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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-10-02
INSURANCE AGENCY
Of
CHARLES E. GOODWIN,
Westminster, Nd,

Represents the following companies.
Royal Fire Insurance Co. of Liver
pool.
Continental Fire Insurance Com
pany Of New York
Norwich Union Fire Insurance So
ciety of England.
Employers Accident Liability As
surance Corporation Limited of Lon
don. 9s.s5ae 1fe - s.
No Notes. No Assessments, -isns
The Washington times., 1908-08-23

is cheap compared with the so cents per packet
charged for the little imported collection of baR
dozen fringed varieties. They sometimes re-
tali at $1,000 for an ounce; while many double-
1Flnged varieties of imported stock sell at 5
cents. or $500 an ounce.
Yet the petunia is neither the most expen-
sive nor the tiniest of the aristocratic flower
seeds
There is the begonia, household word with
lovers Of fine flowers. to whom its intense ver-
mlilons, brilliant yellow and orange, rosy pink
and creamy white blooms, measuring as largs
as SIX inches across. have appealed irresistibly
for years.
Fine as are the seeds of the petunia, those
OF the begonia are only half their size almost as
delicate as the notes that fly in the sunbeams. In
England, where some of the choicest kinds ara
produced, the buyer will pay $500 for an ounce,
If such riot of extravaganza should occur TO
him; here. the charges on dch seeds usually
double lie would scarcely escape paying less
than 800
But, abroad as here, the fine art of the
scotsman is called upon to split and divide the
ounce, even for the great florists, down to the
sixteenth and thirty-seconG fraction.
All these seeds from those at s. an our
to those worth nearly $500, at wholesale rates,
are sold in fractions of sixteenths and thirtv-
seconds. The public enjoys their outeoms
through the efforts of the professional florist;
the very wealthy, through the skill Of highly
paid gardeners.
The seed of calceolaria. that strange, pock-
et-iike flower, which comes into bloom in tEs
early spring with its "tigered" and spotted blos-
SONS is no larger than that of the Degonia. Eng
land charges 800 an ounce for it there. and he
price rises TO $3.50 by the time it is on sale in
the United States.
The Washington times., 1908-08-23

ence CLEANED by modern horticulture, ca
afford to own and enjoy some of then
and that is precisely what the poor and ia
lalriy well of and the passably rich do.
For then, even IN their smallest, earli
est development, as they stand shyly IL
their three-inch pots, the plants that have
grown from one of those thousand seeds
winch cost three for a cent. are worth from
10 to % cents apiece "a price at which
almost any one with an ambitious taste ia
plants can own one or two
BY this time an ounce of the double
tringed petunias, which had cost-t+1e whole
saler $3.50 IN the first place and brought
hlm between $500 and $400 in the second
place, have increased in value to $4,000
since, grown into plants, at least 100000
IN number, they have clear market value
at II cents plant, as a rule, and 25 cents
IN many instances.
But the possibilities of the tiny pile of
lmpalpable dust comprising that original
ounce of petunia seed were not yet ex-
hausted. Duly cultivated until the plants
were OH the eve of blooming, In all the brill
liant variety of their hues, every one of
them was fit to command no less than half
a dollar as Its market price. So the final.
ful worth of the possibilities that lay la
tent IN that dust pile on the paper was
S5O,O0O
Throughout the country but especially
IN New England and New York, the splen-
dors OF the petunias may be seen at their
height during the middle of the summer.
1t Is almost the one bloom produced from
the.whole range of high-priced, microscopic
flower seeds that attains its triumph IN
the summer.
But it is fit to maintain its distinction
among all the rich efdorescence of the sea-
son. Few plants equal it in effectiveness
(for outdoor decoration or for house cul-
ture. 1t maintains a continuous sheet OF
bloom until killed by frost The flowers
red, purple, white, yellow and, again, star
red in coloring-had a new hue added TO
their admirable repertory las. wear. The
florists have called it the "Resy Morn"
The Washington times., 1908-08-23

