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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-13
The Magnificent West

The Pacific northwest makes
wonderful appeal to every visitor, al!
as he tarries the appeal brings r0n
viction. 1t is marvellous COUh:ly.
golden soil. of mineral wca!'I lryuhd
comprehension; with forests TIA
will bless mankind when Other lanis
are dcSOlatc: land Of mount a.,
plain and valley; land where con-
tinent and ocean embrace each 9th -.
and of a people great in intellect on
people They We're chosen by the
most rigid processes of natural sci
rCtion from all the cOnquering races
that have made America g"t2,.
There in that golden northwest. in
a climate which without the harsh
ness of the north or the enervatic9
human effort and assists in accom-
pnshm1nt. these people are building
an empire. They have harnessed The
streams for power: they have pOu.'-
ed them over the plains which they
nave converted into fruitful fields and
gardens: they are wrestling from the
earth it's mineral wealth; they are
converting its forests into forms Ot
utility and beauty and at the same
time preserving them frcm destruc
ton: they are building schools and
colleges and are living like princes
of the earth. The Biol Vision of
every man dwelling under his
own vine and fig tree is realized
there, where every man may have
~How-capped moun'aiH peek N his
back yard and where his every bodily
n'G'l and intellectual want nay he
Srdtihed. The natural wcai.h Of Ihat
".":.ry is great and Grt"' arr its
Il, hit cments in every | n Of hu.' hn
all are its people themselves-a chos-
en- race. growing not only in numbers
but in all the accomplishments and
graces which make a people mutu-
ally usefui and happy
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Following the receipt OF several
threatening letters of an anonymous
source by George Sturges there was
a disastrous fire in the north lateral
of the Sutro tunnel Those in charge
of Comstock affairs. however. do
no. believe tnat the writer of the an
onymous letters had anything 10 do
with the blaze wnich destroyed
thousands OF dollars worth of valua-
Dle property. Engineers declare that
If the fire was of incendiary origin
the person who started the flames
could not have chosen more favor
able locality for putting the mines
on the famous lode out of business
completely, and it was only the early
discovery of the blaze that saved the
stockholders from tremendous los
ses."
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-13

Miss Anna Louise Ellis is so much
improved that her friends expect to
see ner out in the near future.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-13
KINGS DAUGHTERS NOTICE

The Daughters Of the King Will
hold their regular monthly meetinS
at the home of Mrs. DR.. Huffaker TINS
evening. A full attendance IS "e
sired.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
Yarmouth,s Marrow Street.

Kitty Witches row, Great Var.
mouth, can justly claim TO be the mar
rowest street in the world, the en-
trance nt one end being only twenty
nine inches and at the other fifty-six
inches. 1t gives some idea of the
width when one mentions that neigh.
bors can shake hands and put out each
others candles across the street! Why
these rows have been so constructed
has given rise to good deal OF dis
cussion. Some writer's give the reason
that when there was very high tide
the water might flow through them;
others. in the event Of an invasion
they would prove an excellent means
OF defense or that the ground plans OF
the rows were suggested by the fisher
mems nets. which. spread on the dunes
to'dry. had q narrow pathway left be.
tween them, which represented the
rows. Yarmouth has 14J rows, and
their total length exceeds seven miles.
Kitty Witches being the most inter.
esting and the narrowest Of all.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
CROP REPORT
Figures Compiled by the Ex-
amining Board in
Washington.
BY United Press Wire.

washington, Oct. 9-The crop re-
porting board of the department OF
agriculture yesterday issued following
estimates OF the crops throughout the
country.
Average condition OF corn on Oct
ober /, 1873 as compared with 74.6 last
month; '7.S on October /, 1908; 7s.O
on October /, 1907; and 1912 the ten
year average October /.
Preliminary estimate OF average
yield per acre of spring wheat 15.9
bushels which compares with 1872
bushels. the final estimate in 1908 and
1875 the average OF the past ten years
The indicated total production or
spring wheat is about 29l ,S4S,0 900 bu-
shells against 226,649, 900 the final es-
innate for 1908, The quality is 800
as against SS.l IN 1908 and S5.5 the
average for the past ten years.
The indicated total production OF
spring and winter wheat combined
about 72i7Sl 900 bushels compared
with G64,602,OOO finally estimated last
year. Average quality of all wheat is
so.f compared with S9.4 last year.
Average yield per acre OF oats about
3O.S bushels, as compared with $50
hnal estimate IN 1908 and 29.4 ten
year average. The indicated yield is
about sS3,GiS.O00 bushels against SO7,-
10000 finally estimated in 1903. The
quality Us ola, against last year and
SS.9 the ten year average.
Average condition OF tobacco at -
time OF harvest sl.3 against sv.1 aast
month; 81 at harvest time in 1908
and S3.l tie ten year average condl.
tion on October l.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
Notorious Women Gamblers.

