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son and his family.
ango County. Now York. and was the
daughter of the Rev. John Elliott, n
Baptist minister.
The Canadian home forfeited. Sam
ucl Edison located In Milan. whore hc
started in business.
Edison the boy attended school
just three month He was always at
the foot Of his class The teacher
declared him Ounce and gave him
up in despair He never went TO
school after that. Instead he studied
at home with his mother. and being a
great reader and lover of good books
he learned fast. His mind seemed
especially attracted 10 chemistry and
scientific matters
In the cellar OF his homo hc In
stalled small Laboratory" where
he could experiment with such chem.
icals ns he was able to buy. In 1859
EdiRon began selling newspapers on
tho trains of tho Grand Trunk run.
ming between Port Iurcu and Dc.
troit. He spent his sp2rn time bc-
tween trains in Detroit in the pubic
library and very soon he had install.
cd miniature "lHbOTatory" In tho
baggage car Of the train. which nc
cldcnlly ono awful day. act tn" car
aGrc and he was fnrcihly elected from
the train by the iraic conductor. so
ending his ncwshoy career.
When Edison arrived I'm New York
tho FIRST crude stock tic',ers opcrat-
cd by electricity wcrc hoinG Install.
cd. His experience as telegraph or
orator qualified him for employment
with the ticker company and there hc
began his wonderful career by i'm.
proving existing stock ilCkCrs and In
venting now ones About this time
he sold his first invention and i'm.
proved stock tIcKor for $4,000. II
was related by Edison himgclf that
he screwed up his courage to tho
point OF asking $4,000 for his invcn.
tion but when the fatal moment came
hc did not dare to ask for so much
an enormous sum, Instead hc asked
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A Triumph 0! Science

The repor. cs DR.. Simon Flexner,
head of the Rockefeller Institute,
that he has found the germ of infan.
tile paralysis, is of infinitely more
importanc than was the discovery OF
the North Pole. This terrible disease
which every year takes the lives of so
many thousand children, or racks
their bodies with pain and leaves
them twisted and ghrunkcn, has al
ways eTaded the efforts OF medical
scientists. A year ago Dr. Flezuer
announced that he was sure infantilo
paralysis was germ disease, and
believed he had succeeded in culti-
yating the germ, but never had been
able to see Il. now there il 40 doubt
left. lie has Isolated tho germ, which
Is inConceiyaly minute. and has made
It visible under high.power micro
scope. And by injecting animal with
his germ culture, hc has proved that
the disease Is transmissiblc.
More than that, he has discovered
the process Of transmission. The
germs enter the child's body, he says,
through the mucous membranes of the
mouth, nose or lungs. Knowing this,
tho doctors car proceed ihtollisontly
TO prevent tho spread of the disease
Tho next step will bo the discovery
Of serum or antoxin which will
counteract tho effects of the paralys-
Is germs in the system, or will by
render tho subject i'm.
mune from attack.
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NEXT LEGISLATURE.
STATE SENATE

~ = OGlNEN
Churchill. wv. \. Kcddle Q)
Clark Peter Buol CR)
Douglas. William Hussman QO
Elko. II. w. Heason (D)
Frank FerEald (R)
Esmeralda. DIR. B. +. Elliott CD
Emory Aarnold D)"
Eureka .....L. Il. Thatcher (R)
Humboldt. j. ID. Bradshaw Qnd ID
l.. n. Carpenter (D)"
Lander l.. 4. Lcmaire Qnd ~
Lincoln. Milton l.. Lee (RJ
Lyon. ......F. o. Sticlncy R)' E.
Mineral. IF. B. DalZar (R)
Nye. J. Seaman $500"
Zcb Kendall CD)'
Ormsby.....W. p. Harrington 90
Storey .....John Kenncy Cd
Washoe. III W. Huskcy Cd
James Gault Qnd ~"
White Pine.J. II. Fulmer (R)e
n. IL. Chaplin R)"
"IIoldover.
no = l.
Churchill. &c. T.. sherman (ID
j.. W. Ferguson QD
Clark. .....Ira Mcfarland Q)
J. +. BabcoCk CD
Douglas. James Kane Und r.
l.. SprIngmC. crGnd ~
Elko. Il. H. Winters (D)
Fred c. NO!Eht CD
Tracy Fairchild (W
J. p. McFnrlane CR)
y. &. Mcbride (B
Esmcralda. a. G. Walgh(D)
II. NJ. Rivcs CD
Walter Barring Cd
Harry WinsIow CD
Frank II. Evans (D
Eureka. Spencer Reynolds QO
Robert j. Reed R)
! umboldt. IS. X. YoUng (N P)
W. c. Pitt (N ~
G. G. Smith (N P)
". o. Babcr, ST. CD
c. u. Mackuy CD
Lander -. y. rate tD)
Roberts Pohl (D)
Lincoln. ....A. l.. Scott tD)
Lewis II. Bcuson CR)
Lyon. ......G. W. Fricdhori (D)
c. 4. Steele (S)
Mineral. James II. Taylor CD
Dr. c. T.. Whitcsidc(O
Henry c. SchmidtD)
Harry Mcnamara (R)
Clarence Kind (D)
ID. j. Fitzgerald D)
Il. +. Gilbert (R
Ornsby. ....W. +. Badly (D
Thomas LraTy (D)
Storey ..... Fred Craze CD
John DCwar (R
Washoc. ....Lutc +. White UD
Pat GcraElty CD
Al Blundell CD
William Murdoch (R
W. 5. Beard (lO
II. G. H"itdmann (R)
L. l.. Drarpo (D)
II. NJ. rcston CD
G. w. Waits (R
White Pine. Alex Baird (R)
G. w. DiCkCusOR Cd
Chas. u. Gallagher UO
William Goodman QO
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CONTEST likely
AT CARSON CITY
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

