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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
WHIRLING RAPIDS IN JAPAN
Waters of the Kozu River Afford At
traction for Voyagers Who Are
Seeking Excitement.

Most voyagers. says a writer in the
Wide World Magazine, are anxious TO
avoid rapids, w%hirlpools, and swift cur
rents. Yet in Japan passengers are
regularly taken through rapids of the
Kozu river just for the sake of the
excitement the journey affords.
For some distance this river flows
between steep banks beautifully cloth
ed in verdure. Being eooped up in a
narrow defle, the river gains consider
ably in speed, and presently 1t ~plunges
over a series of rocks. forming innum-
cradle rapids, whirlpools, and eddies.
To take a boat through these trou-
bled waters demands the utmost skin
and nerve. Some enterprising native
boatmen, however, conceived the idea
of running a boat through the rapids
as an attraction to sensatiOn-lOying
foreign visitors. Several times a day,
provided passengers are forthcoming,
the little boat braves the rapids. The
navigators are very skillful, as they
need to be, for the small craft is dash
ed this way and that, while the spray
of the troubled waters is sent flying
over the occupants. To say the least,
this boat journey provides nm exciting
thrill, and the boatmen reap quite a
good harvest.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
Queen Mary's Companion.

Lady Ampthill, who has been a mem
Der of the royal household for six
years, is a close friend of the queen,
and was in attendance upon her maj
esty during the recent royal visit to
the west of England, writes a corre-
spondent. A sister OF the present
earl of Beauchamp, her ladyship has
spent much of her married life abroad,
especially in India, where Lord Amp
thlll was for a period governor of
Madras. She proved an exceedingly
popular governors wife," and when
her husband was called upon to take
up the role of acting viceroy she as
sisted him to fill the position with
dignity and honor.
Among her personal treasures Lady
Ampthill values none more highly than
the gold medal of the Kaisar-i-Hind,
which was awarded to her in recogni-
ton of her public services in India. In
Bedfordshire, where her beautiful
home at Milton Ernest is situated,
Lady Ampthill takes an active part in
patriotic and charitable work.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
Very LARGE MoY Family.

Moy Hee, proprietor Of a chop suey
restaurant in st. Paul, recently re-
turned from a seven months sOjourn
In China, relates an exchange, where
he visited his aged mother and 275,OOO
relatives, all members of the great
Moy family, at Sun Ming in the prov
ince of Canton. While ne vas there
Moy's son was married and Moy en-
tertained 235 guests at a big hotel
there for three days, spending $4,000
for entertainment. From inquiries
made at Sun Ming, Moy learned that
his 275,O00 relatives were not prop
erly provided with educational facili-
ties. While many Of them were
wealthy, a large number could not af-
ford the SO a year a child for educa-
ton. Moy has undertaken to raise
the sum Of 100000 to build schools
and employ teachers in that vicinity.
He collected some of the fund from
rich Chinese members of the Moy ram
lily, and Moy Back Hin, Chinese consul
at Portland, Ore, contributed $4,000
to the fund.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
Alaska Women Pretty.

A visitor remarked about the good
looks of Alaska women, and the fact
that they dress with taste, says the
Anchorage Times. OF course, our
northern women are pretty. Why
shouldn't they be? They enjoy abso-
lutely pure air, drink water as fresh
as that from a mountain spring, get
plenty of exercise, and take an active
art in community affairs. They are
cosmopolitan the same as the men are,
and well read and well informed. AS
every one knows, there is nothing so
beautiful as good health. 1t is a JOY
even to see an Alaskan girl swinging
along with a free, firm tread instead
of the mincing step of her sister in
the states, who gives the impression
she is stepping on eggs. The Alaska
girl looks you squarely In the eye,
gives you a frank handclasp and is
sure of herself at all times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
CULTURE HERE BEFORE 1892
Did Civilization Come From Egypt to
American is the Question Now
to Be Decided.

