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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

4 farmer left 10 his eldest son one
half of his seventeen horses. 10 his
second son One-third and 10 his third
son one-ninth- The executor did not
know what 90 do as seventeen VIII not
divide evenly by neither two, three OF
nine In the afternoon a ncighnor
drove over and learning OF the dl.Icul-
" said. Take my horse and You VIII
then have eighteen" The executor
then gave One-half, or nine. 10 the
eldest son: one-third or six, 10 the
second son: and One-ninth, or two. 10
the youngest. and the neighbor took his
horse home and ever after called him
Problem" in the morning and "Solu-
ton" in the afternoon.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

Gen. Chaffcc was once asked by a
soldier 90 lend him quarter.
Didn't YOU receive your month
pay ycsterlayf" asked the General.
eyes," said the veteran.
where's Your money nowT
"Why left the post and crossed the
ferry with $3.50. / met n friend. and
we had dinner. The bin was 500.
ThCl / bought $1O0 worth OF cigars,
then we went % the theatre for $500.
After theatre we went down ID the
Bowery and / spent SEQ there
"That makes $1,000" said the Gen
eral. what became Of the other
fifty centsF'
The old soldier seemed puzzled, and
finally said.
"Why, / must have spent that fool
ishly."
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

crew He also was n member OF the
freshman class OF the football team.
and actively participated In the pro
motion OF college athletics.
Upon the completion Of his course
at Harvard. Mr.. Longworth studied
law in the Cincinnati Law School. and
was admitted 20 the bar In 1894. lie
served as a member OF the school board
Of his home city until elected % the
Ohio House OF Representatives In 1899.
by the incredibly small majority %
4. being the only Republican elected
that year. Subsequently he served I'm
the State Senate until elected 20 the
Fifty-eighth Congress. and was re-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

The Sscretary's rugged honesty and
uuswervable determine ton to weed
out the GespOilers and the grafters
who are footing the agricultural and
timber lands OF the west have called
forth many high encOniums from
thoughtful people who have followed
his course. No public official has
taken more literally TO heart the
strong expressions against public land
grabbing OF the President In his an
nual message to Congress-
Believes Irrigation Great Question.
Closely connected with the land
question in the west is the irrigation
question, and since he first came into
Office Secretary Hitchcock has been an
ardent friend OF national irrigation
His annual reports, even under PTesi-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

Hops were introduced into England
in 1924 by a native OF ArtoFis-the
home OF the Aroesian well. Physicians
denounced their use as dangerous
and Henry VIII forbade brewers In
his kingdom to use hopes in making
ale.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
Min Tour Europe.

II is expected that after their mar.
riage the distinguished couple will take
a leisurely trip throughout Europe
They will, OF course, be certain OF %
splendid reception everywhere espe
cially in all the capitals Of the Old
World
Miss Roosevelt has never been IN
Europe although she has had several
opportunities and invitations. notably
when she was invited by Mrs. White
law Reid when Mr.. Reid went 20 Eng
land as special ambassador at the cor.
onation Of King Edward.
In Paris. TOO. the Longworths are
certain of lavish entertainment. as Mr.
LonEworths sister. the Niscountess de
Chambrun. lives there
Miss Roosevelt. who is the only child
" the Presidents first marriage will
be twenty-five years old in February
and Is named for her mother. Alice
Lee. OF Boston. 20 whom the President
became engaged I'm his college days al
Harvard, and whom he married in
1888.
On the death Of her mother. one year
after The latter's marriage. Miss Roose
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

The forestry station at Dodge City.
Kansas. is giving away trees at the
rate of 100000 a year. Since the in
auguration of tree planting on an ex-
tensive scale there have been remark
able changes in Ike climatic condt-
lions OF Kansas.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
HON. NICHOLAS LoNGwORTH.

welt became the charge Of her aunt,
Airs. William 5. COwles. who was then
Miss Anna Roosevelt. and TO the pres
ent day is as much the child of Mrs.
Cowles' affection as though she were
her daughter instead Of her niece.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

For nearly half a century the sew
ing machine has been In use, and yet
for the shirt we wear the poor work
woman receives but sixty to eighty
cents q dozen.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
Seats Vaca..t in the House.

