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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
Bombording
the Clouds.

These are queer times. The farmer
will have to start a cannon brigade
If he wants to be up to date in the
peaceful pursuits of agriculture. The
fashion comes from France, where
they la a rapid-fring, breech load
ing. agricultural oannon which is a
wonder.
In France, where SO much of the
wealth of the whole country depends
on the vineyards. there is one enemy
which has hitherto been unconquer-
able. That is the hail. In half al
hour a severe hailstorm could pulver-
ize a prospective fortune. In Italy.
also, the hail is a menace to the vine
yards and the vine growers of the two
countries have been making some ex-
ceedingly interesting experiments in
fighting these storms. Fighting is a
good term for their methods. They
lombard the clouds. When they do
this, according to their published re-
ports, the movement of a hurricane is
stopped. the lightning and the thunder
cease, rain or melted snow begins to
fall and the clouds soon pass away.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

STAMPS
Facts About
Their Manufac-
ture and
Distribution.

for carrying mail matter in Uncle
Sans new oriental archipelago. The
first process in the manufacture Of
stamps at the money mill Is to count
the sheets of blank paper. which are
purchased by contract. This work II
done by women, who, indeed, perform
most Of the labor in the bureau OF en-
craving and printing, simply because
they have proved themselves more ca
pable than men for business of this
description. Each sheet is the proper
size and shape to make 400 printed
stamps, with a small margin. After
they have been counted the sheets are
moistened by laying wet rags between
them at intervals of twenty, and the
following morning, when the rags are
removed, the sheets are ready for
printing. The press for printing post
age stamps in a queer-looking machine,
half automatic in its action. 1t Is
quite a small affair, with four square
steel plates, set horizontally. occupying
the four sides of a horizontal square.
These plates, always horizontal, travel
around the four sides of the square at a
moderate rate of speed, passing in turn
beneath an ink roller. Each of them Is
engraved with the faces of 400 stamps.
and after being linked by the roller goes
under a mechanical rubber, which re-
moves most of the ink. Then the plate
Is cleansed Of all the rest of the ink
save what is in the craven lines by a
man who rubs 1t with a cloth and his
bare hands, and finally it goes under a
dry, ~cloth-covered roller, which, a sheet
of white paper being i~nterpossd, does
the printing. All of these processes
are accomplished four times inside OF
half a minute. Now comes the gum
ming of the stamps, which Is one OF
the most interesting steps in tie whole
process. The gummed postage stamps
before they are ready for use must be
perforated, so as to be torn apart east
ly. and this process is performed by
machines with rows of small toothed
wheels of brass set parallel to each
other.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

Kursaals of switzsrland.

One need not travel to Monte Carlo
or other gambling resorts to be re-
lieved Of any s~uperfluous cash, for
there are dozens of places in Switzer-
land, known by the names of kur-
saals, where a customer" will be ac-
c~ommodated. Although the play is
limited by law, higher stakes are
winked at, and ones losses-for M
invariably loses with an 8 to l chance
against at the ~racehorse game-may
easily run into four figures during the
evening. Some sensational facts have
come to light concerning the kursaal
In Geneva. which is one of the best
Of its kind in Switzerland. The pro-
prietor lately informed a correspondent
that he could not possibly afford to
run his theater and side-shows and
engage well-known artists at a huge
salary unless he could recoup him
self from the takings OF the gaming
zables.-London Daily Mail.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
VINEYARDS PROTECTED
FROM HA1LSTORMS BY
MEANS OF N

This bombarding has had a good trial
and 1t is said that the vineyards pro-
tected by the cannon were spared,
while those outside the lines were
destroyed by the hail. Several guns
have been invented for this rural war
fare, the most remarkable being the
~powderless cannon of an Italian firm.
Acetylene gas mixed with air is used
as the explosive. OF course there is no
charge. 1t is said that the apparatus
can be placed anywhere and left safely
to itself even for years at q time. A
farmer can have, say fifty cannon sta
toned at different points of his estate.
These are connected by an electric
wire SO that a single operator can dis
charge the whole fifty guns either tim
ultaneously or con~secutiveiy. This
takes about ten seconds, and then the
whole thing begins ove again. The
generator permits the cannon to fri
more than 1000 times without reload.
ing, and that is supposed to be a sufs
fcient supply to last six months. The
gun Is not for sale, but the inventors
intend to begin next year to insure
vine growers against hail.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

