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What the Family Horse Said.

ilScnabse.
'Oh, indeedt' black Molly shifted, wrink-
ling her upper lip; that shows how much
you know-or. rather. how little. Look at
me! This is what family horses come to-
was only ten years old last grass, but
am sitter and rustier than my own grand
mother! Family horses, understand, work
seven days in the week-I fairly hate the
sound of church bells Think of standing
tied in a shed all day long, with only a
swallow of water and a wisp of hay-and
sometimes not even that Still, Sundays
are not quite so bad as week days-you
go everywhere, ther-to mill to market
the post Office, and worst of ALL to the
store. You are tied in the broiling sum-
or where the wind strikes to your marrow
and left without food or water, hours and
hours and hours. / wonder what men can
find to talk about I wonder, too. how they
are so stupid as to let their own property
be so badly used. l don't in the least
mind work-there was never one of my stock
but was willing to do or die. It's the
standing, the long. cruel useless waiting
that has soured me. And they won't even
loose the checkrefn while I wait II they
gave me my head free, I should not be
more than half so tired
True for you. Molly! Truer than Cos
pei" Loid Kelso. the, brown hackney. said
In plaintfve whicker; II know. Check
reins have been for me. satSleast. the root of
all evil They brought me to my present
pass. Five years back was a park horse,
with nothing much to complain of, out
of harness. I had box stall. always knee
deep in clean, bright straw, and was free
to walk or roll lie down In 1T, at my
own sweet will. Since the windows were
set so as to give me light without glare.
and screened TO keep out flies, even my
docked tail did not trouble me much
stood by oats and hay. had apples and
mashes nearly every day.eand groom who
knew how to rub and curry me without
hurting me the least bit. He was good
hearted fellow. too. so. I think. was my
owner. am sure if.hea had known more
I should have suffered less. 1t was different
with his wife. she was hard-hearted, hinty
hearted, indeed. In the park she wanted
him to be forever putting noe through my
PAGES end once I heard her say petulantly:
Frank. what's theTuse Of paying. so much
for horse unless -geu nmean to make him
show off. especiallg when the Grimbys are
\, eiphf Il
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Microbes on Transfer slips.

From the New York Times.
Those who are disposed to resent as Of
ficiousiy paternai some Of the new rules
of the board of health should not forget
that there are others than themselves who
may be conspicuously benefited thereby. A
case in point Is the rule forbidding street
car conductors wetting their thumbs in
their mouths when they detach transfer
slips from pads This rule has a substan-
tial basis in decency and the protection Of
the public health. While the passenger may
be disposed to think that 1t makes ex-
tremely little difference how the conductor
handles a slip which he receives from a
bunch fresh from the printer. and holds
In his hand for moment only, he should
not forget that the conductor who puts his
thumb In his mouth TO wet 1t incurs risk
from which it is desirable that the passen-
ger should be protected From handling all
kinds of money and all sorts of people. the
conductors hands are probably at all times
swarming with pathogenic microbes. To
tell him this would probably not impress
him in the ieast To explain to him that
Ids hands are In all probability coveted with
colonies of anthrax spores. bacili coli COM
munis. bacili prodigiosus. staphylococcus
pyogenes aureus. micrococcus ianceolatus,
diphtheria germs and what not. might of
fend him, but It would not be especially In
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Mexico's Northern Visitors.
From Modern Mexico

The tide of midwinter travel from the
frozen north to the land of eternal sun
shine and romantic history has already set
in in earnest although as yet none of the
large regular personally conducted excur-
sions has reached Mexico. So far the tray-
elers have arrived singly and in pairs or in
little private parties, and have been en-
joying every hour of their stay in Mexico
to the utmost. <Theyshave come in unpre-
cedented numbers, but the hotel accornno-
dations have been found to be fairly ade-
Quate to take care Of &hem although the
need was never more apparent of the ne
cessity of still greatersnotel room in Mex
leo City to accommodate the rapidly and
steadily increasing transient trade. which
mas now grown to such proportions that
the hotels are full the year round, in tour
list season and out,stherhotel keepers hay-
Ing found that they hiyve source of con-
slant revenue in the continuous chain of
business men and Investing capitalists
pose or looking. after their personal and
corporate interests Formerly half as
many hotels as are doing business today
were more or less empty more than half
the year through, while now all the hotels
the ancient and honoTed and the many new
fortably full the year around, and it must
be admitted that, in CONSEQUENCE the land
lord Grows occasionally somewhat swollen
and naughty. But THAT is one Of the prices
that the traveller must pay for the SUI
preme pleasure Of sojournlng for a brief
period in one, of the most engaging cities
under the sun, blessed with climate as
perfect as a diamond Of the first water
and surrounded on every hand by wealth
of quaint customs and picturesque tradi-
paths of the commonplace into the realms
of romance
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The Tree Crop.

