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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-11-08
ARTICLE III.

This corporation shall commence its exist
ence from the date of these presents, and shall
continue for q period OF ninety-nine years
from the date hereof, and by its corporate
name IL shall sue and be sued. The President
Of this Corporation shall be the proper person
on whom service, citation or other legal pro-
cess, shall be made. and in the absence Of the
President on the Vice-President, and in his
absence on the manager in charge.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-11-08

hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Is true and correct copy Of the original
charter OF the WINFIELD Steam Laundry, Linn
tied, as shown by the records OF this once
Filed for record and recorded October 10. 1907
on page 273 in Book "F'' Mortgage Records OF
the Parish Of Winn, Louisiana
Given under my hand and seal of once on
this the 18th day Of October, A. d. 1907.
8. NJ. ABEL.
Dy. Clerk 5th District Court
Seal Winn Parish, La. OILS
The Newtown bee., 1907-12-27
REMARKABLE RESCUE.

That truth is stranger than.-. fetion has once been demonstrated in ftfe lit tie town of Fedora, Tenn..I the resi- dence of c. V. Pepper. He writes: "I was in bed. entirely disabled with hemorrhages of the lungs and Ithroat. Doctors failed to help me, and all hope had fled when l began taking Dr Kings New Discovery. Then instant relief came. The coughing ;,soon ceased; the bleeding diminished rapid ly, and in three weeks was able to go to work" Guaranteed cure for coughs and colds at R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Taylor, Curtis & Co.,. Sandy Hook; P. J. Garvin, Bethel; L. Gou- lett, Stevenson; H. W. Osborne, Eas- ton; w. B. Hawley, Sherman; Smith Bros., Cornwall Bridge; Connery Bros., Georgetown; J. M. Sullivan, Bedding Ridge; G. F. Baker, Hawleyville: G. W. Hurlburt & Co.,, Roxbury; Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station; G. w. Hatch, Bridgewater; w. N. Noble, New Mil E. H. Beardsley New Preston; Cogs- we'll & Wettereau, Washington Depot; Harry Brown, Southbury; c. P. Will Hams, South Britain; Perkins Brothers, Warren; w. N. hurd, Long Hill, Drug gists. 50c and $1. Trial bottle free
The Newtown bee., 1907-12-27
New Preston.
THE LADIES' BOOK CLUB.

Following is a list of new books is- sued by the I.ades' Book club of New Preston. Mrs George Hopkins is the president and Mrs Howard c. Hop- kins, Mrs J. A. DeVaux and Mrs Robert Whittlesey, book committee. The list of books follows:
 Three Weeks, Elisior Glyn.
 The Weavers, Sir Gilbert Parker. To Him that Hath, Leroy Scott. The Leader, Mary Dillon.
 The Shuttle, Francis H. Burnett. Langford of the three Bars, Boyler. Running Water, A. E. N. Mason. Walled In, E.S. Phelps.
 The Crucible, Mark Lee Luther. Shepherd of The Hills, Wright. The Broken Road, A. N. Mason. The Second Generation, D. G. Phil lips.
 A Stumbling Block, J. M. Forman. The Mayors Wife, Anna K. Green. Hearts Triumphant, E. s. Supper. A Lost Leader, Oppenheim.
 The Way of a Man, Emerson Hough. The Mystic, K. c. Thurston.
 The Brass Bowl, L. J. Vance. The Helpmate, May Sinclair.
 Daughter of Anderson Crow, Me- Cutcheon.
 Fruit of the Tree, Edith Wharton. Best Man, Harold McGrath.
 Affairs of Pine Court, N. R. Gilbert. Road to Damascus, H. A. M. keays. Scarlet Car, R. H. Davis.
 Satan Sanderson, Hattie E. River. The Younger Set. Chambers.
 Money Magic, H. Garland.
 Love is the Sum of it All, Eggleston. Arithosa, F. N. Crawford.
 Books loaned to the club by Mrs Jo- seph Stillson:
 Whispering Smith, Spearman. The Truants, A. E. w. Mason. When Wilderness was King, Randall Parrish.
 Starvecrow Farm, Weyman. Purple Parasol, McCutcheon. Monsieur Beaucaire, Tarkington. The Awakening, Yulee.
The Newtown bee., 1907-12-27

Egbert A. Bradley has been in Bridgewater for several days doing carpenter work for Robert H. Thomas.
 There will be series of Old Fash toned revival meetings at the Methodist Episcopal church in Roxbury, of which Rev H. c. Burrows is the pastor. The meetings will be held one week, be- ginning Sunday, December 29, and end ing Friday, January 3. The meetings will be conducted by the Rev H. K. Smith, pastor of the New Milford Methodist church and Rev E. A. Hen derson, pastor of the Cornwall Bridge Methodist church, also band of Christian workers from New Milford. There will be Watch night service, Tuesday, December 31. All are well come to all.services.
The Newtown bee., 1907-12-27
Roxbury.
NEW YEARS DANCE.

