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Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13

asked him to rest a while at his home
in the neighborhood The colonel
answered that his pressing business
would not permit the time. But. as
an inducement. the old gentleman
mentioned that among the guests at
his house was the handsomest young
widow in all Virginia! That changed
matters. The young colonel smiled.
hesitated. and then-well, then he
decided that he had more time than
he had supposed.
Upon reaching the house he was in.
troduced to the fascinating widow.
Mrs. Martha Parke Custis. and we
can imagine the coy glances OF this
enticing young creature. for it was a
case OF love at first sight And in.
stead OF getting away in a few hours
as he had intended. old Bishop, the
coloners servant, held his horse in
readiness for hours and hours. But
his master didn't come. In fact his
delighted host had little difficulty In
persuading him to stay until the next
day.
Washington had just returned from
pIlilidnt campaign, was gallant,
young and handsome, and the clever
widow didn't lose any time bringing
down her game! A few days later Col.
Washington visited Mrs. Custis at her
own beautiful home and this time he
offered his heart and sword with sue.
cess. 1t is quite evident that pro-
pitious reception awaited him. for on
the way to the house he asked a slave
II Mrs. Custis was at home, and he
said. Yes, sab, reckon you'se the
gentleman what's 'spected." They
did not meet again till their marriage
six months later.
At that time Martha Gusts was q
years old-just three months younger
than her fiance. She was short, had
eyes that snapped, her manner was
very gay. and she was thought by
some to be the most beautiful woman
In America. She was the wealthies,
woman in the old dominion and the
mother OF four children, two OF whom
were living. The marriage took place
ut the hc'ue OF the bride In January
1859. The exact date is uncerta.A.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13
GOT 1T.
Millions in Oats and Barley.

Nothing will pay you better, for 1908
than to sow plenty of big yielding oats
and barley with oats at 40c to SOC bu.
(Salzer's new Emperor William Oats av-
eraged so bu. per acre more than any
other variety in 1901 would pay immense
ly while Salzer's Silver King Barley which
proved itself the biggest yielder at the
Wisconsin Agricultural Station during
1907 if you had planted so acres would
have given you in 1907 Just S35OO.0O on 50
acres. 1t is an enormous yielder.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 1Oc
to the John A. Salzer Seed CO., La
Crosse, Wis, and we will mail you the
only original seed catalog published in
America with samples of Emperor Viii
liam Oats, Silver King Barley. Billion Dol
lar Grass which produces II tons per acre.
Sainfoin the dry soil luxuriator, etc, etc.
new farm seeds never before seen by you.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13

In a soft lulling sleep and gentle repose
Possess those joys denied by Day"
There is letter on record in which
Washington asked Mr.. Fauntleroy's
permission to make proposal of mar
riage to his daughter Sin the hope Of
revocation Of former cruel SEN
tence." But the fathers reply was
unfavorable, as usual, and Miss Betsy
afterwards married Thomas Adams of
Williamsburg. 1t is tradition of
that town that after her rejected suit
or became famous and visited Will
liamsburg as the guest Of the people
she watched the triumphant pageant
from window and when the great
hero saw her he waved his sword and
saluted her, whereupon the lady faint
ed away.
On another occasion he fell in love
with Miss Mary Phillipse, the beauti-
full daughter of wealthy Englishman
who lived in superb mansion on the
Hudson near West Point Washing
ton promptly proposed, but was told
that somebody else's coquette was al
ready engaged to be married. Wash
ington said afterward that he thought
things might have resulted differently
If he had waited "till the lady was in
the mood" There was tragic end
ing to this romance years after, when
the naughty creature who had spurned
the hand of the commander of the
American forces was arrested as an
English spy. She was thrown into
prison and all of her property was
confiscated.
Washington was too wise to turn
into woman hater merely because
he had been thrown down three times
in succession. He knew there were
plenty of pretty fish in the aquarium
and that it would be only a matter of
time when he'd make a good catch.
That time came just two years after
he was Tilted by Miss Phillipse, and
it happened in this way: Col. Wash
ington was on his way to Williams
burg on official business, and while
crossing Williams ferry was accosted
by hospitable old gentleman, who
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13

