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Men Found Dead

Robert Lochart, Il mining man of
Ryholite, just in from Death Valley, re-
ports having visited at Mesquite Springs
the camp of Walter Scott, who told him
about the discovery of the remains of
two men fifteen miles northeast of the
camp. There WAS nothing by which
the men could bc identified. except on
the shirt of one was worked the initials
-. w. s." The bodies were badly
torn by coyotes or other wild animals
and the men had probably been dead for
several months. In the vicinity were
the skeletons Of two burros and a sorrcl
horse and there was also a 5000 Win
chester nearby. 1t is the opinion Of Mr..
Scott that the men were murdered and
the horses killed. There is water i'm the
neighborhaOd and grazing for the horses
and they could have existed.
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THE WORLD POWER

Mr.. Bryan" brought. up the subject of
world power il his St. Patrick's day
address,, and he was right in maintain.
ing that this nation has been II world
power for many years, and that its
strength has come from the fundament.
al ideas of government planted in
American soil.
Whatever the military needs or the
military policy of the country may he.
it's power lies in its millions of free
citizens. The possibilities were realized
by intelligent foreigners even before the
civil war, and when the war put away
forever the danger of internal strife and
disunion the hopes of those who longed
to witness a failure here were shattered.
With full play given the inhabitants.
with an immense domain richly en-
dowed by nature, with the unequaled
attractions for emigrantS, with the
growth that was recorded after each
decade there was no necessity for any
peculiar demonstration of force to prove
that the world power had been
acquired
A foreign conflict may have IN
phasized the facts and elected comment
that indicated n change of opinion
abroad, but it is the facts and not the
opinions that count 1t may be inter
esting to know that n Frenchman who
writes for n Paris review recognizes Il
strength that he never recognized be-
fore. The revolution, however, is in
his mind and not in the country, and,
rs we have indicated, not all foreigners
have been SO tardy with their recogni.
tion.
Those who imagine hat the expan-
sion has come suddenly by u single
stroke confuse the larger and the.
smaller expansion and give undue
prominence to the latter. Those who
dwell most on thS real sources of the
world power have no doubts and de.
mand no demonstration save those that
are occurring every day in the in
dustries Of the country and hi its schools
and other institutions, in its govern
ment of, by and for the people
Chicago Record Herald.
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Why the Tables Arc Green

Billiards is one Of the oldest games
know Of" said a sporting man. ut is
older v than croquet, which was
played by French kings u great many
hundred years ago. But, while billiards
is so old, III bet none Of the devotces of
the worries and cue can tell me why a
billiard table covering is green. The
billiard table is always green. Well.
the answer is simple enough. Billiards
Is merely Il corruption of the good old
English game Of bowls, which wa play.
ed on beautifully green lawn. On rainy
and winter days, however, your English
sportsman couldn't enjoy his bowls, so
some clever johnny conceived the scheme
of playing bowls indoors ON his iInita.
ton green lawn. It was too much Of a
cinch. however, playing the game with
the hand in such close quarters. so the
II was introduced to put skill at u
premium. That's why billiard tables
are grccn."-Philadclphia Record.
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When Britain FOUGHT For An Ear

Perhaps the most extraordinary OK.
ample of Britain going to war for "no
reason at ALI occurred in the reign of
George III. One Robert jenkins. an
English merchant captain. trading from
jamaica, arriving in England in 1873.
reported that the sloop had been board
Ell by the Spanish coast guards and that,
though no proof Of smuggling had been
found, hc had been tortured and his ear
torn of. All England flew into an up.
roar. Jenkins ear" divided parties and
shook Walpolc's ministry itself. The
house of commons sent for Jenkins. and
he was told to bring his cur with him.
The incident grew into Il crisis. though
Wnlpolc did his best to persuade the
people to keep their heads. hut the popu.
lar Indignation was so great that the
next year the government was compelled
todcclarc war against Spain. -Pcarson's.
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HAS RESTING PLACE AT LAST.
Remarkable Vicissitudes Undergone
by Stained Glass Window.

