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server as I turned upon the gentleman
Governor. yo' have a pistol. OF
:" OF co'se. colonel
And there is a grove near at hand?'
"a beautiful grove.
THE governor was game, suh-he
was game and a thorough gentleman -
said the colonel, as he rubbed his
hands in a satisfied way. He rose up
and put on his hat and followed me,
and as we passed through the door of
mis- office he courteously queried:
" Colonel Bunker. will yo' partake
again befo' we go?' -
I'VE entered the grove. sun. and I
my stand at the far end We had no
seconds, and no one to give the word,
but I said to the governors:
4" Governor Trascott, yo' are gem
tleman, sub, and yo' may count and
give the word
sThen I observed a shade of perplex-
ity upon his face, suh-juSt shade
and after hating between two opinions
for moment he came forward and
Colonel Bunker. as understand ii.
this is a duel?'
a. of co'se, SUM-
offense?'
'Yo' have, sub. have always heard
yo' spoken of as a, gentleman, and
don't think yo' will deny that I belong
deliberately insulted me-
1T cannot be, colonel
80 But it is, sub. On several different
occasions, as we conversed about cat
fish yo' asked me to take a nip with
YOU and yet there was nothing at hand
to drink
THE look of perplexity chung to his
face for a moment longer and was then
replaced by a bland smile. He threw
down his pistol and held out his hand,
and when he had made his explanation
We fell into each others arms 1t was
a curious thing, suh-a curious thing
The governor had a parrot in his office,
and it was that parrot which had invi-
ted me to in1bibe, when there was moth
ing to wet up with. Egad, sub, he came
near preeipitating a tragedy. that. bird
mind that both of us would have fallen
at the first fire. We returned to the
office arm in arm, and we had nip,
niPs, suh-and we parted
like gentlemen and brothers,"
But how about the catfish?" I ask
ed.
Couldn't be protected by state laws,
suh.''s answered the colonel. I'VE dis
covered that all of our catfish were I'M
der the Jurisdiction of the United States
as inhabiting navigable waters, and we
had to drop the matter as states.
I'VE are now pressing congress for
a general law, and there is hope, sub
there is ground for hope-that the day
will come when a young and tender !
catfish within the waters of the state |
IF Arkansaw will be as safe from de-
7astation as the child at its mothers |
knee.
That, sub, is the story of my misun- |
Outstanding with the governor of Lou |
siana, and as the nawnin' is rather OPP /
1ressive, and as talking is conducive to
dryness of the throat, yo' might bee
lon to William and throw out a sug-
yestion that less ice and mo- of the
cal liquid would give greater satisfac-
ion to the gentlemen about to imbibe."
=(Copyright, 1904, by T. c. McClure.)
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foolishly until we have saved up by
this means the $1,000 and the home
demanded by your disciEstes.''
But" Interrupted Mrs. Anderson,
half tearfully, g 1 want you to come
over to the fair and help make it a
success"
Madam" declared the president, i'm
pressively, 1--WE have 81 names on our roll.
Each might have spent from IS to $10 SO
we shall hold meetings Of the club every
evening during the fair to keep out Of
temptation. That means at least &S5
saved toward the $1S5, 900 we shall have
to accumulate to follow out your admira-
Bile ideas. We feel that this duty" I'm
derson interrupted the, speech with a
shout, of laughter, in which even his wife
had to join. She turned to Harper.
'tSee here, Frank Harper, she said, en-
ergetically, you disband this club, come
over and make the fair success, and I'll
row."
She was true to her word, but more
than one pledge was broken that very
night. Even Rose Wilder, who was pre-
siding at the household table, held out an
attractive spread, saying: Don't you
want to buy this. Frank"
Whats the use?" he protested. 7
have no wife to give it to-" = =.
Rose blushed very prettily. You might
have the wife-lf you bought the quilt
L take back all d,-anA-I'll~ back
the ring, if you'll let me-"
Fhat might the way h9Tne Mrs.sAn-
dersonl was struck by an Ndea- g. Set
PIe 6f tat s fHnn Said
said Anderson. that the something they
were to get was to get square. "-Henry
Alden in San Francisco Call.
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Colonel Bunker. may I hope that
yo' viii have a nip with me2' ..
Il did not disappoint him. We nipped,
and then we began to converse, but we
had not been conversing ovan five min
utes when the governor said:
Colonel Bunker. will yo do me the
honah to have a whisky with me?'
With the greatest of pleasure says
I, but the governor nevah made a move.
There was no whisky on the table, and
he did not bring any. felt somewhat
hurt in my feelings, suh-in my feel
fngs-but did not allow him to observe
IT. We had continued our chat for
three or four minutes when the COVER
nor observed:
&c Really, Colonel Bunker, but 1 shall
be delighted to see yo' help yo'self to
the whisky
with yo'r permission, suh-with
yo'r permission I replied; but upon my
word looked around and was unable
to discover the usual decanter and
glasses.
They were not on the table, nor vet
in the room, and felt the blood rush
to my head at the ideah of the COVER
nor of Louisiana attempting to belittIe
my dignity as a soldier, a statesman, a
senator and delegate. He must have
noticed my perturbation, sab, but he
made no comments On the contrary
he asked me to estimate the number
of catfish in the southern waters. and
I had just given him my figures when
he solicitously remarked:
Colonel Bunker help yo'self to the
whisky, suh-help yo'self'
Then 1 rose up. suh-then I rose
up said the colonel. as he turned to
me. land 1 looked closely at every ar
ucle on the table, but there was no
demi1ohn. no jug. no decanter, no glass
es. In this southland, sub. when yo'
ask gentleman. to imbibe with yo',
there must be something to imbibe-
some liquid to moisten the throat and
cement the bond of friendship. In this
case not even water was to be seem
My perturbation would no doubt have
been apparent to the most casual OBJ
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COLONEL BUNKER
He Tells About His misunderstanding
With a Governor.