The mint refineries of The United
States received and operated upon s..
l79 .555.5S1 standard ounces of gold bull
lion and l9.430,S1s.1S standard ounces
OF silver bullion during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1907 This total was
distributed as follows: Philadelphia.
4.425.3s5.907 ounces gold and 14,213,-
S66.26 ounces silver: Denver (six
months operations), 1,70S, ,1S9. 1876
ounces gold and 340,2s9.95 ounces sill
yer: San Francisco. 990.32 300 ounces
gold and 2.097.602.72 ounces silver:
New York assay ofiice). 1.OO3.s73.s55
ounces gold and 1890, SO ounces sill.
yer: New Orleans. 81 ,77S.463 ounces OF
gold end 137,792.S0 ounces silver.
A Munich firm is reported to have
succeeded in artifcially rendering as
bestos waterproof. which material Is
sold under the title of asbestos states,
which are thus described These as
bestos states. 1t Is claimed. are as hard
and as strong as natural states, and
can therefore be laid on wall or roof
constructions without any wooden
laths being necessary. They are very
easily worked. and can be bored, nailed
and cut just like wood, without any
danger OF splitting. They form fire
proof covering for inside and outside
wooden walls. and are valuable for In
sulation work of all kinds, even for
electrical purposes.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13
Satan Terrified.

There is as great genius displayed
in advertising as in the higher
branches of literature. No problem
daunts the modern advertising man.
In the window of a little bookstore in
Eighth avenue. New York, was re-
Gently heaped a great pile of Bibles.
marked very low-never before were
Bibles offered at such bargain; and
above them all. in big letters, was the
inscription: Satan trembles when he
sees Bibles sold as low as these
Woman's Home Companion.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13

much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
bic can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
er strength than other makes.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13
Afraid Of a Precedent,

Lady Visitor-Mr. HARDEST is very
rude. He passed me just now without
touching his hat. merely nodding.
Waiter (confidentially)-That isn't
rudeness. madam. It's because he Is
that mean he won't even tip his hat.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13
A Calm AXoWal.

$50" remarked the old-time friend.
society has ut last welcomed you
with open arms?"
NO" answered Mr.. Cumrox; II am
still cndeavoring to welcome society
with open bocketbook."
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13
On tho Pier.

Don't you think It Is n crazy thing
for us to come down here just to
watch them haul out lot of poor fish
In big metz"
perhaps SO. The whole affair IL
conducted on In seine methods"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13

The best swimmer is the first to
drown himself.-Italian.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13
Different.

The good die young. but this isn't
true of jokes.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-13

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE"
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUISlNE. Look fos
the signature of Il. W. GROVE. Used the World
over To Cure Cold in One Day. 3c
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

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HIEN

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

1-1se Ed c OrR.ar has beea ~
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

n Ousraszs being oonaI,tes n
cIzzL Eea-oezE II hrze Eaass e
1isA ri1srS- $40 h1- prs-z1sa-
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IA saF arts
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

Arspo-t -oasz froa H.zars- Ky I
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srasi-set upoa a eAa-zs q f0-z.rv
- sears1rsd ID oae ysar i. ths Vea-
1..-zEy- He vas SAFE Trsaz--s-
10y TIE Eax11r A1zfaissrz-ioa
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

M@a IKE vas co1zznsd b. she
1e<al.Iure in uyfng 10 rstsaI q
@1a the dog tax hE. b1 L <zass
ERAo.s cAzaes
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

M legislature al = god thins
wA2 Il Fasse1 = INV ah0lEsAtag
EEtr.tioa II nrh a1a sixth el4z
@-N L0uEsa Is n tn nnh eslzz
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

Drusrisss IN tA.s ss-a ana vssisisy.
uAsa sAoEn fAe Frs<siEstoa. staled
that they can siiAsr szaqly these ~
Eusisz-S G. 4 en- rsa3ers prefer.
tAzy in cozrou.s ne EiEtlre io-
tAez
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

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rssaarsa a. Eaas SO - 49, -
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-20
Furs Wanted FursI

Dalzs Al t.gpss vin Eake
sua<s ~ sAa1ss-s tssir Furs
% - ssa arsss % naua.sae-
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i.s-s No cu=-ssssoa saarres
HsAezs srsres ana Fu=Es ~
Unk
Isaac ROscasaun & Co
IoUisrs. ".
EsEs,- E.ss Masks. s,rs-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

