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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-03
LOSES WIDOWS SHARE OF ESTATE
OF MAN SHE MARRIED ON CONTRACT

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. B.
The plans Of Mrs. Kate Warner,
who was welded by contract to
Adam Warner. to secure a widows
share Of the $4,000 estate of War
ner, were thwarted by Judge Hugh
% when he denied Mrs. Warner a
new trial The court denied the
motion on the ground that Mrs.
Warner had acceded to the terms
81 the contract which gave her 500
= year and $1,000 at Warmers death
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-03

Hupe, a shoemaker, wer placed on
the stand by the prosecution, their
evidence tending to prove that so
far as they knew Demmer bears a
good reputation
Two more witnesses will be
placed on the stand today in sup.
port of the prosecution and the at
torneys will commence their argu
ments late this evening. The case
will probably not be in the hands OF
the jury until tomorrow noon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-03
(By United Press.j

LONDON. Dec. st is estimated
in shipping circles that at least
100 persons are missing and many
lost In a terrific hurricane that
hahs been sweeping the British
coast for several days. Intensity
of the storm increased last night,
and many small boats were wreck
ed along the coast.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-03

W. France, legal, Chicago. ILL.,,
and Ola Chambers, legal. Spokane.
Adolph e. Kleenchen. legal, and
Carrie Danterman, legal, both of
Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-03

as speaker after his present term
said Murdoch. He has seen the
writing on the WALL"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-03

TO Mali. SuBSCRIBERS-The when your subscription
expires the address label of each When that date
subscription paid
taken the list the address
label receipt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-03

The Washington dis
patches tell us that the
president is taking up the
question of amending the
interstate commerce law,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-03

Don't you just love hui
man beings?
Thus ends the recent
short story.
PaODlp arc SOmntimaS in
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
III WAS FINE.

Three painters were painting the
inside of house in the country.
During the day these painters be.
gan to crave something to drink.
Accordingly they put their heads
together; the result of their con.
ference was that their leader went
to the mistress of the house and
said, "The frames of your oil
paintings are very dingy, ma'am :
we'll clean them for you, if you've
any " hiskey." "How much whis-
key will be needed?" asked the
guileless old lady. "Aoout a quart,
ma'am," said the painter. So the
old lady brought the three paint
ers a quart of whiskey, and they
drank it up and cleaned the pic
ture frames with water.
On toward sunset the old lady
coming to inspect the frames, ex-
pressed herself as being delighted
with them. "Oh, she said, "they
are fine. And who'd have thought
a quart of whlskey could clean so
many? 1t was lucky l saved it.
1t was what | washed Fido in last
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
IBLENESS IS SIN.

The most valuable power on
earth is human power-mental and
physical-and when it is not en-
ployed it is not only lost but 1T
consumes d part of what others
earn. Work backed by the power
of mind creates wealth; work sets
money in motion; work pays
debts. Work is the vital power of
prosperity, and that city, that
community, and that nation whose
people are idle, are poor and GRIM
inal in proportion to the number
that work and the time they work.
The greatest earthly blessing to
any people is to give them honest,
remunerative work.
God has given us six days to la
Dor, to do our work. He provided
the night for rest and sleep and
regeneration, and added the sew
enth day as a day of rest. Man
added the holidays, and yet we are
not satisfied. We look upon Hea-
ven as a place of idleness and long
to 60 there to rest.
Idleness is not rest. 1dleness 10
a sin, ard breeds discomfort and
GENERALIZATION County Patriot.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
HE HAS NO LUCK.

