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OFFICIAL COUNT OF STATE
FUNDS.

County Of Ormsby, s. s.
John Sparks and W. G. Doug
lass being first duly sworn
say they are members Of the
Board of Examiners of the State cf
New, than on the 9th day Of Feb rs
they. (after having ascertained fro1a
the books of the State Controller the
amount of money that should be in
the Treasu0) made an Official exami-
nation and count of the money anI
vouchers for money in the State Tre.
asury of Nevada and found the same
correct as follows:
Coin 257,242 80
+ Paid coin vouchers not re-
turned to Controller 4O,911 76
| Total 29S,154 ut
State School Fund Securities.
Irredeemable Nevada State
School bond $4,000 90
! Mass. State Fer cent
! bonds $4,000 90
| Nevada State Bonds 800 90
Mass. State 3h per cent
bonds $4,000 90
/ United States Bonds 215,O00 90
Total 1.996S54 &C
w. G. Douglass
/ John Sparks
Subscribed and sworn before me this
j .27th day of Feb, A. D. 1906.
i ]. Doane,
Notary Public, 0rmsvy County, New
Custom suits and overcoats will b,
sold at reduced prices-and reason
able time given for payment.
# No advantage in waiting-put u
your order and receive your good,
before Christmas.
Il CHAUNCEY LATTA.
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is reported as being totally destroyed.
Several lives aer reported lost in the
town and district.
Has Water Supply
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21-
P W. May, Secretary of the Spring
Is now coming into San Francisco in
many places. California street, Van
Ness avenue and Golden Gate avenue
all have water in plenty. The prin-
cipal main was broken at Five Mile
House. but has been fixed by Engi-
neer Schussler.
Relatives Suffered
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-Thou-
sands of families are separated, ignor.
art of each others whereabouts and
without means of ascertaining The
police today opened pa bureau of
registration to bring relatives togeth-
er 4
Banks to Open
OAKLAND April 21,-a dispatch
from San Francisco at III o'clock to-
day from a special correspondent says
that the banks of that csty and OF
San Francisco will open in Oakland
Monday to transact business. The
State Bank Commission was in ses
sion this morning with leading finan
ciers.
Mills Will Rebuild
NE WYORK, April 21-D. o. Mills
said asst night that it was his inten
ton to begin as soon as possible OF
the reconstruction of the Mills Build
ing in San Francisco.
He had no doubt that there woult
be d qtiick revival of hope and con
be rapidly rebuilt.
Closed Til August
The Bee says:
Warren c.. Doan today received
telegram from his son Norman. a
5 Palo Alto. which states that Stan
J ford University has been closed. an
will not b ereopened until the begil
. ning of the next semester, in Au'
) ust of the present year.
Another MiIIion
WASHINGTON, April 21.-Secr
tary Taft, while testifiyng before tn
= Canal Committee, received at p. n
today a message from the War D
partment that another million dollar
of money is needed to buy supple
for the San Francisco sufferers. Th
Secretary, after reading the messag
q said:
I'VE have already contracted II
:. $1.5OO,O0O worth of stores and expe
ses incident to the work. This me
IS sage, of course, should 60 to the Hob
3 at once" .-s.se
9 He said that he would send it.the
= for action.
p sTf I am guilty Of any impeachab
n offense (referring to the law prohi
% iting expenditures in excess of a
g propriations' in connection with tn
e. shall crave your endorsement Of 4
III course he said in explanation Of h
n desire to do everything possible I
the sufferers without delay. Go
gress Wal acquit you."- said Senat
ys Talisrerro. and others assented fe
1t insly.
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Has Water Supply
Relatives Suffered
SAN FRANCISCO, April

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21-Thou-
sands of families are separated, ignor-
art of each others whereabouts and
without means of ascertaining The
police today opened u pa bureau of
registration to bring relatives togeth-
err 4
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Food Being Given

OAKLAND,y April 21.- Practical
every house in Oakland has from one
to three and four refugees from San
Francisco, and in instances where
friends and relatives are concerned
many more are being cared for.
Food is being gwen them from both
public and private sources -
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something so grim and cruel in the
sound so steady and memorable, that
the boy felt himself turning pale, and
Jim must have noticed this, for he put
up his hand to steady the lad.
