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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

for a moment. and I guess I'll make the
most OF It,"
1--WE no right to rest any time" said
Mrs. Reed. querulously; II suppose I'd
ought to try to do the milking. since you
can't. 1t goes against me to think Of
those poor cows having to wait till
Reub gets back. for it may be more'n an
hour yet
well, you sha'n't. and 1 can't" said
tho younger Lucy. gaily; I'm sorry for
EN-, too, but don't see why we should
suffer any more than cows"
.I used to milk every day when 1 was
a boy." said Reuben, cuddenly; why
won't you let me try my hand now while
I'm waiting for your father"
Lucy the younger laughed merrily.
while Mrs Reed looked distressed.
"Oh, no; II would never do: why. 1
don't know what father'd say" she be-
gan. but her daughter interrupted her.
Mothers putting on her old school
marin ways when she talks like that. I've
a great mind to take Mr.-the gentleman.
out to the barn. and see IL he knows a
cows head from her tail"
''Oh, Lucy, / declare.'' said the dis
tressed mother, but Reuben laughed.
Its a bargain" he said. standing UP
and taking of his coat. which he tossed
onto a chair
II can't for the life of me think what
father and Reub will say to me for let
ting you do this" she remarked as a be-
ginning.
II don't see how you could have helped
yourself; wanted TO milk, and when
want a thing / generally get It,"
That's the way Reub talks: but he's
had to find out. poor fellow. that there's
some things he can't ever get. no matter
how much he wants en-"
lis Reub your brother?'
Yes; and he Just set his heart on going
to college and we all buckled down and
saved and Swaziland then, last fall
things went worse than usual with father
and Reubs had to give up. He's rea
COURAGEOUS, and he don't say much "a
any one but I can see how he feels it,
His names Reuben. is it? That's
rather an odd name"
Its rather a family name with us,
explained Lucy with little touch Of fam
lily pride. MY great-grandfather was
named Reuben. and 50 was fath,r'i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
Folly of the Mean.

John d. ROCKEFELLER never wear
} les of impressing on the young the
folly OF mean and parsimonious habits.
In one OF his most recent interviews he
said:
These miserly people reap nothing but
discomfort from their false economics
Take. for example, the case OF Mrs. Silas
Long of Sussex.
Martha, said old Slas one fall day.
L think I'll go and get few apples from
the orchard
He looked at her timidly. She said:
Well. be careful now, 81. only to
pick the bad ones n.
Suppose there amt no. bad ones.
Martina
- Then you'll have to wait till some
goes bad. of course the old lady snap
ped. We can't afford to eat good sound
fruit with three cents a bushel'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

HE slow train was
jerking along oser
it's sin & | e track
toward its resting
place for the night.
Nearly all the pas
sengers had disap-
peared, stepping to
The station p ] a ( =
forms in a melan-
choly. casual man
ner which is char
acteristic OF the in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
THE AURORA BoREALIs.
Speculation as to Relation Of North.
ern Lights and Electric Storms.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
We are asked by a correspondent who
was interested in the accounts Of the cleo
trical storm which took place early Sat-
urday morning to explain the aurora boz
reals its origin and nature. and what can
be done to prevent its ravages. 1t is .
large order. II we could answer these
questions the scientific world would he
greatly obliged and honors would be be-
slowed upon the Inquirer. Unfortunately.
We cannot.
In the first place. 1t is pot at all GER
tain that the storm of Saturday was
caused by the aurora borealis. or
northern lights. The fact is. that there
Is more speculation than knowledge on
the subject. 1t has been noted for years
that during the period of greatest activ-
ity In sun spots. which occurs about once
in eleven years. and was at its last max
imum about three or four years ago, there
seems to be more activity on the part OF
the aurora borealis and electrical condi-
tions generally upon the earth seem to be
disturbed. Just how or why, we do not
know and can only feebly surmise.
There Is no doubt that the earth is an
immense reservoir of electricity, q great
magnet SO to speak. and there are con-
slant electrical currents passing around
the earth, although the greatest activity
is believed to be some miles above the
surface. Our electrical storms are sup
posedly due to some disturbance of the
barometric pressure in certain localities,
which apparently affect the flow OF these
overhead currents when they come near
the earth or even to it's surface, and in.
terfere with commercial electrical cur
rents. The most notable instance Of the
sort was in 1852.
I'm the last few years most physicists
have agreed that the ether extends
through the whole OF space. that il 10 pom
derable and solid to an extraordinary de.
gree. being a million times more solid
than lead. IL one may use such a term.
But it Is composed OF unthinkably small
particles i'm constant motion, so as to
offer no resistance to the passage Of ce.
lestial bodies through II or to our own
movements in the atmosphere. But all
matter is held to be simply various forms
of ether taking their character from the
degree and nature of electrical conditions
within the atom. This indicates that cleo
tricity Is at the fundamental basis OF tho
universe. and though We do not know
the details or its means OF operation, it
opens up a field of research that is al
most limitless and Is staggering in its
immensely.
All We can say is that the subject 10
being studied as never before. and while
no working hypothesis has been given with
any definiteness, we seem to be on the
verge of important discoveries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
Singing Ray Caught in Net.

