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The Washington herald., 1911-05-10
PROTEST NATuRAL1sT's WILL.
Relatives Of Late DR.. Palmer Charge
Undue Influence.

HeI6NfVe1 OF L6t6 OFs IU1eE o1H@1 . %
Undue Influence.
Mental incapacity, undue influence, and
duress, are charged by Jessamine L.
Myrtle H., and Edward E. Palmer in a
caveat protesting the will OF the late
DR., Edward Palmer. naturalist.
Tho will provides that after Jessamine
I. and Myrtle h Palmer receive $500
each 5000 reserved to publish an ac-
count Of the naturalist's visits to Mexico.
and a picture OF Black Beaver. Della
ware Indian. who once saved Dr. Palm
ers life be given to the Smithsonian In
stitution, the residue Of the estate go to
the Episcopal Eye. Ear, and Throat Hos
pital.
Judge Charles g. Bundy. Frederick v.
Coville, and John Scrivener are named
executors under the will
The Washington herald., 1911-05-10

The menu at Occoquan for last January
was simple in the extreme. according to
the figures OF Supt. William Whitaker
who estimates the average cost Of the
food consumed by each prisoner at s3.T
for the month. This estimate is based
on the supply for $50 prisoners. The
guards and officials were more select in
their tastes, however, and cost the Dis
trict s11.4o each for the same time. Mr.
Whittaker's report was received by the
Commissioners yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-10

COnV1cteU OF FOf8ery Ahd bdfIeu.
PERI w. Frisby. a colored lawyer. was
convicted yesterday Of forgery in a new
trial granted him by the Court Of Ap-
peals. following his conviction two years
ago. on the same charge. Attorney Hen
ry E. Davis, Frisbys counsel, gave no.
tice of a motion for a new trial. Frisby
was released on $3.50 bond. Frisby is
charged with forging the name Of a
colored woman in connection with a con-
tract for the sale Of land belonging to
her.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-10
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS TO-DAY.

Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company's
steamers from foot Seventh street Tor Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk daily at SIS p N.
Steamer Charles Macalestef for Mount Vernon
leaves Serenth street wharf at 10 q m and LIS
D. N. daily except Sunday.
Cars from Fifteenth street md New York avenue
every Quarter hour for Zoo Park. Chevy Chan. and
Kensngton.
washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railway operates sxty-thres limited trains each day
between washington and Baltimore. leaving Fiji
teenth street and New York avenue on the hour
and half hour. Also trains 70 Annapolis dve min
utes after the hour.
To Mount Vernon electric trains OF Washington
virrinia Railway leave from their station, r1h and
Pa. ave.. opposite post-onace. % TIE hour froo "
q n to .. m :.
Cans from white Houss Station. 18th and H
streets northeast, direct TO BladenshurH
Congerss Process Of Cleaning Carpets
as well as thoroughly
renovates. The right treatment for your
fine floor coverings Fire and moth proof
storage. I'd & N. 7. av. n. ". Phone w. ~.
Good Cheer for Youf "At Home.o
Finest wines. liquors q beers. Deliveries
till II p. N. J. T. Crowley. So 18TH. Tel NJ.
Pre- California Port and Sherry Wines.
sc Qt: ~ gnl.. or |. at. bots. Eo-
GanS schWGA 6E elh q - xA IL -
The Washington herald., 1911-05-10

Flowers for Weddings
and commencements; also artistic floral
decorations. GUIDE. 1214 F st.
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REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP haS neeI
used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS o.
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t
SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFIENS the GUMS,
ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND CoLiC, ana
is the best remedy for DIARRHGA- IS alb
solutelv harmless Be sure and ask for "MTs.
wiuslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no otae1
S1ud. Twenty-Five cents Q bottbs
The Washington herald., 1911-05-10
Cost of Food at Occoquan.

Bride Bouquets Of Bare Beauty.
Effective floral work Shaffer. 14th &
The Washington herald., 1911-05-10
su,t A..inst Traction Company.

