The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-06
WORLD WIDE BITS
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In case Of bite from a venom
Gus snake far from hospitals and
doctors: Grasp the limb above the
bite. Tie tightly and knot strings.
This will localize the poison. Make
ten deep incisions with a sharp
knife or razor crisscross over the
snake puctures, five each way at
right angles which will result in a
checkerboard effect directly over the
fang marks. Suck out the poison that
does not come out with flowing
blood. In thirty minutes loosen
string but if poison effects follow
tighten string again. This must
all be done quickly.
A wild rubber plant, resembling
slightly the Texas greasewood bush,
grows In Texas. 1t is the only rub
reproducing plant known to grow
uncultivated in North America. 1t is
found in the Big Bend country of
both Texas and Mexico. There is a
rubber factory located in Brewster
County, Texas, which manufactures
rubber from this plant.
Twice within few weeks the
Imperial German flag has been
hoisted on Dutch soil, once at
Wieringen, when a yacht called
Hohenzollern flew it on the occasion
Of mysterious visit to the ex-
Crown Prince, and again over sea-
side villa in which the ex-Kaiser
was visiting. A prominent London
daily states that the ex-Crown
Prince is planning his escape to Ger
many, that he is in communication
with the German Nationalist, and
that he is popular among the ex-
soldiers.
When the sea birds gather on
the isles of the Pacific Northwest
in Alaska and British Columbia, in
June, the Indian follows the white
winged fiocks for his summer har-
vest of eggs. He takes only the
first and fresh-laid clutches, allow
ing the later eggs to hatch. But in
ternational law must be rigidly OBJ
served and the migratory birds are
protected in their nesting. There
may be some excuse for the Indian
in gathering these eggs, for his for
bears did so thousands of years ago.
However, there is none for white
men or Japanese, who would sell
these eggs in bakeries and restau-
rants of the coast cities, and it is
with these nest pirates that the law
is operating most.
Grass is growing luxuriantly on
the tops of thousands of freight
cars lying idle in the railroad yards
of the Rhur Valley. Most of them
are filled with merchandise and
have not turned a wheel since the
Belgians and French marched into
the industrial area last January.
School children all over England
are playing the races, deserving
their books for bookies. Testimony
given by a woman school teacher
at the governments inquiry into
betting revealed that out Of class
Of forty-two boys, averaging eleven
years old nineteen admitted they
backed horses. She also suspected
others in the class of playing the
ponies with their pennies. She said
they talk about form, the size of
the horses and the abilities of the
jockies. The youth Of the land
hardly get off their rocking horses
before beginning to back the real
thing.
The new honeymoon cars made
by the Pullman Company insure
daytime as well as nighttime privacy
to passengers. The cars already are
in operation on most of the trans
continental roads. When the berths
are made up, a new style partition
going from the seat to the ceiling
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