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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-26
SALARIES OF JUDGES.

Burke OF Alameda Throws Down
Gauntlet to San Francfscans.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25.-Burke of
Alameda has thrown the gauntlet
squarely at the feet of the San Fran
cisco delegation in the matter Of the
projected raise of salaries of San
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
MINING CONCENTRATES.

Chysotile is a silky, ibrous variety
OF %serpentine, which greatly re-
sembles asbestos. Chrysolite is
another name for Divine, a mineral
occurring in grains in a number Of
basic rocks like basalt, diabase.
u%orite, etc.
The water pressure per square
inch under 500 feet head is 2l6.5
pounds, and the spouting velocity is
estimated at 10, 1853 SO feet per min.
ute, The estimated power for each
miners inch-l5 cubic foot per min.
ute-is IL H. P.
The legalized miners inch in Mon.
tana and California is 1.5 cubic foot
per minute. AS this establishes a
standard of measurement, it is being
generally adopted in other states, as
1t avoids the confusion created by the
varying head under which water has
been measured by various water
companies.
Some varieties of crude oil can be
used in gas engines. Both in Ne.
vada and IN California, Coalinga oil
has been successfully used, IN pre-
ference to gasoline, or distillate, in
the gas engine, for hosting, running
pumps, mills, etc. The very heavy
oils are not suitable for this purpose.
Two hundred ard forty stamps are
crushing gold quartz at the mills
located within a radius of two miles
OF the town of Jackson, Amador
county, Cal.
Probably the deepest diamond drill
boring operations ever conducted
have just been completed in South
Africa. A depth of $500 feet was
successfully reached.
California has, since the first dis
covery of gold in l848, produced in
round numbers one billion four hun.
dred millions dollars in gold, or an
average of about $25, 900, 900 a year
Tor hfty.six years, and Welded SIG,
300, 900 last year.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
Headed for Tononah.

Every day a hundred or more
goldseekers pass through Carson on
the way to Tonopah, Goldfeld and
other districts that have been dis
covered in the past few months.
The hundreds that have gone out
have sent the word forth that the
new Nevada camps are wonders and
the news has gone from n end Of
the world to the other and the rush
is on. A trip to San Francisco is
the convincing proof of the state
ment. In every hotel lobby, in every
bar room, in every restaurant and
in fact in every point where men
can c~ongregate there is the hum of
news that Nevada and her wealth
offers the fortune hunters a new
field. Both specimens are shown
and in fact it does not take the
mineral evidence to set the people
talking, 1t is only a portion of the
rush that is witnessed in Carson
says the Appeal. Hundreds of peo-
pie are going to and from the south
ern section. Los Angeles is as much
agog as in San Francisco and on the
other side down to San Pedro there
is as strong a rushing in. Ever
across the borax marshes there IS d
string following the trail to the lond
Of promise. One of the peculiar q
ditions is that the boomers who
rushed to the Klondike are now
making for southern Nevada and tie
new discoveries. Yesterday several
men who have made fortunes in the
frozen North passed through on their
way to barren Nevada where they
will take a hand 10 the development.
Colorado, Montana and all of the
Western states are taking a hand in
the game, with the result that the
most experienced line of ~prospectors
that have ever trod the state are
now inside of the borders aud will rip
up the mother earth from its ex-
tremes to the Colorado river.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
They Tel the Truth.

