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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-06-29
THE MINES ARE SOLD.
The Most important Sale That Has Been
Made in Years in this State.
The Buyers to Build a
Railroad.

AV(A1AI OG10e
Yesterday the first payment Of
$50, 900 down was made to the Ton
pah Mining Company by the Phila-
delphia sydicate, the purchasers Of
the Tonopah mines, consisting Of
eight locations, all now being worked
by leasers. The eastern capitalists
who have safely and wisely invested
their wealth in the above named
mines before making the first pay
ment sent Mr. John +. Anderson, a
mining expert of note. and Mr.. 0. A.
Turner practical mining man of
Grass Valley, Cal, here to further
examine the properties and ascer-
tain positively if the richness and
large permanent lodges do actually
exist. While here both gentlemen
made minute examination of the
property and the mines adjoining and
after doing so Mr.. Anderson stated
to BONANZA reporter that the dis
covery was not only phenomenal but
the surface showings and the present
outlook of the mines was the wonder
of the 10Th century. Before leaving
the east, he said, could not believe
that such lodges, both IN richness and
size, could exist, | was agreeably
surprised to find that the report sent
by Mr.. Turner to my associates had
been found correct in every detail.
Had be estimated the group to be
worth 81, 900, 000 he would not have
over done it. The half has not been
told of this rich camp. want to
say right here, the mines of Tonopah
with their large permanent lodges
are the richest in the mining west to-
day
When asked of the company's pro
posed work, he replied: The first
thing my people will do will be to
place you in communication with the
outside world by constructing rail
road to your town which in a short
time will become promising city.
The property will be worked on a
large scale. Only first-class miners
will be employed of which your State
has an abundance
The price paid is 1896, 600 Fifty
thousand down, 500, 900 Sept. Both
and 1886, 900 Dec Both.
The principal owner is John W.
Woodside, president of tobacco
trust. John F. Anderson. O. A.
Turner and several Philadelphia mil
lionaires are also heavy shareholders.
Several of our local would-be pro-
moters are very sore over the fact of
their inability to interest their 'peo-
pie in the Tonopah mines before
deal was made Being On the ground
and well aware that a great discov-
cry had been unearthed, they made
desperate efforts to impress mining
men with whom they were in touch
with the real facts. 1t seems to have
been case of thing being too
good to be true, and they were
forced to stand by and see one of the
greatest bonanzas of the country
pass out of their grasp at figure
which represents only small frac-
ton Of its true value. These would
be invest tors who have failed to come
to the front when a great opportun-
ity presented itself, will no doubt
drop their money into some propo-
sition Of doubtful value. later on, but
such is the way of the world We
are fortunate in having such affable
gentlemen, as the purchasers are,
among us. They are typical western
men. Let all assist them in making
their work pleasant.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-06-29
Silver Star
SalOon,>.~,

oOo In conducting the Silver Star We will
strive to handle goods that will meet with the
approval Of all. All that we ask IL share of
the patrOnage.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-06-29


mence at l o'clock. Sharp.
BASE ball Game, innlnga, for purse of ~,
iOO yds foot race, tres for MI, an
Boys race under 10 year w.. Second money. sa-0
t,oys foot race under ID yrs sE ind money 81 IA
Ladies' race for nil ~. ssconu nIoliey " IA
Little Girls race W. second money VI
indian foot race nlrn iDO yds 4,
Squaw race s3; second money ~ "a
Three legged raae~
Suck Race ~
Egg race for women " and y.
Potato raae "
Indian kids race. ~ aud VI 10
High jump " So Running jump y! ~
saddle race, or more 10 start sIa; snd 40
Foee for all horse race, or more 10 starl sio si0
Indian hor''e race H.. ~ 10
Jacksss race. fast, ., Juikas, IA 70. slo~, T..
Tug Of war s. men ~ tea,u ris
Pyrotechnic Display in the
Evening.
Free Dance at Kendell &
Cary's Pavilion,
EVERYBODY INVITED.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
SELF-DIScIPLINE.

