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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05

The ministers OF Vicksburg are
going to fight Sunday baseball. They
say church, attendance and receipts
fall off so per cent. because of the
Sunday games.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05

TfA- anarchists should be routed
from the country root and branch
Fancied wrongs will never be righted
by the means they employ.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05
MICHIGAN LUMBER OUTPUT
CONSIDERABLY REDUCED

Bay City, Mich, April accord
ing to statistics, the annual timber
cut in the state of Michigan has
dwindled TO considerably less than
half OF what it was in 1888, which
was the banner year. The total pro-
duiction OF lumber in Michigan in
1907 was z43,584,ooo feet, reduction
OF 10 per cent. from the outptlt on
1906. This year it is predicted the
statistics will show reduction OF 80
per cent. from 1906. Unless refor-
estation be adopted extensively. it is
said that Michigan timber will be
pra ctical1y exhausted in thirty years.
TAFT STARTS TEN DAYS
CnrECrJ DTNTr TDYD
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05

The big railroads on the country
say they need 10000 men at once to
put their systems in sAape after the
winters wear and tear. This does
not look nspcf,l like financial deprcs-
sion.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05

How will Uncle Joe Cannon meet
the tariff question when he goes on
the stump for presidential nomina-
ton, His own constituents want
something done 70 tthis trust builder
and protector.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05

The courts OF Kentucky are at last
getting after the night riders. II
will take men of iron to cope with
the situation.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05

What will Senator Foraker do now
that tta. senate committee on milf
instate the Brownsville negro
troops?
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05
SPEECH-MAKING TRIl

Washington, April Secretary of
War Taft lsft this afternoon for a
ten days spcech-making trip through
the West.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-05

Who paid the expenses OF Mrs.
Roosevelt's river tripe
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-14
THE NEW CcMSTOck

A little more water than can be
conveniently handled with the pres
ent equipment has held up operation
at the New Comstock Company prop
erty and the directors are comforting
On the matter and it is likely that
they will soon have appliances in
stalled capable of keeping the work
ings clear as far as they care to go.
The ore exposure in the bottom OF
the shaft is very good, in fact much
better than anything previously un-
covered. The quartz all carries sui
phides, which contains values, and
in some of the pan tests very long
strings of gold tail out from the iron
This property is one of the most
promising in the district.--Ramsey
Recorder.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-14
TAFT TAT BRYAN

so SOON, already yet, Taft is On the defensive. Six weeks ago he
positively was not going to make any except front porch speeches.
speeches. But now he has concluded that he must hustle III intoh halt
a dozen or more States o a speaking tour. Six weeks ago he most ass
uredy wasn't going to rume the dignity of a Presidential candidate by
making speeches from the rar platform Of a train. But he has come
to that. Six weeks ago he wasn't going to make speeches into a phono-
graph, but he changed his mind. But even with all these limitations,
Taft can't be a successful imitation of Bryan. He lacks genuineness.
NEVADA residents would be disconsolate if the sagebrush plains of
that beloved state failed to furnish a q mining camp every thirty days
"a camp t hat merited booming or had the yellow or o other vau-
able metal to convince. The latest gold camp is located Is miles couth-
west from Winnemucca, and the pioneer bonanza, discovered last spring,
has already made a few men comfortably rich. Rawhde, which prom
iss to eaqual Rawhtde in point Of production, is only a year old, but is
yielding close to 100000 worth Of gold per week. Mines and Metals
will here predict that the gold production of the battle born state with
In three years will s urpass that OF Colorado. The second edition of the
good old Comstock years of enormous gold production is history that will
be lived, witnessed. enjoyed and writ Is sure S there is fish in the
seas-Idaho Mines and Metals.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-14

