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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-21
PROBATE NOTICE.

IN the Superior Court of the State of Wash
/ ington for the county Of Thurston.
In the matter Of the estate OF Milton c. Smith
deceased.
No. lf05.
Notice of Settlcmentof Final Account.
Notice 10 hereby given that Nellie NJ. Tichnor
Administrative Of the estate of Milton c. Smith
deceased, has rendered and presented for settle
ment, and died in the Superior Court Of Thurstor
county, State OF Washington, her final account az
euch Admihistratrix. and that Tuesday, the Stt
day OF January, 1907. Al 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the
Court Room Of said superior Court. In the city Of
Olympia, IN said Thurston county, has been duly
appointed by said Superior Court for the settle
ment Of said final account, at which time and
place any person interested in said estate may
appear and file his exceptions In writing to the
said final account, and contest the same.
Witness Hon. 0. v. Linn, Judge oil
the said Superior Court and the sea
SEAL OF said Court affixed this 10th day o.
December. A. ID. 1906.
b. 7. BAKER,
County Clerk and Clerk of the Superior Court
Fist publication, Dec. p, 1906
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-21

MADAM Anna Gould, a. she lie now
known, has been victorious in the law.
suits against her bought by creditors
and money lenders victimized by her
husband, with q view Of making her
family responsible for his debts.
All but two OF the fifteen cases
were dismissed, with costs against their
prosecutors. In the two exceptions,
it was shown that Madam Gould had
the objects purchased still in her
possession.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-21

CAR-sHoRTAGE is what the people gel
when they try to regulate railroad
traffic. There now, dear Public. won'I
YOU be still!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-21

WANTED.-A ton of rutabagas and
= ton OF csbbsges. on the root. Apply
to GEORGE G. ISRAEL, POI McKenny
block for particulars.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-21

With its throat cut ON the right OF
jugular side. the body Of . male baby
was found floating in the bay at The
loot OF Union street, al Seattle, yester'
day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-21

Now that the President has gone
back on his emasculated spelling, it
leaves the P.-L TO hobble around on
one leg.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-21

The bumps on . mans head some
times indicate that his wife has we'll.
developed muscle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
Sunday, June 8 1906.
CHAPTER XVu
A Fellow Scientist.

semistupor, from which he awoke with
q start now and then, as he thought
he heard again the mingled cries of de-
yotion and maledietion. At last he
slept soundly and awoke refreshed, but
hungry: The loaf lay beside him and.
with his knife, he cut slice from it,
munehing the coarse bread with more
Of relish than he had thought possible
when he first saw it. Then he took
out another cigaret, struck match.
looked at his watch and Lit the eigaret.
It was ten minutes S.5 past he Wont 6nt
thought it unlikely. he had landed
very early in the morning and now it
was afternoon. He was fearfully thirsty
but could not bring himself to drink
from that stream of death Once more
he heard the bolts shot back tha noor
wretehes into the sea-" he mqttered,
but the yellow CLEAN of lantern
showed him it was his own door that
had been unlocked. >,
"You are to see the governor" SAID
the jailer grufiy. 'Come WIN me:
depressing a cry of delight. Nothing
the grim governor could do to him
would make his situation any worse,
and perhaps his persuasive powers upon
that official might result in some
amelioration of his position. In any
case there was the brief respite OF Ine
interview, and he would gladly nave
ehummed with the devil himself to pc
free a few moments from this black pit.
AItho the outside door of the gov
ernor's room stood open, the room was
not as well Illuminated as it had bee1
before, for the sun had now gone rounu
to the other side of the island, but to
the prisoners aching eyes it seemed
a chamber of refulgence. The same
lamp was burning on the table. giving
forth an odor of bad oil, but in add
ton to this, two candles were lighted,
which supplemented in some shght
measure the efforts of the lamp. az
the end of the table lay numper OIL
documents under paper weight, ar
ranged with the neat precision OF a
metbodical man. The governor had
been warming his hands over the bra
zier. but ceased when Lermontoff was
brought up standing before him be
lifted the paper weight, took from I'M
der it the two letters which Lennon
toff had given to the steward on the
steamer, and handed them to the prls-
oner, who thus received them back for
the second time. go
ttI wish to say,' remarked the gov
ernor, with an aired of bored indiffer-
enee which was evidently quite. genu-
attempt to communicate with the au-
thorities, or with friends, you will bring
on yourself punishment which will be
unpleasant -
"As subject Of the ear ! have
the right to appeal to him. said the
91The appeal you have written here, !"
replied the governor, "would have
proved useless, even If it had been de.
1ivered. The car knows nothing OF
hold entirely under the control of the
grand dukes and of the navy. The
Frogzmondoff never gives up pris-
oner" 80,
"Then I am here for GfetimeP'
HYes,'' reioined the governor, with
frigid calmness, mand if you give me
no trouble you will save yourself some
Inconvenience. -.
edo you speak French!' asked the
| prince.
| "Net.
"Englishe' ss-.-.
| "Net.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09

