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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-06

The juniors reception 10 the seniors
was success
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-06
New and Pleasing Specialties by
Members of the Company.
ADMISSION,

Seat sale opens at Griffin & Reeds
saturday morning,
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

have got married again, and we would
have been rich and happy. sammis.
let me take your hand while vow
never to snub another elevator boy.
There was great excitement around
the building. with my name being ire
u~uently mentioned and witnesses hunt
ed after, and Mr.. Rasher. the agent,
called me down to the Office and asked:
"Sammls. is this another case where
a tenant refused your friendship"
"He scorned me, sir" | replied.
"And you brought him low as n con-
sequence. lie ought TO have known
better, and you ought to have remem-
bered that we have a dozen offices va
cant. Sammls. l think you had better
take a weeks vacation. with pay. IL
will be good for your rvo system
l took IT, and when returned to the
skyscrhper all was serene and the
roose hung high for Sammls, the Ele-
yator Boy. Nj. QtAp.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
CHILDISH RIVALRY.
Close Race Mt First, but
wins on the Homestrcteh.

Close Race Mt FIRST u"t o""
wins on the Homestrcteh.
Johnnie. aged eight, has been In th'
house for a week in consequence Of :
hea Ter from his bike" In this time h'
and Percy, aged six, have exhausted Al
their usual themes for disputes. fester'
day this was overheard ia the nursery:
Mamma, did Percy ever have whoop
ing coughG'
''Yes. dear"
wei. then, did he have it as bad as
l did?'
"No, not quite"
"There, Percy
We'll! anyhow" this from another
voice), Il had measales worsenr you
and | had it first too"
"You didn't!'
Il did too!'
"Mammal Mammal Did Percy have
nYeasules before | didg'
Yes, he had it first, and you took 1t
from him."
Percy now triumphed audibly and yo,
eiferously. Then johnnie rallied and
crushed him:
"Well anyhow, | broke my collar Dohe'
and it cost SO.
Percy had no more to say. 1t is ex-
pected as soon as the rain stops he VIII
70 straight out and break his collar BONE
-Piltsburg Dispatch.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
A Nfntter of Pride.

It'll give you $50 for that bit Of can
vas" announced the nan of wealth.
Couldn't think of accepting it." an
swered the poor artist. 1T is not that
| don't need the money, but my pro-
fesslonal reputation would suffer II |
let anything go at that price,"
"Ah," replied the man of wealth. I'm
that case | win give you $40 for it and
agree to tell all my friends that l paid
$500"
Now you are making n proposition
that | can afford to consider" said the
artist. Hand over the ten."-Chicago
Post.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
THE ELEVATOR BOY.
he RELATES A PERSONAL EXPERT
ENcE WITH A NEW TENANT.
How He Got Revenge on an Alleged
Agent For a Grindstone Quarry
Who Refused to Heir Him Lift the
Mortgage on Hfs Mothers Home.

How He G0t Revenge On an hhAeS'u
Agent For n Grindstone QUAR-
who Refused to Heir Him Lift the
Mortgage on Hfs Mothers Home.
fcopyight, 1901. by G. D. Lewial
1t is but natural that an elevator boy
In a skyscraper should seek to size up
q new tenant as o al possible, and
when Mr.. Hagadoon moved in on the
ninth floor the other week / got a line
on him In twenty-four hours. He claim
cd to be agent for a g%rindstone quarry.
and he had a gritty way with him. l
lad scarcely decided that I could V
give him my confidence and feel like a
son toward him when he called me up
10 his room and said:
"Sammis, | want to say a word to
you. l understand that you are father
less?"
Yes, sir"
"And you are trying to pay off a
mortgage on your mothers homer"
"Yes, SIR"
"Well, l don't blame your father for
dying, and l hope the mortgage will be
foreciosed. | wouldn't give you n ten
cent piece TO a v your neck. You are
one OF those fresh kids who are on the
spy and gossip, and you expect a quar-
ter every time you carry a tenant up
Or down. You have run against a snag,
Sammis. You have met a man who'll
tie you up In knots the first time you
open your mouth. Look out for me.
Sammis!"
1t is needless to say that my feelings
were hurt. He had jumped on me with
both feet without eause. A hoy in a
blacksmith shop would have gone away
and felt crushed for n year. but | was
sad for about ten minutes and then
thirsted to get square. | had hardly
got down stairs before my mind was
made up that | would some day hold
Mr.. Hagadoon's nose to his w grind
stone and hold 1t hard. He didn't have
no boy about his Office. and so | tried
to make friends with his typewriter. I
had no soone offered her a stick OF
gum, however, when she turned on me
with:
boy, l am up to your little game,
Ind 1t won't work. Better tend right
to your own little business"
A week had passed. ind | had
learned nothing about the grindstone
business, when n strange cub made up
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
Severely Practical.