Suit Against Traction Company.
Charles H. Farrar. an infant, by his
next friend. J. w. Farrar. yesterday fled
suit against the Capital Traction Com
pany for $4,000 damages. Plaintiff. through
Attorney w. Gwynne Gardiner. alleges
that on September I. 1910. while crossing
the car tracks on Fourteenth street
northwest. the child was violently struck
by car and ssriously and permanently
The Washington herald., 1911-05-10

PHe Califes.sa Psrt ma sherry wines.
=: g q; ssS1 n q g ssS 6 3: g = PA e. u =
The Washington herald., 1911-05-10

~Good Cheer for Youf "At Home.n
Finest wines. liquors q beers. Deliveries
TIL II p. m. J. 7. Crowley. S3l 18th. Tel 80
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
Along the Miami.

j. K. Berry and family were guests
of R. D. Bond and wife Sunday.
Miss May Morgan left on the noon
train Monday for Kansas City.
j. L. Fisher, wife and Miss May
Morgan visited R. j. Sproul and fam
lily Friday afternoon.
John Morris and wife are the proud
parents of little boy, who arrived
Friday.
j. w. Wheatley was guest at the
home of E. L. Cain and family last
week.
Misses May Morgan, Bertha, Leila
and Elsie Cain were entertained by
Miss Maude Hoyt Sunday.
Mr.. Huges of Kirksville, is visiting
relatives in our vicinity. He was a
guest at the home of Byron Chosen
Wednesday of last week.
Work is being done on the stand.
pipe, which necessitates the running
of the pumps at the water station day
and night. MIAMI.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
Mulberry and Western Bates.

The apple picking at the Darby
Fruit Farm was completed Thursday.
The total for the year was IS, 600
bushels. People came from far and
near to get apples, and Amoret has
been busy place the past week, as
three of the merchants had car load
of spuds for sale. The price for ap-
Piles was rs cents, spuds IS cents.
Miss Inez Beck, the teacher at Null
berry, had two of her sisters to spend
Saturday and Sunday with her, Miss
Dess Beck of Springfield and Miss
Leona Beck of St. Joseph.
Mrs. J. C. Sagaser is visiting at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Rush,
in Amsterdam.
Grant Garner is busy hauling coal
to keep himself warm this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Dawson were
shopping in the county seat Saturday.
Harlan Porter and family were Wis
itors at the Fred Ewbank home Sun
day.
Charley Weller has sold his saw
mill to Geo linn.
John Hensley shipped car of fat
porkers to Kansas City Monday night.
Messrs. Sage and Penny Of Amoret,
are putting in two new concrete cul-
verts on the east side of section two.
Herman Beckman and George H.
Bohlkin are building a rock culvert
near the T. H. Smiser home.
D.. C. Wolf of Parktown was in
Amoret Monday trading and saying
few words for Democracy.
RAMBLER.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
One Frightened Trust.

Chairman Ben johnson, of the
Democratic District Committee OF
Congress, has discovered that the
District of Columbia once borrowed
twenty-one million dollars from the
government and forgot to pay it back.
He now proposes to collect this debt.
In consequence, the Washington real
estate trust is in Mysteries. In the
capitol city the government pays half
of the city expenses, hence, taxes are
low. Despite this fact, and the fur
Their fact that hundreds of houses are
unoccupied, rents and property val
ues are higher than in any other city
of the size in the country. Besides
the real estate dealers, the idle rich,
who comes to Washington and built
social palaces, are calling Chairman
Johnson despot. .-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
COMMERCIAL CLUB HAD A
BIG TIME.

'Get-Together" Meeting Well Attend
ed. A Good Meeting and Fine Feed.
The Commercial Clubs big Get
Together" meeting and smoker was
we'll attended Thursday evening and
besides an exceedingly fine spread,
the members thoroughly enjoyed en-
tertaining talks by some of the best
speakers of the club.
The supper, which was more in
the nature of a banquet than a sup
per, was served at 7:l5, the members
of the club meeting at the offices of
A. H. Culver and going from there in
a body to Kerr's cafe. The supper
was served as an old-fashioned din
ner, after the soup, the various eata-
bles being placed on the tables on
platters and in large dishes and the
banquetors invited to help themselves.
After the banquet the subject of
Good Roads" was taken up and ex-
cellent talks were made along this
line by DR.. T. w. Foster, Major F.
H. Crowell, S. w. Dooley, G. P. Wy
att, DR.. H. M, Cannon, DR.. Lock-
wood, A. H. Culver, D. X. Walker,
j. S. Warnock, DR.. Hull, w. E. Wal
ton, DR.. T. w. Arnold and Clyde
Mcfarland. After thorough dis
cussion of the subject a committee
composed of the following gentlemen
was appointed to act in conjunction
with the standing committee on good
roads, and to report to the Club at
the next meeting, Oct. 81: CA. Al
len, C. N. Mcfarland, D. X. Walker,
DR.. Foster. A. H. Culver, DR.. Lock-
wood, j. B. Walton.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26

