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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
TIE Possinf of Senator Plat

Mr.. Platt was a delegate In that con-
vention, in which 1t was for a day IN
decio d on which side the majority
was. but so skillful was his manage
ment that he brought the majority
over to him and was himself made the
chairman of the convention. Conkiing
indorsed. the organization per-
petuated in his and Platt's hands, n
the next winter the legislature re-
elected Conkling to the senate. IN
1881 Platt's election to the senate was
dictated by his friend and partner IN
politics. But then arose the quarrel
between them and President Garheiu
over the patronage, and. being worst
ed in that quarrel. they both
from the senate.
The partnership between the TWO
men ended when they failed IN eneir
endeavors at Albany to be returned 10
the seats they had haughtily al
Mr.. Conkling thenceforward es-
chewed politics, but Mr.. Plat contn-
ued to play the game. In 1891 ne nau
himself elected to the United states
senate. Since that time he has peen
a terror and a burden to Mr.. Mckinney
and his administration.
And now the supposed impossloie
has suddenly come to pass. Mr.. PAU
is defed at both Washington and Al
bany, and the whole country esouno
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

trated in the cut. The bed differs slight
ly from the enameled and brass beds
now in use, the improvement being in
the name of connecting the side rails
at the head and foot and in the joints
at the center of the sides, which allow
the bed to be closed into small com
pass. When 1t Is desired to shut the
bed up the center is lifted at either
side to a sufficient height to break the
joints. when the head and foot are
grasped In the hands and drawn to-
gether. as shown. When the foot has
been drawn up to the head the curtain
is drawn around on the overhead rod
and the bed is hidden from view. To
open 1t again the foot section is pulled
out a short distance. after the curtain
has been drawn, and the weight of the
sides and mattress will force it into
Its normal position.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
Doing His Best.

Mr.. NJ. B. Thrasher, a friend Of Tus-
kegee Institute and its pupils, says
that he once made inquiries about a
certain graduate, a shopkeeper in Ala
bama, who seemed to be doing a thriv-
ing business.
What kind of a man is this Wood.
the colored merchant down the street?"
he asked in the store Of a white man,
judging that there, II anywhere, he
might hear an unfavorable opinion.
The merchant supposed Mr.. Thrasher
to be a travelling salesman, and an
swered:
you can sell him any amount of
goods. He'll pay for them every
time"
Then Mr.. Thrasher went or to the
store, where he found everything In
the most prosperous condition. In the
course of his talk with the merchant
they stepped to the open back door,
and there Wood began calling. "Suke,
Suke, Suke, Ho. there. Suke~
Then there came a grunting under
meath the floor, which was raised a lit
tie from the ground. and presently
there came crawling out an enormous
hog.
That's my hog" said the merchant.
II raise one every year. though there's
no reason why | should, for I'm not
married, and l don't keep house. l
raise them as object lessons. 1t doesn't
take much of anything to feed them.
except the waste from the store, and
see how fat they grow,
Then | get the negro farmers who
come here to trade to look at my hog.
and see what can be done by keeping
the animals shut up and fed. instead
of letting them run wild. Then | tell
them they might as we'll have hogs
like mine as their thin razor-backs.
All they need to do is to shut up the
pig in a pen of rails and set the child
rem to gathering acorns for him.
"I can't start a school here" he con-
Guided. Il tried that and failed. But
l can at least teach the farmers to
raise hogs."-Youths' Companion.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

Former Governor William A. Newell,
who has had the rare distinction OF be-
ing governor OF two states-New Jer-
sey and Washington-writes In the
March Success of his romantic expert
ences as q congressman In 1S49, when
he originated the life saving service
by offering a resolution In the house
of representatives to appropriate
money to ave lives imperiled by the
sea. Fellow-members OF congress at
that session were John Quincy
Adams and Abraham Lincoln. Mr..
Newell says: Various objections
were made I my motion, the strong
est Of which was that the scheme was
impracticable. ! laid the matter before
a great many senators and MEMBERS
speaking to them in person. President
John Quincy Adams occupied a seat
Just behind mine. and, after the read
ing oil the resolution by the clerk.
leaned forward and said to me: 1
would like to see that resolution. l
sent for It. and handed 1t to him. He
read 1t over carefully, and, handing
1t to me, said. with a smile: 1t Is
good. hope 1t will prevail Abra-
ham Lincoln read 1t, and said: New
ell. that Is a good measure. | VIII
help you. / am something OF a life-
saver myself, for | invented a
that righted itself on the Mississippi
sandbars!'"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

