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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

true Is guile another matter. 1t is
hard In writing OF Robin Hood to sift
TACT from legend. This story can but
tel the popular version of his career
without vouching for its entire truth.
Robin Hood is said to have been
porn IN 116O, and to have been a no
pleman's son who, through injustice.
was outlawed. He took refuge in
Sherwood forest, In Nottinghamshire.
England. There he gathered about
MIN bani OF unfortunate men as des-
perate as himself, and prepared to
make war on the world at large.
1t was rude. violent age. Human
life was held lightly. Laws were bar
barous. For shooting deer In the roy.
al forests the penalty was torture and
(for the second offense) DEATH The
parons and other rich and powerful
men could osertax and ill-use the poor
almost without restraint Persons who
suffered under such tyranny had usu-
ally no redress. Often they revenged
themselves by plundering~ their for
mer masters knd by preying on human
ity at large. Says one old historian
(Stow).
In this time were many robbers and
outlaws, among which Robin Hood and
= Little John, renowned thieves. contin-
ued In the woods. despoyling and rob-
bling the goodies Of the rich. The said
Robin suffered no woman to be op-
pressed or molested. Poore men .
goodies he spared: abundantlie reliev-
Ing them with that which by theft he
got from the houses Of the rich. OF
all thieves Major ian early writer) at.
frmeth him to be the prince and the
most gentle theefe."
Robin and his band dwelt in the
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12
The Earl of Leicester Might-Have-Been" Who Failed

eign. who had stubbornly refused to
marry any European prince or king
meant to bestow her hand on Dudley
But there WAS a hitch In this plan
He was already married. When he
was mere youth he welded Amy
Robsart. daughter of a rich old knight
For years Amy had been kept away
from court In an obscure Berkshire
country house. Cumnor hall. There
Dudley. once In great while, visited
hr. But for the most part she lived
a wretchedly lonely life Now that
he was an aspirant for Elizabeth's
hand. Sbecame necessary for the
neglected. husband to get rid of his
wife. Accordingly. Amy was found
one day lying dead In Gunner hal,
her neck broken.
1t was soon after this tragedy that
the queen raised Dudley to the rank
OF Earl OF Leicester" She also suk.
sested him as suitable husband for
the unfortunate Mary Queen OF Scots.
(This was thought to be a blind to
hide her own love for him. Leicester
aterward proposed that Mary. who
was then prisoner of Elizabeth's. be
put out OF the way by polson.) Eliza.
beth gave Leicester the magnificent
castle OF Kenilworth and other rich es
tates In Warwickshire. AT this castle,
In 1875 he entertained the queen for
some days with a series OF gaudy spec.
tacles and revels that cost him 5000.
600. which sum his various court OF
hcers doubtless permitted him to gain
back from the people,
AT this time his coming marriage to
the queen was a matter OF common
talk. Just what wrecked the plan no
one knows. In any case. somethins
occurred to destroy Lcicester's hopes
and to turn him. In n moment. from a
possible prince consort to mere
might have been"
In 1883. in his fifty.seventh year
Leicester died. II was at the time
rumored that he met death by drink
Ing cup OF poison he had prepared
for his wife. This may have been a
bit of malicious court gossip; or. II
true. It may have implied that he atm
believed he could win Elixabeth's
hand.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

