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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-01-19
Letter From Oregon.

written by MISS Lydia Foss TO
friends near Calhoun.
scio, Oregon, Jan. 4th, 1905.
Dearest Friend Catherine
Well, we arrived here safely
but pretty tired and sick. l am
going to write you all ABBOTT our
journey. The trains were all
late so we did not leave the
Valley until 1886, and changed
cars at Omaha. The train was
waiting for US so we stepped
from our car right on to the
other train. We left Omaha
at $40. We could not get a
chair car Thursday night so l
could not sleepa wink all night.
But Friday forenoon we vert
into a chair car right back of
the car we were in. We reached
Cheyenne about noon and from
there the scenery began to get
a little prettier. We were in
the mountains then. The high
est point in our journey was
Sherman 5000 feeD which we
reached a little after noon. The
rocks and mountains were love-
ly, and we went through a
tunnel cut through the solid
rock.
Saturday morning we rode a
long time along the banks of
the Snake river and then in the
afternoon again and you can
not imagine how beautiful il
was. The track was as close as
could be built on one bank and
the mountains started from tho
waters edge on the other banl
and rose almost straight, and
being covered with snow they
were lovely. | rode with the
window up most of the time
even in the mountain it YVES
not very cold.
We reached Portland Sunday
morning at 7:15 and found W.
could not get down here be
cause trains did not run oE
Sunday, so we went to a hotel
and stayed until Monday morn
ing at $3.50 and went to Wood
burn and changed cars. The
train from there was part
freight and part passenger anG
slow-it was slower than the
"slow train through Arkansaw. :"
| thought we would never get
here. The engineer and fire
man would get off at every
little station and stand and tell
jokes and stories until they got
ready to start again. But |
cannot find words to describe
the scenery from Portland. The
grass is green and the fields of
grain are all up. The timber
is all frs and pines and they
are green, and all along the
road are rocks and timber and
everywhere is moss, ferns and
pretty, clear springs. You
could only see it yourself to
know how beautiful this coun-
try is.
We reached w. Scio at 2::40
and 'phoned to Roberts, but
Mrs. Roberts was away with
the team, so he did not get
down for us until late. / think
he said it was after 8 when we
got "home." | think we have
a real pretty place. is in the
hills but you would hardly
know it. The ground slopes so
that the water does not stand
on the ground and can be
farmed any time of the year.
Everybody is putting in their
crops now and Papa will have
to hurry to get the rest of his
crops in early enough. The
roads are bad now, awful rough
and muddy. 1t has not rained
much since we came. 1t rained
in Portland Sunday and some
here Monday night and Tuesday
forenoon, but it does not rain
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-01-19

David Livingstone was quite
severly frozen last night.
Miss Josephine Johnson is
reported not so we'll today.
The report from the western
ranges is that the cattle are
suffering for both feed and wa
ter,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-01-19
Fer Sale or Rent.

My place, % miles north of
Missouri Valley. Good we'll,
plenty of fruit. About Is acres
of ground. Address
Mrs. M. A. Bates,
If Logan, Iowa.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

The Democratic District Meetings
in st. Mary's County, will be held
as follows:
st. Inigo's, Saturday October 18th,
at 2 p. m.
Valley Lee, Monday, October Both,
at 2 p. m.
st. Georges Island, Monday, Oc-
tober Both, at 1880 p. m.
All are cordially invited 70 come.
The candidates and other speak
ers will address the meetings.
By order OF the
State Central Committee.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

