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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
MRS. R. FL, DAVIS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.

=" the newspapers have pretty thor
ougli. eXnl"ined, the women who went
to Cape Town Nth their husbands,
their brothers. OF their cousins, or
even without any OF these excuses.
proved a tremendous bother to every
one concerned with the serious bust
ness Of carrying on the war. They
wanted to inspect everything, criticise
everything, and have an amateur hand
in everything. and the result was that
the authorities did their level best to
pack their fair visitors off to England
again. In sOIe~hat humorous con-
trast is the occupation chosen by Mrs.
Richard Harding Davis when she came
to Cape Town. Her husband was at
the front and every one ABOUT her was
IN a state of hysterical and feverish
excitement over the war Meanwhile
Mrs. Davis, with a placidity for which
the American woman is not always
given credit, was going every day to a
school Of art and taking lessons in
painting and drawing.
Yet when the time came that it was
possible, though dangerous, for her to
accompany her husband to Pretoria,
Mrs. Davis made the journey with
equal coolness.-Saturday Evening
Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
To be continued.
MR.. CARRINGTON'S YARN,

Sir Frederick Darlington, who is now
IN Rhodesia, is we'll known as a kind
ly, Jovial companion, who was former
iy something Of a bohemian, as we'll
as brave and experienced general.
When in London he would often at
tend the Savage club, and there his sto-
rIes Of adventure in many parts of the
world were listened to with delight.
But one of his most amusing yarns
dealt with a London experience.
Sir Frederick is a most skillful per-
former on the piano, and, by his story,
it appeared that on one occasion. when
a younger man, he attended a party
a sort Of gO-as-you-please sing-song-
at which were some brother officers
and a good many theatrical and music
hall people. Most Of the members
OF the party did something to amuse
the rest, and, finally. some one called
in request the services of a celebrated
contortionist and 'bender"-a being
who tied himself into knots, and who
at the time had created a sensation
upon which the latter whispered to
Darlington, who was at the piano, and
then gravely addressed the gathering
as follows:
Gentlemen, I amt any particular
good at singing, but in order that l
may add to the 'armony of the even
ing, shall have great pleasure in put
ting my hip out. A bit Of music,
please, Mr.. Pianist" And then he
tremendously" contorted himself
London Tit-Bits. .
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
DOGS MAY LEGALLY BITE.
That Is, If They Are Disturbed While
Eating.

Dogs all over the country wear a
happy expression On their faces these
days. Their right to eat their meals
without interference has at last been
recognized by the courts, and the dogs
are feeling happy.
The saying, '1et sleeping dogs lie"
may now be significantly changed into
''let eating dogs 1ie"
Woe to the irrepressibIe small boy,
who, in the course Of his search for
mischief, comes across a dog quietly
munching bone and is tempted to
quietly withdraw the bone from the
animal, for under the protection now
afforded by the courts the dog may be
persuaded to take an equal portion
out Of the calf Of the boys leg, and
the victim will be unable TO recover
damages from the owner Of the dog.
So says the Kentucky court Of ap-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
DEADLY ToADsTOoL SEASON.
tbs Now Here Hence Epicures Need
to Be Careful.

