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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-04-19
Into the Back Woods of Dutch Guiana. A
Long River Trip.
Especial correspondence of The Journal
fspecial correspondence of The JournaD

Especial correspondence of The JournaD
PARAMARIBo, DUTCH GUIANA.
March 8, 1906. There is only one line
of steamers making direct and regular
trips between the capitals of the three
Guianas-that of Amsterdam, whose
name foreigners do not pronounce any
oftener than is necessary, it being ''Kon-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-04-19
THE ORIGIN OF BRIDGE.

Where does Bridge come from? Per-
STA is said to have given us the game of
Poker, and Turkey, according to r. F.
Foster, author of "Foster's Complete
Bridge" was the home of this latest
popular card game Mr. Foster says in
his preface: Bridge would seem to be
a combination or outgrowth OF various
other games, notably Gerelasch, Siberia
and Preference. A game very much
like Bridge has long been popular in
Holland; and all the elements of it are
to be traced in many of the older games
of cards. The name is supposed to be
derived from the word 'biritch, which
is popularity believed to be a Russian
word, but there is no such word in the
Russian language. The game itself is
generally credited to the East, and is
said to have long been popular in Con-
stantinople, Smyrna and southeastern
Europe" Mr.. Foster gives 1898 as the
date of the first appearance of the game
in America, when its principles were
explained to some members of the New
York Whist Club by Mr.. Henry l. Bar
by, an incident which resulted in the
withdra wal of a large number OF men,
bers who wished to play Bridge to the
exclusion of regular whist, and the for
nation of the Whist Club Of New York.
According to the Encyclopedias Britain
MICA, Bridge was first played in England
about 1880, but did not really become
popular until 1894.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-04-19

81 asked DR.. Price if he thought raw oys'
tiers were healthy"
"What did he say?"
"That he never knew one to complain. -
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
ALFALFA SEED GROWN IN
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
Thousands OF Dollars Heretofore
Sent Away Each Year for This
Seed Was Lost Money.

Thousands of dollars are sent out of
Rogue River Valley each year for
alfalfa seed, yet in no section of the
United States can it be raised better
than here. The reason that farmers
imported their alfalfa seed rather
than grow it was that heretofore hay
has been so high each year that it
would not be profitable to let the
grass get ripe and cut for the seed
only. But now that such vast acreage
has been put to alfalfa that the supply
of hay is exceeding the demand and
tn. re is little likelihood of the old
time price of SO to s25 ton will be
had again, at least not until the num-
Der of dairy cows and freight teams
is greater than there now is in Rogue
River Valley.
There was some alfalfa seed threshed
in the Valley last year and as hay is
likely TO be low this year there are a
number of farmers who are preparing
to harvest their second and third crops
OF. alfalfa for seed. The Central Point
Herald says that G. ]. Post and John
Olwell have bought some 200 acres of
second crop alfalfa and will cut and
hull the same for the seed. The alfal-
ia seed business is an experiment in
this Valley bnt it is believed 1t will
prove highly profitable. Should the
experiment prove satisfactory this
season Messrs. dwell and Post will
engage in the same line next season
ON a much more extensive scale.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
UNITED STATES
MINING LAWS
Re6ulot tions That Are of Interest
to Every Prospector and
Mine Owner.

Paragraph 81 Of the mining regala.
tions approved December IS. 1908,
have been amended by the secretary
of the interior to read as follows:
Promptly upon the approval Of q
mineral survey the surveyor general
will advise both this Office and the
appropriate LEGAL land Office, by letter.
of the date of approval, number Of
the survey, name and area of the
claim, name and survey number of
each approved mineral survey with
which actually in conflict, name and
address of the applicant for survey,
and name Of the mineral surveyor
who made the survey; and will also
briefly describe therein the locus of
the claim, specifying each legal SUBJ
division or portion thereof. when up
on surveyed lands. covered in whole
or in part by the survey.
"It is also provided that when an
application to make agricultural en-.
try of the residue Of any original lot
or legal subdivision of 40 acres, re.
du ced by mining claims for which
patent applications have been fled
and which residue has been already
reallotted in accordance Herewith is
made, the local officers will accept
and approve the applications as usual,
if found to be regular When such an
application is filed for any original
lot or subdivision. reduced in avail
able areI by duly asserted mining
claims, but not yet reallotted accord
ingly, the local officers will promptly
advise the surveyor generals Office
thereof. and will also report and
identify any pending application for
mineral patent affecting such sub
division which the agricultural ap.
plicant does not desire to contest.
"The register and receiver will al
low no agricultural claim for any por-
tion of an original lot or legal 40 acre
subdivision, where the reduced area
is made to appear by reason Of ap-
proved surveys of mining claims. and
for which applications for patent
have not been filed, until there Is SUBJ
mitted by such agricultural applicant
satisfactory showing that such
surveyed claims are in fact mineral
or mining locations, segregated by
survey with the view to agricultural
appropriation Of the remainder, will
be made to the register and receiver
for submission to the commissioner OF
the general land Office, for his con
sideration and direction. and must bt
supported by the affidavit of the
party in interest, duly corroborated
by two or more disinterested parties. >
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
The Smile