The method of maintaining dis
cipline in the state prison at Folsom,
Cal, is declared to be very successful.
There are no dungeons or dark cells,
and none of the old modes of punish
ment are recognized in this institu-
ton. When a new prisoner is re-
ceived he is informed that they have
three different bills of fare in the
prison, and that it is optional with
each man as to how well he lives. If
he is Industrious, orderly, well-be-
haved and in all things conforms
strictly to the rules of the prison, he
is served with excellent food, nicely
cooked. He can have chops, steaks,
eggs, tea and coffee, milk and white
bread. If he is only fairly well-be-
haved and does not do his allotted
task properly, is inclined to growl and
grumble at the regulations of the in
stitution, he is given ordinary prison
fare, mush and molasses, soup and
corn bread; and if he is ugly and in
subordinate he is permitted to feast on
unlimited quantities of cold water and
a rather small allowance of bread
There is said to be an intense rivalry
among the cOnvicts to enter the first
class, and once there it is very seldom
that one of them has to be sent back
to a lower class.-Detroit Free Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
FAMILIARITY A VICE.

1t is greatly to be feared that fami-
liarity is one of the vices of the age.
You will hear little Cadsby Toad, who
once happened to be in the same room
as his grace the duke of Tetbury, al
ways speak of that distinguished no
bleman as "Tetbury," and having oc-
casionally found himself in the same
field with that enthusiastic sportsman,
my Lord Cobunter, will make a point
Of alluding to him as ..Cubby." This
will, perhaps. scarcely give you cause
for establishment, but you can hardly
understand people. who ought to know
better, continually writing and talking
of Earl Roberts as "bobs." We are
apt in the present day to sneer at our
ancestors, but 1 do not think they
would have forge ten themselves so far
as to call Lord Nelson Horny" or to
speak of the great duke of Wellington
as 'Arty.' Such authorizations and
nicknames may be all very well as ap-
piled to popular pugilists, but they are
distinctly out of place in referring to
distinguished commanders. Equally
Objectionable is the familiar manner
with which other notable people are
treated Why should the colonial sec
rotary be spoken and written about as
Joe Chamberlain" and why should
the editor of Truth be brought before
the public as ''Labby?" In addition 20
these and many other instances it
seems to me to be both slangy and dis
respectful to speak of the soldiers of
the king as "Tommies. j. Ashby-
Sterry in the London Graphic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
Ehinamen Emigrating.

The Englishman writing about Chi
namen immigrating to Calcutta from
the Canton districts, and then finding
wives among the lower classes of the
Eurasian community, makes the re-
mark that the children of these mar
riages are generally educated on west
ern lines, that is to say, they are
taught to speak, read and write Eng
lish, and are given grounding in
arithmetic and accounts. They are
then apprenticed to their fathers
trades. This fact may partly account
for the rapidity with which Cinnamon
are ousting natives of India in the
business of shoemaking and carpen-
try, which they have made their own
in Calcutta" Burmah opens out
good field for Chinese immigration
says the Mandalay Herald, and the
only wonder is that the government
does not sufficiently encourage China
men immigrating hither Down at
Australasia Cinnamon have focked in
shoals, some contracting marriages
with European women, and from past
experience have been found to be good
factors and formidable rivals not only
in commerce, but in the several handi-
crafts of trade, SO much so that their
immigration into the colonies has been
made prohibitive by taxes and other
heavy Observation-Disclosures Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

The Living Age remarks that some
of the fundamental principles of the
useful art of skipping are suggested by
Mr.. Anthony Deane, in the following
passage in the London Pilot: When T
meet a paragraph which begins, cit is
now necessary to retrace our steps
somewhat to explain" or, THE GRIM
son sun by this time neared the hori-
zon. Far over the hills stretched
vault of heavy cloud, its strange, pur-
pie tints fading and dissolving into"
or, But the contents of this room,
his sanctum sanctorum, deserve more
detailed description" or, 20 strange,
unfathomable mystery of existence,
compelling our purblind race''-when,
l say, meet a passage in a novel
which begins thus, 1 skip like any
thing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

