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The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29

Judge Sumpser to mandamus them to certify to the election of Creaves over Judge o. H.. Snmpter, democrat, claiming their certigcate was invalid. The attorneys here claim the resignation sho Id have been filed with the sta e board of election commissioners, which has not yet received It.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29
For Sale By McDaniel HdW. Co.
PETITION TO CHANGE T QAD

To the Honorable County Court of Ne vada County:
 We the undersigned do pray your Honor to grant change in the New Hope road to run as follows: To run the south line of the west 1.2 of the northeast IA of sec. thirty six (36) and down the Hope and Har- mony road to the corner of sad land. Thence north 1-4 back to said road which is k"own as the New Hope road. And we will ever pray.
 George Aud
 H. E. Vann
 L. c. Barham
 ". C. Hamilton
 J k. Lambert
 and sixty-five others.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29
A Banquet

spread before you would do you no goo if you couldn't eat. What good can food do a child when as soon as it enters his stomach it is eaten by worms. That's the reason your baby is ailing, cross, pasty faced and thin. Give 1t Whites Cream Vermifuge. It will expel the worms and act as a tonic for tha child
 Sold by Bakers Drug Store.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the only preparation known that will instantly relieve and permanently cure Dyspepsia and all Stomach Troubles. We cheerfully recom- mend it to anyone suffering from such disorders and guarantee each bottle.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29

WANTED -SUccEss MAGAZINE re, ouires the services of q man m Prescott . to look after exp ring subscriptions and 10 serure new business by means of new methods unusually effective position permanent, prefer one wiln l pvner.once. but any applicant with good natural qualifications VII be con sicered; salary sl.50 day with com mission option. Address with refer CT ancas R. c. Peacock, Room lo2' Success Magazine Bldg, New York
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29
Prescriptions and Family
 Recipes

Our Prescription Department is fully equipped to compound from the Purest Drugs and in the most careful and competent man. ner every kind of Prescription or Family Recipe.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29

May and June, so that there was but little left for this rise to dam- age.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29
Answer it Honestly

Are the Statements of Prescott Citizens not More Reliable Than Those of
 Utter Strangers?
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29
Attend to Your Liver

No organ in the human body can give as many different kinds of trouble as the liver when it is not right. Sim mons Liver Purifier makes 1t right and keeps it so.
 FOR SALE -One good second hand buggy. Will sell cheap for cash. J. M. Denson.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29
Advertised Letters!

kANVCl LkSCA A<ChlSA os The following is the list of lettersre- maining unclaimed in this office for the week ending Oct. 26, 1908, and if not called for by Nov. 9, 1908, will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office.
 GENTLEMEN. LADIES. Joe Aaron Miss Ellen Hickson James Annerson Miss Lizzie Mos1te Sam Ball Mrs. Mary Roberson Nit Dismuke Miss Roxie Right | ] F Doynil MT. F.. N. Stone Leuen Edmonson Miss Minnie Seitz Joe Granger ' Sylua Washington Cyrus Keller Mrs Josie Brown H R Knapp Mrs. Father Brown V A c Pike Miss Annie Bold ] A Stiger Mrs Luner Edmonson C P Smith Mrs. Lee Hill l. w Tharp Miss Maggie Hill J H Show Mrs. Hattie Hunter Walter Smith Mrs. Maggie Jones c |. Wilson Mrs Ada Bell More Sam Walker Mrs. A Rdbut Caswell York Mrs. Bulah Smith L Appligate Mrs. Callie Warren Mager Breadge Miss Frances Will- Melvin G Crak jams J J GoIrley T. J. Jackson D. w. Hamilton
 Jim Howard
 Jeff Johnson Jim Miller F T Miner R W Mccain Mack Robinson E D Smith Cal Williams
 When calling for the akove, please say "advertised."
 JACK CRIMSON. P. M.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29
Dear Sir and Friend
SchoolDooks and Stationery

We carry a complete line of all the School Books used in the public schools of Hampstead and Nevada Counties, also all kinds of School Supplies. Our stock of Fancy Stationery Is at all times eagnlete.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-29