In finishing a call zeal in mind that
q thing "if 'twere done, when it's done.
then 'twere we'll 'twere done quickly"
When you've decided hat it's time TO
60, stand not upon the order OF your
going" but go-and don't prolong the
operation.
Don't fancy that it's fiattering to
your hostess to dawdle at every stage
Of the exit. If, as Is not infrequently
the case, 1t is difidence that prolongs
the agony and keeps the final wrench
at arms length. the victim cannot take
herself in hand too promptly. says the
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Not that brusqueness and abrupt
nesss in taking leave is any more com
mendable than the lingering process.
But II the caller will direct her tact
and Judgment toward this end. she can
taper off her visit in such a way that
her adieus may be easily both short
and graceful, and the hostess be made
glad only once. and that not when the
front door closes on her guest.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
Iatsmperano. Among women.

At a meeting of the British Medical
temperance Association, DR.. Haywood
pmith read a paper on alcohol in rela4
lion to women. and the following res,
olution was unanimously adopted:
That this meeting. having had under
its consideration the prevalence of In.
temperance among women and its Of
tect on the health of the community.
expresses its conviction that the exist.
ence Of shopkeepers' licenses promotes
female intemperance, and believes it to
De a matter of urgency that they
bhoald be abolished"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

Millions upon millions OF new, crisp
currency bills are being turned out by
the bureau of engraving and printing
to replace the defaced and worn-out
greenbacks which are constantly COM
ing back into the treasury, to be
eventually ground and smashed up
into pulp. Huge printing presses are
constantly at work in the st~eel-protect-
ed rooms of the treasury department.
1t Is, in fact, safely estimated that by
the close Of the present year these
presses will have turned out enough
greenbacks to furnish each of the &c.
DOC. 900 inhabitants of this land with
about $40 each. This means that 107,-
SOC, 900 of crisp, new bills of various
denominations will be used. In the
matter of postage stamps the figures
are even more enormous, avs the
Washington Times. 1t is estimated
that on an average every man, woman
and child In the United States will use
ffty-tbree postage stamps during the
year 1901, forty of them being of the
popular 2-cent denomination. The
total number consumed will be over
1900, 000, 900 and nearly 1000, 000, 900 of
these will be of the 1-cent variety.
One person out of every ten will send a
special-delivery letter in the course of
the present year. Cuba, in 1901, will
require about $4,000, 900 ordinary
stamps, with 100000 special deliver
les" all of which will be turned out at
Uncle Sans money mill in Washing
ton. The Philippines will use up s.
GOO. 900 stamps. Porto Rico 1000. 900
and Guam 150, 900. OF course, Guam,
Porto Rico and the Philippines have no
stamps of their own. properly speak.
ing, but are supplied with the ordinary
United States postage stamps, altered
simply by the addition of a word print
ed across the face of each one in un-
ornamented black letters. Thus all
Guam stamps have the word Guam"
marked on them. as If it were for con-
collation., and the word philippines"
makes our common stamps serviceable
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

The great oil well at Beaumont may
vet prove to belong to the state of
Texas. Even II 1t does not. most OF
the other wells Of the new oil field
will certainly belong to the state un-
less the Legislature repeats an old stat
pte. This statute was adopted In 1888
Dnd provided that ell oils and minerals
found on school lands should belong
10 the state. At that time nearly all
pf the new field belonged to the school
band, and though much has since been
Foid the statute. IS worded. still ap.
piles.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
Burial with Heads to west.

