Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-04-16
SeLLi.4 rOno N oo"l".Gn.
Always More cr Less Demand for
Them ct This season-Who the
Buyers OF the Garments Ara

The fnrs displayed III the $40"
window of the fur establishment
Nsys certainly handsome enough,
but when all The people walking
past In the street are attired IN
summer garb and wearing straw
hats, they seemed, il got out OF
place, AT least superiinons. for 1t
didn't sesm that ANYBODY conld
want 10 buy furs in July. says the
New York Sun. But il seems that
there are people who do, and there
are always more or Less furs sold
In suplmer,
1--WE sell far-lined cloaks in sum-
mer," the salesman said, ITO trav-
elers, for steamer and other use in
travelling, and the cloaks thus
bought purchasers use for car
riagf cLSaks on their return.
"W@selI ip sumner fnrs ofyari-
GUS kinds for regular winter use to
purchasers from various parts OF
81" country visiting New York, or
passing through the city in travel
ing, New York sells furs not only
to it's own people. but to people all
over the country, who come here
for fine furs just as they do for the
finest of everything else designed
for use or lpxNrM and SO visitors
or travellers here in summer buy
at thai season willie they are here
fine fnrs jnst as they would buy
fine jewelry or fine clothes.
'ADd besides such garments as
fnr-lined cloaks for travelling use,
we svi. also to city customers in
summer fpra for winter use. such
customers may he going abroad o.
10 their country homes. and they
buy fuys now and have them ready
wheR they want them on their re-
turn 20 the city.
atf they are going to Europe
they buy them here because here
ttcs can more conveniently be fit
ted, and here more conveniently
fer chem any changes or altcra.
tions can he made. And in sum.
lner, when we receive our stock of
skins, We have customers who
come IL ast to-buy garments but to
insEre our stock Of skins and to
select fsoW them the skins from
which they desire their garments
to bc made.
$50 in one way and another,
while winter is. to he sure. the
great season for selling furs. there
Is always some sale Of furs in sum.
mer.
"Of course, summer is the great
season for work on fur garments
in the way of alterations am. re.
pairS. all through the summer. and
whatever the weather, you will
find. In furriers' workrooms. men
and women husily engaged nj this
work; hut we als0 sell furs III this
season. We are liable on any day.
thoagh the thermometer might
say 90, to have customers looking
for furs."
The idea thai ge!d varies some
what in colc2 according TO the To-
cality in whien u 10 found il widely
prevalent amaHg lpiners and mon
ey changers asd handlers in the
gold producing districts. but such
notion is, on ihs authority Of ex-
perts at the Philadelphia mint.
wholly erroneous. says the Phila
delphia Record.
Pure gold =, that is gold with
out any alloy or other impur.
ity-is Of one unvarying, unchang-
ing color. Few people. however.
see such gold. Ali the gold of
commerce used either as money or
jewelry has alloy in it after it is
manufactured into the desired ar
ticle. Even THE nugget of gold.
which is sometimes quite page, Is
covered with dirt and stains on the
outside that cpnrral Its true color,
and all gold dust which is melted
at the place of Mining contains i'm
purities which go into the bar.
This is the reason why Mexican
gold. for instance. has a redder
tinge than that of California. and
the same is true whether it Is
u piece of money or of jewelry.
The red tinge is caused by the pres
fnce of copper and the paler tinge
by silver, and in the mlnts of the