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The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
For Speed and Safety.


To conserve speed and safety over the
terminals is always the monumental task
in the building OF a railroad. In entering
Baltimore the Washington, Baltimore,
and Annapolis has erected an immense
steel viaduct and bridge, carrying the
road over the several main and branch
line tracks OF the Baltimore and Ohio,
and the Pennsylvania.
All Of the highway and railroad cross
ings are under OF over grade with con-
crete abutmeuts. and the trolley cars will
have an absolutely clear right of way
from city TO city with not a single cross
ing at grade to impede the high speed de-
sired
The builders of the road expect a great
deal OF traffic from the enormous tourist
travel in and out OF Washington II is
estimated that Washington attracts more
tourists each year than any other Ameri-
can city, except New York and Niagara
Falls
On the lines of the Washington, Balti-
more, and Annapolis there is much OF
interest to the sightseeing wayfarer. At
Annapolis the government Is spending
$l2,0o0.0o0 on Improvements TO the Naval
zAszzsaalx. and its surroundings.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21

however, there will be thunderstorm
and kill me Off before night, and SO
want to talk to you little. You
wouldn't want me to die without say
ing anything, would you"
Mr.. Dolby didn't answer the ques-
tlon. He was looking at an old picture
of his grandfather and counting the
horn buttons on his coat
II told you that was going over to
Mrs. Gays" continued Mrs. Dolby as
she stretched out In more comforta-
BILE position. and went. had asked
her for~the nutmeg crater, and we
had talked about the high price OF
eggs, when I suddenly observed tears
In her eyes. thought mebbe her Sis
ter in Ohio was dead. but when
asked her about It she put her arms
around me and asked:
"Mrs. Dolby, can you bear to hear
some awful, terrible newsp
81 told her that could. have been
hearing awful, terrible news for the
last thirty years and have got used to
1t. Then she went on to tell me- She
hadn't meant to say word, but her
conscience wouldn't let her keep things
to herself any longer. Are you listen
ing to me, SamuelY
Samuel was He even had a bit of
curiosity to know what was coming,
but he turned to the photograph of his
grandmother and uttered no word.
Samuel and the Gate.
"A month ago, Samuel, the gate fell
down, and you had to take out one OF
the posts and put In new one. That
was the day was over to Mrs. John
sons quilting bee. Mrs. Gay didn't go.
She was preserving some pears and
couldn't leave 'em. She wanted more
sugar and was going down to the
store to get some, when, just as she
was passing you, you stepped back
ward into the post hole and went down
clear to your hip. You got "A jar and
broke both suspenders. You didn't
know that there was anybody within
forty rods of you, and you let out.
Poor Mrs Gay couldn't remember the
half you said. but the other half was
enough. came homo with my blood
like Ice. When I looked at you and
thought OF You saying them words
Just tainted dead away"
Mr.. dolby was still looking at that
photograph. He started to smile grim.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
TALKS BY MRS, DOLBY
Hubby Listens to Another Of Her
Interesting Conversations.
THOUGHT SHE WAS DYING.

That Was How She Felt During q
Painting epsil, but Il Didn't Fsaxo The
Deacon Any - samuel's Experience
With Cow.
copyright. 1907. by T. c. McClure.1
Deacon Dolby was digging potatoes
in the garden the other afternoon and
stopping occasionally to throw stone
or clod Of earth at hog that was
hunting for hole in the fence to get
In when Mrs. Dolby called to him from
the back steps:
Samuel! have got to run over to
Mrs. Gays for few minutes to see
why she hasn't brought my nutmeg
crater back. I shall want 1t I'm making
a custard pie for supper Mrs. Gay Is
one Of the best women in the world.
but she never thinks of returning any
thing she borrows."
Deacon Dolby looked up and nodded
his head, and his wife departed on her
errand and was absent half an hour.
When she returned she came out to
where he was still bringing the pota-
toes out of the ground. and without
saying word she keeled over in the
dirt and rolled up her eyes and in
dulged in three or four convulsive
kicks. The deacon didn't seem in the
least surprised. He stopped and lifted
her one side and dug three more hills
Of potatoes. Then, as she had not re-
covered consciousness. he picked her
up In his arms and carried her into the
house and laid her down on the lounge.
He didn't bring out the camphor bot
tie nor throw water in her face. On
the contrary. he sat down at the stand
not far away and picked up the family
album and began to look through 1t. A
long minute elapsed, and then Mrs.
Dolby struggled to sitting position
and asked:
Samuel. am l in heavenY
She wasn't. The deacon knew she
wasn't. He could have bet ten to one
and felt perfectly safe. He made no
reply, however She would find that
she was still on earth without any help
from him. She did discover the fact.
and after looking around she walled
out:
"No, I haven't died and gone to
heaven and left all my troubles be.
hind, as / thought l had. am still
doomed to suffer here below. Mebbe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
She Knew,