Twenty years ago, in Jasonvllle,
Ind, Mollle Lienhart accused her
sweetheart, Elijah Fielding, Of
stealing her ring. He was sent to
prison, protesting that he was IN
nocent; and after serving his time
returned to the old town. Nat
urally there was some GOODNESS be-
tween the former lovers. They
didn't speak as they passed by.
Just the other day Mollie found
the ring near an old spring, where
she had dropped it. Then she re-
membered being at the spring that
day twenty years ago. She went
to Elijah and begged his forgive
ness, and it ls reported that it was
granted.
This is very charming story go
far, and it will be surprising if the
gentle reader does not find it in
the pages of Harper's or Golfers
one of these days. In which case,
Elijah will marry Mollie, and the
ring will be used at the ceremony,
and the town of Jasonville will be
greatly stirred up.
But the advice Of the Van Nor
den, which we endorse, lie for Eli
jah to jump a fast east-bound
freight, and lose no time about it.
Otherwise Mollie will get him, just
as sure as summer fiction. Or, if
the gentleman doesn't want to
leave the state, he has one other
means of escape-he can go back
to prison,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
MESS|NA AND REGGIE
AGAIN FEEL SHOCKS
Had Cities Been Rebuilt
Would Have Been in
Ruins Again.

Messina, Sicily, July six
months after the devastating earth
quake of December %, which laid
waste more than a score of cities
ard towns in Calabria and Sicily,
and killed 200, 900 people, Messina
and Reggie were this morning
again visited by an earthquake,
which, had they been rebuilt,
would have laid them a second
time in ruins. It would seem that
nature is determined to blot out
Messina, but recently one of the
fairest cities in the world.
1t is as yet impossible to accu-
rately determine the number of
casualties. Some of the reports
are alarming, but they can not be
verified.
So far as is positively known,
only a few people were hurt. One
woman was killed by falling
wall and a child was seriously in
jursd.
While minor shocks have been
of frequent occurrence in Sicily in
the last six months, last night they
became more serious and caused
considerable alarm. The most Sc
we're quakes came at Z 30 and Z :25
this morning, and were similar to
the fatal disturbance of December,
being accompanied by the same
roaring noises that added to the
horror of that fateful night.
The population again fled in fear
and cries of terror rent the air.
The people hurried to the open
places of the city and the sur
rounding country, praying to the
saints that their lives might be
spared.
Gradually, as the confidence of
the people returned after last De-
cember's catastrophe, Messina has
acquired population of some
thing over $4,000, but today the
people again are in terror and do
not feel themselves cafe, even in
the temporary huts erected for
their shelter, and have fed to the
country, preferring the shelter of
trees and caves to the danger from
falling buildings.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
CHILDLESS FAMILIES NOT ALLOW
ED THERE.

The first apartment house in
the United States where tenants
without children will not be &C
cepted will be erected in st. Louis,
in the most exclusive part of town,
adjacent to two compartments
where families with children are
barred. The new apartment will
cost 100000. There will be no
limit to the number of children in
family. Every girl born in the
structure will earn months rent
free for it's parents, and to the
couple blessed with baby boy, a
two-months' receipt will be given.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

In Jackson county, Illinois,
Reuben Porter has very fine
Jersey COW which recently failed
in her milk supply almost COM
pletely, and the mystery was
solved when the Porter boys, on
watch for milk thief, were dumb
founded by seeing q snake glide
swiftly through the grass, raise
itself on It's tail, and calmly pro-
coed to extract the fluid from the
almost bursting udder of the cow.
As soon as the boys could recover
sufficiently from their astonish-
ment, they ran for their father,
who hurried to the scene, and after
viewing the evidence, condemned
the snake to immediate death.
The COW is now furnishing her
usual supply of good, rich milk.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
A WOMAN'S BARGAIN.

An Oil City man, who was de-
tanned at the house for a part OF
the day, handed his wife, who was
going down town, quarter of a
dollar and requested her to get him
three cigars for it.
When she returned she handed
him the package, remarking, ex-
ultantly:
THAT shows that women can
beat m an all hollow when it comes
to making purchases. l found a
place where I could get eight for a
quarter instead of three. Isn't
that going some?"
And the poor man, as he took
his medicine, merely remarked:
cit certainly ls, dear. oil City
Blizzard.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
A HORRIBLE HOLD-UP.