but Aob. and how could anyone whom
Rob loved fail to say him yea?
So when Ethel came hon. after six
months absence, bringing her sheaves
with her, Bertha, unimpressed by their
golden glory. asked herself and her sis
ter, What will Rob say?n
The year before Rob Hills had
graduated with high honors at one of
the first medical colleges in the coun-
try, and coming home, hung out his
shingle.
But country towns are apt to distrust
young men, most of all when they have
grown up in their midst, and it was
only the very few who appreciated the
great advances which medicine and
surgery have made in recent years,
who dared to employ him. Thus it
was godsend when the young doc
tors uncle, having no son to inherit
his practice and feeling the need of an
assistant, wrote to Rob to come and
fill the post. This, during Ethels alb
sence, but before the news of her en-
gagement had reached Kaowoc.
Rob had talked the offer over with
Joe and Bertha, although there was
but one opinion as to its acceptance,
fairly good income for a young man.
Rob had answered, Yes, fellow
might get married on that with the
right kind of wife," and had smiled
at Bertha, who, thinking. of Ethel, had
choked down lump, which, to her
shame and confusion, rose in her
throat, and bravely smiled back.
Now that Ethel had unhesitat
ingly thrown Rob over, Bertha
felt that further protest was
useless; nay, more, she felt that she
was on the verge of tears and that if
she remained in the room with her
sister she would do or say something
to be sorry for.
She left the room and the house;
she felt that she wanted to be alone
in order to recover her composure. AL
most unconscious1y she took the path
to favorite spot with the young peo-
pie of both households, clump of
willows half way between the Trent
and Hills homesteads, where the boys
years ago had built a rustic seat.
There she sat thinking, her eyes full
of tears, her heart aching.
ooh, Rob, Rob-" she sighed at last
aloud, IF 1 could only help you
WELL" exclaimed merry voice, not
at all that of a despairing lover.
That's good news, because you can
more than anyone else in the world.
I was just on my way to tell you that
1 can't get along without you, and to
ask you if you think you can be happy
as poor mans wife?'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
What Rob Said.
BY MRS. MOSES P. HANDY.

BY MRS. MOSES P HANDY.
Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Indeed. BERTHE, l just think I'm one
Of the luckiest girls in the world"
and Ethel Trent leaned back on the
lounge and folded her pretty hands
complacently, so that her diamond and
sapphire ring showed to the best adj
vantage. Mr.. Wilson simply adores
me. and I shall have everything that
money can buy. Think of spending
whole year abroad. 1 have always
longed to travel and to be able to
buy no end of beautiful things for our
new house on the boulevard. And then
Mr.. Wilson is man any girl might
be proud Of He DOESN'T look a day
over 40. and is really distinguished
looking. 1 tell you I'm in luck.
But what will Rob say?' asked her
sister. far less impressed by the glow
ing picture than Ethel had expected
he- to be.
The girl shrugged her shoulders i'm
patiently. Congratulate me, suppose
He has no right to say anything else,
and it would make no difference if he
did"
.'On, Ethel"
Bertha, you make me tired" ex-
claimed Ethel, sitting erect in her
vehemence of speech. q never could
see why you always insisted that Rob
Hills and I were sweethearts. l am
not engaged to him. He never asked me
to marry him, and supposing he was in
love with me what would it matter?
1 can't marry all the men who admire
me. so 1 choose to please myself. Rob
is as poor as a church mouse, and you
know it,"
But. Ethel. don't you know his
uncle has made him his assistant and
he will surely ask you now that he
can afford to marry"
Ethel interrupted her disdainfully
''On $1,000 a year. excuse me if you
please My dear child. don't you know
that Mr.. Wilson has twice as many
thousands? Really, Bertha, you ought
to have more sense. But then you
have spent your life here in the coun-
try, and you don't know what life is I
have no more reason to think that that
boy is in love with me than with you;
he is Joe's chum, that is all. But if
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
JAPAN INDEBTED TO AMERICA.

