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a STUDY OF NAPOLEON.
Mental Changes Of the Fiery corsiesn
Shown BY His chirography.


Shown BY His chirosraphy.
Interesting and exhaustive studies
have been made In France Of Ma
poleon's chlrography. When a young
man Napoleon did not have a bad
hand. although. like some other great
men, he could never learn to spell.
When be was an artillery officer his
writing was simple and legible. as his
life was simple and direct. But when
the Corsican Captain Bonaparte dis
tinguished himself at the siege of Tou-
lon and became the French General
Bonaparte his writing took on what
has been called IA furious illegibility."
Curiously enough. from that time
there seems TO have been gradual
degeneration until, profoundly discour-
aged and utterly humlliated. he
scratched an undecipherable. mis-
spelled scrawl of submission to the
prince regent on July "A. 1915.
1t is said that this change from a
simple to confused writing began at
certain namely. with a report.
skillfully garbled Of the part he took
in what Carlyle called the ''whiff of
grapeshot that spoke from the steps of
ST. Roch on the 18th vendemaire''
(Oet. 5, 1850.
The eliminating eccentricity of his
toriuous strokes of the pen was exhib-
tied in the letter p. This showed plain.
" the mental changes of the man who
would unhesitatingly declare war
against the first conner, who would d.
vorce the wife he loved. who would
propose a kingdom Of Haiti for Louis
XVIII, who would freeze nearly n
million men upon the steppes of Rus
sia. This letter p became of strange
and abnormal form 1t was excessive
" developed For twenty years the
great general used this extravagant
and according to the Investigators, ac-
cusing letter, especially noticeable In
bis later unroyal signature. NP-Har-
pers Weekly.
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NESTS OF sEAwEEo.
Floating Homes For Flying Fish In the
S Saressso Sea.

Floating Homes For Flying Fish In the
@ Sarsssso Sea.
Science is beginning to know a good
deal more than it formerly did about
that strange drowned meadow" in
the Atlantic ocean southwest Of the
Azores which is called the Sargasso
sea.
It is. as is well understood. vast
accumulation of a kind Of seaweed
which, upheld at the surface Of the
water by innumerable little air vessels
that act as floats. is continually re-
newed by the breaking up of its fronds
and the growth of the broken parts.
Many fishes have established their
homes in 1t as well as numerous swim
ming crabs, small euttlefish and quite
a variety of other creatures.
Most remarkable of all its inhabit-
ants Is the mouse fish. which has pee
toral fins developed in such way as
to resemble arms. By these It holds
on to the fronds Of the weed. crea-
ture of solitary habits. highly carnivo-
rous and always waiting for some
prey to come within reach. 1t is a
fish of very peculiar appearance, with
ever so many queer looking appen-
dages. and in color 1t initiates closely
the plant that affords It shelter. being
green with white spots
The flying fishes that inhabit the
floating meadow make ball-like nests
out Of fronds of the weed as big as
two fists. Such balls are found float
ing and appear as If knit together
with elastic threads. They are filed
with eggs Professor Louis Agassiz
mistook them for nests OF the mouse
fish. but Or. Theodore GIL. an emf
nent authority, has proved this to have
been an error. Each one of these
nests is composed of single frond,
which by commencing with the slen-
derest outer branchlets and peeling
them successfully of can be spread
out entire.-New York World.
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A FLAME OF PAIN.
The Shock That Comes With the Bite
Of the Electric Ant