From the London Standard.
Visitors to Sizewell have had an oppor-
tunity Of looking at one of the strangest
fish found in the North sea. a local fish,
erman named Thorpe having trawled up .
singing ray. which belongs to the skate
family and is known by scientists
Firenake Kingston. 1t weighed over fifty
pounds and greatly damaged the net and
gear before 1t was dispatched. II meas
ured no less than three feet across.
The singing ray possesses two large
pouches I'm which IL secretes soies and
other fish upon which ii preys. IL has
a long whiplike tail terminating In
forked end, which contains its sting, and
is it's weapon of offense and defense. IL
has a huge liver that yields an oil which
IL esteemed valuable specific for burns.
First Struggling Poet-Just think what
q wonderful poet Poe was, and they say
he sold 1.-THE Raven" for $40
Second Struggling Poct-He wasn't
poet-he was wizard OF finance.-Bos-
ION Transcript.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01

majority of the people of the state will
always remain mystery.
A. B. GO, which is an act concerning
ali act repeating an act concerning an
act for the appropriation for the State
Agricultural Association is in line with
the vetoing of a bill passed during the
session making an appropriation for
the association.
S. 3. rs, which was for the relief of
Mrs. Nancy Sparks widow of the late
Governor Sparks is another of the bills
that became law without the signature
of the Governor. This measure placed
the Governor in q rather peculiar posi-
ton as it is thought by many that the
law would not stand the investigation
of the courts if taken to them, owing to
position of a law which states that no
funds secured by taxation can be ap
propriated for personal benefits. 1t
gives Mrs. Sparks $4,000, the salary
the Governor would have received had
he lived.
S. B. 20, is relief measure for the
benefit Of Sardis Symmetrical of Reno
and allows the city of Reno to pay him
a sum for labors performed. The sixth
bill to become bill without the Gov
errors signature in A. B. 5 relating to
the preservation of the fish and game
of the state and allows the Commission,
ers to establish and pay the salaries of
game wardens.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
The Stop.

J. Hampton Moore of Philadel.
phia, member of the waterways and
forestry preservation commission, was
describing. on his return from Europe,
4 wretched railroad in Brittany.
81 never imagined such slow trains
existed" said Mr.. Moore. "They are
certainly tedious to ride on. They
bore you dreadfully.
"All sorts of stories-very likely
ones, too-are told about the Breton
trains. Thus it is said that one day,
when an express pulled up in the mid
die Of a dreary field Of gray rocks, a
passenger put his head out Of the win
dow and shouted angrily to the CON
ductor:
well. what have you stopped this
time fCr?"
Engineers dropped his cigarette,
sir was the reply.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
TAX WEALTH NOT POVERTY