The Shepaug club are to hold one of their popular dances at the Town hall ony Wednesday evening, January 1, 1908. Turrills orchestra of New Mill ford will furnish the music. Refresh ments will be served.
The Newtown bee., 1907-12-27
The Newtown Bee.
LITcHFIELD COUNTY.
Warren.
MRS WILLIAM 0HMEN.
Newlown. Friday. December g. ipos.

"'s W'hfoAh OHihSH, Wlo passcu away to the Great Beyond. December 2, was born in Dusseldorf-on-The- Rhine, Germany, in 1886. Her maiden name was Wilhelmine Schmitz. She was married to William Ohmen in the Dome of Cologne, December 8, 1856, and came to America on their wedding trip in 1857, arriving then in Castle Garden in May, after voyage of 46 days on the ocean ir .the sailing vessel America. They came to Warren in 1857 and on Christmas day their first born, son, came to bless them, whom they named Frederick William and who married Sarah Victoria Dougal in 1880. In 1860 daughter came, whom they called Wilhelmine. She married Max Schnell in 1877. In 1862 another son was born. Lewis Herman, who mar ried Annie Zeiner in 1883. In 1863 her husband. William Ohmen, was called by his country and served in the late re- bellion, being gone until tn close of the war, leaving the young wife and little family in her care. When he re- turned she had purchased the little home and through her labors and en- ergy has sustained both the home and her little family and added much to the comfort of her soldier husband on
 his return. where they have lived ever since. Then more children came, Rosa mond, who died at the age of 10 years,
 William Henry came next, who died when 2l years old, Augusta M., who is still at home was next, then Charles Frank appeared on the drama of life and who married Flora Pearl, young daughter of Charles M. Young. Next came Leon Alfred to comfort them in their declining years and who married Ruth M. Whittlesey, daughter ot Dea Robert Whittlesey. Then came Rosamond, 3d., to crown the home with her brightness and who married John Morrow. Besides her seven living children, who deeply mourn the loss of a loving mother, she leaves 22 grand children and eight great-grandchildren also brother 84 years old and her husband, who will miss her sadly in his age and loneliness as an ideal wife and mother and whose whole life has been devoted as a home maker. Many friends from the country and city will well remember the good times at "Floral Mount Cottage" where her city guests spend their vacation at her residence and here her husband and daughter, Augusta, an invalid, still re- side and will remain. The accompany ing photo shows the four generations, direct line. Mrs Ohmen, upper left hand, Mrs Schnell, daughter, right hand, Mrs A. E. Chappius, granddaugh- ter and Millie Chappius, great-grand- daughter. The family wish to thank all who so kindly remembered them during the illness and death of their dear mother with tokens of their friendship in the form of their beauti- full tributes and kind words. Mrs Oh men was laid at rest in the Worthwhile cemetery in the family plot. Rev MT Pickett of Warren, assisted by Rev MT Evans of New Preston, officiated. The pail bearers were: Miner A. Strong. William c. Welton, F. P. Johnson John F. Angevine, Sherman w. How land and John J. Buher.
 L. R. Carter, of Waterbury, the real
The Newtown bee., 1907-12-27

L. R. Carter, of Waterbury, the real estate dealer, has sold second sec tlon of the Burton Gilbert farm at Warren Center to the Warren Ceme- tery association, which is expected will be improved and laid out as War ren's new cemetery. The tract con- prlses some five or six acres and is well located, just east of the Center schoolhouse and adjoins the Swift farm.
The Newtown bee., 1907-12-27
The Gift Giving
 Season

Is not the only time when this shop is prepared and well too to serve with large assortment of exclusive goods At all seasons our stocks are complete and price induce ments .make one worthy of your patronage. Diamonds Watches, Jewelry. Silverware and kindred lines sold direct without middle mems profits.
 The Lowest price house in New England for high quality goods. C. w. Fairchild & Sons,' ,
 Jewellers, Opticians, Importers, Retailers 997 Main St., Cor. P. o. Arcade,
 BRIDGEPORT, CT. Established 1865.
The Newtown bee., 1907-12-27