The custom OF burying the dead with
their heads to the west originated in
early times, when the people general
ly believed in corporal or bodily
resurrection. They had an idea thar
inasmuch as the star that heralded
Cbrist's coming first appeared in the
east, Judgment Day" would be usb-
cred in with the Lords appearance in
the same direction. They supposed thai
when they arose from the dead" that.
having been buried with head 10 the
west, they would stand facing Him
whose mission it will be to prociaim
the reward or punishment OF the ROOD
or the depraved.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
Uncle Sans lighthouses.

Few persons know that the United
States government derives an income
from some of the largest bathing es-
adjustments In America, II not in the
world. The Hot Springs Of Arkansas,
which have been a resort for invalids
for many years, are owned by Uncle
Sam and he exacts a payment Of $50 a
tub for the use of the medicated water.
AS there are 534 tubs, the springs
bring him an income from that source
of $4,000 a year.
According to tradition the Hot
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

Springs of Arkansas are the original
fountain Of youth of Ponce de Leon
and De Soto. The Indians of Florida
told them that 1t was toward the set
ting sun and they set out to find It.
There is every evidence in history and
tradition that De Soto was there. The
earliest Indian legends have associated
with them the Idea OF the curative vir-
tues Of these waters. They surround
every Swallowed valley. mountain nook
and rocky cavern with a halo of ro-
nance that makes the yale of Va
pors' doubly interesting.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
L CASE.

How are you cutting EN-, old top?"
asked the variety man.
Badly, me boy, badly" answer
ed the eminent tragedian and repertoire
artist, Mr.. Barnes former. They at
tackled our receipts at Jones' Crossing;
ut Jackson's Corners the plebean that
owned the barn made us substitute
candles for kerosene as the footlights
for fear of vitiating his insurance pol
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD MANNERS.

Manners aim to facilitate life,"
writes Emerson. They aid our deal
ing and our conversation. These forms
very soon become fixed, and a fine
sense of propriety is cultivated with
the more heed that 1t becomes a badge
OF social and civil distinctions" He
also writes that a beautiful behavior
is the finest OF the fine arts" Society
demands an element which II signif-
cantly terms good nature, expressing
all degrees of generosity, from the
lowest willingness and faculty to
oblige up to the heights Of magnan-
unity and ve."-Philadelphia Inquir-
or.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

small lump OF dirty, gray, greasy stun
was picked up by the crew about six
weeks ago after diseharging a cargo
OF lumber at an Alaskan port. The
lump weighed about rs pounds
and when taken on board was found
to be pure ambergris, more valuable
than gold, and worth $27,275.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
Valuable FIND Of Amberrrls.

Information received at Covelo, Men
~seino county, CAL, from Caspar. a
ssacoast town and port thtrty-fve
miles away, gives the particulars of a
valuable find of ambergris afioat, dis
covered by a lumber steamer on her
return from Skagway, Alaska. A
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

Whenever 1t seems to you that tina
passes with tiresome slowness, Just
remember that you are getting older
steadily, and IL you are on the wrong
side OF forty. o Impotence va,
probably be much subducd.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

One OF the strongest men recently stat
ed that the secret of his wonderful power
Was perfect digestion. Hostetter's Stom-
ach bitfers makes digestion perfect, and
cures all complaints arising from a weak
stomach. such as indigestion, ~biliousness
and ali liver and kidney ailments, A 4
Blood purifier and nerve tonic it Is mar
velous. It Is recommended by physicians
and sold by every druggist In the country.
Try II also for malaria. fever and ague
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

The British and Russians are DISPUTE
ing over the limits of railway property
in the Russian concession, Tien Tsin,
and the guards of the two nations are
n close proximity to each other.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

A contract has been awarded for
raising the Spanish warships which
Admiral Dewey sank in the battle Of
Cavite.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

Native papers in Japan are thor
oughly in accord with the American
policy in China.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

Women either love or hate; there Ii
no happy medium in their affections.
II isn't always the straight man who
has unbiased views.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
when You buy Ink

ret Carter's and you Will get the best every
time aInllings" free. Carter's Ink 90, Bosto1-
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

Germans are reported TO have visited,
The prosperous market town of Naumi
ing, sixty miles from Pekin, and COM
hletely looted 1t.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BRoAfo QUINTNE TABLETS. An
druggists refund the money II 1t fails 10 cure.
Il. W. Groves signature is on the box. 25c.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11

Beers are reported to be massing
rear the Delagoa line.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-11
Month,a 1eat Free,

WTOfTtF . FV8F FVts
II you have Rheumatism, wrlto Dr.. Shoop, Racine,
wis Roy t43. for six bottles Of his Rheumatic Cure.
express paid. Send no money. Pay $3.50 II cured.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-18
SONG WRITERS TO ORGANIZE.
VIII Form a Society for the Purpose
OF Securing Benevolent and
Protective Benefits.