1t is reported that Judge Keith will
ask for a recount OF the ballots in
his fight for the office OF the justice
OF the peace. He was defeated for
the Office by King by six votes.
The board of county commissioners
canVassed tn election returns yester-
day and found the incorrect with the
exception of one instance in the sec.
ond ward where Holmes was creited
with five more votes than he receiv-
ed. The corrected figures should read
15S instead of 16S.
Controller Jake Eggers has return.
ed from Elko county, where he spent
election day. Jake admits his defeat
smilingly and states it is but the for
tunes of war that he was beaten by
a good man.-Carson News.
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How It Felt

An Irish maid In the service of i
Washington family recently sough.
permission of her mistress to take
an afternoon of for the purpose OF
consulting dentist Upon her re.
turn the mistress said:
well. Rosalie. did you have the
tooth illlcd?"
II did. mum"
and what did the dentist fill T.
with---gold or amalgam?"
81 don't know just what II was.
mum; but from the way II felt }
7hould think Il was thunder and
loightning. mum.".-Ncw York Am.
crlcan.
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WHITE SLAYER FROM
ELY IS BOUND OVER

VIM. G. Patras, indicted in Utah on
the charge of white slavery. had a
hearing before U. S. Commissioner
Boohcr this forenoon and was held TO
appear before the u. S. District
Court at Carson for Extradition. His
bail was set at $25OOO. which he fail.
cd TO give. He was then committed
to the Ormsby County Jail. Deputy
Marshal Karns left with him on No.
10 this afternoon.
He is charged with enticing wo.
man from Reed Point, Montana, to
McGill Nevada for the purpose of pros
titution and furnishing her with mon.
ey to make the trip.
-----O------
DIR. George l.. Taylor. OF Reno, is In
the city today.
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Robbins Leaves For Visit

John r.. Robbins, receiver OF tho
local land ONCE, loft today for Fal.
lon whore he will pay visit to his
friend. soratorcioct w. a. Keddic.
lie will be gone several days and viii
spend good portion Of his visit
quail and ducks.
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OFFICIAL RETURNS
OF ELKO COUNTY

The official returns from the Ft.
iIalicck precinct were returned cor.
rected this morning and the official
vote OF the county was announced
The county vote was not as large as
was at first though, only 2192 votes
being polled whereas it was thought
there would be at least 240O.
The county vote as canyassed and
announced by the county commission.
ers is as follows:
United States Senator
Miller. 1876.
Newlands. S24.
| Platt, .S4S.
Representative in Congress
| Fowler Sl2.
Roberts, S9S.
Seaman, 3G4.
| Justice of the Supreme Court
Coleman S51.
Curler, 112S
Governor.
Boyle 900.
Morgan. 3OS
Oddie, SS5.
Lieutenant.GoVernof
Burton, 359.
LoZano, 727.
Sullivan, 963.
Secretary Of State
Brodgan. Ills.
Holmes, 500.
State Controller
Cole, 70i.
Eggers. 1868.
State Treasurer
Mallcy 11O5.
Mcmillan, $40.
Surveyor General and Ex.omcio State
Land Register
Dcady. 1893.
Kyle. SO7.
Superintendent Of Public instruction
Abel, S94.
IIray 1856
Superintendent Of State Printing.
Farnsworth. 1i51.
Trimmer. 364.
.NttorreyGenerai
Mckay. 5Oi.
SpringmCycr. 43i.
Thatcher, 99I.
Clerk Of Supreme Court
Joscphs. 1917.
Inspector OF Mines
Richie $50.
Ryan. 727.
Stintson. 953.
Regent State University (Lone Term)
Lind, 2S1..
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BOTH HOUSES VILE BE
REPUBLICAN IN THE
NEXT NEVADA
LEGISLATURE
TWO NoN-PARTIsAN MEMesss
OF ASSEMBLY FROM HUM.
RoLDT G. o. p.
old-Timers Beaten In Contest For
Positions; Independents Are
Really With Old Parties
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

