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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
ing because the girl played tag with

ing because the girl played tag with
another boy"
by thunder, but you want to make
out that I'm an ASST shouted Mr.. Bow
ser MS he bobbed around on his chair.
Nothing of the Sort" she smilingly
replied. You were making history at
a very youthful period, and 1t should
all go into the book. At fifteen, as !
have often heard you say, you attend
ed your first circus, and q camel ate
up your hat. At sixteen you fell in love
with your Aunt Margaret and wanted
her 10 elope with you. At seventeen
stop thundered Mr.. Bowser as he
brought his fist down on the table with
such force as to lift the cat off the
floor. do you suppose such twaddle
as that is to pass into history? If 1t did,
the reader would take mi for a fool"
"Well, we'll skip a few years them"
replied Mrs. Bowser. AT the age OF
twenty-one you rescued a calf from
drowning. 1t was n very heroic ae-
ton on your part. A few months later
you challenged a young mar to fight
~ Quel pINduSC hC aitS sOdi
heart redheaded. and it was not your
fault that he failed to be on the ground.
At the age of twenty-five lightning
struck q neighbours barn. and but for
you a mule would have persisted In the
flames. A year later
Hold on" he hoarsely whispered.
Hold on where you are! l might have
known how things would come out. IL
you insult me further, ] may forget
that you are my wife!"
But who has insulted you? II you
are going to make up ten pages of his
tory, you will have to make use of all
the incidents happening in your life.
What has happened to you in the last
twenty years. for instance? You fell in
love with and married me. you bought
a hog, you bought a COW, you bought
chickens, you bought fire escapes and
spring tones and root beer and run
away horses and q bike, and you
Madam, go up to your room!" said
Mr.. Bowser as he arose and pointed to
the ceiling.
But / want to help you to recall"
go up-go!"
"At the age of twenty-three you
wanted to hang yourself in the cow
She'd because"-
Il say so"
Mrs. Bowser went. It was the only
way to avoid q row. She left Mr.. Bow
ser pacing up and down and the ends
OF his hair curling and swapping. but
she had scarcely reached her room
when the doorbell rang. The historian
had come to see Mr.. Bowser about a
full length portrait for the book. The
historian had stopped at five or six sa-
looms on the way, and he had arrived
with wheels In his head. He had only
got seated in the back parlor when
those wheels began to go round. and
lie BOXED at Mr.. Bowser in q helpless
way and asked:
Are you Mr.. Bowsher or-or the
other feller? If you are Mr.. Bowsher,
l don't want to shay nozzing-not a
word-but If you are the other feller"-
"Well:"
81 want to tell you good zhoke-good
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
BOWSER IN HISTORY
SELECTED AS ONE OF FIFTY OF THE
MOST EMINENT CITIZENS.

ffis wife Aids Him In RecallinE the
Most Striking Incidents of His Life,
which Would Have Covered Over
Ten Pages but For an Accident.
copyright. 1909. by c. B. Lewis.1
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
lard to Please

Hard to Please
DO the new
~neighbors a n
noy 20 as
much by Dor
rowing as their
edece sors
did?" asked
Mr.. Blykins.
NO."
ed his wlfe;
they haven't
run over to
borrow a thing.
l never saw
anybody quite
so h a Il hty
u%nsocia-
BILE" Wash
ington Star.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12

copyright. 1909. by c. B. Lewis.1
Y "A RHEN Mr.. Bowser came home
~ the other evening. be didn't
have that tired feeling
to warn Mrs. Bowser that
he proposed to kick up a row over
the gas bill; but, on the contrary, he
was stepping high and swelled up with
Importance. She knew in an instant
that some one had been f~lattering him,
and that IL she only gave him rope
enough he would explain all. He look
I'd at her and talked to her in a pat
ronizing way throughout the dinner
hour, and he appeared to be on his
guard against letting himself down.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12

Helen-And did you
scream when he at
tempted to kiss you?
Etllel-Certainly not.
l waited until after
he had finished.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
Not CnreIena,y Chosen.

"Why did you select that man as q
candidate!' asked the benchman. HE
doesn't know anything about politics."
"1llat's why I selected him." answer
ed the boss. Hell be q great deal
easier TO put out of office If he doesn't
be good."-W Washington Star.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
TEARING UP.