Stock Powder
 We handle the following Stock Powder
 International,
 Wilburs,
 Thomas, LeGears.
 Kentucky, Capital, Lees,
 Standard, Rex and Crescent. This Fall when you put your hogs up to fatten, put them into two pens. feed your regular feed in one pen and try one of the above,mentioned owders in the other one, and see how much more the one gains you feed the Powder to than the other. Don't order your Powders direct. We sell you International or WilbuTs at &2. 50 per pail, worth $3 30.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

derful.'' said Dill, as a commercial
traveller might say about his last trip.
The people used to think we were
good; now they know it. because we
made good in New York"
Suppose you had failed there" I
suggested.
Now please don't" they replied in
octaves.
I'VE have been hoodoo lifters ever
since we started said Dill proudly
First we had our vaudeville tour. start
ing from the old homestead in Cleve-
land. and leaving the laundry and the
undertaking shop behind We came
west on that first tour and played at
the Orpheun. That was only years
ago. too. We thought we had struck
gait in the Dutch team business.
and so when we had a chance we opened
at the Pan-American exposition in
Fiddle Dee Dee. 1T went great though
everybody predicted calamity, and after
an engagement in Pittsburg of 90
weeks we came, and new at that, to-
Fischers for another 90 weeks. Well
that 20 weeks stretched into years and
you remember that Fischer had Fiddle
Dee Dee. taken off the boards because
he said he was tired of seing it,
wanted to see new show, and
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

''vigilantes." to put down the reign of
terror which robbers and cutthroats.
preying on the community. had plunged
the city into; and such. also, was the
case in the south in 1867. when the
Ku K1ux Klan, pictured and exploited
in The Clansman. sprang into being
for the purpose of protecting life and
property during the Black Terror
Indeed. clever writer has pictur-
esquely STYLED these Ku Klux cIansnnen
The Vigilantes of the South so sim
liar were their methods and objects to
the famed San Francisco organization
Secrecy was the keystone of their sue
cess. The order was ruled from Mem
phis by grand wizard of the "Invis-
ible Empire" the late General Nathan
Bedford Forrest 1t spread over nearly
all Of the southern states, overthrew
the carpet bagger governments. and
restored peace. good order and security.
though so little was known OF it that
congressional investigation several
years later. failed to reveal any of its
leaders or gain any insight into the
principles. constitution or ritual OF the
order.
The members of the khan were not
known as such even to their neighbors
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

theatrical business until it has been
made a matter of history. Prophesy
is impossible We think you are going
to like US, we are going to give
you the best we've got; we have
brought some clever people with US, and
we have spent a lot of money. as you
can see. That's all that we are certain
about. The rest is with you folk.
Meantime we are going to give you new
stuff. 1t is not likely that we will
revive any of the old successes like
Fiddle Dee Dee San Francisco, the
atrically, will settle how long we will
stay in your midst
And SO with knit brows and sober
countenances, surrounded by whirring
sewing machines. busy irons and i'm
Fortunate stage manager and property
men. left these two fun makers TO
their serious task of getting ready TO
make US laugh tomorrow night.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

to his figure and he was of the type
which we still see. Why not say that
Weber and Field worked his imperson-
alton up and copied him? Or when it
comes to imitation why not say that
Warfield copied knight Everybody
knows how Knight wanted to do se-
rious stuff and appeared in a play which
brought out a character like that of
the music master, poor Won Barwig.
and how when the play-it was by
Bronson Howard. by the way-didn't
go. knight lost heart and money and
died a disappointed man. Yet he was
a great actor. He refused to go back
to his fun making, and he never had
success after the one failure.
Gus Rogers made no such mistake
He died, as read in the papers. worth
at least half million dollars. and he
and his brother started on nothing
Though they were never great favor
ties on the Pacific coast, they were big
hits in the east and through the mid
die west, and they stuck to their own
kind of fun 1t wasn't like ours, but
il was effective and it made Gus and
his brother wealthy men,
You're not doing so badly your
selves2" l asked with some imperti--
nence.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