Dr. G. Mitsukuri, the imperial histo
rian of Japan, was at the Auditorium
Annex, Chicago, the other day. He is
returning to Toxic after years of re-
search in Berlin, London, Rome and
Washington, to write the history of
his country. In that history he will
give America credit for the renaissance
of Japan, and he will make Commodore
Perry the first father of modern Japan.
Dr. Mitsukuri for two years has been
searching in the British museum and
in the vatican library. In the latter he
discovered a forgotten letter of a mi
kado of Japan to Pope Paul ", dated
in the early part of the seventeenth
century, and asking for more Francis
can missionaries for Japan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
w. D. NORRIS.

progress it seems that the mayor asked
the chief why he did not carry out
the law, whereupon Mr.. Powell retort-
ed: How can 1 carry out the law
when you are breaking it every day."
In reply the mayor called the chief a
liar. AS revenge the chief caused the
mayors arrest for transgressing the
dead letter law. Section II of the
Ontario license act says:
"If a member of any municipal
council is convicted of having know
ingly committed any orfense under this
act, he shall, in addition to any other
penalty to which he may be liable
under this act, thereby forfeit and va
cate his seat and shall be ineligible
to or to sit or vote in any municipal
council for two years thereafter; and
if such person, after the forfeiture
aforesaid, sits or votes at any munich
pal council he shall incur a penalty
of $40 for every day he SO sits or
votes.'' Public sympathy goes SO far
that it is likely a numerously signed
petition will be sent to the lieutenant
governor of Ontario, in council, asking
for a free pardon for the mayor
Should this come before the last Mon
day in November Mr.. Morris would be
eligible to run for the mayoralty in
January, but it is extremely doubtful
whether the disqualification will be
lifted in time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
That's good news.

and Mrs. Morton had announced to her
husband her intention to give the girl
chance. Mr.. Morton never denied
his wife anything; moreover, he, too,
had taken a fancy to the girl and the
chance was given with no niggard
hand.
1t would be hard to tell whether
Mr.. or Mrs. Morton was most pleased
at the sensation which Ethel made
most delighted when the head of the
firm of Wilson & Co., of which Mr..
Morton was a junior member, asked
Ethel to marry him. Neither of them
imagined the possibility of refusal,
although the sutton was twice her age.
The old chronicle tells us that when
Alcides, having gone through all the
fatigues of life, took bride in
Olympus, he ought to have selected
Minerva, but he chose Hebe Other
men since then have done tho same
thing, and no one, not even the BRIDE
elect, thought of the difference of age
as an objection. Ethel did not say
yes, and thank you," but she felt it.
and her behavior on the occasion was
generously rewarded by her aunt and
her uncle-in-law. Ethel had the sat
isfaction of knowing that her trous-
Seau WOulQ De ali InaI could be de-
sired
AS for Rob Hills, Ethel never took
him into consideration; as she said
why should she? Half the young men
in Kaowoc were more or less in love
with her. Rob was her brothers
special friend. and so. oftener at the
house than any of the others. but
much more was taken for granted than
hod
Bertha Trent, four years younger
than her sister. admired Ethel beyou a
measure She herself was barely good
looking, and accustomed to be over
Swallowed by her brilliant sister upon
all occasions, she was content with re-
Elected glory and never thought to be
jealous
Only now was she disappointed when
everyone else was praising Ethel for
that she had done so well to herself
Bertha was intensely loyal, and she
loved Rob better than she even knew
She had always taken it for granted
that her two swans must mate, and
her air castles had all been built with
that end in view. There was nobody
| good enough in her eyes for Eths
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
LAUGHTER A DUTY.

Laughter is duty, and not very
difficult duty, either, to young people
1t is not hard for young people to
laugh They should be encouraged to
cultivate laughter as Christian
grace, never losing the art or allowing
it to fall into disuse- Let the children
laugh at table, even giggle II they
wish to, rather than be solemn and
serious People should seek always
to be cheerful. To do what is right,
obeying ones conscience, fills a heart
with gladness and song, and laughter
naturally follows. There is mission
for humor. The woman who can make
others laugh may be a great blessing
to her fellow women. There are times
in ones experience when bit of fun
is better. more a means of grace, than
a serious sermon would be- There
are times when the best help we can
give to a friend is to make her laugh
The wise man says: "A merry heart
doeth good like medicine hearty
laugh would cure many a sickly feel
ing. drive away the blues and change
the whole aspect of Hfe--Pensyl-
wanna Grit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

the future. Besides, 1 am older than
you are, and you have no business to
lecture me-
The summer previous Mrs. Trent's
only sister, well-tO-do, childless, living
In a fashionable apartment house in
large city, and quite in the swim
had been ordered absolute rest and
quiet from her social duties and her
charities. Seeking such repose she had
come to visit her sister in the country
township of Kaowoc, and found the
experiment a success. When she re-
turned to town she had taken her ED
est niece with her. Ethel was beauty
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
MAYOR OF OTTAWA ousTED.

