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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

In a western Massachusetts, town
lived a young m who Is blessed
with both discrimination and tact. The
first of these admirable qualities she
has displayed by her two marriages.
Her first husband was a minister-a
most delightful man; he died, and af-
ter a lapse of five or six years she was
united to his only brother. who was a
successful lawyer In New York. On
her library desk stands a picture of the
first partner of her joys and sorrows,
and one day a curious caller asked
whom the photograph represented.
THAT" said the hostess, with evident
emotion. sis a picture OF my husbands
brother, who died eight years ago, and
who was very dear to us bothi"-
Youths Companion.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
THE .kIo- AND HIS ~oAno.


brave Ass Of . ~roush- 4. s.uz.s =
BABY.
1t wa not . long procession or =
pleasing ne. but 1t attracted much Al
tention. There was a policeman In the
lead. Beside him walked . stocky,
Sull-necked young fellow In . yellow
ish suit Of loud plaid. His face Wa
bloody, and his right wrist encircled by
the bracelet Of the "twisters" which
shnckled him to his captor. The face
Of the policeman was also bloody and
his clothes were torn. Behind these
two walked three other patrolmen.
each with a handcuffed prisoner. The
kid and his gang" had been caught
In the act Of robbing a saloon, and the
fight had been lively, although short
The prisoners had been taken to the
detectives Office. and photographed
and registered for the rogues' gallery.
They were now or their way to court.
and thence, in all probability, to JAIL
At Broadway there was a jam of cars
and heavy trucks, and the procession
had to walt. Nobody has been able to
tell just what happened, but they all
agree as to the essential points. First.
the bystanders saw a streak Of yellow.
which was the kid; then a streak of
blue, which was the policeman. The
prisoner had wrenched the twister
from his captor's hand, and made q
dash across the tracks. The police
man. thinking Of course. that he was
trying to escape, had followed. Then
everybody saw a little child toddlipg
along in the middle of the track. A
cable car, with changing bell, was bear
ing down upon it with a speed which
the gripman seemed powerless to
check. The baby held up its hands and
laughed at the sound of the gong. On
the other side of the street a m
was screaming and struggling in the
arms of three or four men who were
trying to keep her from sacrificing her
W life to save that of her child. Then
the kid stood there with the child safe
in his arms, the steel twisters hanging
from his wrist. He set the baby down
gently at his feet, loosened the clasp Of
her chubby hand on his big red fist,
and quietly held out his wrist to thel
policeman to be handcuffed again. He
had had one chance in a million for
his life when he made that desperate
leap, but he had not hesitated the frac-
ton of a second. Jacob A. Riis was
among those who saw the splendid
deed. II he felt the need of any en-
couragement in his fight with the
slums and his war upon influences
which convert young men like the kid
into "toughs" before they are twenty.
he must have left that Broadway cross
ing with new hope and . more deter
mined spirit.-Youth's Companion.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
GRIND YOUR own COFFEE.

Connoisseurs say that good coffee is
seldom found, to-day, in private houses
in the United States, and attribute the
deterioration in quality to the fact that
few families now roast and grind their
own coffee.
There's no question about it." said
the coffee buyer of one of New York's
largest grocery establishments; all
coffee ought to be ground just before
it is cooked, and yet fully three-fourths
of our retail trade is in ground coffee.
Laziness mi late breakfasts have ru-
ined our American coffee, and patent
coffee pots have finished the job.
About the only place l know of
where / get coffee to suit me, nowadays,
is the little village where l spend my
vacation. | send up the green coffee.
and the landlady browns it in small
quantities, and grinds it as she needs
it. Then she makes it in a battered
tin coffee pot. settles 1t with an egg,
and serves it with real cream. and
feel that I'm really getting my money
back and that life is worth living.
of course, buying coffee already
Drowned isn't so disastrous as buying
1t ready ground. I advise browning
1t at home, a little at a time. but it
does take time and bother. and prac-
tically no green coffee is sold save
to coffee roasters. They have every
convenience for wholesale roasting
and do it wei, enough.
individual tastes in coffee differ
greatly, and much Of the flavor depends
upon the roasting, which is another
reason why coffee should be roasted
in the home, to please the taste of each
family.
mot cook in a hundred is care
full enough to allow coffee to boil.
and boiling will queer the best coffee
on earth. 1t must come Just to the
verge of boiling and stay there for a
few minutes, but never go beyond; for
boiling brings out the fannie acid and
not only Injuries the flavor and aroma
but makes the stuff positively injuri-
ous."-New York Sun.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
Iitbuanians Play Dice

