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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
STATE NEWS NOTES.

Tonopah Is to have an ice plant.
Wells-Fargo & Company has established
an express Office in Tonopah.
freeman, the man who escaped from the
Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases. is
a very wary individual. He effected his
escape by saving through a strong lock
that fastened his window grating. then
tore his bedclothing in strips and lowered
himself from the second story to the
ground.-Reno Journal.
The body of Charles Wilson was found
on Big creek, Lander county, last Mon
day. The Austin Reveille says that de-
ceased left Austin about March 1st for
Smoky valley to get a lot of traps he had
belonging to him on one of the ranches
there. He lac a small saddle mare and
the supposition is that he undertook to
cross the range of mountains, the snow
being so deep he couldn't get the animal
through.
Prof. Smith and a party Of three stu
dents arrived the first of the week from
Stanford University. They are hunting
fossils out at Muttleberry Springs, and
will also take in the ave at Star Peak.
Prof. Smith holds the chair of geology at
Stanford. The party leaves Wednesday for
Mill City. They will view the lime for
nation in the Humboldt range from Star
Peak to the southern end, a distance of
about thirty miles.-Lovelock Tribune.
The criminal libel suit prosecuted by
John O'Toole against E. j. Hummel was
tried before Magistrate Clay Peters on
Monday, and the defendant was found not
guilty and discharged. The Court found
from the evidence that the publication
signed by E. j. Hummel was made with
good motives; tina Hummel was justified
in writing said article by reason of the
publication of the article by O'Toole, and
that the statements charged against Hum.
mel as libelous were proven to be true,
therefore the Court was compelled to dis
charge the defendant.-Tonopah Bonanza.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
NEVADA POLITICS.
Well.known White Pine Democrat States His
Views.

p. c. Weber, known throughout the
West as the BOSS Tweed, OF Nevada
Is at the Kenyon for a few days and talks
entertainingly of the political situation
In his State, says the Salt Lake Tribune.
Mr.. Weber has ATTENDED the last three
Democratic national conventions as a del
egate from Nevada and the statement
that he is now for David Bennett Hill
of New York as the next Democratic
tanda bearer is the one that will be
of the deepest interest to the Democrats
of this section.
Yes" he said, Il am for David B.
Hill. l don't know how the other DEM
ocrats of Nevada feel about it, but If I
go to the next Democratic national con-
vention as a delegate. l shall be for Hill.
I was for Hill in 1892 but never got to
vote for him. 1 agreed to vote for Cor
ham on the first ballot If the balance of
the delegation would vote for Hill on the
second ballot. There never was but one
ballot"
"Newlands will be the next Senate
from Nevada IL the Democrats carry the
Legislature. Cleveland is notsin 1t at all.
and all the talk about him is hot air and
nothing else. Newlands is now a straight
out Democrat. If he is elected to the Sem
ate he will be succeeded in the House
by Billy WOODBURY., who served before
In Congress as a Republican, but who is
now a Democrat.
The Democrats and the Silver Republic
cans will fuse again In our State. Con-
ventions will be held by both parties Aug
ust 18th and the offices will be divided up
on an equitable basis / don't know who
the Republicans are booming for the Sem
ate or for any of the offices for that
matter; it is a little too early yet"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
Lawn Social This Evening.

Tee cream and cake and Strawberries
and cream will be served on the court
house lawn this evening for the purpose
Of raising funds for the M. e. Church.
The social is given by the friends or the
church, and as the cause is a good one IL
should be liberallv patronized. my2Std.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05

Mike Kennedy says that a great excite
ment was caused in 1865 by a dense vol
ume of smoke issuing from near the sum
nit of Mount Butler. just north of Mt.
Davidson and the news that 1t was caus-
ed by a vonlcanic eruption created general
alarm.
A resident of Gold Hill volunteered to
ascend the mountain for the purpose OF
ascertaining the source from whence the
smoke proceeded, and reported that 1t
came from the crater of a volcano.
During the night the daring investiga-
tor. who had an eye to thrift. assembled
the mountain again. taking with him a
large supply of whisky and other solids
and established a temporary saloon on
the mountain slope a short distance below
where the smoke from the supposed vol
cano issued.
The following day hundreds of people
assembled the mountain in small parties
and discovered thdt uN
from a tunnel in which the nan VINO hau
established the saloon near the place KEPT
a brush fire burning. As each party OF
citizens discovered they had been SOFA
thew were anxious that others should be-
come victims OF the hoax. and before the
true cause of the smoke on the mountain
peak became generally known, the perpe-
traitor of the practical joke had realized a
good stake from the sale OF hauiu ooNo
ages to dupes.-Virgina Report
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
Alex Castro Sem Up.

