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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
MRS. H0RR'S EARLY LIFE.
EDITOR WASHINGTON STANDARD:

EDITOR WASHINGToN STANDARD:
Sir: Your reference to the fact
that but few particulars were known
to You concerning the late Mrs t.liz-
abcth Horr early history leads me
to offer you few lines relating to the
turns of chance, or modes of destiny,
which first directed her steps toward
Olympia.
Mrs. Horr's proud spirit was. per
haps, inherited from paternal grand
parents of Scotch English blood, ex-
elusive associations and Tory poll
tics. which cut off our father, Il second
son, from Il gentleman $ estate liter
ally with shilling, when he married
a communicant of q churcn opposed
TO the family religion. His conver-
sion to the faith of his wife, following
his marriage. made permanent the
separation, and. drawing upon the
capital of brain and hands, he became
artisan, architect. engineer. The
family resided in Ireland. where con
ditions imposed during those years
by restricted commerce and famish-
ing industries. offered little opportu-
nifty to thrift and to genius none
Our father reared there family of
seven children. but his resources
were ut an end when he had procured
for each of them an educational
most their only inheritance. except
an adventurous, impatient spirit
which led each of them to turn for Il
fortune toward new worlds.
Our mothers family had contrib
uted volunteer to that great corps
of the worlds noblcSt pioneers the
missionary priests the person of
her brother, then assigned to Balla-
rat, Australia, where gold mines
were attracting the adventurous of
the world. On a journey from the
home to his far-away parish, he
took with him 4 hopeful nephew, Ed
ward. and two wondering nieceS
Kate and Lizzie, a child who then be-
gan a long series Of journeys which
ended upon these shores Il week ago.
In Australia these young adventu.
rcrs were welcomed by an elder sis
ter. Mary Upton. who held a position
rs head of the only educational insti-
tuition of that community, and who
enrolled Lizzie rs her pupil. After Il
few years of School-life, the ambition
of the young girl led her to aid with
her own hands in TIE work of max
ing her way and she engaged to learn
the business of Il milliner. in which.
in short time. she fulfilled the re-
quiremcnts of that time and locality.
But the magnet of gold had not
drawn all its seekers from the shores
of Europe. From among the child
rem of the pioneers of the great State
of Ohio came two brothers, John,
and James Courtland Horn. Court
Horr activity led him into various
enterprises, some of which a pros
porous gold camp soon made cXten-
Sivc and profitable. In one of these
Edward Upton was employed to keep
the accounts. This association led TO
an acquaintance between Mr.. Horr
and the two sisters, which resulted in
his marriage with Lizzie.
The fame uf faircr fields, however.
soon brought Courtland IIorr. with
his bride, to his native land, where
the virgin richness of the western
coast held his attention. How. since
the early seventies. the two together
worked with those who have given 10
civilization an American State. is
well known 10 you and 10 those
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
Abraham | Lincoln said:


Prohibition will work great injury
to the cause of temperance. 1t is a
species of flntemperance within itself.
Tor 1t goes beyond the bounds of reason
IN that 1t attempts to control man S
appetite by legislation. ard makes
crimes out of things that are not
crimes. a prohibition law strikes a
blow at the very principles on which
our government is founded. | have
always been found lahoring to protect
the weaker classes from the stronger.
and | can never give my consent to
such a law rs yon propose to enact.
Until my tongue shall be Silenced in
death. | will continue to fight for the
rights of men.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
q Most Valuable Agent.

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h!uch b'lttf thah a'coh"i Would 1t a.so
possesses medicinal prJpCrt.cS of its own
being q valuable drmulccnt, uutrit!yr.
antiscptic and antifcrmeut II adds
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'i'io!'V' "l lingering coughs, brohchlai,
throat and lung affections for all Of " hich
these agrnts are rrcou1u,r,J.i hv St.,J
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"i1 "lCG'N"I duIn"I'utS.
In all cases where there is n wasting
away Of flesh loss nf snncti.o viii ya,G
- - " 80 ~ ON
stoulTH' Us III the carry stages OF con-
SUMPTION, there can be no doubt that gly-
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Aids Me Gnlden Seal root Stone roo,
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
LOCAL OPTION.
what Prominent Men Say of Its Work
Ines