that won't come off, appears on ba-
by's face after one bottle of White s
Cream Vermifuge, the great worm
medicine. Why not keep that smile
on baby's face. If you keep this
medicine on hand, you will never see
anything else but smiles on his face
Mrs. s.. Blackwell. Okla, writes
my baby was peevish and fretful.
Would not eat and feared he would
die. l used bottle of Whites Cream
Vermifuge and he has not had a sick
day SINCE" For sale by National
Drug Store and Rotermund.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
The Boswell Mineral Springs.

Capt. Ben ID. Boswell, the pro-
prietor of the springs, guarantees to
RELIEVE RHEUMATIC PAIN. and
any case of Rheumatism of not over
six months standing will receive ONE
MONTHS TREATMENT FREE if
it cannot be cured. For rooms. rates,
etc., address
CAPT. BEN d. BOSWELL,
Boswell p. O.. Oregon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
DAVIDSO ON

J. W. York and Ike Vincent paid
Grants Pass business visit Wednes-
day.
w. L. Ireland of your city passed
through our little city Wednesday
evening returning Thursday morning.
John Bailey. superintendent of the
Mt. Lion mine, and Geo. W. Bailey
were visitors from there to Grants
Pass Friday.
Mr.. Luce who has been prospecting
on Miners Greek and Carris Greek left
Friday. it being too dry to prospect
at the present.
Victor Dickey closed successful
term of four months school at Mis-
souri, Flat Friday. He has been q
good teacher and any district will do
we'll by gotting him to teach for them.
The weather has been the hottest of
the season the temperature ranging
from 100 to 10S in the shade. 1t Is
making the hay grow very fast and ID
does not take long from the time it is
cut until it can be put In the barn.
Geo. W. Meek the Da, idson bicycle
repairer made Grants Pass business
visit Saturday. He is contemplating
taking trip to Sumpter. Oregon,
where he goes to erect Pratt mill for
Chas. Richton, formerly of this place.
The Ditch Company got water in
the ditch Wednesday and they say it
will stay this time as they have a
good dam in the river. All the people
along the ditch hope so as the hay
needs it very much. The second crop
is not growing very fast.
MONTMORENCY.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20

The Courier gives all the county
news.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20

kinds Of petty thefts and misde-
meanors which boys commit in order
to satisfy the cigarette mania.
Another New York City magistrate
asys: Yesterday l had before me S5
boy prisoners. Thirty. three of them
were confirmed cigarette smokers.
Today. from reliable source. have
made the grewsome discovery that
two Of the largest cigarette manu-
facturers soak their product in weak
solution Of opium. The fact that out
of 35 prisoners S3 smoked cigarettes
might seem to indicate some direct
connection between cigarettes and
crime. And when it is announced on
authority that most cigarettes are
doped with opium, this connection 10
not hard to understand. Opium is
like whiskey-it creates an increasing
appetite that grows with what 1t
feeds upon. A growing boy who let's
tobacco and opium get hold upon his
senses is never long in coming under
the domination Of whiskey too. To-
bacco is the boys easiest and most
direct road to whiskey. When opium
is added. the young mans chance Of
resisting the combined forces and
escaping physical, mental and moral
harm is slim, indeed
Young men of great natural ability,
verywhere, some of them in high
positions, are constantly losing their
grip, deteriorating, dropping back,
losing their ambition, their push,
their stamina, and their energy, be-
cause Of its deadly hold upon them.
If there is anything a young man
should guard as divinely sacred, it is
his ability to think clearly, force
fully, logically The Artisan.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
Treating.


