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The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-19
MASONIC.

wINNEMuCCA LODGE. No
~. +. and A.M.-Stated com
munications will be held Wy
their ball IN the Silver State ~
block until further notice ct 7:W j
a on tt first Saturday evening u
ach moth. Al Master Masons /,
.cod standing are cordially invited Z
attend. G l.. TOBIN, " Il
CHRIS WOLF. Secretary.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

WILLIAM FISHER LEWIS. famed
w throughout the length and
breadth OF the land as The Ideal
Bachelor" was not, Il develops. so ada
mantine in the face OF Cupid's blan-
%ishnents as supposed.
The arrival In Philadelphia of the
woman hater's" New York widow re-
vealed the astonishing fact that for
seven years. while the club man and
bon vivant was posing rs the man
with q heart no descendant OF Eve
could touch, he was enjoying the
quiet life OF q benedict In this city
with wife who was formerly his
housskeeper.
Nothing In years has so amazed the
best families In the Quaker City or
caused such a shock 10 those who
knew the world famous Ideal Bach
elor" as the revelation Of the gentle
man as a ample contractor living with
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

WITHIN a few weeks, In the wake
w Of recent financial developments.
detectives Of New York city have
found n new branch Of their business
developing In learning the reputation,
and. as far as possible, the character
OF bank officers and directors. II Is
nothing new for bank to want to
know something about the men with
whom It is doing business, but now
the depositors are getting more par
ticular and are becoming deeply In.
terested in the men who handle their
money and want to know their assoc
ciates, habits OF life and general bust
ness methods.
1T was about month ago when my
attention was called to this" said a
member Of a lower broadway detec-
tive agency in speaking of the matter
recently. "A large depositor of one
OF the banks In this section came TO
me with list Of its officers and asked
me to learn all could of their habits.
methods and associates, both business
and social. In two weeks made my
report. in consequence Of which he
changed his account to another bank
on which likewise reported.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

calling on some one who has a pos.
sible case against the city.
Nearly every slip Is interesting TO
the ambulance chaser. He likes q FIRE.
for then he may get the Job OF ad.
iusting the insurance. He enjoys bet.
ter, though. report OF an accident
especially Of a street car accident.
Then he makes bee line Tor the
hospital where the injured person Is.
and imparts vivid details OF hastily
formed plan for auing somebody. es-
pecially the city,
Some new flelds Of enterprise have
been brought under cultivation by
claim lawyers. but Mr. Mctz believes
Il he can produce an early frost In
these fields he win nip q promising
harvest Ia the bud and thereby save
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars 20
the city treasury. In support OF the
move 70 keep taha on police slips
the comptroller cites the total OF per
sonal injury claims sllod agalns, TIE
ely n lgez-vtsla.sak
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09
Ideal Bachelor Married for Seven Years

his wife at the Hotel Marseille In New
Yory city.
Not that there was anything under
handed In Mr.. Lewis marriage. Not
at ali. The ceremony was regularly
performed In church, and the widow.
who was formerly Miss Emily G. Bent.
son, q housekeeper at the Hotel NAL.
vern, Bar uRrbor. Me-. has the wed.
ding certificate properly made out and
regularly signed by the clergyman. Il
was only that Mr.. Lewis took too much
pride In his reputation, which had
been exploited In the magazines and
the Sunday papers, to disillusIonize
his friends.
Tho Ideal Bachelor" died at the
Hotel Marseille in this city several
days ago. Up TO that time the friends
in Philadelphia had no suspicion of his
marriage. Then Mrn. Lewis made her
appearance at the city hall In Phlladel
phia and proved hsrself to be his
widow. In his will the late oIubmar
acknowledges her and names her the
executrtx Of his estate. A brother had
In the meanwhile called on the widow
at her apartments In this city ant
been convinced the marriage was en-
| tireiy regular.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

