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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-23
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WINNEMUCCA STATION, Aug u, 1902.
Conditions of weather for the "a hours ending
SIN, 10Th meridian time or 500 Pm. local
time.
Mean barometer, 29.s8
Maximum temperature, 81 degrees.
Minimum temperature. 4S above zero.
Mean temperature, 6S degrees.
Normal temperature, 20 degrees.
Prevailing wind-direction N.
Precipitation for "a hours T. inches.
Min. temperature, Aug 2 81 above zero.
&c. HAYDEN.
Observer Weather Bureau.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair ~tonightand Sunday.
McADIE.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-23

The Republican campaign book does
not feature the terrible assault the adj
ministration made upon the beef trust.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-23
WINDLE & BRACKET.
LESSEES.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
once: Corner Bridge and Fourth Streets
~suBsCRIPTIoN RATES:

SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One year, by mail So 00
Six months, by mai. 3 Do
Three months, by mail 30
BY carrier in W~innemucca, per week ...... Is
Address all business correspondence and com
munications to The silver State, Winnem u cca
Nevada"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-23

The Roosevelt trust busting Is all done
I'm the advance notices.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-23

PosToFFlCE ADDREss-Paradise Valley, Ne,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-23

The man who said that Language is
given US to conceal our thoughts" may
have had the Republican campaign text
book in his mind.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
A Bulldogs Strength.

"a bulldogs strength" said a young
athlete, 'is the greatest thing in the
world. / was up at the Pythian Ath.
letic Club the other night, and there
was in the gymnasium a white bull,
dog named Lew. Lew was muzzled,
and they were heaving a twelve
pound medicine ball at him hard
enough to stun an average man, but
he would just roll over and over from
the blow. and then jump up, perfectly
fresh, and ace after the ball as hard
as he could tear. He would knock
headforemost into posts and pillars;
you would think he's break his skull;
but those crashes feazed him no more
than the pat of a woman's hand. They
took his muzzle off finally and rolled
q fifty-pound dumbbell at him. He
took the dumbbell in his mouth and
nobody could catch him. He rushed
about, circling and lodging, as though
he carried nothing, but you could see
the muscles standing out all over his
beautiful, white, hard body. He only
weighs fifty-three pounds.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
Fire Signals.

AT q meeting of hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. 1, held on July 9,
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and @ Code OF Signals was
adopted in order to facilitate tho loca-
ton of fires In the future. The town
was divided as follows:
District No. ALI that portion OF
swn bounded north by Bellevue
street. west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-All that portion Of
town bounded by Bellevue street OF
the south, Union street on the west,
and corporation limo on the north and
eat.
District No. 3-The portion Of town
lying west Of Union street, and south
of Bellevue street, with the corpora
ton line as the south and w,st boun.
dairy.
District No. 4-TAe portion Of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, north and west by COZ
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
TO indicate the district in which the
fire is located, followed by q rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen.
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 3, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
id alarm, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
SOWING WITH CANNON.
How a High, Rocky crag Became a
Thing of Beauty.

! thiH0 OF Beauty.
Near Blair Castle stands a high,
rocky crag named C~raiglebarns, which
for a long time looked grim and bare
in the midst of beauty. and its owner
thought how much prettier it would
look il only trees, shrubs, ETC., could
be planted in its hooks and crannies.
1t was considered impossible for any
! one to scale its steep and dangerous
activities, and no other way was
thought of to get seed sown.
One day Alexander Nasmyth, father
of the celebrated engineer, paid a visit
to the grounds. The crag was pointed
out to him, and, after some thought, he
hit upon q scheme. In passing the
castle he noticed two old cannon. He
| got a few small tin canisters made to
fit the bore of the cannon and filed
them with a variety of tree, shrub and
grass seed. The cannon was loaded
in the usual way and fred at the rock
from all sides.
The little canisters, on striking the
lock burst, scattering the Sc ,cs in al!
directions. Many seeds were lost, but
many mor fell among the Lodges or
cracks where there was a little moss
or earth. They soon showed signs of
life, and in a few years graceful trees
and pretty climbing plants, all sown
by gunpowder, were growing and -four
ishing In nearly every recess of the
formerly bare gray crag, clothing 1t
with verdant beauty.
At The present time the formerly un-
slightly rock Is ore of the chief beau
ties of the estate, and the story of it's
transformation Is always related to
the visitor, and eve fails to arouse
interest. The novel system of sowing
might well be followed in many parts
Of the country, and doubtless 1t will
be when the facts are better known
among gardeners. For lesser heights
y catapult would serve as well as a
cannon for throwing the packets of
seed.-London Daily Mail.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
ANIMAL ~cLEVERNESS.
Learning What Is Best for Them In
the Struggle of Life.