COVERS getting ready
IN For the coming fit.
Eustling In the dwellings
Which they soon will quit.
Long ard late they're working.
Often there's q sigh,
For but little progress
Meets the weary ~
Tearing up the carpets,
Gouging but the taeks-
NerK that's very trying
On the arms and backs.
Taking down the curtains
And the parts complex
Task that's sorely testing
Muscles of the neeks.
Rolling up spare bedding,
Tying up spare chairs.
Often wildly rushing
Up and down the stairs
Taking down the pictures.
Brushing of the dust;
Now ard then there's breakaSe.
Causing much disgust.
Packing up the dishes.
Now and then a crash
Finest piece Of china
Quickly gone to smash.
Clearing out the drawers.
Throwing things away
Ribbons, cards and trinixets
That have had their day.
Mailing up the boxes
In which goods are packed;
OFT a thumb or finger
F%earfully Is whacked.
Working on TIL midnight.
Rest for hours but few;
Up again at d~aybreak,
Finding more to do.
Movers getting ready
For the coming fit
Day and night must hustle.
And they're strictly ut"
No moro time for folly.
No more time for play:
They must have things ready
For the moving day.
-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
der Excellent

%85Das
But why do
you persist in
~worrying?' de-
fnanded t h e
ca 8 going
man.
''ln the hope
of making you
worry a little"
answered the
good woman.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
Containing os0r 600 Payss
Special Features.

r~Iiiioes:res of the United States; 'parti-
en'ars Abort Three Thousand American
da@nztes. Organized Labor: Strength of the
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
The CHANGING Seaann.

Mrs. Hatterson-What. You've had
fourteen cooks in three months!
Mrs. Catterson = Yes. and | didn't
please any of them.-Life.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
VIM. Mckinley
HIS LIFE AND WORK.
BY
GEN. cHAs. II. GRosvENOR.

Presidents life long Friend' ooi"
rade in wal and Colleague IN Con-
press. Was near his side With o'ne,
great men when his eyes we're cioseu
in death; followed the bier to D na'
tional capitol and to Canton. Inc
General requires II share OF tfc pro-
ceeds of his book to be devoted ton
Mckinley Monument Fund. Thus
every subscriber becomes a contriou-
tor to this fund. Millions of copies
will be sold. Everybody will bny II;
Orders for the asking. Nobody VIII
refuse. Elegant Photagrayure por-
trait of President McKinley's last PIC
ture. taken Mt the White House. o
can quickly and easily clear $l,oV
taking orders. Order outfit quick.
Chance to prove success, secure yearly
contract and become manager. Send
l2 cts. stamps to pay expense OF wrap.
ping, packing and mailing elegant
prospectus. Taking ten to fifty or
deIs daily. Fifty thousand copies
will be sold in this vicinity. Address
THE CONTINENTAL ASSEMBLY,
Odd Fellows Building,
Sacramento, Cal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-12
He Hnd.

He Had.
Haven't you
any occu pa
tlon Z" k
the woman at
( h e kitchen
door nfter lis
tenlng to his
tale of woe.
"Y es, mad
am responded
Tufold Knutt.
I'm q hunter"
"a hunter?
OF what?"
Grub, mad
am"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-19
REMARKABLE SHOT.
Fired in the Dark, Injured Three Men
Half Mile Away.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
zone of the best and most remarkable
shots made during the late war with
SPAIN said a gentleman who made an eff
fort to get into the thick of the fight was
in my judgment, made at Miami, and the
man who fired the shot was a Louisiana
boy and a member of my company He
was doing duty provost guard at the
time. 1t was late at night when the SOL
diers were reused by the quick clear crack
of a Krag-Jorgensen on the outskirts of the
camp. No particular attention was paid
to the matter at first, as only one shot was
fired. But with a couple of officers we
went out to where the guard was sta
toned, in order to find out just why 1t was
that he had fired at that time of night. He
explained that he had seen man slipping
through the bushes some distance away,
and had called on him to halt He failed
to obey the command, and the guard blazed
away at him, more to brighten him into a
stop than anything else Of course the
fellow never halted He was probably too
badly frightened to stop at that time
While we were talking to the guard we
heard fearful noise at least half mile
from the guards station, and we made a
break for the place to see what the matter
was. We heard several people screaming
as II in great agony. Down the road we
Went at full speed. and in short while we
came upon a little cabin which stood on
the roadside. The noise was in this cabin
and never heard such groaning and wall
ing In my life. We found three men in the
house. They were in great agony, and we
asked them what was the matter. we
have been shot, they said. and sure enough
they had been shot. One was shot in the
right arm, another in the back and the
third In the hip. They had all been wound
ed by the same bullet. The man who was
wounded In the arm was lying on his
right side. The ball passed through his
arm. Next to him one of his companions
was sprawling out on his back, and the
bullet split the hide on this part of his
anatomy at smoothly as knife. Then 1t
passed through the feshy part of the third
mans hip and sped on. We could not find
the ball. 1t had passed through the side
Of the house, wounded the three men in the
way indicated, bored through the wall on
the opposite side, and kept on going, and
there is no telling how many trees the ball
had passed through before 1t reached the
cabin Now, that cabin was fully half
u mile from the point. where the guard was
stationed, and yet the shot he fred had
wrought all the havoc found. The ball
had plowed its way through the woods and
into and out Of the cabin. and suppose 1t
is going yet. 1t shows what kind of guns
we fight with In these days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-19
hem The great central plaza bears the
anne of Bolivar pronounced Bo-lee-Var),

