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The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Power of Shells,

In 1870 an ordinary smell when it
burst broke into nineteen to thirty
pieces. To-day it bursts into 24O.
Shrapnel fire in 1870 scattered only
thirty-seven death-dealing missiles
Now it scatters $40. A bomb weigh
ing about 10 lb. thirty years ago
would have burst into forty-two frag-
ments. .o-day. when 1t is charged
with peroxilene, it breaks up into
1,200 pieces, each of which is hurled
with much greater velocity than the
larger Jumps which were scattered
by a gunpowder explosion.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26

They had been drinking together a
long time-three hours, according to
the waiter who served them-when
Sharkey came in, and, probably at the
invitation of Mrs. Phillips, at whose
house he had spent the previous night.
sat at the table with them.
1t was over Mrs. Phillips the quarrel
started and the death blow was struck.
Sharkey says he had been drunk for
week, and that he does not remem-
Der exactly what happened, except
that Mr.. Fish objected to him and
finally jolted him with his elbow and
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Meaning of Horse Power.

A horse power is the force required
to lift dead weaight of $4,000 pounds
one foot minute. To find the horse
power of an engine multiply the area
OF the piston in inches by the average
steam pressure in pounds per square
inch. Multiply the product by the
travel OF the piston in feet per minute
and divide that product by $4,000. If
an engine is rated at 73 horse power
it will raise $4,000 pounds one foot
seyenty-three times in one minute.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Distinguished Visitors oIsappornted.

Sir Edmund Barton, Lady Barton
and other distinguished visitors from
Australia, while on their way home
from the coronation. stopped at
Washington on Sunday for the express
purpose of paying homage 10 the
memory of George Washington. They
were mucn disappointed to find that
Mount Vernon, where the first presi-
dents remains lie, is closed on Sun
days. As time did not permit of de-
lay, they were compelled to leave
without seeing the grave.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Nothinq Doinq.

In his STORY OF the Cowboy" Emer-
son Hough gives the following quar-
terly report of a foreman to an east
ern ranch owner: Deer Sur, we have
brand 500 caves this roundup we have
made sum hay potatoes is fare crop.
That Irishman yu lef in charge at the
other camp got so fresh an we had to
kill him. Nothing much has happened
sence yu lef. Yurs truly, jim"
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Givinq the Jury a Treat.

During the progress of a trial in a
Missouri court one day recently a
heavy shower began-the first rain
that had fallen for distressingly long
time. The jurymen, most of whom
were farmers, paid more attention to
the conditions outside than to the trial
and the judge suspended court for
while, remarking: The jury can walk
out in the rain for few minutes if 1t
wants to, to satisfy itself that it really
can rain in Missouri"
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Courts for Women.

1t is proposed in France to estab-
lish Court of Justice run by women
and for women, to which may be car
ried all those cases concerning which
the most learned men know nothing.
This will relieve a man Judge, for in
stance. from determining questions as
to fit in suits brought by dressmakers
against their clients; and 1t ought
to do away also with much expert
testimony in such cases.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
AS Japan Sees us,

In some localities in America the
exasperated people are applying their
own remedy to the evil by stationing
sharpshooters to pick of the chauf-
feurs in transit when the latter are
judged to be going at a dangerous gait
and it only needs the slaughter OF two
or three children in any community
to rouse public opinion 10 a partial.
il not general adoption of this method
of redress.-Japan Advertiser.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
VARIED TYPES OF WOMEN.
Interesting and Picturesque Are
Those of Eastern Europe.


The most interesting and pictur-
esque girls in the world are the Rus
SLAMS, declares Partisan writer.
They are ready to die for an idea.
The Russian girl nihilist is not afraid
to be sent to Siberia or to be i'm
prisoned in a tower, or to be hanged
by the neck for her ideas. She is
always ready to translate her ideas
into acts. Roumanian girls are ex-
quisite. They have all the attractions
without the vices, of their ancestors
of ancient Rome. The girls of the
other Danubian states do not yet
count for much. as they are not edu-
Gated. Bulgarian maids are, however,
making progress because of many
American teachers in Sofia and else
where throughout the prlncipality.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
PaIIbearers Dressed in White.