about ten years ago my brother was
SHIELD up" in his work, health and hap
piness by what was believed to be hope
less Consumption" writes w. R. Lips
comb of W ashineton, D. G, ''He took
all kinds of remedies and treatment from
several doctors, but found no help till he
used DIR, Kings New Discovery, and was
wholly cured by six bottles. He is a well
man to-day" It's quick to relieve, and
the surest cure for weak or sore lungs
Hemorrhages, Coughs and Colds, Bron
chitis, LaGrippe, Asthma, and all Bron
chial affections. SOC and 81. Trial bot
tie free. Guaranteed by W. A Sans
Co.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Thomas A. Edison has at last
perfected his understandable"
storage battery, that he has been
working on for several years. He
has produced an eighteen-pound
cell sixty of which, weighing alto
gether l ,080 pounds, will propel a
one-ton truck from New York to
Philadelphia. But, it has been
pointed out, 100 pounds of gaso.
line will do the same work. WHY
should anybody want to carry half
ton of power when a hundred
pounds of it will perform the same
service?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
AGENTS FOR JOURNAL.

The following persons will take sub.
scriptions for the Marietta Journal:
Mrs. Belle Wright-Powder Springs
Miss Matte Mitchell-Acworth.
A, A. Griggs-Macland.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
7. j. Hardage and Mrs. Lou Trippe-
Kennesaw.
Observation-Disclosures.
Monte Shaw-Blackwell.
W. B. Griggs, Due West.
A. N. Msyes, Lost Mountain.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
OUR CLUBBING OFFER.

We will send the Marietta Journal,
the Atlanta Semi Weekly Journal and
the Home and Farm, all three papers
for one year, for $1.75.
We will send the Marietta Journal,
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The Marietta Journal is an eight page
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

The thirteenth baby "a girl)
was born to the Edward Yates
family in Trenton, N. j., on June
18th. Since the fact was made
known through the newspapers,
Mr.. Yates has received several
hundred letters from Yateses in
all parts of the United States Of
fering to take the thirteenth baby
if he will give her up. One Yates,
living in Omaha, offered bonus
of $4,000 for the baby, with a
guarantee that she would have q
good home, an education and 9
share of his fortune. But Papa
Yates declares he will keep the
lucky thirteenth himself.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Representative Wright's "re-
call" bill, enacted into law, would
probably have the effect of keep
ing every elective office.holder in
the state in hot water, Every
time Is Per cent. of the voters in
his constituency got provoked with
an official they could get up Pc
tition to GUST him; thus no man
would be sure of his Job even after
election, and partisan and fac
tional politics would be perpetu-
ally in play. The people really do
have a few weeks of rest between
campaigns under the present sys-
ten, but with recall" law the
politicians would keep the thing
stirred up all the time.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

An expert of the Geological Sur
vey says the damage done by
smoke i'll the United States every
year amounts to more than $780,
COCOON In the destruction of mer-
chandise, the injury of buildings
and exposed metals, the damage
done to plant and animal life, and
IN the greatly increased cost of
housekeeping.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
RIGHT OF A NAN TO WILL PROP.
ERTY.

The supreme court reversed q
decision from the superior court
of Savannah, which, if affirmed,
would have had the effect of abso-
lutely depriving man of all pow
er of limiting by will the amount
of his estate his wife should receive
or of regulating her share in his
estate.
john M. Guerard, of Savannah,
died testste, leaving widow and
one child. He left to Mrs. Guel-
ard an interest in one-half of his
estate for life or widowhood, sub
ject to certain reminders and 9TH
er devises. Mrs. Guerard elected
to take a child's part in lieu of
dover and asked for one-half of
all her husbands estate in fee
simple. This the court below al
lowed.
Judgment was reversed Justice
Beck holding that the trial court
erred in decreeing that the widow,
on electing to take child's part in
I lieu of dover, is entitled to one
half of the estate, notwithstand.
ing the devises in the husband &
will. She must take subject to the
will.
The title of the case was Raiford
Falligant, guardian, vs.. D. c. Bar
row, administrator of the estate of
the late John n. Guerard.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

