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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1889-10-31

The Monthly Weather Review of
the Nevada service compiled by H. F.
Alciatore, under the direction of Chas.
w. Friend, is received. 1t contains
the following:
September will go down in the
meteorological annals of Nevada aa an
exceedingly dry and comparatively
cool month. There was an average
of % cloudless, 4 partly and cloudy
days for each station. The mean
temperature for the State, as deduced
from 23 monthly reports, 61.7, is
nearly five degrees below the normal,
and about ten degrees cooler than that
of the same month last year. FL
dorado Canyon reported the highest
temperature, ITO degrees, on the 9th,
and also the highest mean maximum
temperature, 97.4. The lowest tenn
perature for the month, 13 degrees
above zero, occurred at Elko, which
station reported also the lowest mean
minimum. There were two warm
periods during the month, the first
from the 3rd to the 7th, inclusive, and
from the 28th to the 30th, inclusive,
and two cold periods, from the 11th to
18th and 22nd to Oath. The atmos-
phere was smoky and hazy in many
portions of the State, owing to ex-
tensive forest fires which were raging
during the month, causing a great loss
of timber. Frosts were reported from
number of meteorological stations
throughout the State on the 18th,
18th, 14th, Oath and 25th, doing little
damage to vegetation.
Excepting few favored localities,
the effects of the terrible and long
continued drought were felt all over
the State during the month. Rain
fell this year at only Z out of total of
23 stations, principally in Elko, White
Pine, Nye, Esmeralda and Lincoln
counties, while this month last year
rain was reported from 90 out Of "a
stations, and was well distributed.
There were no general or extensive
storms during the month, On the
10Th end Goth thunderstorms, accom-
panied with rain, occurred in the
above named counties. Many mills
have shut down, owing to the scarcity
of water ir rivers all over the State
and will remain so until November,
unless heavy snow storms occur before
then. Cattle men are respondent.
Cattle are in such condition that an
inclement Winter, will kill thousands
of them, and if the coming Winter is
an open one, with but little snow, they
will starve next Summer. The aver
aye rainfall per station was 55-100 Of
an inch. The largest amount of pre-
cipitation which fell at any one station
during the month was inches, at
Pioche. No snow fell during the
month.
At Elko Ice formed every night in
the month.
There is an opportunity for some
one of our local bards to write an epic
ON the decadence of the manly art as
illustrated in that form Of amusement
known as slogging. The action of
the Board of Supervisors in raising
the license of athletic clubs to So 900
a year, and fixing the weight of box
ing gloves to be used in sparring con-
tests at five ounces has been the i'm
mediate cause of dampening the ardor
of tie devotees of pugilism, and it is
not at all unlikely that the admirers
of knockouts will have to resort to
some other locality to witness their
favorite amusement.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1889-10-31

The fashion of fainting. like that of
sloping shoulders, is a thing of the
past. 1t had long life, however, and
for centuries the faintng heroine
ruled the hearts Of men. It was the
correct thing for women to he weak
and limp, fragile and slave TO
Mysteries. Now these qualities are at
discount. and she who would win a
manly adulation must be robust and
energetic, self.contained, elastic, and
in word, healthy.
IL is an interesting and curious task
to turn over the pages OF our earlier
literature, aud espec ally its romantic
branch, and to note what persistent
faint,rs were the Evalinas and the
Lauras and the Carissas who de-
lighted our grandfathers and melted
oar grandmothers to tears. They
were forever repulsing thu malevo
lent attentions If some bold, ad
nobleman with all their tender
strength, crying "Unhand me, SIR
and then losing con ciousness. Swoon
was written on every page and was
the climax to every scene.
IL was the same IN the playhouse,
and even Shakespeare was not free
from the weakness of adding TO the
charms ot the heroines the feminine
trick of fainting. Hernia on awaken
ing in the woods calls out for Lysan-
der, and when he does not reply de-
clares she "swoons with fear" Celia
in the forest Of Arden Lays: Il FAINT
almost to death; aud when Rosallnd
is shown the bloody napkin she
swoons. SO does The Queen when
Hamlet is pricked by the rapier Of
Laertes; while Philip Faulconbridge
(in King john bids Hubert tell his
news, however bad it may be, saying:
.I'm no woman; I'll not swoon at it.
In al. tlese examples, though. there
ia moderately god cause for iainting,
and 1t is not until We come to the
oramatists of the close of the last
century and the early part Of this that
the fainting for-nothmg or faiutlng-
for-everything creature bursts into full
bloom. The dramatists, however,
were rather inclined to poke fun at
the swooners, and it was one OF their
stock methods to have the low comedy
old woman ape the faiutlng aifectation
Of gentiiity. The great repository OF
fainting heroines was in the works OF
such sentimental novellsts as Frances
Burney (Mme. D'Arblay), Mrs Inch
bald, Charlotte Smith, Ann Rad
cllife, Miss Spie and Mrs. Brunton.
The Emmslincs, Ethelindas, Cecillas,
Cammillas, Geraldines and Clestinas
of these writer's are the boss fainters
of history. They tainted on all con-
yenient and inconvenien; occasions; at
the least hint of anything that touched
their tender s.nsibilities; at mo
ment's notice, or without moments
notice; aud the oftener they tainted
the more charming were they. Not
only was this fainting employed to
enlist the readers sympathes, 1t was
also used as the sure and certain
means of bringing the hero into the
tolls, and after the first fainting ht
described the reader felt sure that the
altar as the winning post was In
sight.
Whether the sentimental novelis's
Of those days presented picture OF
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1889-10-31

"Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by lady in
this county. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven years
she withstool its severest tests, but
her vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three
months she coughed necessarily and
could not sleep. She bought of us
bottle of DR. Kings New Discovery
for consumption and was SO relieved
OH taking first dose that she slept all
night aud with one bottle has been
miraculously cured. Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lutz" Thus write w. G.
HamricK & Co., of sslby, n. G.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1889-10-31
No. 910.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Eureka, Nevada, September 9th, 1889.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN A. White. by his attorney-in-iact, James
LOWE, whose Postoffice address is Frisbie,
ander County, Nevada, has this day filed
his application for a patent for l41o linear
feet OF the Grand Prize mine or vein bearing sill
yer with surface ground 600 feet in width, situ-
attd in Bullion Mining District. County of Ian
field notes and official plat file IN this office as
Lot Number 3S on unsuryeyed land. said Lot No
3S being described as follows, to-wit
Beginning at post marked No l U 8 S 80,
whence u Mineral Monument No l. Bullion
District, bears o. Is min W, 1902 feet and
Z Mineral Monument No bears 81 deg "A
min w, 1887 feet and run thence,
1st course, 13 deg 81 min w 1410 feet to post
marked No 2 U ) 35, thence
2nd course. &C deg Sc MN L, 600 feet to post
marked No 3 U S 80, thence,
3rd course, N l3 deg 81 min E, 1410 feet to
post marked No 4 U s SO, thence
4th course 66 deg Sc min w. 800 feet to post
marked No U S 3S, the place Of beginning.
Magnetic variation II deg 81 min East, con-
tanning 1912 acres.
The location of this mine Is recorded in the
Recorders Office Of Lander County in Book OF
Duplicate Miuing Notices.
Any apd all persons claiming adversely
any portion of said Grand Prize mine or surface
ground. required to file their adverse claims
with the Register Of the United states Land
Office at Eureka, in the County Of Eureki,
State of Nevada; during the sixty dsys period of
publication hereof, CT they will be barred by
virtue of the provisions of the statute.
d. II. HALL, Register.
tis hereby ordered that the foregoing Notice
OF Application for Patent be published for the
period of so days (ten consecutive weekshin the
Central Nevadan g weekly newspaper published
at Battle Mountain. lander County, Nevada.
D. II. HALL. Register
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1889-10-31
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CERTIFICATE : PARTNERSHIP

T0HN A. BLOSSOM AND ROBERT C..
- Blossom hereby certify that they are
partners in the mercantile business, that their
place OF business is ON the corner OF Front and
Reese Streets. In the town of Battle Mountain,
County of Lander, State of Nevada, and that
they reside in said town. That they are doing
said business under the firm name, and style of,
Blossom h Blossom,
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 18th day OF October, A. d.
1889, -
A. BLOSSOM, L. ~
II. G. BLOSSOM. LIS.
STATE OF NEVADA,
On this El2th day of October
IN tho yesr one thousand eight hundred and
eighty nine before me, j. ID. Park, otary
Public in and for the said County OF Lander,
residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn
personally appeared John A. Blossom and
Robert G, Blossom whose names arc subscribed
to the annexed inst ument as the parties there
to, Personally known to me to be the persons
described in and who executed the sait an
nexed instrument as the parties thereto, who
duly acknowledged to me that they executed
the same freely and voluntarily, and for the
uses an purposes therein mentioned.
In witness whereof have hersunto set my
hand and affixed my Off ,ial Seal, vt
my Off ie ia the said County of l. snder
sEALl the day and year in this Certificate
first above written.
J. ID. PARK, Notary Public.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1889-10-31