1t was not ten minutes before a large
black dog, her head now up in the air
and now down on the ground, running
backward and forward TO the bank and
back again, came into the open. She
was following the water. The wind
being against her. she caught no scent
of the men in the tree, but ran past
them, but as she struck the trail that
led from the water she suddenly turned
to the long howl. now intensified by the
warmth of the trail. Like an arrow
she turned. and 1t was not minute
before those in the tree looked down
into her glaring eyes and red mouth
with it's lolling tongue and heard the
terrifying bark of triumph announcing
that her human quarry was "treed-
Don't git skeered. Mr.. Harry, said
Jim soothingly. 'Dey1l come along
mighty soon now since she set UP dat
freed howl" And again the negro:
was right. Within fire minutes a
horsemap galloped into the open. and,
espyingssthe dog under the tree. dashed
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that Bertha tried 40 vaeer MIN up.
Il wouldn't mind" she said II would
be very glad to have such nice gar
den."
Its very kind of you to say So" he
replied Il suppose I ought not to be
provoked about it. and after all it
might be worse. Shall we have tek1
now?' N
Il think we might as WELL" said
Bertha. wondering where he was going
to get it.
IT'S lucky that some OF the things
turned out WELL" he said. Here is the
tea rose, and it has done splendidly so
far"
He turned to one of the beds that had
a border of little white cups and saucers.
Taking one of them he held it under the
bush and bent down the end of a
branch. The cup was soon filled with
delicious rose favored tea. He gave the
cup to Bertha and flied another for
himself.
Now we'll see what there is on the
pie plant" he said. leading the way to
another bed where the broad leaves OF
the pie plant grew thiekly together
He bent over the bed and looked
under the leaves. I'VE have mince,
apple. strawberry, lemon ounce,
squash. pumpkin. apricot, pineapple,
cherry. vanilla. chocolate. raspberry.
have@" he asked.
He had spoken so fast that Bertha
could not remember what he had said.
so she told him that she thought she
would have little of the mixed pie.
Very we'll" he said. Here's nice
ripe one and he handed her small
round pie on one of the broad leaves
Then he chose one for himself and they
sat down on a bank of pillOws-
lows the Gnome called them-to eaN
Bertha found the mixed pie delicious
1t tasted something like all the other
kinds of pic together with a flavor Of
it's own besides. The only thing was
that IT made her feel so very sleepy.
'sYou can take little nap while I
go to feed the frogs, if you wish" the
Gnome said They get very angry
when they're not fed and they're sure
to make disturbance of some kind"
Thank you." said Bertha, Il think
will"
The very next thing she knew she
was back on her own picnic ground.
just waking up. She looked quickly at
the waterfall and caught a glimpse OF
the window where the little GnOme
with his white beard was waving her
friendly good-by. She rubbed her
eyes and looked again, but he had gone
and so had the window.
Il guess the mixed pie must have
made me go TO Sleep" Bertha thought
and then he must have brought me
back here Was that it, Rose? You
were not asleep.
Rose nodded her empty head and so
Bertha knew that il had happened as
she thought. ANYWAY, he was a nice
little Water Gnomes" she said to
herself.
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CT ange i'm Values

suggested that he might enjoy some
marmalade on his muffin Jacks sister,
who was 20. and analysed emotions.
said Jack missed his mother. Then
she shuddered with .misgivings over the
remaining five and a half days. That
afternoon there were diverting proceed
ingS at school Jack was tense with
excitement. First he cut out of A.
very pink paper a figure like the model
set before him. At least no one told
him that wasn't like the model and he
had no doubts of his own on the sub
ject. Then. with his cheeks growing
redder and redder, and his eyes very
bright and intent. he pasted the pink
figure on a passionate green back
ground The effect was perfect! The
form and color were exquiSitei and he
had done it HIMSELF, He knew his
mother would admire it and triumph
with him over it. His mother was
most intelligent and appreciative critic.
She had perfect mania for the things
he considered beautiful Their tastes
were one. Jacks legs fairly twinkled
over the ground when the afternoon
session. was over. They were straight
slender legs, and they could run pretty
fast He. spun into the house breath
lessly- "Motherl" he called. 'MOtherP
1t was only then that he remembered.