A number of song writer's have de-
cided to organize a sort of benevo-
lent and protective society, the prime
mover in the project being Billy Je-
rome. He said: I'VE will organize
simply to protect ourselves against
unscrupulous publishers and jobbers
of music. The first object in view
will he to organize so that INDECENT
and sick song writers may be taken
care of.
The average song writer does not
know the real value of his work and
is often ensnared by willy publishers.
He is defrauded in many cases of his
royalties. Song writer's, too, are not
thrifty. and many die in poverty after
enriching music publishers. Take. for
instance, the case of Charlie Graham.
the composer of Two Little Girls in
Blue and other popular songs. Ora
ham made number of publishers
wealthy, but died in want.
Another object of this society will
be to protect members as to royal
ties. At present publishers sell pro-
fessional copies of songs to perform
ers at five cents II copy. We do not
get a cent of this money, although
by right of contract we are entitled
to it"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-18
COULDN'T WEAR SHOES.

Sumpter, ILL.,, June 10.-Mrs. J. p
Flanagan, of this place, had suffered
with Dropsy for fifteen years. She
was so very bad that for the last
three years, she has not been able to
wear her shoes. She had doctored all
the time, but was gradually getting
worse.
Last winter Mr.. Flanagan, who was
very much discouraged, called for
some medicine at Mr.. j. J. Dale's drug
store in Carmi. Mr.. Dale persuaded
him to have his wife try Dodd's Kidney
Pills, and he bought six boxes. His
wife used five out of the six. before
she was entirely cured. She is now as
sound and we'll as ever she was, com.
pletely restored to health, and free
from any symptom whatever OF
Dropsy.
To say that Mrs. Flanagan is pleased
at her wonderful deliverance, does not
half express her feelings, and she
and Mr.. Flanagan are loud in their
praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and OF
MIR. Dale for recommending this won
derful remedy to them.
The fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured Mrs. Flanagan of such a severe
case of Dropsy, after the doctors had
given her up, has made them the most
talked-of remedy ever known in White
County.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-18
WHICH PATHq

Divergent paths await our feet
We pilgrims of a transient day
One is a broad, enticing street
One seemeth but a narrow way.
The first is paved with good intent,
Adorned with pleasures here and there.
And though concealed with one consent,
Self self pervades it everywhere.
Broad is the road; soon found, it's true;
We journey forth with hearts so llgnt,
All earthly joys stand full in view
And life indeed seems very bright
But soon, all soon, the thorns that sin
Hath planted over all the earth.
Do pierce the feet and poison cen
Our souls and check our needless mirtn
Still farther on this selfish path
Which erst appeared so smooth, so mild
Is rougher grown: now fierce the wrath
OF storms that gather dark and wild!
Oh, trav'ler, quick, forsake the way
That leads to sorrow. ruin. death.
Turn to the right. see Hopes bright ray
For you a glorious dawning hath
That narrow way, so plain, so straight,
Grows fairer. brighter to the end;
Which, though you reach 1t soon or late
Eternal blessings shall attend.
Turn. then, and find surceSse Of care;
Leave self behind, seek what is best;
Do good. and round thee everywhere
Shall dwell Gods presence, ever blest.
Oscar B. Smith. in n. Y. Observer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-18
Discovery of a Lost Mine.