AS'''heAA 'iSH odf OI ItS W OTk-
inss.
Francis Murphy said:
The Prohibition policy amounts
to Caesarism. They believe in going
ahead, right or wrong. In the States
where laws have been passed prohi
biting the sale of liquor, the entire
State nearly has been legiSlatrd into
crime, for if ii is crime To sell liquor
1t Il crime to buy it. and the ma
Iority has done one or the other. SO
unpopular nave such laws become
that the method of enforcing them
has been more injurious than the
original evil, and the officers whose
business it is to enforce them have
lost the sympathy of the common
people -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

THE lMMANCEL FAp.-Rev. DR..
Worcester of Boston, founder of the
Emmanuel movement, a healing mis-
sion chiefly identified with the Epis-
copal church. is advocating the col
lection Of 81 ,0O0, 900 fund to be used
in providing a central education in
stitution for the movement This
institute may be located in Boston.
but San Francisco has submitted a
strong bid and may secure the prize.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
Bishop Hall, OF Bermont, said:

1t has bred hypocrisy, encouraged
perjury in courts, led to corruptiou
OF our officials, given a prominence in
public life to poor set of politicians
has destroyed the frankness of states.
men that enobles men in other States
and has not been effective. Legisla
tion having for its object the corrup
tion of human nature, is bound to be
failure"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

TIE export of salmon from Puget
Sound during October, this year,
amounted to 4.76S, $50 pounds, or
more than double the export for the
same month last year It's value
was 1913, $50, as against $2l4,954
for the corresponding period of
1913
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

WORCESTER, Mass, has under con
slderatiOn an ordinance against
whiStling one of the features of i;
il that if Il man thinks he cant gel
along without making alleged muse
be can indulge himself by taking out
a license.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
Will Mr.. Taft Resisn?

From the Charleston Nens and
Courier: We do not believe that the
country could stand another term of
Mr.. Roosevelt, and if that is what all
this scrapping means, nobody could
blame Mr.. Taft if he should appoint
himself to a place on the the United
States Supreme bench and turn over
the management of Government at
Washington to the Reformed second
fiddle from Utica.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
Arc We Not Drifting Toward; Land Monop.
oly2
GELM, Nov. -.

Ed. STANDARD:
| notice, in speech by Lloyd
George, chancellor of the cxchequer,
of England. he asks the following
pertinent question: Why make
10, 900 people owners of the soil and
all the rest trespasserS on the land OF
their birth % 1t strikes me forcibly
that the same question would be ap-
plicablc in the United States. 1t is
stated on good authority that 1921 |
persons own two-thirdS of all the
land in the United Kingdom. while
36, 900, 900 of her people do not own
enough land to bury Il dead baby.
We have long prOfcsSed sympathy
for the pcasantry of Ireland who exc
out a bare existence on their rented
patches but seldom think of the fact
that we have transplanted to the
shores of free America, the CpaS tree
Of land monopoly which has dark
encd and blightcd the homes of mil
lions of God $ creatures in Europe.
In fact, the monopolizatioa Of the
soil Of Great Britain. colossal as il
seems, is comparatively insignificant
when compared to that of our own
country. In a period of twenty
wears. from 1890 TO 1870, the Con
gress of the United States bestowed
upon railroad corporations an abso-
lutte gratuity of nearly two hundred
millions of acres of the peoples patri-
mony, or an amount of land equal to
one-twelfth Of the total area Of the
United States. Fifty-ivc alien indi-
viduals and corporations own 26. SIC.
$50 acres of American soil. or l,61S.
$50 acres more than the area of New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
srtts, Connecticut, Rhode Island.
New Jersey and Delaware, with their
combined population of $500. 900.
SiXty-threc American corporations
and individuals own Ia, 4S5, ,966 cres
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

A COPY of Burns poems. in the
Scottish dialect, a rare octave vol
ume, printed in 1876. was sold in
Boston by 4 George Clark, of Kel-
marnock, Scotland, for $l,O25.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

y GERMAN antiquarian has found
documents showing that in ancient
Babylon, 4,l50 years ago, the sums
due to doctors Tor treatment were
exactly prescribed by law. They
varied according 10 the social posi-
tiUn 1t the PATIENTS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
Ec:H5er2 D,op,e.
AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
lFLN. Nov. 26