Prof. Elliot Smith has been recently
developing in an extraordinary inter
esting manner the thesis that the pre-
Columbian civilizations of America-or
at least many important features in
those civilizatiOns-were not truly alb
original, but came in a cultural wave
from Asia across the Pacific ocean,
the original starting point of the most
remarkable characteristics being
Egypt, observes a writer in Science
Progress.
Professor Smith believes that the eX-
tremely peculiar culture of Egypt was
spread eastwards by mariners, mainly
Phoenicians, for several centuries after
b. C. 500. To quote the authors w
words, he thinks that "the essential
elements of the ancient civilizations OF
India (the pre-Aryan ~ciyilizations)'
Further India, the Malay archipelago
Oceania and America were brought In
succession to each of these places by
mariners, whose Oriental migrations
began as trading intercourse between
the eastern NJ. diterranean and India
some IlIle dlleT oOo D. - "hu eAA"' 'AN
highly complex and artificial culture
which they spread abroad was derived
largely from Egypt mot earlier than
the twenty-frst dynasty, but also in
cluded many important aecretiOns
from other sources, and that after
traversing Asia and Oceania, and be
coming modified on the way, the
stream finally continued for many
centuries to play upon the Pacific lit
toral of America, where it was respon-
sible for planting the germs Of the re-
markable pre-Columbian civilization"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
vlolIn las cyIIndrlcaI Body.

An entire departure from the con-
ventional lines of violin construction
has been made in an instrument for
which patents have recently been
granted to an Illinois inventor, Rob-
ert L. Yeakey. The body of the vio-
lin is cylindrical in form. However,
the sound post and bass-bar In a mod
flied form are necessarily retained.
The instrument is provided with a chin
rest, so shaped as TO be extended lat
orally while In use and of folding
against the instrument when not in
use.
The appearance of the violin is most
extraordinary, but II Is said that the
quality and volume Of tone is the
equal of that found In handmade vio-
Inns of conventional construction. The
peculiar form involves a simpliication
In the mode of manufacture and adj
mlts of instruments being made al
most wholly by machinery, while stilI
possessing excellent tone quality.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
He GAINED PREMIER'S EAR
Free Treatment, and Appealed
for Position for Sister.

Clemenceau. beneath his brusque,
%nasterful, sarcastic and oft-cuttlng
speech, and in aEite of the ~vitriollc
.haracter of his writings, possesses an
exceedingly kind and charitable heart.
He Is not rich. and therefore cannot
afford TO give away much. But he has
made a point, both when In office and
out of ii, TO devote a couple OF hours
each day to free medical advice TO the
poor, never %consenting 70 take a fee,
writes a Paris correspondent. His spe-
cialty is skin diseases, and his con-
sultation room Is always crowded with
poor patients. One day when last In
Office as premier, being in a hurry, he
instructed his servant to tell the last
batch of his male patients to strip in
his ante-chamber, so as to save the
time of the undressing In the consult
ing room. One by one they were rap
idly prescribed for and sem on their
way, until only the last remained. He
presented himself in due course In an
extremely decollete condition-without
a stitch Of clothing, and with every APP
p%earance of nerYOuSness.
M. lie President" he began, with a
low bow.
"Well, what Is the matter?" asked
the doctor-premier.
The man stammered ina~rticulately.
"Comel Come" exclaimed Clemen-
eau with Impotence. "Out with it,
Your skin seems perfectly healthy. l
can see nothing wrong"
'"There is nothing the matter with
me-" said the poor man at last, recoy-
ering his voice, "but-I don't knOw-it
is all strange only came to ask you.
M. lie President, for your powerful in
fiuence with the government to procure
for my widowed sister a place as post
mistress at Clermont."
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
HEAD AND BRAIN 1T HOUSES
Thought Machine Should Be Kept Well
Oiled and in Good Condition for
Duty 1t Must Perform.

