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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25

1t is an extraordinary fact that v
when deaths from accident are includ-
ed, the rate of mortality among miners
of Great Britain is materially lower
than that among any other big class
of labor, except agriculturists, and APP
preciably lower than the average rate
of mortality among males. This fact
was discovered by Doctor latham,
while acting as superintendent of sta
tistics in the office of the registrar gen.
eral. Doctor latham points out that
while the risk of fatal accidents among
the coal miners is much greater than
among other males generally, their
risk of death by disease is much lower.
being 1876 per cent less than all occu-
pied males, and 23.2 per cent less than
that of all males. While coal miners
appear to suffer more than the aver
age mortality from bronchitis, they
show marked immunity from cOnsump-
ton, their mortality from that disease
being less than half the average. From
diseases of the nervous system their
mortality is Is per cen lower; heart
disease, 10 per cen lower, and from
disease of the liver, 10 per cent lower
than among all males.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
ExPLAlNS LAUGH OF BABIES
We Come into This Wer.I - Sorrows
VIZ -.'ous Sense
or Humor.

The human love of nonsense is a d.
vine mystery. We have often heard
pessimists declare that we come into
the world weeping. 1t is truer, l think,
to say that we come into 1t laughing
For laughter in a baby seems to be its
first conscious apprehension of some
thing outside its small needs and pains.
1t may cry merely because a pin is
sticking into it, but it laughs because
already it sees something that makes
1t laugh, it knows not why, something
that catches the eye or ear and seems
irresistibly funny to it.
There is nothing more mysterious
than a baby's sense of humor. 1t fire.
quently loses it as it grows up, together
with the other trailing clouds of glory.
but most babies are born with it. To
satisfy it nursery rhymes were Invent
ed, and to satisfy the same instinct in
grown people The Hunting of the
Shark" that Incompatible classic,
came into being. and Caverly and Gil
bert and Lear stood on their heads, so
to speak, and performed such verbal
antics before high heaven as must
have made the very angels laugh.
When the Owl and the Pussy Cat,
having dined on mice and slices of
ounce, "hand in hand, on the edge of
the sand" "dance by the light of the
moon," there is something which, as
Stevenson was fond of saying, delights
the great heart of msn. But, of course.
with these modern artists of nonsense
there is usually u deliberate attempt at
the grotesque and the absurd. We
know why we are laughing, but with
tho oId-fashioned rhymes of which l am
chiefly thinking, we laugh-or, for that
matter, cry, perhaps-without having
any reason to giye.-Richard lie CALI
enne, in Harper's Magazine.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
WHERE TO LOOK FOR WIFE
Writer, and Mark Just How
She Buys.

A good housewife will look at least
two square meals ahead of her nose.
The modern system of marketing dur
ing the high cost regime is such a fine
art that a youth contemplating matri-
mony should HE to the market place
for selecting a bride. My boy, Zim
advises in Cartoons Magazine, when
you see a maiden pinching, smelling
and pricing a soup bone, you may rely
ON her sense of economy, for she is
looking forward not less than two
meals. The soup bone, when cooked,
is merely food in the rough or primi-
tive state. Its choicest b%y-products
are realized after bouiIlOn stage.
Thereafter comes gOulash, the GRO.
quotes and the luscious hash. BY all
means avoid the girl who orders choice
cuts of porterhouse or English mutton
chops. She will not make a good help
mate. But the girl VINO selects the
chuck or neck pieces or the tail end Of
q ham bone, and renders them into
dainty, palatable dishes is the one you
want. So take my advice and seek the
market place when you feel that you
have had your fill of bachelor loneli-
ness and wish a taste of wedlock. Fol-
low such a girl around until you are
perfectly satisfied, then nail her.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
Possible to Be Too Ahrunt.

