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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES

Sealed proposals for furnishing sup
plies delivered at the Nevada State
Prison, for one year from April l,
1911, will be received up to April l,
1911. All articles to be first class
in character, quality and quantity, the
price to be specified on each article,
and where several brands or varieties
of any article are on the market; each
of said brands or varieties to be
specified. Said supplies to be deliv-
cred in such quantities, and at such
times as the warden may direct.
quantity varying each month as re-
quired. All articles not satisfactory
to be returned at contractors expense.
Bids to be directed to the Secretary
Of the Board of State Prison Com
Iuissioners, Carson City, Nevada, up
to April /, 1911.
The Board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
Dated March a, 1911.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
GETS 8 o APPOINTMENT

Cecil ". Creel. a student Of the
University of Nevada, class of 1911,
has been appointed agent for the
United States Department OF Agri-
culture. with headquarters at Salt
Lake City. His territory will be Ut
all and adjoining states. including
Nevada. This season Mr.. Creel will
investigate the alfalfa weexil, which
is doing great damage in Utah and
Idaho and threatens Nevada in the
future.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
FARM FOR LEASE OR RENT

150-acre Farm, almost within city
limits. House and barns. Would
make ideal chicken ranch. Good veg
etable land with plenty of water.
Plenty of pasture for horses or cat
tie. Will REM OF lease on reasonable
terms. For Particulars apply to F..
w. Day, Carson City. m24-tt
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
OIL OF EDEN AND
SWEET SPIRITS OF EDEN

If used in conjunction with each 9th
er according to directions are guar
anteed to cure Rheumatism. all Pains
and Disease, regardless of anne arts
ing from weak nerves and impure
blood. MI druggists supplied. Or
ders delivered BY mail OF express,
charges prepaid, on receipt OF price
by {. {. Medical Company, Reno Ne
vada, Box %, ii dealers do not have it
Oil of Eden, $500, Sample 75cts.
Sweet Spirits of Eden, So, sample 81.
RENO, New. Feb. "a. 1911
To all that suffer with Kidney
Troubles: | wish to say that | have
been troubled for twenty years, and
all the treatments failed until | got a
bottle OF Sweet Spirits OF Eden,
which has cured me.
A. HADLOCK,l 1910 South St.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
NOT A WORD OF SCANDAL

the call of a neighbor on Mrs.
w. P. Spangh, of Manville, Wyo.,
who said: she told me DR.. Kings
New Life Pills had cured her of OBJ
stinate kidney trouble, and made her
feel like a new woman Easy, but
sure remedy Tor stomach, liver and
kidney troubles. Oily 25c. at drug
gists.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
PLENTY OF SNOW

Mr.. Roy, who is mining near the
Athens, has returned from a trip TO
his property. He states that the
cabin is practically showed in and
that it will be practically several
weeks befor,. he can resume work at
the place. Last season at this time
he was hustling water for the camp.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29

George Bartlett s spending IA few
days in this city.He with others has
become Interested in mining proper
" on he Brunswick lode n Virginia
City. Mr.. Bartlett expects to devote
the better part of his tine mining, as
he states that is the big game in Ne
vada.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
VACUUM CLEANER

Charles Winters has ordered a
power vacuum cleaner, the most up
to-date machine that money a buy.
The machine is expected daily.
House wives who contemplate spring
cleaning should leave orders. Charges
will be made very reasonable. For
information Phone 271. limo.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
LEFT A

E. A.. Little, a well known Love
lock man, has just received advices
been left o%ne-fourth of a $25O,OOO es-
tate. -~---.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
READY FOR SURVEYING

Ray Crowell, who until recently
has been connected with the State
Engineers Office. is now in the field
for any kind Of surveying or civil en-
gineering work.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29

We are pretty busy but we car han
die your job work. Bring it in.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
GOING EAST

Senator Newlands made a short
stay in Reno yesterday coming from
the Coast. He is on his way to Wash
ington to attend the extra session OF
Congress.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

