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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-05-02
THE BEST.

Special and general Agent Tor The hast
Lille, Accident aud Health Insurance sold
IN the u. Il will be glad to zee aIl dealr.
Ing only first class Insurance.. Would
like 90 talk 10 those doaIrinQ to aall real
estate ~ AN kinds.
]. GAMILLua HowARD.
Ieonardtown. Md.
Oct 25--.pd H.
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Hsy Advertisements.
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DENTAL NOTICE.
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Rock Point, May 9Th TO 18th.
Valley Lee, May 13 and ID
Cedar Point, May Is and 10.
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EMBALMING A SPECIALLY,

Trimmings and ornaments Of all. kinds
Tor Burial Gases kept constantly on
hand. Ready-made Collins, OF all sizes
and OF various styles, always n stock.
Personal attention given AZ funerals.
and satisfaction guaranteed 10 all cases.
March z. 'O7--tf.
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FIFTH DISTRfcT'

John Barnes, Land nom ClaQqett 100
acres and improvements, No deed, Taxes.
int. and costs. $40 IA.
William B-own, Green Mount. 94 acres
and improvements, Liber j II h. Nd. ~.
Folio 339, Taxes int, and costs, SIN 10.
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deed Taxes, int and costs, 90 86.
] n Mcl3dery Land, acres, Liber q
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for the conduct Of tho
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able terms.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-05-02

By VIRTUE Of authority vested III me
al late County Treas, for ST. MAry's
county BY an Act 81 the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, will offer al public
sale. before the door Of the Court House
In Leonardtown. on
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
FOREST PRESERVATION.

The growing recognition Of the i'm
portance of forest preservation is indi-
Gated by the fact that a large delega-
ton of men visited Speaker Cannon in
Washington on Friday TO urge upon him
the desirability of the passage of the
bill creating the White Mountain and
Appalachian forest reserves. According
to the Washington Correspondent of the
Springfield Republican the delegation in
cluded Gov. Floyd of New Hampshire,
Lieut--Gov. Prouty of Vermont. Theo-
philus Parsons of Boston and Secretary
Start of the Massachusetts State forest
ry association. 1t was accompanied by
Representatives Mccall and Weeks Of
Massachusetts and Currier of New
Hampshire. Gov. Glenn of North Caro-
lima made an argument for the reserves,
and Speaker Cannon went SO far as to
promise to read the bin and tho favor
able report upon which the House agri-
cultural committee made last year He
explained the difficulty OF passing the
bill this winter in view Of the fact that
there are only about 80 legislative days
left and a mass of routine business to
dispose Of
1t is worth something to have prom
tnent men pressing the subject on the
attention of Congress in this way. for
the constant dropping of water wears
away even rock
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24

hnancer. Another remarkable instance
is furnished by the estate of the late
William c. Whitney, formerly secretary
OF the navy. who died a few years ago
leaving vast estate, mostly in personal
property. Since his death his estate has
been taxed nothing for personal property
until the present year when it appears
for the first time and Is assessed at s14,
100000. Alfred G.. Vanderbilt inherited
from his father ten years ago an estate
valued at over ss5,000,ooO which has
doubled In the meantime but he pays
taxes on only s9OOcOo Of personal property.
II Is evident that an income tax would
reach cases of this character and in view
Of the marked inequality of taxation at
the present time it is not surprising that
President Roosevelt ms well as others who
have studied the subject should favor an
income tax.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
THE SWETTESHAM INCIDENT.

Governor Swettenham of jamaica seems
to have been guilty of serious ndiscre-
ton and a grave offence against hui
mainly, If not against his own govern
ment, when he practically ordered Rear
Admiral Davis of the American navy
at Kingston through American surgeons
and to withdraw all men the admiral had
landed from battleshps. The correspon-
tence shows that the governor
Of the island developed consider
able feeling, particularly when he
said the fact that a series of aggravate ed
robber!es had occurred in New York city
recently would not warrant British
admiral In landing a force of marines TO
help preserve order Governor Swetten-
ham, who had been irritated by the fir
ing of the customary salute. seems to
have summed up hts case when he as
serted there was no necessity for
American aid as his government was
fully able to preserve Order tend the
wounded and succor the homeless.
The American admiral can have had no
other purpose in landing marines and
physicians than to carry out mission
of mercy TO a helpless people, although
the governor of the island intimated that
his object was to secure a large degree
of credit al the governors expense. In
such an hour OF horror and suffering no
human being Of average intelligence and
sympathy would stop to think whether
or not he was to receive credit for eX-
tending aid to people suffering from
frightful burns or injuries received from
falling walls, When Admiral Davis
promptly extended what aid lay in his
power, he thoroughly represented the
generous impulses which have ever
characterized tho American people in
times of disaster like this.
1t is gratifying to note that the British
press as we'll as the members OF the
British government unofficially express
regret over tho action OF Governor SWEET
tenham, and some Of the London news
papers are inclined to hold the charitable
view that the governor was In a highly
nervous state as a result OF the terrible
experience through which he had passed
This is the right view to take OF the in
cident until a complete statement of the
case can be given to the public
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
THE NAVY AND LITERATURE.
(From The Montreal Standard


