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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20
Soft Gingerbread

This recipe makes an excellent ginger bread if baked quickly in hot oven: Soft gingerbreadI cup dark molasses. 1 cup white sugar. 1l teaspoon ginger. tablespoon shortening, 1 cup cold water. 1 teaspoon soda, pinch of salt, pastry flour to make smooth cake batter usually about cups sifted. Flour varies accord ing to the brand. A teaspoon of cream tartar and A cinnamon added to this is an improvement, especially if the mo- lasses Is not very dark.
 Miss Iingerlong-You have been q wid- over for ten years haven't you. MT. Flint?
 MT. F1int-Yes, and I am just as per sistent in it as I ever was. thank you!
 Smart Set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20
Wins Aero Club Prize.

Paris, August 19-The young aeroplanist, Legagneux, won the third prize of the French Aero club today by making a flight S20 feet in 12 seconds. The leading feature of the machine, which was de- signed by the American engineer, Octave Chanute of Chicago, consists in placing the running wheels in tandem order inc stead of side by side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20
SPRAYED

One brown roan mare, 15 hands high, 6 years old, one white hind foot, rather thin in flesh. $500 reward, delivered 2018 Morris Ave. J. H. McCary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20
To Clean Tan Shoes

An easy way to clean tan shoes that have become rusty is suggested by New York correspondent, who advises:
 Now that all shades of brown shoes are worn more than any other kind. 1t is wise for a woman to know how to clean them. She is not always near a bootblack who makes them look like new for nickel
 Banana skins are excellent. Rub the inside on the leather: let it dry, then polish it with a piece of chamois or cheese cloth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20
ylsitina In Switzerland.

Lucerne, August 1s.-Cardinal Gibbons and Monsignor O'Connell, rector of the Catholic university at Washington, on their way north from Rome. are the guests of their friend, A. Benziger, the Swiss portrait painter, at Brunnen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20

Nothing is done without enthusiasm. It is heart that wins, not head, the round world over.- Elbert Hubbard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20
French Novelist Dead.

Paris, August Reflector France, the French novelist and publicist, Is dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20

Wanted-Six good carpen- ters and one blacksmith fami- liar with mine work.
 EMPIRE COAL co. 716 Brown Marx, Birmingham A full supply of horses and mules now on sale at the Ter minal Stock Yards, 2nd Ave. and 27th Street. HAYNES-DONAHOO HORSE
 & MULE co,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20
THE PASSING SHOW
Miss Lucine Finch Appear Before English Audlences-Ie at the Arts and Crafts-The Troubles of the
 Summer Tourist
BY ANNIE KENDRIcK WALKER.

their first destination in order to have their tickets validated, or pay the full fare between Ashevil1e and Jackson vile, Fla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-20

est Scottish female writer since the day of Miss Terrier
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 90, 1908
ROOSEVELT AND THE PRESS

With the :cpeal of the John Adams
law, persisted the idea that II citizen or
official could be thrown into Jail or
prison for saying disagreeable things
about the president or any other mem
her of the government. This is proven
not only by tradition, Int by history.
When jefferson and Adams contested
for the presidency in 1860, one of the
principal planlls in JeffcrSOn's platform
was that publicity is the fountain head
of good governments; that there could
doe no real popular government without
the greatest freedom of thought,
freedom of speech and last but not least,
freedom of the press
Along that same line, Jefferson made
good his promise to bury the Federalist
party out of sight, Oh the platform that
it is better to nave Il Scurrilous free
press than Il hi ..r rcSpGcidDia gagged
press. He held idS to the idea that
were he to he required to choose he
tween government without the press
and the press without government, he
would choose the latter, ana let the
people be guided by the knowledge
acquired from the controversial clash of
the contending editors.
1t was also Jefferson's belief that sour
rilous attacks by Il venal press upon IL
man in public station helped more than
it, hurt and that in the end the authors
of sllch attacks were the only sufferers.
From that time until his death,
twenty-siX years later, he was the most
popular and influential man i'm the
affairs of the nation The men who
prcdicateS his idea of this republic upon
the theory that the government of the
United States j, such IL poor thing that
it can be libclled by anybody will never
win lasting popularity and renown.-
st. Joseph Observer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Indlane with Boards.