About 6, A. M, Thursday, the
Police schooner, Bessie Jones, ar
rested Capt. Alexander Harris, OF
the schooner Vickery, and Capt. Guy.
OF the schooner Prowess. loaded with
oysters unculled and over per cent.
OF small oysters. The prizes were
carried to Bushwood wharf After
remaining at anchor several hours
Capt. Harris determined to leave be-
fore trial. The police officers reason
ed with him for some time. but he
went ahead, hoisted sail and order
ed his crew to get up anchor. The
crew of the police boat fred several
times across bis bow, which made
his crew 90 below.
Capt. Harris followed them and
drove them up to work again. They
broke the anchor from the. bottom
and started to hoist the lib. Harris
went aft. got his rife and opened
IRE on the police schooner, one ball
striking the Jones in the waist,
breaking the compass box. passing
through the vessel and striking q
puugy on the other side of her. A
gsneral fusilade then ensued from
both vessels. Harris was struck
by ball in the forehead, killing him
instantly. When his boat was
boarded he was found with a cooked
and loaded rifle in his hand and
empty shells scattered all around
him.
The fight was Witnessed by many
persons on vessels anchored around
and by considerable concourse on
the shore.
All the witnesses declare that
Captain Harris began the fight.
A jury OF inquest was impanneled
by Justice James ]. Stone and rem
dered verdict that Harris came
to his death from a bullet fired from
the Bessie Jones and that the shoot
ing was justifiable and in self-de-
fence"
The officers and crew of the police
boat prepared the body of Capt.
Harris for burial and it was taken
to Cambridge by the Steamer Nc
Lane, Friday. ]. Douglas Russell,
mate, was in command of the Jones
during the fight.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

= B. TIPPETT Il BRO,
AAs ATTORSEYs-AT-LAw,
ii K. Lexington Street, near Chas.,
Baltimore, Md.
Practice in the Courts OF Baltimore
city, Court of Appeals, in the coun-
ties of Charles and st. Mary's and
Washington city. Special attention
given TO Admiralty practice and col
lection of claims.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27
MEM SPRING

10 complete aud NC can supply
you with any style at u low pres.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

Harry B. deWaal, of Leonardtown,
died at the City Hospital, Baltimore
Wednesday. October .. aged about
30 years. His body will be brought
home Friday and buried in the grave
yard Of our Lady s Chapel. Medley's
Neck. Mr.. de Wall was very popu-
lar and bis death is sincerely re-
GREETED by all who knew him. May
he rest in peace
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

Der for Senato'4
the trademark
llitusCa. q
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27
One Campaign And Another.

Same old 'lectioneers
Beggin' all for votes
Same old promises,
Mostly all a hoax.
Same old buttonholin'-
Same line o. talk
Same old agreements
T. always walk tn chalk"
Same old ratiiyin'
Men they've never seen
beer is good and plenty, so
What matters it, ween).
Same old diggin' in
Tn pasts of public men
Same old orators
Spellbindin' Us again
Same old wise guy
Listens to the shoutin',
But when he Votes he votes his way
In spite OF all the spoutin'.
John ID. Wells.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27
Social Items.
[Reported for the Beacon.l

Mr.. William Blackstone, of Ocean
Hall, deeming il useless to resist
the force of charms" surrendered
his castle on Friday last to Misses
Eva Blair and Helen Burch-both
great lovers OF dancing who asked
the neighbors to join them in their
favored pleasure.
1t was a matter of regret that both
of these ladies were not present to
grace this bachelors apartments
lin their own sweet way".but the
sudden illness of Miss Helen. which
prevented her attendance, was the
one great disappointment in so pleas
ant an evening.
Sand witches and coffee were served
between times, and the music by
Carter's band (he has learned some
new tunes) was more than usually
symphonious. q hope that little
arm has recovered from its pain
II couldn't help IL ~
The chaperons were:
Mrs
James Blair, Edmund Plowden.
Those present were:
Misses
Lorena Foxwell, Marsy Dent,
Eva Blair, Fannie Joe Dent,
Catherine Dent, Lillian Mattingly,
Sillia Dent, Della McWilliams,
Ella Davidson, Edna Freeman,
Edith Holmes, Sallie Lyon,
Mary Grason, Claudia Grason.
Imogene Hodges,
Messrs-
Albert Hodges, Geo. MeWilliams,
Willie Blackstone, Bernard Freeman,
Samuel Lyon, VIM. Freeman,
Ernest Burch, George Knott,
Frank Foxwell, Frank McWilliams,
Eliot Dent, Hugh McWilliams,
Z. N. Petherbridge, Grover Stone,
r. j. Cotton, ir., Frank Blair.
Mrs, James Stone, of "Toma 10
kin" will leave on Sunday next to
visit her sister, Mrs. +. Tilton Glib
son, of Crisfield.
Miss Fannie Joe Dent will leave
in a few days on an extended South
ern trip, which will create quite a
void in the hearts of those she
leaves behind her,"
II is reported that one of our
sports" "fell into a coffee pot" re-
Gently. We hope that he sustained
no serious injury, and that he has
recovered from the effects.
The friends of Mr.. G.. Morgan
Knight are delighted to see him again
in the county and looking so well
after his severe illness.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