N'eS'ueH' NouseN'I' HAS ASKED James
~ NonhoIlN' the au'I'r' 10 enter me Uni
Yea states navy an" P"' 'He plueJackel
l''o song ana story
ANaSt' be''E we re on me way
Across inc uecP oiue sea!
ne ho'o Is iu'I W.T. It'ns paoS
f"r yarns ~ Is 10 pe'
i'ar" Mao'e anoin "o"h inc ollse'
Jack L'Aoon "'"N'H Goa"
h'SS Narnan heu''h h""s'r' an conf
hlunh Win MS SOU"
While l, Sinclair is sush'n o the rsg'n
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
WHEN YOU'RE IN ROME.

At dinner given by Eugene I
gins on his yacht Varuna. Harry [
said Of the burglaries in high life
have recently startled tho publi-.
y suppose our American morals
pretty bad. They are better than
1talinn morals to be found in re
though
watching the sunset from the |
clio one winter evening in Rome,
prince approached and invited me
dance at his palace.
81 attended the dance in tho prir
grim, cold palace on tho Cor-o, and
about ? O'Clock in the morning I b
my host goodnight and went TO
cloak room FOR my coat and hat.
The attendant brought me n ri
hat and nm old coat with torn
ing.
Here snid I, those are not m
Mine arc new.
"The attendant shrugged his sh,
ders.
They are the best that are
.iEnor, he said. The new ones v
all zone three hours ago."-IIos Ans
Times
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24

Oregon has reached its own solution of
the popular election of United States
Senators by having candidates first sub
and then electing them through the
Legislature In the usual way. This com
bination would seem to be both cons;i-
tutional and Of the people. 1t has adj
ditonal advantage that nobody can claim
the Senators We're not fully elected. 1t
now remains 10 be seen whether this
popular" system will become popular.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24

commission of seventeen members OF
whom the governor and secretary OF the
state board OF agriculture shall be OK
offlcio members. The remaining fifteen
members are to be appointed by the gov
ernor, one from each county and one from
the state Mt large. OF these fifteen com
inissioners five are to hold office for
one year, five for two years and five for
three years. and their successors are to
be appointed for terms OF three years
The act provides that the commits
sion shall annually hold a state fair
at such time ana place as It deems
proper but before a State fair is held
the commissioners must receive n guar
anty that all expenses of the fair shall
form, and at the close OF each fair the
commission must pay to the state tres
urer any balance remaining in it's hands
received in connection with the fair.
The Legislature appropriated the sum
of 5000 for the purpose OF State fair,
one-half of this sum to he used in 1901,
and ono-hnlf in 1905, but the act contains
provision that no part Of this fund
can be paid to the commission until
the auditor Of accounts Is satisfied ;nat
all expenses Of the fair over and above
the receipts thereof and tho amount Of
the appropriation are secured by n suff-
Client guaranty.
The proposition now is to secure
guaranty through pledges from the com
munity where the fair is located and
from enthusiastic supporters of the pro-
iect in different parts OF the State, and
in this way ensure the success Of the
undertaking.
If State fair is to be held the com
ing autumn it is manifest that prompt
action must he taken by the community
where the fair is located, and inasmuch
as Mr.. Evarts believes It should be held
in Burlington. the project would now
seem to he mp to The people OF this
city If our community does not sioze the
opportunity and respond the fair will
go elsewhere. 1t therefore behooves the
public spirited citizens of this commun-
" to take this matter in hand and be
ready to decide promptly when the pro-
iect is formally presented to them wheth
err they desire the location of this OK
hibition in Burlington or whether hey
are willing to have it go elsewhere.
1t requires no argument to show THAI
Representative Evarts has been acting
in a purely disiuterested manner SO far
as locality is concerned, and he has
urged that the fair should be located
in this city because he thinks people
like to come to this city and it could
be made more OF success here than in
any other part Of the State Il ought
not to be difficult matter for the people
of this city to meet the promoters Of this
project half way. and if we fail to take
advantage of this opportunity. BurlinE-
ton may as we'll so out of the business
of trying 70 secure new enterprises Of
any description.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
INEQUALITIES OF TAXATION.

