Congressman from
Virginia, the colored brother wants a
slice of the long green, and IL he does
not get it he gets his back up and IL
lie Bile 20 plunk in his ballot for the OPP
position. believing that some of his
shrewder colored leaders have been do
be used for the campaign. IL is told
that my friend Kehoe. from Kentucky,
had his friends work slick and sue
cessful trick on the negroes of his dis
trick Just before election day the ne
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The Goose Got Away.

To Hon. Joseph Sibley Of Pennsylvania
the yarn-spinning members of the House
are giving credit for this good story:
There was n rich old farmer who
lived in one OF the interior districts near
Philadelphia. and who got tangled up in
a money matter with one of his neigh
bors. Mr.. Aston. for that was his
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one-Iegged Confederate who is gen
eral favorite with visitors He Is
known as Uncle Pes" and is some
thing of a poet Recently some North
ern visitors were shown through the
weT-kept city of the dead by the old
man. and he was asked to give them a
specimen of his poetry.
IT can't make poetry" sai@ the cd
man. That is just a joke t'aase boys
around here get of on me"
Il felt that you would 10 modest
about it," replied one Of the visitors.
coaxingly. but L feel sure that you
possess some of the talents of Burns or
Moore"
Il don't think so" said Uncle Peg.
but I do know a piece which 1 can
recite by heart. as the school children
say. Here it is:
.The Yankees came in numerous
bands
To free our niggers and steal our lands;
But these little mounds mark the spot
OF all the lands these Yankees got
The visitors smiled and departed
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"Uncle Peg" as a Poet.

A member of the Georgia delegation
says that at Marietta, his State. where
the National Cemetery : located, about
10000 Federal soldiers are buried. and
the cemetery is under the care of a
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Little Members of the No
bility Who Viii Be Wealthy
Through the Aid Of Ameri
can Marriage Dots-Thc'
Young Sons of the Duchess
of Marlborough and Their
Magnificent New Home.

at Georgian Court. the beautiful Gould
estate at Lakewood. N ]. Count BonI
has been VIGOROUSLY expensive in his
tastes, but no doubt the sons Of the
house will have tidy fortunes. for Anna
Gould's share of her fathers estate
was @SsoOO.c9O. and it is understood that
a farther settlement was made upon
her by her brothers and sister.
An Interesting Little Rrssisn-
Prince Michael Cantacuzene, = little.
black-eyed Russian, is a pes.sonage Of
interest to many Americans, not 50
much because his mother is q native OF
the United States as by reason OF the
fact that this little subject OF the Car
is a great grandson Of the late Gen.
u. S. Grant. The lads mother was for
merly Miss Julia Dent Grant. daughter
Of Gen. Fred Grant. Of the United States
Army. and she received as a marriage
portion a gift of half a millicz dollars
from her aunt, Mr.. Potter Palmer.
Little Prince Michael was the especial
favorite OF his maternal grandmother,
the late Mrs. U. s. Grant, who died q
short tirue since
An Attractive Maiden.
A very attractive young girl in the
coterie of hsalf-American children in the
European aristocracy is Nancy. the
daughter Of Lady Bache-Cunard. who
was formerly Maud Alice Burke, of CAL
ifornia and Chicago. There are two in
teresting children in the home OF
Countess d'Aulby. who was Miss Fran
cesca Lunt, of Boston. Their father is
an Italian nobleman. who met his wife
while she was studying music in the
are in the Old World two more truly
beautiful girls than the .golden-haired
daughters of the Baroness Hume. who
was Miss Emily Lothrop. OF New York.
Lady Curzon's Daughters.
Lady Curzon. wife OF the vI;@roy OF
India. has two daughters. Cynthia
Blanche, born in 1896. and Mary Irene.
born two years later The baroness
de Boreski. of Hungary. who was Miss
Louise Plimpton. has twin sons who
inherit the talent of their grandfather.
who was a musical genius. and these
lads, although but six years of are.
have played before the Emperor at
Vienna. Rivaling Prince Michael Can
tacuzene as a Juvenile parsonage OF in
terest to Russian-American is the child
Of Princess Belosky o. Russiia. who
was. prior u her marriage, MIS- Susie
Whittier. of New England Lsdy Her
bert. widow of the late British ambas-
sador at washington. and sister of Irs-
Cornelius Vanderbilt. has two young
sons who bid fair to follow in the foot
steps of their father in tie public
service.
5on of an Empress
No mention of tie children Of titled
American women would be complete
without reference to the little son OF
the Empress Of Korea The consort Of
the present ruler Of the little domain
upon which Japan and Russia sre both
casting covetous eyes was formerly
Emily Brown, and she is the daughter
of an American missionary who went
TO Korea some years since. The En-
peror of Korea has o.-sr wives, but
the American woman is his legal wife;
has been formally designated at EN-
press. and has secured a decree which
establishes the right Of her son to
succession to the throne
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nelia Bradley-Martin. and she was so
young at the time of her marriage to
the Earl of Craven, in 1898, that for
years thereafter she was known in Eng
land as 1.-THE girl bride" She brought
her titled husband a dot of more than
8. 100000. and the heir of the house of
Craven will doubtless receive, sooner or
later. a large share Of the immense
fortune of his maternal grandmother,
Mrs Bradley-AIartin, who, with her
husband, went to England to live in
order TO be near their daughter.
The Castellane Children.
Countess Boni de Castellane, who was
Anna Gould. has. alike to the former
Consuelo Vanderbilt who was married
the same year. two sons, and these
little Frenchmen are in personal ap-
pearance as like as two peas. They
have visited in America, and had a
great time playing with their little
cousins, the children Of George Gould,
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A Means Of Identifcation.

