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Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-09-07
Marbles and Fine Monumcnts.

]. M. Nc. Cormack has his marble
works opposite the Depot. Reno. where
every visitor can see a fine line of Red
Scotch and Native Garnitss, Italian and
American marbles. His workmanship
is unsurpassed on the coast.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-09-07

I'VE are not much Of a SPORT" says
Colonel Weldy in his Galena, Kansas,
Republican, "but when we meet a
a cinch on the road we recognize it.
We made the following bet with a
friend yesterday: We were to stand
at a given point for hall an hour and
watch the ladies' who passed. Fol-
every woman who reached her hand
back to see II her skirt was gaping. we
were to receive a nickel. and for every
woman who failed to do so we were to
give him a dime. We got sixty nickles
from him and gave him two--a lady
with both hands off came along"
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-09-07
Squirrel and Rattle Snake Fight

Squirrel and Katie Snake Fight.
On Sunday. a week ago. some boys
at Downieyille. CAL. succeeded in
catching a large squirrel and placed Il
in a box with a large r~attlesnake. A
fierce fight ensued. The snake fire.
quently struck the rodent. but the lat
ter fought back. II bit the reptile about
the head and body and finally chewed
off the snake S rattles. At evening the
snake was helpless. but the squirrel
was ap%pearantly uninjured.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-09-07
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS
ADVERTISING RATES
Legal

LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Assessment notices %.
Annual meeting notices : : %.
Notice OF appointment OF administrator s..
For all other advertising legal rates will be
charged.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-08

The Clearer Self.

Before me grew the human soul
And after | am dead and gone
Through grades of effort and control
The marvellous work shall stju
go on.
Each mortal in his little span
Hath only lived, if he have shown
What greatness there can be in man
Above the measured and the known
How through the ancient layers Of
night,
In gradual victory secure,
Grows ever with increasing light
The energy serene and pure.
The soul that from a monstrous past
From age to age, from hour to hour
Feels upward to some height at last
OF unimagined grace and power,
Though yet the sacred fire be dull.
In folds of thwarting matter flrled
Ere death be night, while life is full
o master spirit of the world.
Grant me to know, to seek, to find.
In some small measure though It be.
Emerging from the waste and blind.
The clearer self. the grander me,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-08
SllV er in Demand.

Silver is in great demand just now
in the far east, India and China import,
ing large quantities. The relief given
by the Indian government to the
100000 persons suffering from fam.
inc seems to have called for the coin
age Of silver, which has been pur-
chased in Europe. The silver shipped
from London to the British East Indies
in January and February aggregated
$4960,390, an increase of 51.4 par cent
over the like period OF 1899 To China
the exports were 1861 .995, an increase
of G37 per cent The outflow TO China
is thought to be silver for railroad
work and payment of troops. Russia
and Germany are both spending money
on railroads and mining concessions.
The large eastern demand steadies the
price of silver, Some 100000 hle
ounces of silver have gone out the
United States supplying so per cent O
the amount In addition to TIE Ion.
don shipments China took during the
two months sl.45S,4S2 in silver direct
from San Francisco. making the totAl
sent to the east about 14,455,oQ0 me
ounces of silver.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-08
SHE SHOT A CHUTE.
And Landed On the Neck of an limo.
cent Bystander.