Il once fought a duel, suh." said
Colonel Bunker, as he swallowed the
last of his cocktail-''I once fought a
duel with a gentleman because 1 un-
derstood him to say that rabbits were
omnivorous. He said herbivorous, sub,
but I got it omnivorous and called him
out and shot him in the shoulder.
1T was two years later-the misun-
Outstanding with the governor of my
state, and it came about in a curious
way I will give you a correct version
of the affair from beginning to end,and
you will discover that neither of US
had anything to be ashamed off,
The colonel took three or four min
utes to cut off one end of a cigar and
light the other and settle down in his
chair, and then continued:
Il was a senator in the legislature at
the time, sub, and among other things
/ was anxious for a law to protect the
catfish of our state. Perhaps you don't
know, sub. that what the Goldfish is to
Massachusetts the hog to Ohio ana
the sheep to Vermont the catfish IS 10
Arkansaw? 1t is our meat With the
catfish teeming in every river, pond and
bayou, we have gone marching Tor
ward with the procession and made the
name of our state known from pole to
pole. Without him we should nave
sunk into oblivion from the very first.
After thoroughly investigating the
subject 1 came to the conclusion that
the catfish needed protection until he
could recuperate- I wanted a law. to
make it a penal offense to catch one
for the next five years. Our governor
was with me. and so were a large num-
Der of our statesmen, but the general
public cried out against any measure.
In this emergency, suh-in this emer-
gency-I was sent as a delegate to the
governors of Mississippi, Missouri, Ten
nessee and louisiana The ideah was
an interstate law. one which would
protect every catfish in American wa
tiers at the same time. I found the re-
Epective governors charmed with the
ideah and favoring the contemplated
measure. The governor of Louisiana
was the last one to be seen. His re-
ception was all that could be hoped /
Tor. We had scarcely shaken hands 4
when he courteously inquired:
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Attention, Farmers.