The deadly toadstool season is upon
US, said weu-known botanist yester-
day, and it might not be out of place
TO repeat warning about the gathering
and eating of poisonous yarjeries of
fungi in mistake for the edible ones
A case is reported from Illinois Of three
persons killed and four made dam
gerously sick by eating toadstooIs
which were mistaken for mushrooms.
This recalls the case in Baltimore
early last October, when two children
GIed after eating deadly toadstools.
The remainder of their meal was
thrown out and the dog and hen
died after eating of the dish of food
In that case the supposed mushrooms
were gathered without any idea as to
the marks which distinguish edible
ones from the poisonous varieties. An
investigation showed that actually
they were the deadliest variety of all.
the amanita phalloides, or dead cup.'
"The old saying is true that the
proof of the pudding is in the eating
and so the proof of mushrooms is In
the eating. If the eater survives thew
were mushrooms; if he dies, they were
toadstools. But we do not want to
make that dangerous test. 1t is best
TO have an expert go along to point
out the different species by practical
lessons in the field. By committing to
memory the distinguishing marks of a
few edible species and sticking alb
solutely TO them the mushroom picker
may be safe in his selection. Some of
the deadliest Of the poisonous varieties
are almost exact duplicates of the
edible ones, only an expert being able
to tell them apart. A common test is
to boil silver spoon with the mush-
room. If it turns black, indicating the
presence Of sulphur, the mushrooms
ara supposed to be bad However a
fresh egg will turn silver spoon black
with its sulphur, SO that test does not
hold good. AS for the peeling test, the
edible ones are supposed to hold to-
gether, while the poisonous ones are
brittle when the skin is pulled off, but
this does not always hold good.
THE common mushroom of COM
MERGE, known as the meadow mush-
room, is pink-guled (under surface OF
caD) when young, changing to a
brOWnish purple, and is almost never
found in the woods, being most plenti-
full in grassy pastures. 1t has a per-
fectly smooth base, which appears to
come directly out of the ground, and is
free from any suggestion of a cup or
wrapper, or even bulb-like enlarge
ment.
The death cup variety, has cap
often of a shiny white, but may vary
from dull yellow to olive, and when
wet is more Shiny than the meadow
mushroom. The gills and stalks are
white, the stalk being hollow or filled
with a cottOnOus thread. The base of
the stalk is bulbinous and wrapped
with a sack-like L-embrane called vol9,
which at the upper part is frequently
reduced to a membranOus ring. AS
the death cur IS underground and
hence may easily escape the notice by
careless gatherers, this variety should
be especially guarded against
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
STRENUOUS LIFE OF A SENATOR.

A day in the life of a senator at the
close Of a session certainly approaches
the strenuous" | was at the home CT
a prominent senator at $50 a. m, and
there were over 80 callers ahead Of me.
At his committee room were more call
ers, and mass Of matters to be acted
Upon at II a. m. He had speech to
make that day, important bills to
watch, running debate to attend to; he
was called out to the marble room to
greet and listen pensively to over a
score of persons. After an hour for
dinner at p. m, callers again
streamed upon him until 11:30 p. m,
and then he called his secretary to
answer a large accumulation Of CORE
spondence. How long he sleeps no one
UNCONSTITUTIONAL Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

peais. In a recent decision that court
LOOK occasion to say: 1T is a matter
OF common knowledge that dogs, and
indeed ali wild animals, are especially
irritable when eating, and that any in
reference with them at this time ia
attended with more or less danger Of
reclamation on their part, and to have
attempted to take away from the dog
the meat which he was eating, or to
have otherwise leased or ANNOYED him
at that time, IS such evidence of CON-
tributory negligence as authorized the
submission OF this question to the
jury. New York Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
JUDGES WHO SPECULATE.

There is no law, even in New York,
says the Philadelphia Record, which
compeIs a man to accept a judicial
office. When lawyer is making a
larger income from his practice than
a judges salary, or when he considers
the salary too small to maintain the
style of living which he thinks is nee
essary for judge, there are many
others he can induce to put on the
ermine while he continues to roll up
wealth before the bar. It is shocking
to hear Justice Barrett of the New
York supreme court declare that it is
proper and necessary for judges to
speculate in stocks N order to meet
living expenses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