GELM. Nov. %.
F.D. STANnARp:
! assume It as fact that the ma
Jorlty OF the people are as honest in
their convictions as myself, ard their
mistakes as rule are attributable to
Il lack OF knowledge Of conditions
rather than prejudice In the com
ing election on local option. every ar
dent prohibtionist will east his vote
according to his convictions. while a
majority of the people who are not
particularly Interested will fail to 90
tn the polls, thereby enabling a mi
n"rIty TO dictate for the majority. |
consider the coming election one of
the most important that the voters
OF Ihurston county have been called
upon To participate in. rs it involves.
not only the principles of 4" frcnIon,
n "cfi"n, but the source of revenues
and the contiScation of property.
Few men would advocate the confis-
cation of property, and Vet that is
what local option or prohibition
means. Local option is Simply the
entering wedge to State and event
ually national prohibition, and wha,
would it mean to our country &?
What would it mean to labor ?
hat would it mean to agriculture ?
What would it mean to railroad earn
lngs What would it mean to the
rights of property ? What would it
mean t. our liberty? The results
would bc appalling In 1907 the rev
cnuc collected by the Federal govern
mrnt from spirits was $l56, ,336 900
and from fermented liquors. so, j677 =
900. making a total of S2lj, 9O3 % NJ
In addition, the government collect
cd 81. .29j, 900 from license duties,
making grand total of $223, 1913 900.
Nationwide prohibition would cut
OF this revenue absolutely, and vet
the cost of running the government
is constantly increasing year by
year. What would it mean to Our
liberty. the dearest thing on earth :?
We may worship God according to
the dictates of our conscience: we
may train our children according to
our own ideas; we may choose the
ralment that covers our nakcdnesS: :
we may regulate our diet rs it NAV
seem good, though dyspepsia dig our
grave. but our drink shall be regu-
lated by prohibitionists. If they
may say what we may drink, how
soon will they insist upon saying
what we shall eat, and then what we
may wear and thcu-by that time
the blessings of free government
Will have become memories of the
past. Government cannot improve
the moral nature of man, and brute
force always defeats its object.
There can be no coercion of soul.
Every law must have the sanction of
free will Where America surpasses
Europr is in its personal liberty,
which is the heritage of heroes.
Let every liberty-loving voter go to
the polls on the 29th of December
and cast his vote for that liberty
handed down from the patriots of the
Revolution. j. c. Coz.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10
Doubled Her Money.

Reggie. DEAR said the sweet
young bride. You know that fifty
dollars you gave me for Il hat the
other day
Yes, darling
&" Well, | saved the money"
That's fine! But | see you
wearing new hat. dear.
Yes, explained the young lady,
in order to economize I kept the
500 and had the hat charged.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

EXCEPT for a small area in Mis-
souri, and Kansas there arr NJ hard
wood trees west OF the Mississippi
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

One of the strAngcst of capital
cities is that of the troglodytes, or
Matmatas, the cave dwellecs OF
Tunisla, Africa. 1t contains about
5000 inhabitants and the principle
of its architecture is to dig into the
earth rather than to build upon it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

TIE largest wooden building in
the world is the Parliament building
at wellington. New Zealand.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-10

HONESTY is the best policy even
with yourself.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
HnESES WaNTED

HOf AES W ANTEf1
We have fenauts for stores. fats and reonains
houses Don't let Them stand empty: II don 4
nav List them with us We VIII find -au
n r.nsnf on short notice McFAIL & ED
WARDS $40 Chronicle ildr-
NzyTET1-Te rent house of Rfout 8 rooms
and hath in Western addition, state rent le-
catian and fun paraculars. Sux 51s CAL.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
SAN mATBo Houses TO LET

i IA ~ =. : : -e-l--1a, -l1
SAX MATEo COUNTRY home
10 LET FOR SEASON
Owner AWAY on business. does not want ulare
idle VIII rent for eeasen. A beautiful home 10
raprns 9 baths- grounds fnbout ] Rcre@ highly
cultivated: garage and stable. rent 10 resppn-
Efhle parfr $50 q month. Address T.. o. box
3S3. San MHten-
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
Gas ENGINES
HORSES. Harness AND WAGONS

lining HOSTS. stationary and portable engines
gas Gis1iT1ate OF crude Oh WESTERN Gas
FNGINE Co al NArker St
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06

10 room apartment house on sunny NV
corner close to SgT1er and Taylor sts-s apis
laid out in . 5 and few 4 rooms every apt.
has g dumb wRifer, private halls. dressing
rooms and wR1 beds IN every room but kf1eh-
ems rooms VII be I2xi7 and kitchen ax11 f.;
there VIII be large lobby. writing rooms
social halls and billiard room. sto-erouns tor
every aT1. IN basement: see nlAns a o1fce-
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
OFFICES AND STORES 10 LET