1t is said that W. S. Gilbert, the
English dramatist, when he called on
his friends, always made a quick exit.
His alert temperament was evidently
opposed to dawdling. He knew how
tedious lingering farewells could be.
Now and then one meets some n
of his kind, alert, definite, c%onsiderate
of others and of himself as well.
But, of course, in this regard 1t is
possible to overdo. There are those
who leave so quickly that they create
a sense of abruptness and possibly of
concern as well. Their departure may
be followed by such remarks as why
did he leave in that way?" or could
she have been hurt about anythingT"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
lNvALlDS HAVE DONE MUCH
Comfort for suff"~era ~ stories OF
Careers c. - Authors and
scientists.

Those who are afflicted with ill-health
may derive some comfort from the
statement. quoted in a recent book on
"Suffering and the War" that Cole
ridge claimed that the greatest works
of the nineteen centuries were all
written by men of feeble health-Sptn-
oza's Ethics Bacon's Novum Ut
ganum.' and Rants 'Critique of Pure
Reason" AS another instance of the
triumph Of the spirit, Sir Isaac New
ton, it is stated. according 10 London
Tft-Bits. was a most unpromising child.
with a frail body and poor eyesight.
"He showed no aptitude for study, and
was first melted by the desire to get
ahead of a boy who kicked him."
Another great writer who accom-
plished much despite the hanCicap Of
poor health was Herbert Spencer. Like
Newton, as a boy he WIS backward In
his studies. A new life of Spencer by
Hugh Elliot says: "He was very back
ward as a boy in the ordinary subjects
of childrer's lessons. Morally.
he was extremely d~isobedient and con
temptuous of authority" At thirteen
'he found the discipline (of his school
more severe than he cnred about, aud
ran away home to Derby again, walk
ing 49 miles the first day" Yet as a
man, without money, without special
education, without health, he produced
IS large volumes Of philosophy and
science of many diverse kinds, pub
lished a variety of mechanical inven-
tions. and on endless other subjects,
great and small, he set forth a prOfu-
sion of new and original IDEAS"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
Not v

An English, Irish. and Scottish sol.
der were returning to camp after a
stroll. They We're footsore and tired.
and a kindly farmer on his way home
from market gave them a lift on the
road.
The soldiers We're very grateful and
wished to reward the farmer for his
kindness.
Said the Englishman: Lets stand
him a drink 7"
Sure" said Pat, 'that Is agin the
law. Let's give him some baccyi"
"Hoot, ma laddiesl" interIected the
Seot. Don't be extravagant. Let's
shake hands with the mon and wish
him good nicht,-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
NOT so
SURE NOW

On the first day of the great Ger
man drive, the congratulatory dis
patches dictated by the kaiser, his
princes, his staff officers, and his in
domitable generals were unqualified.
On the second day they were less
positive. On the third day they made
some reservations. On the fourth day
they began to refer to heavy losses,
and, while still congratulatory, they
are now daily becoming less and less
enthusiastic. This recalls the YER
sion given by Robert Burdette of the
dispatches sent out by the chairman
of the National Democratic Committee
of the United States, following the
presidential election of 1876. "Tilden
is elected; illuminated" read the first
telegram. "Tilden is undoubtedly
elected, Notwithstanding contrary
claims; go ahead with illuminations!'
read the second. "Tilden is unques-'
tionably elected; prepare for the cele-
bration, but wait until you hear from
me- read the third. Finally, late in
the night. came this: "'Tilden is elect
ed, but postpone illumination for the
presentA[Christian Science Monitor.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
WOMEN Drawer THAN MEN

Women often do their daily tasks in
home, office or factory while suffering
pain and misery that would put a man
IN bed. However. much of women's
suffering can be alleviated. Backache.
sore muscles, stiff joints, rheumatic
pains, dizziness and like symptoms
re caused by disordered kidneys and
bladder. Mrs. Thos. Davis, Montgom-
cry, Ind, writes: Il doctored several
Months without relief, when | COM
neneed using Foley Kidney pills, aud
cot relief. Eight bottles cured me.
safe, harmless; quick results. For
sale in Winnemucca by Eagle Drug
ompany.-LAdvertisement.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
Formation and Color.