The Tuolumne Calf New Era re-
Gently received a letter from w. D.
Deming and j. D. Walton in which
the gentlemen emphatically stamp
as untrue the published reports of
sickness and distress in Goldfeld.
The letter in part says; "Goldfeld
district has a population Of over 5000
and there have been but few more
deaths here than in Tuolumne with a
population of 1000. A more healthy
place one could not wish to live in.
The wind and dust are disagreeable
at times, but for the past ten days
the weather has been perfect. All
look for a rush in the spring. This
is the greatest mining camp in the
United States today. The rock is
here and the values are in it. There
are chances for all, for the country
is large and comparatively unpros.
pected.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Ferdinand Walters, a gambler
known as the Catalina Kid" walked
into the Palace saloon and gambling
house in Nogales, Arizona, on Satur-
day last and killed NJ. NJ. Conn, the
proprietor of the place; j. J. Johnson,
a gambler; Modesto Olivas, a Next
can card dealer, aud then turned the
revolver upon himself. sending a bull
let through his brain.
The application of R. G. Smith,
P. ]. Enright, W. F. Adams, J. C.
Lynch and 7. G. Enright to organize
the First National Bank OF Lovelock.
New, with $25, 900 capital, has been
approved by the comptroller Of the
currency.
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco
has caused a sensation in the police
department Of that city by summarily
removing from office Police Com
missioner H. w. Hutton. The
Mayor in his communication to the
Police Commissioners assigns as
his reasons for removing Commits
sioner Hutton, grossly immoral con-
duet and improper practices as a
public official. The Mayor gives
minute details Of alleged improper
conduct by Hutton and mentions the
name Of a girl whom he declares vas
but recently in short dresses.
President Roosevelt will visit
Texas in the Spring to attend a re-
union of his Rough Rider regiment.
The new cruiser Maryland built by
the Newport News Ship Building
Company, made a record Of slightly
over twenty two miles an hour for
eighty eight miles, on her triaI trip
last week. She is certainly a hum
mer.
The supreme court of the United
States has decided the case of the
United States VS.. Swift & Co, known
as the beef trust case, charging con
spiracy among the packers to fix
prices on fresh meats, etc. The
opinion was handed down by Justice
Holmes and it affirmed the decision of
the court below, which was against
the packers,
After being out for sixty-seven and
a half hours, the jury in the case Of
the State VS.. Williams, for murder
at Reno, was discharged.
The largest diamond ever dis
covered has been found near Pre-
toria. The stone weighs 1892 karats
and is said to be a pure white dia-
mond Of good quality. 1t is easily
valued at So, 800, 600 to "a, 600, 900.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
BUSINESS CARDS.

q. s. Mineral Surveyor. Mining surveys for
patents a specially. Three competent civil
engineers constantly employed in the once
Brougher Avenue. T0nopah, New.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
Railroad enwantedi in Panama

An examination by the United
States Civil Service commission to
secure yardmasters, switchmen,
switchmen's helpers, conductors,
trainmen and switch engine men, will
be held in Reno on February 18th, to
secure the hundreds of men that will
be needed in the Panama canal SER
vice. All of the applicants should be
persons of the best physical health,
as no others will be accepted.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
Wire Silver at GoldfeId.

A ledge of native wire silver has
been uncovered on the Blue Bull com.
pany's ground at Goldfeld. The dis
covery was made on the Cosser and
Terrill lease on the Hat claim and it
is the first strike made in the dis
trict in which silver values have pre-.
dominated.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
Another False Report.

A report has been current for the
past few days that William CtBuck')
Walsh of Gold Hill had died in Tono.
pah. Mrs. Walsh received a tele-
gram from w. 7. Cuddy of the latter
place saying that Buck is in Gold.
field and enjoying good health .-Vir-
ginia City Enterprise.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-04
Sick Headache.

This distressing ailment results
from a %disordered condition of the
stomach. All that is needed to effect
a cure is a dose or two Of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
In fact, the attack NAV be warded
of, or greatly lessened in severity.
by taking a dose of these Tablets as
soon as the first symptom of an at.
tack appears. For sale by all drug.
gists. y
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
THE ELECTRICITY HABIT.

There IL One Thing In Its Favor-n
In Usually Beneficial.
"Of all the habits the one that sticks
closest to fellow Is the electricity
habit" said a young doctor. "The drink
habit and the cocaine habit are mere
summer fancies compared with 1t. But
there is one thing to be said in !ts ia
yor-it is usually beneficial. The elec-
tricity habit is contracted just like any
other habit. A few currents are admin.
istered during an illness. They strength
en- and stimulate, and the first thing
the patient knows he finds the tonic IN
dispensable. Even after he gets well
he Graves the treatment. / know one
young woman who makes fair living
by calling at the homes OF electricity
victims and dosing them with a few
shocks from galvanic battery. MOST
slaves to the habit have their own bat
teries, but they are afraid to apply tue
treatment to themselves. That Is prac-
tically a groundless fear, for there isn't
one chance in a thousand OF person
giving himself an overdose. Still they
prefer an experienced hand to manage
the current. Not all the electricity
flends are invalids by any means.
MANY of them are now as well as they
ever were, yet they have become so al
dicted to the habit that they require
the weekly, semiweekly or possibly
daily electric thrills to tone them up
New York Post.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
sloo. Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that SCI
ence has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the positive cure
now known to the medical frater-
nifty. Catarrh being a constitut-
ional disease. requires a constitut-
ional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system there.
by destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the pat
lent by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers.
that they offer $Ioo for any case o5
that it fails to cure. Send tor list
of testimonials.
Address F ] Cheney & Co.
Toledo, Ohio
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls family pill for
constipation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
How Editors Get Rich.