The watermelon season may now be
said TO be fully on, and ere long the
TRANSPORTATION of the small boy will
be complete. He may soon be in his
glory, with his face hidden in the
luscious works of a mammoth
melon. They are coming now in car
load lots, and as every car holds about
a thousand melons some idea may be
gained of the quantity consumed in the
city.
Melon growing on the warm. sandy
soil OF the sunny south is an important
industry. One may there see melon
helds OF five, ten, twenty and even
forty acres in extent, with fruit of the
largest size, ranging in weight from
forty to sixty pounds each, and grow
ing 50 close together that one can al
most walk across the field stepping
from melon to melon. The melon
fields of Dixie are a sight indeed at
this season of the year, quite unlike
tde melon patch one occasionally meets
with in some out of the way corner
on northern farms. A good water
melon yield in the south will give
about carload to the acre, and if the
season has been good and The crop
comes on early the grower may realize
as much as 5000 or $3.50 per car for
his product. If his crop is late he may
get half or less than half that amount.
Watermelons, until a few years ago,
were exclusively an American product.
France and Germany now raise a few,
but to most people in the old coun-
tries the watermelon taste is an ac-
CURED one, and they try them much
as we first did the banana, either to
relish or detest them. Although re-
garded as an American fruit, the mel
Ons originally came from the wild
tropics of Africa Perhaps that is the
reason why negroes love them so, and
come naturally by their appetite for
''wat'rmal'n' since it is their native
fruit. 1t is too early in the season
for the price of melons to be in the
reach of many Of the colored folk, but
that does not stop them from asking
ulICII, WHICH, ID SOIIl0 CUuSOldLlOQ
to them.
The dealers know, when they see a
darkey rivet his eyes on a melon.
show his white teeth, smack his lips
and jingle some pennies in his pocket,
that he is dreaming Of the time a few
weeks hence when they will be a
nickel filing" That does not deter
the son of the sunny south from CIV
ing his private opinion of it. He
would not wrestle about the price if
he had enough coin.
Muscatine, Iowa, is noted for its
melon growth, as Kalamazoo, Michi-
gan, is for celery, and Riverside, Call
fOrnia, for oranges. This section of
Iowa produces the largest and most de-
licious specimens of this fruit. The
cry, sandy soil is peculiarly suited to
their production. The melon harvest
in Iowa does not begin until late in
the summer, and northerners are now
eating the Texas and Georgia crops.
The harvest in the extreme south is
already almost completed and we will
soon have to look to Missouri and Ten
nessee for them, though the melons
from those states have not such a de-
llclOuS flavor. The white ones are not
freaks of nature as many persons be-
lieve. They are equally as good as the
red ones, but far from being as sale
able, for sight has much to do
the palate's enjoyment, and purchasers
want the beautiful red color.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
FOR THE SAKE OF KILLING.

Competent judges have estimated
the number Of deer slain by sportsmen
in Maine in one season to be 10000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
CHAPTER Xiv.
A Dying Mans Request.

They met once more-the two who
had parted in such sorrow and pain.
Ethel happened to be with Lady Leigh
ton when the visitor arrived; she could
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

For a finger nail to reach it's full
length, al average Of seven-twelfths OF
an inch, from 121 to 1873 days Of growth
are necessary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
FORTY FEET OF SAND.

1t is supposed that the average depth
Of sand in the deserts in Africa is
from thirty TO forty feet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
iDE WATERMELON
No" ON AND FRUIT WILL SOON
BE PLENTIFUL.
GREAT SOUTHERN CROP

Grows to Perfection in Warm. Sandy
Soil Of Gull States-Large Shin
ments Also Come From Tennessee,
Missouri and Iowa-Fruit Originally
Came From Central Africa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

China gave notice that the ENJOYS
will be killed if the allies march to
Pekin.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29
OFFICIAL REGISTER

OFFICIAL REGISTER
State Of Nevada
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
US. Senators
J...P. Jones, VIM. Stewart
Congressman
Francis G. Newlands.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Supreme Court
M. S. Bonnifield, Chief Justice
W. A. Massey, Associate. Justice
C. II. Beiknay, Associate Justice
w. D Jones, Attorney General
Eugene Howell, Clerk Sup. Court
DISTRICT JUDGES
G.. f. Mack. First Judicial District
B. F. Carrier. Second Judicial District
A. L. Fitzgerald, Third Judicial District
". dl'F't, TVuAtA CuNlStoA DlStAANo
S. J. Bonnfie.d. Jr. Fifth Judicial District
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
ReinhOIa --GOvernor
w. r. Davis Governors Private Secretary
J. X. Judge -----Lieutenant Governor
Eugene Iin"e,! Secretary Of State
Arthur Morris, Deputy Secretary Of State
Sam p. Controller
Jonathan iia,;e, Deputy State Controller
D. w. Ryar------- Treasurer
F. l.. Wilt!"s. Deputy State Treasurer
E. d. keijey ------Surveyor General
NJ. D. Notewsre. Deputy Surveyor Gent
Orvis Ring. Superintendent Pub. 1nst'rt
Andrew Msute, Supt. of State Printing
W. Z. Macs.ey---------- Foreman
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29
FACTS ABOUT GLASS.