force TODAY. The world has seen nothing like this wave OF moral lorce
.;,ce Chris unless it was in the Lutheran reformation.
It is not the number of men II stripes that counts; 1t is the ex-
oosrre that is powerful in preventing further crimes. Had those trials
been held in secret, behind closed doors, they would have been useless
r.stes But the publication in the newspapers of the facts brought
ont in the trials, the wide publicity given by the newspapers to the
amazing revelations of official corruption aroused the country.
A new word has been entered firmly into the body OF the Eng
III, language and a new idea has arisen. The new word IS graft
and the new idea is the public conscience" -Four years ago graft
md "grafter were slang words. A CRATER was one who hung
,hout courts and secured clients for lawyers and bondsnnen. Doodle
- bood1er had come to us from the Tweed cases.
At about the same time arose the idea that the public has a con-
..;e,ce I do not know who first expressed the idea, but | do know
that YOU may search the encyclopedias Of oratory without hndlng It
prior to four years ago.
The public conscience is awake to that corruption in public life
which Judge Davis vainly called to its attention IN the prosecution OF
lake Sharpe, the promoter of the Broadway railway franchise steal
- ~ New York. Oldtnme political parties are losing their hold on the
oeople and in their stead is arising a conscience party that must be
reckoned with.
Jefferson wrote equal rights for all and special privileges for
,one.. Special privilege in any form is graft, even when 1t IS pro-
tscted by law. There are forms of graft under laws creating monop-
oes and under the protective tariff. / do not believe that exag-
gsrate when / say that before this movement subsidies all monopoles
and the protective tariff will be wiped out
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
ON ~LONG-EARED OWL
NOT so WIDELY DISTRIBUTED
AS CoMMoNER SORT.
Found Only in Fir Woods-Dihcult
to Locate Observation-Disclosures or
Facial Representations
derful Eyes.

The ~long-eared owl, though common
In many parts, is not nearly so widely
distributed as the two commoner sorts.
1t is more or less local, being only
found in fir woods. Where there are
large spaces covered with fir forests
the long-eared owl is generally album
dant, but where these are absent you
may look for it in vain.
Instead of nesting in the holes of
trees, buildings or rocks, as do the
tawny and barn owls, 1t prefers to use
the old nest of q crow, wood-pigeon,
heron or squirrel, and OF this rough
platform the eggs are laid very early
in the year, sometimes while snow
lies thick on the ground. Very occas-
ionally these birds have nestled on the
ground, and in d contemporary there
lately appeared q most interesting
photograph of d l~ong-eared owl sitting
with her young mes on a nest actual
ly on the ground. | would have given
something to have taken such a pic
ture as that. They are always exceed
ingly close sitters, which makes 1t
very difficult to locate their nests, as
| they refuse to leave them on the trunk
OF the tree being struck. Nothing less
than the nest itself being actually
struck by a large stone will make
them move or leave their eggs. AS the
fir woods are always full of old nests,
it is impossible in a days search to
climb to every oae seen. Three of us
| onte, in a large wood inhabited by
these owls, climbed one day nearly 80
fir trees to no purpose, though in sew
eral cases we found the castings on
the ground.
All owls have the power of altering
completely the whole shape of their
| face. By muscular contraction the
| feathers of the facial disc IA be made
either round or triangular; the long
cared and short-cared can besides de-
| press or erect their ears" and they
| and the tawny owl are furnished with
a mustache of why hair-like feathers
OF a tawny color, which can also be
| erected or depressed at the will of the
bird, thus completely altering its ap-
| pearance. These peculiarities Of facial
| expression are very seldom done just
| ice to by artists, and are too often ig-
| rored altogether. But if photography
| scores in this respect, it fails alto
| gether in rendering the wonderful eyes
Of the l~ong-eared owl, the glorious
| orange yellow iris being rendered by
| the Photographic plate as black (the
orthochromatic plate even being use
| less in the exposure necessary for a
| living bird), while the pupil, though it
appears black, has a lot of dark blue
Ii it, and reflects so much light as to
:ome out white. The whole eye Is
hus absolutely reversed in tone. It
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09