After good deal of study and
work it has at last been figured ont
WHY SO many country editors get
rich. Here is the secret OF success,
saws an unidentified exchange pa
DER. A child is born 10 the neigh
borhood; the attending physician
gets $40; the editor gives the loud.
lunged youngster aud the HAPPY
parents" a send off and gets 80. 1t
il christened; the minister gets $40
and the editor gets 800. 1t grows
up and marries; the editor publish
es another long winded fiowery ar
ticle and tells a dozen lies about the
beautiful and accomplished bride;'
the minister gets $40 and piece of
cake and the editor gets 5000. In
the course Of time it dies and the
doctor gets from $25 to 500; the
minister perhaps gets another $l5;
the undertaken gets from 500 to
500; the editor publishes a notice
of the death and an obituary two
columns long, lodge and society re-
solutions. a lot Of. poetry, a free
card of thanks and gets 10000 No
wonder SO many country editors
get rich.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
THE KISS IN THE TUNNEL
The Way . Man Had Revenge For an
Act Of Dtscourtesy.

The Way q Man Had Revenge For an
Act Of Dtscourtesy.
courtesy always pays; discourtesy
never does" said famous Frenchwo-
man. LET me tell you a story OF an
actual happening:
1.-TWO women occupied compartment
In a railway carriage with one man,
stranger. They were extremely rue
to this man. In whispers that ne couia
overhear they criticised his costume
his figure and his manner. He, to be
revenged, did a singular thing.
"The blackness Of n tunnel ehVe'-~
oped the car, and under cover OF the
darkness the man kissed the back OF
his hand loudly and repeatedly. Then
when the train entered the light again
he looked from one woman to the other
with a significant smile.
"They exchanged glances Of suspi-
cion.
"'Was 1t you he kissedT
"sNo: of course not. Was 1t your
"And neither lady would believe the
others denial, and each in her Utmost
heart believed the other had encour-
aged the kiss. The man looked cool
and complacent When finally he rose
| to 70 he said, lifting bis hat with a
jocular air:
"'Have no fear, ladies. shall never
tell which Of you 1t was"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17

A writer who was fond OF au-
athematizing the long winded me-
thod of lawyers once perpetrated
the following:-
Ifa man were to give another al
orange, he would merely say, 81
give you this orange" But when
the transaction is entrusted to a
lawyer to put into writing, he adj
ops this form:---
81 hereby give, grant and convey
to you all and singular my estate
and interest, right, title, claim and
advantage Of and in the said orange,
together with all its rind, skin. juice
pulp and pips, and all right and adj
vantage therein, with full power
to bite, cut, suck, and otherwise eat
the same away as fully and effect
ually as |. the said A. B. am now
entitled to bite, cut, suck, or other
wise eat the same orange. or give
the same away, with or without its
rind, skin. juice, pulp and pips'
ANYTHING hereinbefore or hereinaf-
ter or in any other deed or deeds
instrument or instruments of what
nature or kind soever to the con.
trary in any wise notwithstand-
ing"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
December Designer.