Results of last Tuesdays election
indicate that the Republicans will
have control of the senate Of the next
legislature and the Republicans, with
the aid of the non.partisan members
from Humboldt county, will organize
and control the lower house.
The senate will contain 10 mem
bers elected on straight Republican
ticket and these, with Louis Lemaire
OF Lander whose political afflitions
are Republican. but who was elected
on an independent ticket, and James
Gault of Washoe, who is a RepubIi-
can. but was elected as an independ-
en- will hold the balance of the now
er.
There will be nine Democratic SEN
ators and one Socialist, Scanlan of
Nyc county. who is a hold-oyer. OF
the nine classed as Democrats, one.
Bradshaw of Humboldt, was elected
as non.partIsan. At the outset of the
campaign the retiring senator's were
equally divided among Democrats
and Republicans, but the resignation
OF Senator Horsey, Democrat of Lin
coin county, gave the Republicans an
edge OF one. Horsey's seat was fill
ed by the election of NJ. l.. Lee. Re-
publican, OF Phoebe.
The assembly has the following
complexion. on the face of the re-
turns:
Republicans "a
democrats ................. 23
Non-partisans 3
Independents 2
All the nOn-partisan members were
elected from Humboldt county. Two
are Republicans and the third n Dem.
ocrat. They are S. r. Toung, Rep;
w. c. Pitt, Dem. and c. G. Smith,
Rep. The Socialist member is c. A.
Steele of Lyon County.
Leo Springmeyer of Douglas. cleo
ted rs Independent, is a Republican.
Kane of Douglas is an Independent
Democrat.
Three old-time state senator's were
defeated this year w. J. Bell, for
years the recognized Democratic lead
er In the state senate and present
Democratic nation committeeman,
was defeated by Bradshaw, running
as nOn.pnrtisan. Tom Dolf was de-
feated by w. a. Keddie as state SEN
ator from Churchill county, and Joe
Miller. without doubt the most famil-
lar and characteristic figure about
the state capital during legislative
sessions for many years, lost TO Louis
Lemaire of Battle Mountain.
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the company to make an offer md
when they offered tho price Of $4,000
tho size OF 1t nearly numbed his sen.
sos. At this time ho did not even
know enough about banking to get
the check endorsed and secured the
$4,000 In small bills. which he took
to his lodglns and sat up all night
10 watch Il for fear someone would
rob him.
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Ed II. Oldham. n prominent and
well.known resident. of North Fork,
ia registered at the Hotel Mayer.
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W. II. BallInger, OF Lamolllc, is
among tho outof.town visitors In tho
city today.
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G. s. Welland. n prominent rancher
and stockmon Of North Fork. Is in the
city for the day.
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Worden, 436.
Regent State University (short term
Barker $50.
Fletcher, so.
Henderson. 11O9.
Squires, 42O.
District Judge Fourth District
Taber, 1928.
State Senator
Hesson 1863.
Fernald. 961.
Riddle, 1874.
Van Fleet, 944.
Member Of Assembly
Booher, 915.
Fairchild, 1131. o..
Hale, S51.
HOlgate. 541.
Johnston. 800.
Mcbride, 916.
McFarlane. 944.
Schoer. 903.
Volght, 1924.
Winter, 932.
County Clerk
Hunter, 1917.
Russell. S57.
Sheriff
Harris, 1927.
County Assessor
Irown, $50.
V'eathers, 1884.
Cos nty Treasurer
lller, 1854.
Dis .rict Attorney
CIryille, 1856.
Rec order and Auditor
Greathousc, 1918.
Cot nty Surveyor
Frissell, 1874.
cotnty Commissioner (Lonu Tcrm)
l.orn, S5e.
Jones, 1887.
County Commissioner (sho-s
Gregory. 113s.
Patterson, 794.
Public Administrator
Duke, 1884.
Member County Board Of Education
Cazier. 1884.
Suffrage Amendent
Yes, 1161.
No, 700.
official Oath
Yes, 93i.
No, 372.
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Charles and William Toyn. OF IIyl.
ton, nrc IN the city for n short visit.
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The Alarm Clock

