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The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
W WITH TROUBLES.
1ondon's trouble is her fog.

London's trouble is her fog.
Tokyo's trouble is earthquakes. In
her worst 100000 residents were killed.
The mistral is the trouble of Mar
settles, an east wind that increases the
city's death rate so per cent.
Calcutta's trouble is cholera, and the
bubonic plague is the trouble of Bonn
bay. Each city pays to her trouble an
annual tribute Of 1900 souls.
Bagdad's trouble is the "Bagdad but
ton." q sore that attacks practically
every resident and visitor. leaving a
button shaped permanent scar.
Madrid's trouble Is the solano, a sum-
mer wind from the southeast. 1t is ex-
ceedinyly hot and Is accompanied by
binding. choking clouds Of dust. so
that Notwithstanding a temperature of
1O5 or 40 degrees all windows must be
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
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The Science Of Chemistry.

Chemistry did not become a science
lin other words. chemistry proper did
not exist-until the seventeenth CEN
fury, and 1t was as late as the middle
Of the eighteenth century before 1t be-
gan to amount to much. The old al
chemy undoubtedly contained the
germs, or at least the possibilities. of
the present day chemistry. but beyond
this the relationship between the mod
ern science and the ancient delusion is
slight indeed. Still, 1t cannot be de-
MED that It was in the foolish search
for the philosophers Stone" and the
elixir of Life" that men first hit upon
the discoveries which were destined
to develop into the great science of to-
day.-New York American.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
WAYMATES

Over the hills and through the
heather,
All in the merry midyear weather
Under the sky
Of dear July,
Wandering, just we two together.
You and l through the green-leafed
ways,
You and | in the golden days
The ways Of youth.
The days of truth
Young life and love and tuncful lays!
Over the hills to the west .rn strand,
Owe the waves to the fairy land
Beyond the dim
And cleaning rim
Vi the old gray world go, hand m
Hand in hand (for the dice arc
thrown)
Heart OF my heart, my love, my own
Blue sky DER us
And before us
Luring lights Of tie far Unknown.
New York Sun.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29

NE Of the greatest dangers con-
renting the United States at
~ the present time is the foreign
emicration. 1t does not take an extra
sense of keen discernment to see that
Tho low class of immigrants which are
nour;ng into this country in such
alarming numbers means an early
low. r;ng of the standard of American
General Bingham, the New York
nolice commissioner, declares that IN
his opinion the wave of crime that has
heeen sweeping over that city and
the state of New York of late, is due
10 the fact that this government per
mits the scum of Europe to find shell
Tor within it's doors. The commission
or backs up his statement by facts.
He saws, and no one is in a better pc.
sition to know the inward facts OF
these cases than he, thaS in every in
stance where the culprit has been APP
pretended by the police he has proved
to be a foreigner, usually liable to
speak English.
The nature Of the crimes that have
aroused the public in New York pears
ont the commissioner theory. AS
saints on defenseless women and little
girls have become so common in many
parts of the great city that the police
are at their wits end to know how to
stop it. Plans are now being consid-
cred looking to the expansion OF the
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
FRENCH RED TAPE.
A Professor, His HOLSTERS and Some
Casks Of Sea Water.

Casks Of Sea Water.
Last year n professor In one Of the
Paris universities resolved TO study the
habits of Holsters in his laboratory. AS
they live in salt water, the first care
of the professor was, Of course. to pro,
cure a supply of this medium. The
common mortal will probably consider
1t a most simple task-to provide a few
barrels Of sea water. This, however.
is not so in France. Sea water con
tains salt, and the production of salt Is
a source of revenue, This made It
necessary for the professor to first OBJ
tain the permission Of the minister Of
finance before he could travel and
transport the water. When his appli-
cation reacped the ministry. a sub
ordinate official was directed to inquire
into the standing Of the petitioner.
This involved considerable correspond
ence, which passed through numerous
channels and finally reached the chief
of the department, who now initiated
another investigation in order to as
certain why a Partisan professor
should be sc anxious to lower the
level of the Atlantic ocean. After sev-
eral weeks the inspector made favor
able report. Some days later the petit
toner was notified of the favorable
consideration of his request in the
usual elaborate official language, ac-
companied by circulars giving extracts
from the penal code relative to In
Engagements of the salt monopoly.
Finally, after months of waiting, the
professor was enabled to have some
casks fllsd with salt water at o des-
ignated point on the seashore. of
curse under the supervision of anoth-
err official. who duly issued a permit
for the transportation of the liquid into
the interior.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
COSTLY RAzORS.
Some Gold Handled That Sell For $50.
Handles Of Silver. and Of Ivory.