1IC SbINSSiS VI 1h<s
animals show great aptitude In
learning things that are of peculiar In
| terest to them in the struggle for ex'
/ istence,' said a gentleman from one OF
the nearby parishes, land have been
| very much amused at times at the lit
! tie things they do in an effort to com
/ fort themselves and to make LIES bur:
+ den as light as possible. They are very
| astute at times. We have an old bay
horse which is an expert when 1t
/ comes to slipping the bride, and even
since we have discovered his peculiar
trick, 1t is almost impossible to keep
him hitched on account of the prot1cl-
ency he has acquired by long practice.
He Is one of the best-natured horses
I v e saw, and it is the easiest thing
In the world to catch him. Really, he
will meet you half way in the pasture
If he believes you are coming after
him. He probably does this because
he delights in slipping the bride and
getting away from you and probably
causing you to walk several miles after
sunset. For a long time 1 could not
understand the ease with which he
would slip his bride and get away.
"I was always extremely careful
about the throat latch and would buc'
kle it up sQ6bSght it would seem almost
cruelty tss&nima1s TO force It any furth.
er. q spite of this precaution. In a
short While after the horse was hitched
Pc would slip the bride, leave 1t dang
ling from the post and gallop playfully
down the road. Frequently I would
have to walk miles in order to get
back home.
81 finally concluded to make a closer
study of the fellow in order to find out
just how it was he could slip his head
through a throat latch that had been
buckled so tightly under his neck. I
learned how it was. He had a way of
swelling the muscles of his throat and
neck until there was probably a differ.
ence of several inches at the point
where the throat latch circled his neck
near the head. He would keep his
throat in this abnormal condition until
he was nitched and the rider was out
of sight. Then he would relax the
muscles, rub his head against the post
until the top of the bride slipped over
his ears, and then. because Of the lax,
ity of the throat latch, it was an easy
for him to pull his head through
the frame of the bride and skip out.
"In spite of the discovery, the old
bay still slips the bride, and suppose
he always will. He seems to enjoy i
more than anything else in the world.
and I never punish him for 1t now, as
this is really the only fault he has.
But it is very trying to a fellows pa
tience when a fellow Is forced to
splash through the mud for several
and after dark, at that.'-New
Orleans Picayune.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
OPELOUsAs,

The value Of o Newspaper 90 On
advertising medium consists H.
Rts circulation.
When you can secure the com.
,bined circulation OF two papera
for the price Of one, it lie money
saved!
1.-THE St. Landry Democrat "
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with The Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have net been increased
while the price of Subscription
has been reduced to 81 q year. :
TILE COURIER being By odds
the best paper in the empire Par
sh OF St. Landry 10 therefore tha
aheasaas9
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
Big Trees in the Philippines.

An idea CT the size of the trees in
the Philippines is obtainable from the
dimensions of Gov. Taft's formidable
the top of which is a solid section of q
native tree eight feet in diameter.
Throughout the islands frequently
sees in the better class of houses din.
ing tables that are seven, eight and
nine feet wide, the tops in every case
being made of a single section. These
are not SO large as the Southern Cali
1ornie table tops, but they viii do.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The treasury department at Wash
ington recently received a letter from
Great Grimsby, England. II con
tanned . $50 Confederate note, and IL
rather pompous language demanded
that Its equivalent in gold be forward
ed at once to the address given
Treasury officials say that the Incl
dent was not an uncommon one. AL
though the Civil War closed So year,
ago, Confederate notes and bonds arr
received two and three times a week
Nearly all of them come from England
where the bonds were sold. Few
people In the United States are In,
weighed into purchasing or giving val
ne for the Confederate obligations
Some of the EngIishmen who have
been notified that the bonds and notes
are worthless have grown indignant
and replied to the department that
they proposed to take action looking
TO tho creation of an international In.
cident unless the paper is redeemed.
&M#4@ 8H&& SN&H&5&F 4@aH4& ~~~a@s-
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
"DAiNTY Dishes"