Al Austin Tuesday Alex Castro, VINO
pleaded guilty to the charge OF selling
whisky to an Indian, was sentenced to a
wear and a half In State prison. Castro is
well known here. where he has been con-
victed a number of times for petty Often
ses.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
humboldt Graduates.

Humboldt county's representatives. in the
graduation exercises of the State Univer-
sity this year were Miss Mamie M. Brad
shaw and SEYMOUR Case, both of Paradise
valley. The first named graduated from
the normal school and the latter from the
science section.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
BASQUE ON Trial.

The Basque ~sheepherder who killed a
Swiss named Leon at the Bailey ranch
near Battle Mountain, a short time 6 o
Is on trial for murder at Austin. James
+. Dennis of this place is the DEFENDANTS
attorney.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
Notice to Water Consumers.

Commencing May 18th water will be
shut off on Second and Third streets from
9 A.. M. to 2 p. M. each day. Consumers
will please take notice and govern them
selves accordingly.
w. L. AKIN.
Supt. w. w. & L. Co.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
Ice! Icel
decT.

.ce delivered in any quantity to all
parts of town. Special rates to families
by the month. Leave orders at the
Fashion stables. Telephone, main Sc.
my19tf. G. w. SUMMERFIELD.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05

Leave you orders for ice at Giroux sta
bles, Fl. j. Lorentzen, proprietor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
Dentistry.

DR.. w. s. Porter, dentist. Office II
Wolf residence on Bridge Street.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05

For the best of everything In the liv
cry business call at the Giroux stable,
HI. j. Lorentzen proprietor. decZf.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05

For a good livery rig, inquire of H.
Lorentzen at the Giroux stable.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05

Day or nlsnt first-class livery rigs ca
be secured at the Giroux stable.
decN.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
For Sale.
je4w1.

A baby buggy in good condition. APP
ply at this office.
ie4w1.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
Ice, Ice! Ice!

Best In town-Giroux stables. II. J.
Lorentzen. proprietor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-05
w. G. DwYER.
CHRIS WOLF,
w. NJ. PIGGOTT.
Committee.
when Mount ButIer was a volcano.

Wlnnemucca, New, June 3, 1902.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
A Beggar Who Advertises.

New York has a beggar who believes
In advertising, and his success with q
peculiar scheme proves that people
like a degree of sturdiness, even in beg
gars-that they will give attention and
patronage to almost any one who has
a frank, clear word to say for himself.
This advertising beggar sits on Broad
way, near Union Square. Before him
is a ~pasteboard box in which several
dollars / n small coin is spread SO that
it may be counted by his audience.
Several placards state that he is sew
enty-fiVe years old, that he is past the
working age, that he would not be
surprised at finding himself suddenly
transported from Broadway to king
dom come, for he has heart disease.
and that he is saving his money in or
der to obtain ten dollars, when he will
buy a stock of shoe laces and give the
public better value for it's pennies.
He supplements these placards with
"heart-to-heart talks" and is far more
successful than his confreres who
tremble with palsy and exhibit sores.
Beggars usually endeavor to convince
people that they are begging for their
next meal, but this mendicant believes
IN the art of doing things far other
wise and exhibits a full weeks ex.
penses to those who throw pennies
at him, proving that the most superior
vile is lack of wile.-Printers' Ink.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
The Ingenious Chinese.