ON Market ST., neEr ferries store N permanent
building. for term years
Stores lofts. ofhces. water front r
Hill & CO e Ensf 81.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06

DAVIDSON & LEIGH 336 PINE STREET
APARTMENT HOUSES - HOTELS BOOMING
HOUSES TO LEASE.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06

MESSOR
MENSOE.
PCS BROADWAY. OAKLAND
PCS BROAUWAT. OAKLAND.
MIST be sald, Efock fixtures. grDcerv- 5 -ncrns-
make offer TOO 1st sv-. 5. T.
BEST apeninr n the riry for any business ga
Sacramen1o 81
Conflnnel On Next PAGE
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
HOTELS and APARTMENTS TO LEASE

oFARREIL St. asss-Store for lDcksmith. taii-
or. miI1iner dress maker: cheap: owner there.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06

P1FRtT cylinder and Thor mptarrTclsS nov ~
exhiiifion- SEPT for catalogue. J. 7 CHICK
81 San Pablo aT-. Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06

STATIONERY, notions cigars. src--S50o. rent
s15 and 3 nice living rooms- locEtsd next
de0- 10 & ? 1ieket 0f6ce. $50 cash WI
handle this nicely party wishes 20 SCI On sc-
count Of other interests See MENS0R. 963
BROADWAY. OAkLAND-
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06

LOOK AT THIS-xl. 900 for f-st class board
inr house : blocks from university and N 4
frSr class neizhBorbood- % rooms, al tull.
bring SO q month each ce.lEr underneath
lsnse- AL n-Et class trade, students and clerks
Furniture neat and nice. rent so. MENSQfs
Las il as usual g6s BROADWAY, OAK
LAND.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-18

They had ridden up aud down the
Via Caracciolo twice when they eSpicd
huge automobile. ultramarinr blue.
1t passed with cloud Of dust and a
rumble which was thundcrouS. Hillard
half rose from his seat.
somebody You know" asked Mcrri-
hcw.
The man at the wheel looked bit
like Sanford"
SANFORD: BY George. that would
be jolly"
perhaps they will come this way
again. Tomass, follow that motor"
Sure enough. when the car reached
the Largo Nittoria ii wheeled and
came rumbling back. This time Hill
lard had no doubts. He stood up and
waved his arms The automobile
barked and groaned and came to a
stand
Hello. Sandford"'
Jack Hillard, as | live. and Dan
Merrihew. Nell" turning to one of
the three pretty women in the ton
neau. what did tell you: | felt
it in my bones that we would run
across some one we knew"
or over them" his wife laughed.
When We meet an old friend in a
foreign land. one who has accepted
our dinners and with whom we have
often dined. what is left but to fall on
his neck and weep? There was. then.
over this meeting much ado with hand
shaking and compliments, haudshak-
ing and questions, and. as in all eases
like this, every one talked at once
how was old New York. how was
the winter in Cairo. and 50 forth
and so on-till "A policeman politely
told them that this was not a private
thoroughfare and that they were
blocking the way So they parted. the
two young men having promised to
dine with the Sanford party that
evening
what luck, DAM HiIard was ex
uberant
Saves you the price of dinner"
Il wasn't thinking of that. But |
Shall find out all about her tonight"
"WhoE"
"The lady in the fog, the masquer-
aiding lady"
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suggestion i'm his stories.

suggestion in his stories
You deliberately winked at me-" he
began.
Il deliberately did
Stamford is in the dark. / suspect
ed as much"
Regarding the wink"
Regarding the mysterious woman
who occupied your house by your ex-
press authority and who rode the
hunter in the park"
Was there ever more beautiful
picturc:" sweeping her hands toward
the city
THE beauty of it will last several
hours yet. Who and what was
she:r
Il wish | could find you a wife You
would make a good husband"
Thank you. | am even willing.
with your assistance. to prove it. Who
was she, and how came she in your
hOuSeT'
She wished that favor and that her
presence in New York should not be
known. Now describe to me exactly
what happened. | am worrying about
the plate and the silver"
He laughed. And you will meet
me halfway"
II promise to tell YOU all dare"
"There is mystery?"
"YeS. So begin with your side of it,"
He was a capital story teller. He re
counted the adventure in all its color
thc voice under his window. the per
SonaIS in the paper. the interchange of
letters. the extraordinary dinner. the
mask in the envelope She followed
MIN with GREATNESS interest.
"Charmiu". cbarmin@"' She clapped
her hands. And how well YOU toll Z
You have told it Just as it happened"
Just rs It happenedr' COMPOUNDED
for moment
Exactly. have had a lettu-tw5
in fact. You dbl not see her face"
Only the chin and mouth. Br,t II
ever meet her again | Shall know her
by her teeth"
"HeaycnS. And how?'
Two lower ones are gone. Other
wise they would be beautiful"
Poor man, You have buildcd your
house upon the sands. Her teeth are
perfect She has fooled you"
But saw with these two eyes,
There is a preparation which the
atrical people uSe-a kind Of gum. She
mentioned the trick. Isn't she clcvpr?"
Yet shall know her hair" logged
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-18