From the New York Times.
Rapid growth in our trees and the ex-
tent of our woodlands have always en-
couraged an optimism with regard to the
exhaustion of our forests against which
arguments based on statistics make little
impression. Yet few things are better
grounded than the warnings of experts in
forestry against the laisser faire policy
with regard to the Adirondacks, the Cat
skills, ETC.. and the planting of public roads.
1t is useless to blink at facts. To preserve
our water supply and keep our climate in
order we must make provision for the
proper management of our trees. More
over the enormous waste of wood will
have to be checked If we wish to avoid
such rise In the price of timber and wood
pulp paper as will seriously cripple many
industries
1t is hard to realize that the seaboard
states are already in the condition of large
parts of Europe. where the best talent Is
employed to protect from fire the forests
Off ripe trees for the market and plant with
young trees the acres deforested. This can
not be done without serious blows to the
picturesqueness of those regions where a
new crop of trees Is to be established
"Woodman, spare that tree" as the old
ballad sings, Is an appeal to the heart
which was intended as an appeal to the
intellect also; but alas, the forest cannot
be spared when the time of harvest comes.
The only thing we can do is to arrange the
cropping and planting in such a way as tn
disturb as little as possible the general
aspect of the landscape. Certainly to leave
the cutting to individual fancy and cor
porate cupidity is thousand times worse
Deforestation entirely In the hands of COM
mercialism is a shocking waste of a public
treasure and a danger to public well-beinE.
while it does not provide for new forests
and destroys the beauty of the landscape to
boot.
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structive. To tell him that digital infection
Is q well-recognized method of conveying
disease. especially typhoid fever. into the
system. would be prodtless To tell him
that II he vets his thumbs or fingers with
saliva he win lose his job Will doubtless
impress him very much
In word. to change his habits In this
matter It is probably necessary to erect a
simple sanitary observance into serious
function, the neglect of which is an IN
pardonable sin, as Moses the Incompatible
sanftarian. was compelled to do with the
tribes OF Israel during their wanderings in
the wilderness. For the car conductor, the
formula, Thus saith the general superin-
tendent,' carries the weight which attached
to an injunction relating to the public
health in remote antiquity. Whether 1t ben
ef1ts the passenger much or little, 1t may be
a matter of life or death to the conductor.
and from this point of viewit merits cordial
approval.
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18th and F streets southwest is a branch
of the Peoples MISSION. The superintend-
ent of this branchsi D. Mrs. NJ. e. Carroll.
and her assistant In the work is J. H.
Barnes. Others on the hall committee are
Eddie Franklin, Walter Rice, A J. Smith,
John Gray and GeN He Bryant
These people are now all at work trying
to raise enough money to enable them to
get out Of debt They Are still several hun
dred dollars shortsof the necessary funds
to replace the missions losses, but they be-
to their assistance, when they realize the
effort the officers have made to put the or
ganization In position where It can re-
sumo its good ork.without being handi-
capped financially.
The society's financial agent, Mr. Mel. G.
Leaman, has been instructed to secure sub
scriptions to the frd fund and collect the
same. Contributions VIII also be received
by Mr.. Geo. C.. Henning of the Traders
National Bank and Mr.. B. H Warner.
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Precedence in England.
From the Atlantic.