A peculiar dice game Is INDUCED in
by the gambling element of Lithuan-
ians in Baltimore. Gathering about
the dice tables in the saloons kept by
their fellow-countrymen they quickly
lose all interest in everything outside
of that which is ~transpiring upon the
cloth before them. AS they sit or
stand about thu tables the careworn
features of old men contrast strongly
with the ruddy faces of the youths. The
eagerness with which the player seeks
the numbers upon the falling pieces is
wolfish in its intensity. Comparatively
small sums are placed upon the game
and side bets run from 5 cents to a
dollar. Although resembling in the
manner In which 1t is operated the
high dice game, as played by the An
~glo-Saxon race, the dice of the Lithu-
anians, instead of numbering from l
to 6, run from l to 10, the numbering
of the six sides being l. 2. 3. 4, s and
10. The game Is played with four piec-
es, and a possible 40 is the point striv-
en- for. instead of "a, which is high
mark In the similar American game.
Much money changes hands, as the
foreigners are fond of playing.-Chica-
go Journal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
THE oIRL.

She Ha~ None of the Freedom Amsr1-
can Girls Esjoy.
The Spanish girl has none Of the free
and happy times our girls enjoy after
emancipation from the drudgery of the
school room and before the cares OF
womanhood begin, says a Madrid cor
respondent. All Spanish girls are con-
ven bred and their education consists
very largely in learning to embroider,
which is an art In which they excel
AT IA or Is, or even sometimes at IL
years old, they make their debut in So
ciety and are considered manageable.
Girls of IA and boys of 16 frequently
marry, but divorce is unknown in
Spain. II a husband and wife cannot
agree they separate and live apart.
The new woman" as we know her
is unknown In Spain, and though the
ladies of that country are often grace
full and clever horsewomen, the bicycle
Is only just beginning to make Its
way among them. MOI only is there
among gentlewomen prejudice
against cycling. as not being a grace
full accomplishment. but their natural
incidence makes them prefer to be
carried on horseback to having to ex-
ert their muscles to propel a bike"
As a rule Spanish girls take a con-
siderable interest In dress, and though
they have a great love Of bright coll
ors they contrive to wear them so
they are becoming. Spanish women
have greater need of care in the mat,
ter of dress than have English women.
for they fade so much sooner They
come to maturity far earlier than their
northern sisters, and, perhaps on &C
count CT their earlier marriages, at 40
they often have lost every vestige OF
youth and beauty and are perfect old
hays.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
Especial letter.

From Gainesville, Ca, to Philadel-
phia, Pa, is a long distance by water
roughly speaking, something like
1885 measured miles. M. John Muskie,
an Arab sailor, who started on the
trip about a week ago, will, when he
ties up at one of the Quaker City's new
piers, have sailed, floated, padded and
poled in the ~neighborhood of $500 nau-
tical miles. At the completion of his
voyage the adventurous Arab will have
crowded enough events into his life
to fill several tolerably sized volumes,
and the history of the trip may appear
in print. for he keeps a carefully writ
ten and detailed log of each days voy-
aging.
A year ago last January Mr.. Muskie
was working for Mr.. John Chambers,
a Habersham county farmer, whose
land Is washed by the waters Of the
Chattahoochee river. He had saved
up quite a sum of money, and In his
idle moments drew the working plans
of Ell Beduoin. as he calls his boat.
The craft was built entirely by his
hands, the material being heart pine.
II measures 22 feet over all, aud its
lines are as trim as a cup chaser. 1t
is 7 feet beam and 2 feet 6 inches deep.
The boat is decked over the entire
length, the cockpit roof rising to a
height of 5 feet 6 inches. The cabin
Is eight feet long and Is provided with
a berth and numerous lockers. In the
forward end on steel rods let into the
roof swings a sheet iron cooking stove
which was also made by Mr.. Muskie.
In the forward hold, entrance to which
Is gained by meal of a small hatch
way, Is storage room for provisions.
The boat Is provided with a rudder.
but because OF the erratic swiftness
of the Chattahoochee's current this
steering gear is supplemented by a long
sweep fixed in a swivel and easily
shifted from port to ~starboard, as oc-
casion may require. Ell Beduoin
weights 1900 pounds.
When he reaches the gulf Mr.. Muskie
intends to step a mast, and has made
the sail and rigging for it. As his
decentralization of the Florida penin-
sula will be largely outside" and as
El Beduoin has no centerboard, Mr..
Muskie has designed o%utriggers to keep
his boat steady II a gulf storm should
overtake him. When he reaches Fer
nandina he will have the benefit Of
a land-locked waterway to Norfolk.
passing en- route through the famous
Dismal Swamp Ship canal in Virginia.
Sailing up Chesapeake bay he will en-
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
A Glut of Sculptures.