James B. Stone, a well-known Oma.
ha citizen. lies at the Presbyterian
hospital in that city with dislocated
neck Miss Addie Tangney, a young
Omaha GIRL is responsible for his con-
dition. Stone happened to be passing
the mouth of the chute at the mo.
ment and the young lady fell astride
of his neck, occupying position sim.
liar to a clothespin when it is on a
line. She says she is none the worse
for her meteoric slide.
Miss Addie Tangney, 20 years old,
the comely and buxom lighter Of
Henry Tangney, living at 1907 Mason
street, began work at O'Clock. 1t
was the first time she had ever
worked in the receiving depot of pa
per mill, and things were strange to
her. She was surprised to learn that
the great mountains of scrap paper
with which the building is packed are
gathered from the newspaper offices,
printing Offices and news stands. But
the greatest surprise of all remained
for her when she found herself hurt
ling down stepless fight of stairs
and playing mcgee with man to
whom she had never been introduced.
1t all happened so quickly that no
one seems to know exactly what set
the train of circumstances in motion
This much, however, can be sworn to
by at least a score of witnesses:
Miss Tangney was told to stand at
the mouth of the chute and throw into
its hungry craw armfuls of waste pa
per. Suddenly there was a scream
Twenty boys and girls looked Just in
time to see the body of Miss Tangney
shooting the chute.
James B. Stone was working II
was his duty to stand in the hopper Of
a great hydraulic press, arrange the
trash with a fat surface as it descend.
ed and trample it down, as boy tram
Piles hay in a new rick. At the instant
of the scream on the third flood he was
STOPPING over, his back just. below the
mouth of the shaft.
Suddenly there was a frou-frou Of
feminine garments and then Mr.. Stone
became unconscious, Several work
men, attracted by the unwonted com
motion, saw a Woman's form dart out
of the toboggan slide astride the mans
neck. They FASTENED to disentangle
the couple.
The woman seemed surprised and
somewhat piqued, but otherwise unin
jured. She scorned an explanation
AS to the man, he lay pale and inert
upon the stack of waste They car
ried water and threw it in his face
then telephoned for the police ambu
lance
Miss Tangney w2s taking some light
refreshments off a mantel shelf when
a reporter called. NO, was not hurt
that is, not badly hurt" she said
but | don't like the way they 10
things at that place and | don't think
| shall go back any more"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-08

Continued.

Aunt Alice, do you see your tears
have fallen on my orange-blossoms? =
Violet exclaimed.
Miss Atherton looked at her with
wistfu eyes.
"My dear" she said. gently, believe
me. thore is nothing so sad or so pitl'
ful In life as the sharp, cruel thorns
the orange-blossom hide.'
Then they found dainty silk slippers,
white gloves, a lace handkerchiet-in
short. everything requisite for bridal
toilet, not magnificent but simple ard
beautiful The next thing was a com.
plcte travelling costume. composed OF
fawn-colored velvet. Then there were
two evening dresses, over which Aunt
Alice shook her head in undisguised
horror, one Of dark. the other OF light
silk. There We're also two or three
pretty walking costumes and a morn.
ing dress,
But there was something more Won
derful stiIl-a parcel addressed to Miss
Anterior. She opened it. and found
lack silk dress, a shawl, cap OF point
lace. and many other things for which
she had longed, but which she had
never possessed. With all these things
spread around them, aunt and niece
looked at each other
These are the gifts of your lover,
Violet" said the stern lady, with a
slight relaxation Of the face. He IS
very generous. must say, but equally
imprudent He must have spent all he
has owned In the world.
Gle has sold picture said Violet
to whom the selling of picture &C.
counted for everything wonderful in a
financial way,
Probably" said Miss Atherton;
but if he sQuanders in this way all
the money he makes by his pictures
what viii you live upon?"
"IIo will not do it again" said Vic
let; ut Is only this once. Perhaps
after all, he did not really Ike the idea
of being married in an old blue dress
"You have discussed the subject
with him. them" said Miss Atherton
dryly.
"Oh, yest" replied Violet, eagerly
81 told him l had little choice in the
matter of dress, and he said nothing
could suit him better than the old blue
cashmere; he never limited even At
making me this present Perhaps he
has more money than most Of The
artists who have come to sketch st
Bynos"
"Ile certainly knows how to spend
it," said Miss Atherton; and she made
many mental comments on the matter
She did not do what Violet feared
forbid her to keep the contents of the
box; she accepted her own share, and
was pleased to do So
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-08
STUDYING SHARKS NERVES.
An Interesting investigations Going On
in Baltimore.