CA A9ToRfAs Bears tn. n1 Tho Kind You Have AIways Bought ''''''''' s &<M2Zzzu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
A Land Of Wheat and Barley.
Farm Villages and Farmers
HomesQue Methods
Of Threshing.

women, and If not it comes from the.
village well. 1t is not l!hcuit to est,
water by digging down a3teW feet any
where in. the Nile Valley; and every
town has it's we'll. The village we'll Is
usually shaded by palm trees. 1t Is
there that the men gather. about and
gossip at night and there the women
come to draw water and carry it home
upon their heads. ~ ~ iis5
How the Farmers Live.
The farmers houses have no gardens
bout them, and no flowers or other
Ornamental decoration. The surround
ings Of the towns are gsqualtd and
mean, and the peasants have no com
forts in our sense of the word. They
have but little furniture inside their
houses. Many of them sleep on the
ground or on mats. and many wear
the same clothing at night that they
wear In the daytime Out in the coun-
try shoes. stockings and underclothes
are comparatively unknown; and 1t is
|only upon dress-up occasions that a
man or woman puts on slippers:
The cooking and housekeeping is done
entirely by the women The chief TODD
lis coarse bread made of corn or
|millet. This is baked In thick cakes.
and Is broken UP and dipped into u
kind of a bean stew seasoned with
salt pepper and onions. Almost every
sort OF vegetable grows well here, and
onions and tomatoes are raised for eX-
port. The ordinary peasant seldom has
meat and 1T issonlY the rich who can
|afford mutton or beef AT big feast
on the occasion of q wedding n farming
nabob sometimes brings in sheep
which has been cooked whole. 1t is
eaten without forks, and is torn llmb
from limb pieces being cut out by tina
guests with their knives.
Every one in Egypt who can afford
lit smokes The men have pipes OF va
rious kinds, and of late many cigar
cites have been coming into use.
.favorite smoke is with a water pipe.
the vapor from the burning tobacco
being drawn by; means of a long tube
through a bowl OF water. upon Whlqti
the pipe sits, SO that 1t comes cool
into the mouth. "
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IANhx rhirtcen Is lunluclSy.

1t is usually stated that the super
stitious objection To sitting thirteen
at q table in Christian countries Was
based on the fact OF the Last supper
when Chri.t and his twelve disclples
sat down to eat together, immediately
apefore the Saviour was seized by His
enemies. But In the Morse mythology,
which is supposed to antedate the IN
of christianity among the
Norsemen, we find the superstition re-s
fcrred to the fact that AT u banquet
OF the gods, I.oki. the spirit OF mis-
Chief intruded himself, making Illir-
teen ut the tables wherefore there Vas
a fight. and lBaldour, q young nero
loved by all the gods, was
killed. For the fact Is the objection
to this number seems to have existed,
even before Christianity. Among the.
Turks the number is so disllked and
feared that 1t is never even nalne),,7-
with the Aztecs, the aboriglnes of MeXr
leo 1t MAS believed 70 have niGtc
'pONet AMI Il ltku fancy has peeli
founn In otner Indian tribes, among
the ignorant blacks nf The South the
.fearsof tins nun, h,r In any cpnnettipI,i
Is actually absurd. hat whether they
have borrowed this Idea from tEeh'
Imperfect know lr,lgn@of Chtsstlnnitg or
whether of their Sncestors. I. Is gini~s
possible TO saw, for the superstition
has a strong hold everywhere , even
tkasu Who should knew bettfpi
than to he swaSed bXss III HI Italy lN,la
never used in lnalsfngs ttp sthe numbers
OF. the fayurtn9 lutteriessSand in t.attH
Iris omitted III Numbering the housag
on the streets.--lIou sek eeper. #
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~. 1A>I2E1Y MINE I>z5
NEAZ/G CH5ZZS 1lHNeD