Handles Of Silver. and Of Ivory.
If a man were content to shave him
self with a razor having n hard rubber
handle, as indeed most men are. he
could buy n with a blade Of very ex-
cellent quality for a collar. but there
are razors far more expensive than
this,
Thus there are sold azor with han
dies of IS carat gold and of plain
smooth finish that bring $50 each. A
pair of such razors In a plain silver
box can be bought for a hundred dol
lars.
But $50 is not the limit of what one
may pay for a gold handled razor. IL
the handle were elaborately chased its
cost might mount up to twice that, or
5000 for Il pair.
There are also sold. among those
more expensive. silver handled razors
which range in price fr1m s6.50 to
$50 each. $500 being the price for one
with a plain silver han le. while those
more costly have their handles more or
less deliberately chaeed or carved.
A mar who did not altogether like a
hard rubber handled razor might ,fira
his fancy suited with II having a
handle of ivory. and al ivory handled
razor need not necessarily be expen-
sive. A razor with a plain ivory han
die can be bought for 81. or course
any carving would odd to the cost.
Costly ragors are usually sold for
gifts.-New York Sun.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
Tn. sarcastic cabby

The London bobby is notorious for
overgrown feet and hands. Likewise
the London cabby Is generally ac-
credited with never being at a loss for
A reply. One day a bobby lifted up
his hand majestically to halt a cabby.
but the latter crowded his horse ahead.
Didn't you see me raise my 'andT'
demanded the bobby.
II did see the sky darken a moment.
but my 'orse was shyin' at your feet
retorted the cabby as he whipped up
and went on.-London Graphic.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
RoMATIC HALO AROUND
THE LOST MINES
Story of the Rediscovery of the Lost
B~reyfogle Mine

A halo of romance always surrounds
a lost mine. No ordinary NINE, one
that never had the good fortune to be
lost, is nearly so attractive t. either
the prospector or promoter. What
time or other sought some fable mine
prospector in the west has not at some
if not openly, then secretly or as a
side issue? We have been out after n
lost mine and found the place de-
scril ed, too, but the mine had gone.
Now comes again the story of the
rediscovery of the famous Breyfogle
mine in Death valley, II miles south
Of Greenwater. Years ago a rich vein
was found near the state line about
100 miles northeasterly from Marvel.
The place was called Montgomery 8
mine, and this as devclarcd and be-
lieved to be the Brcyfogle mine.
Br, yfogle was a member of an immi
grant party that passed through Death
valley region in the carly days. He
strayed from the party up the noun
tain side in search of wafer and found
-;sh gold rock.
Wishing to secure ali for himself,
he hid some of the ore in his pockets
and said nothing to his computations,
thinking to return later and take pos
session of the find alone, or at least
with no more than one ~companion. he
reached Los Angeles, and finding him
self unable to r>turn to the desert
without financial aid, he secured the
assistance of several Los Angelans,
who accompanied him to Death valley.
But to the stranger the mountains and
hills look much the same, and Brey-
fogle was unable to again find the
vein he had discovered. Threatened
with death, he fortunately stumbled
onto a rich vein. Although his com
p~anions were not only satisfied, but
elated, he claimed afterward that the
new discovery was not nearly 70 rich
as the first, and that he was sure he
had not found the right place.
These twentieth century prospectors
have now saved all others further
trouble on that score by discovering
the rich outcrop themselves. 1t really
makes little difference whether the
new find is that claimed by Breyfogle
or not. if only it develops into a pscf-
liable mine.
Desert prospectors have told some
wonderful tales of that land of deso'a-
ton in the past, but none of them
ever described a find, real or imagln-
airy. which would actually compare
with the mines discovered at Goldfcid,
Nevada.-Los Angeles Mining Review
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
The Ace of Marriage.