Why remain in the north and stay
indoors six months in the year con-
Stunning what you raise during the
other six months:
Go south where you can work out
doors every month in the year, and
where you are producing something
the year round If you are a stock
raiser you know your stock are now
"eating their heads off, and, besides,
have to be protected from the rigors
of winter by expensive shelter.
Economical stock feeding requires
the combination of both flesh forming
and fat forming foods in certain pro-
portions. Alabama and Florida pro-
duce in abundance the velvet bean
and cassava, the first a flesh producer
and the latter a fat producer, and
they are the cheapest and best fatten-
ing materials known to the world.
More money can be made and with
less labor, in general farming, fruit
and berry growing and truck garden
ing along our road in the south than
in any other section of the union.
If you are Interested and desire
further information on the subject.
address G.. A. Park. General Immigra-
ton and Industrial Agent, Louisville
& Nashville R. r. Co. Louisville, KY.
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One Cent a Mile

Chicago to Boston and return, account
national encampment G.. A. R., Aug
ust. 1904. Stop-overs granted at De-
troit. Niagara Falls, Toronto, Mon
treal and Portland. Tickets optional
between Detroit and Buffalo in either
direction by boat or rail. River trip
through the Thousand Islands and
Rapids of st. Lawrence river, King
ston to Montreal, on additional pay
ment of $3.50. Liberal side trip ar
engagements. Tickets can also be pur-
chased via Grand Trunk-Lehigh VAL
ley route through New York. Full
particulars of selling dates, fares, linn
its, etc, can be obtained by writing
advertising department Grand Trunk
railway system, I35 Adams street,
Chicago, George w. Vaux, A. G. p.
& T. A. -IsA
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WABASH TO ST. LOUIS.
Worlds Fstr Route-'FolIow the
Flag"

Only line to Worlds fair main en-
usnce. Five daily trains from Kansas
City. Shortest line. Ask your agent
for tickets over the Wabash.
I. S. McCLEIL Lam
Western Passenger Agent
Kansas City, Mo.
II. c. SHIELDS,
Travelling Passenger Agent.
Kansas City. No
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The Chicago Great Western railway
will on August II to 5 inclusive sell
tickets to Louisville at very low rates
for the round trip account the bien-
NAL excursion Knights of Pythias, Au-
gust 1920 Good to return until Au-
gust al For full information apply
10 any Great Western agent. or j. P.
Elmer. G. p A. CHICAGO. Ill.
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Cadsby-'Here's a funny misprint in
this paper. It speaks of contributions to
the champagne fund How do you ac-'
count for it %
Bimbleby-'sOh, the printer who set it
up had been in politics himself. Boston
Transcript
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wANTED-aTALE HELP.

WANTED-Married man to work on farm
Zone who can milk 10 or 12>cowS), steady
employment and good wages to good man.
house rent free. c. c. Belden, 1901 Lin
coin ST. @.
wANTED-Good arm waters at CFemerie
restaurant. - -
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OFFICLAu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE
senator from the Seventeenth district,
IfInl. subject tn the decision of the quail
lf1ed electors in Shawnee county in No
Vemper. c. p. BOLMAR-
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wANTED-FEMAIE HmP-

WANTED-First class dressmaker fine
opening. Address Anna E. Davidson,
Eskridge, Kan.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WAN INTERPRETATIONS.
WANTED--Work in private family by ex-
perienced white man, city or country.
Address F. S., care Journal.
WANTED-By registered druggist. posi-
ton as clerk or manager; can give ca Sh
bond as to sobriety, honesty, ETC.; mar
r1ed. Address w. j., care Journal.
WHEN you want to hire man or boy.
call Up Y. M c. A. telephone 39L We
he We list of men and confidential ref
erences concerning them. Y. M. -. A.
Employment Bureau. III E. sth st.
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FOR RENT-HoUsEs.

FOR RENTAL reasonable price to part.
who can give referen ce, house rooms
all nicely furnished. Inquire at 228 Kan
SaS ave.
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JEWELERs.

JAMES b HAYDEN, Jeweler and Opu
clan. Complies stock OF watcher. dia
moDds. silverware, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly lifted.
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FOR Rents room house at $50 Law
renee st. Rent So
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WANTED-A good girl for general house
Forbes
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TOPEKA FREE DIsPENsARx. south
east corner 18th and Tyler sts.. from
regular practicfng physicians for the
beneht Of persons without means who
need medical attention and treatment Pa
tents are assured of careful and consid-
crate treatment Medicine furnished n
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WANTED Dining room girl at POI 2. So
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WANTED-To buy your old carpets. Nc
Cormick & Peake's rug factory. 522 Van
Buren, st. Phone 421.
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WANTED-By family without children,
a or room house to buy or rent;
must be close in on 9Th or 10th st. c. F.
r., Journal
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BAKERIES,


ASK for Royal homemade bread. 81;
Kansas ave. Phone 2S2.
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WANTED-A good German or Swede
girl, in family, good wages. Inquire
424- Vans Buren, st rssts5n
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MATCHMAKER.