Every boy has a head topside his
neck. This head was not put there
by accident, nor as ornamental brio
a-brac, say The American Boy. OF
course, the head, being equipped with
Il face, is useful as a means of identi-
fcation, but if that was all it was
good for what would be the use of
identifying you? Nobody would care
a rap whether you were Pete or Jim
or the kid that lives over the bakery.
The real purpose of the head is to
be a packing case for the brain, and
tire brain is a machine for the manu-
facture of thoughts. So you want to
learn how to run it and how to keep
it clean and well oiled. You want to
learn how to use 1t, no matter what
up-in an emergency just as
well as in a contest to guess how many
beans there are in a jar. There's a
heap of difference between thinking
and the sort of product a lot of folks
brains turn out. One brain that can
think is worth a hundred arms strong
enough to lift a heifer. That's why a
general is more valuable than a great
many thousands of soldiers, each one
of whom could probably lick him beau
tifully in a fist fight. It's because he
can think.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
Hydrogen.

The lightest known gas Is hydro
gen.. The decomposition of water by
electricity yields this gas. 1t may be
generated by the action of hydro
chlOric acid upon zinc, forming zinc
chloride and liberatlng the hydrogen
which the ~hydroehloric acid contains
When a piece Of sodium Is dropped In
to water, the gas which comes off Is
hydrogen. This is too expensive for
commercial purposes. The action Of
warm sodium h%ydroxide upon alum
inium causes the evolution of hydro
gen from the sodium hydroxide and
the formation of aluminium hydroxlde.
The first method given is the cheapest
and the one most generally employed
for obtaining hydrogen.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
FROISSART AND HIS HISTORY
Sir John cleverly Wiggled Out Data
From the Various Errant
knights Of 1857.

Years ago.. when / was a small hoy
7 came 10 bracket Sir John Froissart
with Tacitus, -personages who recorded
duh historical facts in needlessly dif-
fcult language. OF the two | disliked
Froissart the more, for he wrote in ar
chaic Norman French, to which the
dictionary often offered no clew, says
a writer in the London Times.
OF course | have recast these opin-
ions. but so many years have passed
since I read and really enjoyed the
cheerful Halnaulter's ambling through
the history of his times that his book
and its theme were dim in my memory.
What remained vivid enough was the
recollection of his method, for seldom
has historian gathered material in
such wise. Bidder by his MASTER
Count Robert de Namur, to write a
record of "the wars" young John
Froissart saddled n gray nag. whistled
up n useful white hound, which could
always be trusted to add a hare or
a rabbit to the pot, and set off on his
travels.
On the roa~ he would fall i'm with n
knight or man at arms, and worm out
of such a chance companion the stories
of their prowess. At evening, In hos
telry, monastery or feudal castle, in re-
turn for his own lively yarns, he would
be told others. Bit by bit he built up
a wonderfully accurate narrative of
events in Flanders. in northern France
and in England. He wrote his history
L., IDE-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11

The Russian bureau in New York
says that Russia is sound at the core.
The trouble is that Germany seems
to have got the core.@LRochester
Post-Express.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
Limit Reached.

II understand the baker Is going 10
put up the price Of bread" "\Nhy
doesn't he increase the size Of a loaf?r
He can't. If he puts any more gas
into II it'll so up like a balloon"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11
chance for Discovery

When a man begins to brag about
himself 1t is a sign that he has dis
covered that the world hasn't diseov-
cred how good he really Is.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-11

Save money. Invest in War Savings
Certificates and save American lives
lover there"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
NOTICES TO BIDDERS,
T TO BIDDERS.

Bids will be received until 2 pm,
Friday, Nov. s, 1918, by the Memphis
Artesian Water Department, at the
Goodwin Institute building, Memphis,
Tenn, for coal handling machinery.
1900 tons of run Of mine coal Is to be
annually unloaded from hopper cars,
and distributed in the coal rooms.
Blue prints showing plans and cross
section of the coal room, n specifica-
tjons of general requirements may be
obtained from the general superintend-
ent.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
WRIT j. WILLS,
General Superintendent Memphis Arte-
sian Water Department,
Memphis, Tenn.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
TRUSTEES SALE