Oregon's representation in the
House will remain vacant until the
courts have finally passed upon the
indictments and trials OF the States
two Representatives. Messrs. Binger
Hermann and John Newton William
son. Mr. Williamson already has been
convicted by a Federal Court OF Of
lenses similar to those for which Sen
ator Mitchell was made 10 suffer. and
is now awaiting the outcome OF the
appeal of his case. as was Senator
Mitchell when death gratefully re
lieved him of further humiliation and
woe.
Mr.. Hermann is yet to be tried. Il
thus happens that there was no one
in the House from Oregon TO make for
NAL announcement 70 that body Of the
death Of Senator Mitchell. so that no
Official attention was paid the incident.
There is so little that can be said
OF the strange. tragic. pitiful case Of
Senator Mitchell that theNmen OF the
Senate who knew him best, who liked
him best, who had served in that great
/ forum with him longest. and who are
most grieved at the sad ending OF his
career, have been disinclined TO speak
OF him at all.
HE Is dead" said one Senator, "and
that ends all. II be were the man
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
copyrighted los Frances Benjamin Johnston.
MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT

Mitchell of Oregon. Yet there IS no
hodv of mon ON earth which 81 "A great
or sticller for ceremony r-.s.rued hr
nrocodont than fs mo United States
senate put Tho Mitchell case pre-
scented "A uniouo Situation. The Official
recognition ~ the death of a Senator
Is always a solemn and affecting pro-
cocdinr. hut even che usual funeral
rites were omitted I'm this instance.
The OREGON Senator had been convict
ga OF a grave crime AGAINST the gov
eminent. Excepting Senator Burton.
Of Kansas. no other members OF the
Senate has ever had 20 face a criminal
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
FOILS THE LAND THIEVES.
SECRET4RY HTTCHCOCK'S RE
LENTLESS PURSUIT Or LAND
GRABBING THIEVES.
Mas Earliest and Strongest Advocate
OF Government irrigatlOn-lrriga a.
ton Nork Of His Department Highly
Successful.


by Richard IL. Byrd.
tt Is rumored that among probable
Cabinet changes Secretary Hitchcock
is 60 shortly retire from the Interior
Department. cf which he has becn the
head since the second Mckinley adj
ministration. IL Will DE- recalled that
more or less definite statements "a %
Mr. Hitchcock X retirement aud his
probable SUCCESSORS have been OF very
frequent and regular occurrence. but
the reason therefor, Is probably not
hard GO uul. Mt. Hitchcock has made
q very great Secretary 0f the Interior.
lie has torn 10 pieces a vast fabric
constructed fo steal not acres. bat
square mikes OF the public lands. 20
grab from the government great tracts
worth millions of dollars. The land
ARA hhrrs have been men in high DO
--tous. they have employed pcriury
bribery and forEcry. to SHY nothing OF
moro forccfni crimes e. dcfraud their
country Their ring was backed 10y
wealthy aud influential men aud In
cluiel members of the legislatures.
United States Commissioners. special
land agents. notaries. etc. The tral
even lel to tln head of the General
Land office. into tac national House o'
Representatives onl into the United
States Senate Thee loose land laws oi
the country made their task possible u
Iot easy.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
der Debut 10 WASHINGTON.

Miss Roosevelt made her debut at a
ball given in the great East Room
early in January. 1902. since which
Date she has enjoyed a succession Of
attentions never before offered any
American girl.
at the Worlds Fair IN st. Louis,
when she was the guest Of Miss Catlin,
Miss Roosevelt was admired by thou
sands who saw her. and was voted a
true type of the American girl. Thou
sands followed her wherever she went
but her demeanOr did not indicate that
she was any more than a plain Amer
ican. Her sweet smile completely cap
sivated the throng. and in ST. Louis or
the West the Presidents daughter viii
always be welcome.
Mr.. Longworth is the only son or the
late Nicholas Longworth, one or the
great millionaires OF the West. Hi:
mother inherited all OF the estate Of hil
father.
Wholesome Sort of Man.
The future son-in-law OF the Presi
dent is an enthusiastic lover OF outdoor
sports. as his splendid physical devel
opment plainly indicates. He is an ex
pert on the golf links. a cross ountr,
rider. a good marksman with shotgu'
and rife, and veteran fisherman. A
Harvard he was member or tn
varsity rowing crew. and for thre
years subsequently rowed In the elias
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
, MISS ALICE TO WE'D.
CONGRESSMAN NICHOLAS LONG
WORTH, or ONO. THE MOST
A. FORTUNATE OF MEN.