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
J. ID. PARK, Lessee and Editor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07

Freebooter Pfngsten will not have much
trouble in holding Republican caucuses. He is
sure to have a unanimous vote each Time.
''Merv'' Armstrong is a candidate for the Office
of Reading Clerk of the Assembly.
x-Police Sergeant William H. L~efferts. now
on the retired list of the New York police force,
takes the world easy at his home, No. 40 Van
Reipen avenue. He is a genial spirit, full of
"reminiscences, and an enthusiastic fisherman.
He and Jake Van Beuren spent Election day
in fishing at the ''plot, y New York Bay. Jake"
captured two small bass. Lefferts secured one
only, but it was q rouser. 1t weighed just two
and aEquarter pounds.
Mr.. M. Redgrave. of Pavonia avenue, the well
known manufacturer Of parlor bagatelle tables,
returned Monday with his family from their
farm at Fosterdale, Sullivan county, N. Y,
where they spent nearly six months. Redgrave
is an enthusiastic bowler, and last night he did
some good work in Henn's alleys.
Pretty little George Eliot Clark. in Fauntle-
roy costume, attracted much attention last night
at the ST. Michael's Church fair. His efforts at
peddling cigars resulted in swelling the evening
receipts to no mail extent.
Prof. Beck VIII celebrate the twenty fifth an
niversary of the opening of his dancing academy
on the Hill on Tuesday evening, November &c, at
Kroebell's.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07
victoria's Ancestors.

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and
Empress of India, is the niece of William
W, who was the brother of George Nv.
o was the son of George III, who was
grandson of George H., who was the son
of George / who was the cousin of Queen
Anne, who was the sister-in-law of Will
liam Ill, who WIS the ~son-in-law of
James Ii. who was the brother of Charles
H., who was the son of Charles l., who
was the son of James l., who was the
cousin of Elizabeth, who was the sister or
Mary, who was the sister of Edward ",
who was the son of Henry VII, who was
the son of Henry VII. who was the cousin
Of Richard III, who was the uncle Of
Edward ", who was the son of Edward
", who was the cousin of Henry VI,
who was the son of Henry ", who was
the cousin of Richard H., who was the
grandson of Edward III, who was the
son of Edward H., who was the son of
Edward l., who was the son Of Henry ILL.,,
who was the son of John, who was the
brother of Richard l., who WAS the son Of
Henry H.. who was the cousin of Stephen,
who was the cousin of Henry L., who was
the brother of William Rufus, who was
the son of William the Conquerer.
Thus Queen Victoria can trace her an
ceStors back TO about 500 years ago. 1t is
the Oldest ~reigning dsnasty in the world.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07
HOW TO QUESTION.

An Oswego Teacher Giving Points at
Hasbrouck Institute,
By invitation Of Principal G. G. Stimets
a number of the teachers of the public
schools, together with those of Hasbrouck
Institute, assembled at the Institute yes
terday afternoon to listen to an address
on 1.-THE Art of Questioning In a few
appreciatiye words Mr.. Stimets intro
duced the speaker, Miss M. S. Cooper,
who ,ong held the position of teacher of
languages and methods IN the Oswego
IN. W Normal School, and who is re
garded as one Of the leading educators in
the country. The extreme loyalty of the
thousands that have been under her in
struction is sufficient evidence of her
~faithfulness and efficiency.
Questioning" Miss Cooper said, lis
both a science and an art, since art is but
science applied; but it is with the art of
questioning that we are chiefly concerned.
The object of questioning is twofold:-To
find out what O pupil knows and what he
does not know. Questions should be con-
else. A teacher has no right to so null
tiply work that the brain of the pupil Is
confused and the mental energy which
should be used in framing an answer is
exhausted in the attempt to get at the
meaning of the question. On the other
hand questions should not be SO concise
as to be lacking in clearness. II a pupil
fails TO answer q question 1T is we'll for
the teacher to ask himself whether this
is due to the pupils Ignorance or TO his
own failure to properly state the ques-
ton
again, questions should not be SO
stated as to Indicate to the pupil what his
answer should be. The object of in
struction is growth, and growth Is the
result of exercise. II, then, q teacher by
his form Of question virtually tells the
pupil the answer, he rops MIN or the
chance to exercise his own intellectual
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07
POST OFFICES ABUSES.
The Mailing List Outrage Brings Another
Complaint to Light.