oners was to c,
cret glade and therv -.,ale
a feast (The food consisted large.
OF stolen deer and dainties hlcheo
from noblemen's larders.) After tn
meal he would suggest that they pay
for their entertainment by giving him
all their money and jewels. At other
times he would go. disguised. to some
town, make friends with local rich
man and under some pretext lure h
to the forest.
That Robin did not steal fro"
poor was not an especially n
The poor had nothing worth
Robin and his men were apiendid
archers. Their skill with bow and
arrow reached the kings ears. His
majesty is said to have been so much
pleased with the bands archery that
he pardoned them all. But Robin
could not long remain out OF trouble.
He fell foul OF the law once more and
the sheriff OF Nottingham was sent
to crush him. In the woodland battle
that followed the sheriff's men were
beaten OH Soon afterward Robin fell
dangerously Ill. There was no surgeon
nearby. SO his men carried him TO
convent, where his cousin was lay
sister. She had great repute In medi-
cine and Robin thought she might save
aim. She dared not refuse shelter to
the sick man for fear OF his followers
wrath But she dared not cure him.
lest the king should hear that the
convent had harbored and aided an
outlaw. So. according to the story, she
opened a vein in his arm and left him
to bleed to death.
When the dying man learned OF her
treachery he set his bugle to his lips
and blew a feeble blast. Little John.
his lieutenant, heard It, and rushed to
the sick room. Robin, 30 runs the old
ballad, forbade Little John to take ven
geance on the convent. Then, setting
arrow to bow for the last time. he
sent the shaft whizzing out through an
open window and begged to be buried
at the spot where his arrow should
strike earth.
A likeable. rollicking. sentimental
outlaw. His life story eeven stripped
OF all legend and folklore) seems to
entitle him to goodly place among
Historic Blackguards.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12
Genius and Marriage.

THE married life OF a genius 10 usu.
ally unhappy-so Is that Of his wife,
The speaker WAS Miss Helen Gould.
who-apropos of her reported singing
rebuke to the Colorado parson who
wished to Danish old maids-vas dis
cusslng marriage In general.
ITO be the wife OF a genius IL bad
she said. but to be the husband OF
one is worse. At a musicale ! heard Q
lady say:
who IL that man with tho soft
bosomed shirt and Windsor tier
He is the husband OF the wonder.
full contralto. Vivavoce. her companion
answered.
Yes said the other. but who was
he before his marriassr"
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12
/. Years Devoted to Sleep

his office. A woman OF 10, even sim
Pile IN her dress, has taken seven years
In clothing herself
man and woman who have
reached the allotted span OF life will
have used 600 pairs OF boots between
them. 400 dresses and 500 hats.-Lon.
don Answers.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

Copyright, by the Press Publishing Co. CHE
Robin Hood, Who Robbed the Rich

'Heere, underneethe thys Lyttel stone,
Lies Robert, Earle OF Huntingdone
For twenty years and somethynge more
Hee robb'd the rich to feed the poore.
No archer was hee soc goodc,
And MEME did call hym Robin Hood
Such outlawes as hee and bys MEME
VIII England never see agayne'
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

~ o RUNS an
- old r h y m 9 =.
~ The m a n
about whom
1t was written I'M
doubtedly live d
and was known
from one end OF
England to the
other. But whether
half the . Dries
told about BIN ia
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

| 10 1911. Not reported. "-Marittme
Mlscel.
The words give no intimation of
he mystery. or perhaps tragedy.
which lies behind them. Only to
ZONE bronzed skipper who knows the
North Atlantic in all her moods will
heir meaning be clear.
Those two words are all the world
has time to give to the fight OF two
brave men against the unconquered
'trength of the sea, against starva-
bon and thirst, against the winds
md the storms and Ice and unbear-
'ble heat In some cases mot re-
ported tells merely the story of .
schooner lost through carelessness.
but In the case of the little Pandora
md her brave shippers a volume
might be written Of their adventures.
Theirs is the story Of the call of
the sea, the song to which their ears
had been trained for generations and
o which they listened once too often.
Three years have passed since they
oeard 1t the last time. and moro
man year ago the Pandora left
new York harbor for London after
ner thrilling voyage from Australia.
one has never been seen since she
dropped past the pilots boat. No
vessel passing In or out of New York
or any other North Atlantic port has
ever sighted the sturdy little yawl
NOW she has become q part Of that
mysterious feet Of which the Flying
Du'cnman 10 the flagship and which
mas the Sargasso sea as its place OF
sathering.
inc story Of Capt Samuel Blythe
.nd Capt. Peter Arapakis 10 one of
Two men who saw more than the
'pray In breaking wave. To them
mo sea but meant life and liberty,
freedom of action and thought. and
wi years they made 1t play Its part
,nen the waves rose and demanded
'ae'r due. and the Pandora. with her
'nppers, was the toll.
Inc Pandora was 80 feet long and
generous beam for her length. Her
Keel was stocky and dwarfed and her
mA'nmast the size Of q derrick boom.
ner sails-she had three sets-were
'ne best grade Of heavy naval can
'"' and as for interior fittings. she
'aa none other than demanded by alb
'olute necessity. The Pandora was
uo' Tor pleasure save in an inverted
sense She was to sail around the
'Vnu' but her owners also intended
make certain nautical observations
'Hicn they hoped would be OF value
10 the world
,, o. one fine day three years ago
sue sailed out OF Perth harbor,
uoVsloned for a four months cruise
mu with two men on board who had
answered to the call OF the sea. The
a"uora was bound for Cape Horn.
t'' she was to call at several South
ra ports for fresh supplies
.ne voyage across the Pacific was un.
aenuni, Fair winds and q calm sea
css, prevailing all the way. Along the
t sulliah coast they put into two har-
Az "r food and water and as each
H. 4" passed their admiration for the 1T.
PANDORA grew. for she was prov
sency. ' NO"
~, 90 lar the sea had permitted the
nv. sn'ty OF two men in . thirty-six
10y ~" boat and had left them unmo-
eo' but Just after they set out 70
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