president OF the brick company is
loyal to the old landmark and says 1t
shall never be molested during his
life.
John Parke custis is conspicuous in
American history. Not that he was
great, but he was, a ward of George
Washington. and one cannot read much
of the life and times of the Father
of his Country without encountering
sthe names of tho members of the
Gusts family.
John Parke custis was descended
from John Gusts, who came to Nir-
ginia from Holland in 1910. The son
of this immigrant was John Custis.
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handle, which consists OF a stick set
almost upright into the pole.
The harrow of IIsypt Is roller
provided with iron spikes, and the
like hoe, Much of the land Is uug5
over with the hoe.
The most OF the grain here is cut
with sickles or pulled out by the roots.
Wheat and harleysarc threshed by lay
ing them inside a ring of Wellrpoundedi
ground and driving a sledge which
rests on roller oyer s them MI The 9, reilsr
set into 1t, and 1t is drawn by oxen,
bnfr g, or camels l. s ,1,a tin the
animals without the use OF the rollers.
and sometimes there are wheels Of
aid in shulling the GRAIN grain; Peas and
The gralns3is winnowed by the wind.
The ears are spread out on the thresh. Y.
Ing floor, and the grains pounded Oft
With clubs or shslled bS hand ID
Much e the corn rnn j. snt aaa laii
have time to husk and shell IL, ,rhen
the leaves are stripped Of the fodder,
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pets of their grandmother, Mrs. Wash
ington. Nellie lived there, and at the
Washington households in New York
and Philadelphia, until her marriage
to Major Lawrence Lewis. who was
Il nephew of George Washington, be.
ing the son of Betty Washington and
Fielding Lewis, of fredericksburg. AZ
ter the marriage, Major Lewis built
Woodlawn Mansion, splendid old
house, two miles southwest of Mount
Vernon and on lands given the young
couple by George Washington. George
Washington Parke Gusts remained at
Mount Vernon till the death of Mrs.
Washington in. 1902 when he built the
grea, house. arlington" which later
became the home of Robert II. Lee,
and is now in possession of the United
States government.
These pictures were taken at Abing.
don last fall, -
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stand. On this land he built Abingdon
House, and there in 1879 Nellie Custis
(christened Eleanor Parke Custisl was
born. Her sisters. Martha and Eliza
beth. We're also born in the old house.
Her brother. George Washington Parke
.Custis. the builder of Arlington House
was born at the home of his mothers
people in Prince George county. Nd.
John Parke Custis became an aid
on the staff of Washington and died of
camp fever near Yorktown in 17S1
Washington then adopted Nellie and
her brother, George Washington Parke
Custis. The two children thereafter
made their home at Mount Vernon. the
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IN Htliic a,uSlls. W'lfu oil tfeorEc
~ Washington, and one of the
4 \ much beloved women OF the
young United States, pre-
serves little Of it's old-time spicndor
The main house is standing. the orig
inal framework supporting roof and
weather bohrding. which. though
weather stained. arc comparatively
new. The grand old garden which
fiourished when the American Rcvolu-
ton was being fought has been nearly
effaced. though there are reminders
of 1t in box trees. cedars. paper null
berry trees and few lilac bushes
that grow In front Of the house in
what Is now plowed land. THE jon .
quils have not been cNterminated. this
persistent little flower cIinging to the
old home gene ration after generation.
Abingdon was n GUSTS home and in
this way directly or remotely assoc
Ciated with ali the Colonial and Rev
tolutionary families OF Maryland and
Virginia. The house was built by John
Farke Gusts IN 117S 1t STANDS about
SEQ yards back from the bank of the
Potomac River and half a mile north
of FourMile Run. Va. The house and
fields around IL are owned by Brick
making company and the house is
occupied by ID. T. AlIwine. foreman of
the company, and his family. The
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second. He built Arlington House In
Northampton county. Va. naming it af-
ter Henry, Earl of Arlington. who. with
Lord Cuipeper. held Virginia under
patent from Charles III. The second
GUSTS was a prominent figure in Ba-
cons rebellion and his son. John Cus-
It's third was member of the Kings
Council of Virginia. The fourth John
Custis was married to Frances, daugh-
ter of Colonel Daniel Parke. An issue
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sumption at Mount Vernon in 1873, and
John Parke Custis.
1t was soon after the death of Miss
Custis that John Parke GUSTS was
married to Eleanor Calvert, daughter
pc Benedict Calvert. of Mount Airy,
Prince George county, Md, lineal
descendant from Lord Baltimore.
Young Gusts bought from Gt'ald
Alexander 400 acres of land, on a part
of which Arlington and Fort Myer now
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of this marriage was Daniel Parke
custis who IN 1T49 was married TO
Martha. daughter of John cambridge. OF
williamsburg. Mr.. custis died IN if5i,
and in 1859 George Washington and
the Widow GUSTS were married at the
lady's home, White House. in New Kent
county.
At the time of her second marriage
Mrs. Washington hid two children.
Martha Parke Gusts, who died OF con
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In til. country Villages.