SUMMONS
IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL COURT
OF THE STATE OF NEVADA,
oRMsBY COUNTY.
OLIVE e.. HARPER, PLAINTIFF.
W..
WILLIAM A. HARPER, DEFENDANT
SUMMONS.
Action brought in the District
Court of the First Judicial District
Of the State Of Nevada, Ormsby
County, and the complaint filed in
said County in the Office of the Clerk
of said District Court on the Sth day
of July, 1908.
THE STATE OF NEVADA SENDS
GREETING TO WILLIAM A.
HARPER, DEFT.
You are hereby required to appear
in an action brought against you 6y
the above named plaintiff in the Dis
trict Court of the First Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Nevada, Ormsby
County, and answer complaint filed
therein within ten days exclusive OF
the day of service) after the service
on you of this summons if served in
said county, or if served out of said
County, but within the District,
twenty days; in all other cases forty
days, or judgment by default will be
taken against you according to the
prayer of said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain
the judgment and decree Of the Court
for divorce against you, on the ground
that you, defendant, d~isregarding the
solemnity of your marriage vow, will
fully and without cause and without
and against the consent Of plaintiff,
deserted and abandoned plaintiff, and
ever since has and still continues so
to willfuliy and without cause de-
sert and abandon plaintiff, and to live
separate and apart from her, without
any sufficient cause Or reason,
and against her will and without
her %concent, all of which matters and
Things will more fully appear by the
complaint on file herein, with a copy
of which you are herewith served,
and which is made part hereof.
And you are hereby notified that
if you fail to answer the complaint,
the said plaintiff will take the judg-
ment and decree of the Court for the
relief prayed for in the Complaint.
Given under my hand and the Seal
of the District Court of the First
Judicial District of the State of Ne
vada, Ormsby County, this sth day
of July, 1sto.
E. O. PATTERSON,
Clerk.
Seal.
ALFRED CHARTZ, Attorney for
Plaintiff. sw
Date of first publication July IL 1908.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-14

CANDIDATE TAFT is ct happy Is he views the prospects in hit
There's Foraker a II over the State with a yataghan Of wide n deep
sweep. There's Cox in Cincinnati with an x for the "a who public
y repudiated the Cox ticket two We ars ago. There is the large Negro
population sore at Roosevelt and inferenualy at Taft because OF
Brows Vile. and devoted to Foraker who fought the battle OF the dis
charged soldiers. Then there are the prohibiionists who helped the
Democrats make Patterson Governo and may help the Democrats this
year. And In the Democratic Party Judson Harmon, gold Democrat, is
making q game fight with Tom l.. Johnson, a radical, supporting the
didate at every point. Bryan has a chance in Ohio, a he has in every
other possibly debatable State this year-The ST. Louis Mirror
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-14
BIDS WANTED

Bi IS FOR furnishing Or: lsby County
with 35 cords of split wood will be
received by the County Clerk u: !"
and including October Sd. Bids to
state what lind of wood is to be fur
nishe1.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners. E. y. PattedhOn
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-14
HUNTERS NOTICE

HUNTERS NOTICE
No hunting and fishing will be al
lowed on the Arthur's ranch in
Washoe Valley and all those disobey
ing this notice will be prosecuted.
WINTERS AND GRAHAM.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-14
ATTENTION DEMOCRATS

At a meeting of the County Central
Committee of Ormsby County, Nevada,
held in Carson City, Nevada, on the
Sth day Of September, 1908, the fol-
lowing order was made:
That a convention of the Democrat
ic party of Ormsby county be helu
in Carson City at 10 a. m. on the oath
day of September, 1908, for the pur-
pose of nominating a full county and
township tickets and three candidates
for the Assembly to be voted for at
the general election to be held Novem
Der 3, 1908, and for the transaction OF
such other business as may properly
ONE before the convention and
1t is ordered that the primary cleo
ton be held on Saturday, the 10Th day
of September, 1908, between the hours
of electing delegates to attend said
convention
In all cases returns of each pre-
cinct shall be forwarded to the secre-
tary of the County Central Commit
tee
If for any cause there be any va
cancy or vacancies in the primary
election board, or whether the Central
Committee has failed to designate a
full board, then those present shall
fill vacancies as provided by law. In
all precincts where primaries are not
held the County Central Committee
shall appoint the delegates from said
precincts.
Polls for Carson precinct at the
Curry Engine House, open from l to
6 o'clock p. m; 81 delegates to be
voted for at said voting place. Judges:
Geo. w. Keith, j. S. Heidenreich and
Guy Guinan. Clerks: Jas D. Finch
and J. E Wilson
The following apportionment was
made:
Empire .---.----... )
At said primary election the test
will be: 81 am a Democrat"
The election board of the va
rious precincts, when primaries
are held as above stated, are in
structed to make full returns to the
secretary of the Democratic County
Central Committee at Carson City,
Nevada, at as early date as possible.
J. N. NEWMAN, Chairman.
j. GLANZMAN, Secretary.
Did you get that glass of Anheiser
Bush beer It Barkleys?
Lake Tahoe Postal cards at the
Emporium. All kinds.
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