them The great central plaza bears the
name of Bolivar pronounced Bo-lee-var)'
in honor Of the great liberator.
1T may not be generally recollected that
as early as 1927 Gen. William Henry Har-
rison, grandfather of the late President
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana. was min
lister to the republic, and that the Ameri-
can legation was located at Bogota. Gen.
eral Harrison had hardly time to become
accustomed to his duties before President
Jackson summarily removed him.
But Harrison eventually had his re-
venge, for thirteen years later he was him.
self elected President. The one-story house
in which he once lived while minister is
still pointed out to sightseers. Baron Alex
ander Won Humboldt resided for upward OF
eight months in Bogota. 1t was while a
resident of the city that he wrote portions
of his Personal Narratives
Doctor is Common Appellation.
'In Bogota every man is called doctor
who is not called general. In Washington
every man who is not judge is colonel
Every man In Bogota who does not wear
hemp sandals and a blanket with hole
cut in the middle is addressed as senior.
The would-be genteel Bogotan never dresses
shabbily. Whether at a dinner or funeral
he is In full evening dress.
ION the streets his head is adorned with
black plug hat, and on his hands he wears
gloves. You can never separate Be-
gotan from his gold-headed cane in the
street in fair weather, nor from his UNI
brella In wet. For the street and church
the ladies dress In black, and for balls and
parties in the latest Paris creations
ION what is known as the Alta plains of
Bogota the girls marry early, become
mothers at twelve and thirteen and grand
mothers at twenty nine and thirty. Boys
are men at fourteen. are college graduates
at sixteen or seventeen, and vote at eigh-
teen In the youth of the country there
are no intermediate stages; no dolls for the
girls and no tops and hoops for the boys.
The girls glide into the married state be-
fore girls in the United States are out Of
short skirts and the boys out of high-water
pants, as II they were creased. At fifty q
man is counted old, and at sixty he has
outlived his usefulness
Religious Customs.
8 I'm Bogota, as in other Latin countries,
the head of the house must not literally be
taken at his word When he offers you HIS
wife and children and all else of his earthly
possessions he does not mean 1t, and there
are cases when you wish he did not mean
It. The names applied to public institu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-19
Popularity of Revolutions.

In most other parts Of the world revolu-
tions originate with the masses. They work
from the bottom upward. In the South
American states they begin at the top and
work downward. In South America q
change Of administration only means a -re-
distribution OF the Offices. Wise foreigners
In South America will hold their tongues
in case of armed conflict and preserve an
attitude OF strict neutrality. whatever may
be their views.
I'm any case, the foreigner VIII be sus-
pected of siding with one or the other fac
ton. and after each war there Is always q
big batch OF claims to be adjusted. some
OF which are valid and large number In
equitable. fraudulent and unjustifiable. The
good from the bad can only be sifted by an
arbital commission. and even then trouble
and Dissatisfaction do not altogether cease. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-19

tions would shock a citizen of the United
States. They may be called Holy Ghosts,
Holy Sayiors,' Holy Trinities,' Jesus
Joseph Jesus Mary or Mary Jesus Re-
ligious services are solemnly observed.
While the host inside a church is being
raised or lowered gentlemen congregated
on the outside raise their hats and cease
conversation. while the common people
kneel.
I'm all the civil wars Of the country not
once has the color line been drawn. The
word white or colored does not appear In
any of the laws of the republic. Neither
Is the color line drawn In public convey
ances, hotels, places Of amusement schools
or churches. Before the affairs of the
church. even when the Indian and negro
were slaves, white and colored. master and
slave, were on terms Of equality. This fact
however. does not imply social equality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-19
characteristics Of Bogota.