Italy is the first country In the world
where a systematic effort has been
made to enlist the children In the
work of protecting the wild birds from
harm. DIR. Vitelanio Tonta recently
pointed out to the leading Italian
teachers that little children could easily
be taught to love birds and that this
lesson. once learned. would e be
forgotten, whereas, IL the lesson were
not taught until the children were
grown up little heed would be paid to 1t
except by those persons who were nat
urally sympathetic and fond OF dumb
creatures. In Germany. France and
England, he said. there are many per-
sons who are interested in birds and
who are doing what they can to pre-
vent them from being killed for the
sake Of their plumage. but in order to
do really effectual work q more thor
ough crusade is needed and 1t Is only
from the ranks of children hat crusad-
ers of the right type can be obtained.
The doctors suggestion has attracted
a good deal OF attention and many
think 1t would be well for teachers
throughout the country to carry 1t into
effect, which they could easily do by
simply impressing on their pupils the
fact that it is wrong to be cruel to-
ward birds or other innocent creatures.
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Pon-.yfoJism.

Lagowski, the provincial official who
recently attempted to shoot NJ. Pob-
i~edonostsefr, ~procurator general of the
holy synod of the Russian church, says
he wished to asenge the excommuni-
cation of Count Tolstoi. Whether the
would-be assassin tells the truth or
not, such attempts as his may be ex-
pected whenever the Russian public
mind is in any way disturbed. For
Pobiedonostseff is the embodiment of
Russian conservatism on the religious
side and HIS policy has made him one
OF the most feared men in Russia.
NJ. Pobiedonostsef is a learned law
yer and was one of the late cars
tutors. He is pious. according to the
primitive idea Of Christianity, and in
personal habits Is an ascetic. His
tastes led him into the ecclesiastical
administration OF the late car made
him virtually the executive head of the
Christian church in Russia. Since the
time of Peter the Great the govern
menr or the Russian orthodox church
has been practically vested in a COM
mission. on which the procurator rep
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
scALLoPED HIS OWN GIMP.
A Hotel Keepers Son Who Made Big
Money ON Hor.es.

A Hotel Keepers Son Who Made Big
Money ON Horses.
When the father kept a little hotel
not far from the Michigan Central de-
pot in Detroit. he told his troubles to
several of his intimate friends. THAT
boy of mine is a perfect lunkhead," he
candidly admitted. "He don't know
enough to carry in wood, and when 1t
comes to 'rithmetie he don't know the
difference between multiplication and
subtraction. | don't believe he'll ever
cut much of a figure, less it's on the
hay scales. but I'm going to do my
duty by him and take him out on q
farm and see IL | can't put some gimp
into him." A few years later one OF
these confidential friends found the
father running an old fashioned tavern
not far from Kalamazoo. "Hello." was
the greeting. Last time | saw you
you were going TO TAKE your boy into
the country to put some gimp into
him" That's right. Well. farmin'
didn't put any gimp into the boy, and
1t took all the gimp out Of me and ma.
One day when it was bout 80 in the
shade. and | was drenched from chas-
in the hogs out OF the oats. long came
a fellow that wanted to trade this
hotel for a farm. and the decker didn't
take five minutes" And the boy?'
That's the %curiousest thing about 1t.
He coaxed his ma to give him the
money to buy a colt. He didn't do
nutin' but work on that colt. At the
fair he cleaned out everything and the
boy sold 1t for $500 more than he paid.
He went to q sale In Kentucky and
brought home the scrawniest, measli-
est lookin' young %critter you ever see,
land II NAV hadn't coaxed. wouldn't
have given the thing barn room. But
he worked on that colt just like t'other
one, and he sold II to a Cleveland
horseman for a profit OF $4,000. Now
he's in the business. | can't diskiyer
that he has a bit more gimp than he
ulster have, but I'm burned II he hainst
making fifty to my one. just the same.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