Peter Sands of Castle Valley, com
pleted recently a tour Of the world
OF the people he conversed with the
Chinese most impressed him. This il
what he says on this topic:
They tell you the French are eco.
nomical and ingenious. They point
out to you how the French train rats
to clean the flesh from bones that are
used in manufacturing, and they de.
clare this people, when they kill rats,
use their skins for gloves, their furs
for caps. their bones for toothpicks
and their tendons for gelatine. All
that may be true.
But in certain parts of China they
have trained gulis that fish for them,
and q good gull will fetch its master
from 80 to 100 pounds of fish a day.
TleyShave trained cats that kill little
birds for them-30 or AZ birds, maybe,
to an animal, and they have trained
dogs that, day in and day out, work
like Trojans keeping the crows out
of the rice Observation-Disclosures Re.
cord.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
The Cost of Irrigation.

Those who look forward to the con-
troll Of the great, rivers of America
and the use Of funds supplied by the
Government for that purpose point to
the fact that England has spent about
$3O,000,000 on the new Nile dams and
other works for controlling the great
Egyptian river and making certain
the crops of the valley below, and
that she has invested the sum of $780,
100000 for irrigation purposes in In
dia during the last thirty years. A
single canal from the Gauges cost $751;
100000; it has a total length, including
tributaries and drainage cuts, OF 1910
miles, and irrigates over 1,000,0 600 acres
Of land. The works in India, costly
and ~stupendous as they have been, are
regarded by the English as a profitable
investment. There are 100000 acres
of land under cultivation in the valley
of the Nile, supporting a population of
over 100000 people. Mr.. Elwood
Mead, irrigation expert of the United
States Government, estimates that the
Missouri River and it's tributaries. if
properly controlled, will irrigate five
times as much territory, furnishing an
opportunity for the expansion of sur
plus population that will last the
American people for a long time to
come. No, these Westerners do not
believe in the necessity of foreign
islands as an outlet for American col
%onization; they point rather to their
W expanses of unclaimed, cheap,
rich land in a climate that is nearly
perfect.-Ray stannard Baker, in the
Century.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
Lawsuit Extraordinary.

An inestimably precious collection
of Celtic ornaments of rich gold rests
In the British Museum at this present
moment, says London Black and White.
Whence they came living man knows
not whittier they will go has to be de-
cided. We all know that the trustees
of the British Museum paid $500 for
them to a Belfast antiquary, and that
prior to their changing hands they had
been brought to light by the %fortuitous
aid of a ploWshare driven by a laborer
over the soil of his native Limavady,
which is in the northwest of Ireland.
But how they came to be in a potato
deld there, which must have been their
hiding place for something like 1900
years, none al authoritativeIy tell.
Their destination has to be decided
upon in the law courts. The alterna-
tive is the Royal Irish Academy in
Dublin.
The proceedings were instituted by
the solicitor of the treasury. The law
as to treasure-trove was laid down by
Sir Edward Coke: .Treasure-trove is
when any gold or silver in coin, plate,
or bullion hath been of ancient time
hidden, Wheresoever it be found.
whereof no person can prove any prop
srty." And such treasure belongs to
the crown. But it has to be clearly es-
tablished that this treasure ever was
hidden. There is q possibility of its
having been lost during a battle, or
thrown away in flight. So says the
Museum.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
THE LIcHTEsT OF WOODS.
Considerably Lighter Than Cork and
Found In Missouri.

Deep in the boys and swamps OF
Southeastern Missouri, in Dunklin and
Butler counties, where the land is
never dry and water from one to six
feet deep stands perpetually in the for
ests, there grows a a + and curious
tree. The natives know it as the cork
wood, or cork, tree. Science has given
it a longer name, says the Kansas City
Star, the Leitneria foridana; foridana
because it was first discovered in Flor
ida along the coast, from which 1t has
long since been washed away. Some
meagre specimens Of it, two to six feet
high, are still found in the swamp near
Appalachicola, Fla, and a few neat
Warner, Ark, but In both these places
it is exceedingly limited in numbers, an
occasional specimen being found, and
hardly rises to the dignity Of a tree.
Only in Southeast Missouri, where it
reaches a height of fifteen to twenty
feet and a diameter of two to five
inches, is it really a tree.
What makes the corkwood so re-
markable is it's exceeding lightness.
Beyond a doubt it is, as Mr.. William
Trelease, of the Missouri Botanical
Garden, has shown, the lightest tree in
weight that grows. Its wood weighs
less than cork. 1t is so light that the
natives use it to make floats for their
fishing nets. And yet it's wood, though
SO spongy that one may easily sink
ones finger nail into it, is far tougher
than cork. The specific gravity of
corkWood, as learned from careful
tests made by Professor Nipher in st.
Louis, is .207. The roots are even
lighter than the stem; a test showed
them to have the astonishingly low
specific gravity Of .15.
A further idea of the lightness of
the corkwood may be gained by a com
parison with other woods. The great
majority of woods range from 400 to
500. Cork itself is >.24O. The tree that
approaches closest to the corkwood in
hghtness is the golden fir tree, which
grows in the swamps around Tampa
Bay and along the Indian River. Flor
ida. It's specific gravity, according to
Sargent, is .2616. In comparison with
the lockwood, which Is the lightest
wood with its specific gravity Of .207.
may be placed the heaviest wood
known, the black ironwood of Florida,
whose specific gravity is 1902.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
The Khediye and the Rascal.