WATCHES cleaned. 75c; clocks, soc; main
springs, 75c; crystals, 1oc. Cash paid for
old gold or silver. All work Guaranteed.
Old jewelry exchanged for new. If hard
up, see Uncle Sam. 512 Kansas ave.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTEDLRelatives of Mrs Hattie A
Lunley, whose maiden name was Bla-
ker, deceased, late of Minnea polls, MINI.
to communicate with administrator, w
B. Tuttle, New York Life bldg, Mime
apolis, Mimi.
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PHYSICIANS AM SURGEONS
DIR. EASTMAN, late supt. state insane
asylum. Mental and nervous diseases. o08
Kan. av. Phones ia Res. 1910 v. Buren,.
IDA c. BARNES. M. d.
Of,ice 72s Kansas ave. Residences Thir-
teenth and Clay. Office hours: a m 70
IL a and p. m. to p. m Both
phones IS residence. and Ind. 1916 office
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FOR RENT-RooMs.

FOR RENT-Elegant1y furnished room
east, south and west exposure, on large
yard; cooi'~sfflo pleasant = house modern
gas, bath; for gentlemen. 1125 Van Buren,
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HIDES.

JAS. c. SMITH, highest cash price for
hides, wool. tallow, furs and pel.s, con-
signments solicited. Tel. 6s4 los e. "a st,
Topeka and st. Joe. No -
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-12-27
MUNICIPALITIES
Personal Mention of You and
Your Friends

George Ward is down from Paradise
Valley.
E. j. Ruddle of Golconda is at the Win
nemucca.
Cleary Perry is down from the Ade-
laide mine today.
Frank Guthrie is in from his Pleasant
Valley ranch today.
John Elchrivary of Golconda is stop
ping at the Winnemucca.
Hillaio Juarz is down from Golconda
and stopping at the Club.
Joseph F. Black is in from willew Point
and registered at the Club.
Albert Lay is down from Golconda and
registered at the Winnemucca.
NJ. Parker of Burns, Oregon, is down
and registered at the winnemucca
George H. Balm is down from his
ranch, sixteen miles east of Golconda to-
day.
H. L. Browning, who is clerking in the
store of Austin & Macpherson at Sparks
is here visiting during the holidays.
A fine line of souvenir spoons, just the
thing to send to distant friend, for sale
at Kepler's Jewelry Store. 12-27-29
f. NJ. Lee returned from a visit to
Reno, where he spent happy Christmas
day, this morning. Mrs Lee remained
and will not return home for some days.
George f. Miller of the Lovelock Com
mercial Company is at home in Winnie
mucca with his wife and baby Mr. Mil
Ter is threatened with typhoid fever and
is quite sick,
w. S. Johnson will leave Winnemucca
this evening for Goldfeld, where he will
go into business. He has been working
for the Nixon-Lee Cattle Company for
the past three years.
Miss z. NJ Robert, school teacher
from Tocoma, is in Winnemucca spend
ing her short vacation with her sisters.
The young lady says she enjoys the work
of teaching, but is glad to be at home
again, even If for few days.
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MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED
County Clerk Dunn Makes Lib
eral Offer to All Corners

County Clerk Dunn issued a marriage
license to James Corbeil and Miss Mary
Danglemier today. Mr.. Dunn was very
much pleased to be the instrument to
make at least two people happy on this
cold, bleak December day. Mr.. Dunn
says if there are any more who want to
get married and want him to assist in
starting them off right that they will
have to get a move on before the new
year starts on the whirligig of time, as
he VIII be transported" about that time
Mr.. Corbeil and Miss Danglemeier
jumped the broomstick this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock and now "two hearts with
but a single thought beat as one." County
Clerk Dunn has given several young men
notice that if they want to get married
before the new year he will cut his fees
in two in the middle.
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SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT
"FataI Wedding Will be Seen
at the Opera House