The age OF legal capacity to marry In
England is much lower than In Italy.
The English law has adopted In this
respect a law of Roman and oven
Athenian origin. by which the ages of
fourteen and twelve were fixed as the
manageable ages of males and fe-
males, respectively. In Italy the age
is fixed by the civil code at eighteen
and fifteen. Formerly the age OF spous'
ais in England was as low as seven
for both sexes. but such marriage was
not considered perfect. for the parties
might disagree to 1t when they ar.
rived at the mature age Of twelve OF
fourteen.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29

The cynics of our time have white
washed many Of the vices. Poets like
the earlier Swinburne practically
praised lust as an expression Of the
love Of life. Poets like Mr.. Rudyard
Kipling practically praised cruelty as
an expression Of the love of life. Poets
like Mr.. Henley and Mr.. John David
son have practically praised drunken
ness, or violence. or obscenity as ex-
pressions of the love of life.-G. *.
Chesterton In London News.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
BRAVO FUNSTON

the blatherskites 1 don't care
a whoop.--Gcneral Funston.)
Three cheers for General Funstonl
He's a credit to his job.
He has told the Frisco blackguards
What they are-"an unwhipped
mob.'
He has handed 'em a hot one,
They've got it straight and bluff
While the rest of us Americans
Cry, "Amenl that the stuff .
Minneapolis Bellman.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29

Perhaps the Danes selected the raven
for their standard out of feelings Of
gratitude. for before the invention Of
the mariners compass they must have
found him extremely useful. The only
method Of determining whether land
was near was to let loose a raven. If
the bird saw land he sailed away for
ever: II he did not, he returned to the
ship.-London Chronicle.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
A Surprise, All RIGHT.

"My husband has promised TO allow
me to choose what I want for my
birthday"
this year"
Yes, there will. He will be sur
priced enough when he gets the bill"
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
Equally CuIpabIe.

II can say for myself that | never
have been mean enough to get another
woman's cook away from her"
Neither have I. but ] must confess
that once or twice | have tried to work
our cook OF on some Of my neighbors /"
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
Proof Positive.

The policeman had shot a fleeing
prisoner.
1T was an accident" he explained to
his superior.
"What proof have you of thaty'
"Why, | hit him, didn't II" rejoined
the accused with an air Of fnality.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
Better Than Dyine,

Teacher-Now. children. remember
the text. Eat. drink and DO merry. for
tomorrow you die" Pupil Please
teacher, in our family we don't. We
all take castor oil next day.-Ilfe.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
A heIpino Hand.

Rich Old Uncle = And remember,
dear. that when ! die all that | have
goes to ycu. Niece-Tbank you. uncle
Do let lie give you more mince pie
Harper's Weekly.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29

LOST-Pair of nose glasses. Findci
please notify Oscar Remnant.
J Is 1w
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29

In Garrick-s time when the weather
was warm the men In the pit took OF
coats and vests.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-29
Sure Easy Money

If you start to pick up hid S. pelts,
beeswax, rubber, m'tals of all kinds
rags, bottles and scrap iron; also all
kinds Of second class machinery, as we
are paying the h., est prices for every
thing In that line, drop us a postal
and we will send you quotations.
RENO HIDE g. JUNK Co,
A.. R%osenblatt, Manager
COG f. Fourth St, Reno. Phone 1903
Branch of the Utah Junk Co. of Salt
Lake City, Utah.
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so CENT MEMS UNDERWEAR

them, then you will buy at
+. G. ROBINS & co.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
AND NOW FOR DOLLAR WHEAT.
(The Union Farmer. }