In letter TO Chairman Payne, Wayne
MacVeagh of New York writes that
many rich men would prefer to pay
taxes that would rob them Of no luxury
rather than see increasing burdens laid
upon those less fortunate brothers whose
lives are passed in that increasing calcu-
lation of sorrow where hard toll provides
and sometimes fails to provides ffi-
cient daily bread" Why not then
follow along such line and leave
them free and make the inheritance
tax lis Mr.. Carnegie suggests good and
stiff. We leave upon sugar a tariff of
nearly two cents Il pound, which Mr.
MacFeagh truly calls infamous. as it
often takes from the laboring man more
than from the richest multi-millionaire?
Why not make sugar free, saving $40
or more year for poor man with
numerous brood, and get revenue by
constitutional graduated income taxi
Why, as Mr.. MacVeagh asks, exempt
from proper taxation the colossal i'll
comes and colossal Accommodations" of
surplus wealth?
Why raise the tariff rates on machine
Knit stockings, gloves and IL dozen other
articles of the cOmm0nest use? Why
keep the wool rates nearly at the pre-
poSterous height which compels poor
men to SILVER in shoddy and cotton in
our bitter winds?
Will not the maximum and minimum
provision in the practice rob the con.
'nmerY The maximum rate must be
enforced against Brazil because she has
in export coffee duty. That would
mean nearly II cent IL pound tax upon
thrCc-fourthS Of Ill the coffee we get.
The retaliation would be upon the
American people. Seine of the faithful
suggest that we might he obliged to use
the maximum rate even against our best
customer, Great Britain.
- far as the Payne bill does reduce
the tariff upon important staples. as in
the steel, wood and paper schedules, it
IS short step in the right direction.
But it leaves tariff rates still far beyond
d2f@nslble limits. 1t perpetuates the
plundering of the consumer. 1t u.s. as
the minority report says. sectional
and prOhibitive." 1t leaves the newt.
able great battle for tariff reform an
uncertainty still hanging over the
business community. 1t is but Il sop to
public opinion.
yet clear and plain lies the path of
fiscal common sense. TAN WEALTH.
NOT POVERTY.-St Joseph Observer
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
Can You Pronounce "Hawaii?"

Hawaii has been long enough part
of the United States to be pronounced
properly by every American, and yet
few on the mainland seem to be sure of
themselves when they have occasion to
use the name of our one insular Terri
tory. Probably about the worst result
was attained by prominent member of
Congress, who recently in course of
debate on the floor of the House referred
number of times to "Hay-waw-waw. "
The letter A in Hawaiian is always
given the Roman sound, as in "ah, "
while 81" always has the sound of &C. ,,
Hawaii is pronounced therefore nearly
"Hah-wy ee," with accent on the mid
die syllable, or "Hah-vy-ee," some
authorities holding that 'w' should
always take the sound of "v". The
letter co. always has the sound as in
the word no" and the pronunciation
Of the name of the capital city of the
Territrry is Honolulu" and not
"Hon. o-lu-lu," us generally spoken by
the anGlo-saxon.-Press Bulletin
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
Becomes q Law Without the
Governors Signatur,

Governor Dickerson has permitted
several of the bills passed by the recent
legislature to become laws without his
signature. There are six of these bills
which are Sub. S. b. 30, which is
known as the Code Bill and which was
the cause of great fight i'm the Assem-
bly, during the session. 1t places in the
hands of the Supreme Court the com
piling and codificatiOn of tho laws of
the state and gives them $4,000 for
doing the work
A. i. No. 300, which relates To the
appointment to the City Attorney of
the city of Reno by the city council is
another of the bills upon which the
Governor refraincd from expressing an
opinion and why the power of the
people should bo taken from them and
placed within tho hands of tho City
Council is question that to the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
Window Ledass.

The men helpers of a household
would not dread to lock up at night If
they always felt sure that the lodges
and locks of the windows were kept
free from dust with damp cloth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH
JUDICIAL, DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA. IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY

In the matter Of the estate or WILLIAM
HENRY, Deceased. TIT
Notice Appointing Time for
Probate OF Will.
document. purporting TO be the last will
and testament OF William Henry, deceased,
hnvinR on III, first day of April, A. d., 1909
come into the possession OF said District Court,
aud petition for the probate thereof and for tho
issuance OF letters testamentary to Mary Jane
Henry having been fled winh the Clerk Of said
Court
Notice IL hereby given, that Friday the 10th
day OF April. A. y 1909, at ten O'Clock o. m, OF
tho town OF Elko, in tre county of Elko, he
and the same Is hereby appointed the time for
proving said will and hearing said application
pear and contest the said will, and may file
objections In writing TO the granting of letters
testamentsry to SAID petitioner =
Dated at Elko, April 1st, 1909. .-
(sEAL) A. q. DAWLEY, Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
Drdying Business.