The Shock That Comes With the Bite
Of the Electric Ant
When you happen to sit down TO
resi- or take notes near a colony OF
electric ants some wandering hunter
is sure to hnd you and come cautious
" forward TO discover the nature OF
the intruder and what ought to be
done. If you are not too near the ant
town and keep perfectly still be may
run across your feet few times. over
your legs and hands and face, up your
trousers. as If taking your measure
and getting comprehensive views. then
go in peace without raising an alarm.
II. however. tempting spot is offered
or some suspicious movement excites
him bite follows And such a bite.
l fancy that bear or a wolf bite Is
not to be compared with It A quies
electric flame of pain flashes along
the outraged nerves. and you discover
for the first time how great is the ca
pacity for sensation you are possessed
of A shrei. a grab for the animal
and a bewildered stare follow this bite
of bites MS one comes hack to con
sciousness from sudden eclipse.
This wonderful electric ant is about
three-fourths Of an inch long Bears
are fond Of it and tear and gnaw
Its home logs to pieces and roughly
devour the eggs. larvae. parent ants
and the rotten or sound wood of the
cells, all in one spicy acid hash. The
Digger Indians also are fond Of the
larvae and even of the perfect ants. so
/ have been told by old mouniaiueers.
They bite off and reject the head and
eat the tickly acid body with keen
relish Thus are the poor biters bit
ten. like every other bitter, big or little.
in the worlds great family. = John
Muir in Atlantic.
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pUFFED THEIR OWN WARES.
Authors In the Good Old Days Threw
Bouquets at Themselves.

Bouquets at Themselves.
Authors In "the good old days were
not above writing their own puifs.
Charles Reade wrote long article on
himself for Once a Week. in which he
said:
II is impossible to speak too highly Of
Tho Cioisler and the Hearth" II is one
Of the most scholarlike and learned as
well as one Of the most artistic and beau
tlful works Of fiction in any language
Read him. Resign yourself 10 the magic
spell Of bis genius. The effect Of Foul
Play IS perfectly marvellous. II leaves
the stories Of every other sensational nov
ol writer far behind.
Nor was Balzac In France above
praising his own works III you have
not been born a story teller" he wrote
in a review. you will never obtain
the popularity Of NJ de Balzac. And
what a story ;ellerl What verve and
witt How the world is dissected by
this mani What passion and cool
nessr'
But the height of literary advertis-
ing In the first half Of the last cen
tury was reached in the case Of Eu-
gene Sues famous novel The Wan
dering Jew Every little while the
daily installment In the newspaper in
which it was appearing would he miss
ing. and IN its place would he gl N
nouncemeni that NJ. Sue was suffering
from a slight indisposition and read
ers would be obliged to wait forty
eight hours for new developments OF
the narrative So well did these meth
DDS succeed. says Mr. Tassin. that J.
was impossible to buy outright copy
of tbe journal, but instead copies were
rented out at 10 sous for half an hour.
the time thought necessary to read the
installment "And all the while Sue
himself was industriously abetting the
publishers by posing overdressed and
with spurs to his boots at the Cafe de
Paris in an attitude of deepest alb
straction. as II wondering what the
next installment would be about
Bsokman.'
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II the sea were to break on the
shores of Coney Island in time of calm
weather with the same force as II
does on the shores of st. Helena sec
tions of South Brooklyn would be sun-
inhabitable in all likelihood. They
have at st. Helena what are known as
calemmas. or heavy rollers. These
rollers are particularly bad in time Of
calm weather They strike the island
with such tremendous force that the
spray is sent over Goat Pound ridge.
which is several feet above sea level.
Scientists are of opinion the calemmas
are caused by seismic disturbances be-
meath the ocean Exchange.
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"Widows.~ said the observing man.
'are very attractive. but about wild
over there is always something un-
canny. something almost clammy-I
mean, of course. from the matrimonial
point of view.
Il know widower who is thinking
of marrying again He thought he'd
broach the matter delica,ely the other
morning 10 his little daughter. so he
said:
"'Ah. my dear. how ] did love your
motherr
but the little girl gave him a sus-
picious look and snapped;
".Say do not did, papa -
Washington Star.
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B. Davis Noxon was one Of the ablest
lawyers in central New York A young
man entered his Office MS a student and
was given Blackstone to study. At the
end of a month he asked Mr.. Noxon
what he should read next DO you
understand Blackstone?' Yes was
his answer "Read Kent" was tbs or
der In another month he announced
that he had finished Kent and What
next?' "Have you read Blackstone and
Kent?" "Yes." DO you understand
them?" "Yes' "weH.p said Mr. Mex
on. you had better 50 at sepse other
business: you are too smart to be a
lawyer Boston Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-03-10