The ANNUAL MEETING OF the
Stockholders of the SOUTHERN
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF
NEVADA, will be held at the Office
OF the Company i'll the City OF Car
son. Nevada, on Monday the Sd day
of April, 1911, at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
for the election of a Board OF Trus-
tees to serve for the ensuing year,
and the transaction of such further
business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting
F.. b. YERlNGTON,
M23to AS
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29

Joe Smit, OF the Nevada Saloon,
has gone to Fallon.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-03-29
EGGS FOR SETTING

Bring your job work 10 the Appeal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15

Onse IN a vile pop wawks in his
sleap, and he wawked in his sleap
last mite.
1 dident no pop was wawking n
his sleap wen he calm in my room
holding a HANDLE, and 1 sed.- Watts
the mattir, pop.
But he dident anser enything, and
ma calm in and sed. Hush Sammy.
yure farthir is. wawking in his sleap
agen don't wake him up. I'm jest
follering him. she sed, to see that he
duzint bert himself. I told him not
to eet that Welsh rabbit, she sed.
So got out of bed and follered ma
follering pop wawking in his sleap.
Ware He Wawked
Pop wawked awl GROUND my bed.
and ma wawked awl Ground aftir
him, and / wawked awl Ground aftir
ma. and then pop sed way down low,
like wen he trys to sing rockt in the
kradel of the deep, Ware is the life
saving stashun, ware is the life saw
ing stashun.
Wat duz he meen, ma, sed, and
ma sed. Hush, he is tawking in his
sleap and he don't meen enythtng. I
told him not to eet that Welsh rab-
bit, she sed.
Well. II he thinks my bed is a life
saving stashun. I sed, he better not
get kandel greese IN II bekaus l don't
want to sleap in kandel greese. Wich
/ dident.
Then pop started to wawk down
stares, holding up the kandel and
wen he got in the hall downstairs he
startid to raise up and down avn
his nees and say, 1 am sinking fast.
I am sinking fast, ware is the life
saving stashun.
II he hadent of ate that Welsh
rabbit this wodent of happined, sed
ma, and pop wawked into the dining
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
ACCORDING TO SAMMY

room still raising up and down avn
lis nees and saying, Ware Is the life
saving stashun.
Ma followed him into the dining
room and i follered ma, anvil in our
mite gowns looking funny CESS. and
Dop reetched down undir the side
bord and pulled out a green bottil.
Jest in time, he sed. the life saw
ing stashun. And he put the kan
dI avn the tabil and pulled the korH
out OF the bottil.
Wots Up Now?
Crate hevins, .sed ma, he is going
to kill himself, its poison.
And she ran and snatsched the botA
til out of pops hand and sed, Henry
Henry.
Then pop woke up and looked
GROUND and ma smelled the top OF
the bottil and sed. grayshus, its wis
key, Henry. I'm sirprized, aftir, wot
you promised me.
And she opined the windo and throd
the bottil out and / Good heer II kracA
awl to pieces, and then we awl went
back to bed in our mite gowns, ma
saying things to pop avn the way
up stares.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Loretta's Looking Glass

house. am Just on the verge
OF shutting up the place, and taking
t., the discomforts of hotel life. If
I get a housekeeper who is young,
1 am constantly reminded that she
is not a respected employee; she Is
a woman about whom disagreeabie
things may be said. II / get an old
one, she insists on being mother to
me. II get an uneducated one, she
cannot impart the requisite air or
refinement to the service of my meals
or the arrangement of the house.
And all housekeepers seem possessed
with the idea that widowers engage
them to housekeep just to have
chance to engage them for matri-
mony. had~one married one. She
was very satisfactory. But her hus-
band got on his feet and into husi-
ness, and when she left she took
most of the silver. should be CRATE
full for the expression of an intelii-
gent woman's opinion on the possi-
bility of finding "a woman who can
attend to the business she Is hired to
look after Very truly,
"a WORRIED WHOEVER.
Yes. Mr.. widower. I'll tell you why
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15

