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The Republican journal., 1902-04-24

.ul'
.le>pondence OF The Journal
TRINIDAD ISLAND. B. W.
1902. \ small passenger
atS the circuit of Trinidad
uneS every week, calling
coast villages. Among its
.. fractions is the fact that
disembaIk at the village
-}eat Pitch Lake and have
to inspect this wonder of
..ile the vessel goes on its
picked up on the return
ten hours later Sailing
spain IN a south-easterly
l coast for many miles
l-t Of a vast mangrove
cry same in which Column
marvel lie described to his
oysters growing on
ot the swamp miles Of
a sugar-cane, billoWing
Ike q Wlnd-SWept ocean,
20 the central forests;
md there sheltered toves
beaches. or bright little
down 10 the sea. furnish
1lr the villages aforesaid.
after is san Fernando
nud city in size, if not
'uriouSly situated Oh a
hill. INTO tie sides Of
lave been cut to furnish
tor houses. Tie dark
interior are said to be a
Use, though as vet par
.ored and haunted with
terror so lofty are the
ordinary shotgun fails to
leaty tops; and in such
lre they marshaled. so
. up and iuterlaced with
.eeI erS. that when d tree is
tan, but remains standing
rd to its fellow-giants by
ruIal bindings. In this
lderness are countless
Orilliant-plumaged birds,
lis that look like the Wis
ghrmare; monkeys, mani
man as the black piccanin-
towns: frogs, big as cats,
lid voices make the eternal
insects of every kind and
prusity, arboreal, terres-
and aquatic: and serpents
from boas of largest size
q strength to crush an OK,
.angerOus vipers not longer
niger. There are snakes
FETCHED along the branches
snakes under foot. hidden
Ees and tangled creepers:
.e marshes. tiny lakes.
snakes everywhere.
as death itself t-all alert
H~r me from invading any
'aradise"'
-a.--d queer. tiat-topped
rE-SiX miles below Port
steamer casts anchor. and
ultue Pitch Lake are sent
'H-uodts, Your nose is
-uong. butuot unpleasant
ummg tar, brought off III
lMdWaId breeze. You
tNc IoWerS take great care
black rocks that protude
Ws above the water on
ru the tide Is low. and are
arr menace to navigation
~. lhey are the celebrated
"mch here take the place Of
used to stretch directly
trance to the little harbor,
Aaeu many a vessel; until
ago, the Engllshmen who
aug away a vast amount
substance and sent 1t to
It no" figures III the
A"lt pavement lou land
Fered beach, Which looks
nous smooth black rock.
is a Ilmp OF pitch. every
enclosed WITHIN walls OF
is the eye can see, pitch
"4bbllng out of the brown
p 10y the blistering sun
ere, nothing but pitch.
'aat the denizens of this
If creation are exactly the
muddy brown, shaded
oack-and that the one
The Republican journal., 1902-04-24
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
ssss'.,s s;:ss u: {: &MAZzz3<

Subbubs-If you like Swell Villa, why
don't you buy house there?
Citiman-Circumstances over which l
have no control
Subbubs-What are they?
Citiman-Easy, circumstances which l
haven't got.
The Republican journal., 1902-04-24

For further particulars ,al .r
EDwAkD SIBiEY. Belfast. Name
OF JOSEPH WILLIAMSON. j..
Admlnistratof Augusta. Mace
The Republican journal., 1902-04-24
Personal pROpT RTS

Ten shares >ioek Maine Coulr---ds
Price. 81 90 per share
seven one hundred sut fr.rty ....ff.. q
Sehoourt Charlotte ] Stffs If|l, " .. r.r
ingS Ron date If -lIIf Ur't SEQ
one top carriage lr.D. -.
The Republican journal., 1902-04-24
NORTH CHURCH.
BROOKS

PewS No. 80 and st. Price. $50 each.
The Republican journal., 1902-04-24
rorAT PITCH LAKE OF TRINIDAD.

.,.. wonders of the World. 4 Lake
or .5,nsh 10 Walk Upon Out of hich
s'' l. pt Tons of Pitch are Annually
rboo-'.'' vhich Never Materi,,lx 10.
uEr. >,tur. keeus Tn an Exhau.,.
geese.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
An optiraistic Cripple.