~ OMPTRoT.LER METZ is after the
U, Ambulance chaser" an ancient ad-
Janet 10 police headquarters. and his
occupation n threatened. "Ambu-
lance chaser" is a term used to iden-
tify petty lawyers, or their clerks, who
make Il their chief business 10 watch
the police alps for accidents. firea
and the like in the chance Of striking
q foe.
The comptrolleg has announced that
he had estahilnheaa bureau Of claims.
which will investigate and adjust
claims againat tha city. This bureau
viii keep q man a police headQuar-
ters. who will copy the slips and notify
the c0mptrollar'a 0illce In tlfae 70 hnva
: oily inspector best a. ''ehPaeE 4
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

NEW YoRK.--The sailing OF yachts
" will be so much Of mllllonaire's
sport" this year as In the past. For
various reasons a large number OF
owners have decided to give up their
magnificent floating palaces, and 50
OF the most famous sailing craft in
local waters have been placed upon
the market. The aggregate value OF
the fleet. among which are three Van
derbIlt, two Gould and one Aston boat,
Is placed at close to 100000. Many
OF them, II not sold. will not be put
into commission. The money panic.
desire to buy larger craft and a
diminishing interest in the sailing fad
are given as the reasons.
Among the most famous Of the float.
Ing dream palaces for sale IL John
Jacob Astor's Nourmahal. upon which
the owner spent several kinds of for
tunes. The rugs on this craft cost
enough alone to make the ordinary
rich man feel slight dizziness In the
excheQuer. Then there are old racers
transatlantic competitors. steam yachts
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

This one is cut In long points In front,
shorter ones at the sides and long
ones again at the back, which are split
open nearly up TO the waist. The
sleeves, too. which are cut In one with
the shoulders. hang In points at either
side Of the arm. leaving it bare. Both
coat and sleeves are edged all round
with band OF jewelled passementerie
and each point is weighted with a
large tassel. The fronts Of the coat
cross, and are cut back Just above the
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Any child Can 20 1.-THE RssuIt 10.
Almost Like MacIo---ussful, Too.

Anything in the nature OF a chem
zeal experiment Is always interesting
and usually educative. Here Is a sim
pie experiment which any child can
perform and which il instructive In =
very practical way; Get BIT OF White
Lead about the size Of a pea. a piece
OF charcoal. q common candle in q
eandlestick. and blow.pipe. Scoop
out little hollow In the charcoal 20
hold the White Lead, then light the
candle, take the charcoal and lead In
one hand and the blow-pipe in the
other. with the large end OF the blow
pipe between the lips; blow the flame
OF the candle steadily against the biz
Of White Lead on the charcoal and n
the White Lead Is pure II will pres
entity resolve itself into little shining
globules of metallic lead, under the
intense heat Of the blow-pipe. leaving
no residue.
II, however, the White Lead is adul-
terated In the slightest degree. II will
not wholly change into lead. SO. IL
will be seen, that this experiment lie
not only an entertaining chemical
demonstration. but also OF practical
use I'm the home. White Lead Ia the
most important ingredient OF paint.
II should be bought pure and unadul.
terated and mixed with pure linseed
oil. That is the best paint. The
above easy experiment enables any
one TO know whether the paint is the
kind which will wear or not.
The National Lead Company guar
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing their Dutch Boy
Painter" trademark will prove abso-
lutely pure under the blow.pipe test:
and to encourage people to make the
test and prove the purity Of paint be-
fore using Il, they will send free a
blow.pipe and valuable booklet on
paint to anyone writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address Ma.
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Building, New York City.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09
Millionaire Parting with Their Yachts

and sailing ships, barks, sloopa and
squareriggers. All must go. and most
of them at n sacrifice.
Among the yachts on which prices
have been named are George Gould's
379.ton Atalanta, formerly Amzl l.. Bar
bonr's British built LorenR, and Frank
]. Gould's Helenita, which he named
after his sister Three Vanderbilt
yachts are in the market They are
Frederick w. Vanderbilt's 174.ton Con.
queror. Cornelius vanderbilt's 70.foot
sloop Rainbow and w. X. Wander.
bllts 70-footer Virginia. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, as commodore OF the
New York Yacht club. will keep his
white steamer North Star for his dag.
ship.
Another yacht OF more than 200 feet
that is for sale is the big American.
The Watt estate has named S230.00O
as q price for her. William b. Leeds.
the tin plate king" has put his
Mona ON the market, as has Col. John
Jacob Aston his Nourmahal. The last
named 10 known all over the world,
Col. Aston having entertained aboard
her in nearly every civilized port.
Morton F. Plant has offered his
black venetia for $4,000 and his ia.
nous schooner Ingomar. which Capt.
Barr races here and abroad. for $685.
600. Mr.. Plant, however, ordered a
steam yacht larger than the Venetia
built abroad last fall.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09
BUT WAS 1T THE SAME MELoNt
Paper Carried by Darky Amounted
Almost TO Perpetual Permit.