1t has been written over and over
again that the North American Indian
was always beardless. New light comes
from IN unearthed letter firm Capt.
Amos Stc@dard, United States Artil.
lery and Engineers, in 1906, to DR..
Mitchell Of New London, Conn.,, in
which Stoddard tells of tribe OF
yellow men, not in the least tawny,
VINO lived near the lake on the west
side Of the Rocky or Shining noun.
tains. ana who wore their boards, and
a great number of whom had red hair
on their heads" They were great ex.
pcrts with the bow and arrow. The
lake referred to must have been Flat
head lake, in northwestern Montana
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
EAL ORIGIN OF UMBRELLA.
Oefoe Credited with It's introduction
Into England.

In recent controversy in England
regarding the origin of the umbrella,
and Defoe's knowledge of that now
universal article Of wearing apparel"
London writer says this knowledge
may have been acquired in Spain.
which he visited on business, his line
being Spanish and Portuguese goods
long before he wrote Robinson Cru
soc" 1t is noteworthy that John Mac
donald. a footman, mentions in his
autobiography that he brought his
own silk umbrella from Spain, and
YVES denounced by the hackney coach
men OF London as a Frenchman when
he took his walks abroad with it. De-
foe makes Crusoe explain that he has
seen umbrellas made in the Brazils.
where they are useful in the great
heats which are there" and adds, as
new point, that he found his UNI
brella las well for the rains as the
heats"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
is ALTOGETHER OUT OF DATE
According to This, Modesty Is Very
Much Thing of the Past.

Modesty is supposed to have come
over in the Mayflower, along with the
story Of Rebecca at the Well. Since
then Boston mas become psychological
and modesty has subliminal self.
There is tradition that modesty
once lived in New York, but this has
never been proved. 1t is highly i'm
probable, especially as New York has
always had a smart set.
Modesty, indeed, is a recluse. Her
pew in church has been given up. She
never had box at the opera. She
would not dare be operated upon in
any hospital. The children would dis
concert her in any home. With no
roof to shelter her, no nourishment
to sustain her, she walks the untrod.
den paths, a miserable and discon-
tented thing Of the past.-Lippincott's
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
GETTING THE CROWD IN LINE.
Showing the Methods Of the Resource.
full Street Faker. " s." r

Two belligerent appearing men
faced each other.
You're liar"
."icn're a yellow pup"
Fight" shrieked a small boy.
Then Il crowd of curious began to
gather in front of the Grant building
in UPPER Market street.
'If you're looking for trouble I
guess can give it to you," Kissed the
'liar" between his teeth.
You can place a bet that I intend
to see things to a finish," replied the
pup" striking a fighting pose.
Come around the corner where a
cop won't bother us, them" said the
first, and, war thus declared, the duo
fastened around to an empty lot be-
hind the post office, while a crowd of
bloodthirsty men and boys logged at
their heels.
Arrived, the ''liar" mounted a wood
en- platform newly built, while tho
pup" dove into dry goods box and
extracted therefrom a bullying suit
case.
while the doctor gets out the
packages Of our magical herbs, guar
anteed to cure cancer, bunions, all
skin diseases, ETC.. I will entertain
you with few sleight Of hand tricks"
announced the liar" in stentorian
tones.
The crowd then realized that it had
been gulled. A few on the outskirts
skunk away, but the majority re-
manned to fall victims to the wiles Of
the willy medical takers and their cure
all at "one dollar per package, and a
pair of cuff buttons, warranted solid
gold, thrown in."--San Francisco Call.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
DEVICE OF VENETIAN PRINTER.
Aldus Manutius Author of System Of
Punctuation.