THE world is round and 1t goes
round, Uncle 'Rastus." said the small
grandson of the old colored mans for,
mer owner. Don't you understand
about it,"
mo. honey, | cyan't say I does" ad-
mitted Uncle 'Rastus. surveying the
well vanished apple with which his
little guest had illustrated his argu-
ment. wat holds de world up. OATS
wat I'd like to know. chile?"
why, 1t goes round the sun. Uncle
'Rastus." said the boy. eagerly. "and
the sun turns 1t up by the law Of at
traction"
"Uh, honey. l reckon you amt gone
quite far 'nough in yo' reasoning yet"
said the old man with a smile Of pat
ronlzing good nature. in dat case.
wat would keep de world up when de
suns gone done? Answer me dat,
chile youths Companion.
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CHARLOTTE NJ. YoNGE.

written to enforce, by the lesson OF the
plot, and in a plain and sober manner,
the doctrines of what is called the high
church school of opinion. Many of her
books have gone through several edi-
lions and have been reprinted in cheap
forms.
1t was said that out of the profits
she received from the publication OF
her Daisy Chain" she gave $10,O0O
for the establishment of a missionary
college at Auckland. New Zealand. She
likewise devoted a large portion OF the
proceeds OF The Heir Of Redclyne'
to fitting out the missionary schooner,
Southern Cross. for the use OF Bishop
Selwyn. One of her most interesting
books is a History OF Christian
Names and Their Derivation" which
wa published in 1853.
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with a black sticky substance called
pitch. As soon as the men are out OF
sight down come the monkeys from the
trees. They begin dancing around the
basins. In a little while they thrust
their hands in and begin to wash
themse, yes as the men have done. But
they very soon find out that the pitch
is not like the water. When once they
have dipped their hands into the sticky
stuff it will not come of again. The
basins and the pitch stick firmly to the
hands Of the poor monkeys, who try
to run away as fast as they can, but
the heavy basins prevent them from
getting on at any great rate. And
now the men, who have hid themselves
behind the trees. rush out and the poor
monkeys are taken captive.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

The three Trenton tailors toiled to-
gether, turning trousers. trimming
Tall Ted Upper told trite. trifiing
things that tickled the two tiny t~ailors.
till Trueman Tippett teasingly took
the talker to task.
tut. tut, Ted! Tell truer tales than
that"
Tell tales thyself. Trueman. Tell
thy Texas tiger tales"
"Twaddlei twaddle," Uttered the
third tailor, Tom Torrey.
Trueman's touchy temper threatened
trouble.
Tom, thy thoughtless tongue
tempts trouble"
Tactfully Ted Upper then turned
the talk to taffeta trimming. thankful
thus to terminate the tiff. Two team
sters. tramping thither TO take tea.
turned the talk thoroughly. They told
tales, they tied Ted's terrier to the tea
table, teaching tricks till the tailors
turned tired tittering.
Thus thoughtlessly the teamsters
tormented the tiny terrier. till Tessa
Trueman tearfully terminated the
tricks. The tailors then leased Tessa
till the terrier threatened to take teeth
to them. The tailors then took their
tea, the teamsters TRANQUILITY tasting.
too. Tessa tidied the table. telling town
topics. The terrier. tiny tired thing.
timidly tweedled the tailors to toss
titbits. Thus the trouble terminated.
Rye Johnson in Youths Companion.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

The geological gardens of Berlin
contain, perhaps, the largest collection
of ostriches in the world. Their keep
er, August Wedel. has trained several
of them to draw light two-wheeled
vehicles. At first he found 1t very diff
ficult to subject them to harness and
bit. but after months Of patient work,
four of the big birds are now excellent
trotters. They are i~eet-footed and can
outrun anything IN the driveways Of
the T~hiergarten.
Among the other odd rigs in the zoo
logical park is a fine team OF zebras
and a big cart drawn by a baby ele-
plant. The keepers allow the child
rem to ride in these. but not behind the
ostriches.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
OLDEST CITY IN AMERICA
A Buried Town In Honduras Near the
Guata mala Line.