"a negro just loves a watermelon"
said Representative Johnson of South
Carolina. Strange, too. that when a
policeman sees a negro with a melon
at an unreasonable hour he has II
right down that the darby has stolen
that watermelon. heard a story about
a policeman who met a negro in the
early hours of the morning. and he
had a big melon on his shoulder.
al see you have a melon thereT
ayes, sah.' answered the darby.
Use got er melon; but Use fixed fer
you, sah.' and pulling out a paper hS
handed II to the officer. who read:
This bearer Of this is o. X. He paid
me ten cents for the melon, and he
Is a pillar in the church. James
Elder
You are fixed said the officer.
Oats what l lowed answered the
negro, and he moved on."--washing-
ton Herald.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Tho New York man who wants to
ne ''osleriKedr because he Is out OF
work and bOcanpe chemical expert
vaents have destroyed ali hts vital
organs save his lungs takea wrong
view Of matters. Without any diEes'
tive organs he Il Ia no need OF a
boarding house and ought not TO care
Whefher he has work or not. He II
really In an snviabie position tos
these hard times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09
Detectives Now Watch Bank Officials

It has been learned that this same
sort OF thing is going on in many di.
rections and that depositors in the
banks Of the metropolis are more than
ever interested in the personnel OF
the banks with which they are
transacting business.
Another detective told Of a group OF
seven depositors who had joined and
retained him to report on the directors
OF the bank where they did business.
About week before he had reported
that there was one questionable man
In the directory, who was engaged in
doubtful transactions. the man re-
signed. and the bank took particular
pains TO give the matter the broadcast
publicity.
In another case deposition. who
carries an average balance of $500, 900,
said: why shouldn't we be particular
about this matter? The fact 10 that
the general business public has been
entirely too lax In this direction. We
have been governed entirely too much
by bank statements. capital, surplus,
dividends and all that sort OF stun
when we didn't know what the men
inside were really doing or what. from
their characters, they were likely to
do. We have found out what some Of
the rough transactions under a
smooth surface have been, and II be
hooves us to know a lot more about
the men who are behind the fine ap
pearance that bank may make on the
face that 10 presented to the public
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

waist-Iine, any fulness being drawn
across the bust and caught by big
La France rose. Thus a delightful gar
ment that one could slip on over any
last years evening dress, transformins
Il into something quite up-to-date, can
be manufactured out of q remnant
length Of some pretty fancy material
and a few yards OF jewelled passe'
menterie.
In our single column picture is
shown a delightfully."- simple tailor
made OF blscnit.coiored striped tweed
the skirt being ornamented with
stitched and mitred bands. The smart
little coat, which Is lined with silk,
has a tighttltting back and straight
double-breasted fronts; the basques
are short. with a iaunty little box
pleat in the middle OF the back. which
has q distinctly smart effect The coal
| Is also adorned with stitched strap
pings Ike the skirt and fancy buttons
while the black velvet collar which con
srasls so effectively ON the bisculteol
ored tweed. Ia edged with line q
fancy braid. The dress Is completed
by neat golden brown straw hat viii
a band OF silk embroidery round n,
crown and brown wingA sprlnglnl
from a big bow Of satin ribbon ~ ~
aidA -
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

War with the noisaleus gun. Il the
.participants also should put on gum
uhoea and give commands IN low re
lined tones. might hs carried on with
out disturbing the business OF the
country or driving the 'timid 20 nervous
hysteria. War has been too noisy and
there Is no sense In II. The Society
for the Suppression OF Useless Noises
was afraid for Tins that Il would
have 20 abolish war altogether, a.
there seemed to be no way to set Il 70
modnlats lss tones In pleasing man
uer me nuiseloas gun. h0weveE,
solves thst pronls@
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