should hardly be necessary to point
out that the so-called "ears" are not
really ears, being merely ornamental
in nature, and are in no way connect
ed with the organs of hearing. These
are exceedingly large and complicated,
occupying the whole side of the head,
and can be readily examined in a dead
specimen by lifting up the edge of the
facial disc, which is quite loose, and
covers the ear like a flap or shield.
The most richly marked and colored
l%ong-eared owl | have ever seen was
in the geological gardens a short time
ago; the dark markings of this bird
were almost black, and the breast
feathers were strongly-contrasted
streaks of white, tawny, and black. It's
two companions were not nearly so
handsome. The young birds are very
dusky, especially about the face, and
like all owls have most voracious ap-
retites, which must tax the parents
energies to the utmost extent to keep
them satisfied while they are in the
nest, especially as they are dependent
upon the old birds for a considerable
time.
This owl neither boots nor screeches
and is, in fact, very silent. Mr.. How
ard. the writer OF the account already
alluded to of the nest on the ground,
says that the hen, when alarmed by
his proximity to the young, uttered a
hoarse "wack-wack." l have eve
heard the bird make a sound, except
a swapping of the beak, though have
Kept one in captivity for over a year.
finally releasing II in my neighbor-
hood. I fear, though, it was too tame
tc survive very long, though I never
heard of one being killed, and / did
hear 0 afterwards of one being e
about.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
roo EXPENSIVE TO CHANGE
Giles Wanted to Change Girls, But
Objected to Paying Ad-
ditional Fees.

"A young countryman in England was
to inave married his sweetheart, Polly,
thes comedy butter maid, and had al
| ready been asked" in church twice.
| Like many a better man, however,
Gile s changed his mind and decided
that he would marry Jenny, the farm
er's daughter. He straightway, there
fore, went off to the parson and ex-
plainGd the altered circumstances, re-
lates Judge.
But my good man." said the clergy
! man, 1.-THE banns will have to be read
all over again"
"Doan&t matter. zur,' replied Giles,
decidedly Il be going to marry Jenny,
an she an me want zee to put up t
banns ag'An."
"But itll\ cost you another three shil-
lings and slxpence to do that" the
cleric pointed out.
"You doaA't gay that, EUR. do 'ee::'
calculated Giles. taking of his cap and
scratching hiA head with slow delibera-
ton.
Certainly; If you wish to espouse a
new sweetheart whether it is Jenny or
yet another youAg lady, you will need
to pay additionaA fees
"Tnree and sixpeNce for new banns."
said Giles, thoughtfully. "Oh, well.
then, let 'em bide, zar; let EN- bide.
I'll marry Polly
And so Giles the careful married his
first love, pretty Polly. the butter
maid.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
copyrighted
Oily Learns of Law and Lawyers.