Each United States supreme court
justice has a body servant assigned to
him, and this servitor is a sore trial to
many. The body servants, now called
"messengers, descend from justice TO
justice. Several are old men. Their
usual attitude toward their particular
justices is that Of tutor toward pupil.
They dictate in all matters Of etiquette
and are generally bothersome. But
there's no getting rid Of them. They're
an institution having precedent.-San
Francisco Argonaut
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"Lincoln. himself a superb writer"
said college professor. "could not
stand tedious writing in others He
once, condemned for Its iediousness a
Greek history. whefeupon diplomat
took him to task.
: "The author of that history. Mr.
: President" said the diplomat. rs one
of the profoundest scholars Of the age
Indeed, 1t may be doubted whether any
man of our generation has plunged
more deeply in the sacred fount OF
learning"
"Yes. or come up drier." said Lin
coin. ..
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YORK RIVER LINE. y


For West Point and Richmond, Va.
Steamer leaves Baltimore on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. NJ.
and arrives West Point at I. As A. NJ,
and Richmond at $50 A. NJ.
Steamers call at Gloucester Point,
yorktown, Clements, Clay Bank and
Almonds, weather aud ice conditions
permitting.
Steamers leave Baltimore from Piers
Is and 10 Light Street Wharf.
Through tickets to all points may be
ecured, baggage checked and state
rooms reserved from the City Ticket
Offices, ll9 f. Baltimore St., ARTHUR
". ROBSON, Agent, l27 T.. Baltimore
ST.,
Offices, Light & Lee Sts., Baltimore, Nd.
E. j. CHISM, Geul. Passenger A gent
CHAPMAN, Asst. Geal. Pass. Agt.
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Charles Smith. jovIal negro, was
artaigned before Judge Fawcett in the
county court. Brooklyn, on minor
charge.
ever commit a crime before?''
The negro poHdered for n moment.
'.Well. yo' honah," he answered. slew
", "Ah can't zactly say. hut Ah done
got married one time" New York
Times.
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"And you are really settlement
workers. interrosated the housewife
as she handed each Of the wanderers
a wedge of pie.
Yes, num-" responded the dusty
spokesman. with low bow. I'VE work
every settlement we come to."-chi-
cago News,
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A young medical student was being
duizzed by one OF his teachers. In
what will you sneeiaHze.~ he was
asked
Diseases Of the nosrril." replied the
student
"Goodr' said the professor enthusI
astically. '''Which nostril:- Success.
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This is the sort Of conversation one
oyerhears between newty married
couples:
Him-Oh, I'm tired of hearlng about
your brother Bob, Shut up about him.
One would think he had all the manly
virtues.
Her Well. he may not be such an
angel as al that. lut he isn't such a
fool as you are.
Him-You bet he isn't Hes a
bachelor.-cleyeland Plain Dealer.
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DO you keep scrap book. Mrs.
Rowdy?.' asked her friend. Mrs. Nc
Gufrey. apropos of nothing in partieu-
lar.
"Well. In sort of way said Mrs.
Rowdy, Il keep diary and when
ever Mr.. Rowdy and | have a tif |
make note of it."-Judge.
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Kindly Eandlady ttosthe new board
erl-How did you 6nd your bed, Mr..
Inlate? Mr.. lnlate taken abaeki--0h.
dash 1t. ma'am. was not as bad as
that London Tit-Bits.
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.'Yes. she went crazy oreribridge." -
"A sad case"
'.Oh. mo great harm done. They put
her in fashionable sanilafiun. and
she is playing i better game than ever
Washington Herald. M
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81 hear she doesn't like me with a
mustache"
-Going to shave it or. s'pose?"
"Oh. no. She never liked me = Kan
sas City Journal.
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We cannot control the evil tongues
of others. but good life enables us to
despise them Cato.
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NOTICE.