When the Saturday Evening Post
said that the corkscrew was no longer
the cheif symbol of hospitality it
voiced a truth which is becoming
generally recognised even in the west
where the treating habit has had its
strongest hold. There was q time
when refusal to drink at the invita-
tiou of friend was taken as an in
suit. There are perhaps some few
men yet whose misconceptions of hos
pitality made them think it their
privilege to compel their friends to
drink at any and all times but the
number of these is fast diminishing.
The treating custom is growing in
disfavor as it should. 1t 10 one of the
means by which intemperance is in
creased. Men who drink beer or
whiskey only when they have desire
for it seldom become drunkards but
those who drink because they are ask
SN w w ~ oAC VA oh Oocy hO0u w CA-
cess. The man who is treated feels
under obligation to return ths COM
pliment and thus takes two drinks
where lie felt no desire for even one.
In the present state of the public
mind upon the subject Of hospitality
it would be almost impossible for
two friends to step up to the bar and
order drinks and each pay for his own
yet If such were the custom as it is in
some countries and may some day be
in this there would be much less
drunkenness. Perhaps it is not de-
sirable that treating should be entirely
discontinued. There is unquestion-
ably manifestation of hospitality in
asking friend to drink. But it is a
cheap and ofteptimes hollow form of
hospitality and as the Post says the
corkscrew is no longer hospitality e
chief symbol. -Oregonian.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
The Deadly Cigarette.

/ advise every cigarette victim to
have his photograph taken every year
and put side by side in frame in his
room, where he can see the gradual,
fatal deterioration in himself from
year to year. II this does not startle
him and bring him to his senses no
preaching will ever do it, tor the
pictures will be sermon more elo-
quent than ever came from any pulpit.
/ leave it to others to discuss the
moral side of cigarette smoking. /
denounce it simply because of its
blighting, blasting effect upon one:
success in life; because it draws off
the energy, saps the vitality and force
which ought to be made to tell in
ones career; because it blunts the
sensibilities and deadens the thinking
faculties; because it kills the am
hilton and the finer instincts, and the
more delicate aspirations and percep-
tions; because it destroys the ability
to concentrate the mind, which is the
secret of all achievement. The whole
tendency of the cigarette nicotine
poison in the youth is to arrest de-
velopment. 1t is fatal to all normal
functions. 1t blights and blasts both
health and morals. 1t not only ruins
the faculties, but it unbalances the
mind as well. Many of the most
pitiable cases of insanity in our
asylums are cigarette fends. 1t
creates abnormal appetites, strange,
underlined longings, discomfort, un-
easiness. nervousness, irritabiity and
in many, an almost irresistible incli-
nation to crime. In fact, the moral
depravity which follows the cigarette
habit Is something frightful. Lying,
cheating, impurity, loss of moral
courage and manhood. a complete
dropping of life's standards all along
the lines are its general results.
Magistrate Craine, .of New York
City, says 'Ninety.nine out of a
hundred boys between the ages of 10
and II years who come before me
charged with crime have their fingers
disfgured by yellow cigarette stains.
- / am not crank on this sub
ject, | do not care to pose as reform
er, but 1t is my opinion that cigarettes
will do more than liquor to ruin boys
When you have arranged before you
boys hopelessly deaf through the ex-
cessive use of cigarettes, boys who
have stolen their sisters earnings,
boys who absolutely refuse to work,
who do nothing but gamble and steal,
you can not help seeing that there is
some direct cause, and great deal of
this boyhood crime is, in my mind,
easy to trace to the deadly cigarette.
There is something in the poison Of
the cigarette that seems 10 get into
the system Of the boy and to destroy
all moral FIBER
He gives the following probable
course Of boy who begins to smoke
cigarettes, First, cigarettes; second
beer and liquors; third, craps, petty
gambling; fourth, horse racing, gam
bling on bigger sale: fifth, larceny
sixth, state prison
Not long ago boy in New York
robbed bis mother and a,ually benz
Der tecau sae woUld not give him
money with which Co buy ,iarett
Every htie Willie $50 .ea accounts ln
"a. s.r,suelf aU rver fht countrc rF .Il
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20

is out of order You go to bed in
had humor and get up with bad taste
in your mouth. You want something
TO stimulate your liver. Just try
Herbine, the liver regulator. A posi-
tive cure for Constipation, Dyspepsia
and all liver complaints. Mrs. F.
Ft. Worth, Texas, writes: "Have
ased Herbine In my family for years.
Words can't express what / think
,bout it. Everybody in my household
are happy and well, and we owe IL TO
Herbine. For sale by National Drug
Store and Rotermund
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
She Tried Five Doctors.

