The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-12-09
FACTS AND FANClES.


prtrified coral, prehistoric men n AMI
mails, mineral soap and other wonderful
products, and now she is credited with
bring a necessity to the airship, as the
Oroville Register says:
1t will he remembered that some years
ago a man discovered a wonderful metal
in Pine Nut, Nevada. This peculiar
metal was contained in clay and the
man accidently discovered it by usinI
some clay for IA bank to his stove. Some
hours after building II fire in the stove
he found that the back had disappeared
and in place of it was a clear white
metal with scarcely any weight to it.
Now the man who discovered n
used that metal was in Oroyille yester-
day; in fact he has been here a number
of days. He does not wish his name
published, but We met him and talked
with him for fifteen or twenty minutes.
We do not know of course whether he
has anything to do with this mysterious
airship or not, but if there was any
truth in the report of the wonderful
metal discovery it is possible that he
has kept the secret and used the new
metal in constructing this wonderful
floating ship.
This humorous sketch, by Carl E.
Boyle, secured the prize of 500 offered
by the New York Sunday World for the
best campaign joke, but Boyle should
urn the coin over to Judge Goodwin
who who told the story while on the
stump in this State two years ago:
There has been much boiling this
year, and hence the story told by an
Indiana speaker to illustrate the chasing
away OF voters after false gods Is partic-
ularly good. 1t DIES not matter to which
party the speaker belonged.
According to the chronicle, a man was
one day driving a number OF calves
along a country road, when he met an
other farmer driving Il bull. The ami
NAL was angry and going at a terrific
speed, with the farmer mounted on a
horse in hot persuit.
The calves gave surprised bleats, turn
ed around. stuck their tails straight out
behind then started after the bull. In
vain the owner Of the younger animals
tried to stop them. His yells were I'M
needed, and soon the bull and the calves
disappeared up the road in a cloud of
dust. The farmer stopped and mopped
his face, mad clear through. Then he
y lied after the vanishing bovines:
go it, We durn fools! Foller hat bull
clear out of the State! Yell find what
a mistake We have made when supper
time ONES"
The following story comes from Reno,
SAYS the Carson Appeal:
"A young man just home from an east
ern college invited a young lady OF the
village to a Sunday morning ride on his
tandem bicycle. She was delighted, and
could scarcely wait to carry the news to
her particular girl friend, who, it hap
pened, had heretofore occupied The front
seat on that tandem. Then the plot was
laid.
''IIow nice" said her chum. "Have
you a bicycle suit? Why not veal mine?
Don't you think this will look lovely?"
Now the garments exhibited happened
to be a bathing suit of pronounced col
ors and unique design, but as the first
young lady had never been within sight
of salt water, and was OF a guileless ma
ture, anyhow, the bunco game worked
to a perfection.
The young mans breath suddenly left
him that Sunday morning when his COM
panion came out ready to mount, but
that was nothing compared to the panic
they created along the route. Pious
matrons on their way to church threw
up both hands prayed %fervently, and Il 9
male population on the streets stopped
s%pellbound and watched them out of
sight. The yonng man had littls to say,
nut III is Claimed ne zimmerman 8
record getting to the unfrequented
streets.
When does an old maid cease to be a
girl?
Zone of Ruby's intelligent Young men
gave two of Laniolle's present bells an
enjoyable buggy ride u few days ago.
On account OF the extreme cold weather
they were Obliged to carry a hot %slone,"
says an old maid in the Tidings. Intel
ligent?