"a woman who gets married." re-
marked the man with cold eyes and a
square jaw, should know how to
cook"
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. "But
| have sometimes questioned whether
a woman who knows how to cook
ought to marry. She might become
more prosperous by opening a restau-
rant."-Washington Star.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

Tenderfoot ton Texas ranch)-I should
think it would be a lot of trouble for a
man TO pick out his own cattle from
among so many.
C~owboy-Oh, that's an easy matter.
The trouble begins when he picks out
some other mans cattle. See ?-Chicago
News.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
"Extracting without Pain"

Nothing makes a man feel so
small" observed the breakfast cynic,
'as when he hears feminine screams
emanating from a house, and, rushing
forward, determined to rescue her or
die in the attempt, he is confronted by
the sign, Dentist "-Chicago News.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
Too Much TO Expect.

Farmer Swackhammer I lost my
wife yesterday.
Farmer Pildecker-No! Dead?
Swackhammer = Nav! Run away
with a lightnin' rod peddler!
"Waal. Josh, | offer we my sympa-
thy! I'm mighty sorry fer'ye."
Yes, l never did have any luck
a-losin' things. Why. | lost a yallei
dog fourteen times before he stayed
lost."-San Francisco Bulletin.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
Automobfling Exposed.

"How many horsepower is your au-
tomobileT' inquired the man in the
dogeart.
Ten horse and two men," responded
the owner. THE ten horsepower runs
it on the level roads. and my chauffeur
and I get out and push it up the hills"
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
New York Journal.
Baiteu,

Colonel" asked the beautiful grass
widow, ''is your ideal tall or short?"
How can you ask me such a question:"
he replied, looking around to see that no
witnesses were present, when you are
only medium"
Then she called him q naughty boy
and pretended that she believed he was a
hatterer.-Chicago Record-H Herald.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

Exact Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs. Brown
Indignantly
Is it true that
he said l was
"fair. fat and
forty?"
Mrs. Jones'
I'm not sure
that he said
fair Tit
Bits.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

Harris-lf you knew he was lying. why
didn't you tell him so?
Buck-Vhat would have been the use?
lie knew be was lying. fast enough. and
he would not have felt SO pleasant to-
ward me If ! had let him know | knew it
too.-Boston Transcript.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

Butler-Master says you're to have a
glass of this before you go. Mrs. Giles.
Now, that some rare good stuff. that is,
an will do you a world of good.
MIS-. Giles-Well. it certainly do taste
better than the physic | be in the 'abit
Of takin'i
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

Then the defiant, militant spirit took
possession of the devoted missionary.
"You think I'm a pudding" he cried.
"Ill show you an not"
"The proof of the pudding is In the
eating!' rejoined the sayages darkly.-
Detroit Free Press.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
Futile.

l observed with disquiet that Nor
daunt was about to hang himself.
Il have nothing to live for" he ex-
planned.
What was | to say? | knew only too
well the futility Of trying to live for
nothing in New York.-New York Sun.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

He-l understood she married him for
lis money.
She-No. it was for love.
He-Loye. indeed?
Sheer course. Love of his money
detroit Free Press.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
Enough,

well, mamma. he called me a liar;
that's why | smashed him."
But, my son, that didn't prove that
you weren't a liar"
No, but it proved that he was, cause
he admitted it before | got done with
him."-Philadelphia Press.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

Mr.. Pussy (~rearranging the things in
the parlor)-You have w~retchedly poor
taste, my dear.
Mrs. Pussy (resignedly)-That's what
everybody said when | married you,
Henry.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