Ross Spears, Ellie Maupin, Marie
Hurt, Alma Borum, Lena Borum
spelled all the words. Mrs. Mamma
Gilliland is teacher and receives a
salary of $40 per month.
Elm Grove has an enrolment of IL
and 10 were present. This is one of
our smallest schools. Mr.. A. E. Bell
is teacher and receives $40 per month.
Enterprise has an enrolment of "a
and ~ were present. They have
some good spoilers. Clara Umstattd
spelled all the words. Mrs. Tempo
Stevens is teacher and receives a
salary Of As per month.
Valley has an enrolment of % and
20 were present. They are putting
in new library and have repaired
things in general. Miss Matte Har.
shaw is teacher and receives a salary
of SIS per month.
Redmond has an enrolment of "a
and 80 were present. This building
has been greatly improved and a more
wide awake board wonld be hard to
find. Miss Millie Cole is teacher and
receives salary of $50 per month.
Herrell has an enrolment of 10 and
10 were present. Margie Greenup
spelled all of the words. They need
a new building here. Miss Jessie
Burch is teacher and receives salary
Of $40 per month.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
Nothing Doing at Postal Savings
Bank.

Evidently there was not much call
for postal savings bank at Rich Hill.
Commenting upon the opening of the
new institution there last week, the
Review says:
There's nothing doing at the post
al savings bank in Rich Hill, which
was opened by Uncle Sam last
Wednesday morning. Not single
deposit was made on the opening day
and but one on Thursday, therefore
Postmaster Huckeby and force are
not overly crowded with business in
this department.
With two good local banks here
there is no real call for a postal saw
ings bank.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26

| OulVu 10 ICoNuCI oIIu ACCCIVCo d odIdI
of $40 per month.
North New Home.
Miss Alva Barr visited Mrs. KEEL
ley's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore, of Kansa.
City, were the guests of her brother
j. H. Strein and family, last week.
| A cyclone must have struck the
editor and his crew last week from
the way our items got mixed up.
Well, last week seemed to be a
week to surprise people from the
way they had surprise parties.
Where, oh where, was Johnny
last week; was he asleep or hunting?
Wake up and let us hear from Elk
hart
Mr.. and Mrs. Linendoll returned
home from Johnstown Wednesday,
where they visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Sweger and Mr.. and Mrs. Griffet.
They also visited Mr.. and Mrs. Den
mis- Ball as they came home.
A pleasant surprise was given Miss
Ruby Berry last Wednesday evening,
it being her birthday. A few friends
went in and spent the evening with
her. We had music by Miss Cora
Badgley, Miss Lydia Strein and Mrs.
Herman. We also enjoyed some
nice games. A nice lunch was served
before the guests departed. Those
present were Mr.. Badgley and fami-
ly, Mr.. Herman and family, Miss
Lydia, Kate and Walter Strein, Miss
Sallie, Willie, James and Charles
Simpson, Willie Boyer, Miss Ora and
Saylar chart, Frank Bowles, Miss
Ruth Dark, Miss Harrington, Miss
Jennie and Albert Linendoll and Or
vile Pickett. Miss Ruby received
several presents. They left at a late
hour wishing Miss Berry many happy
birthdays.
Mrs. Smitherman and Mrs. Herman
went to Butler Wednesday.
Several Of Rev. Lewis Keele's
friends surprised him with an oyster
supper last Friday evening. After
the guests had gathered at his home
they sent little boy after him as he
was at Cortland to the literary. He
was told that his wife wanted him,
and when he came he was met by
Mr.. Badgley and family, Mr.. Miller
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry o.
bourne, Mr.. Herman and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kersey, Miss Nellie
Sallie, Willie and James Simpson,
Earl and Robert Osbourne, Frank
Miss Ruth Dark, Mr.. and
Mrs. Berry and Ruby and Ralph Ber-
ry, Tommy Chandler, Orville Pickett,
Taylor and Jennie Linendoll. They
all left at late hour wishing him |
many more happy birthdays.
Taylor Linendoll went to Rich Hill
Sunday and returned home. Monday |
with a load of coal. While in Rich |
Hill he visited Mr.. and Mrs. Orr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry chart visited
her sister Sunday, Mrs. Jay Bright
and family, Of Butler.
Those who visited Mr.. Linendoll |
Sunday were~Frank Bowles, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kersey and Willie Boehm.
M. C.lPickett and family visited his
tather Sunday.
Miss Linendoll and Mr.. Pickett Wis.,
ted M. c. Pickett Sunday evening.
Jack. Skaggs and family visited in
3utler Sunday with Mr.. Heinz.
j. F. Kern was at his farm Monday. /
DR.. Lusk, Of Virginia, passed
through north New Home Monday.
Jack Skaegs and Mr.. Mccormick
vent to Rich Hill Tuesday after coal
Mrs. VIM. Sproul helped Mrs. R.
( Sproul cook for threshers Tuesday. Il
COR.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
G. M. Guy of Mingo Buys APP.
pleton City Telephone System