We don't get anything to eat to our house The grocery bills Albumin now-[ tell
In more you It's sin,
There's never any solid dish comes through We got to buy the dainty stuff an things
the open door, TO cook tip
For ma and all the girls work like they I'm blamed if III call bean soup any "con,
vas machnes- summary d beuns!' r.
A-makfn' dainty dishes" from tn fashion But its in dainty dishes" in tho fashion
magazines NJ magazines
They give us dabso O. this IN that with I want q stenk-I want 1t quick
name we cant pronounce, hungry aa hoss-
With spEs O. stuff around them ALL. lust I want it, with thick crsyy-no new tangled
like a little hounce. kind o "sauce"
A stall or W O. spinuage takes the place An listen kerfui an vonuk know inst yhat
O" messo green's the OF ma means
We're ean dainty dishes" 'front.' the ash I want 10 dainty dishes" ron the fashion
ion magazines magalnesi
Boston Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The Indianapolis News suspects that
"many people read with unholy joy
OF the man who stopped a street car
that was flying past him by smashing
q window. He was doubtless some one
who more than once had been left at
q crossing when he was DESTROYS OF
meeting an engagement or making a
tain. because the motorman was try
ing to make up time. OF course, we
cannot approve Of the mans action nor
advise other men to smash windows.
But every a who has been left in
the rain Or the sleet by cars that re-
fuse to stop-and who has not had that
experience7-can hardly fail to rejoice
tnat some fellow-sufferer has had the
courage or evaporation to do soule-
thing more than use strong language
ar 70 wEite to the company"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

When Benjamin Franklin pro.
posed the scheme of starting a news.
paper, his friends dissuaded him. say.
ing there was already one paper pub.
lished in Boston, and that the country
would not support another. Today
there are 20.S79 publications OF which
215S are dailies, 1897 are weeklies,
2791 are monthlies, and IT'S quarter.
lies. Canada has a total Of $50 pub
locations.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
Town Residences For Sale

In q desirable neighborhood in Ope.
~lousas, with an entire square of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnoliss,
cedars, pecans, etc., about 8 squares
from the Courthouse, 8 squares from
High School, 2 squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House is two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
irrplaces, out buildings, etc., all un-
der good fence. Will be sold chesp for
cash, OF part cash and balance on time
to sait. Apply ct this ONCE IT
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

In trade the pennies Of the many
count for as much as the dollars OF the
few. This is strikingly illustrated In
the business done by the street fruit
stands. Light on the profits OF these
stands is shown by the offer Of q Chi
cago man to pay the city 1920 q year
for 10 years for the exclusive privilege
of selling fruit on the IL elevated-road
stations down town. That is $3.50 q
year for each stand, or more than 81
per day. The bidder may only estab.
LISP n fruit stand, but no others can
have stands at the remaining STAIR
cases. But for one or IL he liz willing
to pay $4,000 for 10 years. Tenants
OF ground floors often charge from $50
to 500 a month, it is said, for the privi-
lege Of establishing an outside fruit
stand.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

A Chicago man has invented a cot.
ten gin which is enid to rive Hi Whit.
ney's invention cards and spades, in
that 1t does not injure the fibre. It is
calculated that cotton ginned by the
new process will be worth from q
cent to a cent and a half a pound more
than that which is separated in the
old form of gin.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

1t Is again discovered that the
Sultan's empire Is crumbing and its
days numbered. But a sick man
sometimes survives his doctors. A
good many theories about the Turk
have gone up in the smoke Of his
hookah.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
Pictorial Diaforttons.