Most marvellous of all the stories
OF lost mines found again is that of
the relocating of the enormously rich
gold mine of San Luis d'Aima, in Ven.
ezuela, south of the Orinoco river.
The mine has been lost for 81 years.
1t was worked under the auspices OF
the Capuchin monks of Catalonia, and
was the most productive gold mine
In all Spanish America. The mine
was closed and abandoned when Boil.
vars soldiers of the republic drove
the Spaniards and the Capuchins out
OF southern Venezuela, in 1917, and
destroyed their missions. The mine
was completely forgotten. 1t has
now been relocated, after years OF
search, by George E. Gage, an ener.
getic young New Yorker, who while
exploring the region came across a
huge image in the wilderness. This
image contained cabalistic signs indi.
eating the exact direction and dis.
lance to the lost vein. The mine is
supposed to be even of greater rich
ness than the famous Callao mine,
which produced $40, 0o0, 900 in gold in
ten years. The story of how the
mine came to be lost to Spain and
how it has been recovered through
American enterprise and quick intelli.
gence is one of absorbing Interest,"
Venezuela Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-18
BICYCLE IN THE ARMY.
most Successful Maneuvers Carried
Out on Wheels by British Corp.
of 1,8OO Men.

Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice
attracted considerable attention
about year ago by his. attempts to
prove to British officers that the BIZ
cycle was worth taking more serious
~ in military maneuvers. He organ
Szed big corps of bicycle volunteers
Tor test of his scheme, but their
evolutions were not a great success
at the first trial. Mai. Maurice,
AYERS the London correspondent Of
the New York Press, has just tried
his plan again with body of 1900
cyclists at Aldershot. His success
was so complete that many observers
and even some of the professed mill
tary critics predict that the cyclist
is to be the mounted infantryman of
the future. At any rate, it is con-
tended that these Aldershot maneu-
vers prove the wheel to be much
too good for use only in dispatch
Bearing, scouting and reconno itering,
as at present.
The 1900 cyclists, carrying kit, rife
and ammunition, left Aldershot at
eight in the morning and reached
Bagshot in perfect order, with inter
walls and space preserved, in better
time than cavalry make on the same
journey. They were inspected by the
British officers and then marched
and countermarched, moved double
quick, covering ~ miles IN So minutes,
and put through all the evolutions
that would have been required Of
them in actual warfare. The number
of punctured tires was remarkably
small, and there was surprisingly
little confusion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-18
A METHODIST BISHOP
GIVES PE-RU-NA GREAT CREDIT.
Writes His Recommendation
for the Famous Catarrh
Remedy, Pe-ru-na.

The day was when men of promi-
nence heSitated to give their testimoni-
ais to proprietary medicines for pub
LEGATION. This remains true to-day OF
most proprietary medicines But Peru
ma has become so justly famous, its
merits are known to SO many people OF
high and low station that none hesi-
tates to see his name in print recon-
mending Peruna.
The following letters from pastors
who use Peruna speak for themselves:
Rev. E. G. Smith, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church, of Greensboro. Ca.
writes:
my little boy had been suffering for
some time with catarrh of the lower
bowels. Other remedies had failed, but
after taking two bottles of Peruna the
trouble almost entirely disappeared.
For this special malady / consider IL
well nigh a specific. Rev. E. G. Smith
Rev. A. S. Vaughn, Eureka Springs.
Ark, says: Il had been Frustrated by
congestive chills and was almost dead;
as soon as able to be about, COM
menced the use of Peruna. took five
bottles; my strength returned rapidly
and l am now enjoying my usual
health."-Rev. A. S. Vaughn.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru.
ma, write at once to DR.. Hartman, Civ
ing a full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
| Ohio.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-18

Schools Flourish in Philippines.
The division of insular affairs, war
department., has received a copy of
the annual report of Prof. Fred w.
Atkinson, the general superintendent
of public instruction for the Philip
pines, which covers the time from the
enactment of the Philippine school
law to the close of the last fiscal
year, June 80, 1901. In speaking of
the general conditions Prof. Atkin-
son said that the great present need
is that of adequate and suitable
school buildings. The question OF
religious instruction in the schools
has been settled without friction or
any loss in the attendance of pupils.