Notice.-Divine Service at the
residence of Mrs. Hodgdou, near
Milestone, on Thursday, November
2, at IL O'Clock. The public invited.
WILLARD +. MISsICK, Rector.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

1858 al A0
Pike advan-
Fver appear
Eticles more
as soon as
| of the low
and saucers,
ups both front
10 match, the
gold band in
~ nice grade
china. These
Rs at the price
etures hardly
have another
A different
;, no two alike,
With glass, 10
thimbles, all
deal more but
| b cents each.
ed treys done
ckgroupd col
wen different
Very bright
o very useful
3 at 10 cents.
the tumblers
/ you had bet
While they
hem at the I'M
IS per set. A
advantage Of
,ft out.
knives. The
ped right now
! can use them
b year round.
low price Of B
patterns, and
are beauties.
Imitation cut
} on our B and
lnter that are
L q few 70 you
ling as repre-
! want at rea-
sell call on Us
a HT
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27
DO YOU DEPOSIT IN
TIE NATIONAL BANK Of ST. KARY'si

WHAT ARE YOUR RXPENsEsi
It's very much easierto keep track
OF ones personal expenses when
bills are peidby check. IL makes
the Bank do most of tn book
keeping and IL furnishes a legal
voucher OF ~ q record Oh every
cent paid out. If you are think.
Ing of opening bank account call
at the 81. MARY'B NATIONAL
BANK and consult with It's officers
You are sure TO receive prom pt,
courteous treatment be your &C.
count large or small. July W
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27
GreenWell'S Mill.

FLOUR, Meal and Feed on hand
for sale all the time cheap for CASH.
Hereafter, in order to avoid hav-
ing to keep mill books, all orders
must be accompanied by the cash.
T. Z. greenwich.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

Dress Goods Of eli kinds. A fun
line Of Ribbons Laces and rim
minEs-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

sou 20 0nr liue OF Spring and summsr Goods.
Our line Of
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17

by the Chinese and presumably intro
duced into this country by them. 1t
consists in taking a bag of gold dol
lars and shaking them violently about
for hours at a time. the result being
that they are taken out badly worn and
with small deposit CT gold at>the bot
tom of the sack.
The government also has in its pos
session numerous counterfeits of for
eign currency, principally Italian, Ger
man and Austrian, though there is
soma English and French. The gov
ernment holds that it is as great a
crime to falsify or counterfeit foreign
obligations as it is to counterfeit our
own.
One of the features of this curious
collection is the number of advertise
ments so closely resembling money or
stamps hat the government officers de-
termined to take charge of them.
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17
CHARGES ADMISSION FOR
CHARITY.
European and Diplomatic Gossip.

James J. Van Alan, the expatriated
American millionaire, has taken a hint
from the Duke of Westminster, who
has for some time past charged all
tourists or eXcursionists who desire to
explore Eaton Hall and spend a day
among the beautiful scenery on his
Cheshire estate, IL cents a head. So
great has been the influx of tourists
to Rushton Hall, Mr.. Van Alan's his
toric place in NoBthamptonshire, dur
ing this season, that, commencing with
January 1, he proposes to follow the
Dukes example with a condition
slightly changed. The income derived
from the Dukes visitors is divided
among local charities. Mr.. Van Alan
will charge maximum of 25 cents
to all visitors from abroad and u
cents to eXcursionist parties other than
those who may come from the county
of Northampton, to whom the grounds
will be free on Mondays and Satur-
days. The income derived from all
sources will be divided between the
local infirmary and an institution for
social intercourse and educational i'm
provement which he means to estab-
lish in the neighborhood for the bene-
fit of workingmen. 1t is estimated that
next year, when the house and grounds
may be seen at the best, the income
derived from this project will not fall
far short of $4,000.
King Leopold of Belgium, who is Of
ten mentioned as business partner of
Thomas S. Walsh of Washington and
Colorado, possesses considerable real
estate in the French Riviera. His de-
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17
A Dress Made of Postage Stamps