while our country continues TO en-
large and take on new territory" said
Representative Hay OF Virginia. I am
forcefully reminded Of the story OF the
Irishrnan who was trying TO tell Biddy
the great size of 'Merihy- It's a great
country. Biddy, me darlint' he said
'.Meriky gave US our first 'baccy and Pc
taty. It's mighty stable. Biddy You
could roll all England through it and
it would hardly make a dint in the
grount. Biddy. There's a fresh water
hole in it that you could dhrown all
ireland. and save Father Matthew a
whole lot of trouble. You could sthick
Scotland in one corner of ,Meriky and
never find II except by the smell of the
whisky, Biddy.'
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Wales, made her the fashion. Ere long,
however, she fell in love, proposed at
the suggestion of the mother of the
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but the fellow was placed on the black
list by the other newspaper men. for
there was yer a governor of Georgia
who was better liked by the fraternity.
Sang the "Long Staple"
Representative Broussard of Louisiana
tells of a man who lived IN New Orleans
and who was cotton broker during the
weekdays. and a full-hedged preacher
on Sunday. He mixed business with his
religion in a manner which was sur
prising to the natives. Several years
ago there had been great upheavals in
the market. and the bulls and bears
had been having a high jinks time. The
entire week was one of intense excite
ment and strain on the men who dealt
I'm the staple, and whom Sunday came
the broker-preacher went to his church.
assembled the pulpit and bean services
as follows:
I'VE will sing to the praise of the
Lord in opening these services the G7th
hymn-long staple"
The good man," said Mr.. Broussard.
meant to say long meter, but his
mind was evidently on the feecy staple
in which his hard-earned cash was in
vested"
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went to England, upward of two dec
AIDES ago, King Edward, then Prince of
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man she loved, and married Captain
Naylor-Leland, the handsomest but
most unfortunate young gentleman in
England. Lady Nay,or-Leland has al
ways taken the most active interest in
British politics. She induced her late
husband to leave the Tories and become
a Radical, and she intends to educate
her sons, the young baronet. Sir Albert
aged twelve. and little George. on Liberal
party lines. Indeed, she makes no Sc
cret of her ambition that these children
shall one day take their places as gov
eminent makers. Little Sir Albert and
Master George Naylor-Leland are god
sons. respectively, of the King and
Prince of Wales.
Heir 20 Millions
That h-discussed baby who is the
real ruler of the house of Craven will
one day reap the golden harvest from
millions of dollars invested in America
] The Countess of Craven was Miss Cor
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n'e~esting Little Folk Whose
Mothers Are Nativesof the
Greatest Republic Many
Sens and Heirs Who VIII
Succeed to Famous Titles
in England, Europe and
Asia - - - -
Copyright, 1908. by Walden Fawcett.,

@HE most prominent titled Ameri-
can woman haS8ust provided for
her two young sons home
within a home that probably sur
passes in magnificence all habitations
save those of royalty. When the Duchess
OF Marlborough planned Blandford
House, her new London mansion, she de-
termined that some of the choicest
apartments should be set apart and
specially fitted up for her young sons,
the Earl of .Blandford and Lord John
Churchill. Accordingly, there has been
reserved for the use of the little boys
of the former Consuelo Vanderbilt as
much space as is found in many a mod
ern residence.
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Little Lord Vaudeville.

In the house of Manchester the all
important parsonage just at present is
little Lord Vaudeville. the baby son of
the reigning Duchess Of Manchester, who
was Miss Zimmerman, of Cincinnati.
For this newcomer in the ranks of the
nobility there would appear to be prom
Use of a golden future. The Manchester
dukedom was long impoverished. but
soon after the marriage of the young
duke to Miss Zimmerman. of Cincinnati.
his mother. who, as has been explained.
is also an American woman, came into
a fortune Of a million dollars through
the death OF her brother Fernando
1znaga, and as the reigning duke is
her only surviving child this fortune will
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The MarlbOrOugh Children.