One of the most notorious female
gamblers OF the eighteenth century
was Miss Pelham. the daughter of the
English prime minister. She not only
ruined herself ut cards. but would
have beggared her sister Mary as well
had not their friends intervened and
insisted on the sisters separating. Hor.
ace Walpole gives pltiful account OF
poor Miss Pelham sitting up all night
Mt the club without woman. losing
hundreds night and her temper. beat
Ing her head and making scene be.
fore the young men and the walters"
Another writer says that the unhappy
woman often played cards with the
tears streaming down her checks.
Lady Mary Compton. an old maiden
lady, contemporary Of Miss Pelham
and, like her. addicted to gambling.
had the same propensity to tears.
When she lost, we are told. she wept
bitterly-"not for the loss itself" she
was careful TO explain, ''but for the
unkindness OF the cards"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
ADENoIDs.
The Way These crowths Endange,
the Health, of Children.

Adenoids are curious little cauliHow-
er-like growths which appear at the
junction of the nasal cavity and the
pharynx. They are often observed at
birth. but they seldom cause discom-
fort until some months later. Then
they interfere with respiration and
cause the baby TO be restless. 1t tossea
in it's sleep and wakens suddenly, cry
ing out as IL IN distress.
IL adenoids are permitted to remain
they deform the mouth, teeth. throat
chest and face. At their worst they
produce pop eyes and what is called a
frog face. They cause mouth breath
ing, with all Its attendant evils. They
open the way for hundred and one
Ills, from rupture Of the eardrum, run
ming from the ears. coughs and tonsili.
tis to pulmonary tuberculosis.
A slight operation sufiices to remove
them. The baby suffers little pain and
loses little blood. Out they come, and
with them the overgrown tonsils that
commonly accompany them. IL they
are suffered 10 remain they may never
be discovered. But II Is certain that In
one way or another, directly or indi-
rectly, they will cause damage.-Dr.
Leonard Keene Hlrshbergin in Define.
ator
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09

Albert Lawrence Lowell became
President. yesterday, Harvard College,
The following extracts from a report
OF the proceedings strike us as in
teresting:
For American students the wise
policy would appear to be that OF de-
voting q considerable portion of their
time TO some one subject, and taking
in addition a number of general cour-
ses IN wholly unrelated fields"
1T Is forty years since the yellow
charter, the silver keys and the gold
seal OF Harvard University have been
brought out into the sunlight. Today
they had a special significance when
former Governor John ID. Long, as
president OF the board of overseers,
handled them one by one to the new
and declared him, in accor-
dance with the ancient custom, vested
with all the powers and privileges OF
the new Office"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
Whale and Elephant Meat.

There Is something unpleasant about
the thought Of eating whale meat. but
1t Is said that the reality is very pala-
table. Japan has quite trade In
canned and sated whale. meat. and
there is 10 be campaign TO educate
the European peoples to like it. Some
whaling companies have distributed
from their headquarters samples OF
canned whale meat. and those who
have eaten 1t describe It as tenderer
than beef and much like It in taste.
Whale steak seems no queerer than
Frankfort sausage made out of an ele-
phant. which is what some German
people have been eating. An enter
prising butcher over there. hearing
that an unruly elephant in the Client
geological gardens was TO be killed,
engaged the carcass. He made $500
pounds OF sausage out of 1t and sold
every pound at good prices.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
How raraday Refused a Pension.

Lord Melbourne once announced to
Faraday that It was his pleasing duty
to offer him pension, but he added
Il suppose all this science Is humbug."
Faraday at once replied, If that is
your opinion. my lord. decline the
pension" aud retired. Melbourne, on
meeting some OF his colleagues, said:
~ have had strange thing happen.
A man has declined a pension" But
these gentlemen knew Faraday's posi-
tion and reputation better than the
premier and urged him to rectify the
blunder. Faraday was again inter-
viewed, but Melbourne was obliged to
retract and apologize before the pen.
sion was accepted
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
Stories Of w. S. Gilbert.