Punctuation by means of stops and
points, so as to indicate the mean
ing of sentences and assist the reader
to proper enunciation, is ascribed
originally to Aristophanes, a gram
marian Of Alexandria, Egypt, who
lived in the third century B. G. What
ever his system may have been, 1t
was subsequently neglected and for.
gotten, but was reintroduced by
Charlemagne, the various stops and
symbols being designed by Warne.
fried and Alcuin
The present system Of punctuation
was introduced in the latter part of
the fifteenth century by Aldus Manu-
thus, Venetian printer, who was re-
sponsible for our full stop, colon.
semicolon, comma, marD3 of inter-
rogation and exclamation, parenthesis
and dash, hyphen, apostrophe and quo
tation marks. These were subsequent
.ly copied by other printers, until their
use became universal.
Most ancient languages were inno-
cent OF any system of punctuation. In
many early manuscripts the letters
are placed at equal distances apart,
with no connecting link between even
In the matter of spacing, an arrange
ment which must have rendered read
ing at sight somewhat difficult.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Recipe for All Kinds of Wine.

One quart Of juice, two quarts of
water, three pounds of white sugar.
Mash the fruit at night, and strain
it in the morning. Add the sugar, and
stir until dissolved, then put in bot
ties, and take one bottle to fill up the
others as they work out over the top.
When they are done working put in
stopper and put in a dark place in
the cellar. / let mine set in the kitch-
en- while working, as that is a warm
place. L have. some now, made 80
years ago, and it is very nice. Some
times. when 1 have plenty of fruit, 1
have made it half juice and half
water. and this is, of course, much
nicer, but always one pound Of sugar
to every quart Of liquid. All kinds of
fruit juice can be used.-Bostou Globe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Business Locals.

The San Francisco Call is on sale at
Sproules' bookstore.
For rent-Two furnished rooms near
the center of town. Inquire at this
Office
All kinds of baled hay for sale at the
old reliable Elephant feed and livery
stable
Save those natural teeth, thereby re
tain your facial expression. DR.. Gill;
land ''the dentist" Office over the Drug
Store. Elko
S:;Jacobs has secured two tailors and
is prepared to do all work along that
line;s Give me your orders for your
Christmas suits NOW.
Wanted Information regarding farm
or business for sale; not particular
about location; wish to hear from owner
only, who will sell direct to buyer; give
price, description, and state when DOS
session can be had, Address,. Darby
shire, Box 2O3O. Rochester, N. Y.
E.; IS. Van Leer, successor to N. P.
Guldager, practical horse sheer with
years of experience, will conduct a
general blacksmithing business at the
old shop. Mr.. Rigsby will remain
and attend to the wood work. A fair
share of the public patronage is solic-
tied.
You are ambitious and possess at least
an average amount of tact and perse-
verance. Therefore, we want you and
will pay you $75 month for taking only
four orders day. You can earn a big
income. We furnish all supplies free.
Write today to MANAGER, P. O. Box
1850, New York City.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Raleiqh's Costume,

Sir Walter Raleigh wore white
satin-pinked vest, close-sleeved to the
wrist, and over the body a doublet fine
ly lowered, and embroidered with
pearls, and in the feather Of his hat
large ruby and pearl drop at the
bottom Of sprig in place of but
ton. His breaches, with his stockings
and ribbon garters, fringed at the end,
were all white; and his buff shoes, on
great court days, were gorgeously
covered with precious stones. He had
a suit Of armor Of solid silver, with
sword and belt blazing with diamonds,
rubies and pearls.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Why Missouri Wen, Republican

Bryan only got about 5000 less votes
i'll Missouri ut the recent election than
he received i'll 1896, yet in that year he
carried Missouri by nearly 10000.
Democratic emigration to Oklahoma
and Texas, and republican immigration
from Iowa, Kansas, Illinois and other
republican states doubtless explains the
change. And yet the vote on state
officers shows that Missouri is still
democratic by somewhere between 5000
and 1000. 1t looks as though it will be
a very difficult matter to elect straight
nckct IN either party hereafter
Montgomery Standard
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Shoe Repairing

My shoe trade has steadily increased
so that it has left me no time to do re-
pairing, and I have sold out my repair,
ing department to Robert Schultz,
whom can recommend as good work
man. ..,. ~
All work in the line of shoe repairing
will be done by him at my store.
Come everybody and bring your shoe
repairing. r.. q 8
A. L. MAUK, The SHOE MAN.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
APPLICATION 1920.
Notice OF Application for Permission to Appro-
pirate the Public waters OF the State OF Nevada