Tknew young American girl. who. going
to England under the care of an ambassa-
doris family. and attending her first large
dinner party. and looking about her, Sc
lected. as the guest in the room who most
interested her. one man of distinguished
aspect, whom she resolved to watch. When
the guests were ushered into the dining hail
according to the laws of precedence she
found herself at the very end of the brilliant
procession. as enc OF two untitled plebeIans
in the room, assigned to the escort OF the
very man who had interested her, and who
turned out to be Samuel Rogers. the poet
and patron of art and the recognized head
of literary society in England She always
said that she secured two things at that
entertainment, namely. the most delightful
companion she ever had at dinner party
and moreover. lesson In the outcome of
mere hereditary rank that would last a
lifetime Rogers poems are not now read
80 much as formerly. but at that time the
highest literary honor a man could have
was to dine with Rogers. Hs was also one
of the richest bankers In London, and was
very possibly the only person In the room
who had won for himself a reputation out
side of his own little island; but he was
next to nobody In that company. and tho
little American girl was the nobody.
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The celebration of the ratification of the
canal treaty Tuesday by the United States
Senate continues at Colon The band OF the
United States flagship Olympia play selec-
tons OF Panama and American national
airs. and there are fireworks displays in
every part of the town.
Luther Burbank Of San Francisco, who
developed the potato bearing his name, and
who has brought out seedless plum, has
sweeter than the old one. It's pulp will be
almost a. carrot hue and wiz be very
palatablo.
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ton of0 OF the Revised Statutes of the
United States. which provides:
III two or more persons conspire
either TO commit any offense against the
United States or to defraud the United
States in any way or for any purpose. and
one or more OF such parties do any act
TO eject the object of the conspiracy, all
the parties to such conspiracy shall be
liable
"A conspiracy has been defined by the
supreme Court of the United States to be
"a combination of two or more persons by
concerted action to accomplish a crime or
Unlawful purpose
You win observe that the provisions of
this section are very broad Among other
things. 1t provides that If two or more
persons conspire to defraud the United
states IN any way or for any purpose
Under TINS section 1t Is not necessary that
the conspiracy should be successful.
The design to defraud need not be ac-
complished. II conspiracy actually ex-
listed. and any party to the conspiracy
committed any act In furtherance of the
common scheme or object of the con-
spiracy-that Is. toward effecting the fraud
the offense under the statute IS complete
even though 1t does not appear that the
government was actually defrauded
This section Is sweeping In it's terms
and was evidently intended to meet the
parties who attempted to defraud the gov
eminent at the first step. even though their
acts may not have resulted in defrauding
the government.
When Statutory offense is Completes
The statutory ofrense of conspiracy un-
der the laws of the United States is not
Complete until an act Is done by some OF
THE parties to carry into execution the
fraud alleged to have been committed in
1.-THE Indictment. The combination or crime
is the offense but the alleged fact ia
terectuate It Is necessary to make 1t in
dictable in this court.
p, AS a general rule, concerted action or
.zhe part Of individuals to violate a Law OF
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spiracy, are guilty as indicted.
In Whole or In Part.
You may find the defendants guilty as
to each count charged in the indictment
or you may acquit them as to some counts
and find them guilty as to others, as the
case may be; and If. after carefully con-
sidering the evidence, you are satisfied that
one or more of these defendants are not
guilty. you may return a verdict of not
guilty as to such defendants. But under a
charge of conspiracy before you can return
a verdict OF guilty. you must find that at
least two of the defendants are guilty OF
the conspiracy as charged in the Indictment:
that Is to say, you cannot find one defend
ant guilty and return verdict of not guilty
as to all the others
''In considering this case I am sure that
you will not be influenced by prejudice on
the one hand or moved by sympathy on the
other. You should give these defendants
fair and impartial trial according to the
evidence as testified by the witnesses, and
the law as given to you by the court
This case should be tried solely upon its
merits and without regard to what effec,
your verdict may have upon the public
mind As have already stated, you are
the sole judges as to the facts that have
been presented to you for your considera.
ton, and upon you alone rests the respon-
sibility OF the outcome of this trial.
Matter of Special Counsel.