erned the estates;
Whom. living. Man could never love and
just Heaven now hates.
-HIs scurrilous. mock-epitaph.
written by a political foe. sizes
up the character Of Robert Dud'
ley. earl OF Leicester. far better
than do the stately lines on his tomb.
But neither OF the two tell the most
important thing about him: namely.
that he probably came within an ace
OF being prince consort Of England.
husband OF Queen Elizabeth. and uf
the laws could have been 1uggled to
TT the case) even king.
Leicester's only claims to success
were good looks. charm of manner
and total lack OF conscience. Yet
these three qualities lifted him high
er than almost any other man OF his
day. He had the stu further handi-
cap OF beginning his political career in
prison. The start was not favorable.
But the mans luck quickly made up
for this drawback.
His father, tho duke OF Northum.
bertrand. plotted to make unlucky lit
tie Lady Jane Gray This daughter-in-
law queen OF England. Queen Mary.
daughter OF Henry VIII. crushed the
plot. mounted the throne herself. and
condemned to death Lady Jane. her
young husband. and Northumberland
himself Robert Dudley (Northumber.
lands second son and Lady James
brother-in-law), was also thrown into
tnn ~ ah In ho
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

N the dusty records of the
great maritime worlds
movements the brief en-
try Of the missing yawl
Pandora will read like
this:
Pandora; yawl. Perth.
Australia. Captains Blythe
and Arapakis. From New
York for London. July
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

Here lies a valiant warrior who never
drew . sword
Here lies a willy courtier who never kept
his word.
Here lies the Earl of Leicester who gov
erned the estates;
Whom, living. Man could never love and
a just Heaven now hates
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-12

greenW God
and hold
cially die
est mon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31

Whereas, at a meeting of the po-
lice jury held at its regular session
on Monday, June II, 1912, a petit
ton was presented signed by more
than one-fourth of the property tax
payers eligible to vote, in which pc
tition and supplemental petition q
request was made that an election
be held for the purpose of voting on
the question of a tax of mills and
q proposed bond issue of twelve
thousand dollars, said bonds to run
for period of fifteen years at = rate
Of interest not to exceed five per
centum per annum, payable annual
~, the proceeds OF said bonds to be
used in the purchase of q site and
the construction of a public school
building in the Fourth Ward Of st.
Tammany parish.
Be it resolved. That a proclama-
ton ordering such election be issued
by the president according to law
ordering an election as proposed &C.
cording to the law in such casee
made and provided.
Adopted June II, 1912.
B. A. SCHNEIDER, Pres.
E. D. KENTZEL, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31
Twenty-sixth Judicial District Court.