Notice OF Application for Permission to Appro
pirate the Public Waters Of the State OF Nevada
Notice is hereby given that on the 2tst day Of
December 1908, in accordance with Section p.
Chapter XVIII, of the Statute of 1917, one
Carat g. Company Of White Rock. Coff .ot
the State Engineer Of Nevada for permissio, ~
appropriate the public waters of the Stati
Nevada. Such appropriation is TO be made 70
IS II. A N. X. so f.. M. ID. 3. & M by means OF
Dam and IL cubic feet per second Is to be cor
veyed to points OF use by means of Ditch and
there used Irrigation. Water to be returned to
stream at No.
Date of first publication December %. 1903.
Date of last publication January 20, 1909.
Signed
FRANK R. NICHOLAS.
State Engineer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
A Believer.

DO you believe in telepathy?"
asked the mystical person.
'What do you mean by tclepathy?"
asked Mr.. Dustin StaX.
"Fhought TRANSFERABLE faculty that
enables one person to know what an.
other person is thinking about"
ooh. yes. There's my old friend
Mr.. SkinbOOdiC. | know what HOG
thinking about this very minute"
what is it?"
Money"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.

In the Matter of the estate of G. H. HOOPER
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
was duly appointed on the 24th day of Novem
Der, 1908, by the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State Of Nevada in and
for the County Of Elko as Administrator of the
estate of the said G. H. Hooper, deceased. and
that on the s:id Gath day of November. 1908. he
duly qualified as such Administrator.
All creditors having claims against the said
eState\are required TO file them with proper
vouchers attached. with the Clerk of said Dis
trict Court within forty days from the first
publication of this Notice or they will be for.
ever barred.
HAYDEN HENDERSON,
Administrator of the estate of G.. H. Hooper
deceased.
Charles 3. Henderson, Attorney for Admins
traitor.
Date of first publication of Notice. Nov. 81, 1908
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Draying Business.

Chris Eshleman has started q draying
business. He is prepared to do all kinds
of hauling, delivering freight and all
other business in the draying line. Prices
reasonable and strict attention given to
all orders. Office at the Old Lumber
Office
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
APPLICATION NO. 1919

Notice OF Application for Permission to Appro-
pirate the Public Waters OF the Statcof Nevada
Notice Is hereby given that on the 21st day of
December 1903, in accordance with Section a.
Chapter XVIII, of the Statutes Of 1907, one
Carat and Company Of White Rock, County Of
EllSo and State of Nevada, made application to
the State Engineer of Nevada for permission to
appropriate the public waters: of the State of
Nevada. Such appropriation is to be made from
Owyhee River. at points s. w. 4 OF s. w. u
Sec. IL TIP. IS N. r. 40 f. by means Of Dam and
10 cubic feet per second is to be conveyed to
points OF use by means of Ditch aiI2 Their EsPd
Irrigation. Water to be returned TO stream al
No. 1.
Date of first publication December %, 1908.
Date OF last publication January 20, 1909.
Signed.
FRANK Il. NICHOLAS
State Engineer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Surely the Limit.

friend wa5 once talking with a
crazy woman, when Il stngy man
passed by. "Do you see that man"
said she, with cunning smile. You
could blow his soul through a hum.
m'hE-birds quill, into n MOSQUITOES
eye and the mosquito wouldn't wink"
Sunday Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Feminine Hand In Literature.

T e literature Of all European coun-
tries reveals the feminine hand. Male
writer's are devoting themselves more
and more to sport and industry All
modern books are effeminate in char
acter.-Maenz, Vienna.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
Our Diamonds and Watches
APPLICATION NO. 1918

APPLICATION NO 1918
Notice Of Application for Permission to Appro-
pirate the Public Waters of the State OF Nevada
Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of
December 1908 in accordance with Section 25.
Chapter XVIII, of the Statutes of 1907 one
Carat Company of White Rock. County Of
Elko and State of Nevada. made application to
the State Engineer of Nevada for permission to
appropriate the public waters of the State of
Nevada. Such appropriation is to be made from
Owyhee River ut points s. w. n of N. E. d
Sec. "a TIP. IS N. r. 40 F. by means of Dam and
IL cubic feet per second is to be conveyed to
points of use by means of Ditch and there used
Irrigation. Water to be returned to stream at
No.
Date of first publication December %. 1908.
Date of last publication January 60 1909
Signed:
FRANK r. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
hnd Money! Saved.