A one legged newsboy had been hop
ping about on his crutch selling after
noon extras" and when there was a
lull in the business. owing to q falling
OF in the crowds. he sat down for a
brief rest.
How did you lose your leg?" l
asked.
Gable car" he said. with the street
urchin's characteristic economy OF
words.
1"Too badw I remarked.
"Oh. but it might "a been worse,
sir" the boy replied. THE company
paid the doctor and gave mother $500,
That paid all our debts and left us $500
in bank. and it's all there 'cept $40 we
had to take out when mother was sick,
and l sell Rsne papers than most OF
the boys, Just cause I've q crutch,
There's n of my customers now
New York Times.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
MEN AND BOOKS.

Chopin rarely read anything heavier
than a French novel.
Lord Give said that Robinson CRU
soc" beat any book he eyer read.
st. John ~Chrysostom never tired of
reading or of praising the works of the
apostle John.
James l. of England was a lover of
the classics and very familiar with
most of the Latin writers.
Bunyan read little besides his Bible
and often said that Christians would
do well to read 10 other book.
SalYator Rosa liked any kind of poet
ry. but more especially that relating to
the country or to country scenes.
Hume said that Tacltus was the
ablest writer that ever lived and him.
self tried to model his style IN that Of
the Roman historian.
Locke gave most Of his attention to
works of philosophy. He said, 81 stand
amazed at the profundity of thought
shown by Aristotle"
The elder Pitt liked Shakespeare, but
not the labor of reading plays. He on
joyed hearing them and once said that
he had learned more English history
at the theater than at the university
Literary Life.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
Philosophy of FntiEue.

"Some may be Interested to know
that there is now almost n new kind
of philosophy of fatigue" says a writer
in Ainslee's. "Some spectators think
man became conscious because his in
buttons were slowed up by exhaustion.
so that the mind has to pick its way
slowly and logically instead of divining
instantly, as it used to do. 1t was the
fall of man. Wilder dreamers have
even described the origin of cosmic gas
and nebuln. from which all the worlds
come, as due to progressive fatigue of
the ether. which is far more subtle and
back Of it. 1t is a little as If they were
attempting to rewrite the first phrases
Of the Old Testament so that it should
read, In the beginning was fatigue"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
Her One

In the civil war time a western wo-
man who had lost her husband in the
field and who hoped to win a livelihood
for herself and her little ones by writ
Ing sent to Harper's Magazine a story
which had no special distinction and
was returned. In the desperate mood
that followed this rejection she sat
down with pen afame and told why |
wrote It" and her story under that IT,
tie was accepted and published. win
ming n sympathetic response from all
its readers. But this production. the
echo Of a vital moment. was her one
story In the magazine. Oliver Wendell
Holmes said that anybody could write
one interesting novel If h, could truly
tell the story Of his own I~.e.-uarper's
Magazine.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
THE "SANKERO."
Unhappy Lot OF n Peculiar Figure OF
the Irrigation Country.

Unhappy Lot OF n Peculiar Figure of
the Irrigation Country.
An eastern farmer coming to an irrf-
gated valley finds everything as diff
fcrent from his accustomed life as he
can well imagine. He must learn an
entirely new language of farming and
a new set of farming rules. His neigh
Dor greets him, not with the remark,
ut looks like rain" but Have you
heard when the water is coming inT
or The bitches are low today" He
learns to speak of miners inches and
acre feet of water, and he can soon
tell at a glance whether a ditch Is car
r:ing 80 or 100 miners inches of wa
ter. He hears wise discussions Of
headgates, weirs, ~laterals and zanjes.
He finds that he Is under q certain
canal, which by and by will come to
seem to him like an memorable fate.
He will very promptly make the ac-
quaintance of the king of the irrigated
land, the zanjero, in Arizona called
"sankero," in California sometimes
shortened to "sanky," the water master
or ditch rider, a bronzed man in over
alls and sombrero, who drives about in
a two wheeled cart, with a shovel and
a long crooked tined fork by his side
and precious keys in his pockets. He
is the yea and nay of the arid land, the
arbiter OF fate, the dispenser of good
and evil. to be blessed by turns and
cursed by turns and to receive both
with the utter %nconcer of a small
god, for 1t is the z~anjero who distrib-
utes the water. He opens the head
gate of each farmers canal, and when
the water has run the necessary time
he shuts it down again and again locks
1t securely. If the water is short, he
sees that 1t is divided properly between
Smith and Jones and Brown, usually
with Smith and Jones and Brown
watching him like cats. 1t is a hard
place, that of z%anjero in the valleys,
subject to accusations, temptations,
heartburnings; but, be it said to the
credit of the American, there is many
a z~anjero who is universally respected
in his community as an honest man.
Ray Stannard Baker in Century.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
Obeycd Ords~.,

what was the cause or that awful
racket and disturbance in your Office
Just before you Gamer" asked one OF
the tenants on the third floor.
you know that young cowboy that
came yesterday to begin the study OF
Law with me-? said the other.
"Yes."
swell. | thought he might as well be-
gin at the bottom. and | told him that
when he am down this morning the
first thing for him to do would be to
clean out the Office. He found half Il
dozen fellows there waiting for me.
but he did ii. all right."-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
A PANTHER DEN.
Clean and Bright, In Decided Con-
trnst to the Popular Idea.