One man has thrown up a s250.o0O
a year Job Just because OF ill-health.
1t looks a bit strange that man
making all that money finds time to
get sick.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

! A st. Louis preacher says giris
should not object when young mon
wish TO hold their hands. Naturally
this leads TO the suspicion that some
st. Louis girl has been obJecting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Prosperity must be sitting around
picking its teeth in Argentina these
days. During the season Argentina
wasn't doing thing but raising wheat
and how that the crop is being
marketed It cannot but be cheerful.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

That New York woman who stole
$4,000 worth OF jewelry in order to
maintain her social position gives one
a rather poor impression OF what It
takes to maintain ones social posi-
ton in New York.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

A Brooklyn schoolteacher has been
frightened by q BLACK Hand" letter.
Ordinarily. you can't scare the city
school-teacher with the black hand.
She's used to It.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

with two such languages why don't
che Japanese and the Chinese make II
n war of words? Chunks OF speech
thrown at each other certainly would
anfiict sufficient damage.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

A company has been organized to
extract silver from sea water. It Is
not being capitalized by the same peo'
pie who undertook to get gold from
sea water.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Charles n. schwab has shocked
London by wearing top hat with
short coat, but we are assured that he
has never appeared anywhere with
tan shoes and a ciawhammer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Naval critics tell US that battle
ship ia In a bad way when her armor
belt ia too low. OF course. not being
human, she can't hike It up and an
Choir It with a safety pin.--Philadel'
lphla Press.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

my back grew weak
and lame and I
could not stoop
without a sh arp
pain. II was just
as bad when | tried
to get up from a
chair. l was Ian
guild and listless
and had much pain
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

and trouble with the kidney secretions-
This was my state when began with
Deans Kidney Pills. They helped mo
from the first and four boxes made n
complete. lasting cure"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster.Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Z.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

When the New York school board
decided that teachers should not
1ambaste the pupils Il should also
have made regulation forbidding
pupils to make faces at the teachers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Two thousand errors were found In
the books OF a California bank by the
examiners. The bookeepers in that In
stitution must be In the habit Of play
ing baseball during the summer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09
Australia has many dogs

Australia has many dogs and no
rabies, no hydrophobia. II II were
possible to discover how 4 century OF
absolute immunity has been brought
about In that vast island continent,
che world might learn lesson worth
Annoying.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Sir Oliver Lodge says he has really
talked with spirits. Spirits make lots
of men talk.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

The report that King Edward does
not wear q night cap does not material.
~ affect our civilization. Might caps
ARE out of style anyhow.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Kitchener is keeping his pitching
arm in training among the Afridis
He'll have them called the Afraidla
shortly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

The little boy out west who tried
the effect OF a lighted match on a
keg OF powder would. no doubt, have
become boat.rocker anyhow, had he
grown up.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

A Pennsylvania man who looked
into a mirror was scared TO death. He
evidently hadn't had the lifelong prac.
tice Of most men.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

The Oneida, N. Y. woman who con-
'cealed $500 in a mattress could at
times be said to be fairly rolling In
aV,OnaW
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

This country is Importing very few
diamonds but It ia getting ready to
use all OF those now ON hand which
are of the baseball variety.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

A copper halfcent mlnted in 1925,
and very rare. has just been sold for
S51. the record price for a coin of that
denomination and date.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Naturally no Spanish experts have
ventured TO contribute anything to
che criticism of the American navy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Older people must learn to speak
the baseball language II they wish TO
associate with their sons.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Pres Castro defying the United
States looks good deal like a iackass
-defying the lightning.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09
How Her life Was Saved When sit-
tan Ry 4 Larae Snake.