.Carrie-Tonight would be a good
time to speak to papa.
Lindsay-Why do you think so?
GABRIELLE wore a new pair of shoes
all day, and his feet are so tender he
wouldn't dare do anything to hurt
them.-Chelsea (Mass.) Gazette.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

! HAD cor HIM DOWN AND AT NY MERCY
faces Mt me as | went out to lunch. !
sailed In at once and l had got him
down and Mt my mercy when he Offer
ed to betray a secret If | would spare
his life. | thought 1t was about a pot
of gold. but it didn't pan Out that way.
He had beer the grindstone mans boy
In another skyscraper and had been
discharged for falling In love with the
photographer. That grindstone busi-
ness was all a bluff. Mr.. Hagadoon
had several little schemes. He was
running Il matrimonial agency. selling
lottery tickets, doing d quiet pool busi-
ness and roping in suckers on worth
less mining stocks. All this the boy
told me as | held him down by the hair,
and | not only spared his life. but re-
warded him with a bag Of peanuts.
Before taking any steps against the
grindstone man | rave him a show.
During a hull in business | stopped at
his door and asked him II | could pos
sibly do anything to make his stay In
the building more comfortable. He
didn't let he into his office: but. COM
Ing out into the hall. be grabbed me by
the hair and Kissed into my ear:
away with you or I'll dabble my
hands In your hearts blood,'
] had given him a show. and be had
refused 1t. AS | s,noothed down my hair
and POT back TO my elevator there was
no longer IN iota of mercy N i,y heart.
The curtain fell next afternoon at 3
O'Clock. had got on to the fact that a
lot of fellows were In the daily habit
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

what Is worse than a giraffe with a
sore throat?"
"A centiped with chilblains."-Bos-
ton Christian Register.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
Proof of Square Dealing.


as the storekeeper HONESTY"
Honest! Well. rather! Why. he'll
let you open either end of an apple
barrel before purchasing" Chicago
Post.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
Quite Otherwise.

She-Sn she refused you?
He-Yes: she said she didn't have thu
| art to curry me.-Yonkers Statesman
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

The Cure.
"G1adys. IL
you knew how
my heart burns
for you'll"
'.Try some
ba king soda.
They say that's
a splendid cure
for heartburn"
New Y L
World.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
JUSTICES SUPREME COURT:
W A Massey, G p, c II Belknap
A l. Fitzgerald.
COUNTY DIRECTORY,

Justice of the Peace of Argenta Township
E Hagar
Constable Of Argenta Township ........
George Austin
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16
Official Register
STATE OF NEVADA.

u. S. SENATORS.
JP Jones VIM M Stewart
CONGRESSMAN:
Francis G N%ewlands.
GOVERNOR:
Remhold Sadler.
LIEUTENANP-GOVERNOR
James II Judge.
SECRETARY OF STATE:
Eugene Howell.
Deputy, A " Morris.
STATE CONTROLLER:
Sam p Davis,
Deputy, Jonathan Doahe.
STATE TREASURER:
ID NJ Ryan,
Deputy, Frank L Wildes.
SURvEYoR.GENERAL;
e d Kelley,
Deputy, NJ d Noteware.
sUPT. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
OrvlS King.
STATE PRINTER:
Andrew Maute,
Foreman, w U Maekey.
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
VIM Woodburr.
REGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY:
] N Evans, w w Booher,
WEI Deal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-16

~Jimmy-Say. pop. If
I'd been born twins
stead o me. what
would my other name
be?-New York Jour
nal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10

Il we may debate the latter point with
80 II ia an authority as Professor Heimkirk
W. .Lould call attention to the new prepar-
ouon called Calcura solvent, discovered by
Lr.David Kennedy, of Kennedy Row, Kings.
ton, n. y, as an undoubted success. While
is fame may not have reached Berlin it
Is widely known in the United States. and
scores remarkable victories over cases of
acute and chronic rheumatism, stone in the
bladder and kidneys, torpidity and enlarge
ment of the liver, the various forms of con-
stipation and dyspepsia and all affections
due to cell-wastes retained the circulation.
10 say that Dr. Kennedy's discovery (called
~ him My Ne,0 Medicine") is a specific
Tor the diseases which principally afiiict CIV
ilized man may be more than the facts vet
warrant, but. that it thus far transcends
other remedies in the number and signal
bnlliancy Of its results is to say only what
the evidence proves. And it is simple ius-
tice to add that DR.. Kennedy worked as
hard and as long TO unearth the constituents
which compose his great medicine for the
people as the specialists have who labored
to capture the bacilli of germ" diseases.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
RIG BILL" CRAIG.