$50 you are not in favor of sup
pressing the caricaturists?' /.
Certainly not" answered the en-
inent statesman. What's the use of
suppressing the caricaturists 80 long
as you can't do anything with the
amateur photographers ?"-Washington
Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The eastern states produce more to
the acre than the far western states.
Massachusetts,, with her stony soil,
produces more corn per acre, in pro-
portion to area cultivated, than any
other state.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

In declining to purchase horses with
"docked" tails for his own use, Presi-
dent Roosevelt sets a fine example in
the interest of humanity and of good
taste,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Kansas has a compulsory school law,
but the. State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction asserts that of the AGO.
900 children of school age in the State
10000 do not attend school
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

1t is proposed to connect the Black
asd Caspian a by a canal navigable
for Moderate draft ships. It will ex-
tend from Taganrog, on the Sea Of
Azov, to Astrakhan, on the Caspian,
by way Of the volga. 1t will be $50
miles long, "a feet wide and % feet
deep. 1t will be supplied with water
from the mountain streams Terek and
Kuban. The surplus water will be
utilized for irrigation and the genera
ton of electric power.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The opening Of a trolley line from
Chicago to Joliet. a distance of 81
miles. has had the effect of reducing
passenger fares between the two places
one-half. The controlling influence in
the future rating of railroad passenger
fares seems to lie in the extension of
the electric railroad systems. which are
more popular with most travellers than
the steam roads, although a little
slower in some cases Most people are
willing to sacrifice q little time to save
expense.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

OF TIM
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

OPELOUsAH, LA.
Under the Direction Of the Sisters xazlasssa
OF Holy Cross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring o thorough christian o.
uoation. Constant attention is paid 70
home and social culture. Lessons arc
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also Asve
charge of the boys school. The course
Of instruction in two fold-PrsparasoE!
and Commercial. French Is taughs N
the two courses. For particulars, o.
aress SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
FOR SALE.

A house and lot in the town Of
Washington. La, in the square bound.
ed by Carriere, Wilkins, Ewes and
Dupre. Frame building made OF
choice Cypress, ceiled inside, weather.
boarded outside, 20x3O feet. Will be
sold cheap for cash, or part cash and
balance on time to suit. For particu.
lars apply at the Courier Office, Ope-
La. If
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Expositions are becoming so nuhei'
Gus as to afford a constant means "
diversion for people who have af"hV'
sDt leisure. ~
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-17
A NEW moral DANGER.

Science ought never to be the hand
maiden Of insobriety, When a d.a4u-
eussued electrical engineer grayely in
torms his brothers OF the same craft
lha. strong drink is non-conductor
OF electricity, the temperance people
have a right to fee! shocked
1t would not be al All surprising now
if tbere should ba a marked increase
in h.oalosity in those communities
where live wires" are numerous and
regarded as a menace to human l.fe.
The wly brother VIII 30 oa aud
"a. .y iamseif vita many fiagous and
s4 his condition on the ground
that he was protecting himself against
cae s ,r,e light system Othars VIII
geaI tha wizard Netmore's weather in
81 The Citizen and waen q
Haas tarm s predicted Wilt fill
.hea w.H good rel booze 10
a>o.a BY lightning
Ia taa of tae tapler Jatoxjee-
aa auG tsalyeis U3ll 5s T
aNn as anonymous terms
is plainly The duty O .h pro-
0aa| philosopher and severe maraast
who a.lHoaayes WITH SO mu b ability
sha principles Of Prohibition in the
Arizona star 70 antagonlze the over
head electric wire system not only be
cause ii is dangerous to life, but be-
cause it is plainly an agent OF the
devil.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-17
The WIZARD IN BUSINESS.

Senator Beyeridge, Of Indiana. who
is youthful and overficwing with
speech. delivered an address a few
days ago at Chicago, The young Sena-
tor. who is hard anu fast imperialist
naturally might be expected to uphold
the policy Of the administration, and
he did SO with all the yirility of his
resourceful vocabulary. After he had
proved to the satisfaction of mis- hear
ers that Roosevelt was the greatest and
wisest statesman of this or any other
age, he proceeded to compare condl-
tions a century ago and since, up to
the present time, taking occasion to
re-affirm the Republican doctrine that
trusts and combinations are more or
less the Inevitable products of lne
times.
Laying special stress on the state
ment that this country is hardly out
of its swaddling clothes, the Senator
told his hearers how essentially bene-
fetal he thinks combinations are,
especially when the strong and the
weak are mutually carried along on
the principle o. wider markets and a
reduction OF the cost or production. No
one Will doubt that this is the theory
Of trust promoters but 1t Is rather odd
that the Senator from Indiana should
have clothed so threadbare a doctrine
in glamOr of words to make it appear
that the public enjoyed any material
,, II fit from these consultations. The
trusts cannot be confused with lnStl,u-
tons whose aims are charitable. In re-
ducing the cost of production they re-
duce the productive force. This re-
duction mean idleness for a greater
or less time for operatives.
1t is true that once in a
while trusts keep all their cs-
adjustments at work, put IL one
time for operatives. 1t is true that
once in wnlle trusts keep all their
establishments at work, but if one
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-17
THb SACRED BALLOT BOX.