Jean ana IN Det10co ON
trnst to the Popular Idea.
It was my good fortune to discover
the newly abandoned lair of q cougar
family and further and to me new
evidence of that fastidious cleanliness
which is n marked characteristic of
the animal. This retreat was not at all
the typical ~''panther's den" of tradi-
ton, but a bush grown harborage TN
der the edge of u rock with just enough
of shelf to keep off the rain. l should
not have found this breeding place but
for u certain well gnawed array of
bones scattered over a little smooth
bench above a creek channel. From
this boneyard there was a very traced
Bile path leading through grass and
brush to the retreat where the dam
had housed her young. The evidence
here told plainly of the cougars long
immunity from annoyance and attack
and of q thoroughly Clearly habit of
life. There was no bone or other sign
of feasting about the lair. The dam
had carried her kill to the creek bench
in every instance. and the children lad
been called to the dining room. AS
bones which would have been crunch
ed or eaten by grown animals had
been perfectly cleaned by the kits l
was able to judge of their summers
diet. This had consisted mostly of
minor game. rabbits. marmots, grouse
and the like. with an occasional small
deer. At least one whole family of
badgers. old and young. had been
served, pussy having probably lain for
them at their hole until they were all
in.-Franklin Welles Calkins in Out
ing.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
THE GIRLS OF kASHMlR.
why They Are Not as beautiful M
They Once Were.

on1
The girls of Kashmir in former times
were sold and carried away to the
puniab. In India. They commanded q
large price, and parents In moderate
circumstances for centuries past have
been in the habit of parting with their
daughters to place themselves In easier
circumstances, and the daughters nave
generally been quite willing to escape
from q life of penury and labor to one
of opulence and ease.
A lnboring man In this part OF 1ndla
cannot earn over 50 or SO a month,
while many receive for their daughters
ms high as $1,000. There are some cases
where $4,000 was paid. but the usual
nrice has been from 500 to $500.
The practice became so common as
well as so damaging that n severe law
was enacted prohibiting any one from
removing n woman from the coun-
fry. but It is said that the business
goes on now as 1t has done for hun
dreds of years. and to that practice
may be charged the fact that the wo-
men of Kashmir are not as beautiful
as they once were.
The process of taking all the beauti-
full girls away, leaving only the ordl-
nary and ugly mes to continue the
race. has lowered the standard of beau
ty. Most of the women and girls per-
form field labor as much as the men,
and their dress Is of the %coarsest and
plainest materials. consisting of a gar
ment like n nightgown made of white
cotton. There is no effort to have 1t fit.
The condition of women in Kashmir
Is a very sad one, but one from which
there does not seem to be any present
escape. 1t Is a constant struggle to
live, without the least hope of any ac-
emulation or of ever seeing better
days.
The men only receive about 5 cents a
day and the women generally about 3
cents. and that will provide only the
coarsest food.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14

$50 you don't know whether you
want to go to work or notY'
We'll, suh," answered Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley, I'D like de refusal OBJ de job
a little WHILE"
But l need somebody right away"
"In dat case I'll have to let 1t go by.
I'ze jes' bought a policy ticket, an Ill
halter wait till aftuh de drawin' to see
whether I'ze gwine to work at all or
not."-Washington Star.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
CATCH PHRASES.
Their Utility In A~dvancin the In
ter<sfs of Business Men.