big Bill" Craig, the secret service
man killed in the accident at LenoX,
HAD been detailed as the Presiden It's
bodyguard for years, and both Presi-
dent Mckinley and President Roose
welt were seldom out of his sight dur
ing their waking hours. Whether at
the White House or travelling, the
Presidents were attended by Craig,
and none could approach either of
them until after rigid scrutiny by
his sharp eyes.
When President Roosevelt came to
Groton to see his son Teddy, during
his almost fatal illness, big Bill'
Craig was with him. The detective
has not allowed Pcresident Roosevelt
out of his sight except when he has
seen him safely bestowed for the
night.
When the Presidents special stopped
at any point Craig was always the
first on the step of the car, and Mr..
Roosevelt did not once step to the plat
form until Craig had led the way.
When the President spoke from car
platform Craig would be on the step,
and every newspaper man in the party
noted the intensity with which he
eyed the multitude.
He would be at the Presidents side
when passing from the train to his
carriage, at his back when stepping
in, and not until the horses were ready
to move would he leave his station at
the carriage wheel He would then
jump ON the seat of the carriage and
keep up his scrutiny of every person
who approached it until it stopped,
when he would jump down and be at
the carriage door in twinkling to be
ON hand in case of an emergency.
But in spite of his constant pres
ence there were few people except the
members of the presidential party who
knew that Craig was a detective.
But every one of the newspaper men
with the party was more than fasci-
mated by the alertness and care which
characterized his every movement,
and it was their unanimous opinion,
frequently expressed among themsel-
yes, that big Bill Craig was just the
man for the job
Detective Craig came from Chicago
and had been with the Secret Service
for number of years before being
assigned as permanent body guard to
the President. He was a Scotchman
by birth, and at one time was in the
regular army as cavalryman. He
was noted as an Eall-round athlete. -
Boston Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
EDWARD EGGLESTON.

DR.. Edward Eggleston, who died at
his home near Lake George, Wednes-
day, September 3, was born in Indiana
and in 1857, when twenty wears of age,
he entered the Methodist ministry
After nine years of religious service
he began his career as journalist
and this calling led out to his real
vocation, writer of romance and his
tory.
He was the first American novelist
to Introduce provincial realism, or, to
quote critic, 80 perceive the value
of dialect i'll interpretive fiction" His
novel 1.-The Hoosier Schoolmaster, "
so widely read, is an example of this
and his realistic presentation of the
life he knew so well bears the stamp
of the artist. Eggleston was among
the most scholarly of Americans his
bright and genial humor enlivening
all his work. 1t has been said of him
that though he was a good novelist he
was better preacher; that he was
better still as conversationalist and
best of all in philanthropy. Besides
the Hoosier Schooolmaster, " which
first brought him into prominence,
which has been translated into French
and Danish and is read now with as
much enJoyment as twenty-five or
thirty years ago, he wrote "Huldah,
the Help, his first story for grown
up people and which appeared in
Scribner's Magazine d" The Circuit
Rider, ''"The Faith Doctor, ~" Roxy"
and "The Graysons, all of which
are deservedly read to this day,
though the youngest of them is ten
years old. He gave us in his later
rfaiY MI iekA
cal sketches, "The Beginners of Ma
tion," and 1.-The Transit of Civiliza-
ton
Preacher, editor, novelist, historian
his was indeed a varied career,
showing his versatility and his ability
to do many kinds of work we'll; but
perhaps, in his private life, he was
at his best as one who did what he
could for his felloWmen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
PROVED FATAL