The geological department of the
Johns Hopkins university is conduct
ing several interesting Investigations
upon sea cucumber eggs and upon the
nervous system Of the shark. The in
vestigators are Prof. G. l.. Houser If
the university of Iowa and r. p.
Cowles of Leland Stanford university,
California, who are undergoing the
course for the doctors degree.
Professor Houser is professor of
animal morqhology at the university of
Iowa, but he has been granted leave
of absence of a year in order to study
at the Johns Hopkins. Speaking If
his work, Professor Houser said
The nervous system of the shark
is of particular interest, because it is d
simply organized animal and one Of
the lowest of veterbrates. Ii is very
graceful animal in swimming. as every
one knows. and this is a result of its
peculiar nervous system. Another
interesting fact is that the shark is
rather intelligent-much more so than
the bony ashland the mental pro-
cesses are the outcome of the minute
structure of the nervous organization. -
Sea cucumbers belong to the family
Of the star-fish and sea-urchin. and are
peculiar animals, varying from an
eighth of an inch to ten or twelve
inches. They derive their names from
the likeness of their shape TO that of a
cucumber. their usual form being cyl
indrieal with corrugations upon the
surface. Those at the Johns Hopkins
which Mr.. Cowles is investigating are
Of the smaller species and were OBJ
tanned on the coast OF California
They are from a quarter or an inch TO
a half in length, by a quarter of IN
inch in diameter. and are prettily
colored IN brown and white, and have
bunch Of teutacles al one end which
are used for feeding.
With the species which Mr.. CowIps
Is studying the female hroods the
youug--that Is. lays the eggs and lies
upon them until they are hatchea.
In other species the eggs float upon
the surfaCs Of the water
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-08
is MUSIC IN MEDICINES.
Experiments in Melody as a Cure for
Certain Forms of insanity

a physician who Is acquainted with
the work OF the Pathological institute
Of the state Of New York in connee-
ton with the state lunacy commits
sion, explained today the nature OF the
experiments that are being revived TO
aring into the curing Of certain .orms
81 insanity the influence OF music.
Connected with these reviyals is So
-ies or tests recently made with
eontriyance which Is applied
rs the muscles OF the hand and
rm. and which induces fatigue
the psychological child study r.
Il consists Of two clamps de.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-08
A Raa.Time Lemonade.

The juice Of a lemon. the juice Q,
half an orange and sweetenins y
pineapple syrup To that add era1AeA
ice, water and a dash Of Angostura 1lt.
ters. After the shaking. TO cool II
drop in two Maraschino cherries,
berries. q bit Of pineapple and siAes
Of candied orange peel Then u
order that the dreamlike mixture MAJ
APPEAL to the fifth sense, az well Z i y
the other four, drop a sprig q HliAA
hehtly On top. put your straw into rs
glass and straightway forget gos.
earthly cares.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-08

Don't miss hearing the full reports
= ire Minnesota game At Library han.
Saturday afternoon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13
THE FANATICS, LED BY A WOMAN ARMED WITH A POKER, BEAT
ING A VICTIM OF ANA BAPTISM TO DEATH.

yeyed their victim as a butcher might
the carcass of a hog" Seeing that
every bone was broken they concluded
hat the devil VAS driven out, where
upon-it is almost blasphemous to re-
late-there were more prayers and
hymns.
After arranging to meet again the
following night and take the oldest OF
Scherf's children. a girl of 9, to the
nearby mountain for sacrifice. the
murderous assemblage returned to
their homes.
Though Scherf's wife, who was as
mad as her husband on the question Of
a%nabaptism. had agreed to let him
have the child, she repented after her
husband had gone to Battenburg to tell
his mother of the successful driving
out of the devil. Beside herself with
fear and contrition. she packed all her
children in a wagon and drove at top
speed to the town of I%uelphen, and in
formed the authorities of the crime
committed and the more horrible one
planned.
Thinking her demented. the police
first refused to act, but the frightened
mother was so persistent that late In
the evening six mounted gendarmes
were dispatched to Scherf's farm. Three
of them guarded the several entrances,
while the rest crept noiselessly into
the house. In the big guests chamber
a man was talking excitedly. but in a
subdued volce-Scherf, as 1t turned out,
who admonished the widow Zevenaer.
! threatening her with death for refIs-
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13
midas PECULIAR PEOPLE.
The Bicycle Has Nearly Emancipated
The Parsi Women.