The Mailing List Outrage Brings Another
Complaint to Light.
To the Editor of the Jersey City Neics:-
In exposing the method taken by the
corrupt, malicious s%coundrels who have
~endeavored to thwart the will of the
people, you have again demonstrated that
your fearless, independent and popular
journal is the upholder of honesty, virtue
and principle, and that by the firm stand
it takes on all questions of Importance
which may arise, it is the watchdog
which protects the citizens of the city
from the v~agabonds who infest it.
On October 80, 1889, a letter directed to
me was mailed at the New York post
office at half past six p. m. 1t arrived at
the Jersey City office at nine O'Clock the
same evening, 1t was not delivered at
my residence until late on Saturday
afternoon, November 2, 1889, and then it
was delivered by a mar who is not en-
ployed in the postal service. What I
would like to know is where that letter
was from October 90 until November 2,
and how a stranger could get possession
of q letter addressed to me. The letter
evidently had been tempered with, be-
cause it presented the appearance which
indicated such to be the case.
1t the post ofliceo this city is to be run
in the interest of q set of political trick
sters it is high time that the people were
aware of it. Such action on the part OF
public servant is a disgrace to our
city and demands Immediately the atten-
tion of the people. 1t is a gross violation
of the law and is a criminal offence. If
our letters are to be opened and subjected
to the scrutiny of a gang Of disreputable
characters 1t is positive evidence that the
system of good government is q myth.
Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM f. EsTERBRooK.
No. 8 Wester avenue,
Jersey City, N. j., Nov. 8, 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07
P"RAIsEWORTHY PUPIIS.
Roll of Honor of School No. A for Oc-
tober.

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Roll of Honor of School No. 4 for oc-
tober.
The following is a list of the pupils
whose work in School No. 4 has entitled
them to a place in the roll of honor
aRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
First Grade-Hattie Jones, Annie Douglas,
Jennie Shelly, Lulu Wedin, Cora Hopkins and
Second Grade. Annie Biggane, May cunnin-
ham, Katie English, Lena Heinold, Jennie Nc
Ludlum and Taylor LeatherburY.
Third Grade-Mary Lockwood, Jessie Furman,
Mamie Harris, Jennie Gray, Agnes Hailin,
Thomas Crotty, John Conner and Charles
Fourth Grade-Mamie v. Sullivan, Lizzie A.
Duggan, Jessie A. Bush. Lulu s. Rugge, Nellie
y. McCabe, FLORENCE NJ. Durkee,, George +.
Creeden, Frank Z. Woman, W r. O'Brien.
Fifth Grade-Edpa Lippincott, Jennie A. Til
den, Lizzie Donovan, Maggie E. Ludlum and
Sixth Grade-Sarah Mellor, Mabel Phillips,
Nellie Arnott, Addie McCalluin, Lille Many,
Frances Fay and John Hanrahan.
Seventh Grade-Katie Dwyer, May Kuony,
Mamie Carly, Eta Albert, Arthur +. McGrath,
William Won Berner and Alfred Swenson.
Eighth G~rade-Agnes Burkhart, Mamie Fitz-
simmons. Nora Sullivan, Annie Behrens, Bella
Kuony, Nellie Quinlan, Sadie Burns, and Fred
Ramoth
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
First Grade-JOSeph EggerStadri henrietta
Farley, Edna Kelly, Willie McCallum, Lauretts
Mahoney, Rosine Newton, Alice Biggane, Elsie
Roome and Nellie White.
Second G~rade-Herbert Critchlow, Edward
Hughes, Patrick McGrath, Willie Murphy, Will
bur Conover, Bertha Hoelz, Clara Quidor, Grace
Tilden and Lizzie Kelly.
Third Grade-Charles Waterbury, Herman
Gilzon. Freddie McCallum. Anna Brown, Leo
Adams, Mamie Funston, Freida Streicher and
Jennie Albers.
Fourth G~rade-Lillie Downes, Mamie Reardon,
Anna Tremper, George Norman, Ada Lent and
May Lewis.
Fifth G~rade-Irene McManus, Martha Meinzer,
Arthur Schmidt Annie Wiblishauser, Annie
Raftery, Jennie Freeman, Eddie New, Malvina
Mathews and John Hallin.
Sixth G~rade-Bertha Albers, Nellie Bryan,
Martha Fisher, Mabel Gray, Minnie Knox, Minnie
Melin, Jennie Ryno, Samuel Wilson, Fred Fisch-
lein, Ludwig Gilzon, Frank Snledes and Fred
Hosbacb.
Seventh Grade-Millie Lockwood, Sophia
Meyers, Eliza Nichols. Jennie Lyons, Maud You
mans, Lucy Hosbach, Lettie Whyman, Ferdie
Dorr, George Orr, Fred Schroeder, Paul Schro-
Der, Thomas Powers, John Lewis and Ellsworth
Chilly.
Eighth G~rade-John Barry, George Broas,
James Coniuff, James Sullivan, George Harmon,
Cornelius Funston, Fred Kahl, Charles Lampe,
Gaylord Morris, Willie Newton. Thomas Shan
ascy, Arthur Williams, Frank Roberts, Arthur
West, Joseph Flannery, Adele Colville, May
Davis, Maggie Flannery, Gussie Herman, Susie
Heatam and Maggie Smith.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07