Whether the florists drew their metaphor
from inimitable Homer with his reference to
"rosy fingered dawn" or, whether they discov-
cred the beautiful resemblance afresh for them
selves, need not matter 1t is an exceptionally
true comparison for the nev variety Of petunia
wears, in the most delicate perfection, the rosy
flush of the ,iawning day. perhaps the most fas-
cinating tint T. ans eyes ~aL look upon.
II came rom the north of Germany last
season. and Won instant fayCr. Unlike SO many
fads IN flowers, whose triumphs can be counted
by the hundreds, and whose quick decline hap
pens almost as frequently, the rosy morn petu-
MIA, with its fringed edge and its exquisite pink
shadngs, has been more popular this year than
when it made its cordially received Cebut.
Remarkable in such an event, its price re-
mains low-only 20 or 25 cents for a package of
half a hundred seeds That makes It's price at
least $500 an ounce to the public; but STILL at the
charges the public is called upon to pay for trv-
al packets, made out of the 100000 and more
isis that go into the ounce Of the wholesaler. Il
The Washington times., 1908-08-23
A primrose by a rivers brim
a yellow primrose was to him,
And Il was nothing mOTe.-WordswOrth.

VEN the primrose of Wordsworth's ma
X teriaist Is a good deal more to the
scotsman. Coarse as they are, IN COM
parison with the intnlteslmal germ
lives of the petunia. the seeds of the primrose
average $4,000 to the ounce, and the wholesale
price is usually 81 for 500 of them, or $50 an
Ounce-a good deal more than the worth OF
their weight IN golu.
When the retail public indulges IN these
proetarians Of the floral republic, pretty as they
are and coarse as are the leeds, it pays quar-
ter of a dollar for a packet containing about
fifty. So even the seed of the primrose becomes
at last worth SIS an ounce a valuation beside
which virgin gold is cheap.
When 1t comes to measuring out some of
the seeds that hold records for smallness the
anxious scotsman mentioned above was mild in
his phraseology. Very serious business 1t is, in
deed; and very great business, too, all over the
CDlUed States and Europe.
For these are the master seeds of the floral
garden, INDUCED IN only by florists and the gar
deners of the very rich and even By them pur-
chased IN the merest fraction of the ounce. The
need for a whole ounce of such seeds is expert
enced only by the wholesalers. whose trade sup
plies the demands of communities.
When the seeds of the petunia hundreds of
which could be gathered up on the damp tip of
ones forefnger, have undergone natures mar
velous transformation under the auspices of the
expert gardener or florist the results are the
rarest and most charming products of the realm
OF flowers; and yet the ,..o-est among those who
gaze admlrlngly upon the Conservatives of the
rich, where the high-salaried expert brings to
bear upon their planting and culture all the sci
The Washington times., 1908-08-23
eZ2Yz5&-I -Izz%SZ 5zs11szl

closer look. The scotsman svaVed him
agCay in Hasty apprehension.
"Dont breathe near that pile" he
cried, e0arnugly. a single breath upon
those seeds might cost me $50 or $500.
This IS pretty serious business"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
Taft in Massachusetts.


BOSTON, Mass, March 3.-For
the second time within fortnight
Secretary Taft is visiting Massaehu-
sets, ? from which state the dee
gates to the. national convention,
from from present indications; will be
hotly contested by the Taft and
Hughes forces.
Tonight the secretary Of war is to
make his first appearance in Boston
before, strictly political gathering.
THE occasion will be the annual
banquet Of the Republican club of
Massachusetts, The chief speakers,
in addition to Secretary Taft, will
be Senator Burkett of Nebraska and
Governor Guild of Massachusetts,
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
FARMERS TO
q lease HOUSES

NEZPERCE, Idaho. March 3.-In
order to get an expression of opin-
ion from the farmers regarding the
advisability of leasing the Kerr
Clifford grain warehouses at the
Nezperce tramway, a meeting has
been called for next Saturday, when
Il decision will be reached.
The farmers are organized under
the name of the Greer Rochdale
company, and it is their declared in
tention to build warehouses in the
Nezperce country. They have SUBJ
scribed $4,000 with which to make
start, the first house to be built at
Greer.
The Kerr-Gifford company viii
lease their houses to the farmers II
they can agree on terms. They own
two houses at the tramway and one
at Greer, and it is on the advisabtl!-
ty Of leasing these that the meeting
has been called for next Saturday If
the farmers decide not to lease the
buildings, they viii begin work on
a new house at Greer.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
MANY INQUIRIES
ABOUT LEWISTON
REAL ESTATE DEALERS RECETy-
ING LETTERS FROM PRosPEc-
. TIVE IMMIGRANTS HEADED
TOWARD LEWISTON COUNTRY.
8ANtl