A Buried Town IN HONDURAS Near the
Guat.mala Line.
You were doubtless taught that ST.
Augustine, Fla, is the oldest city in
America, and so far as settlements by
Europeans are concerned, that Is prob
ably correct, but scientists know of a
city so old that there Is no telling when
II was built, and they often speak of 1t
as the Oldest city in America" This
"city'is Copan, buried in the forests
of Honduras, near the Guatemala boun-
dairy line. 1t is not a city in the mod
ern sense of the word. for 1t is only
a heap of ruins. but there is enough
to show that at some time centuries
and centuries ago it was a busy center
of population. Then the Maya In
dams of Yucatan and Central America
we're at the height of their civilization.
They built cities by constructing the
bases of great pyramids out of blocks
of stone of m size. These blocks
were taken from quarries some times
two miles distant, we're conveyed to
the city" and placed in the wall in
perfect order. and yet it is not known
that the Mayas had any machinery for
handling such heavy material. The
pyramidal base of Copan is built up
to considerable height, and upon the
fiat top are placed the palaces. the al
tars and other smaller pyramids. From
all evidence Copan was in ruins when
Cortez conquered Mexico in 1921. The
Spaniard and his soldiers passed with
in a short distance of 1t and did not
see the town at all. so II must have
been deserted even then. And yet the
ruins of Copan bear evidence of having
lain there. buried amid the luxuriant
foliage of Honduras. for ages, and only
some crude inscriptions on the rocks
can give.a clew to the history of the
wonderful place. These inscriptions
and carvings still defy solution. There
are statues and images made OF rock,
but they are meaningless. Copan's
history is unknown. and so scientists
are wont to speak OF 1t as "the Oldest
city In America. Chicago Record.
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Five years ago when Alonzo White
man of Williamsport. Penn, died. his
family was surprised at the smallness
Of his fortune. They were sure he
had more money. but could not tell
where, a few days ago, Charles White
man, a son, vas rummaging about the
attic of his home. when, in the secret
apartment of an old trunk. he found.
tied up with red tape, a package of
government bonds, to the amount of
10000, evidently placed there by his
father.
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To the Loser.
So you've lost your race. lad?
Ran it clean and fast?
Beaten at the tape, lad?
Rough? Yes. but tits past.
Never mind the losing
Think OF how you ran;
Smile and shut your teeth, lad
Take 1t like a man!
Not the winning counts, lad,
But the winning fair;
Not the losing shames, lad.
But the weak despair;
So, when failure stuns you,
Don't forget your plan
Smile, and shut your teeth. lad
Take it like a man!
Diamonds turned to paste. lad?
Night instead Of morn?
Where you'd pluck a rose, lad,
Oft you'd grasp a thorn?
Time will heal the bleeding
Life is but a span;
Smile, and shut your teeth. lad
Take it like a man!
Then, when sunset comes. lad,
When your fighting's through,
And the Silent Guest, lad.
Fills his cup for you.
Shrink not-clasp it coolly-
End as you began;
Smile and close your eyes. lad
And take it like a man!
&C. f. Lester. in Success.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

'As everybody knows. monkeys are
very fond of watching what men do
and then hooking them by doing the
same thing themselves. In the coun-
tries where the monkeys live and men
sometimes catch them by bringing ba-
sins filled with water and spying about
until they see some monkey. When
they see that the monkeys perched on
the tree are watching what is going on
the men begin to wash their hands in
the water they have brought. The
monkeys all the while keep looking on
and no doubt wonder what the wash
ing is for. When the men have wash
ed their hands over and over a great
man. times they at length go away
and take the basins with them. But
under the trees in which the monkeys
are seated they leave other basins filled
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
SENATOR THOMAS c. PLATT.

1CluEOutu 1tdutI VI Tic lACPooA
can Party in New York;
the leader of the party during the re-
mainder of his natural life. The in
dependents have once or twice started
a revolt against his dominance. but
without other result than to draw
upon themselves still larger measures
of his scorn and hatred. They have
been constant in bitter censure of him
and have held him up to ridicule as
one of small intellect and narrow in
telligence, performing political antics
before the country and high heaven.
But all this censure and this ridicule
has been uniformly-until
drowned in the louder chorus of adula-
ton by the faithful.
AS a budding politician 1t was in
his favor that his home was in Oswego
lin that part of New York state where
Roscoe. Conkling needed a trusty
friend and ally. He was elected in
1872 and reelected in 1874 to congress.
Mr.. Conkling was then serving his first
term in the senate In Washington
the two men formed an alliance, Of
fensive and defensive, according to the
secret terms of which they were to
endeavor to control the federal pat
ronage. All things went smoothly
with them till about 1879, when their
enemies made an attempt to take con-
troll of the republican state convention
and set up a new order of proceeding.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