The iridescence of nacre, or mother
o~f-pearl, is a matter of form and not
actual color. In fact. all "changeable"
colors are more or less the result Of
form ever where there is fermentation
beneath, such as In certain ribbed silks.
When sunlight bears directly upon
finely ribbed metal, as a file, there is
the same play of colors.
In the case of mOther-of-pearl an In
~teresting experiment has been made.
An impression of the pearl was TAX
en- upon pure white wax. 1t was then
found,that the apparently smooth sur-
face of the pearl had still sufficient
Irregularities to impress upon the wax
a surface that resulted in similar color
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tarrisse.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
IS 1T
TRUE?

Discussing the "bullet-proof jobs
held by non-combatant holders of
commissions in the military service,
the Chicago Tribune very appropri-
ately remraks that though Col.
Roosevelt was not allowed to go to
the front, all his sons are there, while
the administration has not a repre-
sentative" 1t is difficult to believe
this accusation. Members of the
cabinet have relatives in the military
service. Is it true that not one OF
them is standing shoulder to shoulder
with the four Roosevelt boys?
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
Regret Interference With Nature.

Australia is regretting the laws
passed some years ago ordering the
slaughter of hawks. owls. carrion
crows or other birds that prey on
young animals and birds. says a sgd
ney dispatch to the Cleveland Press.
These have now been almost wiped
out. with the result, as described by
a recent writer, that decaying bodies,
numerous on sheep farms, have been
left to be demolished by the larvae of
blowflies, which have now increased
to such an appalling extent as to
threaten the sheep on the runs with
destruction. the animals becoming
''fyblown" and eaten up alive by this
dangerous pest.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
Paradise and Willow Point Line

Leaves Winnemucca (and opposit,
oints) daily. except Sunday. at 7 a
n. for Paradise. Willow Point ant
Jay stations. rs lbs. baggage allow
a.. &c ID. for excess.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
McDermitt-Nationa Line

Leaves Winnemucca land oppOsit,
oints) daily, except Sunday. at 7 a
T., for MeDermitt National and way
tations.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
dangerous pest.

If you don't come across, the kaiser
will. Buy a Liberty Bond.
Invest in Liberty Bonds and save
American lives "over there"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25

Sometimes il looks as If the Boil
sheviki government has adopted de-
lirlum treemns Is its national policy.
News
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
Fashioned.
AUTOMOBILE STAGE LINES

Office and Garage. Sixth and Melai
key SITS. Winnemucca. Phone 46.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25

Want ads cure any wants times. soc.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

people in Germany had become apa- thetic. Being unable to puzzle out the real facts of the war, they had stopped trying to think at all.
 "A breeding fear has settled over the German masses" wrote the Am stcrdam correspondent of the New York World q short time ago. They have grown utterly indifferent"
 Another writer says: They have become so dulled that they pay no more attention to the clash of arms than they would to the ticking of n familiar clock"
 This stodginess of mind has been largely caused by the intellectual barrier which has been built up around Germany by the imperial cen sorship Real news has been reach ing the people not at all. or only in q doctored and falsifed form. Not until the great wall of silence around Germany has been battered down will tEe Teutonic people reawake to take a place in the world of enlightened nations.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

ne both of which make them ttIe atracte to he They also the has large drill halls They me review of 1000 tackles drill hail. and evident that of great advantage for needed training large bodies.
 Another difference difference the of the The really eighteen and twnwo and their naval form they looked like cadets of preparatory school They discipline could They needed instruction sautng well able the older to withstand long addresses, and thought discovered little more among themh did among the drafted
 should amended authorize the president to increase the army 15O0O0o with the coor nerc and should lay foundations abr to make that inevitable
 apne artillery and other instruments of are nece sary in should increase the supply far permit the end this other must be should look forward with large vision provision strengthen aes confidence enemies of determination to the victory
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

sized bomb to throw in q dug-out, or demOlish machine gun, together with the Huns operating 1t.
 The effort to separate Liberty bond holders who are not familiar with stock and bond values from their Lib erty bonds has taken new turn. The manipulators, instead of offering to buy the bonds at inadequate prices. offer in exchange for them stocks and bonds of various wildcat corporations, the face value of which Is large but whose actual value is little or noth- ing
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
WHAT YOUR LIBERTY BOND
 WILL DO

