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War of Roses Averted.

HTAI1k about exercising tact" said
l a local florist the other day "A
young man came in here not long ago
and ordered a bunch of American beauty
roses. sent to a certain address, I just
had it on my tongues end to call back
to one Of the clerks, Put up another
bunch OF American beauties for Miss
So-and-So.' I was anxious for him to
get both orders on the same delivery,
you see. But just think what an awful
blunder that would have been.
1.-The young man who had placed the
second order would have insisted on
knowing who had sent the other flowers
to her. and then the man who gave the
first order would probably have learned
about 1t and bought his roses somewhere
else in the future That is just one
sample of the things we have TO guard
against dozens of times every day."
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Historic Washington Home
Gives Way to Progress

and beyond these were various entries
and store and bed rooms meant to be al
ways ready to afford hoSpitable shelter
for the welcome guest. Down in the base
ment is the enormous kitchen. with an
other colossal fireplace, before which
hung a massive iron crane. which Mrs.
Jones is the possessor of. Seeing it one
could con lure up visions of the appetiZing
dinners that ght-turbaned 'mammes
cooked. The house had reputation for
great hospitality. borne out by the size
and indications of the wine cellar and the
yawning pantries. now filed with ghosts
of the past good cheer. There are fam
shaped s'kylightS over the doors. and in
every ARRANGEMENT of architecture and
decoration the house conforms TO that OF
the old Lord Baltimore mansion at River
dale. Md. as We'll as the Calvert home
at the same place. indicating. even if
there were any doubt of ii, that all three
homes were planned about the same time
since houses like clothes take their style
from their period.
In the days of its greatest prosperity
the house was occupied by Dr.. Costine.
VINO bought il from Mr.. chanler. The
latter was believed TO be Of French orr
gin. At any rate. he was connected with
the French spoliation claims. and went
most prominently into Washington so
ciety during his occupancy there. He
called the place Weston, and it. was a
familiar name TO persons in the POLITICAL
life of the capital. During his occupancy
the mousse earned It's clallll 10 q greater
historic value than any of its equally
ancient neghhorhood. since it IS said to
have housed the brilliant, eriatic and
famous Dolly Madison when tile British
We're burning Washington and she fled
to what was then a home far into the
country for protection.
Mrs. Jones is convinced that the lovely
Dolly stayed there. and gives as proof
a letter written by a Mr.. MckennE,
grandfather Of Mr.. Summerville MacCart-
ney of Washington. who used to visit at
Weston. and who says III it how fervently
thankful he was that Dolly Madison
could have found such hospitahle refuge
at Weston" Furthermore, the two fam
lies We're either very friendly beforehand
or else became more closely acquainted
during the enforced stay there of the
most remembered of all the White House
miStreSSeS, since her niece, whom she
adopted as her daughter. married a mem
Der of Dr. Costine's family, generally be-
lieved to have been his son. The physl-
clans daughter was married to a South
American consul who was actively mixed
up in political affairs of his country, and
the house is declared to have known OF
many a conference that must have proven
highly interesting if walls do have ears.
This grandson of DR. Costine's called
at Ruthven Lodge a few years ago and
told Mrs. Jones of Dolly Madlson's stay
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there. corroborating in every detail the
generally accepted fact OF her flight.
After this family had departed from the
place through marriage, death and busi-
ness interests it passed in turn into the
possession of a naval officer who gave
splendid entertainments there, then to an
army officer, then to man OF means IN
private life, and then became boarding
house kept by Mrs. Eliason, famous for
her truly wonderful dinners. She was
model for all local landladies to emulate,
since she gave her lucky paying guests"
Strawberries in midwinter and ice cream
nearly all the time. But perhaps the Sc
uuel explains why she is not more gen
orally initiated. for she failed in business:
Then DIR. Jones took on the house and
with his family lived there for many
years. Once more the proud dwelling
could gaze with assurance on plebelan
world, for he surrounded himself with
literary and scientific people of note.
Mrs Jones most entertainingly described