No incident for many years has Gre
ated such excitement throughout the
Dominion of Canada as the disqual.fi-
cation from Office for two years of
w. d. Morris, mayor of Ottawa, for the
comparatively trivial offense of pur-
chasing a glass of liquor after the legal
hour of closing. The law was con-
sidered a dead letter and is openly
violated by all ranks and conditions
of society. There have. been many
feuds between the mayor and Chief of
Police W. F. Powell over police ap-
pointments, which resulted in an in
vestigation by the police commission
ers. While the investigation was in
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
COUNT Won HATZFELDT.


ted for the diplomatic service at the
ter in order that their daughter might
universities of Berlin and Bonnie. He
was secretary of legation at Paris I'M
der Bismarck in 1862, and in 1874 was
appointed German minister to Spain.
He was subsequently promoted to the
post of ambassador to Turkey, and was
recalled from Constantinople in 1888
to serve as secretary of state for for
eign affairs. In 1885 he succeeded
Count Munster as Ambassador to the
court of ST. James. Count Won HAITI
notwithstanding married the daughter
of Charles Frederick Moulton of New
York. He was divorced from her in
1886 at the instigation, i. is said, of
Bismarck, who objected to her because
her mother had been an actress, and
who refused to recommend Count
Hatzfeldt to the post of foreign secre-
tary unless he secured divorce. The
separation was only nominal, however,
and they were remarked two years la
marry Prince Macmillan of Hohen-
lobe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

desired to have their horses make a
good appearance at the horse show.
and hit upon that means of making
an ordinary animal appear frisky.
The bit burr is a contrivance made
of heavy leather. three inches in diam
eter. In the center is hole large
enough to admit the bit. On the inner
side of the burr are punches of bristles,
which protrude quarter of an inch
The burr is slipped OF the bit and the
bristles rub against the side of the
horses mouth when the line is pulled
taut. The burr is used legitimately for
correcting a -.one-line puller,'' as
horse which pulls to one side is called
Bristles is the usual material used
for studding the burr, although it Is
charged that some horse owners use
lacks, with the sharp point filed on
Both kinds of the burr are sad to have
been removed from the New York
horses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

cat what time shall you be at liber-
typ is the correct form when you de
sire information. not consent or a
promise cat what time will you be
at Hberty?' is equivalent to sAt what
time are you willing to be a liberty %
1t implies that being at liberty is
dependent on the will of the person
spoken to. at what time shall you
be at hberty?" is equivalent to AT
what time are you going to be at lib
erty ?'-being at liberty is regarded as
simply a matter of the future. not de-
pendent on the will of anybody. will
your" expects the answer Il will''; it
denotes willingness, consent, or de-
termination shall you?" expects the
answer Il shall''; it denotes futurity
and nothing more--Elizabeth A.
Whitney in Ladies' Home Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

Servia is in trouble now with an
epidemic of marriages The cause Is
the system of marriage banks founded
as an encouragement to thrift, but
which have proved to have quite an
opposite effect. The young men and
maidens of Servia begin paying into
these institutions at an early age on
the promise of a premium on marriage.
Immediately small sum has been ac-
eumuIated the desire for marriage
grows overwhelming, with the result
that the first offer is snapped up In
consequence prematurely early and un-
happy marriages are general The
matter has now reached the govern
ment, and the advisability of abolish
Ing these banks, which are held to be
the root Of the evil. is being debated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
PEOPLE AND
EVENTS
DEATH OF Won HATzFEIDT

Count Won Hatzfelt. former German
ambassador to Great Britain. who died
in London November %, resigned his
post with the permission of the emper-
or short time ago, because of i'll
health Death occurred at the German
embassy He had been ailing for years
from heart trouble and internal COM
plications- When it was seen that he
was sinking the last sacrament was adj
ministered- He remained fully con-
scious to the last. Count Paul Won
Observation-Disclosures was born on Oc<
tober s, 1881, and was specially educa-