A sound unknown in tropical cities
is the harsh grating Of the coal being
shoveled into cellars for the coming
winter.-Mexican Herr d.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29
CHRISTMAS TIME

is always the present" time and if you
want to give some friend or loved one
"a good time" buy the watch here and
you will succeed
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-29

In the Matter of the estate of c. H. HOOPER,
deceased.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-02

the best months for ca nyolls outings. ~
this Rocky mountain region, in all but
the highest anyons. the sweet calm Of
these September days. tho GOODNESS. and
tho bracing quality of the sparkling at
mosphere. make q September trip, for
many people. even more desirable than
one In midsummer. The tonic feature
OF the air. the ideal loneliness of the.
vast mountain scenery, and the bright
ness and high coloring of the canyon
sides nnd gorges. make of this season
an exceptionally good time for a brief
mountain trip.
The writer speaks from experience IN
saying that few deep breaths OF this
mild aueumEal air, taken while climb
ing canyon hillside, a few flashes Of
the sparkling asters observed from
every shady nook. and several long,
long surveys of hills and valleys soft
aned by the distance till there is not
the slightest roughness discernible--
these and other easily imagined ex.5
perienccs Will cause almost any one
that makes the test to ask with our
American rhymester:
"'Aint you glad you're liyins?'s
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-02
THE IMPERIAL CROP.

Charles w. Burkett, director of the
Kansas Experiment Station at Man
haitian, declares that alfalfa Is the I'M
perial crop Of that state. Other field
crops surpass it in acreage and total
yield, but in net returns per acre al
falfa is clearly in the lead.
Wherever this monarch of the field
goes. riches follow In its wakes. Mr..
Burkett thinks the time not far dis
tant when every available acre IN every
congenlal area In that state VIII pc
occupied by alfalfa.
This plant, which in recent years has
had the greatest success OF perhaps
any crop grown in the semi-arid West
seems to have originated With man
prior to the dawn Of history, and mas
followed him like a true and faithful
friend to the uttermost parts of the
earth. 1t was well known to the
ancient Persians and constituted their
most important forage plant. Xerxes
introduced 1T into Europe about $50
/ b. c.. and at the time of the Chris
tian era It had become well established
in Roman agriculture. They called al
fafa the best OF fodder plants. From
Rome, the plant spread In France and
/, Spain, and it was brought Into South
America at the time OF the Spanish IN
yasiop, and to Mexico. From South
America In 1854 1t was brought into
California. The plant received little
attention there at first. but In 1874
demonstration of Its worth aroused the
interest of the people. A Mr.. Miller
had sown hundreds of acres of lucern
in one of the rich valleys of California
and was fattening thousands of cattle
upon it. His success led to It's rapid
spread until the plant made its way
to Utah and surrounding states. 1t
has steadily made its way eastward.
and in 1885 the first field was sown in
Ohio In an early day it had been
introduced into the eastern United
states before 1t came to California. In
1901 it was brought from Europe to
New England, but it made little head
way, and during the rapid westward
expansion of agriculture, 1t was soon
forgotten until it made its way cast
ward from California.
| Prof Freeman says that the creeks
| called it "Medike'' and the Romans
..Herba Medica'' on account of its Me-
dian or Persian origin. During the
middle ages, however. these earlier
names We're lost sight of by its Eu-
ropean growers and it was named 1lu-
| zerne,'' .'luserne' or "lucerne" after
a river valley in northern Italy. To
| the Arabs. on the other hand. It was
| known us "alfacfacah" which means
..the best kind OF fodder" BY the
Moorish invasion and influence over
northern Africa and southern Europe
this Arabic name was implanted, and
out of 1t finally came the Spanish name
alfalfa. Thus the plant which botan-
lists now call Medicago referring to its
ancient Median origin) was called al