When Sir Henry Irving aud Edwin
Booth were acting together In London
at doubled prices, the story goes that
Mr.. Herman VeZln. meeting W., S.
Gilbert in the street. asked him wheth
er he had been TO this quite exceptions.
al show. NO" said Mr.. Gilbert; II
have sometimes paid half guinea to
see one bad actor, but Will not pay a
guinea TO see two"
Mr.. Beerbohm Tree was playing the
part Of Falstaff at the London Hay.
market, and the indispensable stuffing
made him perspire profusely. Mr.. Gil
bert, who was in the theater. went be-
hind the scenes to see the actor. who
may well have been expected TO be
congratulated on the excellence Of his
impersonation
How well your skin acts!' said Mr..
Gilbert.-London Graphic.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
TO ESCAPE
Abdul Hamid Steals Work
mans Clothes and Tries
to Get Away.
BY United Press Wire.

Belgrade, Oct. 9-It is reported here
that the Young Turk administration
following the attempt of the deposed
Sultan, Abdul Hamid, to escape from
his villa at Salonike yesterday, has
instituted a searching investigation
which it believes will show how that
the attempt was backed by the re-
dictionary element. The administration
believes that If the reactionaries could
liberate Abdul, the pacifying of the
country, which the Young Turks are
finding difficult as it is. would be
almost impossible.
Abdul Hamid is closely guarded to-
day and the Salonika authorities are
putting she workman in whose cloth
ing the sultan tried to leave the villa,
through a rigid examination. He
maintains that Abdul Hamid stole his
clothes after forcing him to take n
bath. He says Abdul insisted that he
could not work on the repairs he had
been called to make in the sultari's
presence unless he bathed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09

An invalid lady who often met
Nietzsche found him the gentlest. kind.
est and most sympathetic Of men. He
"implored her with tears in his eyes
not to read his books" Such was his
knowledge Of women that he was
thunderstruck 10 find shortly after
ward that the lady at once proceeded
TO read them all. He was further
stupefied by the discovery that. hav.
ing read them. she was utterly un'
moved by the philosophers unanswer.
able demonstrations that feeble per.
sons like herself had no right to live
and that women were distinguished by
this. that and the other Objectionable
attribute. 1t must have been a blow
to him.--London News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
HUMANE SOCIETY
OPPOSES FOX HUNT

Cincinnati, o., Oct. 9--The local
Humane society is up in arms against
the annual fox hunt that is scheduled
by the Hamilton County Fox club at
Cleves, Ohio, Saturday, October 16.
At the present time, number OF
foxes are being exhibited in Cincinna-
ii with the announcement that they
will be used in the hunt These foxes
the Humans society declares, are prac-
tically tame and that to turn them
loose with the clubs pack of twenty
five hounds after them would simply
mean that they would be torn to
pieces in the early stages Of the hunt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09

DR.. Parkhurst gave out the follow
ing terse expression of general SEN
timent at the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
ton In New York recently:
1T is one thing TO recognize our
army and navy as police necessity
a disagreeable nesessity-but quite
another thing TO raise an army, as
Germany has been doing, TO the dlgni-
ty OF an essential ingredient OF our
national life. Our hope and strength
lies in our men and women, in our
faithfulness to obligation, in our
loyalty TO conscience in our sweetness
of character. Righteousness exalteth a
nation. Should We ever perish from
the face OF the earth II will not be
because we have not enough soldiers
and Dreadnoughts but because peace
has ceased to be the goal of our ma
tional life"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
Peter the Great as a prlnker.