A physician In a town not far from
Philadelphia who has some practice
among the colored population In the
vicinity was once awakened in the
middle of the night by frantic ring
at his bell. Putting his head out of
the window, he inquired. "Who's
there?"
'It's me, doctah. It's Dinah."
"Dinah! What do you want?"
'Ef yer please, sab, l wants yer ter
come quick ter see my ole man. He's
powful sick"
TOO bad. What seems to be the
matter with him?"
II know what's de mattah wild him,
all right. It's indigestion OBJ de kid
neys."
"You mean congestion of the kid
neysg'
NO. sab; it's indigestion of the kid
neys. He done eat four platefuls oh
'em, stewed, fer supper, and he amt
done slep' wink since" ce."-Lippincott's
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
BOWSER THE SAVANT,
Flies a Kite to Learn What In
sects Inhabit Upper Air.
THE TEST ENDS IN DISASTER.
Experiment Attracts a Crowd Of Small
Boys, and Policeman lnterferes--His
Wife, as Usual, Shows Little SYM
pathy For Him.

copyright. 1907, by T. c. McClure.1
When Mr.. Bowser came home TO din
ner the other evening he was fifteen
minutes late and had that thoughtful
look on his face that comes TO a man
who Is given lead nickel In change
by q street car conductor. When Mrs.
Bowser called attention to his lateness
he made an ambiguous reply, and it
was not until the meal was over that
he woke up and said:
"Mrs. Bowser, this is fine starlight
night, with breeze of about six miles
an hour blowing. A more fitting night
for the experiment could not have
been made to order"
Mrs. Bowser looked at him and
groaned.
There was TO be an experiment.
She had thought all the time that he
might have a headache.
What sort of an experiment? Was
he going to try patent fuel and melt
the top Off the range or some gas saw
ing patent and blow up the house?
She was wondering over it when he
said:
"For the last year there has been a
hot dispute between the savants as to
the insects occupying the upper strata
of the atmosphere. We know that the
lower strata are teeming with house
flies, horse flies, mosquitoes, moths,
bugs and other things, and for the last
200 years savants have let It go at that.
They have now turned their attention
to the upper strata, however, and are
anxious TO ascertain the forms of life.
What insects exist a mile high? Do
they have legs? Do they have lungs?
DO they have fangs or teeth? DO they
exist for day or week or n month?
Do they have sight or are they blind?
All these are queries to he answered,
and the man who answers them first is
going TO find himself famous"
But what have you got to do with
itT asked Mrs. Bowser.
Nothing except that | may be the
man to solve the mysteries. | rather
expect to be-
"Are you going up in n balloon?"
"No, ma'am. People have been GO
ing up in balloons for the last hundred
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21

HE WENT INTO HIS OWN BACK YARD.
years, and they have not brought down
the information sought for. Indeed,
they have rather muddled things up"
IF you don't go up in balloon, !
don't see how
"Of course you don't. A woman sell
dom sees anything except another wo-
mans hat. 1t Is not expected of her.
The solution Is dead easy, however, to
man-to me. 1t Is so easy that
am amazed that there should be any
thing in an hour
II hope you WILL" she demurely re-
piled. snow that | come to think of
1t, have often wondered what sort of
creatures were roaming around up
there. have wondered whether they
were longtailed or bobtailed, whether
they were cross eyed or not, whether
they were lopeared and cockeyed or
as handsome as angels. You Will catch
me three or four, won't you?"
His Face Gets Purple.
"By the seventeen bulls of Bulls
Run, but are you talking such nou-
sense TO me" shouted Mr.. Bowser as
his face grew as purple as an old
plum.
"I--I didn't mean 1t for nonsense"
"Then you are born idiot! ! might
have known better than to sit down
and talk on any serious subject with
you. How could ! expect you to un.
derstand and aDpreciate? This ends IL
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
! he WANTED SPACE.
Immediate Application Was Necessary
In This Case.