A resident of New York writes to
the Times: every morning between
the hours of 5 and o'clock, there are,
by actual count, seven alarm clocks
to disturb the rest of everybody in
this neighborhood of Riverside Drive,
as they surely must, for three of them
are not the tinkling sort, but veritable
gongs, and intermitten. Now, one will
scarcely believe that th<fr inconsid-
crate owners sleep through the first,
and sometimes the second, period Of
alarm before stopping the horrible
noise. Seven o'clock is my rising hour
and not late one, but every morning
/ am kept awake for two hours before
that time, for one clock no sooner
Gases than another lifts up it's hide
Gus voice."
Che writer of this protest will
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improved steadily within the past few
weeks, and with the successful OPEN
ing of the federal reserve system con-
ditions would seem propitious for the
opening of the exchange shortly. 1t
was to open Saturday but the opening
was postponed.
In Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago
and many western cities optimism
has been the rule for sometime. In
New York, this country's financial
center, conditions have been noticea-
bly, depressing; but now that New
York is cheered up the whole country
will feel better, because no large COM
munity is altogether unrelated to the
financial district of the great metrop-
oils.
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Great Soldiers Simple Life


Field Marshal Earl Roberts. affec
tionately known by the rank and file
of the British army as "Bobs," was
laid to rest in st. Paul's cathedral,
London, yesterday, beside Wellington,
Nelson and other famous fighters.
The government was ready to order
a great state funeral for the dead
hero, but Lady Roberts, in view of
the simplicity of her husbands life,
declined the proffered honor. The
obsequies, therefore, were devoid of
pomp. But the scene near the cathe-
dral was all the more impressive, for
hundreds of thousands of people, the
Associated Press tells US, gathered in
the streets, and stood with barred
heads in a cold rain as the cortege
passed. 1t was silent tribute of the
multitude.
In some respects Lord Roberts
called to mind certain of the great
commanders of our civil war. In his
transformations piety he was like Rob-
ert E. Lee and in the plainness of his
demeanor he was something like u.
S. Grant. Roberts had been COM
municant of the Church of England
since boyhood and it is told of him
that his Christian conduct was al
ways exemplary.
In these latter days one reads of
pastors of churches in England and
America deploring the fact that FAM
lily prayers have ceased to be the rule
in households that had once been used
to pious ways. But Lord Roberts was
one of those church members who to
the last conducted family devetions
whenever he was in his home. His
example may well be pointed to as
a model for husbands of the newer
generation.
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doubtless receive much sympathy in
his, or her, affliction. Any sort of
alarm clock is an abomination to the
person who has just grounds for be-
lieving that the early morning nap,
that sweet but all too brief period of
slumber which Immediately precedes
rising, is worth more than all the
other rest he gets. Certainly there is
an almost irresistible and universal
tendency to prolong it as much as pos
sible. Quite often, too, it comes upon
the heels of restless night and should
command the respectful attention of
physicians, as well as ones neigh
bors in general. Therefore the early
morning musician, the early morning
lawn-mower-in season, of course
and the keeper of an alarm clock is
apt to be unpopular. There is one
make of alarm clock noted for it's
strident tone and perhaps it is this
sort described above as "veritable
gongs."
The alarm clock is national in
stitution, symbol of progress and
first aid to success in life, but it
should be kept within proper bounds
and not allowed to run at large, so to
speak, at an hour in the morning
when most people are still in bed and
only the milkman on his rounds, or
the night reveler at the end of his,
are abroad. Few early risers really
sleep through the first period of
alarm" They simply lie in bed and let
the clock ring second time because
they hate to get up. Such people, we
think, should be regulated.
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The Suez canal was formally opened As
builder. and the Empress Eugene of
France began the voyage through the
canal on the "Aigle," followed by IS YES
sells of various nationalities. The trip
required three days. AT that time the
canal was shallow and narrow, SO that
vessels could pass each other only at
widely separated intervals and passage for
vessels drawing more than % feet of water
was impossible. Vessels with a draught
tedious because of the danger of ground
ing. However, the canal became at once
a great factor in the worlds commerce.
For the first time the great Indian store
house of wheat could be drawn on for
bread by Europe. Prior to that time, be-
cause of the weevil and the tropic heat,
it was impossible to ship wheat by way of
the cape. Ten francs per ton was the
toll charged, and although the canal was
"Sof W a i"i Sc huihbci VI NcSStlSi TIE
company operated 1t at loss for some
years. 1t was neutralized from the firsa
but in 1888 the principal powers of Eu-
rope met and formally ratified the neu-
trality, Great Britain reserving the right
to declare that this agreement should not
interfere with her control of Egypt. An
enormous sum was spent In improving
the canal Great steamers drawing 2s
and 80 feet of water can now pass through
1t iE 16 hours, either in the day or at
night. If the Suez canal had not been
considerably improved in the last 10
years it would have lost much of its busi-
ness to the Panama canal
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The South and the West