hCraTd White House Wedding in Mid
February-Culminatioo of Romance
Believed to Have Occurred on Ocean
Voyage.
There is TO be another wedding In the
White House. and society at the CAPT
tai is already looking forward TO what
undoubtedly will be the most brilliant
event in the history Of the mansion.
IL is just about two years since Rep
resentative Nicholas Longworth. OF
Cincinnati. began 10 lay siege 70 the
heart OF the charming daughter Of the
President. and his attack has been IN
renting. Now he has captured the
heart Of Miss Alice. and will lead her
TO the altar in mid-February.
Several times during the last year
Mr.. Longworth's engagement 20 Miss
Roosevelt was rumored. but il was
never confirmed. and the social world
began 10 conclude that warm friend
ship was about all that existed between
them.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

All precedent was ignored by tho
United states Senate In the case OF
tho death Of the late Senator John II.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
SENATOR'S DEATH IGNORED.
ENTIRELY OVERLOOKED At CAP
ITOL, WHERE he HAD SERVED
MANY YEARS.

Due TO Convict ton for Defrauding Gov
ernment of Lands-Both Oregon
congressman Also Under indiSt-
mcnt or ConVic ton.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06

turned 20 the Fifty-ninth Congress by
an overwhelming majority. There IS
a great light I'm Nick Longworths
eyes these days
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
Chance Lifetime.

II was when Miss Roosevelt deter
mined TO accompany Secretary Tafts
party 10 the Orient that Mr.. Longworth
apparently saw his browning opportu-
nifty. and he forthwith became one o.
the party. Throughout the jaunt his
attentions 20 the daughter Of the Pres
ident We're more marked than ever be
fore. for in his wooing he had the adj
vantage Of being the only couruer in
the field
Though his friends now say that
they had observed the CLINT OF a glori.
Gus victory in his ewes when he re.
turned from the long voyage. he never
Confided his triumph 20 a soul and the
first information of the engagement
did not reach society until Mrs. RoOse.
welt told il 20 a few personal friends I'm
the White House Then. Of course, so
ciety soon heard Of IT.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
Tried 20 Have Him Removed.

The Secretary remarked on several
occas lous that the land frauds were
astounding Boo thelr magnitude but
that he proposed 90 stop them. He
was laughed at hut just the same
some OF the land Erahbers began Co
get "a little nervous and the newspaper
rumors began. 90 the enect that Sec
rotary Hitchcock would probably re-
sign i'm the course of two or three
months. after Dee had finished with Ger
tain Investigations being made at
that time. but the iuvcstl-at ious have
never been finished. Before One batch
of frauds has been disposed or.
another sensation has been sprung In
some other state So that there ha :
never been "a time when a change ma
The Interior Department would not
have been hailed as a victory for the
q land grabbcrs.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-01-06
Crime in High Places.

Secretary Hitchcock. shortly after he
became member 81 the Cabinet had
his attention called to evident frauds
ln the requirement ~ government
land He SCR tp work a quiet inNrstI-
CATION It finally eliminated in The
indictment ~ great numbers OF people
and iu thc ucreut convicton 90 o.
United States senator ana "a Member
of Congress. Perhaps. though the cul
miultIou ls NOT yet No man knows
vi,,~c the trail may lead next or how
uuch evidence Mr. Hitchcock has ani
is Wn-iIuE zap.
10 is stated to have been good deal
% a surprise to the wlseacrcs az
Washington. aud ln fact throughout
thc country. to see Che way in which
tho Secretary of thc Interior has male
good" iu his 'an1 fraud prosecutions.
n was mower .nfrn-cd Last winter
that the govern. ut could ever secure
conviction of any Congressman or
Senator in Oregon. To was announced
that che Secretary had been illy ad-
viscd and had gotten himself into "a
deep hole. the outcome of which would
Z Le disastrous to himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