ais Mr.. Champion in this carr"
The question. uttered in a loud. anx-
ious and even appealing tone. arrested
the attention Of everybody in the ele-
waited railway coach, which was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity.
IL mean Mr.. w. ]. Championw
All eyes were turned upon the speak
err tall, wild eyed west slider, who
was clinging desperately to strap and
trying to steady himself without dig
ging the brim of his hat into some
body's eyes or stepping on some help
less passengers corns as the car lurch-
ed from side 70 side.
81 ask again! Is Mr.. Champion-I
beg your pardon. sir--in the carp
"what do you want of him?" gasped
the surly passenger clinging to the
next strap.
"Do you see that sigu?" howled the
tall man. pointing with his free hand
to one of the advertising cards near
the vcntiators. "It says, For Space
In This Car Apply to w. J. Champion
l want space! want it understood
that am applying for space in this car
right now! IL Mr.. Champion is not
here, gentlemen, is there any person
legally authorized to represent him2
want space enough to live in, space
enough to breathe in"-
But here the train stopped at sta
ton. and the rush Of passengers who
wanted to get off swept the tall man,
still protesting Mt the top Of his voice,
out into the open air.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
Natural.

There is stalwart negro In town
of Alabama whose naturally fine sing
ing voice is the feature Of the local
colored church choir.
On one occasion when the singer was
suffering from protracted illness one
of the deacons called to ascertain how
the patient was "gittin' on"
He's got an awful bad cough jest
now," explained the singers wife. with
most mournful sigh.
"Well, dat's too bad. dat's too badv'
exclaimed the deacon, casting about
for some means Of consolation. Then
happy thought struck him. "Come
to think Of it," he added, lit amt no
wonder, wifi dat strong voice he was
pressin' on his lungs! He's shore due
to have cough now n then, amt
'ST-Harper's Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
Probably.

'T've just been thinking" said Will
lieboy.
"Thinking what?' demanded Sill
man, to whom the idea Of Willieboy's
thinking was somewhat disconcerting.
'That in Adams case 1t must have
been real re-leaf to change his
clothes" said Wlllleboy. - Harper's
Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
Cool and Calculating,

~ suppose you heard about Miss
Koy's behavior during the fire. Why,
when the first fireman came up the
ladder for her she wouldn't go with
him."
''What was the matter with her--out
of her mind?"
"Not at all. She saw that the second
fireman who was coming up was hand
omer."-Philadelp Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
Not a Consistent Performer.

1T must be some encouragement to
learn that your European son-in-law
is disposed to be very economical"
"H'm" rejoined Mr.. Cumrox thought
fully. "He makes distinctions. He is
not as economical with my money as
he is with his n."-Washington Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
Better Than a Mask.

"You say he married the cookT
"Yes, but she was college girl In
disguise"
"Well. II she was a good cook 1t was
q mighty thorough disguise. e."-Philadel-
phia Ledger
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21

A safo Pursuit.
It's got TO be ! dursn't 80
Out In the woods 10 shoot
Fur fear I'll he mlstook fur game
BY some gash-dern galoot
But / kin set upon the "crick"
Ez often ez / wish.
guess they aln't nobuddy round
VIII take me fur fish!
Joe Cone In Puck.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
Tircsore Sport,

Patience-Which do you think the
more tiresome, golf or skating?
Patrice-Oh, golf! A person sits
down more while skating!-Y0nkers
Statesman.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
Tho Main Thjuu,

Professor Young man. what to your
mind represents the greatest problem
of the races.
Student (abstructedly)-To pick the
winner.-Baltimore American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21
And charqed For AccordinoIy.

The steepejack was climbing the
fagstafr surmountlng the clock tower.
This is what ! call working over
time" he chuckled.-Chicago Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-21

The Only Way.
My butcher sells me doctored veal.
My coal man sells me clinkered coal.
My grocer sells me moldered meal,
MY baker stints the breakfast roll,
MY vintner sells me weakened hoch.
With other tinctured chemic wines,
My broker sells me watered stock
And boosted shares In salted mines,
How can I make both ends to meet
When thus these rogues my wealth DUR
loin K ~ !.
Unless practice like deceit
And psy the!r cla!tns with tainted ooin
--Asthur oultsNoan In Judge.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-09-06
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES.