Dear Uncle cried little Dilly, care
fully wiping his gold-rimmed glasses
with the ears of the daschund, pray
tell me what is the law"
The law, my dear nephew" queried
Uncle George nervously, as he clutched
the Angora kitten by the back of the
neck and deposited it in the waste
basket. The law, did | understand
you &c say? But of course | did. All,
billy, you have alighted upon a sub
Ject of which much may be said; you
have in fact touched upon a query that
has been plaguing mankind these
many centuries, yet will do my poor
best TO cope with the query. To begin
with, my boy, l may say at once that
law IS exactly what Gen. Sherman said
war was. In another breath l may tell
you that it is the only sure road to the
presidency, and also to Jail. When the
parents of a likely youth discover that
his tastes lie in other directions, for
the ministry or medicine, or bridge
building, or horse shoeing, they select
for him the noble profession of the
law. confident in the knowledge that in
the end he will wind up in one or the
other of the two positions | have
named. The law is synonymous with
delay. 1t is also a corrolary of ease
n perfect rest for some, and bitter
strife and bald heads for others. If a
man be strenuous with a yearning for
aAnrtoyf ahanna ho turnc RI criminal
law and he gets it. If he be restful
and predisposed to slumber he seeks
a pull that will land him on the judi
cial bench. In either cast he is likely
to fall foul of trouble. but in n case
the calm judicial mind bids him pass it
over, and in the other the hustling at
mosphere of criminality in which he
1 has been delving bids him TAX his
medicine coolly. AS n of III m
nent financiers has said. Dilly. the
law was made for " slaves and he
proved it. The law originally was in
tended as a safeguard for the citizen,
but somehow that intention got side
tracked and stopped off at a water
tank, for it has become something
otherwise. Would you steal a railroad,
M dear boy? Then get a smart law
yer to help you. Are you a woman
with a grievance hat demands you
shoot up a bookmaker? Get a lawyer
first and he will tell you how to do It
without danger. In fact, Dilly, a smart
lawyer will take a contract to do any
thing for you, or to enable vol to do
anything, and will guarantee you get
Off.
"But dear Uncle, was O the law in
tended to punish wrongdoers?' queried
Little billy.
THAT is an old and time worn inter-
pretatlon,'' said Uncle George. 1T is
not so now. 1t has been turned about
and reconstructed and now is intended
to protect the wrongdoers and make
the innocent and harmless look like a
plugged dime in the United States
treasury. Would you live to a hale old
age. billy. surrounded by every COM
fort? Go you out and shoot up a
friend or two. or administer some deli
cate and subtle poison to him in a cup
of coffee. First, however, having Sc
cured several ~able-bodied. tackling.
catch-as- catch-can lawyers. When all
your friends are dead and forgotten, or
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Grand Jury Lectured.

Following a vigorous lecture to the
grand jury, in which he charged that
members of the body had divulged its
proceedings to outsiders, Judge Boothe OF
Holly Springs peremptorily dismissed
from further service II of the grand
jurors. Judge Boothe further strongly
lectured the body upon its duty. His
honor called attention to the fact that
drunkenness existed all around the
courthouse, and beneath the grand jury's
very nose, and that since court con-
vened he had sent a man to the county
Jail from the courtroom, who was i'll a
drunken condition. The grand jury re-
turned nine indictments.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Deceived.

OLD LADY, feel very nervous. Are
We sure we shan't have any acct
dents?
Guard fond of unsatisfactory
person who rides on a railway takes
one chance iii, 1,491,910 OF being
killed,
Old Lady-La, sakes! Why didn't
that rascalIy booking clerk tell me
so before l bought my ticket?-Tit-
Bits.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Held Court in Jail.

PRISONERS confined in the Jefferson
county Jail made an attempt to escape
by picking the lock of the steel cage.
The attempt was unsuccessful, but they
so impaired the lock that the sheriff
was unable to open the cage to bring the
prisoners into court for trial. The judge
accordingly had a jury impaneled in the
corridor of the jail and proceeded with
the trial of a prisoner while the lock
smith was opening the cage.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Insurance Company Organized.

The organization of the Lamar Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Mississippi is
now complete, with a full list of officers.
Under the system of advance working
the company now has applications for
insurance aggregating over $780, 700,
with more in sight.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09

all Women Should Understand the
Routine Of a Bank-The Difference
Between National, State and Saw
ings Banks-How to Make a De-
posit-The Pass Book a Receipt for
Your Money-The Advantage Of
Having Two Accounts - Checks
Payable ITO Order" and ITO
Bearer"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Clark at West Point.

Hon. Walter Clark, State president Of
the Southern Cotton Association, adj
dressed a mass meeting of Clay county
citizens at West Point. His theme vas
Investigation Of crops and reduction Of
cotton acreage.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
M, 7. & K. C. Branch Line.

Announcement is made upon what
seems to be unq~uestionable authority
that the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas
City railroad is to build a connecting
branch from it's main line to Meridian
from Philadelphia, Miss, or some point
near that place, the work of construc-
ton to begin during the present year and
possibly be completed before the end of
the wear.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Safe.

Gracious! Miss Sweetie, you look
like you would bite"
swell, you have no cause to worry.
Il am glad Of that!"
mo; l don't like Holsters. "-Hous-
ton Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Machine Guns for Militia.
Mayes Succeeds Truly.