the younger Friddlebums Jumped
about with joy; the very geese
emitted welcoming cackles- (The
last sentence is used mainly as fig-
ure of speech, as IT can hardly be ex-
pected that the geese were old
enough at Buds, departure to care
much, one way or the other.)
AS Bud jumped from the train,
Farmer Fiddlebums ran towards him
with outstretched arms.
Flip us your mitt, gov'ner," cried
Bud. TT sure does fuss a guy all up
te get a slant at the Boyhood Back
ground"
why, Bud" exclaimed his father,
don't you feel well? Poor boy.
you're delirious. Excitement of com
Ing home, reckon"
Fit as a fididdle, pater" rejoined
Bud. But I must remark, as Glad
Hand artist, you'll have to retire con-
siderably backwards and sitzen ste
SIGH"
They called in the veterinarian, the
corn doctor and the regular feezishun,
but Buds case baffled them all.
So Farmer Friddlebums just had
to knock II out of him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15

says, What's that you're CALM out
son?' I says, All about the big sxI
plosion! Six killed"
He had a cent in his fist. but Id
got half-nelson on 1t, and pipesj
My! my! is that all there is in tho
news today
mo. SIR" I says. big suicide IN
the park"
Just an explosion and a suicfda
chr he says. squeezin' that cent
Well. We'll"
"All about the prim'ry eiectionsr
! yells in his ear. All about who's
gona be elected to ev'rythingw
That so?" he cackles Well. 4
guess I don't want a paper. :. ouJ
read the headlines anyhow, and you'I
been kind enough to go over the Inn
portant ones for me-"
So he waddIes away, and I ,>yelu
after him: "All about how stingj
guy squeezed cent so hard the copl
per pinched him"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
SIZE HOLDS IT UP TO THE
Letter From a Worried Widower

women refuse to be businesslfke
about business on which they could
have a monopoly. They cannot be
bu5inesslike about something that
they are educated to underestimate,
that is regarded as a lowering Of
their social standing, and which they
think is Mt only for servants II
you have found, from painful expert
ence. that it's impossible to get a
good housekeeper who is not crazy
to give up the job in order to become
the mistress of your self and home,
or who wants to boss you around for
the salary you pay her, why don't
you be one oil. the men to begin an
active campaign against our silly
educational methods for women?
Start a School
Start finishing school where
girls can go after they are through
getting the unnecessary and deco
rative training of the average school.
Use the laboratory method of instruc-
ton. Have fully-equipped little
apartments, and a course of domestic
training that will make good house,
keepers Of every pupil. You might
get either the wife or the house,
keeper from among the women en-
rolled. At any rate, you would be
helping to dignity the work that
women are now so eager to avoid,
that they try to marry you as
means of escape Women will do
DESPERATE THINGS to avoid what
hurts their pride. And, as things are
now, TO WORK IN A HOME NOT
HER OWN MAKES A MERE MENIAL
OF A WOMAN. Can you blame her
for preferring to be your SECOND
wTFE7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
THE STAGE DOORKEEPER

acts Of Lady Godiva There's very
little left for these guys, and it'll
soon be a case OF back to Eden. But
Judging from the trend Of the drama,
think that some of these leading
ladies would find the fig leaf cumber-
some
Il can't understand how Viola AL
len happened to fall for this Godiva
stunt. She has always been strong
for the well-dressed style of play,
and my best memory of fer has her
In the scenery of a sister of charity.
But these be parlous days, as the
press agent says. And it really looks
as though the Sutherland sisters
were coming into their own. This
Godiva lady, as / remember, got in
Dutch with her husband, or a king.
or somebody. and did a horseback
marathon through the town clad in
her birthday suit She had a good
press agent, too; who tipped Off
everybody not to rubber.
Bad for the Modistes
And not having been satiated with
the dances that we have to look at.
they all went indoors; that is, all ex-
cept one boob. who kept on the Job
Peeping Tom. / think the. called him.
But this style Of drama is going
to make it bad for the modistes and
costumers. Pretty soon leading
lady will float in to Dinny Frohmann
and he'll ask her, How will you dress
this partT And the lady will blush.
Get that, kid?
However, I think Til play. a small
part In this Godiva show myself.
What part? Why, peeping Tom, Of
course"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15