Mrs. Gertrude Drennon, wife OF
Kansas City liveryman, died few
days ago, and in accordance with her
expressed desire six girl friends acted
as pallbearers at her funeral. They
were dressed in white and the novel
spectacle attracted large crowd to
the cemetery. Mrs. Drennon was %
years of age and had been married
less than year.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Municipal Ownership Experiments.

President George Wallace of the
board of aldermen of New Haven,
Conn, says that in the course of a
brief conversation In that city Presi-
dent Roosevelt told him that he had
been much interested "a the story he
had heard of his efforts for municipal
reform and added that he expected
that in the near future reforms will
be effected in the District of Columbia
in the nature of municipal ownership
that will be an object lesson to the
cities of the country.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
SteYn in Very Poor Health.

The illness of ex-President Steyn
of the Orange Free State. according
to the London Daily News, is due
solely to prolonged exposure and
hardship in the field, added to the
anxieties of his official position. He
has no control over his muscles and
is unable to lift even his eyelids
without assistance, and his arms and
legs are quite powerless.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Valuable Discovery in Brazil.

James A. Bouty, an American citi-
zen sojourning in Brazil, has made a
discovery which is a revelation to the
Brazilians regarding the resources of
their own forests. He has found a
tree called balata, growing near Para
and for thousands of miles along the
Amazon river. the juice of which
promises to rival rubber in the worlds
markets.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
TolstoY May Leave Russia.

1t is said that Tolstoy intends to
make his home in Bucharest, for the
reason that he can not expect Chris
tian burial in Russia. Carmen Sylvia,
the poet-queen of Roumania, has
given a warm invitation to the
famous author to dwell in her domain.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
NAV Build National Theater.

A Breslau' journal announces that
Gerhart Hauptmann has a plan OF
building national theater, a la Bal
reuth, at Schreiberhau, in the Giant
mountains, where every summer
about fifteen or twenty performances
of German plays could be given.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Italy Is AdNancinn.

Employment of irons in Italian
prisons has been abolished. Convicts
are no longer to be yoked together
as heretofore, and the cruel practice
of manacliDg them to their beds is
to be applied only in very exceptional
cases.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Book by Mrs. Carter Harrison.

Mrs. Carter II. Harrison, wife of
the mayor of Chicago, has written
book of fairy tales. 1t has been
known for some time that she had
some literary work in hand, but she
deprecated any suggestions that she
was IAN author"
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
that he responded with . blow. +

that he responded with = blow. He
said:
"If Mr.. Fish had not been drinking
and had been sober there would not
have been any trouble. and Mr.. Fish
would be alive and out of the Tombs.
81 don't believe it was hard blow,
and do not think he would have fallen
had he been sober"
Though the police say Mr.. Fish had
no previous acquaintance with the
women, another story prevails in the
neighborhood of the tragedy. There
it is said he was frequently in Mrs.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
To Honor French Patriot,

The corner stone has been laid In
Newport, r. l., of monument to
Charles Louis d'Arsac De Ternay,
admiral OF France, who landed there
with French troops in 1880 to aid the
young republic. Admiral De Ternay
died shortly after his arrival and was
buried near where he disembarked.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Not Always Proof of Insanity.

A woman whose vocabulary is lin
tied to the words get up" and go"
has been adjudged insane. Yet get
up" and "go" together express the
quality generally deemed essential to
one seeking the sanest success.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Artist a Rapid Worker.

Among English artists probably the
quickest worker is Cation Woodvllle.
the brilliant painter of battle scenes
Mr.. Woodville has been known to
commence and finish an elaborate
canvas within three weeks.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Welcomed the LAST Hymn.

A popular Methodist minister
preached in Montclair. n. J., on re-
cent Sunday, and his sermon occu-
pied fifty minutes. At the close,
minister who WIS in the pulpit with
him announced hymn appropriate
to the preachers theme, but with
these words: Il am sure you will all
be glad to sing the last hymn"
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
A Great Graft.

Brigham Youngs grandson has
been appointed general superinten-
dent of a Utah railway. If all his
brothers and sisters and aunts travel
with passes the shareholders have
poor prospects of a dividend.-Lon,
don Express.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
New Way to Lay Cable.