-
Even to the adventures and down.
right sWindlers who hung about his
court at Cairo, and afterward pursued
his Wanderings, Ismail extended a good
natured. half contemptuous patronage.
He liked a rogue far better than a
fool. Once, when he had formally
forbidden his door to a fragrant offend
er, the man, who knew his character,
got q ladder and climbed into the
v1eeroy's room, remarking, II have
obeyed your highness' commands, and
have crossed your threshold by the
window, and not by the door" The
humer OF the thing at once appealed
to Ismail, and the offender was rein.
stated in his favor-The Athenaeum.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
PROFIT in Ginseng Growing;

As regards the profits and number
of ginseng roots that may be raised on
a given piece of ground, n American
farmer, who has been experimenting
and investigating the culture of gin
seng for the last ten years and who,
therefore, nov has an annual crop,
planting every year, as the plants art
destroyed, OF course, when the root is
taken. He claims that out of eighl
and one half beds. each 3x16 feet, can
be obtained 227O roots, weighing 126
pounds. OF these 1892 were replanted.
leaving ninety-six pounds to be dried.
which made thirty-two pounds dry
valued at s165. In addition there was
considerable value in the seed obtained
and IN the sprouts, suitable for replant-
ing and increasing the extent Of his
beds.-Philadelphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

The census of London for the veal
1901 shows that the women exceed tht
men by a quarter of a million. At OK
treme ages the excess Of women Is very
marked. and Of those who claim to bt
centenarians nineteen are women AND
ave men. The women occupied as com:
mercial OF business clerks have In
creased IN number since the 1891 cen
sns to the extent Of 1871 per cent. They
now number 19.Oo7, as against s,317
males. It is curious to note the proper
lions of married TO unmarried In some
Of the occupations engaged in by won.
en-. Thus. in the laundry and washing
service, the numbers + nearly equal,
but when we come to the profession OF
sscharwomanships we find that of the
followers 21.624 are married, as against
s2T unmarried. However. in the cate,
CORY Of dressmaKers, seamstresses and
80 on. ais above, the unmarried are In
On overwhelming majority Of some IS,
nkn1t
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
Waterfowl in China.

For numbers. and perhaps for yari
ETY.. nc waterfowl equal those Of China.
The air is simply black with them oyel
the rivers and marshes near the coasl
at flight time. Ornament, even In
these ornamental birds, Is carried te
the extreme il some of the Chinese
varieties The mandarin teal il the gay
est as well as the most fancifully
plumed Of MI ducks. Nor are the fish
Of the Flovery Land In any way be.
hind the birds in gorgeous and striking
color. The Chinese are perfectly aware
Of the artistic rarity and value Of all
these creatures. They use them ana
the IDEAS they suggest to the best ad.
vantage. and that Is Why Chinese gar.
lens are fag the most beautiful iii the
1Qrld.-LQndon Spectator
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