1t ia more than a year before the
state primaries will be held in
Texas, nevertheless the guberna-
torlal campaign is already open
and humming. There are already
eleven candidates for governor in
the field, with a number of other
counties to be heard from,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Will Myers, who killed Forest
Crowley near Atlanta fifteen years
ago, has been found" again, this
being about the fifteenth time.
He is said to be living in North
Carolina under an assumed name,
and is, Of course, married and
prominent, and wants pardon.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Men can be found who are will
ing to go to Africa as missionaries
who are not willing to take care
of a cross baby for the tired wife
for half an hour.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Referring to the bill in the Geor-
gia legislature against drunken
chauffeurs, the Philadelphia In
quirer says: "But how does man
get drunk in a prohibition state?"
Has our contemporary never heard
of the gasoline jag?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Keep cool during the heated
term, but there is little hope that
You will be able to keep cool long
enough to induce those people you
owe money to to cut your ac-
quaintance.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
MARIETTA
LIVERY STABLE
OPPOSITE KENNEsAw HOUSE.

CHUCK ANDERSON, Proprietor
The best of vehicles, the safest of drl-
vers and the fastest of horses are always
ready, night and day for hire No man,
woman or child has ever given me q
call in the past, who has been, nor shall
any ever in the future, be dissatisfied
with my teams or the men in my en-
ploy. Everything and everybody about
me are a number one.
have cheapened my charges proper
tionate to the stringency of the times.
For reference as to the truth of what ]
say, as to the turnouts and charges, go
to my friends, which means the people
generally.
Parties hiring are strictly responsible
for the safety of themselves, vehicles
and horses j A. G.. ANDERSON.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Hon. Joe Hill Hall is off Oh a
business trip to California. Now
who is going to keep the Georgia
Legislature from going to the bad
or from bad to worse?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

The reason a woman knows her
husband is brave is he isn't afraid
to swear over the telephone when
it's against the rules.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

The thing that can make wo-
man talk about her country estate
in the surest tone of voice is for it
to be suburban cottage she rents
by the mouth.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

How many there are who would
be unhappy if they could not find
something to be miserable about.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Some matrimonial matches look
as if they are the result of trade
"unsight, unseen"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03
Sa,ROAD AHgs
&az'ss,a.FARM a''z
llh1pRo! |l'
BRAcING A CEMENT END POST
How 90 Construct a pillar That viii
Not Give Way IN Stretching
Fence.

In order to brace an end post so
curely. first plant the post Slh feet
deep. says a writer In Indiana Farmer
he sure that the dirt In well tamped
around the post Packing the FIRST foot
well Is the most essential thing 10
making post stand Arm. Lean the
post back about three inches. This
leaning causes the post to pull TO the
ground instead OF lifting out OF the
ground, as II will do n II leans the
other way. Then cut notch about
half way between the ground and tor
of the post for end OF brace TO rest
In. Then plant n smaller post about
six feet In front Of end post for foot
~ brace 90 rest against, placing TOP
side OF lower end OF brace six inches
below the surface CT the ground with
n fiat rock under u Ito keep the brace
from settling In the ground. Now
pass three strands OF we'll galvanized
No. . wire around the two posts. ma
Hing six strands OF wire TO twist to
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03
For sluas or snaIls.

Salt is a sure remedy for the slugs
or snails, says the Ohio Farmer, Dis
erection. however. Is always necessary
In it's use. as Il Is liable 10 kill or in.
jure plants 20 which 4 Is applied a,
All freely We find ordinary air
Stacked lime Just as sure to kill s,ugs
as salt. and probably much safer.
slugs are might feeders. leaving their
hiding places aud feasting on the
leaves first reached usually the lower
ones) shortly after shutdown. To de
stroy the pest dust the lower parts oi
the foliage OF affected crops lightly
with the alr-slacked lime. The eject
Is immediate. Next morning YOU will
find the remnants OF the dissolved
slugs
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03
POTATO CULTURE PROFITABLE
Certain sections Of Country Where
irish Potato 10 Best Growing
Crop on the Farm.