The joyous spirit Of Christmas
strikes the KEYNOTE for stories.
verse and several of the miscella-
neous articles in the Designer for
Dec, among the latter being, "Deu-
tsch Spiewaren for Christmas by
Julia Darrow Cowles, who describes
the interesting toys made for A
merican youngsters by the little
people of Germany: and Holiday
Sweetness" by Frances Peck, in-
structing how to make the most
delightful dainties. 1.-THE Rise and
Fall of The Christmas Tree" tells
in pictures what the well-known
fairy tale does in prose. ''Gram'-
ma Vosburg's Christmas" by Myra
Emmons, is an excellent holiday
story excellently illustrated, and
1.-THE Admission Ticket" by leila
Walters, is another bit Of fiction
which will please the children, as
will also, "Dollies of an Unusual
Kind" by Eleanor Marchant, and
"A Search for Santa Clause" by
Bertha Bush, the latter giving
them chance to display their tai
ents in the dramatic and musical
line.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
j. L. Phillips,
Entonologist.

TIE enrolment Of the University
Of Virginia on November l was
500, an increase of 20 over the same
date last year. OF this total 24o
are enrolled in the College DEPART
ment, 80 in the Graduate depart
ment, 121 in the Medical depart
ment, 189 in the Law depart
ment, ITO inthe Engineering depart
ment. The wide prestige and IN
fiuence of the University is shown
by the number of students from
every section Of the United States.
North Atlantic States A, South
Atlantic States 49l. South Central
States 1873, North Central States "a,
Western States s and Foreign
Countries 6. The introduction OF
entrance examinations ct the Uni
versity this session has limited
somewhat the present enroll
ment.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
CHINESE MUSIC.
What DR.. Whewell, Master OF Fr1nisy'
Knew About 1t.

What DR.. Whewell, Master OF @T1hNs'
Knew About 1t.
Tie remarkable extent OF the knowl-
edge possessed by DR.. William Wne-
we'll, at one time master OF Trinity,
Cambridge, is well illustrated Dy tne
following story, taken from the 'Lire
and Work of DR.. M0merie."
Two Of the younger dons, growing
rather jealous of the masters reputa-
ton for omniscience, Determined mat
they would discover something or
which he knew nothing. They pitched
upon the subject of Chinese music.
How should he know anything about
it? They did not. so they went TO an
encyclopedia and read the subject up.
The next time they met Whewell at
a dinner party they led the converse
ton gradually in the direction OF mu'
sic, when they began to discourse upon
the music Of the Chinese and gave out
all their recently acquired information.
Whewell was silent, much to their
satisfaction. Evidently he knew moth
ing about the matter. But just as they
were beginning to rejoice in their tri-
umph he said:
might / ask, gentlemen. where you
got your information
"Oh, yes" they replied. 1--WE picked
it up out of such and such an ency'
clopedia."
"Ah," said Whewell, II was thinking
30. | wrote that article thirty years
ago. and It's full of mistakes"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
by the President

President Roosevelt tast Thurs
day issued the annual Thanksgiv.
ing Day proclamation. naming
Thursday, November 80, as a dav
for general observance OF Thanks
giving. The proclamation is as
follows:-
"When nearly three centuries
ago the fret settlers came to the
country. which has now become
this great republic, they confronted
not only hardship but terrible risk
to their lives. In those grim years
the custom grew Of setting apart
one day. in each year for a special
service Of thanksgiving to the AL
mighty for preserving the people
through the changing seasons. The
custom has now become national
and hallowed BY immemorial us
age.
We live in easier aud more plen-
| tiful times than our forefathers,
the man who with rugged strength
faced the rugged DAYS: and yet the
dangers to national life are quite
as great now as at any previous
time in our history. 1t is eminent
| " fitting that once a year our peo-
pie should set apart day of praise
and thanksgiving to the GIver OF
good. and at the same time that
they express their thankfnlness for
the abundant mercies received,
should manfully acknowledge and
pledge themselves solemnly and in
good faith to strive to overcome
them. During the past year we
have been blessed with bcuntiful
crops. Our business prosperity has
been great. No other people have
ever stood on as high a leyel Of
well being as ours now stand. We
are not threatened by foes from
without. The foes from whom we
should pray to be delivered are our
own passions, appetites and follies;
and against these there is always
need that we should war.
Therefore, | now ct apart
Thursday, the Both day of Novem-
Der. as a day Of Thanksgiving for
the past, and prayer for the future,
and on that day ask that through
out the land the people gather in
their homes and places OF worship,
and in rendering thanks unto the
Most High for the manifold oless.
ings Of the year, consecrate them
selves to life Of cleanliness, honor
and wisdom, so that this nation
may do it's allotted work on the earth
lin a manner worthy Of those who
founded it and Of those who pre-
served it,"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
Ouail's Convey of Fifty Four
Birds.