The so-ca1led arid regions of the Uni
ted States comprises GOO, 900 acres
Of land. The lay of 6o,ooo,ooo acres Of
this area is such that dams and Cd
nails Of the simplest construction would
supply it with an abundance of water
The soil is exceedingly rich, needing
only moisture to make it the most pro.
ductive in the world. Sixty million
acres Is equal, IN surface extent, to
Iowa and Illinois combined. This i'm
mense addition to our agricultural do
main could be made at an average Of
S. an acre.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
VOLCANO VICTIMS syfFocATEn.
The Cause of Death In Martinique and
st. Vincent.

h Cause of Death In Martinique and
st. Vincent.
A question that arises in the medi.
cal mind, on reading the stories Of the
st. Pierre diasater, is as to the exact
cause of death. The newspaper &C
counts suggest direct burning or over
Whelming with the volcanic dust. The
Philadelphia Medical Journal, discus
sing this subject, says that GA consid-
erabla proportion of the deaths might
be due to suffocation by noxious gases.
Among such would be carbon dioxide:
commonly called carbolic acid, and
sulphurous acid. The formerly is not
actively poisonous and would not be
the cause OF death unless present in
considerable proportion, but the latter
gas is highly irrespirable and V e a
small proportion OF it will render all
SO irritating that suffocation must en-
sue. One Of the most famous erup-
tons in history, that of Mt. Vesuvius,
In A. D., 70, has been described by the
younger Pliny from notes left by his
uncle, who lost his life in an effort to
rescue q friend. The narrator states
that the death Of the cider Pliny was
due to fumes of sulphur. Even MAX
ing allowance for the imperfect identi-
fication of chemical substances at that
early period, We may safely assume
That by such an expression s%ulphurous
acid was indicated, since this gas was
undoubtedly familiar; indeen, it is
mentioned in the Odyssey as a disin-
fectant. The Roman writer further
adds that the body was untouched by
fire. In some of the recent reports
from Martinique specific mention is
made of the same suffocating infuen-
ces,"
Professor A. E. Verril1, Of Yale. in
a communication to Science New
York; says that during many years OF
teaching geology, he has held in op-
position to most textbooks on the
subject that explosive gases are
evolved during violent volcanic erup-
tons, and that the flames seen by eye
witnesses do actually exist, independ-
emit of lightning and the glow of the
hot lava reflected from the jet of
steam, ETC., which are usually given as
the explanation Of the appearance of
names. My view" he continues, has
been that the heat is sufficient to cause
the dissertation of hydrogen and oxy-
gen from the water, on coming sud-
denly into contact with hughly heated
lava; and in case of sea-water the
chlorine would also be ASSOCIATED
from the sodium. These gases sud-
denly elected with great violence and
exploding in the air above the crater,
would produce precisely the effects
witnessed on or unusually large scale
at Martinique. Tie people were mostly
killed by the sudden explosion of a
vast volume of hydrogen and oxygen,
which will account for the sudden
burning of flesh and clothes, as well as
Of the buildings and vessels. The
chlorine, at the same time, combining
with some of The hydrogen would pro-
duce ~hydrochloric acid, a poisonous
and suffocating gas, which would
quickly kill most of these not instant
" destroyed by the explosion"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
Town Residences For Sale

In a desirable neighborhood in Ope-
@lousas, with al entire square Of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnolias,
oedars, pecans, ETC., about 8 squares
from the Courthouse, s squares from
High School, 2.squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House ID two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
freplaees, out-buildings. etc., all up.-
der good fence. VIII be sold cheap for
cash, o. part cash and balance On time
% suit Apply % this oalss. Y
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
Fire Signals,

At Q meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. i, held on July 0,
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and q Code of Signals was
adopted In order to facilitate the looa-
ton Of fires In the future. The town
ives divided as follows:
District No. ALL that portion OF
tswn 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 or
the south, Union street on the west,
and corporation line on the north and
east.
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 west boun-
dairy.
District No. 4-Tle portion Of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, north and west by COR
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district in which the
fire is located, followed by a rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen.
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 8, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
Id alarm, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
A Puzzle For Librarians.

The accumulation of books and news.
papers even in comparatively small
libraries is enormous. A library like
the British Museum or the Library Of
Congress must, by its very eonstitu,
ton, seek to be complete, and com
pieteness in a city library involves
excessive rent charges for storage.
For large Libraries, as for small, the
pressing question Ii not what to buy.
what to preserve,