this morning and bought papg and scanned
II for of accidents Then Mortified
fancy that the wretche thing reds and flung them
shuddering
Like Tangible Band
be wise and just full of but after all,
I'm more sweetheart than anything else and the silence
the impotency do anything like tangible band
about throat cutching and choking with frantic desires
Mother wanted with her market this morning to
take lesson buying food learn the right and the
method of extravaganza that modern life has made
ard merely what idle order
the without respect prices All of which, good
sound but only filled with dreaness with dis
for poverty and economy, and l wouldn't
wanted besides the mail, and
being myself hopeless misery the awful
with far way intangible
freting and gloomy forebodings
Waiting Watching, Praying
So here waiting watching, praying, DEAR admit il,
that WELL and that still and
sunshine the smiling faced paersby mockery
Why that CHEEKY when love reigns
sunshine lift shadows when
aloo me? 1t
This dreary think won't write Goodby,
dear. H
S-Deare dearest blessed special delivery just
singing with JOY I'm old boy that
boss" night road
explanation of delayed letter Oh how
alive and happy and full of Dreams it,
l going mail this to market, for if hurry
and learn how buy food for
mustn't l. sir?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15

o ct see," said the stage-struck youth,
that we're going to have Lady Godfva
with us in the fall"
Yep" snorted the stage doorkeeper'
THE lady is going to ride her white
palfrey across the stage to the delight
of man. whose hair decided that his
dome was an essential monoganist.
After having all the undressed
dances our appetites were somewhat
faded, and the .playwrights rolled up
their sleeves and worked out three
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Sunshine For
Gray Days
A LIFE SENTENCE

Mr.. Tambo-what do,S pay for .
marriage license?
Middle Maxwell. you get 1t on the
instalment plan.
Mr. Tambo-How's that?
Middle Man-Ten dollars down and
your entire salary each week for the
rest of your life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
ENGLISH Joke FOR TO-DAY

From the instructions to passengers
on the Kronprinzessin Cscelie:
Music. The ships band Will play
every morning from 10 to IL on the
promenade-deck and in the DINING
room during supper"
Many true word spoken In mis-
print.-Punch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15

OF peace don't let em kid you"
That treaty President Taft signed with England
France the other President Taft and Ambassador Bryce
and Monseer all around table in Pres
Tas decorated and
each others health Aponar the wine and
Taft said "And you'll have I'm
yn designed forcby bring down enemy
approachn aeroplanes beautiful little gentleman
King George Is Tickled Too
Ambassador Bryce the treaty home to England
peeresses off her visitn list
Great stuff his minister willy Taft has put
treaty. goin' be
showed bill through the house lords yet
increasin' army from 100000 3,O00O0O?'
And when the president OF France Moneer what sh
names telegram e all about he all the school children
Paris half holiday
Doow he says there's class to this When
children won't know the meanin Of the word war;
He with Joy about it. Belle, that he almost
forgot eight 1912 model sevenmion
dollar man-klln battleships
think Belle would give all the diff countries
money soldiers and baeshps and ammunition they'd
scared Of each other to fight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
A Soothing Thought

Now that we've spent so much
money fixing up the house. perhaps
you won't go away" said her husband
hopefully.
''Oh, yes, John, 1 will, but" she
added, encouragingly, "Tll be more
cheerful about coming back"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
The Mean Thing

THE way the man looked at me
was most insulting"
Did he stare?"
mo; he looked once and then
turned away as II were not worth
noticing"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Buds Home-C Coming;
Or, My, Sutch TaWk!

After a year at college, Bud, eldest
and handsomest son of Farmer Frid-
dlebums, was coming home! The cid
farmers eyes grew moist with emo
ton every time he thought about It.;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
A New One

Householder--You are burglar?
Burglar-Oh, no, sir. am member
of the Society for Reducing Peoples
Fortunes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Our Newsboy Says,
'Stingy Is No Name

Business was slow as a dago fun'rat
or L wouldn't "a bothered with the
guy at all; but I hadn't sold a papet
fer fifteen minutes, and when the old
geezer stops me on the corner and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Garry These Along
... To School
SHE DID 1T

Tommy, who won the ball game to-
dayT'
81 dunno"
What was the score when you
left?"
81 wasn't there"
What's the matter, son? Has that
cruel girl thrown you over again?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Drawn for The Evening Times.