The east window at st. Ma: garct's.
Westminster, England, wandered
about for more than 200 years before
reaching It's present position. and was
The subject Of seven years lawsuit
iii""y VII. for whom II was intended,
died before the window arrived from
Dordrecht and It came into the pos
session first Of the abbot OF Waltham
and thcn Of General Monk. Stained
glass was anathcma In Puritan DAYS.
so the window was buried until the
Restoration, when 1t was brought To
light. Rcfus 1 by Wadham college Il
was bought for nifty guineas and erect.
cd In n private house and years later
was bought for 400 guincas by tho
committee charged with the rcstorn.
Ito OF st. Margarct's. and placed I'm
position In the church. The lawsuit TO
which We have referred was brought
by tho registrar to the dean and
chapter on the ground TINT the win.
dow contained supersti,Ious Images.
put after seven years wrangling the
church wnrdcns proved victorious and
tho beautiful window was suffered 10
remain undistnrbcd.
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struggle to eat it. But his stubborn
nature forbade any such thought. So
he fetched the whisky from the cup
board, poured out u glass and placed it
before him on the table.
Now, Sandy" said he. IF we eat
that parritch ye1l hae that whisky. an
if We don't We won't"
He stuck again ut the last spoonful;
but. keeping his eye steadily ON the
glass of whisky, he made u bold, brave
effort and got it down. Then he slowly
and carefully poured hack the whisky
into the bottle, with Il broad grin, rs he
said to himself, Sandy. my lad. l did
We that time, We auld fule!,-Dundee
Advertiser.
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LIEUTENANT HAD SURE THING.
Westrrn Colonel an Easy Mark for
Gambling Shark

4 lieutenant attached to one Of the
eastern forts gained u reputation for
his unlimited betting or the slightest
p~rovocatioI. 1t Tas but q short time
before he had nearly cleaned out all
the members of the company to which
he was attached. 1t was therefore
with some relief that the members and
officers saw him transferred to Kan
sas. But the day before his arrival
the colonel Of the eastern fort wrOte
to his friend. the colonel Of the Kan
sas fort. OF the reputation and sharp
les; of the betting lieutenant. so that
the western contingent were fully
aware OF what was coming. Upon the
day OF his arrival he was cordially
greeted, and the colonel rema -ked:
81 understand you have somewhat OF \
reputation for betting in the east"
The lieutenant tried to belit'le the
statement. but as the colonel got In
sistent for details. the lieutenant saldj
"Ill bet you $50 that you have g5t
something OF your back" The Oh
onel denied having anything on his
back except his uniform. The lie tten,
ant said: I'll bet you $50 you aRse
got two big red spots on vast 1aes
near your shoulder blade" Ine Col
onel took him up quickly. The none!
was put in the hands of Il brC-ner OH
GER. The lieutenant said that th'
colonel should strip to prove that HI
was the winner. so OF came the uni
form, even to the shirt. There wa!
nothing on the colonel's back. and 81
the bet was lost by the lieutenant. wht
remarked: We'll, | lost that some
how" The colonel was ticklcd not
little. and the same night wrote hi!
eastern colonel friend OF the circum
stance. Much was his surprise with
In the week to receive "A brief letteD
somewhat as follows: Dear Colonel
That scamp o. a lieutenant bet m,
$3.50 the day he left that he woulC
have the shirt of your back before Il,
was at the fort - hours"
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~JincoIn's Faith

"As illustrative Of Mr.. Lincoln's sr,
pcrh faith. I will give an instance that
j have never seen in print" writes
Gen. .. q. Howard IN the Century.
"In the largest room in the white house.
ON tho second floor, were gathered q
number of officers of tho army. then Of
prominence by reason Of the commands
that they held in the field; many civi.
lians who held no Office, but WHO had
come from tho north tn see Washington
and pay their respects to Mr.. Lincoln.
and perhaps get contracts essential TO
running the government; and Il few
members of congress.
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FORT Iiurc Not GO,
ELKO, NEVADA. January 81. ,