Chris Esbleman has started draying
business He is prepared to do all kinds
of hauling, delivering freight and all
other business in the draying line. Prices
Office.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
STENINGER
The Painter
BUSINESS Locals.

For Sale-A good work team. In
quire at Thompson's livery stable.
Two Thousand Cedar fence posts for
sale. Inquire at this Office for parti-
culars.
Hereafter On SS Company will serve
Sunday dinners at the Palace restaur-
ant for 20 cents.
Save those natural teeth, thereby re-
tain your facial expression. DR.. Gill;
land ''the dentist" Office over the Drug
Store. Elko
Five heavy draft stations will arrive
at Elko from California about April
10th and will be for sale. These
stations will be sold by Moody &
Butts.
A boy sixteen years of age wants a
place to work for his board and attend
school. Address Fl. B. Bowlby, care
Western Pacific railroad company, Elko
Nevada.
Pete Jially has q first-class house NOV
ing outfit and is prepared to do all work
in that line. He will also do other odd
jobs, such as digging wells, hauling,
ETC., etc. '.
Charles Strossi has opened the
Swiss-American restaurant at the
Silver Brick. He invites all his
friends to patronize him. Good meals,
good service and reasonable prices.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-01
BORN

r UTHERToRD-In Elko, Nevada, April
1, 1909, to the wife of Harvey Ruther-
ford, u son.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
ORIENTAL RUGS.
Made to Resemble the Antiques by
Chemical Washings.

Made to Resemble the Antiques by
Chemical Washines-
The United States buys annually
many thousand dollars worth of what
are known to the profession as wash
ed rugs. Brightly colored oriental rugs
sometimes are washed with solution
Of chloride Of lime, treatment which
partly bleaches the colors and imparts
a soft appearance to the rug.
This chemical treatment Is process
Of washing which produces the effect
Of age and peculiar sheen to the sur
face, which is pointed out by the IN
scrupulous dealer as proof Of supe-
rior quality. The fact is that the proc
ess Of washing as described invariably
weakens and in some instances de-
sroys the materials Of the rug.
The progressive effect Of the chem
icals on the materials in the rug is
this: The chlorine gas contained In the
chloride Of lime attracts oxygen and
moisture from the air, by which n1uri-
attic acid is formed. This eats away
the yitals Of the rug. Sooner or later
the wool and cotton in the rug become
brittle and thus weaken the warp and
deteriorate the wool.
When this deterioration is complete
the pile of the rug may be swept away
by the ordinary process Of sweeping,
and the warp, which is the foundation
Of the rug, becomes so weak that holes
appear here and there, and soon the
rug is worthless.
1t not seldom happens that a Persian
rug is too staring in some bright hue,
perhaps red, and Is not salable. The
INSCRIPTIONS dealer will subject the
rug to series Of washings in chem
tcally prepared water. In this way be
turns out a rug possessing soft an
tique sheen that IS truly captivating
and finds a ready purchaser at an ad-
Yanced price.-Chicago Tribune:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
IT WAS A FINE COD.
ALittls Story Of William M. Chase, +he
Portrait Painter.

Portrait Painter.
Several years ago had studio at
Hammersmith and was hurrying into
London one morning to transact some
business. Just as I swung around a
corner occupied by a fshmocger's
market my eye was attracted to a
magnificent cod stretched out for ex-
hibition on clean slab Of white mar
BILE. Whatever my mood for color was
tha& morning, that ish completely fit
ted and filed it. I must paint it, de-
cided
called out the proprietor and told
him what wanted. I was bachelor,
I explained, and did notswant to buy
the big fish. only visited the use Of
it as a model. Could rent it?
"Ow, now, SIR" he said, with true
British stolidity. Hi never rents my
fish. You see, it's Saturday, too, sir:
Hi must sell him today, sir
However, explained that needed
the fish for only few hours, and di-
rectly we struck a bargain. If after
two hours I still wished to keep the
fish I should buy it. At the end Of the
stipulated time the boy came. I was
not quite finished "In few minutes"
I said, and when looked up he was
gone.
Shortly afterward the proprietor
came, tiptoeing in and peeping over
my shoulder. I could hear him softly
signing, and I said nervously, in
few minutes now, in few minutes"
''Don't 'urry, sir; don't 'urry," he
urged. "She's gettin' on! Hill take
my chances. sirp'
When the painting was finished he
refused at first to accept any remu-
neration, but at length, with NUT
tered apology, he charged-a shilling!
The painting was hung and shortly
afterward purchased by the Corcoran
Art gallery for a very substantial
SUN.
On my next trip to London deter
mined to call up my fshmonger, tell
nim of, the good fortune that mad at
tended the painting and tender him
some fitting reward. 70 my great sur
prise be not only refused again any
sort Of fee, but evinced no surprise
whatever at the figure the painting
had brought, though the price paid
represented several times over the in
vestment of his shop.
an, h1lt it was q fine cod, sir" he
said, and his eyes glowed with pride.
"Now, wasn't it?--William NJ. Chase
In Delineator.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Advice 20 Smokers.