His mother had gone 70 Kenosha. on
the steam carst Jacks sister was sing
ing in her room upstairs. Somehow
this increased the queer. feeling that he
had when he remembered He went
and sat down in an armchair that was
much too big for him. painting slowly
from his long, swift run. Perhaps, il
he had had more breath. he would have
cried After a minute he walked to the
window There was game OF marbles
going on in the street That made him
remember that his mother had said he
must play with the other little boys
and not be lonely. Two tears. gather,
ing SLOWLY. made the leaving trees ~
the yard look Ike for1nless blotches 81
green.
That night he wrote his mother a
letter. 1t was not long letter. and
the spelling was too queer to be repro
duced- But the letter usaid:
six days till Saturday is a long
time. / guess I don't care so very
much for the gun. I made a star at
school today. 1t was pink"
This was. perhaps, as lucid an ex-
preston OF feeling as most of US ever
accomplish. Having addressed his LET
ter Dear Mother. Kenosha." he stole
away By himself to post 1t, for safsty's
sake.
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TO cover again. not to reappear until
he had been Joined by a half-dozen
others. Harry gave a shout of joy
when he recognized among them his
uncle Henry. The men separated and
began to draw in upon the tree in
circle.
Call out to EN-. Mistah Harry" saN1
Jim. And you may be sure Harry did.
and it was not three minutes before
the hounds had been drawn off and
Harry was in his uncIe's arms. with
poor Jim a prisoner under guard.
The result of that nights fear and
strain was a siege of fever for Harry.
out of which he came resolved not to
camp out again against his fathers
command When he recovered one OF
the first persons he saw as he came
out of the house was jim. perfectly
happy. The news of Jim's kindness
had gone about the country. and when
it was learned that he had not been
implicated in the plan OF escape. but
had been allowed to join by the leaders.
who had been recaptured. the Governor
of the State Immediately pardoned the
negro. Although Harry is many years
older now. he still finds Jim every day
he goes out of the house.
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swan also. and all of them reached
the other side in safety. Then began
again the wading, and, sometimes sink
ing in mud above the knees, sometimes
swimming, the eight plowed their
way for several miles straight into the
heart of the swamp.
They reached at last little Island,
where the leader said they would make
a temporary resting place. 4 fire was
started, and Harry saw his stprecious
corn meal, which was to have lasted
for a week. all used fort one corn
s'pone. while his coffee went in the
same way. ~ r. s-4e
Although It, was now dark, the
march, through the swamp was re-
suAed Harry was we'll nigh helpless
BYsthis time. and though he tried very
hak&iF he could not help crying just a
litalss The negro Jim was told roughly
to Keep him quiet, if he had to strangle
him. On and on they toiled Jim was
carrying Harry entirely. and,he did not
sapnear TO mindain the least the burden
Of b healthy boy, for he was a giant
in Stature and strength.
Is Harry hardly realized II when at last
the march stopped and he dropped to
the ground, where he almost instantly
tell asleep How long he slept he did
not kuow, but he was awakened just as.
the .dayswas beginning to break. He
saw six. of the men huddled down in a
group, while beside him stood Jim.
sJim's facek was almost pale and his
MISUNDERSTANDING
--S-Ins theaeyes of al1,the men there was
fear, and as Harry's eyes opened to
percefve<this his ears caught at once
the, explauati Borne on the morning
breeze that: was just coming through
the swafnpgfwas a faint. long-drawn
howl--the. Slow, measured howl of a
hopAa on sthe' trail. 1t denoted the one
thing that struck eterroE~to the bravest
of them--the bloodhounds were coming.
The men sprang to their feet with
fright written large on every feature.
We got, to split up right now" said the
leader hurriedly. Some of us may git
away; some Of us is shore to be
caught" Already he was In the water
again and the Eve other Ileni were
aftcr him, Jim remained on the bank
with Harry. Harry looked up and there
were tears in the negro's eyes.
II sho'1y don want to go back ter
dat fahrn." he said hopelessiy, but
reckon I got ter look after you. little
Mistah Harry, case yo' fathah amt
nebber goin' ter fo-give me eff you gifts
hu't!" He stood there for minute,
and then. reaching down, swung the
boy on his shoulders. He stepped into
the water and his course took him
directly toward those long, mournful
howls
II reckon dem dawgs goin. ter. run
along de bank, ter pick up de. SCENT
said Jim over his shoulder. .Bes' thing
we gwine do is to git ovah dere an
elm q tree, case don't want none of
dem dogs foolin' roun me, no indeedy."