There Is preserved In the Bodlelan
library, Oxford, an innkeeper's bill for
breakfast eaten in England by Peter
the Great OF Russia. The car and his
twenty companions managed TO dis.
pose OF half sheep. a quarter OF lamb,
ten pullets. twelve chickens. three
quarts OF brandy, six quarts OF mulled
wine. seven dozen Of eggs. with salad
In proportion. Peter was always a
hard drinker. He would drink pint
of brandy aud bottle OF sherry for
his morning draft; after dinner he
managed eight bottles Of sack. "and
so 10 the playhouse" But his favorite
drink was hot pepper and brandy.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
WAS LITERALLY
COOKED ALIVE

New York. Get 9-Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Baldwin is dead at her
home in this city She was one OF the
survivors of the memorable railroad
accident at Hastings. New York. on
Christmas eve. 1891. She was literally
cooked alive, losing both her eyes,
ears, scalp and both hands. Mrs. Bald
win was pinned beneath the wreckage
and was Unconscious up to the time
her husband chopped her loose. Fifty
thousand dollars was paid to her in
settlement OF the case by the New
York Central railroad. and the publ
city attained as n result of her won
derful case caused the road to adopt
block system.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
BARN BURNED
Night Riders in Kentucky
Make Clean Sweep of
a Large Stock.
BY United Press Wire.

Brookesville, KY, Oct 9.--Night Rid
ers set fire TO the barn of Ed Johnson.
independent tobacco raiser, shortly
after Friday Midnight, and burned IL
to the ground. Three thousand
pounds of Tobacco We're destroyed.
The crowd rode up to the Johnson
home and made no attempt to con.
ceal what they were doing. After cut
Ing the telephone wires and destroy
ing all means of communication, the
men went up 10 Johnson's house.
johnson and his son were awakened
and looked from Il window. They
heard the voices Of men beneath It,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
A Bank of Brides.

Simla. the summer capital Of the In.
dian empire. Is a pretty pine treed
place well up in the foothills OF the
Himalayas. a feature of Simla life Is
the annual fair held by the native hills
people, an attractive item OF which is
bank of brides" In an amphitheater.
where sit numbers of young women
who thus calmly announce that they
are candidates for hymeneal honors
Some OF these aspirants TO matrimony
so patiently awaiting choosing are
quite pretty and have Intelligent faces.
but those of Mongol caste must needs
linger long for partner II personal
beauty enters into the equation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
EDUCATION AND A PERMANENT
AGRICUIHURE

| BY James j. Hili-Before the Am
serican Bankers Association.
The public Is now to some extent
awake 20 the relative value OF the
different occupations as sources OF
wealth. The farm Is our main re.
Aiance. Every other activity depends
upon that The farms of this country
are now adding annually over $780,
100000 to the total OF our assets, a
total, which unlike that of manufact-
nring and other industries, repres-
ents rot value conferred by human
labor upon some material already ex-
isting, hut value actually created out
OF elemental things.
What the people fail to realize prac-
tically is the declining status of agri-
culture IN this country. They are
minded by the statistics of farm yalu-
es and products; mounting annually
BY great leaps, into thinking that
this absolute increase implies a rela-
tive advance OF Inis industry as COM
pared wita others. Exactly the op-
posite in the case. ! refer not merely
10 the quality aud results of our til
lage, concerning which something
may be said little later on, but the
setting OF the human tide away from
the cultivated field and toward the
factory gate or the city slum.
This is something whose consequent
ces for all evil are as certain as II the
aggregate deposits in all the banks or
this country were decreasing by fix
ed percentage every ten years, while
their loans were increasing by anoth-
er percentage just as stable. You
would know what catastrophe that as
sured by and by. IL means the same
thing, in kind and consequences, when
the agricultural population, the pro-
ducers and depostors in the great
national treasury OF wealth, is decln-
ing year by year, while the city pop
ulation, which thIiyes only by draw
ing traits upon the land and cannot
live jear after these cease TO be
honored, rises at It's expense. Yet not
only Is snch cricis approaching, but
II is being FASTENED by legislative
Stimulation in favor OF other industr-
les while overlooking this.
fThe situation sums itself up thus:
We have almost reached point where
owing to increased population without
Increased production per acre, our
home supply VIII be insufficient for |
our own needs; within ten years, |
possibly less, we are likely 10 become |
a1wheat importing nation; the percen-
tage OF the population engaged in ag-
riculture and the wheat product per
acre are both falling, at the same
time the cost of living is raised every
where by this relative scarcity OF
bread. by artificial increase in the
price OF all manufactured articles, and
BY, habit OF extravaganza which
h&s enlarged the view of both rich
an9 poor OF what are to be consider
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09