Local real estate dealers report a
large number of inquiries from pros
pective homeseekers Of the Middle
West and coast sections and the in
dications are that a large immigra-
ton will come into eastern Wash,
ington and northern Idaho this
spring. EGEE
Many letters have stated that
tourists will start for the Lewiston
valley as soon the spring immigra-
ton rates become effective.
1--WE have been in correspondence
with people in all sections of the
Middle West" said E. D. Potvin of
the Potvin-Pittock company, "and
expect to have homeseekers here be-
fore the end of the month. A party
from South Dakota will come as soon
as the low rates are effective, and
they are coming to stay. A repre-
sentative visited Lewiston during
the fall and winter and has recon
mended the country to his friends.
From Information now at hand,
we expect a heavy demand for irri-
gated lands and developed fruit
tracts. 2
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
BANKERS Get
INDICTMENTS

PORTLAND, March 3.--Three OF
the criminal charges against j.
Thornburn Ross, I. T. Burkhart,
John E. Aitchison, George II. Hill
were dismissed by Presiding Judge
Cleland today when the court sus-
tanned the demurrers interposed by
the attorneys for the accused bank
ers.
This leaves only one charge hang
ing over the men, that of accepting
deposits for the Title Guarantee and
Trust company when they knew it
to be insolvent. New informations
will be drawn against the accused
bankers to avoid the defects pointed
out by Judge Cleland.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
'ClarkstOn-L Lewiston
BUS LINE
Trunks and Baggage Transferred
SCHEDULE /,
Daily Except Sunday y

Leave Clarkston--6:15 am; s:15
am; 1900 am; lis pm; 1880
PM 4:45 pm. ra.~
Leave Lewiston--7:S0 am; 900
.a.m.; 1915 am; 300 pm; s:05
pm; $40 pm. .
Sunday
Leave Clarkston-1:15 pm.
Leave Lewiston pm.
Will meet all night trains and
boats on special calls.
Leaves Charleston from Charleston
Commercial Co.
Leaves Lewiston from Raymond
Hotel and Bollinger Hotel
Rates-15c one way, round trip
25c.
Leave orders at Charleston Com
mereial Co., Sycamore Street or call
up phone Main $50.
.t4
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
LEWISTON Girl /
IS PROMINENT
MINNIE WATSON, CHINESE GIRL,
} FORMERLY STUDENT IN PUB
Lie SCHOOLS HERE, BETRAYED
SPOKANE HOLDUPs.
E 49, o. r .aEse te

Minnie Watson, the Chinese girl
Who tor a number of years, was a
resident of Lewiston and an attend
ant at the city schools, is playing a
prominent part in the Spokane hold
up cases, where she has given evil
deGce that has resulted in the arrest
of three of the men who are respon-
sible, for the greater per cent of the
Spokane robberies. e
1.-THE Spokane repgrt states the girl
Vas living in the restricted district
with a white man named Wilson
Cassidy, who. was the leader of the
hoiddp gangi aud blooming jealous
Of her lover she betrayed him to the
.1oiicsl in-ar spirit of revenge.
Minnie Watson was born in the
Pierce CITY district and brought to
Lewiston when about t9 years Of age
and sold to a white man named
Raines. The police heard of the
Transaction aud WilIian : schuldt,
! 33en chief ofepolice, secured the un-
foFtuhete' and turned her over to. w.
/ II. Skinner then mayor of the city,
who provided her with a home un-
til she was of age. She was edu-
Gated In the Lewiston public schools.
and left the city a little over a year
Ggo. s -
- tt u ~ & g-F -
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
Britt Nelson Battle.

i Los ANGELES, CAL, March B.
Jimmy Brittle is fayorite of the ma
jcrity of the Angeltown fans in
his battle tonight with Battling
Nelson at the Pacific Athletic club.
Nelson has been actively at work
for several months however, and Is
generally conceded 70 be In better
trim for the mill than Britt. Ru-
dolpf Unhoiz, the Boer wonder,
who recently defeated Nelson and
George Memsic in ten round bouts
here, will probably meet the winner
at an early date.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
DENoUNCE RIFLE PRACTICE.
Women of Peace Circle Crusade
Against Roosevelt.

NEW YORK, March S.-The
Women's Peace Circle continues it's
crusade against the Introduction of
rife practice for school boys. At a
yesterday several of & the
women denounced Roosevelt for his
support of rife shooting for boys,
and said the practice was menace
to the country, as it made the boys
desire war.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
PAsTnIE PROGRAM.