Attention was recently called to the
proposed use Of glass brick in building.
The most ancient glass has necessari-
ly the same component parts as that
Of to-day and the processes used seem
to have been similar in all times.
From England comes the suggestion
that glass would be better and more
lasting material than stone for making
monuments which are exposed to the
wearing action of the weather.
Itisnow said that the government of
Switzerland has approved the use of
glass for making weights to be en-
ployed with balance scales. A pecul-
iarly tough kind Of glass is to be Sc
lecteG ,or that purpose.
A change from old methods is that
of fashioning glass by machine pressure
instead of molding by blowing. In the
pressed glass the articles are either
made by hand or machine pressure, and
this innovation has done much toward
making glass articles much cheaper
than formerly.
No industry except that of cloth
manufacture has contributed SO much
! to the comfort and advancement o
man as that of glassmaking, which il
one of the oldest of technical industries
It's earliest home was Egypt. The Brit
ish museum has lions head of glas
bearing hieroglyphics fixing the dat
at 2,4OO wears before Christ.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29
Delinquent Taxes and Delin-
quent Tax Notice

To the following named persons and |
all owners or claimants to the r~-n0nal |
property and real estate, and lie I'm |
provements thereon. or improvements
when assessed separately, hereinafter de-
scribed, known or unknown:
Mrs \ Slade and the following de-
scribed property: The W 69s feet of lots
: and 10, S T & S Div. dwelling, $3.50. The
$ hf Of lot 5. the 10 # of lot and n IL #
of lot I. blk 25, S T 4 S Div. tin shop, $500
| The e 10 # of lot and " III 1t Of lot 2, blk
| 6. H 4 P's Div, adobe dwelling, $500 Lots
| and 4, blk A, S T & Div, dwelling. 800
Total value $3.50.
Second installment tax SIS 05; 10 per cent
delinquency 81 Os.; cost of adv s.; to-
tai 49, sol.
G w Cagwin and the following de-
scribed property: The lots 5, s, IL and u,
blk I, Chedic Div, dwelling $500; furni
ture $3.50; watches and jewelry $50; total
value $1,000. Second installment tax ST.;
10 per cent delinquency 81 20; cost Of adv
81. Total $40 20.
Mrs F Leake and tho following de-
scribed property: Lots 7 and 8, blk 8,
Chedic's Div, dwelling, $3.50: the Q hf Of
blk 9, Chedic's Div. vacant, SO; furniture
so; piano $50; total value $3.50. Second
installment tax IS 81; 10 per cent delin-
quency 69I cents; cost Of advertising 81.
Total % 661. a. .
You, and each Of you, are hereby mott
fed that the tax upon your property for
TIE year 1899, second installment, is
now delinquent and you are further mott
fed that unless said taxes are paid on OF
before tho third Monday in July, 1890
: (towit: July Is, 1900, your property
Y will be sold at the Court House door, il
carson City, Ormsby county, State O.
Nevada, at 2 o'clock p. m. of said day, t.
pay said taxes, together with the ten 40
q per cent delinquency and the cost of ad
e vertising, and you are further notifie<
y that such sale will be subject to redemp
% ton within six months after the 1date>o
sale, by payment Of all isaid. sums to
gethsr with three (s) per Gent per montl
y thereon from the date Of sale until paid
I: GEO. w. CowINa,
le County Treasurer and ex -Officio Tax
,. Receiver of Ormsby County, New.
10 Office of the County Recorder and
IA ex-Officio Auditor of Ormsby
vi County, Nevada.
IL Carson City, June IL, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the foregt
~ ing list contains the names of all delil
e. quent tax payers, a description Of tt
at property upon which the taxes are d
Pc, linauent, together with the amount
he taxes due upon said property, as show
nd by the delinquent tax list for the ye
es 1899, as returned to this Office by Il
t Is County Treasurer and ex-Of1cio Tax r
lat ceiver Of Ormsby County, State of N
lee vada, and is q true copy Of said deli
oy quent tax list now unpaid.
u" J. \. WALL,
County Recorder and ex-Officio Aud
itor Of Ormsby County, State 0
Nevada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29
HOW Is YUUR WIFE?

