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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Gifts For the Mouraers,

Some deliver into the musty old rec
ords of Harvard has brought to light
an amusing provision with which one
of the colleges eighteenth century
friends coupled what was for his time
a very generous bequest to the Cam
bridge university.
Mr.. Thomas Brattle was the tesla
tors name. and his interest In Harvard
evidently extended to the individual
members of its undergraduate body.
for after leaving 1900. then the equiv
alent Of about $4,000. to the college
for its general uses his will gives half
a crown to every student belonging to
it who should attend his funeral.
Unfortunately no account of Mr..
Brattle's ~obsequies is extant, but there
a be little doubt that the occasion
was made solemn by the presence of a
large number of "chief mourners" and
that good wishes for the deceased were
generally and feellngly expressed.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Story of n French Cat.

This cat story comes from Pont Ste.
Maxence (oisel, and for such q small
place it is IN extremely tall tale. says
the Faris Messenger. II would appear
that a resident in the place. who is an
enthusiastic angler. used to keep live
bait in a small tank on his premises.
The angler also had a cat who natu-
rally was fond of fish, raw or cooked.
This being so. bis owner covered his
tank with wire netting to keep pussy
out Of temptation.
But the cat knew a trick or two and
went to the nearest refuse heap for
some fowl giblets which were provi-
dentially lying there. These she tool,
TO the tank, let them hang into the wa
ter from the netting and began fishing
on her W account. When the fish
nibbled at the bait. puss would catch il
with a nimble claw! The angler, no
ticing the trick. threw the bait AWAY,
but half an hour later puss was at 1t
again.
We hardly know which to admire
most. the cats ingenuity or that of the
c%oncocter of the story.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Brousham and Muiled Port.

Lord Brousham, who as a member
of the house of commons was q most
abstemious man. upon his promotion
to the peerage acquired less commend
able habits. During his long and i'm
passioned appeal to the lords to re-
frain from rejecting the reform bill
OF 1882 five tumblers of mulled port.
with n dash of brandy. were brought
to him at intervals" When he an
to his last sentence CT war you. |
implore you-yea. on my Blended knee
l supplicate you-reject not this bili'l
he knelt on the woolsack, whence he
slipped to the floor. 1t is recorded in
the Lives of the Lord chanceliors'
that 'he remained some time as II ii
prayer. but his friends. alarmed lost
he should be suffering from the effects
of mailed port. picked him up anl
placed him safely on the woc.caek."
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Altar of Roses.

In trade the rose is very valuable. us
the affairs of India and Persia sell IT
a very high price. and there are large
districts of rose gardens in which men
and women are employed. the harvest
months being March and April. In
Turkey also rose farming is largely
carried On. and a very fine altar is 20.
from the rose grown in hashmir
Even rosewater Is a luxury which il
by no mean to be desplsed as to price.
but the altar of roses is immensely
costly, and it takes an enormous NUM-
Der of flowers to distil even a few
drops.
The altar is said to have been first
discovered by the ~favorite wife of
Jehan Jeer. through whose garden ran
a canal of rosewater, on the surface of
which the begun found a few drops
of the precious altar or oil floating.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Not Reassurfng.

lieye that your father will exhibit NO
ience when | ask him for your handr
inquired the timld youth.
81 have never been present on any
of these occasions" replied the lovely
girl evasiYely. And. to tell you the
truth, | have never wanted to be pres
ent. suppose | am foolishly sensi-
tive about these things, but | can't help
1t. | remember that papa took me TO a
slaughter house when | was q little
girl. and | dreamed about 1t every
night for months afterward-"-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
4 Fast Growing Vine.

The Kudzu vine is probably the most
rapid growing plant in the world. 1t
belongs TO the bean family. The leaves
look something like a lima bean and
was once called Dol.chos %japonicus. 1t
will grow easily sixty feet in three
months 1t was introduced into Ameri-
Gu by the Japanese during the Centen-
NAL exhibition. 1t Is said that in its
own country 1t has flowers like bunch
cs OF wistaria. For some reason Amer
jean summers do not seem long enough
for It. II rarely blooms.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
INDIAN M
now the Latter Turned Hunte an
Chased the Red Man.