terpreter of laughs; "and the funny
part of the business is that most of the
Dutch comedy players have been
Irish. Take Joseph K. Emmett and the
host of players who came after him,
like Charles Arnold, George Staley,
Charles Gardner and others 1 can't re-
member this minute. Then there was
George S. Knight, a fine Dutch actor
of other years. He was the boss of
broken or 'mangled English, and was
an original in the 'Evangeline' produc-
tion which Rice put out He wore the
pad which added contour If not beauty
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

wouldn't let the play run its course
he was anxious to see something else"
How long are you going to stay
here this timer I asked
Nobody knows that. We will stay
until we are not wanted, and nobody
can tell anything about success in the
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

or friends The regulation" OF any
community was always entrusted 30
cIansmen living remote from the scene
They rode into town masked and
shronded. on steeds similarly disguised.
performed their labors silently and then
disappeared Even the rumor OF their
coming caused offending negroes to
take 10 the woods. and the fears OF a
wholesale insurrection and massacre
OF the white people quickly passed
away. These determined and all pow
erful night riders. who had so mighty
an effect on the course or southern
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
Attractions at the
Local Playhcuses

The big event this week VIII be the
arrival OF KoIb and Dill at the Princess
theaters where they will hold forth in
their new musical comedy. Playing the
Ponies" New shows are promised ar
will be no hold overs" this week, 50
the bidding for patronage will be brisk.
as per the following accounts from the
various press agents.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
Vigilantes Of the South

When law and order fail. men are
apt to take the powers of government
in their own hands Such was the case
in the early days of California, when
the businessmen and other law abiding
citizens of this city organized the
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

He waved his hand around the room.
ours" he said.
The money in the wardrobe room
represents the earnings of the stars in
New York and in their successful west
ern tour.
THE tour out west has been Won
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
American

H Fl. FTazee's entertaining musical
comedy. the isle of Spice" which will
return to the American theater this
afternoon for a weeks engageuent< Is
a dream OF color seldom surpassed in
the light opera field. The piece itself
has an interesting story. while there
are fully 20 catchy song hits contained
in the piquant musical mixture Peggy
Brady THE Goo Goo Man" ~The
Broomstiek Witches. Uncle Sans
Marines. you and /" Take Ne
Home" How Can You Tell Till Yor
Try" Little Maid OF Nicobar.a .Cslerf-
Gus High Ball" and the spectacular
finale. The Star OF Fate" are all
tuneful and popular
Most OF the principals who scored
heavily IN the Isle OF Spice'> last sea-
son are -stilll earning applause in the
same roles Harry 3. Williams and
Harry b. Watson. The clever comedians
and eccentric dancers who evoked
much mfrth and applause for their
artistic work as the two sailors; Lo-
retta Convey the sweet voiced singer,
Roberta Wilson. the charming in ngenue:
Sam Rose, the fun maker and AlFa Z
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
Van Ness

Checkers will be the attraction at
the Van Ness theater for one week, be-
be welcomed by the play gOers, who en-
joyed the comedy last year. The play
is called a character" comedy. which
is way of saying that IL is neither a
society play nor a problem drama II
is unique, a story of American life told
in crisp. clean cut dialogue, with clev-
erly devised situations, and one scene
with a thrill in il that leaves the audi
ence a little breathless.
The hero is named Campbell. but no.
body ever calls him that. He is Check
the rOtunda OF a Hot Springs hotel till
the last act leaves him with his sweet
heart in his arms He is a gentleman
sport. spending his money as be
and hears her beg Arthur Kendall. the
dissipated son Of the rich Clarksvilie
merchant, TO come home Incidentally
he hnds out how sport looks 20 a
girl like Pert. and turns his back
squareIy on his old life
The second act finds him in Clarks-
vile clerking in the Kendall store and
adOring Pert without hope In one OF
the quaintest love scenes ever played he
finds out that Pert cares for him. Her
father sends him away. refusing con-
sent to his suit till Checkers can show
$1,000 earned In year. What Checkers
does to get the money and what he
does with the money when he gets IL
make up two acts of unfaggfng in
terest.
The management OF Checkers" has
chosen a wise course in Keeping the
original company intact 50 far as Is
possible Hans Robert plays. Check
erS" again this year. and Dave Brahaul
Push Miller. Lydia Dickson still has
the role OF Cynthy. the laughter COM
pelling servant girl. and Pert" Check
er's sweetheart, is played this year BY
Helen Ormsbee-E The only ma tinee will
be given Saturday
An attraction of unusual Importance
win be found in the production OF The
Clansman." which is announced 10. fol-
low Checkers" at the Van Ness theafer
on Monday November ? II is dram
atization OF Thomas Dixon JF.-s-two
novels. The Clansman and The
Leopard's Spots
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
The Gfu0kO Tree