'It Is proper that the government should
prosecute all parties charged with crime
and the fact that the government ma,
have employed special counsel In this case
should not influence your minds one way
or the other. and 1t Is equally essential tc
the proper administration of the law that
the defendants should be represented by
counsel In the conduct of this trial, as /,
Is that the government, through Its coun-
sci, should be permitted to present It's
contentious as to the issues that are raised
by the allegations contained In the indict-
ment.
II am sure, therefore, when you come to
decide this matter you will consider solely
the question as to whether or not the de-
dictment'
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Meetings and Leaders.
Meetings will be held in the future. as In
the past every evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The leaders Of the meetings are: Sunday.
Geo. W. Haveli: Monday. r. L. Pier: Tues
day. w. c. McAiichael: Wednesday. Gospel
Hall night. j. IL. Barnes; Thursday, A. r.
Wiley and deaconesses: Friday, Mrs. Alice
Kimbal McMichaei; Saturday, Mel. @. Lea
man.
The Sunday afternoon leaders are: First
Sunday, Mrs M. e. Carroll: second Sunday.
Mrs. 8. H. Martin; third Sunday, not yet
filed; fourth Sunday. Mrs. 8. d. La Fetra
fifth Sunday, Miss Alice A. Hercus. The
organists include Ms gadie Taylor Miss
Emma Troup. Miss Mary Weigman, Mrs.
Mel q. Leaman. Master Roy Grove. Miss
Ida Tracey. Miss Bessie Henry, Mrs Alice
KinbalI McMichael. Miss Jessie Palmer and
James McCurdy.
Gospel Hall Branch.
The Gospel Hail Mission at tho corner OF
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form OF O'Nein. "Send a surgeon here
at once, SIR he continued, and as the
latter presented himself, lis the nan
dead?' lie asked.
mo. sir" said the surgeon. examin-
ing him hastily and making ready to
apply some necessary r~estoratives, for
which he dispatched an assistant to
the sick bay.
"Get him in shape. then. and quickly,
for another attempt, for hang he shall
II he has to be held up for IT" ordered
the captain sternly.
At this moment the midshipman, fol-
lowed by Lady Elizabeth. pale as
death, a blue boat cloak which belong
ed to her guardian. which she had
caught up in the castle. 6uttering in
the breeze, her hat gone. her hair d.
sheveled, her hand clutching a paper,
broke through the little group.
Captain Pearson-where Is hef" she
cried nervously. Then. as her eyes
fell on the PROSTATE form of O'Neill
she dropped the paper to the deck,
covered her face with her hands and
rocked to and fro in agony. "Oh. my
love. my love! Too late, too late!" she
walled, ~faltering.
mot so, madam" said the captain,
turning toward her. 1.-THE man still
lives. the surgeon me. He has
but tainted. Have you a warrant to
stop the execution? If not 1t must go
on, and 1t shall go hard with Major
Coventry as we'll"
"The prisoner is reprieyed. sir. Here
Is the paper" said Elizabeth. life COM
ing back to her, "sealed and signed
by the admiral himself. Oh, | had it
q moment since! Where has 1t gomez
"Here it is, your ladyship." said one
of the officers. lifting 1t from the deck
and handing it to her.
"There." she said. presenting it to
the captain. He opened 1t deliberate
~ and glanced over the brief con-
tents. She watched him with a nerv-
business she vainly attempted to con-
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seemed TO cleaye the skies. lie saw. as
in a VISIONS great hall hung with ar
ras. a picture frame. q woman radiant,
beautiful, her eyes shining; an up
raised hand. Like silver bells a voice
murmured, II love him. | love himl'
She moved-ah, a gigantic hand caught
him by the throat. He strove to cry
our. 1t clutched him tighter and tight
or. Blackness like q pail fell before
him, shutting out the smiling face
death-agony-he saw no more. He
swung into the air and was nothing.
The quick eye of Major Coventry had
detected at last what the girl was wav
ing.
ssThat paper!' he cried frantically a.
the last bell struck. ut must be a re
prieve. The admiral has relented."
