The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-06-21
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The Connoner, q weekly publica-
ton printed In Lincoln, Nebraska,
by William Jennings Bryan, has
been discontinued. The publication
was 20 years old.
A new cable, the largest ever laid
In the Atlantic, win be laid by
August 1. between New York and
London. The route will be from
New York to Nova Scotia, q dis
lance Of 1000 miles. From Nova
Scotia 1t will run to the Azores, APP
proximately 1850 miles. There it
will connect with q cable already
laid to Europe. }
The Bow River In Alberta Il 20
named because wood well suited for
bows grows on its banks.
German buyers are boycotting the
world-famed costumers of Paris.
The French designers admit that,
since the occupation Of the Ruhr by
French troops, the import Of French
models by Germany has dwindled.
Many Berlin firms are producing
their own fashions which they pre-
sent to the buyers by means Of
skillful mannequins.
At Tell-Nebi-Mendhi, in Syria,
q large city Of the Hittites, and at
Djibrail, the Phoenician Byblos, are
excavated fragments Of large build
ings and mummies which prove the
presence Of Egyptians in Syria dur
ing the third dynasty. These Egyp-
tan coionists exported from there
valuable varieties of wood.
Many japanese are going to
South America because Of the
American prejudice against them.
The press Of Japan is urging them
to take advantage Of the lenient
immigration laws Of the southern
countries.
A slogan Of the Zionist movement
is: LEAD the people without .
country to the country without \
people"
In the British Isles the buzxard
lays two eggs, but never more than
one bird Is raised, as the incubation
Of the egg commences from the mo-
ment 1t Is laid and the first bird
gets the lions share Of the food
brought home. When about four
days old it launches . violent at
tack upon its companion and kills it.
There are more than 800 distinct
kinds Of birds Of 50 families in the
United States.
Farming schools for women and
girls are now operating in Germany.
The pupils are taught the household
and other duties which are the share
Of women on farms.
The movement from the farm to
the city last year is estimated by the
Of Agriculture to have
been approximately 100000 per-
sons.
In Austria paper money is now
by weight. A money market
rate in a Vienna paper quotes:
''Kronen: 10000 kilogram-.. OBS
0.37."
DIR. S. K. Mardis, head Of the
rural education Of Ohio State Uni
versity, at Columbus, said: "No
person, either native or foreign-born
should be permitted to vote until
able not only to read and to write
the English language intelligently,
but until they have . well-grounded
knowledge of our government and .
patriotic conception of the true
spirit Of the free institutions Of
America"
Since prohibition became effective
in the United States exports Of Irish
and Scotch whisky from Great Bril-
tain to various West Indian islands
OH the American coast and to Mexico
has increased 1000 per cent, ac-
cording to figures compiled by the
Commerce Department.
Rubber is now being transported
to this country from the East Indies
in the form Of latex, instead of in
the blocks and sheets known to the
trade since the beginning Of its his
tory. Tank cars for latex will soon
be a familiar sight on the railroads.
Latex is the white sap of the rubber
tree from which rubber is made. By
the use Of ammonia the product Is
without risk of hardening.
During the first week of each
New Year one can see in the older
parts Of the Japanese cities groups
Of men and women in q praying at
titude, waiting for the rising of the
New Years sun. This religious
is called the Hatsu-Hinode.
The Mexican Government con-
siders dictionaries as advertising
matter and levies an import duty on
them.
The Temple Of the Goddess of
at Asakusa, Japan, has
yearly house cleaning. Buddhist
priests clad in gray and using brooms
Of fresh bamboo leaves clean the old
temple and dust the idols. These
brooms are afterward burned in the
Holy Fire Of Invocation" which
also chases away evil spirits. The
Asakusa temple dates from the thir-
teenth century.
The ubiquity Of the common
heterogeneous, whether in the tor
rid zones or in the Icy north and
south, is phenomenal. Samples coli
lected by explorers contain many
species Of bacteria. In pre-
vious untouched soils and in the
Of the intestine Of arctic
animals, Is found . mstley group Of
bacteria, yeasts and molds. most Of
them familiar to rs Of the more con-
taminated zones. There il NO escape
from bacteria.