Studies by Miss NJ. c. Slopes of the
fossil fora of Scotland have shown
that the gingkU or maidenhair, tree.
q native OF Japan and China, which
Is cultivated in Europe and this coun-
try on account of its remarkable fol-
iRge. belongs to an extremely anc-
tent family, of whicI. it is now. ap-
parently, the last surviving repre-
sentative. At one time it seems to
have been widely spread. A singu-
lar fact Is that the fossil specimens
Of the gingko. found in the rock beds
OF the Inferior Oolite series, at Bro
IA. Scotland. are so similar to the
living trees that 1t first sight no diff
ference Is apparent. Only an ex-
animation of the structure of the
cells reveals q Yariatlon.-Youth's
Companion.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
Odd South American AnimaIs.

Many cuE4eus animals haunt the
marshy parts 81 uth America norm
Of the pampas. Frogs big and fero-
cious, given to making vicious
springs when closely approached; the
sapybara, q cavy "contenIed with
she bulk OF sheep; the huge coypu
rat and the swarthy piglike tapir are
frequently seen. Along the forest
margins troops Of peccaries are often
met with, occasionally the jaguar
sometimes the puma. likewise that
toothless curiosity, the great ant
bear. long in claw. long nosed and
remarkably long tonGued. A famil-
iar object is the great iabiru, q stOrk
with q preference for the desolate
lagoons, where It may often be OBJ
served statuesque on one leg and
wrapped IN prospection.-Scotsman.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
The Swaying Skyscraper.

Through the chance of perfect ad-
justment in the way OF balance, Of
a row of large Photographs that
hang On a wall o. an office building
down town the clerks in the place
lave a good deal o. quiet amusement
with persons who visit the place for
the first time. Owing to this bal
ance the pictures are easily sway
ed by the wind that blows through
the open windows and since the Of
fee force goes In for fresh air the
year round The pictures are never
still. The joke lies in catching the
Lorrified expression On the faces OF
the callers when they get 8 sight OF
the swinging frames. Then 1t is al
ways explained with due 'solemnity, II
the boss is not around that the sway
ing Of the frames is due to the oscil-
lation of the structare It usually
takes some time for the object of the
joke to see the point. Meanwhile hS
has suffered " considerable shock.-
N. Y. World, .a-...
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
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The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
CouNrERFEIrERs NEW SCHEME
How the smooth DemOnstrator Gets
His Victims Coin.

"One of the latest schemes of the
counterfeit money swindIers is to
show guiIlible people a machine with
which they can print for themselves
large size bills. initiative of Govern
ment currency" said Capt S. F.
khodes, formerly of the secret ser
vice. This money producing ma
chine has a smooth demonstrators
who viii, after getting a prospective
victim interested, turn the crank and
grind out a $40 note. which. 1t Is
needless to say. is genuine. The
Vicim shows the bill TO a bank cash
Ter, and hears it pronounced good.
and his meTcenary nature being
aSoused, ne sees visions of gigantic
wealth, and hands over to Mr.. Sharp
or $500, or at least $3.50. for the
instrument that is going TO make him
9 Rockefeller. Il is needless 20 say
that the subsequent specimens turn
ed out are such miserable imitatians
that they would hardly fool blind
man, but the ignoramus is in a place
where he can't make a roar for his
lost money,
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
BaIzac In Church Pew.