The French government is to plow
furrow 1900 miles long across the
North African desert, from Tunis to
Lake Tehad. and lay cable in 1t,
both to be done at one operation. The
plow, drawn by an engine and NOV
ing a mile an hour, will open fur
row thirty inches deep and lay the
cable in the bottom.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
LARGE Mass of Pure Salt

The largest mass of pure rock salt
in the world lies under the province
of Galicia, Hungary. 1t is known to
be $50 miles long, twenty miles broad
md $50 feet in thickness.-Philadel
,hia Times.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Locomotives Still in Demand.

Electricity may be the motive
power of the future, but the fact re-
mains that in the census year 1900
the output of steam locomotives was
more than 5000, valued at more than
$50 100000.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Vacation Tour on Horseback.

Ex-Gov. Foster of New Jersey, has
Just completed a three weeks vaca
ton tour on horseback, in the course
of which he rode 400 miles through
portions of New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and New York. Most of the time he
Travelled alone.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Wealth of South America.

The numerous islands of Patagonia
archipelago are covered with ever
green forests capable of supplying i'm
mense quantities of valuable timber,
while the mountain ranges, being of
the same geological formation as those
of Chile and Peru, are probably rich
in mineral resources.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Typewriters in Demand.

There are forty-seven typewriter fac
tories reported to the census bureau.
with an annual product worth about
s7,OOO,0OO. The foreign sales for 1900
amounted to $270O,OOO.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Teach Children Gardenino.

In many of the continental cities
and in some few American cities gar
dens are laid out in the neighborhood
of public schools and the children are
taught to cultivate them.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Only Good Use for Hats.

Experts declare hats are, from the
hygienic point of view, an absolute
absurdity, save where actual protec.
ton from the sun is necessary.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
PASSING OF "Hoss" SHEPHERD.
Once Political Ruler of Capital City,
He Had a Checkered Career.

He Had a Checkered Career.
Local politics of the capital of the
United States city once were ruled by
Alexander r. Shepherd, who died re-
Gently in Mexico. 1t was when the
District of Columbia had the terri
torial form of government and he was
governor. He made many improve
ments in the city's appearance, and
while charged with corruption and
refused confirmation by the senate
when President Grant appointed him
commissioner upon the change from
territorial to district government, he
later was hailed as the founder of
Washington as it is to-day and praised
for his work.
His admirers claim that to him Is
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
NAV Find Cure for Leprosy.

The territorial board of health of
Hawaii is to begin a series of expert
ments to determine the value of X.
rays in the treatment of leprosy
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
MURPHY IN cRokER's SHOES.

Head Triumvir of Tammany to Sue
coed to Leadership.
Charles F. Murphy, head of the Tam
many triumvirate, who has been Sc
lected by the present rulers to succeed
Richard Croker as leader of the or
ganization, was formerly dock com
missioner.
Politicians predict that in the event
of success at the primaries the Croker
faction in the wigwam will unite on
Murphy as the former boss success
sor
The Carroll men, however, sneer at
the Murphy boom.
William Dever-'s success at the pri-
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Mother of Iwnntv.one chiIdren.

Mrs. Bennett, Rochlands. near Cat.
selbar. Ireland, who was already the
mother of eighteen children, has given
birth to triplets.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Europe,s HIahest Postoffice.

At Gornergrat, on the Zermatt noun
tain railroad, stands the highest post
Office in Europe. 1t is over 5000 feet
above sea level.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
eermany's Beer Consumption.

Germany's annual consumption of
beer works out at over thirty-siy
gallons per head of population.
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
HON EMADE.

Airy ambition, soaring high, quite
mistakes the road.
Assertion, unless backed by facts, is
like a mule kicking at its own sha.
dow
The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
Opening Up Africa.

Work is to be started Immediately
on a twenty-five mile railway to con
meet Gwelo and Selukwe, Rhodesia.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28

JchnsOn's pure olive Oil for medici-
nal purposes at Kelly's, Arlington
block.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28
UNFORTUNATE REMEMBERED.
Pleasant Time at the Asylum Christ
mas Eve.