of natives with comparatively few soldiers.
The total police force consists of 800 whites
and 800 natives. The whites are mounted
and they patrol the country just as do the
mounted police of western Canada. There
are white settlers living here away off
In the wilds, and, are nevertheless com
paratively safe. l met the other day Cap
tain Mcqueen of the mounted police o, Mas
homeland. He has a territory as large as
Illinois, which he keeps in order with
seventy men, who ride on horseback from
farmer to farmer and bring back reports
as to the condition of the territory. Every
European settler must be visited at least
once a. month, and the policeman has to
get from each a written report, as to the
condition of the country about him. Said
Captain Mcqueen:
81 believe Rhodesia is almost as safe as
England and were It not for the lions and
leopards a man might go over 1t without
a gun. The natives are quiet, and our
white settlers are a great deal better off
than those of the ordinary frontier. The
conditions will grow better as the country
settles, as I believe 1t will rapidly do"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

Before l describe the remains Of the
famous Temples at Zlmbabwe in Masnona-
land l want - tel you about the ruins
Of kaaIpi, which lie within twelve miles
o. this city Of B~ulawayo, and which any
enc may reach by horse. bicycle or auto
mobile. They are right on the edge OK u
river, surrounded by hills in which are
troops Of balloons. There are antelopes,
ieInuIs and squirrels amoag the rocks. and
tEere IS no sign Of mans habltation nearby.
The remains Of the walls OF the ancient
buildings can be seen In many places. They
are composed OF granite hloc.Ss, some Of
walcG are laid toGetner In a cheyker-board
pattern. The houses Of these ancients were
circular, and they seem TO nave been
formed by a granite paste which was hard
ened by burning. There are the remains
OF othor circular buildings between this
city and Gwelo; ans the ruins at Mombo
arc almost as interesting 40 those Of zim
babwe.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

During the last few weeks l have been
travelling through BarotselaUd in northern
Rhodesia. l am surprised at the extent
Of the country and its possible resources.
Our general idea OF central Africa is that
it is a low jungle infested with fever. The
truth is that a vast part of the continent
is high ana healthy. Algeria and Morocco
at the north have as good climate as Italy.
Abyssinia is as healthful as almost any
part Of Europe. a large part Of British
East Africa consists of plains which arc
more than a mile above the sea, and the
same is true OF parts Of German East Az
RIGA. The most Of southern Rhodesia Is
high, and so is a great part Of the region
from there down to the Cape OK Good
Hope.
The land between the Zambesi and the
Congo watershed IS composed Of high
plains, with the kafue valley running
through them. / rode for 800 miles and
more over open grassy plaJeaus, spotted
here and there with low trees and brush
wood. Nearly everywhere the land seems
fitted for cattle, and l am told that there
are parts Of il where the natives keep them
in large Uumber. one of the dangers is the
tsetse fly, which kills the stock, but It
may be that this cIn be wiped out by
quarantine and other ways.
In southern Rhodesia and In parts or
northern Rhodesia there Is a spear-headed
plant known as asssgai grass, which kills
the sheep. This grass has a sharp point
wish barbs extendius down tOward the
ground. When it gets iLto the she2p'S
wool II works It's way through the skin,
and finally goes through the sheep, just
as a needle is said % travel through the
human body il 1t is once insiie II. This
grass kills the sheep, but il Is not injuri-
GUS TO cattle.
So far the chief towns in northwestern
Rhodesla are: Iroyon I'm, kaloma and
Livingstone. Broken I'm Is a mining set
tlement. Kaloma has been Until recently
the seat Of government, and II consists Of
tie administrative offices. a few tin sham
ties and t4e seat OF a branch Of the stand
ard Bunl. Of south Africa. Livingstone IS
a small settlement near Victoria fails. It
contains some offices, half a dozen stores
and a hotel. which IS patronizcd by a few
Of tho white settlers OF southern Rhodesia
during the hotter months q the year,
Northwestern Rhodesia has all told less
than 1000 white settlers.
FRANK q. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
King soIomon,n Mines.