A fatal accident, which resulted in
the death of Fireman Wilcox of St.
Adams, occurred at Montpelier juno
tion at 40 p. m, on Thursday. The
accident was peculiar one. A north
bound freight loaded with beef, under
care of Conductor Thomas and Engin-
eer Coleman, came to a stop alongside
the passenger platform, and Fireman
Wilcox went under the engine to rake
out the ashes from the fire box.
1t appears that the train broke in
two about mile south of the station
and the engineer and fireman were ig-
norant of the fact. The fireman had
not got to work under the engine be-
fore the rear section of the train col
lided with the front section and the
fireman was dragged along for dis
lance of ten feet. He was eXtricated
by the engineer and a brakeman and
DR.. Chandler was summoned. Tue
injured man was conscious and his
sufferings were so great that he begged
that something be given him to pro-
duce death and thus end his pain.
Injuries to one hip and leg besides in
ternal injuries were sustained by Will
cox and he was taken to the Heaton
hospital, where he died at about two
o. clock this morning. He has fam
lily at St. Adams and the remains will
be taken there today for burial.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
of the store during the absence of the

of the store during the absence of the
The following date for the month of
years has been complied by w. A. Shaw
from the weather bureau records nt
Mortified: Mean or normal tenpera-
ture 90 degrees; warlnest monlh 1911,
average temperature, 81 degrees; coluesu
month 1898, average temperature, ~ ue-
grets; highest temperature w degrees,
Sept. %, 1885, lowest temperature "a de-
grecs, Sept IS 1901 averag date of 1rsC
Killing frost Sept. Is; average preclplta-
ton for the month 2.16 inches; greatest
amount of precipitation in any - consec'
utive hours . 81 inches, Sept. Il, 1888; av-
erage number of clear days 8; party
cloudy DAYS II; cloudy days IL, .as.OAb
For several weeks past complaints have
been made To the police department re
gardng the reckless use of firearms
within the city limits. On Sunday party
of women in house near the country
Club house were badly frightened and a
sic, ping infant narrowly escaped death
from "A spent 81 calibre bullet which
passed through the side uf the house and
came Within few inches of one of the
seven women present, hnally hnding
Judgement in the wall near the sleeping
child Chief Reagan has the bullet
which is hardly ilattened, showing That
Last week complaints was made by Elm
street residents that a spent charge OF
shot came down into the street from the
vicinity of Cliff street The police also
in end TO stop the use OF firearms on sun
day.
The public schools of the city are
to open for the fall term on next Mon
day. Especial interest is conferred
upon what the school commissioners
will decide in regard to allowing those
pupils in the kindergarten department.
last year to continue in this depart
ment for the coming year. 1t has
been proposed by the board to add and
other room for this purpose and Civ
the children referred to an advance
course in kindergarten work. The
parents and friends of these children,
who are of the average age of five
years, are DESTROYS that the board
should decide to do so for they recog
nize of what value another year S
work in this department would be to
the little tots, based on the expert
mental stage of the work in the pub
lie schools of this city, last year. 1t
is also aruged that the extra expense
thus incurred would not be begrudged
by the taXp ayers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
WILL BE MCCULLOUGH.

Official returns from all the towns
and cities of the State show that the
candidates for Governor in the late
election received the following vote:
John G. Mccullough, 81, S29
Percival w. Clement, $500
Felix W. McGettrick, 1889
Joel O. Sherburne, 2,460
The Clement estimate sent out. by
II. G.. Smith from the Clement head
quarters shortly before the election
was that Clement would have 37,0S7,
Mccullough %, 666, McGettrick $500
and Sherburne 1929; or in other
words that Mr.. Clement would be
elected last Tuesday by vote Of 3D.
097 to "a, sol for all other candidates
that Clements majority in the pop
ular vote would be 2,2S6. The main
trouble in this estimate was that it
overestimated the Clement vote and
underestimate that of Mccullough
and the other candidates.
The vote for Senter, the Democratic
candidate for Governor in 1900, was
II, 1879. The desertion of the Demo.
Gratis, after having pledged their can
| didate their loyal support, next to the
bolt Of Clement, was one of the most
shameful things in the late canvass.
One-half the Democrats deserted him.
The Republican vote of 1900 was
AS, AL. Over $1,000 Republicans, OIL
about one-third the vote of two year:
ago, without cause or reasonable ex
cuse of any kind, deserted the party il
the late election.
There being no election by the peo
pie the General Assembly will have
in its charge the choice of the Chic
Executive. The returns from the leg
islative elections indicate that on
conservative estimate, the maiorit,
on joint ballot for the regular Repub
lican candidate will be about 40, as
surfing the control of the Legislator,
by the Republicans and the election
of General Mccullough.