ELKo, NEVADA, January 81. 1893.
TO GEOfGE CUSLgTT:
You are hereby notified that tho upd.,.
signed t'cOrard'r Taylor Mining Company ~.
pended during tho years 1901. iHr. igOS and
lnI, ciRh hundred dollars Ia labor ana Inn.
provnmcnts upon tho COLORADO and UiIAHiI
IVY lode mining claims, situate on Hull R,n
Mounthin, In Centennial Mining DIstrici
county OF ElkO. and state Of Nevada IN,
nnnurehu ollars vas 80 expended ~ sfprcsnII
ny tho undersigned on each OF said lode mining
Claims during md Tor CnCh Of said f1ur ycn,'
IN order to hDId said claims under Tho ,ir,ri"
Ions. OF section 2J2i Of tho Revised Sintuirs ~,
INC United states. and the amcnH,ncnt tbrrcInn
approved January "a. lEsI. rGucornIny nn,,nJ
'dt1t upon mining claims. OcIpg Tho amount
required 10 hold said ciaiLhs for said vrnrg nn,
ior tho period ending on IhO 3Ist day of tIoc",,,
bcr' n. -. 1907. And n. within nInctv a..
AFTER the publication hereof. you fail or rcfns,nn
10 contribute your proportion u such nxncnII
eInr az q ShichamouDtSt four h',n.
urea dollars. your interest IN tho claims Vii
bocoine tho property Of Tho UNDERSIGNED on,nnn,
alton, your co-owner, which has made ibc 80
tIon. ~ ""'u Hcc'
REORGANIZATION MINING Cour.sy
&. Lb1sAHD, prnsidcn,
T. lI2 broadway, Albany, Now YORK
u D. u. TAnHE, Attorney, ""
Elko Elko County, Nevada.
Date NJ nrst publication. Fob 7. 1919.
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LEA.nED sy SAD rxptaiescI.
Hsdr Lad Found Out Just What ,
esatbia Meant.

Jus, IS = Ksar is slow in locatin.
rain whicbE being experienced in his
Own 80 Is he slow In imagining
.NS others are suffering. A grown.
uSS Kanr related. says Mr.. Dudley
"ntidd. in Savage Childhood" hat
lien he was q child his father threat.
o.,d him with a beating II he did
1nething or other.
fhe child was puzzled us to what
sT'Irt OF thing a beating might be. for
agshCngh he had often seer his bigger
o.oSners beaten. his imagination was
"n[ole to work on the sight and re.
eE,strucf the experience OF these 9th.
Yrs into terms Of his own senses.
Wher his father threatened him.
therefore. he simply laughed, for rae
had not the remoteBt idea OF now =
beating really felt. 1t took a very
short time for the youns. gentleman to
extend the boundaric-s OF his knowl.
edge.
Swift ~retrItoution followed the I'm.
pardona,,,e sin Of showing disrespect
to HE father. AS the children 20
about entirely bare. there was no de.
lay for preparation. The father took
n stick and applied It vigorously, "ac.
cording to directions and with entire
success.
When the tears and smarting were
over" said the Kafir in his old age. Il
sat down and thought L over. Well
I said to myself. now | know what IA.
Their means by a beating. | don't know
What Is the rCasOn Of IL. but anyhow |
knOw what sort Of 4 thing a beating
Is i often laugh when | think how
stupid ! was before that."--Youth's
COMPANION.
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Lincoln Counly's Sheriff.

According To the Phoebe Record
Sheriff Smith. of Lincoln county. has
fired Frank Walker us his deputy owing
To the fact that Walker gave testimony
against Smith in the recent grand jury
investigation Of the death Of Smiths
brother, The sheriff was charged with
the murder of his twin brother and it is
claimed that Walker gave testimony
which bore ont the charge.
Walker is now getting his sails ready
and will bc "A candidate for sheriff in
the coming election. There is still ron
siderable feeling in Lincoln county, il
is said. against Smith.
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eELLeIRo BROUGHT TO LONDON
Rare Specimen That Has Been Sc,
cured for the Zoo.

a specimen OF the naked.throated
bellbird (Chasmorhynchus nudicollIs)
has just been received at the Zoolog.
ical gardens. London. The most re.
markable thing In connection with the
bcllbird Is It's powerful voice: IL nj.
tcrs Il clear. metallic note which can
be heard at a distance OF three miles.
Its noise Is like that produced by Il
blacksmith striking his anvil. Some.
times II repeats it's notes In quick
succession. sometimes at fairly long
intervals. There is no mistake about
the voicc OF this bird: 1t is loud and
piercing. and would he heard above
the din produced by every inmate Of
the ZOO raising It's voice at once. Elk.
ccpt for Il space of naked skin on the
throat and around the eyes. which,
during the breeding season. is OF u
green color, this bird Is pure white.
Til" contrast between the sexes in the
bcilbirds. OF which two species have
been exhibited I'm the menageric. Is
extreme. For while the male Is pure
white. the female Is brownish green.
Darwin refers to the bcllbiId when no
points out that white Is q very rare
color In terrestrial species OF mod.
crate size II ipoffensiye habits"
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Wanted 10 Know