The salvage Of the ancient sculp-
lures from the sea. on Cythera 10 now
about finished. writes an Athens cor
respondent. and the spare rooms Of
the ministry of public instruction are
literally filled with statues more or
less perfect, and with fragments to bel
gradually pieced together. When this
work has been completed Athens will
possess a collection of ancient Greek
sculptures excelling all others in the
world put together. The city is full OF
tourists, for whom the recovered
statuary is the common renter of In
terest.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

Much of the sinking, tired and emp
ty feeling from which business men
who work their brains alone so often
suffer is due to the accumulation Of
toxins in the system which want
working Off" Two meals a day and
active exercise are the preventive, and
there is no exercise which can be got
at any time and by anybody to the ex-
tent that walking car. But to do good
1t must not be sauntering. Really
Smart walking is what Is wanted.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

Every Chinese manager of any in
stitution employing labor must pro-
vide employment for his father,
uncle, grandfather. innumerable cou-
sins and entire clan relationship.
These people do not work, are not ex-
pected to work, but are pensioners;
and their great number makes a bur-
den SO heavy that the enterprises be-
come Improbable. This has been the
cause of many institutions of a for
eign character under exclusive Chi
nese management, being failures. and
is largely accountable for the extra
cost of products of all factories. arsen-
ais, etc., operated by the Chinese au-
thorities. The other characteristic is
lack Of organizing and. directing pow
or of the Chinese mind applied to in
dustry. There is the most complete
liberty and democracy of management
Of all Industrial affairs on the part of
the Chinese. with no organized syste-
matte direction.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

There is trouble ahead for the prai-
RE dog. It is proposed to begin nj
upon the little fellow and try to drive
him from the western plains. This
frisky, interesting animal is accused
of many ~offenses, chief among them
being that he kills the grass and ruins
good grazing land. Poison is one Of
the means suggested for Kidding the
prairies of eastern Colorado and west
ern Kansas and Nebraska Of this ex-
ceedingly active animal, and It may b
that in a few years instead Of the great
prairie dog villages that the western
traveller sees as he speeds across the
country the only specimen to be found
will be in cages or in public parks
Chicago Record.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
REVENUES OF RUSSIA.
Government of the Gar Is The Great
est Factor In Eastern Trade.

Statistics recently published show
that the Russian government draws an
annual net profit of As, 000, 900 rubles
from its forests, mines and ~agricultur-
al property. 1t receives annually So
600. 900 rubles from its communities Of
ex-serfs for the use of land 1t ceded to
or purchased for them. 1t is building
by far the longest and most costly
railway in the world and it owns and
works over 20, 900 miles of railways,
the net revenue on which is equal to
one-seventh of the net revenue OF all
the railways of the United States. In
1898 1t received 5000, 900 900 into its
Golfers, nearly one-half of which sum
was not produced taxation. Its budget
Is greater than that of France by more
than $500. 000. 900. In 1890. when n
of the banks of London was unable to
meet its obligations, the Russian gov
eminent had with 1t on current account
a balance of so many millions OF
pounds that when the Bank of Eng
land came to the rescue a request was
Immediately made to Russia not to dis
pose of her balance before a certain
date, since to do SO would be to pre-
cipitate a financial crisis OF the utmost
gravity. Finally, besides being a cap
italist and banker of this magnitude,
the Russian state is also a metallurgist
and a spirit merchant. In a word, the
proud claim is made for it that 1t is
the greatest land owner. the greatest
capitalist, the greatest constructor OF
railways and carries on the largest
business in the world.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
GAME PROTECTION IN EUROPE.
A q Result OF II Many Species of Wild
Apimais stiil Flourish.

A. q Result OF IL Many species OF wild
ApimaIs stiIl Flourish.
Europe's strict protection of game
under which the poacher is punished
most severely, produces astounding re-
-ults. In Austria there has just been
published the summary of the game
killed during the past season In the
great royal game preserves. 1t shows
that there we're killed 1894 red deer,
los, 042 common European deer, 1852
roe-bucks, 1878 channels. 1871 1886
squirrels, 122.191 rabbits, 1873 "auer-
hahne" Ca bird to which our wild tur-
key bears the closest ~resemblance),
11.754 grouse. 189, 1888 blackjack. 1887
421 p%heasants, 69,379 moorhens, 56,167
wild geese and ducks. 81 bears, 40
wolves, 40 lynx, 1929 foxes, 23.36O
martens. 1.707 h~edgehogs, LOIS offers.
6.12s wildcats, 2S9 badgers, 1,226 eagles,
lao, 796 owls and 6S,314 miscellaneous
birds of prey.
In the eighteen game drives in the
comparatively small duchy of S%tolberg-
Werningerode 1924 red deer were shot,
with 40 comon deer. 120 wild hogs, 206
roe-bucks. $3.50 rabbits, l auerhahne.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