Was 1t too late? Quick as thought b.
snatched the sheath knife from the belt
of the sailor near him. 1t was too lat
to stop the men on the rope eve ha
he possessed the power, but as O'Nei;
rose in the air he caught him around
the waist and with one rapid blow sew
cred the straining rope above his head
Assisted at once by the sailor alongsid
Of him, they lowered the bound, III
conscious nan upon the deck beneatl
them. 1t was all done In the twinklini
Of an eye. The men on the ship brok
ont in ringing cheers.
The rope, being relieved Of the weight
Of the body, of course ran rapidly
through the block, and the men hauling
1t pitched pellmell over themselves upon
the deck. There was a moment of in
tense excitement. The seamen on the
other side of the deck. cheering wildly,
started eagerly forward. ThE officers,
sword in hand, sprang in froIv Of them,
driving them back. The marine officer
aft brought his men at once to atten-
ton with a sharp word or two, and
every piece was ready in case of dis
turbance. Pearson, white with rage at
the interruption, leaped forward.
"What is the meaning of thisF' he
shouted. "Who has dared to interfere
In this manner?"
Il, sir" replied Coventry fearlessly,
looking up from his place by the uncon-
scious man.
"And by what right, sirf" cried the
enraged captain. Though you be the
son of the admiral, you shall dearly
u this unwarranted assumption Of
authority. What excuse have you to
offer for interrupting the sentence of a
court martial? What reason can you
urge for your Presumption
BOAT ahoy!' cried a seaman sta
toned at the port gangway.
Sir" said Coventry, quietly meeting
the eye of the thoroughly Infatuated
captain, "if l mistake not, you will find
my excuse in that boat"
"Well for you, sir, If it be there
Never in my twenty years of service
have l been so braved. and on my own
ship too! See what boat 1t is" said the
captain, turning to one of his midship'
men, land find out what IS wanted
The lad came running back presently
and saluted.
"'Tis q lady, sir-the governors
ward-Lady Elizabeth Howard. She
wishes to come on board" he said.
LADY Elizabeth Howard! This Il
no place for women. This man is still
to be hanged. What can she wish?'
exclaimed the captain, frowning.
Receive her at once, sir. / beg" said
Coventry. "She has a paper-my ex
cuse, SIR he added, smiling.
"Show her on board" said the cap
tain shortly to the midshipman. Their
he looked down ON the still unconsciou:
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S. P. ZINE CARD

Following shows the time of ar
rival and departure OF all passenger
trains passing through Winnemucca,
ID accordance with the latest time
table:
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He seuered the straintnq rope.

ceal. Meanwhile the doctor had SOC
ceeded in rousing O'Neill. The first
glance of his eyes fell on Elizabeth,
and nothing else he saw.
Heaven and the angels!' he mur-
INJURED family. not yet comprehending
the position.
"It seems to be made out properly
and duly signed and sealed" said the
captain slowly-.a reprieve for the
prisoner until further notice. and per-
mission for the bearer to see him
alone" he added sGspiciously. There
was a little pause. he turned the pa
per over in his hand and looked sharp
~ at the girl.
'"The admiral chooses a strange mes
senger." he added. Il cannot say If
this be regular or no. His handwrit-
ing is unfamiliar to me. | do not rec.
ognize this. You say you had it from
him. madam
Elizabeth could not trust herself to
speak; she only bowed. There was ev-
identity something very suspicious to
the captain in the whole proceeding.
The signature did not seem just right.
"Ah. | have it-Major Coventry he
cried suddenly.
That miserable young man, sick at
heart, had shrunk into the background
since Elizabeth had come aboard, and
the girl had not seen him before. He
had felt that his work was done when
she appeared; but, no, he was to find
out hat his troubles had but just be-
gun.
(To no continued
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EASTBoUND.
wEsTBoUND.
To the Electric Light
Company's Patrons

II having come to the knowledge OF
the undersigned a some OF their
patrons are using S2-candle power
lamps and only paying for l6-candle
power. we hereby respectfully give no.
tice that the use or 32-candie power
lamps where thes are not being paid
for Is strictly forbidden.
All those who desire to use suoA
lamps nus report this fact to the
office of the Undersigned. and II they
fan to comply Wan this eoues their
lights win be cut out
WINNEMUCCA WATER & LIGHT
COMPANY. l-4-tf