a visit paid them by the eccentric
Joaquin Miller
I'VE We're not really expecting him. but
so many persons have dropped out to
look over the house that l took 1t as a
matter of course. But his costume did
surprise me, for he was attired in regu-
lation ranch clothing. corduroy trousers
stuffed into his boots. a dark shirt and
SLOUGH hat. Some time later the wife OF
an admiral in the navy, who Is quite d
friend of mine, was out here and laugh
ingly told her of my amazement to see a
man in Washington dressed as ne Nouid
be on the plains. That is nothing, she
blandly informed me. You We're IN your
own home and there was no one else
around to be shocked. but / was attend
ing a large reception in London once Wnen
he appeared wearing a red flannel shirt
and all the other toys You described ana
he singled me out as the first American
he happened to recognize. l paic tribute
to his genius. of course, but did wish
he had on more civilized clothing.
inst as every old English manor must
have a. ghost, so the genuine American
colonial home must possess treasure Sc
cret All down the years rurnor has per-
sisted that hidden away within those solid
walls of Ruthven Lodge there We're jew
els or money. put there In war times
when soldiers We're ransacklng every
Granny for loot.
Naturally the juveniles Of the Jones
family have been fired with boyish desire
to locate the treasure. one day, with
some friends from the Cathedral School.
one of them climbed into q recess Of the
garnet and sounded, tapped and explored
without finding any suggestion OF a hol-
low chamber All he obtained for his
work was garment of hoary cobwebs
and the family laughed merrily at his
credulity. But only the other day, While
standing among some of the men direct
ing the work, the boy heard the principal
contractor announcing how he had been
compelled to give heavy bond because
there was a possibility that treasure
might be found secreted within the house
of so many memories. So 1. the walls
yield up ancient coins or antique gems
they will go to the syndicate owning the
ground. Because of grading many of
those old trees will have to be cut, but
some are to be left to adorn the villas
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Recently the news columns have con-
tanned some exceedingly entertaining &C
counts of the vivacious doings of the
friends of various brides and bridegrooms
following upon the uniting of the latter
in the holy bonds of wedlock.
In Omaha a just-married couple en-
joyed the rapture. Immediately after the
ceremony, of being seized upon by their
blithe friends as they left the church and
dumped into one of those wire-screened
express company wagons, in which, thus
Gagged. the just-married pair were tri-
umphantly hauled through the streets for
few hours. with their gleeful friends
troopng after the wagon and easing
merry, quipful remarks at them.
Another Just-unlted pair, starting, If
we remember correctly. from Peoria, H.,
on their honeymoon, were ciamped to-
gether by a pair of handouts, placed
upon their wrists by a larkish friend OF
Doth just before the train pulled out. and,
thus joined literally as well as reiigiously
and tremendously, the couple had to wait
until the train reached Chicago before
they Were freed 81 their predicament.
These humorous, happy little ways of
treating newly married persons are touch
ing, even pathetic. as showing the good
newly weds and their friends. 1ne viva
cious friends and acquaintance Of the
bride and bridegroom. by indulging In
these agreeable little post-nuptial diver
sions, really intend to develop for the
instruction and guidance of the just
united couple. an idea through the method
of symbolism.
4
That is to say. by imposing little handi-
caps upon the freshly married ones at the
very outset of their married life, 1t
seems to be the intention of the auirkful
friends to impress upon the couple the
fact that matrimony is not always all
cakes and ale: to show them, as it were,
that, even as at the outset. there are
bound to be certain jumps to be taken.
certain obstacles to be overcome, later
along in the conjugal comedy, of which
the amusing little annoyances imposed
upon them by their friends at the begin
ming of their matrimonial career are a
mere sample Or foretaste.
'Tis, indeed, an appealing and worthy
little symbolic idea.
Following out this line Of analysis, the
friends Of the newly united couples ar
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= TTHyEN LODGE. one of the
historic dwellings about WASH
ington, dating back through
- several wars to colonial times
and all the prOdigal h0Spl-
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1911-12-08