There is considerable evidence that
King Solomon got his gold from South
Africa. When Vasco da Cana first made
his way around the Cape Of Good Hope
he found that the natives at Sofala, a port
in Portuguese East Africa, below the
mouth OF the Zambez!, had gold which
came from the northwest and probably
Rhodesia. We know that gold was being
taken outsof Africa hundreds of years be-
fore that time, and IT is said that much
OF the treasure of the ancient Romans
was brought in from this region, 1t Is
known that the Arablans controlled for
years a large part of the East African
coast, and much of the gold supply which
was poured into Egypt came through
them. Some of the ruins here resemble
those of the Sabaeans, an old Arabian
nation. and it is thought that they may
have been built by sabaean miners in the
days of King Solomon. The records of
history as far back as 1870 years before
Christ cite the wealth Of the Sabaeans,
and there is al Assyrian inscription,
dated Il, c, 1888, which speaks of Arabia
as furnishing a rich tribute of gold, sill
vor and incense. 3 Arabia has practically
no gold itself and It's treasure must have
como from other countries.
A. TO the enormous amounts which were
sent to Egypt, the excavations all along
tho Nile valley have produced many gold
ornaments, and the museums of tha world
contain relics OF the golden jewelry found
In the rnummy Baskets from the tombs
OF the kings, While / was In Egypt a
few months ago l visited the great tenn
pie Of Dahr-el-Bahari, in the desert
mountains, near the site Of ancient
Thebes. on that temple there are pic
TN. ghAgrE.. 80 -. 4 TA4 --- -
fore Christ, the land OF unit was con-
GGertd ty the Egyptians, and how they
brought back ebony, ostrich feathers and
the skIns OF leopalds, lions and glraffes,
as wsl as elephant tusks and ingotJ
Of cold. All these things come from
khoOesia, ard II may be tDat it was the
land u Punt and that the Egyptians
mace an expedition here. II Is also said
TO lie the lana OF Oghir, 10 which King
So4oa.cn anu Hi.am Of Tyre sent OUT
lSIass who biUulh, back gold.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

there and which belonged to these ancients,
Some of the crucibles have the gold still in
them, and there are other relics which show
the old methods of gold working. There
are also sheets Of the gold which came from
Zimbabwe, links of gold wire no thicker
than a thread, and an ingot Of solid gold
about an inch long and a fourth of an inch
thick. The ingot seems to have been a
piece OF the money of those days. There
were also copper chains, beautifully made,
and ingots of tin, although so far no tin
deposits have been discovered nearby.
plateau OF Mashonaland, about two-thirds
of a mile above the sea. They are con-
nected with other ruins which run the
whcle length of the western side Of the
Sabi river and are in almost all cases
within a short distance of quartz reefs con-
tanning gold. At Zimbabwe itself the ruins
cover a large area. There is a great temple
$50 feet long, the wall Of which at one point
is thirty-five feet high and sixteen feet
thick at the base. This wall is made up of
small blocks of granite, with uniform fac
ings, laid up dry. The stones fit SO closely
that there Is comparatively no vegetation
upon the ruins; 1t was made without NOR
tar or cement. This is so notwithstanding
the floor is of a cement of powdered gran
ite. There are two round towers in the in
closure, which seem to have been erected
as Monuments. They are solid and the
larger one is thirty-five feet high. The
rest Of the circular building is divldcd up
into smaller Enclosures, and some scientists
say that the whole bears evidence of hav-
ing been used by people like the Phoeni-
clans.
The remains of another temple have been
$500 g. AIt VY-,
more than tho cement floor existed when
the excavators uncovered them. The floor
was supported by under walls. In it's CEN
ter was an altar made of small granite
blocks and under the altar was found the
remains Of Phalllc worship and fragments
of soapstone bowls. Near 1t was a gold
smelling furnace.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