IN your 9@As able %AD sdVoese! " q n asse
rage as the natural end and
aim Of man and woman. But I venture
to say you would commiserate me on
my exposure to a popular misinter-
probation of the idea. l seem to be
the AIM of several women Mind
you. I am not accusing the whole
sex of being engaged in archery with
cupid's arrows, all leveled at me.
am a man, and have the usual
amount of conceit; but lam not mon
ster enough to think that. I am a
widower. 1 want to marry when
love some one who wants to marry
ne. But 1 object to having them
want to marry me off-hand, or as
q mere board-and-lodging PROPOSE
ton.
A Succession of Housekeepers
Since my wife died, two year ago,
have had a succession Of house.
keepers. And | have been threatened
with two breach of promise suits,
beside being made miserable. Will
you tell me why women refuse to
be businesslike in a business where
they naturally nave monopoly, IL
they care to create housekeeping
All ! want, all ashland / pay
fifty dollars a month for the privilege
of asking it's some one to manage
my home. 1t is all in hrst-class
order. We built 1t only four years
before my wife died. 1t cost be-
tween forty and forty-two thousand
to complete II. There is every con-
venience known in modern domestic
establishments And / just want
some one to make the machinery go
as smoothly as possible.
What 1 have gotten SO far is some
one who wants to acquire the right
of-possession of myself and the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15

IAREST:-No letter from you today. tell myself
it is because the mails delayed that you had
to work overtime or that it somehow missed the
last collection, but there's cold touch on my heart
that / cannot get away from.
Dear, my dear, this is the first time you have
ever missed writing me, and something seems to
say, despite my protests that is natural sequence
of the gradually diminishing length of your letters:
skip two days and so it will 60" Oh, write and
tell me I'm wrong, tell me Pm foolish, scold me
for lack Of faith anything, only write and say Il
love YOU and I'm all right
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Another View

They say that old men won't do for
business these days"
"Oh, don't know. When men get
too old to be interestd in canoes, or
mandolins, or race horses. find 'em
pretty good for work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
NJ A ME ELLIS BE LIE
That War Is SGH What
Sherman Said Was, But
PEACE is ON THE WAY

ONE day. Belle, we're goin' to have universal peace,
and the dove beat the eagle to frazzle, and
England'Il have camel for trade mark stead OF
a lion, and ev'ry time Irishman and an Eye
Italian they'll kiss each other on both cheeks.
. But not yet Belle, not yet Peace pact IS
nice assortment O. words, but that p" combina-
ton has sound sort o like artillery don't you
think?
Treaties are int'restin', Belle, and the sigma
lures emil make valu'ble additions to the cob
Iections of autograph hunters in years to come,
but the ony way to get universal peace is to fight
for it You know the old sayin', Belle, I'm time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15

l went out this morning and bought western
IT for news of accidents. Then l was so horrif'
SOME fancy that tore the wretched thing into sh
away, shuddering.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-01

the Michigan College of Mines from
1890 To 1898. He is now professor OF
mathematics and engineering of the
college of engineering of the UNIVERSE
~ of Minnesota.
DIR. A. w. Hamerschlag director OF
the Carnegie Technical schools who
delivered the class day address to the
class of 1910, and VIM. L. saunders
president OF the Ingcrsoll Rand Co.
who delivered the address to the 1911
class VIII be in Houghton for the
reunion. Others who will bo here are
w. T. Ingalls,, editor in chief Of the
Engineering and Mining Journal of
New York City. Prof. II. r. Stock of
the University of Illinois. state Cecil
ogist Allen of Michigan and Prof II
l.. Smythe dean of the mining school
of Harvard University.