The most peculiar people OF India
are the Parsis Tor "Parsees," meaning
"Persians'), who feed their dead to
the vultures upon the Towers OF ST.
lence. says Harper's Magazine. They
fled to India from Persia when that
land fell into the hands OF the Arabs
twelve centuries ago. Their men are
the first very singular persons the
traveller sees on board the ship which
takes him to India, their singularity
consisting in their long, sallow faces
and large eyes. their shiny. patent
leather-looking, tubular hats and their
long and ugly coats. They are most
numerous in Bombay. but one meets
them in other cities on Bombay side,"
and in Madras and Calcutta on the
other shore. They are the richest ma
tives of India, and have made and still
make their money in trade. They are
the only Indians who, as a body. ad-
mire and cultivate western progressive
ideas, who treat their women fairly
well according to our ideas). and who
permit their widows to marry again.
Their first rule of life Is to practice
be~nevolence. and no people do this
more literally. They maintain nearly
two-score charitable institutions In
Bombay alone. They are the only peo-
pie in the world who do not smoke.
and this Is because they will not trifie
with fire, which is sacred in their be-
lief. They never expectorate and they
will not In any way contaminate the
earth or water or dehle the trees and
flowers. That Is why they destroy
their lead without burning the bodies.
They have no beggars among them;
they are monogamists; they are not
caste-ridden Tor rooted). like the Hin
docs, for they acknowledge but two
classes-the priests and the people.
They keep new year day, not only as
do, as a day for general visiting. Their
women are not imprisoned with their
servants or otherwise degraded, but
may be met anywhere and everywhere
to the same extent as English women
in India. So often are these women
clad-in such soft and exquisitely col
ored silks-that, as one writer says:
"They appear as hours floating about
the earth In silk balloons. with a bal
lasting OF anklets, necklaces, earrings
and jewelry." II Is no more than fair
is, for they are the ugliest men that
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13

tana in 1850. az the representative or
u syndicate OF which Hearst was "A
member. to develop some property
there. DAILY was given n working in
terest. This was the foundation or
his fortune. lie took hold of the An
aconda copper properties Of his princi-
pals and developed them to such an eX-
tent that his interests have amounted
in twenty years to $40, 00O, 900. The
Anaconda, with It's mines at Butte. It's
smelters at Anaconda. Its sawmills In
coal I'm the eastern and northern por-
tons, is the largest employer of labor
In the state, employing 10000 people
out Of a total population of 25O 600. IL
reduces 1000 tons Of ore every day and
during 1898 cut more lumber than any
other establishment In the United
States.
Daily IL not a remarkable man except
as a money-maker. o has his career
beer eventful. His diversion Is the
breeding of horses and raising fruits
He has the second largest apple or
chard I'm the country and his horses
have won fame on the race track
Probably the happiest days OF his busy
life are spent on his Bitter Root ranch
Each summer he is there with his fam
lily. He always has friends there. The,
are not, as a rule, people who have
fine places OF their own. Boys ant
girls of the age OF his own children
are the principal visitors. and to SEE
DAILY with the youngsters one would
not suppose he was carrying the bur
dens Of n OF the biggest enterprise:
in the northwest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13

violence or Ivy religious frenzy, enc
promised at the conclusion of the false
Messiah's speech to let the fanatics
have one Chii1 right away and was ac-
tually preparing to fetch the little n
when the gendarmcs broke in upon the
meeting.
A strange sight met their eyes. The
anabaptists were sitting around n
large table formed Of several smaller
ones placed together. They were din
~ing-having a feast to- judge Ivy the
amoun and quality Of the food.
In the center of the table was the
mutilatcd body of Brinkman covered
with black crosses made by charcoal
to show that the devil was driven out,
while broken chairs and china, pools
OF blood and rags told of the fight II
the night before.
The gendarmes. pistol in one hand
and saber In the other. declared the
assemblage under arrest. and. con
trary to expectation, the fanatics, TAX
en- completely by surprise, submitted
quietly.
WIN was N'lN w lIt NllluEt IOI
wagons to bring the culprits to town,
and the news Of the murder and of the
intended sacrifices spreading in Appel
tern and MaasbOmmel a great crowd
at once assembled. The populacc. so
long kept in a state of terror, thought
their time for revenge had arrived,
and, selling guns. sabers and all sorts
OF farm implements. made for the
Scherf homestead to massacre the ana
baptists.
The gendarmes thereupon closed the
gates and declared that they would
defend the prisoners with their lives.
They held the fort several hours, dur
ing which time many shots were ex-
changed, until finally a squadron of
cavalry, requisitioned by telephone, ar
rived and made an end of the insur-
rection.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13
NOW A CAPE NOME NABoB.