Commerce at Wallace, Of which he
was president insolvent, and falstfy-
ing returns to the bank examiner,
Attorney w. De B. Farris of vaneou-
yer, 4 representative of Prosecuting
Attorney James Wayne of Wallace,
has entered a motion to dismiss the
proceedings against O'Neil.
The Tight for a municipal saloon at
Coeur d'Alene is waxing warmer
daily. There are two factions. The
chairman Of the board of county COM
missioners. David Myers, has made
the statement that the commissioners
would not issue liquor license to the
city Of Occur d'Alene to engage IN the
liquor business and continued by say
ing: There Is no law under which
We could issue such a license in the
first place and, in the second place, If
we did such thing it would be de-
priving the county of large amount
Of revenue which it would otherwise
receive and it would be just as legal
for the county to decide to make a
monopoly on the liquor business and
open it's saloons"
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Natures Only Timepisee.

There Is no need for clocks on the
Aegean sea any day when the sun is
shining. There nature has arranged
her only timepiece. one that does not
vary though the centuries pass. This
natural time marker Is the largest sun
dial in the world. Projecting into the
blue waters of the sea is large prom
ontory, which lifts it's head 5000
feet above the waves. As the sun
swings round the pointed shadow Of
the mountain Just touches. one after
the other. number of small islands,
which are at exact distances apart
and act as hour marks on the great
dial.-New York Tribune.
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A Collectors Troubles,

A Camden man always in debt was
confronted again by the bill collector.
to whom he confided the usual story
Of hard luck
Cant pay me today. ehT' unused
the collector But I shall be here
again tomorrow. and them
Eyes. do come tomorrow" urged the
debtor. land that will give me time
TO make up a brand new excuse and
to decide when you ought to come
again. "-Philadelphia Times.
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PRIMITIVE SURVEYING.
Doors With the Fleetest Horses Got
tho Biggest Farms.

1oers With the F1eetest Horses Got
tho Biggest Farms.
According to a legend Of Smithtown.
n T.. the township was originally
measured Off by a primitive method.
The first settler was one Smith, who
bought from the Indians as much land
as a bull could 90 around in a day.
Now. Smith had a smart bull. trained
to carry him and to half trot and half
hope at a rapid pace. That day the
bull was up to the mark. By night he
had tnclosed so much land that the
amazed Indians nicknamed its rider
Bull Smith.
This tradition has its counterpart
among the Boers Of South Africa.
Their "runs." as the farms Of these
Dutchmen are called, contain, general
~ speaking, from 1000 to 5000 acres.
Of which only a few acres are under
cultivation. Small monuments Of
stones piled up at certain points mark
the boundary lines.
The first settlers, knowing nothing
Of surveying, measured of their
"runsr by horsepower. Having piled
up a lot Of stones. the Beers would
start from them and ride in straight
line for half an hour as fast as their
horses could carry them.
Hating. each rider would build an
other beacon and again ride for half
an hour at right angles to his first line.
Then he would pile up another stone
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Presbyterian Services

II A. M. Preaching every Sunday
except the 2nd Sunday of the
month.
1880 P. NJ. Preaching every Sunday
except the 4th Sunday of the
month.
10 A. NJ. Sunday School, Today Long,
Superintendent.
$50 P. Nj. Christian Endeavor.
Juliaetta.
Preaching the second Sunday in each
month at IL am.
Evening service the fourth Sunday in
each month at 8 pm.
Everyone invited to these services.
GEORGE H. ROACH. Pastor.
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NEWS NUGGETS OF IDAHO