If you buy a $l00 bond of the Fourth Liberty loan you are lending the United States government money enough to feed soldier in France a little more than seven months. Or you have furnished enough money to give him complete outfit of winter and summer clothing. including shoes and stockings, and slicker and over coat and blanket. with enough left over to arm him with good revolver. You have done that much to beat back the Hun.
 It takes $35 more to arm him with a rifle with bayonet on it, and if you buy q second Sl00 bond you furnish him this rifle and 1000 cartridges for it; and there will still be enough of your money left to purchase good,
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
THE COAL SITUATION

The coal question is largely mat ter of figures. That is, Italy produces no coal and turned to England to get it. France produced, in normal times, less than she used. Then she lost part of her mines and turned to England to get the balance. Those countries which produced food for England needed coal to carry their food to tide water, and, naturally turned to Eng land to get it.
 Then England, making the identical mistake that America Is now duplicat- ing with so much saEacity. drafted her coal miners into the army and began to lose coal production at the very moment when the call upon her was the greatest.
 England. having no other place to go has turned to America for coal. We must produce it or the world is going to run short.
 lt becomes, then, d simple matter ot Ils-tl v" iO iNil M Hat lIit coal tltudllDH really k. Those figures concern them selves with: How much does the world need? How much is America producing? What is the difference? That difference between supply and demand will tell the coal situation bet ter than could be done in volume
 Tl nf budget of the world Neither have we a dependable record Of American supply, because it is going up sharply one week and falling precipitately the next. However. We can come pretty close to it.
 The American budget calls for about 2,4O0 00O tons a day of all kinds of coal anthracite and bituminous combined The production of bituminous has twice been up to 2,l00,000 tons a day and the production of anthracite is pretty steadily at better than 30O,0O0, 900 tons day. Therefore, on two oc- casions the daily production of coal has eQualed the budget. Most of the time we have fallen short of the Amer iCan budget alone. We have a sizable deficit of coal staring us in the face unless it happens that the budget fig ures are wrong
 This takes no account whatever ot the foreign demand. This will meas ure easily 3OO,OOO tons day. Some of it will go to Europe direct. Other tonnagos will go to South America to move the crops to save us from the annoyance of having to supply much larger quantities of food
 So. at our best, we are short by 30O,0O0 tons a day of meeting the de- mand upon us for coal. Those are the figures. They are ugly. But bal ance sheets, which show in red. are never pleasant sights. We must look at this one squarely because it may mean that we will have to default in some of our serious war obligations obligations to supply material to men wEo are fighting at the front.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
A GREAT WALL AROUND GER
 MANY

Recent dispatches from the Ger. man cities indicate that the German people are becoming seriously wor- ricd about the conduct of the war If this is so, it is because they have been shaken out of their apathy by the reports of the allied advances. Until lately it seemed that the plain
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
Great Lakes Training Station Is Doing
 Tremendous Amount of Work B,wuIlAM HOWARD TAFT Former Prsden of tho United s...

It Is interesting to compare what the navy has done in its great cantonm"nt at the Great Lakes Naval Training station, north of Chicago, with the many cantonmcnts built and used by the army. The navy had 25OOO men to drill and train and this can- tonment was therefore about the size a little smaller than the average army cantonment.
 It is great permanent station, with accommoda- tions for 3O,OO0 to 35,OOO jackes in training The buildings are somewhat stouty built. They arc painted and constructed on somewhat different arch-
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

If you want to keep in touch with the worlds happenings you should subscribe for the Daily Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
CLASSIFIED Advertising

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The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

One of the Cleanest and most at. tractive places to eat is at the Frisco Cafe.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
First Essential.