I8ES8I8 Va
There are man. instances of where q
suitable catch line well drilled into
people has beer of great value In build.
Ing business. The best catch line Is
one that fits your business best, and
the d~iscoverer Of such a line Is apt to
be due more to inspiration than TO ef-
fort. Pick the distinctive feature of
your stock or business methods and en-
deayor to express it In a breath.
Ii you can coin q phrase that ex-
presses your central business idea or
emphasizes some feature that marks
your store alone, you can make good
use of II. 1t puts into condensed form
nm idea that will get hold Of people
and influence them IL persistently pre-
scented to them. One fact about your
business well lodged in the heads Of
people is as good as a score that do not
penetrate.
You can make people believe about
what you like If you go about it prop
erly. II q man to you today and
tells you there will be a panic inside
OF six months. you will pay no atten-
ton to him. Ii another comes tomor-
row with the same story, he will get
NO attention. but you will idly wonder
what is getting into folks. The third
man you will argue the matter with.
The fourth will get more Of a hearing.
and you will begin to see signs of dis
aster yourself. By the time the tenth
man has made the statement you will
be ready to tell folks the same story
yourself.
Probably you yourself could not be
Influenced in such n manner. but the
common run of people are built that
way and will believe what they are
told often enough. That Is why an
expressive catch phrase does good. 1t
comes to stand for you and your meth
DDS and of necessity Is remembered
when goods in your line are wanted.
As ordinarily used such a phrase is
of little value. because it is not proper
ly hammered into people. Such q line
should go on letter heads, billheads.
stationery, envelopes. should go into
every ad. or circular, should be seen
about the store and should appear on
labels. Put it on a sticker to attach to
goods and packages. Let people see
It everywhere. Ii it means what 1t
says. people are going to respond to it
American Druggist.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
A Clear Cut Warming.

"Young ladies'" said an absentmind-
ed teacher of Latin to his class In Vir-
gil. II understand that you count upon
my calling on you In alphabetical order
and prepare your lessons accordingly.
! am surprised and disappointed at
such conduct. Hereafter | warn you |
shall begin at the other end Of the al
nhabetw
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
The Horse Is UsefuI Even II Dead.

Vhe Horse IL tSetul EVEN H cav
The whale can be put to a great
number of uses when dead, as can
also the horse. the various parts of
which are utilized as follows: Hair OF
name and tail for haircloth, stutfing
mattresses and making bags for crush
ing seed in oil mills. etc; HIDE and skin
tanned for leather for covering tables.
ETC.; tendons used for glue and gelatin;
flesh for food for dogs. poultry and
man; fat used for lamps. ETC.; intes-
tines used for covering sausages. max
ing gut strings. ETC.; heart and tongue
for food; hoofs for gelatin, prussiate,
fancy snuffboSes, ETC.; bones for knife
handles, phosphorus, superphosphate
Of lime and manure; blood for manure
and shoes for reuse or for old IRON
Spare Moments.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14

Visitor-Go to the proprietor and tell
him to make my bill out properly and
write omelette with two is and not
one.
Waiter "a few minutes later)-It's all
right now. sir-omelet. l shilling; two
teas, 2 shillings.-L.ondon Tit Bits.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
The Time uonorea spnnlser.

Once my sister Floy was sent on an
errand for some things for my mother.
There was a travelling man there
who was selling carpet spankers. and
he asked her:
Has your mother got one of these
spankersY
no, sir" she replied.
"What does she use?' he asked.
Her hand" was the prompt reply
Chicago Chronicle.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14

When a woman gives notice that she
Inns moved to the top floor and there Is
no elevator, she begins TO find who her
true friends are. and when she makes
It known that she Is boarding out and
has no meals served at home she gets
still nearer the roo of the matter.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
Made His Mark.

"Hivens, Moike, tn eye av ye! Phat's
the matther?"
81 sthruck a man Yesterday an he
gave me q receipt for it."-Ohio State
Journal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14

The foot of a horse Is one Of the most
ingenious and unexampled pieces of
mechanism in the whole range Of ami
MAJ structure.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
His Favorite Remedy.

Mamma" said Tommy, docs sugar
ever III anybody of anything"
"Why do you ask. my boy?
81 thought I'd like to catch t." said
Tommy.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-08-14
d TIME CARD.
to- T FFT@FTyHrr-1E :
LI

The following table gives the arrival and
departure of passenger trains at Battle
Mountain
wEsTBoUSD
ARRIVES DEPARTS
No. 3 f2:sa, p. m. 12:i0. p. N
No. ) 1911. y. m. 1U;l2, =. n
EAsTpoUED
No.. 4:I9, a. H.. 1850, n m.
4:3I, y. IN. 4:3J. y. an.
Local freight leaves Carlin at 7 a. m
Local freight leaves Winnemucca at ] a. m.
daily arrives al Battle Mountain about 9 a. IN.
The Nevada Central arrives from Austin at
100 NJ. on Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fridays,
aud leaves for Austin on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. at 7 80 A. NJ.
L. ii. FRANCIS. Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08
Gen. Hooker in Mar Lines