Several scores of men In the new
and extraordinary gold fields OF Cape
Nome, away up in northwestern Alas
ka. have made marvellous leaps from
direst poverty into the zap OF riches
during the past year. But no one at
Cape Nome has had a more unusual
career and has gone more swiftly from
poorest, pinching poverty to abundant
wealth thar Jacob b.. Halsey. who 10
known all along the coast OF Alaska.
| Jake, as he is called, Is one of the six
richest men In the Cape Nome gold re"
| gion.
Jake IL a native OF Maine and is nov
| thirty-two years old. He was born In
poverty. and up to the & OF thirty
had tasted deeply OF its bitterness. For
fifteen years his total annual earnings
never amounted to over $2l5. Five
years ago Jake worked on a wharf In
Rockland, Me-, and later was a freight
brakeman for a while. Three years
ago he tramped from Chicago to Kan
sas City and beat his way on the cars
from Kansas City to San Francisco.
lie wandered around Frisco during
July, 1897, without a cent in his pocket.
He then got odd jobs cleaning windows
or doing something Of that nature. II
by strict economy managed to save a
little. In February. 1898. with but $lO2
in his pocket, he started for the Klon-
dixie gold fields. Here ne endured ter
rible h%ardships, nearly dying from
hunger and cold, and found that all
the claims were taker. He managed 20
i've for a while doing chores at a Daw-
son hotel. He received 500 from a man
whom he nursed while sick, and was
about to start back Cor 'F"lsco when he
heard wonderful tales Of the immense
gold deposits at Cape Nome. He start
ed for the new field. located a claim on
Snow Creek, six miles from Nome. and
struck II rich from the start. His luck
was phenomenal. Today he has $685.
600 on deposit in a San Francisco
bank. He owns two placer mines ut
Nome easily worth s35. 900 more. Be-
sides he has real estate at Nome that
rents for 500 a month and might be
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13
Department stores In GERMANY.

The department store tax bill as laid
before the Prussian landtag divides
retailers into four classes. They may
sell either groceries, liquors, tobaccos
and chemicals or dry goods and cloth
ing or furniture and household utensils
or cutl'sy, jewelry, art goods, station
cry and musical instruments. without
paying the department store tax. Blu,
shops combining these different classes
must E~y a graduated tax, provided
their annual sales exceed 500,0
marks. Starting with $500 marks fol
annual sales Of 500, O00. the tax in
creases to 10000 for sales of 1000, 900
Then 1t adds 1000 for each additional
100000. Mutual associations are ex'
empt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13
COPPER KING DAILY.
THE MAN WHO OPPOSES SEN
ATOR CLARK.
Attracted Attention nv Its Fight Against
the Montana Contestant for u seat In
Upper House Of Congress How lie
Made Ills millions.

Marcus a. DAILY, the Montana copper
king. has attracted attention by his
fight against Senator william A.
Clark. both In the Montana legislature,
and since Clark's arrival at Washing
ton. lie Is worth 500. 00O. 900 all ac-
CURED within twenty years. Born In
New York, OF Irish parentage, he
drifted west at an early age II
worked in the mines. One of his EN-
ployers In the latter '70's vas George
II. Hearst. who recognized Days
shrewdness and his magnetic influence
over other men and sent him to Mon
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13
An Embarrassing Alternative.

A lady whose Christian nam is
Jane, and whose little daughter is
named after her, engaged a housekeep-
er, who is also named Jane. Thinking
that three James in m household
might cause confusion. the lady said
to the newcomer, who was a tall, an
gular woman, with a rigid air and an
uncompromising cast of countenance,
Il think, Jane, 1t will he better for me
to call you by your last name If you
have no objection" Nom; ! have nc
objection" said the housekeeper
standing stifiy erect, valise in hand
Call me Darling ma'am, IL you pre-
fer. That's my name. Memphis
Scimiter.