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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
The Moonrakers.

'Tn the English county of Wiltshire"
said a customs official. 1.-The natives
are called 'moonrakers' There's 9
Wiltshire stor!, over a century old,
about some rustics who We're found
one night raking away in pond at
the reflection of the moon, which they
took for a cheese.
That's very good story, very
funny skit on the men Of Wiltshire,
but ask a Wiltshire man about it ana
with q contented chuckle he will say:
"'Oh, yes, people tell as how they
give the name o 'moonrakers' to US
Wiltshire people bekase a passel o
stoopids one night tried to rake the
shadder O. the moon out O. the brook,
takin' it for thin cheese. But that's
the wrong end O. the story. It's alto
gether the wrong end. Them chaps
as was doin' this was smugglers ana
they was fishin' up some kegs o bran
dy and only pretended to rake out
cheese. The policeman as aXed 'em
what they was about had good laugh
at 'em, but, by Harry! they had a
better laugh at him when they got
home with the stuff
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
The Touch Chicken.

There are several ways Of transform
ing q venerable fowl into respectable
family piece de resistance. In fact, by
the following method such fowls have
been made as tender as spring chick
ems: Let the bird, after drawing, sea-
soning and stuffing, simmer until over
half done. Then place it in the oven
with piece Of pork laid over its
breast. Pour the liquor over and
around the roast in the pan. Finish
the cooking in very hot oven, bast-
ing frequently with the drippings.
When ready to serve skim off any su-
perfuous fat that may be in the pan
before preparing the gravy. The pork
prevents the fowl from becoming dry,
and if a small onion is also added 1t
will have a more savory flavor. The
simmering lessons its toughness. In
fact, slow simmering is just the thing
for any tough meat, but it should SIM
mer. not boil. Boiling viii toughen
the tenderest Of meat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
Animal Life on Venus.

"There are many physical reasons
for thinking that if any other planet
besides the earth is inhabited it is
probably Venus" says Professor Pick
ering. 'It is about the same size as
the earth, and its density is about the
same. The force of gravity upon its
surface is only slightly less than that
on the earth. The temperature on
Venus is probably tie same as in our
own tropics, and the dense atmos-
phere may be of a composition such
as enveloped the earth when in the
-corbes,ifereus raIind As1ta4 hegez-
istence of intelligent life, tAduestion
is still opens If it is ever established
that s, iaY ,et Venus is inhabited it
,Siif Be less Surprising than if the same
were proved conclusively of any. orrs!
planet, owing to the similarity in
many respects of Venus and the
earth"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
A Death Lure.

] According to tradition. ZENITH, the
legendary king of Scotland, was al
lured to his death in a most novel man.
ner. Kenith had slain son and broth
er of Fennella, who to be avenged Or
;iered Wiltus, famous silversmith, to
construct death dealing statue OF sill
vel. In it's right hand the statue held
a basin and in the left hand an apple
of pure gold, both set with diamonds
and other precious stones. To touch
the apple was to defy death, it being
so arranged that any one guilty OF
such vandalism would be Immediately
riddled by poisoned arrows shot from
openings in the body of the statue.
ZENITH was invited to inspect the Won
der, and, as Fennella had hoped, he
tried to pluck the precious imitation
fruit. When his hand touched the ap-
pie he was wounded by the arrows and
died where he fell.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
A Cotton leaend.

Cotton was the theme Of one Of the
most fabulous nature stories on its
first introduction into Europe. TRAY
elers related that in Tartary. there
grew a shrub and that when its ripe
fruit was cut open within was "a lyttle
Beaste in fesche, in bone and blode
as though it were a lyttle Lamb with
outer wolfe" The flesh Of this "vege-
table lamb" was eaten, ran the story,
and the wool made into cloth. The
basis of the legend is the way in which
the cotton pod ripens and bursts, show
ing the white fluffy raw cotton, which
closely resembles wool. Raw cotton is
still called cotton WOOL"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
Attacks School Principal.