When a carpet gets to be a half CEN
fury or more old, you usually expect
to be able to pick 1t up for a song
perhaps a song of a few sixpences-in
some secondhand shop. but sometimes
you will find yourself mistaken, which
would have been the case had you been
at a recent secondhand carpet sale in
Lisbon.
Two carpets sold there were four
centuries old, and yet there were not
bought for rags. They were carpets
presented by the Infanta Donna Sancha
to the royal convent of st. Antonio in
1900, and were put up at auction to
raise money with which to repair the
convent.
French and German bidders were the
most anxious. and the carpets were
started at $4,000. A Frenchman final
ly got them for $500, and was con
graduated on his bargain.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
1858 pheasants, 4.200 smaller feather
al Ua M aud Q wildcats

1853 pheasants, 1900 smaller feskher-
ed game and 3 wildcats.
One explanation of the wonderful
wealth of game existing In these thick
ly settled countries is that It is not the
law only that serves to protect the ami
mails. Public opinion has been nodded
by centuries of rule into an attitude
that is sternly condemnatory to poach-
ers. In Germany and Austria a poach-
er Is known as a game thief" and a
game thief" is looked upon just as II
he were a thief who steals anything
else. This social boycott rules not only
among the better classes. but among
the poorest. This fact, added to the
stern remorseless criminal punishment
that awaits the poacher, has reduced
game stealing''to a minimum, and on
ly the most desperate and reckless ele-
ment of the population inclines to 1t.
In addition, there is practically no
market for a poacher to sell his game.
The result Is that there are few
poachers, comparatively, but those few
are prepared at any time to fight hard
for their liberty, and no year passes
without scores of battles between these
men. who are good shots as a rule. n
the game wardens and foresters. Since
there is no danger of prosecution for
a forester who kills a game THIEF in
a battle, the battle is often fought out
to the death. and in many cases poach-
er and forester have been found dead,
side by side, having killed each other.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

which 1t could be performed most con-
v~eniently and with dispatch, the work
which seems necessary to be done
daily, suggests a writer in the Ladies'
World. Determine what rooms must
receive daily attention and the work
to be done in them, IL they must be
thoroughly swept and dusteu. ETC.;
what cupboards, shelves, dressers. etc.,
must receive daily cleaning in kitchen
and pantry; the work that must be
done in sleeping rooms; the lamps
that must receive daily attention; the
rooms that require a second setting in
order after the loon meal; in fact,
every item should be jotted down,
even the washing of dishes. This is
for the purpose of appointing a special
time for the doing of each piece of
work; not a certain time of day, but
one kind of work should be given a
place upon the paper before or after
another, and the work to be done in
the order in which 1t has been written;
as certain kinds of work II done before
another will hasten the whole work Of
the day. and fuel may also be saved in
this way.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

New York commission merchants
are sending representatives to Cuba
to purchase produce for shipment to
this country. 1t Is believed that Cuban
products in large quantities will soon
make their appearance in eastern mar
kets.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

No one would expect to establish a
successful business without conducting
1t upon a systematic basis. Espe-
cially would this be important in a
business requiring employees; then
should method be employed in even
the least important parts.
Many fail to recognize housekeeping
as a business that must be conducted
with the same precision as a business
of a different nature, in order for 1t
to run smoothly and successfully. To
employ method in housekeeping Is an
exception and not the rule: the differ
ent kinds of work are oftentimes per-
formed whenever the inclinations seem
to dictate, the greatest part of the
work OF the entire week being allowed
to remain undone until. perhaps only
two days remain in which to do the
work OF six, and, in consequence, the
strength is overtaxed in doing that
which might have been done with no
injury to the worker had it been lone
systematically. System cannot be
eliminated from the housekeeping OF
those who are dependent upon but one
servant to do the general housework;
and the housewife must herself do the
systematizing, as few servants are
capable of doing it wisely.
Use a Note Rock.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

The emigration of Irishmen to Great
Britain for harvest has been steadily
increasing for the last three years.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
A LONG VOYAGE.
TRIP BY WATER FROM GEORGIA
TO PHILADELPHIA.

John Muskie. an Arab Sailor. Has Begun
the Trip When He Reaches tho
Quaker City He VIII Have Travelled
$500 Miles,
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
Ell BEDuoIN.

ter the Delaware canal and cross into
Delaware bay. up which and the Della
ware river he will proceed to Phila-
delphia.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25
TREELESS QUESSANT.


An rslsnd ON the French Coast That
Il One of the Most Deadly Traps for
Ships In All the wsrld-TravsIsr's
Experiences. v
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

Wet fruit stains with alcohol o.
pour boiling water through them.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

Sit down with pen and paper, and,
under the head of usual everyday
work, write down in the order in
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-04-25

He who takes the child by the hand
takes the mother by the heart.