After half hour the firm bank was
reached, and Jim did not take more
than ten steps before he began to shove
Harry up tree ahead of him. The
howls sounded much nearer; there were
three or four dogs
TT amt goin' ter be long, said Jim
wistfully.
1t did not seem as II the bowls were
more than mile away now, and Harry
could almost hear the dogs breaking
through the underbrush- There was
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f,vuIy9AGK Fstood upon the doorstep.
@s1YotEmu play with the other
m Aittfe boys and not get lonely.
darling" said Jacks mother.
lowering around him and almost
wishing was not going to
take&tHe trip. You know l 'splained
to You Just what kind of a gun 1 want. :"
said Jaol. ~ Eyes. dear. Remember that
mother will, be back next Sunday" IF
you COULD get one little bigger than
.Huck aBEown's -" Yes. dear. Re
member to. write to mother how you
get aiong.p Jack watched his mother
,disaphear, and then, in a series of skips
and ftumps, as is the fashion OF youth
in spring, he retired to the house to
brood over prospective pleasures.
ThereSwere the tiny panes of glass in
his mother selma closet which would
make delicious targets. He squlnted
his eye in ina ginary deadly aim at the
cloisenne on the mantel. Then the
stern countenance of his ancestor,
which hung lfns the hall filed his pro-
'phetic soul. with exubernnce.
Fittings moved serenery at school that
morning Jacks teacher found him
quiet and contemplative- He was fgur-
ing on just how fast six days would
go by. He was also noting further
conquerable fields in the decorations of
the schoolroom. At recess he spread
the sensational news that his mother
had gone to Kenosha on the steam cars,
and that she would soon return with
a gun much bigger and better than
that of Huck Brown. This inforrna-
tion, swiftly impaired to Huek, led to
a controversy of Jaw. say" and Bet
you donts." that kept things lively
until noon time. At luncheon. however.
Jack looked asi<ance at his sister. who
occupied his mothers tea chair. and
tried to diffuse the proper atmosphere.
He found the hush not at all to his
taste, complained OF the potatoes and
quite suddenly and unexpectedly stuck
out his tongue at the cook because
with the very best OF intentions she
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VI W Y HEN a boy has been
~ Il told that he may go
" " camping out and has
been allowed to make
every preparation for the expedi-
ton, and then. almost at the
hour of departure, is informed that
he must remain at home, there is
likely to be a small sized revolution in
that neighborhood. That Is what hap
Dened in the case of Harry Brant, and
Of it.
Harry lived with his parents on a
large plantation in one of the States
that border the Mississippi River.
Uncle" Watt Burress. a bachelor
planter, had invited the boys of the en-
tire neighborhood to attend q camp
ing out expedition at sheet of water
known as Long Lake. where the fishing
was splendid and game abounded. II
was only an hour before that Harry S
father pronounced the fateful sentence
Tears and anger could not obtain a
reverFal, nor was any reason given.
1t was an hour later that a negro
boy employed about the house came
upon Harry busily loading Dot, the
pony. behind the carriage house. The
saddle bags. bursting with provisions
skillfully distracted from the store
room, were already in place. A coffee
pot. tin cup and small frying pan
dangled there also. Ready rolled was
the blanket, in which was wrapped an
extra flannel shirt. Against the wall
leaned the precious gun, with fishing
rod strapped TO it. Not a single thing
had been omitted. Harry had made ur
his mind TO teach his parents a lesson
He was going to camp out alone.
''Whah you goin' at, Mistah Harry2'
asked the negro boy, curiousiy.
Coin campin' out with Uncle Watt.
was the answer. without any hesita.
ti0n.
lymph, you all bet look OUT" was
the mysterious warning.
why, what's the matter Sam?
asked Harry stopping work at once.
It doan know" was the hazy an
swer. -Dey's some mighty cu'ius
doin's" And with that the boy shut
fed away on his errand.