In popular estimation the children of
the Duchess of Marlborough are among
the most interesting Of the titled little
folks who have American mothers Lord
B,andford. the eldest, will not only sue
coed to one of the most distinguished
titles of the British peerage, but he
will. in accordance with the English
custom. receive the bulk OF very tidy
fortune. for his American mother re-
ceived at the time of her marriage a
fortune estimated at from s15.OOo,OOO to
SO. $50.
Already speculation is rife as to the
future of this young member of the
British nobility and aristocratic society
is wondering whether he will marry an
American girl as did his father and
grandfather before him This tendency
OF the sons of American mothers 20 seek
brides among Miss ColumbisTs daugh-
tiers Is becoming very marked and is
well illustrated in the houses OF MARI
borough and Manchester. The Dowager
Duchess OF Marlborough was Miss Lii
Ian Price. the daughter of an American
naval officer and the Dowager Duchess
of Manchester was Miss Yznaga of
Louisiana
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A Palatial Nursery Suite.

The nursery suite, as the children's do
main is termed. is situated on the fourth
floor. It includes an immense day nur-
sery and a spacious night nursery, in ad-
dition to a scullery. bathroom, and
rooms for the nurse and other atten-
dants. In connection with this juvenile
paradise is a special elevator used only
for bringing the children's food from the
kitchen. In addition to the accommoda-
lions on the fourth floor some space on
the third floor Of this 100000 mansion
has been assigned to the young heir Of
the house. Here the little Lord Bland
ford has bedroom and bathroom, while
adjoining are rooms for his diminutive
lordehf-FS y1,frse
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doubtless descend to him and in turn
TO the little Lord Vaudeville. In addi-
ton this lucky youngster will probably
receive a good share of the Zimmerman
child.
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Lady Naylor-Le.and's Sons.

Another famous American beauty
whose children are endowed with good
looks as well as worldly riches is Lady
Naylor-Leland. She was Jennie Cham
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His American Connections.

Little Lord Vaudeville has a young
cousin who also has an American
mother. The lady in question is the
former Miss Van Marter. now Countess
of Tankerville Her husband, the Earl
of Tankerville. is a grandson of the
sixth Duke Of Manchester. and accord
ingly the son Of the countess is a cousin
Of the probable inheritor of the Zimrner-
man fortune. The children Of Lady
Grey-Egerton have lately attracted much
attention abroad inasmuch as they bid
fair to inherit the beauty of their
mother, who was Miss Eleanor CuyIer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-29
ProVolt Items.

The high water of the past weeB
has served to emphasize the need Of
another bridge over Williams creek
between Provolt and Williams. Al
present the main travelled road crosses
Williams creek at ford about a mile
below Williams post office.
On top of all the other disasters, on
Monday about noon, terrible Chi.
nook wind rose and blew down mum.
ber of fine, large pines This is not
serious, however, as the saw mills
will doubtless make arrangement for
converting them into saw logs at
once.
The voluntary weather observer AZ
Williams reports that during the "a
hours of Friday night and Saturday
there fell six inches Of rain. This
seems an exaggeration but we shall
excuse him this time as the occasion
seems to warrant extravaganza of
speech, even in a weather bureau
official
1t is the universal verdict of the
Williams and Applegate valley
farmers that we have experienced the
worst floods in the PAST week of any
time since the winter Of 1870. One
careful observer reports that Williams
creek reached the high water mark of
1890 at the Provolt bridge ON Satur.
day In other places, however, Will.
iams did not seem quite so high as be.
fore.
During high water, such as we had
last Wednesday and Saturday, il is
impossible to ford Williams creek and
so the stage was compelled to remain
M Williams on these days There is
another road to Williams called the
mountain road, but il is impossible At
present and often so at other times
Besides the stage is compelled 10
travel the other route on account Of
the post Office at Provolt. As matters
stand at present, the county court
could do the people Of this section no
greater service than building a bridge
across Williams creek above Provolt.
Among the losses reported inflicted
by the recent floods are the following
Arplegate cut about 10 acres Of land
on the ranch of Jacob Struss, Jr.. and
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-29
A RICH PLACER REGION
Josephine Coupty's Many Hy-
dra ulic Plac Mines.