A severe attack on school princi-
pal, Chas. 3. Allen, of Sylvanla,
Ga., is thus told by him. For more
than three years, he writes suffer-
ed indescribable torture from rheu=
matism, liver and stomach trouble
and diseased kidneys. All remedies
failed till I used Electric Bitters,
but four bottles of this wonderful
remedy cured me completely. Such
results are common. Thousands bless
them for curing stomach trouble,
female complaints, kidney disorders,
billiousness, and for new health and
-vigor. Try them. Only SOC at Penn
g. Holstein's, w E Lynch d Co.,
B Timmons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
A Fierce Night Alarm

is the hoarse, startling cough of
a child, suddenly attacked by Group.
Often it aroused Lewis Chamblin,
of Manchester, o., r F D No. 2 for
their four children were greatly sub
ject to Group. Sometimes in severe
attacks, he wrote we were afraid
they would die, but since we proved
what a certain remedy DR.. Kings
New Discovery is, we have no fear.
We rely on it for Group and coughs,
colds or any throat or lung trouble.
So do thousands of others. So may
you. Asthma, hay fever, la grippe,
whooping cough, hemorrhages fly
before it. SOC and S1.OO. Trial bot
tie free. Sold by Penn & Holstein,
w E Lynch & Co., B Timmons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
A Hint.

! eacher-I have been trying for some
time to get the room so quiet that we
could hear a pin drop. l have drop
ped the pin several times, but you have
been making so much noise that it has
been impossible to hear it. What do
you think we had better do, children?
Reddy Backrow-Tie dumbbell to 1t
next time, teacher.-Brooklyn Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
A ReMersion.

! "Matrimony," said modern benedict
the other day, produces remarkable
revolutions. Here am l, for instance,
in a few shot months changed from
a signing loser to a living sire."-n-
lustrated Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
7he.Time to Think.

A man who is really thoughtful Of
the family name should begin to think
about it quite awhile before it occurs
TO him to enter the name Of John Doe
on the police blotter.-Atchison Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
leeds That Count.

Maud-why don't you prefer Harry
to Will? Harry is capable Of big deeds.
!Edith-Yes, but Will owns some.-Bal-
timore American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15

Distinction is the consequence, never
Che object of a great mind.-Allston.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-15
SUMMONS.

SUMMONS.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Edgefeld,
Court of Commons Pleas.
William A. Parker, as Administra-
tor of the Estate of Peter Parker,
deceased.-Plaintiff- against
Edward F. Mayson.-Defendant.
Summons for Relief.
Complaint not Served.)
To the Defendant Above Named.
You Are Hereby Summo' and
required, to answer the complaint in
this action, which is filed in the Of
fee of the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, for the said Coun-
ty, and to serve copy of your an
swer to the said complaint, on the
subscribers, at their Office at Edge
field Court House, South Carolina,
within twenty days after the ser
vice hereof, exclusive of the day of
such service; and if you fail to an
swer The complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this &C
tion, will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated February l4th, 1911.
Sheppard Bros,
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
Test: w. B. Cogburn (SeaD Clerk
Court Common Pleas for Edge
field County, S. G.
To Edward F. Mayson, Non-resi-
dent Defendant:
You will take notice, that the
original Summons and complaint in
the above stated cause, are now on
file in the office of the Clerk OF
Court of Common Pleas, in and
for the County of Edgefeld and
State aforesaid.
SHEPPARD BROS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Feb. 14th, 1911-6t.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
TWO IMPORTANT
LAND DECISIONS

The following important land decis-
Secretary of the Interior:
Desert Land Entry-If paying crops
can he obtained from land without irri-
CATION, the land is not desert in charac-
ter and is thus not subject to desert land
entry. On land that will not thus pro
duce without irrigation aud is upon that
claim entered i'll order to acquire title.
A withdrawal of lands for reclamation
under the Reclamation Act prior to
allowance of an entry and the govern
ment intending to use the same for such
purpose. has the effect of removing such
lands from the class of lands subject TO
entry under the Homestead Act, and
therefore cannot properly be restored to
entry.
Homestead Entries-The rule of APP
Proclamation has not been invariably en-
forced, and where showing is made
that the enforcement of the rule would
work hardship upon the entrymau and
the equities of the particular case war
rant it, the department has allowed an
entry of 100 acre to stand.
Under the liberal provisions of the act
of May %, 1908, IS Stat, 476, actual
residence means presence on the land as
a home, unless absence is constrained by
such force as deprives the claimant of
voluntary control of himself. Actual
in this statute must be construed as
real, p" as opposed to constructive or
notional.
Affidavit indicating that posting plat
and notice was upon adjacent land was
fatally defective.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
THE RECLAIMINC
OF DESERT LAND