II was all very still when the slug
gish waters of Big Creek came into
view, after several hours. and Harry
turning into q bypath.s soon reached g
ridge on which stood some great oat
trees. Near by trickled a small spring
Harry knew the place of old. He had
been there before with his father and
uncles, but IT had never seemed exact
ly like this before. A heron tapped
noisfly away from the bushes at the
edge OF the creek, and Harry jumped
with an exclamation and rushed for hi,
run Witch he carefully loaded u.
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cornmeal, the bacon. the coffee and the
two pieces of cooking utensils.
"That'll come in mighty handy" said
the first man, who appeared to be the
leader. cit that gun, too. and them
fishin', lines. Bring the kid along"
What do you want with him?"
Well. we can't leave him. was the
answer. and IL we don't take him along
thahs only one othah thing to do and
he looked significantly at Harry and
then at the water. Harry recognized
the look and felt himself growing faint
Look heah, Mistah jeff, you all bet
tab leave dat white boy alone"--one of
the negroes was speaking now. Dat
Colonel Brant's little boy, an eff any
thing happens ter him dey's gwine ter
be trouble. / knows him. We'se goin'
ter hab nun trouble as it's"
Looking with gratitude toward the
one who had pleaded for him. Harry
made out the features of a young negro
who had worked for his father several
years before. He had gone to the town
and in a drunken bout had killed an
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other negro and had been sentenced
to the farm for long term of years.
Well" was the reluctant answer, m
70 ah so afraid for TIL boy yo' take
charge of him an come along; We've
stood too long as tits. Gomez The
leader turned and walked to the
waters edge and waded in. The negro
had taken Harry upon his shoulders
now. first whispering a word of COM
fort. Harry knew enough about the
chasing of convicts to understand why
they chung so closely to the water. The
only way in which the man trailing
bloodhounds can be thrown off scent
is to have it cut OFF by water.
The band waded along the edge of
the creek for a mile or more in water
about to the waist. and there the
stream widened into a swamp in which
We're little clumps OF land covered with
cane. At this point the leader. who
had Harry's gun over his shoulder.
started to swim. the other men follow
ing him. Harry, who had been much
treasured by the kind-hearted negro.
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saw the heron sail awkwardly away.
and, with a sigh of relief. began
preparations for his camp. The sad
die and bride were taken off Dot. and
she was turned to Craze on the grass.
secured by a stake line With his
knife he cut enough boughs to make a
soft bed, on which he spread his blan-
ket. The provisions were hidden un-
der the blanket and he then busled
himself with preparations to catch an
evening meal of fish
He had brought plenty of worms. and
was just getting ready to bait "a min
now hook when he heard a noise in
the bushes behind him. He turned, and
out into the open came an evil looking
white man, grinning wickedly. He was
barefoot, attired in% Only az heavy
hickory shirt and jean trousers He
was dripping wet, but Through the
caked mud of the shirt Harry saw
something that sent his heart into his
throat. 1t was crossed and recrossed
with faded yellow bands. The man
was wearing part of the uniform of a
farmed convict. He was a prisoner
escaped from some convict farm. Harry
grew weak from fright.
Still grinning, the man stood silent
~ watching Harry for several minutes,
and the boy, as II fascinated, could only
return the stare. Then the man
WhiStled softly twice, and In another
moment more men were coming up out
of the brake, seemingly out of the
water, two, three, four. five, six,
seven-that made seven of them in all,
three white men and four negroes-ali
dripping wet. all caked with mud, but
with the faint, yellow lines marked on
each shirt.
Harry knew what 1T meant then. I.
is the custom in some of the Southern
and Southwestern States to intrust men
committed to prison for some time to
farmers, who force them to live in a
stockade, from which they go to work
under guard OF heavily armed men. Me-
groes and whites are mixed together
In the convict farms, and occasionally
some of the desperate characters over
power their Keepers and escape to the
swamps and canebrakes. The reason
why his father had refused his permits
sion to go camping out came to him
then. There had been an escape from
some nearby farm. perhaps murder had
been done, for the convict Will stop al
nothing, and now the countryside would
turn out and hunt them down with
guns and bloodhounds.
Its a kid. and by hisself." chuckled
the man who had appeared first "Hyah
johnnie, whah's yo' father?" He spoke
with the accent of a dweller In the
bottoms" as the lowlands were called
Harry could not answer. but stood as II
petrified. and as this was going on one
Of the other white men went to the
BLANKET which he lifted. disclosing tho