Chased the Red Man.
A retired officer of the Northwest
mounted police who took part In q Mis-
souri, buffalo run forty yenrs ago de-
scribes the impression at the time as
of an earthquake. The galloping
horses, the rocking masapf fleeing buff
falo, the rumbling and quaking of the
ground under the thunderous pound
Ing. were all like a violent earthquake.
The same gentleman tells how he once
cav a wounded buffalo turn on an In
dian hunter. The mans horse ook
fright. Instead of darling sideways to
give him a chance to send a last finish
Ing shot home the horse became wildly
anmanageable and fed. The buffalo
pursued. or they rushed, rider and
buffalo. the Indian craning over his
horses neck, the horse blown and
tagged and unable TO gain one pace
ahead of the buffalo, the great angry
beast covered with foam. with eyes
IKE Ere, pounding and pounding. closer
and closer to the horse till rider and
buffalo disappeared over the horizon.
TO this day | have wondered what
became of that Indian" said the Off
Ger. FOR the horse was losing and the
buffalo gaining when they went behind
the bluff" This incident illustrates Il
trait seldom found In wild animals. n
persistent yindictiyeness.-A. C. Laut
in Outing.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
SYSTEMS.
There Never Was One Devised That
Can Beat the Bank.

Can Beat the Bank.
When q system Is played against q
bank like that at Monte Carlo, the per
centage against the player is not on the
amount of his capital. but on ths
amount that he stakes on the tables
while playing his system. Supposins
that | have a capital of flo, and that |
play FL each coup until l have either
lost my E10 or won a similar amount OF
the bank. should In all probability
have to play about 200 coups in order
TO do the one or the other. Therefore
the percentage against me would not
be on f1O, but on f200. II this bank
percentage were 2 per cent, | should
consequently be paying f4 for the right
to risk f10 at even chances.
l used to know long ago n of the
chiefs of the old Homburg gambling
bank. | found him at Monte Carlo In
the same position there. He was fond
of calculations, and n day we ave
aged tie amount staked at the tables
each day, and We found that the annu-
al gross profit of the bank was almost
tAdtliy the peiSehaaSS oh
staked In the course of the year. There
can be no business In which the return
Is more certain or greater. Consols re
turn less than 3 per cent per annum.
A mine that pays a dividend of 100 per
cent is a Pactolus. But n coup at Monte
Carlo takes a little less than a minute.
The percentage is, If remember right
~, a little under 2 per cent. or. in other
words. the bank charges 2 per cent for
money per minute. This must make the
mouth of the veriest usure water
London Truth.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11

- are not at all the
san4. ~ names are sometimes
conlusse- lea is a transparent min
eral. capable of being cleaved into elias
tic plates Of extreme thinness. 1t is
transparent and is used like glass in
lanterns i.id the doors of stoves. Its
power of resisting heat makes it much
better than glass for stow doors. Isin-
glass is u substance consisting chiefly
of gelatin 1t is prepared from the
sounds of air bladders of certain fresh
water fishes. Tie best deposits of
mica In the United States are in the
mountains of North Carolina. In the
Black Hills of Dakota mica is found
near tin ore, but its presence is not an
indication of gold.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11

Zone of the CrueItics That Are Per-
pefrated In yi~vfsection.