pleton City Telephone System
G. M. Guy Of Mingo township last
week closed deal with Ed. A. Hook
whereby he became proprietor of the
Appleton City Telephone Exchange.
The consideration was 400 acres Of
well improved land in Mingo town.
ship, valued at $22,5 The final
transfer will be made about Decem-
Der LIST.
Mr.. Guy is one of the most promi-
nent stockmen Of northern Bates and
Is an honorable and enterprising
gentlemen who will undoubtedly
succeed in his new undertaking.
Mr.. Hook is a rustler and we hope
that he will locate on his new farm
and become a resident Of good old
Bates.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
Magnitude Of Stars.

The brighter a star is the smaller
the number representing its magni-
tude, and consequently star Of the
first magnitude is brighter than one Of
the second, and one Of the second
magnitude is two magnitudes brighter
than one Of the fourth. In the same
way stars brighter than the first mag
n1tude can be represented by numbers
smaller than one, by decimals, or even
by negative numbers. Sirius is Of the
ID magnitude, Vega of o. magnitude.
Our sun is a star Of the 265 magni-
tude, and it gives us 1O,OO0.00O.O0O
times as much light as Sirius. If the
sun we're twice as far away from us
as it is it would give only one-quarter
as much light If it were 100000
times farther Off than it is it's light
would be the same intensity as that
Of Sirius. But even at this enormous
distance. the sun would be only about
one-sixth as far away as Sirius ex-
actly lies. In other words. Sirius
shines with luster fully thirty times
that of our sun.-New York World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
Old Daddy Lonategs.

Everybody is we'll acquainted with
the insect called daddy ionglegs," but
not everybody knows that there is evil
dence to show that this strange little
creature, towering high upon its thread
like stills, is probably a more ancient
lnhabitant of America than any repre-
sentative of the human species. Far
back in tertiary time, at the very dawn
Of the modern world, it's ancestors
lived, we are told, in great numbers in
that part of the continent which we
call Colorado. The fossil remains of
these insects show the characteristic
features that mark them today, al
though new species have taken the
place Of the old, for even daddy long
legs" knows what evolution is and has
attained to something that in his view
is perhaps kind Of civilized existence
suitable to the exigencies of life in the
twentieth entury.-Harper's Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
Confidence In tho Mails.

Having sent strong box key by
mail in an unregistered letter, a clerk
was told by his employer that the key
"arrived o. H." but that the means of
transportation adopted showed too
much confidence. In answer the clerk
said, Ever since a New Years eve
incident of two years standing my
confidence in the postof11ce is great"
And pressed for an explanation he
said: ''That evening, or early in the
morning rather a man came out of a
restaurant rather the worse for cele-
brating. He had a wallet in his pocket
containing considerable money and
was uncertain as to the honesty Of his
companions. He went to a letter box.
forced the wallet through the slot and
continued to make a night of it. 1t
required considerable red tape to re.
cover his property, but he got it,
New York Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
A Picture Of Nioht.

Along the high hedged lane John
Strong swung, the June cleaning deep
ening into night. He loved to shove
his face into the night. He gloried in
the uncertainty of night, the indef-
niteness of night, and his soul cried
back a wild answer to the cry Of the
nighthawk and the owl. Night is more
primitive than day; night is more
calamitous; night is a savage; night
everywhere is the true aborigine. Day
has taken on civilization. Night hurls
the world back to the day of the war
club. the flint arrowhead. the painted
visage. John Strong loved the night
with an almost malevolent love. In
the night he could hear the Valkyries
screaming. the witches riding their
broomsticks, the ghouls scraping the
mold from off the new buried coffin
John Strong swung along, his face set
to meet oncoming night.-Adventure
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
BEAT HIM TO THE STATION.
The Message That Got There Before
the Patroiman Did,