BY virtue of an order of seizure
and sale from the honorable afore-
said court and to me directed, bear
ing date of December 6. 1911, in the
above entitled and numbered suit,
will proceed to sell at public auction
at the front door of the court house,
in the town of Covington. La, on
Saturday, September %, 1912, the
following described property, to-wit:
All that certain lot or parcel of
land lying and being situated within
the corporate limits of the town of
Slidell, Louisiana, In section ~ town
9 south. range IA east, st. Helena
Meridian, Louisiana, commencing two
chains north of the ten acres, which
was owned by Mrs. Mary E. Currie,
but by Salmen now, from thence go
ing north seventeen chains to Bayou
Bonfouca to point. thence follow
ing the meander of said Bayou Bon
fouca to lower end of the old saw
mill landing to post marked "T -
thence seventy-four degrees west 5
chains and 80 links to post; thence
south eighteen chains ana forty links
to a post; thence east seven chains
to post of departure, containing II
acres. Being the same property &C.
quired by E. ]. PerrilOux from Mrs.
Neomie Whichard, on the 18th day
of Noyembe, 1900, as recorded, book
V, page 525, of the Conveyance Rec
ords of st. Tammany parish.
Terms of sale-Cash, with benefit
of appraisement.
T. E. BREWSTER.
Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31
Succession of LoNis Roseman or
Louie or Lewis Rosen.
No. 1715.
Twentv-Sixth Judicial District Court
Parish of St. Tammany,
Louisiana.

BY virtue of an order rendered on
the application Of Max kohief, Cu-
rator of the estate of the late LOUIS
Roseman or Louie or Lewis hosen.
In the above numbered and entitie''
cause to me directed and sDearine
date of May 81. 1912, will proceed
and highest bidder, ct the front door
] of the court house In Covington, u" =
on Saturday, September, 5i,islz'
between legal sale hours, the folio"-
ing property, to-wit:
3 A certain tract Of land lying anu
being situated in the parish OF 81
Tammany, State Of Louisiana. con,
tanning forty acres, more or less. ano
bounded on the north by lanes on
W. B. Lindsay and on the east 0y
the right of way of the N. o. 4 ~,
E. Railroad Co., and on the south
and west by the original survey
lines of w. B. Lindsay land. ALI "
ing in section 80 township south
range Is e, st. Helena Meridian. pc
Ing the same land acquired by the
deceased from w. b. Lindsay, p9
n0tarial act of sale, passed before
~ r. Warren, clerk Of court ana
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31

Cut this out and present It within
sixty days at Draughon's Practical
Business College, Biloxi. Miss. pay
Ing cash for an unlimited scholar
ship and the College will refund your
railroad fare. If the fare exceeds
SO, you will get $40 rebate and 10
per cent of the excess; If the fare is
less than $40, 80 discount will be
allowed you in lieu of railroad fare.
II you cannot enter within sixty days,
send money for = scholarship, good
to be used at college at any time, and
we will teach you bookkeeping or
shorthand by mail free. Draughon'z
Home Study will reduce your stay
and expenses at college so per cent.
By the Draughon improved methods
you can learn as we'll by mail as A.
college.
For further information and for
catalogue. write Draugh0n's Practi-
cal business College, Biloxi, Miss.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31


'ex-ofcio notary public, ON February
g. 1899, as per act recorded in the
conveyance records of st. Tammany
parish, Louisiana, in conveyance Of
fee book ''T'' folio sos ct seq.
Sale Of said property invoked on
petition of said Curator, in order to
realize sufficient funds to pay the
debts of the deceased and charges of
the succession.
Terms-Without appraisement, on
IL months credit. purchaser required
to furnish good and sufficient joint
security and special mortgage, to
bear interest from day of adjudica-
ton, at same rate as allowed by the
act of mortgage.
T. E.. BREWSTER,
[au17-6t Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hutchinson vs.
George w. Wicks. Dative Tutor.
No. 1893.
In the Twenty-sixth judicial District
Court, st. Tammany Parish
Louisiana.