Gov. Vardaman has appointed Hon.
Robert B. Mayes of jackson to succeed
Judge JEFF Truly on the Supreme Court
bench.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
State AUTHORIZATIONS.


Secretary of State Power gives the list
of appropriation measures that have be-
come law up to March 2, which foot up
a total of $4,S41,732.14. The heaviest of
these items is the common school fund,
amounting to $2,500,00o. Then comes
the general appropriation bill, principal
and interest on bonds, pensions, reim-
bursement of the Mississippi Bank and
Trust Company, all of which come within
the six-figure class, followed by a big
list of smaller items.
The Shaw Cotton Oil Company, a cor
poration chartered under the laws of the
State, with an authorized capital Of $685.
900, has been organized at Shaw.
A bill introduced by Senator McLaurin
permits the search of persons for con-
cealed weapons and confers the power
not only on judicial officers, such as sher-
ifs, constab1es, marshals and SO on, but
on conductors OF passenger trains. Ii
such be found, the party is to be turned
over to the proper magisterial officer for
trial. It also provides that anyone OF
known reputation and responsibility may
in writing notify any peace officer that
he suspects a person or persons OF hav-
ing a weapon or weapons concealed, who
shall proceed at once to the search, and
if the search be fruitful, shall arrest him
without warrant and cause q speedy
trial
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Maximum of Punishment.

The judiciary committee of the house
has agreed OIL a report which will make
the maximum punishment for man
slaughter in the State of Mississippi
twenty years penal servitude in the
State ~penitentiary. Under the present
laws there is no maximum punishment,
and it has often been the case that a
sentence as high as fifty years in dura-
ton has been imposed by the courts.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Eveglasses for Soldiers.

The Japanese government supplies
a large number of ItE soldiers with
eyeglasses, as the men have defective
vision.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Rrfnrm maur Agatnat
Graft Unttr TT &tau
By HON. JOSEPH w. FOLK.
Governor of Missouri.

A moral wave is sweeping over this country that is
analogous to the spiritual wave which arose in the
coming of Christ, and that will not subside until graft
in all its forms is swept away. Before Christ came
religion was a thing of forms, lifeless. He gave 1t
a beating heart and aroused it to life. In the place
of intellectual mysticism. He taught the simple
truths of morality which are appealing to the hearts
and consicences of the American people with SO much
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-09
Crop Outlook Is Good.

The truck farmers and hOftlculturlStS
of Mississippi are looking forward to a
season of unusual prosperity, all indica-
lions pointing to an early spring, in
which event their products will reach the
Northern markets in time to command
the fancy prices always current in
March and April.
Advices from Crystal Springs, Hazel
hurst, Gallman, Ridgeland and Madison
Station state that the strawberry yield
promises to be especially fine. The plants
are in heavy bloom, and with the alb
sence of heavy frosts or a freeze during
the present month the crop will be UNI
usually prolific.
The truck farmers are getting in readi-
ness to plant tomatoes, cabbage, beans,
peas, etc, and the first promise of the
disappearance of winter will result in
active planting work in the fields.
Throughout the southern portion of the
State the acreage will be largely in
creased, especially along the Gulf 4
Ship Island road south of Jackson.
The fruit crop outlook is all that could
be desired at this season, and the horti-
culturists devoutly hope that they will
fare better than last year, the previous
season having been very unsatisfactory.
Peach trees have commenced to bloom
throughout this section. and other signs
of early vegetation are apparent.
Land Ruling.
A decision of the commissioner of the
general land office at Washington holds
that the township in which Vicksburg is
located is entitled to something owe 1873
acres of school lands in addition to those
now possessed by the township. The
case before the commission was lost by
the county, but the above question was
incidentally passed on, and the county
really gains. The particular case before
the commissioner concerned the title to
ninety-eight acres of land in Vicksburg.
Had the county been sustained in its
contention that this land vas a part of
The school fund, hundreds of people would
have been rendered homeless. The
amount involved was about $1,000,000.
Machine Guns for Militia.
The adjutant generals department has
received the long expected Colt auto
matte machine guns from the national
ordnance department. for the use of the
Mississippi National Guard. These new
guns are of the most approved and per-
feet type, capable of ~discharging 400
shots to the minute, and with a range
of from 1900 to 1000 wards.