there are now something like thirty-flvo
postoffices in the British territories above
the Zambesi river.
During my stay at the end Of the Cane
to Cairo railroad I took a photograph OF
the Broken HIN postoffice, which is now
the mail station farthest north. 1t is moro
than 1000 miles above the Cape of Good
Hope. The postoffice consists of a gal
VaniZed iron shed about fifteen feet wide
and thirty feet long. The postmaster sleeps
in IT and he distributes the mails on the
arrival of the trains. About seventy bags
of mail come every week. After this has
been sorted It is carried by natives to all
parts of the country. Sixty-four runners
left during the day l visited tho office.
Fourteen Of them went to the Kishanshl
copper mines, which are $50 miles away,
and. each carried a bag Weighing fifty
pounds on his head or back. The men arc
expected to make that distance In twelve
days. Another set Of post runners was
loaded with the mail for Fort jameson,
which lies 800 miles due east Of Broken Hill.
and they will reach there within thirteen
days, while a third has started out for
the station of Mumbwa, which is 100 miles
westward. At each Of these far-away
places there are branch routes going out
III Inherent ulIeCllDHS, SO lIdl dlHlOSJ every
settler and minor has his regular mail.
There are altogether $50 runners to whom
the kings malls are intrusted. They have
been carrying them for some years, and so
far only one has failed to make good. The
men are paid 10 shillings a month and their
rations. They carry two days food with
them and enough calico to purchase what
they need for the balance Of the journey,
each being allowed one-half yard a day for
eating and lodging.
The Zimbabwe ruins are on the high
While at the postofficc l sent O letter to
the United States. The postage was 3
cents, ard my letter will be about a month
on the way. I asked as to the telegraph
rates and was told that I could cable to
New York for 81 cents a word. A telegram
which l sent to Livingstone, the capital of
northwestern Rhodesia, $50 miles distant,
cost me only % cents, which was at least
Is cents cheaper than I could have sent 1t
through the settled portions of our own
country. There are now 400 miles Of telo-
graphs in these colonies, and there are
ninety-six telegraph offices. The African
transcontinental telegraph line has been
extended northward as far as Viii, on
Lake Ta~nganyika, so that one can now
send a message via the Cape to the heart
Of mid-Africa- There are telegraph lines
running from the Mediterranean southwark
almost to Uganda, and within a short time
there will be iron wires reaching from one
end Of the continent to the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

plans being as follows:
The railroad ministry will permit the
first great attempts to be made with cleo
trical power in connection with the CEN
trails now existing In the administrative
district Of Magdeburg. In the first place.
the short sections Gusten-Stassfurt and
Gusten-B ernburg- Kothen will be rranged
for electrical operation. Later, in fur her
execution of plans, there Will be n change
of power on the line Magdeburg-Bl Bitter
feld-Leipzig, and afterwards on the line
Halle-Leipzig. Upon these, in them
selves complete lines Of road, electrical
power will wholly supplant steam.
The line Leipzig-Halle has been chosen
for a special reason. By the electrical
operation between these two points there
Will be q greater increase in the speed and
frequency of the trains dispatch I'd, so that
in this way Leipzig will be brought into
closed connection with the western main
lines. The two lines are under the dis
trict management of Halle, which has been
instructed from the ministry at Berlin to
mako a detailed inquiry how far electrical
power can be economically used in COM
Darison with the present method OF opera
ton. II Is said that the preliminary work
for this statistical inquiry has already been
done by the ministry, so that the admins
tratlon at Halle has only to verify the re-
suits already obtained.
The most favorable factor for the econo-
mical determination Of the question are the
bitun.nOus deposits (-BraunkohlenJ between
Halle and Leipzig This kline Of coal is not
considered a suitable fuel for locomotives.
one electrical cen raj will suffice for the
operation OF both lines, and this Will be
butt IN the midst of the coal strata. Some
years ago the favorable location of these
strata suggested the electrifying OF the
ra!lroad between Koln and Trier, but this
was abandoned.
II Is SAID the passenger traffic will be
handled In the same manner as upon the
road Berlln-L namely, with
small trains and quick service. The ex-
press and freight trains will be dispatched
with electrical locomotives. The length Of
the Two lines together amounts to 1924
miles, the line LeipZig-Magdeburg being
about eighty miles and the line Leipzig
Halle twenty-five and a half mics. For
the current. which will be conducted on
thin wires. 1000 volts will be required. 1t
is calculated that the change in the sys-
tenn OF operation Will take two years.