Hss SIZE est her bsautyf II %, Constitution.
Indigestion, Sick Headache are the princir,
canes. Karfs Clover Roe1 IA has cured Thee III
refunded IL results atN not 2etiifxrtcrY
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29

Total 81
The several Silver Party County Cen
trail Committees will call Primary
Election OF the people on
Saturday,
The 2sth day Of July, A. D. 1900, for the
purpose of electing delegates to the said
convention in accordance with the above
basis of representation, the Primary
Election to be carried out in compliance
with the laws of this State.
+ Test:
The following test vas unanimously
adopted and will be required of all voters
at the ensuing Primary Election to-wit:
II will support the nominees of the
Silver Party Convention, and | will not
Vice President of the United States " no
does not stand on free coinage platform
at the ratio Of Ii to L. ~
mously adopted:
REsoLvED:-That this Comm ttee di-
rect the County Central Committees OF
the Silver Partv in tho several counties
of the State to ca a primary election al
the time designated by this committee
and to district counties, apOrtiOn dele.
gates to the State Convention among the
districts of their respective counties and
supervise the election of such delegates
and fill vacancies, and that in counties
having NO Regularly Organized County
Central Committees we recommend tina
members of the State Central Committee
in such counties be. and are hereb!
authorized to call primary elections ant
to supervise the election of such dele
gates and fill vacancies
NJ. SCHEELINE, Chairman.
n. W.RoPF Secretary
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29
SILVER PARTY Pan STATE
C0NIENTIOt.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE STATE CENTRAL
CoMMIrTEK OF THE SILVER PARTY.
RENO, NEVADA, JUNE Is, 1900.
AT. A MEETING OF THE STATE
Central COMMITTEES Of the Silver Party
Of Nevada, held at Reno, Nevada, on
April IL, 1900, the following resolution
was adopted: aa
Resolved, That the communication of
the Democratic State Central Committee
in regard to fusion, is met with favor by
this body. and that q Committee be sp-
pointed to confer with = like Committee
from that body to arrange that both con-
ventions meet at the same town and
time, and that the final question of
fusion be left with the conventions.
In compliance with the above reso-
luton, the acting chairman of State Cen
trail Committee appointed such commit
tee, and in due time the following report
was filed:
! To the Chairman and Secretary of the
SiIrer Porty State Central Cnmmittee:-
| We, your Committee on Conference beg
leave to report as follows:
! We met like committee from the
State Central Committee Of the Demo
cratic party, and have agreed with the
! said committees that the
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29

NOTICE
At the regular meeting Of the State
Board of Examiners held June 9TH, 1898
the following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED. That the Board of Exam
liners shall meet on the third day of every
month, fer the purpose of allowing
claims against the State, and all claims
not in the Office of the Secretary of State
on or before the third day in each month
shall not be considered or allowed by the
Loard until the next meeting which will
be on the third Tuesday Of each month
REINHOLp SADLER
EUGENE HOWELL
JAMES r. Judge
Board Of Examiners.
Attest:
ARTHUR NORRIS.
Clerk.
Carson City. Nevada. June I, 1898.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29
STATE INSTITUTIONS

!. O. Henderson. Warden State Prison
Jos. Z. Stul.b-, President State University
DR.. Patterson. Supt. Hosp Mental Discs
Jos Joseph. Supt.. of Orphans Home
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29
20 \rD OF PARDON

30 tfsD OF PARDON
Reinhotd Stider, Governor; NJ. s. Bonni-
field, Gu ief Justice of Supreme Court;
WA. Massey, Associate Justice of SUI
preme Court; c. H. Belknap, Associate
Justice OF Supreme Court; w. u. Jones,
torney General.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29

We further report that the day for the
holding Of primaries for the election OF
delegates to the said Silver Party State
Convention be, and the same is hereby
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-31
Notes ana PersonaIs.

p. II. Goodwin general freight agent
of the Santa Fe, spent yesterday In the
city.
G. NJ. Winstesd. travelling freight agen,
of the Cotton Belt, is back from a tril
over the rosd.
J. d. Bone, commercial agent CT the
Cotton Belt left yesterday for Austin,
where he will attend the commission
hearing.
"A. D. Shepherd, general freight agent
Of the Southern Pacific. Headquarters In
SAN Francisco, passed through Houston
yesterday.
Leroy Trice general manager OF the
International and Great Northern aud
A. l.. Bowers. general superintendent
were in the city yesterday.
R. e. George and w. A. Reinhardt. trav-
cling passenger agents OF the Southern
Pacifc' were in town yesterday. They
both report travel good on the Sunset
Central lines.
Mr. l.. J. Parks, general passenger agsnl
OF the Southern Pacific. left also for Da-
ton Rouge 10 be present when the Louis
lana commission will take up some pas
eenger matters.
w. H. Taylor left yesterday for Baton
Rouge. La. to attend a commission hear
ing for the purpose OF adjusting cotton
rates, in which the Houston East anu
West Texas is Interested