The sidewalks are hardly broad enough
for two persons to pass each other The
custom is when two persons meet. for one
to take to the wall and the other to the
gutter. 1t Is only recently that vehicles
were to be seen on the streets The pave
ments, like those Of most cities in South
America, are rough cobblestones, such as
were to be seen In this city forty years ago.
Previous to the appearance of vehicles dom
keys and men furnished all the means of
transportation. All citizens Of Bogota pre-
Ter to walk, and no one can well blame
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
BEING INOCULATED
GEORGETOWN GASLIGHT PLANT.
Engineer Fisher Fuyors Its Purchase
by WASHINGTON COMPANY.

Mr.. Thomas ]. Fisher Acting Electrical
Engineer, has sent to the District Com
missioneTs a report upon House bill No.
11155, authorizing the Washington Gas
I light Company to purchase and operate
the Georgetown Gaslight Company.
Mr. Fisher states that if the bill should
be passed and carried out, it would be a
decided advantage to the street lighting
service in allowing the extension of gas
mains west of Rock Creek by the Wash
ington Gaslight Company. He cites an in
stance of this en- the bridge from Gin
cinnati Street to Connecticut Avenue eX-
tended. He says that Connecticut Ave
nue. from the west end of the bridge to
Cathedral Avenue is now lighted by nGph
tia lamps. Mr.. Fisher states that the
department has been DESTROYS of light
ing this bridge by changing the naphtha
lamps to gas. but the nearest gas mains,
he says. in the Georgetown territory are
at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue
and Woodley Lane. and in Cleveland
Park
Mr.. Fisher says that to extend either of
these mains would entail heavy expense
upon the company, with no present ade-
quate return. and the company has stated
that under the existing conditions they
cannot make such a long extension. Mr..
Fisher SAYS that the Washington Gas
light Company is without authority to
encroach upon the territory west of Rock
Creek
Under the terms of the bill Mr.. Fisher
says extensions Of the gas mains from
Washington could be made, and the Dis
trict, as well as the residents o: that and
other sections, would be benefited. Mr..
Fisher is also of tie opinion that the
placing of the street lights under one su-
periutendent would be an advantage TO
the District. as the lights in Georgetown
have been the source of a great deal of
trouble by way Of keeping the standard
up TO requirements.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
NEW BUILDING PROVISION.
Recommendation Made l.: Col. bid
die on Present Regulations.

Colonel John Biddle, the Engineer Com
missioner, has recommended to mis- asso-
ciates that the following provision be
added to the schedule of projections which
will appear in the new edition of the
building regulations, o.
When buildings are constructed or al
tered so as to reach to a height within
five feet OF the height authorized by Con
gross this schedule of projections shall
not apply but each case will be separate
~ considered by the Commissioners OF
the District of Columbia
The District Commissioners have taken
adverse action on the application OF W
X. Hill for projections beyond the build
ing line OF Thomas Street. The thorough
fare is only fifty feet wide. and it is thj
policy OF the Commissioners and the War
Department not to allow projections on
streets less than sixty feet in width.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
JOSE DIAZ CONVICTED.
Adjudged Guilty of Stealing Money
From Capt. j. NJ. HudSins.

From Capt. j. NJ. HudGins.
jose Diaz. a Spaniard. who was in
dicted for the larceny of S75 from Capt.
J. N. Hudgins, L. S. N. in December last,
was convicted in Criminal Court No. l
yesterday, before Justice Anderson.
Captain Hudgins was stopping at the
Ebbitt House at the time he was robbed.
Daz was also a guest The latter regis
tered at the hotel November Il. and left
early on the morning of November IS.
During the night intervening the money
was stolen.
One of the employees at the hotel testi-
fed that after midnight on November IS
he saw DiaZ wandering about the hall
way. On the floor on which Captain Hud-
gins slept
Daz is also charged with stealing a
geld watch from former Governor Hogg.
Of Texas. while the Governor was stop
ping at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York.
in Sentember last. The Governor of New
York, some days ago, sent a requisiiion
here, asking that Diaz be surrendered to
the authorities OF that State.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
DIED LEAVING TWO WILLS.
Documents Executed by Mrs sophi.
Willie Filed.