The inequalities Of taxation in NCrmO
have been regarded OF sufficient import
ance to warrant tho passage Of a law
empowering Governor Proctor to appoint
a commission Of six members to mako
a thorough investigation Of the subject
for the purpose OF securing a remedy,
If possible: but these inequalities arc as
nothing compared with those of which our
negbors o. the Empire state are com
planning particularly in New York city.
We recently summarized the report Of the
special committee on taxation in New
York. submitted to the Legislature at
Albany, Senator Malby of Ogdenshurg,
now a congressman-elec and member
Of this special committee, has discussed
some of the features of the tax situation
in New York outside of the report in an
interesting and instructive way. He says
that statement that all property, whether
real or personal. should bear equally the
burden Of taxation. can not be denied and
never has been denied: but to any plan
suit there are objections irnumerablc.
To the objection that tax on personal
property is nqusatorial Senator Malby
replies that whatever scheme is necessary
to make the law taxing personal property
effective should be adopted. He reminds
those who object to the inqusatorial
fea ture of the law that 1t is neither their
neglect or refusal 70 comply with a
moderate law, which positively requires
a more vigorous one
In reply TO another objection that if a
person is taxed on his personal property
he will move out of the State because the
law provides the title of personal property
reside, Senator Malby says If man so
far foreets his obligations TO the State in
which he does business and acquires his
wealth as to leave it, let him go.
Senator Malby is evidently a thorough
believer in publicity as remedy in cases
Of this character, for he says that It
dodger is thus transferring his il-gotten
gains together with his legal residence
to an adjoining state for the purpose Of
defrauding and cheating the State govern
ment under which he has lived and pros
pcred Senator Malby would have the tax
lodging milionares treated by the public
aud nv enNietV prcrisolv ( fuVitiVnc from
justice and as those who are resorting to
such means in order to escape the honest
obligations we owe to society ard to
government.
In support OF his contention along the
lines indicated. Senator Malby notes that
]. d. Rockefeller, who is credited with
possession of so much money that he
could not spend it If he tried, pays a per-
sonal assessment on only s2,5O00O0. George
Gould, who inherited about SCI, 900, 900 from
his father, and who has doubled his for
tune, has failed to have his name appear
on the tax roll of New York as possessor
of a single dollars worth of personal
property, although his real home is in
that city.
1t Is noted that whereas the late Rus
sell Sage was assessed during his life on
81, 900 900 Of personal property. tho tax
collector this year succeeded in discover
ing for taxation no less than $780, 900 of
personal property left by the great
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
RAIN IN TUE WOODS.

Deep in the woods, The quiet silver
showers
Are dronching all the fragant scented
green,
While down within the leafy mold, are
seen
The trimming fairy eoblets OF the how-
ers,
And high above. through dripping airy
bowers
or misty network. shows the sky between
Where trees their glistening branches
intervene.
And nothing tells the passing OF the
hours.
From out the fern-fringed hollow still
the spring
Comes crystal clear. and slowly, one by
one,
Tho falling raindrops lessen till the sun
Again lights up the jeweled forest ways,
And birds, whose notes the tweetest
echoes bring,
Once moro tae up their ecstasles OF
praise.
-Cornelia Claiming Ward in Appleton's
Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
Terms-s1.0O n Year. Tn Advance.
BURLINGTON. THURSDAY, JAN. "a.
WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise
in the now special column of this paper.
some bargains are offered there this
week which it will pay you to reed
about. Sec page two. Tais pape has
about. See page two. This paper has
them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
TWO I.TMERICKS.