An American lady wore ball dress
at a ball in Bermuda recently in which
10000 stamps were used. Years were
spent in the collection, and the dress
was covered with stamps of all ma
tions. An eagle made entirely with
brown Columbian stamps was the cen
tre of the breast. Suspended from the
talons was globe made of very old
blue revenue stamps. On either side
of the globe was an American flag,
the stripes of blue and red stamps. A
collection of foreign stamps was past
ed on the back of the bodice in the
form of shield. A large picture hat,
covered with. red and blue stamps,
a mask and a very pretty fan COW
cred entirely with pink, completed the
costume.
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17

toll from the finny tribes. Cold has
no terrors for these tough creatures
and they swim as nimbly in the icy
rivers of the north as in the waters
of the caribbean. They "dive at a
FASH" and are as difficult to kill as
the water witch" itself.
Only the most guileless housekeeper
will look at any saw-billed duck in
market-the serrated mandibles indi-
eating that the organ is used as a fish
chopper, and fish food never makes
good game meat.
The drake is gorgeous but vain and
selfish bird and Immediately deserts
the neighborhood when the six to
twelve creamy buff eggs are being
hatched. All the domestic duties then
fall upon the devoted mother. 81 once
padded after BROOD" says Chamber
lain in the Nature Library, "and
though several times they were almost
within reach of my landing net, they
eluded every effort to capture them.
Throughout the chase the mother kept
close to the young birds, and several
times swan across the bow of the ca
noe in her efforts to draw my atten.
Ilon from the brood and to offer her
self as sacrifice for their escape"
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17
aSSLSISSEl15sEIxI1TEZ g7s5Zs=I7EES5Ez7Z5sTE
THE MERGANSER WILD DUCK.

One of the most beautiful OF wild
ducks, with its dark, glossy green head,
rich, salmon colored breast and strong
ly marked wings, its voracious fish
eating habits make the Merganser use
less for food and thus an object but
little troubled by sportsmen. A large
number of local names such as the goo
sander, the shelldrake, saw-bill, diving
goose, the weaser, have attached them
selves to this large, handsome swim
mer that studiously avoids man, even
though no sportsman would trouble
him, and that eludes pursuit by the
most remarkable feats of diving and
swimming. Eating is the chief object
in life for the Merganser. who fire.
quently swallows a fish so large that
it can not descend into the stomach,
but must remain partially in the dis
tended throat until digested, piece
meal. But this process is so rapid as
to always leave the bird with vora-
cious appetite and drive it to desper-
ate rashness to secure it's prey.
Swift currents with deep pools where
the fish hide and foaming cataracts
where they leap are the delight of the
Merganser, whose marvellous diving and
swimming enable them to take heavy
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17

mesnes are at Villefranche sur Mere,
near Nice. They are called the Col du
Caire, and the Passable. Both have
been enlarged some few years ago,
notably the Passable, to which has
been added the whole of the western
side of Cape Ferrat In this portion
of the newly acquired property small
port has been constructed for the
Kings yacht.
Lady Henry Somerset, who is well
known in this country from her great
work in the interest of the temperance
movement, has a woman footman,
female butler, and women in charge of
her stables.
Members of >reigning families,
princes as well as princesses of the
blood, have to obtain permission from
the sovereign before they can leave
the country. They are always expect
ed to notify the monarch when they
intend to absent themselves from the
town or city where the court happens
to be in residence at the time.
The late King Humbert of Italy on
one occasion called his niece, Duchess
Helen of Aosta, to severe account for
having left Italy to visit her mother
in France without previously obtaining
his sanction.
This rule, which Viceroy Lord Curzon
also introduced in India, caused almost
open rebellion among number of the
more powerful maharajahs and gaek-
wars of the empire, who on a number
of occasions disregarded the Viceroy's
rule and left the empire not only with
out his sanction but against his strict
est instructions.
The wealth of some of the Russian
churches in costly gems, jewelry and
precious stones is proverbial. Some
churches in the United States, notwith-
standing they are not supported by the
government, as they are in Russia and
other countries, are gradually acquir-
ing rare paintings, statuary, stained
glass windows and costly vestments.
For instance, the most costly mitre in
the United States, a mitre which rep
resents $4,000 worth of jewels and
precious stones, is worn by Bishop
Horstmann of the Cleveland diocese of
the Roman Catholic Church. Most of
these jewels were presented to the
church by Mr.. Gordon, who also donat-
ed to the city of Cleveland his magnifi-
cent Gordon Park. Mr.. Gordon was
father of Mrs. Daisy Hanna, wife
of Dan. Hanna, son of the late Senator
Hanna. VAN CALAVA.
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17
DESTROYING THE QUEER
LARGE SUNS OF CAPTURED
COUNTERFEITS BURNED UP
AND MELTED BY THE
GOVERN1IENT.
Coin, Stamps. and Other limitations
Accumulate in Uncle Sans Strong
Box in Large Quantities.-Valuable
Counterfeiting Machinery.