NTORALISTS at all times have
wi blamed this tendency and con-
LII demned those Unsuitable appe-
tites which are always asking for more
and for what they do not possess. 1
cannot share this view. Far from
blaming in principle that which essen
TALLY is but the desire for the better, 1
cannot but see in it one of the noblest
attributes of man. This faculty, in
reality, is one of the most important
causes of his greatness.
When men are once fully satisfied
and have no more wants they will
come to a standstill, and progress, that
great and sacred law of mankind, will
come to a standstilf also. In reality
it is the want of the superduous which
has developed all our industries, which
has engendered the arts and sciences,
without which many races and nations
and even among ourselves whole popu-
lations, exist perfectly well. We there
fore, with every reservation as to
wrong application, must accept 1t in
the first place as a fact, in the second
as a benefit.
Another way in which man distin-
guishes himself from the animal is in
his self-respect. This, too, Is common
to all men, in modesty and sense of
honor, even among savages, although
they rarely are given credit for them.
But modesty, especially, often shows
itself in customs and practices widely
opposed to our own or bearing no re-
semblance whatever to them. This
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WHITTIER SCANDAL

q INCE 1t became necessary for Mr..
n Desmond of the board Of trus-
~ tees of Whittier state school to
make serious charges against School
superintendent Greeley an investiga-
ton became equally necessary. 1t
would have been at variance with pub
lie policy to have refused to take Of
lions, especially as they were made so
explicitly that they conveyed the i'm
preston Of being founded upon ac-
curate knowledge of conditions Mr..
Desmond apparently found no difficulty
in making his charges specific, and it
was with anything but the air of
man talking at random or for spite that
he told how Superintendent Greeley
invited a paroled girl to go buggy
riding in the evening, allowed to some
of the inmates privileges which upset
the discipline of the school and did not
interfere with certain boys who were
reported for smoking and chewing to-
bacco. winked at the fact that love
letters were sent by inmates to other
inmates, allowed officers to take girls
into Whittier on pleasure trips, ETC.,
etc. 1t is also alleged by Mr.. Desmond
that Mr.. Greeley bullied some of the
male inmates, treated them brutally
and allowed subordinates to treat them
brutally. If Mr.. Desmond's assertions
are only partially true California has
been unwittingly maintaining a mod
ern Do-the-Boys hall at Whittier, and
the man whose influence was supposed
to be educational and reformatory was
only a Squeers.
A scrupulously, relentlessly and i'm
partially thorough investigation will
not atone for the past, but it may help
to prevent future misconduct 1t is
highly regrettable that the reformatory
influence of the institution at Whittier
should have been interfered with and
its efficiency impaired by official mis-
management resulting from a condi-
ton for which politics and politicians
are responsible.
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EXPLOITATION

M ITH the precision of an expert
w marksman hitting the bullseye,
the Democratic national platform
points out the main lesson of the Re
publican panic, which is that the Re
publican party, after having been for a
decade in control of the federal gov
eminent, was either unwilling or in
competent to protect the interests of
the general public 1t has so linked
the country to Wall street, adds the
platform, that the sins of the specu-
lators are visited upon the whole peo-
pie. while refusing to rescue the
wealth producers from spoliation at the
hands of the stock gamblers and spec
ulators in farm products, 1t has accu-
mulated treasury funds without inter-
est and without competition, in favor
tie banks. 1t has used an emergency
for which 1t is largely responsible to
force through congress a bill changing
the basis of bank currency and inviting
market manipulation, and has failed to
give the fifteen million depositors OF
the country protection to their savings.
w e p61lSNC lllhl III 81 Lar LllO nCCdo
of commerce require an emergency cur
rency, such currency should be issued,
controlled by the federal government
and loaned on adequate security to ma
tional and state banks. We pledge our
selves to legislation by which the ma
tional banks shall be required to
establish a guarantee fund for the
prompt payment Of the depositors of
any insolvent bank, under an equitable
system which shall be available to all
state banking institutions wishing to
use 1t. We favor postal savings bank
if the guarantee bank cannot be Sc
cured, and that to be constituted so as
to keep the 'eposited money in the
communities where it is established.
But we condemn the policy Of the Re-
publican party in proposing postal saw
ings banks under plan of conduct by
which they will segregate the deposits
Of rural communities and redeposit the
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same while under government charge
in THE BANKS OF WALL STREET,
thus depicting the circulating medium
of the producing regions and unJustly
favoring the speculative markets"
In other words, the Republican party
wishes to see the whole country at
work for Wall street. National ex-
ploitation on such a GIGANTIC scale
as that proposed seriously in the Re-
publican platform never before in the
history of the nation has been proposed
or attempted, and the crushing rebuke
it will receive In the election of Bryan
and the OVERWHELMING DEFEAT
OF TAFT Will forever eliminate it from
the field of practical-verily, PRAC-
TICAL-politics even of a party so re-
markable for cupidity and stupidity as
the organization which with none Of
the spirit of Lincoln or of Roosevelt to
redeem it persists In calling itself the
Republican party"