The F. E. and G. u. Of A, at its Ma
tional Convention in TeXarkana, last
September, established prices on farm
products, which prices the Union in
tends to help its members to secure.
The price placed on wheat is to be
not less than one dollar per bushel
The Union is now rapidly spreading
into the grain-growing states of Illi-
nois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, etc.
Now, let Us resolve to have one dol
lar per bushel for our wheat this very
year. Send in your statistics right
away, and let US make arrangements
to hold for this price Let us double
our membership by the first of July,
when early threshing will begin.
Learn how many farmers, both in and
out Of the Union, can and will hold
for the minimum price The editor
recommended doing this kind of work
through the Union by means of a
price committee as early as May, 1901.
II anyone in America ever advocated
the plan earlier than that, we have
not yet heard of it. But, no matter
who advocated it at first, it Is the
right plan, and is now very popular.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Mr.. Jordan says these warrants or
certificates could be traded in," and
that would tend to do away with cot
ton futures"
This scheme had been made so at
tractive to some of the most promi-
nent of his followers that they are
trying to form a great Southern Cot
ton Exchange to deal in these war
rants. And while Mr.. Jordan disclaims
that he is aiding this latter scheme,
yet it comes from some of his closest
associates, and these have so worked
on the we'll known local pride of Bir-
mingham that it is made to appear all
the cities OF the south will swell with
envy over the good fortune of the
Magic City, since this plan, coupled
with Mr. Jordan's warehouse "sys-
tem," will give Birmingham control
over the cotton trade of the south!
And again is Colonel Mulberry Sellers
outdone in the visions Of the mil
lions" that will be in it for Birming-
ham!
But there have been many, many
such schemes in the past to control
the cotton crop of the south and they
didn't work, nor will this one. Daniel
Sully tried one of these to his sorrow.
and Mr. Jordan himself has now had
some experience along this line, and
no one should know better than him
self that it won't work
The Tradesman endorsed in 1905 the
only warehouse plan that seems feast
bic or desirable, and that was known
as the Waco plan, and this is now
IN successful operation all over Texas.
Under that plan the farmer needs no
one to help him except his local bank
er. He puts his cotton in his own
warehouse, under his own control, and
that is the best collateral he can give
for any loans he may require-better
than any kind of a 'warrant" "-and
then he can sell as suits him and to
the manufacturer direct if he wishes.
That plan is we'll established. It is
very simple and very efficient. The
Jordan plan cannot improve on or SUI
persede it, because it is not in the
real interest Of the farmer, but it is an
other form for promoting gambling,
the very thing Mr.. Jordan is fighting.
OF course if there is trading in
these warrants, there must be incen-
tives for profits" and it is this that
underlies all forms of gambling. Then,
again. this plan possesses all the es-
sential features Of an unlawful trust"
since it seeks to control, through that
system the price of cotton, and If
that would not be a combination in
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
PAGE ELEVEN.

restraint Of trade" what would 1t be?
The thing won't work. Mr.. Jordan
has been playing Birmingham against
Atlanta, and this is SO transparent that
it is astonishing the fact seems to be
overlooked at the Birmingham end
Some of the methods which this mod
ern Mogul of Finance uses to exploit
his schemes are SO patent on their
face that they would be extremely
ludicrous if they were not so danger
Gus.
1t might be suggested to the friends
OF Mr.. Jordan that they extract from
him the taint of exaggerated ego,"
with which he seems to be touched,
and then his splendid abilities may be
possible of utilization in legitimate
channels.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
An Old Scheme in a NeA1 Dress. Reasons Why
1t Should Nor Succeed.
(THc craftsman, May I, IQO7)