Suppose we go into one OF the Vil-
lagos and see how these Egyptian
farmers live. The towns are collec-
stions OF mud huts with holes in the
walls for windows. They are scattered
along narlcw roadways and the dust
is thick. a
The average hut is so low that one
can look over its roof when seated on
q camel. 1t seldom contains more than
one or two rooms and usually has a
little yard outside in which tho chill
Bdren and chickens roll about In the
dust and where the donkey is some
times tied,
Above some of the houses are tow
erS OF mud with holes in their hides.
These towers are devoted TO- pigeons,
which are kept by the hundreds and
which are sold in the markets as we
sell chickens. The pigeons furnish Il
large part of the manure Of Egypt
and this is 50 OF both gardens and
fields. The manure is mixed with earth
and scattered over the soil.
Almost every village has Its mosque
or church, and often In addition the
tomb of some saint or holy man who
has lived there In tho past. The peo-
ple Worship gat such tombs ard think
that prayers made there avail more
than those made out in tho fields or
in their own huts,i 55st ia sFs5s
There are, no Meter works IN the
itN IL close TO the Nile, the drinklng
and washing wuter Is hrougiit from
there to the huts on tse headl III the
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nv j. nan,,Y sH.N,os.

|. BIMGDoN. the birthplace of
\ Nellie custis. ward OF George
Y Washington, and one of the
n much beloved women OF the
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big Prices for Farms.

.1
The Delta lis the heart of Egypt. It
contains the bulk of the population. 1t
has the most land, the richest soil and
the biggest crops. 1t is more thickly
settled than any other part of the
world, and it yields more to the acre
than any other rtalon on earth. It's
farm lands are worth more than those
Of any other country, and they bring
In a greater product. The average
weld for all Egypt nets profit of sS5
per acre. and that of lower Egypt
amounts to much more. Some lands
yield so much that they are renting
tor $50 per acre. and there are in
Stances where 500 an acre is paid
Such lands bring two or three crops a
year. and those who rent them know
what they are doing. The renting
value of the lands of Egypt in 1899
was over a hundred and ten million
Dollars. and the selling values of the
3est lands now range all the way from
Two hundred to thousand dollars per
5lcre.
I see in to-day's newspapers an adj
vertisement of the Egyptian Lands
Company, announcing an issue of two
and one-half million dollars worth Of
jstock. The syndicate says in its pros
pectus that it expects to buy 5000 acres
of land at "the low rate of 5000 per
acre" and that by spending 100000
1t can make that land worth S400 per
acre within three years" Some of this
land is now worth from $3.50 to $500
per acre, and 1t is renting for $50 per
tcre per annum. The tract lies fifty
niles north of Cairo, and is planted in
sotton, wheat and barley.
EGYPT Belongs to the EEypunns.
Such estates as the above do not
}bften come into the market. The most
ef Egypt is in small farms, ans. there
are thousands here of one acre " less.
The cultivable land. all told, covers
,nly a little over 100000 acres.
Indeed, 1t is not right to- thiHk OF
Egypt as owned by foreigners. Six
seventies Of ak the farms belong to
the Egyptians, and there are more than
4 million native land owners, The most
IS the holdings are small, and over H.
100000 acres al'etin tracts OF from five
10 twenty acres each. Hany are oven
less than an acre in size. Tho, number
If proprletors Embarrassing every year,
ind the fellahs. NOV seem crazy to-
possess land sof.their own, it used
to BIO that the 'IShedive had enormous
Estates, but when the British govern.
nent took possession some OF tlas
khedlvial lands came to them. They,
AYE been divided and have been sold
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What Farm Lands Are Worth
and What They Yield-Aver-
age Profit SIS Per
Acre
Acre.
ny FRANK G. CARPENTER.


OR THE past month have been
travelling through the farms of
r. the Nile Valley. / have visited
many parts OF the Delta, and
have taken run through the
narrow strip which 5orders the river
Tor several hundred miles above Cairo.
/ am writing these notes at Tanta, a
:ity which lies about half way between
Cairo and Alexandria and midway be-
,:ween the two branches into which tho
Nile divides below Cairo and flows from
there down into the Mediterranean Sea.
/ am in q regiot where the tourist sell
iom stops, and of which the guide
books make little account. refer to
The Delta. that great fan land. which
begins at Cairo and in radius of.
lbout one hundred miles, reaches the
Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria and
Port Said.