Here are q number CT don'ts for
smokers. some Of which no doubt will
surprise a good many men: Don't
smoke directly after meal There is
the most irresistible craving to smoke,
but it IS wiser to wait half hour or
an hour. Don't smoke out Of doors
Ia q high wind or in cold. frosty
weather. In the former case It IS dan
gerous, and in the latter it cracks the
lips and prevents proper breathing.
Don't smoke with the cigar or pipe
held at the corner Of the mouth. This
excites the secretion Of more saliva
than when the cigar or pipe Is held
straight in front. And, above all,
don't get in the bad habit Of eSpecto-
rating frequently when smoking. 1t
is quite unnecessary and merely haD-
1t and harmful.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
HIS ALlBI.
II Cleared the Accused, but Furnished
an Odd Sequel.

an ODD Sequel.
a highly respectable gentleman ar
rived at York one evening with lug
gage and dined well, went to bed
early, rose in good time and had q
substantial breakfast. After this meal
he casually asked the landlord if there
was anything Of special interest In
York. ''The assizes are on, but I do
not know if there is anything partcu-
larry interesting in the list" was the
response.
Thanks" drawled the stranger
"I'll look in if I happen to pass the
court and see."
lie did look in and heard follower
Of Dick Turpin in the dock, charged
with highway robbery, pleading his
innocence vehemently to a stolid judge
and jury, who, with firm faces, did
not look as if they placed much Gre
dence in the prisoners profession Of
innocence. Suddenly the prisoner
caught sight Of the stranger, who had
strolled in from the hotel out Of curl
osity.
Here, thank God, is some one who
can prove my innocencew cried the
prisoner, pointing to the stranger, who
was aghast at becoming the center Of
interest SO unexpectedly.
He seemed astonished and shook his
head.
"Oh, yes" cried the accused; lust
think! You were at Dover-a long
way from here You came out Of the
Ship hotel, and took your luggage
in a wheelbarrow to the Calais packet
at the pier. That was the dag I am
supposed to have committed the crime
up here"
The stranger seemed bewildered.
The Judge, struck with the tragic ear
nestness Of the prisoner. questioned
the stranger, but the latter could not
assist him much.
"Have you any notebooks" asked
the judge-"any memorandum Of your
movements on that day?'
II am a merchant" replied the stran-
ger, connected with an old established
firm Of bankers in London. I travel
lot and of course enter everything IN
my books. Here are my keys if the
court cares to send to my hotel and
bring here the books out Of my case.
l can easily settle the point
The books were fetched. The gentle
man had been in Dover that day and
had left by the Calais packet. This
was sufficient for the judge and jury.
The prisoner was acquitted.
Comic sequel: Both the banker from
London and the highwayman were
placed In the same dock shortly after
ward charged with daring burglaries
in the neighborhood.-Harry Furniss
in London Standard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

"Well, how do you think this looks?"
asks Mr.. Binderby, coming into his
wifes boudoir while she IS arranging
her coiffure.
How does what look?" she inquiries
in tones that are muffled by some hair
pins she has between her lips.
II got this toupee to cover my bald
spot. I'm always catching cold and
why, John James Binderby! The
very ideaw she e1claims. Il thought
you were a man who was above such
petty vanity. When a man becomes
so self conscious Of his looks 1t has
really suspicious appearance.
Whereupon Mr. Binderby takes on
the toupee and combs the -FOUR long
locks of hair over his bald spot. and
his wife continues to pin on the per-
fectly lovely pufs that so enhance her
Chicago Post.