ALL PERSONS indebted to tn
Charles County Advocate will please
sllsrds setile tleir accounts at once
lIEJlHIcsTY
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CHESAPEAKE LINE.r

Elegant Passenger Steamers ''Colum-
bia and Augusta.
For Old Point Comfort and Norfolk. Va.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily lex
cept Sunday at $50 P. NJ, arriving
Old Point Comfort at A. NJ. and Nor
folk att 90 A. NJ, where connection is
made with the Rail Lines for all points
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Neither should ship rely on one
small anchor. nor should life rest on
a single hope. Epictetus.
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Nathan Gutman & co,

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WE INVITE your attention to our
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SILKS, cLoAKs, LACE CURTAINS
And other high grade goods
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"Yes. he's very merry wag. The
last time he went TO Mexico his wife
asked him to bring back some Of the
embroidery work for which the coun-
try is famous When he reached home
he handed her box containing half
dozen human teeth
Mercy" she cried. whats this?"
Mexican drawn work" be tripping
ly replied. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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NOT MIssIng Wucns
'.How do you like this grand opera.
Bily
a can't understand what they are
saying"
That's all right You amt missing
no jokes "-Plttsburg Post
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-01-26
.O'DONNFLL GETS
PENSION INCREASE

Senator Nixon has secured the pas
sage of private bill increasing the
pension of Patrick O'Donnell from $40
to $50 per month.
In the favorable report to the SEN
ate of the committee on pensions,
O'Donnell s record was given as fol
lows:
.'S. 9764. Patrick O'Donnell, of
Winnemucca, New, the claimant in
this case, was sergeant in Company
T., Ninth Regiment Maryland Volun-
teer Infantry He served from July
2, 1868, to April ~, 1864, and was
honorably discharged. He was taken
prisoner in battle at Charles Town, w.
va, October Is, 1868, and confined at
Richmond, Va, until April 10, 1864,
when paroled.
Gle is now pensioned under the ser
vice act of February 6, 1907, at the
rate of 500 per month He was for
merly pensioned under the act of June
81, 1890, at $l2 per month granted
him on account of total inability to
earn a support by manual labor. -
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-01-26
HOT ON TRAIL OF
"BOOTLFCCERS"

William E. johnson, of Denver, chief
special agent of the Interior depart
ment, has begun an active crusade
against those violators of the law who
have been and are selling whisky to
Indians. For the past month secret
service men have been quietly work
ing at ali points in Nevada where In
dians reside, and their work is begin
ming to bear fruit.
Numerous arrests have been made
all along the line of the Southern Pa
cific, in Northern Nevada, and many
more will follow. 1t is the intention
of the department to keep at work af-
ter this class of offenders until it
will lie impossible for an Indian to
procure whisky at any price.
At Winnemucca Charles Fong and
Sam See have been arrested for selling
whisky to Indians, while "China
Topsyo has been apprehended for sell
ing them yen shee. All three prisoners
will be given preliminary examina-
tion before w. s. Bonnifeld, Jr., U. s.
Commissioner, next Monday.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-01-26
new PRINCIPAL
FOR HIGH SCHOOL

Since the first Of the year the coun-
ty board of education, composed of w.
A. Brown, chairman; II. W. Duncan,
secretary, and w. G. Pitt, have been
looking about the state in search of
competent principal for the Winnie
mucca county high school. Since the
January meeting Of the board, Secre-
tary Duncan has been in communica
tion with Professor j. f. Graham, of
Austin, for the past three years prin-
cipal of the high school of that city.
1t is now stated that Prof. Graham
has practically accepted the position
and he is expected to take charge Of
the school next Monday morning. Prof.
Graham enjoys the reputation of be
ing one Of the foremost educators in
the state and strong hopes are enter
tanned that he will be able to soon
bring the Winnemucea county high
school no to that state of efficiency
contemplated by its originators.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-01-26
SON OF LATE JUDGE PIKE
RECEIVES NAVAL APPOINTMENT

Winfred IA. Pike, son of the late
Judge w. H. A. Pike Tuesday morning
received from the naval department OF
the United States government, an ap-
pointment to Annapolis
The appointment was made by Con
gressman George A. Bartlett, of Ne
vada, and if young Mr.. Pike passes has
examinations for entrance in April he
will become midshipman in Uncle
Sans naval school.
He is studying hard for the exami-
nations and hopes to pass them with
out much trouble.
Winfred II. A. Pike is at present a
member of the Reno high school, be
ing in the third year. He is also
business manager and sporting editor
of ''The Oasis,n the high school
paper. Win Pike will take his en-.
trance examinations in Reno and Will
then travel on to Annapolis where he
will take the physical examination
Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-01-26
CREATE STANDARD WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES COMMISSION