There is uo feature of improved
election laws more important thon the
seer ballot There is nc more con-
venient device Ior promoting fraud in
c..etons ,ban decisions Of courts
which declare The secrecy OF the ballot
box inviolablc under any and all cir
cnmstances. The secret ballot gives
every voting citizen an opportunity 70
exercise his own Judgment or prefer
cucc as to parties and candidates M
influenced ~ intimidation. threats Of
discharge. or any considerations but
his own free Will. But il d ballot box
stuffed with fraudulent votes is TO be
treated as a thing too sacred for courts
to investigate, all that a party has to
30 To win elections is to put its raseals
in charge ol the balot boxes and give
them HINT as to how much stQffinG
is required 10 put the minority on top,
30 friend of honest elections can
present a valid objection to the secret
ballot. It's adoption has been resisted
by innu. noes that Ito not make for
purity tn politics or honesty in govern
lnout. No consistent friend OF ballot
reforms over has objected Or eser VIII
object To a Jud al opening of a ballot
box whenever there IS gooj ground for
the belief taat IT contains evidence Of
5IaaE.
just now tlerc Is au i@sa oG this
kind at Denver 1t seems 70 r. very
K uera1y ayaepad taat sheeo wa, fraud
at Is recent eletaa tha. tha ha'Io.
hos wrre sWa.3. and majority Of
The 4yatsd. HHl a.. p1ts are
holaa 1t yhe aaI.ol 1oV-the de-
.let ta Ioz ta5 5 o D.
cpsua. Taj Hsml I s no
home tha .a gaa interest @.
justice. tg. ls" .a-H p.a aad nE-
auaue au aae ua pariaa
ta.a Ea a9 ua a.s o.ar.el
al tle tma. $50 et@te 80 sa-
o har la ntes =. taa paa-
l fIa lass @at authorize "a eorpor-
a-.or 10 ag. "a railroad os it. Au&
x-- courts aHe tho ia Den
~ which declare thai taesaarecy Of
a ballot BOX m0-t not BE avadcd. no
~mat,a. how strong the eoa.t zion that
il shelters a l!aad by which tae major
ity has been pat uuder tie minority
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-17
RBOUT GAME PRESERVES.

The attention OF all persons who de-
sire the preservation OF some OF the
wild animals of this country is called
to the tact that Congressman Lacey, of
Iowa, has introduced a bill foe the
conversion of all forest reserves in the
western states and territories into
game preserves, to be governel prac
tically as Yellowstone park IS now
governed. These are moi, like the
same pre- iclves OF Europe, places
where 4 privileged few can hunt. but
refugees where the animals can breed
aud multiply in safety. and reple?jsh
thc surrounding countJJ.
The President of the League of Amer
lean Sportsmen has sent out letters
urging the members OF the league and
al Cner2 interested to write to soma
tors and representatives and delegates
IN behalf OF this meaarra. He points
OUT the great need OF favorable action
on the bill. The homes Of many of
OuI LobitSl " llu dHiIidiS are III lub
high mountain ranges, portions jf
which are included IN the forest re-
serves, and every good sportsman
knows how relentlessly these wild ami
mails have been pursued and slaughter
ed during The past twenty years by
skin hunters and eastern and foreign
paryenues, anxious to make reputa-
tions as expert slaughterers. Unless
every possible protection 5 thrown
around the remnant of these wild ami
mails the present generation will see
the total determination of the elk, the
mule deer, the Rocky Mountain sheep
and the antelope. On the other hand
ii a dozen great national game pre-
serves can be created in the Rocky
Mountains and the Cascades, as pro-
posed in Mr.. Lacey's bill these noble
animals may be preserved for all time
to come. These great game preserves
would become refugees and breeding
grounds for the game, and with a
few years 1t would become SO plenti-
fIl as TO overflow and populate the ad-
jacent ranges, just as the elk now