Mrs. Frances L. Sales, of Missouri
Valley, Ia, writes II have been
afflicted with kidney trouble five
years; hsd severe pains in my back
and . ffsqsest desire to urinate.
When riding experienced much pain
over The region Of the kiAneys. !
tried Eve physicians without benefit
and then concluded to try Foley's
Kidney Cure. After taking three
81 10 bottles was completely cured "
For sale by H. a. RotafmunI
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20

Of troubles to contend with. spring
from torpid liver and blockaded
bowels, unless you awaken them to
their proper action with DR.. Kings
New Life Pills; the pleasantest and
most effective cure for Consti patton.
They prevent Appendicitis and tone
up the system. 300 at all drug stores
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-20
W. c. 7. U. COLUMN.

All matter for this column Is supplied
by the Grants Pass Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-21
SERVED WRIT AT
MOTHER 5 CRAVE
Divorced Wife OF Ben Holiday
Points Him Out to Officers
at Funeral.
MORE THAN TWO MILLIONS
To Be Divided From the Estate
of Mrs. Lavinia
Holiday.
Especial to The Times-pispatcb.


CHICAGO, ILL, February O.-Mrs.
Lena Holiday has applied for nm injunc.
ton restraining her divorced husband.
Ben Ewing Holiday, of Lynchburg. Va,
from disposing of any of the $4,000 in
herited from his mother, Mrs, Lavinia
Holiday, until. ho has paid her 1900
awarded by the courts, and arranges to
pay her almony of slbO per month
BY the death OF Mrs. Iavlnia Holiday,
the estate of George W. Ewing, which
has been held in trust since 1850 for his
grandchildren. has been released. and
more than 100000 will be divided among
ten heirs. When George Ewing died he
left his estate in trust for his grand
children. Mrs. Holiday was the last
child of the tcstator, and her death last
Sunday released the trust.
The writ was served on Holiday az
he was leaving the gravcsde of his
mother. who was buried to-day.
Mrs. Holiday pointed her husband Oft,
TO the officer as he entered tho ceme-
tery Mrs. Holiday secured her divorce
nine years ago. and the husband imme-
diately left the State, going to Lynchburg.
where he engaged in the hotel business.
He kept away from 1lnnois to evado
service until the death OF his mother.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-21
ARE NOT DISTURBED
by c. & 0. DECISION
Railroad Officials Think It Less
Serious Than Appeared
At First.
lBy Associated Prexs. ,

NEW YORK, Feb. 2o.-officials Of
railroad companies engaged also in the
mining and handling of coal appear to
attach less Importance to the decision
Of the Supreme Court in the case OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
than was attributed to 1t when first an
nounced. Henry Fink. chairman of the
hoard OF directors of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, says: II have only
hastily read the report of the decision
of the Supreme Court on the question
OF railroads. mining and selling coal. |
nm certain that It does not effect the
Norfolk and Western Railroad i'll its
ownership Of the Pocahontns Coal Com
tpany. The coal company does not mine
or sell a pound OF coal. It makes leases
with independent operators who mine
and sell what they SEQ fit and are not
even hound In their leases to ship their
coal over tho Norfolk and Western,
iiWhensI became receiver OF tllr road In
1896, II was the practice both TO mine
and sell coal. I put, an end to tho Gus
tom and the Norfolk and Western has
nsysr dona 40 aimee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-21
DYNAMITE EXPLODEs
WHILE men ARE EATING
One Killed, Another Fatally and
Five Seriously Injured BY
the Explosion.
.tBy Associated Presso