Under and by virtue of judgment
LOT partition and sale rendered IN fnis
suit ON July 80, 1912, I will ole,
for sale and sell to the highest bid
der for. cash, at the front door OF
the court house at C0vington, La,
on Saturday, September %. 1917,
during LEGAL sale hours, the follow
ling described property, t0-wit:
All that certain lot or parcel OF
land situated In the parish OF st.
|Tammany. state Of Louisiana. IN the
Mary Lloyd Spanish grant. certificate
lNo. TOT, being partly in section 20.
| tp Z s, r II e, and part In section
10, tp 8 ., II e. Greensburg Dis
| trict of Louisiana, more fully de-
scribed az follows: Commencing ct
| a point ON the boundary line between
| the Thomas Spell and Mary Lloyd
claims, and 4 stake found standing
on the west side Of Chinchuba creek
1T the corner Of Eager and Ellerman
tract owned by Poitevent-Farve Lbr.
Co.. thence on the old line north 33
degrees east 2O71 feet inches. and
set stake for the northwest corner
witness IN Is inch pine, south ; de-
grees 80 min. east, IS feet s inches
an four inch twin red oak. north
81 degrees 80 min. east. ~ feet and
3 inches, thence south 50 degrees
east 1888 feet to . corner ret on the
east side of the creek, witLess "a
inch pine, south As degrees east
feet 5 inches, witness a Is inch pine,
south 81 degrees / 5 minutes east 80
feet and a 80 inch pine south 40 de-
grees east ~ feet and IA inch pine.
north 81 degrees IS minutes, west Is
feet inches and, stone south ]
degree 30 minutes east 81 feet;
thence north 50 degrees s minutes
west ga feet inches to the place Of
commencing, said piece Of land con-
tains $3.50 acres more or less, and
being the same property acquired BY
|plainti1 and co-heirs IN the mattei
LOT the succession of their father and
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Zachariah
SHARP, and by them the co-heirs Of
plaintiff, Sarah Sharp Hutchinson
transferred to William @. Hutchin.
lson, co-plaintif In the above number.
ed and entitled cause - per several
acts recorded in C. q. b. folios 65
l67. IS, IS, and IS.
Terms Of Sale Cash, with BENEFIT
LOT appraisement.
T. E. BREWSTER.
au17-6t Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31
PROCLAMATION or ELECTION.

Notice Is hereby given 10 all prop.
erty tar payers Of the Sixth Ward,
st. Tammany parish. qualified &c
vote, tina. an election will be held 8
the regular polling places in said
ward on the Sd day Of September
1912, between the hours Of Z .. m
and 5 p. M, for the purpose Of vot.
fnK on the proposed levy Of a specia'
tax OF i've (5) mills on the dollar
on all taxable property in said ware
for a period Of ten years for tn
purpose >of giving additional cid t.
the public schools Of said ward.
Notice is further given that thu
police jury will at its next regular
session following the election. to-wit
Monday, September 18th. At IL m.
meet for the purpose Of opening thu
ballot boxes, evsminin1 AID count
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF
TAX DEED.

Whereas, the undersigned has pur.
chased at sheriff's sale for taxes the
year 1911, on the first day of June
1912, the following described prop
erty, tO-wit:
One acre Of land and improve
ments being part of lot C Crawford
tract, village of Pearl River. La.
Which property is assessed in the
name of Mrs. Emma Hartman, az
per deed executed by T. E. Brewster
sheriff and ex-oflcio tax collector, st
Tammany parish, on June 6, 1912.
Notice is hereby given to whom 1t
may concern, that have duly caused
the said deed to be registered in
book IS folio % of the convey
ance records of St. Tammany parish
T. ]. HAND.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31
18th judicial Lt,i,,ct Court, Pa cjsi1
Or st. ammary, State of
s"h.:idna.

Notice is h."ety given that Mrs.
Adele 5umerall Martin widow of he
lat. William a. Martin, and tut IN
of Gladys martin, wife of T. J. Ell.
dins, has fled in the office of &c
Ct;l; ct CO.:rt Err final account IS
tntrix, and has prayed to be dis.
charged as such. All persons con.
cerned are notified to show cause
II any they have or can, within ten
days from this date. why such &C.
count should not be approved, and
said tutrix discharged, and the min.
or's mortgage cancelled.
This August II, 1912.
i E. J.. FREDERICK,
Clerk Of Court.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31
Blamed = Good Worker.

II blamed my heart for severe dis
tress in my left side for two years, .
writes w. Evans, Daneville. Va, but
] know now it was indigestion, az
DR.. Kings New Life Pills completely
cured me-" Best for stomach, liver.
heSdache or debility. Is cents q
al druggists.