W. II. Burton, Ed and Tom Mollart
were i'll town from Buckskin Wednesday,
They came i'll on land business and filed
proof of work on the desert land claims
they took up some time ago. This land
lies just south of Buckskin; between that
camp and the north end of Alkali Lake
Mr. Burton has sunk two wells OH his
property. In one lie has a small flow of
water, and believes that little more de-
velopment will give him larger flow.
In the other well the water comes within
two feet of the surface, and Mr. Burton
contemplates putting in IA small gasoline
engine and centrifugal pump to raise it
to the surface for irrigating purposes.
On the Molart land fair flow of wa
ter has just been obtained from well
100 feet deep This well will be driven
little deeper to increase the flow.
There are now eleven artesian wells
in the territory between the north
end of Alkali Lake and Buchskin.
Alkali Lake is dry lake bed at all
times when there is not sufficient snow
or rain i'll the hills to allow little water
to run into it, and if anybody had pre-
dicted that the surrounding country
would some day be dotted with green
fields OF alfalfa and grain, lie would have
been considered locoed II has now
been demonstrated that the soil i'll that
section will raise anything in the way of
grain, hay and vegetables that grows in
a temperate climate. with the application
of water; and it has been proven that
artesian water can be obtained i'll suffic-
lent quantity to irrigate all the land
that is susceptible of cultivation.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
DESERT LANDS
MAY Be ASSIGNED

A Washington dispatch of May IS,
says:
Titles to many land claims in western
deserts are affected by decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States hold
ing that desert land entrymen obtain
rights by entry which may be as
signed"
The question of assignment became
material in the indictment of William B.
Hammers in the United States District
Court for the southern district of Cali
fornia on a charge of perjury. 1t was
alleged that Hammers had given false
testimony in regard to the improvement
of a desert entry in the Imperial Valley
of California.
The indictment was dismissed on the
ground that testimony was immaterial
because a land entry could not be as
signed. and in this case the entry about
which Hammers testified had been as
signed.
The court said it would accept the in
depreciation of the Interior Department
in many cases before it to the effect that
the entries were assignable, and directed
further proceedings under the indictment
against Hammers.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
GOOD PROSPECT
IN BUCKSKIN

Ed and Tom Mollart, of Buckskin,
have gold prospect in that camp that
promises to be a mine of value when
sufficient development work has been
done on it. They have been hanging
onto this property for some years and
have developed it as their means would
allow. At the present time they have a
vertical shaft down something over
twenty feet and have crosscut to the
ledge sixteen feet drift eighty feet
in length has been run on the vein, and
at this point a Wine has been dropped
down fourteen feet. The drift is four
feet in width and the vein fills it. How
much wider it may be has not been as
certained but all of this distance in
length and width is ore that will aver
age So per ton in gold, and it is free
milling The contact is a porphyry
foot wall and andesite hanging wall and
can be traced on the surface for great
distance i'll northerly and southerly
direction.
The boys consider that their prospect
is going to make fine low-grade mil
ling proposition. The Truckee power
line crosses the lower end of the claim
so that electric power to run mill can
be installed at no great expense; suf-
hcient water for milling purposes can be
obtained by running tunnel into Ken
nedy hill and piping for a distance of
about three-quarters of mile, and if
that won't do plenty of artesian water
can be had on the fiat in the valley and
pumped up to the mill. The showing is
a nice one for somebody with capital to
take hold of, develop, build mill and
make a fortune.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
Fast Time Across Continent

The Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific are about to reduce the time across
the continent. 1t is announced by
Traffic Director J. c. Stubs that, be-
ginning May rs, the Overland Limited
would make the trip between San Fran
cisco and Chicago in 6S hours instead of
seventy two and half, as at present.
The reduction of four and one-half hours
was due, Mr. Stubs says, to improve
ments recently made, including double
tracking, electric block signal extension
and betterment OF power and equipment.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
Fail to Convict Gambler

AT Fallon last Monday the jury in the
case of the State against Il. T. Huston
charged with violating the provisions Of
the new anti-gambing law, returned a
fifteen minutes. Huston was indicted
last November and the trial was a source
of considerable interest for the reason
event of a verdict o. guilty the case
would he carried to the supreme court
and possibly the anti-gambhng law
would be subjected to the scrutiny of
that tribunal for the first time.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

Kossuth Mining Company. ocaton of prn-
clpal place OF business, san Francisco, Califor-
mia. Location of works, Devils Gate and China
town Mining District, Silver City, Igor county,
Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board OF Directors of the Kossuth Mining Com
panY, held on the 2lth day of April. 1911, an
assessment of seventeen cents per share was
levied upon the subscribed capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately III United
States gold coin to the Secretary OF the company
at its office, room Sot Greenwood Block No lao
New Montgomery street, san Francisco, Cali
fornia.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the SIst day of May, IqII will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction and Unless payment is made before will
be sold on Monday, the 2Ist day OF June 1911, to
ray the delinquent assessment together with
cost OF Advertising and expenses of sale
BY order of the Board of Directors.
A. H. MCHURON,
Secretary Kossuth Mining Company.
Office; Room sol Greenwood Block, No GIo
New Montgomery street, san Francisco. Cali
lorna. 4-2q4t
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20

To ToNoPAH EXPLORATION COMPANY Tono-
pah, Nevada;-Nou win please take notice that
l, the undersigned ID, c. Beach being co-owuer
with YOU III the PackSaddle Group OF Mining
Claims, situated i'll the Mountain View Mining
District Esmeralda County Nevada named and
described as the Green Mountain Green Mount
ain Fraction, Green Mountain No D Packsad
die, Packsaddle Fraction, PaCksaddle No ? and
Big Swede; also the Gold King Group of Mining
Claims, situated in the Walker River Mining
District Esmeralda County. Nevada and named
and described as the Gill Edge Bell Boy No ,
Golden Edge and Good ore have expended i'm
labor and Improvements ON the above described
mining claims, during the year 1910, the sum OF
SlIoo; that the said labor and imp ovements as
done and performed is the ANIMAL assessment
required by law and was in amount 500 for
each OF the above described claims as evidenced
by proof of labor made by ID. c Beach now ON
hle and ct record in the office of the County Re
eordei OF said Esmeralda County, Nevada to
which YOU are referred.
You Will therefore take notice that your PRO
portion OF the expense incurred and improve
ments made is $500, now due and owing and
that the same was necessary to hold said CLAIMS
under the provisions of sec. 1924 of the Revised
Statutes OF the United states and il YOU fail and
refuse tor period OF 90 days after the first pub
hcation OF tins notice iii THE NERINGroN TIMES
To contribute your proportion of such expendi-
ture as a co-owner in said property. your inter
est III SAID claims will be forfeited and become
the property of your co-owner as in such cases
made and provided by the Statutes OF the United
States
Ierngton, Nevada January as ,9t.
IA, I. BEACH
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
To Reduce Express Rate

Some time ago the farmers and cream
cry people of this district and other sec
tons of the State made complaint to the
Railroad Commission regarding the
charges by Wells, Fargo & Co. on hand
ling cream and butter and other cream
cry products. The matter was taken up
with the corporation by the commission
Word has been received by the commits
sion from WellsFargo that a material
reduction i'll charges will be instituted as
soon as the tariff sheet can be adjusted.
~ Cool beer at the l.. & l.. If
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20

~ Cool beer at the l.. & L. If
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
Application No. 1895
Notice of Application for Permission to Ap-
prOpriate the Public Waters of
the State of Nevada.

Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day OF
April 1911, in accordance with Section IS, Chap
ter MIMI, of the statutes OF 1900, one NJ l.
Ward, of sacramento County OF Sacramento.
and state of California, made application to the
state Engineer of Nevada for permission to an
propriate the public waters of the State OF Ne
vada. such appropriation is to be made from
subterraneau water of Willow Creek AID sur.
face and subterranean water of first canyon
south oil Willow Greek, at points at the center OF
sec 30 T. II N, r. q r., NJ. D. b. 4 NJ by
means of tunnels i'll both canyons thence by
hume to point of diversion, thence by flume to
point of use, and four cubic feet per second is to
be conveyed to points VIZ SWA sec %, Eh
SEA Sec 20, T. - n, X. % T.. NJ d.. < Nj
by y'eans of tunnels and fumes and there used
for rigation and domestic purposes Water
not To he returned to stream
Signed w, NJ. KEARNEN
State Engineer
First publication Apr, IS, IoII
Last publication May IS, IslI.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
Surveying Party Arrives

Eight or nine students of the Univers-
ity arrived here yesterday with their
camping outfit to do some practice sur
veying at the Bluestone mine. They
are under the instruction OF Horace F.
Boardman, Professor of Civil Engineer
ing at the University. The boys were
taken up to the mine by Snyder, of the
Pioneer Stables. and will be there for a
couple OF weeks OF more.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
Notice of Forfeiture.
YERINGToN, LYON COUNTY; NEVADA, }
March 2 1911

NdiCH 2, 1911
To c II. WISEMAN
You are hereby notified that we the under
signed, co-owuers with You in the Lucky Strik e
Lode Mining claim, in Mason Mining District
Lyon county, Nevada, have expended 500 for
the annual assessment work for 1910 on the
said claim. Reference is hereby made to the
Location Record of Lyon county, Nevada for
specific description of the Lucky strike claim
located by You and us. Under the provisions of
Section 2S24 Revised Statutes of the United
states and the Act amendatory thereof YOU are
hereby notified To contribute your proportion of
the said sum OF SIoo expended for annual assess
ment, towit: the sum OF $3.50, to your co-own.
ers at Nerington, Nevada, within ninety DAYS
of the service of tins notice on YOU, together
with the costs of this publication GA your midi
Vided one-third OF the said Lucky Strike Lode
claim will become the property of the subscrib-
ers, your co-owners. who have made the eN-
pendtures required by law, and to which YOU
have thus far refused to contribute.
Prepared for publication in the NERINGToN
TIMES, a newspaper OF general circulation, the
day in the caption set out and forwarded by reg
stored mail to you on March 4, 1911, the day of
the first publication.
MATTHEW GUTHRIE,
X. ID. SMITH, NJ. ID.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-20
+! MORN|NCSTAR CITY,
Do You Realize

That this is the proven bodies.
COPPER BELT RAILROAD
That this distributing point mining agricultural
That CT a business 100.
That residential lot S. monthly
That you will be issued warranty deeds
That again will Realty be cheap s
That the above statements UNGARNISIIED FACTS
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-02
EWyAEROPLANE
49, ADVENTURES
By
~ j. ARMSTRONG DRExEL
VI.-When a Man Takes to Flying

a circle to the left. and almost before
I knew 1t / was back at my starting
place and had stopped the engine.
Then Grahame-White explained to
me that q Bleriot always has tend
ency to steer to the left when 1t is
running along the ground. This is due
to the downward thrust of the propel-
Ter and the greater effect OF the air
pressure on one side than another.
After being instructed to steer with
my foot lever until got going at full
speed l started Off again. This time
at the first sign of pull toward the
left 1 thrust out my right foot and
headed her the other way. Once more
l had to do this. and then / attained
full speed and was able to keep on In
a straight line down the course.
Feeling with the utmost confidence
that the tying of the wheel would
make it impossible for me TO rise from
the ground. l had not the slightest
nervousness as to the outcome of my
journey. and l thoroughly enjoyed my
dash down that mile of level earth at
a rate of about thirty or thirty
miles an hour. But again 1 was des-
tined to great surprise-a surprise