Stolen bases--GIbsOn, CODD, Wig
ner. Two base hits--icach 2, Miller,
Schmidt, Crawford. Double plays
Wagner 20 Abstcln To Byrnc; Bush
a. T.. Jones to MOriarity. Ilits--Off
ramnitz. q In 2 1-3 innings; of VIII
lis s. Struck out--By Donovan Z,
by Camnitz 2. by Willis q Sacrifice
hits.Bush. Clarke. Base on balls
off Donovan of Camnitz !, off
Willis 4. Umpires-Evans and KLEIN
Attendance $4,000. 49,. -. ...
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
YOUNG YEGGMEN
ARE ARRESTED

Bellefountaine, o., Oct. 9--Gordon
Beightler and Ira McClartney, both oil
sixteen. of Marysville, are under ar
rest at Sidney charged with robbing
the Maplewood postoffice Tuesday.
They were traced through their ar
rest at quincy for carrying consealed
weapons where they paid their fines
yith postage stamps. When arrested
last night they were riding bicycles
sto:en at Marysville last week. The
Marysville police say the boys rob-
bed the postofflce at Peoria and the
Erie depot at Petersburg and sew
eral other places and twice eluded
bloodhounds.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
London Snowstorms 8.

The purifying effect OF a snowstorm
on city air was shown in London by
experiments which demonstrated five
times the amount Of impurities on
week days, when all the factories are
active. as on Sundays. II was figured
out that nevertheless single Sunday
snowstorm carried to the surface of
the county of London 10 tons OF dis
solved solids, l42 tons Of suspended
matters. 100 tons OF coal, % tons OF
salt and a ton Of ammonIa.-London
Chronicle.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
SURE TO WIN

Chicago finds compensation by fix
ing post-season base ball contest
that gives 1t, a certainty. BY having
the American and National league
teams of that city play series Chi
cago is certain to win no matter
which side is beaten.--Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
SATURDAY, OCTOBER ., 1909.
Oct. g In American History.

jTs8. Count d'Estaing and General
81 l.lucoln rsrulsed. with terrible
!. slaughter. in their attack upon Sa-
! vaunah; Count Pulaski. the Polish
ally OF the revoiutionists, mortally
wounded.
11s'-i.ewis Cass. American statesman
and pioneer, born: died 1866.
ls,0-JOhn Todd author, horn: died
/. 1873. ......,. .,....
1863 aoweIl Cobb, American states
man devoted 10 southern rights
aud the Contederacy. died; born
1915.
1s9N-1homss Hicks, American palnt.
er. died: born 1893.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
Oct. 10 In American History.

t53s - BenJamin Vest celebrated
American painter living 10 Eng.
land, born; died 1870.
1S45-United States Naval academy
opened at Annapolis.
1872 William Henry Seward. secretary
or state throughout the rivll war.
died; born 1901.
10Ol-LoCenzo Suow, president OF the
Mormon church. died: born 1874.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09

They shouted to the intruders and
were met with orders to remain I'm
the house. All the men were heavily
masked. One of the men calmly lit u
torch and walking over to the barn
applied 1t. In short time, 1t was In
flames. The men stayed long enough
to assure themselves that the barn
would be completely destroyed. They
rode away without doing any further
damage. There is no clue.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09
ed the necessaries Of life

ed the necessaries Of life.
What we must come to--and the
signs of the times Indicate that we
cannot make head in that direction
too rapidly--Gs the smaller farm, with
more intensive agriculture. We sup
port in round numbers. 10000, 900 of
people on 100000 square miles of
land. We should be able to support
$50 per square mile as easily as thir-
ty; and We should have but n frac
tion of the density of population OF
Denmark, with 167 inhabitants per
square mile, Holland with AS, our
own state of Rhode Island with 4Oi
in 1900.
While much praise is due to what
is now being done and well done, by
the agricultural experiment station
and colleges, by the department of
agriculture, and by farmers institutes
and other agencies, the job is too big
for them. When we set out to edu-
cate the children in the public scools
We do not establish one or two large
ones in each state and expect them to
go there. The farmer is almost rs
as much in need of in
struction, and as unable TO leave home
in search of il or to absorb It through
literary channels as 'he child. The
must be taken to him.
What has TO be taught is not alb
truse. While high grade farming can
furnish employment for the best in
telligeuce. instruction in few simple
subjects will enable the ordinary
former to double his product.