How would you like to sign up with me for a life gamer" was the way baseball fan proposed.
 I'm agreeable" replied the girl, where's your diamond -Indianap- oils Star.
Mohave County miner., 1918-03-02
WILL BE NO MINE STRIKES

We are pleased to note the stand Governor Hunt has taken in the matter of threatened strike of the copper miners of the state. It given out that the miners were about to make demand for S6 for seven hours work. While this has been denied it Is possible that OGerman influence may stir up trOu- bIe and cause wOrkmen to go out for some trivial matter. But Governor Hunt has put the quietus on the matter by stating that he would ask the govern ment to take the mines in the event of such strike being pulled off, and at the same time all such camps would be put under martial law. Arizona copper miners are just getting about S6 per day for eight hours work and it would be foolish for one of the workers to try to change the condition What the state needs is every man capable of work ing doing his bit for the cOuntrys good If Germany should win the these workmen would be labOring every daylight hour for about 50 cents day. Good wages and the best government on earth should be worth working for.
Mohave County miner., 1918-03-02
A. NJ. MACDUFFEE, SUPERVISOR

This week A. NJ. MacDuffee, of Chloride, shies his castor into the political a candidate for su- pervisOr of the great county of MOhave. Amos Mac Duffee has been a resident of MOhave county for more than twenty years, and what is one of the big things in his favor he has been booster every min ute of that time. Not only has he boosted in public and private, but really believe that he would get up the stilly hours of night to put in good word for his home county And his boosting has been sub stantia having brought in of the large operat- ing companies, and helped dig from the depths many carloads of the base and precious metals He is pro- gressive believer in good roads, the advertisement of our vast undevelOped and the making of the county the most attractive place for habitatiOn in the state. He will make the on the DemOcra- tic ticket and we do not believe anything head him off from the election.
Mohave County miner., 1918-03-02
THE RUSSIAN MADNESS

After nearly two weeks of almost complete isola- tou communication has again been established with the Russian capital From the first intelligence to be released from PetrOgrad the world has learned that it's gravest fears concerning the internal af- fairs of the SIav empire have materialized
 Russia has gone stark, raving mad. Berserker is more fit form.
 The French revolution and the reign of terror ex- tended over a period of years The Russian people have compressed within the period of month al- most as much insanity, stupidity and tnghttulness as did the French in the whole of their up- rising.
 Just what kind of reasoning underlies the actions of reyoIutioniss it is impossible to analyze. To ex- plain why people who are starving burn down ele- yators filled with grain and kill and imprisOn the men of the country who until then were the only ones who had shown themselves capable of leader shin and direction not within the province of Ordi- nary minds.
 These are the tactics, however, to which revOu- tonsts invariably resort. They are the tactics em- pIoyed by the Russian peasants now that they have come into power.
 In their frenzy to right the wrongs, real and imaginary, which they have suffered from for cen turies they are tearing down the whole structure of government. They have left no branch untouched As result of the BOIsheviki simplifying the dl- yorce laws thirty-eight thousand applications for separaton were filed in less than 50 days in Petro- grad alone.
 The baroniaI class has been imprisoned by thou sands and bodies of soldiers go about the cities rob ping and despOing, not only the homes of the rlch hut the public buildings and churches. Pilage and loot are rampant throughout the eastern districts and ia all likelihood, the same conditions exist m the inlan-! provinces from which no reports have come.
 In 1SO5 when the Imperial troops sabered the peo- pe assembled before the winter palace cry of hor- rifed protest was raised in all the democratic cOun- tries Today, when this example is emulated by the Commissioners of the People," will their action be approved and condoned by their sympathizers abroad?
 Russia, long ruled by autOcratic czars who gov erned on occasion by of arbitrary violence, is now in the grip of ultra-revOlutOnary Obligarchy to whose members violence would seem to be much end a
 The Constituent assembly, in theory the supreme authority for the settlement of the future form of state was forcbly dissolved by the BOlsheviks The latter fighting for control of the government, trol of what remains of government. How long they will maintain their position is matter of cOniec- ture If TrOtzky proves himself leader, he may withstand the onsaughs of the dissatisfied factions which are sure to crop out around him. To do that he will have to be a despOtc leader. Idealists, par ticularIy if they are deasts first and rulers second never achieve their ends against the spirit of revOlu tiOn. At least they never have.-Albuquerque Citi- zen.