"The Fatal Wedding" a play full of
heart interest, by Theodore Kremer, and
under the management of Sullivan, Har-
ris & Woods, will be at the Opera House
next Friday. The story of 1.-THE Fatal
Wedding runs very much on the lines
of Hal Reids famous play, Human
Hearts," and deals with facts true to
human nature. the principal incidents be-
ing taken from the happenings In the
great metropolis. 1t is. however, suffi-
ciently different from that drama to hold
the earnest and undivided attention of
the audience from the time the curtain
first rises until 1t falls for the last time.
and while it is both dramatic and comic.
it is truthful clean and wholesome. The
plot contains many interesting, thrilling
and pathetic situations, and the character
types are drawn with remarkable idel-
ity to human nature.
The scenic effects are very vivid and
realistic and show a number of repro
ductions of well-known New York
scenes, among them being the Criminal
Court while in session and the interior
of the famous Grace church while a
wedding ceremony is in progress An
other scene which has attracted wide
spread attention is the Palisades of the
Hudson on a winters night. In this
scene a great snowstorm is IN progress
In which original and novel effects are
introduced, making it most striking and
picturesque Sullivan, Harris & Woods
have engaged an exceptionally clever
company to portray the different charac-
ters, and altogether should make 1.-THE
Fatal Wedding an enjoyable evening s
entertainment.
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BUSINESS CHANGE
G. W. SummerfieId Has Sold a
Half interst in Fashion Stable

Last evening Hon. George w Summer
field sold a half interest in his Winnie
mucca Fahsion livery barns to w V
Pierce, a young man who has grown to
manhood in Winnemucca The business
will be hereafter conducted by Ray Sum-
merfield, son of George W., and Mr.
Pierce. The two shrould make strong
team in the business, as both have had
experience and both are popular young
men. Mr. Summerfield leaves this even
ing for his new home. The Silver State
regrets exceedingly to see Mr.. Summer
field pull up stakes driven in Winnemuc-
cas- soil so many years ago. He is in
every way worthy or the confidence of
the people in the section he will locate
In and the more they see of him the bet
ter they will like him. The Silver State
hopes to see Mr.. Summerfield occasionally
and trusts that after he has made his
pile in his new home that he will return
to Winnemucca to live.
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WILL COME TOMORROW.
rnucca.

United States Marshal Robert Grim
mon is expected from the west tomorrow
to make an official arrest of the two
men in the Winnemucca Jail accused of
selling whiskey to Indians. Robert Nc
Doe says he never did 1t. United States
Commissioner Robins will have some-
thing to say about it on Thursday, when
the men will have a preliminary exam
ination.
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THE ICE CROP
How it is Harvested Annually in
the Sierras

Ice men on the Truckee are freezing
this years crop of fee, which promises
TO be very large. In this connection the
Silver State will say that no one not ia
miliar with the business knows. the labor
attending the freezing and putting up
of a crop of ice. During the ice season
large numbers of men are employed and
the work is carried on night and day.
First 1t has to be frozen to the required
thickness to make good ice," then
marked off in cakes % inches square,
then plowed, then men go over the plow-
ing with sharp, long-handled chisels and
break 1t up into cakes, then 1t is fioated
down a flume to the ice house and raised
by elevator to the roof of the building
and slid down skids. Men are stationed
at the foot of the runway with pick
eroons and shove the ice cake into place.
After the house is full the output of the
pond is buried in sawdust and remains
there until needed in the summer. The
ice never stops when once started from
the pond until I'm place in the house. 1t
is very interesting to watch a crop of
frozen water being put up to cool the
fevered brain of sick man, to keep the
! immense shipments of California fruit
cool on the way across the continent, to
make iced drinks for the thirsty or for
the thousand and one other uses Ice is
put to.
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GAVE HIMSELF UP
Indian Who Shot Squaw Near
Austen Comes In

Jerry Harry, the Indian who shot Nellie
Muncey, squaw, has given himself up
to the authorities, says the Austin
Reveille Jerry says he had the pistol
between his pants and shirt at the waist,
and in trying to pull it out it went off
a sore on his leg which he said was
caused from the powder burn, but a
close examination shows that the wound
was self inflicted to carry out his state
meft.
The squaw is recovering from the ef
pistol.