Two documents purporting TO he the
last wills of Mrs. Sophie Willie were filed
yesterday for probate. One is dated in
November, 1897, and the other June 30
1900
BY the terms of the latter she leaves
her estate to her sons. Adolphus f.
Lipphard, William a. Lipphard. and John
H. Lipphard. The testatrix also leaves
$4,000 to Lizzie Lipphard, now the wife
OF Hartley Giddings.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
ALLOWANCE FOR EXTRA WORK.
Disposition of Contractors Claim
for Half Street school building.

The District Commissioners yesterday
disposed of the application of Mr.. d. f.
Mockabee for allowance for extra work
on the school building erected by him for
the District on Half Street, between
n and o Streets southwest.
The question at issue was whether GER
tain items mentioned in the application
were included in the proposals submitted
by Mr.. Mockabee. The work was done as
desired by the Inspector of Buildings but
MIR Mockabee held that certain beams
and posts were not set forth in The speci-
fications upon which he made his bid.
After long consideration the Commits
sioners have approved the recommended
ton of Captain Chester Harding to the
effect that extra allowance be given on
the posts referred to in the application,
but that the claim for extra pay on the
beams cannot be allowed.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
WhceImnn Found Injured.

Thomas DOdeon, co,Ored, thirty-six
years old. of SIS Half Street southwest,
was found lying in a seni-conscious con
dition beside his bicycle at the corner
Of X Street and New Jersey Avenue
southeast, about Gas O'Clock yesterday
morning and was removed to the Provi-
dence Hospital in No. patrol wagon
His injuries are not serious, the hospital
authorities state.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
APPOINTED PROBATION OFFICER .
Philip II. WheIpIey Selected by the
Board of ChiIdren's Guardians.

Mr.. B. Pickman Mann, secretary of the
Board OF Children's Guardians, has re-
ported to the District Commissioners
that Philip B. Whelpley has been ap
pointed probation officer for the board at
an annual salary of $1,000, in view Of the
fact that the Commissioners have asked
for a deficiency appropriation for that
work
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
NEW INTERPRETATIONS.
Imperial Relief Association and
Globe Publishing Company.

Articles of the incorporation of the I'm
perial Relief Association of the District
of Columbia, have been placed on record.
The incorporators are: II. J. Bolton,
Charles Anderson, W. +. Slater, Thomas
Hawkins, T. W. Sprigss, Benjamin Will
liams, Moses Johnson, Silas Budd and
Theodore Gray.
certificate OF the incorporation of the
Washington Globe Publishing Company
has been filed. The capital stock is S25,-
Geo. divided into 1900 shares of $40 each.
The incorpOrators are William j. Elliott.
WILDER w. Marmaduke and Charles I.
Hunter
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
WHAT IS DENSE sMoKEe"
Eccentric Engineers Want Commits
siOners to Define the Law.

MIR. A. w. Leeke. secretary Of the Ec-
centric Association of Engineers, has
written to the District Commissioners
calling attention TO the anti-smoke law,
and has asked to be informed what con-
stitutes dense smoke as indicated in tho
act; also, what per cent of smoke must
be consumed to meet the requirements
of said act.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
Arthur J. Bib Charges His Wife
with gniJeIity.

Arthur J. Bib yesterdag a.,,eu suit for
nVorce against Sarah N. Bib. on the
ground of infidelity The parties were
married in Chicago, H., in June last.
It is stated that Mrs. Bibb is now, re-
siding in Detroit. Mich. Mr.. Campbell
Darlington is named as counsel for the
netitinner-
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19

Enoch Jones and Jennie Howard, OF
HiIlsdale. D. c.
Eward NJ. Woods and Bessie B. Wooster
Guy V. Collins and Daisy Member.
Charles Winkelman and Mary Sum
mers.
Max I. jacob and Kate Binder
Marshall Cannon and Uno Grooes.
insall Ainsley Reed, St. Louis, Md. and
Minnie Wall, District of Columbia.
Edward p. Lynch and Mabel b. Conway.