faculties, and hence robs him of intel
lectual growth.
In order to be able to question properly,
all work must be prepared beforehand
the class room a teacher should know
what he is going to teach and how he is
going TO teach it. 1t is not enough that
he has acquainted himself with a certain
set of facts; he must be able toteaeh those
facts in the order in which they logically
come"
At the close of Miss Cooper's address,
remarks were made by Principal Lindsey.
OF Public School No. 1, and upon his mo-
ton q vote OF thanks was extended to the
speaker, which was heartily joined in by
all present. Miss Cooper mas been spend
guest Of Miss Myers, one of the teachers
in Hasbrouck Institute.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07
Tried to steal an Overcoat.

A young man who gave his name at the
Hoboken Police Headquarters as Edward
Barry, No. Sc West Washington place,
New York, attempted to steal a s25 over
coat from Harris clothing establishment,
No. 100 Washington street. Hoboken, yes
terday. Barry entered a store and asked
Herman Hoydt to let him look at some
pantaIoons, While the clerk was en-
gagged taking down some goods from a
shelf Barry surreptitiously showed an
oyercoat under his own and after giving
directions to send the pantaloons to G.
Winters on Hudson street, Immediately
left the store. The watchful CLERK, how
ever. missed the overcoat, and following
the thief, caught up with him in Traut-
veins saloon, near Third street, called a
policeman and had him arrested. They
were taken to headquarters where the
overcoat was foundin Barry's valise. He
was locked up.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07
AMUSEM ENTS.
Academy of Music.

AT the matinee yesterday the Amer
lean Comic Opera Company presented
the ever popular Erminie." Miss
Helen Lamont, as Erminie, scored an
other success, She is certainly a very
clever actress, and her singing won the
favor of the audience. Miss Emma
Hanley, as Javotte, was very good,
and Miss Willard also made a hit. Mr..
r, e, Graham, as RayenDes, and Mr..
Louis De Lance, as Cadeaux, We're
very clever. The piece was hand
soinely put on ''Erminse" will be pre-
sented again on Friday and Saturday
evenings. 'Nadjyn is presented to-
night and Saturday matinee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07
Church Growth in the city.

Disown it as he may, the Rev, DIR.
Mckelvey will find it hard to root out
of the public mind the impression that
the real secret of the opposition to the
consolidation of the old First Church
with the Bergen Presbyterian is the
hope the Second Church may have en-
~tertained that the $40, 600 annuity
fund of the First Church would be
devoted to the building up and main
tenance of the Second Church. And it
is with some reasont too that he saysthat
the Second Church is more in need of
the money than the wealthy church,
to whose Improvement and enlarge
ment it will probably be devoted.
1t may be questioned, however,
whether, even if the money had gone
to the Second Church, it could have
assisted in the advancement of Pres
byterian interests in lower Jersey
City. The church centre-the Protes-
tant church centre, at least-in
this city is moving Hill-ward.
The disarmament of the First
Presbyterian Church, the decline of
st. Matthews, taken in connection
with the splendid growth of DIR. Brett's
church, DR.. Stoddard's and Dir. Kerr's,
on the hill top, are proof that it is on
the Heights that the largest measure of
church room will be needed in the
future. AS many as six years ago, in
fact, the Rev. Mr.. Fisher left the very
church over which the Rev. Mr.. Nc
Kelvey presides because he saw
the decline of Protestant church
interests in the lower part of the city,
and believed that even that church,
with a man as able as he in It's pulpit,
or even one as able and eloquent as
DR.. McKelyey, must before long be
abandoned for other fields.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-07
AnAM HMITH had recovered In

ADAM SMITH had recovered from
Tuesdays defeat sufficiently to makes
very pretty little congratulatory
speech at the Fourth District Demo-
cratic Associations meeting last even
ing. This elasticity of spirit is one of
the blessings which go with the poetic
temperament. A gentle melancholy
is becoming in a poet, but the muse
never leave their favorites wholly desc
late.