Default having been made in the
payment of the debts and obligations
secured to be paid in a certain deed
Of trust. executed the 10th day Of
March. 1914, by Pearl G. Cooper and
husband, G. P: Cooper, to the under:
signed as trustee, as same appears Of
record in the office of the register of
Shelby county. Tennessee, in book 500.
page 5ST, and the owner Of the debt
secured having requested the under
signed to advertise aid sell the prop
erty secured BY said deed Of trust. all
thereof, at the option of the owner.
J this is to give notice that we will, on
: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81. 1918,
southwest corner OF the courthouse.
Memphis. Shelby county, Tennessee.
and at the Adams avenue entrance
thereof, proceed to sell at public out
cry to the highest and best bidder for
cash, the following described property,
to-wit:
Situated In Shelby county. Tennessee,
as follows:
Lot No, 20, as shown on recorded
plat Of Merriman Park subdivision, In
plat book No. 4, page 10S, registers
office. Shelby county, Tennessee, and
described by metes and bounds as fol-
lows:
Beginning at a point in the north
line Of Carr avenue four hundred and
eighty-six and seven-tenths 4S6,7l
feet east of the east line Of Cleveland
avenue, and running thence east with
said north line Of Carr avenue sixty
(6O) feet: thence north and parallel
with Cleveland avenue m hundred and
forty-one and 'four-tenths l141.4) feet
to an alley; thence west with the south
line of said alley sixty (60) feet; thence
south and parallel with Cleveland ave-
nue. one hundred n forty-one and
four-tenths (141,4) feet to the point OF
beginning.
All right and equity Of redemption,
homestead and dover waived in said
deed of trust, and the title Is believed
TO be good, but we will sell n convey
only as trustee.
This Sept. &c. 1918.
BANK OF COMMERCE & TRUST co.
Trustee.
By S. ]. SHEPHERD. Trust officer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
LEGAL NOTICES.
TRUSTEE SALES

TRUSTEE SALES.
teen (215) feet to the point Of beginning,
All right and equity of redemption,
homestead and dover waived in said
to be good, but we will sell and con-
Vey only as Trustee.
BANK OF COMMERCE G. TRUST CO.,
Trustee.
BY S. ]. SHEPHERD, Trust officer.
A. B. Knipmeyer, Atty.
This nctobar % 1910
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-14
CAPITAL CAN'T HOUSE
WAR Time THRONCS

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE ex-
traordinary war population OF the
national capital, it is estimated, will
reach such proportions by January ]
that unless steps are taken to pro-
vide housing, about 1900 persons
will have no place to live. Figures
presented today to the House commit
tee working on housing bills show
1888 persons are expected to come
here by July / and that the number
will grow to 31,575 by December 81.
Half this number can be cared for By
Improvement of existing property.
Lieut. John NJ. Register of the Naval
Reserves, whom Secretary Daniels
selected to write technical history
OF the navy in the war, has found the
cost of living here too great and given
VI his assignment Lieut.. Register
was appointed from Texas. For a
long time he was connected with the
School of Journalism of the North
Carolina University at Raleigh.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-14
TURN HAIR DARK
WITH SAGE TEA
If Mixed with Sulphur
Darkens so Naturally
Nobody can Tell.

The old-time mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur for darkening gray.
streaked and faded hair is grand
mothers recipe, and folks are again
using 1t to keep their hair a good.
even color, which is quite sensible, as
we are living in an age when youth
full appearance is of the greatest ad-
vantage.
Nowadays, though, we don't have
the troublesome task of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home.
All drug stores sell the ready-to-use
product, improved by the addition of
other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" 1t is very
popular because nobody Con discover
1t has been applied. Simply moisten
your comb or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time; by morning
the gray hair disappears, but what de-
lights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound, is that, be-
sides beautifully darkening the hair
after few applications, it also pro-
duces that soft lustre and appearance
of abundance which is so attractive.
This ready-to-use preparation is a de-
lightful toilet requisite for those who
desire a more youthful appearance. It
is not intended for the cure, mitiga-
ton or prevention Of disease.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-14
GLASS Of SALTS
CLEANS KIDNEYS
III your Back is aching or Bladder
bothers, drink lots Of water
and eat less meat.