Bids will be received by the Board
of Examiners Of the State OF Nevada,
to furnish stationery specified for the
use of the State officers.
Proposals Will be received up to
but not ncluding-September It'll,
on which day the bids will be OPP
ened at O'Clock p. m. All bids must
state the price Of goods delivered at
the S ate Capitol, and in every in
stance, when practicable, should be
accompanied by samples. All articles
amount required as indicated, and to
be delivered before October It'll, as
follows:
20 m envelopes No. IA, Xxx white
gov, 60 h., - N boxes.
20 m envelopes, No. 6 ga, xxx white
gov, 60 b., IL m boxes.
10 m envelopes, No. 9, xxx white
gov, 60 h., IA m boxes.
212 m envelopes, No. 10, xxx white
gov, 60 lb IA m boxes.
m envelopes, Columbian clasp,
7x1O1a.
IA m expansion envelopes, 4x1OR
10 reams letter paper, II lb. royal
white, ruled.
GO reams typewriter letter paper
U. S. linen, SX101a, plain.
reams typewriter legal cap 16 II
royal, ruled.
Is reams typewriter legal best plain
unruled.
Is reams typewriter legal margina
line, unruled.
1000 Manuscript covers, SAx15R
assorted colors.
4 gross pens, Gillots, No. 404.
gross pens, Gillots, No. 303.
l gross pens, Gillots, No. POI.
3 gross of pens, Spencerian, No. l
8 gross pens, Spencerian, No. 2.
5 gross pens, railroad
/ gross pens, Russia Moheta.
Il dozen rubber erasers, Eberhar
Faber, Comet, circular.
1 dozen rubber sponge. 1x1x1.
IL dozen pencils, best red and blue
1000 Gem paper clips.
dozen library paste, Carriers pints
IL dozen letter clips, 9x12 IL WOO
board.
IL dozen Falcon files. II 1-4x15.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-09-06
400 sheets blOtting Daper. 10,

I 400 sheets blotting paper, 19x24
colors.
500 sheets mat boards for desk,
green.
Typewriter ribbons, new style
SmithFremier, 3-S inches wide.
dozen copying.
dozen black record.
1 dozen Remington, black record
l dozen Remington, copying.
1000 sheets carbon paper, Golden
Gate black, Sx13.
40 dozen mailing tubes, spiral
wound, inch in diameter, IS inches
long.
| 20 dozen mailing tubes, spiral
wound, LIP inches in diameter. IS
inches long.
/ Il gross rubber bands, E. Faber
! No. 81, Is inch.
; dozen stenographers notebooks.
5000 Dennison's notarial seals,
/ gold, inches in diameter.
1 dozen hard rubber rulers, IS
inches fiat.
1 dozen letter-copying books, white,
10x12. Cigarette paper.
? dozen Cones pins.
1 dozen Sticks sealing wax.
dozen knife erasers.
No bids will be considered unless
accompanied by bond with two or
more sureties, all of which must be
householders and citizens of the
State of Nevada, in the sum OF one
thousand dollars.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Bids should be addressed to the
, Clerk of the Board of Examiners, Car.
son City, Nevada, endorsed "Pro
posals for Supplies"
By order of the Board of Eyamin
ers.
Attest: J. w. Legate,,
Clerk of the Board of Examiners
Carson City, Nevada August 18th
1907.
THE PLACE TO GO.
If you want elegant furniture or
. any of the accessories of a sleeping
chamber try the Carson Furniture
J. Company, across the street from the
q Briggs House. You get the latest
style in furniture and you get it at q
very reasonable price.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-09-06
V. & 7. TIME TABLE

CARSON CITY AND MINDEN
Trains leave,-Carson City, 1915 a.
m; Indian School, 1925 a. m; Hot
Springs, 1910 q. m; Douglas, 10.52 a.
n Arrive at Minden at HOO.
Trains leave,-Minden. 11.45 a. m.
Trains arrive,-Douglas, 11.53 N;
Hot Springs, 1905. p. m; Indian
School, 12.17 p. m; Carson City 1890
p. N.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-06
/! The n Crop.

Louisisns Planter.
Ton much wet weather has
prevailed during the past week
and the progress of the grinding
has been hampered by it. as it
was during the previous week,
but at this writing the conditions
seem 20 be improving and indica
tions point 70 the advent OF dry
and cold weather.
Aside from the interruption
occasioned by the rain the cam
paign d progressing satisfactnr-
lily and were it not for the low
prices the planters would feel
we'll satisfied. The labor situa.
ton is to some extent q disturb.
ing factor. but the conditions in
this respect are being gradually
ameliorated by determined
effort, and the several hundred
European immigrants distribut
ed during the past ten days by
the louise IA Immigration Assoc
ciati0u wera \ great help.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-06