Other holidays commemorate events
Of the past; Arbor day speaks for pos
terity. John Frederick Oberlin, the ia
nous Alsatian pastor. would not per-
NIT the peasant boys and girls to come
to communion until they had planted
at least two trees in their rock-strewn
valley. Had the great educator of a
century ago lived on the present site
Of Chicago the university of that city
might not to-day be paying $1,000 for
transplanting a single row of big elm
trees on its campus,
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Charlotte N. yon9e Is Dead.

Charlotte NJ. Yonge, the noted mover
list, died last week. aged rs. Her death
took place at Elderfeld. Otterbourne.
her home in Winchester. in which she
spent almost all Of her life. Her nrst
success in letters. which Immediately
established her reputation. was 1.-The
Heir of Redclyfe."
Miss Yonge's life was quite unevent-
full. She was the daughter of a country
the doctrines of what is called the high
magistrate OF Hampshire and her edu-
cation was conducted altogether by her
parents, her father being her principal
tutor. She was a most religious wo-
man and all of her works-which are
principally in fictional form-were
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
p.aahist studying Chris tIanity.

Otani Kozui. a young Buddhist priest
who is kinsman to the mikado. is about
to leave England. where he has been
for some time past, and will come to
this country to still further study
Christianity and Christian institutions.
His family tree has traceable roots as
far back as $3.50 years ago, he repre-
sents the richest and most advanced
sect in Japan and he will one day rule
over thousands Of temples in that
country.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

with the announcement that the rule
Of Boss Plat is ended.
resents the car. The church in Rus
STA as in England, is part of the state
in a sense difficult for Americans TO
realize, and the spiritual power wen
o than the secular is committed to
the Pan-Slayic idea.
We are apt to think of Pan-Slavism
as merely a political movement-as an
attempt to bring under Russian rule
the Slavic lands outside the empire.
Really it is a great deal more 1t Is
a revolt against the attempt to graft
foreign forms of civilization upon Rus
sia- 1t is summed up in Aksakon's
famous words: 1T is time to go
home!" What Aksakoff meant was
that 1t was time for the Slavs to give
up trying to initiate foreign ideas. go
back to the point from which Peter
the Great started, and develop a civili-
cation strictly and purely Russian. OF
course this does not involve the dis
carding Of foreign inventions in war
and industry, but it does mean their
adaptation to Russian ways. and not
the changing of Russian social ideas to
fit the foreign model.
To accomplish this dream of Slavic
unity 1t was necessary to repress re-
ligious dissent, and to this work Pobie-
donostseff has devoted himself. Begin
ming with the exiting of Pashkoff in
1882 for holding Bible meetings among
the fashionable people of st. Peters
burg, he proceeded, as his power grew,
to repression of dissenters Of all kinds.
To the southern European and
American mind Pobiedonostsef ap-
pears a Torquemada, whose work
may prove destructive to Russia. Then
again 1t may prove Russia's greatest
aid in dominating the affairs of the
eastern hemisphere.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

The sound of the 'woodsman's ak
may soon be a thing of the past. In
the forest of Potter county, Pa, a ma
chine is to be tested which is claimed
to be capable of peeling bark, cutting
down trees and then Transforming
them into logs. After being fastened
to a tree the machine win peel it from
the ground to the branches, then cut
1t down and saw it into the required
lengths.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

The municipal government of st
Petersburg has appointed a commits
sion to study the question of sanitary
workingmen's homes. The city, with
its marshy surroundings and its liza
bility to overfiows. is regarded as I'M
healthy at best. The evil is aggravat-
ed by the use of the poor of rooms be-
meath the overflow line.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

Boys who work their way" through
college often hit upon odd ways of
turning an honest penny. Girls in
similar circumstances also appear to
be resourceful. Several Radcliffe stu
dents are earning their college ex-
penses, or a part of them. by tending
babies. They receive from twenty-five
to fifty cents an hour. and are acquir-
ing information not ~obtainable
through the regular curriculum.