MoRGANToWN, w. VA February
2o.--Through an accidental explosion Of
dynamite to-day Mt the plant of the Deck
ers Creek Stone and Sand Company.
at sturgisson, eight miles south OF mere,
ono man was almost instantly killed. an-
other fatally injured, and five seriously
hurt Joseph Nicholson had both legs
blown off and died In a few minutes.
Benton Mcmillan was fatally injured,
and Joseph Shaw, Solomon Mckinney,
James Moore. j. ", Milling and William
Rodgers, were seriously injured.
The men had gathered around fire
10 eat dinner. Near the fire were 10 sticks
OF dynamite which had been placed there
to thaw out. A blast at nearby lines
stone quarry Was set off and 1T Is thought
stoshave caused the explosion of the dS-.
Mantle, 81
All the injured were brought to Mor-
santown ON q special train and placed
lin the local hospital #
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-21
RUSSIA LOOKING OUT FOR
INTERESTS IN MANCHURIA
eRv Assoclated presg.l

ST. PETERSBURG, February 20.
Chinese relations and the negotiations OF
Minister Pokotiloff with the Pckin gov
eminent are engrossing the attention OF
Russian diplomacy even to the exclusion
Of the Aigeciras conference. Foreign
Office officials make a mystery OF the
subject matter OF the negotiations at
PekD. but tho Associated Press learns
tnat Minister Pokotiloff is chiefly inter
csted with Manchuria and the preserva-
ton of Russia's special rights there.
Apprehensions OF an indefinite result
are voiced in the dispatches from Pekir.
The negotiations are directed to securing
Russia in her favored position in Mon
golln.
These apprehcnsions are rather belated.
in View OF the fact. though this is not
generally known. that two of the easterly
provinces OF Mongolia. intervening be-
tween Keissn and the Trans Batkaiian
frontier, generally eastward OF n line
running from the southern end OF BaikaI
to Pekin. were long since given over 10
Russo Chinese bank eSploitations, and
are thus actually part of Russla's sphere
OF influence. Russian troops. consisting
OF Infantry, cavalry and artillery. have
been Introduced at various important cen-
ters for the protection of Russian con-
s,ils
These military "ontposts of the empire
have been pushed forward into Chinese
territory.
The Manchurian situation has given
rise to sharp difference of opinion in
the government, one side urging speedy
realization of the provisions OF the treaty
of Portsmouth for the evacuating except
by railroad guards, and the complete
abandonment OF the Manchurian adven-
ture, and the other side working for the
delay, pleading in justification Of Its at
titude the claim that the decision of
China to send several corps to Manchuria
is directed against Russia.
a special session of the council for
national defense has been called TO cons
slder the question.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-21
SAYS MURDER is
HONORABLE ECR|Mt
A Texas Witness So Declares in
Testifying in Behalf of Al
bert T. Patrick.
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH
Valet Jones Quoted BY Several
Witnesses as Saying He Put
Blame on Lawyer.
lRy Associated Press.l

|, NEW YORK, February oo.-Taking OF
Testimony of Texas witnesses in the mo-
stion for new trial for Albert I. Patrick,
under sentence of death for the murder
/. Of William Marsh Rice, was resumed to-
day. Joseph Jordan. of Seabrook, Texas.
was recalled and questioned by District
Attorney Jerome.
All of Mr.. Jeromes questions to Jordan
were with reference to his mode of life
in Texas. Just before concluding his
questioning Mr.. Jerome asked
DO you think murder is personal
matter?''
Murder is an honorable crime. " it Is
committed in the right way, was Jor-
dams reply.
Thomas F. Jett of Houston, Texas.
said that Jones told him that neither he
nor Patrick was responsible for the death
OF Rice. Jones told him that Rice was
used to taking medicine of his own ac-
cord, and that Patrick had never told
him to administer clloroform.
The witness then admitted that Jones
said he put the blame on Patrick to save
himself. and that II Patrick was electro
cuted an innocent man would suffer.
Jett testified that he once served q
stwo-years sentence for forgery He then.
left the witness stand and was replaced
by Henry i. Moran, of Houston, Texas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-21
Mr.. WEAKLEY is APPOINTED j
ALABAMA'S CHIEF JUSTICE
(By Associated Press.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. February co.
Governor W. d. Jelks to-day appointed
Hon. Samuel D. Weakley, of Birmingham
ms chief Justice OF the Supreme Court OF
Alabama to fill the vacancy oaused by
the death OF Chief Justice Thomas NJ
Mcclellan. Mr.. Weakley is forty-five
years old. and has long been recognized
as one OF the leading attorneys OF the
Alabama bar.
The appointment will hold until the
general election in Alabama in November
The Democratic convention to be held in
September will nominate candidate for
the full term.