If you find this story All old one hold
your tongue, for it is II good one, any
way. 1t is u story about an Irishman.
Everything good comes from Ireland.
This story is about Pat. There could
not he an Irish joke without Pat in it.
The funny thing about this story is that
it is no joke but the serious truth. but
ut that it is Il good story.
Pat was travelling through the West
Virginia hills. Why l don't know, I'M
less it was to make this story. He
stopped to rest in q cemetery, for he
was a literary man and delighted to
read epitaphs. One of the inscriptions
caught his attention, 1t ran something
like this:
AS You are now,
So once was /.
AS l am HOW
You soon must I've.
Prepare for death
And follow me-"
Faith and bcgOrra. Ill learn him
how to beg me IL foller him" So say
ing Pat wrote under the inscription
these words:
Where you are now
wish you well.
If up in heaven,
Or GOWN in hell.
But to follow you
I'll not consent,
Until l know
Which way you went"
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Feather Diagnosis

a Woman who was perfectly well, but
fancicd she was suffering from fever,
called on an old and experienced physi,
clan to consult him. She described her
symptoms ut some length, and he listen
ed patiently. At last he said: II think
! understand your case, madam. Sit
perfectly still u few moments and let
me look ut you" She complied and he
eyed her attcntivcly for nearly a min.
ute, CHANGING at his watch once or twice
in the meantime. There is nothing the
matter with you, madum." he said.
"You haven't the slightest indication of
fever. Your heart beat is perfectly nor
NAL" why how do you know, doctorY'
she asked in surprise. "YOu didn't feel
my pulse II didn't need to-" he ans.
wcrcd. 81 counted the vibrations of the
ostrich feather OF your hat" And he
bowed her out. IN. ..,
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Korean Engljsh

Our translator has handed in the fol.
lowing conundrum: The magistrate of
Park Chyon. Mr. Paik Iwki. asked the
dismission for own position and said
that he is impossible to suppress the in.
surgcnts as he is quito ignorance Of any
education, otherwise there are nothing
to help the people but trouble. Korean
Daily News.
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He Understood

The trim little woman with tho horti-
cultural display on her head stepped
upon the Observation-Disclosures
You car
she conductor held out his hand for
his fare, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
You'll have to wait until after | get
inside" she told him.
"Oh, no." insisted the fare taker,
''you have to pay right here on these
cars"
But l tell you l can't pay you until
after | get inside" repeated the little
Yes, but"
Here" interrupted a hig man.. who
had climbed on behind tho woman.
Just take her fare out Of this. | know
how it is. My wife carries her money
that way.
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THE RESPONSIBILITY

There came over the wires the other
day the startling information that there
are 375,770 idle freight ears in the
country, the largest number ever stand.
ing empty in the history of the United
States. Still nor astounding was the
information that $3.50. DOC, 900 worth of
railroad property alone is not now pro.
ducing Il penny's income.
Terrible to think of it, isn't itg
Never before in the history of repub,
lican misrule has the country suffered
business depression to equal this. Never
since the signing of the Declaration of
independence have the country's in.
dustries been paralyzed rs they are
today.
Rain hns failed. ana crops have been
ruined. Wan has come and the dark
shadow of famine has lowered ovcr the
land, but never, in all of the trials
which the United States has expert.
enced has there been SO much idle
wealth-producing machinery, muscle
and brain rs there is ut this moment.
Have the crops failed? They have
not. Last winter grain grew rusty in
the bins. Last fall fruit rotted in the
orchard and the produce of the land
wasted in garden and field. There was
plenty everywhere. Nature had been
kind and this was verify u land of
peace and prosperity.
And yet the panic came. Yet, the
wheels stopped. Yet, the freight ears
stood on the sidctracks, while fruit and
grain and produce rotted hard by. Yet,
men vent hungry. Yet, distrust, idle.
ness, and s%tagnation and want came
presence abides.
Nature WAS bountiful and capital and
labor We're taking full advantage of the
opportunities.
Where, then, lay the fault! Whose
was the hand that stretched forth to
stop the wheels of industry, babe
capital flee and labor go hungry in the
midst of plenty?
Inc answer II plhln hatCScr
doubts there ma have been rs to the
responsibility have long ago been
resolved.
Look TO the White House, where the
Rough Rider trains his parrot-like
sycophants to cry Roosevelt is u god.'
Look to the wielder of the 'Hbig stick"
whose exaggerated egotism and wild
lust of power have made him veritably
q mailman. There lies the responsibility
for the empty cars. the silent factories,
the hidden gold and hungry men,
there is responsibility for the ruin that
has been wrought.
The big stick has been more potent
for evil than wars or the rumors of
wars; the Ro%oseveltian cry for power n
greater injury to the country than fire
and flood and famine.
Not upon nature, nor upon provi-
dence, can Theodore Roosevelt and the
republican party lay the responsibility
for this panic. 1t is their panic, they
have made it and for it they must
answer when, in November, the millions
of democratic voters go forth to elect Il
democratic presidcnt.-K. c. Post.
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into the camps to see for himself just
what the promoters Of these schemes
meant when they said this or that in
maise of the property exploited.
Men of means and brains have gone
to Nevada and have looked, with the
result that n great deal of capital has
been invested where it can do some
good. Many things in that part of the
country speak of prosperity for Nevada
this year.
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How Sandy Fooled Sandy