George s. Boutwell, tells in his re-
Gently published book of "reminiscences
that he was present at an interview
between Ger Joe Hooker and Charles
Sumner, to whom Hooker applied to
assist him in obtaining a Massachu-
setts regiment on the plea that he was
native of tlat state. In the course
OF the conversation Hooker said that
II he could obtain a regiment he would
come to the command of TIE army and
take RichM nd. This was in May
Il; Hooker mad then recently ar
rived from Californa ard his appear
ahce indicated poverty. His dress was
worn and his apparel was that of de-
aged man of the world"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08
FRATERNAL NOTES.

Messfs. J. z. Smart, Fred Ninther,
~ b. Smith. Will Mahar and Tom
Wilson returned from Warren yester-
day afternoon, where they went t.
assist Deputy Great Sachem r. f ;.
Sivels install To-Ho-Pe-ka tribe, NJ. .
90. improved Order Red Men. The
gentlemen report a pleasant time and
say they Wefe royalty entertained at
Warren. The tyibe was organized
with seventy members.
+ i
There will be a special meeting of
Pine Bluff lodge, No 60, F. and A.
NJ, tonight at 80 in e. \. degree.
All Mascns cordially invited to at
tend.
+ i.
The Ancient Order United Workmen
meet tonight at Eagles hall.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08
Suit to Recover Saloon Fixtures

NJ. Cans and company, by their at
torney |. Reinberger. Monday entered
against George Coleman. the colored
saloon keeper. The suit is brought
for the recovery of saloon furnishings
sold by the plaintiffs. who took the
f.'mers note, which is past due and
unpaid. Plaintiffs state that they de
manded the property before COM
mencing this action, but that the de-
fendant still retains it.
The plaintiffs ask damages for 5000
and judgment fcr the possession Of
the property sued for.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08
KINGS American Name.

Numerous inquiries are being made
as to what would be King Edwards S
name if he had the honor of being a
citizen of the United States. His
married a man whose family name
was Victim. Therefore should his
most gracious majesty desire to be-
come a citizen of this country his pa
,ers would be made out to Albert E..
Tettin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08
CH ZAP
0OLU UMN
Advertise Your Wants

RATES-If cash accompanies the
order, the price will be 25 cents per
week for three lines, counting six
words to the line. If charged. will be
charged at the rate of cents per line
each insertion. No cheap ads taker
for less than a week, nor will We re-
ceive want ADJ over the telephone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08

fy Moore was the teacher in the
(h Normal college against whom
les of imm ,ality were made,
meeting of colored citizens was
to protest against her continual
the school, but who forestalled
action by resigning her positi Il.
Nenies the charges and claims
pc is being prosecuted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08

]. D. L2oney. of Memphis,
lly located here. is in the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08
q
card FROM MARY MOORE.

I.e.: le VIII, live in s.aas fouses
shall rev": throw stone:
Of all examinations, self eXamina-
ion is the best. First ask yourselves
HE questions: who am |? From
what source did come? What have
been in my past life and what am
kodny?" Search your family record
~ ehly and see that it is spciless.
= peNve fought good fight, but |
sfe to say that you have not as
4etaWon victory, although y2a have
ridiled my flag with bullets, Il still
Uaye the old staff in the
breeze. and it will ever wave
anf11 death. - To those who made a
arhf against me, | say. may God bless
yo,is and lengthen your days; also
adch YOU how t., build up and not tear
lawn. To those able bodied men who
AVE- fought against one poor girl
M0had n, protection on earth except
Mweak and sick mother to you say
l1o: May God bless you. and should
~
0atSbe called upon to pay the debt we
Mmust pay some day, and leave be-
md a dear daughter. | hope there
ausbe no stumbling blocks put in
er#way as YOU have east in mine.
Olflhave done me all the harm you
indo. but ! bid peace and good
iii toward all men. To those old
Tiers will sly, respect your old
N,but. fathers. your days are num-
r6d; you should be making prepara-
3nG to meet your God instead of
hting a poor girl t., those old
Again. may God bless you. and
you, and teach YOU as a race,
to build up and not tear down.
M MARY MOORE
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. So
West Third avenue. 313
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-08

LOST-Child,s tan colored cloak;
collar trimmed with brown velvet and
lace. Finder please return to the
Western Union elegraph office and
receive reward. =