How few people there are who are
not afraid OF snakes. Not long ago a
harmless little garter snake fell on
the wheel OF an automobile which was
being driven by woman. The woman
promptly tainted and the car. left To
lis own resources. ran into q stone
wall and caused q serious accident.
The bite of a poisonous snake needs
prompt attention. Mrs. X. ~. Eshel.
Route No. 1, Box 40. DtlfAbarg. Pa
tells how she saved her lie when blu
cen by a large snake.
ION August 20, 1905. was bitten
on the hand twice by large copper
head snake. Being a distance from
any medical aid. as a last resort l
used sioan's Eminent. and TO my az
tonlshment found IL killed all pain and
was the means OF saving my NE.
am the mother OF four children End
am never without your Imminent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

Mrs. Marie sIpae, 4i6 Miller ST..
Helena, Mont. says: Three years ago
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09

TWO Million peliaFs Every nay.
The exports OF manufacture Of the
United states averaged more than
t3.000.0Oo a day during the cntlra
year. Including svegy dAy IN The cal
aRdag year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-09
LANeuIp AND WEAK.

A Condition Common with Kidney
Trouble and Baekaehe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-07
THE COMMERCIAL CLUES CORNER.

GREAT POSSIBILITIES BEFORE U.s.
few this process
Of stalks hned
industry this locality
Now the process
out Of stalks talked
BY these
stalks which have heretofore been vaueless.
Think Of what manufacturing
Here is to be found within
the cotton stalks combined
earth, and this be what will
yet untitled are taken by and cotton?
The shifting from tmbered
product of making bound
states especially section like the washta valley
be found abundance that
OF including cheap which
tries
1t is estimated that It takes quarter
pulp each printing alone
mated that that of
million 0 arr up tla.-tlfa4E
The will give the mbeed in to
and well
has been expressed by
before the woodman's axe.
But in this
this particular section of the New Southwest
chickasha is the ideal point for
We have the cotton salksl
the stalks
We have the sslF
We have the cheap power!
We must have the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-07
AGENCY UP
TO WEST

Guthrie, Okla, Nov Attorney
General West will be asked to pass on
the question that arises in connection
with the assured defeat Of the first
state proposition, the dispensary
agency whether, as matter of law
the vote will eliminate the state
agency entirely or permit its contin-
uance.
The problem is engrossing Democrat
ic leaders. A party opinion upon the
attitude the party will assume will Of
course. not be vouchsafed by any
prominent leader. because the whole
question is too much up in the air"
From purely legal standpoint, leav-
ing out the probable wishes of posi-
ton which will be taken by either of
the parties, is the state dispensary
abrogated by the vote Of disapproval.
the preponderance of which no one
now can doubt? Some of the most
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-07
GET RESULTS.

You have often heard the expression,
Get results" which means to ac-
complish your end, with the thing you
go for, etc. 1t matters not how you
get them, just so you are successful.
Many fortunes, perhaps. are built upon
just such a principle. 1t is all right
to get results, If you have a result
worthy to get and use worthy means
in getting 1t. In getting results we
should ever bear in mind that our
brother is travelling the same road, and
we should be generous toward him
and allow him the same privileges that
we take. Back of that command, Get
results" there Is sinister
meaning. It carries concealed within
Il the philosophy of the Spartans, who
thought that credit. theft and other
sins and crimes became offensive only
when they were detected. 1t advo-
Gates success at any cost short of
that Of going to the penitentiary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-07
of us prosperous.

Of us prosperous.
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart
There are greater forces in the world
than all the elements that enter into
politics. There are greater issues to be
decided than those that call forth the
quadriennial tumult and shouting in
this great country Of ours There are
defeats more humiliating and hurtful,
victories more noble and glorious than
all those recorded on the pages of po-
litical history
In the innermost recesses of the
soul where character has its dwelling
place; in the secret chambers of the
heart where abide those things that
make us men or brutes; in our indi-
vidual lives where the forces Of good
and evil contend for mastery, where
glow the flames Of evil passion, hatred
and selfishness or where burns the
fire Of honor, truth and love-here is
the field of the greatest campaign in
which any of us are called upon to
engage.
The greatest government is self-gov-
ernment. 1t is highly desirable and
1t makes for peace and prosperity to
have a good administration in Wash
ington, but thousand fold more inn
portant is It to have a good self-admin-