and uncouth creatures. He is however, the first man whom have met so far who would claim as right that to which he was not entitled and then de mand the enforcement of the assumed right without regard to the convent ence of others.
 On the last mentioned trip we wit messed a burial at sea, the first that has occurred during our voyage. One of the passengers died after we left Singapore, and we learned of it while the funeral services were in progress. The corpse was enclosed in a black (weighted) coffin, in which several holes were bored. The ship slackenei it's speed, and as the band played a funeral dirge the body was slowly lowered. Upon reaching the water it floated back for a short distance and then disappeared. It was a sad sight to see the remains of d human being consigned to a watery tomb. with nothing to mark his resting place; ana yet he does not sleep alone. for in this mighty ocean sepulcher myriads lie buried, and the waves moan above them a requiem as sweet as that sung by the trees to those who rest upon the land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
,cou,,nued from Page Nineteen.)


 honeycombs. In his search for knowl- edge the ant has the companionship ol the cockroach. which grows here to the | length of two or three inches. can ny | and stains what 1t cannot deVour. ne
 house lizard is always in evidence l One evening we counted twenty-four ol | these interesting little reptiles in sight
 at one time on our porch. At nlgh' | large lizards In the trees call hoarsely | to each other. and when 1t rains the | air is vocal with the croaking or trogs and the singing of insects.
 In the botanical gardens at Randy
 we saw hundreds of flying foxes which | look like buzzards. Some Of these | foxes measure four feet from tip t7 l tip.
 I find that there is a disease in these
 attitudes called tropical frenzy--an un- controllable anger which sometim es
 manifests itself when European off cisls deal with native subjects. This has been seriously discussed ia medi- cal meetings, and it has been argued that acts of violence on the part or officials should be excused on this ground The subject has been scientif-
 ically considered at meeting Of Gof- man physicians This disease seems to be confined to Europeans, the natives being immune from it--at least, 1t is
 
 urged by d native as an excuse TOT doing violence to an European.
 My experience with the money changers of the Orient has made the money changers of America seem Vir- tuous by comparison, This is the worst place for shaving, for discounts for premiums for commissions and for exchange that I have visited. In trav- cling one has frequently to change m fha nf nation to that of another, and as there seems to be no fixed rate, he never knows what he Is going to realize. (By the way, one who thinks that a gold dollar is good the world around can learn something from the discounts.
 At Colombo I had some Singapore bills converted into rupees. The cashier at the hotel said that the rate was one-twenty. and gave me twelve ru- pees for s1O. A few minutes after wards l had occasion to buy some ticK- cts of d tourist agent and he allowed me fifteen rupees for SIC; the next time made change I received sixteen ru- pees and 70 cents for $10 This Is sample of the experience one has here' At Singapore l drew some money on my letter of credit which calls TOT pounds: as l was going into Engllsh territory, I thought 1t would be conVe- nient to carry some hve-pound notes; but the bank Insisted on converting the pounds into Singapore dollars at elGhl- forty five and then offered to sell me five pound notes at the rate of elght- seventy When I related this incident to an Englishman he recalled an Tn stance where man presented zvV- pound note and asked for smaller ollls' the bank charged him a commission for converting the large bill into rupees and then another commission for con verting the rupees into five-pound notes
 l found in China that the notes ls- sued by a bank In one city would pc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
SOME OF THE SHARES
That Arc Set for the American in Paris--Kate Clyde Calls Attention to Them in Her Own Fofceful and Dramatic Way
Dramatic Way
The French obtain wonderful effects.

The French obtain wonderful effects, but they are certainly superficial.
 In nothing is this more apparent than in the sewing of the hats. gowns. etc, which are so stunning to the eye and which as likely as not will come to pieces on the wearer.
 You may say all you want about hand sewing" said an American wo- man plaintively as she tried to pin together the gathers of her blouse waist, which were fast slipping away from the single thread which held them. Give me the good old reliable Yam kee sewing machine when it comes to important parts of dress that you want to have stay by you"
 Never shall I forget my experience when I was out driving with Jack in the Bois de Boulogne." put in another compatriot. "I had just bought stun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

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 Such testimony as the following should be convincing.
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