Reggie's Camp Hunt.
Buying q Cow.
Mt. Vesuvius. ~
Gypsies' Sacrifice. SfT
Song "Smarty." III
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
FISH LOSES HIS HEAD.
His Place on Illinois Central Is Fill
ed by Another.

CHICAGO, March BE. H. Har-
riman, John Jacob Astor and Joseph
F. Titus, associates to President
Harahan of the Illinois Central,
have been nominated as directors for
the term ending October. 1911. A. j.
Hacksteff was named for the term
ending October, 1908. There were
no other nominees. Titus was nam
ed in the place of Fish.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
Indicted for Relating.

ST. LOUIS, March Indictments
charging the st. Louis and San
Francisco railroad with granting re-
bates and the Chapman & Dewey
Lumber company of Kansas City,
Mo-, for accepting rebates were re-
turned by the federal grand jury to-
day.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03
PAYS TO USE THESE COZ UJllNS
HELP WANTED.

good competent girl.
Steady employment, good wages.
Call at 312 First avenue.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-03

for railroad work.
Inland Employment Agency, S16
D street, Thiessen block. Call be-
tween and p. m.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
A Wasted Opporunitv.


cole BilP' Foote and "Ole Bill" Eng
lish were political travelling compan-
ions. and many stories were told of
their joint Journeying.
The two hardy Democratic campaign
srs were doing southern California one
election time and got into the country
at the back door of Los Angeles One
night they reached farmhouse where
they had expected to find lodgings.
The farmer had nothing but two arm
chairs. Foote and English pleaded for
beds-cots, trundle beds, anything that
looked like bed. Nothing doing.
The campaigners. like Napoleon or
Grant or like Washington at Valley
Forge. slept In their chairs.
When the first advance agents of
dawn scudded out of the west, the poll
ticians lnboriously got out of their
chairs and went out for fresh air. They
met the old farmer milking the cow
with the crumpled horn.
do you know, gentlemen" he said
blandly and without contrition, '.you
could have had bed. after all? ! was
expecting two Democratic orators here
last night and saved the beds for them,
but somehow or other they never show
ed up. dang 'em."-San Francisco Call.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Countaaa hartford's Ball.

Edward Seymour, earl OF Hartford,
in the days Of Queen Elizabeth married
as his third wife a beautiful young
widow who had been engaged to Sir
George Rodney, but whom she Tilted
for Lord Hartford. Sir George Rodney
travelled to Amesbury and. putting up
at the inn, awaited the Homecoming OF
the earl and countess, who were ex-
pected to arrive the next day. The in
fatuated man wrote dying ode to his
tickle love, using his blood as ink. and
upon the arrival of the bridal party he
went out to meet them. Lady Hert-
ford was agitated and terrified at the
appearance Of her old lover. and be-
fore Sir George could be prevented he
drew his sword and. falling on II, ex-
pired at Lady HerttOrd's feet. The
countess presented bell to Amesbury
church perhaps as a slight penance for
her fickleness. The Inscription runs:
Be strong In faythe, prayes God we'll.
Frances. Countess Hertfords bell,
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

A most agonzing death Is caused by
an insect half the size of a pea-a
small black spider 1t lives In Peru,
In South America. but a few speci-
mems have reached Europe in ship
loads of timber Not long ago a dock
laborer was unlucky enough to come
upon one in the Victoria docks while
unloading bark. The tiny death deal
er dropped upon the back of his hand
and dug its fangs into his flesh The
bite itself was nothing, but as soon as
the poison began to work the man
tainted with pain. Soon afterward be
came to and lived three days before
the end came. This SPIDERS venom
scorches up the blood vessels and
spreads through all the tissues, caus-
ing the most fearful agony human
being can have to bear The worst of
1t Is that the victim lives at least two
days, enduring unthinkable anguish
the whole time. This spider is luckily
not common 1t Is known as the
SPECIFY" and when man who knows
what Ithe bite means is bitten he gen
orally blows out his brains.-London
Chronicle
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The Youngs had Unexpectedly drop
ped In on the Baileys just as dinner
was about to be served. The hostess.
considerably disturbed. called her little
daughter Helen aside and explained
that there would not be enough oysters
to go around and added, Now. you
and will just have some of the broth.
and please do not make any fuss about
1t at the table"
Little Helen promised to remember
and say nothing But when the oys-
tiers were served Helen discovered a
small oyster In her plate which had ac-
cidentally been ladled up with the
broth. This puzzled the little girl. as
she could not recall any Instructions
covering this contingency. After
studying few moments she dipped
the oyster up with her spoon and. hold
ing 1t up as high as she could, plped
out, Mamma, mamma, shouldn't Mrs.
Young have this oyster too2"-Chris-
tian Register.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Sleepwalkinq.