years. What is the color of my
hair
Why. it is blond"
Nothing of the kind. It is auburn.
If you cannot tell mine. how will you
tell hers?"
Il shall probably run after every
red headed woman in Europe till | find
her" humorouSIy.
Our ears never deceive half so often
as our eyes"
Her face is not Scared is it,"
Scared Indignantly. 'She is as
beautiful as a Raphael. as lovely as a
Bouguereau. If were man should
gladly journey round the world for the
sight Of her"
Il am willing. even anxious"
II should fall in love with her"
Il believe have"
Come. Mr.. Hillard. | am Just fool
ing. You are too sensible man to
fall in love with a shadow mask.
One does not fall in love that way"
"She is married?"
certainly 1 nave not Sdlu so.
He flicked the ash from his ciga-
rette.
Have you those letters?"
zone of them I'll show you"
why not the other?"
at would be wasting time 1t mere
ly relates to your adventure. She
sailed the day after you dincd with
her"
That accounts for the shutters. The
police and the caretaker were bribed."
Il suspect they were"
ar I were a vain man. and you
know am not. | might ask you if she
spoke well Of me in this letter. Tn
derstand | am not inquiring"
But you put the question as adroit-
ly as a woman. We are sure of vanity
found you to be an agreeable gentle
man. But" with gentle malice. "she
did not say that she wished she had
met you years ago under more favor
able circumstances.
"Come. give me the death stroke and
have done with it. Tell me what you
dare, and I'll he content with it,"
She opened her handkerchief purse
and delved among the various articles
therein.
II expected that you would be asking
questions, so | am prepared. did not
tell my husband for that very reason,
He would have insisted upon knowing
everything. Here. read this. 1t is only
a glimpse"
He searched eagerly for the sigma
ture
Don't bother" she said "The name
is only nickname we gave her at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-18
CHAPTER IN
A TANGLED SKEIN.
aiding lady

y TANGLED SkElN.
~ ANFORD knew how to order a
dinner, and 50 by the time that
Merrihew had emptied his sec
49, Ond glass of Burgundy and his
first Of champagne he was in the haze
of golden confidence He would find
Kitty, and when he found her he would
find her heart as well.
Say, Jack" said Sanford, what
did you mean by that fool cable any
howl
Hillard had been patiently waiting
for an opening of this sort "And
what did you mean by hoaxing me?"
"Hoaxing you"
That's the word | was in your
house that night. | was there as sure
ly as | am here tonight"
'Nell, am crazy or is it jack"
Sometimes said Mrs. Sanford.
when you put the chauffeur in the
tonneau I'm inclined to think that it is
you"
Hillard looked straight into the plac-
id gray eyes of his hostess. Very slow
ly one of the white lids dropped. His
heart bounded
But really" continued Sanford Sc
riously, unless you bribed the care
taker you could not possibly have en-.
tered the house You have been dream
ing"
Very. well. then. II begins to look
as If | had" 1t was apparent to Hill
lard that Sanford was not In his
wife's confidence in all things. He
also saw the wisdom of dropping the
subject while at the table
They took coffee and liqueur in the
glass inclosed balcony. Hillard found
a quiet nook not far from the lift. He
saw that Mrs. Sandfords chair was
placed so that she could get a good
view Of the superb night He sat
down himself, slipped his liqueur med.
itatively. drank his coffee and as she
nodded lighted a cigarette.
"Wellp she said. smiling into his
brown eyes. She was rather fond OF
Hlllard, gentleman always and one
of excellent taste. There was never
any wearisome innuendo in his wit nor