When your kidneys hurt and your back
feels sore, don't got scared and proceed
TO load your stomach with lot of drugs
that excite theNkidneys and irritate the
entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys
clean like you keep your bowels clean,
by flushing them with a mild, harmless
salts which removes the body's urinous
waste and stimulates them to their nor
NAL activity. The function of the kid
neys is to filter the blood. In "a hours
they strain from it 500 grains of acid
and waste, so we can readily understand
the vital Importance of Keeping the kid
neys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take
n Tablespoonful in glass of water
before breakfast each morning for q few
days and your kidneys will act fine.
This famous Salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for genera
items to clean and stimulate clogged kid
neys; also to neutralize the acids in
urine 50 it no longer is source of irri-
tation, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
1ithia-water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep their kid
,neys clean and active. Try this, also
KEEP up the water drinking, and no
doubt you viii wonder what became OF
your kidney trouble and backache.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-14
FOUR-MINUTE MEN
SPUR TAX PAYERS

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Twen-
ty-five thousand Four-Minute Men will
start out tomorrow on a nationwide
cameaign to impress upon the Ameri-
can public their patriotic duty to file
their income tax return promptly and
pay their taxes. The period for filing
ends April /. Taxpayers have seven
teen days, counting Sundays, in which
to comply with this provision of the
law The penalty for failure is a fine
of not less than 500 nor more than
ST 600 and an additional assesessment
of the amount due.
The Four Minute Men will appear
in theatres, moving picture houses and
at public gatherings. Special meet
ings will be held by chambers of com
merce, boards Of trade, Rotary clubs,
luncheon clubs and business organiza-
tions to hear the addresses. Don't
delay, is the warning that will be
given by the speakers. Taxpayers
will be urged to protect themselves
and aid the government by being
prompt. 1t will cost the government
money and trouble to hunt doyn the
man who lodges the income tax, but
the word has gone forth from head
cuearters that this will be done. The
Stacker will receive no leniency.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-14
Soldiers and Sailors Get Comfort.

That makes them fit for the hard work
in camp and trenches, at sea or on
marches, by using Aliens Foot-Ease
the antiseptic powder to shake into
the Shoes 1t takes the friction from
the shoes and freshens the feet. Al
lens Foot-Ease has been the standard
remedy for % years for relief of cal
louses, tired, aching, sweating, swol-
len feet, and makes tight shoes feel
easy. The Plattsburg Manual advises
tie use of Foot-Ease each morning.
Try it today. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-14
GERMANY MUST BE CRUSHED,
SAYS HENRY VAN DYKE

SAVANNAH, Ga, March 14-Ger-
many must be crushed at all odds &C
cording to Henry Van Dyke, author
and diplomat, and former United
States minister to Holland, who visit
ed Savannah this week. Mr. Van
Dyke has been commissioned a chap
lain in the u s. navy and has the rank
of nant-commander. He is visit.
ing the various naval training sta
tons in this section of the country
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-14
Long Sea Voyage Planned.

SAVANNAH, Ga, March 14.-Capt
William G. Raoul, owner of the
schooner NJ A. Batson with which he
went through terrific herricane re-
Gently, now plans a 1000 mile trir
from Savannah to Barbados via South
America. He will leave Savannah the
latter part of this month
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-14
HAVE SOFT, FAIR, CLEAR, BRIGHT
SKIN.
Use Black and White Sent by Mail
25e. Ageats Make An Easy Living.


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25c. Ag8ats Make An Easy Living.
Just try Black and White Ointment
(for white or colored folks. Apply as
directed on label, to face, neck, arms
or hands. II is very pleasant to the
skin an0 Las the effect of bleaching
dark, sallow Or blotchy skin, clean
ng the skin of risings, bumps, pimples.
lackheads, tan or freckles-giving You
q clear, saft, bright complexion, max
ing you the envy of everybody. Sold
on a money-back guarantee, only 25c
(stamps or coin sent by mail.
FREE.
If you send 81 for four boxes Of
Black and White Ointment, 25c cake
Of Black and White Soap, included
free. AGENTS make an easy living rep
rssenting us. Apply for territory and
special deal. Address Plough Chem
Ical Co., Memphis, Tenn. Write now
to-day-whiIe yen think about it.-adv