Josephine county and the region ad-
jaoent to 1t has always boen, and will
continue to be for the next 100 years,
a remarkably rich placer region.
There is no other section anywhere,
of its area, that contains so many
hydraulic placer mines and so many
acres Of placer ground. rs does Jose
phine county Providence has gcner
ously endowed Josephine with all tho
necessary requisites for placer gold
digging. The liberal rains of every
winter, and the multitude Of streams
that intersoct and cut the country
everywhere make this country an
ideal one for the surface miner
There is as great u difference be.
tween the modern hydraulic giant and
the rocker of the early day miner, as
there is between the modern palace
car and the pioneer stage coach. The
same auriferous streams whero today
the giants are hurling their mighty
streams against the gravel hanks
melting mountains away and robbing
them of their gold, were scratched
over half "a century ago by the pros.
pcctor with his crude rocker and pan.
Then, placer mining was a gamble,
In which hardships, priyations and
perils were necessary to the treasure
sought and pack pony, pick, lan.
and grub" kit the prime requisites.
Today, placer mining is business In
which capital, enterprise and mechan.
ioal ingenuity play most important
part Dennis II. Stovall. in The
Pacific Miner.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-29
THE HOTEL FLAT PLACERS
New Hydraulic Mine In Briggs
Creek District.

The "Hotel Flat" placer on Briggs
creek is heing opened up by Trefren
Of Ashland and associates This mine
contains a large area of untouched
placer ground Of undoubted richness.
1t lies just below the Barr mine which
is good producer. The ground is
neither deep nor difficult 10 work.
Most Of the pay" lies close to the
bedrock and the gold is coarse, smooth,
heavy and Of high quantity.
Hotel Flat has history which its
name perpetuates. During the Silver
creek excitement Of the early 70's, a
"hotel" was kept here which was a
half way house between Silver creek
and the Rogue river settlements.
The hotel was kept by James Ferren,
still resident Of Briggs creek and it
did rushing business in its day.
The ruins OF the old house still stand.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-29
DEATH OF A PIONEER
Mrs. Clementina Trimble Passed
Away on Monday.

Mrs. Clementina Trimble, an Orc.
gon pioneer OF 80 and u well known
resident Of Josephine county since
1870, died in this city on Monaay For
some time she had been u sufferer
from cancer, The interment took
place at the Pleasant Valley GENE.
terry, near her former home. ON Wed.
nesday. Mrs Trimble was born In
sandusky county, Ohio, Aug. ?, 1898
She was married to Robert Trimble
July 8, 1916 They emigrated to Iowa
and in 1852 crossed the plains to Ore
gon. They lived in Douglas county
TIL 1870, then moved TO Josephine.
MI Trimble died two months after
moving to this county. There were
ii children. eight Of whom are now
living Mrs Garrett Crockett Of Hugo
Mrs. Q. ID. Williams of billiard; Mac
Trimble Of Bridal Veil; John and
ohas Trimble of Chehalis, Wash.
Vim. Trimble Of Oregon City; Mrs
b A. Williams and James Trimble
Of Grants Pass
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-29

The Courier has lately added to it's
equipment u new job press of the
larger pattern, carrying all the later
improvements, u thoroughly up.to date
machine. Another Of our late addi.
tions is wire stitching machine.
The Courier now has mechanical
equipment which is superior to any
other in Southern Oregon and is
better prepared than ever to give its
patrons the best service and returns.
The Courier is in the fore front Of
progress and advancement. Its policy
and effort is toward constant improve.
ment and advancement both meohan.
ically and otherwise. We have no
thought of stopping or standing still
or saying This is good enough. " We
will continue to improve as long as
there is room. Stay with the Courier
and the future will commend your
Judgment
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-29

Tho Woman's club of this city can
not bo too highly commended in the
spirit Of public enterprise which is
exhibited. They have taken up the
library project and have very grati-
flying assurance of success II they are
seconded therein by the citizens. They
have the best of prospects of securing
from Andrew Carnegie a handsome
donation for library If certain con.
ditions In tho matter of a site for and
maintenance OF the library can be
complied with. In this matter, they
need the practical and material assist.
anco OF tho citizens of the town and
we are confident that it will bo given,
rs tho success Of tho project would be
Of immense public benefit. The ben.
ehts OF free library go to those who
need them and this is in itself
sufficient recommendation for is sup.
poft
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-29

A Grants Pass dispatch to the Ore.
gonian last week stated there were a
number Of cases of smallpox in town
and that death had occurred there
from. At tho time the dispatch was
written, there was one mild case In
quarantine, n man who had come in
on the train from tho north and who
had been promptly taken in charge by
the authorities His was the only
case and the report OF death was
utterly without foundation, the cor
respondent evidently having in mind
the death Of little boy by scarlet
fever about a month ago On such a
ticklish subject as smallpox, care
should be taken not to make any
such wild remarks One more case,
also mild, has since appeared and the
house was quarantined.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-29

A bill Is In consideration by the
legislature to compel the placing OF
fine mesh wire screens at the heads of
all bitches. This OF course is in the
interest of the fish. Such measure
would work great deal of harm in
this county especially to the placer
mining industry as the screens would
be an intolerable and constant nuisance
and and obstacle TO the flow Of the
water. The finer the mesh, the worse
the nuisance as they would be con
stantly filling up with leaves and
other debris Fish are worthy Of some
protection but there are other interests
of far greater Importance to be affect
ed by this bill.