Women and children are more apt to
suffer from somnambulism than men,
possibly because their. brain is more
delicately poised and therefore more
easily Influenced by dreams. A SOM
nambulist nearly always walks with
his eyes wide open, tho pupils being
much dilated. He is a dreamer able to
act his dreams. and in this state the
timid become fearless, the weak strong
and the stupid brilliant. Their SON.
nambulistic condition presents many
curious anomalies. The soinnambullsts
sense of hearing is not often suspend
ed, for, generally speaking. he will an
swer questions even If whispered, but
often the same ear Is deaf to loud
noises. The sense of smell is frequent
~ altered. Birthstone and phosphorus
are said to be pleasant scents to the
somnambulist, and many cannot tell
wine from water, as the sense of taste
becomes perverted or entirely suspend
ed. Some people walk periodically in
their sleep, while others do it spasmod-
ically One German doctor goes to the
extreme of asserting that somnam-
bulists are attracted by the moon. and
thus they walk on roofs of houses and
at great heights because they derive
peculiar pleasure from contemplating
the moon.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

4 tall, solemn looking young man
entered the restaurant with Eild.
apologize air aud seated himself at a
vacant table near the middle of the
room. 1t was evident that he dreaded
to intrude. He wanted to get as far
away from other people as possible
He even blushed painfully when he
gave his order, and the most casual
observer could have told that he was
bashful. Just as his dinner was
brought to him a buxom looking wo-
man with seven small children entered
the place. The head waiter swept the
field with his eye, pounced down upon
the table where the young man had
sought solitude, motioned to The moth
err, who clucked to the chickens. aud
moment later they were all around
that one table.
That young mans face was a serial
story.
Other people entered the restaurant
glanced at the group. smiled signih-
cantly and seated themselves
"He doesn't look ii. does he?" queried
a pleasant faced old lady In an audible
whisper
"She looks at least ten years older
than he" murmured a girl at the next
table.
He flew to the hatrack, tossed a half
crown to the waiter and tried to GO
through the door without opening it,
London Telegraph.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
rha kinu Had Hiahta.

Once when Nacready was perform
Ing at the theater at Mobile, Ala, his
manner at rehearsal displeased one of
the actors, a native American of pure
western type This Claudius In Ham
LETT resolved to get even" with the
star for many supposed offenses, and
In this way he carried out his purpose.
When In the last scene Hamlet stab
bed the usurper he reeled forward and
after a most spasmodic finish stretch
ed himself out precisely In the place
Hamlet required for his own death
Macready. much annoyed. whispered
dercely:
ode farther up the stage. sir"
The monarch lay insensible, upon
which In a still louder voice the Ham.
let growled:
"Die farther up the stage. sir"
Hereupon the Claudius, sitting up.
observed:
81 believe I'm king here. and I'll die
where | please"
The tragedy concluded without more
ado.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
The AKA of Grnai Man.

The Iron Duke has always been a
mystery. | have road that he was six
feet four inches tall. have read also
that he was only FIVE feet six inches
Historians tell US be was anywhere
from five feet six aches to five feet
eleven inches There are some things
seemingly very simple which ii S I'm
possible to estab ish This is one of
them. Historians are still guessing the
height OF Julius Caesar, the size of
Hannibal's head, the weight OF Alex
ander the Great and the general di
mansions OF Solomon. Why We are not
even sure of the stature of George
Washington. 1t might be believed that
Napoleon, Alexander the Great and
Jay Gould were of the same size, three
bumptious little chaps. And 1t is com.
mon belief that Charlemagne. Erling
the Bold, Frederick the Great, Robert
Bruce. Sir William Wallace General
Winfield Scott and Richard Occur de
Lion were all top notchers, "Old Fuss
and Feathers" formed In the prodigal
ity of nature. leading In girth and
weight.-New York Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
The 'Anqed and Un'anqed.

An American actor was once seeing
London from the top of bus. AS
they swung down the Strand he asked
the driver to point out the places Of
interest, Right you are, sirP' agreed
the driver, touching his hat There's
Luggit i'll. where they 'ang 'em," A
little later, There's parliment 'ouses,
where they make the laws wot does 1t,
across the way. An there's Westmin-
ster habbey. where they buried the
good 'uns wot didn't get 'angedP'