There are certain sections Of the
United States which are. owing 60 eli
matte conditions. combined with the
nature Of the soil. better adapted TO
the growing Of the Irish potato than
probably any other farm product. and
as this crop can be marketed at re
munerative prices on an average Of
four years out Of Ave. the farmers OF
what Is known as the potato dis
tricts" rely almost entirely upon this
product for their money crop: there
fore. II becomes necessary for them
10 secure as great quantity OF tu.
bers as possible from each acre OF
land planted, from a minimum amount
Of labor aud expense. In order 10 get
The greatest percentage OF profit OBJ
tainable.
The soil best adapted 90 growing
the potato IL sandy loan well sup
piled with vegetable matter This
kind Of SOIL Ii not available in all
cases aud we have 10 be content with
that Of a heavier nature. In that case
II Ia advisable 70 turn under a sod OF
some character. preferably clover.
which will serve TO keep the land In
mellow condition and retain the
moisture longer than n the soil should
become more compact
More attention every year is being
given 20 the selection OF seed. and
the most successful potato growers
have long ago discarded the using OF
culls for seed potatoes. Experiments
have shown that an ordinary size
potato cut In quarters will often pro
duce IS TO 80 per cent more salable
potatoes per acre than when cut with
only one eye TO the piece.
II proper precautions are taken and
treatments begun In time there are
none OF the enemies OF the potato
which. n properly handled, cannot b
reduced to a nonentity as far as dam
age 10 the crops Is concerned.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03

Now. Mary" said her MISTRESS
-you must come 10 the door Of the draw
Ing room and say breakfast Is ready.
and supper Is ready. but dinner 10
served"
The newly corralled domestic In
vardly digested the concise insiruc-
tons and that evening convulsed the
guests who we're awaiting the an
nouncement Of dinner by stepping be-
tween the portieres. dropping q
courtesy and repeating: breakfast In
ready. and supper is ready. but dinner
10 SERVED"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03
No, = Pe,rlhed Leo.

In one Of the leading cities OF the
middle west a high church dignitary
is obsessed with the monomania that
one Of his legs is gradually becoming
petrifed. To test its condition he
pinches Il at frequent intervals. At
a dinner party OF men and women he
made the usual test after the soup and
became greatly excited to find that he
felt no sensation from most vigor-
Gus pinch 1T has come, it has
GOMEZ" he cried in alarm; AT last
my leg is completely petrihed.' The
matron sitting next to him whispered
hoarsely; Excuse me: il is not pet
riied and Il is not ours!"-New York
Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03
vaIue Of the benny Pateh.

Where an old berry patch has been
cleaned out is fine for crop of mel
ons or potatoes. Then IL should be
sown 10 COW peas or clover EeitheI
OF these crops are fine for storing NJ
fertility In the soil. An orchard may
be started on reasonably thin soil II
the proper care is given TO store M
plenty OF fertility for the use OF the
trees in producing their crops Of fruit
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03
KICKING NIndne,. Into Aim.

The benevolent old gentleman got
busy when he saw four boys eight or
nine years OF age attack one boy Of
about the same age.
You mustn't you mustn't" he said.
when he had hauled them OF. attack
your little companion this way. What
has he done 10 deserve such harsh
treatment7"
The four boys glowered sullenly
while the one boy whimpered as he
thought what would happen TO him
when the benevolent gentleman went
on his way.
Well" said one OF the four al last.
"he won't Join the band OF Kindness
our teacher wants 10 get up at
SCHOOL,"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03
Family Medicine Chest.

Every mother OF sons ought 10 keep
an accident box" containing a spool
Of adhesive plaster, package of car
bolated cotton. bottle of boracic acid
and some soft old linen. A fresh cut
should be carefully bathed immediate
~ and bandaged 10 keep out the dirt,
which so often contains germs of lock
law. II there is much bleeding, first
close the wound with the plaster, then
cover II with the cotton. An appuca-
ton OF alcohol will easily remove the
plaster.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-03
Had Her Doubts.

Mamma. does God watch over and
take care OF me when am asleep"
suddenly asked little Marjory one
evening after she had said her prayers
and was ready TO be tucked into her
crib.
Why. yes. dear; of course He does"
replied her mother.
Well" said Marjory doubtfully.
"He didn't keep very good watch last
night woke up twice and found the
blankets all on"