pefrated In S~ivfsection.
A certain DR.. Caster. wishing to
study the effect of massage upon dis
locations. deliberately disloeated the
limbs of numerous dogs. says Henry
c. Merwin In The Atlantic. He pub
lIshed an account of all these expert
ments. and the following Is a fair ex-
ample of them: Experiment s. Poo
die dog > replaced on the table
without choral. | disloeate his two
shoulders. The animal utters screams
of suffering. | hold him for twenty
minutes with his two shoulders dislo
Gated and the elbows tied together be-
hind his back . :"
DIR. Majendie." relates DR.. Elliston.
'in one of his barbarous experiments
which. | an ashamed TO say. | wit
messed. began by cutting out a large
round piece from the back of q beauti-
full little puppy"
siajendie may have been by nature a
brutal man. but even he would hardly
have done that when he was young In
vivisection. 80 In this country we
are not quite so cruel as the French or
Italians. but we are more cruel than
the English. more cruel perhaps than
the Germans.
A medical man In Jersey City pub
lished an account of some experiments
which he made upon dogs-I will not
shock the reader by describing them
and of this publication the British
Medical Journal of Nov. 10. 1901. said,
1T is a record of the most wanton and
seen chronicled under the guise of sci
entilc experiments"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11

TufeIary Trees.

Ancient people had their tutelary
trees just as they had their tutelary
gods-the former being the affairs and
Ehrines Of the latter. Among the Scan.
ainayians the ash was held to be the
most sacred tree. Serpents. according
to their belief. dared not approach ii.
Hence the women left their children
with entire confidence under its shade
while they went Oh with their harvest.
ing.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
1t Was In.

There vas a newly welded pair
whose honeymoon trip took them across
the Atlantic. The bride had been
something Of a yachtswoman and vas
not affected by the swell. but her mate
was a bad sailor and took TO the rail
late on the first day out. She did what
she could to comfort him. but he was
difficult. She thought a touch OF the
romantic might get him out of his
mood, so she tried this:
THE moon Is up: isn't it, darling?"
yes" he said laneuidly-"that is. If
l swallowed it."-Philadelphia Times.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
An Inspiration.

a pretty girl boarded a crowded
street Il in Washington. and a POM
pous old gentleman arose and gave her
q seat.
After some time q number of pas
sengers got out. and the old gentleman
sank into the nearest corner with a
weary sigh.
Il wouldn't get up again." he mur-
INJURED. flor an angel" And then. as
he caught the eyes of the girl fixed up
on him r~eproachfully. he added quick
~. II mean madam. for another an
gel"-Harper's Magazine.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Naturally.


Josiah" asked Mrs. Chugwater.
"what Is a bucket shop?"
ITS a place, | suppose" replied Mr..
Chugwater. looking impatiently up
from his newspaper, where they emp
ty the water out of stocks."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Pointed.

""Why are you crying. little boyT'
Zone of them artists paid me a dime
10 sit on the fence while be sketched
me-"
well. is there any harm in thatY'
Yes, s-sir. 1t was a barb wire
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11

An Annoying Question.

Teddy Mamma. Tommy knocked me
down ON the way home from school to-
day. lAfter a pause.) But | gave him a
bat In the eye!
Mamma-Before he knocked you
down. Teddy. or afterward?-Somer-
vile Journal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
An ExnmnIe.

1.-THE chimney is smoking" he said.
"Yes." she retorted; that's the effect
Of bad axample. Usually the chimney
has consideration enough to do its
smoking outdoors
Thus II ca.ne about that he finished
his cigar on the back porch.-Chicago
lost.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Getting The Proof.

WANTED 8 YOUNG MEN from Ian.
der county at onee to prepare for posi-
tons 10 the Government Seryice-Rail-
way Mail Clerks, Letter Carriers, Gus.
tom House aud Departmental Clerks,
etc, Apply to
Interstate Cores. Inst,
Cedar Rapids, la.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11

Parke-I make a point of always tell
ing my wife the truth about myself.
Lane-i suppose she Is a woman who
isn't easily shocked. - Detroit Free
press.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11

There's no possibility of being witty
without a little III nature. The malice
OF a good thing Ii the bnrb that makes
It tick.-SheriGan.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11

A Gentle Hint.

Lenders-Do you eve think Of that
"ten spot you borrowed of mef
Borroughs-Don't worry. | still have
1t In mind.
L~enders-Don't you think 1t about
time you relieved your mind?-Ex-
change.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
XaIedictOry.