An interesting incident IN
reference to The breeding IT quail
was told recently by a gentle
men living in the vicinity of Cr-
press
He says that an old quail had
nested in his yard and that during
the year three separate coveys OF
young birds were raised. The par
ty mentioned watched the old bird
during the breeding season and
was careful that nothing snolested
her or her eggs. Early in the
summer the first cOvey came OFT
with 20 birds, all of which were
raised. Then another covey OF 10
was raised, and finally, late in the
summer, another hatch of % was
brought off. This makes total OF
"a birds raised by one hen this sea-
son.
This incident offers several inter.
esting suggestions-namely, that
the present closed season on the
bird is about correct to cover the
entire breeding period. 1t also
shows that the killing of quail IN
Sept. and Oct. is nothing short of
murder, as the old birds are too
poor from caring for their Young
and the young birds too Young to
be of any value for eating.-llous-
ton Post.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
Grouse Drumming Mystery
Solved.

Hodge, Professor Of Clark
University, writes in the November
Country Calender;
Mystery attaches to the drum
ming of the grouse. How is 1t
done? What is it done for? Is it
a challenge? Is it a love note?
These questions have been asked
since the landing OF the Pilgrim
Fathers, but have not been answer
ed definitely
II am convinced that at just the
critical moment, when the sound
is produced, the wing moves with
too lightning like rapidity, even in
first slow strokes, fer the eye to
follow it. The wing. consequent
ly, disappears from sight as it APP
proaches The contour surfaces OF
the feathers on the sides. We must
defer here to the eve Of the camera,
and some of the photographs GER
tainly show the blur Of rapidly vi
brating wings coming up and
touching the tips Of the feathers
along the sides, 1t is this impact
of the stiffly held concave wing ON
the feather custom of the sides that
causes all the sound. In fact, the
sound, so far as quality goes. car
be best initiated by striking with a
wing properly stretched, or even g
concave fan, on an extremely light
eider-dOwn custom.
"Phvsics is clear on this point t.
the effect that a single stroke OF I
solid body on the air could not pro
duce sound Of this kind"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
Reject Diseased Nursery Stock.

Insects and diseases or nursery
stock of a seriously injurious ma
ture have become so widely dissent
mated that persons desiring to plant
only a few trees, as well as fruit
grawers in general, would do we'll
to inspect all nursery stock before
acceptingit
Considering so apple trees per
acre, worth 10c each, S. co. the
land on which thew are planted,
$500 per acre: planting and care
81 80 per acre each year; and we
foot up for 10 years, $1O5.50. Sup
pose one should use diseased nur-
sery stock, and the orchar becomes
almost entirely worthless at the end
Of the 10th year. One then has
only the value of the land (25.OO)
to show for an outlay of Sl05.5O,
besides not having the land fnr nse
during this period. It viii br 6
good business proposition to start
with healthy nursery stock.
The main trouble Of nursery
stock are the San Jose scale and
the crown gall of apple. The
crown gall is discussed in bulletin
No. 14O Of the Va. Expt. Station,
and discussion Of this and other
troubles Of nursery stock appears
in Circular No. 45 of this office,
both Of which may be obtained by
addressing Prof. Andrew nj. Soule
or the undersigned. While close
supervision is kept over nursery
stock sold in this State, much more
will be accomplished il the frnit
growers themselves will inspect
carefully all the stock purchased
and call the attention OF. the State
Entonologist to any troubles OBJ
served.
j. L. Phillips,
Entonologist.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
The sa1o Plant.

Sage is a nutritive, farinaceous SUD-
stance obtained from the pith OF sew
eral species Of palms growing In SUCH
hot countries as Java and Sumatra.
The stem, about fifteen to twenty feet
long is cut into pieces and the pith dug
out and placed in a vessel having
sieve bottom. Water poured Into the
sleeves washes the -four thus exposed
into a second vessel. When the water
is poured of and the residue becomes
dry 1t Is known as sage -four. The pith
left behind forms what Is known as
common brown sage.