Pleasant Time at the Asylum Christ
mas Eve.
AS usual there was 4 pleasant time
at the asylum Christmas eve. A con-
pie of handsome trees were decorated
and every inmate of the institution
received some token Of remember
ance.
1t would do ones heart good to
have seen the look of intelligence and
appreciation that lightened the brow
of those whose memory has departed,
as they received their presents from
the attendants and others connected
with the institution. 1t seems that a
light of reasoning had taken place of
the mental vacuum and al were placed
upon a common standing-all equal.
After the poor unfortunates had
been attended to,Dr. Patterson was
presented with handsome buggy robe
by the employees and Superintendent
Joe Mccarthy was the recipient of a
carving set that was the ideal CT the
makers art.-JOurnal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28
CHINESE lNcENDlARY.
Cook Who Destroyed Winters Barn
Supposed to be in Virginia.

Cook Who Destroyed Winters Barn
Supposed to be in Virginia.
A report has been current that the
FIRE that burned Winters barn near
Washoe City. destroying $4,000 was
started by the Chinese cook at the
Winters ranch One circumstance
that lent color to the report was that
the cook DISAPPEARED the morning of
the fire and has not been seen since
by any of the people at the ranch.
1t is more than probable that the
missing Celestial is in hiding in this
city. Some Comstock boys who were
out of town the day of the fire saw a
Chinaman ascending the Geiger grade
that afternoon at rapid gait. He
had no clothing on hjs person and
wore one Chinese shoe the other foot
being bare His eyes were wild, his
hair disheveled and he appeared to be
greatly excited. He was headed in
this direction and it Is naturally to
be presumed that he was the missing
cook from Winers ranch.-C Chronicle.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28
THE MlNSTRElS.
A Big Crowd Greets the haverieys-
A Good Performances


Last evening the Haverley Min
strel troup paid Carson a visit and
was greeted with big house. The
show is all that is claimed for it. A
collection of amusement and good time
for the people throughout. Some ex-
cellent singing was rendered and all
of the specialties were good. The
Carl Damann troup Of acrobats as a
conclusion to the performance is all
right. The people are certainly Won
ders, as they do number of new
turns. while the balancing acts are
ahead of anything seen here in many
months.
There is one thing about the com
pany and that is Waltz me Again
Wilson is certainly not the only peb
BILE on the beach, as there are others
in the troup that could grace the sill
suits with as much ease and do thei
turns with just as much effect How
ever. the show is worth the price ant
Haverley is always sure of a bis
| house when he lands in this city
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28
DEATH OF MRS. HAMILTON.

Mrs. Jennie Hamilton, one Of Car
sons best respected ladies died at the
home Of her brother, Frank McCul-
Tough yesterday morning after a few
days illenss with pneumonia. While
the lady was known to be very i'll,
yet all of the friends hoped that she
would live and did not realize that she
was at deaths door.
Her death is a shock to the many
that knew her, Kind deeds endeared
her to many in this city Mrs. Hamil-
ton was an early resident of this sec.
ton, coming here thirty-five years ago
She was born in East Springfield, O.
62 years ago.
She leaves a brother in this city
Frank Mccullough and innumerable
friends to mourn her loss.
The funeral will take place from the
late residence at o'clock Monday af
ternOon.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28
HORRIBLE
WRECK
Thirty PEOPLE KILLED IN
CANADA
Fire and Blizzard Adds to the
Horrors

San Francisco, Dec PA head-on
collision on the Grand Trunk line
at Wanstead, Canada, early this
morning, resulted in a terrible loss
of life. 1t is now known that thirty
people were killed outright and twice
that number injured. The two pas
senger trains running east and west
met, both running at rate OF fifty
miles an hour. The force Of the col
lission telescoped both trains and
horrible wreck resulted. No one had
e chance to escape as the crash came
during terrible snow storm and
blizzard Those who escaped in
jury endeavored to rescue the pin
| toned and imprisoned passengers
and many were burned to death be-
fore their eyes, The extreme cold
prevented rescue work and the fact
that both trains were soon a mass
of flames further hinic-ed rescue
work. Many of the p.,p'c who are
injured and killed were returning rfon
holiday visits to the States. The list
of names has not yet been learned
It is claimed that the train dispatch
er is responsible for the wreck al
he gave the wrong orders to the en-
gineers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28
A GOOD
SUGGESTION
4 BUSINESS MAN MAPS a
new SCHEME
Sh' u}d be I ken up by the
Merchants