MRS. Katherine Harkins, charged
with loottng the home of Mrs. Nora
johnson. an aged Mullan widow, has
been held to answer to the district
court at Wallace on a charge of grand
larceny.
I. c. Hattabaugh. state insurance
commissioner and accountant. has
been making an examination Of the
books of the Kootenai County officers.
He reports having found the records
in excellent shape.
The guards maintained at the
Glenns Ferry shops of the Oregon
Short Line Railroad since the begin
ming of the shopmen's strike, have
been dismissed. There has been no
disorder at Glenns Ferry
The death at Boise of Joseph Nor
ris, the victim Of an assault commit
ted "a hours previously, when he was
cut across the abdomen by his assail-
ant. w. 8. Clark, resulted in a charge
OF first degree murder being preferred
against Clark.
At an expenditure of $4,000 the
Sunset Brewing Company has lust
completed the rebuilding of it's plant
in Wallace, which was largely de-
stroyed during the forest fires of 1910.
The new equipment is one of the most
modern in the Northwest.
Harry Orchard, serving a life term
in the Idaho Penitent1ary for the as
sassination Of Governor Steunenberg.
said ne was glad the Mcnamara had
pleaded guilty. II they had stood trial
and been convicted. he said. there
would be ground for the creation Of
public sentiment in their favor. The
pleas OF guilty cleared up the matter
for all time.
The position OF teacher of the Cor
don district on the St. Joe River is
ono Of the most sought places Of the
kind In the whole United States, &C
cording 70 the Shoshone County PEG.
pie. The salary offered is 500 per
month. Fhe only drawback Is that
the teacher must furnish four pupils
in order that the total enrolment,
only one now, might be raised to five
legally required.
Acknowledging defeat in the effort
to extradite B. F. O'Neil of Shoshone
County, on charge of receiving de.
posts knowing the State Bank OF
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Just say to them that any man in our
employ who asks you to purchase any
thing on that date will lose his job.

beacon. Two more turns and an hour
more Of riding brought him back to
his starting point.
The square tract inclosed within the
two hours ride and the four beacons
became his farm. OF course the Boer
who owned the heetest horse obtained
the largest tract Of land.-Harpers
Weekly.
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If you knew of the real value of Chamber
lains Liniment for lame back, soreness of
the muscles, sprains and rheumatic pains,
you would never wish to be without it. For
sale by Albert Moshop.
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Cigarettes Trace Brother.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-By means OF a
picture found in box OF cigarettes
Mrs. Margaret Rapsen, OF Amsterdam,
N. u, believes she VIII be able to 10
cate her brother, Robert Williamson
or this city, whom she has not seen
for thirty-five years. Chief OF Police
Frank Kreig has letter from her say
linz that on card which her son %
tanned i'm cigarette box she found
her brothers picture. ~ was that Oh
" runner. and Mrs. Rapsen says her
brother was "a noted athlete.
The police are now, trying to find
trace OK the brother.
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CONDENSED STATEMENT
MO. 457g EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Eliza J. Stocksdale, Mortgage and
Assignee Of Mortgage, w. Delilah
Blizzard and Thomas "A. Blizzard, her
husband, Defendants.
Ordered, this 14th day OF April,
A. d. 1911, that the account Of the
Auditor filed in this cause be finally rati-
fled and confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown On or before
the LIST day Of May next pro
vided copy Of this order be inserted
for two successive weeks before the
last named day in some newspaper
published In Carroll county.
OSCAR p. GILBERT, Clerk.
True copy,-Test
aprl4-2t OSCAR ID. GILBERT, Clerk.
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MO. 4575 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County
sitting as Court Of Equity.
Maggie Cook and husband, VS.. Mary
Jones, Nelia Jones ct al.
Ordered this 10th day of April
A D. 1911, by the Circuit Court TO
Carroll county, sitting as Court d
Equity, that the sale Of the real estat,
mentioned in these proceedings anc
reported by George D. Brilliant and
Edward o. Weant, trustees, appoint
ed by decree of this Court to make
said sale, be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary there
of be shown on or before the 18th
day of May next; provided copy O,
this order be inserted in some news
paper published in Carroll county, once
in each Of three successive weeks be-
fore the 9Th day Of May, 1911.
The report states the amount OF sale
TO be $236. 90.
OSCAR ID. GILBERT, Clerk.
True Copy:-Test.
apr14-3t OSCAR d. GILBERT, Clerk
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CORPORATION ELECTION.

Notice u hereby given that an Elec-
ton for THREE PERSONS to serve as
members of the Common Council Of the
City of Westminster, Md, for period
of two years, will be held on
MONDAY, 1st DAY OF MAY, 1911,
between the hours of Ii m. and p. m,
at MATTHEWS & MYERS BUILDING, No.
e. Main street, Westminster, Md
ERNEST j. SPONSELLER,
Mayor,
9. p. WEAVER. Clerk. apr IA 81
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~ PPLIcATION FOR A PARDON.