1.-The paper was here TO stay" writes
a Georgia editor. but it accidentally
made money enough to leave.'-Atlan-
"a Constitution.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
Sensation. During Hanging.

One question often asked and which
few living persons are able TO answer
Is. "NA-5 ..fe the sensations of a man
WIG il being %strangled with a roper"
Some IF the few who have lived to give
an aceossi : what occurred to them al
llla. II moment say that after
II ins.a4t oi pain the chief sensation
is tlsf OF :. llass of brilliant colors be
fore the eses. Professor Boughton
who tlgP testing for himself
wl.a 2 experience would bs
like. LOST hs footing and was acciden-
tally red and rescued just as
the = eark of life was about
t. iss.e IS aIy. He declared after
ward tl.si Is felt no pain and that the
only sensation was that of a fire be-
fore lis = = which finally changed
from 4 II ii blue to q black color.
He he had no fear of the
conss and that the colors were
yeii !. , of extreme pleasure
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11
! TIME CARD

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4@5I li5ljiitAsss AxssssaE9ezss
The following table gives the arrival and
departure of passenger trains at Battle
Mountain.
wEsTBouND
ARRIVES DEPARTS
No. I2.:aa. p. m. 12;i0. p. m
No. 1u. II. p. m. lo;lz. =. IN.
E~AsTBouSD
No.4 4.4a. a. IN. liN. a. m.
No. 4:3I. p. m. 43a. PIN
Local freight leaves Garlin at ! a. m
Local freight leaves Winnemucca at 7 a. M;
daily arrives at Battle Mountain about 0 a. m.
The Nevada Central arrives from Austin at
u go N, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
and leaves for AUSTIN on Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays at 30 A. NJ.
". I. oNYoN. Agent.
Arizona republican., 1902-10-15
Wrong Impressions.

Commenting upon General Funston's report on the results in the department Of Colorado following the abolition of saloon league says: "If such reports as are published from General Funston are correct. two things are apparent: First. that the canteen or beer selling army saloon has so debauched men in service that these conditions of drunk enness and diorder exist, not by reason Of it's baolition. but because it's presence during twelve years has had demoraliz- ing effects on officers and men; second when generals and commanding officers are ready to state that they cannot maintain discipline without a beer sal oon it is certain proof of incompetence"
 It is only necessary to recall that there was drinking in the army before the cantcon was established in order to find an answer 10 the first of these propositions. The canteen was intend ed, 1t is generally understood. to cor rect the evils which then existed. The second proposition will have no weight with persons who consider the subject in temperate manner. The decline in norels and discipline since the abolition of the canteen is not proof of the in- competency of commanders. What tt r'cars is that soldiers fall under the in fiuence Of tho dives which fringe the reservation and cause more trouble when they return to the post than they formerly did. The meE may be int- pri~oned or punished in other ways for infringing army regulations. but no permanent correction comes. The i'm rcrtant features of the canteen are that drinking is kept under strict supervls- ion and that the men are content with what they obtain there.ABuffalo EX- press,
Arizona republican., 1902-10-15

ply for the last time, had the satisfac- ton of realizing that the cause and country for which they fought had proved worthy of them. As they rode on the trains going to the capital. as well as when they marched through its spacious streets. the could see on every hand evidences of the national great ness and prosperity which their valor had made possible The survivors Of no army ever lived to see the trees they had watered with their blood bear such rich and noble fruit. And the na- ton itself can boast with excusa blr pride that it has not failed to show it's appreciation of the services they rend- cred it. The country which forty years after the close of a war pays out as much money in pensions as is expended by the greatest powers of Europe in maintaining their vast ornaments may be charged with improvidence or with prodigality. but it cannot be accused of ingratitude.
 Tho veterans will not be able to have mary more reunions approaching in size the present one. The rate of nor taiity among them must, in the due order Of natUre. increase rapidly from now on. The people of the union should therefore exert themselves even more in the future than in the past to make the last days of the survivors easy and comfortable.-Kans City Journal
Arizona republican., 1902-10-15