services; but it has become a ques-
ton in many directions whether he
can serve these without lending him
self to the designs of schemers and
spectators, as the following facts will
Indicate.
Just consider for a moment those
policies which he aided in fastening
on the cotton farmers that permitted
the marketing Of large portion of the
crop of 1905 at medium prices and
then playing into the hands of specula-
tors for higher prices when the farm
ers had parted with their product.
Why, it was one Of the most notorious
OF these spectators, and the very
chief of 'hot air artists in America.
who boldly and publicly proclaimed his
admiration Of Harvie Jordan, so much
so that he said he had "given him $2O,-
600 for his plan to buy up cotton for
higher prices" This was at the meeting
of the Southern Cotton Association
held in Birmingham in January last
Does any cotton farmer know the
result Of that "deal"? Did any of the
profits go into the treasury of the
Southern Cotton Association for which
Mr.. Jordan was presumed to be act
ing? Oh, no-for that association was
SO near bankrupt that Mr.. Jordan
would not consent to accept renomina-
tion unless it was better financed!
Then, again, it will be recalled how
Mr.. Jordan fell into the hands of a
set of stock jobbers in Philadelphia
last year, and how he announced with
great flourish of printers ink that he
had "$15, 100000" company, with him
self at the head of it, which was going
to build mills all over the south for
making paper out of cotton stalks
and that many of those mills would
be in successful operation by January
l, 1907. But none of those mills has
as yet been erected, because The
Tradesman is read by the business
men of the south, and it gave away
his little game, which was to unload
this stock on those localities which
bit at his mill scheme.
But now comes his crowning scheme!
Verify ''the ghost will not down." for
his sleepless activities must be in
eruption or the machine would "bust."
At this writing he is in Birmingham
for the purpose of establishing there a
great System" of warehouses that
would have one parent Stock there
with branches" all over the south.
The cotton of the farmers is to be
stored in these warehouses, and for
which they are to be given warrants"
or certificates.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Harvie Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton Association, is in
many respects a most remarkable man.
That he is endowed with abilities
OF high order there can be no ques-
tion, while his energies are tireless
and his activities sleepless. 1t will
be readily seen, therefore, what a
valuable man he would be to his fell
lows throughout the length and
breadth Of the land if those splendid
qualities which he possesses so lib
orally could only be confined within
legitimate channels of usefulness. 1t
does not seem possible, however, for
him to keep out of the tolls of schem-
ers, or to hold in check those prompt
lngs Of his inner consciousness that
are so constantly leading into the
most glaring of inconsistencies and
paths of danger and disaster to his
blinded followers.
For many months Mr.. Jordan has
been posing before the country at
large as the one and only Apostle of
Vengeance who had received a cali
to wipe out cotton spectators and
those gamblers in futures who were
robbing the cotton producer of the
fruit of his most arduous toll.
In very truth, Mr. Jordan's right
eous indignation in behalf of the suf-
fering public has impelled him to wage
an unrelenting warfare against these
classes, and he has smote them, "hip
and thigh" and carried on such a Wig
Orous campaign in that cause, that he
has succeeded in getting laws passed
against them all over the south.
These glorious achievements were
rapidly placing him in the list of
those who were to occupy in the fu-
ture niche in the Temple of Fame,
for he's IS being enthroned in the
hearts gssateful parents whose noble
sons weR6eing thus snatched from
the grasp 6sathe relentless Demon of
Chance who was running so many of
the young men of the south. And
then, like Alexander of old, when he
had overcome these doughty warriors
of the bucket shops, he sought others
more worthy of his steel, and these
he found in that great fountain-head
of all the cotton gamblers-the New
York Cotton Exchange. He went for
these with such courage and skill that
many believed he would likewise put
these horse du combat, as being only
common sWindlers and hence not enti-
1nI 10 4 I,A &c
Oh, yes, Mr.. Jordan is indeed most
wonderful man! 1t is really too bad
that his marvellous abilities should
ever be perverted or permitted to be
exercised in other than useful and ben
ificent channels! What a leader he
could become for the poor benighted
cotton farmers who so much need his
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
JOE'S SOUTHERN STRENGTH.
(The Chattanooga Times.l

lIIIICS.
1t has been decided not to use a
Foraker button in the south. Obvious
ly the senator is moved by a consider
alton for the fitness of things. His
button would probably be worn by the
one class of Republicans who do not
vote much in this section
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
1T SURELY WOULD!
(The Birmingham News.)

IIhe birmingham NeWS.)
If a few pistol-toters who enjoy the
reputation of being respectable when
they are not using their weapons were
sentenced to jail for about three
months each and required to serve
their terms it would help some.