The grain growing west is enjoy
ing high tide prosperity. 1t raised a
record breaking wheat crop this year,
and wheat is bringing fancy prices.
All the crops of the west were large
and the total money value of
cereals, hay and beef cattle will be
the greatest in the history of that sec
ton. If the west should have a crop
failure in 1915, there would be no
suffering on that account, for the
farmers would be so far ahead from
the 1914 crops that one poor crop year
would not hurt them. But the prob
ability is that the west will make
bumper crops again next year and
still further add to the wealth of the
country.
The south made great cotton
crop this year, next to the high record
crop of 1911, but the European war,
which is causing the high prices for
the wheat of the west, has had the
opposite effect on the south's staple.
Still, the south will not fare so bad as
it was feared a month ago it would.
Had there been no war cotton would
be selling at &c to 10c perhaps. 1t is
now around 71sc and will go probably
as high as SC before Christmas, and if
the cotton acreage is greatly reduced,
as it should be, many a farmer who
holds part of his crop until next
spring will get something like 10c
for it.
What the south should do in 1915,
and will do, it is believed, is to give
more attention than ever before to
crop diversification. Alabama is as
rich in soil as any state in the union.
1t should not only raise all the corn
needed for feeding stock, but it should
be large seller of corn; likewise a
large seller of wheat, oats, hay and
fat cattle.
The lesson of the distressed cot
tom situation. will be profitable in the
end, for 1t will put the progressive
farmers of the south more than ever
on their mettle. The new year is not
far off, and everything points to 1915
as year of great promise to the
south.
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FAMOUS REPARTEE

From Harper's Weekly.
Recently we have been confessing to
liking for special repartees. Here are q
few more that meet our personal notion
OF that kind of witt
When Sydney Smith was advised TO
have his portrait painted by Landseer. he
asked.
eIs thy servant dog that he should do
this thing?'
The same Sydney Smith. who. you will
remember, was a clergyman, was In an
argument. His opponent, provoked, cried
out: IF 1 had son who was an idiot,
l would make him a parson.'
your father" replied Smith. was of
different opinion
A story is told of Henry Clay that is
also applied in earlier history to mem
Der of Parliament. A long winded MEM
Der of Congress said: "You. sir. speak
fol the present generation, but speak
for posterity.''
1T seems replied Clay, you are re-
solved to speak until your audience ar
rives +"
Also in this connection the following
comes to mind:
The Duchess of Gordon: 'HaveWou been
talking as much nonsense as usual, Mr..
Pitt?"
Pitt: Il am not sure, but l think that
since saw your grace have not heard
SC much"
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| remaining 70 per cent of the cases seem
to be in perfect order
As to the other aspects of military work,
the largest house in the village has long
since been transformed into a hospital
which still waits for patients. A promi-
nent lady among us is a trained nurse,
and the services of two other trained
nurses have been Professionally retained.
while the natural fervent desire of I'M
trained young ladies to bandage the dam
gerous wounds and soothe the foreheads
of guardsmen has been, so far as posi-
BILE. diverted to the humber channels OF
knitting, and so forth.
We are nervous about German raid.
We mhay-and we do-demonstrate to
ourselves the impossibility of even a
landing. Uselessl Instinct defes
reason. and we are still. nervous.
Apart from this irrational and unfound-
ed but excusable fear of a raid we are
certainly not nervous And. quite apart
from newspapers (Which we practically
eat in our eagerness), we have taken
measures to keep ourselves informed
about events.
About a fortnight ago we received the
following telegram in the afternoon:
Press bureau denies emphatically ru-
mors current of further naval disaster"
And we looked at each other and said:
What has London got on its nerves
now?"
Personally, ! think that London and
many other large towns have something
to learn from the eouanimity of English
villages amid the daily fuctuating terrible
episodes of the war.