The periodical destruction of coun-
terfeit currency, spurious coin, post
age stamps, revenue stamps and other
contraband material captured from
coJnterfeiters by the secret service,
has been ordered by the Secretary of
the Treasury. The accumulation of this
stuff in the treasury is larger than
usual. Three clerks in the cash room
of the treasury have been delegated
a committee to see that this "queer"
money is done away with.
Every two or three years so much
counterfeit money and counterfeiting
tools and implements accumulate in the
Office of Chief Wilkie, of the secret serv-
ice, that it is necessary to destroy it.
The chief notifies the Secretary of the
Treasury, who issues an order which
sends the coin to the assay office, where
all the silver and gold is melted or re-
duced from the mass, run into ingots,
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17
Ancient AduIteratious.

Adulteration laws appear to have
been quite as necessary in the good
old days as in the sophisticated
Twentieth Century. Even the adul-
teration of feather beds and holsters
had to be provided against. October
IA, 1895, is the date of a statute pro-
hibiting the sale in English fairs or
markets of these articles, or of pill
lows, Except they be stuffed with one
manner of feathers" 1t expressly
denounced the use of such ''unlawful
and corrupt stuffs' as "scalded
feathers, or fen-down." The last sub
stance is the same as cotton grass, and
was evidently in great demand as a
fraudulent substitute in bed-stuffing.
In the Eighteenth Century, again, we
find complaints of people who bought
fen-down at halfpenny a pound, and
sold it among feathers at sixpence.
Amador ledger., 1905-11-17

for themselves, repayment for the
cost of which is provided at low rates
of interest.
Mr.. Haggard expresses himself as
extremely well satisfied with the re-
suits seen at the Fort Romie settle
ment in California, and the Fort
Amity settlement in Colorado. The
Ohio settlement he leaves out of con-
sideration, as it is principally devoted
to the redemption of inebriates, and
the carrying out of agricultural expert
ments. At both Forts Romie and
Amity, he found the settlers healthy,
happy, hopeful and almost without
exception doing well. Beginning in
nearly every case with nothing, in the
course of about four years at Fort Ro-
mie, he found these settlers worth
about $1,000 per head, above all their
debts and liabilities to the Salvation
Army and others, and at Fort Amity,
an average of over $1,000 a head,
which he thinks is more than they
could have possibly accumulated dur
ing the same period as day laborers on
the land or in the cities.
Reason For Wide encouragement.
1t is true that, although the set
tiers themselves are doing we'll the
Salvation Army, for the reason that
unexpected difficulties in the open
ing up Of the land were encountered,
was called upon to. pay some $4,000
for it's experience. Mr.. Haggard de-
clares, however, that under all the cir
cumstances, and in the face of the
principles demonstrated, and the sue
cess won in every other direction, this
experience has been very cheaply
bought.
Further" he says, "I cannot see
any cause to fear a repetition of that
loss in the future application of these
principles. 1t is therefore totally in
accurate to say, as has been done
widely in press summaries of my re-
port, that these settlements are finan-
cially a failure"
+ Would systematic Philanthropy.
Mr.. Haggard proposes a scheme.
!. e." to combine a judicious use of
the public credit, with that of what l
have called, the waste forces of be-
nevolence,' and by means of these
two levers, to lift some of the mass of
human misery, which demonstrates
itself in the great cities of civilization.
to new level of plenty and content
ment."
He believes that if settlements are
carried out on these lines, and espec-
tally if they are located upon good
land, which has cost the controlling
authorities little or nothing, there
should be, as is indicated by the ia
bles furnished in this report, no loss.
! out even a considerable gain.
GIN.