Yesterday one of Carson's business
to have considerable merit to it, and |,
should be taken up by others. In |
speaking OF the mining situation, he
said:
There is no use talking, it takes
mines to make a town and better a
community. The strike at Tonopah
has helped every town in this State
and Carson has shared in the profits.
The thing for Carson merchants to do
is to grub stake couple of prospec-
tors and see what can be done Should
one man attempt to furnish the means
for this kind Of work, it would break
him, but let the merchants combine
and each put in a pittance, men can
be equipped that they may work as
they should.
The effect that a mine has on
community should make the business
men CT this mining region bond toget-
her for their mutual benefit Suppose
one paying mine was uncovered it
would not be year before Carson
would have double the population and
all by legitimate menas l believe
that a merchants union should be
formed in this place in particular. Car
son is not situated in an agricultural
belt, and she depends on the State Of
ficers and other resources outside of
her bonds to keep her going. This be-
ing the case, and the knowledge that
one mine would make her financially,
should be incentive enough for the
business men to club together and fol
low up the lead that they know will as
sist them, that Of mining. Half dOz
and through the lack of ready cash
they are undeveloped. With the asur
ance of money enough to carry tn
work along, the owners would be abb
to do work in a few months that wouli
demonstrate the value of their hold
ings.
1T is a straight business proposition
and the sooner our business men he'll
themselves by helping the prospectOr
the better off they will he The schem
has been tried in a number OF place
and found to work isfactorily an
the same would work here if give
try-out"
The above seems to be goo
plan and the Appeal believes tn:
the old Chamber of Commerce shoul
be revived and a move made to tai
up such a scheme.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28
DISTRICT COURT.

Judge Mack Holds His Last Session
in This City.
In the District Court, Mack Judge,
the following business was transacted
yesterday:
Estate of Mccarthy, deceased-Ad-
ministrator dismissed
Estate of Fanny Catlin. deceased
\. P. Catlin appointed.
In the guardianship case of Irma
Robinson, Attorney Piatt, for the de-
fendant, gave notice that a proper
home had been found for the child
The Judge wanted to know for how
long and ordered that the matter be
brought to the attention of Judge Muir
Dhy, on his taking the bench. who
could decide further.
Court adjourned to January s.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-28

WORK
THE RAILROADS TAKING AN
INTEREST
Several Sections Under Their
PATRONAGE

The railroads througout the west
are taking up the fight for irrigation
in a manner that shows that they be-
lieve in the irrigated west.
There is hardly a road that Is not
making an effort to help this branch
of industry along. In fact, some OF
them are going into the business OF
retaining lands where they own it,
and when in a condition to sell, are
sending colonists to the ground. In
portions of California the Southern
Pacific has turned its attention to
this matter and will open up lands
to colonists and individuals.
The Sante Fee is branching out as
a b g factor in this line. They are
retaining and booming sections in
! Arizona, New Mexico and California
and offer people liberal terms to set
tie, on the lands. They also have
lands in Colorado that are open to
farmers and rangers.
The railroads are beginning to rea
lie that it is the people who keeI
the rails warm and with valleys thai
are now barren, irrigated new indus
tries spring up and more freight and
traffic is enjoyed.
When the roads begin to boom Ne
vada in the same way, there will bt
considerable more doing in an agri
cultural way There is plenty o
land in this State which they owl
that could be placed in the same cor
dition that the valleys of AriZOn;
and other arid belts are in, and i'm
migration could be a factor. The OF
| ly thing that is a draw back to N.
va6a is the fact that tourists trave
: ing over her deserts, grow to b.
lieve that the whole State is one vas
!, desert, and that there is nothing b,
mines to recommend her to the wOrl,
Should the railroads that drain he
:, put up a little of the cash back in r.
clamation, the State would offer i
ducements to the weary traveller tn;
would cause many a valley to be Sc
tied and bear fruits, cereals and Gait
:. for the great east, which needs the1