vada, It's. (l895) held that an agree
ment before an election to share tho
salary and fees OF an Office, in con-
Of the plaintiffs using his
influence to elect the defendant to such
Office, Is void: and Leonard, Judge,
in deciding the case, said:
ct is undoubtedly void, as con-
trary to public policy. 1t was in
terms . promise to use not only per-
sonal effort, but personal influence,
among the voters OF Storey County to
secure defendants election. Its in
huence upon plaintiff was the Same as
though defendant had promised to
give him a definite sum of money in
case of election. Success would bring
reward, while defeat would result, not
only in loss of coveted profits, but
time and labor as we'll. BY it plain
tits love Of gain was stimulated, and
a great temptation placed before him
to promote his own interest regardless
of public good. This arrangement
may have induced him to influence ten
men, or a hundred, to vote for de-
PENDANT in opposition to pre-conceived
political principles, and fixed ideas o.
right and duty: and too, when the!
have preferred his opponent as an in
cumbent of the Office. Such a cOntrac
cannot be upheld. Its tendency wa
to corrupt the people upon whose in
tegrity and intelligence the safety o
the State and Nation depends-to lea
voters to work for individual interes
rather than the public welfare.-Adv
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-06
Petite E"siIsh Shoe c,r,..

I wish you would imno-, u,,- N.
sissh shop girls." said The invet.rate
rN. according to the New York
49, came across one yesterday.
,yins . little white evening
- mere were about a hundred
49, 70 select from and l think
looked 1t atty. I looked At 50 many
-. .1.er IN hour. when had At last
selected one. ! said to her with nm
spoiosetic laugh: I've been An awful
o. OF trouble to you. haven't /?
MINK SouN wish I'll come
.s.an. indeed. ! will not she an
s"ered In her pretty English way. I,
was no trouble. None at all. It hal
oeen a pleasure to wait on you"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-06
Monkeys Intelligence,

II the bres'au Geological Garden .
monkey of rare Intelligence was dis.
covsred to be suffering from defective
eyesigAt, caused by q cataract. A sur.
eeon performed an operation reliev.
ing the trouble somewhat, but the
eyes were still weak. and it was de-
cfded that the monkey must veal
glasses to keep him from losing his
sight eventually. At first he fought
the Keepers when they attempted to
put on the glasses. but ultimately he
learned the value of the lenses SO thor.
sughiy That he now nnts on his specs"
every morning and 9 them in q safe
place at night be.-.e he goes to
sleep.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-06
DEC. 6, 1907.
rur PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

tuesday Pres. Roosevelt sent
h;s message tn Congress- which,
owing to the many SUBJECTS re
ou;rinv attention because or the
,.rupness of the en- ,ntry and It's
vor;ed re,atinns. was quite a
lengthy document. we reprin.
elsewhere the principal p''''ts OF
She message as compiled oy the
New Orleans Item.
The message. is a prac-
t;cal, 10 sense docu
ment and is along the lines
of his previous messages de
does not advise tinkering with
the tariff. leaving that to a future
administration. This Will no
doubt be satisfactory to those
Business interests that think any
interference with the tariff "lll
disturb business Conditions IND
especially 50 since at the presen'
r;me the money situation Is IN
. rather delicate condition.
The Presidents recommendations
~ to the inland waterways pro
iect are Of interest and satlsfac
don to the people OF this State
and especially that the Fedora
government should take over tnt
ievee system.
The message IS a whole Is
very satisfactory document ane
contains q lot of excellent advic'
IS to the nations needs.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-06
He's N re CarefuD Now.

An editor il Kansas. says the
Shrevep0rt Times. who never
thought punctuation amounted
- much, IL now defendant in a
libel suit, because he published
n item sbout two young men
who went with their girls to at
tend the nauhers' institrpe. and
after H.. \ left, the girls got
drunk" The comma should have
gone after the girls" but as it
is. the girls have gone after the
editor.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-06

Notes 10 hereby given that I will
my registration ONCE 1t the
following places, 20 Wit:
let Ward-st Peres' store Monday
Nov. 10.
2nd Ward-st Alexis Breaux's store
Tuesday Nov. 10.
I'll Ward-at Thesll's store We'd
nesday Nov. 20.
81 Wsrd-at }. G. LeBlanc's stor
Tuesday Nov. Il.
ar Wsrd-st A.. G. Guilbesu's store
Friday Nov. q. -,.
ia Wsrd-st Pilssss Hall Saturday
Nov. ..
al Ward ct c. Monte's store
And from Tuesday, the 26th of Nov
.1ao7. 70 Janusry the II, 1908, ut thu
NJ. MNANCON,
Registrar.