An old gentleman In II village not far
from Glasgow b]rcakfastcd every morn.
ing OH porridgc and In order to a V
fuel cooked II whole weeks supply
every Saturday. Ono Friday morning
the stuff seemed very cold and very
salt, and hc felt no must abandon tho
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The ELECTORAL VOTE OF 1898

This being II presidential year every
body will want to know the number of
votes in the electoral college and the
number it will take to elect u president.
The following table gives the electoral
vote of each state. the total number
and the number it will take to elect the
next president. 1t isa good thing to
keep for reference: ..s.
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Bryan Condcnses Solomon

William Jennings Bryan has tried
his hand at condensing one of the pro.
verbs of Solomon. In IL speech before
the Legislature of Oklahoma he said:
Zone proverb l have often quoted is;
The wise men forsceth the evil and
hidcth himself, hut the foolish pass on
and are punished 1t is Il great truth.
AMI beautifully expressed. but | found
1t did not stick in peoples mind. and SO
| condensed it, and it is the only effort /
have ever made To improve upon "A
proverb. and this is not an improvement
1t is merely IL condensation. 1t is not
as beautiful AS SOlomon's provcrb, but
1t Is more easily remembered. 1t means
the same thing in Il condensed form:
THE wise man gets tho idea into his
head; the foolish man gets it in the
neck"
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Back In Prison

Guard Hagerman returned To Carson
City last evening with Emmett Barry
the fugitive convict in charge and now
Barry is peacefully doing time in the
dungeon ut the prison. The chase made
by Haggermun after the fugitive WAS
one of the most spectacular ever made
in the state. ii is thought, and the flight
of Barry on II Nevada bred horse
perhaps the longest within the time
consumed. Barry was ut large six days
and it is known that he rested for one
day Oh Mono lake. On the other five
days it is estimated that he covered
about 100 miles of mostly mountainous
country on horseback. When captured
his animal was fresh and in first class
shape.
Hagerm:in followed the fugitive for
several hundred miles on horseback but
at Yerington left his horse and went by
train to Hawthorne. From there he went
to lnyo county to head Barry off and
arrived i'll that section Just two hours
ahead of Barry who was captured at
Bishop. Barry is a fellow of nineteen
years and is a first class horseman.-
Carson News.
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Entered At the ElKo postonice for transmission
through the mails as second-class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-06

Tarnov, Platte Center and Lindsay were
all we'll represented, filling the church so
that even standing room inside was not
obtainable. After the services the crowd
good-naturedly spent their money freely
to help the new parish on a firm financial
footing. Rev. Edwin will be pastor.
LOUISVILLE-A special meeting of the
Louisville Commercial club was called at
2 p. m, today, of which ]. p. Ellis has
been president since its organization, and
who has been agent for the Missouri Pa
cific Railroad company for twenty-seven
years, and has now accepted a better posi-
ton at Crete and will go this evening to
take charge. AS a token of friendship and
best wishes a gold headed cane was pre-
scented to Mr.. Ellis, who made a good
speech in response. The Commercial club
and the citizens of this place regret very
much that they are compelled to loose a
man of SO much ability.
M'COOK-Plans are now perfected for
the cornerstone laying of the McCook Ma
sonic temple-theater building, now In course
OF erection, and to be the most worthy and
costly structure in Southwestern Nebraska.
The date has been fixed at Saturday, No
vember Z. The services will be conducted
by Grand Master William A. DeBord of
Omaha and the grand lodge of Nebraska
Masons. All neighboring lodges have been
invited to participate and all the local civic
and fraternal orders will have place in the
procession. In the evening the local Blue
lodge will entertain at a banquet and
smoker In honor of the grand lodge off
GERS. 1t will be a notable affair for this
section Of Nebraska and for this city.