State Of Maryland, !
Office of the Secretary Of State, I
Annapolis, April 10, 1911. J
TO all whom it may Concern:
Notice is hereby given, that applica-
ton has been made TO His Excellency
Austin T.. Crothers, Governor Of Mary
land, for the pardon Of James Lyd-
dard, who was convicted on March 1st,
1911, before Justice Lewis, of Carroll
County, Of being habitually disorderly,
and sentenced to be confined In the House
of Correction, for three months.
The Governor will take up the said case
for final decision on or after Thursday,
the 9th day Of April, 1911, unit
which time protests against such par.
don will be heard, and the papers filed
open to inspection. at the discretion Of
the Governor.
By order Of the Governor,
M. WINSLOW WILLIAMS, wy,
apr 142t Secretary Of State.
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Smith : ) /. REIFSNIDER.
NOTICE.
Westminster Deposit and TRUST Co.

Westminster Deposit and Trust Co.,
Westminster, Md, April IA, 1911. (
The Stockholders of the Westminster
Deposit and Trust Company are hereby
notified that the regular annual meet
ing for the election OF TWELVE DI-
RECTORS, to manage the affairs Of
the company for the ensuing year will
be held in the Banking Rooms Of said
Company on Monday, the LIST day of
May, 1911, between the hours Of 10
and IL o'clock, q. IN
GEORGE MI. PARKE,
apr Alt Secretary and Treasurer.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL IA, 1911
Time Table.

Trains from ENTHUSIASTICALLY
b12, 7.12, 9.12 a. m, 1.S5, AIS and
500 D. m. Sundays only 6.42, 80
a m, Ais and 500 p. III.
Trains for Hagerstown and
Union Bridge-WeSt-D aily-5.20
9.27, 1000 a. m., and AIS, $40 and
748 D. M Sundays only-5-20,
1000, 11.30 a. IN, and Ais and $40
p. m.
Owl train leaves Baltimore at
1925 D. m, arriving at Westminster
at 1888, a. IN. Saturday only.
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mr. IcENSE NOTICE.

III A%ENSE NOAINE-
-
Notice is hereby given to all persons
and bodies, corporate or polite, whom
it may concern, that they
MUST OBTAIN "a LICENSE
or renew the same, on or before the
FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1911,
according to the provisions Of Ordi-
nances Nos. "a, So, SO and 80; also in
GLIDING Ordinance No. Isl relating to
Dog Licenses, due May LIST, 1911, passed
by the Mayor and Common Council Of
Westminster; also Ordinance No. 165
relating to the sale Of Liquors in the
City Of Westminster, passed by the
Mayor and Common Council of said city,
April 9Th, 1908. All licenses are to be
paid to the Clerk at his Office in the
Firemen's Building, Second Floor.
ERNEST J. SPONSELLER,
Mayor.
SIMON p. WEAVER, Clerk. apr IA St
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CUTTERS DIDN'T BUILD THE
PYRAMIDS nor can Coal business
be built up, except by constant en-
deavor year after year. We will be
ready for your spring business in O.
few days Smith G. Reifsnider will
let you know when
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Tire date on the label Wn your paper
shows the GImW Con which y@ur sub
aerip<Ion iS paid.
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UTANTED-A reliable agent to sell
wv Patented Household Articles.
Never sold in this section before. Big
profit. Agents In other sections are
making big money selling il. Address
LAS wv. Main street, Westminster, Md,
or call between $50 and p m, Sat
day.
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WIRELESS COAL. Not only no
wires but very little slate or bone.
We are proud OF the coal we are
handling this spring. Price changes
next month, be sure to get Smith C
Reifsnider's prices and also their
coal.
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dor SALE-A secondhand Carriage
80 and new Buggy.
Apply to
DIR. LEWIS X. WOODWARD,
apr -141t t Westminster, Md.
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cow AND TEN PIGS for sale.
~ ELI G. DAVIS,
apr IA Near Bird Hill, Nd.