The woman who had left & vol
ume Of Balzac in the church pew on
prayer meeting night felt 4 little bit
ashamed when she asked for the
book. but the sexton assured her she
need not feel that way Many
things are left in the church." he
said. and some of them are whole
lot less respectable than Balzac. At
ter each service the pews yield 3
strange grist of forgotten or dis
carded articles" a"
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
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The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
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washed are difficult to press. Time
and expense may De saved by having
the work done after the following
method, which is 70. wooden skirts
e. pecially: Before the skir has be-
come badly creased OF runpled run
: basting thread, using short. even
stitches, down tht entire ength Of
each crease whicr marks the folds
of the plaits. BY this means. after
the skirt has been washed, the pro-
per location of each leqt can read
liz be determined. and the pressing
done SUCCESSFULLY.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12

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The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
A Clever Bear.

A noted ethnologist observed In
Vienna a bear deliberately making
with his paw. a current in some wa
ter which was close to the bars of his
cage so as to draw a piece Of float
ing bread within his reach. These
actions of the bear could hardly be
attributed to instinct or Inherited
habit, as they would be of little use
TO an animal in 8 state of nature.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
Quill Tcothpicks,

The largest quill toothpick fac
tlry In the world is near Paris, where
there Is an annual product of 20.-
100000 Quills. The factory was
started to make quill pens, but when
these went out of general use 1t was
converted into a toothpick mill.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-31
FOREIGN BANK RETURNS.

London July 2a.-The weekly return Of the Bank
OF England shows the following changes: Total
reserve decreased f7150O0 circulation increased f64-
ooo bullion decreased 1851 0n0 other securities de-
creased f4S6 600 other deposits decreased FIJI pOO
public deposits decreased 1851. 600 government
securities decreased f1S0eeo The proportion Of the
banks reserve TO liabilities is now 5012 per cent
against 6015 per cent last week. and compares with
decline from 4s per cent to 46a per cent in this
week last year. The rate Of discount IS unchanged
at ~ per cent.
Paris. July 30-The weekly return of the Bank Of
France shows the following changes: Notes in
circulation increased 81 775.oD0 francs. treasury
increased q s25G09 francs. gold hand increased
10 100 francs silver hand decreased $40 900
francs bills discounted increased 40 2oo0o francs
and advances increased $4,000 frsncs.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-31
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY MARKET Money on call opened at
per cent; highest. IA per cent: lowest. per cent:
closing ld1A per cent; last loan, Ia cent; ru-
ing rate 1 per cent Time money
marked Il per cent higher for the shorter periods
although demand continued light. There was a
firm undertone. banks apparently holding their
loanable funds for higher rates and a broader
market 1t difficult to obtain the year
money less than per cent Some four months
money loaned at 8A per cent, and the middle
of December at BIZ per cent Rates were 214 per
for sixty days, ga to 2s4 per cent for ninety
days. 3 to 315 per cent for four months 312 TO 33l
per cent for five months and per cent for six and
seven months. Mercantile paper In fair de-
mand and there fair sized assortment. Rates,
3s4 to "A per cent for sixty and ninety days in
dorsed bills receivable to 41s per for four
six months choice names and per for
others.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-The foreign exchange
market opened steady, with rates practically un-
changed at 4S71Od4S715 for cables 4S6S5Q4 s6s5 for
demand sterling and 4S535G4 S545 for sixty-day bills
Short francs were quoted at 51614q5.161. plus i-32
and short reichsmarks at 912 less 1-S20951a. The
market held steady in the morning and early after
noon, with rates unchanged at 4.S770a4S S716 for
bles, S6s5d $3.50 for demand sterling and ASSOC
48545 for sixty-day bills Short francs quoted
at 516 plus 1-$2 and short reichsmarks at 95 less
164. The market closed dun.
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