II has been apparent for several days that the chief obstacle in the way of a settlement of the anthracite coal strike has been the difficulty as to saving the face" of the operators. According to their view, they could not afford to give way to the striking miners, for the reason that so many outsiders" were insisting that they take this course. To make the suggestion of compromise and settlement still more intolerable. most of them came from
 mere politicians to such 8 su- perior person as the owner of a coal mine it was preposterous to think of conceding anything to politicians And yet mere politicians like President Roosevelt. Governor Odell, Senator Platt, Senator Quay and Senator Pen rose. made it so plain that the inter- ests of the great third party to the strike-the coal consumers-must have attention that the last few days have been consumed by the operators in hunting for a graceful method of get ting out of an untenable position.
Arizona republican., 1902-10-15
CURRENT COMMENT
-s--!....-s !.s. Government Ownership in Victoria

government OWnerSnlp ln VlctOrla.
 For people who suppose that there would be an end of all strikes if govern ment ownership prevailed a glance at the British colony Of Victoria is recom- mended. There the government owns and operates the railways. and has been going great lengths in advancing wages. curtailing the working day and other wise setting to individual em- ployers and soulless corporations a bright example of business conducted for the advantage of the toiler.
 But the government-cond rail- ways of Victoria do not pay expenses and are a burden upon the community, for which reason the ministry recently decided that, to bring down the ex- penditures to an approximation with the receipts, the pay of the employees should be reduced. The result was a strike. Not only is the railway busi- ness of the colony paralyZed but the strikers are conducting a red-hot politi- cal campaign to defeat all candidates who favor retrenchment. Some of these days there will be a financial smashup in Victoria that may be foi- lowed by radical readujstment of the system of government as well as of the methods of conducting business. and. the last condition of the Victorians may be worse than the first.
 When any business is conducted so that it does not pay, the toiler is even- tually a great sufferer thereby. The best thing for him is prosperity in the industry upon which he depends for his income. If the industry is ruined by mismanagement in any form, his in- come ceases. If it languishes. his in come is cut down. He is not like the capitalist, able to wait through a long period of dullness in comparative com fort. When his income ceases he and his family suffer. The Victorian policy is bad for the employe as a taxpayer and bad for him as an employe.-Mil- waukee Wisconsin.
Arizona republican., 1902-10-15

So, happily, there is no lack of great est men in the world, assorted to suit all manner of tastes and dispositions. And if General Corbin chooses to ac- cord that distinction to the German em- peror, what need of attempting refuta-
 ton? Liberty of choice is unrestrained and waiting objects of adoration abound. Reason is unnecessary, reason is surperfluous, reason can never con vince the contradictory. Say, like Lucetta in the play, "I think him so, be- into my stomach for seven weeks but -Harper's Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1902-10-15
They March With Thinning Ranks.

When the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic marched down Pennsylvania avenue at Washington, Wednesday, they were reviewed by I president of the United States who was an infant when they were fighting to save the union. Mr. Roosevelt was born in 1858. He was, therefore. but 5 years old when many of these now ven- erable men marched to the front The gray locks. bent forms. halting steps and decimated ranks of the veterans told in language more impressive than mere words the story of the ravages that time is making among them But none of ttese facts is so significant of the changes that are taking place as the one first mentioned. Tho genera tiOn which the president represents andN which is dominant in every walk of life in the country is one which has grown uo since the war and towhich that conflict is only a matter of history like the revolutionary war, the war of 11S2 and the Mexican war. For many years after the civil war the men who fought in 1t were the very life and vigor of the Cc'lntrY. socially. politically and industrially because the most virile as well as the most patriotic young men or the north and south took part in the struggle. It is a pathetic but true reflection, forced upon tha mind by ob- servstion of the incidents attending the present period of their usefulness is almost ended and that not many years will elapse before there will be left only small remnant of the once truly grand army of the union.
 The veterans, as they painfully hob bled down Pennsylvania avenue. possi-