the Patrolman Did.
when l was a patrolman," SAYS
prominent detective, "there used to be
a sergeant on the force who had it in
for me. He reported me for various
delinquencies, and-well, he's dead
now, and won't say anything against
him. He got sick, and it was reported
at the station that he wasn't expected
to live. So the boss called me and
told me to go around and see if
could do anything for the old fellow.
I called at the house and asked if
could see him. They let me in. I tip
toed into the room where the sergeant
was in bed and said, The lieutenant
sent me around to see how you were
getting along
HE spoke with difficulty, but could
make out what he said. Go back he
grunted, and tell 'em that Pm getting
along fine. The boys have fixed me up
all right, and I don't need anything.
I'm feeling better
$50 / went back to the station. 1
was stopped couple of times on my
way and got in about half All hour
later. Then I made my report. He
says he's better and doesn't need any
thing says I. The lieutenant jumped
up. DO you mean to say that you
saw him?' says he. 4 did, says I.
And he told you he was all right?
Yes, SIR You blamed liarv shouts
the lieutenant. 4 got a message ten
minutes ago that he was deadv
"And it was true. What do you
think Of that old scoundrel trying to
get ME in bad with his dying breathe"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
How Fast of Ramadan Begins.

Since the Mohammedan year is COM
posed of lunar months. the beginning
of the fast is dependent upon the ap-
pearance Of the new moon. The word
of the almanac is not taken as true
evidence, and before the mufti, the
highest Moslem official in the nation,
declares the fast to have begun two
Mohammedans must appear before
him and swear that they have seen
the new moon. In precisely the same
manner the fact comes to close The
multi proclaims a three days feast
whenever the next new moon is seen
by two Of the faithful. One year the
moon was visible in upper Egypt the
night before it was observed in Cairo.
Two Mohammedans up the Nile tele-
graphed the fact to the multi, asking
him to announce the feast. This he
refused to do on the ground that a
telegram could not take the place Of
two Moslem witnesses Her.
aid
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
The Huntinu of the Tahr

OF all the ways of hunting surely
that of the hillmen of Carnival is the
strangest. This. according to Major
the Hon. c. G. Bruce. in 'sTwenty
Years In the Himalayas," is their meth
cd Of killing the tahr, local species
of goat: Having driven the tahr into
deep nullahs with most precipitous
sides, out of which there are certain
well known tahr runs. they proceed
to cover these runs where the ground
is most difficult with mats made of
split bamboo which have been pre-
viously we'll drenched in water. The
result is the mats freeze and become
as slippery as glass. Then they fright
en- the herd and drive them over these
mats, with the result that they are
precipitated from the cliffs and that
the Garhwali pick up the remains
perhaps twelve basketfuls.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
FULL OF GRATITUDE.
But tho Little One Had a Queer Wa,
Of Expressing It.

But tho Little One Had Queer Wa,
OF Expressing It.
Mr.. Browns business kept him sc
occupied during the daytime that he
had little opportunity to enjoy the So
c1ety of his own children. When some
national holiday gave him a day OF
leisure his young son was usually his
chosen companion. One day. how.
ever, Mr.. Brown. reproached by the
wistful eyes Of his seven-year-old
daughter, reversed the order of things
and invited the little girl to go with
him for long walk.
She was shy, silent, small person.
and during the two hours stroll not q
single word could Mr.. Brown induce
the little maid to speak, but her shin.
ing eyes attested that she appreciated
his efforts to amuse her-indeed, she
fairly glowed with suppressed happi.
ness.
Just before they reached home, how
ever, the child managed, but only after
a tremendous struggle with her inner.
ent timidity, to find words to express
her gratitude.
Papa, what flower do you like
best?' she asked.
"Why' I don't know, my dear-sun'
flowers, I guess"
"Then," cried the little girl, beam
Ing with gratitude, that's what III
plant on your gravew-Exchange.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-01-19
The SOAP and Water euro.

The traveller in the Himalayas must
be prepared for surprises. Two days
after the Hon. G. G. Bruce had reach
ed Mana he received a message from
young lady saying that ever since
she had seen him on the day of his
arrival she had been i'll. II was very
much hurt, allow" says Major Bruce
in ""Twenty Years In the Himalayas. .
During the course Of short but inter.
esting career no such snub had ever
been administered 20 my self respect.
said, But can't do anything?' She
said, Yes; wash your face and let me
have the water So we got hot water
and soap, and she sat On rock to see
that there was no deception. The
water, or, rather, the decoction, was
then put into long tumbler, and she
then and there drank it all! What is
more, the next day she sent word that
she was quite cured