Yesterday morning, after the opening
ceremonies had been completed, asem-
bly, bill No. All, introduced by Mayors,
Of Washoe, came up for third reading
and final passage. The measure was
not disposed of during the morning,
but in the afternoon it again made its
appearance under a special order of
business and passed. The bill calls for
the creation and fixing of standard
weights and measures commission,
which will be attended to by the di-
rector of the Nevada agricultural ex-
pertinent station The measure calls
for an appropriation OF $4,000 to carry
on the work, which is patterned after
measure now on the statute books of
New York and other eastern states,
II is the intention of those concerned
to have the work carried on in con
nection with the pure food and drug
commission that now exists.
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OLD-TIMF RESIDENT
NOW IN LONDON

The Silver State is in receipt Of the
following letter from former resident
of Humboldt county:
1923 Hilton Road, Muswell Hill, Lon
don NJ, England, Jan. Is, 1911.
" Editor Silver State,
Winnemucca, Nevada.
GAS an old resident in Humboldt
county, Nevada, to be exact, at Park
inson's ranch, on Kelly creek, some 20
years ago, should like to see a current
copy of your paper if it would not be
troubling you too much to send one.
| was going through some old papers
of mine the other day and came across
a copy of the Silver State dated June,
1885,
"My time in Humboldt county was
in the days of Frank and Joe German,
Doe Hanson, Paul Meth, Levy Bros.
and Reinhart, who had the stores in
your town. Louis Lay kept the Hot
Springs hotel at Golconda and Shallen-
berger the store there; Henry Pratt,
the cattle man, lived at Paradise; (;
Silva, the sheep man, near Iron Point,
Pick Anderson and the rest.
"Yours truly,
"ERNEST G.. WETH.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-01-26
WESTERN PACIFIC PAYCAR
WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW

The Western Pacific paycar viii tie
up at Gerlaeh tonight and is expected
to arrive in Winnemucca about noon
tomorrow. The checks to he given
the employees at this point in settle
ment cf last month s wages are esti-
mated at from $4,000 to $4,000.
Division Officials in Town.
Yesterday J. II. Knowles, division
engineer, and T. J. Stuart, division su-
perintendent of bridges and buildings,
with headquarters at Elko, arrived by
motor car from Jungo, where they had
been to make an examination of the
water supply at that point. The gen
tlemen left during the afternoon for
Elko
Will Probably Lose Right Arm.
b. r. Kreis, foreman of the Western
Pacific roundhouse, returned yesterday
from Elko, to which place he had ac-
companied Rolla Mountjoy, the hostler
who received serious injuries Tuesday
morning at the coal chutes. Mr.. Kreis
reports that the patient withstood the
effects of the journey in GOOD shape
and was feeling as well as could be
expected upon his arrival at the hospi-
tai. The physicians at that instltu-
ton. however, were of the opinion that
it would be necessary to amputate
Mountioy's right arm, which had been
broken in several places by the fall.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-01-26
Mining CASE GOES
TO SUPREME court

In the state supreme court, Monday,
Attorney L. G. Campbell, for the Ma
tional Mines company, was granted a
writ of certiorari, which commands
that certified copies of all proceedings
in the application of II. f. Orr for a
survey of the property of the National
Mines company be fled with the court
for review. Judge Ducker is also re-
strained from taking any further ac-
ton in the matter until the court has
rendered a decision.
In contesting the application of Orr
Attorney Campbell contended that the
court was without jurisdiction to order
a survey of the mine in the absence of
a suit pending. In this contention he
was overruled by Judge Ducker, who
granted the application and appointed
four civil engineers to make survey
of the surface and underground work
ings of the mine and report their find
ings to the court.
On February 6 the supreme court
will review the case and pass on the
matter of jurisdiction, and until its de-
cision has been rendered there will be
nothing done by the board of survey
ors.