An olG maid in the state Of Ia.
Who was almost as ancient as Ne
Became purple with rage
When they asked her her age,
Aud .tranEled herself with herba
A cook who composed a ragou.
From something that wasn't
uOut
Was filed with dismay
When she hoard a guest say
"ft tastes likc m old rubber sho,
II. j. Burnett in Metropolitan Maya
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
THE STATE FAIR PROJECT.

fair along lines departing somewhat
from the time honored agricultural OK
hibition as II is known IN most places,
which was advocated so successfully
by Representative Maxwell Evarts OF
Windsor, was embodied In an act of the
Legislature and approved by Governor
Proctor. The law provides for State fair
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
A JOB FOR HIM.

Police nspector-Haven't l often in
structed pou that YOU are not to allow
the public to pick the flowers In this
park?
Parkkeoper-Yes, that is my wife, who
used to be your cook Perhaps you will
try to make her stop.-Meggendorfe Blat-
ter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24

Jacob Jargens, farmer of Butte, Mob,
asks for fhe arrest of witch which he
claims has been harrassing his family
ana cattle. A son dancing with the
young woman complained OF Wa tils hrst
victim OF her witchery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24

traced 1T TO see whether or ROT ne is n
northern man, but he holds an important
position in the custom-house. Another
soldier is either pushed or tostled off the
sidewalk leading from the boat and gets
in the mud. The negroes attempt to ex-
ercise thor privileges, a. they think they
were entitled to, Of drinking with white
men at the same bar. This IL denied, and
they grow very angry. A day or two later
Is respectable a woman as lives in the
city of Brownsville Il. seized by the hair
by soldier in broad daylight. violently
thrown to the ground; the man runs off
and makes his escape.
Whom the commanding officer is inform
cd OF It he pooh-poohs the accusation,
because forsooth there is a "terderloln
district near by. He did not even take
the trouble to inquire whether this was
respectable woman or not. He makes
no move to detect the brute who had
been guilty of It. He acts altogether as
though There was nothing dangerous
around there, nothing that would cause
him to think It worth while to tighten
the discipline, and stop these clashes.
provoke conditions which would make
them feel justified in doing what they
did.
so II appears TO me that primarily the
responsibility for the Brownsville murder
rests with the war department IN having
sent these mon there: .cCondarily, that tho
PRESIDENT having inculcatcd in tho minds
of these mon the feeling and belief that
nc, the great executive of this nation,
stood sponsor FOR tho doctrine OF absolute
equality anywhere. instead OF being dis
missed without honor they would rather
make his excellency feel happy and proud
TO see how well they had learned the
lesson and how they were taking it out
out on the bitter, vindictiVe, niger hating
Texans, or southerners
| want to be just to tho negro II I
know how. Probably do now know how.
but | would be sufficiently just not to
lynch l6' Of them because twenty odd had
been guilty OF something. No southern
mob has ever gone that far in the way
taking life without due process Of law.
Doubtless innocent men have been lvnchcd
and inocent men will be lynched again,
as they were at Atlanta, and the moro
this Kind OF doctrine OF equality is preach
Cd the more lYnchines and the more MUIR
ders and tho moro trouble.
There is another phase of their being
sent there. ard that j. that they had nye
of,icer.c Tor three companies They were
practically without control, and that. too.
In view Of tho we'll known fact that di.ci-
pine and preservation Of order under such
trying circumstances and conditions as
arose there and as were likely to arise
there would he impossible with so few
officers.
The next thing that occurs to me is 10
point out tina. il was known to the
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-01-04
MADE THEM ALL LAUGH.
Book Must Have Been Funny, but No
One Knew What 10 Was.

It must have been very funny
story! The type looked funny from
across the aisle Of the car, the pic
lures looked funny, and the young
lady who was reading 4. doubled up
In fits of stiied laughter every few
minutes. The young man in the seat
with her could not help stealing q
glance at the pages of the book which
was evidently SO funny. but whose
cover was carefully doubled back out
of sight, and soon he began to laugh
as he unblushingly followed the story
page after page, shaking with sup
pressed merriment
The wol IN in the seat at right an
giles became interested and looked
over the girls shoulder. Presently
her face broadened into grin and
soon she was convulsively shaking.
The man In the seat across smiled at
the scene. A boy few seats down
the aisle grinned sympathetically. A
darky still further down showed all
his white teeth. The contagion spread
until the car was nearly on the verge
of Mysteries, when the fair reader got
up to leave the train, yet no one but
the girl herself had any idea as to
what the book was.